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being but higher development of the
iron age.
While iron and steel are maintaining
lhelr own position and gaining ground.
another metal has arisen to claim at
least a portion of the honors of the
Twentieth century. and copper is the
foundation Of the electrical age. lust as
1t was the fundamental metal Of the
age Of bronze.
OF the many uses Of copper its appli-
cation in the many electrical devices is
the most important. In the hands of
Franklin and Volta electricity was lit
Tie more than plaything, while today
1t has become one of the prime factors
of life. and the uses that We consider
mulufarious and the installations that
VIC deem immense are but the precur-
sors of greater things, of which we
may sometimes dream, and from which
substantial fabric the fash of genius
and the fires OF labor win bring forth
the perfect fruit
A full enumeration of the electrical
uses of copper would require volumes.
The metal is an integral factor i'm all
electrical installations And as the use
of electricity is daily increasing il ne
ccssitates a corresponding increase in
the use of copper.
Next to the electrical use of copper it
Is extensively employed in engineering:
every engine has its brass oil cups.
brass and copper tubing Is used IN many
boilers and brass. gun metal. bronze
and composition copper bearings are
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eat any breakfast. After breakfast I
had the hotel stenOgrapher write A
challenge to dad. and demand satisfac-
uon for alternating the affections of his
wife, and dad began to get weak in
the knees. He showed me the chal-
lenge. and ] told him the only wav to
do in this climate was 10 walk around
and punch his cane on the floor and
look mad, and talk loud, and the chsI-
lenger would know he was a fiery fight
er, and would apologize. and dad
walked around town and through the
hotel Office most of the day, fairly
frothing at the mouth. and he thinks he
has scared the challenger away. and.
as the woman is gone. dad thinks he is
a hero.
But the worst thing has happened.
and II will take a week to grow new
skin on dad S legs He got acquainted
with bunch of men who were hunters
and sports, and they talked of the bear
shooting in Arkansas, and dad told
about how he had killed tigers. lions.
elephants and things. until they
thought he was great. Dad never. saw
one of those animals except i'm a me-
nagerie, but when they suggested that
he go with them on bear hunt, he bit
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COPPER AND ITS USES.

Spokane is fast becoming a center of
copper mining, and in the last half
dozen years the copper camps near here
ia southern British Columbia and in
part of northern Idaho have reached
a size to rival the silver-lead camps
says the Spokane Spokesman-R Review
iron, copper and zinc have been the
essential element in the creation of the
Industrial and transportation condition
OF the present age, as well as the me-
chanical appliances which form such
important factors in ministering to the
necessities, comforts and conveniences
Of the present day life. The taking
away Of gold and silver would reduce
the finances of the world to chaos. Iron
and copper however, are the main pill
lars of the metallic structure. while
zinc, in addition TO many other viz
tres. possesses the unique quality Of
being the only electrical negative
metal, and without it copper. for cleo
trical purposes. would be often useless.
The uses OF copper are innumerable
and great industries are dependent
upon It, which afford direct employ
ment 10 several thousands of persons.
most OF whom are skilled workmen.
and annually add in wages not less
than s5.000.000 TO the wealth of the
world. The stone ages of humanity
were followed by the bronze age, i'm
which copper and tin were the only
metals used. The age Of iron followed
that OF bronze. the steel age Of the
latter half OF the nineteenth century
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like bass, and the whole bunch went
off in the blackboard one morning with
guns, lunches, hounds, bottles, and all
Kinds OF ammunition. They didn't let
me go but when the crowd came back
about midnight. and they carried dad
up TO his room, and sent for a doctor
one OF the horse race men who went
along told me all about it.
He said they went out in the cane
brake and stationed dad on a runway
for bear, and put in the dogs about A
mile away in the swamp, and they left
him there for five hours, and when they
went 10 where he was. there was d
drove Of wild hogs, or peccaries, under
a tree, and dad was UP on a limb.
praying. his gun on the ground his
coat was chewed by the Wild pigs, and
the wild animals We're jumping up 10
eat his shoes. The fellows hid behind
trees and listened 10 dad confess his
sins, and pray, and promise to do bet
ter, and be good man, and when A
Wild pig would gnash his teeth and
make a jump at him. he would talk
swear words at the pig, and then he
would put up his hands and ask for
giveness, and promise TO lead differ
ent life and say what a fool he was TO
lie off down here in the sunny south DC
ing eaten alive by wild hogs. when he
ought to be home enjoying religion.
