THOUSANDS SLAIN
Soldiers Shoot Into Rioters
City of Lodz, Russia.
POPULATION RISES AGAINST ACT
Enraged at the Slaughter of Socialist
Marchers, People Unite in a
Desperate Outbreak.
Lodz. Russian Poland, June 24.
Yesterday, "Black Friday." in Lodz,
-surpassed all the horrors of "Bed Sun
day" in St. Petersburg. While it is
sot yet possible to ascertain the exact
number of the victi-ns, estimates place
the killed and -wounded as high as
2,000.
The troubles here were initiated by
the Social Democrats and Jewish Bund,
-who determined to avenge their com
rades killed in the rioting on Wednes-lay.
Thursday the feast of Corpus Christi
passed off quietly, but during the night
-workmen attacked-the patrols. In this
fighting two officers and seven Cossacks
-were killed. One of the latter was
shot by a girl of 13 years.
Friday was a day of terror. The city
"Was given up to bloodshed. Anarchy
and fierce street fighting prevailed all
day. Barricades were hurriedly con
structed in the Jewish quarter at dawn.
Men climbed to the roofs of houses.
cutting telephone and telegraph wires
to use for entanglements in the streets
while others cut down telegraph poles
.and used them in strengthening their
barricades which already had been con
structed and in building others.
JDaTly m the day two bombs were
'thrown from the crowd into the bar
Tacks, killing or wounding 20 soldiers
TIME OF ITS LIFE.
TANNER A STRONG WITNESS
-Congressional Irrigation Committee is
Won by the West.
Keno, JMev., June 24. lne congres
sional irrigation party has experienced
one continuous round of pleasure from
the time it left Kansas City on June
up to the present moment, and the
' stack of invitations on hand indicates
that the last half of the trip will be
-crowded just as full of enjoyment as
the first. Each city visited had en
deavored to outdo the other and each
rxural district has attempted to demon
strate that it is the one "garden spot"
of the country. There have been ban
quets galore, not dress affairs, but cor
- -dial meetings lacking in formality and
pervaded by that spirit of hospitality
which characterizes the entire West.
"The gates of the several cities have
been opened wide, the liberties of the
party have been unrestrained, and the
result has been that everybody has had
-a bully good time. When the party
-enters a city, it becomes the city's
guest, and in no instance has a city
along the route failed to turn out to do
ionor to the visiting lawmakers.
The trip is necessarily hurried ; little
time is allowed for sightseeing. Every
thing is sacrificed to the cause of irri
gation. FINISHES WITH TANNER.
Tells About Mitchell's Efforts to Have
Books Destroyed.
Portland, June 23. The session of
yesterday morning opened with ex
Judge Tanner upon the stand, where he
remained until , the evening adjourn
ment, and was then not much more
than half through with his testimony.
At the beginning of his examination,
the witness stated that he: had made
another agreement with Kribs on Feb
ruary 13, 1902, in -regard to another
list of land to be expedited. He also
identified the"entry in the books relat
ing to the first payment of f 500 as a
cash retainer for the services of the
firm. This entry had been changed,
however, about the time of the Puter
trial toTead "Cash retainer in second
lieu list." instead of "Cash retainer
in S. A. D. Puter list," as it had lorm-
erly been. He had done this because
he was atraid that harm might come
from the entries if they happened to be
found.
The witness also stated that the re
ceipts for the month of February had
been divided between himself and
Mitchell, and demonstrated from the
book how Mitchell had received his
half of the $500 check..
The prosecution now began the in
troduction of the correspondence which
had passed between the senator and
Mr. Tanner during all of this time,
which correspondence treated of the
Kribs matter and referred to the fees to
be received, and contained requests
and directions to the senator as to his
procedure in Washington in expediting
the claims, lists of which had been sent
to him. One letter told of a promised
fee of (1,000, and related to the fee to
be paid the senator for assisting in a
Chinese case. Other letters urged the
senator to take up the Kribs matters
personally with Hermann, and hurry
them through, as the payment of the
fees due depended upon the haste with
which the patents were issued. .
Telegrams showing the activity of
the senator at Washington -were also
introduced and read to the jury, which
related to actions done by the senator
and to the conclusions reached by the
department, presumably as a result of
the influence he had brought to bear
upon the commissioner.
During the day the courtroom " was
crowded with many members of the
local bar. Many of them shook hands
with Senator Mitchell when court ad
journed both at noon and in the after
noon. A number of the senator's
friends were present and be was con
gratulated on his birthday During the
morning session, Judge Webster sat
near the senator. Mayor Williams
came in just as Judge Tanner was com
ing to the most important part of his
testimony.
