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exclaimed Are you III? I wondered how you happened to forget your lines tonight-the first time you have needed prompting since you were five. But your hands really burn into my palms. fear you are not well. Marie"
 The child looked into her mothers n'nx- ious face and, understanding how dllI1- cult 1t would be for the company to con, tinue the play without her. unless they might rehenrse the play with her part cut out. which could not be done for this performance, she quickly decided to deny any illness, and. in spite of her aching temples, burning body and parched throat, to go on with her role in the play. "No, mamma, dear, do not be un- easy. I'm all right. But I must confess l was thinking of other things tonight instead of my part, and that made me forget. I'll try to do better in the next act"
 'Yes. dear, you must not neglect your
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
THE HOUSE SPIDER.

This insect, though perfectly harmless, Is not a desirable inmate in the home, and Is especially feared by the children of the household. It gets It's name from its habit of living in houses, stables and out buildings, where 1t Is secure from wind and rain, both so ruinous to It's delicate house. In the weaving of It's web the house spider shows real Ingenuity, build ing 1t on q large scale to increase the chance of securing prey. In It's silken web the spider Hes hidden, watching for flies or other small insects which may be- come entangled In the meshes of the web, Though the spiders web may seem poor, frail thing, there is, however. some thing wonderful in the mechanism of It's construction. The fragile threads and lines are carried through a most intricate and perfect design, showing his spidershp to be quite an artist in the work of build ing.
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the full performance given 10 the sol dlers and people of Galveston free of charge.
 'Well. looked about for something to do. but my companion decided upon build ing little business house in town In which to open a general store. He would get his stock of goods by boat from New Orleans. After a weeks sojourn In Gal weston, and finding nothing to do I de- cided to try my luck In another part of the state. Joining some travellers who were bound for San Antonio found my self on the great prairles of Texas, a most magnificent but formidable sight. Every little while during the journey we met with bands of Indians. but luckily
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affords; but I'm wondering how you are to make it through to Texas q had named that as my destlnation.) You're not the sort to sponge your way, l see that. So the only way I can see open for you is to stay here through the win ter with me and work on my place. I'm going to clear 50 acres of land this win ter and I'll pay you well if you want n job at chopping down trees. By spring you ought to have saved enough to take you to the point of your destination. And I've a boy of my own that l might send with you. I'd like him to get out in the world and learn to lean on his own shoulders bit. It'll make man of him, and of you, too.
 Well, the offer just suited me, 30
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without It.
 '0h, that 1t might always do nicely without it," sighed Marie. 'I long to go back to Playlald, where I've had such a lovely time nll the while my body was so Ill. Oh, how happy 1 was in my dreamsl l had playmates and lived In the country, and there were TO tbeaters-- nor rehearsals.
 You must not talk, dearest" her mother sail gently. And you may rest easy In your mind, for never again while you are Q child shall you go upon the stage. You shall go to the ccuntry-to dear old grandma and grandpa and live just as you want to. So, be very quiet and get well as quickly as you can."
 And Marie, n little song of happiness on her lips, closed her eyes to take lttle sleep, Tor happiness filled Ter childish heart and now she ionged to get well.
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work for air-castle building" said her mother, quickly disroblng herself as she talked "Now, get into your costume for the next act, and, above all things. de- serve the applause you get"
 1t seemed to Marie that she would never get thru the second act, dressed as she was in heavy snowshoes and fur cloak-the costume necessary for her part. Already her blood seemed on fire. and these heavy. hot garments increased her temperature When at last the cur tain \ Nt down on the last act Marie, her eyes burning with n feverish light, pain thru temples and chest sank on the floor of the dresslng-room in utter collapse. Her father had to carry her to the hotel, where she was put to bed and q doctor summoned. "Pneumonla," said the physician and a bad case. too; temperature very, very high.
 For many days Marie rambled through green woods, played by streams of crystal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
Little Biographies of Big Men.

my musical education was completed, for 1 never had another music-teacher."
 At 10 years of age Rubinsteln gave his first concert, playing in Moscow. At Il he was on concert tour throughout Europe, playing before the most enthu- siastic audiences, the crowned heads showering favors upon the deserving little genius. MARY GRAHAM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
RIDDLE

It opens like a barn door, And closes like q trap; Guess all day,
 But you can't guess that
 "A AnazAkA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
When We A.Hunting Go.

