Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1903 — Page 20

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THE IKDlA-NAroX-Ia NEWS, 8ATCTIDA.T, P^rTEMB , 1SOX

A Wildcat’s Sagacity Fox and the Wolf A Huckleberry Picnic

HUMOR AND WISDOM FOR CHILDREN

St*r That Never Motes Tender-Hearted Joe The Baby Turtle

INI BEIUTIFUL STIR Til REVER MOVES

INDIAN LEGEND A3 TO POLAR SPARKLER.

THE

FOX AND THE WOLF.

GUIDE OF THE RED MEN

Tb* Indian* call the North *tar "Tl-yn-■ou-da-co-err," the star that never move*. By the aid of It tiwy were accuastoHied to find their way over the boundleee prairie* and through the pathles* forest*, and they tall the following story of how they first to know that the star wa# stationary and could be used as a guide A large party Oi. Indians wandered for many moonu in March tor game and found Utile, until at last they lost their way entirely and camped by the ride of a rtewr, exhausted with travel and half dead tor want of food. It wa* decided to hold a council and see If they could not devlee some way of returning to their old home. They burned tobacco as a saorliice, and. as the smoke of the plant curled up Into the air, they danced and sang a weird chant. Imploring the Great Spirit to *end them a guide. While they danced, there appeared to them a little girl who said she had come to rsecue the hunter* from their predlca-

Tbe Iroquois Indians Tell Why They Bite Each Other. As everybody knows, the wolf hates the fox. According to the IriQuoi* Indiana, this Is why: One cold winter day a fox, who was prowling about looking to *«« where h* might steal his dinner, saw a wagon coining. It wa* loaded with fl*h, and wa* driven by some fishermen, who were taking home their day * catch. “Ah, ha:*’ *ald the cunning fox. "Here comes my dinner," and be fell down by the roadside and pretended to be dead. The fishermen, seeing him, ptcioed him up and threw him into the wagon among the fish- Then the fox slyly threw out some fi«h, and when the fishermen were not looking Jumped out hlmneif and made off wtth the fish he had thrown out. Pretty soon afterward he met a wo it who said: ‘1 am hungry, and I guess 1 will eat you for dinner." But the fox said: "Would you not rather have fish for dinner?" The wolf replied that, on the whole, be thought he would prefer fish. Then the cunning tot told him of the trtdk by which be had Juet got hie own dinner, and advised him to try it The wolf was pleased at the idea, and so he ran through the wood* and heeded off the team which the fishermen were driving, falling down In the road In front of it and pretending to be dead. But the fishermen, who had by this time discovered the trick the fox had played upon them. Instead of taking htrn into the wagon, beat him with club* so that h# to rely escaped with Ids life. And on a hillside nearby sat the fox, who laughed and laughed

So they broke camp and all that night they traveled, the little girl leading them, going on ahead with a small war club In her hand. At daybreak she told them to rest and sleep, while she would prepare food for them. They did as they were told, and when they awoke they found a great feast ready for them, and they wondered much where the child got the food as well a* at the skilful way she liar prepared it. After they had eaUm, the Itttlo girl went away, but told them at nightfall •he would come to lead them on their way again. Ho, when the star* came out in the *ky, the little girl came back and, after giving each of the hunters a magic drink out of a leather bottle which made them all feel strong again, ■he led them all that night as before. At daybreak the hunters found themselve* on the edge of a large plain, where the little guide bade them rest for the day, all except a few of the most skilful hunters, whom she took away to a place whore there was plenty of gamo, which they killed for the food of the party. hen she disappeared us before, it at night *ho returned with her own chief and a great number of her people, who were all little folks, larger than email Children, though of them were very old. Bha told the hunters that they now In III.I counirs of th.> pigmios v would touch them a sign, already In the sky, by which they could always guide themselves when they went out hunting, and never get lost any more. Then tht, chief of the pigmies pointed out the folur Hrtu and *al«l that, far In the north, where the sun never cam«, and oil the other stare wander around, this particular star had Its home and always stood still to be the Indian'* guldfc In hi* wandering*. "Follow Its light," said the chief of the pigmies, "and you will come to your own land, where you will find plenty of game, and where the corn I* now' ripe." So the hunter* thanked the good pigmies and. traveling at night, guided by the Folar Slur, they came to their own home where they reeled and feasted and told their people about the Tl-yn-»ou-dn-go-err—‘‘The star Hunt never moves." THE HUCKLEBERRY PICNIC.

