a
flONnOILP
pathetic Strike Will In
volve 125,000 Workers.
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1NESS CUIMULI lieu ur
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BUC"M"
nects, Urgo Company to Arbl
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ratO-TWO MIIOU in nmu
hilndolphlu, Fob. 28.Af tor a bob
.,n limn nix hours, tho Con-
Lnbor union delegates Inst night
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ed to call n Bympnwiuu
trndo unions in tho organization,
, ...! ,vf Snturdnv. Tho dclo-
uiiii.'n -
..am til
c3 assert that lo,uuu men win re
nd to tho cull.
ion is fraught with momentous con
uences, the union ofllciiilB Bay. Tho
ision was mado at n Bocrot acBBlon
700 dolegaU'B in Labor Lyceum Hnll,
ich lasted moro than flix houra.
ore apparently was no question that
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lit being on whether or not tho striko
..1,1 titfl rtifl Immediately.
The more conBorvativo clement pre
nyl, however, und tho walkout was
. .rr ..it1 nnvt. Snf imliiv. Moan-
L Oil Ullfcl " w
hiic, thcro 18 nopo moi mo mrcm
ii tbn will tin nrliitrntyd. (In-
liwiiv BUinu ..... . - F
Irxl rlnclnriition of tho
.ii Pnmnnnv rontrolllnc nil Iho
runaii. uuui""v p ; -- -
nes in tho city, that "thoro IB now-
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IK W iiruiiim.
Nobody uouuis mm iiwi. uik"1'
.1 . .....1 T .it.iiM ilntnn mul.na
nn lit liiu uvuM. -
a situation gruvo. Thore is n strong
if ...nHttllM ntnnrm til 1 u rwttl u
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rotn the interference wun irainc.
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r tho move tor arbitration, mane uy
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n the week.
There was Burpriso at tho unanimity
i . I. In ftivtf nf ii rrnnf.rnl Avm
n.r lin1 Imnn lliHCIlBfll'd tirOVioUBlv
n th(-rc was mixed sontimcnt ua to
he wisdom of calling out all classes of
vorkmen. Leaders of various trades
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UllUKII Rilinv . . M . ... .a.,v...a .w
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iii Lriuiu umui; iivMui v.uv;io uuuuwvu
Lheir ability to order nil workmen to
uy uown inuir wuia .iu uuvu uiu uruur
i . .1
As the gathering was secret, little
narnnn ni wnni i riinHinri(i iiMninii inn
barred doors. That thero was much
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nisiod irom it nine iuiur t, u ciuck un
tu 8:ao.
The great crowd gathered outs id o
the hall would occasionally hoar loud
cheering, and a responsive cheer would
so up from the outside. Finally when
the meeting broke up and tho nnj
nouncemcnt was mauo that unless the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
inudo an agreement with its striking
employes by noxt Friday, tho greatest
strike in tho history of Philadelphia
"will be inaugurated, thero was f
cheer and the crowd dispersed.
Not only members of unions aflUiii'
ted with the Central Labor union and
the Allied Building Trades council, but
those of every labor organization in
the city in any way connected with tho
American I-ederation of Labor, partic
ipatcd in the mooting.
fP... 4 ! - 1
i wu Bi-imniio meeuniTB wero ncia
The delegates to tho Central Labor
union met on one floor of tho
building, while the president and bus
iness agents of tho other organization
met on tho next floor.
Declaring the enr atriko hero had
uccome a battle between capital and
moor, the members of tho Central La
l)or union unanimously adontcd a reso
lution that every union man and woman
3top work on next Saturdav if. in tho
meantime, tho striking carmen huvo
not reached nn agrcemont with tho
company.
Woston Ahoad of Time.
Alhuquemuo. N. M.. Mnr. 1. Lonv
ing McCarty'e station ut C o'clock this
morning, hdward Tuyson Weston ar
rived llltO tonifht lit Rnnrllii wnv atn
lion 22 miles from Albuquorquc, hav-
'" wiuKi'H uu rnues today. licro ho
Nvill spend tho night, nnd leaving thoro
Tit midnight, will roach Albuquorquo
next morning at 8 o'clock. Ho will bo
iour days nhead of his schedule on ar
Tival hero. To dato Wntrm It nn nvnr
"Bed 40 miles dnllv nnrl lto
f tho continental divido 1b now bohind
oun.
