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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1904)
ON THE BLOOD-SOAKED SOIL OF MANCHURIA. l CLOIIItS-HCtL AND DRAWnRIDGC - S7 WHM'i i WH't -Vasissi Yi ni H" civil iio Mr.N snoiiii) nr aiiuvi. w.it. II) Htitrr Lnhouihttv. 1 I prefer teaching our clillilrcii (lint war In unit FJ ii( tliii dliest curses I Jin l nllllt't tlml, whllo hII ttlion 111 I in prepared, If metis (in. Id defend our Iiii1iii'IiiUiii'i, our persistent nliu 'i' llllltllll tin In IIVillll llll WI1M, mill by linl IVrey -"nations lilt limv llllli' they en II concede In ouii iiimther, ml how far they run moot each other's views." Thf I tlu spirit lli.it now animate tlm work- Itigiucii uf rruuce, of tlcruuiiiy, mul of Italy. Their lend ers urn ocr tleprcculltig miy rccrililesewini of dm mlllliiry aplrli Unit Iiiik (Hiuilui'Kil ho often to war In tlm past. It In tint spirit that animate nur own wnrktligmeti. tf no with attacked they would need no uillltary toinfoiili rlos In national m-linol tn Induce tliKin tu Unlit for their I'liun (ry. Hut (liny know (lint pence U the lion of policies for (Iiimii, n ucror him Jicri Iipcii ii war which has mil Iiim-ii llitruiful to tlino engaged In I fill lint ry Napoleon liifilmil it military spirit Into I'rrn. inucti. What illil tin- working limn of Fraiiee kiiI ii liy hi ci!Html' What iln IlrllUIi Workers gain liy our iiiiurxiitlnns of t'gsndn, of tin Kouilmi mill of dm unpin of Hnkoto? What luivo they gained liy our war 'a Hoiilh Afrli'a. except tin vlitK (o pay imuo for xnino of (hi'lr nices.irln anil I lie knowledge that It him pnviil tlm way for tlm Inlrodiirltuii of Chliici -liat ti'li to work In tlm TriiiM v.i.il inline for the In'imllt of rtumopoll tun inlllloiuilri? A Irllm of mivnge Ik nlwuyii cultivating n inllltnry uplrll It win i upatlon Ik war, mul tin' arts of pence, are dosplsnl an tiiuli'iiiplllili to turn of spirit. Among civilized limn IIiiti ouithl to be fl higher liluil. mul there woulil be mtd it not Unit there ii ro usually too iiiany inllounrles ol strife anion them ovi r appealing to tho baier passions ii ml Irylng ( persuade tlmlr Mlow-ciiuutrymen that then Ik something nublo ami elevating In wnr nud that n soldier 1 the noble! of li ii ilia being Armies ari necesiiry evil tillt for lliy part I prefer n .irocrssloii of trailo unhiiilt to Hid marching ly nrnrd regiments, ami the simple mul lioiuely Kiirli of ii worker to tlm tawilry trapping of men of war. I respect n man who hnuoralily fulllllii hi culling ih it soldier, tint lie In no hetter In my eyes f tin ii the iiinti who liuiiently liiliiirn In other mul tunre peureful nvoentloni. lAIIUIIt Ot JUSJ.Ct IN tKIMIVU CASI..S. Ill nJrri r. ttlrtOil. Delnya anil iiiieiTtnluty In erllillual I'.ine.i are .ilinotlon to the puUlle; tlielr remilt Ik Impn A' iienre, (lU,iilfiii'tiuii, mul erputiiulty a reinrt to I. ioeli lint. 'I I: lr i. uki ean bo I uf ilvt.ill unit nx.itn to vrronrauK prlnelpleK. The JnnirK aie Hie JuilKei of the law; till" nerve n.i neful piiiHi4e; tlm trial court ahoulil Klve the aw, ami If erroni-ounly the ruvlnvliiK eoitrt cor .eel II I'lie lieelKeil Ik hrollKllt lieflllV II IIIII- train, (lien tlm Kminl Jury, mul at lnt the trial Jury; In earh -of Uiimh) prfM.viillim tlmre may ho pnKtKiiii iiieiitK ami tie layj Wit) enime OniKK fur inoutliK, mul oven yearn; wliuei fK ilep.irt, illo. Hie lauipereil wllll, or perhapH foruet tin Mirtn lit iIMuIIk. The nyMem Ik nltotetlier cuniliroiiK, open rilve, iilnl liiellldeut. An Information liy the SLito'K Attor Hey ulioulil miltlee to put tlm party on linuieillati Irtnl. In lietmlf of the pmiple piovlnlon nilxht he iiiiule of applylni: to the eourt for proem In cane the Ktale'K Attorney reftmeD to act. ' ' TrlbiinaU pnhl n aalnry mul not feeK Khoiihl hp eKtnli .UkIumI for Hie liiiuieillate illHil(lui, wltliout Jury, of nil offenie'i (oxerpt (lie limit lielnoilK), leavlni; to tlm aeeiiKKl mi appeal to n