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Show THE LAND SAILOR. alls, yon wastrel wind, o'er the fields. fields, rich harvest HisJ iSadthat red earth yelldn. blow me down the valley way the crimson hills, 'fle.phardwoods make the landscapes Natures glad hearty thriHs. Alaska's Mineral Wealth , an -- .ftjar me "ssdVrbK; By (Copyright. har I'll cruise -- Frank Farrington In Lipplncotts. by Dally Story Pub. Ca did you 0ellOt Jollymore; when . hack from South Africa? remark was addressed to a T la th his self that I have, in my time, seen considerable of them. In it seemed as ir all the elephants fact, in Africa were assembled at that particular place. vrr..i.Were bent on my destruction. With trumpetings which were deafening, they came rushing toward us from every point of the compass. Flight was impossible, for we were entirely surrounded, nor waar there a distance of even ten feet between the foiemost ones, and as the leaders in this magnificent charge neared us, of eyeo this space was narrowed. C)rse I felt that my time had come, for, unfortunately Umbolalla, in his haste reach me before I was crushed by wounded elephant, had dropped ammunition, and we were other than my two army revolvers and Umbolallas assegai, a weapon without which no native African can be induced to enter a forest. The bullets from the revolvers would e proven as effective against the tough hides of the elephants as from a boys sling-shoand I did not, therefore, deem it worth an attempt portly personage, of medium who was seated at the wln-toof one of the most popular cluhs, 0halr tipped hack and his feet on sill, and a long, pale' cheroot in Jahire, y mouth. General Jollymore, if you please, commissioned by the joint governments of the Orange Free State md the South African Republic. Well, returned a few days ago. Nothing doing in South Africa after the Boers ult; I put in a month or so up in the ivory hunting, but north country found it too tame, replied the general" toying with a miniature ivory Elephants head, which was attached lo his watch guard. "Hunting elephants, eh, and brought tick a trophy of the chase? The adventure was such "Oh, yes. 1 felt disposed to (peculiar one that taln a memento, and so had thl3 lead.carved from the tusk of the ele-- ' my jbant which so nearly finished -- ivory hunt. L. O. LUCKEN. 1902, jfljy I h Territory Yet Unopened Explorer Talks of Wonders That He Saw in the Interior of the Country Vast Riches FWhnWOU,Id ail th autumn land K.'W itS ra3iant MDohwn at my command, all its bT,e(!Ze QENERAL JOLLYMORES G. kit t 0 ' (Special Correspondence.) AN3 HANSEN, a well- To this basin, during the migraknown resident of Seat- tion of the fish, the bears, otters and tle, Wash., hat just re- eagles come by scores to feed. The turned .tc that city banks are 6trewn with "dead fish. The from an extensive ex- basin becomes a veritable slaughter ploration of tie Mount pen, for all the beasts and birds of St. Elias or prey have to do is to go to the low Yakutat of banks and catch the fish, which canref on South Alaska where not escape. he penetrated a region While I consider the mountain I never before visited by a white man. named Schley and the Italio river Hansen began his exploring trip at the grandest and most beautiful spot 1 akutat, a Swedish mission on the in the Yakutat country, I must add southern coast of Yakuts! bay, on that the effort to reach the spot la June 5, and for more than tAo months most trying and discouraging. It is traversed the hitherto unexplored re- a wonderful region, but the pleasure gion in company with tfra Indian seeker can find a beautiful region Save- my child! My God, save mj ' child!A lady dressed in traveling attire gathered herself up from the middle of the road where she had been flung, and sobbing and wringing her hands, with-arm- s , t, reer. Well, general, I should like to hear provided the telling will not the recollection of any unpleas-ia- t features. Were such No, indeed, not at all. tie case I would not wear this, and tie general twirled the Ivory head But theres not between his fingers. nuch to tell, after all, and perhaps I im disposed to magnify the danger At the conclusion of the war I derided to go north, having been informed that lions, elephants and oth-I had large game were abundant. put In five days in Msiris land, reaching the native village of Mpweto on tie evening of the fifth day, without hiving sighted an elephant, although the spoor was there in plenty, and abundant evidences were encounter-twhich showed that large numbers lithe animals were in the immediate I accordingly resolved to revicinity. main at Mpweto for a few days, and die morning following my arrival there, I started out, accompanied only