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NTUDENTS of Natural History tell
 us that the longest lived animal - is the whale. Cuvier estimates the length of it's life to be 1000 years. Next in longevity comes the elephant, often reaching the good old age of 400 years. The following is told by a writer on the subject of animal longevity:
 When Alexander the Great con- quered Poru. king of India. he took a great elephant that had fought gal lantly for the defeated king, named him Ajax. dedicated him to the sun, placed upon him a metal band with the inscription: Alexander, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun.' The elephant was found alive three hundred and fifty years later"
 The average age of cats Is fifteen years; of squirrels seven or eight: of rabbits eight: bear rarely exceeds
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! Our Puzzle Corner &
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This zigzag contains seven words of four letters each. If the words are rightly guessed and written one be- low another their zigzag letters, be- ginning at the top left-hand letter and ending with the lower left-hand letter. will spell something of torrid heat. The cross words are: 1. A story. 2. A support. 8. A certain place. A.. A contrivance for catching creatures 5. That which is suffered in illness. 6. Frozen delicacies. Tx A fraud.
 NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
 I am composed of nine letters Many words may be composed of my letters, among them the following: My 5. '. 9, ?. 3, spell brilliant color. My 8, 4. 1, 2. spell something belong ing to you and to'1ne. My 5, ', 8, 1, ?, spell to be soiled or foul. My 5, 4, 1, g, spell something children love to play. My 1, ?. 3. spell your uncles. My 1. {. 2, 8, 6. spell girls name. My 2, 4, s, 8. spell a shower. My whole spells a collection of wild animals.
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nEGGY and her mother sat staring out into the night
 through a car window. They
 were almost at their destina- ion, the City. Mrs. Brown was a widow, with one child, fifteen-year- old Peggy, and she had been obliged to lccept a position in the city where he might make a better living for her title daughter and herself than she lad been able to make in the small nllage where she had spent most of Ter life. Peggy knew nothing except he village, save the little she might rave learned from the two visits she lad made in company with her mother to the city. These had oc- ,urred when her mother went there n quest of a position as book-keeper a large wholesale house.
 We are almost there" It was Mrs. Brown who spoke. She smiled, md tried to hide the look of loneli- iess which had been in her eyes since As darkness had settled down.
 Peggy suddenly felt a slap on her conscience, so to speak. It was that he was not doing her duty. She luickly responded, putting on a cheer ,ul countenance: "Oh, so we are, Mamma. And won't it be nice-to nave the change? We'll be happy to- yether-just you and I. won't we iear?'' She reached over and ca 'essed her mothers worn hand.
 Mrs. Browns face cleared. If Peggy was satisfied, everything was III right. Peggy was her one thought. light and morning. Yes, darling, I 10 hope we shall not miss the old nome too much"
 Wen be so happy in our new sur 'oundings that we'll not think of the ,ld home very often," declared Peggy earnestly. Then the car began to low down, the conductor called the name of the station. and the passen- gers bound for the city began to gather up their hand luggage to de- part from the train.
 Mrs. Brown and Peggy were soon yhirling through busy streets and af- CT a few minutes were set down in 'ront of a severely plain old brick three-story house whose only sign If life was dim light shining out through the glass pane in the front loor. Peggy's heart felt heavy, but ihe ran lightly up the steps, carrying he heaviest of their handbags, and eaving her mother to follow with the imalf luggage. A ring at the door brought the landlady and soon Mrs. Brown and Peggy found themselves their new home. Home. The name lad always meant so much to them both. But now 1t could mean only | medium m-sized room with a small Rfndowless alcove at one end.> A .lothes closet and two windows. look
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that you are in danger of being eaten by nicer
 Even as Glen spoke, out came three little grey mice from a hole in the dark corner, and snffing their noses ripped softly across the room and began to nibble at the toes of the Man O The Moon. He, silly fellow, bent over and picked them up and
