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The exodus to the country is now at
its height and Laramie would n he a
veritable deserted village" if it were
not for the contingent of bonny brown
wanderers who return each day reluc-
family to the duties of humdrum life.
In a way, it seems that woman's rights
rule this season, for the lumber of
'stay-at-home" husbands and fathers
is necessarily large on account of the
rush of present business conditions
Some OF these lonesome gentlemen
may peruse with interest the following
account of how some of their fellow
sufferers in a neighboring city amused
themselves under similar circum-
stances, and it is safe to ave that
there are many Laramieites who would
be equally successful, should they de-
eide to officiate as hosts. The writer
says:
While the cats away the mice will
play was %cleverly demonstrated last
week when three lonely men whose
wives are away decided to entertain
their friends at dinner, in which no
one was to have a hand but themselves.
After inviting their guests, they put
their three heads together and care
fully planned the dinner, which was
cooked entirely by two of the hosts,
while the third arranged the artistic
center piece and laid the table. Those
who were present say they never sat
down to a better dinner and declare
that the chief cook and his assistant
missed their calling when they didn't
become chefs, while the third would
have no difficulty in obtaining a pbsi-
ton with a catering establishment on
account of his artistic ability and
taste"
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Depend Upon Young Men.

IF our young ministers refuse to
come and share in the work, they upon
whom we must depend, they can kill
the institution as no other agency.
With them holding back, truly a crisis
faces the board and those interested
in the field. Money seem to come in
as never before, but without men mon
ey is practically useless. l truly be-
lieve that the blessing of God has rest
ed upon the work here. The old plan
of working among and for the Liberians
american negroes) is on the decline,
but the work among and for the natives
is steadily growing.
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Miss Margaret Knight entertained
delightfully."- at Cheyenne Thursday ev
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MY faith in the work is strong. l
am exceedingly hopeful for the future.
But without men the work cannot be
sustained. The field has never yet
been manned as needed. 1t is more
needy now than ever before. We have
five schools in the interior Their eff
~fectiveness is only half what they
might be if they were visited by a mis-
sionary at least once each quarter. One
man sen out at this time would not
at all meet the need. At most he
could but take the place of Brother
Miller, who died recently. The work
is toe extensive and is growing too
rapidly to be properly taken care of
by one or even two men,"
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. McHugh enter
tanned at dinner Thursday vening
very pleasantly, covers being laid for
Miss Nowlin of Chicago, Miss Burke,
Miss Hunt and Miss Blair.
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Mrs. Colt of Denver, oficiated as hos
tess for the Ladies' Euchre club Tues,
day afternoon, the session being held
at the Durlacher residence. The next
meeting of this club will be with Mrs.
Campbell at the fish hatchery.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

Innumerable obstacles were raised by the
fanatical Buddhists to prevent the animal
| from leaving the country
| A former elephant that was secured by the
agents was poisoned bySthese fanatics at Singa-
pore, and, after the king had given his con.
sent to the removal of the second, he changed
his mind, and only by extreme good fortune
was the sacred animal secured.
The trip from Mandalay to Rangoon was
made through the jungle under guard Of
natives and whites, who rode a number of
black elephants, and finally, after travelling
seven hundred miles, they reached their des-
tination, and housed the white elephant safe
y on the English steamer, by which it was
carried to England.
In Siam and Burmah, the resting place or
stable of some of these sacred elephants is of
solid gold or silver fretwork. The animal is
ulled to sleep by the sweetest of Siamese
the streets are thronged with multitudes that
follow and salute it, offering gifts of every de-
scription.
Bands of music precede and follow it, the
path is strewn with flowers and numbers of
the highest mandarins walk on either side,
bearing the royal umbrella over its head. The
river reached, the trappings OF gold and sil-
yer bells are removed, and the elephant enjoys
himself after the manner of others. When
he comes out of the water, his feet are re-
washed from a silver vessel and then, amid
the acclamations of the people, and the mu-
sic, he returns home.
The ceremonies described in connection with
the capture of Toung Taloung are similar to
those of all such captures and the earliest
histories of the country contain very interest
ing accounts of them. In the fifteenth cen
tury war occurred over a white elephant
between Siam and Pegu, in which five kings
and thousands of soldiers were slain.
When sacred white elephant dies, the
entire nation shave their heads and go into
mourning, considering it a personal loss. For
several days the body lies in state, and then
it is cremated upon a costly funeral pyre of
sandal and other scented woods, the fire being
kept up by four large golden or gilt bellows
placed at each corner, and worked by man
darins. Finally, after many days of lamenta-
ton, the dust or ashes is collected, placed in
valuable urns, and deposited in a beautiful
mausoleum built for the purpose in the kings
cemetery, and the "Gem of the sky" "Glory
of the Land" "Leveler of the Earth" that,
in the language Of the mourning king had
"tusks like long pearls ears like silver shields
and trunk like comets. tall rests in
peace.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