by my extra gun bearer, a native named Umbolalla, with the hope of encountering the game I sought. "A few miles east of Mpweto there U a circular plain, probably a mile in diameter, almost entirely surrounded by forest-- Upon approaching this plain. It became evident that my quest was at last ended, and that my eyes were to be gladdened by the eight of an elephant, for the frequent trumpetings of a large were distinctly audible. Pushing rapidly ahead in the direction of the trumpeting, we arrived within sight of the plain, and there, standing In a clump of small trees upon whose tender branches he was feeding, was the largest elephant it had ever been my good fortune to see. Cautioning Umbolalla to keep close to me with the' extra gun, I maneuvered around for lome time, endeavoring to secure a position from which I could fire a shot which would prove fatal, but the frequent movements of the elephant rendered this impossible. Becoming impatient at the delay, I finally risked shot, the bullet lodging, as I afterwards learned, in the beasts left shoulder, producing only a painful and irritating wound, without in the least impairing his vitality. With a scream of rage, the huge animal plunged wildly through the forest and out into the open, running straight across the plain. Snatching the extra gun from Umbolalla, and telling him to follow as soon as he had reloaded the empty gun, I set out In pursuit, hoping to get another shot. The trumpeting of the wounded elephant was terrific, and he had nearly reached the forest on the opposite side when I stumbled and fell, the gun being discharged as it struck the On hearing the report, the ground. elephant turned in bis flight, and, observing Umbolalla, who had reloaded the other gun and was hastening toen-U- il t( it, OLD GREEK CHURCH. (Sitka.) u d bull-elepha- This plan worked well to use them, nor did it then occur to me, as 1 remember It now, that I had them with me. Then It was that a most remarkable thing occurred. You know what will happen if you place a number of moving bodies at an equal distance from each other, upon the circumference of a circle and start them toward the center? Well, that is just what happened in this case! Those elephants In the lead reached the circumference- of the gmaller circle at precisely the same instant, and there they stuck, utterly unable to approach an inch nearer! Not only had the terrific momentum Of their huge bodies served to wedge them tightly together, but behind the elephants comprising the Inner circle were scores and scores of others, each possessed by an uncontrollable desire to get at the something which formed the center of the circle of which they were the circumference, and serving to hold fast in their positions the elephants on the Inner circle. Conceive, If you can, the picture of two men seated upon the carcass of a dead elephant, surrounded by a living circle of other elephants, and these in turn pushed and crowded and wedged in still more tightly by hundreds of others! The elephants on the inner circle might as well have been trees, so far as their powers of locomotion were concerned. With almost over powering trumpetings, they swayed from side to side, lashing each other with their trunks In their rage, but absolutely unable to stir either forward or backward. Although I had, but a few moments before, resigned myself to a speedy and apparently inevitable death, the humor of the situation now struck me, and I rolled from the carcass In a violent paroxysm of laughter. To make a long story short, it was a simple matter, considering the position in which we had the herd, to finish a few of the elephants nearest shots from my reus by as a bullet penetrating the volvers, eye would readily reach the brain. We had killed perhaps half a dozen In this manner, the bodies retaining their upright position In the circle through the pressure of others, when Umbolalla reminded me that the remight maining revolver cartridges better be saved, and ' that we could kill the elephants as well with his assegai. His plan was to climb upon the backs of the elephants, place the head of the assegai over the spinal cord at the point where it enters the skull, and using' the heavy elephant gun as a sledge, drive it home. This plan we found upon trial worked well, and after seven hours incessant labor we had stilled the trumpeting, and out of that vast herd not one remained alive. Returning to Mpweto we enjoyed the night's rest, and in the morning I had no difficulty, such is the simplicity of the African native, in arranging a trade with Chief Mugbokuku, whereby I gave his tribe the carcasses of the elephants in exchange for the services of his men In removing the tusks and carrying them to