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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-26
Copyright 1906 by Daily story Pub. Coz

A man came down the wharf at
Bonners Point and beholding Captain
Silas Bugbee leaning over the rail OF
the schooner Amanda accosted him.
"Can l hire this boat to take me to
Rushton tonight" he asked. The
skipper turned his hard blue eye on
the speaker, whose habiliments and
manner bespoke a city-bred man.
you can't" he replied, she's job
for tonight"
That's bad" responded the pros
pective hirer; II am anxious to be in
Rushton in time to take the steamboat
for Baltimore. I'd give ten dollars
for the passage"
The skipper moved uneasily. With
the present southwest wind a run over
to Rushton wouldn't take more than
three hours. Ten dollars was not to
be passed by and as a matter of fact
the skipper expected to spend five dol
lars that very night,
when do you want to start?" he
asked.
'Pll be ready at six o'clock and
suppose you can get me in Rushton
by nine. The steamboat leaves there
at ten"
Still the skipper pondered. He pro-
posed to be married that night and
was then preparing to go across the
bay for that very important accessory
to wedding-a clergyman. In fact,
an engagement had already been
made with the reverend gentleman.
However. wedding can be postponed
one day and clergyman is likely to
then ten dollars
"fll do it," said the skipper. "be
here at six O'clock"
BY Ave o'clock Captain Bugbee had
overhauled his running rigging and
made all ready for his sail to Rush
ton. His customer appeared on the
hour in hired wagon which the cap
tain knew belonged In Bonner. 81
wonder who the Teller is?' he muir
INJURED; 81 don't know of no strangers
here"
The man assisted another man, curl
ously muffled for the time of year, out
OF the wagon. A man very awkwardly
clothed and muffled as to the neck
In comforter. A SLOUGH hat was
pulled far over his face. Something
queer" muttered the skipper, but it's
no business of mine"
This is Captain Bugbee, the owner
of the boat" remarked the man who
had arrangd negotiations to his com,
panion.
The muflled man emitted a sound
very like unto smothered laugh and
turned his face away from the skip
per.
my friend is SICK" said the hirer
Of the boat. I'm anxious to get him
to Baltimore. I'll help him up the
plank"
Then big portmanteau was
brought over the rail and the sick
man went down into the cuddy.
The skipper cast off and was hold
ing the schooner hard against the
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Home Tackle-M aklng.

There is no more interesting and
absorbing occupation during the spare
hours for the young angler, than the
home manufacture of his tackle, says
J. Harrington Keene in Recreation
OF course, few boys can hope to be.
come expert rod, reel or fly makers
nor with the beautiful and compar.
atively cheap products of skilled labor
in the tackle stores is it necessary
that they should. But the mending
of broken or weakened rod joint, the
replacement of missing guide ring,
the whipping of a hook on the smell.
and the joining of the gut by the
right knots in leader, ought to be an
accomplishment within the reach of
every young fisherman.
In course of his apprenticeship in
these simple processes. the aspirant
for high hookship" should proceed to
the making of passably good arti.
fetal (which properly considered
is an imitation as close as possible of
the fly or insect on which the trout
and other fish feed with readiness
during the spring and summer mon.
this especially, and even to the middle
Of autumn in some localities.
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The Carrier Bee,

You often have heard of carrier pig
cons and the part they play in war,
but how many boys and girls ever
heard of carrier bee?
These little honey gatherers have
such sense of direction that they
can always fly straight to their hives,
even from places they have never
visited before.
We are told that few years ago
a beekeeper trained some of his in.
sects as message carriers. Knowing
they will always fly home from any
point in a range of four of five miles,
he tied tiny notes for his little daugh.
tiers on the bees and set them loose in
totally unfamiliar place. In a very
short time they were back at their
own hives, messages and all
Some people think bees might be
made very useful in war times. and
even now experiments are being made
to see just how far and how directly
they will fly.
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TWO Pencils a Year for ALI

The number of pencils used in the
United States annually, If divided
evenly, would be a small allowance
for those requiring them every day.
Yet, at this rate, when the total of
about 160000,000 for the whole coun,
try is calculated, one cannot help
wondering how it is possible to con
sumo such vast number of pencils.
Some of the pencils we buy are made
in Germany" but of the entire nun.
Der that Americans use nine-tenths
are OF home manufacture. A consid.
cradle quantity of this article is also
exported as well as imported. The
pencil factories of the United States
employ upward of 1000 people. paying
them about 100000 in wages every
year. Americas annual output of pen.
ellis is worth 100000.
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Had His Elatterer Sized un.

