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8 Count that day lot WHQ5E LOW DESCENDING SUN, V1EW3 FROM THY HAND NO WORTHY ACT I ON DOME MISS MINERVA YIUIAN GREEN HELL 1 7 1 C i I " """" "2 By FRANCES BOY J) CALHOUN Btlekeen. The steer of a Iog. by John Mulr. Vj',r Houghton. Mifflin Company. John Muir. the prose-poet of life In the open air. ha. won celebrity as one of the personal chum, of ex-President Roose velt, but he surely has won a more lasting- plane In the heart, of all those who love .their dumb brethren of earth, air and . in writing such a tender, ltttle cl8lo as "ffclckeen: The Story of a . - ll- mee cheap and lmpoaslble such dog-books as Jack London and other, of that Ilk Inflict on long-suffering typewriters, books which look like a ?.'!r.t?r pf aoll- and Ave cent, added. It a the love-mesrage of a decade. h.lf-wolf like the noted animal V- ti The Call of the wfld.noi T. i """""H eo numan. He lsnt ' or the Wild." nor la he -t the equal of an ntire nr department for proficiency In the life-saving business. So far &a the book goes j-Jtickeen never .aved any body . life therefore he Is Ju.t the ordinary possible, every-day-sort of dog that make, the world better for hls being in It. He had no great ancestry to .peak of. As Mr. Mulr say. sensibly: "In all the wonderfully mixed and varied dog- -V.. k i.wTfr RW ny creature very niuoh like him. though In some of his ly. sort, gliding motions and gestures he brought the fox to mind. He was hort-legged and bunchy-bodied, and his hair, though smooth, was long and .ilky and elightly waved so that when the wind was at hla back it ruffled, making him look shaggy. At first sight. hU only noticeable feature was his fine tail, which was about as airy and shady a. a squir rel , and was carried curling forward almost to his nose. On closer Inspection you might notice his thin, sensitive ears and .harp eye ith cunning tan-spots above them." Not much of a dog to look at, was he? Mr. Mulr made Stlckeen's acquaintance, in the Summer of isso. when he busied him self with the exploration of the icy region of Southeastern Alaska. Mr Mulr a personal companion on the trip was Rev. s. 11. Young, the owner of the little., black dog he called fltlckeen. The latter had once been adopted by the Stlckeen Indiana at Kort Wrangel as a sort of nw good-luck totem, and had been named "Stlckeon" for the tribe Odd, concealed. Independent and exclu sive. Stlckeen was somewhat of a puzzle at first He grew to forsake hla muter and to go with Mr. Muir. On one trip, he followed Mr. Muir over a glacier, the sur face of which was so rough and crusty that It cut his feet until every step was, marked with blood. But with Indian forti tude, he bore the pain without uttering a murmur and Mr. Muir made him a set of moccaslna out of a handkerchief. Httekeen'. strength of character lay la tils eyes, which "looked as old as the Mile, and as young and aa wild. I never tired looking into them: it was like look ing into a landscape." ntlckeen's one great day of life came when the Muir party determined to ex plore a giant glacier in the neighborhood or fane Spencer, near Tnvlor Bay One rooming. Mr. Mulr found that a grand flood el arm was In progress and he made haste to join It. for the reasons that "many of nature's finest lessons are to found In her storms." Against Mr. Mulr s wish. Stirkeen came with hftn. In the howlmg gale, and refused to go back when told to do so. -What a psalm the storm was singing, and how fresh the smell of the washed earth and leaves, and how sweet the still email voices of the storm, rvtached wafts and swirls were lomlng through the woods, with music from th leaves and branches and fur rowed holea. and even from the splin tered ro.-ks and k-e-crags overhead, many of the tones soft and low and flute like, a. If each leaf and tree, crag and spine wera a tuned reed." Mr. Mulr and the dog walked several mile from the mainland around the glarter. until he darkening shadow, pro claimed th.t It was time to return, -and suddenly snow began to fall. The duo found themselves; into a difficult network of crevasses, and man and dog Jumped over many yawning dpths until they came to the widest crevasse jet encoun sellcte r tered. It looked to be a silver bridge of death, so narrow that walking on It seemed impossible. Mr. Muir made step. In the ice. with his ax. and at length wriggled across the barrier. Up to this time. Stlckeen had been a little hero and had not uttered one whine of complaint, but when he looked down that white abyss, he began to cry as If howling: "O-o-hl What a Dlace. No-O-A T fan never-go-o-o down there!" Mr. Mulr called again and again In reassuring tone. ... allu . . i uifLuuig; mat ne could come If he would only try. Stlckeen " io wiiniea mat tne wolves would get him If he would not start. Ultimate ly, the brave dog-soldier stopped howling and placing his feet in the very hollows and ",ac,n nls In the very hollow, J"" Btf?S M"!r nad his ax . - ... .'