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Hunting In Byaone DAYS.

What long apprenticeship the would
be huntsmen had 10 serve in bygone
days. CASTOR lie Folk considered be-
ginning; should be made when the child
had reached the age of seven, when X
should be placed in the kennels. Kin.
Charles says that to become a perfect
huntsman the young gentilhomme who
Is Intended for The post of veneur
should be taken at the age Of twelve.
He must be healthy and we'll built:
he must have good sense and especial
ly Il quick and prompt Judgment Ono
of the principal things required is that
he should be painstaking. Alas, $50
years later we have D'Yauvillc telling
us that a man needs two years tuition
to qualify rs a huntsman. 1t was not
only the paid gentlemen of the hunt
ing establishments, however. who be-
came real cOnnoisseurs. for their royal
masters took such personal interest in
everything connected with the chase
that most of them knew all their
hounds by name and on the eve of q
days hunting would name each hound
that was to be taken ont. They also
priled themselves. on being able to
faire lie hois themselves-that is. go
out with their lymers in the morning
and quest for and harbor the stag
Pail Mall Gazette.
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BUR AND
BACHELOR.
By TROY ALLISON.
Copyright, 1907, by E. C. PARCELS.

Jarvis selected a comfortable looking
the chestnut tree.
"This is the lOneliest spot in the
neighborhood," he said, after medita.
tive puff. Its my favorite place to
come alone and think"
The woman raised her eyebrows
quizzically.
$50 sorry if l disturb YOU" tran
quilly, but an old bachelor never
knows when he is favored by the gods
It's useless to cater to his pessimisn.
A woman more or less doesn't in
crease his misery to any great extent.
1t was too far for me to come alone.
you see.''
"Oh, don't mind you. Don't take it
to heart He fitted his back more
comfortably to the tree trunk and
mountains that circled around the val
ley beneath them. Il get on well
enough with women-if they leave me
out of the pink tea business and don't
expect raptures. I've passed the rap
turous age
She had put some chestnut burs on
the rock in front of her and was
pounding them with il small stone
She left off long enough to look him
over reflectively
Zone might reasonably wonder if
YOU ever had been young enough to
rhapsodize-it's hard to associate you
with the idea.' She put plump
chestnut between her teeth and
crushed 1t with obvious pleasure 1T
would really be worth ones while to
spend some effort trying to make you
rhapsodize. I'll admit that also have
| partially outgrown that stage most
women of thirty haye-but it
would be rather amusing to my blasc
mind to see you struggling through a
proposal"
| His month in the mountains had Civ
en- him Il good coat of tan, but she saw
swarthy flush rise to his face.
you are all alike he grumble.l. al
ways wanting compliments and want
! ing a man to act the fool generally
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him and the retreatihg wood. On Ills
1.-the muscles nv lifp 1ananial

him and the retreating wood. On Ills
1.-THE muscles my life depended
.'The leg now hung on its support by
the merest fraction of its width 1t
might slip off at any second. 40
longer saw the sailor. The sound Of
his climbing and his heavy breathing
came to me, but did not dare to turn
my head.
Il closed my lids for an instant.
When I opened them. the leg was en-
tirely off the plank. The horse tipped,
and the board under me tilted down
ward.
Il gave one last despairing glance at
the steel wall and at the dolly suspend
ed by its chain. Could those small
rusted links support 1SO pounds more?
The thought flashed into my brain.
There was no time for debating AS
the board dropped from under me l
flung out my hands and twined my
fingers round the chain with the grip
of death.
"Over the top of the wall, four feet
above, appeared the bluejackets anx-
ious face.
"'Quick!' l screamed.
'''Catch holdr shouted he, and down
on my head dropped a loop of rope
AS l clutched it with one hand link
in the chain pulled out, and the fifty
pound bar shot down to the bottom OF
the well. Two minutes later lay safe
on the working platform above. Then
everything turned black
when l came to myself l was lying
on bench in the tool shanty. One of
my friends was dousing ne with cold
water, while others We're grouped
round, but the sailor, to whose coolness
and dexterity owed my life, was
| nowhere to be seen He had fastened
| the rope under my arms a.d lowered
me down insensible Then he had de-
scended, picked up his cap and dis
appeared
Il never see blueiacket without
thinking Of the one who saved my life,
and that is why have always had a
warm place in my heart for the sailors
of the United States navy."-Youth's
Companion.
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I've only known you Il month an,l was
fool enough to think had found wo-
man who didn't care for them'
There is no such woman in exist
ence, dear man." She pounded open
another bur energetically "You need
not ever let one fool you in that
way. Now, as for me, have kept you
thinking me sensible for whole
month. let you talk about the isthmi-
an conditions and the trust problems
even flatter myself that l conversed
intclligently enough upon the subjec:
to hold your attention-but as for COM
pliments, just love 'em!'
Jarvis turned his gaze from the
mountain back to her animated face.
Il should have thought you would
have grown tired Of them long ago.
he said in unconscious tribute
THAT does very well, coming from
a woman hating bachelor, but it might
be improved upon. For instance, the
long ago sounds a bit doubtful
''Therc the woman speaks again. he
81 ulHblSu Suc Cdu Ucitt tie i1lcI VI
any ones even approximating her age
Now, know you have been widow
seven years, yet You would probably
be pleased if refused to believe you
were a day over eighteen
She gave a little irrepressible gurgle
of amusement
eve don't marry quite SO young in
our part of the country; but, even SO,
it's better than reaching the forlorn
state you have achieved
"It is rather an achievement he
said complacently. when all ones
relatives and friends seem afflicted
with a mania for matchmaking"
''Then you should not be so-fascinat-
ing" she said, with impudent sarcasm.
He sat erect, bracing both hands on
the ground beside him.
$50 what?" he shouted in a mirth
that set the rocks echoing.
She beat open another bur non-
chalantly
'Oh, well, you are rather good look
ing, YOU know. If your manners were
little better You might be-er-a tiny
bit fascinating. | am not speaking
about your achievements" hastily,
"merely your potentialities.'
''Say, are you trying the compliment
y
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A PRACTICAL JOKER.
The Way Eugene vivIer Used to Set
Paris Laughing.


