The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 45, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 March 1931 — Page 7

The Plains of Abraham '» - . , • ■ ' « « «* « By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD . » » »

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THE STORY C With his’English wife, Catherine. and son. Jeems, Henry Bulain. French settler in Canada hi i'h. cultivates a farm adjacent 'to the Tonteurseigneurie. As the story opens the Bulains are returning from a visit the Tont(urs- Catherine's wandering brother. Hepsibah. meets them with presents for the family. To ; ■ : ' v-g. him perfect himself in marksmanship ■ CHAPTER 111 Henn ami his wife sat up late with Hepstbah Adamsf. for tills time Hepsibah had come with a set and de-termined-purpose to hi« sister’s home. The trader's countenance had grown stern, and Catherine's cheeks were like those of a pale nun in theTcandlelight. In Henrt Bulalti’s face were still, the cheer and good humor and unruffled equanimity of confidence and faith that Hepsibah. with the darkest pictures he had painted, had been unable to disturb. They were, tasking -about ~war. ‘As early ns this spring of 174!», the American wilderne-s had begun to-stir with ■ --whispers, of tl.e impending conflagration which u .<« dostine<! soon tn turn the eastern part of the continent into a s- '-thing pot of fury and death. While floor-ge the Sfsrond of England and I/>uis the Fifteenth of France were placing at friendship after the peace la ('hapclle, France g;i*;»-' ing fof'~hresith With the flower of her armies buried on European battlefield*. and England with her figiiting forces rislut-od on land to eighteen thousand men ami to less'than seventeen thousand on the sea, the vast Colonies of the;two countries, working out their own salvations, wen* steadily z ng u; ' ■ - r The stage was set for the writing of the bloodiest and most pictures-pie pages In American history. Southward from the Richelieu Were the bitterest of all till* white men s enemies, the warriors of the Six Nations, and northward. sweeping east and west through the Canadas, were the fortyscattered tribes who bore allegiance to-New. France. Behind t !»••*•* savage * vas*-lls. on one side, were eleven hnnvlred thousand English colonist# holding the sea-coast lands fronFifalne to (ieorg.a. and on the other less than eighty thousand souls, pouniing women and children as. Well as men. to de-■ feh<) and hold the Illimitable domains < f N- v I • i- ,w ; . h ri i. : ■ d fr-..m tin* up; ■ - • -alia las to -tin* Gulf of M.\ leo■■■and .front the Aliegh.anies to the 1; u ' y m-imit.dlls. Os this'alarming disparity in power o' ; fig .ng men. and-of the pitiless 'sK>ur-ge whidte he’ swore would some day sw . . p through all the; eou'ntry of Ink*’ Champlain and the Richelieu. Hepsibah Adams had spoken at length but wdh small eflev t <m Henri Bulain. I •‘Let war cotue if it must,” sa ■ : Henri. "The -of N'-w Frame is set heh.-It'l at. im.-em-t! lh-ewall -of i . ’ parts in oilr ■ favor, -eighty thousand will be a match for the million English of they • i ■■•* ■».<), a< : r me. shouid fighting chance to come—•why. I shall be a friend to both sides ami strike at neither For no matter xvhat cause should bring about the strifi*. I could not strike at the pet <>f my • ’at blood, nor would she have me against my own. So .why move frondtere?. It is 'neutral, ground, and we. being neutral, art; . fitly placed here. Oneldas and Mo hawks have eaten under our roof as well-as Hurons and Algouqufns. and When deadly enemies such as these meet thus on common ground. whatCHU’se have we for fear?” ’ . A light of pride glowed In Catherines eyes : . s-o* listened to her bus* band’s words, and she added: . "Henri loves the Indians. atid I'have grown tp Ipve them, too. ?They are all our friends ’’ -Friends' stdiTed Hepsibah.. •'Henri, it is because of Catherine and deems that I call you a fool. Take them where this danger .I..**. not hang day and night along the edges * frontiers. Take them to the St. Law\ rem e, if you will, or bring them south into Catherine’s country. But do one or t'other, for God’s sake, or the day will come when Christ himself cannot save you,'' and his voice shook with earnestness. "There will be no war.” Insisted Henri stubbornly. - "England and France have bled themselves white uh Continental battlefields. and the peace which was signed only last October will surely not be broken again while you and I are living, for Hanover and Austria have had their fill, as well as the others, and are l|ke two dead men on their backs." "That is right.” nodded Catherine, with a shudder. “I think all fighting is over for many years.” . "Fool# — innocents !’* her brother growled.. "I tell you neither George nor Louis will have anything to do ■with the running of this war until every mile of woods between our colonies and your city df Quebec is red with fire and blood. God love me. It has already begun! French and English traders are fighting wherever they, come together along the frontiers, and the hired Indians of one are taking , scalps for t'other. Even white men ' have Joined in that pretty game, for Massachusetts has sent out Lovewell and his fifty men to hunt the heads of Indians and French—it makes no difference which, though the order says redskins only.’—at a price of five shillings a day pins a bounty for every scalp that is and down in New York country Sir WilllUm Johnson counts out English money for human hair, while the French—and you know

