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General Asboth,s Warnino.

Gen. Asboth commanded the post at
RienZi. He simply signed his name
'Asboth, despising Christian appeIIa-
tons. He had yard full of hounds
and ours. He had long, pronounced.
white. dropping moustache and lots of
discipline. When he stood he was
tall and slim. with a prominent seal
ring on his left index finger. Some OF
Gen. Asboth's braves who had dared
to disohey orders for the sake of APP
retite. left q nice quarter of mutton
on The generals mess door knob.
When TIE h2Piess culprits were ar
raIgrcd. Gen. Asboth with becoming
dignity dismissed the guard, then said
III his customary way:
Boys, you are here for stealing
Sleeps. Now, orders are orders
Mind, don't never let me catch you
stealing something again."
AS they were about to depart. how
ever. that great seal ring went up sig
riEcantly by the side OF his nose as
re said:
But. boys, don't never let them
sleeps bite you. Grant Shadow"
ii National Magazine.
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STOPPED CRUELTY OF INDIAN.
Incident of the Ranehing Days of the
President.

HTGStOCnI.
Prof. Brander Matthews tells his
English literature class the following
incident of President Rooseveh's ca
reer as ranchman, which was told to
him by the president himself:
An Indian on a tired pony Hoped
past the Roosevelt ranch one day. The
pony gave out completely as it neared
the point where the future president
was watching the proceedings. The
Indian leaped to the ground. kicked
the pony to a standing position. tore
on the saddle. and. picking up hand
ful of gravel. prepared to rub it into
the fatigued beasts tender back pre-
paratory to strapping the saddle on
over the Jumps OF stone. This is a com
mon Indian trick for reyiving tired
horses. but In the present instance it
failed The amazed Indian was sud-
denly seized by the future president
and ordered to remove the gravel and
to pasture the pony until the WORKOUT
beast should be sufficiently rested to
60 on.
The surprised savage dared not dis
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wants Old Medals Returned.

In accordance with an act Of Con
gress, passed at the last session, pro-
viding for the issue of new medals OF
honor to those who now hold the old
medals, which are to be retired and
destroyed, the War department al
Washington, has issued a circular
calling the attention OF the public to
the act, and requesting the molders
of medals of honor issued under the
acts Of 1852 and 1863, to forward their
medals and bowknots by registered
mail to the Military Secretary, who
will replace them by the medals and
bowknots of the new design Here
after all new medals will be issued
from the military secretary's Office on
due proof of the identity Of the person
in whose behalf the medals are APP
piled for.
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nearest wagon road and we had to
pack our stuff in.
AT the end of the wagon ride the
women climbed down cheerfully and
strapped on fish baskets, in which
were supplies of food, while the men
assumed the heaviest burdens of we'll
filed pack baskets. etc. Led by the
chief guide we formed single file and
struck the trail. 1t was all uphill, but
the trail was dry and we'll shaded with
the bare limbs of the hard wood, let
ting the sun through in places. We
rested now and then, and at midday
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Elan Hidden in a Book.

While looking over some things
which he had brought with him from
the southland the other day, William
c. Barnard. Oakland street, Barnard
vile, found between the leaves of a
volume of Blackstone a flag that was
saved from rebel hands during the
civil war. The flag had not seen the
light of day in forty-three years.
Prior to the outbreak of the war,
Mr.. Barnard was employed in mill
at Richmond, Va. where he and others
used to meet at the home of Rev. DR..
Alexander Campbell native of Scot
land, a union sympathizer, in the
basement Of his home in Knight
street
The house was situated between
the river and Hollywood cemetery.
and the flag occupied a place over
the fireplace in the basement.
One night the boys in butterEut,
suspecting the union sympathizers
were meeting at the home Of DR..
Campbell. surrounded the house and
forcing an entrance. caught Mr.. Bar
nard and Rev. DR.. Campbell along
with a number Of others.
In the skurry that followed the en-
trance of the confederate soldiers, the
candle was overturned, and the base
ment plunged into darkness. When
fresh lights were secured:- the rebels
made a search of the house from
basement to garnet, to find the flag
they thought was in the house, but
they were unable to locate it.
The reason the rebels did not find
the flag" Mr. Barnard said to a re
porter OF the Telegram. yesterday
afternoon, 'is that the 16-year-olt
daughter of Dr. Campbell grabbed ii
and concealed it in the folds of hel
petticoat, and returned it to me OF
the following day, when I took it to
my Office in Ninth street and hid il
between the leaves of a law book.
after Richmond had fallen, | came
east, bringing the book with me
among other things, but it never oc
Cured to me to look there for the
flag"
The flag is of the regulation style
AID has tweaty-three stars in Its
field of blue. 1t he's been given {
prominent place III tie home Of 9Ir
Worcester (Mass.) Tele
gram
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Enas civil WAR Romance.