Eugene vivier, the horn player, ''the
most charming Of men and the spoiled
child Of nearly every court In Europe"
says Henry s. Edwards in his Per
sonal Recollections," was the man who
said Of Napoleon Ill, "He is the most
gentlemanly emperor know"
what can l do for your said this
gentlemanly emperor one day when
Vivier had gone to see him at the Tuil-
cries.
Come out on the balcony with me,
sire" replied the genial cynic. Some
Of my creditors are sure to be passing.
and it will do me good to be seen in
conversation with your majesty"
Vivier was a confirmed practical
joker. Once while riding in an omni-
bus he pretended to be mad
He indulged In the widest gesticula-
tions and then, as IL in despair, drew
a pistol from his pocket The con-
ductor was called upon by acclamatioD
to interfere, and Vivier was on the
point Of being disarmed when sudden
II he broke the pistol in two, handed
half to the conductor and began to
eat the other half himself. 1t was
made Of chocolate!
Vivier could not bear to see people in
a hurry. According to him, there was
nothing In life worth hurrying for,
and. living OH the boulevard just op-
pOsite the Rue Vivienne, he was much
annoyed at seeing SO many persons
Fastening toward o'clock to the post
Office on the Place de Ia Bourse.
He determined to pay them out, and
for that purpose bought calf, which
he took up to his apartments at night
and exhibited the next afternoon at
few minutes before o'clock in the
balcony OF his second floor. In spite
Of their eagerness to catch the post
many persons could not help stopping
to look at the calf
Soon a crowd collected, and mcssen-
gers stayed their steps in order to gaze
at the unwonted apparition. Six
o'clock struck, and soon after a num-
Der Of men who had missed the post
returned In an irritated condition and,
! stopping before vivier's house. shook
their fists at him. Vivier went dow;
to them and asked the meaning of the
insolence.
I'VE were not shaking our fists mt
you," replied the enraged ones, "but at
that calf"
"Ah! You know him, then:' return
ed vivier. II was not aware of it,
In time vivier's calf became the sub
ject Of legend, according to which
the animal (still in Vivier's apartments)
grew to be an OK and so annoyed the
neighbors by his lowing that the pro-
prietor Of the house insisted on its
being sent away. Vivicr told him to
come and take it. when it was found
that the calf Of other days had grown
to such size that 1t .was impossible
to get 1t downstairs.
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An AQe Of Machinery,

In the making Of most of our house
hold goods machinery has done away
with the craftsman. True it is that
some master mind plans the design in
the first pattern that becomes the fa-
ther Of thousands, but If these things
had been made by human hands we
should have had not one but thou
sand masters Of their trade instead Of
one artist only and an army Of work
men doing some mOnotonous routine
Job for their daily bread. The whole
system Is a premium ca dullness and
mediocrity. 1t may be argued that this
machinery more or less makes for
cheapness. and on that account man
can become possessed of more goods
than he would have had without it,
but mans life hardly consists i'm the
abundance of things that he hath, and
1t Is also quite on the cards that few
good possessions are worth whole
host Of bad. When we come to think
that In the making Of almost every
thing we wear, almost everything in
the house upon which we step. sit or
lie, machinery has had hand to the
ousting Of some craftsman, the cnor-
nifty Of our wickedness becomes clear.
Reginald Newton Weekes in Nine
teenth Century.
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Cominu to His Title.