Solution of the Rhyme Printed In Last Saturday’s Paper. In tho following verses you will find the ten well-known characters from book* by tha following authors: Dickens (three), Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Harriet 11. Stowe, Washington Irving. Mark Twain, Marryat and Thomas Hughe*. By putting together tho words printed in heavy type, if joined together properly, .they will make the following} Tom Brown. Uncle Tom, Bum Weller, Rip Van Winkle, Uttle Nell, Oliver Twist, Je—k Faithful. Rob Roy, Huckleberry Vtan and the But minder. TOM and JACOU. SAM and HOY, 0UIIKU and N HI, YlN-iaftvit with then IvMon* ail goaniprred home, pell-mell. •TMLK WINKUC." cried the crowd. ”\Ve’v*e a eplendtd plea; Won t you take ue berrying In your sew. UKOW N VAN? ‘There# a HlTKUUMUUtY patch Whore the TATK-waye TWIHTj if we hurry off at once We »urcl> won't be mimed ” "And think," eald TOM, “how good we've been, How FAITHFUL to our books; Now, unde, you will let us go— l *ee It by your looks!" "WUXI.—KR, yea I d take you off If 1 had a span; But only KOIf t* her*--you know \ One horse can't haul the van. “Bun, unu 'Rir If in the field| Qo see if you can FIM) KH; Tib sure she'll do her beet with such A merry crowd behind hart" In ths Shah's Pglace. The palace of the Shah of Persia, acosrdltig to Donald Stuart, tn 'The Struggle for Persia.” is an appalling combination of diuglness and splendor, of auuaaw and luxury. One of the moat Interesting rooms Is that filled with portraits of all the monarch* of Europe. In the next room l* his majesty's writing apparatus. Here stands a globe such aa may be seen in a schoolroom, except that the continents are made with gems of different color and all the names and river* arc marked in diamond*. On the walls a painting by an old master Is framed next to a highly-colored advertisement of a dealer in fishhooks. The throne itself is a sort of wooden bed. about nine feet bv six..the woodwork covered with diamonds, emeralds, rubles and sapphires, some an inch long. The value of the w hole is estimated roughly at KkOOO.OQU or RiXV.iOO. On tho floor of the throne is a carpet so thick with pearls that the texture of the cloth to hardly visible, while a huge vase set with turquoises and pearls stands side by ride wtth a cheap pointed urn. such as to sometimes seen at country fair*. \ Easily Found. The fact that America is a very big country never strikes one so forcibly a* wnen be has traveled a oonple of thousand miles due west, and still finds the prairie stretching out before .him. A young member of the British aobllity was over here last summer, accompanied by his inevitable valet. James. They saw the seaboard cities, tarried for a time In Pittsburg. In Chicago. In St. Louis and in Kansas City, and then struck out Into the great West Somewhere near the edge of Colorado the train was delayed at a small station, and the passengers got out to stretch their legs, among them his lordship and James, who seemed In a brown study. “What’s the matter?" asked the mas-

ter,

"I was Just thInkin’, my lord," said James, "that Columbus didn’t do such a mighty big thing when ’e discovered this ’ere country, hafter hall’s said and dpne. •Ow could ’e ’elp itV’

PARROT TAUGHT TO THINK. Reasoning Power Is Developed In an Intelligent Bird. M. Pierre Hachet Bouplet, writing In tho Paris Pres* on the Intelligc-i.ge of birds and animals, relate* a remarkable accomplishment on the part of a parrot. He admits that the bird was an exceptionally clever specimen, and to considers it* achievement Indlcattss the high-water mark of psychical possibilities, as far os parrots are concerned. He had taught Polly to use the word* "cupboard" and "ladder," and as he climbed the ladder to tod succeeded In Inducing the bird to articulate the word "climb." Every day when the bird was brought Into the laboratory, a small cupboard was opened and Polly helped torself to Lem paced. One day, however, Instead of the cupboard being- placed where she could reach It, it was hauled up near the ceiling, and the ladder was placed among Buveral other articles In the corner of the room. The question to be decided wa* whether th» bird seeing that the cupboard was out of M. Hachet Souplefs reach, would have sufficient Intelligence to use words It knew lh their proper sequence. The first day’s

cage In anger, but it got no far ther. That day tho bird received millet, which it did not care for. the hempneed, which It was very fond of, being locked up In the cupboa rd. Next day Polly wa* in a greater temper than ever, and after a desperate effort to break through the bar* of her cag« she filially caught sight of the cupboard near tho celling Instantly came the words "Ladder climb—cupboard," and Polly having learned her letteon. the cupboard wa* brought down and she was rewarded with Bume hempswd. ' M H u hot Bouplet looked upon this incident a* a proof of the association of idea* in the bird’s mind, as no one had ever taught the parrot the phrase she created.

KIRMESS CELEBRATION.

Features of

Event to be tember 20.

Held Sep-

Germania Park Association will hold U* annual 1 virtues* celebration on Sunday, September 20. Among the features of the celebration will be tto famous ■•Bharpihootera .of the Rhine,’’ who will contest for a number of prlxcs; a SuubLm aedding, arranged by the Buublun societies of the city, ail the participants be.ng in tire national costumes of their own land, a village Suabian band, merr> go-rounds, a Punch and Judy show, a hurdy-gurdy, with picture* and a deline-

ator.

There will also to the wonderful transtomaLon raiU, into winch old women nie thrown, to come out of the grist young' and beautiful Uue of the candidates for this patent milling process is lUU yea.r» old and may have to be ground through twlpe. There will be a bowling contest on four alley*, a competition for eighteen handsome m.ses. > A* tin* will be the closing festival of the year, tao ana'tiation Invites all u» frtetui* to attend. Special amusement* will to provided for the children. ;Tbe Id.*-)ear-old woman who will attend the Klruves* ts Mrs. Margaret 6c I die hung, who celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of her birth several week* ago. AN ENEMY TO DOCTORS NOW.