Just as dad was about to die there on
the limb Of shagbark hickory. the
fellows behind the trees touched off a
small dynamite cartridge and threw it
under the tree and when il exploded
the wild hogs ran away, dad fell off
the limb and he was rescued. He Was
a sight for sure. when they brought him
to the hotel; his clothes were torn off.
his stomach lacerated, and when he
Was stuck together with plssters. and [
was alone with him, he said he was as
good bear hunter as ever came down
the pike, but he never worked in A
slaughter house, and didn't know any
thing about slaUghtering pigs. and,
besides. if he ever got ont again and
able 10 use a gun. ne would put that
bunch of hunters that took him out in
the canebrakes under the sod. He
said while he sat up the tree PRAYING
for strength to endure the ordeal ne
had "a revelation that there wasn't A
bear within a hundred miles. and that
those fellows had the hogs trained TO
scare visitors to Hot Springs. so they
could be easy TO rob. He said one fell
low borrowed $50 Of him 10 pay into the
state treasury for wear and tear on
the wild hogs. Well. dad has forgot
ten about the mOnkey-wrench in his
system. and / guess we are going to en-
JOY ourselves here in the Old-fashioned
way. Yours all right,
'HENNERY."
Copyright 1904. by Joseph 3. BowIes.
Copyright in Great Britain)
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Tken I went back to the pool and
scared the fish down stream.
In a little while my trousers were
alive with bewildered trout. A few
found their way out as I gathered the
garment close. but l pulled out those
trousers with at least forty pounds of
fish inside 'em.
i strung the fish, wrung my trous-
ers. and tramped home TO camp. Some
of those trout weighed more than
twenty-five ounces, none was much
under a pound"
When the visitors story was finished
nobody expressed surprise. and the
host silently handed him d flask and
the biggest cup within reach. The
stranger took good drink, said so
long" and went Off to lis own camp.
His guide stayed behind, and with
the easy familiarity of his profession
said to the assembled company:
Gents. mebbe you think that story
amt so. Now. | wasn't guidin' fer the
cap in them days. but / happened
along just when he was gettin ready
to set his trousers. / reckon / could
a had tie law on him for nettin' trout
but | didn't. / was too much aston
ished TO see the way he got that mess
of fish. Yes. gents, that story's true"
Here the speaker cast an eloquent
glance at the flask of the host. but the
latter made no responsive motion, and
the guide a moment later melted into
tie shadow that had just swallowed
his veracious employer.
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not only by his own family. his host
OF visitors, and large retinue of serv-
ants, but by the hundreds of public
officials and distinguished foreigners.
to wine and dine whom is a part of
his official routine.
The White House, while luxuriously
appointed and kept in perfect repair
Tor all presidents who have abided
within its walls, denies its tenants the
comforts of more humble private
nome. 1t is combination of museum.
dwelling house and workshop.
Six hours each day its lower floors
are overrun with curious pilgrims. re-
strained with difficulty from penertau-
ing the most private retreats Of the
presidential family. Between the hours
OF 10 and the presidential family sell
dom have the full liberty Of their own
abode, and it is usually difficult for
the president himself to pass through
MS own hallway without lodging a
sightseer or two or grazing a camera
tripod. When the executive mansion
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ii hits where You point IT, Every time
an employer pulls the trigger or a sue
cessful business box. aud A good idea
OF business is fired, the recoil puts a
new idea into the chamber. and YOU
pun again, and so on until the maya
zine Of the brainy boy is emqfied. when
YOU load him up again, and he is really
Tor business, and the employer wouldn't
be without him. and would not go back
to the Old-fashioned One-idea boy. that
goes OF half-cocked when not pointed
at anything in particular. and whose
ideas get stuck i'm the barrel and have
to be pulled out with "A wormer. and
primed with borrowed powder. and
touched off by the neighbors. most Of
whom get powder in their eyes. unless
they look the other way when the use
less employe goes off. for anything in
The world. So, chum, you go back to
the bank and become an automatic re-
peater in business, with ideas to dis
tribute 10 others. instead of borrowing
ideas, and you will own the bank some
day
Now. kid. you don't want to go ped
ding this around among the neighbors.
but dad and l are having the time of
our lives here, and since dad has begun
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TROUSERS AS A FISH NET.

