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WOn. CARROLL D. SiNGWATHE PRODIGY NOTES ON A SKUNK SAMOA AT PLAY IN SPORTS AND ATHLETICS Several hundred disciples of Izaalt Walton gathered at the lagoon at Gar PRIDE OF IGOROT VILLAGE AT INTERESTING STUDY OF THEM BY A NATURALIST. tUE SIMPLE RECREATIONS OF THE ISLAND NATIVES. THE WORLD'S FAIR.

'Cricket, Marbles and Mumbly-Peg Played by Young and Old by the Simple Folk Stevenson Loved. 1 A Five-Year-Old Boy Wonder from the Philippines Who Has Astonished All with His Precocious Brightness. The greatest child attraction of the world's fair the pride and pet of every field park In Chicago one alt ernooa recently to witnesa the first open contest of bait casting alone ever held in the world. The tournament was under the ausplcc3 of the Chicago Fly Casting club. Fly casting has bren the contention of fishing clubs until quite recently when bait Itow an Italian Oot His First Lesson in American Natural History from One of the Little Animals.

Not many weeks ego I went out into the fields with two full-grown skunks which I have had under observation' since their birth. When we wers far away from all houses and and free from all chance of interruption, I put my charges on the ground, and lay down, with a field glass, to see whit they would do. As first they seemed too much delighted at the freedom of visitor to the Igorot village such is Slngwa, the ilve-year-old boy wonder, Apia, Island of Samoa. One is al-most puzzled to divide the dally life rof our ocean neighbor Into those accepted allotments, work and play. It Is i possible, however, that In time even the dally plucking of flowers becomes a task and the few moments required to epend the sleeping moments In the sun or to gather the over-hanging fruit suf- John Ilohir.ann.

casting became the proper sport. No onen contest of thi3 sort had ever be the open fields to do anything but walk about, sniffing at the grass and the herbs they found growing there. Put present ly they became interested in the Insects which they found on the ground, espe dally the crickets, of which they cap' tured a number. When one of the 'I skunks caught sight of a cricket, he would make a little rush at it and stamp on It with his fore paws, squeezing the fore Lwen witnessed in the world's history of fishing. In 1900 an International fly and bait casting tournament was held in Chicago and subsequent ones in San Francisco.

Chicago fishermen have made bait casting the ideal fishing sport. Chicago Is the pioneer of that game apd has mono "overhead" bait casters than any other fishing port in the world. Tha bait used is generally a frog. All other kinds are with a fly and in some cases the old style angle worm. The first event was the "delicacy" contest, with a one-quarter ounce bait at a target located CO, C3, 70, 75 and 80 feet distant Two casts at each distance were allowed each man.

This proved the most ecxit Ing contest of the day, excepting alone the long-distance throw. Owing to insect to death by rolling it over the ground. Then he would put down his sharp nose and eat his victim with el dent relish. who has astonished all with his precocious brightness, and holds the record of $34 given to him in a single day by American admirers. Slngwa is a wonderful example of the possibilities of the Filipino savage and of the natural ability of the Igorot, In particular, but be Is a little more than that, as he is undoubtedly an exceptional child.

He wa3 but five years old in August and there has not been an American child visiting the Igorot village who could approach the little savage in wit, fun, sprightll-ness and real accomplishments. When the American boy in prettily starched sailor suit has been lined up beside the little savage from the Philippines the naturally biased mother of the homo product has never failed to admit that the brown-skinned Igorot with no advantages, but a brightly colored cloth about his hips, and a bright mind within his well-shaped little head was more than the equal of the American product. The surest way to spot Singwa when you enter the Igorot village is to look for the densest crowd about the grounds. Wherever men and women are gathered like a city crowd about a street catastrophe there you are sure to find a spot of Igorot yellow dancing about In the sunshine the happiest creature at the whole world's fair. An habitual visitor to the village finding Singwa in a ridiculous American boy's suit of large proportions which successfully concealed all his cuteness, queried of Dr.

Hunt, After a time one of them managed to catch a frog, which he deliberately rolled about with his paws until it was dead. He picked It up In his mouth, but did not attempt to eat It, and The United States commissioner of labor who has announced his resignation to take effect the first of the year. He retires from office to accept the presidency of Clark university, at Worcester, Mass. while he was still amusing himself with it, the other skunk came waddling up. Then began a squabble for the body of the frog, which was sometimes BECOMING VEGETARIANS.