real romance of the civil war
wherein member of the battle
SCARED First Minnesota loved and
fought for and then quarreIed with
and parted from his Minnesota sweet
heart, away back in the early SOS,
has ended happily, and Chester S.
been married.
Mr.. Durfee over forty years ago left
his sweetheart to fight for his coun.
try. When the war was over he re-
turned and made plans to marry the
sweetheart he had left at home. There
arose difference between the lovers,
however. They quarreled, and the de-
jected lover went west to grow up
With the country and to forget his
sorrow.
California was chosen as his home
He married. His sweetheart was also
married, and it was thought that the
years had healed the wounds OF their
first love.
Four years ago Mr.. Durfee came
east on his way to a reunion of his
in Minneapolis, he met Mrs. Sails
bury and recognized his youthful
sweetheart. Old times were discussed
and the old love was resurrected.
Certain affairs had to be arranged
by each, but as soon as possible the
old soldier moved to Minneapolis. The
wedding, which took place last week,
was the realization of the youthful
dream of happiness. The bride and
bridegroom are each So years of age
but they feel that they have just be.
gun to live.
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E;s'-'-~~sf~..--
s Life in Barbados 5
s

Especial correspondence

The little West India island of Bar
BADGES is the most thickly populated
country in the world. with the single
exception of China. In 166 square
miles there are about 100000 inhabi-
tants. The greatest length Of the
island is twenty-one miles. and the
greatest width only fourteen miles. It
seeps the large population scratching
lively to earn a living. Laborers can
De employed for 25 cents day. Men
md BOYS even dive in the harbor for
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Shoot! Shoot"
The exasperated guide hurriedly
extracted the empty shells from his
rife and began to reload. The sports
man stood in his tracks. His half
cooked gun rested in his nerveless
fingers. In the brush close at hand
deer leaped over distractions and on
TO freedom with the irresistible Joy of
life. AS the form of the fleeing ami
NAL grew indistinct among the pines
the sportsman raised his gun half way
TO his shoulder with a jerk and fired
twice. The bullets went somewhere in
the treetops. for the deer never raised
its tail to give the signal of having
boon hit. Shamefacedly and with
heart that thumped painfully, the
sportsman turned to receive the re-
marks Of the angered guide
Buck fever. hey? It's a wonder
20 didn't shoot me when We got to
soin'! Spilled the purtiest shot yell
ever hev. consarn IT.! Thar he stood
eatIR' them black cherries, an ye
walked right on him"
Hundreds of enthusiastic men and
women plunge boldly along we'll de-
fined trails in the Adirondack forests
each autumn seeking the stately buck
The hunting of deer either from a ca
noe or upon the forest trail is one OF
the rarest experiences in human eX-
istence. The most mysterious influence
with which the hunter has to contend
is the buck fever"
lust wait till you git buck fever"
says an old hunter. I'll tell ye thet-
when man or woman gifts tibet fever
they air likely to do anything. I've
known EN- TO shoot in the air. shoot
through the bottom Of the boat and
sink her or tremble so tibet they could
not shoot at all.
Zone night I was up a tree with
and feed. After we'd waited nigh an
hour we saw the bushes on the edge
of the woods above us begin to move
The moon was shinin' an we could
see a fine deer comm down to the
water. Right at the edge of the wood
lac stopped an shifted. He waited a
mint and then began to nibble the
bark of tree.
Tibet guide with me shook as if he
had the ague. He trembled so thet he
could hardly hold on to the tree an
we lost tibet deer all on account of tibet
guide gittin' buck fever He he'd
been huntin' deer fer years. but he
said he always felt the same way
when he saw a deer come near an he
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TaStooino Now the Race.

