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FALL OF K1NCH0U
JAPANESE COMPEL RUSSIANS TO RE
TREAT TOWARD PORT ARTHUR.
niiltary Experts Deemed the Position
Impregnable Advance on Port Arth
ur Is Expected to Follow at Once
Russians Finally Bested la a rland-
to-Haad Conflict.
Tokio, May 30. After two days of
desperate fighting, the investment of
Xinchou has become a fact. The pre
paratory engagements of Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday led to the final effort
on Wednesday to take the heights of
Kinchon, including the fortress known
as the castle. An artillery engage
ment, beginning at dawn on Wednes
day morning, lasted five hours, after
which period General Oku, command
ing all the army divisions, sent Lieu
tenant General Baton Kawamura, of
the Tenth, Twenty ninth, Thirty-ninth
and Fortieth regiments, to storm the
heights. This was the beginning of
the great battle, which ended at 7
o'clock on Thursday night, when the
Japanese infantry, in a hand-to-hand
conflict, drove the Russian defenders
from the Nan Shan hill, Baid by mili
tary authorities to be practically im
pregnable. From this hill, Dalny is
absolutely at the mercy of the Japan
ese from the west, as are the hills lead
ing directly to the Port Arthur fortifi
cations. While General Oku, through Ad-
miral Togo,., telegraphs that the Japan
' se loss was heavy in the two days
righting, Tokio is wild with joy, and
the streets are filled with men, women
and children, marching in line be-
bind bands, and all carrying lanterns.
The great triumph north of Port Ar
thur has confirmed the always strong
belief with the Japanese that their
oldiere are more than a match for the
Muscovite enemy. As all the dis
patches show that the Russians fought
with desperate valor, there is no doubt
also that their losses were heavy.
FEW BOOKED FOR NOME.
Laboring Men Have Had Unpleasant Ex
periences In the North.
Seattle May 30. A year ago 2,000
steerage tickets had been Bold by - this
time on the Nome liners. Up to the
present time 500 have been booked on
the first boats out of this port for the
North.
From these figures operators are
-drawing the conclusion that there will
be a shortage of common laborers :n
Nome during the coming season. In
view of the fact that the Council City
-& Solomon railroad will use about 1,
200 men during the season there is ap
parently some basis for the contention
that more men should be taken North.
Laboring men are not apt to flock to
ward Nome this year, for those who
went North last year had a hard seas
on. Most of them loafed about Nome
without work, and the season was so
-short that those who found plenty of
employment did not make much.
While there is promise of a long season
and more work than usual, laboring
men regard the situation as one that
only benefits the steamship companies.
IN FIRST DBQREB.
Norman Williams Found Guilty ef Mur
dering: Mis Wife.
The Dalles, May 28. Norman Wil
liams, forger, bigamist, nxuricide and
murderer of women, sits in the shadow
of the gallows now. Last night at 8
o'clock the Clerk read from a typewrit
ten piece of paper the fateful words:
"We, the jury, find the defendant,
Norman Williams, guilty of murder in
the first degree."
Out of Norman Williams' mouth
came the evidence which is to hang
him. "A self convicted murderer,"
Deputy District Attorney Wilson
oalled him, and truly it was the amaz
ing contradictions of Williams' stories
as to when he last saw the murdered
Nesbitt women that fastened first the
suspicion and then the certainty of
guilt upon him.
Russia May Favor the Jews.
St. Petersburg, May 30. Interior
Minister Von Plehwe has proposed to
the council of the empire an important
project for the repeal of the law under
which Jews are forbidden- to reside
within 32 miles of the frontier. On
account ot the prevalence of smuggling
some years ago, the Jewish pale was
drawn back from the border. The
new departure is considered one of the
important steps in the execution of
Emperor Nicholas' ukase, issued in the
early part of 1903, promising freedom
of conscience to his subjects.
Bolivia Seeks a Railway Loan.
Washington, May 30. Ignasius Cal
deron, who succeeds G. Guachtalla as
minister from Bolivia to the United
States, who will be presented to the
president within a few days, has been
charged by his government with the ar
rangement of a railway loan. Bolivia
has received $10,000,000 as indemnity
from Brazil for the Acre rubber terri
tory, and the Bolivian government will
use this fund as the basis for securing
another $ 10,000,000.
Russians Not Using- Floating Mines.