Man Sent by Mistake to Pesthouse, Where He Contracted Disease. BALT LAKE September 12.—James Pitt was dismissed from the pesthouse yesterday after a remarkable experience. Six weeks ago Pitt suffered from chickenpox. which his physician, through mistake, diagnosed os smallpox. Put sen* rushed to the pesthouse, where the doctors quickly discovered that he was not a smallpox victim. Before the quarantine limit could expire Pitt became ill of typhoid fever, and whan he recovered from the disease he contracted smallpox from one of live pesthouse patients. Pitt is an

enemy of the doctors now,

LIGHTNING TORE UP BED.

Two Children Asleep In It Were Not Injured. (Special to Ths Indianapolis X«ws ] NOBLESVIULE. InJL. September 12.During a heavy thunderstorm last mght lightning struck the residence of James ikolmes. la South Eleventh street A bed on which two children were sleeping was broken into a thousand pieces, but the little ones were not even shocked. One Of the broken piece* of the todstmd. aboGT two inches in diameter, was driven through the pillow within two Inches of the head of Miss Holmes, but the disturbance did not awoke:, her. The Baby Turtle. Turtles, you know, lay their eggs la the sand and let the sun hatch them out. They do not lay them all in one place, probably because they think U safer to scatter them. Then, even though one be stolen or broken, the ether* may escape- The mother turtle covers them all carefully up, one after another, with a thin sprinkling of sand, and then apparently never gives them another thought, considering her maternal auties done. Certain It Is that she has never been discovered going near these egg babies again, and when they

THE DRESS SUIT CASE, POPULAR FROM THE GLORY OF ITS ARISTOCRATIC PAST, NOW AS ORDINARY AS RESTAURANT PIE

FLOWERS OF PREY.

MAYBE IT ONCE CONTAINED A DRESS SUIT, BUT IT WOULD TAKE GOOD GUESSING TO TELL WHAT IT HOLD S NOW, HE drees suit case has Its grip was a badge of respeetability and a endless variety. As to prices, they vary ’g&ltors. Oilcloth Is used in an axtravaupon the city, and upon the thing of elegance, but now it is as non- H-IS to $13.01—or even higher, gant manner in their productiont »#me

As to rise—that is wuere the manu- are made of paper; some are of "ohawedfacturer of the suit case has displayed up!’ leather and the composition of some ‘ ivsterv as their con'

In the

country, if one may Judge by the committal and as bohemian

Sunday excursionist*. Its origin taurant mince pie. Anything or noth- true *Versatility °and forethought Re- is'ns great a mystery as their contents.

allzing the grip that hi* product was still the suit case is king. In tfc

No longer does Its presence signify that t0 hav ® u^ 011 ta « public the manufac- lowly day coach the suit case incumber

to shrouded In mystery. Wheth

er the first suit case was the result of the prowess of some particularly efficient baggage wrecker; whether It grew from the sample case, or whether it is a hybrid of the old-

,crpcb,, mor. ^yr;“xuaoST.ur.r.r.“/.b"r:

modern valise, remains a problem as may be naught within save a tooth- material of the suit cases often ground beside the short, stout traveler, far from solved a* that of the man brush, a box of cigars and a |j ‘ ‘ ' H"

„ the most evil product of corn

who Btrucy u...> Fatterson. not the same tendency to give up its i s ^ften over.' It would bo a wise oow o:

If \

ir.g may lurk In its cavernous depths, allzing the grip that his product was Hut still the suit case is king.

to have upon the public the manufac- l ; Ay < ' { >acb the suit case l

its owner possesses a dress cult. gome cases d< wQuid' contain^the^Ttrieet [egal P\illmam h Tto^trwluous excurslonIt may contain nothing but a change garb of a burlesque queen, -while oth- “t and the traveler in a private car are of pedal and neckwear—neither of ers would be crowded by her stage at- fH*®. flatwhleh might he called a change for the tire. Children have been Inoculated tw more bett0r ' 1 WRbla it may be 00 stly silk with the fad and have partly developed to wAr

apparel and luxurious lingerie, or there cases of their own.

1 tooth- The material of t t. y ° r remains a mystery until after their first They accompany the excursionist on hi* it nas r ai n . Then, peculiar to state, their reign day’s Jaunt and they cling to the globe-

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not the same tendency to give up

It* popularity is probably due to Its secrets as had the humble valise, which calf indeed that identified the materia

\ ,, was prone to gf

_ Bthe

to be used for carrying a dress suit moment. the alligator cases have hot been the have their grip^upon the public and the and accompanying requisites. Then it In price, size and composition it has cause of any great mortality among the public has its grip upon them.

trotter In his way from country to coun

. . ... —.. — try. They come from the homes amid aristocratic cast when It was supposed ]* as prone to gap open and dlsgorg- 0 f which many of the suit cases are pastoral scenes and they copia from the aristocratic past, wnen it was supposea hg contents at the moat inopportune made, and it is more than probable that homes of the plutocrat! In fact, they

hatch at last the tiny, soft-backed creatures at once begin crawling around In seal eh of file* and other food as independently as if there were no such thing as a mother In the world. A little girl who found one of these odd. oblong turtle eggs on a sandy river bank In Louisiana, took It home and put it in a teacup on the table for safekeeping. A few hours later a slight noise was noticed fn that direction, and un looking In the cup rgaln the fohnd a baby turtle, "tuilfleuged." but tiny, scrambling about among the bits of its broken eggshell cradle. V ■ ^ BARNUM & BAILEY SHOWS.