JUMPED THE TRACK
BOWEN KICKED OUT.
Twentieth Century Limited Train
Meets Disaster.
FOURTEEN DEATHS THE RESULT
Dashes Into. Open Switch at Terrific
Speed and Takes Fir Many
Victims Fatally Burned.
Cleveland, O., June 22. While trav
eling at the rate of 70 miles an hour,
the famous Twentieth Century Limited,
the fastest long-distance train in the
world, ran through an open switch at
the little town of Mentor, east of Cleve
land, at 9:20 o'clock last night, causing
one of the most horrible wrecks in the
history of the Lake Shore road.
The engine was hurled into the ditch.
A part of the train was crushed on top
of it, and the wreck was partly burned.
The horrors of the wreck were doubled
in the horrors of the fire.
More than a score of people were
killed and injured, and the famous
train was demolished.
The train was crowded, practically
all its accommodations being taken
when it left the city It was behind
time, and the greatest - of speed was
being made to make np the lost time.
Late reports gave the number of in
jured as 21, and of these 15 are seri
ously, if not fatally hurt. Practically
all the injured were burned and had to
be extricated from the blazing wreck
age by rescue parties.
Traveling at a rate of more than a
mile a minute, the heavy train was
hurled to its doom with a momentum
that was appalling. An instant after
the crash of the wreck the boiler of the
great engine burst with terrific force,
scattering fire and steam through the
wreck in a manner that made escape for
the helpless imprisoned passengers im
possible.
SECOND DAY OF THE TRIAL.
President Removes Him for His False
Charges Against Loomis.
Washington, June 21. The dis
missal of Herbert W. Bowen, for some
years United States minister to Vene
zuela, and the exoneration of Assistant
Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis
from the allegations brought against
him by Mr. Bowen, are the outcome of
tne Loomis-Bowen controversy which
has attracted wide attention for many
months past. This disposition of the
case is made by President Roosevelt in
a letter addressed to Secretary Taft,
made public tonight, approving Mr.
Taft's report on his findings and con
clusions in the case. The president
scathingly arraigns Mr. Bowen, declar
ing tnat bis conduct is "especially .ep-
rehensible;" that Mr. ' Bowen asked
one of his witnesses to enter the employ
of a certain company for the purpose
of, "in plain words, stealing," docu
ments which he hoped might incrim
inate Mr. Loomis and that Mr. Bowen
has "evidently for many months, in
deed, for the last two years, devoted
himself" to hunting up scandal and
gossip, until it became a monomania
and caused him "to show complete
disloyalty to the country he represent
ed."
The president says he had hoped to
promote Mr. Bowen, as during much
ot his service he had done good work;
but that his usefulness in the diplo
matic service is now at an end. The
president adds that he would direct
that Mr. Bowen' s resignation be re
quested but for his statement that he
would consider a resignation an ad
mission of misconduct, and the dismis
sal is therefore ordered.
JURY SECURED.
Will
Guilt
Prosecution Through with Star Wit
ness and Defense Takes Him.
Portland, June 24. Judge A. H.
Tanner, the government's star witness
-against Senator Mitchell, in the land
fraud cases, now on trial before Judge
. De Haven, is in the hands of .the at
torneys for the defense. For 11
hours the former friend and' business
partner of the senator from Oregon has
"been on the witness stand. - The things
-to which he has testified, the mass of
. documentary evidence to which he has
worn as having passed between him
self and Senator Mitchell, has ' been
-damaging to a degree to the defendant.
, ' Today . ex Senator Thurston and
Judge Bennett will begin their determ
ined effort to break down this mass of
testimony and especially to draw forth
admissions tending to show that the
-senator had no guilty knowledge when
lie received his share of the firm's fees
in the Kribs transactions. ;
Wallace Arrives Home.
New York, June 24. Among the
-passengers who arrived today on board
the Orizaba from Colon was John F.
Wallace, chief engineer of the Panama
-canal. Mr. Wallace comes hereto
complete arrangements, which were un
iinished on his departure for the isth
mus. . He says that the work is pro
gressing very satisfactorily. The force
is - increasing and settling down to
steady labor. The engineering com
mittee is preparing plans for the board
-of consulting engineers, and this is an
-other reason for his return.
Fearful of International Troubles
New Westminster, B. C, June 24.
