Morning Oregonian., October 20, 1902, Page 3, Image 3

THE MOENING OEEGONIAN, MONDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1902.
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TO BETTER SCHOOLS
County School Superinten
dents Offer-Suggestions,
IDEAS ARE MANY AND VARIED
Higher Teaching Qualifications
Consolidation of Districts In
crease of. Compulsory Attend
ance Period.
SALEM, Oct. 19. Superintendent of
Public InstTHCtnon J. H. Ackerman has
asked the several County Superintendents
of Schools to make special reports. In
addition to the usual statistical reports,
showing the condition of the educational
work In the different counties. From
some of these reports already received
the following extracts are taken:
Superintendent E. V. Llttlefield", of Yam
hill County, says that he rinds that pupils
of the present are not as, well grounded
in "the ability to read intelligent!'" and
"to spell correctly," as they should he, and
he notices a tendency on the part of
teachers to neglect these subjects. He
thinks too little attention Is being given
to language and too much to arithmetic.
He also reports that school directors are
too often induced to buy school apparatus
at "outrageous prices," and he suggests
as a remedy that a law be passed re
tiring that all orders for supplies of
the value of more than $10 be Indorsed by
the County Superintendent He believes
that In general the Oregon school laws
are very complete and satisfactory.
Superintendent J. O. Wllllts, of Lake
County, says that some means should be
devised of testing the qualifications of a
teacher besides the usual test of an ex
amination. He sometimes finds country
girls and boys who make better teachers
than the Normal graduates, while he who
holds the diploma Is looked upon generally
as the superior. The only remedy he sees
now Is for the country boy and girl to
attend the normal and get a diploma.
Superintendent J. C. Zlnser, of Clacka
mas County, advises that the school law
be so amended as to permit a resident of
a district to vote at the school elections
If he owns property in the county, but out
side the district For the convenience of
the County Clerk he thinks the law
should authorize districts to report their
special tax levy by the first of January,
-when all other levies, are reported, Instead
of February 1.
Superintendent H. A. Ball, of "Washing
ton County, recommends that the com
pulsory school attendance law be amended
so as to require six months attendance
instead of three, and that the maximum
age of the compulsory attendance period
be raised from 14 to 16 years. "The large
and Increasing demand for child labor," he
cays, "makes an urgent need for a more
stringent attendance law than the pres
ent one."
Superintendent "W. 6. Jackson, of Linn
County, suggests "that the public -school
pupils be required to take the state ex
amination lor graduation .from, the eighth
grade before they enter the ninth grade.
The present law, he believes, permits
many pupils to enter the High School who
are not .properly prepared for that grade.
Superintendent E. E. Bragg, of Union
County, reports that some of the larger
districts are injured by reason of the
change in the time of taking the school
census. He .finds that many families move
out of the city to the country in the
Spring, and when the census Is taken they
are not In the district and are not
enumerated. He will advise clerks In such
districts to enumerate suchchlldren,
whether they are actually in the district
or not for he finds that many of them
ere not enumerated in" any district
Superintendent Lincoln Savage, of Jo
sephine County, reports, among other
things,, that many teachers apply for
"some good, easy school," with the ex
planation that they are physically unable
to control a large and more difficult one.
He regretfully reports that many of these
teachers find schools. He does not want
any of these "physically unable." teachers
In the schools of his county, and is put
ting forth every effort to eliminate such
from the roll.
Superintendent H.. C. Mack, of Grant
County, says that the qualifications of
teachers in his county are quite satisfac
tory. Where teachers fall in teaching it is
not on account of a lack of knowledge
of the text-book, but on account of a lack
of adaptability for the work.
Superintendent Shipley, of Morrow Coun
ty, wants the third grade certificate abol
ished, and later the second grade. He
thinks this would raise the standard of
qualification so as to shut out those teach
ers who are making school-teaching a
stepping stcne to law, medicine and other
professions. He thinks the districts
should be more self-supporting, and ad
vises that each district should be paid
state and county funds only oo condition
that It levies a special tax. the revenue
derived from which will equal a given
-per cent of he sum of the state and coun
ty taxes due it
Superintendent B. L. Mllllgan. of Mal
heur County, mentions among other
matters of heeded legislation: In the
Interest of higher learning,, the state
needs a law authorizing the organ
ization of union high school districts; that
each rural district should be provided with
a free school of not less than six months
in each year, and that section 45 of the.1
school law, defining the qualifications ofi
voters, should te made more definite.
