Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 January 1904 — Page 3

The Message of the Bells V

A New

rr Story

By ELIZABETH PRICE

to Floate ecudle; gustily aeroes the eky. hid in tH peaceful far of the tret whoa radiance 'ouched the e-dga o' her tombrr weil with a frier of direr The great fray tower lifted its h-ad far aloft in the midnight stillness, anu the wind m oared around tu rouuhhewa eorars a requi nr. for 'he dying year Wit his tbe 'ower sat the old bellrteger. waiting for the stroke of 12 fron th dock. aad. as he waited, his thoughts drifted hark to the yean loca buried ta the dimness of the past the years whea his Coating white hair had hn crisp ard Mark, when hit Ions - r. r flnm are strong and supple ard struck from the midnight rhinos assJe of entrancing beauty. Ah! Hfe had ben worth the !!v!n In tboae far-off happy days. Pp bad predicted a wonderful future for bhs . aad In sp'. of the poverty that retarded his pmcresi. aad a great ambition p b:m Obstarles were poshed a.i . dlttrwlty overcome, as he worked by day and s'rjdled by eight, ard the M'.t In the tower spoke marvelous things to tee miry who listened, and ah- . listenir.it. pralsoi TN'.r pra's. wa sweet bot IT.ph's was sweater, and. whea oao few Year's ei. he told her of his love and won her promise to be his own . bis heart beat with a raptor that thrilled through the 'himes tha' r.'efc ti'.: listenMi word red and (tMwi ram bark from dreamland to har. Cfc. happy memory' Oh. loot are! ft was on another night like this that P. ; r-.ht was hr.rz aad the Joy whirb beamed from the pale young mother's fare wa reflected fa his as he 5 eft tr baby oa br bo rj and rushed to he tell-tower to ma'. Lis eh'rnes a paea cf praise to the Father wt bad f." d his life with blessing How they lowed ttfai -that baby their only ore r a " li'.w he and Elepetk bad w d' l'pmer- -bow

they trained a? ,. e, . v. ru

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to wide, and ha.f of It laj betweea

taeta and the land that had called their ralld They were only waiting now ho aad Elspe th for the summons which should call thern to the happy reunion !a a home where there wouid be no aad good-tot. where music kaowt no minor. nd hearts forget how to ache The first stroke of midnight Bounded and an instant later the bellt pealed forth, while the old man sang with trembling Hps and voire that no one beard but God as he bad sung every New Year since thai one: r the Hstre'T Kn As ) Journey awettly Mrg. iur Sartuur s iwr't) pre:. C-rioua ta 11. aorka al aas ' Than, as the last reluctant ecbo died away, he stumbled dewn the narrow sta:r toward home and Elspeth. Hat far from the belltower stood a manaion. where a great throng bad assembled to watch the old year out and tbe new year in Silken draperies rustled, je weU gleamed, music rippled on tbe perfumed air. and happy voices rang sweet and high. Butevery sound was silenced, and bright eyes grew dim In the flood of melody which suddenly poured about the gay throng. They crowded toward t5b most? room, trying to catch a glimpse of the player. Those who wer r.- ? taw a slender man. with fair curling hair brushed bark from a brow as pure as a woman's. The fare was pale and tbe eyes sad. but about the sensitive mouth played aa expression of rar" sweetness and beamy. Quietly he tat before the grand piano, playing without the slightest effort such masterful musir as had hushed the listeness to awe-struck silence. "Who is he?" was the question passed frcm one to another when at last the cessation of the music broke tbe spell He Is a friend of father's." their hostess told them. "Father met htm at. road some yars ago. and by helping him in a search for seme missing friends, won his heart The search was not SSO--''!' but 'vv '.: nc .fr. 'o r. Prof. Von Bulow s gratitude, and they hare corresponded In a desultory way H r since. Faher Invited him bre for tbe holidays this yew. but he declined the Invitation, then IM evening suddnly and unexpected! v appeared. These great musicians are always eccentric, you know I heard him tell father bv Is an anniversary he doesn't like to spend ne. Some love s'ory probably. No.