It was a cold August night on the
edge of a wild little Adirondack
stream. and half dozen men were
gathered round the camp fire. One. a
visitor from neighboring camp. had
listened to three or four fish stories
with apparent interest and apparent
credulity, when. according to the New
York Sun, he said:
i've a story that beats all of yours
/ think. 1t was two years ago when
was up here in the back country with
my gun. but no fishing rod
Il happened TO cross a stream just
where it narrowed to a mere thread.
and as ] looked into the pool behind
the narrowest point | saw that it fair
ly swarmed with trout. The more
looked at EN- the more felt couldn't
leave em.
But how 10 get. 'em out of the
water was a puzzle. I'd heard of tick-
ing trout. but ] didn't like the idea Of
soaring EN- With any such experiment.
Then l had an idea.
1T was miles from any house or
public road. So / just slipped OFF my
trousers. tied 'em at the ankles and
spread the balloon part. mouth open,
right across the narrowest part of the
stream.
"ln a minute the whole trout stream
WAS neatly flowing out through them.
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to get acquainted WITH the ladies here
AT the hotel, ana the millionaire sports.
he. is getting well, and acts like Old
times He sat i'm the parlor of the hotel
with widow the first night until the
porter had to tell him to cut il out.
say, / got asleep three or four times
on lounge in the parlor. waiting for
dad TO get TO the continued in our
next i'm talking with that widow about
has wealth and his loneliness since ma
died. He said he didn't know what ne
was worth, because he didn't pay any
attention to any of his bonds and Sc
curities. except his Standard Oil stock.
because the dividends on that STOCK
came regular and Increased a little
every quarter. Gee, but [ wanted to
tel her that all the interest he had in
standard Oil stock was a gallon kero-
sene can with a potato stuck i'm the
spout. and when we went to bed / told
HIM that woman's husband was behind
the door of the parlor all the time
listening. and he had gun i'm his nip
pocket. and would call him out for a
duel the next morning, sure. Dad didn't
sleep good that night, and the next
morning / got gambler to look cross
at dad and size him up, and dad didn't
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Each president, for many years. has
had always AT his command a private
yacht-a regularly commissioned YES
sci of the navy. The vessel at present
detailed to carry the chief magistrat e
when 1t is his wont is the Mayfower.
originally purchased by Mrs. Ogden
Goelet for 100000. who sold it TO the
government for S45O,OOO during the war
with Spain, when it was needed as a
dispatch boat. Mr.. Roosevelt has never
av&iled himself of its use. Should ne
elect TO entertain his friends there
on he would have to pay for refresh
ments consumed out Of his private
purse.
When president plans an extensive
tour or even a short trip, the railroad
companies vie with one another to Of
fer him tempting luxuries Of trave..
even Offering to pay for the wine and
cigars consumed by his guests. A presI-
Dental tour is always a great adver-
tisement for the transportation COM
pany patronized, and a chief mag1-
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IDIOT SPRINGS. Ark.-My dear Old
chum; Dad and / got here three
days ago, and have begun to en-
Joy life. We didnt leave home u MN
ute too soon. as we would have been
arrested for running over that banana
peddler, and for arson in setting load
Of hay OF fire and destroying the farm
er's pants in our automobile accident
Ma writes that a policemaon and
deputy sheriff have camped on our
front doorstep ever since we left. wait
ing for dad and l to show UP. Dad
wants to tell you to notify the officers
that they can go plum. as we shall
never come back. Tell them we have
gone TO Panama, or Mexico. or anv old
place.
