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The Press., 1912-11-13
A Pertinent Question.

There are great men who cannot spell. and small people who object to them. Spell eat" said the teacher to the boy at the tail end of the class. "K-a-t," replied the boy. silly" re- piled the teacher. Cant you spell catY' Well" replied the sensible
 boy, "what does kat spellr'-London
The Press., 1912-11-13
HOME NEWS.
Local Notices.

(Matter under this head 10 cents line.) -Eyes examined free at Buskirk's. Fifty $l2 and $1O Suits for this week ST S7. Wonderful bargains at the Mod ern
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HAVE BIGGEST FAMILY

The Dickey family of Canaan, Me-.
last fall established the worlds rec.
ord, they assert, for a big family when
there were born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dickey their twenty-seconG
child Mr.. and Mrs Dickey live on q
cross road in Canaan with fifteen of
their twenty-five children. Here they
have sixty-acre farm surrounded by
fence to keep the babies in safety
without constant watching to see If
they are going to get run over by
passing teams. Nowhere else would
it have been possible for a young
couple unaided to bring up with their
own hands such a large family and
supply them with all the necessities of
life. But Mr.. Dickey, working on this
farm and another one which he owns
free and clear of debt, has been able
to do this and today doesn't owe a
dollar to anybody. He says he and
Mrs. Dickey We're put here to be an ex-
ample to the world of what other tam
lilies should do. Mrs. Dickey is young
looking woman of about forty-five and
Mr.. Ddckey is happy. contented man
of fit
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GIANT LOBSTER IN MAINE

The distinction of being the big
gest lobster in Name" II not in the
entire country, falls to the mammoth
crustacean owned by Deputy Marchal
Frank Rutherford of PASSPORT, Me-,
which is the most easterly city on the
Maine coast The big lobster was cap
tured by Canadian boatInan In the
Bay of Fundy and brought to East
port, with other shellfish, and it was
purchased by Rutherford. who had the
meat extracted and the crustacean
mounted on board so that it could
be exhibited When caught 1t weighed
about &c pounds, and with the follow
ing dimensions: Length Of lobster
from end of tail to tip of claws, "a
inches; length of tail, 1914 inches;
width of end of tail, 8 inches; length
of large claw, 20 inches; width OF
largest claw, inches; circumference
of large claw, Ia inches; length of the
small claws flour on side). 10h
inches; circumference of body in GEN.
ter, IL inches; Lengths of thumb" on
largest claw, inches; width of spread
of both claws and body before mount.
ing, 40 inches.
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band of 200 and their villages pillaged
and burned by their enemies, III was
with Joy that they accepted this inyi-
tation in 1855 to join the Oneidas in
Oneida and Madison counties New
York.
The Interior Department has given
it's approval of the plan. and the
Stockbridges are planning to lay aside
soon the blanket, tepee and other
marks of "the only real American
and take up the white mans duties
In 1883 the Munsee, Oneida anG
Stockbridge Indians joined forces. aft
er being gradually driven westward
by the roarch of civilization for CEN
fury, and settled on a tract of land
near the head of Green Bay, Wis,
which they had purchased from the
Menominees. Since that date they
have become one tribe and are known
as the Stockbridges.
After years of pickering between
factions of the tribe, which fought
constantly over the question OF secur-
ing individual allotments of land or
establishing a township and living in
one community, the proponents of the
township idea have won out and the
result is a decision to have what re-
mains of their original land east OF
Lake Winnebago and what the gov
eminent intends giving them reserved
for this purpose.
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Uncle Sam Opens Another National Playground

ton as soon as it is well known.
Glacier National park is 80 named
from the fact that within its borders
there are upwards OF sixty living
glaciers. These glaciers feed nnmer-
on streams which go plunging through
gorges of the widest grandeur There
are nearly 300 lakes, the largest of
which is Lake Mcdonald, covering
over ten square miles and being over
5000 feet above sea level Mount
Cleveland is the highest mountain
10,435 feet-but there are scores OF
other peaks of huge size, many or
which are very grotesque ia shape.
One Of the most curious is great
cliff which has been dubbed Heavens
Fold" Here the strata of rock for
nation have been doubled amt crush
ed in very striking way, and the
height from the valley is over 200 feet
White goats are numerous ln the re-
gion They have worn trails around
cliffs which rise vertically from The
valleys, and they tread these precari-
GUS paths with apparently no IDEA OF
fear. Travellers who like TO try their
Notwithstanding abilities win have
plenty of work before them here. 1t
will take years to explore the whole
region, and every party that goes
through reports interesting new dis.
cOVerieS
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SXT AsHINGToN-In a furtiye sort