a point on the Nile at which transportation to Cairo could he secured. Fron Cairo, two months later, I rethe 468 shaped the tusks taken from elephants to Copenhagen, where the ivory was disposed of at a profit of well-directe- d 1 should like to hear of it. ward me, gave utterance to a terrific cry of rage and rushed toward the native. Without a seconds hesitation I grabbed his gun and fired It point-blanat the massive head of the elephant, which by this time was less than twenty' feet from us. Providence must surely hare guided that bullet, for It entered the right eye, and with one last the scream, monstrous bulk tottered and fell. Aroused, undoubtedly, by the dying scream of the elephant which had k g lust fallen, and which was probably $300,000. leader of the herd there appearName for Von Buelow. ed from the forest which surrounded Hie plain, a herd which in von" Buelow Is now known in Count of points numbers outdid anything I had pre- Germany as the happy .chancellor. viously encountered, and I Hatter my- phrase-makin- g ' guides secured from he range tribe. While making his exploration he traveled 650 miles by canoe and afoot, and his discoveries have had the effect of blasting most of the p3pular, but vague ideas regarding the region. I first conceived He says: the Idea of exploring the Mount St. Elias range region when traveling by steamer along the coast. It was then an unknown region. Previous to the last trip I had made two Journeys from Yakutat hay to Dry hay, but both times I followed the ocean beach all the way. Last spring I resolved to penetrate the region. I hired two guides, James Ned and Theodore M. Italio, and procured provisions for two months. We plunged along the Interior and in the journey to Dry bay .crossed the Ancow, Cee Tuck, Dangerous, Italio, Ackway and Twin rivers. We remained at Dry bay a week lakes and rivers, Inspecting the watching the salmon migration, and visiting the spawning grounds. We then started for the Ackway mountains. We went first to the Twin river glacier In crossing Ackway mountain. The weather was dry and exceedingly hot. From the mountain we viewed the ocean. Mount and Mount St. Elias, and the grandeur of the scenery of this region Is unexcelled anywhere. The mountains are majestic and beautiful. On June 28 we camped at the western falls of the Italio river, and next day cut a trail across the first mountain range. We were now in a strange region. We camped In a beautiful valley, near an unnamed mountain. "We crossed the Alsek river basin. ' Fair-weath- about Disenchantment bay, which Is The largest ocean easily reached. steamer could proceed to the head of the bay. The scenery Is noble. Thera are floating icebergs and the Mount Hubbard glacier extends a mile and half out Into the bay. Proceeding from the head of the bay, we followed the old bed of the fourth glacier for six miles, and went then to the wild but bare Andean hills. From here the view is all With the ocean ant encompassing. Disenchantment bay in one part the picture, Yakutat bay and the great Malasplna glacier, the Cee Tuck and Andean lakes fill in another part From here can be seen the forests and the grass lands and every stream flowing to the ocean between Yakutat and the Ackway basin. In the distance loom up in splendor Mount St. Elias, Mount Falrweather and Mount Logan. It reminds one of Muir glacier and the Icy straits, and again of the emerald fields of the, moderate dimes. The Disenchantment bay district Is wonderful. I found there marvelous deposits of marble and Iron in the to supply sufficient quantities world for ages. In the first rang there Is some coal and Iron, but In the second and third ranges there Is a mineral wealth that some day will startle the world. While white men have seen little of this region, where even the Indians rarely venture, I am sure that some day its natural wealth will be Civilization has changed utilized. Yakutat, and it will rend the Iron mountains and marble hills. The explorer must have his guides. BE2KL CUSTOM HOUSE AND BARONOFF CASTLE. (Sitka.) The older Indians at Yakutat told Both of mine were Indians and were me there had once been a lake six educated. Italio, a clever young fek miles long In this basin, but that since low, proved a splendid linguist and an man. For nine years he September, 1899, when a severe earthquake occurred, the lake had been attended school at the Sitka Traindry. The bed of the lake, the Indians ing school. He Is a splendid singer, said, was a gold pot containing both being possessed of a vibrant and black and ruby sand. To my disap- beautiful voice. Ned is steeped In pointment the lake was there when Indian lore. He Is a gigantic and Whether he was I reached the place. From my