. . iwiu a miiii jus ax, began the perilous Journey. In Mr. Mulr". own words: Hushed and fereathleea. fltlckeen crouched down on the brink tn the hollow I had made for my knees, pressed his body against the Ice. as If trying to get ad vantage of the friction of everr hair, gazed Into the first step, put his little feet to gether and slid them slowly, slowly over the edge and down Into It, bunching all four In It and almost standing on his head. He rave separate attention to each little step . . and was keenly looking Into the series of notched steps and nnger holes I had made, as if counting them, and fixing the position of each one of them In his mind. Then suddenly up he came wtlh a springy rush, hooking his paws Into the stevs and notches so quickly that I could not see how It was done, and whizsed past my head, safe at las,.. And now catme a scene. "Well dona Well done, little bov. Brave boy!" I eried. trying to catch and caress him, but he would not be caught. Never before or since have I seen anything like ma passionate a revulsion from the depths ff despair to exultant, triumphant, uncontrollable Joy. He came back In a wild rush and launched himself at my face, almost knocking me down, all the time screaming and screaming and shouting, as If saying: "Raved. Saved. Saved!" gwh passionate amotion was enough to kill htm Mse stntelv wnr of triiimnn .fr.r Books Added to Library The following books may be examined at the Public Library during this week and will be ready for circulation Monday. April 19: BIOGRAPHY. James Francis Edward, called the Old Pretenrter Jamas FTancds Edward, the Old Chevalier; by Martin Hsile. 1907. Keats- John Keats; a literary biography; by A. K. Hancock. 1B08. Uncoln Abraham Unrein; Incidents in Ms life relating to waterways; by W. A. Meeee. 1WOR. 'l904Or Diry of Blr John Moore. 3 v. BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Amide Fra scuola rasa. Borger Soulier, sein leben und seine warke. Bojer rn evlge krlg Qeljerstam Storkoltnanocelter. H.iffstedt itlandbok for maaklnkon-strnk-tloner. 2 v. Hntzamer ter anne I.ukas. .Inmee ITrkovena sonner. Juel Kleinentaer algebra Tlliter lllustraerte lander-und volker kunde. DESCRIPTION AND TRAVELS MchanT1",'? 0t t0da,: tr- b cVnSM?"" "tU" nd tratilesco From Carpathian to Plndusi pictures of Roumanian country life, lftoa. FICTION. Basin Redemption; tr. by A. S. Rappo- Burton Three of a kind: the story of an old musician, a newsboy and a cocker do Foster Corrle who? Frenseen Peter Moor's Journey to south west Africa: tr. b' M. M. W ard. Montague Calvert's valley. Nicholas Brunhild, of Orfs Island Phillips The mascot of weet Briar Qo.ch. eaccbatu Talaa; tr. by M. a. Stse Ulnn. Smith Araedee'. son. Ptuart Weeping cross. Thomas The witching now. V tela Heartbreak Hill. Wales The o!d alleslanca. Wright The open window. FINS ARTS. parts School gardens for California school: a manual for teachers. 1P05 Maeeh Social eheaa. 1900 Rose Cwthedrals and cloisters ef mid land Kmnce. 107. ,ctraue Richard fltm,u. , p THE SUNDAY escaping the Egyptian, and tie, Bed Sea. was nothing to it. Like Mr. Muir, I too have a genuine dog story. His name was Don and be belonged to the wire-haired terrier per suasion. When a puppy, three, months old. he began to board with me and one of his first actions was to trv to bite me. But I persevered and after feeding him with my own hands, for one whole month, there came the first morning that Don recognized me as his master. How his brown eyes shone and how he licked my hands! Then he became my devoted slave, my shadow. He was never happy when separated from my companv. What long walke we bad he and I and talks For one whole year, he waited for me every night at 6:30 o'clock at the foot of the avenue where my boarding-house was. snow, sleet, rain or wind storm. It didn t matter. Don was there waiting. T.hat human being would do the same' We would have our lazy moods, our moments when we would have- yawned and said: "Won't wait for the boss to night It's too wet, and there's a head ache about due. He won't care for this once, or this twice." Don