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it so TH13 SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 31, 1902. OWN STREET-CARS, GAS WORKS, ELECTRIC LIGHTS, MARKETS AND TELEPHONES ENGLISH eiTIES' BUSiNESS MAN AG EM ENT BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug. 15. (Special Correspondence.) How would you like to have a street-car ride for a cent? You can get it in Shef field, where the city owns the tramways and charges different rates, according to the distance. I rode from, one end of the town to the other for a penny, and my short rides as a rule cost roe a 'half penny. The car fares in Liverpool axe a penny or two cents for the ordinary trip, end it is the came in Manchester. The rates are not different In old Chester, "which was a town in the days of the Romans, and about the fame in the col lege town of old Oxford. In Glasgow the municipality owns the trams and charges one cent a mile, or six cents for six miles. Belfast charges six cents for five miles. Liverpool one cent a mile and jManchester two cents per mile. There fere many of our American cities lnwhlch )fou can ride 10 miles for a nickel, -which Is eaual to half a cent a. mile, but as the most of our -street-car rides aro short, the British on the average pay much less 'than we do in tha United Statcet The cars are mostly double-deckers, with ceats below and also on the roof, high above which are the" wires of the trolley. You ride as high up in the air as though you were on the top of an elephant, but it is delightful, although the cars do not tgo half as fast as our own. ( The tramways aro rapidly increasing in JGreat Britain and the tendency is en jtirely toward city ownership. A scoro of different municipalities are now nego tiating for the purchase of street-cars or lere laying down new lines. Many cities Kwn the tramways and lease them out to companies who manage them. In nearly 'every case the municipal tramways pay a profit, thus reducing the tax rate. JGltles. "Which Do Tacir Otvn Business. I have already written something as to how the British cities are managing their ,own business. Manchester is making )about J400.0CK) out of its gas works, elcc jtrlc lights and markets. The markets ibrlng it an income of $Sj000 a year, and tat the same time give tfre "nest of facili ties to the people. The markets have a big :old-storage plant and freezing cham bers connected with them. As I rode tdown the Manchester ship canal I went by the abattoirs, which belong to the iclty. They have wharves and buildings !for the accommodation of 1000 head of Jcattle and 1000 sheep. There are slaughter-houses and chilling chambers adjoin lng them in which 1200 sides of beef can Ibe chilled in 24 hours. Manchester now has Its own telephone isystem 'belonging to the city. In which THE GAVE UP HIS C-ROWN FOK A WIFE Romantic Story of Johann Salvator, Archduke of Austria )f fF Jf EN have died," remarked Touch- etone, ana worms have eaten J them, but not for love." The Welter's cynical remark may or may not be true; it 1b not easy to prove or dis prove it. But one thing is very sure In jail times men have been willing to give wip crowns, if not their lives, for love. The poor young German Crown Prince, Must separated from his American sweet jheart by, stern diplomacy, is only one of many. He was willing enough, sturdy and sentimental youth, to renounce his 'imperial crown, and that he could not do Jeo was, as he doubtless considers it, his misfortune. Tho Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, more lucky, not long ago resigned his prospect of an Imperial throne and (married the woman of his choice. But :the most romantic story of the kind is that of Archduka Johann Salvator, of Austria-Tuscany. J Archduke Johann belonged to tho Tus can branch of the house of Hapsburg-Lor-(raine, which ruled old Germany from 1437, (and was once a favorite of Emperor Franz Joseph. When he renounced all for tho 'eake of a woman tho old ruler was bro-'ken-hearted, for it was another link in 'the chain of Hapsburg ill-luck, which for "centuries has been appalling. His brother, Maximilian, was shot to death at Queretaro, Mexico; the Arch duke Ladislas was shot to death in the hunting field; Prince Louis of Tranl was tdrowned; Crown Prince Rudolph com mitted suicide at Meyerling; the Em jprcES sister, tho Duchess d'Alencon, jwas burned to death at the charity ba zaar fire in Paris; the EmpreEs herself was assassinated at Geneva, and finally tho heir-apparent, the Archduke Ferdi nand of Austrla-Este, renounced the i throne because of love. Today Johann Salvator is not even men itioned in the Almanac de Gothe, the offi jdal book of royal ty. And yet ho was a very human and a very lovable person. Tall, with fine bearing, frank blue eyes 'and blonde hair, he attracted attention In jany companj. Moreover, he was demo cratic to a degree and was a popular Idol, jfor his personal bravery and moral cour age in defying the army cabal were reo- the hello girls are city clerks. Glasgow owns its telephones and charges two cents a call or gives you an unlimited number of calls for $2S a