CANAL AT RAPIDS
BOARD OP ENGINEERS TO MEET AT
PORTLAND MAY II.
Declilon on Plans Will Then Be Reached
May Modify Harta Plan to Keep
Within Limit Will Also Examine
Route Scheme for Continuous Canal
From Big Eddy to Cclllo.
Washington, April 15. Representa
tive Moody, before leaving Washing
ton, bad a final conference with the
member of the Board of Engineers
having under consideration the open
ing of the Columbia River from The
Dalles to Celilo, and was informed
that the Board will meet In Portland
May 11 to consider more fully all data
that has recently been collected by
Major Langfitt regarding the portion
of the river to be improved.
Mr. Moody says that, while It la Im
possible to say what the Board will
finally report, its conclusion will
largely depend upon calculations to
be based on data that has been com
piled by Major Langfitt, bearing on
the several modifications or substi
tution for the Harts' project.
Mr. Moody alsp had under consider
ation with the engineers the removal
of one of the reefs at Ten-Mile Rap
Ids, with a view to facilitating steam
boat navigation up to the lower end
of the proposed state portage road
That proposition will be considered
by the Board when It meets. The
Board will prooably visit the obstruc
tions In the river and will determine
, for Itself the need of blasting on this
reef. Having viewed the river dur
lng the Summer, the Board at Its
coming .meeting will have opportunity
to see the stream at the high stage of
the water and form a better idea of
tne volume of water to be controlled.
The Board will make an extraordi
nary effort to devise a practical plan
that can be carried out at a cost not
exceeding Captain Harts' estimate for
his original scheme, and there Is
some hope that such a plan may
eventually be found. In the light of
data that has been collected bv Ma.
Jor Langfitt, the Board will be able
closely to estimate the cost of the
several modifications of the Harts
project that have been proposed and
will also be able to estimate the cost
or other schemes that have been
brought forward by other engineers.
Mr. Moody has urged that if the
Harts' plan In an amended form Is
not agreed upon, the Board seriously
consider the proposition of a contin
uous canal from the Big Eddy to Ce
lilo, and determine whether or not
auch a canal can be built by making
use of natural channels through the
rocks to the south of the river, at a
cost not greater than Harts' estimate.
This suggestion will be Investigated
and, If it proves feasible at reason
able cost, may be accepted, as the ad
vantages of a continuous canal are
recognized by many of the officers.
ENQINES CRASH HEAD-ON.
Four Are Killed and Two Mora Will Die
Details Meager.
Halifax, N. "S., April 15. Four per
sons killed, two fatally hurt, at least
one missing, and several others slight
ly Injured Is the record of a head-on
collision on the Inter-Collonial Rail
way which occurred just before mid
night last night near Windsor Junc
tion, 17 miles from Halifax.
The poles and telegraph line along
the roadside were wrecked, and this
city was cut off from communication
with the outside world for hours.
The trains in collision were the
Canadian Pacific Railway express
. from Montreal and Boston for Hall
fax, and a fast freight from Halifax
for Montreal. The conductor and
driver of the freight had orders to
take the siding at Windsor Junction
and let the express cross, but. for
some unknown reason, Driver Cope
land of the freight, ran past' the
Junction on the Eain line and met
the express two miles beyond.
It Is thought that Copoland may
have lost control of his train, which
was made up of 75 cars. The freight
was running 25 miles an hour and
the express, which was two hours
late, was traveling about 45 miles an
nour. Doth trains were hauled by
new and powerful locomotives, and
they crashed together on a level piece
of road skirting a lake.
Proposed Treaty With Cuba.
Havana April 15. Minister Squires
today outlines to President Palma and
Foreign Secretalry Haldo the details
of the permanent treaty between Cuba
and the United States In accordance
with the proposition prepared at
Washington. The naval stations
agreement, the ratification of which
is now pending in the Senate, will not
be reopened, but It is understood that
ownership of the stations, is covered
In the treaty, in addition to the Isle
of Pines and the Piatt amendment
features. There Is no doubt thnt a
permanent treaty will be concluded
soon.
Slide nisses Passenger Train.