eourt wllll n Jury If he no iliwlre.4. It Ik evident that appealK woulil lie rare, an the atvuneil woulil have rontlilenee In Mieh trlhnnalK, which kIiouM he enlnli IIkImiI In varloua pnrtK of the elty, no the trkil oiulil take plnre III I lie nelj:hborliHtl where tlm orfene wax eoiii mlttiil. mul tho wltneeK lie the more Kiirdy mul reoiioin lrally retalneil thmuirh (tie trl.il. More tlian two-thlnlK FRIEND OF HUMANITY. Mi Henri Dimmit, l'uiiiiilrr of the Kril Cross HiK-lcty 111 n hospice at Appeuxell, Hwltzer land, lies tlm man whoso sense of Im munity was the basis of Unit tiohle work of relief which has been per formed on hun dreds of battle fields under tho allspices of the lied Cross Society, ,M. Ilcurl I) ii u ii lit, roiiuileil the lied Cross. Dimmit was at (he buHle of Solferluo nnd Its il. iii'.Mii nu.tANT horrors made such in Impression on hliu that he wroto tho wonderful little pamphlet entitled Un Souvenir ilu Solferluo. In which ho described the sufferings uf tho wound il nnd called upon the nations to alle viate (ho worst features of wnrfare by forming an International hospital service. Tho book attracted ho much uttcution (hat u conference wna culled to be held at Geneva, Switzerland, In IWH, mid there the neutrality of hos pitals und ambulance services was es tablished. Some years ago M. Dimmit received If-HMKH) as n reward for his Hcrvlco to humanity, It being n share of Uio Nobel peace prize. This ho has since spent In other philanthropic tauses. PINE 8TUMP3 YIELD OIL8. l'lniils Set Up In I, ukc Superior I(c liloll Ii Wvyvrliilcuacr Hjriiillcntr. A new proof of tlm fact that what Is wasted one time becomes n valu able material under other circum stances, Is given In tho success of pluo lor plants that have been started up near tho head of Lnko Superior. That tho Industry Is no oxpcrlmcnt nnd of no doubtful value Is shown by the fuct that tlio Weyerhaeuser syndlcnte, the largest lumbering concern In the world, has taken It up, bus Just bought out dm plants already established mul Is Installing more. All tho region about (ho bend of Ijikn Superior Is, or was, covered with plno timber, nnd when this was cut the Mumps remained on tho ground, l'lno fctumpH do not rot. us do those of hardwoods nnd tho prosenco of these stumps wis n serious obstacle, to (ho Ismail of farming In Uio region, r" Now comes tlio plno tnr company mid offers to clear u farm of nil Its "oldi stumps or (o pay (ho cner $:i for every cord of (hem thrt ho will pull himself. l''or farmers, through out thousands of ncres, this Is mi estl nmblo boon nnd It will open hundreds of thousands moro acres as fust as tho stumps arc got out, Tho company has Invented, or ap plied existing processes of dcstructlvo distillation of wood to tho plno stumps and Is securing a combined product of great vnluo. Thcro Is n largo amount ot turpcntlno In thesq dry tumps, also a high grndo of lubricat ing oil, tar and, finally, excellent char- WW, ' I . 'Ll,a iiWiiH.i.ft.i.y h.. m this inrlli, unit 1111(1 MM Will) WI'll should consider, NAIIONAI. MARItlAGC an Infringement of dates the claim of ture of children, id Ik of this nature. vei-jone. The law In getting some one gospel (o hies the nnd claim Immunity tr.ieeil to nmltrr 0010 IS OUR COUNIUVS CUHSL Br Vrot. tieorse Turnbull. lime mat Violate any law mid the scent chambers find they do not sake of right or ambition which ment in scientific GOOD ' r . i riwui. r - , 'I 1 Wllllo Mlsslt That rude farmer farm, and wo have already killed (wo coal. The discovery that lubricating oil was to bo secured from stumps by carrying tho distilled product to its last analysis. Is unite new, and no machines for producing tlili have yet been Installed, hut they are to be put In nt once In the company's llrst plant, a few miles south of Duluth. someTivelydaulooninq Aeronaut Caught In Mcnnclni; Thun der Tack with Active Lightning. Kor tho first mile whllo slowly ris ing, tho balloon zigzagged between