BY the way kid. shall have 20
give you little fatherly advice When
Gao and | were at the bank getting a
Wad 10 travel with. I asked one of the
clerks how it was that the bank dis
IenSed with your services. after Won
hdd been there nearly "A wear. and had
67t your salary UP to $50 a month. and
were Just becoming worth your salt
- NaiH you GOT TOO fresh. that every
new responsibility that was put upon
YOU caused your chest to swell and
that you walked around as though YOU
were president of the bank. and that
You got ashamed to carry your lunch
10 the bank TO eat il in the back room
put went out to a restaurant and. or
dered the things TO eat that came under
lle Decent list. whether YOU liked the
1000 or not. just Ia show off: and in
stead Of quietly eating the wholesome
lunch Your mother put UP for you. and
peing good ndtured you ate the res
Idufant refuse. and got cross. and all
Tor style showing that you had got the
DIG mead; and that you demanded an
increase of salary, like "A walking dele
gate, aud got fired. as YOU ought 10
nave been: and now you are walking
on your uppers. and are ashamed TO
look into the bank. which you think is
GOING To fail because YOU have with
drawn your support I arranged with
Inc managers to take you back OH pro-
pduon. 50 You go and report for duty
aust AS though YOU had been off on a
vacation. and then you try and have
some sense. Go to the bank before YOU
are expected, and stay a little while
after IL is time to quit, and don't watch
the clock and get your coat on before
~ strikes and don't make a center rush
Tor the door, as though you were es-
Gaping from jail. Let those above YOU
see that there is not enough for You
10 do. and that you are anxious to help
al around the place. Look upon a bale
OF money just as YOU would look upon
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pocket 10 ruin YOU. some one jealous
OF your great success as banker. but
the judge will know how you came DIV
the money, and you viii go over the
road, your mother goes TO the grave
and your friends will say it is a pity
about you.
Men who employ boys know that
half of them will never amount to A
tinker's dam, "A quarter Of them Will
Just pass muster, and if they can't run
the place in year they will find an
other job. and two out of the twenty
VIII be what are needed in the bust
ness. The boy who is always looking
Tor another job is the one that never
finds one that suits him. The two boys
out of the twenty will seem TO look a
little rustier each year as to clothes
but their round, rosy faces will change
from year to year, the jaws begin 10
snow strength, the eyes get TO LOOKING
through you, and the forehead seems
to expand as the brain gets to work
ing.
The successful boys out of the bunch
remind me of the automatic repeating
rifle, that YOU put ten cartridges in and
pull the trigger and shoot ten times
with your eyes shut, if you want to. and
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Superlntends the executive housekeep
ING 1t furthermore pays the valet who
serves as barber and cares for the
presidential wardrobe; the maid who
waits upon the first lady of the land:
the groom Of the executive stables: the
laundresses who bleach the White
House linen, and four domestics. who
DUST, scrub and wait upon the table
His coachman and other EMPLOYEES
necessary for purely personal service
the chief magistrate must pay himself.
me wages of the watchmen who guard
the White House doors, of the ens1-
neers and firemen who have charge Of
the lighting and heating plants, of
the usheFs who show the sights of the
mansion to visitors. of course come
out Of the public treasury, as does the
pay Of the .caretakers Of any federal
building.
Eight thousand dollars a year-the
salary of cabinet officer-is allowed
a president for stationery, books. tele-
grams, Office furnishings and care q
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JUS done a good days wurruk an his
small salary iv nine cints is jinglin ~
his pocket. He sets at tn head iv tn
table carvin' tn candle an jus as he
has distributed tn portions among tn
family an kept ia wick fr himself.
there's a knock at tn dure an a man
In a fur cap calls him away to thravel
eight thousand versts, verst BEN
Schwartsmeister's way iv describin'
mile on a Rooshyan railroad, an fight
tr Gawd an his car. It's tn OF firm.