Salt Lake, April 15.-A special to
the Herald from Evanston, Wyo., says
that a landslide occurred at the east
end of the Aspen tunnel late today
burying the Union Pacific tracks 18
or 20 feet for a distance of 200 or 300
feet and badly caving In the end of
the tunnel. It la thought the tracks
cannot be cleared for at least 24
hours. No one was killed in the slide
as far as known. The east-bound pas
senger train had Just passed through
the tunnol when the slide came down
the mountain. Just missing the train.
Coal Mine Explosion.
n.ansas uiiy, April 15. A special
to the Journal from South McAllster,
I. T says: Five men were killed and
two severely burned today by a gas
explosion in wine u or tne Kansas &
Texas Coal Company at Carbon, I. T.
The cause of the explosion Is un
known. Seventy-five men were In the
mine, but all escaped Injury except
the peven who were working In the
chamber where the explosion occurred.
CUT IN TWO BY 5TEAAER.
Schooner Run Down on Gulf two Chil
dren and Sailor Drowned.
St Louis, April 15. A special to
the Republic from Galveston, Tex.,
says:
The schooner Margaret L. Ward
was rammed and sunk by the South
ern Pacific steamer El Rio, 25 miles
east of Galveston Bar, last night
Two children of Captain McKown, of
the schooner, were lost and one sea
man of the same vessel.
According to Captain McKown, all
his lights were burning brightly and
every possible signal made to avert
the collision, but the big steamer bore
straight down upon the doomed ves
sel, cutting her in two and sending
her to the bottom immediately. From
accounts of the collision given by the
engineer, Clark, and. Chief Mate In
galls, It was about 30 seconds from
the time of the colloslon until the
Ward sunk.
The captain had his family on
board. They were asleep In the cab
in. The mate saw the steamer and
started to ring the bells. The whole
crew turned out; all bells were ring
ing, the whistles were blowing, all
hands on deck were shouting for dear
life and both anchorage lights were
showing when the El Rio struck the
schooner carrying away her aft-gang
way and wheel-bow and cutting into
the cabin.
All hands took to the rigging. Cap
tain McKown had his son in his arms,
but was struck with something In get
ting Into the rigging and the little fel
lew slipped into the sea. Mrs. Mc
Kown gave the little girl to one of
the sailors who was lost in trying to
save her.
RAISED FROM THE DEEP.
One of the Spanish Ships Sunk by Dew
ey's Fleet at Manila.
Manila, April 15. The warship
Reina Christina, the flagship of Ad
miral Montejo, which was sunk by
Admiral Dewey, was floated and
beached yesterday. The skeletons of
about 80 of her crew were found in
the hulk.
One skeleton was evidently that of
an officef, for It had a sword by Its
side. There are fifteen shell holes In
the hull of the Relna Christina, one
made by an eight-Inch and others
smaller. The main injection valve is
missing, showing the ship was scut
tled when abandoned. The hull Is in
fair condition.
Captain Albert R. Couden, com
manding the naval station at Cavlte,
took charge of the remains of the sail
ors, expressing a desire to give them
an American naval funeral. The
SpanlBh residents are anxious, how
ever, to ship the Bkeletons to Spain,
and It Is suggested that the transport
Sumner convey them to Spain by the
way of the Suez Canal in June.
A wrecking company Is endeavoring
to raise all the sunken Spanish war
ships. PERUVIAN CIVILIZATION.
Or. Max Uhle Has Been Able to Trace It
Back 2,000 Years.
San Francisco, April 13. The ear
liest American civilization, for ante
dating the generally accepted limits
of pre-Columbus culture, has been
traced In Peru by Dr. Max Uhle, di
rector of the anthrologlcal excava
tions and explorations of the Univer
sity of California in that country.
Where heretofore Inca traditions had
led scientists to believe that Peruvian
civilization extended back only a few
centuries before the coming of the
Spaniards, the archeologlcal work of
Dr. Uhle has established the fact
that a great civilization flourished
2000 years earlier, at the least esti
mate, and that a cultured race, of
higher development than the Incns
was In existence before the Trojan
war.
This remarkable discovery follows
as a result of the studies made in the
two expeditions which Dr. Uhle led
m recent years at the expense of Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst and under the aus
pices of the University of California.
