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To-day Olki-Sau was sad at heart Be-
sides the sorrow Of her brothers death,
she had awakened in terror from frightful
dream. 1t seemed to her that a frightful
to devour her Alarmed, the young girl
FASTENED to put on a robe embroidered with
mystic. signs to ward off evil. Then,
onieted, che sat down by her window, play
ing softly on her samisen.
Presently litter borne by. two stalwart
Kouroamas, stopped before her door and
Shnau. the banker, appeared. Haverai
FASTENED to greet him with low bows, but
a strong anxiety took hold of his already
sooTTroNful heart at the sight, OF the little
old man Shinau, too looked anxious.
1t did not take long for him to tell his
story. The sudden closing OF his foreign
branch bank had left the home bank Of
Shinau bankrupt, and he would be unable
to pay his customers unless his debtors
should pay what had been lent to them. And
though he had no writing, only the word Of
Haverai, it was not for nothing that the
banker had trusted man of noble birth.
Shinau bow cd again and went away.
How can can l give , my little ,G 9lk ,s to
father to himself. But unless Metzu re-
turns within the week, she must accept
Gashe for her husband and help me to pay
the money.
to the. god OF love and happiness with all
her might
The days passed slowly. No word came
from Metz,i. until on the fifth day his sword
and ring were brought to Haverai. The
Young Captain had fallen in battle leading
his men.
Then Haverai told his daughter to put
on her robe OF golden butterflies.
you must he married tomorrow to
Gashe." was all he said, but poor little
Olki-Sau understood.
Her dream Of happiness WAS over, her
lover would never come home. and she
alone conld save her fathers honor.
With the silent submission and accept
ance o: tho inc, table which have made
the Japanese what they are, little Olki-
Sau crept away TO dress.
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OF his voice: -
Say, Mr.. Johnslne, why don't you hit
your man in the nose and make the ink
On another occasion two white bo1ers
markable fistio. ability. One Of them Ii
particular was barren in this respect and
were rather ludcrous, especially to one
Of these gods who cried: 80 -
"You won't do, at all guess you must
have lost your book on boxing. You're
on the bun, bum" This sally naturally PRO-
When joe bernstein and Dolly Lyon.
fought at the Greenwood A. c., Brooklyn,
for the title Of featherweight champion
OF the bowery a number Of their partisans
tenth round the mill was exciting enough
and 1t was an even toss who would win..
But after, this round Lyons became tired
and simply defeated himself. He was 90
disguised. One Of Lyons's admirers, who
good naturally:
vo Dolly y polly p me neg good nan yhy don!
Barely had the furry caused BY this
remark subsidized when there came another
cry. presumably from one Of Bernstein's
Take chance. did you say7 Why Dolly.
Dolly?" - ~
These gods used to poke good natured
fTn at Charley White when he was referee.
devoid Of hirsute adornnent % ton u his.
head, and whenever he became too sealousl
In getting between the principals whenS
they were clinohed he was invariably toldl
by some OF these gods to look out unless
- At the Leno1 A. G. one night when Toni
Sharkey was meeting Kid Mccoy thesol
gods hurled volley Of wit at the er-sailor
until the house roared. Sharkey has the
on his chest, and Is proud Of this worE, Of
art. After the Kid had Knocked Sharksy
down couple OF times In the third round I
one OF these gods advised Mccoy to strike
Sharkey on the tattooed anchor and aink
the ship, Another took Bob Fitzsimmons i.
to task when the Cornishman met Ed Dunk
horst. the Human Freight Car before
one of the Brooklyn clubs. Dunkhorst is
elephantine IN proportion and clumsy
for the ex champion that night and when {
Fitz got home a good blow In tho wind
Dunkhorst. went down and out. After [
Dunkhorst's seconds had dragged him toi
MS corner and sueceeded In partially re-
were showered on Fitz. One OF these In |,
particular was so funny that Fits ,oouldI
not help chuckling himself, Fitz was APP !.
parpently sorry for his rival and went over !.
to Dunkhorst's corner to shake his yfctim,s ;
hand. just then Bob was greeted with: :
thought you was a gentleman, Bob? (
Why don't you hit man your own sizefs 81,
Only last spring when Kid Mccoy and
Jack 0'Brien met at Philadelphia one Of
these denizens Of the gallery set the house
roaring with funny remark. The bout ;
was not as lively as the crowd expected,
In fact it was so tame at times that the
spectators became bored. At the beginning
Of the fifth round tho rivals began TO 40
after each other in earnest. This WAS =,
gratifying to everybody save ono Tod
who cried at the &c? Of his voice TO O'Br{en;
oh, Jack OH jack. issr boyi don't hit u
mother, you know -
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TALKING TREE OF KENTUCKY.
Story OF Mysterious Voices Heard on q
Farm Near Heath.