Oils all I know abont him." With that be interested ru?ts were forced to be lortkeptaverbad raahukedfrooi

At 11 o'clock the hostess s!rd her nestt in a circle. sa Irg: "Ne r we will irn down the lath's and tell ghost stories

THE NEW YEAR. wins Xav aatttn weJtSa'. J''Maititi an wfct:. SVa are df . pta'. Ttr-uh ihr t rfun I J rowtt Ar : m ufl jnitr Csseea it- wheei-te See Of K." aaaai r.-.4.jr As the un s si ttmlaJ In n a drop o' de. v n rat i.t.-. ..tis-. H'slttn. here fr yoo; K i lala'. Au' I wait fer ou hi s- n : I -r roses Lrtcpin' set IIb 4w, K m that u i me I'.tasur. but I kow Ev'fi butb::n' cup " Joy Hu its drcge o' woe Cut I n malttna tor ou Where tfcr irw drops b.iak. Arx.ous for goat cctaia', LU for a driak. Wl:tn' forth- future You are boun 1 to bring: v r. rr. r pa Where the fle d .ark ling; YA'aitin" far tba gobist Btttsr-OWSSt an' all. Or. m kti'r I m a.t n. atere th aeldlaras calL J M i toa Foot

THE HUNTS'

HAPPY DAY A NEW YEAR STORY

"By Em j t G timer

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had be u a big storm and although the wind had spent its force tbe snow fell steadiiy "Regular winter weather and no mistake abcii; it," observed Mr. Richard Hunt, as he came in rather noisily, stamping the snow from his boots, "but I like it. So cold and bracing." Mrs. Hunt, who was sitting near an open Are. laugh' ti. ' ' ' - ; :. v day - this.'' she said, shivering a little. "I don't believe I'd be willing to face tbe cold, even for tb- sake of the bracing." "I thick I heard you say you were going to see old Mrs. Heifer to-day." Mr. Hntt remarked, a he seated himself

coil r r at

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mind ?" "Tog, I've changed my mind. I did te'; that 1 aas p'ir.g to see b-r. but I'll have to wait until some other day Poor cM Mrs. Hel.'er." "Is she sick?"

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ffvaaoaiivo to tr loccn 01 tne noyub Cnztrs. Pecple ihrocdpjd to hear. Kuprecbt's services were dmanded where br.l.iant pmspe - cpenef. .fi.re kim. aad the inevitable separation drew near N ! - c Eve' How many a-.tivr-sartes tk Is I -adowy hour held ! The boy bofis t! em good -by while Elsfleth ciung to hi ' E d robbed, and her hnsband rwab'd away to teil the chimes hisageny as k Ltd poured into hm h: .o;. As he i" waiting eves as now. a sp ame up tv 9 stslr. and som one entered the k.lr. hamber. ard the voice he inved - . tenderly Vela Vatr r tne play toe. s.mes to-night. I will leave with - zi a message to omXort ) ou wh n ) ou ar sad a message fr you aad tbe mothr f TOO. fWi I har It in the far-off lard It Hl be my mother's vrfr that Ines to me and when you p!ay i. mein Vater. It vftf tay to you. 'Ruarerbt loves me.' Then yoa will pray f7od watch over my bnr M kep blm taf for me.'trd tbe All-Father will bear " When Ruprerht stmrk th masyive kys it was the - impie I Ii Pley e"s hymn be played bat be lent bU btantlfol voir to tbe Mar r of tbe b-lls aed sang bit O-Jthefs favorite ward: ffcndi'a sf the He '. t King As ve rr.' t - '-r