Tribo Near Starvntlon.
El Paao, Mnr. 1. In diro Btrnita for
4oou because of tho fuiluro of tholr
crops and without oven Bocd corn for
1lantlncr. thn Tin-nhnmn.. t,ii.. n
i t f., "."IIMHIMIU AIIVIIMIIO Ul
jio Sierra Madrea nro wandering
""Kn mo BtatcB of Chihuahua and
Vonhuila. Tho Tarahumurcs nro
POaCOful and fllllm.r t.n.,1,...,1
mts. Their condition is pitiable and
they are on tho point of starvation,
nptnln Joaquin Chavez has appoaled
wuYurnor ureoi lor alU for thorn.
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NOW VnA ! -I m
famil
C8 in JorfleV Oitv worn Itiifnnrl
out
to
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tho
r,"" nouses anu rozoa
t'lnnt of tho Now York Veneor Sot
Soncing
mpany. Thodamogo ia ?200,000.
PLANS FOR 8TRONGER NAVY.
attlethip to Cot SIO.000,000 3ub-
, marines for Pacific.
Washington, Feb. 28.- Secretary
Moycr, of tho nnvy dppnrtmcnt, a
said to havo told tho houso nuval
committco today of plans of building a
world's rocord-bronking battloshlp of
02.000 tons dlsplacomont at a coat of
$18,000,000 and' making tho United
States tho loading naval power.
Members of tho committco Baid that
tho socrotary'B radical plans wore
favorably rocojved by the committee.
Tho secretary did not refer to naval
strength In numbors of ahlpB or nrma-
mont, but to various features of im-
provomont of tho ofllcloncy of ships
and guns.
Tho building of tho proposed ciant
battleship is delayed until noxt year
only becuuso tho naval experiments
wltn 14-lnch guns havo not been com
pleted, and tho department desires to
know tho result of full experiments.
Tentatively, It Is planned to nrm tho
grout battleship with a battery of
fourteen 1-1-inch guns of tho latest
typo.
Tho secretary Baid that plans for en
largement of all tho drydocks of the
country, as outlined to tho committee
sonio weeks ogo, woro mado In contem
plation of tho groat enlargement of tho
battloBhips and ho wanted tho docks
built to accommodate ships of threat
sizo.
It was tentatively agreed that tho
naval increase this year, based on tho
secretary's recommendations, Bhall bo
as follows: Two 27,000-ton battlo
Bhips, equipped oithor with 12 or 14-
lnch gunB; ono regular ship, two col
liers and five submarines.
Tho submarines aro for tho Pacific
coast, and aro tho first of a fust fleet
of these vcbsoIb which will bo provided
in tho next fow years. Tho plan to
place ten additional submarines on the
Pacific coast next was considered fav
orably. These submarines will bo one of the
fastest yet launched, and will be cap
able of making a Bpccd under water of
12 knots an hour.
A member of tho committco Bald
that the government had unofficial in
formation to the eucct that Japan is
laying tho kcclB of two great battlo
Bhips approaching the 82,000 ton
limit. Ho said tho tonnage of tho
great battleship under consideration
would depend to a great extent upon
tho weight of the batteries of the huge
14-inch guns, which would be placed
on this ship.
AVALANCHE BURIES 76.
Town of Maco, Idaho, Said to Bo
Scene of Desastor.
Spoknne, Wash., Feb. 28. With a
roar that could bo heard in Wallace,
five miles distant, an avalancho over
whelmed tho town of Mace, Idaho, last
night, and 75 pcoplo are believed to be
buried under tons of snow and debris.
Telephone messagca from Wallaco Bay
that the slide occurred at 11 :30 o'clock.
Rescue parties started at once from
Wallace to the scene of the disaster.
A special relief train was also started
out from bpokane.
Because of tho deep snow and block
aded condition of tho road from Wal
laco to Mace, no details of the catus
tronho have yet been received.