always wel comed me with a Joyous bark, and he never said one unkind word, or sneaked away If my coat was shabby. Sometimes I said to bim: "Go away. I am tired tonight. Come and see me tomorrow." Imagine my addressing a human being, in these terms. The human would have replied, undoubtedly: "If you are tired of me, I am tired of you. Sir-r-r-r. Our friendship ceases." But next morning, Don welcomed me with the same glad bark, and his tail wagged in sympathy. He made me feel that I wa. It. and that there was no other person in the world to him but myself. To know this good doggie, made me ashamed of my unjust Judgments of others, and my failure to live and beliwe in the golden rule. However, the last days of my friendship with Don were embarrassing to me. But, with Mr. Mull I would Join In the spirit of J. a. -Holland's poem, "To My Dog, Blanco:" . My dear dumb friend, low lying there. A willing vassal at my feet; Glad partner of my home and faro. - - - - - jii ma street. I ik lnto your great brown eyes. n' j .11 iiumage snine. And wonder where the difference lies Between your soul ard mine? I scan the whole broad earth aronnd -a " i"le. neart "Hich. leal and true. f . fr1n5!hP without end or bound And find the prize in you' Ah. Blanco; did I worship God As truly as you worship me. Or follow where my Master trod ith your humility. Kid I sit fondly at his feet you- dear Blanco, sit at mine. And watch him with a love as sweet. My life would grow divine! State Insurance, by Frank w. Lewis II 25. Houghton. Mifflin Co., BosjfnT jass. Emphatically a book for the times, thouehtful and persuasive. In ehort it la an earnest but cautious plea, for a rorm of state insurance whereby per sons so insured are paid money for their support when their means of obtaining a livelihood fails, it is specially addreiet to the student of Industrial conditions and every wage-earner, and forms a text r.7 ?. a used m universities and other Institutions of learning. No alarmist, socialistic doctrine Is citizen-voter says: "1 am the state," and that he does not abdicate or surrender he merely delegates. Mr. Lewis Is of the opinion that the modern state, in its legislation pursues its course somewhere between the extremes of individualism and socialism, and that as employer on the one side and employe on the other dodges the question of compulsory indus trial insurance to raise money for the wage-earner's support when' he can no longer work, that the state should step In and provide the money through funds raised by taxation. In addition. Mr Lewis, who is a Boston lawyer, favors the idea of the state seizing a percent age of the salary of the employe, to form the base of such a fund. If necessary. He quotes from different authorities showing that we should not be helpless in the matter and Instance, the success at tained by Germany in this direction. One quotation is given from Frederick the Great showing that the first function of the state consists In holding the balance between the classes. It is assumed that the working capacity lasts on the aver age, 60 years. The chapters are: The problem, func tions of a state, state Insurance, work men b insurance In Germany, accident in surance and workmen's compensation, existing institutions. Incidence, old-age pensions, conclusion, appendices, (a) sec tion of Prussian railroad law, b sections of Georgia laws, (c) sections of Massa chusetts laws, (d) British workmen's com pensation act of 1906, (e) workmen's sick ness, accident, and invalid insurance in Germany and other continental countries Here is one suggestive paragraph, allow ing Mr. Lewis' style of argument: It happens, as though through some in advertence, that in making a contract of the greatest possible moment, both parties seem to Ignore absolutely certain very Important elements. The contract is mads as though sickness, accidents. In validity and old age had been permanently banished from the earth. The daily wage is sufficient only for daily necessities- a man entitled to support for a lifetime un wittingly consents to a wage based upon a portion of that lifetime: for the com petition "in the field of labor Is among the S. 2ner;.the V'-bod'ed. the efficient" the sick, the maimed, the superannuated are necessarily excluded. Abraham Lincoln and Ixtndon Punch edited MWMJv,n-. 