it. Henri!—are paying a hundred crowns apiece for white scalps as well as red. It’s hair the Indians are bringing in instead o' fur. And here you sit like a couple of foolish doves with a young one in the nest, your scalps ■ worth fifty pounds a piece, your windows open, your door unlocked, your ■senses gone." * Catherine rose from her seat and came around to her brother so that she st<>od behind him with her arms about his shoulders. "Hepsibah, we know this you have told us it true,” she said, pressing her cheek against his face. ' There is terrible murder along the frontiers from which you have come, and that Is why Henri has brought Jeems and me into this country of his where arb only peace and friendship and no thought of the hideous killings and ugly traffickings you speak about. You have argued against yourself. Brother, for. It I* you who should move out of strife and danger and come to live with us." "Together we will have a paradise here." urged Henri. "And I will find you a wife." added Catherine. "A wife who will love you greatly, and until you have children of your own we will give you half of Jeems." H*) - • rose gently out of her ' arms. I 'I or Jeems you should change your >| home to a place where there :< a - master and more .for h-lrn. to j -earn." he said, catcl ing desperately I at a last argument, where nil othera | j had failed* , ■ Tn all of New Fratice and the EngI sb ..doli.es there is no better te.U'-her I than our Catherine.’’ answered Henrt pn.udly. Tn English and French she I has given to Jee'ms more than he could ever have' L arned- in your town of I Albany or our college tn Quebec: for ; there. In one place, he would have I i ■ g -h, and tßthe other. French, w' ;e here he is b-.th. like I s father I Htol mother, and will never strike at either of the two tftoods that are in his veins." "Os that I am sure." a-grt'ed 1 I erlne. I pray God m.v Jeems will i never be a fighting hian.” W hen Hepsibah went to his er*T in J the loft, he stood- for a moment with his lighted cftndle beside Je.ems’ bed I where the boy lav sleeping with the j cloth of velvet close to his hands, a smile ■n h's lip* Looking down on him Hepsibah thought of Henri Buialn's l-last words and his sister’s prayer, and bis lips mov<\l whisper!ngly to him | s< ' “They ean't keep it from you, lad | .- hope nor prayer nor all their faith. I It’s coming, and when it comet* you’ll I strike and strike hard, and it’s then. ■ you'll be wliat you’re bound .t'be, | Jee’ms—a fighting man!’* » <’-.i-s -b’n-was on the ■ ■ V ■ , ■ -o. ,-o.d . . - <.- I < if lhat, helping j i his father, with the chores. The ox was f»sl and tin* *'.;rt r.sidy for a day’s I rough travel l-<-fore his I'nelo Hepsi- | bah chine down from his sleep.- Talk -■ V. o- • ' ■— ■•• a: I (l<-ath had ! left no shadow in Catherine’s heart. , am! 11» p-.bah cotihl hear her singing. .1 :,e s.*ttnd -of |.>t voi,-.* made him j - and face the south. His wide! shoulders twitched, and he marked the ■ .swelling and . dips (1 f the timbered I solitudes of Forbidden valley, and -saw where the Mohawks would enter it and where they would come out if his Ction. and his fears v-ame true. i With (he shiver Still tn his Hot I turnrsl and found "dd standing close behind hint, also facitig the stillness and' mystery of the valley, his nose . man's had been a moment before—

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This pariiruhir family had a fondness for sandwiches in hot weather, and at all times their table offered a light menu, even when guests were Invited. Consequently, when a friend took her young sister for dinner there one i/.g.ht. she warned, her ahead of time j thin the plates would be'very pretty, i and she would probably see quite ft b;t'‘of china where a light, tasty salad nestled in the center pt the For those with light appetites that night's dinner WftS Just the thing, only sister I wasn't that kind .of a girl. She ate the salad which opened the I meal, then the fruit cup which fol- ' sup[H»sedly representing the main dishes. A brother of the host. Gray Matter ia Sports College boys will not likely agree with the bureau of standards’ findings that brains"are not so important in sports. But professors will say: "I told you Wou“ After various tests the bureau supports the contention of many professors that "beef and brawn are the thing* which star performer, while Intelligence shows low correlation with success in games." An lnter<*sting result of the tests is the claim that a coach can now put down an athletic’s “SI” (strength index) and chart his "breaking point" in any given sport before he goes on the field. The bureaus study covered a two-year period tn which power machinery, chemical analyses, slow-mo-tion pictures, spinning light beams, charts and graphs were used.—Exchange. " “Joint Tariff” If a tariff quotes a through rate In which two or more are involved. It is known as a Joint tariff and is filed with the interstate comI merce commission —that is, if the comI modity starts with one carrier and ! germinates with another a joint tariff * is necessary.