From the Pdducdh Neus-Democrdf.
Out on the farm OF Will Albert. near Heath.
this county. the people of that section are yet
wrought up over the talking tree" that has
been there for some time. Enormous crowds
continue to congregate there almost every
Sunday to hear the strange noises that ema-
nate from the tree. The voice can be dis
tincty heard and says there are treasures
buried Mt my roots.
party consisting Of the most reliable
citizens Of the country visited the tree not
long since to make thorough investigation
for themselves as TO the noises being heard
They listened patiently for several hours
and were preparing to leave for home when
a sudden crash. which has been given many
times before the marvellous production OF a
human voice. came.
The mystery yet remains unsolved and so
great has the number OF people been who
have gone there in the past several months
that the tree Ia now dead caused by the
continuous trampinGs on the earth surround
ing the tree.
The only theory that has been suggested
is that man was killed under the tree in
1852. and while many do not believe in
spirits. the facts are so plain and the voice
can be 80 distinctly heard that they cannot
dispute the fact A family Of people who
lived there many years ago became 80 fright
ened from the voice that they sold their farm
at a sacrifice and went West and are now
living in Texas.
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The planter upon whose estate these In
truders appeared ordered their oofflned
remains inferred upon the rice field banks
where they have since performed more
successful watchman's duty than they ever
accomplished In the flesh.
Among these barbarous coast negroes
there Is. Of course, great probability that
many OF them are entombed alive. When
one OF their number Is III, no skill or remedy
Is used for his recovery. Every effort Is
made 10 hasten his death. The illness
Is thought to be a spell OF Satan, and the
widest incantations are necessary to break
the charm.
AS the custom Is to have burials at night,
the person may have breathed his last
only an hour or two before he Is shrouded
and showed into the grave.
One dark, stormy night a small party Of
hunters on their way to the mouth of the
river sought refuge from the gale on Duga-
doc Island. There were no habitations on
this desolate land save the wind battered
novels OF colony Of negroes, all jumbled
together on point of land jutting out into
the marshes.
The old cotton fields shivering in bleak
ness held in their midst clump OF trees
bound and clutohed together by the power
full grapple Of vines that could bi defiance
to any tempest that might strive 10 tear
them asunder. Driven before the blast,
the little party reached this shelter after
midnight.
One glance revealed to them a topsy-
turvy negro burying ground Nothing
daunted. and with no other choice for a
nights lodging. they cleared a space amid
the broken bottles and oyster shells, dragged
up a few Wondering headboards and
kindled a fire.
The trees fought each other like demons
OF the tempest. their limbs creaked and
grated together. Among their branches
great coils Of vines twisted and contorted
with the sinuosity of serpents.
There was no sleep for the dodgers. A
dull, thudding sound arose from a nearby
grave. At intervals a shrek, like that of
Gagged maniac, rent the air, then died
away, only to break forth with renewed
hideousness. Groans and crashing of
teeth seemed to emanate from the shadow
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Tragedy Of Little Olki-Sau;
Tapanese War Time Ske+rh