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a telescope at me in the heavens. eh :? Well, here I am, and made of the finest old cheese in the universe. Just nibble at my little finger. please. You'll never say I do not exist after tasting me-
 Glen sat up and looked at the little old man inquiringly. For moment he was SO mYstified that he could not
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speak. moon coming out of mere paper book And the moon suddenly turning into little old mana man made of fine old cheese It was quite too much for Glen to digest at once. and he did not speak for several minutes. Then, finding voice, he asked.
 What made you come to earth in 1 this way? Don't you know 1t will upset the general scheme of things the planets? You may be responsible for your own destruction. for no one ever knew how small you are; but seeing you now, they may catch you up and devour you, seeing that you are made of such fine old cheese"
 But you seemed to doubt me-" de- clared the little old man. When my friend and admirer, Bulger Thomas. alluded to me this afternoon at school you ignored him. and sneered at what he said. Well, hear everything said about yours truly; so says l to my self. just drop to earth, old Cheesey. and let that young star-student know thing or two And here I ann"
 The little man bowed very low and grinned from ear to ear.
 "But l cannot understand why you should come as you did' said Glen. Why didn't you enter through the dee Coming from the leaves of a mIs,y volume seems a queer pro ceeding on your part, to say the least. Explain your strange conduct"
 "Ah, with great pleasure, my friend" smiled the little man. T came in through the window in the form of a moonbeam. You did not see me, the electric light was so pow erful. So I crept right up and slipped into your book, hoping you would then see me. I made the book very heavy, and you said; Oh, it's too tiresome to hold this big volume up, lying down as
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am. I'll stop reading So you threw the book on the floor. and, you may not believe me. but felt one of my legs crack
 No. l suppose not" agreed Glen, taking the Man O. The Moon in from head to heel. And he saw a very funny little. fellow. one with long black hair and piercing eYes Say"
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pay you for half you do for her she tried all her lifelong" declar Peggy. But here, you are not es ing any bread. And bread Is the st' of life, Mamma
 And so II was that brave. swe girl made not only cozy home b
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of The Man Tn The Moon,'" con
 fessed Glen. But even now I am sadly disappointed, for you have proved yourself to be so insignificant If you will pardon the liberty take in saying so. You seem fond of silly behavior, undignihed antics. and are proud of the fact that you are merely of cheese Don't you know
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me in it. for we love each other so dearly. and each tries so hard to make the other happy. understand why my little grille fixed the room so in vitingly, and put the silk shawl over the mantel-she did 1t to cheer up old Mother"
 And your little girlie couldn't re-
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white muslin or white paper. I the girl has pretty and clean pl for her ribbons. A box of this k being bit too large to set on ordinary dresser or dressing table little stool-also painted with VI enamel-should be made for 1t, these may stand close beside dresser or dressing-tabl ble.
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ing to the number of ribbons owner keeps on hand. After the titions have been tackled into pl line each compartment with c
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frs never right to fret and frown
 Cause things don't come youl way:
 t's never wise to make complaint Because the sky Is gray. sun forever brightly shone Twould cause us great alarm: rain clouds never gathered OCT. All things would come to harm. takes the rainy days, so drear, IS we'll as sunshine, bright;
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It takes the seasons, hot and cold, The long and peaceful night. To balance things as they should be And make this world of ours A place of winter coziness
 And sunny summer bowers. It's never right to fret and frown Cause things don't come your way; It's never wise to make complaint Because the sky is gray.
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AZ BALLOTS CAST WITHOUT ANY RESULT
No Way Seen to Break
the Deadlock.
Governor Reaches High Mark OF 5ok
Drops Back Thereafter
Delegates Sit In
Stupor.