Home Coming to be Celebrated by a Great Increase in Features. After the State Fair, which comes next week, and the horse show, tho week of September 21, wlutt? Flaming posters nil over Indianapolis announce the coming of the great Barnum & Bailey circus on Monday. September 28. The aggregation this year Is perhaps more interesting than ever before, This is because of its long absence In. foreign lands and its return to America, greater In every respect than ever before. James A. Bailey, for the last quarter of a century the manager, and since tho death of P. .T. Barnum, the sole owner of the .“how, has determined, to celebrate the home coming by almost doubling the number of performers, adding many new features to the menagerie and otherwise preparing to entertain the circus-loving people as they never nave been entertained Heretofore the largest number of cars ever employed to transport ariy ghow through this country was sixty-eight, and they made up the three train* of the Barnum & Bailey enterprise previous to the departure for Europe. This year eighty-six cars are necessary to transport the exhibition. This is only one element of the ‘bigness" of the show this year. Everything has been increased lit proportion, and according to tto promise* of the advance representatives,'nhere are to to more features that are absolutely new than can to well enumeratedEquestrian acts of the most startling nature are to be shown and the aerial performers are Kaid to be the most marvelous that Europe has produced. The street parade of the Barnum at Bailey show is this year a feature in itseif that will delight thousands. Coin’ Barefooted.

It’s more fun goln’ barefoot than anythin'

I know.

There ain't a single nother thing that help*

yer feel Into so.

Some days I stay in muvverto room, a-get-

tin' in her way:

An* when I've bothered

h.

HOW UNCLE SAM TEACHES BOYS TO BECOME SAILORS

The Long, Fascinating Cruise to Distant Shores On the Training Ship.

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training ship with |

bothered her so much, she

"Oh. run an' play!"

I say: ‘'Kin I go barefoot?" En she says:

"If y* choose"—

Men 1 ala u* wanter holler when I’m puilla'

off my shoes'

It’s fun a-gotn' barefoot when yer playin'

any game—

'Caoee robbers would be noisy an' Indians

awful tame _

Unless they had their she** off when they

crep' up In the night.

An’ folks aui't knew they're cornin' till they

get right close in sight!

An' I'm surely gain' barefoot every day

when I get old.

An' haven't got a nurse to say m catch

my death o' cold.

Sailing away on

two or three hundred other boys is fun for the naval apprentice; he Is about to see the big round world for which he has longed. And it is work. too. for all the cruise he is kept busy learning things

pertaining to Ills profession.

In summer the training ships loaf about the coast of the United States, and In winter they make a cruise to the West Indies, if they are on the Atlantic coast; if on the Pacific, they spend the winter months In visiting southern California, Mexico, or possibly the Hawaiian Islands. There are old and experienced sailors | on board w ho set the boys an example i of how to do tilings right, and whom the , apprentices assist la working the ship. Seamanship la all Its branches, gun- ! nery, signalling, something of steam engineering, Infantry drill and ship’s duties,

| keep the boys busy.

At early daylight the boys tumble out of their hammocks to the shrill piping of the boatswain’s whistle, and aie sent scampering up the rugging and over the

The cruise to the West Indies is the favorite one with the •lantern boys. Gliding from tho cold of ae Northern winter the ship soils Into the eternal summer of the Caribbean sea, where the trade winds blow steady and the waves sparkle over coral reefs and wash the shores of Islands, which look like the painted scenes in a

theater more than like real land.

When they'go ashore a thousand new rights—"new fruit, new smells, new air," and strange and curious people greet them. In every port the boys get shore liberty, and are allowed a certain amount of spending money. Many are the curious tilings they buy as presents for their parents and friends at home, and the letters of an apprentice boy during his tiitt cruise to the West Indies are

mighty intereating reading.

There to a chaplain on each training ship, and when the ship happens to to at sea on a Sunday, religious service* are held on board, when she is in port the boys are landed and marched to church.

rt, Catholic

own

Both at tto training school and while on

a cruise, if the vessel is in po boys are allowed to attend their

church.

The First Stop. Barbauoes to generaly the first island et which the training ship stops, and here

It is a race to see who will be over the masthead fin-t, and the laggards are

An' If ver go In’ barefoot, yer want t* go jeered by iEelr companions. outdoors Down on the deck the men are washing TT can t stretch out an’ dig yer heels la down with the hose, and. throwing off stupid hardwood floor* their clothing, the boys Jump in under the Like you kin dig em in th' dirt! An' where j gtreams of water and get a good shower

th* leaf grass stow*.

TV blades feel kinder tickiey and. cool be

masthead to limber them up for the day s {jje boys go ashore for their introduction

work. ’

to tropical life. Then Port of Spain to visited and then Bt. Lucia, where the British have their great coaling station; then come Martinique, where the volcano Mount Peele wiped out a city not long ago; St. Kitts, clean, cool, healthy and picturesque; Santa Cruz, a garden island

tween yer toe*.