examcourageous fellow. ination of the body of water I am now climbing a mountain or beating on had the side of the ocean breakers across satisfied that the earthquake the mouth of a river, he always exlittle to do with the conditions. hibited the same traits of fortitude valIn the lies which The glacier and good generalship. a ley acts as a dam. When slide takes Ice the in crevices the disappear place Record Display of Courage. and the water fills the lake. When Miles says that the most reckGen. the sun melts glacier the summer d pack the water seeps away through the crevices and the lake becomes dry during an occasional year. Next day we explored the mile-lon- g lake at the headwaters of the Italio river and the day after that we traversed the river course twenty two miles to the Pacific ocean. Two miles below the lake we discovered a waterfall ten feet high. The lake Is a spawning ground for salmon and the fish have to pass this waterfall In the basin below the falls there were countless millions of salmon. They were piled up so that at times many of them were out of the water. This finny mass extended from shore to shore and more than 20 feet down stream. Out of the mass the fish were constantly leaping at the falls, but the water was so low that they fell back Into the basin. When the water Is high and the basin is not congested with the salmon, they take the fall a t a leap. less display of Individual bravery he ever saw was during the civil war when a regiment was marching Into battle, led by its young colonel. She.ls began to fall and four or five of the men would drop at a time. They were comparatively raw troops, and as the fire became more and more deadly they showed just a symptom of hesitation. Suddenly their youthful leader rode out in front, waved his sword in the air and yelled: Move np, move up. Do you want to live forever T a Gen. Miles characterizes this as specimen of utterly abandoned oornr-age. A Mirage. This was among the questions submitted by the civil service examiner: And this was "What Is a mirage? the answer given by the applicant for A mirage la the act at a position: In the mud. Chicago stuck getting Tribune. thought I had in mind. I I wanted to die, and hoped the animal would b the instrument to relieve me of a burden." What, and you so young? Come, tell me, and the lady put her arm around the neck of the invalid, who burst into tears. I was betrayed, madam, by on whom I loved, and who, I thought He deerted me in my loved me. necessity, and I had just come from hospital when the opportunity I sought presented itself. Wretched monster! Have you not thought of obtaining redress? It would be useless to try, madam. He stands too high in the social scale, would not be believed. while ego, but I want you to take me to him now. I want to kneel at But his feet and sue for pardon. the doctor shook his head. Do cot tell me he Is dead, doctor; tt cannot be. Let me die, too, and she grasped at her bosom, tearing off ler finery In her desperate clutch at her throat. With a atrong hand the doctor restrained her and forced down another soothing mixture. said he, when she had Madam, become calmer, your husband Is delirious. It required strong measures to prevent bis killing himself. He is still violent and may not recover hia senses before morning. His constant cry is Charlotte! Charlotte! mingled with pitiful demands for baby. 'Take me to him, doctor, I can cure him I am the only one do you not understand? I am his Charlotte he wants me and 1 must go to him. She arose and went out, the doctor He placed her in the cab, following. and together' they drove to the hospital. It was a pitiful sight. The doctor holding a lady with a Btrong, restraining hand to prevent her throwing herself upon the form of a man who Jay grasping at his throat and crying, Charlotte! Charlotte! Come back to me, Charlotte; you have killed me. My heart Is broken, and I loved you so You did not, mean what you wrote, did you, Charlotte? How cold everything Is. You said I never loved you, but you were so queenly beautiful that I was afraid to let you see my heart It Is bursting with lova for you, Charlotte. Come, my wife," and. he opened wide his eyes. Into which the .woman, tearing herself awaf from all restraint, cast herself, and, winding her arms around his neck, laid her cheek close to - his, Under the hypnotic influence of her presence, the ravings ceased and finally slumber came. The wife refused to be taken away from her husbands arras, and so they were left alone. In the crisp, early morn, the bells of an adjoining church rang out their merry Christmas peals and awoke the patient, who sat up and looked around. Where am 1? he asked, rubbing ils dazed eyes. "The bells, the