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Lucerne's Curious Bridge.

uCERNE, In Switzerland, possesses
l. what is probably the most unique
bridge in the world. as well as one of the
greatest historic interest. This bridge.
Known as the Kapellbruecke. or Chapel
bridge crosses the River Reuss at its
junction with Lake Lucerne. 1t was
constructed so long ago as 1893 and for
nearly go years has formed the chief
avenue of traffic across the broad but
.,ugsish stream. In other days the bridge
extended its zigzag shape to nearly twice
tic present length. and reached as far as
tha bofkirche, or cathedral. whence its
name.
In the center of this covered wooden
hr;doe stands the famous octagonal was
serthurm." or water tower. where in old
on times the municipal treasure was
STORED For ages it was also used as a
nrison and among it's dungeons is a tor
tura chamber. But the most unique fea-
ture ~ ali consists of the series OF Gu
rinn. nictures in the roof Of the bridge.
Thsrs are sixty-nine of these painted on
tr;sn1niar wooden panels fitted into the
nitched roof of the bridge. One after
annthsr they tell the salient facts Of
Sw;ss history or portray events In the
life of the saints of the town. St. Leode-
gar and st. Maurice.
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A Good Argument.

T EADERS in the new thought. feminist
l. equal suffrage and similar movements
are pointing with pride to a woman of
Hutchinson. Col. as proof positive that
a woman can work at anything a man
can This woman is running a 160-acre
farm near Hutchinson. raising chickens.
looking out for herd of cows. and doing
about everything that a regular farmer
does.
Some of her experiences. while rather
ungentle. show that she has plenty of
nerve. On one occasion COW which
had fed on frozen potatoes managed to
lodge some of them in her windpipe. and
started to choke to death. The woman
farmer rolled up her sleeve. reached
down into that COW and brought up the
potato.
On another occasion two pigs got loose
and led the woman on cross-country
hike. She not only recovered them, but
she whaled the life out of them after
she got them back and brought fear
into their hearts that prevented them
from wandering again.
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he throws up his hands and cries joy
fully: There. he il gomez Thus Is
Jose purged of his sins.
But. when occasion demands, Jose can
he as obedient as any soldief. He re-
Gently attended a children's party. ac-
companied by his nurse. who cautioned
him against soiling his pretty dress.
When the refreshments were passed,
little Jose, though looking with longing
eyes upon the luscious viands, sturdily
refused to touch even a single cake. On
his return home his mother, when told
OF his conduct by the nurse. asked him
why he had refused even the ice cream.
of which he. was extremely fond.
Il was afraid Of soiling my pretty
dress!' was his characteristic reply.
Despite his youth. Jose Is very literary.
He prefers the comic SUPPLEMENT. Shook
ums. the baby of the Newly-Weds, being
his favorite character in nction. Gazing
philosophically upon certain adventure
of Snookums one Sunday. he remarked
after sage elaboration: Well mamma.
1 think Snookums' daddy was bad. too "
Surely the great war lord Of Germany
is proud to be represented among the
child diplomats of Washington by little
Manfred Portales. grandson of the Ger
man ambassador and Countess Won
Bernstorff, just a year and a half old
and the cunningist little Cupid whose
charmed a grandfather's heart
Although his father and mother. Count
and Countess Portales, are now stationed
at The Hague. little Manfred spends
much time In Washington and Is known
as the official legation baby. Little Man
fred's worldly experience has absolutely
convinced him Of one fact-that is that
everything In the heavens and earth and
the waters beneath was made by his
father and his grandfather. This. with
him. is a mathematical certainty that
brooks no dispute.
Little Rene Ballivian Is the practical
head of the Bolivian legation. He is the
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Queer Early Animals.