nv ASHINGTON.-In furtive sort
W of way people have taken note
of the camel hump walk" It's here.
1t came to Pennsylvania avenue rath-
er gradually, but by much quicker
process than that by which the abor-
iginal man stopped walking on all
tours; for it traces it's ancestry back
to the hobble skirt and no farther
Just as we used to have the kan
CARGO walk" we now have the camel
hump walk"
The camel-hump walk is natures
way of adapting itself to the sheath
skirt. 1t is natures law and probably
the very best nature could do under
the circumstances.
1t will be seen by careful attention
to the pictures that the genuine cam
e]-hump Is nothing more nor less than
an attempt on the part of the hobbled
female to get away from what is
coming behind her, a direct applica-
ton of the theory that self-preserva-
ton is one of the primal instincts of
humanity. The peculiar effect is due
to the tendency of the upper portion
of the torso to advance a little faster
than the hobbled extremities.
The hobble skirt, being true to it's
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Chinese Are Happy Over the New Issue Of Bills

xxYASHINGTON'S Chinatown eager
wv ly awaits the appearance OF
the new paper money of the Chinese
republic. Chop suey restauranteurs,
dealers in celestial teas and spices
and bric.a-brac and the vendors who
line lower Pennsylvania avenue are
all on the qui viye of anticipation.
Bankers, particularly those who
have accounts with Cinnamon and
with Americans now travelling or liv-
ing in China, are also interested in
the new money, which is now being
manufactured in New York and which
is expected to make an appearance
shortly in Chinese circles in this
country.
Local Cinnamon say that great
compliment has been paid to the
United States by the celestial repub-
lie in that the standard of value of
the new money is the American dol
lar. One side of the notes will be
printed in Chinese, the other in Eng
fish. 1t will be extremely easy to
exchange American money for Chinese
and vice versa
The money is the first issue Of pa
Der by the new Chinese republic. and
Is made primarily to retire the money
Of the old empire. which also was
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REMAINS TRUE TO INSTINCT
True 1t Is That Sheep May Become
Wolf, but Never Wolf Be-
comes Sheep.

One Sunday at the house of AnatolI
France, they were talking of the adj
mirable romance he had just publish
ed. The Gods are Thirsty" M. Paul
Souday expressed in the warmest
terms the enthusiasm with which this
work had inspired him. Above all he
Wanted the character of "Evariste
Gamdin," whom a false revolutionary
philanthropy had transformed from a
bleating sheep to devouring wolf
A Russian lady, who was present,
said she knew OF wolves that had be-
come sheep. "The Prince Troubetz-
koi," she said, "has two of them. He
brought them from Russia. They had
been tanned and he led them in a
leash like greyhounds. You know
that he is vegetarian. He has i'm
posed this diet upon his beasts. He
feeds them vegetables and salads"
I'm fact" then said Anatole France.
IT met him the other day with his
wolves of which you speak, in the
street. He had stopped before a fruit
stand and he was plundering a bas-
ket of carrots to regale his beasts"
THAT is an excellent example for
vegetarianism,' said the lady. "Se-
duced by such an, example, acquired
a wolf and fed him myself But
feared that he would fade away But
as / did not intend to renounce my
vegetarian ideas l continued to make
him nibble fruits and roots in public
while at home, secretly / gave him
fresh meat. In this way l was able
to keep him for some time. He died
a while ago, do not understand how
Prince Troubetzkoi succeeds in keep
inc his wolves. suspect he employ
ed the same method as myself"
In short" said Anatole France, zone
often finds sheep that become wolves,
but never wolves that become sheep"
lie Cri de Paris.
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Camel Hump and Giraffe Sway at the Capital