Burton Holmes tells a good story
calculated to prevent "swelled head
on the part of persons who think that
the world could not go on without
them.
II was sitting" said Mr. Holmes
in the lobby of well known hotel
in Cincinnati just as bus load OF
travelling statesmen arrived from the
station. They hustled up to the desk
in their usual businesslike and breezy
manner and one after the other signed
the register. One and all shook hands
with the hotel clerk-a quaint, rather
ly old fellow, who had been there
a good many years-and one of the
knights of the road said: We'll
Uncle Dave, it's good thing you're
not dead yet. l don't think the house
could run without you" ooh, yes, 1t
could" said the old clerk. You fel
lows would come in here, and IL there
was a strange clerk on watch you
would say: Where's Uncle Dave?'
Why. didn't you hear about him, he
died last MONTH Then you'd say:
Well, I'll be darned! That's too bad
Say, what time'll dinner be ready?'
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~" Beu Your Pardon"

The other day at a railroad station
a Japanese young man was noticed
among several Americans, who were
eating. that is, boiling food by jerks.
He knew but few words of English,
but managed to call for some oysters
or coffee. He ate and drank with most
exquisite manners and attracted much
attention by his frequent use of Il beg
your pardon" When he wanted the
pepper, upon reaching for it. he said
in sweet voice to the man before
whom he had to pass his arm: Il
beg your pardon" One coarse fellow
who sat with his hat tilted over one
eye surprised even himself by push
ing the plate of crackers toward the
polite Japanese without being asked.
He did not look up, as if ashamed of
being caught in the act.
Conversing afterward with the
young man from Japan he admitted
that he knew less than 100 words of
our language. 81 beg your pardon"
thank you" "if you please" and you
are very kind" were phrases he could
speak very distinctly and by means OF
them made his way wherever he went.
Politeness costs nothing and is the
passport to every good in life. 1t
never fails to bring returns. This Jap
was unlike a little American girl,
aged 5.
Recently her father brought home a
humorous book teaching politeness by
showing the shockingly bad manners
of family of children.
Edna" he said, Il hope these funny
pictures and stories will help you to
be more polite
ITS of no use, papa. 1t will take
more than book to teach me man
ners. You can't teach an old dog new
tricks"
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The MethodIeaI Fish.

The sunniest fish that ever could pc 49,,
Lived down in the depths of a very ueep
He knitted his brows and he scratched
his old head. ia
And after reflection he soberly salu,
i've given the subject much serious
And ten Chances to one, shall some DAY
Now il that comes to pass. trust tha'
| may ,-.,t,,,, u,av
re caught in an orderly. businessllke way
No one in his senses can ever deny
a hook is intended to go In an eye,
Yet many a fish is so careless ne WIZ ~, In
Take hook in his mouth, or perhaps ~
But I'm more methodical, so / shall Try
To join i'm true union the hook anu '"'
eye" ,r,,
We'll, this orderly fish went his orderly
He kept his eyes open, with wide'
thoughtful gaze, ,,.s ,ooL
And whenever he saw well-baited NOOK,
He rolled up his eye with contempia'Ne
look, .t.eod
And then swan away with satisfied
Saving. That's not the hook to fit my
eye | Think on
SO he kept his eyes open Gas every one
And somehow. the wise old fish never was
Youths Companion.
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Sinnle Rome SWINGS.