Christmas bells! I have bad a hideous dream. Ah, Charlotte!" He laid his hand caressingly upon that bowed head and whispered: "Charlotte, have you come back to me? Am I dreaming? No, husband, not now, Edward, husband; I am not worthy to call you staggered painfully after a cab which was dashing through the street crowded with Christmas shoppers and Jingling equipages, behind a powerful, maddened horse. The effort was beyond her strength, apparently, for the lady suddenly collapsed, but willing hands carried her into a nearby surgeons office. In the cab was a little girl about She did not four years of age. scream, but clung desperately to the dashboard, against which she bad been thrown, her large blue eyes gleaming wildly around for help. Suddenly a man sprang out from the crowd of palsied spectators and attempted to seize the dragging reins, but the horse swerved to one side without abating his speed, and drove the wheel against a lamp post the impact of which cast the child out into a heap of mud and slush which the street sweepers bad accumulated alongside the pavement,' where she lay motionless. The horse, frightened still more by the fall of the child, who had struck against his nose In her flight, bounded forward again, and the heavy wheel was upon the point of rolling over the little girls head, when, with a shriek, a young girl sprang before the maddened animal, caught the bit, and with a strength sometimes given by despair to the weakest, bore the The momentary delaj horse back. was sufficient to save the child, bu The doctor shook his head. the young glre strength suddenly failed her, and bruised by the front Yes, child, I will believe you. Tell hoofs of the frantic beast, which, by me his name and perhaps I may be a violent plunge shook here off, she your savior. fell with a broken arm and lay unOh, madam, if you could be! exconscious beside the child she had claimed the girl with sparkling eyes. saved. . I do not hate Richard Talbot, and Both the rescued and the rescuer Richard Talbot? echoed the wowere quickly carried to the office of man, rising to her feet and grasping the same surgeon where the other her head as If dazed. Then standing occupant of the carriage, after having over the sick girl with uplifted hand, been revived, vas still weeping and as if about to strike, she almost her hands. Restoratives shrieked: wringing Woman, you lie! quickly applied soon brought the litAh, you know him? said the girl, tle girl back to consciousness, and calmly. "Perhaps you, too, have been disclosed the subjected to his deadly Influence?" careful examination fact that not only were no bones No, no, gasped the woman, tis broken, but that its tender body was Impossible, I tell you! Richard Talscarcely bruised. Not a scratch bot is the very soul of honor. Pardon marred the perfection of Its delicate my words, but your charge against pink skin, and' the mother hung over him struck me like a heavy blow. It In hysterical rapture. Richard Talbot could not have been Its rescuer, however, was in worse your betrayer. plight, for It was only by prolonged, Read these letters, madam, and skilful work that she was finally tell me, If you can, who the man is, to sensibility. She had been said the girl, bitterly, drawing a removed to a private room, where the small, soiled packed from her bosom. doctor had been exercising his skill I told you I would not be believed. to bring her back to consciousness, The lady seized them and devoured and was Just completing the bandag- their. contents; then taking a letter ing of her broken am, when the lady from her pocket, carefully compared rushed In crying: the writing. Let me see the savior of my preMy God, it is true, she muttered. I want to tell her how cious child. In a few hours more I would have much she has done for me, and pour been In his toils. Trusting to his out my thanks to her. honor, I, too, would have been beIn vain the doctor sought to soothe Suddenly striking her foretrayed. her for the sake of the patient, who head, she burst out: My farewell was in a weak and highly nervous letter to my husband! I must get it condition, but she would not be calm. before he finds It! Stooping, she I must talk to her, she insisted, kissed the girl on the lips. My sisLeave us, doctor, for a few minutes. ter, you have saved more than my What I have to say will do her good, daughters life this day. Be at peace, you shall be my care to your dying day. I leave you for a time, but I shall soon return and take you to a home where you will never know After aught but loving kindness. a moments private conversation with the doctor, the woman called a cab and drove furiously away with her little girl, who had already forgotten the accident