tho lower currents, until nt approximately !I,(KK foot It encountered a main sweep of air, which nt Hint height wns fol lowing tho course of tlm valley he low, Tho horizon had been clear at starting and the Impression wns as wo sailed along In tho current that wo should luivo n fair passage, unless Homo cloud, not jret apparent, In our wake could rldo "after us and over take us at n higher levol, whero wind velocity Is genernllyi greater. I'et Imps, thereTore, we paid Insiilllclent heed to n murky 'veil ahead of us, which begnn gathering and deepening mid blotted out tlm xlew. Wo were moil enve'oped In this gray curtain nnd thus Its true nppcaruucu wns lost to us; but nt Newbury, our slnrtliu ground, a largo crowd wns watching us entering n vast mul most menacing (bunder pack, and was wondering why we did not como down, The llrst real warning which we had of our predicament was a Hash of lightning closo on our quarter, answer ed by another on our other side, anil almost beforo wo could renllzo It wo found wo wcro In tho vory focus of u furious slorni which wns being homo on an upper wind, nnd n wild coulllct wns nlrendy raging nround us, Thcro wns our own fast curront carrying us westward; (hero was tho storm cloiul slightly above us hurrying to (ho east, and added to these there now descend "r ain-r, i 'rrrr ( 1 ' -imW-- -' - of the lime of tho (rial eourtK would thin he wired, the aeeilKeil would n.it lie npprew! with PtiKthy coiill Moment prior to liln (rial, mid tho people would ho mived the tin iiii'iihii expoiiKu of feetlliiK n Jull full of pernomi, tu ninny liiKlaneeK It la InipniHilljle, mid ntlll moro oftoi expeiiKlve mid barely pmrtlcal, 1 hrlint wIlue.eK from o dlKtanee, and provllon ulioulil ho made for their inakliiK deHilttoiiK; the (rial of Uio rrvlmvliig rourt emi be nfely relhd upon to prevent Injuillen to the. neeiiKnl. Our larce elites are Infentiil with mvlndlera of nil kind conducting wlldiiit liisuriume, frmidulent eorporatloiiK, get rich quick Kehuiiii'K, and even Iiokuk batik. They well know that for the iMiupanitlvely mnall mnoiilit lout by tho Individual vlellin he will not emliiro tlm expeiiMii and iniuiy dclnyn of ntlenilhiK upon n proociitloii porliapK thousand of ullea from hi home. LAW NLIDLI). fir lllthop Ireiierlck A. nurwtii. "A nation," mild Dlm-nell. "In only reiit If It prodt a great iiieu." In Hie hhiiio way we may .iy a imlliin Ik only pure If It produce pure home. .National virtue, homnty, courage, clean line, iill have their origin In tho homo. The elirgy ha a iiiengn for tho married women of Hint they value tho marriage ring a a iiacred Hyinlml, not to he torn off the linger In the bnso KiiirounillugK of the divorce courL And to the men. who iiiiitcmpbile cruelty, neglect and dcaertlon, that they may be free, the clergy inut Kjieak tho word of Malaehl, "Therefore take hei-d lo your spirit mid let none deaf treacheniiiKly ngalnt (he wife of his youth, for I halo divorce, xalil Jehovah, (ho (!od of IsraeL" Hut, ncvertheloKK, (he state does nut regard (ho bond of matrimony as Indissoluble. Thtorutlcnlly any ncl which Is the conditions of (he contract Invali the guilty nirty, but (he peculiar nature or marriage as meaning physically so much more to woman than to man, as Involving the liapplnpss, education and fu makes it hnrd to specify what kind of A uniform J'cderal law of marriage Is the one thing requisite. The evils of the present system are evident to of one Ktntc I nullllled In anoUicr. Men mid women, especially when they have wenlUi, com mit tl'gr.int violations of the law and sometimes succeed who calls hliusi If n minister of the adulterous union. Hut even without wiulUi It I (Minparatlvcly e.isy to change one's domicile In the eyes of the law. The grcaN( curse of this country Is the (errl tile greed for gold, the hoarding of money. The trade clashes are so tightly drawn at the present a nreag is liounil to come soon. The greatest national crime