In New York tattooing has become
, craze among the wealthy folk. and
weird devices and emblems are at a
high premium The fashionable tat
tooer wraps himself up in a certain
atmosphere OF mystery. and as be
works out a rare device on the fair
arm of some great lady tells how il
will bring her some strange and un-
expected piece of good fortune
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obey the stern order Remembering
the incident, nowadays poor Lo DOUBT
less fails to connect the nervous. in
dignant ranchman with THE White
Father at Washington. New York
World.
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could not see we'll enough to aim {

could not see well enough to aim a
guu."
II had the buck fever once" says
woman hunter who visits the North
Woods regularly each autumn. The
guides had placed me on a runway
and l waited there three hours before
began to hear sometime moving
through the woods toward me. ~ first
way off in the distance | heard dry
twig crack. l had been e~rccting the
sound for a long time, but when |
beard it my heart began TO beat very
fast. The deer may not have been
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If II is true that male mosquitoes do
not bite, a good many OF them have
been put out of business by mistake.
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Wanted His Share of the Fun.

Wanted His Share of the Fun.
'T remember" said the Major, Jim
O'Hara of Company A, Fifty-second
Ohio. Jim was always in the right
place, and went through the war from
start to finish. At Jonesboro he was
on the skirmish line, and when the
regiment came up for the charge he
was down behind a stump busy as
bee banging away at the enemy. Here
the instinct of discipline showed itself
in Jim. for the first word he said
when he realized that he was not in
Company A moving into a charge was
Major, where is my company? The
Major pointed to a clump OF bushes
and Jim. without moments hesita-
ton, hiked right along the line, hot
with musket balls and grape shot.
'sAs Jim was giving full attention to
the enemy in front he was accosted
by a Seventeenth corps man, who
asked to what company he belonged
Jim answered promptly, Col. Dan Nc
Cooks brigade, Fourteenth corps and
the Seventeenth corps man said, Give
me a chew of tobacco Jim handed
out his tobacco, and after the other
had helped himself he said. converse
tionally, We are not in this thing. |
saw you fellows were, and not having
any tobacco, | got nervous thinking
about your luck and l thought l would
come over and help you just to relieve
my nervousness, you know. / an all
right now and he stayed with us and
was in line when We went over Gen.
Govan's works and captured his entire
brigade Then he took another chew
of tobacco and went back to his own
command with the air of a man who
had done a good job and wasn't
ashamed of it."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Heavy Rain Following Battles.
In the civil war heavy downpours of
rain Immediately following a battle
were frequent The battle of Big
Bethel may be mentioned as an early
instance. This battle, fought in East
ern Virginia on June 10, 1861. was
soon followed by a copious rain. In
cessant rains attended Gen. McClel-
lan's campaign in Western Virginia in
July, 1851. His troops had four sepa-
rate engagements on four days, and
fell" The battle of Rich Mountain.
fought on july ~, was one OF these,
and was followed by one or two rainy
days. The following engagements,
which took place in that part of the
country later in the same year. were
also each followed quickly by rain:
Battle of Carnifax Ferry. Aug 10,
1861; battle of Cheat Mountain, Sept.
Is and ii, 1861; battle OF Green Brier,
Oct. 3, 1861: battle Of Allegheny Sum
nit, Dec. u, 1861 None of these are
classed as great battles, but the firing
was apparently sufficient to bring
rain The first battle OF Bull Run was
fought on July q. 1861 The day was
bright and clear all through. but the
next day was one OF drenchipg rain.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-05-07