name, deters the legs in their desire
for freedom. The right leg says To
it's colleague, May | pass?" Not to
be outdone in politeness, the left leg
answers, why my dear, of course;
but warn you that you win not be
able to go far. Your career neces-
sarily will be somewhat limited.
"Cat!" exclaims the right leg, and
fares forth confidently, only TO come
the end of its tether.
Meanwhile, the shoulders and spine.
having the utmost. confidence in the
right leg to do it's full duty and MAX.
ing no allowance for the COMPOUNDED
hobble, forge ahead just as they used
to in the days before the tube skirt
was ever dreamed of.
Now 1t is that very tendency OF the
upper portion Of the torso to continue
the old movements of natural gait
that produces that peculiar phenO-
menon the camel-hump.
There is also the giraffe sway"
which Is a variation of the camel
hump employed by slender girls only.
The complement of these two ac-
lions is the "wideawake sit" The
name originates with the tendency OK
the ankles and feet to come right ont
and greet you in broad daylight. The
toes no longer peep from out OF the
folds of tailored gown; there are no
folds.
Needless to say the wideawake is
particularly popular with occupants
of the opposite seat in the car and
with the manufacturers of silk hose.
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An
Heirloom
By Marina McCuuoch- Williams

copyright, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
Blessed be hobble skirts" Alison
calculated, surveying her slim 1.-the
ness In the long mirror.
Rose, her sister, laughed softly, as
she returned: Better say blessed be
flesh! If grandad hadn't weighed
near three hundred, you'd never get
a skirt out of his Sunday best black
broadcloth trousers.
Don't you dare! If one breathes
real loud in this village folk are sure
to hear" Alison adjured turning to
look at herself over her own shout
der. "And the gossips would say
sacrilege rather than thrift. I'm sure
grandad himself would approve
dead this ten years, what harm can
it do to have his leftover clothes
help us round hard corner?'
None In the world" Rose assented
merrily, adding with touch Of
usefulness: 1T is so harbour stock
passing dividends, just at this special
time. We could do so much with
that five hundred we haven't got"
And other people doing all sorts
Of things. This town is going to be
real giddy," Alison answered, signing
at the end of a giggle. Three we'd
dings already announced-that means
at least dozen parties of sorts
luncheons not counted"
And tableaux for the Missionary
society, and two germans II no more"
Rose chanted.
Alison took up the chant with,
"And three strange-very strange
young men a-coming to the weddings
and likely to stay on awhile with
their kin. Rosy-posy, | tell you, it's
distinctly hard lines. A new party
frock apiece is the most we dare hope
for-and even they spell a month
without butter. Praise be, you didn't
make that new melton last fall-you
would hardly have put it on, with
Aunt Anne so ILL., But whatever we
would do if you hadn't thought Of
grandad. | surely don't know Really,
/ believe, though 1t sounds like magic.
I'll get a swagger outfit from his suit"
He wore it only once-poor dear"
Rose sighed. "And he was always
particular as to his clothing. / wish
we dared spend little for touches
of color-though you can stand all
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T1 IIREE years ago congress passed
a law setting aside tract Of l.
SIS square miles in northwestern Mon
tana of the widest country on this
continent to be kept as a national
park and playground and game pre-
serve. The park has now just been
opened for the season, and it will re-
main open for visitors until October
Is. For eight months of the year it
is practically inaccessible, as snow
blocks the mountain passes. There
are as yet but few roads, and tourists
have to do most of their travelling on
horseback over rude trails. The Great
Northern railroad skirts the southern
border of the park, and it has put up
a chain of hotels and camps for the
accommodation of visitors. The place
is a. paradise for fishermen. Though
wild game animals abound, all hunt
ing and carrying of firearms is for
hidden, as in Yellowstone Park, and
it will be a great rival of that attrac-
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piscovery Of Elre.