DAM BURSTS IN COLORADO.
Irrigates Valley Too Suddenly and Drives
Out Residents.
Delta, Colo., April 14. The dam of
the Bonney reservoir, near Olathe. 15
miles from this city, gave way early
today, causing damage estimated at
from $50,000 to $75,000. The reser
voir is owned by the Garnet Ditch &
Reservoir Company and furnished
water for irrigating the Garnet mesa.
The company's house below the dam
was demolished, and Its occupants
bnrely escaped with their lives, being
forced to wade through several feet
of water In their night clother.
Riders were sent out to notify the
farmers living along the Uncompah
gree River above Delta, and it Is
thought that all escaped before the
flood reached them. Crops in many
places will be ruined, and several
hundred head of cattle are reported
as lost The Denver & Rio Grande
track was washed out for a distance
of about three-quarters of a mile. .
Religious Riots at Brest.
Brest, April 15. Serious , disturb
ances attended the congress of Cath
olic clubs held here today. The cler
icals Indulged in a series of manifes
tations In favor of the religious con
gregations, which led to street con
flicts with socialists. A number of ar
rests were made. Tonight the social
ist workmen organized a counter
demonstration, and 3000 of them pa
raded In a body through the town,
singing revolutionary airs and shout
ing "Down with the priests."
She Wants No Reform.
Pektn, April 15. The Dowager Em
press has issued an edict repealing
the comprehenlsve stamp taxation
scheme, which Yuan Shi Kal, Gover
nor of the Province of Chi Li, was
about to inaugurate throughout thiB
province. The edict assigns the pov
erty of the people as the reason for
the repeal of the scheme, but it is be
lieved Yuan Shi Kal's enemies pro
cured it for the purpose of crippling
bus proposed reforms.
RAIIS CHECK FARM WORK.
Winter Wheat Looks Well-Frost Nips
rrult In California.
Washington, April 16. The Weather
bureau issued the following weekly
summary of crop conditions:
In the districts east of the Rocky
Mountains during the week ending
April 13, the temperature has been
highly favorable for growing vegeta
tlon, but farm work was verv eeneral
ly retarded by rains in the Lake re
gion, central valleys and Atlantic coast
districts, while complaints of lack of
moisture are received from portions
ot me central and West Gulf states
In the Central and Northern Rocky
Mountain districts and on the North
ern Faciflc coast the season is
very backward, and Washineton and
Oregon have suffered from cold, wet
weatner. m California the conditions
have been generally favorable, with the
exception or some damage by frosts
The condition of winter wheat is
generally excellent, and It has made
splendid progress since the first of the
month. In the Unner Ohio Vallev.
however, the freeze of the 4th and 5th
caused some injury. On the whole
the conditions of the crop in the winter
wheat belt east of the Rockies la more
promising than for years. In Califor
nia the outlook Is also promising, but
in uregon and Washington the condl
tlons of the crop are less favorable,
especially In the last named state,
where about one-third of the acreage
win De resown.
Spring wheat seeding is nearly com
pleted in Iowa- and Nebraska, and is
progressing well In South Dakota;
none has yet been sown in North Da
kota and in Northern Minnesota, but
in Southern Minnesota some has been
sown on rolling lands. By the close of
March, which was a very .mild month,
all fruits were unusually far advanced.
The reports now indicate that many
varieties of fruit have suffered severe
ly for the month, particulary the
peach.
In California, while some damage
has been done by frost, the outlook
Is favorable; on the North Pacific
Coast the season is so backward that
fruit has not been exposed to injury.
TWO KILLED BY TORNADO.
Storm Sweeps Over Remote Part of Ala
bama With Deadly Effect.
Birmingham, Ala.. April 16. A spe
cial to the Age-Herald from Evergreen,
Ala., says:
News has Jii3t reached here by tele-
phoie confirming rumors of heavy loss
of life and property in the neighbor
hood of Peterman and Burnt Corn.
wrought by the tornado which passed
near there yesterday. Ten persons are
known to have been killed, numerous
barns and residences and outhouses
were swept away, entailing a loss
which will rep.ch high In the thousands.