Baltimore. July 2. The deadlock
IN the Democratic national convention
over a presidential nominee seemed
more complicated than ever when ad-
1ournment was taken at 12:43 until
noon Tuesday. Woodrow Wilson had
made steady gains during Mondays
balloting until he reached highwater
mark of 50lh votes on the thirty
ninth ballot. He remained stationary
on the fortieth ballot and then began
to lose ground. The last ballot was
the forty-second, when Governor VIII
son polled 494 votes
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb OF his candidacy on the
ballot where Wilson reached a crest.
He went down to 422 votes at that
time, but Immediately began to pick
up and had gone to 430 when adjourn
ment was taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
and was a guest at the home OF
Mayor Preston near convention hall
He returned to Washington shortly
before midnight.
BY the time the fortieth ballot had
been concluded there was seemingly
no hope of q nomination. The dele
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| NEWS OF MONTANA |
important happenings % the
Week Briefly Told.
HAS ITS FIRST TERM.
Two Murder Cases on Docket It
Havre.

Havre.-The first jury term for the
new county Of Hill IL in session. Judge
Tattan of Fort Benton presiding, and
a jury Of sixty in attendance. There
are two murder cases on the docket.
The case Of the state against Peter
Wagner, accused Of the murder of Al
bert d. Pratt, is on trial. The infor-
nation charges that Wagner shot and
killed Pratt on the wagon road in the
Sweet Grass hills, in March of this
year. The evidence shows that there
had been i'll feeling between the men
for some time. owing to charges made
by both that the other had been tres
passing on his land and using private
land for road purposes.
At the time Of the shooting. Wagner
says he met Pratt on his land. driving
a team and light wagon. Wagner was
on horseback and ordered Pratt to
turn out. Pratt whipped up his horses
and ran the pole Of his wagon into
Wagner's horse and struck Wagner
over the head with q whip. Wagner
then drew a revolver and shot Pratt
several times, killing him instantly.
and Pratt's team ran away and threw
the body out.
Wagner asserts that Pratt was en-
deavoring to draw a weapon and that
he shot in self-defense. One of the
witnesses called for the state was Jes-
sic Phillips. who testified that she was
engaged to be married to Pratt and
that Pratt was on the way to her
house on visit. Miss Phillips is one
Of the new settlers and lives on
homestead.
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Fire and Water Cases Heard.

Bozeman.-R. ]. Weston has been
arrested on charge Of attempting to
set fire to the Welcome Hand mission.
A fire was started. which was put out
BY the mission attendants before any
damage had been done. They had
had some difficulty with Weston be-
cause Of their refusal to furnish him
with free accommodations when he
would not accept the offers Of work
which they secured for him. Joe Rum
let is charged by Charles Border with
taking to his own use water belong
Ing to Border. Runlet pleaded not
guilty. and the case will come up for
hearing again. This is the first water
suit of the season.
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SUN RIVER WORK BEGINS.
Great Northern Head Says Work Win
Begin At Once.

Great Falls.-President Carl Gray
Of the Great Northern, while on the
way to Seattle and coast points au-
thorized the announcement that his
company will start at once to put the
steel on the branch being constructed
between this city and Augusta, about
fifty miles west.
The grading and bridge work has
all been completed and the matter Of
raising the line has been held in
allegiance because Of the Sun river IT.
rigating project. the company not
knowing Just what the plans of the
government were.
The announcement followed imme.
diately after conference between
President Gray and Chief Engineer H.
N. Savage, in charge Of reclamation
for Montana, and is adopted as evil
dence here that the government has
promised a speedy beginning of the
work on the Sun river project.
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SHORTAGE OF $1s,5OO.
Montana County Treasurer Resigns
and Successor 10 Appointed.

Bozeman.-The county commission.
ers Of Gallatin county have accepted
the resignation Of Clyde Corbly, the
county treasurer, accused of embez-
element, and have appointed his depu-
ty. Charles Ruffner, as his successor.
State Examiner Fred Hoss. who is
here Strengthening out the books. gave
out the amount Of Corbly's shortage
as approximately $1s,500. The meth
cd used was that of kiting checks. No
bond has yet been furnished for Cor
bly,, and he Is still In Jail.
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gates sat In a sort Of stupor. The
roll call clerks entered the vote me-
chemically, often without waiting for
the response from the various states.
Convention hall was almost stamped
ed by thousands Of persons who were
refused admission after Chairman
James had ordered the police to ad-
NIT no one except delegates. alter
mates and members of the press.
When the order was issued the po.
lice were having trouble preventing
brushes at the doors and the streets
around the hall. Within few minutes
the authorities were confronted with
. situation so serious that reserves
were sent for and the crowds driven
back from the doors.
In front Of the hall the street was
roped of at each extreme Of the
building and double lines of police
stationed across the streets. No one
was permitted through these lines
without a delegate badge and q ticket
or press badge and ticket.
By 10 o'clock 1t was estimated that
$4,000 people were packed In the
streets clamoring for admission. but
none could elude the police. 1t wal
the first time since the convention be
gan that precautions were necessary
to avert possible accident In the hal
and at the doors.
The police orders were SO strict
that several delegates who had for
gotten their badges were prevented
from entering the hall until they could
get word to the inside. The hall II
self was filled to its capacity. hun
dreds standing In the aisle around tn
seat sections on the ground floor.
In the balloting. during the day see
sion, Governor Wilson steadily drew
away from Speaker Clark. He passe'
the Missourian on the thirtieth ballo,
getting 400 votes to ass for the speak
or. When he went into the lead Their
was . great demonstration.
During the twenty-seventh ballo
John B. Stanchheld. speaking for NeN
/ York, denounced William j. Bryan a
q money-hunting. office-seeking pull
licity-hunting marplot from Nebrask'
stanchfield declared he came from
state whose vote il vital TO Democrat
success and that the delegates reprs
scented 100000 people. He review
ed the New York delegation declarin
that It included jurists. lawyers an
business men of known standing
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Woman Fatally Shot In Riot.

