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TlKt oo'i-litiaa rxittlng; In tb coal mtast
of Pennsylvania m broogbt oat In tss
tostiuiouy beftr tl "uruiuimtion wu
ach wi to opn (be eye of tbe public to
tht won than slavery that exist ttr.
Tbe mora that tb commission prob
Into tlw matter tn mora the public Is
COOVUlOsd of til jU4tIMHM of th UilMr'
claim. To 0. F. Boer contingent of
"di 1m trustee" have proven derelict In
discharging tbeir duties a each.
Tbe ncouimnd(4tlon for child labor
la w, Incorporated Into tbe report of Com
missioner Varner to Governor Aycock la
alongtb right track and -will no doubt
go a long ' way toward alleviating tbe
deplorable condition eilitlng In tbe fac
tory district aa regard tbe working of
email children In the factories, but It
aeema to oa that the minimum age
ahould be twelra jreara anyhow.
New, Yrns
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Special Correpondenr.)
f. Washing toil, Dee. 'X With coogrew
In session Washington It herself agnu
It la ilvHHMt to'8Nf lU '&bu.4 tlmny
of whose face are familiar through
long public service, Iv?r In tbeir plitces
aud to meet tbem again In tlw coiiv
dora , and cloakrooms and listen o
tueff utorlra a no experiences, thougu
ome of these we have heard over and
over for "the pant decade. However.
ibis la to be expected, but -the-' con
gressional humorists and story tellers
have euout'b new material on litp to
relieve tbe stress and strain of lc;;I.Ia
tire activity. The everyday experi
ence In the national capital wben eon
gress la In sexxlon furnish miiiiy pltua-
ing Incidents, wb cb wben recounted in
tbe capitol cloakrooms and hotel corrl
dora- with .proper eiiibelliiiliiiicnts icive
xent and piuuuncy to WiiHhiiiKton 1 f.
'lite other day the venerable and 4l:g
uitied senior senator from MaHtmdiu
aetta while abowing some Bay State
' t : i
Wiai
Tr.? dh
Toe consolidation of tbe great tobacco
, compaolwt bv bad the anticipated re
salts on the price of tbe golden prodaci
ndgrwat trepidation la felt among to-
tobaiMso people In all branches that th
worst has not come yet. Some stepa ar
to be taken by the growers and Indepen
dent handler of t tbacco to protect them
selves agaliiat a farther deullite In tbe
price ol ttw raw material. A meeting U
called by iM. Jottn S. Uaonlnghan, preai
dent of the N irth Carolina Tobauco
GrowHrt Atoulailio, to take , place at
Rocky Mount next Friday, the 19th of
Dttceiu W to .litmus plans for thir pro
' tectioa and all those Interested ahould
: acvend if che can, as some good may
come of it. '
Republioaa policli laus-ln aud out of the
State hare need the signatures of certain
pr jntinent eitiin of WUsju, testifying
to York's good character, as political cap
tal, clolmlng that It was a petition lor'
Mlcki re-appoiatmBt over a whlM man,
and tnta fact baa aroused these leadiug
Democrats of Wilson, who "disclaim any
suoh intention, bat that they were mere
ly teetftylng aa to Vlck'a good character
aa a cltiaen only, which a Southern white
man la a! way a willing to do when they
are justified by the ctreumstancea. ' The
white men of the South are ever willing
to prove their friendship for the worthy
negro, ana tms instance la merely one
more evidence that the Southern white
man is the negro's best friend and carries
no political stgnincaiici at alt.
v , ' PINFEATHEKSl , , 4
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' Feeding oata to bens will aid to build
up tbe muscular systems and strength
en the power of reproduction. ;
The glxzard of the fowl uiastlcatee
the food, but this cao only be done
witn tue tia or auarp, gnuj uimenai.
Ground oyster shells or ground bone
with meat acrapa. chopped fine, placed
within easy reach of the chickens hi
good feed. , ,
When selecting male birds, with a
view to propagating flesh and proline
laying, they ahould t- tuohialWy
abort legged, unless tbe belts are very
low la atature. . -1
Vva wben to be batcbt d In an iuci
bator egga ahould not Ih over t;
;weka old. Cblcki batched fmiu oi!
aha. an.a ! ttlitnNtna Bel ft fratla'
ajaafai gf a hv avw iiajiMvuq we -
fresh eggs. : ,- , : '. '
' POWDER AND BALL.