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filled with a steadiness and tenseness of look which had in it a somber and voiceless foreboding. At the touch of Hepsibah’s hand the strain seemed to leave Odd’s body. "It'll bear watching day and night, but 'specially in that hour of darkness which conies just before the crack o’ dawn. Not now, but soon!” •••• ■ • - • When Jeems went ahead of his father and unde to Lussan’s place, he did not burden himself with unnecessary habiliments of either peace or war. He wore his-old suit of brown homespun cloth, with Indian-made moccasins and leggings of doeskin, and on his head was- a frontiersman's cap with an eagle feather in it. From under this cap his blond hair fell with its ends touching his shoulders, and with only his bow a weapon his slim young body was free and buoyant and much handsomer than it had been the previous . day with its carefully chosen raiment and warlike accoutrements. He was filled with exultation mingled with a determined eagerness. He knew he would, fight if Paul Tache was at Lussan’s place, and what was going to happen in that fight was as definitely fixes! in his mind. He was on his way to elevate himself to supreme heights in the opinion of Marie AntoineHe T* -nteur after he had f velvet No one was ahead of him when he arrived at Lushin's place. It was nine I o’clock, and the sale was not until eleven. Half of a young ox was spitted on a long iron bar and slowly roasting over a red-hot mass of hickory conls. The outside I‘utch oven was filled witii a huge baking of bread, and benches were set with pewter and snow-white dishes of poplar wood. I I.ussan w as a fatuous maker of whisky and flip and beer, and three barrels were ■ .oNv, hoisted **n ehunks of wood with their spigots down, waiting for the willing hands of bis friends and m-lgi.b. rs to turn ghem. Jeems hunted out the plow and kettle and loom which his father wanted to buy. While occupied in this way. he came upon a table piled with a hotchpot of articles, and his heart gave a pump when he saw a number of books printed in English. His mind was filled with the thought of his mother’s Joy if he could take these treasures home to her. There were five of the books. Malvern Dale. Evelina. Telemachus. Eloisa. and. Joseph Andrews, a thrilling list of titles it seemed to him. and as quickly as he could he approached Lussan upon the subject of their worth and purchase. Seeing no merit in printed English and small chance for their sale, and being as well a free-hearted man and already warmed by his own excellent beer. Lussan gave them to Jeems. Overjoyed by this unexpected windi fall of fortune. Jeems began to watch anxiously for the coming of his father and I'm-le Hepsibah and for the appearance of the seigneur Tonteur and w'l'.exer might be’with him-. He placed himself when* he could ’ down the road that came from the ' Tonteur seigneurie, and when at last he heard the auctioneers voice be* ‘ lowing forth his announcement tint the sale was about to begin, he felt a somher. sinking of his hopes. They livened instantly when three figuret on horsebm k appeared at the end of t! ./ half mile of road. The foremost rider was Tonteur. the second Paul Tache. and in the third saddle rode •a slim, wide-hatted little person who was none other than Marie Antoinette Tonteur herself. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

noticing her rather hungry look, remarked that perhaps the food.wasn't all it should be for a growing girl. Meanwhile sister was being polite, and even leaving a bit of each dish as etiquette demanded and replied. "Oh, no. I’m just saving room for the rest of the m»*;jl."—Springfield Union. . . ■ ■ ■■ . ■ y, Finding One’s True Self Life is an opportunity for making of a soul, and in most of us it is still in the making; a patch work, unfinished. There are so mroy selves, each struggling for mastery, that It is not easy to detect the elusive, ultimate self. Which "me” is my real “me"? There are a lot of them, the ragged hobo out at the elbow, the dandy in fine dress and gold cane, the toady, the pretender, the penitent, the poet, the sceptic, the donkey who always wants his own way; and. at times, a i glimpse of another fellow, who seeks to rule the whole ungodly crew. Who is he? What authority has he? Who gave him the job? Will he get it ’ done, making the motley array of slovens, boasters, scullions, prophets, and raints of divers orders, at last > obey?—Joseph Fort Newton in the Churchman. t - . Donkey’s Wonderful Foot The foot of an ass is one of the 1 most ingenious and unexampled pieces ■ of mechanism in animal structure. 1 The h<H»f contains a series of vertical and thin laminae of horn, amounting to about five hundred, and fortn- > Inga complete lining to it. In this are fitted as many laminae belonging to the coffin-bone, while both sets are elastic and adherent. The edge of a quire of paper inserted leaf by leaf Into another will convey a sufficient idea of the arrangement. Thus the ' weight ot the animal Is supported by aS many elastic sittings as there are laminae in all the feet, amounting to about 4.000, distributed in the most secute- manner, since every spring is acted upon in an oblique direction.