St. Petersburg. May 30. A high au
thority at the admiralty said to the
correspondent of the Associated Press
today: "It is false to assert that the
Russians use floating mines. They are
not known in the Russian naval
. service. The Japanese used them con
stantly off Port Arthur."
OUT OP DOMAIN.
Pinchot Recom men Is Two More Reserves
la Eastern Oregon.
Washington, May 28 Chief Fores
ter Pinchot has recommended the crea
tion of the Blue mountain and Maury
mountain-reserves in Eastern Oregon
In the former it is recommended that
about 3,000,000 acres be embodied; in
the latter something over 60,000 acres
in the center of Crook county. Al
though Forester Pinchot most urgently
recommends the creation of the Blue
mountain reserve, it is not probable
that the president 'will issue a proc
lamation creating this reserve for sous
time to come. ' Pinchot's recommenda
tion has been referred to Land Com
missioner Richards, in whose office
theie are numerous protests against the
cieation of the reserve. His records
also contain information tending to
show attempts have been made by vari
ous persons to secure lands within the
proposed reserve, with a view to having
them converted into a base for lieu. ( se
lections. The forestry bureau has,
however, earefully examined each
minor subdivision, and as far as practi
cal has drawn the reserve limits .so as
to exclude private holdings.
Commissioner Richards will make a
personal investigation to if it is
practicable to eliminate additional pri
vate holdings. He is determined that
this reserve, when created, shall gen
erate as little lieu base as possible,
and will only consent to the inclusion
within the reserve of private lands
shown to be held by bona fide settlers
who intend to remain there. This ex
haustive examination will consume sev
eral weeks, possibly months.
On the other hand, early action is
looked for on the Maury mountain rec
ommendation of Pinchot. This pro
posed reserve is a clear cut proposition,
with practically all private lands elim
inated. NEUTRALS FEAR TO COMPLAIN.
It May Be to Then Advantage to Plant
Mines In the Future. ,
London, May 28. Sir John McDon
nell, one of the highest authorities in
Great Britain on questions of interna
tional law, in an interview regarding
the sowing of mines in the open sea by
Russians, today said:
"I thnk with our imperfect knowl
edge of the facts, it is quite premature
to express an opinion as to what has
been done by the Russians in the wat
ers adjacent to Port Arthur. I am re
luctant to believe that they have re
sorted to an expedient so wasteful, and
altogether uncertain in its effects, of
sowing or scattering mines in the wat
ers of the territorial rone.
"Every belligerant is free, I take it,
to destroy his opponent's vessels wher
ever they may be found, by all cus
tomary means, including the use of
mines. If in attempts to destroy the
enemy's work he accidentally destroys
neutral property, he would, of tourse,
be liable for damages. Of course, if
mines are scattered broadcast on the
high seas, neutrals might complain
with justice, and I think it would not
avail belligerants to argue that they
had given notice of their intention to
make certain waters impassable.
"Neutrals, however, are no longer
united to arrest encroachments of bel
ligerants. Now that many powers
have large navies, and are looking for
ward to the time when they will be
supreme on the seas, they hesitate to
condemn acts to which in the past they
would have severely objected, because,
as they say, 'Who knows how soon it
may be to our interest as belligerants to
do the very acts which as neutrals we
today suffer from. "
JAPANESE SINK MORS SHIPS.
Ajexleff Reports Attempt to Block Port
Arthur Roadstead.
St. Petersburg, May 28. The fol
lowing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff ,
has been received by the emperor:
"Reports from Rear Admirals Witt
soet and Grigorovitah today state that
the enemy bombarded from In-Gentei
bay, on the west coast of the Kwang
tung peninsula, about 13 miles north
of Port Arthur, with gunboats. "
The viceroy's dispatch does not give
the date of the bombardment.
"On the night following the Japan
ese attempted to blockade the roadstead
of Port Arthur with mines, and from
shore observations it is believed that
some steam launches and two torpedo
boats were sunk."
Russians Stubbornly Resist.
Chefoo, May 28. A junk which left
Dalny on the night of May 23, and
which arrived here today, reports
that the Japanese army had then
reached Sansuripo, which is north of
Dalny, and southwest of Nangalien.
The Russians' offered a stubborn re
sistance to the advance of the Japanese,
and a battle was fought at noon, May
22, at- Sansuripo. The result of the
battle was not learned by the bearers
of the news. The advance of the Jap
anese indicates that they have recovered
from the reported reverse at Kinchau.
Remain on the Defensive.