Is Insolfnce, and fJreat llrltnln. Cermany and also our own United Ktates an lie charged with It In particular. Although these countries are to-day the limit successful In commerce, let them not forget that Home nnd Spain were far more powerful In days gone by than they, yet through Insolijuce thiy fell. The crisis that Is rapliliy raining lo n climax In (he I'nr Iwist should be left severely alone by these three nations. The meddler who Intirrer'e In the nallon's name only seek for personal glory nnd achievements Instead of the country's honor. The worst existing troubles In the United States and Knglam are self Indulgence and high living, which will eventually .bring ruin to any Hiwerful nation. Our millionaires believe they can get free liy the use of gold. Uncover of the high ottlclal olllces and you will declare war on another country for tho Justice, hut for personal gain to further only hinder a country's further develop branches. GAME. told us that there was no gamo on this sparrows and a Jaybird. ed a pities down draught of Ico cold nlr nnd hull. We were doubtless In n cloud which was discharging lightning over a wide area, each llab, however, Ifsulng from the Immediate vicinity of tho balloon, and the Idea formed on tho writer's mind wns that many Hashes woro level that Is, as If from one part of the cloud to nnother. Auy (hat reached the ground must from our known position hare been nt least a mile- long. Thcro was another Idea forced upon the party, which was Hint they would he moro comfortablo and far safer elsewhere, and when suitable oppor tunity occurred n dcscenl wns made to earth. Longman's Xtognzlno. A Curo for Crliuo, A writer In tho North American Itevlew nsserts that manual training 1 nlmos( ns good a preventive of crlmo ns vaccination Is of smallpox. "What per cent of tho prisoners un der your enro hnvp received nny man ual (raining beyond some nciiualntmico with farming)!" n northern man asked (ho warden of n southern penitentiary. "Not one per cent," replied tho war den. "Ilnve you no mechanics In prison?" "Duly one mechanic; Hint Is, one man who claims to lion houto painter." "llnvo you any slioema Iters V" asked tho visitor. "Never had n shoemaker." "Ilnvo any tailors?" "Never had a tailor.4' "Any printers?" "Never hnd n printer." "Any carpenters?" "Never bad a man In this prison (hat could draw a straight Hue." l'resbytcrlnn. Tho Doctor You don't llko travel, lug on tho enrs? Well, enjoy It well enough, except for tho dust and cin ders. Tho I'rofossor Cinders? Eye! There's tho rub. Chicago Tribune. h cm t. Tho 1 1 it I In it Immigrant ha a happy gift of extracting pleasure from un-expecti-d sources, so many common place objects of his now home are yet wonders to him. A woman who lives In n prelty suburban resldenco, tho long garden of which runs back to n small court upon which n row of tenement houses has Just b-n ereetiil, discovered (hi recently when she found ii group of dark eyed, dirty lit tle hoys dancing ecstatically on tho platform of her clothes dryer. They were cheering on a daring com rade who wns clinging to the outer crovs-bar of (ho reel. Due of his mate hnd set It spinning, mid the oilier Ixiy wns dizzily gyrating aloft, mingling his excited siptenl of Joy with tho milk and gronn of the overbur dened machine. Kvcn a she looked there was nn oiuliiou snap, nnd the flying cherub came suddenly to earth a( her feel, where he sat softly rub bing himself and storing up at her too dazed to ery. Kor the sake of their own youthful bones she thought It a case for severity, and began to scold tho intruders as sternly as sin knew how, concluding rather helpless ly with an Impatient, "Whatever m.nto you do such a silly thing, anyhow? Answer me, can't you?" "llullafunna, slgnorln.i!" whUpered the fallen one. And It wns not until the remark wns translated by an Irish youngster, who was peeping through tho fence, that she learned what the Italian lad meant. ' "Sure, lie