When and in what manner fire was
discovered is unknown. The art of
producing fire appears to have been
one of the very earliest achievements
of man. No people have ever been
found without it. It's use may have
been suggested to man by the lightning,
or by the volcano, or by the acciden-
tai spark, produced by the use of the
stone weapons or utensils, but at any
rate its use was discovered so long
ago that the memory of the race run
meth not to the contrary OF course,
it goes without saying that the use
of fire lies at the root of all human
progress. The iron age" which is
pre-eminently the age of true civil
cation, would have been impossible
without fire.
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PAPER MADE FROM GRASS


Paper from bear grass is to be man
ufactured at Ell Paso, Tex. For years
the grass was regarded as nothing but
a nuisance until the paper idea was
worked out at st. Louis, Mo. After
five years of success there, Ell Paso,
which is in the midst of millions of
acres of the grass, is going to make
paper It is claimed that the highest
grades of paper for ordinary print and
commercial uses can be made of bear
grass, and the prices range lower. be-
cause there is an abundant supply and
the cost is all In gathering the grass.
An acre of bear grass makes nearly
as much paper as an acre Of Maine
spruce trees, and the grass grows an
nually. 1t looks like sharp competi-
ton for the spruce, which grows in
no such hurry as that by about forty
years.
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eels as though It would be spiritual

feels as though it would be spiritual
murder
A hand fell upon Aunt Anne
shoulder soft hand, heavy with
rings and only family wrinkled. II
drew her back, leaving the door a
little ajar.. Very shortly the owner
of 1t was saying, hushing Aunt
Anne's sobs the while:
ITO think you wouldn't come to me-
your oldest friend. Anne dear, I'm
ashamed of you-you know your girls
feel almost as though they were mine
But your pride has had its reward
| Not many girls under the conditions
would forego as nobly as our Alison
Don't tell her and Rose we overheard
not yet, at least. 1t would hurt
them to know we knew. But you are
going to be sensible, and let me ad-
vance you those delayed dividends
Also, you are to remember cabs are
wicked extraTagance when one has
| friends with cars, and next to nobody
to fill them
| At that Aunt Anne cried harder
than ever, but after a little agreed
meekly to do as her friend babe. The
friend, Mrs. Norris Lane, rich
widow, childless, with two adored and
adoring nephews, was unobtrusively
the great lady of Charlotte town.
Perhaps there was no direct Sc
quence of events-but people began
to notice early in the season that
Lane Norris and Howard Lane, the
great lady's nephews, were mighty
attentive to the Agnew girls. Rose
and Alison felt as If they had found
fairy godmother-all at once.
Aunt Anne had ceased worrying
she had only smiled mysteriously,
and told them things were not SO
bad as they had threatened to be,
Then at Christmas she surprised
each of them with a dainty new
gown-to which Mrs. Lane had added
all the other things-gloves, fan,
slippers, silk. stockings, and cobweb
kerchief Alison was not able to say
thank you, for the lump in her
throat. Even Rose had to turn away
her eyes. And that night, hand in
hand, they told Aunt Anne of their
plotting-and what had withheld
them from carrying it out. She
patted their bent heads, saying as
tears dropped upon Alison's bright
hair
1T would have been murder, dear
children-murder of something in
ourselves-reverence for family ties
and traditions l am glad indeed you
made the blank frock - much better
use the cloth than let let moths ruin 1t
in the end. But the waistcoat means
something-it is sort of patent of
nobility. Only fine gentlemen wore
such garments"
Il know!" Rose broke in. "And
we came near showing we didn't de.
serve to belong to him." Then the
two ran away to make ready for a
very late party. Aunt went, too. And
as she came away she had the happi.
ness of sealing with her approval a
double betrothal
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HOW THE ANT COMES BACK