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DAIRY FACTS LOW PRODUCERS ARE LIABILITY Cows Carried at Actual Loss Should Be Sold. Tabulating yearly records from 2,326 cows in the six herd Improvement associations in North Carolina, John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at the North Carolina State college... finds a difference of $54.08 in profits between high yielding and low yielding cows. ’Those animals producing an average of 300 or more pounds of butterfat a year gave an increased profit of $54.08 over another group which produced less than 250 pounds of fat a year.” says Mr, Arey. "The average ■ of each cow in the high producing group was 7.797 pounds of milk and 323 pounds of fat.fpln this group were 464 cows in 18 different herds. The average of each cow in the low producing group was 5,197 pounds of milk an • 219.5 pounds of fat. In this group were 857 cows from 31 herds.” The average feed cost of the high milkers was $145.64 a year amF'ojf the low milkers was $108.72 tFyeu^Tiierefore. says Mr. Arey, it cost $36.92 more to feed the high producing' cows for one year, but in return an additional s9l Worth of milk was secured. — Mr. ’Arey says he considered the fet*d cos's only in making these calculations. He is convinced had he inquired too closely into all costs, such as the expenses of delivering milk and other items, the cows in the low producing group Would not have returned any profit whatever. Some of them were carried at an actual loss ami Should.-be sold for beef if their production could not be increased by better feeding and care. Avoid Blind Teats by Persistent Massaging There are many three-teated cows that owe their condition to the lack of persistence in continuing to milk the quarter when the milk flow from that quarter first dropped to a small dribble, says a writer .in the Montreal Star. Just recently we saw a fine Hoistbin cow that, a year ago. seemed to have lost the use of one quarter, 'j The owner kept milking and massaging that quarter for the better part of a year. When the cow freshened again a couple of months ago the quarter had returned to normal production and has remained normal since. Had that quarter not been persistently milked, it would have almost certainly been lost. It seems like simple treatment but it Is observed that, on most farms when a quarter gives only a trickle of milk it is quickly dried off. In 'districts where federal inspection of dairies for export of milk or cream to tiie United States is in force the care of three-teated cows is doubly important, as such inspection requires the elimination of cows with defective udders. Cow’s Worth Depends on Her Production of Milk A dairy cow is Worth only as much as she is able to make as profit in three years, E. S. Harrison. New York State college, states. In a herd of cows milking at Cornell university those cows which produced only 7.<KM) to SJMXi pounds of milk failed by a few dollars to pay feed, labor and ether costs. The average productive period in a herd at Cornell was three years. A cow producing 9.000 pounds of. milk made S6O more in milk than did the 8.000 pound cow, when milk was worth $2.60 a hundred. A cow able to produce 15.000 pounds returns $420 more income in three years than the 8.000 pound-cow bn this basis. The value placed on the various cows In the Cornell herd according to ability are: 8.006-pound producer. S9O ; 9,000-pounder. $130; 10.000-pbund-er, $175; and the 15,000 pounder is i worth S32.‘>. Dairy Hints It is a lot easier to milk and care for one good Cow than ten poor ones. • • • Registered purebred cows not supported by ancestors of known produc- ; tion and reproduction values find hard ; going In public sales where discrim- : inating buyers desire to improve the breeding value of their herds. • • • The thing for the dairyman to do Lis to grow alfalfa or some other legume crop for hay and let timothy se- ! verely alone. Timothy hay, like bright : oat straw, makes a good enough filler, but an exceedingly poor milk producer, • • • Before feeding the dairy cow such as root crops, potatoes, and apples, run them through a feed choptier. • • • Feed highly flavored feeds after milking instead of before; in fact. It Is advisable to do all the feeding at this time. • • • Progressive dairymen who keep records and stud; their cows have learned from experience that the most profitable feed is that fed during the dry period. * • • A new circular issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. D. C„ tells how to clean milking machines. • • • In recent years, the United States has been consuming about 36.0U0JM>»> pounds of Swiss cheese a year, about half of which has been imported.- • • • That cows will produce most efficiently when they receive a good ration nnd the grain is fed according to production is demonstrated by the experience of practical fanners.

