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was mentioned by him several
mes, but was afterward destroyed by
Garbarians. and rebuilt in the sixth
century. In 1135 it was besieged by
Gocfrey Plantagenet. during which
time the garrison was reduced to such
extremities that human flesh was pub
licly sold in the market place. To re-
pulse the enemy, the city was burned,
but was again rebuilt, and now 1'e see
it prosperous commercial town with
population of more than 10000.
Many of it's lovable old houses have
fallen into such state of decay that
they are being gradually replaced by
modern buildings. but there are still
about sixty left, which are sufficient
to repay one for visit there
Leaving Lisieux early one morning.
drive OF fifty miles over a fine road
brought us to Bernay about dusk.
For lunch we stopped at Crboc. a
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ALL DISAGREE OVER EDEN

The location of the earthly paradise
or garden of Eden is still matter of
dispute among Orientalsts and scrip
tural scholars Of highest reputation,
says the Brooklyn Citizen. Some
have endeayored 10 locate it b. the
fruits and mineral productions named
in the biblical descriptions as they ap-
pear in the second chapter of Gene.
sis; others by the rivers mentioned in
verses IL to IA of the above men,
toned chapter. The weight of inves.
tisation and tradition inclines to an
agreement that the Tigris and the
Euphrates of modern geography are
the third and fourth rivers mentioned
in the biblical description of the gar
den. Those who agree so far differ
widely as to what rivers should now
be regarded as the ancient Pison and
Gihon. The Buddhistic scholars, al
though they reject our Bible in great
er part, incline to the opinion that the
Pison is the sacred Ganges, and that
the Gihon is none other than the Nile.
AS to the last, it is altogether probable
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LOCATING MEN IN SN0WSLIDE

Eli Smith is credited with having
saved the lives of twenty-five men at
Sheep Camp in the spring of 1898 at
the time of the great snowslide on
the Dyea trail. 1t will be recalled that
sixty-three men were killed by the
slide, most of them suffocating before
rescuers could reach them. Smith
was on the trail several miles below
the slide. He came up three-quarters
of an hour after the tragedy and found
the survivors frantically trying to dig
the victims out.
Give me that stick" said Smith to
man who had fiat athlike piece OF
wood in his hand.
The stick was turned over to Smith,
who Immediately whitfield the end so
that he could insert it in his mouth
and grasp 1t firmly with his baca
teeth. Then he thrust the stick in the
snow and held the end in his mouth.
apparently listening. He repeated the
operation at several points in the
slide. Finally he shouted:
Come! Dig here, quick!"
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that they are correct on that point,
because the biblical account plainly
says that Ghon 'compasseth the
whole land of Ethiopia
Some Investigations confirm that
Eden was spot of comparatively
small area located on the tablelands
of what is now Armenia, from which
rise the Tigris and the Euphrates. A
few scholars of distinction argue that
the Adamic paradise was located in
Africa, in the vicinity OF the noun
taiEs OF the Moon. Still another
school of Orientalists locate the cele-
brared garden in the vicinity of the
ancient city Of Babylon.
You will notice, however, that none
of these theorists has been able to
get the four rivers mentioned in The
biblical account properly locat ed.
Neither have they found a place
where one great river Separates into
four heads This being the case, it
is hardly necessary to add that the
exact location of Eden is mystury
that will probably never be solved.
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AND F0SDIcK SOLD 0UT

Albert had just stepped TO the door
when the wind struck him. His hat
was tron off'n his head, and nobody
ever knew where it went.
81 don't consider that Mis- Fosdick
had ever thought he was real STIR
ring business man. and folks said they
had high words that night. | expect
NEST of the Brookby families paid up
pretty well, but there's a mess Of peu.
pie down toward the river that aren't
overscrup'lous. Anyway, Mis- Fosdick
told Albert if he hadn't realized but
S917 on his weeks sales, and had got
a hat to buy, too. she thought twas
about time he retired from active bus
mess, and accordingly he did so.
He is now engaged in driving her
about to sell soap and get subscrip-
tions for The Worlds History in
Field and Rock and | notice she car
rics 4 reticule. youths Companion.
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At depth of nine feet the rescuers
took out three men, unconscious, but
alive. Those three men recovered and
were all right by morning.
In the same manner Smith pointed
out other places, which resulted in the
locating of many bodies and the un-
covering in all of twenty-five men
whose lives were saved.
Where did you learn that trick?"
Smith was asked the other day.
"I learned that in Idaho, at Wood
river" said he. '"The Indians know
that trick. guess a wire would be
better than a stick, but they dent
keep wire in stock out in the wilds,
so indians always use stick. on
see if feller is alive, you can s,rt
of hear him breathe. or guess it's
more like feelin' him breathe. II he
is kicking or moving around you
can hear him plain. You just put the
stick down into the snow two or three
feet and you can hear feller breath
ing, even if he's twenty feet further
down. Seattle Post-intelligencer
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The lnvestiqation,