IN the American Museum Of Natural
History. New York city. ther. vii,
soon be reconstructed two fossils Of
American animals that once rode this
continent and are regarded as the most
interesting of the early North American
animal life. excepting only the mas
todon
The museum has already received the
complete skeletons of the great wolf
and the saber-toothed tiger The former
is larger than any wolves that live to-
day larger. even. than the giant timber
wolves in the northwest. which are be-
lfeved to be its descendants
The saber-toothed tiger. which was so
named because of the long fangs whic h
protruded from the upper jaw. WAS a
larger animal than any of the cat fam
lily living today. IL was as large as the
bears of Alaska. which are the largest
living carnvorous animals. The tiger 3
daggerlike tusks were capable OF pene-
trating the toughest hides. Scientists
state that one of these great creatures
could kill an elephant.
When the skeletons are reconstructed
small models showing the animals as
they appeared in life will be placed
beside them.
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III d home conducted by charitable peo-
pie. while Joseph went to work as a
messenger boy. At eighteen he was a
telegraph operator and within a wear
he had gotten a home. placed his
brothers and sisters in it and begun
to assume the responsibilities of a
father.
Cary was once sheriff of his county,
and while going about the FARMS solic-
ting the support of the men. was
caught one afternoon in violent
storm. So he drove hastily up to the
home of an acquaintance, asking
shelter for the night.
The farmers wife-imagine her name
was Mrs Brown-insisted that Cary
come in and use one Of the guest
chambers. Mr.. Brown was not at
home. having been caught in town by
the same storm.
But Cary was a modest man and re-
FUSED to enter the house in the alb
sence of a masculine host
Just give me blanket and I can
sleep up in the loft" he explained.
The wife insisted that he use a room
in the house. but he as ardently re-
fused. SO she gave him the blanket
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The Three Oemi-Tasses.

&c ONE of these sea captains are as in
~ efficient in a fog as the three mill
hands were in the Atlantic City table
d'hote."
The speaker was Or. Elliott NJ. Duncan
Of San Francisco. He went on:
Three mill-hands and their wives
went down to Atlantic City for Sunday.
The three men started out alone on Sun
day morning. They had a dip. they got
weighed and. for a grand wind-up, they
lunched at Boardwalk restaurant They
had the fifty-cent table d hote luncheon.
The hors d'oeuvres, the nut-crackers
and so forth bothered the three mill
hands. but they pegged away at their
seven-course table d'hote oravely. After
the withered fruit and moldy cheese. their
waiter said. as they lit up their cigars:
And now. gents. would you like three
demi-tasses?
Holy smoke, no. the leading mill
hand answered. Holy smoke. no. Our
wives might happen along and see W
settin' with EN-"
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game is war. and he il always the CONF
mander-in-chief. as well as the victor N
every battle. = X
Cariotta. the dark-eyed. curiy-haired
baby OF the family devotes the time she
does not spend in being petted to nursing
dolls and dancing the tango-which. By
the way. is also a native OF Argentina
t hs. girl 'ss s sSs s sss
Of Mira All Kuli Khan and Nine
Khan of the Persian legation. Thay
are hne specimens Of chifhhod:
combining. as they do. the alert
herited from their American mother and
the philosophic mentality or the PereiaA
oldest OF the Aryan races, transmittsd
;hem by their father.
The son. who is now accompanying his
parents on his second visit to Persia. 10
greatly loved by his fathers people IN
that historic land. He is an accomplish
ed linguist. speaking English, Persian
and French with fiuency and correct
less
His siste., Mirzieh Khahom. nv her
cunning and independent little ways. has
early shown evidences ot deveicping
INTO a full blown American girl She calls
herself plain American Jim Khan and
is delighted when she is mistaken for q
hoy. Her tastes run to boyish sports and.
true TO her Persian blood. she IL devoted
TO horses
The two Young sons OF Senior Don
I
minister Rafaei. thirteen. and Louis.
eleven years of age are both handsome.
dark-eyed young fellows. with the dig
nitv and bearing Of youths very niue =
older. They have spent most OF Their
lives in Washington and are Just as
crazy over athletics-base hall and ten
nis-as any American boys Of their yeare
At the public school which they attend
they were the leaders in organizing the
local base ball team. and Rafael. who .
captain. is the leading spirit In all the
championship games. having as his ally
and coadjutor Julio Reynado. son OF the
minister of the Dominican republic
But though devoted with the enthus,-
asm Of youth to outdoor sports. they BY
no means neglect the literary and artis-
tic. The two boys have organized a dra-
matte club and last month gave a verv
creditable performance. which. II NAV
he mentioned as sideiight upon the
boys. Melted them very tidy sum
Some of the tableaux vivants were '"Th.
Death of BENTON Uncle Sam Spanking
Mexico" and "Watchful Waiting" All
the characters were garbed picturesqusy
and correctly.
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A Religious Motive.