Soldiers tbrlce found guilty or drunk
enneaa In one year will be aiiraiuarlly
dlacbarged from tbe British army un
der the new rules to be promulgated
shortly, " ' V; ...
Every private soldier In the British
army is henceforth to be provided with
a hairbrush. It hi not many months
since an official edict proclaimed that
tootbtirusbee were to be supplied. '
Engineers and artificers for the
French navy are to be trained on
board an old tram-port wblch has been
turned into a naval sehoolshlp at Bor
deaux. SUe will accommodate 4J0 ca
dets, who will go through a four years'
course. .
ADVERTISING.
"Everything cornea to him who ad-vertiM-6"
n the way tbe old adage
reaJi now. Newspaperdom.
You will' Cud tnat the atorekeeper
win is always complaining tbst busl
cs is ot wtat it viS to be. Is tbe
ra wl.o x- rt 1 ve la adverting.
I i.-i l" 1 rl d i't know it Ad-
How.
"Private"
John ;
Allen .
Escaped
BB WAS BH0WIN0 VI8ITOB BO0T TOWN.
Visitors about town pointed out a (ting
niflcent old residence built years ago
by a famous and rather shady lawyer
of his time. ,
"Wny." askeu one or tue party, "was
he able to build a house like that by IiIh
practice?"
"Yes," gravely replied Senator Hoar.
"by his practice and bia practices." ,
Prlrate" John Allen, former repre-
aentatlve from Mississippi and tbe rec
ognized wit , of several
congresses, chanced to
be In Washington whil
President Boosevelt wu j
on bis recent bear hunt
In the ennebrakea of the
former's state. Trl
vate" Allen, who ac
quired that - honorable
title by reason of bis
frequent declaration that he waa proud
to have been the ouly private In either
army, was met by a friend on Pennsyl
vania avenue while here.
"Helbi Private." aald tbe friend Joc
ularly, "how does It happen that when
President Roosevelt la shooting bears
down In your state you are keeping bo i
for awayr
"Sb-b-h!" said Allen mysterloualy.
and taking bis Interrogator by the lapel
of the coat be led him Into a Uoorway.
"Keep It quiet,' be whispered darkly.
"but the reason is I m a bear."
In view of tbe fact that tbe president
bagged no big game on bia late bunting
expedition. It la Inferred that most of
the other Mississippi bears exerclsea
the same sagacity as "Private" Allen
and got out of the state, -
Few government reports Issued this
fall have attracted so much attention
as that given to the re
port and ; recommenda
tions of the adjutant
general of the army.
- General Corbln discuss
ed the canteen briefly.
but pointedly, comment
ed adversely upon the
tendency of young offi
cers to get married when
their Ipar was scarcely sufficient fur
ene. and ' recommended the instruc-,
tlon of soldiers In vocal music and .the
eiieouragetuent of regimental airs and I
ditties. Every one In Washington has
been talking about that report.
CIt lant every day." said an officer In
speaking of it, "that you. can get a
'wine, women and song report like
.bat." . ; - .
Among tbe recent Interesting and In
terested visitors at tbe natlouul capital
were two snmU boys
from East Orange, N. J.
TtJiir excursion was
wholly, without the
knowledge of their faud
parents, and consequent
ly a couple of District
policemen were waiting
at tfcs railroad etat'on
to Tut Item. As t'je
arc' 1 !' toys c? tl,e
A
V.lM.
Woman.
Sonj
Report
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They
Saw
Was.1.::
t:a .
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father arrived on ths next tram the
local Ilswksbaws Interceded for the
young Jerseyltes. Paternal wrath melt
ed Into paternal pride, and with the
detective as guides the enterpris e
youths spent a never to be forgotten
day exploring' the glories or lh i lry.
. 3 ben the npm ways, left - Winwf tigton
for their hoiue, two more cent nted
snd self ssthll -J .Youngster col d not
be found anywli.':k'f rt d even tb." frt
whlle aiiry f ti,rri eiued to, Lnve
thoiugblyuJueU IUtrtp .-
TUeti ' ly'' fo:fiir'.:Vi4. J:fll
9)ong''ro.vn v V Who t i4.'
buvu ti tn i ,xt i-.n
l,rif '( l!n proper
". iuvi -1 Wil.-u nd
):'!,' ." r';; ' .i. t'u"t.:,.;, ,.t!