say It's bully fun," tho Irish boy Interpreted. Arguments nnd remonstrance quite failed to overcome Hie dangerous fas cination of such n delightful gymnast 'lc apparatus. The woman had finally to take It down nnd resort to tho an cient and Inconvenient clothesline In stead. A far funnier ensn of perverted en tertainment occurred lately In a Con necUeut town In which Uie draw bridge lender complained to the police that the Italian resident had fallen Into Uio habit of tiding on the draw as If It were n merry-go-round. "Sometimes there's ns many as five hundred of them." ho complained; "so many Hint the draw won't work prop erly, nnd It most kills me trying (o (urn the crank. When I holler at them to get off, (hey Just holler back, and don't budge. They aren't ugly, but they won't mind. They nil come mothers nnd liable, fellows and girls, and sometime they bring a hurdy gurdy nnd dnnco while the bridge swings round. It's fun for them, but It's death to me. It's got to lie stopped, or I'll resign. The city don't hire me to run a whirligig sideshow to a circus." AT THE DOOR. The Little Girls Took the Bpeaker I.lterallr at Her Word. The sound of singing Issued from the big stone church ns Maggie nnd Tllllo came opposite Their bare legs showed blue with cold below their ragged calico skirls. "Let's go and peek In!" They stolo cautiously up the steps nnd through the resdbule. A burst of song lured them Inside, and they slipped Into a back pew. The church wa nearly filled with women In rlch-hued gowns. The nlr was wnnn and heavy with perfume. When the music censed, n woman on the platform began to talk. She wns very beautiful, her face alight with earnest thought; but the little street girls gave more heed to (he blue skirt (hat fell to her feet In soft curves and then swept out In n graceful train. Suddenly Maggie started. Tho lady was talking about them! "Hut, my friends, while we are sup porting these girl In far away India, we must not forget the children at our doors. They are cold, they are hungry, they arc Ignorant; wo mint warm and feed them, we must guide them Into upward path." As tho speaker went on, the little one's fright changed luto Joy. These wero not words to fear. The beautiful lady said that they were cold and hungry. Maggie wondered how she knew. She said they must feed thjra. Oh, If they wouldl And mother poor sick mother and baby they were so hungry! Hut now they were going to havo something to eat! Maggie's thought wero Interrupted by singing. Soon after the conclusion of the hymn n murmur of voices began; tho meeting was ended; tho audience wos moving toward the doorj. Nobody molested the little figures that hugged the pews and made their way up tho aisle. Maggie knew her Instantly. She was talking wllh a group of ladles. She looked at them and smiled. "What Is It, dears?" "You you said we wag at tho door," stammered Maggie, "and they ought to give us something to eat 'causo we was hungry nnd we are awful!" No one even smiled, as she stooped nnd gathered tho shabby little ones In her nrnis the arms which had lost (ho babies they had onco held. Thon she took tho cold little hands In tiers, and led tho children upstairs to u table shining with glass nnd silver. nnd sprend wllh all manner of dainty dishes. Two plate 'were heaped with goodies, and the wnlfs were hidden to eat. Tllllo obeyed with startling prompt ness, but tho elder girl paused after n few nibbles. "I'd bo savin' some for Tommy and mother," sho confessed, 'when ques tioned, nnd fell to cutlug In earnest only when sho wns assured that she should hnvo more to carry home. If thcro wero always somebody nt hnnd to tnko us nt our word, how dif ferent might bo our deeds! Youth's Companion. Objected to finch a, Hole. Mny Why did you refuse hlraj Uladys Ho has n past. Mny Hut he can blot It out, ninilrs Perbans. but ho can't iirm me for a blotter. Answers. Wo flud we are ofteu mistaken; un til wo saw It, wo did not