GA MISSIONARIES first duty is 10
IA learn to think black said Bish-
op Maphtali Luccock in a missionary
Sunday address in Helena. Until he
learns to think black-learns to think,
that is. as his DUSK converts do-he will
accomplish little. for he won't understand
his flock
He won't understand. for example, Q
man like Ali. Ali. fat lazy rascal,
was converted from the Mohammedan
faith to Christianity. A Mohammedan.
you know. can drink no alcoholic bever-
ages.
Well. Mr.. Goodies. Airs missionary,
came on the new convert one evening IN
the market place. drunk.
Why. All" he said. reproachfully
Why. Ali. what religion have you just
professed?'
Same religion as massa's.' Ali an
swered Plenty rum drink"
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Of the address. each fresh audience
brought variety. But as he observed
his friends sitting day by day under
that same old speech
We'll. it began to get on my nerves."
he confided. Il couldn't but feel, as
say them sitting there, that they were
thinking: Now, he'll tell that dog story
next or I wish he'd get new twist
must have been mighty fiat to them!
Boys. l said to them one night in
pity. Il feel for you. having to hear the
same old things in the same old way
every DAY, and l won't feel hurt II you
do like the lumberman did who went
down out of the north woods for his
first visit to New York. Arriving late
Saturday night. he inquired next morn
ing Tor the most interesting place to
spend the forenoon. and was told that
famous divine from foreign parts was
going to preach at a neighboring church.
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TN Japan there is followed the pretty
custom of employing in garden par
. ties and in various other social func-
lions the native fireflies for purposes
of decorative illumination. In some cases
these tiny creatures are disposed about in
cages; sometimes they are released In
swarms in the presence of guests.
To meet the demand for firef1ies thus
used it follows that there must be some
Systematic method of effecting their cap
ture in sufficient quantities. There are a
number of concerns in the japanese cities
that employ men to catch the f1ref1ies.
These hunters proceed about their task
in this way:
The start Is made at sunset and the
hunter takes with him a long bamboo
pole and bag of mosquito netting. When
a suitable growth of willows near water
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Water Power of World.

THE tremendous water power OF the
world which will some day take the
place of fuel is shown in recently COM
piled statistics from various countries
The authorities preparing these statistics
believe that with the exhaustion of the
worlds coal supply this water power
would be sufficient TO continue the light
ing and heating of the world by means
Of electricity. Some of the statistics
follow:
France has an estimated horsepower OF
4.SOGoOe. Of which soo.0o0 is now, in use.
italy with the same total horsepower
has about 5000 utilized. The United
States has an estimated horsepower OF
100000. while Japan has 100000 and
Russias resources are believed TO be
about 11.O00.Up. Norway has 100000
horsepower and Sweden about 10000. In
india 5OnOO horsepower is aireAdy being
used. in Great Britain 10000 and In Spain
6. 900.
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So he attended the service and listened.
with much interest and edification to a
sermon on the text. Peters wife's
mother lay sick OF a fever"
That afternoon, being advised to go
to another church. famous for its deco
rations. he found his preacher of the
morning occupying the pulpit. and again
heard his sermon from the text, Peters
wife's mother lay sick of fever"
Though tempted to leave. he stuck it
out.
THAT evening, as he strolled up the
street in search of more frivolous en-
tertainment. he was caught in crowd
pushing into a great edifice. He had
hardly gotten himself comfortably seat.
ed when that same preacher, climbed
text. Peters wife's mother lay sick OF
a fever!''
a" ''sufferfnT sinnersw calculated the
lumberman. "ain't that old lady dead
yet?" and dumped disgustedly out Of
the temple"
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HUNTING FIRE FLIES in JAPAN

