Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1911 — Page 3

MAID O’ THE 'WOODS

Even the parents of Miss Lea Jennings admitted that she was "notional." The term signified that she took rather strange ideas into her head, and was rather obstinate ,in having 1 her way about them.' ~ ••♦ ■Miss Lea took a notion to learn portrait painting, and made a failure of it She turned to ceramics and did not secure any praise. She pottered with stained glass, but It was only •pottering. She wrote poetry, - but she lalone shed tears over It. She turned to story-writing, but the magazine people returned her efforts with the usual printed regrets. Was there anything that Miss Lea Jennings could do but wait for a marriage proposal from some eligible party? There was, and the great wonder was that she hadn’t thought of it ’Sooner. She could become an actress or write a play for some one already In the profession. It was touch and go for some time as to which she should do, but a theatrical manager finally Induced her to decide on the pfhy? She wouldn’t have to rehearse, sit up nights, eat late suppers nor travel about, and the fame would be just as great. • | When Miss Lea announced 'her scheme to her parents they made po opposition. If they had she would have decided Immediately to write two plays instead of one. She was, just three days getting a title for her play. The manager had suggested a play laid in the woods —something primitive—something with wolves and bears, and the nights so dark that a fox couldn’t, see a big Shanghai rooster two inches from his nose. Society plays, tiie manager said, where husbands simply fell In love with chorus girls, and wives eloped with any old thing, were played out. What, ' was wanted were thrtlls—actloh—howling' winds and moaning birches, with plenty of dramatic situation to keep the audience entertained. Miss Lea announced that she was going to the woods to get the local surroundings. Uncle Joe lived up in the Adlrondacks somewhere, and he had a shooting camp somewhere, and she would take her maid and become a denizen of the wild for a month or six weeks. It was summer, but ..she could imagine the snow and gales, and the wolves and bears could be brought in if they did pot appear with their growls and nowls. Uncle Joe was therefore uncovered and dusted off, < and- in due time he located that shooting camp in the midst of mountain add forest and welcomed the playwright to the scenes of her labors. - When she had been supplied with enough flour, bacon, potatoes and coffee to last her a month he vanished and the play was begun. The plot of the play was to have a city maiden fall in love with the. family chauffeur, mid her father lock her up tn the cellar to let her forget the man she loved. The girl would make her escape from durance vile and walk and walk and walk until the city and its table d’hote dinners were left behind and the mountains and a log house reached. There she would write a postal card to her lover and send it down a mountain stream on a raft, where, it yould ..faJL into the hands of her father. He would start at once to bring her back, but the chauffeur was to be reckoned with, in some way ndt yet figured out he was 'able to learn of the hut in the forest, and then it would be a race between him and the parent, each in a sixtyhirse auto, as to who should reach her first Mountains ravines streams dense forests—precipices—-wild beasts —sudden jars and jolts, and the chauffeur arrives just ten seconds ahead of the old man and starts a landslide which carries the other almost to his own doorstep and leaves him with a lame back. For the first week of her residence in the woods Miss Lea was so busy with her plot that she scarcely wandered ten feet from the door. At the beginning of the second week she went looking for a precipice. She felt that one ought to be worked Into the play somewhere and somehow. The head "salesman in a gents’ furnishing store at 918 per week might have kept his bump of location In that tangled district, but Miss Lea traveled a hundred rods before she was all turned around. When she realized this she was frightened and thought only of pushing on in some direction. That day, from a club house three or four miles distant. Hall Ridgway, the sculptor, had set out with rod and line to fish a mountain brook. He had been at it for two hours, casting his line here and there, when the sound of a woman's voice calling for help caught his ear. It was from the hillside behind him, and after making sure that ho was not deceived He replied to the calls and began a scramble that ended only when the crest of the wooded and jagged hill was reached. Every minute or two he had called out, and every minute or two the'voice of a woman had answered to guide him. "Good heavens, but what are you doing hem!” This to Miss Ix>a Jennings, who sat ton a rock with her hat gone, skirt in tatters, hair down and a look so forlorn that a bear would have run away from her. "I—l am lost!" she sobbed In reply. "Lost? Lost from where?" "From Uncle Joe’s place."