"Do you remember that?' asks the
chairman of the investigating com.
mittee. after asking a pointed ques.
tion of the eminent official.
II don't remember whether re.
member it or not"
You mean you can't remember
whether you forget it or not?"
mo, sir. simply do not remem,
ber whether | forgot it, but | do re
member that at the time | was think
ing of remembering to remember
something about it | forgot whether it
was to forget it or remember it."
Then you have forgotten it?'
81 do not wish to be misunderstood
sir says the eminent official with
some dignity. you must remember
that | cannot forget your proneness
to forget the fact that gentleman
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New York's Milk Supply.

The four millions Of people in New
York city consume daily of milk and
cream not less than 100000 quarts.
it is estimated that not less than
100000 cows are required. says the
New York Tribune. While 81 per
cent of the milk comes from the
state Of New York, smaller quantities
are shipped from western Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts. northern New
Jersey and northeastern Pennsylva-
mia.
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down before Frederic. who. engaged
in an earnest discussion with Crane,
had mechanically picked it up and
put it in his pocket, without pausing
for a moment in his conversation.
Cranes reverence for his fellow
craftsman was so profound that he
preferred to lose the money rather
than embarrass him by asking for it.
Acquaintances of S. S. Mcclure, pro.
prietor of McClure's Magazine. will
appreciate Cranes emotions on an
other occasion about the same period.
Mcclure has two brothers, and the
three bear striking resemblance to
one another, with their pronounced
Scotch features and fair hair and mus
taches. Crane rushed up to friend
in Trafalgar Square one morning in
a condition of great excitement.
I've had a terrible shock" he said.
Il was coming through the Strand just
now and | saw three S. S. McClures
standing at the corner of Bedford
Street.
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WOMAN AND THE HAIRPIN

scissors, a knife, or a twceZers or awl--
She did very wei! with a hairpin.
She found that the stairway that rose
from her hall
Was measured quite we'll with a hair
pin;
An egg heater broken? A laundry ripe
plugged?
A corkscrew not found? Then her shoul-
derS she shrugged
And reached. while her sense OF content
ment she hugged
Right up to her hair for a hairpin.
manicure set. and a button hook too,
She always could find in n hairpn;
In fact. there was nothing person could
do
That she couldn't do with n hairpin.
One day she was wrecked In Il passenger
train;
The crew cried: We'll have to send back
for crane,
She murmured. her arm through q
cracked window pane:
~oon't bother. I'll lend you { hairz1n."
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First Forks.

The Greeks and Romans, with all
their luxury. ate with their fingers.
They had large forks for hay and for
taking meats from kettles, but they
never dreamed of having small ones
for table use. These are the only
forms of forks known to have been
in use before the fifteenth century.
Sometime during that epoch the Ital-
ians began the practice, now common
to all civilized people among the
western nations, of eating with forks.
st. Nicholas.
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All Honest People There.

The scene was the cloak room at a
fashionable reception. A guest, an
English professor at very select
ties and had returned for her coat
and her furs. The obliging maid
helped her to put on her long coat
and then, wishing her furs, the guest
turned to the attendant and said, my
fur stole?" 20, no ma am" came the
answer. in a comforting tone. at amt
stole; 1t must be around here some
where"
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Through Normandy in June
Most Delightful Part of France Is in That Month
Seen at Its Best.
Especial Correspondence.)