POULTRY ♦IMS RECORDS VERIFY POULTRY PROFITS Given Good Care, Feed and Shelter Return Dividends. That the person who keeps at least 100 standard bred hens on his farm : is engaged in a profitable venture -is proved by a series of records kept by. 128 flock owners in 43 North Carolina j counties in 1930. I "One of the jobs of the poultry extension office is to keep, study and summarize cost of production records kept on poultry flocks ip co-operation > with the county farm agents." says P. A. Seese. poultry extension specialist at the North Carolina State college. "Last year this work was carried on in 43 counties located in widely separated parts of the’state. The records were kept on 128 farms with an average of 21.425 birds for the year. Tiie gross income from eggs alone in these flocks amounted to $99.325.30. The birds consumed 889.840 pounds of mash feed and 780.642 pounds of grain feed which cost the owners $50,220.80. This left, a profit i of $49,104,50 as a return above feed ; Cost.” . - -' Mr. Seese says the 21.425 birds laid , 3.426.259 eggs, which was an average of 159.9 each a hen. Commenting on the figures, the pbul- j try specialist says they are as accurate as any set of figures that are Peine kept today. They show, beyond all doubt, that the man who keeps a good flock of birds and gives them ■ proper care and feed, houses them well and keeps down disease and parasites, may expect a good profit, from his enterprise. It is the purpose of the poultryworkers in North (’arolitqi to make the poultry industry <bf greater commercial importance, and they cite that it is even now fifth in value to .all crops grown. There are some six million bens of laying age on the farms and the valtie of the industry is around $40,000,000. Chickens Need Vitamin D to Aid Etrg Supply Pullets which had no chance at sunlight, no cod-liver oil or other sources of vitamin D laid an average of 68.5 eggs from October 1 to April 3t> nt the University of Wisconsin last year, according to Dr. J. G. Halpin. Similar pullets fed irradiated yeast laid 96.6 eggs. Pullets receiving yeast not Irradiated laid 71.2 eggs. Then pen fed cod-liver oil produced 106 S eggs and those allowed to run under n mercury are lamp which gave them ultra violet light, laid 116 eggs. Professor Halpin recommends that houses should have windows framed and hinged so they can be opened on bright days in the winter so Ihe hens may get direct rays of the sun. Windows having glass substitutes, which admit- the ultra violet’ light should be ; kept clean as the rays giving the vita-, min D cannot penetrate dirt. Poultry N*otes i Dirty eggs are costly. Bare-baek chicks may be the result of Crowding in the brooder house. ♦ « ♦ If only the very best males are saved to bead next year’s flock, they will contribute to its improvement! ’ The average ration of feed and water that is used for hens contains only about 15 per cent of the mineral | needed by the nen for egg shell alone. ♦ < • 1 Prevent in every way possible the carrying of infection from mature fowls and from contaminated ground to the young chicks. Keep young and old stock in separate enclosures. •• • , E. L. Burnett of Cornell university Insists! that roup i not a contagious disease and that where it is found there is usually some unfavorable condition which is indirectly responsible : -r it. . » • •. Oyster shell is probably the best sogtee Os linie for poultry. • » • All breeds of poultry with white ear--I,.|>»*S pnnluce -wbi-te-shelled eggs. 'l’his includes leghorns. Anconas, Minorca# and Andalusians. * • • Al! breeds of poultry that have red ear-lobes produce , brown or tintedshell eggs. This includes all Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes. Rhode Island Reds. Orpingtons. Brahmas and LangI shans. To allow |be excrement to remain in the chicken house is to cause the air to become vitiated and unhealthy.It should be a daily duty to clean it out. When a whiff meets one in the morning on opening the door of the poultry house it is a signal that all is not as it ought to be. • ■-**' Chicks hatched after the first of May are usually a poor investment. I It is especially true of the slower maturing heavy breeds. At this season, the parasites of the chicken have bad . an opportunity to multiply. ••• “ 1 The major portion of the hens’ ration Is made up of vegetable feeds which are normally low in minerals, i Lime is especially important in maki ing new bone and in the replacement of worn-out bone tissue. . - Where chicks «r hatching eggs or good stock have been purchased forthe introduction of new blood, it is poor economy to dispose of ail the males raised ‘Yor fear of inbreeding. Very few of the males will he sufficiently to the females to cause . any difficulty.*