By JOHN PHILIP ORTH

"That log house at the head of the north trail?” “Y-yes.” J “And what the devil started you out glone in these widls?" Mr. Ridgway was a sculptor, and he also chiseled out a swear word now and then, “Sir!” demanded Miss Lea as she rose to her feet. "You ana from, the „ city. -Yau. through the woods alone. If I hadn’t happened to hear your calls you might have wandered about for three days. It’s a wonder you brdken your neck. I’ll take you to the cabin, but you deserve to pass one night in the woods to teach you a lesson.” “I can ffnd“the catfln by myself,” retorted the girl, though rather mildly. “You can- do nothing of the kind. Don’t make matters worse by being Impertinent Come on.” - “I—l think—” “So do I! Give me your hand. By . thunder, "but “Tcomn and scarcely catch my first trout when a smart Aleck of a girl goes and gets, lost and I must sacrifice hours to rescue her!” Miss Lea tried to pull her hand away. No use! She hung back. The sculptor was the stronger. They were a full hour in reaching the cabin. The girl gritted her teeth and was silent Vis they tolled along, but every two or \hree minutes the man indulged in a growl. At the door of the cabin Miss Lea tried to regain her lost dignity, but Mr. Ridgway smiled for the first time and said:

“Don’t try it You look like a fright.’ A month later Miss Lea reached F home. She said she had had a very good she Jeokcd it-. Shehad been home a week when her father carelessly asked about the play.. ' “I didn’t finish it,” was the reply. “But. why? Weren’t the environments all right?” “Excellent. One of them will be here in a day or two to ask your consent to our marriage. His name is Mr. Ridgway, and he is a sculptor and a swearer. He says I’m flighty and notional and need a strong hand, and so—so —l’m going to accept his.”

BUTLER MAKES ODD CLOCK

Man Spends Seven Years on TimePiece Composed of Brads, a Beer Tap and Other Things. , An English butler by the name of James Gibbs has made a curious clock out of an astonishing collection of odds and ends. Redesigned it himself and spent his spare moments for about seven years in constructing it. “In addition to showing the time of day 'and the secohds,’*' he says,’ “it also shows the days of the week, days of the. month and month of the year and the phases of the moon, besides striking the hours and half bobrs. “The wheels were all originally of wood, but last summer I changed some of them for others made with sheet brass. The axles are all skewers and the bearings are the eyes cut from brags Wpges. and let into fog wooden, frame. / “Bootmakers* brads are used in making divisions in the days of the week, etc., the hammer it strikes with is part of a beer tap, and the pendulum, cut from sin old chest of drawers, 'swings on a steel spring obtained from a woman’s corset. The dates themselves are taken from an almanac. “The large hands and Roman figures are carved on oak and the minutes around the dial pieces Of matches, the case is made of oak with the exception of the panels, which are walnut. I bought it in the rough plank and worked it with the few tools I got for the purpose ■< : “I am a butler and have beenifo service all my life and know nothing of clock or cabinet making, so you can realize what an enormous amount of patience and perseverance baa been required. The clock Js a perfect timekeeper and everything is in thorough working order.”—Strand Magazine.

There is now a noxious weed act in New Zealand which imposes a fine up to |IOO on tny persons who knowingly sow, sell or offer for sale any noxious seeds. All grass seeds are required •before sowing to be thoroughly dressed by means of seed cleaning machines or other sufficient processes for the purpose qf removing all noxious seeds. All farmers are required under penalty of fines to clean thoroughly any' thrashing machines, clover dressers or chaff cutters immediate ly after being used. After these machines have been swept the second dressing riddles must bp removed and cleaned, the screen opened, the side below the grain elevator taken out and ail rubbish removed; ®

Children and the Stage.

Blanche Bates, the actress, sayssthat if one choose between sending a child to the factory or the stage, choose the stage by all means. However, she thinks the work Is very hard for a child, making trains, traveling by night and so on, and she would not have children on the stage unless they must earn bread for the family.

Good New Zealand Law.

HANKOW, the center of the Chinese rebellion, is foe empire's greatest tea port and Is a large and very populous city In which many foreigners reside. The accompanying photograph, taken from the municipal council building, shows the Bund.

BUILD FREE SCHOOL

Technical Institution to Be Erected in Chicago. Money Left by George M. Pullman Fourteen Years. Ago Now Amounts to 32,400,000—T0 Be Done WlthMature Deliberation. < Chicago.—A campus of forty acres at the northeast corner of Indiana avenue and One Hundred and Eleventh street, in the tgwn of Pullman, has been selected for the building of a technical school with the 32,400,000 left by George M. Ppllman, over fourteen years ago, according to the official statement made by the board of directors. Mr. Pullman’s original bequest was 31,200,000, but the account has doubled In the years zincehis death. He stipulated in his will that nothing be done without mature de-

FIND WILD MAN IN MONTANA

He leWs Fleet as Deer and Roams About Clad In Skins of Animals Et, ar—lt Aws ——r —j . ■■ * nwww see '' ——— - Bozeman, Mont. —Fleet as a deer, dressed in the skins of animals and roaming the wood barefoot, a wild man has been discovered In the Middle Creek canyon, about twenty-five miles from this city. The man has been seen several times but all efforts to communicate with him or to learn his history have failed. C. L. Gregg, a forest ranger, came upon him fishing about two weeks ago and gave chase. This led to the finding of a cabin supposed to be Inhabited by the wild man. Gregg enlisted the assistance of George Flanders, Jr., and two other boys and the four visited the cabin next day. Just a* they came in sight of It they saw the same man disappear Into the woods at the rear. The vicinity contains unexplored caves, and the strange hermit probably uses these aS his hiding places. The party took occasion to examine the cabin and found a regular habitation. A hot fire was burning in the camp stove and fish were frying upon it, giving evidence that the man had just left On a board nailed tip over the bed the name "Henry Nelson" was carved and this is taken to be the name of the strange man.