Heavy snow has been falling in
Northern Idaho during tho past week,
and with tho thaw which began yester
day conditions wero favorable for just
such a disaster which has overwhelmed
the little town.
Wnllii Wnlln. Wash.. Feb. 28. A
snncinl disnatch at 3 a. m. suva that
fivii hiinrlriiri rescuers have taken out
seven dead bodies while 25 men, wo-
mon nnri ehililron wero taKen irom tne
slide nlive, that occurred at Mace last
night It is known that 100 additional
u-3 dead.
lno alido is half a milo long and 30
font deon. Tho first train bearintr the
25 Injured loft Maco for Wallaco at
2:25 a. m.
Additional rescuers aro boing Bent to
tho Bccne on a train now being mado
up here.
Emporor Ignoros Petitioner.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 28. Emperor
Nicholas loft Tsarskoo-Sclo nolaco to
flnv nnrl tlrovo into St. Petorflburtr.
whoro ho called upon King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria. Tho emperor, as usual
occupied an opon carriage and was
without an escort. While nussintr
through tho Novsky Prospect tho car
riage was halted by tno preaenco oi a
mim clothed as a noasant. who knelt in
its nath nnd held tho petition above his
head. Tho footman mado n detour to
avoid tho man, who Bubscquontly was
taken to the poiico station.
Bluo Book Names Picked.
Chicago, Feb. 28. A man who had
prepurcd from Chicago's "bluobook" n
lonir Hat of wealthy libonlo from
whom, tho poiico assert, ho Intended to
extort monoy, woa nrrcated tonight af
tor ho had hold up nnd robbed Dr. B.
IL Chamberlain. Lator tho robber
wun Identified as Edwin EncliBh. In
his possession woro found a burglar's
kit und lotters addressed to wealthy
Chlcaeoanfl. Ono letter demanded
$3,700 from Dr. D. K. Pearsons.
Butto Btrlko May Soon End.
Butte, Mont, Feb. 28. A aottlo
mont of tho striko of mine ongineors
noon. Mat Commcrford.
president of tho International Steam
Englnoors' union, tonight stated that
tin Imri nuhmlttod a nronosltion to end
tho troublo to tho officials of tho Butto
Minora union, which nronosition ho CX
I pectod thoy would accept
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF
Washington, March 4. After labor
ng almost six hours today In nn at
mosphere surcharged with electricity
generated by conflicting opinions, tho
senate again failed to reach n vote on
lie postal Huviniro bank bill and took
a recess until tomorrow.
By this action tho legislative day of
March 3 is continued until tomorrow.
Thoro is Borne uncertainty whether
final action will be reached even then.
Senator Carter said seven or eight
senators desired to speak und he did
not want to guess how many other
speeches might follow.
Beginning at 11:00 o'clock today tho
flow of oratory continued without In
terruption Until after 5 c'olock when,
n despair of reaching a vote Mr.
Carter moved n recess until 11 :45 A.
M. tomorrow.
The senate commerce committee, in
reviewing the river and harbor bill to
day, found that so many amendments
had been mado to tho house bill that a
hearing will bo necessary before the
hill can be reported to tho senate, and,
in ousting about for items to be sacri
ficed, attention was centered on the
provision for constructing a canal and
locks to connect Lake Washington
with Pugct Sound, the government's
Bhare of which will cost $25,000,000.
The Administration bill providing
thnt the United States, Bhall Issue $30,
000,000 In 3 per cent bonds for the
reclamation of arid lands, may meet a
Bummary fate in the house.
It is contended by members of the
house that this is a revenue producing
measure, and that such legislation can
originate only in the ways and means
committee of the house.
Washington, March 3. Declaring
the administration railroad bill would
impair tho efficiency of tho existing
statutes and that the creation of a
court of commerce, which the measure
involves, would mean an expenditure
"wholly unnecessary," Senators Cum
mins and Clapp today submitted the
minority report of tho senate interstate
commerce committee.