,rai the Samurai was very sad. His
son, the pride and stay of his old age, had
been killed by the Russians. The news
had just reached Kagosima and for Haverai
the bright sun Of noontide was turned in
deed into darkness.
Without his son how could he ever hope
to pay back the money he owed to Shinau
the banker? He had sworn to return it
though Shinau, to whom he had formerly
rendered many a service, would take moth
ing but the word of Samurai as guaranty.
To he sure, al hough he had no money
Haverai had Il daug iter. Olki-Sau, pearl
Of great grace and beauty, whose fame
had reached far beyond the limits of Kago-
sima. Thus, though she was but young
maid yet, OlkiSau had many suitors for
her hand, two in particular.
one, Metzu, was Of noble birth, holding
high rank in the army, and 1t was he whom
the dainty little lady loved with all her heart
The other Gashe, man Of large fortune,
but stingy as a man could well be, she de-
tested.
Il will never marry Gashe," Olki-Sau
murmured to herself, as she danced in the
sunshine Of the fiowery little garden. But
when Metzu, comes home and this war is
ended, then 7 shah be happy indeed"
dignity of a Samurai forbade him to show
his love and few we're the caresses he gave
her. The young girl understood this. too,
and she knew besides that her father would
never make Use Of his legal right to force
her to marry, but would leave her free to
follow her own heart.
Accordingly, though fattered by the
request of the rich Gashe for the hand OF
his daughter, Haverai had gently evaded
the question, and replied that the girl was
as vet too young to think of marriage.
u will " ait. then" Gashe replied. bowling
politely, though inwardlv provoked that a
man so poor as Haverai and 30 much in
debt should refuse a rich son-in-law like
himself
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Could Distinguish Tread OF . Flea

FROM Nature.
The auickness which some persons possess
in distinguishing the smaller sounds is very
remarkable A friend of the writer has de-
clared he could readily perceive the motion
OF flea. when on his nightcap. by the sound
emitted by the machinery of his leaping
powers.
However extraordinary this may appear,
we find a similar statement is given In the
ingenious work upon insects by Kirby and
Spence. who say: Il know of no other insect
the tread of which is accompanied by sound
except indeed the flea. whose steps a woman
assured me she always hears when it passes
over her nightcap. and that it clacks as II
it were walking In patti ens!" If we can sup
pose the ear to be alive to such delicate vibra-
tons. certainly there is nothing in the way
of sound too difficult for it TO achieve.
Cats and dogs can hear the movements
of their prey at incredible distances, and
that, even in the midst, Of noise which we
would have thought would have overpowered
such effects. Rabbits. when alarmed, forcibly
strike the earth with their feet by the vbra-
tions Of which they communicate their APP
prehensions to burrows very remote.
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amid flames OF light. The death bed
watchers crept away outdone--d jected

amid flames OF light. The death bed
watchers crept away outdone--dej ected
a. their failure to speed the parting spirit
AS for the fond ! arents, they were morti-
fed and Inundated to the hearts core at
the obstiracy of their child.-at the per-
tinacity OF -fo'teen yeah ole gal" defying
a whole gang Job sanctify chuch members"
and refusing to die a. the proper time!
Small wonder is IL that Billy Button
stood his ground when his wife told him
their child was dead Instead OF moving
toward his cabin, he continued to whack
lazily a. the weeds In his benny Patch,
mumbling to himself:
'Eh! eh! Wot mex dat gal 30 contrary.
E nebber dead wen people wantum fun
dead! e drap of now jes fuh spite ebry-
boddy!"
Clan cling up he espied his wife still stand
ing at the door.
"Odoe! he gruffiy called out. "Lemme
lone Needn't spec me fun budget
Tie up e Jaw! Bind e. fut togedder! Wrap
um cen de shroud! Dat gal nebba tarrogate
e fadder feelin' / amt gwine bodder wild
um now"
The scene just described is a specimen
OF the ceremonies performed over the
dying by the coast negroes OF South Caro-
lima The result is usually more gratifying
to the participants for only an iron con-
stitution or numbness Of sensibility can
resist such effort to make the dying shuttle
off this earthly coil.
The most ignorant negroes in the United
States hubble together upon the swamp
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durin the night, and there I saw seven
deer a-feedin' on them roastin' ears. When
I hollered at 'em they looked up, kinder
careless like, and then went on eatin'. as
though was Of no particular consequence.
l climbed over into the field and had a
regular time Of it gettin' them deer out of
the corn. The big buck which led the herd
made as II he was a goin' to start at me
two or three times, and II hadn't carried
a big stick believed he'd adorned me.
sure.
"Well, them deer got so bold that they
wouldn't hardly lay any attention to me
when went to l1ln EN- out of the corn
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We'll that made me mad; don't reckon
l ever was much madden in my life. ran
of mesquite wood and Just waded into
them deer. The fust blow | struck hit the
old buck Just back Of the ears and he fell
like a log, l got in a few ticks on the does,
but they scampered of and disappeared in
but when examined him III be burned
IL he wasn't dead as Hector. was sorry
for didn't want to violate the law But
under the circumstances there was only one
thing for me to do. and that was to string
him up and use him for venison.
Il tell you. he was fat animal, and ri
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admit was feelin pretty good over the
outcome OF the trouble and losses he had
that has ranch down below me.
:" 'HelloV he says, 'where'd you get that
DEER
Il up and tells him just how happened
to Kill the buck, an he just laid down on
his horse and laughed and laughed.
Well, Il that amt good story, never
heard one says he
That remark made me mad
Maybe you don't believe what I've
told your tasks.
Maybe do. and maybe don't he says,
but do you reckon Squire Potter will be-
lieve such story as you're telling he
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Of every log and stump.

