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PERCY H. YAH DYKE. Pakltitnr in* Utter.
NEWPORT. - - ARKANSAS.
CAUGHT IN A FOREST FIRE.
ah. DrNulfnl Klxiierlenee of Eiplorrraia
r, IlnrnlnK Timber In Hudson
lla>’ Hejilon.
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y. A geologist who explored with two
companions a region on the western
shore of Hudson bay had an experi
ence in a forest tire which could
hardly be equaled in scope and fierce
ness farther south, where the woods
are broken by settlement. The men
had pushed far to the north of Port
Nelson into a land inhabited by tribes
of Indians, where no white man had
left a trace, relates Youth’s Com
panion.
“We had crossed the mouth of a
stream, he says, which forked twice
some distance from where it opens
into the bay, making two long, nar
dow deltas. By sundown we bad gone
a mile or so north of the upper
branch. The air grew hot and dry,
The light in the western sky was
more dense and solid than that of the
sunset, and it extended round to the
north beyond the range of the set
ting sun. We knew that it was a fne,
and halted on a rising slope, where
we could get a broad view of the
eky.
“The wind was from the northwest,
and the fire must be coming straight
toward ns. In the hope of reaching
one of the deltas of the stream which
we had crossed about a mile to the
south, we turned back and walked
for our lives.
“We reached the upper branch of
the stream before the fire overtook
ns. crossed it. and snt panting on the
southern shore. The, sun had set.
nnd the fire marked its limits In a
wide sweep covering the northwest.
“As we sat waiting, the bush across
the stream crackled, and five or six
deer broke from the woods and stood
on the bank, sniffing.
“The air grew dense. A dull roar
like a distant surf was blown to 11s
from the north. I climbed half-way
up a small tree, and then I saw a
sight. Perhaps five miles away came
a fire, a sea of red flame under a wall
of smoke that rolled on in advance.
“Before I descended from the tree
the smoke was on us. One of my
companions, noting that the trees on
the delta were of smaller growth,
thought we were safer on the lower
delta, with two strips of water and
an island between us and the fire.
Fo we moved on a few hundred yards
to the next mouth of the stream.
“We were wrapped in smoke. The
roar of the fire grew like a storm.
We waded into the water, took off
our coats, nnd wrapped them wet
about our heads. Then we noticed
that we were not alone. Bound us,
x only a few yards away, stood groups
* N^ffiorned creatures. Behind 11s a
black shape lay in the water, evident
ly a bear. The danger had made the
whole world kin, and fear of the com
mon enemy had made all the driven
animals tame to each other.
“Ashes and cinders settled over us.
and we bowed our heads close to the
water. The heat grew Intense. Then
with a stride the fire burst over the
northern bank. We waded to the
south shore and waited-. - Gtlr coats
grew hot on uim* " heads, and we
Vluei,odl—itglun and again. T turned
^—find looked at ‘lie fire. It mounted,
1 should say, more than a hundred
feet and leaped across the stream,
which was fully 200 feet wide. Un
der that leaning bank of flame we
crouched in the water, which grew
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less animals that for miles up were
seeking shelter in it.
“It was impossible for us to push
on to the next stream. We were
dazed and parched, and if the lire
leaped tins stream it would ha\e
caught us in the woods.
“Suddenly I raised my head, and
saw the flames like clouds of tire leap
over our heads and seize the tops of
the trees on the southern bank. The
fire had jumped the stream.
“For an hour we stayed in the wa
ter, waiting for the fire to burn out
on the northern shore. A great
weariness and stupor weighed us
down. Presently we felt the air
prow clearer and cooler. It was rain
ing. and we dragged ourselves to the
northern bank, where we lay with
our noses close to the baked earth
and slept.
“Afterward we learned that the
fire had ruined a stretch of timber
300 miles long and 75 miles wide, a
tract as long as from Boston to Iluf
t falo, and half as wide again as the
north-and-south breadth of Massa
’-chusetts.”
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I sc fill Information.
le I Here is a familiar one: When the
3 Bp boots become water soaked, till them
lort with oats or barley so they will not
ses shrink in drying. When fery thirsty
and only a small amount of water is
n n‘ at hand, drink it with a spoon or a
feeti canteen. It will do as much good ns
h etOwhen taken in large mouthsful. Boil
.ther’putrid water In charcoal before
b. drinking. Indians purify all waters
iss Bt!^ plu,1f?’n£ hot irons and rocks into
,hem. When an Indian is cold lie
an ouilds a small fire and huddles over
a white man builds a big fire and
:elati'',ttnnot get near it. When you wish
k. o roll up your shirt sleeves do not
irgil 'Turu the cuffs inside out, but turn
them inward or under and they will
remain tucked up without being
touched. When you want to climb a
tree unite the feet with a dampened
towel or raveled rope so that their
distance apart shall be about two
thirds the diameter of the trunk —
N. Y. Press.
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About Your Vacation.
Little journeys to lake resorts and moun
tain homes will be more popular this sum
mer than ever. Many have already arranged
their summer tour via the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway and many more
are going to do likewise. Booklets that will
help you to plan your vacation trip have just
been published, and will be sent on receipt
of postage, as follows:
“Colorauo-California,’' six cents.
“In Lakeland” and "Sommer Homes,” eix
cents.
“Lakes Okoboji and Spirit Lake/’ four
cents. F. A. MILLER,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
How He Fixed It.