year. Liverpool. Not- tingham, Hull, Leicester and a half dozen 1 other cities are now thinking of buying up the telephones or of establishing tele phone systems run by the city. I spent some time In the Sheffield mar kets during my stay there. These recent ly belonged to the Duke of Norfolk, who still owns a large part of the city, but the government bought them at a big price, and is now runnig them at a profit. London has control over a part of its markets, although the big -vegetable and fruit markets of Covent Garden still be long to the Duke of Bedford. Bolton owns Its markets and also the street-cars, gas works, electric lights 'and tramways. There are five towns in England which turned into their tax funds f 259,000 last year as the profit of their municipal un dertakings, and the extent of such under takings is steadily Increasing. I have told you how the Manchester corporation bof rowed J25.O00.O00 to loan to the Manchester Ship Canal Company, and how Liverpool is making a profit out of Its Investment of more than 4100,000.000 In docks. Homes for the Working People. Many of the city corporations are now erecting homco for their working people. They are buying up the slums and tear ing down the buildings which stand upon them in order to put up sanitary tene ments, which they rent at low rates. At the same time they are widening Tho streets and going into what might be called a land office and real estate busi ness. Tho London County Council c-pent 200,000 to wipe out. the slums of Beth nal Green, it being estimated that it cost the city $1500 for every family that was there' turned out before a cent -was spent on the new buildings for them. London now has a special housing department connected with the city government, which has charge of cuch matters. It has G0.O00 people In its tenements In the city, and it is erecting cottage settle ments on the outskirts. Six thousand peo ple are to be housed in such cottages at Norbury and 42.000 at Tottenham. "When the Tottenham improvements are complet ed there will be a cood-olzed town there made up entirely of municipal cottages. Homes nt Fifty Cents a. Week. The tenements which have been put within these cities have a large number in one building. They are, as it were, flats of two or more rooms, rented at different prices, according to the number of rooms. The cheapest two-room flats are to be found In Dublin, where they rent for GO cents a week; similar quar ters in Glasgow cost 0 cents a week; in Liverpool, Sffi cents, and in London a little more than SI per week. The rents are supposed to be on a basis that will pay the running expenses and furnish a ! sinking fund which will recoup the city ! MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS OP BIRMINGHAM. ognlzed by tho plebeians, although bitter ly resented by the nobility. He was born In Tuscany, but was placed in a military school with his cousin, the Crown Prince Rudolph, and, like him, soon developed remarkable qualities as student and think er. His most predominant trait was his independence, and as a result he was con stantly In hot water. No sooner had he been graduated and assigned 40 a regi ment than he Issued a remarkable pamph let In which he scathingly denounced the military system of his country as not only obsolete, but utterly absurd. In con sequence he was sent to Cracow, where ho was kept a virtual prisoner for two years, during which time he studied tactics when ho was not writing more or less re spectful letters to tho Emperor, begging for active work. Finally the Emperor took pity on him and placed him in com mand of an army corps In the Bosnian campaign. Soon all Austria thrilled with the news of the foolhardy bravery of the Archduke. Scarcely had peace arrived when Its quiet palled upon Johann Salvator. and he delivered a lecturo in Vienna which resulted in a perfect cyclone of rum puses The Emperor finally Interfered and peace once more settled over the house of Hapsburg. Then Johann asked for active work, and was rc-fueed for fear that he would get into further trouble. He brooded over what he termed his disgrace, and bided his opportunity. This came when the Archduke Albrecht, the commander-in-chief of the army, decided to rearm that body with repeating rifles. Their pattern-did not please Joliann Salvator, and he Issued a statement in which he ac cused Albrecht of jobbery and conspiring to defraud the government. Having ample means, the unpenitent Archduke went to work getting into fur ther mlschlef. This time 'here was a woman in the case, a Viennese damsel named Stubel. She was decidedly plebe ian, but what she lacked in blue blood she made up in personal charms. The Archduke became enamored of her, and she, not knowing his rank or real name, reciprocated. So ardent did their love making become that marriage was talked of. Then arose the problem of tho Em peror's consent in the mind of the man, of course for without that no marriage between the pair would have been legal. Finally Johann Salvator went to the Emperor, .although the latter had pre viously ordered him never again to speak to him. Such a trifling