Whiniver I'm called on TO fight Cr
Gawd an me country I'd like to be
sure that tn senyor partner had been
consulted. But Bill Ivanovitch puts
on his coat kisses tn family goodbye.
an tn mex his wife sees iv him is a
pitcher iv tn OF man an a jap he
niver met before locked IN an endurin'
embrace. an both iv thin as dead as
amy MikadO or car cud wish their
most lille subjiek. TIL Jap don't know
what it's all about In Japan he was
a horse. There ARE no rale horses IN
Japan If they were tn people wud
have more to eat So tn citizens iv tn
country harness thimsilves uu an
haul the wagons. All We have TO saw 20
a Jap is get APP an he moves. So tn
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a bale Of hay if you were working i'm
reed store. and don't look covetOus
upon pile Of bills. and wonder how
much there is ia If. and think how
much you could buy with it if it was
yours. 1t is just q part of the bust
ness. that pile of money is. and il is
not Your place 10 brood over it with
venom in your eyes, or some dav YOU
VIII reach out and take little. and
look guilty. aud if they don't find YOU
out. you viii take a bigger slice next
tinle, and go aud blow yourself for
clothes as good as the president of the
pank wears. and some night you viii
open small bottle of wine. and nut
your thumbs in the arm-holes of your
vest, and imagine you are it and when
you fash your roll to pay the score. the
quiet man at another table i'm the sa-
loon, who has been drinking pop. and
Whom you were sorry. for, he looked so
forl0rn, viii take YOU into the police
station. and they will search YOU. and
you viii break down and blubber. and
then II is all off, and the next dav
You VIII be before a Judge. and vout.
broken-hearted mother will be there
trying to convince the judge that some
body must have put the money i'm voIr
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was situated in New York the father
OF his country suffered the same an
noyance, while Nine. Washington is
known to have protested against the
effrontery of tourists, who even peeped
into her boudoir while she was making
her toilet.
Being commandment chief of the
army and navy, president enjoys GER
tain perQuisities not listed above. Like
any other military officer, he is entIt-
led to free medical attention from the
regularly commissioned army ard
navy surgeons. and this privilege ex-
tends TO his family, just as il does
TO the wife and children of the hum
best subaltern. A number of officers
Of the army and navy are detailed to
serves as aides to the president Oh
public and social occasions. Like any
general of the army, he is allowed an
orderly TO care for his mount. while
another non commissioned officer is de-
tailed as custodian Of the colors flown
over his official quarters.
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Llama iv Thibet las week, an Rosen-
felt, tn American champeen. who has
issued def to tn wurruld. Befure tn
gong sounded tn Jap rushed over an
sthruck tn ROOshyan a heavy blow
beneath tn belt. a claim iv foul was
entered, but not allowed. At tn tap
~ tn gong both boys went at it ham
rjer an tongs. but il was soon appa-
rent that h Rooshyan, though heavier.
was not in as good condition as his op-
percent. Ii was Walcott an Choynski
all over. on'y tn Rooshyan hung on
with gr-reat courage. At the end iv
IN twentieth round. whin both boys
were on tn ropes, tn ref'ree, tn well
known fight promoter. Misther Roths-
child. declared tn bout a dhraw. Con-
siderable bad blood was aroused be a
claim be tn fighters that durin' tn bat
tie they We're robbed iv their clothes
By their seconds. As a financial en-
therprise tn fight was a frost. Tn
box Office receipts did not akel tn rent
~ tn barn an thraining EXPENSES, an
tn ref'ree decided that as tn fight was
a dhraw he was entitled to tn stakes.
'Fudden't it be fine? Who wudden't
walk 10 Bloomington. Illinye, TO see
that sturdy out prudent warryor, tn
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stables. Moreover, the first gentleman
of the land has always at his elbow a
corps OF expert clerks, headed by a
private secretary who draws a sena-
tors salary.
Pays For $1,000 Dinners.
An food eaten at the White House
tables-above and below stairs-must
be paid for by the president, as must
all viands consumed at public func-
lions, such as state dinners, which cost
about $1,000 apiece in these DAYS. and
which occur four or five times a year.
The music at these entertainments Is.
however. furnished by a government
Dand, and the flowers are supplied Sr
the public propagating gardens. Whine
the government supplies the horses .aDd
carriages used by the clerical force of
The executive mansion. the president
must purchase and maintain his own
steeds and equipages. The largest item
III the presidents domestic expenGi-
ture, therefore, is for food consumed