IL was one of those rarely beautiful
days in early June, when the big
ocean liner steamed into the harbor
OF Cherbourg, depositing number of
passengers who were bent on reach
ing Paris by the most direct route
This they accomplished in nine or ten
hours by taking the special train
which was awaiting them on the
docks, and being whirled with unro-
mantle haste through one of the most
picturesque portions of France. while
four Bohemians chose to tarry long
enough to investigate the quaint old
town before starting on drive
through Normandy consuming several
weeks.
After strollins through the town.
visiting the museum, cathedral, etc,
we went to the shipvards. TO which
foreigners are admitted only by spe-
cial permit from the Minister of Ma
rine. These are well worth visit.
and the arsenal there is most inter
esting. containing about $4,000 weap-
ons arranged in geometrical patterns.
and in artistic designs representing
porticos. palm trees. baskets. etc.
After leaving Cherbourg. our way
lay through fertile agricultural lands,
well stocked with fine cattle, and rich
in fruit trees, for this is the great
cider district, and indescribably love
ly were the numerous apple orchards
which at this season were in full
bloom.
Our first stop was at BayeuX, the
most picturesque little Norman town.
containing many quaint old houses
with steep gabled roofs, fairly TEEN
ing with historic interest Several
canals running through the town pro
t.uce quite a Venetian effect. Here
one sees the laundresses busily en-
gagged in washing the linen in the
stream, and beating it on the stones
with large wooden paddles. 1t seemed
to be a most back-breaking process.
and wondered if it were altogether
good for the linen.
We spent one delightful morning in
the public library. where. carefully
preserved under glass, one may see
the famous BayeuX tapestry" which
is really not a tapestry at all, but a
seamless band OF linen. now brown
with age, go feet long, and is inches
wide, embroidered with wooden
thread in eight colors. representing
scenes from the life of William the
Conquerer.
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In one of the most brilliant feats of
arms ever engaged in by United
States troops, a force of about 400
men. drawn from the army, navy and
native constabulary, captured lava
mountain hitherto considered impreg-
nable. on the island of Jolo, killing its
600 Moro defenders to the last man.
The engagement opened on the
morning of March 6 and lasted two
days, the troops dragging artillery up
an incline of so degrees in the face
of a continuous fire of bullets, arrows
and spears
The casualties on the American
side were eighteen killed and fifty
three wounded. The heaviest loss fell
upon the army. although the native
constabulary acquitted itself with
great heroism. nearly half its number
being killed or wounded.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, in COM
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AdverSjty,

It was high speech of Seneca (af-
ter the manner of the Stoics), that
the good things which belong to pros
perity are to be wished, but the good
things that belong to adversely are
to be admired. Bona rerum seaun-
darum optabilia, adversarum mirabi-
lia." Certainly if miracles be the
command over nature, they appear
most in adversely. 1t is yet higher
speech of his: at is true greatness
to have in one the frailty of a many
and the security of God. Bacon.
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Two Absent-Minded Preachers,

parallel has been found for the
young cricket-playing curate who said.
Here endeth the first inning" A
clergyman was beaten in golf tourn-
ament by put on the last green. This
seems to have preyed on his mind,
Tor on the following day he gave out
his text as follows: "In the eighth
chapter and the thirty-sixth verse of
the gospel according to ST. Mark you
Will find these words: For what shall
1t profit man If he shall gain the
whole world and lose the last hole?'"
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Don't Be Stiney with Praise.

Only a few kind words of apprecia-
tion! The cost is nothing. but the
recompense is beyond price. Let the
husband tell his wife how much he
prizes her love for him, and the wife
tell her husband how truly she recog-
nizes all his care for her. And the
mother should reveal in words how
much she values her children's affec-
ton, while the child who says to its
mother: THANK you for all your love
for me-" has rewarded her far beyond
knowledge or understanding.
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Whenever her switch would grow sudden
" loose
She would fasten 1t up with hairpin.
And il her belt buckle grew too weak Tor
use.
She would fasten it up with hairpin.
of mornings. when she wished to open
her mail.
or ,f in a magazine she read tale
And wished to cut pages this maid young
and frail
Reached up in her hair for a hairpin.
A man might call for a whole box of
She simply reached up for a hairpin:
A man might spend years in mechanical
schools
To learn what she did with n hairpin:
A man would get tlustered. and frown.
and perspire,
And ask who the dickens had taken his
wire
Wien for some repairing such stuff he'd
require
Che always relied on a hairpin.
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ployed to good advantage. and the
troubles are usually easily sup
pressed"
According to Gen. Carter, the mill
tary governm ent on all of the other
islands Is under the civil, government.
That 1t is not on the island of Jolo
he attributes to the fact that the
American army gave battle without
first going through much red tape
In the rest of the Philippine isl
ands.' said Gen. Carter, the soldiers
are not used except on the call OF the
civil government. In Jolo, however.
they are under the command of their
colonel, who is both civil and military
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Neat Way Out of Difficulty.