request did not BIRMINGHAM'S NEW STREETS for the cost of the buildings within from 50 to 100 years. This city of Birmingham, where I am now writing, has been noted for such ex periments. It has erected one set of buildings at a cost of $100,000 which have lodgings for 100 families. There are shops on the ground floor, with tenements above them. The first of these structures was finished In September, 1ES0. and was at once rented to respectable people at $1 25 per flat per week. Since then cheaper flat buildings have been erected, some of the rents being so low as 75 cents per week. Birmingham is noted for the number of things which the city owns. It prides Itself on being a business city run by bother Johann in the least, and he faced the Emperor with a demand that tho ruler give him permission for the proposed mar riage, which was promptly refused. "You can command a Hapsburg, but not me. I am no longer a Hapsburg." and with that Johann Salvator wheeled around and walked away, leaving the Emperor dumb with anger. The next day plain Johann Orth mar ried Frauleln Stubel. Then he made pub lic announcement that he renounced all title and claim to royal prerogative. A few days later he and his bride left Vienna forever. They went Incognito to London, where Johann Orth fitted out a bark which he named tho Santa Mar garetha. Laden with saltpeter, and. In command of Captain Orth, she sailed down the Thames, bound for South Amer ica. In April, 1S90, tho Santa Margaretha entered the harbor of Valparaiso, Chile. The Austrian residents of the city had somehow gotten wind of the Identity of the bark's skipper, and when she ar rived a reception committee' and a band were ready to acclaim Captain Orth. When he saw the ordeal meant for him, he sent for the person In charge and told him in the choicest nautical lingo that he was Johann Orth, and no one else, and that he would never again bo anybody else, and that he did not want to be bothered with "such flummery." A few days later the Santa Marga retha sailed awayl Tho last seen of her she was heading north. Since that day no human being has seen Johann Orth. He has vanished completely, and yet thero is reason to believe that he is still pur suing his career of independence and ad venture. Where he is no one can say. unless It be Emperor Franz Joseph, and he Is silent on the subject. The reasons for believing that Johann Orth Is still In tho land of the living are peculiar ones. The Santa Margare tha was heavily Insured In Lloyd's, and although the latter concern gave her up as lost after not hearing of or from her for Ave years, and although it offered to pay the insurance money to Johann Orth's heirs, the Emperor refused to accept a penny or tq allow anything to be given to charity. Then, too, Johann Orth left 1,000.090 francs deposited in a bank In Freiburg, and another 1,000.000 in a similar institu tion in St. pall, Switzerland, but to this day neither his relatives nor those of his wife have claimed one cent. Finally in 1597 Johann Orth was seen, BLILT ON' GROUND LEASED FROM THE business men on business principles. It makes Its own gas, provides Tt3 own water supply and has public museums, art schools and galleries. It has extensive parks, cricket fields and other pleasure grounds. It has a scwago farm of 1203 acres, which cost $2,000,000. It has public swimming and Turkish baths, and laun dries for the poor, where tney can have hot water and hot irons for 2 or 3 cents an hour. It has magnificent city buildings. Tho council house or the municipal building Is one of the finest structures of England. It Is a great pile built in the renaissance style in the heart of the city, with a dome rising from Its center. Tho main entrance is at tho front, and the building Is orna mented with sculpture and mosaic snow ing the arts and Industries of Birming ham, with a central group representing Britannia reviewing Its manufactures. The interior of the building contains a council chamber, the banqueting hall and magnificent quarters for the Lord Mayor. In It there is also a museum and art gal lery and the various city offices. Another fine building is the" town hall, designed after tho model of a Roman tem ple. This is where public meetings are held and where the great city organ plays regularly every week for tho benefit of the people. Bight back of this hall is perhaps the only monument ever erected as memorial to a living man. It Is that of tho Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who has perhaps done more than any other to advance municipal ownership In the City of Bir mingham. The monument bears a medal lion bust of Mr. Chamberlain without the eyeglass, and upon It there Is an Inscrip tion testifying to his services for Bir mingham. Old Birmingham. Indeed, the City of Birmingham has been recreated by Mr. Chamberlain and his as sociates within the past generation. Be fore I describe It let me tell you some thing of the Birmingham of the past. The ' town has for centuries been the industrial , capital of middle England. It Is situated where was once the forest -of Arden, the i scene of Robin Hood's