On account of the bad condition of the
wires communication is difficult.
H. P. Salter and his mother and
child were riding along a road and
were opposite a clump of trees when
the storm overtook them. A heavy
tree that was uprooted by the wind fell
across the wagon, crushing all of the
occupants to death. Several residenc
es were demolished, the timber falling
on the occupants, killing or injuring
nil within the buildings.
It will probably be several days be
fore a correct list of the casualties
can be obtained, as there is neither
telegraph nor railroad connection. The
heavy rains have rendered the roads
almost impassable. Peterman is in
Monroe county, and Is not within 25
miles of a railroad or telegraph sta
tion.
All the news so far received has
come over the telephone lines which
are several miles from the path of the
storm. i
WIND S UCKED CREEK DRY.
Freak of Tornado That Visited Illinois-
Score of People Injured.
Springfield, 111., April 15. One
death, a fatal Injury and a score or
more of injuries resulted from a tor
nado that swept Logan, Dewett and
Piatt Counties this afternoon. The fa
tality occurred on the Halsadarser
settlement, a farming community
three miles from Atwood. Piatt Coun
ty. The home of Clifford Halsadarser
was demolished, and after the storm
Halsadarser's Infant son was found
dead 300 feet from where the house
titood. His wife was hurled across
the street and fatally Injured.
Mrs. J. B. Martin's home was de
stroyed and several guests were pain
fully injured.
Deer Creek, in Logan County.
where the storm first struck, was
swept dry of water. Reports from
this district state that three houses
were destroyed and a number of peo
ple more or less Injured. Supervisor
Schanaeur's handsome residence was
destroyed. The family of sever?'
children and a number of visitors, IS
In all, sought safety in the cellar, and
the house was torn from over them.
The homes of Samuol V. Baldwin
end Gus Knecht wei, destvoyed.
Mrs. Baldwin and two farm hands
took refuge In a smokehouse In which
they were hurled several hundred
feet and painfully Injured.
Asks Germany to Fxplaln.
Washington, April 16. The State
Department has asked the German
Government for a statement of the
facts connected with the deportation
from the Island of Ruk to the island
of Ponate, another of the Caroline
group, a number of native students of
the American Mislonary establishment
there. The matter was brought to the
attention ot the State Department for
mally by Rev. Dr. Judson Smith, sec
retary of the American Board of Mis
sions. Flooding Burning Mine.
Sydney, N. S. W., April 15.
Through a sluice cut through a dam
opening into the old workings, water
is now pouring into the burning col
liery No. 1 of the Dominion Coal Com
pany, at the rate of nearly 3.500.000
gallons an hour. The mine Is flooded
up to the seventh level, and there
are four more levels to be flooded be
fore the fire is reached. This will
require an estimated 450,000,000 gal
lons of water.
Cornell has twenty-six fraternities.
A woman's brain declines in weight
after the age of thirty.
Niagara Is worth $1,000,000,000 as a
source of electric power.
The poor classes abroad make ex
tensive use of pnper quilts.
Polo is probably the oldest of ath
letic sports. ' It has been traced to 000
B. C.
. The army of 60,000 men costs the
people less thnn $1 per capita per an
Men over forty are employed In Liv
erpool, England, to do errand boys'
work.
One hundred and forty -five cardinals
have died since Leo XIII became
Pope.
A new hotel In New Tork City has
a capacity for 1,200 guests and em
ploys 1,800 servants.
The highest mountain In the moon Is
at least 85,000 feet, that Is1, 6,000 feet
higher than Mt Everest.
Successful experiments have been
made for obtaining alcohol and sugar
f(om pine and birch sawdust
An English writer has recently de
scribed a battleship as the last word
mechanical genius, naval construction
and cash payment can say In aggres
siveness. The South African colonies and Isl
ands owned by Germany have no local
legislature or even crown councils.
Each is ruled by an autocrat appointed
by the Emperor.
A Canadian inventor claims to have
invented a system of telephoning be
tween stations, utilizing the railroad
tracks Instead of a line of wire for the
transmission of messages.