A saomeaf later he gone Tb rears had been many ar - r slretheii. u to 'Kiers ever wme aad Ebpeth t hair grew wMte before the look cf expectancy la ber dear eyes changed to the riant rest of reslsratlou Re was d-ad of course. They knew ne w that it mcst be so. though tby had iiot er.en up he p R tby bad left tbe old Lome and followed their wand rer 'othe new country Tbey had hard of tbe wrecked ship, to be sure, bat hope dls hard. Perhaps ff 'bey bad been tatlent bad staved on amid The w-er.ea ef his childhood e sstsht have com back to them but btrw

thaw fee naU:at aksa tbt

barrow'.ns the bett r." she a:' I d laughingly Tn- ,our.R people fell in with the spirit o; f-m. and ghosts walld. hobgoblins shrieked and ghouls moaned, till I wa- altflM 12 o'clock when a new J panse. Everyone lool ed up to see th"? rr.usi' :ac standing in tbe door. "Me friends." be said, "ray s'cry 1 not c I of the nr.? n world It Is cf a lad in the far-away Fatherland, who i. . on a right like this, left home and friends and went cut Into the aide world, with music as tbe priest ees who pre sided at the a'tar. where burred the fires of bis atr'. i-lon So brightly di 1 his fire bom that its glow bid the qsieteremottons which Unit red In the- ?ha iW. and ! father and mother ar.d heme were left behind. Tb" youth had not dreamed cf the pain cf broken tk but he afterward "Shipwrecked, a weary sickness and deliverance, mk carried letter returned to betwee-n th lad and bis loved or ee. and when at last, overcome by the deadly ! hefmweb. he turr.cd toward hrrne. ha

had pla'd ever since th Tad had

i ler H tUe- '-!as a ccr. -

ttnual struggle to make b;Th ends meet since that disastrous bank fallurer l con't b-!ii-re she does make the er. - rr. ' 1 ry rrj f r her." "Rut not ;n;te sorry enough for you to fO and ses her as you intended to do to-day?' teaslngly. "Some MfMf day will do as well will ft not" she j'stiosed. wondering a: hU perfifenre. "No: If sh n'ia yon to-day. Com, get on your arips and I'll go with you." V:.".. Rif hard Hunt, what's got into you? I thought you never liked to go railing, espe. a such i-laces " "You thouctht right, my dear." smiling pleasantly, "but can .-ou tell me

sadly to By hands

the oucb of

kith break'.rs -a' v rr.ee. to tbe cc-untry of h.s af.ot;oE. hopialrt hope, to find th? dear ones h-d followed him there during his silence. The yar have passed and

pert to gre-t them again until tbe New Yar of BobtW dawns fcr him as he believes ! has already dawned for them So. when tbe midnight comes I play ea h New Yr Eve at I-as the lad played or. that last night Iocs; ago my metsagt to my dar ones. Tb.e dock or. tb mantel warned for 15. and the musician turned to the piano ard p!ayd again simply and lovingly py el's hymn, singing as In the long ago the b ant if ul words his mother loved As the last rote died away in the quiet room the towerrlock began tostrlke but was drowned by the music of the himes. A thrill ran through the bu: hed circle as '.-ogr-.Tf.! the strain th'y had Just heard, but the musician arose with s migity cry: ' Mein Vater!" and ran out Into the night, guided by the music of the bells. When the old bell rtager abut the dooi he could not toa, for be tears that Minded-him. las hvrrvlng figure on the pavement A moment later he was gathered close to tie heart that had vcarr.rd, for bio through all the space of silence and loneliness and tnsethcr. In the operrne of th" lad " Year, they went out from the shndow of the bell tower, bom to BUpcth. whoee mother heart came near to bursting, with tbe joy of a son's home coming Minneapolis House keeper. nwoswanwx inicentit 1" -t Tramp -I i at ds House of Industry on Christmas. Seiond Tramp To get ysr Christmas UNNA I fpose? First Tratap Of cotirse. Toa don't s'pose anyt iag less dan free firkey an' craaberry sauce d bring me Deal a place wit a Bams like dat. Brooke lym U-a