adventures and of "As You Like It" and others of Shakes- J - peare's plays. It has Iron mine3 and coal ' mines not far away, and before coal was used for smelting Iron the people here made charcoal from the trees of the for est and thus worked their blacksmith " shops and other house Industries. i j No one knows when the Iron-making be- j gan. and today there Is a vast amount of t ' city is now perhapB the chief hardwara center of thewhole world. It has foun i dries and shops for making steam engines, ( heavy machinery and cannon. It makes pins anu nccuies oy ine tens oi muions and steel pens and buttons for all parts of the globe. It has glass works and crystal works, bronze foundries and bridge works, and its gun work3 are of enormous size. There are 100.000 factory hands in If the story of a Swedish sailor who knew the Archduke Johann Salvator well can be believed. This sailor, while fishing in the fa north of his mother-land, saw a bark approach. Rowing out to her, he was astonished to find her the Santa Mar garetha. On her deck stood Johann Orth, the same as of yore, though burned red from exposure. Delighted to see his old master again, the Swede hailed the Santa Margarotha. Hi3 call was not returned, for the moment that Orth recognized the Eallor he put down the helm and the Santa Margaretha passed out of sight again. Since then absolutely nothing has been heard of Johann Orth. It may be that under another namo he Is living next door to any of us, delighted in his freedom and happy in being relieved from the burdens of royalty. Or perchance ho is at the bottom of the Atlantic or Pacific, awaiting the call to which both royalty and commoner must respond. Love Me Little, Love Me Long-. Lovo me little, love me Ions! Is the burden of my -one Lovo that Is too hot and stron-r Burncth roon to waste. Etlil I would not have thee cold Not too backward, nor too bold; Lovo that lnsteth till 'tis old Fadeth not in haste. Love ir.e Uttlo, long me long! Is the burden of my sons. It thou lovest me too much 'Twill not. prove as true a touch; Love me little more than such For I fear the end. I'm with little well content. And a little from thee sent Is enough, with truo Intent To be steadfast friend. Say thou love-t me. while you lrre I to thee my love will give, Never dreaming to deceive While that life endures; ' Nay, and afttr death, in sooth, I to thee will lccp my truth. As now when In my May of youth; This my love assures. v Constant love Is moderate ever. And it will throunh life presevcr; Give me that with true endeavor- I will It restore. A suit of durance let It be; For all weathers that for me For the land or for the. sea; Lastln evermore. Winter's cold or Summer's heat. Autumn's tempests on It beat; It can never know defeat. Never can rebel; Such the love that I would Bain, Such the love. I tell thee plain. Thou must give, or woo In vain; So to thee farewell! An Old Poem, tho Author Unknown. CORPORATION FOR TO YEARS. the city, and it Is estimated that 10.000 of these aro employed In making guns and rifles. The guns are exported to all coun tries. The works were pushed to their full capacity during our Civil War, when 770,000 guns were shipped to the United States, Including a large number which went to help the South. The Birmingham of Today. The Birmingham of today Is about as large as St. Louis. It has one or two streets as fine as the better streets of St. Louis, and Indeed It looks much more like an American city than an English one. Tho streets are well kept, and notwith standing tho foundries and factories GECRGE "What Befel the nCE there was a Gum-Chewer named Tessie who Ironed up her White Dress and bought seven yards of Blbbon and went on a Picnic given by the Ladles' Auxiliary of the Horse-Shoers' Union. Tess was more than nine and could take care of .herself at any point along the Line: The girls who worked at the same Plant often said that Tessle was a regu lar Case and full of the old Harry, but Just the sxtme she was Awful Nice. She had a changeable Figure and a Complexion that showed- up best at a Dance. Although somewhat .shy on Happy Clothes she managed to leave a small Rlpplo behind her whenever she plowed 1 along Main Street, showing her Buckles. I Usually she wore her Sailor pulled down to her Eye-Brows and cast frightened Glances to right and left, as if to say, "Gee! I wonder If some Fresh Guy Is go ing to speak to me?" But somo of them didn't. Thercse was her Official Name and she used It on her Cards, each of which had a Colored Picture of Flowers In the Corner. Mother- got the name In a Story Paper. The Bertha Clay Habit seemed to run In the Family. Tossle loved to work her way Into a Tea-Gown and then get a couple of Pillows under her and cat Fudges and read how Basil Armytage rode up. to the Manor. Housa and found Lqralne waiting for him beside the old Yew Tree. Tessle didn't know the dift between a Manor House and a Chop House, but it sounded swell and she had a secret long ing to meet a sure-enough Basil who wore what is sometimes known as a Dress Suit and had Brilllantine on his Mous taches. While waiting for Basil to ilop