... . U 11. m. II. who
I '.vjil. iissimil1 at thi
j - o;i'.'iiinj: of tbi nttv-wsv
. ; . t-aib co.igr,-!,'-' Xow. aa
everjiody knows. lj is vpnuc of
tbe blood," ilan ul nu i lootl. but royal
blood, JuKt iliv hi nio, Kiicb na It 1", and
Is really tb- first 'si-lcn of royalty to
break Into the Anierlcun contreHs.
Very likely movt oi bis collwigues
will fall Into tbe habit of calling him
Just as he Is called at borne. "Prince
Cupid." .
Those who want to avo'd such fa
miliarity may designate bhu as Prince
Kunio. which is correct, tliouj.b us the
title of the representative of free nnd
Independent people It Hounds someu but
Incongruous.
.'tome uiny laslst on Mr. Kaluuluuole,
bnt the name la ao long and so Intri
cate In vowel that few who are not
acquainted wlji tuo Kanaka language
would care to try It-
Tbe prince la a good fellow and has
some Idea about republican iust'tu-
tlons. which cannot be said of all the
prominent Ila walla ns. He Is hand
some, but dark aklnned, with very
black hair and mustache.
Speaking' of the president and bis
n anting experiences. Here la a new
Saved From Death .
In tv Cattle Stampede
Few young women's tire have re
corded more widely ; differing experi
ences than, Betty -.Meter's, r although
hardly twehty years have elapsed from
tb day she first looked npon thu world
ut of a, satin lined crib In a luxurious
bom III Brooklyn until ohe day last
month when ah was saved front a bor-j
rlble death. , " , t n ,
Mis Meter bca me ia scbooltoachet
in Wyoming wben br father toouiiip I
bis borne lo Sheridan, although, much i
against her parents' wilL lier home
was three tulle from tbejocboul on the
prairie.
One afternoon . u October, she re
mained later than usual at -the school
bouse; then on her way home stopped
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Guided
By
Sun and
Stars
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story about his n cent
turkey bunt on the Bull
Kun battleground.
The" president left the
turkey blind and started
through a great stretch
of woodland. lie was
guided by one of the
mighty hunters of the
region and was accom
William ' Harden, whose
panied by
plantation adjoins that of Kepivscuta
tlve Rickey, on which tbe presidcut
bad been bunting.
The party walked several miles wben
air. Hayden, looking quizzically at th
guidesaid. "Mr. , you are, lost." ,
"Not a bit of It." replied tbe guide.
"What makes you tnlnk we ore
lost?" asked the president.
"Well" replied Mr. Hay den, "there
Is tbe sun to tbe south. We all know
that the sun Is In that part of ttfe
heavens. To reach our destination we
should be going due west -We are go
ing due east."
"That Is enough for me," cried the
president. "I always follow s man
who steers in tbe wood by the sun or
the atars."
Mr. Hayden took the president borne
In a bee Una
Among tbe wealth of Incidents and
inecdotes regarding Wo Ting Fang,
the former "Chinese-, minister, now re
called by reason of his recent" departure
from Washington, Is one told of a visit
made by him to a famous and exclu
sive girls' college,, where the daughter
of a well known Washington general
was a student. Mr. Wu has always
been Interested in the scholastic attain
ments of bis young friend. The presl
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V TBt CATTLE CAMS THDNDXR1NO.
by a pile of huge bowlders to examine
some curious inscriptions cut Into 1 he
surface. - 1
-A low. rumbling sound startled her.
She sprang to her feet. A large herd
of cattle was coming toward her, their
noses to the ground, tbeir horns clank
ing together and enveloped In a cloud
of dust. At the same moment her pony
became fiiLteued. tossed bia bead In
the air and dashed away across tbe
plains.
She uttered a scream and sunk down.
Yells arose from the cowboys. They
rode madly' Into the herd., trying to
check the onward rush or tbe leaders
by firing revolvers in their races. Bet
ty crouched for a moment on the rock
pile directly In the path of the main-
pede; then, impelled tn make an effort
to save herself, she rose, and durted off
across tbe country ahead of tbe herd.