I Gl : :ss i:i- HAi;inrXTl a bin HELI'IX THE LoIUJ ." what there is to prevnt my turning over a n-w leaf on New ToMl day?" Sh- lauKhcd. "It would be a good kdea." tbe ta. "Well. thr.. encouragi- me in it " "So 1 will." 8he arose at once and wa? soon ready .o face the storm, with a basket on her arm. What's in It?' Mr Hunt a-ked.as be relieved his wife ol the basket "Sugar and spice and everything nice.'' she quoted. A little maid opened ;he door when ti. y reach' d Mrs. Helfers To Mr. Hunt's (.ucttlon as to how tbe latter was the child answered: "Sites not very well, ma 'am," and then, iose-ing her voice to a eonnuential wbit;- r. "I guess she's awful lonesom. Sa.1 bin crying I saw her." Tne wsOTf old face brightened when little Polly led the callers in. but both Mr and Mrs. Hunt were observant and read "between the livs" that tbe dear old lady was cot only sorrowful bat trottbi 'i l wUh yo i a Happy Nrw Year." said Mrs. Hunt, taking tbe thin old bancs in a close grasp -Happ N'W Yar!" Me Hurt echoed, his greeting as ccrdlal aa bis wtfe'e. 'Thank you." reapondej the old lady warmly, "and I wish you both a Happy b Yur."

"Wt had a tint turkey for dinner tots taM Mr Hunt, and 1 raxber think y wife brought you a piece. ' ucoovtrin; t b basket. "Yes, sure cLousb. bert It is!" M w. Dick," aald bis wife, "ypn ve Bade paw epeecb. sit down, please." He sat down with a sigh, pretending to

, feel hurt. He looked to comical that

Mrs. Heifer a tpirits arose so far flat he laughed. "I am treatly obliged to you both for remembering me." she said. Tin going

to confess that I've br n ionging for some turkey for a week aad now here it 1 la "

The trio chat!.! presently for a little stile and then Mr Hunt arose suddenip. "I've thouRh of an errand or two." be said. "You two can have the floor to yourselves until I return. I ll not be gone long." He met the small maid In the hall. "Polly." he said. "I don't want to pry Into Mrs Heifer's affairs, but I n really anxious to know if she has everything rhe needs. She's an old friend, you now. and a friend of my mjther"6. Does she need anything. Polly?" Yes. sir, 'deed she do: bu; she didn't ay so Shr ain't no complainer that's what she ain't. She ain't had no coffee since since" "Go on, Polly, talk fast. 8ince when?" "Since her money took wlr.gs aß" flew. I dur.no where it fie w to. but that's what anaeeone said-it flew, an' she don't her butter no more. I wanted to tell the grocer't boy we aas out. but Mr- Better she say: 'No. not now. Polly; some other time.'" "It doesn't seem hardly warm enough In the house. Polly. Do you have plenty of coal ?" "That's what we. don't, sir," she said

with decision. "We m Jess about out. I ; guess by to-morrer it'll be all gone. Miss j Heifer's a'most a shakin" with eoM ! ?om-timrs She had two shawls aroun" ' her whet. ) ou rung the bell, but she took 'em of? Mr II u had heard enough o ilte ! enough.

"Poor, dear old soul!" he said to himself, as be went out cn bis ministering j:irr. y. He kept hl promise he was not gone long. II. out a bunch of bright carnaI tions Into the old lady's hand ar.d then he said to h if- smilingly that it was ; time to move OL." Polly 1-r them out of the front door ! Retur-ine to the room, she found the I old lady in a rapture of joy. There w. re , tears in her eyes, pal she was smilfn? The fragrant, rosy carnations were still In her land. On a low chair beside her I was tbe basket the Hunts bad brought. ' Look. Polly." ahe cr: d. in a glee that I was like a child's. And Polly looke.l and lauched. What . she saw was a plate of sliced turkey. ; dainty biscuit, a print of butter, a mince 1 pie. a frosted plum cak-. oranges, grapes, auts, rai.-ins and candy. 'oh. my!" cried Polly, "what a f.r.e N'. V ar w.' So be i avi:.' after all!" Presently the grocer s boy delivered a : heavily filled basket and a message. "Tell yer missus Buck Bowers sed he'd be here to-morrer morula" at eight l o'clock sur." "Waal for?" asked the sms.zed j Polly. "What for?" mockingly. "Why. to bring the load o" coal, of course." "Ob. my gracious! I b'Ueve there's fairies arouc' I do so!" and after clos'Ing the door on the grocer's boy Polly fall inclined to stand on her bead by