OF every log and stump. ...:.--.-
In the morning tho wind ceased Ito tip
roar and the noises subsidized Feeling
quite brisk In the sunlight, the huntera
hailed an old negro who was hobbling
through the fields. He shook and almost
dropped from fright, but was fnally In
duced. after the promise Of drink OF
whiskey and the assurance that the visitors
were not the marrowless jewellers Of the
graves. to approach the land Of the super
natural ~
The horrible experiences OF the, night
we're recounted. and he was asked II no
could explain those sounds. ,.,,-.. 49,
The old man shook his head. Looking
on the ground, he slowly muttered az II
to himself: 49,. -.
"1spec you dem groanin' an bollefin' you
yedde ees de sperret OBJ ole Baoous son
CufYee, rasslin' wild Peter at the golden
gate. Wen de time come fun e fut fun
straighten out cen Diet, Cuffee tun e eye on
all de chuch' members an say =, - :
'I's gwfne tub glory, shot An Of ole
man Peter tempt fun turn me way from do
golden gate, me and him hairer rassie.'e -
Il spec yedde Jim fuh truel Cunes
always bin ready fun fight. Ole man Peter
sho got de wust OBJ dat rassle! By dis tiffe,
Cuffee TUX seat close t,ldde trone OBJ glory.
De bret lobe e body wen de sun sink intode
ribba Yesterday. and we bury Jim yeah Lar.
night" ''~'" 49, e9--
The horror Of the hearers increased a.
the old man went on with his narrative,
for 1t dawned upon them that they had spent
the night in company with one who had
been buried alive! 49, :
They looked at the fresh earth scratched
up over the coffin. One end OF the rough
pine box was exposed to view. Breath
lessly they listened for another sound. hut
the stiffness OF death had come at last
Cuffees last -rassle' had ended!
Such scenes and such burials have mazda
these graveyards chambers OF horror
and tend to strengthen the superstition
that has always held sway over the negro. =.
Public W ,., schools. supported principally
even in these remote wilds and are always ],
well attended Their curriculum, how.
ever, includes no art potent enough to
break the spell OF Satan.' -.
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asks.
neighbors that seen that buck Arranging
up in my yard that morning. 1t 'peared
to me like every man in that community
drove by my house. An every man told
the story to about how / came to kill the
buck just laughed and laughed, and all
of them wondered what Squire Potter
would say about it.
Some Of EN- must ha' told Squire Potter,
for that evening the constable came over
and arrested me for killing deer out OF sea-
son. The next day l appeared before
them deer had been Fostering and running
1t over me, he laughed, too, but said the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
What His Lawyer Did.
From the Denrer Repubiicon.

Senator Blackburn says that once when
n joint committee OF the Louisiana Iegisla-
ture visited the State penal farms at An
COLA and Hope for the purpose Of report
ing on the work done by the board of control
they spent considerable time In converslng
with the negro convicts in order to elicit
certain Information.
One OF the negroes CHANGED to recognize
in member OF the committee a rising young
member of the bar in New Orleans.
1T appears you know Mr.. c." remarked
one Of the committee.
Yes, sab" responded the negro, gripning
to show his teeth. Il knows him mighty
we'll, sab; he wuz the genulman dat sent
me heah."
addressed the darkey. Il never knew that he
had been a prosecuting attorney. How was
1t that he sent you here?"
convict.
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Bees Remove Their Dead After . Fire.
Rrfdnknnrf snandencf phladeInhid Rscaxd

Over 100000 honey bees were killed during the
Hre at the Eureka Paper Mills here the other day.
AS the smoke had rolled away and the
charred remnants OF their homes had cooled the
little insects, humanke, set TO work cleaning up.
Apparently. an ambulance corps was formed
numbering several hundred bees These began
getting out OF the way their dead comrades. many
Of them killed by stung nremen. and the way they
worked suggested the work that must be going
on daily on the Russo Jap bs;tlenelds. Each
bee tackled a dead one and struggled away with
have been employed the past few DAYS.
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THE HORIZON HUNTERS.

