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right above each ear was queer lit- tie prong shaped horn. The skin of his face and head was browa and dry like parchment, and two of the inarriest. most kindly eyes in the whole world peered out at you from amidst the deep wrinkles.
 His cloak was fashioned of the wings of humming- birds; and he wore cunning little trousers made of the fur of the brown bear. trimmed with that of the white bear from the frozen North. In his hand he carried a wand which was truly a magic one.
 "Oh, Pm so glad you've comet" ex- claimed Donald. q was just hoping you would, so you could tell me about .this--this = water-buck, didn't you call it?"
 "Yes." replied the Old Man of the Forest, seating himself comfortably beside the little fellow, that's it. a water-buck. It is really an antelope, Donald. and 1t comes from South Af- rica, where it loves to .sqush' around along the banks of rivers and in wet, marshy places. He is most interest ing chap and-why. bless my soul, Donald, you seem to have overlooked the most interesting thing about him! At least, to me it's most interesting.
 Look at his horns carefully. Don- ald. and tell me what you see in them different from the horns of the COW. or the deer or. we'll. any other animal. What? Rings-that's sight-rings! AS you see, from the base of each horn extending clear up to the tip is se-
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Good work, kid! Good work!" said Goldie with an approving smile a Jack as the four riders swung into the trail and jogged along. Guess you thought that black devil was goin' ter chew you all up, didn't you? Well, they do look kind er fierce, don't they, sometimes? But, you see, he wasn't really running away. All the same you stuck your groundl Some kid. MT. Hamilton, you've got!'
 Yep, you bet he is-both of them are, Goldie!" laughed MT. Hamilton. After they've been riding with us a few days and go through this stunt about dozen times day, they won't think anything of it, will they?"
 You bet notl" agreed Goldie, with a grin. "Of all the pesky critters on the face of the earth them pack horses are the worst. It jest seems to come natural to them to be contrary and git out of the trail every time they see an openin'. So long as the trail is close and they ain't no open spaces to either side of 1t, they follow long meek as lambs. But-well. youngsters. that's why we all ride be- hind and send 'em along ahead-to keep an eye on 'em! That Is, of course, unless we've got big party and half can ride in front with few of us bringing up the rear."
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horse.
 Hal tried his best to answer little Jack, but he simply couldn't utter a sound. There seemed to be lump in his throat that wouldn't go either up or down--but stuck right there, preventing speech. Besides, even had that not been the case, Hal still could not have said word of encourage ment-for the simple reason that he didn't know what to say! Indeed, Hal was frightened, too.
 Wave your armsi" shouted MT. Hamilton. Wave your arms and yell at him!'
 Both boys heard and tried to obey. And after the first few intellectual and scarcely audible squeaks, they man. aged to let out really respectable shouts of Hi Hil" and to wave their outstretched arms wildly up and down.
 On and on came the pack-horse. with a mischievous gleam in his eye that seemed to say. well, look who's here, will youl The ideal"
 But both boys ponies were on the job. The pack-horse swerved sud- denly to the right; and instantly HaPs horse started to head him off. with Jacks following close on his heels. On and on they flew for ten or twenty yards almost side by side.
 Then the cunning fugitive stopped again and swung clear about-headed the other way! Right about, too, swung the boys mounts, so suddenly that they all but pitched the riders out of their saddles. This put little Jack in the lead. with Hal trailing along behind him.
 By this time MT. Hamilton had closed in on one side and Goldie on the other, each. however, good dis tanee from the runaway.
 "Get him, Jack! Get him!" yelled Goldie who, apparently. was enjoying the chase immensely and was keenly interested in how little Jack would conduct himself.
 Head him off, Jack Ride hard! Ride hard!" called out MT. Hamilton, encourasingly.
 And little Jack--with one appealing look behind at Hal--shut his lips hard, gathered up his reins and-rode hard.
 On and on the two horses raced, side by side Several times the little fellow felt the huge canvas bundle on
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1 rles of rings that look as though some one had carved them there. Now, as matter of fact, as alone happen to know that is precisely what some one dld. And that some one was Old Gray Monk. But listen and I'll tell you the story:
 Way. way back in the good old oays when all the animals lived to- gether in the Jungle like one big fam fly and l was Lord and Master of them all, Water-Buck's horns were as smooth and polished and glistening as the surface of billiard ball. There wasn't even sign of ring on them.