out at some -orner and catch step with her, Tess was doing the best she could. And that was why she used up a lot of Starch getting ready for the Picnic given by tho Ladles Auxiliary of the Horse Shoers' Union. When she walked up the Gang-Plank her Shoes were hurting her a little but which are scattered here and there upon them everything Is remarkably clean. Birmingham has been called the town of two great streets. Its chief business houses are on these streets, and the build ings have all been put up within the last few years. They are the product of Bir mingham's principle of municipal im provement. When Joseph Chamberlain was Mayor tho business of the town was congested. There were slums in its heart, and it was Chamberlain who planned to wipe the slums out, to build a great street through them, which should be known, as Corporation street, and to widen what Is now New street, or, In short, to practi cally rebuild the business part of the city. This undertaking was begun in 1S7S and $3,000,000 was borrowed to carry it out. Inasmuch as the money was needed at once and it would take time to get an act of Parliament authorizing the city to Is sue bonds Joseph. Chamberlain offered to advance $50,000 to the city for the purpose, other Birmingham capitalists did likewise, though In smaller sums, and the work was Immediately begun. The property was condemned and bought, the old houses torn down and the land leased on 7S-year leases for the putting up of new buildings. The leases were so worded that at the end of the 75 years the build ings upon the land should revert- to the city, so that eventually the Birmingham Corporation will practically own the best part of the municipality, and it will then probably be the richest city of the world. Tho holders of the leases now pay a regu lar rent to the city, and magnificent struc tures have taken the pUces of tho old slums. The Birmingham Arcades. One of the features of the new build ings is a system of arcades which run here and there through them from street to street. These are beautiful structures, roofed with Iron and glass, forming large passageways containing stores as good as you will find In England. The Interior walls are of tiles and the front3 of the stores are plate glass. These arcades are filled with shoppers at the busiest time3 of the day, and they form a promenade and visiting place for the people. They are extremely light. Indeed, fSook some snapshot photographs within them which have come out very welL In my strolls about the arcades I saw many evidences of American Invasion. Ono shop was filled with American candy, another had tomato catsup from Philadel phia, sweet pickles and baked beans from Baltimore, and a third jars of apple butter from Pittsburg and canned soups from Chicago. Tho most Important sign that met my eye as I came up from the new station to the junction of Corporation street and New street was that of the New York Life Insurance Company, and the next thing I saw was the American flag wav ing from the third story of a big pink "ANOTHER FIXE BUIL.DINQ IS THE TOWN ADE'S FABLE Young Man Who Walked Right Up she hod on all of her Rings and thought fairly well of herself. Teasle did not fetch any Lunch-Basket with her because she had a horrible Sus picion that somo Gentleman would get to talking to her and then make her go and eat a few Lines. She had been out a couple of times before and it had been her Luck not to come back Hungry. Teasle had a sort of a Hunch that His tory would repeat itself. So Tesale planted a Camp Stool- right in the Main Promenado where those who wished to go Forward or Aft would be compelled to walk over her. After which she gazed pensively at the broad expanse of Drink and waited for something to happen. Now among those on Board was a Palo Face with more or less Neck who was prominently connected with the Bundle Department of a first-class Clothing Store. His name was Chauncey and he loved tha Society of Ladles. At the same time he knew his Place. Chauncey spotted Therese and saw that she was alone and sighing for Company but he did not care to be too Brash at the first Crack for fear that ahe would give a Scream and Jump Over board. Accordingly he nerved himself and ap proached her. Hat In Hand, and began to beg her pardon. He said he knew It was hardly Proper to brace a Young Lady without the For mality of an Introduction, but he hoped she would . overlook his Boldness. He made it so Strong that Tersle had to play the Banker's Daughter in order to hold up her End. She said it did seem to be very strange to be sitting right there talking to a Party she had never Met, and If her People ever suspected that she done anything of that Kind, they would be Awful Sore. Chauncey pulled out his Cuffs and be gan to deal Polite Conversation of the kind that Is supposed to calm the Fears of a Trembling Young Thing. He told her his Real Name and showed her his Link Buttons and begged her not to regard him as a mere Flirt. At the end of a half hour she was chew ing the End of her Fan and answering "Yes" and "No." It looked to Tessle as If she would have to put