They wondered II the ancients knew
They could not understand
Where fits the sky line snugly to
The earth on every hand.
They wandered over plain and hill;
The sky line seemed to be
As far as twas at first until
They came upon the sea.
They met a CHEEKY dominic
And told their Ques to him.
He wisely looked forth on the sea
Above his glasses brim.
Say. preacher. is not that the seam
Uniting sky and sea?-
The prea cher pondered o. er the theme
And said: "Twould seem to bel"
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law would have to be upheld, and thsS-f
would have to pay fine Of IS and cost.
I'm a-goin' to see whether a man has
any right to protect himself from deer IN
this country, My lawyer says I've rot a
good case II can prove my story. But
he laughed, too. when told II to him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25

At last the debutantes will be pre-
scented in a formal manner, and al
though the debutante tea is a thing of
the questionable past. afternoon re-
ceptions are all the go. says the New
York Press. The ultra-fashionable
set. however, gives a series of dinners
for the budding daughters, but the
rank and file has accepted the mixed
receptions. One of the advantages of
the mixed reception is that the bud is
apt TO meet many eligible men in this
manner. and not be dependent upon
girl friends at dances for introductions
OF this sort. The reception is a more
costly entertainment than the tea.
One must have awnings, fiunkeys and
an elaborate spread. Merely the
steaming cup of tea does not go when
the debutante's reception is well plan
ned. But all things considered, the
debutante is not the factor in society
she was twenty years ago. The I'M
married woman of % Is vastly more
interesting and the young married set
monopOliZes the calcium according to
the present way of things.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
OVER THE TELEPHONE.

This is the conversation that took
place between the girl at one end OF
the telephone wire and the girl at the
other end Of il:
"HlO,"
"HIo!"
'ThatchOO Pim?"
"Yeh HOOzat?"
"Smee-Nell."
"HIo. Nell! Smatter?"
"Nothin. Thought'd call yup. Say,
PIN Juno Tom Dixon?"
NO. OOZee?'
"Letcha know some time. Say, jeer-
about Kitten Jim?"
mo. whajjallnow bout emp"
Don't speak teach other"
"Wot strubble?"
Ida know. CumminOver sOon?"
"Yeh. Guessso. b chOor cUmmin-
over tower house first"
"Wil6can. GOtteny fudges?"
" Lot zuvvem."
well. I'll come. G'by!"
"G'by- Say,"
''Wel?"
Don't tell wattitoldiuhbout Kitten
Jim"
4 won't G'by."
"G'by,"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-25
CUBAN PROXY MARRIAGE.

A Paterson Engineer Secures His
Bride Through Fathers Intervention.
Last week in New York at the Ward
Line dock there was a pretty scene
that brought into prominence an event
unusual on American SOIL From Cuba
there arrived beautiful dark-eyed
Cuban girl who had come to meet the
husband to whom she had been united
by proxy.
Rafael Hidalgo y Lopez, a mechani-
cal engineer in the Rogers Locomo-
tive Works, of Paterson, married Sen
orita Anna Rosa Fernandez Y Wegener
by proxy in Havana on Nov 10, the
engineers father taking the place of
his son during the ceremony.
The young woman is an orphan and
the engineer met her in Havana, WOO
ing and winning her in impetuous
Spanish fashion.
They separated and family deaths
prevented their wedding. The young
man was impatient and asked the
girls uncle by letter if he would con-
sent to a marriage by proxy. The
uncle finally agreed to let the en-
gineer's father, who was in Havana,
act.
The wedding took place in the his
toric church of Christobal Colon, and
the wedding feast was celebrated at
LOG Gale Teniente de Rey, the uncle's
/ residence, where the marriage contract
was signed. Thus satisfied that he
had done everything possible for his
niece, the uncle gave the young Cuban
his blessing.
The young people had not seen each
other for three years and their joy in
the reunion created a sympathetic in
terest in the passengers, custom Off
Gals and dock laborers. The long
shoremen made a search for rice but
were obliged to accept barley as a sub
stitute with which to shower the &C.
! statically happy couple as they drove
away for Paterson.