Sometimes a rope will be found
ing about the barn or back OF U
house which could be used to max
a swing, but it is not quite cu
enough for the purpose. That sa
time single rope swing may be mi1
which will furnish enough fun ton
all summer.
The end of a soap box makes go
seat, explains the Rochester PostEY
press. Bore a hole in the middle OIL /
board, pass the rope through and "
a knot in the bottom. Tie the otheI
end around the branch of a tree, y
far away from the trunk as posslp7
Let the board be not more than ~
or seven inches wide.
A good athletic boy can have gfes'
fun with such a swing. There is
knack in handling it, but when oncs
mastered he can swing back or for'l
perfectly straight in any direcuOD
Grasp the rope as high as you cal
reach, stand far back and with
quick jerk lift yourself off the groun'
and straddle the swing. The Doal'
should be far enough from the groun'
to let the toes touch, then, by louVu
ing the ground occasionally II is pV'
sible to keep going straight and 10
revolve. If some one Is near py
push you can be pushed in a clrc'
like "merry-go-round." There =
enough variety in this style OF sWll
to make it worth while to make OH'
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TUBERCULOSIS KILLS RED MEN
Awful Ravaaes Of This Disease
Amonu the Indians.


THE full blood Indians of the
United States are scarcely holding
their own in point of increase OF
population remarked Capt. Downs,
special Indian agent of the United
States government.
"In some of the tribes there is a
slight increase, but it is among the
mixed breeds and not among those OF
pure aboriginal stock. The deadly foe
of the red man continues now, as for
many years past. to be tuberculosis.
Just why this disease should seem
to commit greater ravages among the
Indians is difficult to understand. At
first the theory was that it was due
to their changed mode of existence;
that the transition from a savage to
civilized life made them peculiarly
susceptible. | am inclined to think
that there is but little basis for this
view, especially as the number of vic
tins claimed by consumption shows
no sign of diminution, although many
years have elapsed since the Indian
forsook his primitive ways of living
"a more reasonable explanation is
found in the present habits of the PEG
pie. In building their tepees or log
houses they make very scant allow
ance for ventilation, and sleep in quar-
ters from which fresh air is largely
excluded. Besides, dozen or more in
dividuals will occupy room thai
ought not at the most to contain more
which 1t is difficult to break them Is
that of the common pipe. A group OF
Indians will take turns in smoking
the same pipe, and If one Of the party
be diseased there is always the dan
ger of its being transmitted. Wash
ington Post.
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to have taken their place. Here Is
such nice game for a slate that
every one of you will want to buy one
right off, though, for that matter, you
can also play it on paper.
Divide a slate into three equal
parts by drawing lines up and down 1t
with a pencil. Then across the lower
end draw another line. In each low
er corner place a cannon, filling the
space above 1t with os for the sol
diers of the army.
This picture will show you how to
do it.
Now the battle begins. Each player
has sharp-pointed pencil. No. l,
placing the point of his pencil on the
mouth of his cannon, draws it very
quickly across the slate toward No.
2's army If the mark made by this
pencil passes through any of the men
of the opposing army, they are killed
and out of action.
Then No. takes his turn at pencil
killing, and so the game goes on until
all the men on one side are dead.
This diagram shows the plan of bat
tie, No. l having won.
The pencil track must be straight
or curved; any shot in which there is
an angle does not count. If either
gunner is unlucky enough to hit his
own men, it counts for the other -ide
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Magic Second Sioht

To do the trick of Second sight"
all that is necessary in the way of
equipment is large slate a piece of
chalk and sheet of paper. First,
ask some one in the company to write
any number or words on the paper and
tell him that you, without seeing the
paper, will then write upon the slate
those very words.
Everyone will smile and at once
call upon you to make good your
claim When the paper is ready dl.
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There viii be, when l come home, though
the hill-gap in the west.
The friendly smile of the sun on the
fields that / love best;
The red-topped clover here and the
white-whorled daisy there
And the bloom of the wilding brair that
affairs the upland air.
There will be bird-mirth sweet (mellower
none may knowD
The flute of the wild woodthrush the
call of the Vireo;
Pleasant gossip of the leaves. and from
the dawn to the gloam
The lyric laughter of brooks there will
be when l come home.
There will be, when l come home, the
kindness of the earth
All, how love. ii all, bounteous breadth
and girth!
The very. sod will say-tendril fiber and
root
Here is our fosterchild, he of the wan
dering foot.
Welcome welcomed And 10! l shall
pause at gate aiar
That the leaning lilacs Shade, where the
honeysuckles are;
l shall see the open door--O farer over
the foam,
The ease of this hunger of heart there
will be when l come home!
Clinton Scotland In the outlook.
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Marriage bel" howied the skipper.