The report holds that the creation of
a court the Bole work of which would
be to try railroad cases, would be
fundamentally wrong, and reminds the
senate of the "tremendous influences
which will inevitably surround the sc
lection of such a tribunal." In the
last three and a half years, tho minor
ity report asserts, there havo been just
30 cases in which such a court would
huvc jurisdiction.
In pointing out some things the sen
ators think make the bill ineffective,
thev declare that it should include all
corporation common carriers, and that
there Is nothing to prevent a holding
corporation from issuing all the stocks
and bonds it may please.
A Democratic proposal to amend the
tarilt law threw the house into con
fusion yesterday. A bill exempting
from the payment of tonnage all ves
scls stopping at ports on the Great
Lukes having passed the senate was
taken up for consideration. Repre
sentative Hitchcock of Nebraska,
sought recognition from the chair
with an amendment providing for a re
duction of 25 per cent in the customs
duties on Canadian goods.
The senate today discussed the ad
ministration postal 3avings bank bill,
which was still under consideration at
5:30 o'clock, when a recess was taken
until 11:30 tomorrow, to continue the
legislative day in accordance with an
agreement to vote before adjournment
Washington, March 2. A bill pro
viding for the purchase of ?10,000,000
worth of real estate in Washington for
tho future use of the government, was
passed by the senate today. The house
voted down a proposition to provide
residences in the foreign capitals for
diplomats.
Secretary Moyer and benator Per
kins, chairman of the naval affairs
committee, held a conference today, nt
which tho latter agreed to support the
administration plans for two battle
ships, three destroyers, two colliers, a
repair ship and four or five submarines.
The administration postal savings
bank bill may bo referred back to the
postoffice committee tomorrow, when
the time comes for a vote on that
measure in the senate.
Heyburn, of Idaho, so intimated in
a speech in the senate today on his
Bubstituto for the ponding bill. Wheth
er ho would offer tho substitute, ho
said, would depend upon developments
tomorrow.
"I havo heard many expressions of
dissatisfaction with tho legislation us
it stands," ho said. "A number of
senators havo indicated a desire that
tho bill bo recommitted, that it may
havo further consideration before wo
commit oursolvcs irrevocably to the
policy of postal Bavings Bystem."
After a brief discussion tho senate
today passed tho bill authorizing the
issuanco of $30,000,000 worth of cer
tificates of indebtedness for tho com
pletion of Irrigation projects already
under way.
Tho bill is intended to supply enough
monoy to finish theso works and it is
contemplated that tho certificates shall
bo retired by monoy derived from tho
sale of lands redeemed by tho improve
ments. Secretary Moyor for Larger Navy.
Washington, March 2. In pursu
ance of tho announced plan for tho
construction of u greater navy by In
creased yearly appropriations, Secre
tary Moyor today discussed tho curront
naval program with tho houso commit
tco on naval affairs. Tho plans of tho
aupportora of n greater nnvy wero
gone ovor in dotnll and bills woro dis
cussed relative to tho creation this
year of two hugo battleships, one re
pair ship and flvo submarines.
Washington, JMarch 1. Represent
ative McCrcdie todny introduced a bill
appropriating $150,000 for public
building und site at Contralla, Wash.
A bill, which, if passed, would de
clare tho members of the "beef trust"
recently indicted in New Jersey fugi
tives from justice and compel their ex
tradition to New Jersey to stand trial,
was introduced today by Representa
tive Henry, of Texas, of the house
judiciary committee.
"Theso individuals composing the
beef trust vho have been indicted by
a Now JerBey grand jury," said Mr.
Henry, "are endeuvorlng to hide be
hind the proposition that they have
transacted no business in the state of
New Jersey nnd therefore could not
have committed a crime there, because
they were not personally present. This
is an old dodge, an elusive method of
escaping punishment."
After a two-hours' conference with
President Taft today, leaders of con
gress announced that they would op
pose all amendments to the several
administration bills when it became
apparent that the amendments were
offered in a spirit hostile to the main
purposes of the proposed legislation.
Senators Aldrich and Crane and Speak
er Cannon were present.
The senate today passed the Bourne
bill, appropriuting $1,500,000 for a site
nnd postoffico building in Portland, the
proposed building to be used for the
postoflice solely, leaving the present
public building for courts and other
Federal offices.