Yonkers, New York. - One wom-
an was shot dead and four others were
wounded when several hundred strik-
ers attacked strikebreakers outside
the plant OF the National Conduit and
Cable company Of Hastings. The sit
nation became SO acute Sheriff Doyle
summoned all his deputies for strike
duty and swore In IN auxiliary force
Of Is more. The company was com
PEELED to shut down it, entire plant
and there are nov 1000 employees out.
OF these, l.Soo are otsikers.
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When he referred to Mr. Bryan as a
money-hunting. ofTice-seeking. public.
ity-hunting marplot Of Nebraska he
could not conclude his sentence. II
was drowned out by a roar of cheers.
While the speaker delivered his at
tack. Bryan sat quietly in his seat
Finally he was able to continue and
declared that Mr.. Bryan was only for
himself. In concluding his address he
threw the convention into disorder by
announcing his vote In favor Of Gov
ernor Wilson. Under the unit rule.
however. the 30 votes from New York
went to Clark.
The rest OF the balloting saw Will
son gaining slowly and Speaker Clark
losing.
Tumult broke out In the convention
Just after the thirty-ninth ballot
Bryan was the center Of a riotous
scene. The Missouri delegation at
tempted to carry a Clark banner In
front of Bryan. He indignantly re-
scented the move and twice tried to
reach the platform. A bowling crowd
surrounded him. pushing and demon
strating. Once he reached the plat.
form. then turned and engaged in an
angry alteration.
He stood there. pale and apparently
deeply moved. while pandemonium
reigned and the convention was in a
frenzy of disorder. The Missouri ban.
ner was pushed forward to the plat.
form and then thrown back by an op-
posing throng. Every delegate in the
convention was In his chair shout
ing madly.
Bryan from the platform rose to q
question of personal privilege. Mayor
Fitzgerald Of Boston made a point OF
order against Bryan's speaking. The
point was temporarily laid aside and
Mr.. Bryan proceeded.
| He said he had asked for the re
moval of the Missouri banner from In
/ front of the Nebraska delegation
Chairman James ruled that Bryan had
not presented q question OF personal
privilege to proceed. Bryan left the
platform amid great disorder. and re
turned to his seat.
Speaker Champ Clark broke will
william Jennings Bryan, Sunday. Has
tening over from Washington, intend
ing personally to denounce the Neb
raskan In the convention for Bryan
charge that Clark had dealt" will
Tammany to obtain the presidential
nomination Clark arrived here to fin,
the session adjourned. He conferred
with his lieutenants and issued /,
statement demanding that Bryan RI
tract the aspersion that Clark had en-
tered into an alliance with the priv
|, lege-seeking interests. The statemen
is as follows:
Saturday In the national CONVEX
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Two Die In Louisville Fire.
Louisville. Kentucky. - Two

Louisville. Kentucky. - Two per
sons were killed and three seriously
hurt In q IRE that attacked . second
floor dormitory In . business building
here. One OF the victims was . homo
less woman. She appealed At the dor
mitory for shelter. II was given. Thia
morning her charred body was found
In the kitchen Of the burned apart
ment. The other person cremated was
Cromey Van Mort. . chauffeur. OF the
three injured. Charles Rogers. . news
paper man. u not e1peeted to survive
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Ready Now to Shin Ore,