Titles have rarely been conferred up
on native Americans by European SOW
ereigns. but several have succeeded
to titles by inheritance. One of these
was Sir John Davie, the first town
clerk of Groton, Conn, who was grad
uated at Harvard in 1851 The story
of his reception of the news of his
succession to a baronetcy is told in the
pages Of I'm Old Connecticut"
One day Dayie was hoeing corn on
the plains in company with John Pack
er, Il neighbor. both men in homespul
and barefooted. with their sleeves roll
ed up to their elbows and their trousers
up to their knees, when stranger
clad III the latest London fashion ap-
peared and asked the official if he were
John Davie.
yes" was the reply.
'"rhen l salute you, Sir John Davic
of Greedy Park. Devon" said the Wis
ftor.
Tradition says that the new baronet
finished his row-he was hoeing on Il
wager with his fellow workcr-tlcn he
accompanied his visitor to the brown
homestead, treated him to cake and
wine and learned the whole story
how his uncle, Sir John Davie, Bart.
had died without male issue, leaving
his nephew sole heir.
In a short time the Poquonock farm
er exchanged the brown farmhouse for
his native land, however, and always
retained his interest in Groton. He
aided the settlers to build their new
church and when it was finished pre-
sented it with silver communion set.
He also made gifts to his relatives and
was one of the early benefactors OF
Yale college.
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racket on me?" he demanded sus-

racket on me?" he demanded sus-
piciously.
NO, indeed" \ man OF more ex-
perience in reading the female express
sion would have detected too great a
show of innocence in her eyes. Il
never referred to your looks at all-in
fact, l don't know that l should call
you exactly good looking, just strong
and muscular looking"
This time the flush on his face had
tinge of qualification in it.
'That's all the looks a man has any
business caring for he agreed and
felt q sneaking desire to tell her that
he had been the star man on the foot
ball team at college and that there
was not man at the club now who
could bruise him with boxing glove
''You see, we are all more or less
alike-men and women" She contem-
plated him from the corner of her eye
"Ncw, l have special weakness for
being told that my hair has tinge of
red in it, and you like to he called
strong" She again gave little CUR
gle of merriment
''You ought to have been named De-
lilah," he said in disgust; there was
the very essence of treachery in the
way you rounded me up then"
She climbed up the rocks to reach a
limb that hung heavy with huge burs.
She broke them off gingerly, throwing
them one by one at his feet
"They remind me Of old bachelors" !"
she said. holding large prickly one he
tween her thumb and foreffngcr. but
With little experience woman Of
intelligence can manage them fairly
we'll and avoid the prickles. don't
suppose. if I hadn't been widow,
with 4 certain amount of knowledge
of the characteristics of man, that
would ever have got you sufficiently
tame to have been allowed to take
these woodland strolls with you.'
There was a glinlmer Of admiration
in his eyes as she stood on the gray,
moss covered rock. her slim figure
reaching up to the deep green Of the
chestnut bough. She gathered the last
bur within her reach and threw it ut
him energetically.
THAT is for you to keep as souvc-
| mir" she commenced. but her voice
broke in a gasp Of alarm as she lost
her footing on the messy rock and fell
on the ledge below.
Jarvis, his face anxious and white
lifted her gently, and her head fell OH
| his shoulder.
He gazed helplessly until the stiffness
| of the woods grew oppressive.
My dear; oh, my DEAR he said anx-
| iously. putting his cheek against hers.
eff you would only open your eyes
your beautiful eyes"
| The corners of her mouth betrayed
her to an Involuntary smile She gave
| him one look. then put her head back
| on his shoulder.
| I'm not hurt-much" There was :,
| mixture Of emotions in the mirth of
her voice. "But do so love to hear YOU
say that, and told you that neither !,
bur nor a bachelor was hard to man.
| age-if one knew how
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lnnocuous Vanity.