Instruments, while young girls threw flowers
in its path and fed it with choice fruits, un-
til, finally, it reached the suburbs OF the
city
Here it was met by the king and his mobiles,
and escorted within the palace walls, where
a magnificent house, with golden roof, had
been erected for its comfort, the walls of
which were painted SO as to remind the ele,
phant of its native wilds. Vessels of gold
and silver were presented for its use; num-
ber of ministers were appointed to wait up
ON it, and grant of land given it for its coun-
try place.
The rich mandarins presented it with rare
gifts of gold and silver, and for three days
the city was given up to pleasure, the entire
populace celebrating the event.
On the second day, the new addition to the
royal family received its name, Toung Ia
loung carved upon a piece of sugar cane,
which it ate, and was thus christened. , ed 49,,
of friend of the king, and upon his death
reverted to King Theebaw; but finally, Toung
Taloung became the property Of Mr.. Barnum,
who paid in all over two hundred thousand
dollars for his prize.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

much smoke rising from all around that what
comes from the stove won't be noticed"
Bob, after leaving his watch with the mate,
that IT might be used as a sun-glass, went in
search OF hiding place.
Percy succeeded in cooking, on the top of
the nearly .dismantled stove, meal of fried
biscuit and ham, that seemed remarkably
tempting to the boys, after living as they had
since they first tried to make their escape in
the Jaquita, and Bob arrived from his tour
of observation just as Percy, having eaten to
repetlon, was about to go in search of him.
You get your dinner, while l relieve Dud,
so that, he can have some," Percy said:
And before the captain could reply, he had
started.
Bob had decided that they would camp at
the place where they sought refuge the night
The Spaniard had first taken possession of the
Jaquita. The fire had burned over that por
ton OF the Key, but, by doing some work with
the shovels where was a small cleared space,
he thought it could be made quite comfort
able; besides, it would hardly be likely the
men would think they were hiding amid the
cinders.
| He was so busily engaged in speculating
| upon how it could be arranged to the best
advantage that he failed to notice how the
time was passing until he had finished his din
ner and made long search for the compass.
Then he began to realize that Percy had
been away at least an hour, when he could
have gone to the east coast and back very
/
ct can't be possible that anything has hap
pened," he said to himself, "for Dud was
watching the raft. and of course must have
known if she got very near the land"
He waited few moments more and then
his fears groundless though he believed them
to be- getting the best of him, he could remain
inactive no longer. With his hatchet in his
hand, he started for the shore, walking rapidly
until he had full view of the beach in every
direction; but nothing could be seen of his
companions
He went nearer the water. stll !eeping
hidden from view amid the charred bushes,
and learned to his great surprise and disap-
pointment, that the raft was nowhere in
sight.
Judging from the position of the sun. it
was two hours after noon. The time. which
had passed so rapidly while he was planning
camp, had been sufficient for the men to
work the raft in shore; but why Dudley had
not warned Percy or him of that. fact was
something he could not understand.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