way of .-..braiing the delightful new itate of things. Sae left the bal;et standi, g In the hall, as i; was too heavy for her to gttemp: to carry, but sbe could snvll the coffee and tool; that package Witft her. also two or thr?e more. "Ob. M!s H - she exclaimed, "another big basket s come, an' it's je full o" every thing. Here's coffee fer you nn t'a aa' sugar. An' to-morrer thtr's a big load o' coal a-coniin'." Polly!" "Yes. mum." 'What doe R mean all that great basket of things you're telling about and the coal coming to-morrow?" "I ducno." "But who t nt the groceries? Who is going to fnd the coal?" Polly !-oked mystified. She 6tood boring the toe of her old shoe into the rug. Suddenly a light broke over her face. "1 guess It's the Lord, ma'am. You sed the ly.r.l id provide I beard you an' He's done it." Tbe eld lady folded her handa. "Mom 'he Lord. oh. my soul!" she said, fervently. "I've thought of something. Miss Heifer," Polly suddenly broke out. excitedly. "I rs Mr Richard Hunt's a-blr helpln' the Lord." The old lady smiled. l av- the same 'hoi4jthts about it. Polly, ycu and I." the snld. ror. t be walt'.na m the aorrow A:: l patted away. Don I be waiting till to-morrow. Smt: a bit tt day, Wh.-. -he c '. Ju" and dreary Hart ebout the each. Tfcat :t afcer. a greeting- cheery Courts tor what :t s worth." Christian Ir.'elllgea er. iir ptweweadtaos "Charley, dear." said youag Mm Torf; Ins. ' I am sometimes sorry that Christmas does not com.- .,n ne .th of ibe month instead of the :ütb "I don't why " "I have observed In going through

ithe shops that so many things aro

cheaper on tb 27th than tbey are on the Ith." Washington Star.

Football an Offense to Art

By PROF. T. D. C.OODELL, Of Yale University. f11' " 'TI: M.l. is in offcfiN to every artistic instinct It I I v I ii bn:' .!. !,.,rahiivt'. ! uu'1 degTadin. I I Th n - sbsolutel nothing in the game from line-up to

Inith winch is elevating r insjuriii t. the best impulses or ambitions. Tin popularity pf football i the Cftief cause of the undevelopod aeatlietiC state of the moKrn public. It acts as a deterrent to the realization of a higher, anil better ami more noble type of civilization. The finer artistic instincts of the

race are blunted by thr wild, rough, Jesperate conflict of the game. An an exeroe and sport compare it with rowing. The latter is rythmetical, and the enenCd of poetry, the former is brutal and brutaüzuig. Rowing develop! smctrical! a n 1 thi-. phytical symmetry is not tnarri-1 when the Opposing teams row agaimt each Other. Hut take f-tball. Twenty-two men will develop themselves by hard training and right living until they ?.re 2Z Apollos in physical beauty. Then the) go into the field and spoil all their symmetry by great pads of leather. They destroy their beaut and disfigure their laces with great pieces of rubber, so that all semblance to the human form divine is lot. And then. e gods, after the game, behold the disfigured DOtjntenanceS, the maimed and lamed bodies, the disheveled hair, and the grime and dirt of the field rubbed through the skin and into the quivering flesh laid bare by the violent contortions of the game as they pile one UpOfl another and grind each into the unfriendly ground beseath. Surely there is nothing elevating in tlic game of football.

DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES. PLAYED THE WRONG PERSON. The Sbttatttt PtWW Hull In ami Small I H L ni l l.nrur llualnru k. I MlasseM Iii hu I arum- ' SWIW Ibal l'nllel la a furtal!.' I'Dtllliiu, I ... ...