8 WJ"- Illustrfted. MoffatNlard & Co.. New Tork City. TVhat a pity this volume did not arrive in time to take Its place in the observ ances of the Lincoln centennial. Here we ivVTi,aTCnrtion, f hoof's Published by the London Punch humorous weekly m.af,a."e durin8 the continuance of oor Civil War. and in which President Lin coln is, at first, severely ridiculed History says that after the first battle thI0n'aTe,.1"lgSbr0'd,rJ': r' The HISTORY. S'fZ 1E,5ypt ot 11,9 future. Ifwvr e a ?aId- J!d Documentary source book f American hlatorv. 1908. nooa Moaea outh America on the tn oe nmtSea.'t0nhaih"?Ulh0r 8Ph eoTonie. 190S halx-oentury of the dependence. LAJTOUAGES. -chSoran Ssssrisss"' LITERATURE. . hifJe-James Vila Blake as poet- being a brief appreciation of his work wift, ,1", jertenes The oien air. 1907 v iaS?o7Worl": ad' b" R McKerrow. g'Vor-IharlrTundVnr" RELIGIOUS. tStfZVSSS? ,ork'2rr,0T,7s Zueblln-Th. religion of" democrat 1908 SCIENCE. thoihoKYsi:anmVraB" "" cru!s" o"-i- Clayden loud studies. ions Long Whose home Is the ' M.r.,. soma studies of wild animal nr.. T907 SOCIOLOGY. M-ST'leVl? acounf-th. KK",!-.,'rmour!r or Madrid. ISO? cJmt'rJSf:.0 Tniv.rs.tr ct i9Schsfrie-The quintessence of socialism. VSEPn, ARTS. SSnSr7.2f waS-duTSXrrS iSf, W ickaon The California fruits anH fcli VSr,?i.ST: ml "f method. dwnlh iSvZ Jrt'de1 ateat aucceaa Ei 4. riv. PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES ..T5i?f "lowing ara statistics of the nm f Vtf",'"- " ? ,MarchT"l80g! ft, r"""0' of books forhome use ir departments and branch a? wu 44.o9. distributed as follows: J7 ,5(8 from the inain library; 461 from thT Albma branch: SS3 .from the East Side brarrh 3345 from the Sell wood brMeh. andWOO from country statlona. The per cAt of n c tton read was only 5.V There ara now 2A?5t counST th" Ubracr throu" the cltyand OREGOXIAy, PORTLAND, l Biill Run. that London Punch sat a "roasted- both North and South, turn about; that after Man tTf'" .ams ctlv'ly Southern: that after Gettysburg, it resumed its im partlaJity; and that at Lincoln's death, it printed a really noble poem about him, a poem that is now treasured by the whole Anglo-Saxon race. Reproductions of 55 of these famous Punch cartoon, are here given, and will likely be treasured as curiosities. Mr. Wa sh gives a valuable historical and critical introduction. Selection, of b7Jth prose and verso from Punch are given several selections being remarkable for their coarseness or rather Ignorance of America, and spirit of race-hatred. It is rat fying to know now that Punch's opinion, expressed in this ook do no longer represent the loving heart-beata of our cousins across the Atlantic, to ward us. The igbt Mail, by Rndyard Kipling. Illus tjsted. 1. Doubleday. page Co., New York City. This abort sketch, brilliant and clever of a one-night trip in airship or postal packet 162 from London to Quebec, Canada, and supposed to occur In the year SOOO A. D.. recently appeared In magazine form, where it created tremen dous interest. It is now very welcome to meet the tale in book form, and to place it among one's Kipling's collection. Viewed as a daring bit of imagination, because it takes the reader into a field new to the ordinary novelist, the story staggers, awes and then win. our ad miration of what could be. But, reader, make no mistake. "With the Night Mail" is neither "Soldier. Three," nor "Plain Tales from the Hills." Placed in comparison with these Kipling gems, "With the Js'ight Mail" is cheap. However, it bears the magic name of Kipling on the title page and that count.. atlas Minerva and William Green mil. by Frances Boyd Calhoun. Illustrated. XL The Rellly-Britton Company. Chicago. The illustration heading this page is taken from the book cover of "Miss Minerva, and William Green Hill," a most amusing story of a little boy's visit to his maiden aunt who persisted In bringing up the little boy as if he were . nice little girl, warranted not to talk slang and "play with the boy that lives GOTHAM RISES UP AGAINST AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Automobile Club Says Chauffeurs Kill People Immense Streetcar Reve nue Peculiar Insanity Laws of New Jersey Black Hand Fears Police. BY LLOYD F. LONEROAN. NEW TORK. April 10. The appalling number of fatal automobile acci dents of late has aroused wide spread Indignation, and the result will probably be the passage of more severe laws, together with the rigid enforcement of those now on the statute books. In his present crusade Police Commissioner Bingham is promised the aid of the Au tomobile Club of America. Ex-Judge El bert H. Gary, the president, has pledged that the organization will do anything that General Bingham may suggest in-' the matter. "Our members are appalled at the sac