Owing to international troubles the
sham battle discussed for some time in
military circles to be held on the cam
this near Olympia, Wash, between, the
troops of the state of Washington and
the troops of British Columbia, has
Teen declared off. The .reason given
for the declaration is that a plugged
-ehell could easily be misplaced, and
case of an accident international - com
plications might be the outcome
More Troops To Be Mobilized.
Moscow, June 24. The governor of
"Moscow has postponed" notices of the
-forthcoming mobilization of troops, to
exhort the population to be calm The
mobilization is expected Jane 9.
CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.
Trans-Mississippi Congress Soon to
Gather In Portland.
Portland, June 23. The call has
gone out for the Sixteenth Annual
Trans-Mississippi congress to take place
in Portland, August 16, 17, 18 and 19.
The executive committee has sent out
word to governors of states and terri
tories, mayors of cities, boards of coun
ty commissioners, chambers of com
merce and trade organizations to ap
point their delegates and send them, to
take part. And this they will surely
do, for the Trans-Mississipi congress
being, as its name implies, of peculiar
interest to those states this side of the
Mississippi river, has become an event
of particular significance. Moreover,
there are certain matters of. high im
portance to come before the body.
The Pacific trade will be the chief
topic of conference, as the official call
points out. Though this has come be
fore the congress previously, the force
of it has never been brought out as it
will here on account of the contiguity
of Portland to the Orient. Trade rela
tions with the Far East will be exploit
ed to the end that the best methods
may be adopted to secure the Oriental
commerce to the trans-Mississippi
states.
The executive committee also points
out the increasing demand for a Depart
ment of Mines, and - Mining, with its
head a member of the president's cab
inet. An effort will be made to secure
action 'from the national congress' to
wards the establishment of such a de
partment. '
' More Officials Resign.
New York, -June 23. Chairman
Morton announced that he had accepted
today the resignations of several of the
employes of the Equitable society,
among them that of Charles Francis
Williamson, who was secretary to form
er Vice President Hyde, with headquar
ters at the latter' s residence. It is un
derstood that a number of the high sal
aried subordinates will tender their res
ignations and that many dismissals .of
minor employes here and at all the
leading agencies are contemplated 'in
the near future.
Summary of Arguments of Attorneys
and Testimony of Witnesses.
Portland, June 22. The second day
of the Mitchell trial has passed, Fred
erick A. Krebs, one of the star wit
nesses of the government, has testified
and has gone, Judge A. H. Tanner the
other chief prop of the case to be made
b the prosecution, is on the stand and
will finish his story soon. The com
plainant is smothering the jury under
a mass of documentary evidence and
the defense is playing upon its heart
strings. Mr. Heney is showing the jury
the agreement entered into between
Tanner and Mitchell and Kribs by
which they were to ' expedite claims
held by the latter, is producing checks,
account books, letters and testimony in
support of his indictment, while Judge
Bennett and Senator Thurston, so far,
have pleaded the honorable career of
their client, have held out the fact that
today he is to pass his 70th birthday,
have entered technical objections to the
introduction of the testimony and have
made one desperate and spectacular at
tempt to block the introduction of
Judge Tanner's evidence. ,
The prosecution haduts first opening
yesterday and brought out its two most
important witnesses, upon whose tes
timony it will, to a great -degree, base
its case. '
The defense had finished cross-exam
ining Mr. Kribs wnen Mr. Heney
called Judge Tanner to the stand, but
Senator Thuiston objected to the testi
mony. He called attention to the jour
nal of the court in which was entered
Judge" Tanner s plea of guilty to a
charge of perjury. - The speaker read
section 5392 of the .Revised Statutes of
the United States, providing that no
person guilty of perjury could be used
as a witness in the Federal court unless
judgment had been rendered.
Mr. Heney argued that a plea of
guilty without sentence was subject at
any time to a reversal.
Jugde DeHaven held that a judgment
was necessary to bar one convicted of
perjury from testifying, and overruled
the objections.
Pass on the Innocence or
of Senator Mitchell. -
Portland, June 21. The trial of Sen
ator John H. Mitchell began yesterday
in the JUnited States court. It was
lacking in anything sensational, but it
was not devoid of interest. It resulted
in the selection of a jury, after nearly
eight hours fo effort, that will decide
upon the guilt or innocence of the de
fendant. It demonstrated what was
not thought to be possible that out of
25 men drawn from the box, 12 could
be chosen without opinion or prejudice
to try the merits of this, one of the
most important cases that ever came
before an Oregon tribunal.