II was likely that signs Of the enemy would
be seen along the coast, and in order that he
might not be entrapped, as perhaps his friends
had, he retraced his steps, not stopping until
he had arrived at the west shore.
So far as could be seen in that direction
there was no one in the vicinity, and he tol-
lowed down the beach, keeping as near to the
burned bushes as he could, until he arrived at
the open square where their camp had been
situated.
At this point he struck through the thicket,
until that end of the key which the foliage
had been untouched by fire was reached.
It was quite two hours from the time he
had started before he heard anything that be,
tokened the presence of human beings, and
then the sound of talking and laughing told
him that one portion of his work was done.
Moving slowly and softly around to the
right he finally succeeded in reaching point
from which he could command view of the
extreme southern shore of the island, and
that which he saw filled him both with fear
and anger.
The four men were lying near the water,
just within the shelter of the trees, with the
raft moored close to the shore where an arm
of the reef formed breakwater.l 1t was on
| this craft that his gaze was concentrated, 1or
there, lashed to the one spar and exposed 10
the full rays of the sun, were Percy ana
Dudley
eve don't particularly need you just now,
Gomez was saying to the unhappy boys; TOE OF
some kind, when we shall return again. we
intend to take you with us portion OF the
way and then see how well you can swim,
for we do not propose that any one shall learn
from you the fact that there is considerable
money buried here. As fol. your friend; ]
reckon he'll be safe enough till we get back
This last remark Gomez's adherents seemed
Ito think was very funny one, and, after
they had laughed boisterously at it, one OF the
men asked:
| "IJov long do Won stippose we have got to
hang around here?"
II think we'll get westerly wind about
sunset, and we'll start then, for it will likely
hold good all night"
Bob's heart sank, and there was choking
sensation in his throat. If the pirates pro-
posed to leave the key before dark, and to
take their prisoners with them, how would
it be possible for him to aid his unfortunate
friends?
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
hD Hour Of Torture