AS gold Is never put into circulation
without some alloy, so perhaps for this
worlds use some alloy is needed in the
gold Of character. The only questions
are, What alloy and how much? shall
try to answer the question as to kind
and leave to individual discretion the
question as to quantity. A great ac-
tor once said that all men have vanity,
but some conceal it more successfully
than others. II vanity be universal
trait, we may take it as that alloy
which is necessary to our active and
circulating usefulness. 1t is decried
by all moralists, preached against in
all pulpits and everywhere believed to
be as undesirable as it is universal.
Nevertheless. In youth at least, GER
tain degree of it may be necessary.
Vanity IS like the kindly cloud which
shelters us from the all piercing and
too brilliant sun Of truth, for it may
be doubted whether any Of us can bear
the truth unveiled. The melancholy
Dane who had revealed to him unqual-
ified truth, 9th as regards this life
and the mex was not by that revela-
ton melted to action. Hamlet found
the truth whitening, not stimulating: it
paralyzed rather than neryed. And it
may be so with all truth. Most of us
are ordinary people, but happily mos
Of us do not find this ont. Mt least no.
in our first outh.-Lippincott
WiIes Of Animals.
The panther on the plains Of Pata-
gonia gets as near u herd of guanacos
as it can, then lies down behind n
bush OH its back. 1t puts one paw up
in the air, then another, then the third
and fourth and after bit all four at
once That seems curious to the guiana
cos, and they come close to investi-
gate. Up jumps the panther and lights
on the nearest ones back and breaks
it's neck. A fox up in Nova Scotia
comes down to the bay of Fundy and
goes jumping along the beach a couple
Of rods and back again, rising on its
hind legs at each about face and wav-
ing its big tail in the air. The little
flock of four or five Canada geese out
OH the water begin to wonder what can
be the matter with the fox They
swim up into the shallow water to in
vestigate, when in dashes the fox and
grabs one by the neck. The men have
taken advantage Of this trick and have
trained dogs to do as the fox does.
For lack of dog men themselves
have ambled about on their hands and
knees to attract the birds.
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Just the Ihinu.

MAY hold your horse, siry'
He won't run away"
That's the kind Of horse / want to
hold. New York Press.
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What Is an Orator?

The true orator is the man who can
make people laugh, cry and feel what
he says. In truth, the genuine orator
Is the man who has humor enough in
his soul to bring the smile to the face,
pathos enough in his heart to bring the
tear to the eye and dignity enough in
his bearing to persuade or move men.
He Is an exponent of the spoken word
He is a pilgrim moving toward the
home Of the ideal. He is the ernhodi-
ment OF earnestness, enthusiasm and
eloQuence.-Exchange.
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Semi-Weekly
Aberdeen Herald.

Published every Monday ana lhn'suaS'
a. .OS East Wishkah street.
Telephone SOL.
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>$sE5 So
CHICAGO FRAUDS.

1t was rude awakening that Of the
Chicago newspapers and aldermen and
Ivnx.evei cuisines" men when their
loud assertions that the people wanted
M referendum on the traction ordinances
WAS met with the biggest ard
strongest and cleanest set OF petition :
ever filed I referendum vote Ihr
time had been reduced to a minimum,
in the expectation Of making the eiiee-
tive circulation OF the petitions impos>-
bic. The petitions had been c'amorous 8
denounced as saturated with fraud and
forgery. and the conspirators, 10 make
good. had PLANTED" upon the petition
collectors scores OF thousands 81 ia'se
forged signatures. One OF their methods
was to "plant' whole sheets OF names
with no genuine signatures upon them
and so KEYED as to enable men IN the
secret to pull them out Of pile OF sheets
apparently at random. Had this trick
prevailed, some 500 sheets, taken at
random" would have been exploited by
the subsidized newspape.s as proof Of
fraudulent. "sa.uration.' They had even
gone so far as to take steps 10 the council
TO appropriate money for the discovery
Of this evidence Of saturation.' But
Mavor Dunne himself had tie inspection
done, and after all suspicious sheets hal
been thrown out. 1900 signatures re.
manned. From this number large de.
duction was made as allowance for joke
names. individual frauds, and errors.
which reduced the unim peachable list
t,llo,COO. Asthe number required was
$1,000, this made the petition complete.
Afterwards additional sheets with over
5000 signatures came in and these were
not inspected, for it WAS unnecessary.
At once there was painful silence Il
was tha. kind OF silence after noise which
awakens the heay.es, sleeper. The
"business" interests. the clubs, the
newspapers. zeal z-i ,ha, public opinion
is no, confined to Tie Loop And the
nevspapers-especially the Tribuse a. 1
tine Lawson publications. - learned a
much needed lesson. They learned that
By their BY ,cri..ca, : false news report
ing they have a, last forfeited the conf
dence Of their readers
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ROOSEVELT A PEACE MAKER