Washington. Feb. 28. Because of
protests filed against the bill donating
to Whitman college the lands and
buildings of the abandoned Walla
Walla military reservation, Senator
Jones has withdrawn that measure,
und toduy introduced a new bill uu
thorizing the Bale of the reservation to
Whitman college at $50 an acre.
It is expected that the military com
mittee, before reporting this bill, will
ascertain from the War department
whether or not this price is reasonable,
and if not will substitute a price re
commended by that department It is
not expected there will be objection to
the Bale of the lands at a fair price.
A bill introduced in the senate, today
to add 1.000.000 acres to the area
available for use by the state of Ore
gon under the Carey desert land act,
and also to authorize the state of Ore
gon to drain Blue Point, Flagstaff,
Hart and Ciumf lakes and reclaim the
lands now submerged and to create
liens upon the land so reclaimed as a
security for the repayment of the cost
of reclamation by settlers on the re
claimed lands.
Senator Jones today introduced bill
permitting the Okanogan Electric Rail
way company to build a bridge ucross
the Columbin river at Bridgeport and
another across the Okanogan river at
Defflins Ferry.
The Aldrich bill providing for a com
mission of senators, representatives
and civil appointees to be selected by
the president, to supervise the busi
ness methods of the executive depart
ments, was passed by the aenate to
day.
The postoflice appropriation bill was
under consideration in the house during
the entire session, which lasted over
six hours. Both houses will be in ses
sion tomorrow.
The house public lands committee
has reported favorably the administra
tion bill making an appropriation of
$500,000 for the survey of public lands
within railway land grants. In Oregon
there ore $500,000 acres unsurveyed in
Oregon & California railroad grant.
Washington, Feb. 26. In accordanco
with recommendations by the senate
committee on finance, the bill provid
ing for the issuance of $30,000,000 in
certificates of indebtedness for the ben
nfit of the reclamation srevice will be
amended so as to make the government
directly responsible for the payment of
the certificates. As the bill now stands
the certificates are made payable from
tho reclamation fund.
The proposed amendment will auuh
orize the secretary of tho treasury to
transfer from time to time from the
general fund to the reclamation fund
such amounts as may bo necessary to
complete the projects, providing the
aggregate shall not exceed $30,000,000.
He is authorized to issue certificates
not to carry moro than three per cent
interest to reimburse the treasury for
advances mnde. The funds thus ob
tained are to bo used for the comple
tion of projects already begun.
After a conference today with Dr,
W. T. Hornaday, director of the New
York zoo. tho sennto committee on
conservation of natural resources, of
which Dixon, of Montana, is chairman,
decided to represent to tho department
of commerce and labor the undesirabii
ity of renewing tho present lease for
tho slaughter of Bcals in Alaskan wa
ters, which expires next April.
According to Dr. Hornaday, the
seal herd has been reduced from 4,
000,000 to 50,000 in a comparatively
brief period. Ho expressed tho opin
ion that a renewal of the leaso would
amount to tho practical extermination
of tho herd. Ho recommended a
closed season for ten years.
After Irrigation Money.
Washington, March 3. Represent
ative Hawloy today Baw Secretary Bal
linger and urged him to recommend
more liberal appropriations to enable
tho placing of Klamath lands under
water. Ho cited that the project has
been under development moro than five
years, yot only 80,000 acres aro under
water, 10,000 or which was unaor wn-
ter when tho project wob initiated
Ilawley urged that provision bo mado
at this session to complete tho work.
DEttREASI IN BIRD LUTE.
Whole fljioolon KxtliiKaUJicit lr Vot
Jluntora In One Generation,
In times of record tho chief birds
absolutely to drop from human sight
are tho dodo (1081), great auk (1844),
Nestor Productus parrot (1851), and
Pallas' cormorant (recently). Those
an only bo reconstructed from skins
and bones and old descriptions.