A dim thought crept into my darkening
brain, on which 1 acted mechanically.
Near by was a bed of dry pine-needles. l
knew how fire burrows in such a drift max
ing a dense smoke. With painful effort /
applied match, and through the red haze
that now swan before my eyes, watched it
begin to burn.
Presently everything grew exaggerated, and
my mind began TO wander. A thousand
hideous forms took shape in that smoke,
writhing, twisting and threatening. saw
lurid eyes and grinning jaws, that stretched
ever toward me. Then / remember sitting
down with my back against a rock, after
which everything grew too confused for mem
ory to connect the story.
Hugh Lindley, when he returned from his
hunt, found Torrens already at camp, and the
two at once started in search of me. For
some time they had been at loss where to
go, but finally my signal smoke directed them
recovered consciousness in camp, with the
sensation of delicious mountain water cooling
my fever-parched throat.
The ligature and gum had stanched the
flow of blood from my foot and next day the
boys drove me to the Pingre House, twelve
miles below our camp. There L received the
best of care. and in week went home by
stage.
Morris and Lindley found the bear dead
and, after a sharp fight, captured her cub
They brought it home as a present to me.
have it yet--a large bear now.
Sometimes / fancy there is a grin of salts
faction on its cunning face as it notices a
slight lameness in my right foot. At any
rate, the adventure taught me a thing OF
two about grizzly bear hunting.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
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climbing the slope down which the bear had
come.
1t took a full half hour to creep that short
distance, and after securing my rifle L began
to despair of getting home. Far below, Like
line of silver, shone the river, and its faint
roar could be heard at long intervals.
While looking at it, my eye was attracted
to a moving black spot below and to the
right 1t was the cub playing around an OBJ
iect that / knew must be its mother.
The possibility of another attack from that
savage enemy made me tremble.- / slipped a
fresh cartridge into my gun, and sat for half
an hour watching the antics of the cub, which
did not leave the spot where l had first
seen it. =,
Suddenly it dawned upon me that the
mother had received a mortal wound, but
with no mind for further risk, l concluded
NOT to investigate the matter, or put myself
In the way Of her terrible teeth. l tried to
work my way down the mountain, and the
misery endured while going quarter Of a
mile was indescribable.
In a short time l found pine, bored by
worms and coatedly thiekly with sticky gum.
Scraping off a gill or more, l anointed my
wound and hobbled on.
BY this time it had grown late, and was
consuming with thirst. raging fever had
set in My head throbbed to bursting, and
nv throat seemed parched. l sat down in
despair and looked helpllessly toward the river.
l felt that in another ten minutes it would
be impossible for me TO move. How, then,
could help find me!
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
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isn't all we need by any manner Of means, so
let's get to work preparing for defense Dud,
you go around the harbor to the east side,
where you can watch the raft, while Percy and
/ search among the cinders where the tent
stood when the FIRE broke out. Let Ills know
the instant the pirates get within dozen
yards of the shore"
When Dudley started off Bob and Percy
began their work of removing the breaker
1t was long, hard job to get the half-filled
eask around the shore of the harbor, but
nnaily 1t was deposited about twenty yards
from the beach, among the blackened bushes
wnere 1t would be least likely to attract at
tenton
linen they began thorough search of that
portion OF the shore where the tent had been
srt s, up, and most disagreeable task it was
T Ahe nhe' Dlack ashes arose in tiny clouds
wherever they stepped, filling their nostrils
anu erlmlng their faces; but they were fully
rewarded for their discomfort.
4o.,t;e nHe hrst object that attracted Percys at
~aim fr was Lne still upright trunk of the
| |.he bearings that would enable them to find
inc treasure. The upper branches had been
pulneu Il away, leaving it understandable from
a,ot distance against the dark background, but
ppori' VI yet renamed to serve as a land
"There! As soon as we can get Commas
we % shall be all right, for the palm is as good
.s;.s as sVer' II we had only kept our old one
WIZ VIII us us while longer, we could begin now to
look s!x Tor tn elocker cut in the rock"
we carried it as long as we could, Percy,
and even if we had it now. think we should
,Ts be better t employed in trying to arrange some
way Tor keeping out of Gomez's company,
than in looking for what we may never find.''
We will find it," declared Percy, confident
ly, and If had the tools with which to
work, Id show you how quickly it could be
well, since you haven't got them, and as
we don't know how soon those villains may
get on shore, let's go to work Just now
there are very many things more precious to
us than gold would be-
Percy gave one sigh of regret that he could
rot DO as he wished, glanced once at the palm
as If looking at an old and tried friend, and
then he Joined Bob in causing the cinders to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
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- what possible interest there could
ne IN such possession, until they learned
'1ae the kings cousin was wonderful ele-
phaht-tne famous chang ponk, or white ele-
plant, of Siam and Burmah. that has been
for ages
But how, you will ask, is it a cousin to
the king? Simply, by virtue of its position
In the royal family-ranking next to the queen,
and before the heir apparent.
From this fact all kings and mobiles are
glad to claim relationship with it; hence,
the me; most eahsrlshed title of the King of Cam
bodia Is First Cousin to the White Ele-
phant;T the kings Of Burmah and Siam call
themselves Lord of the Spotted Elephant" !"
and many other titles.
The private soldiers, that can claim no re-
lationship, have the image of white ele-
phant on Their buttons;, it is also on the
money and the royal seal; the flag of Siam
the figure of a pure white elephant, and it
appears upon the royal arms.
Notwithstanding all this, perfectly white
elephant never existed. Chang ponk means
Strangely colored," and the animals are
have only a white trunk. They are albinos;
the general shade is a pinkish gray. Some
are yellowish and others mottled; so our read
ers must not expect to see pure white ele-
phant, but one similar in coloring and equal
In historical interest to any owned by the
King of Burmah or Siam.
The finest white elephant of the King of
Ava, whose title is Lord of the White Ele-
phant," has pink eyes, the forehead and
ears spotted pink, while the remainder of the
body is black, or rather, dark slate.
The best white elephant of the King of
Siam, at Bangkok, is still less marked, having
only pink eyes.
That owned by Mr.. Barnum was seven and
a half feet high; has welldeveloped tusks,
white nails, and is of an ashen-gray hue, with
patches of pink or white upon the head, trunk,
ears and various parts.
small importance, compared with the mar.
velous story of superstition and idolatry it
tells. We find that it has been worshipped
from the earliest times, not for itself, but
from the fact that it is believed that the
good Buddha exists in it, and in the Pail
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