Several hours afterward, a cab drove hurriedly up to the doctors door, and from it the same woman rushed hysterically Into the office. The doctor! I want the doctor! Will ho never come? He is keeping me The assistaway from my husband. ant vainly endeavored to pacify her. She strode back and forth frantically wringing her hands and sobbing. The doctor at last returned, but before entering his private room, he paused upon the threshold, coldly surveying the occupant Turning In her she saw him, and She clung desperately to the dash- ceaseless round, to him fell on her knees np rushing board. before him. My husband, doctor; my husband I you do not know what she has done honor Is at stake. for me. The savior ef my child is Take me to him, hisI to me Take say! him, The doctor my sister, I tell you. After compelling the frenzied wobowed and retired. man to drink a soothing compound, Now, my dear young lady, thanks In a chair and I are too weak to express what feel the doctor placed her her. He said nothWhat can I do for you? What is there took a seat before mediin this world that a deeply grateful ing until he perceived that his effect. was cine taking to do can mother express her grati"Madam, your husband's honor was tude? Would you like to come and a few hours ago. Rich-sr- d live with me, and take charge of In poor hands Talbot is not a proper guardian the sweet child you saved from for the honor of any man or woman. death? The girl tried to hide her face away Listen, madam. Shortly after leaving your home this morning with your from the ladys eloquent gaze. not do know what daughter, forever, as yon thought, a Madam, you If you knew all man was found near it In a collapsed you ask, she said. condition. He was incoherent In bis you would spurn me from you. talk and held clutched In his hand I could never that said No, do," letter." The doctor held out a this You have rendered me too the lady. which the woman seized and high a service. Your deed was too letter No matter what you may tore Into fragments. heroic. No, no, it is not my letter. I have done, the fault is cordoned by not write it, it was some demon your act. To lay down ones life for did That poor girl in the another is the supreme sacrifice, and within me. room my eyes to my opened yonder were not the sacrificed, though you Intent was there, my dear young folly and my sin, and I hastened to repair the wrong by destroying the lady." could obMadam, when I dashed before the letter before my husband would You too late. was I but tain it, savthe of maddened horse, thought see him, doctor, a little ing your childs life was not the not let me Washingtons Numerous Pews. R is hardly conceivable that George Washington could have remained the richest man In America had he paid rent for all the church pews accredited to him. Scarcely a village that bad a church in his day but points with pride now to the Washington family pew. It Is true, however, that be had much need of the Invocation Of spiritual grace, for when he lost control of a temper, never very mild, is he did at Trenton and other places, be was quite capable of swearing a rolley of good, round oaths.- - Petersburg Index-Appe- Enjey and Spread Before Them Cor Day Mongrel haved of the Whole ff Ooge Ye ,, "V sa. HE wise ster.UkowJof not apply10 dogs, it PpC a plebian Pup M table etiquette H clan poodles Thanksgiving Of the CanineleUx the home for dogs and cats In Chicago. Fags, the most from a nondescript -,- nnet was the dog whose table B were a mute reprimand to so. Come here to my heart, Charlotte, my wife, and he clasped her close to his breast. But where am I? I hear the Christmas bells. I thought never to hear them again. What has happened, Charlotte?" Edward, my husband, you have been ill, and you have been dreaming. But not now, dear. It Is real that I am by your side, and the Christmas bells are real. Listen, they are telling you how much I love you. With their arms around each other they listened to the bells which spoke to them in a language that could not be misunderstood. Edward Dalllng recovered finally, but his was a desperate chance and left him feeble for many months. He never knew positively whether the letter he found on Ms wifes table, announcing that she did not love him, and that she was about to depart to a foreign land to find happiness with Richard Talbot, was a dream or a reality. His wifes constant tcndeiress and unwavering devotion finally blotted It from his mind. On every Christmas morning they never fall to sit In silence with clasped bands, listening to the belle - i Forgetful ofDecorum. Most of the Dogs at the Thanksgiving Feast- Deported ' selves.) Dodo, two poodles that had b1 f reputation of being polished wwobero of the