The jury was chosen yesterday after
noon after an ettort lasting irom z
o'clock until 5 :30, when the court ad
journed until this morning at 10
o'clock, at which time the charge will
be made to the jury by Mr. Heney, the
case of the defense will be outlined by
either Judge Bennett or Senator Thurs
ton, and the introduction of evidence
will begin. The jury is thought to be
a good one, and entire satisfaction is
expressed on both sides with the men
chosen. It is a farmer's jury, all with
the exception of two being men who
follow the plow, and those being in
both cases men of high standing in
their respective communities
SWEEP RUSSIANS BACK.
Begun
Immense Strategic Movement
by Japanese Army.
St. Petersburg, June 21. A" number
of private telegrams which have been
received during the past 24 hours from
Cidaipudzy indicate that the Japanese
forward and turning movement now
being developed in Manchuria is the
largest in the history of the war, and
indicates that it is the intention of
Field Marshal Oyama to endeavor to
sweep ail Northern Corea and Man
churia olear of Russian troops of every
arm.
Three Japanese detachments are re
ported advancing from Corea northeast
ward. The first consists of 6,000 in
fantry and 700 cavalry, with -several
batteries of mountain artillery, who are
working toward Chtzamy. The second,
the strength of which is now unknown,
is moving from Musan, while the third
is turning- from Kenchan on the Rus
sian front. The Japanese lines extend
from the sea of Japan at -Gensan across
Corea and Manchuria to the Mongolian
frontier. .
Conquest Great
American Desert
Irrigation Now and Hereafter.
No Irrigation exhibits of prominence
were in evidence at tne bc louis
World's Fair aa. such, yet In everything
agricultural they formed a leading
part and their withdrawal would have
left huge gaps and taken away the
best. Had the products of the dam
and ditch all been labeled "Grown by
Irrigation," the Irrigation exhibit
would have been very large. But few
of the hundreds of thousands of peo
ple who viewed with amazement the
magnificent fruits and grains from the
Western States, far mors notable in
size, appearance and yield than any
thing they ever saw in the Bast, were
fully able to realize that those prod
acts were raised upon lands which a
few- years ago - were, uselees deserts.
but now made fertile by the art of
Irrigation. Practical methods of irri
gation were demonstrated at the Gov
ernment building by a model of Salt
River Valley In Arizona, where a sys
tem of ditches and laterals, by which
the water is distributed onto the farms
and orchards below, are now under
construction la the mountains. Real
water was running through these
ditches. This great work of Uncle
Sam's in 'Arizona is progressing rap
idly. A cement mill, to make the 200,-
000 barrels of cement needed in the
masonry, Is completed; a $100,000
mountain road, to convey the dam
material from Phoenix Is finished and.
most remarkable, the river Itself has
been carried through tunnels around
the dam site and Is furnishing 1,000
electric horse power with which to
build the dam. This is to be used -to
construct the giant works and thus the
river will build Its own dam and form
the greatest reservoir In the United
States. Of all sizes and classes were
the Irrigation pumps exhibited In the
farm and Implement department; but
more striking than these were the
widnmllls. These busy machines rear
ed, their tall heads above the surround
tag buildings and whirred gaily in
the breeze, forming a striking exam
ple of man's Ingenuity In harnessing
the elements. The highest of these,
built by one of the largest windmill
manufacturers, spread Its steel wings
120 feet in the air, and with a moder
ate wind pumped 40,000 gallons an
hour. The water gushed up like a fine
artesian well, enough to Irrigate thor
oughly a good-sized farm. The West
Is at the beginning of tremendous
progress in agriculture. The govern
ment has undertaken the work of na
tional reclamation of the desert and
Is pushing the work vigorously. Vast
engineering works huge dams and
canals are being constructed in the
Western States and Territories, and as
the work proceeds the people will real
ize its wisdom and worth, and it will
be extended until the former desert
places shall become the most fruitful
of any In the land. Twenty years
hence, . If the government's Irrigation
work continues along right lines and
Is kept free from politics and graft,
we may see a West with nearly double
its present population find the splen
did products of American Irrigation
reaching to all parts of the world.
Agricultural Epitomist
DUCHES8 OF MANCHESTER.
Foomer New Tork Beauty Whoee Mar
ried Life Was Unhappy.