is reached the hunter makes ready his
net and strikes the branches. filled with
the insects. with his pole. This jars them
to the ground. where they may easily De
gathered, IL one proceed about the Job
quickly before they have had time to re-
cover and fly away.
The skilled hunter. sparing no time to
put them at once into his bag, uses both
hands to pick them up. and he losses
them lightly into his apron. where he
holds them unframed until II can contain
no more. Then he transfers them to his
bag.
This work proceeds until about 2
o clock in the morning, at which hour the
insects are beginning to leave the trees
for the dewy soil. Then the hunter
changes his tactics-he brushes the sur
face of the ground with light broom to
startle the insects into f.isht. when they
are taken as before 1t is said that an
expert may capture as many as 5000 in
a single night.
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Effective war footing. with Rene in alert

effective war footing. with Rene In alert
command.
His little sister. Beatrice. nearly three
years of age. Is a pretty little girl of the
Spanish type. She looks upon her brother
as the perfection Of all childish virtues.
The Russian embassy is represented in
the child world by Sornia and Kyra
Golejevski. daughters of the military at
tache. Col. Nicolai Goleievski and Nine
Golejevski, the daughter of Sir Walter
and Lady Grove of Sedghill manor, Wilt
shire. England. Sornia is eighteen months
old, while Kyra is but six months of age
Much of their time Is spent in England.
where they visit at the home of their
grandparents.
Though Sornia. who is winning little
lass. of the English type. is but eighteen
months Of age. she is old enough to
appreciate her good fortune in having
parents of two such nationalities as Eng
land and Russia. for she thereby gets
two Christmas holidays! She celebrates
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her English Christmas on the 18th of De-
cember. Then, twelve days after, when
she has had ample time to recover from
the effects of that celebration. she enjoys
the Russian Christmas, which comes jan
uary Z.
Rarely will one find a more winsome
little fellow than the head Of the Siamese
legation. little three-year-old Vislos Bun
nag. True, his father, Prince Prabha, is
put down in the diplomatic records as
being the Siamese minister to the United
States, and he is commonly thought to
be the head Of the house. But that's a
mistake; little Vislos Bunnag is the head
and no ancient ancestor of his ever
ruled over Siam-for he is descended from
kings-with more autocratic sway than
little Vislos rules over the Siamese house,
hold. where he does them the honor to
play the king.
He looks more like a work Of art by some
masterhand than a mere three-year-old
boy. He is of average height, but Is so
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MANFRED PoRHALEs, =
Grand SoN TIE
GERMAN AMkASSApORk
AND COUNTESS
vow BERNSToRrr ].

her slender young shoulders. She re-
Gently remarked, with naive frankness:
Il wonder how father ever got along
without me-"
But she is broad in her affections.
When asked her opinion OF her father.
she replied ''Of course, my father Is q
great man-but you just ought to see my
mother"
Romulo. the eldest boy, is the poet Of
the family When the frenzy Of creative
genius seizes him he is ct its mercy.
like Byron or any other poet. He has
to halt and put his thoughts in written
words upon the first thing that comes to
hand II paper is wanting, then door
steps or lampposts will do!
John Joseph, the next in years. is the
politician and patriot OF the family|if
one can be called the patriot where all
are patriotic His thoughts are always
on his beloved Argentina. His favorits
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Absurd Comment.

THEODORE DRESSER. the realist.
! said of an idealist at the Players
Club In New York:
1.-The mans comments on life are ludi.
crous and absurd. They remind me OF
the old lady's comment on the work Of
the militant suffragettes.
After the suffragettes in London had
slashed Velasquez. Bellini and q
Gentle, the old lady SAID with kind OF
sanity expression:
But. thank goodness. they're all old
pictures that are being slashed.'"
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FletCherizinu,

Miners memories,
says Representa-
tive Humphrey of
Washington. are
wonderful. accord
ing to all tradition.
Two miners"
he said the other
day. were plod-
ding back to the
Alaskan gold coun-
try, with their
heavy packs on
their backs.
- That ham and
eggs, said the
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lust Like the Brute.

Representative ".
]. Cary of Wiscon-
sin was born, at the
close of the civil
war. in the city of
Milwaukee. and he
+ e pre- 8 mt s his
h ! r I h p la e now.
Left an orphan at
the age of thirteen.
with five younger
C h i l dr. n on his
hands. his life had
a gloomy vista, but
he did not despair.
The children were
placed temporarily
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On His Way.