odes would have been dedicated to
dollars rather than to raven tresses
or to liquid blue eyes. The very at
tractive personality of the girl was en-
tirely secondary to the snug sum of
money she would inherit and Captain
Bugbee determined at all odds to have
the money and as necessity the
girl. But he did not find favor with
Arabella and the willy mariner enlist.
ed the support of Captain Woods by
playing upon his cupidity. He prom
Used, that in the event of Arabella
marrying him he would reside with
his wife at the Woods home and the
$500 would be increased to $500 a
year. AS Arabella was gentle and
obedient Captain Woods and his wife
had no doubt of succeeding in per-
suading her to consent to marrying
Captain Bugbee. He had no appar-
ent rivals. for country beaux were not
countenanced and she knew no one
outside of the village. True, she had
spent two months in Baltimore the
past year with Mrs Woods sister, but
she seemed to have made no acquaint-
ances. The negotiation dragged and
Captain Bugbee's hunger to possess
the money grew. Finally, Arabella
was commanded by her uncle to pre-
pare to marry Captain Bugbee in
three weeks, and, to his surprise, the
girl made no violent protest.
you see | was all prepared for the
wedding" said the clergyman as he
reached the deck of the schooner,
pointing to book in his hand. 1T
won't be until tomorrow night" re-
piled the skipper II was obliged to
run up to Rushton tonight"
LAS long as I'm aboard III go with
you" responded the minister. 1--WE a
few things to attend to in Rushton."
Are you a clergyman" enquired
the man who had hired the Amanda
and who had just come up out of the
cuddy.
Mr.. Club replied in the affirmative
Then" said the man, "Pd like a
word or so with you"
The two disappeared down the cud
dy ladder.
II hope that sick man won't die on
board" unused the skipper; The must
be worse or what would a preacher
have to dor"
The occupants of the cuddy remain.
ed below until the schooner reached
its destination and then, with a pre-.
occupied countenaRce, the Rev. Mr.
Club accompanied the two passen.
gers ashore, asking the skipper to
wait a half hour for him.
When he came back the mariner in.
quired If he had buried the sick man.
Rather mysterious. but license all
regular" replied the clergyman, 1.-The
sick man happens to be a well woman
and I've just married her to the man
who accompanied her"
did you find out her name" asked
Captain Bugbee, turning pale.
why, how else could | have mar
ried her? Her names Arabella Pit.
kins and she told me there was hor-
rible old wretch trying to force her to
marry him. She had to disguise her
self as a man to escape. The man she
married she met in Baltimore last
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uncle, Captain Abel Woods, in whose
care she had been committed by her
father. 1t was obvious that girl as
money to boot would not long remain
unmarried and when she did marry
the $500 allowed him annually for her
maintenance and schooling ceased.
Then Captain Bugbee came on the
scene and paid ardent court to Ara
bella. 1t is possible that Captain Bug.
bee had had a regard for his parents
and also as to the future welfare of
his soul, but the one thing he loved
was money. Had he been a poet, and
happily he was not his imprisoned
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year. He seems very good sort VI
fellow"
After an astonished pause the cler
gyman said sharply. please remem'
Der my calling, Captain Bugbee. Such
language as you are using is disgrace
full and I've mind to refuse to per
form the marriage ceremony to-mor.
row night for you"
Marriage be -" howled the
skipper and Mr.. Club fed down into
the cuddy.
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wind when he was hailed from a skiff
which had put out from the opposite
side of the bay.
Isn't that Captain Bugbee" hailed
man In the little craft. To an af'
hrmative answer he went on.
Pm the Rev. Mr.. Club and you
were coming for me this evening.
put out to meet you. captain"
Now, the captain, as before limited.
intended to marry Miss Arabella Pit
kins that very night. Miss Pitkins
had been left the most desirable sum
OF $4,000 by her father, in possession
OF which she was to come on attain
ing her twentieth year. This event
would occur the coming winter and
was viewed with apprehension by her
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When Koreans Go Calling.