Superintendent "W. R. Neal.. of Gilliam
County, finder that too many teachers who
hold state diplomas go Into a county and
teach a term, of school, at the end of
which they leave' the county without hav
ing made reports, filed their diplomas or
attended the Institutes. He thinks the
normal schools should give their students
instruction in school law 'so that they will
know their duty Jn this regard, and then
he wouTd have a law iJreyentlng a teacher
from teaching agald after falling without
good excuse to attend the teachers insti
tute. He would require such teachers to
be re-examined before being permitted to
teach again.
GRANT'S PASS; RAILROAD.
Terminal Grounds Secured Con
struction to Begin January 1.
GRANT'S PASS, Oct -19. (Special
Over $4000 has been subscribed by Grant's
grounds and - yards in" this city lor the
proposed Oregon & Pacific Railroad, the
final survey of which has just been coniT
pleted from Grant's Pass to Crescent City,
' Cal. The announcement has been definite
ly made that construction work on a
bridge across the .Rogue for the new line
will begin within 30 days.
The agreement made between the Oregon
& Pacific Railway Cons'truetlbn Company,
builders of the line and the citizens of
Grant's Pass, was that the latter are to
furnish terminal yards and right of wy
for the road in this city, and to turn them
over to the construction cempany when
the line is completed. The citizens have
secured a bond on a tract of 24 acres
selected by the company here for terminal
yards, and have ample subscription for Its
purchase. The Oregon & Pacific has al
wtady expended over $15,000 in making the
survey, and Colonel T. Wain-Morgan
Draper, chief engineer of the company,
announces that he will be ready for the
use of the grounds here in a few weeks.
Railroad construction Is expected to be
begun by January L
SALOON WAS BURGLARIZED.
Nearly $300 Taken From Bank
ot
Chehalls Gambling Table.
CHEHALIS, Oct 19. (Special.) Wake
field & McCracken's Olympla salooirwas
robbed of nearly ?300 last night about 1
o'clock, in a peculiar way. The robber is
supposed to be a stranger who came here
only a day or two ago to take a Job as
tinner at Everett & Co.'s. O. W. Powell,
who was tending bar on the night shift,
had closed the saloon a short time before
the robbery and had gone out, by the front
door. He had eoccasion to go around to
the alley in the rear of the building and
saw a man inside the rear of the building.
Hurrying around to the front he saw the
fellow hastily break out of the building.
Powell asked the man what he was do
ing, and he wanted to know what they
locked him up for, starting to run at the
same time. On reaching the alley the
fellow started across lots, with Powell
and Fred Nehring after him. Seeing that
the two were gaining on him, the robber
turned and began firing at the two men
with a pistol. They dropped to the
ground, but when the man started to run
pursued him again across the railroad,
and he was finally lost In the darkness.
The presumption Is that the man had se
creted himself in the building, and after
the occupants had gone helped himself
to the silver money which was In the
drawers of the bank of the gambling
tables.
S 31 ALL FIRE IN LARGE PLANT.
Loss $GOOO to $8000 Second Blaxe in
Six Weeks.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct 19. (Special.)
The dry kiln of the Western Cooperage
Company, with 1,000,000 shingles and a
large amount of staves and headings, was
destroyed by fire this morning. The fire
was a stubborn one and was fought for
12 hours, .with the help of the Hoqulam
department "It threatened the destruction
of the plant valued at $250,000. The loss
will be from $6000 to $8000. with probably
51000 Insurance.
The company lost its kiln In the same
way six weeks ago, and had just com
pleted Its rebuilding. The Insurance had
been adjusted a short time ago and no
new policies had been taken out the com
pany awaiting the final equipment of the
building.
M'NEIL'S ISLAND RELIEVED.
Nineteen Desperate Prisoners Trans
ferred to San Quentln.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. Nineteen
prisoners, all Ironed, arrived here today
from Seattle on the steamship City of
Puebla. They came from the Federal
prison at McNeil's Island, Washington,
and were taken to San Quentin.
The overcrowded condition of the north
ern prison was partly responsible for this
wholesale transfer of boarders. One of
the 19 was a woman, and all of them are
classed In penitentiary circles as desper
ate. They are serving sentences ranging
from 13 months to 30 years.
Eugene Public Schools.