He was oc upving one-half of a seat j on on- of th- suburban trains. Dissipation and genius seemed to be strug- i ' glirif; f-.r ii.. mastr in hi wan face 1 Jü.-t then he was p. .ring ov r the comic paSJM of a BOBSa BeildlJI ait-rs. So deeply soarvoaed as he- that äs hardly ' i noticed a portly, well-dressed man who I ' entered the car and took theothtr half uf the seat he was occupying, relate Ibe N'W York Times. Prtsntl , howeve r, he looked up and ' noticed that his n iglilior was reading also. Anything in the re-ading line in- ; tsfssied him. u he looked to see what th. man next to him was to busily en- ! raged will. ii. ua.s a eopy ulamagaziue, ?- r;otis, iHgiHsd. and with no illustra- ' tions. and the article was apparently a de; p and learned one Tbt other man glanced superciliou I across at the v0uucr man's colored papers. Eic! ntiy they annoyed him. ills ' very apparent annoyance amused tbe I frivolous jrofMl man. but he loutiuued ii- reading. Presently the portly individual, witli pompous didai tii lam, undertook tocriticie bis salgaSor. "Young man.'' said ie, in th- voles t a r termer, "why do you want to wast your time on ,;ufl tike that? If you must read in a desultory fashion read some dignified maga- j sines, such as this one for example. Now. ibis is a spies article I have heft up ' to date. live, dignified and iSflOtSS. The sentiments an- ,.:. i...id and the English is beautiful. The man that wrote that artless, sir. is a genius. In fact. , It is one of the clearest, moat letgical ; and excellently conceived things I have read for a Ions tinu' That 's the kind of man 1 admire Ktally. 1 am pretty high up In the world, but I'd rather have write ii that article- than be when lam to-da. Take m advice, young man. ind throw away that stuff you have thre. Cultivate habits of good, serious reading You are young yet. with life before you. With cultivation of good reading habits you niisht some da write an artid. Ills ItSSl JosridU" "My dear sir." responded the' youru man. while an amused smile play 1 around the orr.frs of his SSOVtOi "your ' reasoning is clear, concise and cogent. What you say is perfectly true. Pesultory rcadir.K Is banful and nobody j appreciates the fact more than I. Your wor.iP maive ni" sad. very sad." "Ahl Excellent: t'ontrition Is the

first :tep to improvement. You hae taken my words to heart " "No. not xactiy that. DMa't yoti say you would give a good (ieal to hav aritten that article you were reading''

"I did. and I meant it " "Well, that's what makes me std. If j literarv ten I us was eommunlcahle I'd br- ' glad to transf r to you what little ability

I have for. say. 160, 000. I'm theaithor

i of that article."

H.i-. for the Old rSBS Little Mabel had been taken by her parents to a New Year's watch party, and as the clock struck 12. somo one shouted. The old yesr Is dead; hurrab for tbe rew'" Mamma." said sleepy Mab!, -wU I y to s-ay fot toe luntesir' CasttaAM L.atX,

Nnl n l.nnd Weehntilc. Intelli:en e is more than bookn and letter- It is knowledge of the forces of nature and ingenuity enough to use them for human service. The negro is generally acknowledged to be lacking in the "SB hanical Idea." In Africa he hardly knows the simplest mechanical principles, sueh as that of the lever In ASSSrk the brightest of necn.es were trained during slavery by their masters In the handicrafts, such as carpentry, shoemaking. splnnlnc. weaving. Mru l mithin--, tailoring, and so on A plantation became a sclf-tiportlr.g unit under the oversight and (lis. ipline of the whites, but the work of the ne gm arteanns was "for the most part careless and Ine'fl -lent." Since emancipation the young generation has not learned the mechanical trades to the same c;tn as t'i" slave generations Moreover, as machinery supplants tools, and Factories supplant handicrafts, the negro Is left still further behind - John K Commons, in the Cliauauiiuan Ken 1 SWewal rlti. Tb' Ixnden Journal of Tropical Medicine d scribes 'he Paraguayan drink "mate" as a stimulant for uniir.ua! strain of labor The leaves are infused like tea and drunk through a metal tube, though It can be taken with milk and suaar South American woodcutters will work upon It five or six hours fove breakfast. N. Y. World.

