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Down i in Maine, ii in catching smelts in winter, the aper and then count the number of col- p KLIKBFR.—The fastest time for one
the fishermen build shanties on the ice over | umns publish hed. 2 Fantail pigeons cost. from | mile skating ig 2.12 3-5, nade by Tim Donoghue,
ishing grounds and cut a hole through | $1.50 a pair ward, according to quality. 3 Ri straight away with wind, near Newburg,
the ice and nae a trapdoor in the 4 of the | Nom de plumes are ut use ed when a awriter does | N"y""February 1.1887. 2 ‘The best fire dep: part
shanty, sh throu ‘The shanty is bui not wan ment ‘“n the Gnitea States is no doubtin New
- Upon timbers Iaid on the ice, and the first thing | tux TeR—You “ao to state ‘what kind of Si as effec
the fisher mien do when they get the building metal. you w li eb. Th he, fo) ‘ollowing wil
iS Lo r water over these timbers, most brigh tals 2
ireoze them down to the ice; otherwise When a Sr oa he hat ‘a gnile of pulvers
wind 3; g up it might blow the shanty along | ize, bichror ate of tah 5 dilute with an|e
onthe ice on these timbers, which would thu: equal we Meht, of water an ly we ell to the
become practically a sort sled runners. | metal ; paetsh it off immed: diately with water,
They have a stove in the shanty for greater | .j) iry, and polish with pulverized rotten- ‘el
comfort, and when they are, not fishing they Mone. 01 ul
luse the tra) , and thus have an unbro! = falyar, v ing struc e
floor. pen Ses two lines in fishing, and JANESVILLE, SV IS] Mannecripte show ld be shou der by a musket b Bane from which he died
as fast as he hauls the fish up he puts them in written in ink Bit e three hours afte:
a bo the bo: d be made of various President McKinley on a combination of the oO
sizes,” ‘each tain ep oltied number of | Democrat and Populist ticket ; John M. Palmer ako "The total weight of Bartholdi’e Stat,
ounds sot flak. net he has a box packed full | ran against im on ost ional Democratic | ne of Liberty on Bedlow's Island is 450
he sets it tl hh Oy id uw x eater in it. | ticket. 3 Fr om the menger information. we unds, of which 176,000 pounds are cdtpee and
anaes out on the the iseand ike boxes, and. in| cannot give an answer: 3 it ™ ust be some the Temainder wronght iron. A height from
ci ‘e do not have in this part of | base to is 151 fee ch ; from founda:
this camtition they are shipped to market. local nee that w Pp tion of pe al t tore is feet 6 inches. The
_ eee {. E. M.—We go not intend to publish ex- | head of the statue Is 14 foot high. ve reise
., " a t 15 fect fer-
THIS NUMBER CONTAINS THE FIRST cnniges in this paper again, 2 We will try ;] Measures 8 fect in length ani 5 fort eee set
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pushing through toward the light he came
out into adeep hollow, surrounded by cliffs
on all sides, in the midst of Which stood a
ruined pueblo, agroupot as many as twen-
ty houses built ‘together i in a square in the
usual 81
Will, Jared about in amazement, for he
had not expected this.. He saw ‘at once
that there coud be no reaching rank, as
he had hi > r the tace of the Cliff
above the Teele tunnel: through which he
‘had just passed presented an unbroken
- front. The only thing he could hope to do
was to get at Prank “from above, for the
' cliffs a little beyond: were much broken
and offered an easy ascent.
_ . “Tt go back and tell Frank what I’ve
found,” he thought. “There must be some
way—there shall be if I have to make it.
Heavens! What an escape we've had!
~ wonder if. anybody could have cut that
ladder on top of the cliffs !”
e turned on his heel and was about to
retrace his steps through the tunnel, when
all at once a piercing scream was heard in
the direction of the cliff houses, and Will
saw Kate Carleton suddenly appear at the
edge of the Parapet \ wall of the house near-
, est to where he
For one instant eons. seemed to hesitate
and then Gumped from the wall to the
istance of about eighteen feet.
“ “Come back! Come back!” shouted a
voice, as the girl ran across the open, ‘and
-arough looking cowboy appeared on the
Toof and leveled
“Drop that gun!” yelled Will, drawing
» his yopolver and running at full speed to-
ward K
She aN Shim and held out her hands, ~
+ “Oh, save me, Mr. Walker! Save me!”
she cried.
sins! fired three times in quick sacces-
: otto kill was not in his line, and his only
thought was to intimidate the cowboy,
and this was just what he
The fellow ducked down and disappear. | f
ed, calling at the rame time to somebody
e § Yirleton 1" cried Will,
throwing himself in “front of the frightened
girl, Ww. he was allina
Help me ‘ ” ‘she gasped.