Di 8 c u ssing the
aimlessness Of some
n e 8 r o e s, Repre-
sentative Sisson OF
Mississippi told the
following story the
other day:
AN old darby
was trudsing down
the road carrying
a big pack. AS he
passed a little
shanty the owner.
who was leaning
on the gate. called
to him:
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and he literally hit the hay" for
bed.
At dawn he was awakened by hearing
a great noise below. and, peeping down
through the rafters, he saw the wife
belaboring a bull with a spade.
Get out of here. you brute"' she ex-
claig1ed. as she hit the animal a whack
on his ribs. You haven't got any
moro sense than Joe Cary, for you are
just as hard to move!"
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son Of Senior Don Manuel Ballivian. sec
rotary OF the legation, and grandson of
the minister. Senior Don Ignacio Cal
deron He is also great-grandson of Sc
nor Calderon, who was formerly presi-
dent Of Bolivia. Though but five years
OF age. little Rene is a full-fedked soldier
and as imbued with the martial spirit AZ
was Napoleon at Austerlitz
Although we are at peace with Bolivia.
and Bolivia is at peace with the world,
Rene. with foresight creditable in a young
diplomat, has thoroughly organized not
only his own household. but also the
whole Bolivian legation. upon a military
basis. Upon each of the family and Of
hcials he has bestowed military title,
and by these he invariably addresses
them.
Minister Calderon is the general" his
father is "the captain" his mother ia
lieutenant" and his little sister Beatrice
is tiny major" He himself is also
known as 1.-The lieutenant" and sturdiIv
refuses to be addressed by anv otbe-
title No 'Tootles'' or Sweetness" for
Rene: it's "the Lieutenant o, nothing
at all With notable foresight he has
uesisnateo MIS- nurse as ''the paymas-
ter. she thus being in charge Of the
cookies and being subject to the orders
OF the Lieutenant"
And. with consistency remarkably. IN
SO young a child. he never gives IN mi.
pleasant little fiction of his When. recent
ly. some strange ladies met him upon the
street ana addressed him as a little
boy. he indignantly repudiated the name.
Il am not a little boy he replied II
am lieutenant!'
Little Rene KEEPS his military organiza.
ton up to the mark. If the legation Ia
ever attacked. no matter whether nv
night or day. 1t will be found upon an
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Enough Is Enough.
When, Representa-

When, Representa-
tive, J. N. CT Smith
of Michigan was
stamping his dis
trict in the last
campaign several
friends accompanied
him. AS Is usual.
he had a speech
covering the issues
of the day, and this
he delivered. prac-
tically in the same
form at each gath
ering.
To Mr.. Smith, de-
spite the monotony
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Hey, man. he yelled, wnar does
you thing you Is gwine?'
The old darby paused.
"I dunno whar Use gwine.' he re-
piled 'Whar does you all think l Is
gwine"
~ think you 10 gwine nowhar." re-
piled the first.
'Yas.' said the old darby. OATS
whar lse gwine.'"
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first. after a long interval OF silence.
that We got at Nome three years ago
was great chow.
1.-The second miner cogitated over this
for about ten miles.
Yep he agreed. at last. But 1t
couldn't touch the steak we had in
Frisco back in So"
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o the passing
citizen, the dwell
ers In tn a t
strange and cos
mopolitan little
world. Known in
Washington city
as the diplomatic
corps seem very
far removed from
ordinary human
beings. One IL
not apt to think
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1t is happy and merry little republic
Of childhood rule that dominates the home
OF Ambassador and Nine. Romulo g.
Naon-five interesting little ones. three
girls and two boys. Ambassador Naon
represents Argentina and all his children
were born there. OF course they all speak
Spanish fiuently. for that is their native
tongue. but 1t does seem odd to an Ameri
can child. who is studying Spanish, to
hear these five rafting away in q tongue
that seems SO difficult to it.
ISABEL, the eldest daughter. a dark
eyed girl Of the Andalusian type. is very
fond of theatricals. She recently took a
prominent part in a French play given
by the society people Of Washington.
Felicia, the next. is the constant COM
panion of her father and takes the en-
tire responsibility for his comfort upon