MONT ST. MICHEL'S STORY in one mouth and sometimes in both. And all the while the skunks squealed How the Ancient French Abbey Came TLAYING MUMCLY-PEQ. (Bcient for the day would use up all of one's surplus energy. As the Samoans are of a simple and Consumption of Vegetables by Americans on the Increase Every Year.

as though they were- being killed, and stamped their feet at one another to Be Located on a Lone Island. with an earnestness which seemed sim childlike disposition, their amusements ply absurd. Eventually I saw them both Mont St. Michel has the romantic air. walking gravely away, with, the body of the exceeding light weight of the bait the caster was obliged to use a very delicate touch in casting.

It is considered about the finest piece of work the artist caster can possess. The target is a float with a wooden circumference ol one foot of space, then one foot of water to an iron rod, which divides another foot of water for a wooden ball about six inches in diameter in the center of the float. To hit the ball or cast the bait inside of the inner rim counts perfect, or 100. If the bait hits the wooden outer ring it counts 99. For each foot or fraction from the target a demerit of tea from the perfect score Is counted.

Be-fore entering the contests the polei bait, etc. of each contestant was weighed, measured, and the make of the ro'J noted. This was for the purpose of filing with the international clubs in Eu It suggests Dumas and Scott. Its history i3 a romance, but it was curious to the frog stretched out between them. When they finally disposed of it, they learn that the first monk did not settle there because of a position I thought too were out of my sight, but I don't think they ate it, for I have seen them refuse obviously, even ostentatiously made for monks, writes Elizabeth Robins Pen- to eat frogs at other times.

When I caught sight, of them again, a few min nell, In "In the Peril of the Sea," in Cen tury. When they came, Mont St. Michel utes later, they were interested in a blueberry bush, which was laden with was not an island "in the peril of the ripe fruit. They ate many of the berries which they could reach as they stood, and some of those which grew a little higher they got at by pulling down sea, but rose In the midst ot a great forest, with a Roman road leading through it to the hill, where the Romans Striking though the decline in meat, consumption as shown by the census reports is, none of us will take it as evidence that we tat les.3 generously than our ancestors. Indeed, Americans a3 a people never fared better in food than they do lo-day, says Fear-Eon's Magazine.

To make up for the decreased meat diet there Is but onu way to turn. Have we increased our vegetable food our wheat, corn, oats, ta'oes, garden vegetables, fruits, sugar? The census gives Interesting results. In 1850 Americans consumed 430 bushels of wheat for each 100 persons; in 1900, G23 bushels a very marked rise. Corn and potatoes give very similar percentages of increase. the most surprising change is in the consumption of oats, presumably on account of the improved methods of the manufacture of oatmeal; 90 bushels in 1850 to 3SC in 1890 over fourfold in 40 years.

During the last decade, however, the had long before worshiped Jupiter and rope and in the United States, as an open event for world's records. The winnei of the first event wa3 Joseph Hohmann, the twigs with their fore paws. During the afternoon I saw them feed on black the Druids had long before that Eet up their mystic stones. It was after the Christian hermits had been there a whose averaged record was 98.5. Mr.

berries in the same way. Hohmann will be remembered as th Later on, one of the skunks amused ouple of hundred years, and Aubert, himself by starting to dig a burrow winner of the 1902 and 1903 open tour- naments for all around casting. There were 38 entries for the second event, under a large rock. He went at it with bishop of Avranches the white city you see with its towers glistening in afternoon sunlight, on the hills across the lis fore feet, and his great long claws proved excellent implements for the pur which was for "distance and accurate partake of the same character and it takes but little to'delight them. Base-' ball has not found Its way thither, even with the advent of the American, but cricket is their most popular game.

There Is but little difference made be- tween the sexes in these 'flowery Isles, i so that the fairer portion of the community joins with equal fervor In the games. Cricket or cri-keet, as they term it, is hardly played according to standard rules. To begin with, instead of 11 on a side there may be any number from 10 to 50, or double that number, often one village of CO or 100 playing against I another village of perhaps only 15 or 20. is no hard feeling, however, and all the bystanders applaud. The game sometimes runs on for two or three days, but is evidently just as interesting In the last contest as In the beginning.