The report of the Commissioner of
Patents for 1002 shows a total of 49,-
490 applications for patents, Including
designs, and that 27,776 patents, in
cluding designs, were Issued.
Star, reglstra-general of vital statis
tics for Scotland, declared his opinion
that bachelor life was more destructive
to males than the most unwholesome-
trade or the most unsanitary sur
roundings. D. Milburn, son of the well-knowu
Buffalo lawyer In whose house Presi
dent McKinley died, is a member of
the Oxford boat crew this year. His
almost equally athletic brother has
missed the "eight"
Mrs. Annie Rosenberg of Laramie,
Wyo., is the only woman undertaker
In the Rocky Mountain region. She
holds a certificate of competency from
the Colorado Board of Health, having
first engaged in business in that State.
The Automotor Journal, London, de
scribes a new traction engine called
the "pedrall," which literally walks
upstairs with the stride and sure-foot-pdness
of an elephant, and hnuls loads
far In excess of those the wheeled trac
tion engine can move.
The famed crystal palace of London
has been purchased by Imre Klralfy
and will become the center of the cluss
of amusements made popular by the
Klralfy brothers. Several others prom
inent In the theatrical world are asso
ciated with the purchaser.
Dr. L. Forbes Wlnslow, founder of
the British hospital for mental disor
ders, and one of the greatest living
authorities on lunacy, is CO. He is a
lineal descendant of Edward Wlnslow,
first Governor of New Plymouth, who
left England in the Mayflower In 1020.
Bernard Shaw, a learned Londoner,
Insists that "copper" Is a proper des
ignation for policeman and much pref
orable to the term "bobby," now in
common use in the world's metropolis.
Copper, he says,, is an excellent Snxon
word, describing a man who pursues
and captures.
Secretary Cortelyou la one of the
few remaining men in public life who
affect the pompadour style of brushing
the hnlr. Fifteen or eighteen years
ago It seemed as If all mankind had
the pompadour craze. When "Pompa
dour Jim" came on the stage every
sport thnt wns a sport wore his bris
tles rampant.
M. Witte, the Russian minister of
finance, is an ardent temperance work
er. He Is a teetotaler and Induced the
Czar to decorate the men and women
who are the most active in temper
ance work. He makes no secret of his
preference for teetotalers In the vari
ous offices of the department he con
trols. There are Bixty-three committees In
the House of Representatives at Wash
ington, and only one of them was en
tirely exempt from the effects of Inst
fall's election. That Is the committee
on expenditures In the Treasury De
partment, of which "Bob" Cousins of
Iowa Is chairman. Every other com
mittee lost from one to Ave members
through defeat In convention or at the
polls.
Judge Shlras, who has just retired
as a Justice of the Supreme Court,
gains $2,500 a year by the passage of
the bill Increasing the salaries of the
members of thnt tribunal. He wished
to retire some months ago, but the
deAth of Justice Gray delayed the ac
ceptance of his resignation. Meantime
the increase of salary became effective
and he will receive $12,500 a year dur
ing the remainder of his life.
OVERTURNING THE INK.
Thing that I flnrs to Make a Belf-Poa
eased Man Foolish.
"The vicissitudes of life are hard to
bear, and I have had my share of
them," said a treasury official to some
friends one day last week. "I have
also had many really startling experi
ences, though I managed to pull
through them, and In doing so at all
times preserved a cool head and a
steady hand. But there Is one thing,
apart and above all else, one with
which I can compare no catastrophe
as nerve-racking in Its results, at the
same time rendering a man so utterly
helpless and foolish, as the upsetting
of an inkstand. My experience has
taught me that It is true of man In
generaL Having done desk work all
my life, and nearly always surrounded
by fellow clerks. I cannot recall one
instance where a man has retained his
equilibrium in this simple but trying
situation.
