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"The strong current must have carried him into yonder cave," saidGrace. "The Indians say the stream never issues forth after leaving thelight."
"Then the scoundrel has met his just reward for all his crimes," saidJack. "Come, I have found you, and now we will return, never to beparted again."
It is needless to say that Grace's parents were overjoyed at her safereturn, and on the appointed day Jack and Grace became man and wife.
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GETS FOUR BEARS.
Albert Forney of White Rapids, Wis., shot four bears recently. Whileout hunting he discovered a cub in what proved to be a winter den. Heshot the cub and brought the mother charging down upon him. Anothershot finished her. Forney then dispatched the two remaining cubs.Father Bruin escaped by flight.
CARRIED AN ARSENAL.
Hilary Smith of Brooklyn was sent to jail the other day for six monthsand fined $35 on charges of carrying concealed weapons, drunkennessand disorderly conduct. Smith, who said he was a longshoreman, carriedthree big revolvers, three razors, two dirk knives, 200 rounds ofammunition, a marked deck of cards, a pair of loaded dice and two halfpints of whisky. He was arrested at the Union Station, Washington, D.C., by detectives, who noticed the bulges in his clothing.
"I was getting along all right in New York and Brooklyn," he said incourt, "until those cops up there got too inquisitive and I had toleave. Just the same I am a harmless man."
WILD DOG ATTACKS MAN.
Running wild for two years, after being lost in the wilds of the IndianCreek Valley, Pa., by a Pittsburgh hunter, an Airedale dog attacked andinjured James C. Munson, a well-known Connelsville man, who was huntingin that section of the country.
It was with difficulty that Munson beat off the dog, which tore hisclothing and flesh in several places.
Only the whine of pups near by prevented Munson from killing thecanine. Nine pups about six weeks old were taken by members of a possewhich went into the mountains when the attack was reported by Munson.The mother dog was not seen, but hunters who have encountered theanimal say she is as savage as any wolf they ever saw.
WHY CAN'T WE SEE IN THE DARK?
We cannot see in the dark because there is no light to see by. Tounderstand this we must first understand that when we see a thing, aswe generally say, we do not actually see the thing itself, but onlythe light coming from it. But we have become so used to saying thatwe see the thing itself that for all practical purposes we can acceptthat as true, although it is not scientifically exact. Scientificallyspeaking, we see that part of the sunlight or other light which isshining upon it which the object is able to reflect.
If there were no air about us, we could not hear any sounds, no matterhow much disturbance people or things created, because it requires airto cause the sound waves which produce sound, and air also to carrythe sound waves to our ears. In the same way, if there is no lightto produce light rays from any given object to our eyes, we can seenothing. It requires light waves to produce the reflections of objectsto our eyes. Without light our eyes and their delicate organs areuseless. You cannot see yourself in a mirror when the quicksilver whichwas once on the back of the glass has been removed, because there isthen nothing to reflect the light. We can only see things when thereis light enough about to reflect things to our eyes. When it is darkthere is no light, and that is the reason we cannot see anything in thedark.--Book of Wonders.
LAUGHS
"I had an awful time with Amos last night." "Amos who?" "A mosquito."
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"So you want to marry my daughter; what are your prospects?" "That isfor you to say, sir; I am not a mind reader."
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Sunday School Teacher--Is your papa a Christian, Bobby? LittleBobby--No'm. Not to-day. He's got a toothache.
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Teacher--Now, Patsy, would it be proper to say, 'You can't learn menothing?' Patsy--Yes'm. Teacher--Why? Patsy--'Cause yer can't.
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"No, I can never be your wife." "What? Am I never to be known as thehusband of the beautiful Mrs. Smith?" She succumbed.
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"How do you distinguish the waiters from the guests in this cafe? Bothwear full dress." "Yes, but the waiters keep sober!"
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Albert Asker--Mamma, may I go out in the street? They say there's goingto be an eclipse of the sun. Mrs. Asker--Yes, but don't go too near.
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Teacher--What do we see above us when we go out on a clear day?Harry--We see the blue sky. "Correct, and what do we see above us on arainy day?" "An umbrella."
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Mother--I gave you a nickel yesterday to be good, and to-day you arejust as bad as you can be. Willie--Yes, ma I'm trying to show you thatyou got your money's worth yesterday.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
CAT SAVED BY DOG.
Judson T. Logan, of Leverette, Mass., and members of his familyoverlooked the family cat, "Chum," when they made a hurried escape fromtheir burning home the other day. But "Ted," their big St. Bernard,remembered.
The dog discovered the absence of his playmate, rushed back through thesmoke and soon reappeared with "Chum" in his mouth.
Incidentally the Logans, as well as the other occupants of anotherapartment in the house gave the dog credit for awakening them bybarking, so they reached the street before their escape was cut off bythe flames.
OVERPOPULATION.
A remarkable case of overpopulation is that of the Island of Bukara,in Lake Victoria Nyanza, described by H. L. Duke in the CornhillMagazine. This island, with an area of 36 square miles, much of whichis bare granite, though isolated from the rest of the world, supports apopulation of 19,000. The small garden plots are carefully marked offand rights of ownership are rigidly observed. Trees are valued morethan the land on which they grow. In some cases one man owns the treesand another the ground. A man must not steal his neighbor's leaves,sticks and rubbish. A father may even divide a tree among his children,allotting certain branches to each.
FINDS A REAL PARADISE.
Thomas Kelley, a farmhand in Paradise, Kan., 60 years old, has justreceived a present that belonged to anybody until a few days ago.
Kelley has been working in this community as a farmhand for some years.Near Paradise is the Worley ranch, consisting of several thousandacres. It has been the opinion of all that Worley owned all the land.Kelley began an investigation and discovered that eighty acres near thecenter of the ranch never had been homesteaded.
He immediately took up the matter with the Topeka land office and isnow practically the owner of the farm, worth approximately $5,000. Theland is in the heart of a rich and fertile valley, noted for raisingwheat. Most of the farm is under cultivation.
Kelley will improve the land at once and will erect a house to live in.
GIRLS MUST COVER KNEES.
Girl students at the Randolph-Macon Institute, part of the SouthernMethodist institution, Danville, Va., have been told in blunt termsthey must wear their stockings as their mothers taught th
em and not inconformity with fashion's latest edict, which provides for the rollingprocess and knee lengths.
From sources of unquestioned authority comes word that within the lastfew days the faculty of teachers were called together and served whatwas little short of an ultimatum to the student body. Failure to complywill be met with severe reprisals.
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J. C. Mortensen, superintendent of schools, declared he was in favorof Miss Hogge's method, saying it is the most successful ever tried inthat school.
MONT BLANC LOSES TOP.
The top of Mont Blanc fell off November 26 and started an enormousavalanche, which rolled down into Italy along the gorge of the BrenvaGlacier, destroying in its course the whole forest of Pourtud.
The origin of the avalanche was unknown till yesterday, when theweather cleared, and a powerful telescope could be brought to bear onthe mountain. Then it was found that part of the limestone pyramidwhich forms the summit of the greatest mountain mass in Europe hadsplit and fallen.