rifice, of life and injury of limb," says Judge Gary. "We stand for the protec tion of the public As a rule, it Is not the owner of an automobile who Is at fault, but the heedless chauffeur out on a so called 'Joy ride.' This fact has been prov en time and again. "We are working hard for the passage of a law making It larceny for a chauffeur to take out a machine without the con sent of his employer. This accomplished, we believe the greatest element of dan ger will be eliminated. As a rule, it is not the owner of the automobile who Is found at fault, but the heedless chauffeur. Many damage suits have been com menced as a Tesult of recent auto acci dents. Many of the actions are against companies which generally write automo bile accident insurance. Owners of ma chines can take out policies up to $20 000 which gives them protection in verdict, to that amount. While realizing the profound sentiment against them, the average owner of a motor car believes that in the majority of cases they are more sinned against than sirmlng. Auto Man's Side of Case. "Look at one case that has been ex ploited at length recently:" said a prom inent Wall-street man. "A boy was run over and killed and the chauffeur rot away. No stress is laid on the fact that the street was poorly lighted, that the hour was late, and the youngster was tacking back and forth on roller skates. The chances are that the auto was going at a moderate rate of speed, and the chauffeur didn't see him until it was too late. "If the man in the car had stopped he would probably have been mobbed, and certainly would have spent the night in a cell. Human nature 1b weak, and you cannot really blame him for getting away when he had a chance. "Over on the crowded Bast Side and the lower West Side the children have a game they call 'dodging autos.' They dash across the street in the path of a moving car. and the one who can come nearest to the auto wins. For my part I never speed my car, but I have had some of the narrowest escape, from committing man slaughter. Of course, had I made a miss. I could have looked to being pillored as the 'reckless millionaire owner of a mod ern Juggernaut.' "I tell you. all the fault cannot be laid on the owners and chauffeurs. Some of it belongs on the shoulders of the people who get the worst of the accidents." Millions Gathered in Xlckels. The Public Service Commission ha. Just received some interesting figures showing that for the last three months of 1908 Father Knickerbocker's street car fare bill totaled the tidy sum of 17.788,098.26. These are the first fig ures of their kind ever tabulated, and cause fresh wonderment as to why two of the principal lines went Into bank ruptcy. For the quarter the Metropoli tan, one of the bankrupt roads, took in $3,277,274.14, and the other "busted" company, the Third Avenue, amassed I. 819,017.78. The Interborough (Sub way) received from passengers 86 786 -809.03. and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit 4.641.344.7L Based on these figures for three monthB, the annual receipts of the bankrupt Metropolitan are 112 800 000 which Is more than the, total earnings of the Chicago & Alton in Illinois and Missouri, or the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton; the Lake Erie & Western; the Long Island, the Maine Central, the "Soo Line." "Lookout Mountain Route " "Nickel Plate"; New York. Ontario A Western; "Cotton Belt Route." Van dalia Railroad. Wisconsin Central and other companies which have thous ands of miles of tracks to look after, expensive terminals and necessarily armies of employes. All of which lend, color to the ar gument of many orator, that there Is something wrong with "high finance" as the game i. played in New York. Jersey Insanity Laws. The peculiar .experiences of Ashbel G. Brown have shed the bright light of publicity on the peculiar insanity laws of New Jersey, and a determined effort is being made to have them amended. Mr. Brown, while walking along the street, ot South Orange near hi. home, was seized by two men placed in an automobile and carried away to the Morris Plaina Insane APRIL 11, 1909. next door." The humor la infectious. The) book which was first noticed In The Ore gonian for March 7. has an entirely new viewpoint of Southland child-lire. This. My 8ob. by Rene Baxin. II 25 Charles Scribner'. Sons. New York city! Picture, the struggle, of quiet, country life against the glamor of the city. Rural scenes hover around a picturesque Breton homestead, and the atmosphere of home farm-life Is satisfying and restful. Of course, the characterisation is French. The hero is Pierre Noellet. w sentimental country boy who trains-for the priesthood but on having disagreements with hla family goes to Paris where he become, a newspaper writer. However, he drift, back, though unwillingly, to the soil. The writing is artistic and touching and 1. an improvement on Basin', recent story "The Nun." - the Road to Ard, br Margaret Morse. Illustrated. 