Some enterprising trader has made a neat sum from the introduction of mar-; bles. This fascinating pastime struck a most responsive chord In the tropic breast, for wherever you go you see groups of men, women and children standing about in excited groups or kneeling at the game. It Is most amusing to see a stalwart chief come strutting by, and catching sight of some favorite opponent, stop, produce a handful of marbles from the folds of his loin cloth, and squatting upon the ground enter Into the game with all the zest of the 10-year-old. It frequently happens that the players congregate In such numbers In the public thoroughfare that the native police will come up, confiscate some of the marbles and disperse the crowd. I was guile interested with the promptness with which he attended to this duty un-' til one day I discovered him with a few bait casting.

This was an exciting con sands was busy building the shrine to St. Michael, that one day (it was early in test and was won by A. C. Smith, who secured an average of 98.5. The third and last event was the long distance pose.

Presently there came across the field in Italian workman, who, from his general appearance, had not been in this country very long, and whose English casting, which was held on the lawn With a broken rod which had befallen him in the first event, Ernest Bartholo the eighth century) there was a terrific trembling of the earth, and out at sea the tide rose, as never before in the memory of man. It swept in over woodland and village, and when it swept out again there was no forest. Mont St. and Tomberlalne near by were the only dry spots of land In a vast bay; the mew, of Kalamazoo, sent tha buzzing little leaden bait 1G9 feet, ten feet of which were taken off as a demerit for having fallen shy that much of th. center tape.

There was a gusty, choppy vocabulary, as I presently discovered, consisted of a few sentences about as complex as "Two fer fife." He looked hard at the skunk and then at me, and then at the skunk again. Then he delivered himself: "Wat dat?" "Skunk." "Wat spunk? Gude feet?" "Fine," with a nod. (This on the statement of one of our most eminent naturalists, not from personal knowledge.) "You goin' eat 'im?" "No." A look of surprise came over his face. consumption of oatmeal has lost ground relatively, dropping to 3G1 bushels for each 100 persons. This decrease is probably due to the substitution of other "cereal" and "breakfast" foods, which have in some families wholly taken the place of oatmeal.

Now, take the market garden products, fruits and sugar. Anyone who will stop to think of the present-dav grocery store with its rows upon rows of inviting canned goods tomatoes, corn, peas, beans, and all manner of fruits, and of the excellent displays of green vegetables and fresh fruits, from huckleberries to watermelons, will find himself convinced of the impor wind blowing and under the conditions the throw of 158 feet was considered a marvel. SINGWA AT PLAY. hills of the Cotentin were far to the west. Northward w9s the open sea, never before seen by the monks from their hilltop.

Southward the sands stretched toward Poutorsou. Had there been no earthquuake and rising of the waters, the story of Mont St. Michel would be very like that of any other medieval abbey In France: the story of saintly monks and miracles, of shrines and pilgrimages of piety ex the superintendent of the village, "Whj have you put those ridiculous clothes on Remaining submerged for nearly foul minutes is the remarkable performance of Thomas Singwa. Don't you know it takes awaj all his attractiveness?" "Yes," replied the enrewd manager. "and that's just what I want to do.

That boy would be pestered to death if I didn't and he stepped quite close to the hole where the skunk was working. Presently the little animal backed out of the burrow to rest or to survey its work, and the Italian saw two things. First, of his cronies having a quiet little game with the confiscated marbles. There is give him a rest once Ui a while. In his natural state he Is entirely too popular tant parts these foods play in our common diet.

And then our candy item, our preserves item; no one whose memory can supply a comparison of the candy stores of 30 years ago with those of to-day can fall to for comfort." Singwa Is now an attendant at the pressed In noble architecture, of love of irt and learning, of increasing wealth and power and abuse of it, of reform and revived ardor and fresh and 3nally the revolution. Only Mont St. Uichel answered too well as a prison to be destroyed. And when jailers and prisoners had1 got done with it enough was left to be turned into a national monument In 1870. But if the monks were like all other monks, their abbey was by no means like all other abbeys, either in its architecture or as a fortress.