EUGENE, Oct. 19. (Special.) During the
week Just closed the enrollment of pupils
in the Eugene public schools reached
1000, the highest number ever enrolled
here. There are 150 pupils In the Catholic
school making 1160 enrolled in the district,
which does not nearly cover the entire
enumeration.
The officers of the school district find
that an increase of school-room facilities
will soon be necessary. Although a new
schoolhouse was built a year ago with
eight rooms, everything Is now over
flowing and the necessity of more room Is
apparent
Students of American history in the
high school have organized a historical
club for the purpose of adding interest to
the work. (
Oregon Congregational Convention.
SALEM, Oct 19. (Special.) The annual
convention of the General Assembly of the
Congregational Churches of Oregon will
be held In this city this week. The con
vention will be attended by ministers and
delegates from churches In all parts of
the state. The meeting will begin at 2
P. M. Tuesday, "October 21, and close
Thursday evening. The time will be
spent principally in discussion of various
topics of interest to the members, of the
church. The business of the convention
will be transacted on Wednesday after
noon. The sesions wll be held In .the
First Congregational Church. -
Quick Work by Police.
SALEM, Oct 19. (Special.) W! H. King
and Larry O'Hearn were arrested at an
early hour this morning on the charge of
stealing a new overcoat a dresscoat and a
hat from the Statesman newspaper office.
Though the robbery was not reported" to
the police until four hours .after the
articles were taken. Night Officers Lewis
and Murphy discovered the thieves in 20
minutes after they learned the rbbbery
had been committed. The men will
have a hearing before Judge Judah -tomorrow.
"
Eugene's. Rapid Growth..
EUGENE, Or.. Oct 19. (Special.) A rep
resentative of Polk's director,' estimates
the population of Eugene at 5500. If the
estimate of Mr. Adams is correct it shows
a very rapid growth of the city during the
past two years. Although carpenters
have been rushed with work all the. time
it has been almost impossible at any time
to find a vacant house.
Brass Bands Consolidate.
INDEPENDENCE, Oct 19. (Special.)
The Independence and Monmouth bands
have combined and elected Frank Lucas
leader, and, the merger Is now not only
one of the largest bands, but one of the
best In the state. It Is the purpose of
the new organization to give popular con
certs throughout the Winter here and
at Monmouth.
Northwest People in NewYork.
NEW YORK, Oct 19. Northwestern
people registered at New York hotels to
day as follows
Portland E. J. Failing, at the Murray
Hill; W. M. Cook, at the Navarre.
Seattle C. O. Cahler, at the Herald
Square; A. W. Pratt at the Victoria.
Weather Right for Farming.
INDEPENDENCE, Oct 19. (Special.)
The recent rains have enabled the farmers
to push their seeding. It was Just the
kind of weather most desired In this sec
tion. All fruit Is picked and other Fall
work over; and a. few days more of good
weather will enable the farmers to finish
Fall seeding.
Xine-Year-Old Fisherman Drowned.
ASTORIA, Oct 19. (Special.) Antone"
West, the 9-year-old son ot Andrew West,
was "drowned last evening by falling from"
the wharf at the George &. "Barker can
nery while fishing for tomcod. The body
was recovered at noon today about 60
feet from where the accident occurred.
. Second University Recital.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Oct 19. (Special.) The second recital of
the University School of Music was given
by Arthur Louis Frazer on Saturday even
ing in Villard Hall. Mr. Frazer was as
sisted by Professor Irving M. Glen, bari
tone, and Carrie M. Ford, accompanist.
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE.
A delightful trip of a few hours will
take you through the famous "Columbia
hiver Gorge," the greatest combination of
rlrer and mountain scenery on earth. O.
R. & N. train leaves Portland dally at 9
A. M. Return can be made by steamer
from Cascade Locks. Special low rates for
this trip. Get particulars at O. R. & i.
ticket office. Third and Washington,
TO RECLAIM ARH) LAND
STATE HAS SIGNED TWO IRRIGA
TION CONTRACTS.
Pilot Butte Company Has Lien of
$848,557, and Oregon Develop
ment Company of $072,003. ;
SALEM, Or., Oct 19. (Special. Two ir
rigation companies, proceeding under the
provisions of the Carey arid land act,
have secured contracts from the state fo
the reclamation of arid land in the Up
per Deschutes country. They are the
Pilot Butte Development Company, of
which A. M. Drake Is president and the
Oregon Development Company, of which
J. E. Morson is named as president.
The former company has a contract
for the reclamation of 84,707 acres of land,
the main body of which lies south and
east of the town of Bend, In Crook
County. The land also extends in an
irregular, narrow strip along the eastern
side of the Deschutes as far north as the
Willamette Valley military road.