Her Brother Kissed Her.

Lop Angeles. Cat —Supposedly insulted by the kiss of a strange man and with an irate husband demandtog apologies, Mrs. Harry Carlisle of Philadelphia recognized a long-lost brother. Then she kissed him.

WHERE THE CHINESE REBELLION RAGES

liberation, even if the carrying out of his. bequest took many years. The ■ founding of such a < school within what he foresaw was to become one of the greatest industrial ■centers in the world, was toe chief - wish of—Mr. Pullman’s heart He often spoke of his desire to found a free school for Instruction In the principles and practice of the mechanic arts, and thought no more fitting place cou|d be had than Pullman. “It is my purpose to found, erect and endow, at Pullman, Ill.» in- my lifetime, a free school of mahual training for the benefit of the children of persons living in or employed at Pullman, and. In the accomplishment of that purpose, to expend at least 3200,000 for lands and buildings and apparatus, and to* provide a fund of 31,000,000 for the maintenance, management and endowment of such school,”* and requests his executors— Norman B. Ream and Robert T. Lin-

Quaker City Member of Fine Arts Academy Talks of "Mona Lisa”— Of No Use While Hidden. Philadelphia.—Just back after a four months’ trip through the art centers of Europe, his first In 18 years, Thomas P. Ansciyitz, Instructor of the life class of the of Fine 'Art*, says that he was in Paris when the “Mona Lisa” was stolen. -T “But I didn’t take it,” he said. “I can’t imagine why any one else would, either, for it can neither be sold nor exhibited, and a painting is not of much use or pleasure stored away. “Whatever the object, however, it has stirred custodians of other galleries throughout Europe to redouble their vigilance and to guard more carefully their art treasures. All vlsitors now are watched closely. The worst feature of the whole affair is that it may lead to a curtailment of the privileges accorded to art students." Speaking of American artists as compared with those of Europe, he ■aid: "In landscape work American artists are getting rather more than their share of glory. The American landscape artists, in other words, are quite in the lead, and no European group is quite equal to them. Inj>ortraiture and figure work our artists are also holding their own. "American artists are not, however, as well represented in the permanent collections of European galleries as they should bq. This, is probably due to desire to favor home talent. France is more liberal in this respect than

U. S. ARTISTS LEAD ABROAD

coin, and his friends, John M. Clark, John S. Runnells, Frank O. Lowden, Charles E. Perkins and John J. Mitchell—to act as the first board of di* Actions of the Pullman Free School of Manual Training, at Pullman, DI. Three years ago the board, of which Frank O. Lowden, son-in-law of the donor, is president, purchased the se> leeted ground for the priee of 31W>000, and careful attention has been paid to the selection of a fitting principal. The resignation of Leanas GiffordWeld from the deanship of the collegiate faculty of the lowa State university a year ago made his services available, and he was appointed last May. ... Mr. Weld may' devote a year or more to the examination of and study of the ptiutipai technical -ini trade Institutions hi this country and Europe, it being the opinion of the board that by such investigation many mistakes may be avoided. The work of building and equipping probably will not be begun till Mr. Weld’s return, when he will furnish definite and tangible plans by which to proceed.

other countries and possesses works of Sargent, Whistler, Walter Gray, Robert Henir and others, c “I noticed a change everywhere, particularly in London and in Holland. They seem to be losing the flavor of antiquity. For instance, there were formerly parts of London where an artist could , wander and could imagine much that Is historical and full of romance; but now these spots are occupied by twentieth-century hotels and apartment houses, and the spirit of the place has fled. The art world, however, remains the same. It never changes."

TRAINED BEES ROUT ROBBERS

Come to Assistance of Minnesota Man When He Is Attacked and .. . Beaten by Thieves. Mamel, Minn.—According to Robert Schultz, the farmer attacked and beaten by two robbers the other day, a swarm of bees came to his assistance and routed his assailants. pu... r J 1 Schultz had several hives ’of wHI trained bees. In describing the at'tack' he said: ‘‘l began to make a noise that I always use to call my bees, and they began to swarm into the barn. Ons lighted on the back of one robber and he ran out the doOr yelling,, ‘stung!* Other bees followed him, and some attacked the other robber.' He had me on my back and was beating foe yhen the bees got busy and, he ran out the door and took to the. woods.”