most amusing sight to sec the quaint
little reptile jumping through a row
of rings. The frogs, after their edu-
cation has been perfected. are placed
on a table, and in front Of each frog
Is placed a small ring. not much larger
than a wedding ring, and then. with
out the slightest prompting. the frogs
commence to jump through the rings
and continue their performance as long
as there remains ring to Jump
through. A frog race with. say. eight
rings To negotiate forms an amusing
spectacle for a children's party.
Many Of these little reptiles live in
the lap Of luxury, and their appetltes
are tempted with the delicncies Of the
season such as slugs, caterpIllars, and
earwigs. They are usually kept In n
large bottle with a little water at the
bottom, and the ladies sometimes have
special stands built on which their
pets residences stand.
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There are Ingenious contr yanecs
without end Tor the smart woman
convenience \ novel arllr has tho
appearance OF IA plain card case >us
pended from chain. ON rs side -
a monogram, either In ribbon letters
o. In briIllautS. But 70 carry cards a
only half ia mission. When u opens.
there Is found on QUE aide a fa.r-slLed
mirror. Half Of the other side llfts up.
disclosing a tiny pun for powder or
rouge. The lower half coullHs a
memorandum book. When the sutlrs
side Is lifted up there Ia a place for
cards The center contains a .itt.s
gold pencil with a leweled top What
could be more complete than this little
case? For shopping OF calling Il IL In
valuable.
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the sap would OF course dow. Then
under the lower corner OF this wound
a curved hole wide from one side OF
the tree to the other. but narrow w
and down. WAS made with a -gouge,"
and into this was driven q short wood
en- spout OF the same shape, which
caught the sap a. IL dropped from the
cut and thus carried II to short wood
en- troughs made by digging out bass
wood blockA After the bit and brace
came into use 4 hole was bored into
the tree. and = round spout made from
a piece OF sumAc from which the pith
had been burned out was driven into
the hole to convey the sap to the
trough
Naxt the wooden bucket came into
use. By driving \ nall into the tree
under the spout tho bucket could be
hung anywhere on the tree.
In tho days OF boiling in kettles color
was the last thing aimed at in max
ing maple sugar. which was dull
black when finished. Sweetness was
the main considers ton, and there was
no incentive to keep out the dirt and
cinders, for black sugar was just as
sweet. and sugar lighter than chocolate
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ONE asavJ ~ "ita- Mar u.a tittt.
Lab" Cass "a b- u stttss.
Who wrote uzrT Sfad Little
Lamb Pc u yna saawsg ualrsJy. yoa
arc most HsslT u saT. Mother tApase.
~ course That IA not ~ Mara
snb q mere rpreBt prod ~tlaa g.
rrrsRt. sadsed. That II Il strange that
rpatrev-vsT ran haze already arisen
about ia authorship. but such ~ -.
rasa- II vas written ~ sons tine IN
TIE ars' third o. The aiaetesnta cen
'urJ And By Wbom1 slagsrsIy be
tsvs. ard iAIns it GAG be proved. that
it vas written By Mrs. sarah lesnpha
Hale. az shs says Il was. aud not IN
Mrs. AarJ ", Tyler By oae John Raut
stone a. MrA Tyler says It vas tam
not even sure that Mra Tyler sayu
that
To make M account % the facts car.
y n he reader The conviction Of truth
which | feel nTssyt. muaf try IN be
more than fair 10 Mrs Tyler Here
then. Il her story 80 tod By her at dif
rent interviews reported In the news
papers, and told when she wasa ven
sFah's old woman In Bonneville Mas
" u "'es anything by tn. omission Of
'1'ai'-' i loses, perhaps. the color and
'Hsrt given It BY her obvious and hon
's' belief in her own story. since M
one can doubt that belief. ,htus tha,
."ess Which are substantially her vsry
~''''. give truly all she would harsoi,
nave thought essential
S's was Mary y SAWYER. NJ s,,..
ing Mass was horn In isa and So.
s''',t u when her brother psrsnsda.,
40, % lake her pct lamb 10 scb.,l RI
,smo was discovered by her ,o..has
aa.J herself then took tbelsmb o,,, 49, ~,
uen -. y, IN shed until noon. when 49, 49,
T ,,u IT, and Il followed he, -. -
, srnn Nonls'ons. q student uvln. -.
, ~. uncle. tho parish minls,sr IS, ~" ~
az. "s 'ae school that forenoon 90 az.
NeA' aaJ he came 70 the u,,i. ' ,as
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was looked upon as having been adul-
terated.
The next improvement was the lnrge
pan placed upon an arch made OF stone
or brick. About the same time tin
buckets came into use A little later
the metallic spout was Invented. This
Ia now OF such shape that Il ais bur
a small portion OF the hole bored In the
tree. but Is held so ARMY that the