canine swell set Throat!. the baflquet the pariah was dlgnCt. V . while the poodlep indulged In a of Infractions of the table cod t f eventually. wound up ini'" the possession of a tur'. and led to their ban board. They chewei they barked when was brought on, they danc com table and lapped water audj the finger bowls, while Fagi strictly to the conventionalities. cats Two tables were spread for the and dogs and two turkeys and a loaf of bread formed the viands. The cat were fed early In the afternoon and In the presence of an admiring throng of spectators sat demurely on their stools and i te the slices of white meat as they were served. The cats tcast and passed off without a disturbance 4 s the feline contingent, after a few rewas and choruses, vocal solos turned to the wire cages without a scratch being inflicted. The trouble began when Bob white, the custodian, led the dogs to their seats. Most of them were refractory and had to be tied to their Chairs before they would keep their seats. After terthey had been arranged a Spitz and ear In the rier bit his neighbor the banquet was delayed for ten min. utes before the Spitz was sent back In disgrace to his cage. j Early in the morning a boy bad M j Into the home a pitiful looking object with matted hair, In which were mlxt' many cockle burs. White named t newcomer - FagsT"oftwccount of f looks, but after a b athCV1 better and was allowed td table. The poodles, both-- ! A have been Inmates of theltse for a week, sat on his right, wb. blooded bull pup whose fore looked as If he had been practicing giant swing sat at the hea of,' (This Is How To' 1 twenty dogs sniffed eager! the soup was brought lu tin They placed their paws on the t and lapped It up with little a Dodo, so called on account .dt.' largeness of his feet, however, aged to place a paw on the edff t ' Listen! They are telling you how much I love you. whose music dissipated the mists be fore their hearts and brought tholi souls together, never to be separated by any misunderstanding. EARLY CHRISTMAS MUSIC. Both In Germany and In England in olden times tbe custom prevailed among young choristers of going through tbe streets In bands early on Christmas morning and singing Christmas hymns and carols for alms A before the houses of the rich. familiar picture is that of Martin Luther when a boy singing In the streets at Christmas dawn. Several of tbe most familiar German Christmas hmyns were harmonized early In the seventeenth century by Jacob Praeto-riou- s to melodies composed about the middle of the sixteenth century by Luther. One of the greatest masters of German music. Johann Sebastian Bach, when a pupil at the choir and grammar school of St. Michaels, In Luneberg, walked the streets early Christmas morning singing these "waits, as they were called In Eng land, with his fellow choristers, collecting money and a share of all dainties provided. buchadnezzars palace at Babylon are creating the deepest interest among German orientalists. Dr. Koldenberg declares that the tiling he bas found surpasses in fineness of glaze and lustrlous beauty anything that modern art has ever attained, and he hat written that be Is convinced that he will find further specimens proving that even In the time of Abraham and earlier art had reached a high point of development on the plains ol Mesopotamia. Y a b,ttf dfjl jjwjd. The Extreme Thickness of Ice. Babylons Ruins. A few days ago Profs. Blumcke and The explorations of Dr. Koldenherg Hess, from Bavaria, who are well and his discoveries in the ruins of Ne- know for their studies of glaciers, succeeded in boring through the Hlnt-erle- s glacier in the Otzbal Alps, at a point where the ice was found to be 163'meterB deep. Sturdy Australian Child. son of The two and a a resident of Kooringa, South Australia, strayed from his home one evening recently. Next morning he was found at a spot twelve mile? away, and was still trotting steadily along. given ;FEAT THANKSGIVING AT lit aVUCSr IH Mr Teaching (Quiet Comer Dogs Manners, Thankaglvlnv AnltnaiaA at bis plats, and Fags gruhtet aa the contents were spree ctw Clot lie Z. While waiting for. the msal took Dodos napkin in hit tried to tear It The two peodleU once were embroiled in a l separated when Fags scovW Vt th. and growled ominously. When the first plate on the Poodles prSe? the table and each drumstick. They knocked u holder over and finally fen Uble, carrying ol Fags Jumped and too Boris neck and shook him to hi. seat In time meat, while White piaS back In their cages bread to reflect on a'PIte;of I No other interrupt,, banquet, which was parade around tbe blooded bull pup IrttV a, 5 ft? a. of J-- a. or two bread. Fifty aembUl tton and their friAT banquet f re' J91 I Ses- - |