 But because of his vanity and that mischief-loving Old Gray Monk. he woke Up one fine morning to find them covered with rings-and to this day all you have to do to make a Water puck hang his head with shame is to mention those rings on his horns to hlm or, even, to look real hard at them.
 Weii, as l was saying-or maybe I was Just about to say it-well. any way, one warm summer evening the animals decided to hold a masquerade pail. Goodness me, yes. Donald all the animals danced in those days though they didn't know anything about the tango or the F'ish-walx. like SroWn-ups do nowadays. But they mad their own dances, just the same. and very pretty ones they were, too.
 Now, 1t seemed. Water-buck con celved the idea of playing a joke on the animals at the ball-something to make them sit up and take notice of him. A timid fellow at best he had long secretly resented the fact that none of the animals seemed much inn pressed by his personality. Indeed he was always considered a mild, harm less fellow. who could be safely pushed out of your path if you were too lazy to walk around him.
 So, Water buck yearned nightly to throw a scare,' as people say now a-days, into the animals at the ball. And, with such a motive, what more natural than that he should seek out Old Gray Monk, the "funny-man" of the entire Jungle. the chap who was forever and a day playing some sort of prank on somebody!
 Simplest thing in the world, Water buck" said Old Gray Monk af- ter he had listened to that creatures complaint. I've a scheme that will make them all sit up and notice you if it doesn't break up the ball right then and there! But maybe you don't want to-"
 "Oh yes do, Monk" put in Water buck quickly. You can't make 1t too strong for me! I'd like nothing better than to stampede the entire crowd. l. But tell me how you're going to fix it."
 Old Gray Monk laid one finger ath-
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wart his nose for a moment or two always a habit of his when he was deep in thought matching out some mischievous prank.
 Tt won't be altogether pleasant, Water-buck," he said presently flor you'll have to stick yourself all up and it'll be pretty messy job."
 "Shucksl" exclaimed Water-buck, in real irritable tone. What do care about that! Come on: don't waste any more time! I don't care what happens!"
 Very we'll. then," agreed Old Gray Monk. Now l intend to fix you up so that not an animal at the ball will know what kind of fellow you are and they'll all be simply terrified when they see you. To begin with, I'm go- ing to make you look like lion-and think how startling that will be when they see a huge Hons head on your antelope body! Why. they'll have conniption fits, right then and there.
 T know where a particular kind of dry grass grows which looks for all the world like the mane of lion. And also know how to take the leaves of the India Rubber plant and cook and stir and mold them into reg ular rubber bands. The rest is sim pie. All do is to tie a bunch of this grass around each horn. pour on the hot rubber mixture, let it harden, and then another layer of grass. a little above the first on each horn, more rubber, more grass. moro rubber you see?
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Water-buck. And they shouted the glad news to the rest of the animals who straightway came piling back into the building. All the time, mind you the Boa-constrictors kept hold of Water-buck, gently swinging him back and forth few inches above the floor
 And right then and there the other animals fell upon the imposter. They seized that fake mane of his and pulled it out in great handfuls. You may be sure, too, 1t hurt silly Water buck. And presently, keen-eyed Fox discovered the rubber bands around With a shout of unholy glee he called the animals off to one corner of the room and explained his plan. They agreed instantly.
 "And--would you believe it, Don ald-while Water buck was swinging there helpless in the grip of the strong Boa-constrictors = the animals filed past him, one by one, and as each passed he would reach out, take hold of one of the rubber bands on the horns, step back as far as the rubber would stretch and then-zingi-s denly let go. Ouch.
 You know how it hurts if one of your little playmates stretches a rub Der band taut and suddenly snaps 1t at your hand We'll, that's precisely the way they did to Water-b -buck-only the rubber bands around his horns were great thick ones. And when, they finally tired of punishing Water buck in this fashiop--lo and behold the snapping of the rubber bands had worn away rings in his horns where they had snapped against them
 Now wasn't that-goodness me. Donald. here comes Nurse to pick you up off the grass! No use telling her. for sine always thinks you've only fallen asleep and dreamed the things tell you. Good -bye--I must siedad- dle,"
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When the jobs done, you'll have mane that hangs down over your eyes and I defy Old Lion himself to dis tinguish you from one of his relations. Why, they'll all be simply petrified. Come on, let's get busy. It's only two hours before the ball beginsl"
 