The cattle4 came thundering after
her.- Faster, faster, she sped, ber bright
skirts flying back In the wind. Louder,
nearer, came the frightened herd. The
earth vibrated beneath her, She beard
tbe angry roarlrigs. almost felt their
hot breath, and, weak from exhaustion
blinded by the dust,1 she fell. f s V-
At that moment from out the clouds
of dust ; dash'-d a ."snorting broncho.
maddened by; the gashing" spurs of hi
rider. A few leaps, and be bad reached
the prostrate form. Snd, bending down
from bis saddle, bis strong arm lifted
ber from the ground, hardly checkins
his speed; and the sturdy pony swims
forward under tbe double weight. She
was saved! v. .
Wrecked Sailors
Live Like Vampires
The survivors of a ship wrecked In
the Indian ocean are likely to suffer
for their bloodsucking , propensities, i
Advices from Wellington, New Zea-1
land, Indicate
0
'"THAT STHUCTUR8 COST $1,000,000." '
dent of the college, duly Impressed, with
tbe Importance of a visit by th? Chi
nese minister, at once took the distin
guished visitor In hand and proceeded
to march him round the college grounds.
telling blm tbe history and purpose or
each building and incidentally expand-
big on the glory of tbe Institution. For
an hour Mr. Wu listened. At hist tbey
reached tbe finest or tbe college build
ings. Here the president paused and
aald Impressively:
"This structure cost f t.CCO.000 and Is
the Cnt'ft buUJltig cf its kind in the
world."
Ah, roa!!yr :.! l.'r. tVu r'.-'-y.
X
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other's t lood
rcfuslns to submit
that eight sail
ors, survivors of
the wrecked
steamship EHo-
g a m 1 1 e, who
werS rescued j
from a raft by !
the British sur
vey ' ateamer
Penguin, 'may
b punished' for
their' cannibal
ism. ';.f 'i' -h
-Tbey admit
that while eras
ed with thirst
and tbeir minds j
unhinged . by
their dreadful
cltuatlon some i
of them pro
longed life by
drinking each
ether's blood.
Toll was
done, they say.
by mutual con
sent. By groups
of two they
made Incisions
, j In t'e skia and
siie:eJ each
sliDiilvaiK'uui-Iy. Those
MILE sifting around a camp-
flr In the foothills 'of the
Colorado - itockic s a . short
time ago old Bill Ellis. V..e
famous voc-ky mountain guide,: relat.d
a rather amusing-experience be once
had with a grlszly t. a party of tour
istswho were out after big game and
health under bis tutelage. Tbe incident
he related took place in an Arizona
canyo'i. and jini aiuu t tniuk It very
funny at tbe time. . r
"I was out look In' nfter stock." said
Mr. Ellis, "and bad left my horse a
v m i
ill -
risiirV a bit and- ff ft rose Joxr a l'ttlo
more we would both have to'slilft up
higher on that tree. How u:eu near
er that would bring the bear wasn't a
matter of guesswork, but of too plain
a certainty. . .. -," ' ' ; t.- - ..
"Finally I made another attempt to
stick him In the nose. . 1 had to be
very ; careful, for he f was ' watchin'
very move. By careful flgyrln' I got
fine thrust in one of tbe red nostrils ;
of bl buck muzzle. Tbe bear roared
in nnvvr aud struck at me with one of
bis huge claws, but' the branches pre
vented him rromreachtn' me. " ,
"Again 1 Jabbed, and then he went
wild. .With a roar that drowned the.
noise of the rugin waters he raised ,
both paws to come at me. but his rage
had' caused him to forget the swiftly
flowln" f current, and the Instant he
released bis bold of the tree be was
torn away,' and the lasf I saw of blm .
be was disappearln around the bend. -
buffeted by the, furious waves and
pounded against rocks, while be was
beln' ."turned end over end among the -
rrces and stumps that bad been caught
up by-the sudden freshet. Whether
he survived or not. I nevpr found out,
but It Is extremely doubtful. . ,
TMrt ipatn, fMim thn tt,1Kvf ink.