London, May 28. The Standard's
correspondent at the headquarters of
the Japanese first army, under date of
May 23, says there is no change in the
situation. The Russians seem to be
perfectly content to remain on the de
fensive, and are vigorously strengthen
ing their position, with Liao Yang
as the base. They are a little more
active, however, northeast of Feng
Wang Cheng, where the patrols of both
armies are in touch almost daily.
Black Fleet Making, Ready for War.
New York, May 28. Intelligence
has been received from St. Petersburg,
according to a Times dispatch from
Vienna, that 14 vessels of the Black
Sea V fleet are being , mobilised and
placed In readiness for sanies.
YAZOO IS IN- ASHES
ENTIRE BUSINESS SECTION OP MIS
SISSIPPI CITY LAID WASTE.
Fire Raged From Early flomlng Until
Night, Water Supply Being Inade
quate Loss Is Estimated at From
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000 Over Two
Hundred Buildings art Burned.
Jackson. Miss., May 27. Firs in
Yazoo City today destroyed every busi
ness house of any importance, together
with a large number of private resi
dences, the principal hotel and the pas
senger station.
The fire started at 8:30 this morn'
ing, and burned until 5 o'clock this af
ternoon, destroying 200 buildings. The
burned distirct is three blocks wide
and 12 blocks long. The estimates. of
the loss are between $1,600,000 and
$2,000,000.
The . water suddIv was . inadeauate
. . a a
and efforts to stay the flames were fu
tile. A citizen named Chamblish was
killed by falling walls and Mayor
Holmes was severely hurt, his con
dition tonight being reported as pre
carious. In the afternoon the fire spread to
Latonia, a residence district, where it
destroyed some of the finest, homes.
The Yazoo county courthouse and the
Ricks ' memorial library escaped des
truction, and the vaults of the banks
and the postoffice protected their-treasures.
Yazoo City is 40 miles distant from
Jackson, and has 6,000 inhabitants.
Soma Pat Loss at $3,000,000.
Jackson, Miss, May 27. It is im
possible tonight to place an accurate es
timate upon the loss entailed by the
fire, but it is thought that the total
will be between$2,000.000 and $2,500.-
000. Some estimates are even as high
as $3,000,000. The total insurance is
between $800,000 and $1,000,000.
WILL EXPLORE LAKB COUNTY.
Surveyors are te Learn Possibilities
for Irrigation.
Washington, May 27. At the re
quest of Senator Mitchell, a reconnais
ance party will proceed late in June to
make an investigation of the central
part of Lake county, Oregon, with a
view to ascertaining whether there is a
feasable location for the construction
of a large irrigation work by the gov
ernment. Senator Mitchell describes
this district as having a fine climate,
where all cereals, fruits and vegetables
that are cultivated in any part of Ore
gon grow abundantly, and where there
is a large body of fine agricultural land.
The Chequican river, which flows
through this section m is reported to
furnish an ample supply of water for
reclamation of nearly, if not quite all,
these lands. It has been reported to
Senator Mitchell that reservoir sites
can be secured to hold flood waters at
different points along the stream. As
Lake County has contributed largely to
the arid land fund, citizens of that dis
trict are exceedingly anxious that this
project shall receive early considera
tion. FINDS NO FRAUD.
Jury la the Postoffice Case Clears Ty
ner and Barrett.
Washington, May 27. Within 22
minutes of the retirement of the jury
in the case of James .N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Barrett, tried on charges
of conspiracy in connection with their
duties as law officers of the Postoffice
Department, a verdict of not guilty
was returned. The throng which filled
the courtroom throughout the argu
ments to the jury hardly had time to
leave the building before the jury was
back and the foreman announced that
a verdict had been reached.
- General Tyner appeared greatly ox
cited as he attempted to face the jury,
and when the verdict was returned, he
broke down completely. Several of
the jurors wept with him, and all of
them shook bands with him.
The Tyner Barrett case was begun
on May 2 and has been before the court
19 full days.
Russia to Qreatly Enlarge Navy.
St. Petersburg, May 27. Despite
the fact that the details are being kept
secret, it has been learned that the lat
est Russian naval program is of the
most extensive ever planned by the na
tion. The special committee recently
appointed by the czar has given orders
for the immediate laying down of an
unusually large number of vessels of
every type, including many sub
marines. A number of vessels are
daily being maneuvered outside of
Kronstadt, paying especial attention
to torpedo practice and gunnery.
Japanese Again Bombard It.