So when I'm pullin' off my

■fra!J I'll cough—

Vauss then I know ma d stop me 'fore I

got my stock in s off i

If y* often go "round barefoot thereto lots

o’ things to knew

bath, dancing about like a lot of young

•he*. Tm mighty I Slv^ and'^th^ regulaV'rluS^ of* The j ^ oriU, Ke groves; St.

ship s day begins.

Frequent Swims.

Every day. when practicable, the boys

^ , go in swimming from the ship, and every

Of bew^V cur! U*r^?eet on stones so they j when the ship to in port there to eetAn* when th* grass is stickler * a' pricks ting-up drill at evening quarters—this set- „ _ y‘ ** * touch i ttag-up drill being a sort of military gym-

Jotf risnk yer feet down eolia. en It Con t . . , . hurt half so muck nasties, intended to make the sailor carry

I lose my hst tao*' every day. I wish 1 j himself to a proper manner and not

did mv shoes— . j slouch.

Er else I wl.ht I was so poor I hadn't none { a manth the 8urge0n give3 —Burges*johnsen. ta Harper's Magazine, {the crew a lecture on how to keep healthy.

A TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS

It Is Easily Formed With One Little Wooden Figure and Two Mirrors.

Take one of the two pieces of lookinggiuaa and ■with your pocket-knife scratch a small hole into the center of the silvering on the back. This hole

Without doubt every one of you to acquainted with’ some glazier, who. for the asking, wUI furnish you with two pieces of looking glass, each of

il\6 mm siWv about lour inches ions’ fchouM bo about Size of a pea.,

and three and a half inches wide.

JTd r™. ZJTJLT, ^'i“ Jjf" & SSSS tn the ilh:#:: ' between the two pieces of looking glass.

If you have not “enough confidence in yourse.f and think It too hard to cut the legs out of wood, cut two raw potatoes into halves and make an incision in each

half, and they will serve as supports per- ready to start & brilliant torchlight pro-

feetly well.

If you have a small wooden figure of a man, such as comes In every Noah’s

ark, you ‘ will place

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standing upright, as shown in our illustration. Look through the small hole in the back of-the looking-glass, toward the other looking-glass and you will see not only one little man, but a large number f 'them with candles In their hands

cession.

Thomas, with its mountains and wonderful harbor, its ruined pirate castles and groves of guava—the place where they

make bay rum.

Then it is away over the dan ring, glistening wave* to San Juan, Forto Kico. the capital of our new West Indian possession, and from there straight south across the Caribbean to La Guayra on the coast of Venezuela and to the little, yuuir.t Dutch island of Curacoa. Turning north again the training ship steers for Kingston. Jamaica, posing into

Royal, the gxea ter

eank belt was a

the harbor by Port Royal, part of which place suddenly neath the seas one day when

pirate's stronghold.

Guantanamo bay on the Cuban coast

day, and one to as good as another. Not infrequently plum pudding appears on the list, and all sailors love "plum duff." On these cruises a boy la not only taught to do many things, but ho to made to learn the reason for doing them. He is not only taught to tire a gun with the greatest accuracy, but he Is taught the "whan" and “why," as well nit the "how” of firing. An apprentice boy In the United States navy knows things about which, in foreign navies, the enlisted man never thinks, leaving all that sort, of knowledge to his officers. For instance, no enlisted man In any foreign navy would be expected to answer the following questions, which an apprentice boy in Uncle Sam's navy has to answer: "When is it desirable to use shrapnel? When common shell? What are the advantages of umokeless powder ?" Home Again. The beginning of spring finds the train-ing-ships back in home waters—the Pacific ships In San Francisco harbor and the Atlantic ships in Gardiner’s bay, at the eastern end of Long Island. All the apprentices on board are now promoted to be second-class apprentices, and get ten days’ leave to visit their homes. If the boy was a hero when ho visited home after his course at the training station, he is much more of a hero now, that he has tales to tell of strange countries to distribute among his friends and relations. When the ten days are up, the boy rerd a receiving-ship at a navy a draft of boys fa preparing for some seagoing cruiser or battleship, or he Is directed to report directly on board such a ship, and for the rest of his active life he to done with training schools and training-ships, and forms a part of the crew of a regular man-of-war. He will now see more of the world than was possible on his practice cruise, for th© ship to which he Is assigned may be going to China and Japan, the Philippines or South America, or perhaps to era toe about the Mediterranean and the shores of western Europe. He has entered upon the third stage of his progress toward being one of Uncle Sam's finest, and it will not be long before he Is an apprentice of the first-class and a petty officer. UP THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN.

ports on board a receiv yard where

Unique Plan for Ascending Everest, lathe Himalayas.

Mt.