Over the hills and through the dale. A rabbit hunting we will gol Across the bridge that spans the brook Attracting Bunny in the snow. Beneath the powders on the bank Sometimes we'll run our prey to grounds Or fin some ancient hollow tree In fact, where'er he can be found. But not bunny shall we kill; We'll let 'em loose and see 'em runj For killing Is not in our line: We're only hunting just for fun.
 MAUD WALKER
The Breckenridge news., 1906-03-14
GREAT CULEBRA CUT.
Biggest Piece of Digging Ever Under
taken-A Huge Mexican Drainage
Cut.

The huge excavations for the Pana-
ma Canal across the Culebra divide
will be by far the greatest furrow in
| the earth's surface ever made by
human agency. This statement is made
| by the Engineering News, in a COM
| prehensive discussion of the great
excavation projects of the world. The
big Panama cut is so large that the
mind fails to grasp its real magnitude,
and it can only be appreciated by
comparison with some familiar object.
A question of considerable interest re-
Gently raised by correspondent re-
lates to the largest existing artificial
excavation which is at all comparable
with the Culebra cut. Great amounts
of excavation were done, of course,
on such works as the North Sea Canal,
the Manchester Canal and the Suez
Canal; but all these were built through
comparatively level country.
So far as it has been able to dis
cover, the only deep cut at all COM
parable with that to be made through
the Cuelbra divide is the great Nochi-
stongo cut through the hills which
surround the Valley of Mexico. This
huge excavation was begun in 1910,
for the purpose of affordlng an outlet
to the flood waters which had inun-
dated the City of Mexico and destroyed
great part of the city and its in
habitants. For more than a hundred
and forty years labor on this great
work was the chief task of the Mex
lean nation, and it was not until the
year 1888 that it was finally completed.
The total length of the Nochistongo
cut is twelve and one-half miles. It's
greatest depth is 1877 feet, and its great
est width is 361 feet. The total amount
of material excavated was about 54,-
100000 cubic yards. In comparison
with this the cut at Culebra will have
considerably greater maximum
depth and width, even for the project
with the eighty-fve-foot summit level.
| The total cube of excavation at the
Culebra divide was estimated by En-
gineer Wallace as 1SG,000,000 cubic
yards for the sea-level canal and ILL.,
900, 900 cubic yards for a canal with
sixty-foot summit level.
While in mere size of excavation
the cut through the Panama divide is
| by far the larger, the fact that the
Nochistongo cut was made with abso-
lutely no aid from machinery or me-
chanical power, but wholly with hui
man muscle, makes our task on the
isthmus seem like mere child's play
in comparison with that accomplished
by those patient toilers under the tor
rid sun of Mexico two centuries ago.
When one recalls that this deep, arti-
fetal valley, more than twelve miles
long, was all dug by the labor of In
dians, who excavated the material
with the crudest hand tools and car
ried it in baskets on their heads to the
place of final deposit, the great cut of
Nochistongo is entitled to rank. with
the Pyramids of Egypt. among the
worlds greatest wonders.
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is S0,000,000. a generation more, at
the present rate Of increase, and il
will be 12O,0O0,O0O or 130, 1000, 600. a
century hence, it will be 500,000,000
The children of some of us, anyway
our grandchildren, will live to see that
date. VIII the United States then be
able to sustain such a population? No
nor half that number, even with every
arabic acre cultivated according to
present methods. 1t is estimated that
with every such acre cultivated after
the present manner. the country could
produce only enough to sustain 144,
100000 people. What about the re
naming 35G,00O.OO0 souls Of which our
children or grandchildren will be a
part?
Do we ever stop to think that the
matter for organizing rural settlement
throughout the United States-of
Building the Unfinished Republic"
you please-is not merely a matter Of
increasing material prosperity, or even
matter of making homes for the
homeless, but something which is alb
solutely vital to the very existence Of
the Nation in times to come. and to
come very shortly?
Somebody must look ahead; some
body must take account OF the needs
of the future This is portentou'
question which the future must an
swer, and which the future simply
cannot answer unless the present gene
ration begins to organize its forces for
/ the systematic and scientihc develop
ment of our entire fund OF natural
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What Governs Price OF Dogs.