 And now, Donald, I'll tell you the rest in my own words" continued the Old Man, for Gray Monk was laugh ing so about it when he told me that it was all I could do to understand him-and I don't think you could at all. Right when the ball was at it's height, there was a commotion at the entrance and in bounded the queerest animal the Jungle had ever seen.
 His head was that of lion, of a. very fierce and a very tremendous lion, with great shaggy mane. And he stood in the middle of the floor and shook his head and pranced up and down on his feet in a way that no lion had ever done. Instantly there was pandemonium. Out the doors, through the windows and up into the rafters clambered the ami iiidlS, tiil olil iShiiiS dt tliC up Ol liiCit voices. Of course it was Water-buck and you may be sure he was enjoy- ing it.
 But suddenly. right in the midst of his proud. lordly strutting around in the middle of the floor, two long black objects almost like arms, reached down from the rafters, one on each side of the hall, and grabbed Water-buck, lifting him off his feet clear of the floor. They were Old MT. Boa-constrictor and his oldest son. Hanging by their tails to the stout rafters, they had reached down and coiled around the make-believe lion In a jiffy!
 "It took them but a, minute to dis cover that, after all, this terrible crea- ture was only poor. meek, harmless
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ARTIFICIAL WOOD.

"A OW if anyone should be so fool M ish as to ask where wood comes < from and expect to stump you" you'd answer him right off, From trees!" wouldn't you? But suppose he then told you that 1t can also be made-made by man? You'd be rath- CT apt to believe he was telling you an untruth, don't you think?
 This new man made wood Is pro- duced by transforming straw into a substance that Is said to be as hard as oak. First, the straw is cut up into very small pieces and reduced to sort of paste by boiling.
 Then certain chemicals are added and later the mixture Is put into presses, or molds, and comes out, af- ter hardening, in the form of blanks laths. beams or in whatever shape de- sired
 Moreover, this artificial wood may be sawed, just like natural wood; or 1t may be burned as fuel.
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the back of the pack-horse brushing against his knee-and 1t wasn't com fortable feeling, eitherl
 Stick to him, old scout" shouted Goldie. I'm a-comin. Turn him in. turn him inl'
 And Jack stuck, too! Stuck until 1t seemed that the two horses must surely come crashing together and up- set in a cloud of dust and flying hoofs.
 Just then Goldie closed in on the pack-horse and caught him a stinging blow with the end of his rope. Where upon MT. Pack-horse evidently con- cluded he had had enough fun for that occasion and turned and ambled off peacefully up the trail after his mates who were quietly munching the grass by the side of the trail
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the Old Man of the Woods, apparently from nowhere.
 "Ho! hoi" he laughed in that high, piping voice of his. "So you don't know water-buck when you see one, do you, Donald? And you who come to the Zoo nearly every day, tool! Well, well! Who'd a-thought it.'
 With the sound of the very first rol- licking 'IIo!" Donald recognized his strange friend. No bigger than a minute. this queer old fellow had the funniest, shiniest bald-head you ever saw: and sticking straight up from
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Where the Water-Buck
 Got His Ri11qs