Every American citizen must feel
prond OF the fact that the awarding TO
the president OF the United States. by
the Norwegian parliament, OF the Nobel
peace prize. meets general appreciation
throughout the civilized world.
By his part in the conclusion OF peace
between Russia and Japan, Mr.. Roose-
vel, won his high prize and in the win
ming hroueh, 10 himself and his country
honors that will not only be beneficial to
both. bu, will serve as inspiration to all
men everywhere.
In one OF his messages TO congress. Mr..
Roosevelt said: III the great civilized
nations OF the present day should COM
plete'y iisarm, the result would mean
an immediate ,ecrndeSCence OF bar hsrism
in one form or another" Between the
Theodore Roosevelt announcing this as
founding and ahominahle doctrine and
the Theodore Roosevelt winning the
p-jze for the hes. etfor's towards the
promotion OF the worlds peace, il will
no. be difficult for the American citizen
70 choose the figure which will best serve
a. the representative OF genuine Amer
canism.
Coneratu' atoms to the Norwegian
,rlament which conferred the prize
and to the American president vic
earned il; congratulations 10 The Ameri.
can people whose most promising line OF
leadership lies alorg the paths OF peace
AID 10 the world whose pro-ress depends
upon the abolition OF way
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WILL WE SEE 1T?

II some enc, getic and enterprising
theatrical manager would engase. in :he
near future, Harry Thaw. Mrs. Ihaw,
Nan Patterson and Chester Thompson,
as the players, and have Lincoln J. Car
ter. Of Chicago, construct melo-drama
for their special prese ntation in theaiers
throushout the United States and Eu-
ropean countries. whal a financial at.
traction he would possess.
Should EVELYN and Nan. however, be-
come jealous as 10 " hich was the public's
iavori,e and most popular star in the
PRODUCT it would be an easy matter
10 settle the DISPUTE Either Thaw or
Thompson could shoe, and kill the one
HON they would decide was in the
wrong. Then. il Mrs. Ruth JACKSON, who
is now confined in the equity jail in Seat
tie on suspicion Of numbering her hus.
band 10y sticking knife in his heart, is
sentenced to hang-for YOU must ren-em.
her il is getting near the time when an
example must ne made OF some murderer,
or accessory TO the iact AS she is report
ed never TO have been comic opera
dancer, an artists model, not even a
chorus girl, never wrote a single line OF
love-verse, AS far as known, mas no in.
sanity in her family. uut is ptnnless
and without ir eu,!>-I say. should it he
proved 10 lie entire satisfaction OF twelve
tried AMI true Jurors that She committed
the crime. or. beg pardon, rather In
duiled in the la! III comedy and pastne
AZ seems to lie the fad nowadays per.
maps the theatrical manager aud pun.
veyor OF amusement Tor the benefit OF
tue mau.iliu-seuiimeut iulk, having this
stupeudou> troupe under contract and
management might ~ continued plead
ing AID fer OF fabulous salary, prevail
on Ms Jackson 10 assume the role made
vacant 10y the death OF either Nan or
Evelyn.
ANYWAY, this cast. With or without
Mrs. Roth Jackson, would tax to the
utmos. the seating cal acliH al any thea
ter in the land. and the lucky and fortu.
nate theatrical manager would in short
time. after tein. "rn route" have enough
money 10 rent hight housekeeping suite
in Seattle. for tNo weeks, at least.
A grand spectacular transformation
scene would be a brlian, idea at the
close OF lie play, depicting a wee small
lad who had stolen a ginger snap to give
his starving mother. being in the fiery
furnace in he'll. with the evil, and all
the make. ny" that gees with his char
acter, shove,ing coal upon him, while
Thaw, Thomson and Nan are seen
and harps of A thousand strings. with ST.
Peter smiling his ap troval az them. This
would ne a pretty closing scene to the
meo-dra,na.
MURDER NO CRIME IN THE UNITED
STATES" would. relieve, be an appro-
pirate name for the pia>.
The sale Of the players photographs
would he mint in themselves. and the
lo'al interviews given 10 the centre
company" by newspapers in each town
visited hv the organization would save
the ma ager hundreds Il dollars in al.
yer lang.
"Watc ior day and date"
"Don't TAI 10 see tn, op-n automobile
parade at noon each day =
M houqnet> allowed handed to ctor
or actress while they are IN automobile
in street.
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