bellevo It pos sible for a man to loop tho loop. JAl'ANKHK HTOItMINO THE 'illBNCHKS OK THE IlfSSIANS The accompanying Illustration depicts a scene In the Husso-Japanese Staekelberg was dispatched to Uie south to make a diversion In favor of the Itusslan were steadily pressed back by a Japanese force advancing on cut oft before they rejoined Kuropat kin's command around Uao-Ynng. O trated London News, show the storming of the Ituailan trenches by the J full horrors of a wnr which has assumed the character of being among t feature of (be plelurc Is (he admlnlilerlng of the right of the church by $ A POOR i'EINtriL "Why, James Perkins!" ejaculated Mrs. Perkins, as her husband entered tho kitchen, dripping wet. "Where on earUi havo yon been to, and what have yon been doing?" The captain replied grimly that he had "been sav ing Hunk," and then he began to col lect a dry wardrobe. Ills wife, mean while, pursued her Inquiries. "Whatever do you mean'" she ask- ciL "Just what I fay. Captain Hunk wns fool enough to fall off of Ullly's wharf nnd like to drown himself. Me nr.d Ullly's been seining for him." "Seining?" "Yef,'m, seining. And what's more, he wns the poorest selnful I ever purl ed up." Mrs. Perklii mnde no rurtner com ment The captain retired to an ad joining room and wiped (he wn(er fiom hi hair and face nnd changed hi clothes. Then he sat down be fore the stove to toll, about It "Hank and Hilly nnd me was n-set-ting In a row on Uie edge of Ullly's wharf." he said, nt last, "and Hank, as usual, set out to count up his money to make sure he hadn't lost Any of it sence ho counted It last He hsd ns much ns n dollar nnd a half In one hand, nnd his empty purse In the oth tr, when crack went the railing, and Hnnk went over Into the ocean." "Why didn't you nnd Hilly go In, too?" queried Mrs. Perkins. "Well, me'n Hilly didn't happen to be engaged In counting anything, so we grnblied the edge of the wharf nnd saved ourselves. Hank, he went down plumb to the bottom, nnd come up blowing like a porpoise. T saw right oft he wasn't swimming nny. nnd when he yells for help I nils trusts something was up, so I Jumped in an' grabbed him. I got a good holt and brought hlni up to the spllings on the end of the wharf. " 'Catch a-holt,' fays I, 'and me and Illlly'li git you out In n minute.' " 'I can't cntch a-holt,' he says, spluttering out n lot of water. "Why nol?" says I. "'I got my bauds full of money,' ho says. "Well, thai made me some disgusted, but HIIIv, he set on the wharf an' laughed till he like to bust " 'I'll get ye out ye old suark,' he says, anil nrst wins i Know mere ccme n bight of his big seine over the edge of the wharf. I see the Idea, and chucked the llilng down under Hnnk. Whon we had him pursed up I climbed up on (ho wharf, nnd we put the line through the fnll of Ullly's davvles, nud siung him up to tho wharf." "Was he grateful?" asked Mrs, Per kins. "Well, yes, fer Hank, I reckon ho was grateful. He opened his fist and see he had the dollar and half-dollar safe. Then he went up to the post olllco and had Hiram split (ho half Into two quarters. That was tho smallest change lllrnin had. Hank gave ono of tliciu lo Hilly aud ono lo me. "Yes'm, I took It. It ain't often Hank has them moments of generos ity, nnd, ns Willy says, to refuse to give mm tho climice to work ono- or 'em would be cruelty to nnlmals." Youth's Companion. HIGH PITCH IS DOOMED. Musicians In (Iciieml Pleased with Coming Uiihemul Change, Musicians In general, and singers especially, will welcome the news Hint the use of u concert or high pitch Is on the decline, nud that Inter m.ttonal or low pitch will soon bo the only one to bo used ellher for concert. band, orchestra or singing. Uho ract that this change Is tnklng placo Is shown more than In anything else, lu (ho manufacture ot wind Instrument. All of the largo miinufiicturers are now making low pitch Instruments ex tensively. There la hardly a house In tho country (hat