The price paid for a dog seems to be
governed not so much by the value Of
the animal as the sentiment of the pur'
chaser in the vast majority of cases
and, as a rule, the sporting dog brings
the lowest figure. Doubtless this is
due to the fact that the man who wants
gun dog is a practical person, while
the seeker after the "show dog" pays
'or running the "show." 1t is granted
right here that many a good gun dog
also shows well, but the highest prices
go for the show animal, pure and sim
pie.
At a recent sale of pointers and set
ters at Birmingham, England, one OF
the most important sales in years, the
entire lot-two score or more-sold for
$3,025. The highest price paid was
1926, for the famous female pointer,
Coronation flour and a half years. the
winner of many championships; While
among the settlers the choice was
Ightfeld Bang (four and half years. =,
great field trial winner, who brought
only $1S5. American purchasers
would have thought these dogs cheap
at 1000 apiece.
In contrast with these prices, the
bull terrier Woodcote Wonder sold in
New Haven for $4,000 to San Fran
cisco purchaser. Richard Croker, Jr.,
paid $4,000 for his Champion Rodney
Stone, and Frank Gould paid as high
as 5000 for a st. Bernard. These are
real prices-unlike many OF the
amounts running up into the thousands
tagged on to bench space, of not few
30-cent dogs, exhibited at some of the
kennel shows, where it is believed nee
essary to have something attractive.
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Highest SaIaried Woman.

Miss Kate Holiday Claghorn, Of
Brooklyn, has been appointed to be
registrar of the tenement house depart
ment of the city and is the highest paid
woman In the civil service Of New York
State, her salary being $4,000 a year.
At a competitive examination, the
only other person to pass was George
Hale, a veteran in the department,
whose average was a little less than
that made by his successful rival.
Miss Claghcrr "a verv pretty Young
woman Of modest and unassuming
manner.
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A LapIand D-rt5day Present.

AS soon as a Lapp baby is born a
reindeer is presented to him. This
reindeer is literally his start in life
for not only that deer. but all It's
young, and as they grow up, all their
young deer, belong to the child. When
he is of age he has quite a herd oil
his own.
This custom is of much greater use
to him than IL every aunt, uncle and
cousin he had in the world presented
him with the heaviest silver spoon
to be found.
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around us, and once, when l looked
over at my companion, who was swim
ming abreast of me probably hun
dred feet away, he seemed to be abb
solutely immersed in sparkling flame.
But that same moment became aware
of a third area of swiftly moving phos-
phorescence between us; and the next
instant I realized that 1t was made
by a big shark, good three feet
longer than am.
Shark Was Gamey.
'T splashed hard, but the shark,
contrary to the habits of his kind,
did not turn tail. He kept right on,
and then my companion saw him and
became nervous. He began to swim
unevenly, and l knew at once that he
might not keep his head If the big
fish should really try to annoy him.
So l struck straight across at right
angles.
"Just as I got half way over, the
shark put on speed and forged head
down on me. For a moment, as l
saw that green, submarine streak OF
fire, with the glistening dorsal fin
sticking up higher than my head, COM
ing straight for me like shot, l was
nearly panic stricken myself. But l
turned directly at him pounding and
lashing the sea with hands and feet
and blowing the water to make a bel
lowing noise. The man-eater sank be-
meath the surface, and could see his
family illuminated outline going down,
down, slowly, till 1t glimmered faith
ov,oc daap Thau I cot NV hand uudor
my eompanion's armpit and helped
him along"
'T guess you don't ever want moon
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RESOURCES OF TIE SOUTH.
THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT But
DEFELOPMENT HAS ONLY
JUST COMMENCED.