The land selected by the Oregon De
velopment Company consists of 6S.091
acres lying in a somewhat compact form
in the southern part of Crook County and
the northern part of Klamath County,
and all In the region coursed by the Des
chutes and Its tributaries.
The Oregon Development Company se
cured its contract from the State Land
Board on May 15, 1902, and the contract
of the Pilot Butte Development Company
was granted on the 31st day of the same"
month. Under the provisions of the Ore
gon statutes for the reclamation of arid
land -under the Carey act, 'the work of
reclamation must be commenced within
six months after the contract is entered
into between the State of Oregon and the
Secretary of the Interior. The two con
tracts for reclaiming land in the Des
chutes country are at Washington, await
ing the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior. Ten per cent of the work must
be completed the first year, and the com
panies must prosecute the work with "due
diligence" until they complete the recla
mation and prepare the land to raise or
dinary agricultural crops.
The Land Board, under the provisions
of the arid land act has fixed the lien
of the Pilot Butte Development Company
at $848,557, and has allowed the company
to charge an annual water rate of $1 per
acre for the use of water supplied to set
tlers. The "lien of the Oregon Develop
ment Company has been fixed at $672,663,
and an annual water rate of 75 cents per
acre is allowed. The lien is "to be ap
portioned to the several subdivisions of
land according to the relative value of
the subdivisions, and the companies rely
for their compensation upon the payment
of their lien by settlers who -wish to se
cure title to the land from the state. The
liens draw 6 per cent Interest.
All the land thus taken was vacant
Government land, and settlers may secure
title to it through the state by reclaim
ing it The profit the irrigation com
panies make out of their contracts is the
amount of their lien, less the actual cost
of reclamation, and the 6 per cent inter
est, together with the annual rental which
the companies are permitted to collect
as long as the supply of water lasts.
These two companies are the only con
cerns that have secured contracts for
reclamation of land in the Deschutes
country. All the legal proceedings have
been completed, and the companies are
ready to do the actual work of putting
water on the land. 'Each intends to se
cure water for irrigation purposes by tak
ing it from the Deschutes river and
conducting It-through canals and ditches
to the land applied for.
The Oregon Irrigation Company, of
which C. C. Hutchinson is president, made
application for a large tract of land In
Southern Crook County, but, owing to
the Irregularity of the papers, the appli
cation has been rejected. The Three Sis
ters Irrigation Company, a new con
cern, of which C. Sam Smith is president
is preparing to make application for land
In the" Deschutes Valley, but neither
the location nor the area of the land Is
known here.-
Besides the two. contracts that have
been executed for the reclamation of land
In the Deschutes Valley, the Portland
Company has secured a contract for the
reclamation of 8700 acres of land just
north of Harney Lake, In the Harney
Valley. This company has also com
pleted Its legal proceedings before the
State Land Board, and Is ready to con
duct active reclamation work.
The Harney Valley Improvement Com
pany has a contract for the reclamation
of 58,344 acres In Harney Valley, and will
have a Hen for $441,824, and the right to
charge an annual rental of 50 cents per
acre.
The various irrigation enterprises were
held up for several months by the State
Land Board, for the reason that 'the
companies were asking contracts much
more favorable to them - than the board
thought they should have. The compa
nies were persistent, but the board main
tained, its position, even though strong
pressure was brought to bear, and man
damus proceedings were threatened.
When contracts were finally made, the
terms of the agreements were made as
strong as possible for the protection of
settlers and the public welfare.
State Treasurer C. S. Moore has com
piled the following statement regarding
the arid land contracts, which have been
executed by the State Land Board, and
the applications which are onaflle for
other contracts:
Contracts entered into by the State
Grant"
' ' Name of Contractors
The Portland Co., Harney Valley ..
Pilot Butte Development Co., Deschutes Valley
Oregon Development Co., Deschutes Valley
"Harney Valley Improvement Co.. Harney Valley
Mathews Land Reclamation Association, Baker County
The last named contract Is with an association of persons who, after reclamation proof and patent, will canceL Hen for
reclamation and each take a portion of the land, not exceeding 160 acres to one person.
From Deschutes River. ?From Sifvies River.