Science Broadcast Warnings of Disaster Tragedies, such as the destruction of Tokyo by earthquake and fire seven years ago, preventable, declares Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar,-noted volcanologist, and accordingly he is urging the establishment of an institution for "terrestrial research” in Hawaii. For 20 years Doctor Jaggar has been devoting his life to volcano study, spending most of th'at time literally on the edge of the volcano of Kilauea, about 200 miles from Honolulu. He strongly believes that modern science can amass a body of experience which will enable volcanologists to predict earthquakes and eruptions at least in time to warn the populace of crowded cities or threatened towns. Earthquakes, tidal waves and volcanic eruptions which take place in inhabited lands all may be foreseen a few hours by phenomena which scientists can read, he says. He believes that Hawaii offers the best place in the world for such a study. He hopes that such an institution i may be established and maintained by private funds, feeling that the government would hardly undertake, such a study at the present time. Affiliation with the International Red Cross and a mechanism for the prompt dispatch of scientific expeditions to any part of the globe where a great terrestrial upheaval takes place are among the features he suggests. Never Expected to See Composer in the Flesh Signor Randegger, well-known con- ; ductor and composer, once had a 1 curious experience. He was engaged ‘ to perform at a concert, hut the door- ; keeper refused to- admit him into! the artists' room. . “But you must let me in." he per-' sisted. “I am taking’ part in -the con- ; cert.” ; "What is your name?" "Rahdegger." "It isn't on the program.”* “Indeed it is; ! am accompanying ; one of my songs," and he pointed to , . a number beneath which stood the words “Accompanied by the com- [ * poser.” j "Ob.” said the man. “in that case, I expect It’s all right; but I thought all real composers were supposed to be dead.” — Serenity William Dudley t’elley. the writer, i lives some twenty miles from Los i Angeles find a friend asked him one ; day if he didn’t get tired going back and forth every day. ! "It’s just the other way about," said I'elley. "You see, by-the time I j get honie at night, all the cares and i worries of the day have had time to drop from my shoulders and in the morning, by the time 1 get down town. I’ve. forgotten all the bad dreams I’ve had during the night." Dog “Mothers” Lion Cubs A A small fietter dog at the National Zoological park in Washinaton.-D. <’., I has taken on the task of mothering ; three wee lion cubs. The cubs first appeared to have been born to a life I ' of starvation because the mother ! . lioness ignored/ them and stalked I I about her cage. The dog adopted the j trio of cubs quite willingly, and ! watches over them with the greatest I maternal solicitude. Nothing to Brag About First Boy (showing h|s friefid over the housel-rSee that picture there? It's hand painted. j ■’ Second Boy—Well, what about it? \ So’s oyr chicken house.’ Whole Bird Diner—Waiter, just look at that i piece of chicken; it’s nothing but I , skin and bones. Waiter—Y’es. sir: d’you want the feathers, top? Going Down "But just where is your sinking fund?” "Sunk.” —Louisville Courier Journal. Tha» Is, Money “Sandy ought to be successful." "Yeah?” "Sure, he never believes in giving - up.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. For Your Scrap-Book i I have only nipde this letter rather 1 ; long because I have not had time to j ! make it shorter.—Pascal. • '' ■ Threat or Promise? Dick —1 Won’t leave you for a minute after we’re married. Doris—Why, you suspicious thing ! ‘ j Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, - nd ' is still nothing at last—a long wayleading nowhere.—Emerson. What a life it is! A man can’t live on his wages, nowaday^—and he can't live without them. Sarcasm never sinks deep among the people, but buncombe goes a good way. g Why can’t a good elocutionist get a stunt In vaudeville? That’s entertainment. too. s

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