~ TITLE Donald was standing be-
 fore an enclosure at the Zoo
 gazing in at a very queer look - ing animal. He couldn't quite understand just what animal 1t was. Its face and nose were very much like those of COW, only molded on a much finer, more delicate scale. II had horns, too. but they were long, gracefully curved ones, such as no COW could possibly have. It's body was thlck-set, its legs short and its hair long and brownish- gray. But still the little fellow couldn't quite make out what manner of beast it was.
 So he sat down on the soft green grass, the better to think 1t over. And would you believe it-he hadn't been seated more than two shakes of a lambs tail sthan-presto-up bobbed
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TOUCHING TT WITH HAL
 THE "RUNAWAY" HORSE

Suddenly the fugitive turned sharp ly to the left and came laundering straight down upon the two boys.
 Head him off, boys!" yelled Goldie.
 Don't be afraidi" called out MT. Hamilton, turning his horse and riding hard.
 Hal Hall" shouted Jack. "What'll we do--hell run over usi"
 And indeed it seemed that way Straight toward them came the pack horse, his neck outstretched, his mouth open, his ears laid back and his mane streaming out behind him. He looked fierce indeed. And especially so to these two tenderfoot youngsters who instantly had visions of being run down and trampled under the merciless hoofs of a wild. plunging
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DOUGHNUT NIGHT
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zzH HEN the clock is striking eight Friday night, as sure as late, NY Mamma shuts the kitchen door, Spreads some papers on the floor, Mixes up lump of dough And makes the goody doughnuts grow. White and sticky little things. Flat like giants wedding rings; Till the grease and smoky smell Make them spitty-spat and swelll When you re 'fraid they're gonna bum Flippy-Aopl they make a turn. Mamma fishes them about Makes catch and pulls them out; Lays them on the pantry shelf. Where 1 sugar them myself; Ohl I'm dying for bite.
 But l dasn't eat at night.
 So tumble of to bed
 With the doughnuts in my head And l dream of doughnut hoops. Doughnut ropes and doughnut loops l must run and jump them fast
 Till reach the very last
 When my Mamma calls to me Breakfast Doughnuts Cambric Teal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-08

SHAKESPEARE QUOTATION. Each of the following sentences con- tains a word of a quotation of Will liam Shakespeare.
 They were unable to go with us. as they had to return home.
 Be merry and gay while you can. Treat me as an equal" said the man.
 The dog loved his master.
 A day sometimes seems endless. Is it a question of wealth or honor :? It has been long time since we saw father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-08

AH why do the trees in the forest blow wild.
 And rustic and bend and creakp " To call the attention of people, my child
 For this is the way they speak. And why the trees in the orchard stia
 They've business in life to do; They don't have to stand there and blow of their skill They've blossoms and fruits for you! And why is the freshet noisy and oudp
 It harbors secret wishes Like pools that silent and deep and proud.
 And shelter the little 6shesl From North Pole to South Pole from far West to East. The children who know the most Are always the children who brag of least.
 While stupid ones readily boast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-08

ENIGMA.
 My first is in cold but not in hot, My second is in lounge but not in cot; My third is in old but not in new. My fourth is in William but not in Sue; My fifth is in nose but not in eye My sixth is in smile. but not in cry. My whole is something in which children delight at the circus. s- Answer. QUOTATdON: As merry as the day is long.
 ENIGMA: C1ouns..
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09
FELT CALLED ON TO REBUKE
Deacon Had Suffered From Appearances
of Evil and Realized Sense
Of Duty.

One day a western deacon went L
make a fraternal call on an esteemed
brother, and while engaged in CONVEX.
sation there came a knock at the door
and the host was summoned to attend
to a matter Of business.
Brother" impressively remarked
the deacon when the host returned, 81
feel that 1t is my duty to tell you that
you should avoid even the appearance
of evil"
why, deacon" responded the host
in a surprised voice. ito what are you
referring?"
Those decanters on the sideboard, !"
solemnly answered the deacon, leach
of them is filled with what appears to
be ardent spirits"
That's conceit Of my wife's. dea
con-" laughed the host. greatly reliev
ed. "The bottles we're so pretty that
she filled them with floor stain and
furniture polish just for a show"
That's why I'm cautioning you
brother" sadly rejoined the deacon
Feeling a tride weak and faint,
helped myself from the larger bottle
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09
QUICK HOME BUILDING.