Is not pushing them, nr.d tho time Is not far distant when nil orchestras nnd bands will bo using International-pitched Instruments. The Amorlcan Federation of Musicians Is tatkng tho matter up nud urging the adoption of tho now Iden, which will greatly benefit many. Tho reasons for the change are many, tho principal ono being that tho music produced Is of u much rich er quality nnd harmony Is more ei qulslte whon produced In tboso Instru ments. It Is well known that the lower registers of Uio clarinet, flute, violin, cornet and In fact nearly every concert Instrument, are much more pleasing to Uie ear Uian the higher ones, and that the harmony Is richer. Even Uie piano ha a sweeter tone when tuned to International pitch. For these reasons the adopUon of the low pitch Is to be hoped for, as It will make all orchestras and band music of a finer quality. Hut the Instruments will not be the only ones that will be helped by the change. Singers will find It much more beneficial than the others as It will give them a chance to sing with out crowding their voices to the top limit For some time past opera com panies have been using a pitch be tween concert ond International for the purpose of relieving their singers, nnd the adoption of the low pitch will be anoUier step which will benefit them greatly. A S 1 ,400 STENOGRAPHER. MIm Mlnnette Thompson, on Rxpert In KmploT of the Government. There's something typical about Uie case of Miss Mlnnette Thompson, "stenographer and typewriter," In Uie Interior Department, says a Washing ton correspondent Her father was Prof. John E. Thompson, a pioneer lu the educational movement In the District of Columbia. lie was supervising principal of schools, and taught Uio boys while Uio lato Mrs. E. D. E. N. Bouthworth, Uie novelist, taught the girls. "Such a thing as that father could die we had never thought of," sail Miss Thompson. Hut he died fifteen years ago, nnd the arlstocraUc thoroughbred girl took up Uio fight, not for herself alone, but for mothers and sisters. First she taught school. Then the higher sal aried position In Uio government ser vice was secured for her. "There Is more money In It than In tenchlug," sho said, "but tho n'erv cus strain is Incomparably greater. A stenographer Is kept Incessahtly on edge; her nerves aro stretched to the utmost; the workday Is long and thero Is no recreation. You mny have been told that the Washington departments nro full of drones. It Is not true. There Is no more faithful, loyal, hard working and conscientious Individual la Uio world than the government clerk. Of course, there aro thoso who do not want to work and who shirk. Hut you find them in private offices nnd In stores. You can't exterminate tho breed." Miss Thompson Is now earning ?1,400 per annum. She Is considered among the most oxpert of tho sten ographers In the department and Is particularly valuable because she has innsterod tho technical details of tho service, which no newcomer, however expert ns a shortlinud writer, could hopo to understand. THIS DOQ TRAVELS. And llo Is u Prime Fuvortte with All the Hiillrond lhtitiloyes. For two months Hoxy traveled ovcry day between Garden City and Hemp stead, Ho would appear on tho station platform at Just tho right tlmo to tuko a tralu, nnd alwnys seomod lo know the exact time scheduled for (ho com ing In or going out of tho various trains. Whero ho kept his tlmo tablo nobody know, but ho evidently had ono. One day he was missing, and thero was consternation among (he men, who had grown fond of him, For two days nothing was heard ot him, and grave looks were exchanged when the Question was asked many times dur U1SS UINNETTE TIIOUPSOX. UNDEIl OEN. STACKELUEKQ, wnr, when the command under Oen. Port Arthur. After severe fighting; Hal-Cheng and came necrly being; ur Illustration, taken from the Illus- upanese, and In It are depicted thv be bloodiest In history. An Interesting a priest of the Orthodox persuasion. ing