Now Yorkers remember when tho
Labrador duck was common In tho
market. Sailors easily shot and
brought it to port by thousands. Now
only three aro preserved In all tho
world. Waltor Rothschild of England
has two of them ono obtained from
Gordon Plummer of Drookllno, Mass.,
who bought it In Fulton Market, New
York, In 18C0; tho other from William
Dutcher of New York, by whom It
was received from tho widow of a man
named Thompson, who shot It in the
St Lawrenco River in 1852. Nino
years afterward ono was killed on
Grand Manan, and four years lator
the last to bo known was shot by J. G.
Doll, who sold Its skin to tho Smith
sonian Institution at Washington.
You soo how carefully the roll Is
called and Identifications aro mode
when tho battle Is over. Tho battle Is
about over for tho beautiful passenger
pigeon. In 1848 it came down the
Hudson River in such numbors that
tho then owner of "Claremont" near
the place where Grant's Tomo now la,
shot from his root 100 In a morning.
Twenty-eight years later a "pigeon
nesting" near Peto3key, Mich., oc
cupied an area twenty-olght mlle3
long, averaging four miles wide, That
season (according to freighting rec
ords) a billion passenger pigeons wero
destroyed in Michigan, when roosting,
by gunB, bludgeons and pots of sul
phur. Railroads had been laid and
markets were ready. The birds sold
In New York for a cent apiece.
rsoboay has noted a passenger
pigeon, and proved It, since 1900. The
only attested living specimens for
years past were in captivity. A fow
were In the Cincinnati Zoo, a .few In
Milwaukee; others had been bred from
a single pair owned by Prof. C. U
Whitman of Chicago University. Six
years ago Prof. Whitman's refused fur
ther to interbreed. All that were
known were presently dead, except
one male in Cincinnati and one femato
in tho Whitman aviary. The lono fe
male was sent io the disconsolate male.
Of tho trlmendous flocks which once
flew over the United States, only theso
two blrdB are left. Everybody's Maga
zlno.
Thnt Gcnlnn Whlatler.
Of WhlsUer Lady St Heller In
"Memories of Fifty Years" writes
thus: "He was a genius and had all
tho defects and qualities of one. To
him everything was a Joke, the sub
ject-of a bonmot Tho lightest and
daintiest of persiflage was what he
excelled In, and one never had a dull
moment in his company. He was al
ways late for dinner, arranging the
Immortal lock of gray hair In its
proper place as he came Into the room,
with apologies and excuses, none of
them true of which he was perfectly
conscious and also of the fact that
his host and hostess knew that they
wero not Wherever he was there
would bo a circle listening to him, and
his ringing laugh would be heard all
over the room as Jie sent his shafts
right and left Into the joints of the
armor of those who were attacking
him. It was a great surprise and al
most a shock when ho appeared as a
benedict"
hTo Exnrea Our Appreciation."
John Smith, says a -writer In the
Monson Register, had worked for th-3
Valve Corporation for forty-two years,
and decided to quit The company, In
con3luoratlon or nis long ana iauniui
service, arranged to give him a mone-
tarv recounltlon.
Tho superintendent of tho works, a
German, was asked to present it. ho
was advised to use a llttlo sentiment
in making tho presentation speech, and
this Is tho way ho did it:
"John, you haff work for tho com
pany over forty years?"
"Yes."
"You aro going to quit?" .
"Yes."
"Veil! They are so glad of It that
thoy asked me to hand you this nun
drcd dollars."
Ts'enr-llllllnrdi!.
Two traveling salesmen, detained In
a llttlo village hotol, wero introduced
to a crazy llttlo billiard table and a
sot of balls which were of a uniform
dirty gray color.
"But how do you tell tho red from
tho white?" asked one of the guests.
"Oh." said tho landlord, "you
soon got to know them by their shape."
Success Magazlno.
Too Good to He MUfioil,
Comedian I can't go on for a mln
ute, sir. I feel funny.
Manager Funny! Great Scott, man!
Go on at onco and make tho most of It
while it lasts. Stray Stories.
When the IUiivIImIi Outlier.
The capturo of blueflsh from Now
Jorsoy to Monomoy during a 'season
Is 1.000.000, averaging six pounds
Blueflshlng on tho New England coaat
lasts 120 days.