"He may have commanded a ship
or fought nobly in battles, and such
trifles as burglars are only to be laugh
ed at but this same man. with a rec
ord for unparalleled bravery will, at
the overturning of a bottle of Ink,
spring to his feet in a wild style, make
a desperate, though ridiculous, grasp
for the stand, and knock It across the
desk on some important papers that
need not have come in contact with the
Ink, even though a quart had been
spilled. But the man Is managing the
accident; conseauentlv. he ela
more papers and succeeds only In bath
ing tnem in the black puddle. Then
he swears In every known tongue, and
either In a fit of temper or through
fresh awkwardness that every one
around thought he had exhausted innr
ago, will dash the stand upon the floor,
wnere it or its own free will, drains
Itself only on the bright snots In th
carpet Then.vas something he has
not thought of before, and can't under
stand why he hasn't tllA man crro Via
for his real linen handkerchief, taken
rrom his hip pocket with Inky hands,
and the white vest and starched ahirt
come In for their share of the decora
tions, as well as the trousers, which he
has been assured can never be worn
again. Finally, when he has succeed
ed In smearing everything in sight,
making the small auantitv of ink
spread out into unheard of lengths, he
gets nis Drcath and slowly his senses,
then gradually wonders whv ho did
any of the silly things he did do, and
sees so plainly how the whole thing
mignt nave been saved hv tho nnu.v
use of a blotter or an inexpensive tow-1
el. The next time he remembers none !
of the simpler methods, but makea a
tool or himself Just as he did the firat
time, and the tenth time with all the
times In between. But he consoles him
self with the thought, rather the fact,
that all men make fools of themselves
under the same circumstances. Nobody
knows why, but they do, which Is rea
son enough that they always will."
Washington Post.
TOOK TEACHER LITERALLY.
Tho Boy Wrote of f omrthlns "Within
Himself."
During her vacation one of the teach
ers in a west side grammar school was
thinking over her English work and
decided that there bad been too much
reproduction required. She felt that
she must plan to develop originality in
her urchins. So on MuUay last her
schedule required "Original composi
tion topics suggested by the hol.d.iy
season."
At the beginning of the period she
explained matters carefully. ."Now.
boys," she taid, "I know you have nil
had a' merry time and I am pure there
will be mnny things for you to te'I iik
about in the form of a letter or a story.
Just be yourselves. Don't wil e about
anything you huve heard or read. 1
want eiich one of you to write of some
thing that Is within himsilf remem
ber, within himself."
The results were satlfactory In the
main. Indeed, several very natural and
boyish accounts of an afternoon's w
ety in the park, a visit to a chum's
Christmas tree, or a tussle In the fnjw
on the riverside were the outc.iue
of the plan. She found one effort, in
the form of a leter, Just a trifle too lit
eral, says the New Tork Times. It
read:
"Denr Teacher: There is not much
within me to-day, but ther was more on
New Years. I had within me afur
diner some soup turky with ' oistft
dreslng, cranberry sors, potatos and
gravy sparowgiass on tost nuts laiscns
plumpVdlng candy and Ma let me have
a sip of her coffy Just cause it wns
New Years. No more now fiom
"FREDDIE."
Not Safe for Angels.
The woman with the enameled ten
cup sipped and told this story. She
snld the Incident happened in Brook
lyn. "A little boy stood at the window
watching the snow falling upon the
pavement and blowing together Into
dusty patches.
" 'Aunt,' he said, 'do the angels, send
the snow?"
" 'Yes, dear,' said aunt, without look
ing up from her book.
"There was silence for awhile. From
out the house across the way a white
capped maid came with a broom and
swept the sidewalk and the steps. She
was the maid of Mrs. S., a very fas
tidious, fussy old lady, who has n
strong dislike for both children and
dirt. Indeed, she seemed to regard the
words as synonymous. Only that day
she had sent little Jack and his chums
away from her side of the street.
"Jack watched the maid for a while,'
continued the narrator, according to
the New York Times, "then he startled
his aunt with this statement:
"Well. I'd pity the angels if Mrs. S.
catches them putting snow on her
steps r "
The law making it a crime to employ
children under 14 should have been
made to work both ways. It should be
a crime for boys over 14 to be loafing
the streets during school hours.
iMIMMHHIIIIHHW
OLD i
FAVORITES j
H- M I t t nil! I I t
Tho Wear In. -t k. n.
O, Paddy dear, and did you hear the
news mat s going round?
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow
On Iriah trrnnnA
Saint Putrick's day no more we'll keep.
mi i-uioro can t De seen.