up with him all Day so ehc began to work the Flag. Aa for Chaunce. he perceived that he had been too Fresh, so he switched to the Weather and began to burn low and threaten to go out. Just when Tess figured herself a sure Loser, some one bit her in the Back and building further down the way, with tho words "United States Consulate" on the window behind It. A little later on I walked into the Consulate and spent an hour or so there with Mr. Marshall Hal stead, who Is Uncle Sam's Consul and business representative in this Industrial section. He was free enough In express ing his opinions about American trade, but said that ho could not allow himself to be quoted, as the Birmingham people have become so sensitive on the subject of the American invasion that an inter view upon such lines would do more harm than good. It was In company with Ifr. Halstead that I visited the city gas cfiise in tha Council House to learn something about how these corporations manage their gas works. I find that nearly all the cities of England are now gradually buying the gas plants. Two hundred and thirty of them have already done so, and they are ex tending tho service so that the poorest man can have his gas at low cost- We first entered the gas counting-room, where we found the clerks taking in mon ey from the consumers, and from there went on into the salesroom, where all sorts of gas fixtures, from brackets to chandeliers, and from gas tips to gas stoves, aro sold. The Birmingham Gas Company, which controlled the business when tho city decided to own it, had a fixture store, and the corporation bought this with the plant. The prices of the fixtures aro about the same as in he United States, but the terms of payment are more lenient. The city will sell you gas fixtures on time, and it will oven rent then out for a consideration. If the Birmingham man does not cars to buy a gas stove tho city will put in one for him at a rent of 2 cents a week or $1 04 a year, or he can have a larger stove for 3 cents per week. A small gas broil er about as big around as a tea plate, with little holes about the edge, is fur nished for nothing. - Tho gas for poor people is largely dis tributed through penny-ln-the-slot meters. These meters aro like the ordinary gaa meters, save that each has a hole in the top. Dropping a penny in the hole opens a valve, which lets out enough gas to run three burners for three hours. The gaa can ba turned on and off, so that the economical man can burn less and have his lights for perhaps 1 cent per night. The meter is connected also with a gas stove, and I am told that 1 penny will give enough gas to cook a dinner for -family. There are other meters so ranged that you can put a shilling in slot and get a proportionately lart - amount of gas. These meters are useu to somo extent by the better class of fam ilies. I noticed especially that all the flex ible connecting tubes in this gas office were of American make, and the mana -r told me that the city bought all such sup piles from the United States. FRANK G. CARPENTER. (Copyrighted. 1002.) HALL. N SLANG and. Spoke to Her. called her Sis. It was a loud Hick who had been watching her on the Dock. "I like your Nerve!" exclaimed Tessle, giving him the eye. "Now you behave or I'll give you a mean old Slap right on the Elbow," said the Hick, saying which he seated himself between Chauncey and Therese. "Gladys, dost think you could learn to love me?" he asked, taking her by the Lace Mit, It is needless to say that Chauncey was verj Indignant. He felt it his Duty to protect the poor Girl, but somehow ho found himself blocked oft and there was no chance to get in a Word. The Hick was telling Therese that her Eyes were not Mates and that she didn't care so much for the way her Hair was put up and she was toasting him for Keeps and threatening to hand him if he didn't let go of her. Finally she got so mad that she asked him to come to the back part of the Boat so that she could tell him Just what she thought of him. That was where Chauncey found him self alone with the Waterscape. Tessle never came back, for she had found her Meal-Ticket. MORAL: The League Rules da not go at a Picnic The Nightingale. Richard Bameflcld. As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting In a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made. Beats did. leap and birds did sins'. Trees did frrow and plants did sprlns; Every thins: did banish moan Save the nightingale alone. She, poor bird, as all forlorn. Lean'd her breast up-tlll a thorn. And there sun? the dolcfull'st ditty That to hear it was great pity. Fte. fle. fle. now would she cry; Teru, teru, by-and-by: That to hear her so complain Scarce I coukl from tears refrain; For her griefs so lively shown Made me think upon mine own. Ah, thought I. thou mourn'st In vain, Nona takes ulty on thy rain: Senseless trees, they cannot hear thee. Ruthless beasts, they will not cheer theo Kins Fandlon. he is dead. All thy friends are lapp'd In lead: All thy fellow birds do sing Careless of thy sorrowing: Even so, pooh bird, llko thoa None alive will pity ma. 5--, 1 :ufx.3t W