No Section of The United States
Offers Productive Land SO cheap.
OpDortuntI for Many Millions Of
Rural L4Omcs.
bY WILLIAM L. sMYTHE.
1t is a comfort to us to look forward
to the day when our children and ouI
srandcluidren will be fuilhedged cltl-
zens of the Republic? Will they have
the same chance or an equally good
chance with us, or the chances that
our fathers AMI our grandfathers had
to enjoy the blessings of our free in
stitutiOns? VIII they have the chance
that we have to make or secure, each.
a home Of lis own?
II has Eeen sail that the true test Of
craftsmanship is the provision which is
made for the comfort of posterity. The
present population of the United States
The Breckenridge news., 1906-03-14
YOUNG DIPLOMATS.
CHI DREN OF AMBASSADORS AND
MINISTER'S At THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.

They Constitute Quite Foreign Col
ony. Representative Types From
the Courts and Governments of all
Nations.
The city of Washington has among
its inhabitants a colony of foreign
children who bring to our Republic,
the manners and customs of many
far-off lands. They are the sons and
daughters of the officials known as
diplomats-men sent by the various
governments of the world to act as
their agents at the headquarters of
Uncle Sam. Quite a number of these
children of foreign parents have been
born in this country and a few years
The Breckenridge news., 1906-03-14

light swim here again after that, eh?'
said one of his hearers.
"Oh, we were kind of scared, all
right" was the reply, but it wasn't
that bad. Only | will confess that we
sat around for nearly an hour getting
our nerves Strengthened out before we
swan back"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-03-14
GULF STREAM SWIMMERS.
THEY ENCOUNTER MANY UN-
KNOWN AND SINGULAR DENI-
ZENS OF THE DEEP.

Starring Experience OF N1oOnnRnt
Swim in the Great Ocean Current
Accomplished by Shark-Scared Big
Fish Away.
The wharf rats of New York and
other large cities who seem willing
to brave the wrath of the officers of
the law are but the making of many
of the most fearless swimmers of the
world. A commercial traveller who
journeys, not only all over the pre-
cincts of the United States, but in
foreign lands as well, in speaking Of
his happy boyhood days when he as
sociated with the daring swimming
population of the Metropolis, said that,
however pleasant and enjoyable his
youthful excursions, they were not to
compare with a swim in the Gulf
Steam-the Gulf Steam, teeming with
life, that only one whose nerves are
in absolute consonance with the
ocean can escape. Wrigging and dart
ing things grip unseen at the swim
mer's breast and arms. Sllvery flashes
before his face tell of fish turning
their glittering sides sharply as they
leap away at his approach. Big and
little, rising out of enormous depths
to sink again half seen, all conspirs
to make that sunlight splendor place
Of sudden terrors to any except the
fearless.
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icte' CHILDREN OF MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY.
spago a Chinese baby opened its eyes in
ntedour capital city on the Fourth of July,
to and was named Washington.
= ON Another youngster who is a native
- of the United States is the little son of
~" Senor Quesada, the Minister or Envoy
from the Republic of Cuba. Senor
Quesada and his wife have two chill
oley dren, both strikingly handsome with
e. large dark eyes and the olive complex
3, ion of the Latin-American. Their cous-
e'y in, young girl whose home is in the
1t city of Havana Cuba, spends her va
Ia cations with them and they never fail
the to give a great childrens' party in her
r., honor every time she visits Washing
ton
From the Antipodcs.
-" An exceedingly pretty little girl is
tiVt Frau Matilda Bussche, the daughter
Is s,of that blonde giant Baron Bussche,
ons. Secretary of the German Embassy and
his dark-complexioned South Ameri-
can wife whom he married while sta
NO toned in the Argentine Republic at
Grid the other end of our continent Little
4 Ii Miss Bussche has a striking combina-
- tion of dark eyes and faXen hair and
despite her tender years she speaks
ugt two different languages.
v Other South American children in
Isl this odd community in Washington,
not are the two sons Of Senor Baez, the
Minister from the little known Re-
'a'n public of Paraguay. The new Mexican
mig Ambassador and Sonora Casasus have
10 seven children; Hector, aged eighteen;
v Evangelna, fifteen; Horacio, fourteen;
-. Margarata, thirteen; Mario, eleven;
10" Leon, nine and Jorge, seven. At the
home of the Envoy from Costa Rica
ly there are half a dozen children; the
ia Minister from Haiti has two darkroom
"a plexioned sons; there are several
young people in the household of the
cai first Minister from the new Republic
to of Panama. and five attractive young
sters enliven things at the residence
OF the new Ambassador from Brazil
a the first Ambassador Ga diplomat of
higher rank than Minister) to come
to the United States from any South
- American country. These young people
Ic from Brazil, speak the Portuguese
y language whereas the junior citizens
III from all other Pan-American countries
III speak Spanish.
Il Chinese Children.
" Conspicuous among the juveniles of
y all nations gathered in Washington
are those from China. The present
Minister from the Celestial Empire, Sir
Chentung Liang-Cheng is a widower
!, I| ,,,bo hoe N 10 roo fou unilv hut only three
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of them accompanied him to this
country-a daughter aged about seven
teen who is famous In Washington for
her superb jewels and two sons one
OF whom is not yet twelve years Of
age while the other Is still younger
In the same household are four half
American children, the little sons and
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Moonlight Swim in the Tropics.