When, about 1874 or 1875, the gay
Lord Mandeville, son of the then Duke
of Manchester and heir to the title,
showed a strong Inclination to
'a-courting go," the butterflies of so;
ciety In England and In our own "title-
that city tiiat the young heir to the
Manchester dukedom courted her." For
court her he did, ardently and with
apparent sincerity, and when on May
22, 1876, be made her his bride after,
figuratively speaking, walking over the
heads of the hundreds of young Amer
ican men who were at the feet of the
beautiful Creole, the social world -sighed,
envied and applauded, for
though "all the world loves a lover"
the world of pleasure loves best of all
a lover with a title.
They went to England and the
young wife was happy for a while.
Her home was a castle, her new
friends were of noble blood and she
was the wife of the heir to one of the
proudest titles la the realm. But it
wasn't long before there was a strange
feeling of discontent ? She smiled aa
sweetly as ever on her new friends,
entertained as lavlahly, danced as gay-
ly but there was a tiny rift within ..
the late and It spoiled the music.
Bhe found that the ardent love of her
husband had cooled, though, he was
still kind, -rery good-natured and de
sirous that she should thoroughly en-
joy life. If position could give enjoy
ment Wen, she could stand that One
could not expect one's husband to be
quite Hke a lover. So ehe kept on with
her duties as wife and hostess and all
commented on her fine mind and gra
cious bearing. After a time there came
to her ears rumors of her husband's
flirtations and behavior unbecoming a .
gentleman. She learned, as time went
on, that he belonged to that class of
titled Englishmen who admire and like
to make companions of the queens of
the concert hall and the ballet On his
father's death he became the Duke of
Manchester March 21, 1890, but still -kept
on with his disreputable conduct
He was associated with the London
music hall singer, Bessie Bellwood,
and on one occasion appeared In a po
lice court as a witness against a -cabman
who charged the singer with as
sault Three children were born to the .
duke and his American duchess but
paternal cares did not weigh heavily
on this pleasure-loving Englishman
who made domestic happiness an im
possibility. He died in August 1892,
after havi lived a life of uselessness
and unfaithfulness to the woman who
bad given the keeping of her life into
his hands. Through it all, Consuelo
Yznaga, Duchess of Manchester, never
complained to anyone. She gained the
sympathy of a wide circle of friends
wiho realized that her youthful dream
of happiness had not been realized.
The son "of this Ill-mated couple, who
Is the present Duke of Manchester,
was born March 8, 1877. He married
Miss Helen Zimmerman, daughter of -Eugene
Zimmerman, of Cincinnati.
The twin daughters of the dowager
duchess died When quite young.
At present the dowager duchess lives
quietly, but elegantly, In Paris, Berlin
and London. Her husband squandered
most of the ducal estate and for a time
the duchess was not wealthy but
through the death of her brother, Fer
nando Yznaga, a few years ago, she
came Into a fortune of $1,000,000. In
the French capital, where she spends
most of her time, her social position is
an enviable one and continual court Is
paid to her. She is still a superbly
beautiful woman, richly gowned and
the possessor of many lovely gems.
She has the largest diamond necklace
of any of the noble ladies of England.
For long, Mrs. Willie EL. Vanderbilt
looked upon it with envy but Its equal
was at last secured for her. -
The marriage of Consuelo Yznaga to
this English nobleman was one of the
thousand Instances of International
marriages resulting In sorrow and un-
happiness for the wife, but still the
strife for title goes on among the de
votees of society In the United States
and apparently It will continue as long
as position It put ahead of real worth.
Senator Arrives With Alaska Gold
Seattle, Wash ., June 23 . The
steamer Senator, first of the Nome fleet
to return to this port, arrived here to
night. She brought '$400,000 in gold.
H. Kuster died en route, from paralys
is. His home is in Plattsville, Wis.
Captain Lloyd states that the winter
cleanup will amount to $2,500,000. The
Ohio, Oregon and Victoria are due to
arrive within 48 hours. .Each of them
is said to have a large amount of gold
aboard.
Puts Ban on Chinese Boycott.
Tientsin, . June 23.- Viceroy Yuan
has prohibited students from holding
meetings in reference to the boycotting
of American manufactured goods and
has also issued a strong proclamation
against merchants interfering with
affairs-la the hands of the government.
. Japanese"Advance Begun.
St. Petersburg, June 22. The public
which has no idea that negotiations
for"an armistice are no foot, believes
that a great battle in Manchuria is now
beginning, and official dispatches from
both sides bear out the idea that the
Japanese have commenced their main
advance, though as yet theie have been
no heavy collisions,; The Japanese,
following the checking of the movement
to the west, are now pushing forward
in force along the railroad . and the
Mandarin and Mainaikia roads, their
front now stretching for miles.