When the other Smultzer of Denver, who has star tied the swimminj world. The fact-that Smultzer it only 1C years jold makes the feat all the more remarkable. In a recent sensational fe.at' performed in London, England, he was able, by reason of his extraordinary lung power, to swim the distance of 112 yards five inches in the re- Model Filipino school, which holds daily sessions on the Philippine exposition grounds, but long before the school opened he had picked up more English than any of the natives in the village. It is not that Singwa can greet the vis that its skin was of probable value, and, second, that it was a small creature eas-ly overpowered. Then he spoke again, this time with a covetous look on hia face: "You get 'im skin, eh?" "No." "Me get 'im." As he said this, he took the last step towards the skunk, which had now returned to his work.

"No, no," I said, rising to my feet to prevent a catastrophe which I felt was imminent, but the Italian mistook my Intention. He apparently thought that itor in English and take a pencil and draw all sorts of caricatures on the vis itor's card, but the way he does it that abbeys increased in importance, and the nonks in number, new courts and clois- T. M. Smutzer. be impressed with' the increase of sugar consumption.

Here, indeed, the figures tell a striking story: In 1850 each man, woman and child in America ate 23 pounds of sugar; in 1900, 65 pounds of sugar. And In the 20 years since 1880 the consumption of market garden products and fruit3 has increased more than threefold. 'And here is another Interesting point: Ten years ago potatoes outranked market garden products more than two to one. The last census puts them in the opposite relation, potatoes falling behind by nearly $10,000,000. One of the most striking features of this increased eating-of market garden products is Indicated by the remarkable increase of land covered by were added, more ground covered But at St.

Michel, after burrowing down into the heart of the rock, there was markable time of two minutes SVs seconds, thus giving him the title of world's amateur champion. The management of baths in London, where this wonder I wanted to prevent him getting a lothing to do but to build upward and ever upward, to pile story upon story, until the abbey, springing higher and higher heavenward, became everywhere creates astonishment. It is the sly cunning with which he invariably does the unexpected and asks the visitor his own age and name after telling all about Singwa. His first passion was drawing, and when he had learned the alphabet in the model school, his next was writing his age, name and tribe on the typewriter. Being a Suyoc he does not eat dog, while the much advertised Eontoo in the same village do.

If a visitor asks Singwa if he cats dog, in great disgust he points the finger of scorn at the inquisitor and replies: "No, Singwa Suyoc no eat dog. You eat dog." Singwa draws some remarkable pictures of chickens, wild hogs, and differ visible to the people on the mainland. A CRICKET PLAYER. Who Supported Atlas. Not long ago the genial superintend glass to supply our modern bills of prize which I had no use for myself, and quickly reached down, and dragged the skunk out by the tail.

Now I have known that skunk for a long time, and he is about as good natured as any member of his species which has come under my observation. But he had never been treated like this in his life before, and the next instant the Italian let go of the tail, and was reeling backwards under the effects of his first lesson In American natural history. ERNEST HAROLD BAYNE9. ent of a public school was asked by one iiever any trouble nor violence and the tames go happily on. of his youthful friends to listen to the Across from the hotel is a large native latter's rehearsal of a lesson in which ful feat took place, considered it presumption on the part of such a youngster to aspire to break the world's professional record, held by Prof.

Finney, who swam under water a distance of 113 yards and one inch, but, as be was a stranger, they agreed to allow him to test his abilities. He desired that the watet should be regulated to a temperature of 75 degrees. Plunging Into it he did 112 yards and five Inches, to the amazement of the attendants and others who came from other parts of the building to see him. He beat Finney's records for time at this distance. It is also worthy of notice that while Smultzer had the water at a temperature of 75 degrees, Finney's record was made at 80 degrees, which is considered among there was a reference to Atlas.

liut which contains several generations find seemingly untold visitors and rela- fare with early and late "green stuff." It is scarcely a dozen years since this Increase began Its expansion, and yet the census of 1900 reports over 300 acres of land covered with glass in New York state alone, and nearly as mtich in Pennsylvania and In New Jersey, with over 200 acres each in Illinois and Massachusetts. "Do you know who Atlas was?" asked ent types of visitors on the souvenir 1 ves. Here all sorts of games are hourly the superintendent. progress, but the most interesting Is "Yes, sir. He was a giant who sup books sold in the Igorot village, and there is always a struggle to get the onei he has signed with his name.