“ Dore let them get me ag:
“Net if I know it!” ‘exclaimed wv ill.
“Tell me what all this means? What——
Hello! I thought so, How do you do,
Mr, Bia! Ket What's the trouble here?”
Will 3 as cool as a cucumber when
Barry Blake suddenly put iné an appearance
on the roof of the cliff hous
ou here, Walker?” he cried. “I
thousns you u had deserted. Here, boys!
Capture | this fellow. Shoot him if he re-
Three cowboys suddenly came into view
on the roof, They Seemed io be entirely
under Barry Blake’ ion, for they
_levelea their rifles at wil,
[ro BE CONTINUED.)
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BICYCLE COUPON OF THE NEW CON=
TEST. noe FOR A GOOD WHEEL. SEE i
. 16th PACE.
Answers to Correspondents,
READER.—There are ten cities in Cuba having
§ population of over 16,000. are Havana,
Readers of Happy Days who send questions
to be answered in this column should bear ii
mind t that Ha PY Days is made up and printed
in advance of publication; conse-
quently ‘it ‘will take from two to thre e weeks
rom the time we receive the questions befor
readers will tak
to consideration, they will readily see the
2 of requesting us to put the answers lo their
questions in the next issue of the
WILLIAM Jagxent.—There i is no premium on
we dime of
Pp. HO here. is no premium on a United
Staies cent of 1863,
H. Srrmons.—A United States ¢ cent of 1803, if
in fe condition, is worth five
ARTMAN.— We have ceased fe pabtish
any eu er exchange notices in this
‘he coin of which you send, a a rubbing
ise an “teats penny, bearing no pre!
I. A. G. 5 Dijuted oxalic acid w: ‘nr remove ink
tran pap nA, separate piece of paper
get the ute streng!
VELE! ou describe is a one-
real Spani a coin of no Special value ; it is
worth its ‘weleht | in old si
wv G. Bee cus We fe “highly flattered by
‘ment te ir publications and regre!
that we cannot publish your letter.
CHEEK AND Cranon—We do not know any-
thing about the lotte: uu inquire about.
is s against the law to have anything to do with
lotter
*niusengen.— Wa do not think you can learn
aphy, ath home, unles: u have a little
fneteuction to with. “There are instruc-
tion books pu! to pega vhich claim to teach you
without an instructer; you can procure them
from booksellers in your city.
A. J Manet here isno premium on a half-
dime for premiums on rare United
States, comne read ** llow to Collect. Stamps and
Coins.”. Price 10 cents. For sale wadeal-
ers, or we will send it to you postpaid, ‘upon re-
ceipt of the price, postage stamps
ken the same as silver.
oxe —The tt dam we know
constructed of masonry 18 the Crystal jeprings
Dam in Califor about bw wenty-five miles
San rane isco. It is 700 feet long, 145 fee! 7 high.
175 t base and 40 feet at top. This dam
is saturated. t hold back a lake of water con-
taining oe 00) gallons,
Warr WuitNey.—There is no premium. on
any the coins you describe, 2 The popula-
tion ot the Philippine Jelands is! 8,000,000 ; 3 Cuba,
Porto 0, 850,000, 3 During the
n tes, at one.
vessels of all kinds employed.
present. t the United States Navy consists of
about 312 vessels of all clas
Joun Henry.—You can “easily find the num-
ber of words in one of our serial stories by
counting the number of words in one column of
000, and
BE
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$5
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end them along With return posta re 3 Writ-
et Repy Days
5 Matanzas, cs 00 Santiago: Ge. et bi
To © 71,000 ; Cientu
'o Correspondents. 000; Holquin, opus, Oo
_ Spiritus, 32.
not ask questions on the same sheet of pa- bacga, 16 16,100.
pen vith mail orders, as they will not be an- juan, 33. 23 006,
ore onortespondents, in tly by wri ea pun number city is Manila, 154,000, and Lipa comes second
ond side of the papor only. if thie is not done, we sh Be
uestions will ve to be rewritten by those b Guay —You might print a crud
sen Novick now given. that styloe oe jetier head _by aid of a stencil plate—
hereafter no letters will & be answered unless ad-| with type you would require a 2 Navi-
ressed “ ow PPY Days, 29 West | gation is useful aptains an tates of ves-
26th Street! New ror fale, pnd no person ‘can nu Buch a position un-
Jess ughly ; sextants,
NOTICK. rents and anes uetts mused for taking ob-
servations ef stars are necessary.
ooks treating on navigation
from dealers i a scientific books.