The English bishop of Salisbury is
remarkable for his eminently pratical
way of dealing with difficulties. At
one Of his receptions it was evident
that the refreshment room would fall
far behind accommodating all his
guests at one sitting. So the bishop
gravely requested that Everybody
over 40 years old should go down 70
the tearoom. About a score of men
and less than half that many women
complied.
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fight"
Gen. Carter said that the natives of
Jolo were similar to the inhabitants
of the island of Borneo with whom
the English government recently had
trouble
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~. IL w DI7NCI4T
(O1LLAN1EK 6TWLAglR2JH

mand of the forces in the Philippines,
and Brig. Gen. Bliss were on the
scene, although not actually engaged
in the conflict. The operations were
conducted by Col Joseph w Duncan
of the Sixth infantry.
Mount Dajo, up which the Ameri-
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Done With Spirit and Animation.

Lutte WIN 0pIfll anu fNlifldliot.
AS a chronicle of the events of that
time, it is of great historical import
ance, and as work of art it is not
without its merits. Although there is
no perspective and no shading, and
the characters are angular and gro
tesque in the extreme, there is never
theless great spirit and animation in
all the scenes, which are explained
by Latin inscriptions also stitched in
wool. The English may be easily dis
tinguished, as they are uniformly rep
resented with mustaches, and the Nor
mans without.
There are seventy-twO scenes, some
of them depicting battles on land and
on sea- The human figures employed
number 623, besides which there are
2O2 horses and mules fifty-fve dogs
and sos other animals. The scenes
end with the battle of Hastings, the
death of Harold, and the flight of the
English.
A pleasant excursion from Bayeux
is that to the beautiful chateau of the
Marquis de Balleroy. twelve miles dis
tant. 1t is perfect example of Louis
XIII architecture. situated in the heart
of splendid deer park. and the we'll
kept gardens contain some of the in.
est roses in France.
Trudging along in wooden shoes
and short red skirt was an old peas
ant woman leading a donkey laden
with four shining brass milk cans, and
seated between them were two aristo-
cratic little children who seemed i'm
menseIy pleased when we asked them
to halt while we took a snapshot of
the charming group.
Dates Back Many Centuries.
Leaving BayeuX with all its pretty
hooks and corners, we found Liseux
no less attractive. with its narrow,
crooked streets and ancient houses
Its history. too. is interesting, dating
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small village with a small inn, clean
aud picturesque where most deli
cious meal was served. The entrance
was through the kitchen. where sew
eral fowls were turning on spit be-
fore the open fire; the ceilings were
low-so low as barely to afford head
room, and tiny winding stair LED to
the dining room above.
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Breakfast Amid Beauty.

Breakfast Amid Beauty.
At Bernay we stopped for the night
at the Hotel of the Golden Lion.
which was built around pretty court,
the walls of which We're covered with
wistera, and on one side was mar
BILE fountain with blooming plants ar
ranged artistically about it. and half
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! time to q minute, although 1t was
twenty minutes late pulling out of
Marquette. and ran through snow
storm all the way. Tho Northern
Pacifc's ST. Paul train came in about
five minutes late with two engines,
while the Great Northern from the
Twin Cities got in on time with one
engine.
The snow has put railroad con-
tractors In very bad humor, for it
will delay beginning the spring work.
Particularly is this true of the Lake,
Superior & Southeastern contract.
Preparations were bling made to send
out several crews Of men the first of
/, next week to start grading, but the
heavy fall of snow will put a Stop
to such action. One of the men who
has the contract for grading the
stretch of road in the vicinity of
Scion Springs. Wis, said this morning
that the job would be delayed some
tine because of the snow. He had
already engaged the services of
crew Of. Austrians, and was to have
taken them to Scion Springs today,
but the storm changed his mind, and
i he will now have to wait until the
snow isn't SO deep along the right-of-
way.
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tunity to get at the clean, unbreathed-
over food. are all natural advantages
that should be improved. The ma
nure, too, thus spread, can usually be
left where it will require no further
attention. Grain, too, when fed to
sheep. is usually better from the bun
die than from the bin, and sheep will
get 1t more evenly that way, and the
flock will keep evener in condition
than If fed inside in boxes or troughs.
Corn, If cut early enough, is much
better fed from the shock or rick un-
husked, than after being husked.
= Exercise and sunshine, next to am
rle feed, are the most important
things in handling a bunch of ewes,
SO that obtained from this way of
feeding is of great importance, and
goes far towards insuring strong
vigorous lambs and preventing trouble
at lambing time.
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NEW 500 TINE TABLE.
Trains Numbers 1oS and 1os Running
Daily Since Yesterday.