Korean visiting cards someu"'s
measure a foot square. The savage,
of Dahomey announce an intenGeu
visit by sending in advance VOGUE
board or the branch of a tree arlisus
ally carved. When the visit Is paw
the card" is returned to the posse
sion of it's owner, who will douDue''
use it for many years. With the 10
tives of Sumatra the visiting caiu
composed of piece Of wood aoou' = >
foot long, decorated with pun'H "
straw and a knife.
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The bull paved the turf, glowering.
my good friend" said the man,
"the day of brute force is past. Con
slider Portsmouth, and II you have
anything against me let us confer
about it in the Portsmouth manner
Let us argue-not fight"
mo" said the bull. suiting the
action to the word, "let us toss up"
Bang! Thud! Luck was against
tie man.
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a merry'goround like the one mic.
'ured Is easy of construction and no
explanations further than a few hints
builder N'pe''''e
me center post stands ten feet
nai and rests in a shallow auger.
nole' bored in the top of an old stumn
OF post set for the purpose. The ton
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The wood most commonly sought
for making pencils is Virginia or red
cedar. which grows abundantly in the
South, especially in Alabama and
Florida. Europe, having nothing as
good among its own trees for pencil
covering as Virginia cedar, obtains
its supply of this material from the
United States. But the American
manufacturer is compelled to go
abroad for the graphite contained In
pencils. Mexico, Bohemia, Ceylon and
Siberia yield the best qualities OF
graphite. The preparation of graphite,
of which, with clay, pencil lead con-
sists, is an important industry in itself,
and it has its home in Germany.
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Not a Fowl Ball.

Old Woman at Ball Game-Why dc
they call that foul ball? 1t has no
wings.
Young MAXWELL, you see that's a
picked nine
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Mexican Bread Fruit

In the public gardens at New W.
there is a Mexican bread fruit !,
epiphyte that clings to dead nj
Its leaves grow to be like big M
with deeply scalloped edges, and
fruit resembles long ear of col
wrapped in single sheath. M
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works as an axle in an old W.T. W.T. by
any kind, which is anchor9 T,.a othef
three or four guy wires simple
parts of the apparatus are loO arms
to need description. The sea- with
may be of any length deslrs ,ss swing
takes on quite a country la .roal Her
Oscar P. Roberts In Mon
aid.
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Mother LisfoeOn Humorisf

Bunch OF us wuZ settin' In
Motifs barber shop to-day.
An OF copper colored Winn
Stroked his chin an paused to say
That In Pittspurg Mary's lamb
Couldn't be "a white one, Ell?
Wicker took the subject up
An clipped In to say that when
Wash day comes the clothes wu2 all
Cleaner fore they washed 'em than
When they hung out on the line
An was taken In again.
OF Morg laughed an asked me II
would live there, an I got
Sollum like an said. III rs
Pittsburg stogie smoke. like Mott
Is a-iillin up the room
Jist at present with. I'd not!'
Detroit Tribune.
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Game of Rival Armies.

Boys and girls do not use states in
school nowadays; writing pads seem
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fruit when ripe has the taste aud odd
of pineapple, and we can just imagl
that the little Mexican children feaI
upon it as the boys and girls Of %
country feast upon peaches adj
cream.
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rect it to be hidden while VIM
your back.
Place the slate so that the auaio.
cannot see the front of it and my
sumo an attitude of deep tbon.
Then say, Now, if some ono y
kindly read aloud what is on NJ
paper, | will prove that | have WITT
those very words"
The paper is then read. and ,,l
time has arrived to turn the al
around. When the spectators y
what is on it the laugh will be ]
them, for you have done what y
boosted you would do-that is IN =,
you have written Those very wo,5'
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