P. P. IL, IR.—The average height is about
five feet one inch tall, ich wis ounds in
We cannot Bay, e@ have ne sta
tisties of stove Inanufactarere a hand. 3 We
cannot advertise any special make of stoves in
is column ; consult some trade journal 4
Revenue stamps surcharged i R.” ec
mon, and only worth a few cents per thousand 3
those with “LR” inverted a dat
fy” cents each. 5 Siegel. NCooper New
AAKON SIMKINS, JR.—Petroleum is a natu-
ral product of certain gevlogical formations,
netimes rising through payural channels
forming springs, but chie’ ny obtained by boring.
It was known to nthe nciel nt “Gr reeks and
Romans. Petroleum is ver widely tgtrib-
uted; it is principally found in New. York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West, Virginia, California,
Ontario and the Island of 1 tin 2 inerica.
It is also found i m Russia on. of the
Caspian Sea large quantities, in tay, t
slopes of the ‘Caucasus and Rangoon in Bus:
mah,
L, DonpRERO.—The only nickel threo- cont
piece bearing premium is that of 1877, wh;
quote ents ; the other coins
be: eight wealthiest
countries in the re the United States,
fist Britain, Germany, Hiussia, france, Aus:
ria, Netherlands and Japan. 3 T reatest
ili produci ing countries are a raneo ‘ane Japan.
fhe standing army of Germany on a
footing is 607.000; Austria, 277,000;
000; Great Britain, 220,000, and ‘t
States, 100,000, 5 We can ‘su; peg, bh binders for
Warpy base at Atty cents eac! e free,
B ROLLSTONE, No. We ‘ill se robably
have 2 a ea of that hind pring or sum-
mer. ublish a little book ‘nuitk ed “llow
Ntaice Vea Use EI .
will find valuable in.
nt postpaid upon receipt of the pri
ainting fram any dealer
5
35
can procure
in artists’ suppl 4 Mica isa minera’ pub:
stance
found inc Certain species 0 of rocks, ‘T)
are large mica mines in Mitchell County, N. °C.
it isconmoniy called isinglass. 5 No person has
aright to print stories published in this paper
wit cout veceivit ng poriesion. from the pub-
lusher, The stories all copyrighted,
CHRISTMAS Grex. The Pameriean mistle-
toe is found in gre: t quantities in New Jersey
pe southward Through the Carolinas, in New
exico and the Indian ‘rerritory. ‘y. The English
much more expensive, owing to its
early white berries, Most
eg ing Southern
he Chr isting trees come from
M ng our homes
on Christmas with ev ergreens ‘ant olly origin-
early Komane.
with, the At the aneual
pproach of the saturnalia, toman feast
and revelin honor of Setup it was the habit
nor
of the le of Home to dress their temples
and cers with green bonghs,
fnehes Iong. Forty pe sons can stand in the
head and twelve in torch. The number of
steps in the arature, from e pedestal to the
head is 150, The P Touding to the torch
not) per. e stamp coupons
“HANDSOME Any. pleted in anati ner re stars if rsa in toa ih rounds, Total cost of stature nearly
roe - rectio shree-cent red stamp o: will p
An Interesti dent din Summer- ower line, unused, 18 auted at He ip at home is ns. {Poy of mating, 8
field, Kans. the’ ot Tdi 3. The pastor of one| M. Erie, in Canada, was a fortifica: | F, i cotanip at oT ~p the des sired name and
of our churehe and three ‘ee other men were ion du Gane the Froneh Secupiition, and finally address in common. typ ype ani
builine talking. pm sit of toned, Sone of figure very exten an peor ial (1s it ns Hone < the Varnes now mix Master ot Pareto
of at ji
t gm to trade jphoes, but he declined, sayin; Muti from the British, on July 3, 1814, by i “ib set. Itave your ¥ nieenized ober all
che ell, it’s too sa “that a preacher in our town Phen task a Rip! eye On ‘Att toady citean be ioe Weed in checta three inches
a : v * et ‘
* take eo aouind with a Sine 1 preseher, command of of Gen neral “primmond, who we Sear |t the eine of "ie intended natamp. remowe ‘the
anid one threw in argenny and athied threw in Thev"Americasa abandoned and destroyed the | Plaster ear tro, th Saas Place buth the
a dollar, sayin that.” The hat | fort, returned to a Now York side of the river } © ficient hh at to thoroughly soften the rubber
taro 1 e 2 and ee again, with a little | and’ gave up the conquest of Canada, Fort ine en turn down the 8 pore Ww hard and let it re=
witting on on 3 + ‘ sen doll here and a | Erie was brought to public porie e again June 1, a until the rubber receives the exact im-
hale doling thee cst neman threw in a five | 1905, when it was captured Fenians | yrncion ind. becomes cold, when it
dollar bill, there ing: ** Nowe cover uate It | who crossed the river ate Truttalo, ie fa Bren remor ed, a eal tand be Wilh ay sharp knife,
was eno’ nigh, ‘he hat tained twelve dollars | defeated. and some 7 Go9.of them cap, Yee cannot) a0 andle ready for u
anda half, The preacher afterward V offered tore-
fund, q. but there were no takers,
tho best pair of shoes be could find in to
the authors of those ato:
yt
3. Feveul the the. names pot
ries.