To most families the thought of
moving day with its confusion and
discomforts, is anything but pleas
ant. Not so to the native of Porto
Rico, where many families insist
upon having new home once a year
and set aside an hour or SO at the
end of each summer to gather mate
rial and construct new winter res
idence. Four men can build Porto
Rican bark house in about so min
utes, spending half the time to
gather the material. Its four corner
posts are cut from the trunk of a
fallen cocoa palm, a light frame of
saplings is built about them, and
the whole structure is covered with
fiat pieces Of the dried bark of a
royal palm, bound together with
strips of banana and cocoa fiber.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

Chandler, N. C.-Mrs. Augusta
Lomax. Of this place writes: Il had
smothering spells every day, SO bad ]
expected death at any time. ] could
not sit up in bed. suffered from wo
manly troubles. My nerves we're I'M
strung. had almost given up oil
hope Of ever being better. tried
Cardui and it did me more good than
anything / had ever taken. | am bet
ter now than ever expected to be"
Thousands of ladies have written
similar letters, telling of the merits
of Cardui. It relieved their headache,
backache and misery, just as it will
sours. if you will let it. Try Cardui.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09
0. G. HILLE co.
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Given to Tuning and
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

One gallon of whisky or one case
of beer is the maximum quantity of
intoxicants that can be legally Or
dered within any thirty-day period
by resident of the state of Missis-
sippi, under the provisions of the
Mott-May-Lewis liquor law which
has gone into effect. The statute
applies to the entire state, and was
enacted by the last legislature. The
law also prohibits the operation of
locker clubs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

An Alabama law. imposing an an
nual tax in each county of $50 on
persons or corporations selling sew
ing machines. and $25 additional for
each team used in delivering ma
chimes, but exempting local mer-
chants, was upheld as constitutional
by the supreme court. The court
held the tax was not collectible on
business of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co. in Russell county. because
it happened that the business there
was interstate commerce. The court
held the tax was colIectible on bust
ness in other counties.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

Brigadier-General William C. Cor.
gas took office this week as surgeon.
general to the army, succeeding Brig.
adier-General George H. Torney.
who died last December. He told
inquirers that he was in sympathy
with the prohibition of liquor in the
navy and thought such an order
would do much good in the army.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

Mrs. Luke Lea, wife Of the Tennes-
see Senator, who has spent a year at
Asheville, N. c., seems completely
restored to health. At one time she
was so low that TRANSMISSION Of her
husbands blood was resorted to and
her life saved. She is now in Nash
vile but will soon return to Ashe-
vile.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09
Spring Laxative and
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens. presi-
dent of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, died at
Portland, Me-, Monday, aged seventy
years. She had been i'll for several
weeks with kidney trouble.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

The largest consignment of Chin
ese eggs ever shipped from the orient
to America was received at Vancou-
yer on the steamship Empress of
Russia. The shipment weighing one
thousand tons, contained 6,792, 800
eggs. Most Of the eggs are con-
signed to points in the United States.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09
1T CERTAINLY DOES.

Bacon-I see the annual rain and
snow fall Of the United States is es.
timated to weigh six trillion tons.
Egbert-And sometimes after
shoyeling off your walk it feels like
more than that, doesn't it?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

Prof. Garman urges that Kentucky
farmers raise more hemp and less
tobacco. Since electrocution has
taken the place of hanging, what do
we need with so much hemp?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-09

1t is no use for you to try to know
all of the moving picture people. In
Great Britain alone there are 120,-
600 of them and in the United States
there are several beside John Bunny
and King Baggott.