Chefoo, May 27. A portion of the
Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur
at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. The
attack was witnessed by a Frenchman
who left Dalny on the night of the 22d,
arriving heie tonight. He says that
eight large warships circled before the
entrance of Port Arthur harbor for one
hour, firing broadsides at intervals of
ten minutes. Up to the time the
Frenchman left Dalny everything was
quiet there.
Carrying Submarines in Sections.
Moscow, May 27. A long train
passed through here early this morn
ing! carying three recently built sub
marines in sections, which are for
service either at. Port Arthur or Vladi
vostock. Great secrecy was maintained
in shipping the craft, and none but
employes were permitted in ' the sta
tion", prior ' to ' the departure of the
train.
lO CHECK KUROKL
General Knropatkla Win Make a Stand
- at Liao Yang.
London, May 26. Dispatches to the
Daily Telegraph show that on May 16
the Japanese headquarters were still' at
Feng Wang Cheng. .This the corre
spondent attributes to the necessity for
joint action with the Japanese army
which has landed at Pitsewo. He ex
plains that communication has not yet
been established between the two Jap
anese armies, but it is expected to be
effected within a few days.
The dispatches say the telegraph
line between Feng Wang Cheng and the
south has been cut br Russians dis
guised as Chinese.
A Russian transport is moving from
Liao Yang in the direction of Mukden,
but it is not known whether this
means a retirement of the armv. or
merely the removal of winter clothing,
which is no longer needed.
The movements of war correspond
ents, the dispatches sav. are limited
to a radius of a mile and a half from
Feng Wang Cheng.
The Daily Telesrranh'a Niu Chwanir
correspondent declares that General
Kuropatkin is determined to check the
Japanese at Liao Yang, where probab
ly the greatest battle of the war will be
fought. He adds that the Japanese
land operations against Port Arthur
are meeting with little success and
that Lieutenant General Stoesiel and
Major General Fock continue to make
well directed but desoerate sorties
against the advance of the Japanese,
who are fighting with stubborn deter
mination almost unequaled in history.
Several hundred Japanese reinforce
ments are arriving daily from Pitsewo
and Peiandien, according to this cor
respondent.
The Seoul correspondent of the Dailv
Telegraph says that Kinchou is being
besieged by the Japanese, and its sur
render is momentanly expected.
KUROKI'S FORCES NBBD FOOD.
Cossacks are Also Interfering With
Movements of Ammunition.
London, May 26. The Mukden cor
respondent of the London Morning Post
cables that he has been informed on
excellent authority that the Cossacks
under General Remeakampf have suc
ceeded in cutting two transport columns
of the Japanese army and secured a
very large quantity of supplies. Ac
cording to the correspondent, the Cos
sacks have also succeeded r in greatly
harassing the Japanese line of commu
nication, with the result that General
Kuroki's column is in need of food and
ammunition. This fact has compelled
the Japanese to remain at Feng Wang
Cheng much longei than has been
planned, and a forward movement will
not be undertaken until troops arrive
in sufficient strength to prevent further
interference with transport service.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Post states that General Kuropatkin,
after a minute inspection of Liao Yang
and its defenses, told Admiral Alexieff,
who was with him, that the position
was vulnerable and should be aban
doned This advice was resented by
the admiral, who declared the position
was absolutely impregnable.
COSSACKS PRESS JAPANESE.
They are Driving Them Back, but Fight
ing Is Inconsequential.
Liao Yang, May 26. There -is con
tinual skirmishing between the Russian
cavalry and the Japanese. Cossacks
are pressing the Japanese in the hills
and byroads, generally driving them
back.
The general plan of the Japanese has
not been divulged. They are appar
ently marking time, awaiting the ar
rival of from Coiea, who have
been delayed owing to the impassibility
of the roads.
The Japanese are sending all in
valids in the direction of the Yalu to a
central hospital..
The Chinese report the destruction
of another Japanese battleship off Port
Arthur, but the report is unconfirmed
and is not credited.
Several Japanese who landed from
junxs near Port Arthur and started to
ward the town with the intention of
dynamiting the docks were captured
and shot.
A typhoon is raging off the coast.
Russia Seeks Support of France.
"Paris, May 26. The Soir says it has
learned from a trustworthy source that
Lieutenant General Baron Frederick
and another member of the Russian
coui t who recently visited Paris, came
on a secret mission which had for its
purpose the seeking of intervention
with effective support of the French
government in the event that China
adopted an aggressive attitude towaid
the Russians in Manchuria. The pa
per alleges that the government gave a
formal promise of compliance with
Russia's request.