To spend months, perhaps years, in climbing a single mountain would, at first, seem to be a waste of time, yet that is what to proposed in the attempt upon Mt. Everest now begun, and the man who reaches the summit will stand where never human foot trod before, and claim rank with the man who shall reach the North Pole. ML Everest, in the Himalayas, is the highest mountain in the world, and

Insects ©f the Form and Color of Orchids Which Prey Think Plants. (Sciectille American.] Probably In some respects the most surprising result of late eutomotogicU exploration is the discovery of semblances of orchidaceous tiowers endowed with animal life and voracious carnivorous appetites, that seize and incontinently devour insect vegetarian* which, allured by their ‘ form and color, incautiously alight upon them. 1 hese flower Insects belong to the curious family of Mantidw, of which we have • well-known member in our Southern States. Fhasmomantis Carolina, commonly called "praying mantis,” though if the first part of the name were spelled with an "e * Instead of an "a," it would be far more appropriate, since no known Insect to more bloodthirsty and destructive of smaller and weaker individuals belonging to its class. Its form is characteristic of its predatory habits. The mantis is really a four-legged insoot, for the fore limbs are so modified that they can not under any dreams tan oes be used tn walking and are so more properly termed legs than would he tha arms of man or the wings of birds. They are. In fact, the natural weapons of the insect and ere used for nothing else than fighting and for capturing prey. An Insect discovered by Wood Mason masquerades sometimes as a pink and at others as a white orchid. The whole flower insect is either conspicuously white or of a resplendent pink color, and both in color and form perfectly imitates a flower. The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous blossom, the la bell urn, often of a very curious shape, is represented by the abdomen of the insect. while the parts which might be token regarding it as an insect, for its wings, are actually the femurs of the two pair* of posterior limbs, so greatly expanded, flattened and shaped in such manner as to represent the remaining petals of the flower. As the mantis rests, head downward, amid tho stems and leaves of a plant, tho forelegs drawn In so that they can not be seen, the thighs of the two hind ones radiating out on each sida, and the thorax and the abdomen raised at right angles to each other, the insect might easily at first sight deceive more discriminating entomologist* than the honey-seekers that settle upon 1L

* wucin sm IS TOLD Bi A HI!

ANIMAL THAT GAVE EXHIBITION OF NERVE.

HOW DOGS WERE PUZZLED

Humming Bird's Rsln Shod. A pretty little story of a humming bird is told by a lady who saw what she reports. There was a butternut tree in front of a window where she sat at work. The bird built her nest on a limb that grew near the window, and the lady could look right Into the nest. "One day,** she says, "there was a heavy shower coming up, and w$ thought we would see if she covered her nest during the storm. When the first drops fell she came and took in her bill one of two or three large leaves growing close to the nest, and laid this leaf over so that it completely covered the nest. Then she flew away. On looking at the leaf we found a hole In It, and In the side of the nest was a small stick, to which the leaf wa* fastened. After the storm was over the old bird came hack and unhooked the leaf, and the nest was perfectly dry,”

"Wildcats,** says an old hunter, "often •how fox-like cunning, and one, I remember, gave proof of more nerve than 1 would have been capable of myself under similar circumstances. Six of us, with the dogs, were on the trail of a particularly large and dangerous one. W> were crouching in the bushes when the dogs chased it Into a small clearing. There was a faint rustling in the leaveg, n, *uocession of light, springing leaps, and the great, ferocious looking animat bounded Into the middle of the open. Curiosity kept every finger steady on tho trigger. Fos an Instant the oat glanced back the direction of the hounds, then ye* traced its trail a little distance and sprang to tha trunk of a leaning tree which had been broken off about forty feet from the gorund. Instead of jumping from it, however, os we expected, Gie cat scrambled around on the underside and crouched on a limb that projected two or three feet, his short ears thrown bade and hie great, yellow eyes glaring with

rage sod tear,

•\rp came the dogs In full troll. When they reached t

track ‘

track they were puzzled, and ecatte about over the open. Wing lustily, i... ally an old bound scented the trail up tho tree and rushed up the leaning trunk, followed by the other dogs. Motionless as

a stone, except for the movement*?? if* terrible eyes and an almost imperceptible motion of the tip of It* bushy tail, crouched the cat on the broken lunb, Ic was a magnificent exhibition of nerve and self-control. Only the thickness of the trunk was between It and the foremost hound. For a moment the dogs paused, baffled, then leaped to the ground and started again on, the old troll. The cat watched Its enemies out of sight, peered cautiously about on ail sides for a moment or two, and the®

Its enemies out

e

sprang to tho ground. In another instant' it would have disappeared among the un-

dergrowth, and for my ixurt I.was quite,

willing to eee it escape. But my companion**, who apparently did not share in my ndmlyation of tho brutes pluck, fired from behind me. With a yell the wildcat leaped into tho air. When it came down it did not land, after the tradition of the feline tribe, on its feet but ia a shaggy, yellow heap^ stone dead." Chinese Like Women’s Wheels. The first bicycle dealers who tried t<j sell wheels to the Chinese were surprised to find that there was a big and ready demand for women’s wheels, but practically none for men’s wheels. Yet none of the bicycle drummers could report hav* In* seen many women. If any, riding th* machines. The mystery was explained finally whou It was learned that the Chinose men preferred the womans wheels because the nklrts that form part of the to costumes made it diffloult to straddle dh« diamond frame of the men's wheels,

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

A. B. K.—There la no premium on a silver dollar of liari., Subscriber—Tho internal revenue office is at the post office buildings. Inquirer—What is the pronunciation of Coxhoe?—We do not know what the term is or of what language. A. B. C.—The number of the* ticket that won the house and lot raffled on Labor

day Is 22INO.

K. K.—John Mitchell's book is not yet published. We do not know who tha publisher will be. The world will be duly in

formed at the proper time.