bucket IL supported by II. II allows
sap to Cow from the outer layers OF
the tree where there Is the greatest
amount OF sap, and that which makes
the whltest sugar.
A few sugar makers have their plant
so arranged that the sap, or strip. does
not touch wood after the sap leaves
the tree. At the present time color Is
an important factor In the value OF
maple sugar. and as wood tends 10
color II wooden utensils Of all kinds
rave been discarded as far a. possible.
The maple sugar now made Is OF a
light straw color. Any darker than
tkat will not command the highest
price, and II lighter adulteration with
refined sugar Il suspected.
The sap Il gathered in n tank hold
ing about three barrels placed on a
low sled with wide runners. Roads
are made through the sugar bush 40
the gathering tank can be driven near
oil the trees
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Nru are pretty pla5.r rrvasar.s A
good mlay % 'a-a oWe There tasa
faI 10 u.roa,il-rri marriages. but
as maay mors 5Nr farir sarrrss 10
large part 'o fhri. wives u4-e 3
woman marr.-s. che has .pst Da~ ,rsY
before her ID tr t-.pa1f- Lob b~r
husband she mty praA-r 30 saf.s.
Hsd % stt az hoa- tni be Asra are
ut. nor 20 80 her ova var lai ar
tprra'ei 10 h~r societies Her clubs ~
her own rEri9s.y~ mast.rl she lni
her husband ars one llJs interests -
hers n they expect 70 ssf aayfa-i<
ont Of NE they must zrt o. 'osss4-r
Work. pleasure pain. mgst a~ see
with a rommaa front. tbs .srr- e..l
be ro@uen progress r. O., rfEtt AMI
proper that woman shog 4 10 pH-ht
flous Tor Der husband. seu-fh.a. :
wrong II shT ls not 70 when w- ~
one who L. che pra.rats az r4aag.,
worth pointing to.
II IL n Wise man who -hooz-s 4 W. p
meet 'or blm 10 an wtss wamar v sa
sets ogt 10 tsIa brr hpsblnd ari :
very foolish ore who n.,1vs Gs-p-l' 20
be a drnwhark. or mrrsg ptser ~
luggage tn 10 -arrjed eaE Woaan' 4
Home Comganloa
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You eau grow flowers any = here. n
you only know the proper kind Tor
each location. says Country life In
America. There is no portion OF the
earth's surface that cannot be covered
by some kind OF plant growth. nor a
situation so desperate that IL could
not be redeemed with the HE and
cheer and color that flowers give You
have only to select the right variety
OF seed and you Will find that there
is no clay too tough. no sand too not
and dry, no rocks too devoid Of soil.
no winter too severe. IL you have q
swamp and are afraid Of Il. you can
transform Il into water NY pond or
a bog garden. n you own bit Of
woods you can an Il with Wild dow
ers. In the heart OF the biggest city
a ten-inch hole can be made In the
pavement, a. they do In Boston. 10
cover the wall Of the house With vines
The sIums have their window boxes
and house eeks grow upon tho shin.
giles Of a roof Even the dump heap
that you pass daily need not be an
eyesore. Put package Of sunaower.
poppy or morning glory seed in your
pocket, and scatter the seed over the
offending spot And Of all the peopls
who enjoy the Transformation. you
will enjoy II most
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IL was a frequent eastoIn Of Lin
colin. 70 carry bis ehildFsa On his
shoulders. says the Literary Digest,
lie rarely weat down street that BE
ava not hats Que u his yeuhzeF tsys
mounted on bis shoulder, whils an
other hung 10 tie Tail Of bis hsHg coat,
The anucs Of the boys With their
father add Tie species Of EyFahay tnsg
exercised over hlm are sttli The sub
iects Of talk ia spFihsh@ld Roland
LrIer. whe 1as nslEnbsT Of Mr.
Llaeola. tells one Of the best % the
sgsrl.. tie vas called TO Ihs DOSE
5us day ~ hsarlng great aetss OF
ehilar~a. aaa Ehses vas Mi LiassoiH
.,Ft1las By vtEh tns beya beth %
whofu we're ~4laing al0a1 way. Mr..
Llaeola. what's Ihs alAtEer wtEh tie
Jsysr' hs saa-,1
Just what's Ihs matter wtts TIE
whole world LIhsolh replied I've
sgE thces ~a.aays, aah eaeh waHEs
Two.
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they have OF the production Of electric
fly. says a writer In Farm and Fire
side, from whose description OF the
process the following items and Illus
1rations are reproduced:
The sugar maple Is 50 called on ac-
count Of the sugar contained in the
sap. The person with no experience
can hardly tell the difference between
II and water. as 1t Is clear and spar
king and has but faint taste OF su-
gar. There is Just about enough sugar
to make It a little slckish.
In the fall the greater part OF the
sap goes from the trunk and branches
into the roots. where. buried deep in
the ground. il will not be chilled. In
The spring. beginning in the latter part
of February or first OF March, accord
ing as the season Is forward or back
ward. the sap begins to ascend the
body OF the tree. the greater part OF