siuea airnoai as rapiaiy a u came, ana
In about . an hour I was sble to de
scend and seek my horse, whlcb I
found quietly graKin' on the plateau ;
above the canyon.!'. , ' . '
Trainer Attacked
By Eight Polar Bears
VTHB BEAB BNARIiED BAVAOELT.
shbit distance away, with all my shoot-
In' Irons on the saddle, when I saw n
grizzly comln' in my direction. 1 at
once started a tree. Just as I start
ed to climb that tree there "was a roar
from behind,' 1 glanced around Just in
time to ee; a big vajl of wafer 'come
foamin down the canyon,' with- sticks
and brush a-dancln! on the white top
of if Just like on a big wave at sea.;''
"Then I reallzel that the bear was
seeklu safety from a cloudburst, and
waa payin little attention to me. We
both starred to shin up together, the
bear on tbe lower side, facin' tbe ad
vanciu' wall of water.
VAfter ascendin' a few feet the grlx-
rly In reachln' for a fresh bitch plant
ed one of his' da ws on the -leg of my
trousers, thus .plnuln' me to the tree.
He aeemed In no: hurry 'to move on,
waltln' patiently for the water to as
sist him on his upward course. The
old sinner bad doubtless been in-clond
bursts before and knew also thut be
could not climb a tree without assist
ance. ' ' ' ' v-'
But suppose he wouldn't. climb fast
enough when tbe water came? He
could stick his nose a yard higher than
I could and last longer on a single
breath too. Just above us was a fork
in the tree, and I hoped to reach that.
In another moment the water came
a-roarin' on us and pasted me so fast
to tbe tree that I couldn't climb If 1
wanted to. At the ame time it pulMl
the bear away ons.tbe other site so
hard that be stuck. bia claws deeper In
the bark to get a firmer hold. . ' - ''
And then tbe water began to rise.
and tbe bear began to feel Ilk cllmbln'
higher, as I did. and took bis foot loom
Just In time to let me get my nose out
of water. I got my leg out of tbe
way before he could snag It ngaln. and
by pusbln' back 1 'msnnjted to get
away rrom tne . tree rar enongn to
Bhove up a bit , With a desperate ef
fort I made it, and then the water
pasted m fast against tbe tree again.
and I found my nose a-pokln' In One
Id of that crotch, while tbe black
snoot of tbe bear was a-pokln' in the
other way. And the worst of It was
there was no use In tryin to go any
higher, 'or the crotch widened ont;
while the rorks were so much thinner
that ir the bear kep' on cllmbln' the
other side he'd have bis claws pretty
near the middle or my back.
"All this time driftwood of one kind
and another was pilin' up my baek
and-bulldln a necklace around my
throat, and once In awhile an extra big
piece would come danein' scalnst my
back and shove nie forward so tlislI
almost touched noses with the be a r.
Then he would growl and s'jow his
teeth. '-
Just then 1 ts; ; ' : 1 to. think of
my knire. My t ' i were free, for
Professor John Pudak. the famous
animal trainer, said recently In an in
terview that his most perilous fight
with wild beasts took place In. a cage
of polar bears. Here is Professor Du
dak's story of the encounter: ' '
"1 have been with Hagenbeck for
many years and have been more or lees
associated with wild beasts all my life.
I like the profession of animal trainer
very much, handle seven polar bears
each evening, snd I roust say that they
are the hardest animals to train of any
that I have ever attempted to subdue.
"I am scratched and clawed all over, '.
but I bear no animosity to my pets, be
cause I know It Is then nature to bo
wild. - '
"I receive a scratch or two every
night from Muffle, my wrestling bear.
This same bear almost killed my as sistant;
William Carroll, tn' Indianapo
lis. )finM p :; 5
"Polar bears are very stupid, and
what . little I have taught them has
taken six year of patient work.
"Originally I had sixteen bears, but
seven of them died, and I had to kill
two to save my own life.
, "Two years ago during a rehearsal In
New Orleans the bear- made a coui-
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bined attack on me. They rushed at
me from all quarters and got me In a
corner, where I had to fight for my life.
I grabbed a short pitchfork and be
gan to stab tbem with It as bard as I
could. They kept up the C-bt, aud one
of them ripped my shirt and tn- rs
open as though they bad been cut with
S knife.
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tne down, but I drew try r?r Iver anl
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