Applications' on file with theState
Grant" but for which contracts have
Name of contractor and location
Browncll Desert Reclamation Association. Umatilla County -
Deschutes Reclamation and Irrigation Co., Deschutes Valley
"Little Deschutes Irrigation Co., Deschutes Valley
"William J. King. Harney County
Henderson Elliott, Harney County ".
J. L. Sltz, Harney County ; :
James Paul. Harney County :.
Thomas McCormlck. Harney County
J. F. McMahan, Harney County .'. ".
D. Jenkins, Harney County... , ;
"Warren Curtis. Harney County . .
Julius A. George; Harney County :
"Wright's Paint Improvement Co., Harney County
J. E. Harper, Harney County ...j.
J. E. Harper. Harney County
tCharles Lillard and "William C. Jacobs, Malheur County
From Des Chutes River. Land
tFrom Owyhee River.
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WHITES AND BLACKS FIGHT
Race .Riot In Alabama Fatal to Ttvo
Men.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Oct. 19. One white
man is missing and supposed to be dead,
another is fatally wounded and two ne
groes are seriously shot as a result of a
race riot at Littleton, a small mining town
23 miles from Birmingham. The 'man sup
posed to be dead is Ira Creel, white.
The Injured are: Joe Thompson, white,
shot through bowels, serious: John Baer,
negro, shot In heel and thigh, serious;
William Tolbert neg'ro who shot Thomp
son, shot In chest, serious.
The trouble was precipitated by a negro
woman, who pushed Joe Thompson, a
white man, from a railroad trestle. The
woman was accompanied by William Tol
bert, a negro, who fired on the white man
after he had fallen. Thompson, who was
not seriously hurt, went for assistance,
and, accompanied by Ira Creel and John
Rouse, began a search for the negroes.
Other negroes had joined Tolbert by this
time," and from improvised breastworks
they fired upon the white men. Thompson
fell fit the first shot, and his companions
sought cover. A fusillade followed, and
only ceased when both sides had exhaust
ed their ammunition.
The white citizens of Littleton became
alarmed for fear of further trouble, as
the negroes were largely In the majority,
and called on Sheriff Burgln for assistance.
The negroes are said to have stolen sev
eral hundred pounds of powder from one
of the magazines at the mines, and there
is fear that they will attempt to blow up
some of the buildings. The little town at
a late hour tonight is closely guarded.
SOLDIER CHARGED WITH CRIME.
Alleged' That lie Was Accessory
After the Fact of Murder.
PHILADELPHIA, Ost. 19. Private
John F. Devlin, of the United States Ma
rine Corps, stationed at the League Isl
and Navy-Yard, -has been arrested,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact to the murder of Chris Slllnisky.
Land Board 'for reclamation of arid land
and Location of Land
8
Land Board fcr reclamation of arid lands under the law of 1901, accepting the "Carey
not yet been entered Into on account of papers being more or less incomplete.
3
applied for by this company included in Oregon Development Company's contract.
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Another warrant, it is understood, has
been Issued for the arrest of Corporal
Keese Jones, now in Panama with a bat
talion of marines, on the cruiser Pan
ther.
Silinisky. who waB a member of th
'Marine Corps at'League Island, was shot
and killed in the clothing-room of th
DarracKs on August 9. After an invest!
gatlon continuing 10 days, the Coroner's
jury decided that Silinisky had commit
ted suicide. Friends of the dead man de
clined to accept the verdict, and about a
week ago placed certain Information be
fore the District Attorney. City detectives
were detailed to investigate the case, and
Devlin's arrest followed. The prisoner
was closely questioned, but the author!
ties decline to state whether they se
cured any Incriminating evidence against
either Devlin or Jones.
It is said that at least two noncommis
sioned officers, seven enlisted men and
one officer heard Devlin exclaim as he
rushed from the clothing-room in' the
barracks immediately after the shoot
"ing: "Great God! Jones has shot Silin
isky!" Both Jones and Devlin were in
the clothing-roqm when Silinisky was
shot. Both claimed later that their backs
were turned when the fatal shot was
fired.
At League Island It was learned that
four men who claimed to have heard
Reese Jones make certain incriminating
remarks are under close surveillance, at
the request of the city authorities, pend
ing their examination at Devlin's hear
ing. A number of the local detective
force were at the navy-yard all day to
day, talking with men who messed with
Jones and Devlin, In the hope of picking
up further information.
THE HULLS CAPTURED.
Surrendered to Officers Say Shoot
ing: Was a Mistake.