"Can’t you learn to say ‘No?’ ” she de
manded. , ,
“Certainly, he replied, and thereafter he
arranged with his boon companions to ask
him if he would refuse a drink, instead of
asking if he would have one. Thus he was
enabled to say “No,” without suffering any
deprivation.—Chicago Post.
Reni>ontled Too Skion.
His Aunt—John, why did you enter the
ministry?
John—Because, dear aunt, I was called.
"Are you sure, John, that it wasn’t some J
ether noise you heard?”—Puck.
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Magistrate "Was the prisoner armed?"
Fogarty—"That he was. Why he was ar.
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A Natural Effect.—"The stock market
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Always look for this Trade Mark: “The
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While other men are (taking summer out
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Opium and Liqaor Habits Cared.
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Hope is a vigorous principle; it sets th*
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SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
^ A Titan Prediction.
If the deliberate statement of Cham
pion Oarsman Titus is to be accepted
the American will
surprise English
sportsmen in July
bj- capturing the
diamond sculls
at Henley. Titus
spends every aft
ernoon rowing in
practice for the
British diamond
event. Before go
ing to Henley last
year Titus was
The Titus Rowing Face. J*at.en at h,°me J*
Louts Sholes, the
Canadian, but “put it over” the Cana
dian on the Thames. Kelly, the six foot
er from Oxford, defeated Titus by a
magnificient spurt for the diamond
sculls, but immediately upon his return
from England Titus began training for
this season’s sculls.
“Americans who happen over there
will find me at Five Horse Shoes, Rera
sey Hill, Henley on the Thames, on the
days of the races. July 6 to 8,’’ said
Titus the other day. “I will take no
shell with me, for my boat is even now
on the Thames. It weighs only 20
pounds rigged—I do all my own repair
work on the scull—is 28 feet long, 12%
inches wide and 5% inches deep. That
will be just big enough of a cradle to
be rocked in to victory. I never drank
a drop of spirituous liquor or used to
bacco and T have the fastest heat ever
rowed at Henley to my credit. This
time I will bring back the trophy or
every bit of energy in my body will be
burned out.”
Gt-aml American llgin(11«in.
One of the queerest things connected
with the recent grand American handi
cap shoot at Blue
River park is that
many readers of
the newspapers
have not learned
that public senti
ment has caused
the promoters of
this annual event
to eschew live birds
a n d substitute
inanimate targets.
Ever since M. Die
fenderfer made
the best score and
captured the first prize, game papers
have been receiving stacks of mail from
people opposed to the “continuation
of the ruthless and wanton slaughter
of thousands of innocent creatures,”
etc. Trap shooters are maligned by
these communications because the
writers do not pause to make a dis
tinction between the marksman who
shoots1 at live birds and the target
shooter.
The composition, saucer-shaped tar
get that is used extensively now in
shoots since the tvnrin-—“fates Tiave
passed stringei^t/^aws against using
live -bmtiC affords the shooter just as
much sport as the live bird and offend
no one's sense of humanity. The pig
eon is safe, although a perusal of the
list of forthcoming shooting events
from the Wadasett Cun club’s turney
in Delaware to the Keystone shooting
league tourney in Pennsylvania
shows that never before have the trap
shooters been as busy ns they are this
season. “Even ‘dickey birds’ have be en
made the subject of hundreds of letters
to our paper,” said the publisher of a
periodical devoted to shooters. “Dickey
birds are made of clay and tar.”
American Jockeys Abroad.
American jockeys are again showing
the way to the Britishers. The Eng
Iiish flat racing
season is well un
der way and the
most notable in
stance of the re
petition of “Yan
kee shrewdness”
was in the 2,000
guineas race, one
of Britain’s five
great classics for
three-year-old ani
Jockey Danny Maher. llials- The Epsom
derby favorite,
Rook Sand, favorite and piloted by
Jockey “Skeets” Martin, an American,
won this event quite handily. Second
in the race was Flotsam, second choice
in the betting and piloted by little Dan
ny Maher, who a few years ago was a
New York street gamin.
AH of the races yet to come in Eng
land in which these two colts will be
contestants will see this same order of
mounts—Martin on Rock Sand and
Maher on Flotsam. Inasmuch as they
are picked to ride one-two in the great
derby, it begins to lool ) as if the Brit
ish jockeys were going to play second
fiddle again to Americans.
Both Rock Sand and Flotsam are
trained by George Blackwell. Sir James
Miller owns the 2,000 guineas winner
and Sir Daniel Cooper owns Flotsam.
Last winter Ihese big turfmen tossed
a coin for Maher’s services, the cable
gossip says, and Sir Daniel won the
toss. Rock Sand is now the hottest
kind of a favorite for the Epsom derby,
but those who are in favor of Flotsam
say that Maher may take the classic
with Flotsam because Rock Sand has
something the matter with one of his
hind ankles that makes an audible
sound when the horse walks. Between
them Martin and Maher are likely to
earn $100,000 on the British turf this
year. E. G. WESTLAKE.
Sense of Self-Esteem.
“Don’t you think,” said the man
who was looking over the wares at the
news-stand, “that a great deal of poor
literature is gotten out now?”
“I’m not expressing any opinions,”
answered the somewhat haughty at
tendant. "I am here to sell the stuff
and not to read it.”—Washington Staff.
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