How patient a girl is with tho torn
nor of Any Young Man, and how Im
patient Bho Is with tho 111 temper of
hor fathor!
A.ftr vou hear a fow Mysteries ex
plained, it is hard to undorstand why
thero is so mucn curiosity.
Some men act Important only whon
thoy are talking ovor tho tolepho&
Sonir To a Crnblicil Crovr.
Oh, crabbed crow upon tho fence.
Who gravely looks at mo,
I'd llko to whisper, "dot theo hencol"
Because wo can't agroe.
You will not play parchasl and
You cannot sing to me,
You do not llko my kittens, and
W never can agree.
You croak at everything you hoar
A .1 .......lUlk... MAM.
Jiuu every wiiiik yuu
You make mo very cross and queer,
Thero'i room for you to fly about
And perch on every tree,
And look for something In th world
On which we can agree.
But don't come here, yo.u crabbod crowr
And gravely look at me,
And toll me I'm all wrong, because
Wo never can agree.
-Chicago Dally News.
WHY"
D1D MAMMA'
LEAVE- ME
Why didn't mamma take me
To heaven with her, too?
For homo now soems so lonely,
I don't know what to do;
For, oh. I want my mamma.
To climb up In her lap,
When I am tired and sleepy
And want to take' a nap.
Such little girls as I am
Can hardly get along
Without a dear sweet mamma
To sing a good-night song.
I wish that God would take me
To find my mamma dear,
For It's so very lonely,
I do not like It here.
My papa seems so sad now
And doesn't play with me;
And whon I ask for mamma,
Tears In his eyes I see,
As ho stoops down and kisses
His little daughter's face,
Then round his nock so tightly
My little arms I place.
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I think he's sad and lonely
And misses mamma, too,
Our home's so dark and gloomy.
Wo don't know what to do.
I try to make him happy;
But I miss mamma so,
And wish that God would tell us
That we to her might go.
Philadelphia Record.
Slrlnff Xnme.
It was a rainy, gray day, and tho
children had tried and given up all
their usual games. Finally Mary, who
had been playing with a piece of fish-
line that Dick had dropped from hia
pocket, exclaimed, "Oh, see what I've
discovered all by myself!"
The children. Tommy, Sarah and
Dick, gathered round her quickly.
She sat at the dining-room table
with the twino in her hand.
"O dear, I'm afraid I haven't
enough!" she said, as the others presa-
ed near: "Tommy, do run and get the
ball of string."
When that was brought, she cut sev
eral lengths of It, each about a yard
long. Then she made some short
pieces, an inch or so long. The chil
dren kept begging her to tell them
what she was going to do, but she
smiled and said nothing. At last the
string was prepared.
"Dick," Bhe said, "you are the lit
tlest, how do you spell your name?"
"D-I-c-k," he said, slowly and won-
derlngly.
She took ono of the pieces of string
and very deftly, on the surface of tho
tablo, made It into the shape of hia
hamo In handwriting.
For the dot of tho letter "I" she took
one of the short pieces, doubled it up
Into n ball and put It over the letter.
Tho children were delighted, and
spent the rest of the afternoon, till the
tablo had to be cleared for supper, In
forming their names, and oven mak
ing whole sentences. Tho last thing
they wrote was "Mary," in honor of
tho Inventor of this now game.
Youth's. Companion.
I'erMOiiutlon.
To play this game tho company seat,
themselves In a circle, whilst one of
the players begins to doscrlbe Bomo
person with whom most of tho other
players aro familiar, and continues
until ono or other of tho company is
able to guess from tho description who
tho person may bo.
The ono guessing correctly then pro
ceeds to doscrlbo somo ono. If, how
ever, tho company is unablo to mako
a correct guosB tho playor goes on un
Ml some ouo is successful.
Tho Natural Itcnult.
Miss Goldbonds If father should al
low us to marry, count, what would
bo tho outcome?
Count de Brokeskl Ah, my dear
Miss Goldbonds, zat, you know, would
depend entirely on zo income Judge,
Even if the season is poor tho dili
gent farmer can always raise a crop ot
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