Not only naturalists but every one
who has watched ants has wondered
how they find their way to and from
their nests. A French naturalist, M.
Cornetz, has been observing ants in
Algeria and in a recent issue of La
Nature tells the results of his obser-
vations.
The ant, he says, in it's outward
tourney, proceeds throughout in the d.
recticn initially chosen; on it's return
the insect places it's body at the same
angle, and walks in the opposite direc.
ton. The body Of the ant would there
fore act as kind of compass needle.
re an ant is caught at the nest and
transported to point some yards dis
tant. the insect Is quite incapable OF
finding it's way back. 1t runs around
on the ground until 1t accidentally
comes across the entrance to the bur-
row. The case is quite different IL an
ant is allowed to find its way to q
distance unmolested On leaving the
nest it places itself In a certain di-
rection and holds the same, no matter
what obstacles 1t may meet with en-
route, and no matter what side tracks
it may occasionally strike in order to
seize some article Of food or of struc-
tural value for it's nest.
The return is effected directly, rap
idly and without hesitation, even Ii
the ground covered has been swept in
order to change it's relief. The return
is obviously determined completely by
the outward trip, and an ant which
has left its nest on a voyage Of ex-
ploration finds it's way back just be-
cause it has made the outward jour.
new.
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CANARlES HELP THE CHOIR

Canaries, caroling an unusual ac-
compartment to the organ and choir,
were used in the Venice Union church
the other night as an aid to righteous
ness. The pastor. Rev. Fenwicke L.
Holmes, decided to surprise his flock
with the unique plan
The congregation accordingly filed
into church frightened by the mel
ody Of a dozen pretty yellow birds, i'm
ported from Germany, their cages
swinging at advantageous points high
above the heads of the worshipers.
The canaries interrupted the ser
mon very little. But when the choir
and the congregation arose to sing
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eyes, hate to see you nun-lke."
"Oi if only dare!" Alison ex-
claimed
Dare what?" Rose asked.
Alison answered with GREATNESS
giggle; Sacrifice our best heir
loom-but Aunt Anne will never
agree"
"You mean the waistcoat!" Rose
cried, catching her breath.
Alison nodded Rose darted away
up the stairs, to the garnet where
the waistcoat which had come down
from beau OF colonial times, lay,
linen-wrapped, in lavender. In wink
she was back with It, unwrapping
the swathings. They fell apart, re-
vealing a fabric of degree. Brocade
whose satin ground, once a royal
scarlet powdered with rosebuds yell
low, white and pink, had faded to a
soft delicate Indian red. Time had
likewise improved the rose hues-
they seemed to melt one into another.
Alison gasped at the sight of the rich
blendings TIT seems wicked
even to think Of cutting it up" she
said. 'But O!-wouldn't it set off my
black?"
1T shall set it off," Rose said stout
ly. Aunt Anne would never agree
her conscience wouldn't let her. But
once the thing Is done she'll be glad.
] found her crying yesterday, over
our bank account-she seems to feel
At was her fault that things are as they
are"
why! l do believe there's enough
for narrow panel besides revers
and cuffs" Alison answered eagerly
she had been measuring the waist
coat while her sister spoke.
1t was very long, and had been
built for a man over six feet. 1t
was neither frayed nor spotted and
had still it's full complement of carved
rock-crystal buttons. No wonder Aunt
Anne cherished fit was all that
had come down to her, in the divis-
ion of ancestral treasures, from the
most distinguished of her great
grandfathers.
+ Fate ordered it that she came
through the door from the living
room just as Alison, scissors in hand,
made, to begin shipping the fine hand
set stitches. She had slipped XII
mono over the unfinished frock. she
had contrived--the short coat, which
would be new and jaunty by and by,
hung raw and limp over the back
of chair at her side. All about was
the litter and disorder inevitable to
close contriving. Rose stood gazing
at her sister-both were too intent to
note the opening door. Suddenly Al
ison's hand fell--she held the waist
coat away from her, saying in a
choked voice: "Rose-take it-back.
I-I--somehow l can't spoil tit
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printed in the United States and bore
the portrait of the Chinese diplomat.
Ii Hung Chang.
Upon the new bills win be found
the portrait, not of Ii Hung Chang.
but of the Philosopher Menizes, who
is held second only to CoAfucius in
the estimation Of the Chinese The
bills are in denominations OF 81. SIS.
$50 and 500.
China, of all nations, was the FIRST
to use paper money. AS early as the
second century paper money was used
by the Chinese, but in the fifteenth
century the Chinese minister OF 81
nance abolished it, and not until the
latter part of the nineteenth century
was 1t resumed. In 1898 the American
Bank Note company received an Or
der from the Chinese government 10
print an issue of paper money.