1. Houghton, Mifflin Co Boston, and the J. K. Gill Co, Portland. A whimsical, delightful story of two wilful girls who with a runabout and ponies enjoy a country excursion, in the glad Spring time, to love-and-auto-accom-panlment. The Life and Death of Die, by Dr. Axel Emil Gibson, t L San Jose. Cal. A friendly heart-to-heart talk with a wise man on what and when we should eat, the better to prolong our days. Body blows are dealt the habitual meat eater, and enthusiastic praise is sounded for the vegetarian and the man who fasts. JOSEPH M. QUENTIN. . JTEW BOOKS BECEIVED. The Lady et the Dynamos, by Adela Maria Shaw and Canrallta. Becfcwlth. 11.50. (Holt Co.) Wild Life oa the Rookies, by Enos A. Mills. 1.T5. CHougbton-Mlfflin.) The Diary of a Show-GlrL by Grace Luce Irwin (Moffat-Tard). Servitude, by Irene Osgood, 1.60. (Dana-. Sates). The Landlubbers, by Gertrude King, a sea story that burns into one, memory (Double-day-Page). Special Messenger, by Robert W. Cham bers. S1.50. (Appleton). On Track and Diamond, by George Harvey and othera 60 centa. (Harper's ) Adventures ot the. World'. Greatest Da tectlvea, by George Barton. (Winston com pany. Philadelphia) Note: These books were received for re view through the courtesy of the J K GUI company ef this city: The Lady of the Dynamo .This My Son. state Insurance aad On the Road to Arden. oly U, AWeelt later hls brother, Charles M. Brown, heard of his plight, and is trying to bring about his re lease. The victim in this case had not been kidnaped, but was adjudged a lunatic in due Jersey form. The law provides that a person may be committed on a paper signed by the "nearest relative" and two physicians, and can only be released on a court order. The wife declares it is "purely a family matter" and one of the doctors 1. quoted thus: AH I care to say la the right thing has been done." . Mr. Brown is worth $150,000, made by careful business investments. He and his wife have quarreled of late be cause he refused to move to Califor nia. Charles- Brown, a brother, says Ashbel is not insane and never dis played any signs of failing mentality. Of course in this case the commit ment may be Justified, but the law certainly does afford temptation, to wives who are anxious to get rid of wealthy husbands. And the first the unhappy man knows aroout it is when husky, uncouth strangers Introduce themselves and drag htm shrieking to the nearest asylum. Many New Yorkers are glad we do not have Jersey Justice on this side of the river. Black Hand Under Cover. e1?1" .t. the "ssaasinaUon in Italy of Detective Lieutenant Petroslno, New r. had f "Black Hand bt out! .on alternte mornings. And oh, how tiresome they became. Each per formance was similar in every detail to the one that preceded it. "Just like the grand opera of 'Faust,' " comment ed one disgusted newspaper man. "A different set of principals, and a dif ferent chorus, but the same old songs " " th regular programme of a Black Hand day:" First, a bomb would be hurled into a doorway. Then would come the explosion, one Jump ahead of a rush to the street" by a band of performing tenants of the "double decker tenement." Next a triple sextet of reporters, tollowind by a "click click chorus" by expert photographers' Seldom was the harmony of the occa sion marred by an accident; almost never by an arrest. It invariably took place early .0 that the 7 A. M. editors of the evening papers could slip In a big head with the old familiar head lines. Since Petroslno died, however, the lack Hand" has been under cover Not a bomb has been hurled and the crop of threatening letter, has been reduced to a minimum. The fact of the matter Is that the Black Handera realize that this is no time to make themselves conspicuous. Any Italian who falls Into the hands of the police these days is In for a very gaudy time of it. For Petroslno had many friends on the force and they believe his death was planned right here on Manhattan Island. So they absolutely yearn for a chance to commune with the Black Hand. Lad res' Cars Ran Empty. The rear car in every Hoboken tunnel tram ha. been set