BIBLE STILL BEST SELLER

■ vR, .--v -J-' f *-.Jk ■ Continues to Hold Its Lead as thd Most Popular Book Ever Published. - ' 7 . .. one hundred--and, seventh . a*; nual report of the British and Foretgaj Bible society, the largest, if not thej. oldest, of such organizations, shows; that the Bible still holds its ancient! lead as the most popular book evert published. During 1910 the society distributed, in 432 languages and dialects,, no fewer than 903,827 complete Bibles., 1,199,239 New Testaments and 4.782,-' 720 single scriptural books. Its re- 1 eripts from these sales—for though its' prices are very low, ft seldom actually gives Bibles away—were more than; 3500,000, and in addition it received' about >700,000 as and don*-i tarns and from invested funds. Sinceits foundation, to 1804, j|t has distributed nearly 220,000,000 copies of the sacred writings. at a cost of fußy 350.000,000. its colporteurs today number 1,100 and its annual outpUt of Bibles Mfcta nearly 350 tons. ■ The American Bible society, says the Baltimore Evening Sun, -ably seconds the work of the great British society, and fs almost as'old, * having been established in 1816. Down to 1900 ft had printed and distributed 70,000,000 copies of the ’ New Testament and the complete Bible, and at the rate of nearly 2,000,000 copies a year. It has given espectal attention to the translation of tne Bible into the Indian tongues, and fs now ready to supply New Tentaments, at ) least in every such tongue as ’has been reduced to writing. Of late it has also given attention tofoe Philippines, and its' colporteurs n’ow distribute Bibles in Tagalog and all the other dialects of the islands. Altogether thtese’tWo great societies, with their Scotch, Prussian and Russisn rivals, are.now distributing-fully 2,009,900 complete Bibles, 3,000,000 New Testaments and 0,003,000 lesser portions of the -Scriptures a year. Just erwteesold in to be accurately determined, but the' most reat 5,000,000 a year. lathe United States alone the sales often exceed 1,000,000. No other book, . sacred or profane, comes wthin miles.'of this stupendous record. The Bthfo outsells^ all the other best sellers; ' As a matter of fact, it topes very’near outselling aft * of them taken together.

French Sailors.

Most of' the French admirals are from the south, from which wp may infer the greater success of'their southern friends as politicians and perhaps- their own skill in hanging thelrFhammocks at the admlralty, says a Paris letter to London Truth. The bulk of the seamen, ate Normans and Bretons, but the latter afP'mudh more numerohi: The Noririahs fihve inf modern times grown lubberl&v-Under the Plantagenets they wetfi" less- rich, soaked infinitely less cider brandy, had no factories and we constantly spurred to .naval actlon by hostile Bretons. This kept up that spirit of hardy seamanship which landed -the Dteppols In the time of the early. Valolp to the Kongo and them to trade ta coeoapute and thpse elephant tusks which their trausformed into suteh beautifully carved objects d'art. The seamanship of foe Provencals was brought out by the piracies of Algerines, Tunisians and Moors. Bai 111 Suffren, who “skimmed’’ the oceans fa the eighteenth century of East Indiamen and British merchantmen, wa» a PfpvencaL Whenever England and France quarreled in the Valois dr~Boiirbon periods the Normans went with a rush into piracy and found to, its heaps of money.

Deceptive Label.

A mother in a West End home attended a concert, and when she returned she was met by the servant, with: "Baby was very ill while you were out, ma'am." ■ ■ - “Oh, dear!” said the mother, “is he better?" . .“Oh, yea, he’s all right now, but bo was bad at firsjL” "Yes, yes, and what did you dor, anxiously. “1 found his medicine in the cupboard.” ii-’ “Good gracious," in extreme horror, "What have you given him? There’s no medicine there.” “ “Oh, yes, there Js,” smiled the servant knowingly. ..... : * “And what did you give him ? And how did you know ft was his medleine?" .* . . < A “’Cause it’s written right on it.” and the servant then produced a tie labeled “Kid Reviver.”—Duluth News-Tribune. -> £1

Holy Rood Day.

Holy Rood day was formerly a festival for British schoolboys, Yho were granted a holiday, without getting up a strike, .for the purpose of going nuttiag. At Eton the boys had to write LOthi verses about the fruitfulness of autumn or the cold of the coming winter before they were allowed to gather the nuts, which they .had to share with their masters. This anniversary should Inspire the city corporation and the London county council to replant the nut bushes in Epping forest and the recovered remnaat of Halsault forest, of which they hkye the management The hazel is supposed to have been extirpated from the royal forest of Waltham, to prevent the "tall deen*> being disturbed by nutting parties of noisy apprentices from London. At present there is only ope sut bush in Epping forest, and not eve* one la Halnault r * Tit . J A :... . . •uA'iblikl