'The biggst commercial houses are cot above doing small things that it. some of them are not," said a Griswold street backer, to a Detroit Free 1'r. ss man. "1 was in New York the other day. and just before leaving Stepped into one of the most famous storea in that wonderful city to buy a trinket for tbe little girl at home who always expects something on my return from a wsit tothe metropolis "My purchase was a light t.ne, only a dollar, for w hich I tendered a fhe dollar bill. The hange eSÜBS to nie in two two-dOHar bills, and my practiced eye told me, as soon as I Faw them, that out was a e.ouote rfeit. "Suspecting a trick. I stepped over to arother counter and made another purfeSSS, amounting to a dollar, and tendered the bogus bill in payment. Siirn (Bough, it eams back from tbe cashier's offke refused with the statement that it was our.terfe it. I told the clerk to Feud it back to the cashier with the statement that it had been Neotri d from his oOSOl not ten minutes be-fore, but word soon. that such a tbing was impossible, pr. posterous, the house did not do such things, etc. Then J was rrad. I asked If I might see the cashier, and after considerable) ado I was admitte-d into the presence of that august Individual. Well, he made a un a' show of n.. tn.-it said it was aa insult to their establishment to Insinuate that they would ! so low as to try to pa'm off a pitiful two-dollar counterfelt bill on a customer. Hut 1 was not to be bluffed. I knew the business pretty we!l. ar.d feeling confident that there had been a deliberate attempt to swindle me I coolly told him that if he lid not at or.ee give me a genuine bill In place of the bogus one I would immediately n.ake complaint his house on th" charge of pass ing counf rfcf4 money, adding quietly that a friend was with me to support my . laim "Did that bring Mm? Well. 1 should think it did. Me sputtered some, of course, but I could see that he realized he had tried to impose en the wrong I" r.-en. and after a feeble protest h took the had bill and gave me a good one in exchange for ft. "You wouldn't think that a hotiss boEstlng that it is one of the biegest concerns in the werld would play so little, would you? But It did. nnd go: caught." SKEE JUMPING. SesMaatSssM ef iie- Jwssee ti Leasee th aesfe nni leasee Tkniuuii Bgeee, The great event of lbs RO USf etSSstl of the western states Is the jumping eontest Only a skee runner knows the sensaMon. ways Country Life in Amerl-

e-a. Below, the endless hill seems tea stretch on forever into the e-xpanse of the valley, the steepness of the no line, bwt In Its whiteness. A long breath and you start. Faster and faster ou go. till suddenly a Hash of green In front and the jump off is coming! Crouching unJI your knees almost toueh your s'.ee; with muscles strained, out Into the air you sail! A strange lightness and feebleness take possession of yodt limbs, and VOW spirit shares the Intox'.cation of soaring Into space. After lotiir BSCOada fOd are called back to arth. first for half a second softly, but then ha.rd as Iron that seems to give you an electric shock. Ycu wnbhle fcslplSSStf from right to left, each foot SSSSSS rtl'id to the ground and still in the air. but you have kept VOtal .talance and are shooting forward. At last, yo'.i catch your breath like n hiccough, then a longer on. You are master of the field, with a jump of a hundred teet or BSOVO, nnd finish the victorious sfSsfSI in a asetlf ronnded enrve. If the present irr tttStSl m for s; ecine In Ameriea IWSlllStSSa the great winter carnivals of Canada may some day bs rivalled by a great Americau skee race similar to the fsmom on held erery winter outside the Norwegian capital Dlffrrenre In Maetiliie SSlSpe. In Europe- one shop often btilldt a number of different kinds cf machii ea, while In America, at n rule, each factor. I dtvoied to some suc-lal machine.