Cossacks About Wiped Out.
Tokio, May 26. Additional details
of the fight at Wang Chia Tun, near
Takushan, May 20, indicate that the
squadron of Cossacks was almost anni
hilated by the Japanese infantry,
which 'surrounded and completely
routed the enemy. All the Russian
officers were killed, wounded or cap
tured. Natives report that some of the
Cossacks escaped on foot, abandoning
their equipment.' Many - killed and
wounded were found on the battlefield.
Plan to Reduce It.
Shimonoseki, May 26. Active prep
arations are in progress for the reduc
tion of Port Arthur. These prepara
tions have been instructed to be made
bv a carefully chosen force of veterans
forming a part of the third army.
Very heavy artillery is being landed en
the Iiae Tung peninsula.
On the Mantel-Shelf.
- The Japanese doll got up very early
one morning and harnessed his wooden
cow to the cart that he might go to
town.
He traveled and traveled along the
mantel-shelf a great way. The wooden
cow did not go very fast so the
Japanese doll saw all the sights along
the way.
Suddenly he heard some one calling,
"Jappy, Jappy, Jappy, stopr
And the Japanese doll said. "So,
Bossy! so Bossy!" to the cow, and the
cow stopped.
Then the doll saw who it was that
had called to him; It was a paper nun.
She was standing now In front of
the wooden cow, with a great earth era
Jar in her arms as big as a tub.
"Your cow looked so hot and
thirsty," said the paper nun, "that I
thought I would bring her something
to drink."
"You are very kind." said the doll,
as the nun set the Jar down in the
roadway.
The cow sniffed It and then drank
it all up, for It was full of milk in
stead of water.
A little Maltese kitten had followed
the nun, and while the cow was busy
drinking the milk the kitten crept
from behind the 'nun's skirts to lap
up some spatters of milk around the
bottom of the Jar.
Just then a loud and very peculiar
noise from away down the road I
mean the mantel-shelf made the kit
ten scamper off for safety.
-The nun and the Japanese doll looked
down theroad In the direction from
which the sound came. Even the
wooden cow turned her head and the
kitten peeped around from the shelter
of the nun's black skirt.
What they saw was a yellow china
chicken coming with a hand-organ.
When it came up to them the chicken
stopped, and it played such a merry
tune that the kitten came out in the
road where it could hear better.
The nun clapped her hands, for she
was good natured and liked a bit, of
music now and then; while the Japa
nese doll leaned over the rail of his
cart and said to the chicken, "That
Is a very pretty tune, sir."
The doll had Just finished speak
ing when the sun rose. Its bright rays
shone in at the window and clear
across the room.' That made the mantel-shelf
folk all stop Just where they
were; they never move about by day
light. And when little girl Margaret
came down stairs there she saw the
Japanese doll and the Wooden cow
and the paper-nun and the kitten and
the chicken with the hand-organ.
St. Nicholas.
In a Chinese School.
To learn to read and write in China
means about as much work for the
youngster who undertakes it as mas
tering five or six languages such as
English, French and German. To be
gin with, the Chinese language has
no alphabet. Every character used
stands for a word. There is not even
any way of telling the sound of a
word, except by hearing it pronounced
by the teacher. To learn to read
means -that the small student must
be able to understand thousands of
these different characters at sight, and
pronounce them according to the local
dialect.
As a rule a Chinese school Is not
divided into classes. Each scholar has
bis separate lesson, consisting of a
number of lines to be learned "by
heart." He has to study aloud and,
HINDOOI8M AND THE ZONE.
Exposition of the Theory of Transmi
gration by One of the Swami.
As Is well known a great majority
of Hindoos are firm believers in the
transmigration of the soul. The doc
trine, however. Is but Imperfectly un
derstood in Christian countries. Stu
dents of philosophy will be glad of the
explanation which a Hindoo swami
who signs himself "Ananda M." gives
of what transmigration really signifies
to the Buddhist Twenty-five pages
of close reasoning lead him to the con
clusion which he gives in the follow
ing paragraphs:
"To live in love with all that lives,
not seeking or not earning for to
morrow's jguerdon; to make of his life
an oasis in the desert of self -desire;
to strive ever, even here and now,
after true love and wisdom and the
perfect peace this is for the Buddhist
the supreme ideal, the glory of his
dhamma and the hope of all his ways.