Libby. Mont.-The Vermillion Silver
& Lead company, owning quartz
claims in the Silver Butte country,
near the county boundary lire, has
begun shipping ore. The Vermillion
company. in which Mr.. Rice Is inter-
ested. has four men engaged in rum
ming a tunnel In on the ledge. and
this tunnel il now in 225 feet AS
the mountain il very steep. 1t has a
depth on the ore vein Of nearly four
hundred feet. The ledge where the
tunnel is being run il about seven
feet wide. with q vein OF shipping ore
about twenty inches wide. The values
are in gold. silver and lead. the aver
age value OF the entire ledge being
about $12 ton.
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Drowned in Devils Lake,

Devils Lake. n. D.. July 2.-John
Eadie. who is employed at the Otto
drowned at 1880 O'Clock yesterday aft
ernoon in Devils Lake. He Ia mar
ried and has a little daughter sup
posed to be residing in Chicago. Fad
lie has been here only three weeks.
Shortly after noon he secured q
bathing suit for q plunge. He had
been in the water some time when
Captain Fursteneau. In charge at the
chautauqua grounds. noticed him 60
down.
Captain Fursteneau went to the res
cue Immediately. but was unable to re-
store respiration although he worked
over the man diligently,
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Senator Reed Of Missouri objected
to New York's request for unanimous
consent to make the Wilson nominal
ton by reclamation.
The ballot was ordered and Alabama
the first on the poll cast twenty -four
for Wilson.
State after state fell into line for
Wilson.
New York voted solidly for Wilson.
Wilson's nomination was made GER.
tain when at Ais Pennsylvania cast
her votes for him. making his total at
that time 733.
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WILSON AND
MARSHALL
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR HEADS
DEMOCRATIC rIcKET-cAME
AFTER LONG STRUGGLE.
BURKE HAD GOOD VOTE
Indiana Gets Second Place on Ticket
Governor Burke Of North Dakota
Was Close Second for
Vice President.

Baltimore, July 3.-Coming from be-
hind in the grilling fire covering four
days and forty-six ballots. since the
balloting began last Fridav. Thomas
Woodrow Wilson. progressive candt-
date for the nomination for president
was given the nomination yesterday
afternoon after having climbed from
1876 votes on the last ballot of the pre-
ceding day until he had passed the
necessary two-thirds votes late in the
afternoon.
On the forty third ballot. the nrst
cast Tuesday. Wilson gained los votes
and the hoped for break appeared to
be at hand.
Illinois nifty eight delegates pro-
PEELED the movement and gains were
made also from Connecticut. Idaho.
Iowa. Louisiana. Maryland. Michigan.
North Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia,
West Virginia. Wisconsin. Hawaii,
Utah and Colorado.
On the forty sixth ballot after Ala
bama had cast its vote for Underwood.
Bankhead withdrew the Underwood
vote casting the same for Wilson. II
was then that the Wilson landslide
became uncomfortable.
Clark's vote during the whole per-
Tod OF Wilson's ascendency showed an
equal and opposite falling away.
On the forty sixth ballot Senator
Stone Of Missouri announced that
Clark had released his delegates. At
this time Wilson's nomination seemed
certain. Foss also on the forty-sixth
ballot withdrew from the contest. The
Foss delegates were pledged to Will
son.
Fitzgerald O: New York moved the
roll call be dispensed with and the
nomination be made by reclamation.
The convention rose en- masse as New
| York's spokesman moved Wilson's
| nomination by reclamation.
A frenzy of cheers swept the floor
and the galleries. Delegates stood on
chairs and waved hats and flags. Sem
ator Reed OF Missouri objected to New
York's request for unanimous consent
and the roll call went on. At the end
OF the roll call at 3:l5, Wilson was
shown to be the nominee.
The convention then adjourned un-
til 9 .. m.
The convention was called to order
at 1900 p. m.
On the forty third ballot the first
one ordered. Illinois. which debated its
stand in a secret caucus Monday night
only to decide to stick by Clark.
swung its fifty-eight votes solidly for
Wilson under the unit rule. Louisi-
ana gave two more Clark delegates to
Wilson who also gained eight more
Clark votes In Michigan. AS West
Virginia added its sixteen votes to
Wilson there was a tumultous cheer
ing. Virginia cast its solid twenty
four votes for Wilson amid a storm OF
cheers. The sum total of these
switches to Wilson showed unusual
gains for the New Jersey governor.