VICKSBURG. Miss., Oct 19. A Sheriffs
posse, reinforced ,by a Gatllng gun squad,
late this afternoon effected the capture
of W. G. Hull, his son. R. G. Hull, and
his daughter, Mrs. Vaughan, of Arkansas.
Thfy were aboard the shanty boat Hazel,
under the law of 1901, accepting the "Carey
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also said to be a whisky boat, from which
shots were fired on Sheriff Frank Strong
and posse, of Arkansas, resulting In the
wounding of the Sheriff and three of his
men.
When the boat with the officers arrived
at the point where the Hazel was
anchored in the Yazoo .River, they were
notified by a woman that if they were
Mississippi officers, the men in hiding
would surrender to them on hearing three
blasts of the whistle. The signal was
given by the officers' boat, and the two
Hulls put out from shore In a skiff.
The elder Hull made a statement that he
had no Idea he was firing on officers of
the law yesterday. He says a squad of
men, both white and black, appeared on
shore and opened a fusilade without warn
ing. His son was wounded In the arm,
and believing his family to be in Jeopardy,
he seized his rifle and returned the fire.
The men were brought to Vlcksburg and
Immediately sent to Jackson for safety.
Reports are current that a mob Is on the
way from Arkansas to lynch them.
The Hazel hails from Evansvllle, Ind.,
and she Is owned by Grigg Hull & Son.
The effects . of her battle with the Ar
kansas officers yesterday are shown by
numerous bullet hcles In the deck and
cabins.
HUSBAND CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Divorced Wife Conld Not Have Shot
Herself.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 19. The Coro
ner's jury that investigated the killing
of Mrs. Margaret Sammons at the Braae
Ranch,' near Grant, Wyo., held her former
husband. Chariest H. Sammons, respon
sible for her death and ho has been ar
rested. The autopsy showed that a
charge of shot entered the woman's breast
near the right shoulder and ranged hori
zontally acrosg the back, and the wound
could not possibly have been inflicted by
the deceased herself.
From testimony given at the Inquest It
appeared that Mrs. Sammons had been di
vorced from her husband, but by falsely
representing to her that her son was
dying the husband got her to come to
Grant from Oklahoma. On the day she
arrived at the Braae ranch she was killed
by the discharge of a shotgun at close
range. Sammons, his sister, Mrs. Braae,
and his mother were the only witnesses
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present and it wa3 claimed by them that
the shooting was accidental. Sammons
had been living until recently In the Black
Hills.
Ofllcer Killed In N'egrro Riot.
BLOSSOM, Tex., Oct. 19. City Marshal
Ben Hill was killed at a negro festival
here last night, while trying to quell a
negro riot. Three negroes were also shot
by the negroes -who killed the Marshal.
The shooting was done by brothers, who
are still at large.
UndresH Titles of Royalty.
London King.
Members of all European royal families
delight to travel Incognito whenever they
can, for it spares them a great deal of
tiresome etiquette and. contributes to their
comfort in many ways. When Queen Vic
toria wished to be incognito she adopted
her title of Countess of Balmoral. King
Edward, when he was Prince of Wales,
used the title of Earl of Chester, frequent
ly when on the Continent, The Empress
Eugenie travels as the Countess de Plerre
fonds, a title chosen from a favorite shoot
ing lodge in tho forest of Fountalnbleau.
The King of the Belgians Is Count Raven
stein when he pays an informal visit to
London or any other capital where he
wishes to be unrecognized. The Queen
Regent'of Spain, who is just now enjoying
her first real holiday out of Spain for
some years, hides her identity under the
title of Countess of Toledo; the Queen of
Portugal, when . she stays with her rela
tives In this country. 19 the Marqueza de,
Vlllacoza, and the King of Portugal uses
the incognito title of Count de Barcellos.
, The Dlasyllnblc Scot.
London Chronicle.
The difficulty of rhyming to "girl" Is
mainly due to the varieties of Its pronun
ciation. It is never pronounced, as it Is
so often conventionally written, "gall."
but one often hears "gell," with tJ bard
"g." Moreover, In Scotland, thoUglrlt is
as well not to mention the fact to a
Scotsman, It consists of two syllables
"gurreL" The other day It was pointed
out to a Scotsman that the name of his
national poet was a dissyllable In Ayrshire.
"Hoot awa'!" he said, or words to that
effect. "Burruns two syllables! Absur-rudr