All else all thought of future gain
on life for self Is but a mockery and
delusion. As something real true, as
Buddhaghosa tells us, there rises in
us the thought 'I am,' 'I was,' or 'I
shall be. And It is all illusion, the
dewdrop deeming itself a permanent
and separate entity, though the waters
which compose it lay yesterday in 'the
ocean's depths and with the dawning
light will rise and melt into the wan
dering airs.
"But If this universal life bs ever
changing, sorrowful and without a
soul there is still, our religion teaches,
an end and a cessation. Thought is
the creator of these worlds, the build
er of this earthly tabernacle, the maker
of illusion, and to him who gains the
victory over thought comes In this life
unutterable peace. He is the victor
who her and now has triumphed over
LITTLE STORIES
AND INCIDENTS
That WIU Interest and 1
Entertain Young- - x
Readers.
in consequence, the noise In a Chinese
schoolroom would drive the average
American teacher frantic. At first the
pupil does not understand any of the
words he learns by rote. The mean
ings are all explained to him later
on. This Is the kind of school that
in China keeps seven days in . the
week with very few holidays through
out the year.
Oar Old Friend.
There's a pleasant looking fellow livlngr
miles and miles away.
Yet he manages to come and see us
nearly every day.
He will peep in at the keyhole or through
the smallest crack, s
And say, "Good morning, children I
Aren't you glad to see me back?"
Then he glances through the door, and'
he laughs along the floor,
And chases to the cellar all the shadows
big and black.
No matter where he shows his face he is
a welcome guest.
He always wears a golden coat and love
ly yellow vest
His smile is broad and generous bright
as a field of corn.
And he makes you feel so frolicsome and
glad that you were born.
Now when you have guessed his name,
you will praise him just the same.'
And will give him smile for smile when
he appears to-morrow morn.
Youth's Companion.
The Real Hero.
He may never get a dollar out of Mr.
Carnegie's "Hero Fund" but the boy
who sticks to his work until It is done
is a hero Just the same.
The Old, Old Question.
Little Fred Our teacher says the
earth Is round like a ball.
Papa Yes, that's right.
IJILUC H LVJL AUU UU IKVJfl, UTV W
the other side of it?
Papa Certainly.
Little Fred Why don't they fall'
off?
Wished He Would Tell Teacher.
Tommy Papa, didn't you say lb
was wrong to strike any one smaller
than yourself?
Papa Yes, my son. It's both wrong
and cowardly.
Tommy Well, I wish you'd write
and tell my teacher. I don't thlnk
she knows It.
Mamma's Advantage.
Little Harry Mamma, wouldn't it
be nice if you had the toothache In
stead of sister?
Mamma Why do yon think it
would?
Little Harry 'Cause you can take
your teeth out and she can't.
Getting Around the Difficulty.
Teacher In going from New York'
to California, what States would you
pass through?
Pupil (who hasn't studied his lesson)
I wouldn't pass through any. I'd
travel on a. ship.
Ignorance; rvho has overcome all pas
sion, hatred and illusion and has pass
ed where nevermore the woes of earth
can come. To him Is Joy beyond all
Joy we know the Joy of liberation
from this vanity of life; who knows
that for him rebirth Is finished and
his toil at end, and that when death
shall claim his body there will be no
more of change or sorrow or delusion,
even as the master has said:
Decay must come to all that is.
Impermanent the elements of life!
What has been born must cease to be;
Surely in cessation alone is happiness!
The Retort Courteous.
She was a demure little woman with,
a baby. As the tram car was crowd
ed she did not put the little one, who
was old enough to sit up, on the seat
beside her. She carried it on her lapr
and made room for a fierce-looking,
big man with a newspaper.
The child kicked its tiny feet in de
light at the strange things it saw whlle
riding along, and its shoes rubbed
against the man s trousers.
"Perhaps, madam," he exclaimed,
"you Imagine that this conveyance is
your private carriage?"
"Oh, no, I don't," was the prompt
reply. "If it were, you wouldn't bee
riding in it"
Plot that Failed. -The
landlady was determined tcS
have an understanding with Mr. Slow
pay. "There is no use of mincing thing
any longer," she began, "and I"
"Oh thank you," interrupted Slow
pay, "I infer from your remark that
hash will no longer be served for
breakfast"
And before she recovered from her
astonishment he had disappeared,
down the street.