Hard Blow to Governor.
Honolulu, Jane 22. A. M. Brown,
the Republican nominee, was today
elected sheriff of Oahu county, in which
this city is included, by a vote of about
2,200 to 1,650, received, by the home
rule candidate, A. Poepoe, and 830 re
ceived by William Henry, the persent
incumbent and an independent candi
date. The closing of the campaign was
the most bitter in the history of local
politics. Governor ' Carter -made an
active fight against Brown. , , . ; -
. Did Right to Surrender.
' London, June 22. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from St.
Petersburg says the commission ap
pointed to investigate the capitulation
of Port Arthur finds that the surrender
of the fortress was justifiable.
Negotiate for Separation.
Stockholm, June 21. The council of
state, at a meeting today, adopted a
proposition which will be presented to
the riksdag tomorrow. According to
the best information, the main points
are that Sweden refuses to recognize the I
one-sided dissolution of the union by
the storthing, but that the government
asks the riksdag for authority to enter
into negotiations with Ncr way in order
to establish the basis for a dissolution
on which both countries can mutually
agree. Little good is expected, how-
ever, from the move.
DOWAGEB DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER.
Will Use Captured Ships.
Victoria, B. C, June 21. According
to mail advices from Japan by the
steamer Empress of China, the cap
tured Russian ships, with the excep
tion of the Orel,' which requires exten
sive overhauling, win De piacea in
commssion at once, it being necessary
to make only a few minor repairs.
From ' Sasebo it is reported that hopes
are held ef refloating the Admiral Nak
himoff, Monomach and Dmitri Donskoi,
Investigations are being made. ,
Looking into Rebates.
'. Chicago, June 21. Railroad rebates,
the relationship between the railroads
and the packing industries and ques
tions concerning icing charges are to be
reopened by the Federal grand jury
which is investigating the beef indus
tries. Eight members of the traffic
departments of as many railroads were
today served with subpoenas and the
first of these witnesses will be heard to
morrow morning.
hating," democratic country fluttered
their shimmering, silken wings, looked
longingly toward the ducal prize and
waited. After whispering a pretty
sentiment here and snatching a kiss
from Inviting lips there, for his lord
ship was Indeed a merry dog, he dis
covered that better than anything else
he liked to look Into the shy eyes of
an American girl. He spent a lot of
time just doing that but he didn't con
sider the time wasted. The girl was
a Creole named Consuelo Yznaga,
daughter of Antonio Yznaga. She had
lived for some time In New York,
where her father had fcurge mercantile
Interests, but she didn't fit there. Her
dark beauty would have harmonized
well with the sunny, southern atmos
phere of her father's Louisiana planta
tion and his Cuban estate would have
made for her still a lovelier setting.
But Consuelo was one of the butter
flies .and New" York Is where human
butterflies seem happiest so it was In
A Remarkable Cure.
The proceedings of the. Royal Soci
ety were not always taken so seriously
as they are now. A hundred and fifty
years ago a sailor who had broken his
leg sent to the Royal Society an ac
count of the remarkable manner in
which he had healed the fracture. His
story was that he had dressed It with
nothing but tar and oakum, and was
now able to walk well. This remark
able story naturally caused some ex
citement among the members of. the.
society. "' No one had previously sus
pected tar and oakum of possessing
such" miraculous healing powers. The
society wrote for further particulars,
and doubted indeed whether the leg
had been really fractured. The truth
of this part of the story, however, was
proved beyond a shadow of a doubt
Several letters passed between the
Royal Society and the sailor, who con
tinued to assert solemnly that his
broken leg had been treated with tar
and oakum,' and with nothing else.
The society might have remained puz
zled for an indefinite period had not
the sailor added In a potscript to his
last letter: "I forgot to tell your hon
ors that the leg was a' wooden one."
A Long-Suffering Eye.
A teacher in English composition
had been giving lessons In the use of
the active voice. "For instance," said
he, "Instead of saying a 'tree might
have been seen on the lawn,' say, 'a
tree rose from the lawn.' " The next
day a boy handed in a composition
which begun: "Every morning when I
look out of the window a brick wall
falls on my eye."
Pretty Good Scheme,
. A Somerville man Is thinking seri
ously of keeping his furnace fire go
ing all summer long. He heard his
wife say the other day that It isn't
any use at all to begin cleaning house
until after the furnace fire had gone
out Somerville Journal.