The new 500 line time table went
into effect at IL O'clock yesterday
noon.
Several Of the proposed changes
have been abandoned by the officials
of the road and it is understood that
these changes will not go into effect
until next June
Trains Nos. 105 and loo, which only
run six days during the week at pres
,ent. will run daily commencing Sun
day, March 4. Instead of arriving in
Minot at p. M, as at the present
time, No. 105 will not reach that city
until $3.50 p. M. under the new
schedule. Train JOG, whose time now
is $3.50 p. m, will reach Minot at $3.50
p. M, meeting Train 1o5 at the 500
depot there.
The time Of the early morning
trains will remain the same, the only
difference being thatathe Pacific Coast
Express, Train 107, will leave Min
neapolts at 1o:05sa. M, instead Of
9:46 a. M, as at present. This train
will hit only the high places. It will
make no stops between Minneapolis
and Hankinson.
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.R \ / |. 1
500 MAKES A
REC ! ! [ OR|D|
Special viii Superintendent Penalng-
ten Makes q Miles IN Five Hours
Water Causes Troable- Engineers
Cannot Get Good Water.

S1nnOt deC d0OQ water.
\ The employees Of the 500 who are
working on the line constructed from
Thief River Falls to Kenmare, N. d.,
last season, have had strenuous
time of 1t this wilmer. In addition to
the, fact that no snow fences. were
erected last fall, SO that every little
furry of snow meant the filling of all
the numerous cuts, the water supply
has been giving great deal OF trouble.
The alkali water foams in the boilers,
and in many instances the foam
would spout out from the smokestack
of the engine. The boilers at times
are full Of water, but the indicator
shows the boiler to be empty.
Yesterday General Superintendent
Pennington tried to make a trip over
the new line, and succeeded In get
ting 25 miles In 8 hours and gave up
in disgust The water is 30 bad that
on numerous occasions the engines
have been uncoupled from. trains in
North Dakota and sent back to War
rep for a supply of water that would
make steam.
Yesterday freight train managed
to get through to the end of the ex-
tension, and 1t was the first freight
train that had been sent through in
thIee weeks. the merchants being
compelled to have the goods that
We're absolutely necessary expressed
or treighted overland by team. >
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PREPARING FOB NEW LINE.
Milwaukee Read Is Applying Its
\ Sleeps 1t Milwaukee.

Speculation as to what cities will
get the increased shop facilities re-
quired by the; Milwaukee road because
Of its Pacific coast extension is set
tied In part. West Milwaukee is to
have the first: extension. costing about
$250,0eO. This amount will be prob
! ably increased later Work will be-
Sin soon on the shops.
The Pacific extension will require
at least 10000 freight cars. $50 loco
motives and other rolling stock. Be-
tween 100000 and 100000 will be
spent annually by the company in con-
struction OF rolling stock. Nj it is all
settled for Milwaukee. the force there
will have to be increased from 1900
to 5000 men at once. The capacity of
the wheel foundry will be enlarged
from 1876 to 400 wheels daily, increas-
ing the foundry force from EGO to
400 men.
La Crosse has been promised an adj
dition to present facilities to cost
100000. Dubuque is also after shops,
but as indicated several weeks ago,
Minneapolis will be the logical choice,
as this city is to be the eastern ter
minus of the transcontinental line. No
details have as yet been arranged.