Kokomo—Write A. a Alexander, assistant secretary of the Indiana World’i Fair Commission, Room 84 dtate House, for information as to entering articles for

exhibition.

Constant Reader—We know of no place here where women may be taught to ride. It to said that the man that will be tn charge of the coming horse show may

start a riding school here.

Subscriber-Lincoln's favorite poem, so-

called, Mortal

Knox. It is too long

can get It at the reference-room of the

city library.

Plain field—(1) How many votes will be cast lor mayor? -The News will tell you on tha Hth of next month. (ib What plurality did Bookwalter receive over McGuire at tho last election?—L635. (8) How many votes were cast for mayor at the last election?—*.,834. Reader—There are two monuments at the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, one contributed by Mr. Studebuker and one furnished by the contractor at Springfield who built the Lincoln monument. The latter was dedicated last October. There is nothing etoo to mark Lincoln's home

in Indiana.

H. F. B.—In a game of four-handed cinch, A lias 61 points and B 30; B makes a trump and also 13 points; A hold* the low card; 62 to game. Does A win the game? U claim* that A must eara one point in order, to win—that to, outside of high or low.-—The rule to that the one that makes the trump counts brat, bene*

B wins.

Many Inquirers—We have repeatedly answered in this column in recent days and weeks and months: (1) There is no

Inquirer—cannot learn^he.iueanln j cats.” ^ stow c

Russellville—There is q Central Lyceum Bureau in Uito cuy, which address for

answer to your question. ■

criOero-Lincoin s ravomo poem, soto, "Oh. Why Should the Hplrit of i be Proud?' r It to by William It is too long to print here. You

rears its head 2!>,<K» feet above the level ______ . BWW

of the sea. The difficulty In ascending j Pentium ^

this great turret of the world is not in are matters of State regulation! the steepness of its sides or the cliffs! aj In formation as to employment at the and chasms which- score Its declivities, St. Louis exposition and other informaf ^ r,- fH tm iliehts of Fvf-re-n ' ll on as to that exposition can probably for the path up t^e i.lg .3 of Kverest to, ^ obtained from A. C. Alexander, asleas difficult, as far as such obstacles atstant secretary of the Indiana State are concerned, than that which leads to I commission, room 84 State House. — the summit of many mountains which j Rossville—Presklent Roosevelt’s Cabinet

' Secretary of State, John Hajr; Kecre-

have been successfully and repeatedly

ascended.

That which has heretofore kept mountain citmbers from reaching the top of Everest has been the inability of the explorers to live in the higher altitudes

to which the mountain soars. t

It to now proposed to go about the o^-ral. Henry C. Payne; Secretary of enterprise scientifically and deliberately tb NltVy william If. Moody; Secretary after the —*•*'**• K “" *“““•* —— ^

frequently

to establish colonies, or stations, where i ^r-rVtary of Commerce, George B. Cor

men aha!! live umn they become accus-’ telyuu

STS. Terre H.UW-IUehard itejr. "Imanc conditions of life there prevailing. i tJou" to too long to print here. You can

tary of the Treasury, Leslie At. Shaw, Secretary of War, Elihu Root (whose resignation has been accepted for January 1, and in whose place it to conceded that W. If. Taft, now' governor of the Piulippines, wffi be appointed;, AttomeyGeneral. Philander C. Knox, PostmasterGeneral, Henry C. Payne; Secretary of

' ‘"“ ’Lr'vT'V —T , the Navy, William H. Moody; Secretary pain which has been proposed ot the interior, Ethan A. Hitchcock; 8*c- - tor reaching the pole; that to, retary of Agriculture, James Wilson;

As soon as the colors tots become so acclimated that they can endure life to it eir first station without .discomfort or danger they will move on to a more ad

will also probably be visited and the city j vanced station, and thus the end In view - — —in be accomplished at last.

Heretofore the highest mountain a ; s~

of Havana.

When the clustering palms of Key West are seen rising above the water and the ship slides over those clear waters, where you can look far down fur many a fathom and see the coral floor of the ocean and fish swimming about, the boy knows that he is in the United States once more, though everything about him to still tropical and the end of his cruise to not

yet.

The boys who sail out from San Francisco may voyage -to the curious Mexican ports, where everything Is as tropical and strange as It to in the West Indies; or aver the long, rolling swells of the Pacific, ar-d view the volcanoes and all

the wonders of Hawaii.

Good Fare,

They fare pretty well on these cruises Here is a bill of fare taken at random. For breakfast, beef stew, fresh bread oranges and coffee; for dinner, roast beef sweet potatoes, green peas, fresh bread and coffee; for supper, meat balls, fresh bread, oranges and tea. There is a different bill of fare every

will be accomplished at last,

the

cended 'has been Aconcagua, In the Andes. Aconcagua is about 23.'*0 feet high, but the 6,000 feet more which will have tc be overcome to reach the top of Everest represents an enormous difficulty, for the rarificatton of the atmosphere *ncrea»es with great rapidity after one gets

above certain levels. A Hero in His Dayr

At this time of much airship talk, one rarely hears the name of Piiatre de Rosier. one of the first to test the feasibility of aerial navigation, and yet he was the hero of his day. A monument was erected in France on the spot where he made his last and fatal attempt. When the ailoon was first invented he scorned the :dea that criminals should be sent to make test ascents. "It would be an honor to lone one's life, if need be, to such an enterprise," he said. He died some years after in trying to er ss the English channel. and he to still the ideal of French aeronauts, because of his fearlessness, his enthusiasm and his love of the sport.