Scriptures is the prophecy that the last Budd-
ha will descend to the earth on young white
elephant; consequently, all these animals are
revered and treated accordingly.
Some years ago messenger announced to
the King of Burmah that a young chang ponk
had been captured, making the twenty third
that had been caught since A. D. SIS. The
captor, a poor native, was immediately elevat-
ed to the high rank of mandarin by the king,
and given the honorable office of water-car-
rier to the white elephant; he was also pre-
sented with a sum of money equal to $500,
and exempted from all dues, taxes and servi-
tude, with his entire family and their children,
to the third generation.
Thus, at once enriched, the fortunate find
er, with other mandarins, provided with silks
golden umbrellas and other gifts, returned to
the forest where the young chang ponk was
confined. After having saluted it, they Of
ffered their gifts, substituted bands of silk
quito nets over its body, altogether treating it
as king.
The march to the capital was one of tri-
umph. The natives followed, presenting rich
wine and scented water; others played on
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

covers were missing, owing to their usefulness
as ammunition during the fight with Launce,
but Percy was positive he could contrive to
cook some of the ham on it.
''We've got all we shall need" he said, as
he began 10 gather lot of halfburned twigs,
"and now, while you are deciding where we
can camp, I'm going to try to cook something
that looks like regular dinner. There is SO
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
New Skins

OF course you know that snakes change their
skins sometimes. The new skin grows under
meath the old one, and when it is quite ready
the snake simply wriggles out of the old skin,
turning it inside out from the head to the tail.
very much like ones finger comes out of a
tight glove. 1t is very seldom that skin is
found lust as the snake left il
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
The Toilet of Animals

Cats make the most careful toilet of any
class of animals The lion and the tiger wash
themselves in exactly the same manner as
the cat, wetting the dark, indiarubber-like ball
of the forefoot and inner toe, and passing it
over the face and behind the ears. The foot
brush, and the rough tongue combs the rest
of the body.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18
Ube Qreasure Seekers

rise in great clouds, as they dug with short
sticks, the debris from where the tent had
been located.
They found both shovels, the handles some
what charred, but still strong and serviceable,
nearly whole ham and small tin box con-
tanning fishing lines and hooks Of course,
the stove was there, although nearly all the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

HEN, some years ago, it was an
nounced in the newspapers that the
great Snowman, Barnum, had secur-
ed the first cousin of the King OF
Cambodia, many readers wondered
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-01-09
UNCLE SANS SEED BUSINESS
Nearly 81. 600, 900 Packages Distributed 10 One
Year.

The report OF the Bureau OF Plant
Industry, DIR. Galloway, director, shows
that in the Congressional seed distribu-
tion nearly 36,000,000 packets and
packages OF seed and more than 100000
grapevines, strawberry plants and bulbs
have been sent out.
Single-germ beet-sugar seed will soon
be produced in quantities sufficient iOr
field demonstrations. New varitles Ol
hardy oranges, new pineapples and new
races of corn and cotton have been de
yeloped in the laboratory OF plant breed
inc. Valuable strains of tobacco have
been obtained by hybridization. lt has
been shown that heavy seed produces
better plants than light seed.
The growing of winter wheat has been
extended into the Southern portions oi
North Dakota and Minnesota, and new
cereals adapted to the Southern States
have been developed.
A new date garden has been established
at Yuma, Ariz., especially Tor the ecultlva-
ton OF varieties from the Persian Gull
The planting of grasses as sand binders
has produced important results.
The effort TO cross lettuce gives promise
of securing varieties which will mature
early. head readily and have other advan-
tages over the varieties now in use.
At the seed laboratory 1894 germlna-,
ton test and AIS tests for mechanical
purity have been made. OF 1920 sam
ples OF seeds obtained in the open market,
23O were found to be either adulterated
or misbranded.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-01-09
BOWLING GREEN MASONS

Kilwinning- Crosse Lodge OF Masons,
of Bowling Green, installed its officers on
the night OF December 9th. They are:
f. b. Travis, W. NJ; T. Ii. Phelps, 5. W;
W. l.. Broaddus, j. W; j. T. Richards,
Treas. w. f. Ennis, Sec; +. E. Butler, 5.
DIR. D. Vincent, J. D.; 7. B. Gill, Tiler
At 9 O'Clock the lodge closed and an
elegant supper was served, at which 60
people. Masons, their wives and daugh-
ters, were present. The feast was liber-
ally partaken Of, and interesting speeches
followed
DR.. W. J.. Broaddus, Junior Warden,
presided as toast master Masonry
and the State was responded To by
Judge +. c. Moncure; Masonry and
other Fraternities, I. II. Phelps; Ma
sonry and Women S. W. Broaddus;
Missionary and Masons," f. l. Peermsn;
Missionary and the Church" III. Rowe;
"a +. & A. M" II. l.. Quarles.
The occasion was mostenioyable one.