He has no hat played by the hoary-headed grand- ported the world." ires. Two old wrinkled men will sit "Ah! Supported the world, did he?" pocket In his scanty trousers and so or hours over a game of small stones, wanders up to the visitor and in a cut Similar to that youthful delight, "jack tone that is never mused asks for a tones." Here also may be seen nearly Bells to Guide Vessels. By agreement with the Canadian government 30 bells are to be installed in the river St. Lawrence and off the "pencil." If the visitor he 13 picturing Men Gossips. Men are as bad gossips as women.

Only they deliver "straight goods," man to man, instead of backbiting and then gushing with pretensions of regard when they meet. Good Housekeeping. True Enough. If one could remember, when asked for advice, that his friend wants only confirmation of his own judgment it ha3 glasses, a large hat or other dis tinguishing mark of attire, be puts It in coast of the maritime provinces. Twenty-six ofthe stations will be worked went on the superintendent.

"Well, tell me who supported Atlas?" The little fellow looked as though he had not given the subject any particular attention, hut showed immediate willingness to think it over. The superintendent stood looking on, trying hard to keep back a smile; but the youngster Anally brightened up and answered: "Well. I think he must have married a rich Y. News. from shore, and from lightships.

In order to use the system ships ar equipped with telephone receivers, which pick up. the sounds of the belle pvery day an old man crouched opposite to an equally old tremendously fat woman and with a little knife they will f)Iay mumbly-peg for hours. It is the most delightful thing to see old and young living on a common basis, everything, even to the games in the street, being shared alike. ANNA H. CLARK.

One Sacred Secret. Parker I have noticed that nearly all articles on "How to Manage a Husband" were written by unmarried women. How do you account for it? Kerwin Oh, you don't suppose a at a distance of four to ten miles. It the caricature and then laughing in high glee points to it and says, "You, you." Singwa is here without father or mother, his parents trusting him to the care ol C. A.

Pettit, who brought the Suyoc Igorot to the fair. Cause and Effect. Mrs. DIggs Did you hear about Mrs Naggsby's misfortune? Diggs No; what was It? Mrs. Diggs She lost her voice suddenly a few days ago.

is claimed that a vessel thus equipped can easily pick its way through a diffi cult passage, even in fog or storm. II would save much heartache. Toledo Blade. The Next Step. "At that point, he was afraid he wouldn't be in a condition to go home." "Ha! Ha! What did he do then?" "Why, he took a few more high balls and stopped worrying about it." Puck.

is expected that all ships making Can swimmers as of great advantage to the latter. It is also pointed out that if tha Denver lad had essayed the task from tha deep instead of the shallow end of thi bath he could have beaten the world's record. Young Smultzer is going over to England again soon to try for the under water swimming record of the world. Decollete. Little Mable, aged three, likes slippers.

One day her mother took'het to a shoe store, where a pair of shoe was tried on her. She looked at them and said: "Mamma, I don't like these. I want a pair of low-necked shoes." Little Chronicle. Small Talk. "Mrs.

Brown," she heard her young daughter, who was entertaining the old lady, ask as she neared the parlor door, "Low did your face get to rum-; pled? N. O. Tlcayune. Price Everything. Mrs.

Newrkh I got rid of our old 'phone this morning. Mr. Newrich Why, didn't it work? ''Oh, yes; but I had them put a longdistance one instead; It's so irr.ch more expensive to talk through tnem, you know." D( troit free Press. adian ports Will be equipped with telephonic apparatus for picking up the sounds of the bells. Chicago Daily News.

Diggs Huh! I wondered why Naggs married woman Is going to give her by looked so cheerful when I met hln little plan away, do you? Cincinnati Enquirer. Changing Off. Stout I suppose you swear by your Joctor? Gout Not always. Sometimes I iwear at him. Times.

this morning. Chicago Dally News. A Question of Honcr. Slimscn What was the trouble tween you and little boy nexi door? Willie He said he was a worse bo; than I was. Smart Set.

Feminine Charity. Maud Young Simkins is what I would call a prize idiot. Clara Then the report must oe true." "What report?" "That he's been making love to you, dear." Chicago Dally Ne? Her Mother's Prognostications. He Why does your mother Insist on your having an elaborate church wedding? She She says It's the last chance I'll ever have to show off In good clothes. N.

Y. Weekly. Comparison. She It be awful to owe money and not to be able to pay It! He Yes almost as bad as lending it and not beinj? able to get it back! Detroit Free Press..