asids for the exclu sive use of women, but up to date it has been found that the fair sex ob ject to herding in cars by themselves. There Is always room In the "ladies' car" even when the others are crowded to suffocation. Now the Subway is to try the same experiment. Encouraged by the crusade men are demanding Smoking cars, but they will not get them. No smoking on "L," subway or surface lines is allowed, except on certain portions of open car. during the Summer months. Of course this concession to "wo men's extra rights" has stirred up all sorts of people, so that they write all sorts of letter, on all sorts of angles to all .orts of newspapers. Here is one signed "Publieola," which is character istic It read.: By all means give the last car and the tlrst exclusively to women In the subway trains. 1 for one man will be glad of it. As it Is the women do all the crushing on the trains. They crowd up on the plat forms, push men aside, and scramble Into the ears men trying to Bet out of their way. They have bags, bundles and sour faces at such times. They develon bad tempers, which they take out on the men wishing to travel tn peace and read their papers. They are hateful to each other. Let them be packed like sardines In the ena cars, and see how they will act. I prophesy more scraps In a day than in a year's travel on mixed cara Race Suicide for Criminals. Judge Warren W. Foster, of General Sessions, has added to the list of queer decisions by sentencing a prisoner to re main single. Albert B. Johnson, convict ed of grand larceny, was paroled after the court had issued this warning: "If I ever hear that you take a wife without first obtaining my permission. I will have you brought back here and sent to prison for a long time. I have no In tention of permitting a marriage which will breed more criminals." Johnson, who is 20, is engaged to a miss of 18. who wept bitterly when she heard this announcement. The younsf man's ca reer will be watched with Interest. It was Judge Foster who settled the trouble between the rival Chinese tongs "And they found th. .tone rolled away "A LkttT1 Stne rUed aWay frm 41,6 "Pulchre.-- On that first Easter morn the three Went, singing; a glad melody. Today the organ tones are low t'v11011?11 outborn on spreading wings VDat beat the music to arid fro In echoes of its whisperings; Then rising, ringing, pure and sweet In trumpet chords that melt and meree, , ine organ tones and voices meet; The measures of the anthem surge. Yet a more wondrous song, I ween. Was sung by Mary Magdalene. The organ flings Its joyful strains Until the marvel -music seems Refined from all the rare refrains Tit come masters in their dreams. And high above the mellow reeds The voices lift the glory -song Yet one grand strain all others leads. One olden chant is pure and strong. The chant that through the dawning rane. The song the three glad women sang. Three women wondering that night So suddenly should lose its gloom. So thrilled they did not see the light tx.Wh.ere 1Uies leaPed to living bloom. What is the anthem of today? T?ree women singing in the dawn As they turn down the sunlit way This is the anthem builded on. On that first Easter mora the three Went, chanting a glad melody. Cqiyrlht. IMS, Every few days there would be a riot or a double murder in Chinatown, and. as usual, the police were powerless. Then Judge Foster "butted in." He sent for the leaders of both crowds and laid down the law. If they behaved themselves, he would agree to arbitrate any differences that might arise, and promised to be fair to both sides. If they preferred to keep on fighting, he in timated that the men higher up would be indicted and be sent up the river. 80 the tongs decided to bury the hatch et, and Chinatown, outwardly, has been a law-abiding place of late, for which the bulk of the credit is due to Judge Foster, who was not afraid to try a unique cure for an unusual disease. The Salvation Army is responsible for an Innovation which seemingly Is peculiar to New York. In front of a Broadway hotel the other day was a pretty girl in Army uniform playing a hand-organ. Be side her was another woman with a tin cup and a sharp eye out for pennies. "Help the Army," .he cried at inter vals, and the response was generous. How the scheme will work when the novelty wears off is another story. Up to date the success of the appeal has been remarkable. Colonel William F. Cody, better known to fame as "Buffalo Bill," is in the city preparing for his show which will .soon open at Madison-Square