zone evening"" said the man Of
commerce, "after had been in ia
maica, having a week of the joys of
swimming this stream, l proposed to
a couple of my friends that we break
the monotony by taking a dip in the
water by moonlight. One of them con-
sented, and we were soon disporting
ourselves in the clear moonlit water.
1--WE were going along easily and en-
joying the swim immensely. Rarely
have l seen the water so phosphor-
escent. Every stroke made fire whirl
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The agent Of the Republic of Bolivia at
Uncle Sans seat of Government has
a very pretty daughter, Elena Calderon
by name, and there are several girls
in the large family Of Senor Calvo, the
Minister from Costa Rica.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-03-14
Son A West Pointer.

Minister Calvo, by the way has a
son who is a cadet at West Point and
is rendering a most excellent account
of himself, standing well toward the
head in all his classes.
The new Russian Ambassador to the
United States has a decidedly pretty
daughter, Baroness Elizabeth Rosen
and the only daughter of the British
Ambassador constitutes another i'm
portant member of the foreign colony.
The aforementioned young lady, Miss
Josephine Durand, is one Of the partic-
ular chums of President Roosevelt's
eldest daughter, just married. The
Turkish Minister Chekib Bey has two
young sons who wear American
dress and speak the English language.
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daughters of Yung Kwai, a Chrna.--.-n
who acts as interpreter at the Legation
whose wife is an American formerly
living in Springfield, Mass.
The daughter of the Minister is
known even to her intimate friends
as Miss Liang. Like other Celestial
women of high station she has a given
name but the Chinese are very fUr-
NAL people and the Minister'S daughter
is seldom addressed by her first
name even by her father. Minister
Liang's two sons who now speak Eng
lish almost as fluently as their father
adopted American dress from the day
they took up their residence in Wash
ington but the daughter of the Envoy
still clings to her native dress con-
sisting of loose blouse and trousers.
Chinese fashions have not changed
in centuries but Miss Liangs costumes
are made by Chinese tailor connect
ed with the Legation. Her costumes
are of the richest silks and satins,
black and white being her favorite
colors. The quaint Chinese shoes that
she wears cause this young lady to
walk in what appears to American
eyes, rather awkward fashion but
she has not the small, deformed feet
such as have prevented some Of her
predecessors at the Chinese Legation
from walking without assistance.
Young Chilean Ladies'.
Two young people who have made
many American friends during a long
term of residence in the United States
are the daughters of Senor Don Joa-
cuin Walker-Martinez, the Minister
from Chill. These young ladies have
been living under the Stars and
Stripes for nearly five years and have
attended American schools. They
have the clear olive complexion, dark
hair and eyes and rich coloring typi-
cal of the Latin Races.
AS has been mentioned above there
are many young people in the house
holds of the envoys from South and
Central America and the West Indies.
At the Legation Of Haiti, are the
Misses Bour,;e, popular young rela-
tives of Minister Leger, who by the
way is one of the veteran diplomats
at Washington, having resided in this
country continuously for ten years.
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Chinese Children.

Conspicuous among the juveniles of
all nations gathered in Washington
are those from China. The present
Minister from the Celestial Empire, Sir
Chentung Liang-Cheng is a widower
who has large family but only three
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small still essentially agricultural people, producing from the soil than and exporting the surplus hence however sma which the average saved by each rebounds benefit of all by ACCUMULATED capital