get it in your*city library. Kipling's

poem to as follows:

HjEciamoxAu

God of bur fathers, known of old— Lord of our far nun* battle line— Beneath whose awful hand we hold ' DoadnieB over palm and pine— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet. Lest wo far***- ton' we forget! ' The tumult end the shoutln* dies— The captains and the kings depart—. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice. An bumble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us jet. Lest we forget-lest we forget! Far called, our navies melt away—

On dune and headland sinks the fire—

Lo. ah our pomp ot yesterday {• one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, epare us yet. Lest we forget—lest we forget!

If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that hare not Thee in awe—

Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or l**sser breeds without the law— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet. Lest we forget- lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard™ All valiant dust that builds on dust.

And. guarding, call* net thee to guard.

For frantic boast and foolish word. Thy mercy on Thy people. Lord!

Amen.

Kokomo—Write to the State Deportment at Washington with your inquiry os to au

unclaimed estate in Germany. Peru—We have answered In this c repeatedly that there is no nremlt a silver dollar of 1894 pr of 1896.

riuiuiy* coluxmi

im or - m lma 0a

J, W. B.—Address the Commissioner General of the Lund Qffloc, Washington, for Information as to Government

p.

lands.

ofthJILSSy'ffdSJ

hr,. duub

su;

ten dent ^ Had-*

o coq OtUef

y, Hendricks county, mbtless give you ilte

p*j r to tender* ts.

man more Intelligent will make him a »d;TS n *Fmr,u- b fk Jo, “

J. W. -If a man takes up a stray head

of cattle and advertises it to paper three times, and can nc

the owner, what must be done then? -

cattle and advertises

three

what ii

To get a legal title h.

cattle for sale and bid them In.

the doily ot dlseovv!*

times, and can

what n

et a legal title h* meat advertise tho

Mary McGowan—Will you please pub-

lish the following poems: "The Flowers."

by Longfellow; “The Fire Worshiper*,"

by Moore; “The Sorrowful Groves by the Sea," by Bailey, and "The Angel of Buena Vista," by Whittier?—Manifestly

it would take more space than

we can

spare for this purpose. The poems can all be had at ths reference-room of the

city library,

M. K.—(1) How Is the name of the 0001poser Chopin pronounced? -Sho-pan, accent on the last syllable. The a sounded as a in ant. (2j How Is "W" pronounced In .German?—Practically like th* Eogltoh V. tfh How Is the name of the ootnr Wagner pronounu* <j ?—Vahg-ner^ao-

able. <4> How Is the

poser

cent first syllable. (4> How is the name "Creature” pronounced, referring to the Italian musician? — Cray-u-to-ray, accent

on penult, long a.

that you

‘Roll on, Bilver Moon,** kfii

go

asked for to goes thus:

i strayed from my cot, at close of the dsn ‘Midst tho ravishing bc-uutlc* of Jims; 'Neath the J<-*samim> shade I espied a tslf

mold

And she plaintively sighed to the moon, CHORUS: Roll on, sliver moon, point the trsvelei his

way,

While tho nightingale's «or*g to la tune. I never, never more, with my true love shad •stray By thy tMjft sliver beams, gentle moon. it Is old English in origin and was put together by Joseph W. Turner, of Charlestown, Mass., to 1842. It 'can bo found In "Our Familiar Bongs,” Henry Molt A Co., publisher!}. L. C. E.-Uj What la a table d’hots dinnerT—lt to the "regular dinner" furnlsotq by a hotel according (generally,! to a bin of fare. Literally, it means "the hosts dinner," being the dinner tiiat the host furnishes. It should be eald, however, that, strictly, a table d’hote dinner dtffscs from the American dinner with its mult:tj*le ot dishes, among which each on* may pick his own dinner, to that generally there are no more diahoa than one naturally wants for a meal, and these are served in courses, beginning with ti;e soup and going on througtoTttc entree, tl.e roast, the salad, the dessert, the ice and coffee. (2* What are the American and European plans at hotels?—The American plan to the setting of three meals i t stated times (tabic d'hote tofcais. that l , meals the dishes of which are arranged by th© host}. The European plan to a cafe, a- we understand the usage, or uiniwgroom, where the guests order their *<an "table ’ or meato,, paying »o much for ca.< h dish. In hotels to Europe, however, almost always there to a table d bote dinner and sometimes a table d'hote breakfast, all the dishes of which «fe served to order for a fixed price fdr the whole. -—(2> What to the meaning of a- carte bianche" in connection with dining at a Wei?—It has no meaning, and is not used in that connection. In its proi>* r connection it me-nia literally -whire card." signifying that one has full leave or ■ discretion to do A* One pioaaMto concern -, tog a certain thing-lhat to to write on th* "white card ' what he wifi. The terra that you have in mind in connection with hotel eating to "a to carte,'* which neons that you dine "acceording to the card,'* choosing such dishes as you will and paying tho price affixed (4) What style to there of serving hotel dinners and suppers other than table d ho to?—As Indicated above, the other way is a la carta.