Garden. The Colonel fs all wrought up over the cavalry school which he will open at Cody, Wyo., on June 1. "The course will last for five months," he says, "and includes cavalry drill, riding, hunting, scouting, shoot ing and taking care of a pack train. We are only going to book a few pu pils, and they will be carried through Yellowstone Park after they get through the prep school." "Buffalo Bill" also has some exhib its from his Western mine, and oil well, in the shape of nuggets and bot tled samples. He declare, that at pres ent he is making lot. of money. The other side of the theatrical pic ture is furnished by George A. Blu menthal, a well-known manager, who is so far from making money that he has filed a petition In bankruptcy for the fourth time. There are 14 in stances on the records of persons being in bankruptcy three times, but this i. the only one where a fourth applica tion ha. been made. Blumenthal is modest both as to lia bilities and assets. The former amount to 827.218. and there are no asset, whatsoever. The manager', creditors threaten to fight his latest application. They de- . 10 urge upon yon as just as good." It u non-secret, non-alcoholic end ha. a record of forty year, of cures. ,? Nbighboss. They probably know of some of it. many cure.. If you want a book that tells all shout womsn's diseases, and how to cure them st home, send 21 one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce to psy cost of mailing nly. and he will send you a free copy of his great thousand-page illustrated Common Sense Medical Adviser revised, np-to date edition, in paper cover. Ia handsome cloth-binding, 31 stamp. Address Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. from the .epulchre.-Luke xxiv, by w. Q. Oiapimu.) u"im ?i'kJ? h bankruptcy -habit, and it 1. likely to become chronlo unless he receives prompt treatment. Invasion of Pittsburg Bakers. Charts' m Carnegie and invaJH : Schw;ab- New York has bee. nfi ed. by a ,ong ll8t Pittsburg millionaires. Now the Smoky Citv is slon line. It is bakers this time. Four PitUburger. have Incorporated the Ward Bread Company with a lin nfedd"'000-00':- tPthn.5rbkeril v. ?iFei? 8f.ven t,,nel, the "-mount of the capitalization to make the venture a f,' R B- Ward. George S. Ward. Wil- hava ,Ward Md Wila" C Evan, have for many years been the un crowned kings of the bread line in Pittsburg. They have driven out rivals there and now plan to humble the haughty dough barons of Manhattan. making arrangements for the cotnple- t ,nt t 8 ?lan here- " 18 reported that he is planning to absorb a num ber of New York bakeries, and make local concerns the core of the New York bread combine. One of the Idea, included In the scheme is sending hot rolls and bread to all of the suburban towns near New York, so that they may com. smoking hot to the breakfast table. A similar system will be worked within a radius of 125 miles of Pittsburg. The "Bun Invasion" wa. decided en In 1907. but the panic kept the .teel center very busy at home. Now with improved financial condition, it ha. been revived on a scale of great mag nitude. The Beauty-Patch's Revival. The revival of Louis XV fashions this Spring naturally revive, the Louis XV beauty-patch the roouche, or fly. Learned ladle, may, if they will, wear their beauty-patches in vartoua classic ways. "La mouche assassine," the most killing patch, was placed low down on the left side of the bosom. "La mouche dangereuse," was worn by the ladies of Versailles upon the shoulder blade. "La mouche de baisers," the kissing patch, was a tiny star set In the lower corner of the under lip. The more dashing ladies of the court of Louis Quinze wore bizarre mouches. They went so far. In fact, that the clergy had to Interfere at last: and there is a sermon on the abuse of the mouche which throws a curious light upon the morals of Versailles. Despair and Despondency No one but a woman can tell the .tory of the suffering, the despair, and the despondency endured by women who carry a daily burden of ill-health and pain because of disorders and derangements of the delicate and important organs that are distinctly feminine. The tortures .0 bravely endured com pletely upset the nerve, if long continued. Dr. Pierce's Fsvorite Prescription is a positive cure for weakness and disease of the feminine organism. IT MAKES WEAK WOHEN STRONG, 5ICK WOMEN WELL. It allay, inflammation, heal ulceration end soothes pain. It tones and build up the nerves. It fits for wifehood and motherhood. Honest medicine dealers sell it, and A