(several | letters remain over to be anatered
next week.)
ee| A LITTLE FUN.
Restaurant Guest? hat’s avery tender steals
I got to-day. —Yes, sir, we've just had
all ‘the knives sharpene
She—What is meant by the sayin;
man is senor per That ie th
witted bis Goctor,
the ‘ L, dia Fou te Pat sugar b bucket se &
o ante con not get in “Yis, mui
we th’ handle le of ith “cover.” meee
id ocean We met a magni ent wee
racht i airing Signals ot distress, Leakin,
anted to quit.”
The Judge totonats) the next person who in-
terrupts will be expelled from the court room,
The Prisoner sauibustasticellyy Hooray 1
Horrified Old Lady— ind sir, think of
ther! Think of your mother! Burglar
0 use, lady, I wus brought up in an
that a
a8 Out>
Small Man—Well, how dia the anniversary
dinner rah off? Big Man—Granud! ere wero
only eig! i of us, and we had prepared enough
“ Cook. 8 there any roast beef over, from din-
ner this evening?" “) ma‘am.” “Well,
what is there lett i in the Kitchen “Only the
policeman, ma‘am.,”
“What do you think of poe ns on beer?”
“TI think it is all rig! he time a man
drinks enough beer to Feet the ‘tax he will be in
a condition not to care.”
First Member Musical Committee Does the
M- | for twen
new soprano’s voice urch? Second
Member—Ilardly, The ushers tell me there are
always vacant seats in the gallery.
“TT abject, fo that man on whe jury; ad shouted
the lawy for the defen: “On
grounds? in nired the court.
that persuaded him to get mar
“ the instructor in oer ery.” ht
Is she apractical cook?’ ** Practical ? Ww ell,
Ishonld think sol Why, she Maine. stwenty-
four distinct names for bread puddin;
Man (hurriedly) ane
mum? “Well, I
yout that at our hn ft husband’ '3 head h: roken,
reak it to you Ser mum.”
“ “What did Newrich say when you tald | pim
ion wanted ny annghter t “He didn’
tely refuse, but he imposed a very tA ba0
gond}tion. He said he would see me hanged
eh
at
oat m the Tate
e Lady—You_ here againt The dramp—
yes ‘eind hay. “Well, I won't help uu again,
on’t believe you've done a a che a r winter.’
indeed I have, mum; I just done thi ity
ay
=
Mistress—I should like to know wybat busi-
ness that policeman has in my kitchen ever:
night in .the week? Cov! Bee sium
hink he's. syepicious of me wrewloctin’ me work
or some
INTERESTING ITEMS.
vel type of box has the appearance of aj
granary box, except that it is attractively rol
yn up, ver opens in two sections,
nO}
01 co!
level of the top
vident..
cn bowie th
lo grope down the « sa le:
out the contents, ‘The
be at once re!
covers, the articles are lowered tot
again,
ssian physician, has already begu'
experiment with liquid air. He pl ced a "aor
a
ntity can
moved, and byt \nerely + Teton ug the
ie bottom
in a room with the temperature lowered Lo one
undred "doprees below zero. After ten hours
the dog was taken out al and Ww ith an enor-
mous appetite, ried the test on
himself, After ten hours’ confinement in an
atmospt of still, dry cold, his system was
intensely stimulated, So much combustion ad
been required to keep warm that an intense ap-
petite was created. The process was continued
on the man and dog, and both grew speedily
fat and vigorous. as like a visit to a brac-
ing norhern climat
eturned volunteer tells a good story,
officers at his field quarters near the
line before Santiago, are resempied a
simplicity the e legendary roasted swee'
of Revolutionary tines, but the host'et hearty
welcome and 8 til m
ries carri “along
length, however, there cil
conversational,
ore his wealth of
tronomic and
vant was o hiss into the © genera
“Give ’em nuother big one, gen’. De cook dun
scorch de hardtack,””
An odd way of getting into business was
opted by a Cincinnati agent. His shrewd-
ness drew the line pretty closely between inad-
ateeny. Te had secured
Tse, no suspicion attached t
fal a matter, for forgetfuln-ss in re;
neil is recognized as a human Talli
e
ye secured Was rae enough to
28 a a yrenei and after collect-
Ina one tioisand in wa con-
arnishing ey pen ‘its toacountry
school i of th advantages of bis bid was
that he offered to furnish pencils already sharp
ned. From this start his progress was rapid,
and a basis was thus furnished for a comniod-
ious ftationery ‘rom which he derives a
comfortable incom
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