For there's a cruel law against the wear
ing of the green.
I met with Napper Tandy, and he took
me bv the h Ann
And ho said, "How's Door old Ireland'
and how Antkm aVia manAVI
Shea the most distressful country that
ever yet was seen,
They are hanging men and women for
me wearing ot the green.
Then since the color we must wear is
England's cruel red,
Sura Ireland's sons will ne'er forget the
iiwu inai tney nave shed.
You may take the shamrock from your
hat and cast it on the sod,
But 'twill take root and flourish there,
tho' underfoot 'tis trod.
When law can stop the blades of grass
from growing as they grow,
And when the leaves in summer time
! meir verdure dare not show,
Then I will change the color that I wear
' In my caubeen,
But till that day, please God, I'll stick t
wearing of the green.
But if at last our color should be torn.
from Ireland's heart,
Her sons with shame and sorrow from
their dear old isle will part;
I've heard a whisper of a country that
lies beyond the sea,
Where rich and poor stand equal in the
I light of freedom's day.
O, Erin! must we leave you driven by a
tyrant's hand?
Must we ask a mother's blessing from a
I strange and distant land?
Where the cruel cross of England shall
nevermore h up on
And where, please God, we'll live and die
Btill wearing of the green.
The Old Armchair.
I love it, I love it! and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old una
chair?
I've trensured it long as a sainted prize.
i uweweu u wuu my tears, I've em
balmed it with my sighs;
'Tis bound by a thousand bands to my
heart;
Not a tie will break, not a link will start;.
Would know the spell? A mother sat
there!
And a sacred thing is that old arm chair
In childhood's hour I lingered near
The hallowed seat with listening ear;
And gentle words that mother would give
To fit me to die, and teach me to live;
She told me that shame would never
betide
With truth for my creed, and God for
my guide;
She taught me to Hrp my earliest prayer
As I knelt beside that old arm chair.
I sat and watched her many a day,
When her eye grew dim, and her locks
were gray ;
And I almost worshiped her when she
smiled,
And turned from her Bible to bless her
child.
Years rolled on, but the last one sped,
My Idol was shattered, my earth star
fled!
I learnt how much the henrt can bear,
When I saw her die in her old arm chair.
'Tis past, 'tis past! but I gnze on It now
With quivering breath aud throbbing;
brow;
'Twas there she nursed me, 'twas ther
she died,
And memory flows with lava tide.
Say it is folly, and deem me weak.
Whilst scalding drops start down my
cheeks;
But I love it, I love it, and cannot tear
My soul from a mother's old arm chair.
Eliza Cook.
Triumphant in One Field.
That a girl cannot throw a stone,
drive a nail or spin a top as success
fully as a boy is pardoned, by a writer
in the Washington Post, because si
can accomplish one marvelous feat
which, he declares, no man or boy can
ever equal.
There Is one thing no man could
ever accomplish, even if he were a
noted contortionist and that is but
toning a waist that has the buttons
sewed on the back!
A man doesn't live who could but
ton a shirt up the back without going
mad. I have watched my wife, and
every time she accomplishes this feat
of buttoning her waist In the back the
feeling comes over me that, after all,
compared with women,-men are a lot
if iuipntient and worthless beings.
Why, I can't button it standing behind
her with both hands free. I tried one
evening, when we were In a hurry. I
won't say that there were "a million
buttons, each about as big as a pin-'
head, but there were a good many of
them.
"Look here," said I, "let me 'fasten
.hat dress," and 1 began. In five min
utes I had buttoned three buttons, and.
;ny wife remarked that I was not mak
ing much progress, and In two minutes,
ihe had fastened every one of them.
A woman's arms must be put in
very free In their sockets to permit of
uer reaching back that way, and slip
ling those tiny buttons into the but
onholes without ever getting red in
;he face or trying to kick the cat or
iolng anything like that
Women may not be deft In a few-
little things that there's no occasion
for them to be deft In, but for patience
tnd self-control men cannot compete
with them.
Women la Dublin University.
Women, It la reported, are about to
be admitted to graduate at Dublin Uni
versity. After a man passes fifty, nothing in
the show line la very good.