those two days: "Seen anything; of Hoxy?" Then came good new, for It wo learned he had extended his travels. He had gone as far as Long Island City, stayed all night, taken several ride on the ferryboat next morning, gone Into the dock and played around the engines, then back to Uio station, and from the many train standing there had picked out Uio Hempstead train and ridden gayly home on Uio engine. How glad Uie men were to see him at that end of the line! Thin was his first ride on the engine, nnd It soon becamo hla favorite placo, Sometimes he would ride in Uie pas senger coach; occasionally ho rodo In. the baggage car; but more often ho was found In his favorite place, tho engine. There, perched on the seat oa Uie fireman's side he never thought of going on Uie engineer's side, whero, of course, he might be In Uie way with two paws firmly braced on tbo sill, he watched Uie country as tho train swept by. Life now flowed along smoothly for Iloxy. The conductor kept his word and spoko to the 'Ixiya," and the re sult was a handsome nickel-plated col lar mado to order for Uie dog. Oa one side of the collar Is a brass plato bearing Uie single word In large let ters, "Trainman." On the other sldo Is a similar plate, on which are en graved the words: ItAILHOAD nOXY, Garden City, L. I., Presented by Uie boys of the L. I. It R. Branch, Y. if. 0. A. From bis collar hangs the llcensa tag, which protects htm from the of ficial dog-catcher, allowing him to wander safely at the promptings of hbt will. St Nicholas. From a Safe Dlatanoe. The conveniences of modern science) render It possible to communlcato dis agreeable news with safety to tho sender. The New York Sun tolls this story ot a nine-year-old boy whoso mother thought u.at he was entirely lucking In guile. Perhaps ills father was not so sure of It One day Uie boy was practising tho "McGInnlty curve," when tho ball went through a largo pane of colored glass lu the library. His mother dis covered It, and nsked, In her sternest voice, "Who did that?" "I did, but I didn't mean to do It The ball slipped." "Well, what do you suppose your father will say when he knows It?" "He knows It now. I told him." "You told him? Do you mean that when you saw what you had done you went right down to his offlce and told him?" "No, I didn't go to the offlce. I called him up on the telephone." A Oenoral Misunderstanding;. A Hoston entomologist, who baa shown the toad to bo one of tho farm er's best friends, said recently, "Tho toad has been misunderstood In tho paBt, ns much misunderstood ns a cer tain friend of mluo who was taking; a walking tour." One night ho put up at a small coun try hotel. The next morning, at break fast, tho landlord said to him: "Did you enjoy tho cornet-flaying In the room next to yours last night f' "Enjoy HI" my friend sneered. "I should think not. Wuy, I spent halt tho night pouudlng on tbo wall to mako the man stop." "It must have been a misunderstand ing," said tho landlord, sorrowfully. "The cornet-player told me that tha person In the next room applauded him so hearUly that be went over every piece ho knew threo times." Neglected Kduoutlop. Oliver Herford wns entertaining some mnn friends In his lint ouo oven lug, when a servant from tho apart ment below his brought a message to the effect Uint the gentleman In 310 wns unable, by reason of the ullcgcd nolso mado by Mr. Horford's party, to enjoy that peaco and quiet he thought was due htm. "Ho snys ho can't read," remarked the servant "Present my compliments to Uio gen tleman," said Herford, calmly, "and tell htm that 1 could when I was 8 years old." Harper's Weekly. Tho Diagnosis. Doctor So you think you bavo In somnia? Spoiled Darling Sure of It, doctors I can't sleep after 0 o'clock In th morning. Detroit Freo Press. The smartest man wa ever knew, and the ono who could use the longest words, could not hold a Job. Every boy thinks he b'as something a circus really ought to have.