DEATHS REACH 88?
48 ARE RILLED IN TWO
BURIED PASSENGER TRAINS
140 UNIONS TO HELP
XDTO M ANUEL'S SPARTAN LIE IS.
t i t s D a l i y H e e t n a e U I i I i I im I U « 4 * v * e n
K x v r i'lH a n d 4 a re a o f a ia t«t* r a (l.
The recent visit of the young King
Manuel of Portugal to England revives
the sad memory of the fateful Feb. 1,
1908, when King Carlos and the crowu
| prince were done to death before
Everett, Wash., March 2.— Twenty-
Queen Acielle's eyes, says Answere.
three are known to be dead and 26 are
Despite his extreme youth, the king
missing and a score are injured as a
of Portugal leads a Spartan life. At
result of the avalanche which swept
8 a. m. he rises and performs a rapid
down the mountainside above W elling­
toilet, and, after reading the newspa­
ton at the west portal o f the Cascade
pers (Portuguese and foreign), he has
tunnel early this morning and brushed
' a light breakfast at 9 a. m. Next, he
two Great Northern trains, one the
Flood* Working Havoc in Citi** ot westbound Spokane express and the Phitadephia Citizen*, Alarmad at Pro*- attends to hla dally correspondence
until 10:30, when he fences tor an
pects, Urge Company to Arbi­
Northern and Eastern Washing­
other an overland mail train, off the
hour. At 11:30 he takes an hour's
narrow ledge o f the high line, hurling
trata—Two Killad in Riot.
ton— Bridges Qon*.
ride In the grounds of the royal pal­
I them to the ooitom of the canyon, 20
ace, mounted always on his English
: fe et below.
Coupled to the Spokane express was
horse Jumper and followed by his fa­
Philadelphia, Feb. 28.— A fte r a ses-
Superintendent J. H. O 'N e ill’s private
vorite terrier Tiger.
[^Wellington Avalanche Casualty List
car. This was carried over the preci­ I sion o f more than six hours, the Cen­
The afternoon Is spent In audiences
pice with the rest o f the train.
j
Passengers: dead, 9; missing, 39;
tral Labor union delegates last night ! with cabinet ministers and others, and
j rescued, 9.
Three locomotives, four powerful voted to call a sympathetic strike of | In the evening, after a walk in the
j
Employes: Dead, 9; missing, 31;
electric motors, used to haul trains
140 trade unions in the organization, I gardens of the royal palace, he re­
through the Cascade tunnel, the depot
j rescued, 10.
beginning
next Saturday.
The dele­ ceives a prominent cabinet minister,
at Wellington and a water tank were
who Informs the king of the day's hap­
1
Other Slides' Toll Is Great.
also carried away by the sli e and bur­ gates assert that 126,000 men will re- penings. The hours from 5:30 to 8
ied under tons o f debris.
| Mace, Idaho: Dead, 14; injured,
| spend to the call.
I p. m. King Mancen always spends with
i 40.
Twenty-three bodies have been re­
This action o f the Central Labor his mother.
covered, 25 persons are missing, and
I
Burke, Idaho: Dead, 5; many in-
After dinner he plays billiards or
| jured.
15 or 20 were injured in the avalanche Union is fraught with momentous con­
• Carbonate H ill, Idaho: Dead, 2; . that thundered down upon the passen­ sequences, the union officials Bay. The cards or 'converses till 10 p. m , when
he reads the evening newspapers lor
gers as they slept.
j injured, 6.
decision was made at a secret session
| Dorsey, Idaho: Dead, 2.
Seventy people were aboard the Spo­ o f 700 delegates in Labor Lyceum Hall, ; an hour before going to bed.
One evidence of King Manuel's great
kane express when the slide struck it.
| Adair, Idaho: Dead, 1.
which lasted more than six hours. ' love for his mother Is his awarding
? Milan, Wash.: Dead, 1; injured, |
Forty o f these were passengers who
| were sleeping in the Pullmans. The There apparently was no question that to Queen Amelle the ribbons of the
others were workmen who had been the delegates would vote a strike, the ! three military .orders of San Bentos
engaged in a battle against the snow split being on whether or not the strike j d’Avlz, Christo and Sao Thlago. Some
j considerable opposition was offered to
Spokane, Wash., March 3— It is ru­ blockade and who were using the day would be started immediately.
' his majesty's wish by the prime mlnls-
mored in Spokane that a second ava­ coaches for bunk cars.
The more conservative element pre­ ' ter, who pointed out that It was unusu-
The last report received tonight
lanche at Scenic Pass, covered the res­
vailed,
however,
and
the
walkout
was
cuers engaged in taking out the bodies, from Scenic says that the rescuers are
i al to confer these distinctions on a
thus causing further loss o f life. The still struggling with ice and snow en­ put off until next Saturday. Mean­ woman. But the young sing's decision
deavoring
to
release
the
imprisoned
rumor, though persistent, cannot be
while, there is hope that the street was firm.
verified on account o f interruption in passengers and recover the remaining
"Those orders are granted for hero­
railway strike w ill be arbitrated, de­
dead.
wire communication.
ism," he said, "and the whole history
Reports that shouts and cries for spite the repeated declaration of the of my country possesses no nobler In­
Everrett, Wash., March 3 — The help have been heard coming from the Transit Company, controlling all the
Great Northern railway tonight gave mass o f wreckage gives rise to the lines in the city, that “ there is noth­ stance of bravery and self-abnegation
than the way In which her majesty
out a list o f the known dead, missing hope that many of those imprisoned ing to arbitrate.”
strove to protect my poor father and
and rescued in the avalanche at W el­ | are still alive. .
Nobody doubts that last night’s ac­
brother." And the prime miniated had
lington, from which it appears possi­
Several undertakers le ft for Scenic tion of the Central Labor union makes
ble that the total number o f dead may tonight. I t w ill be necessary to em­ the situation grave. There is a strong to give way.
The great earthquake that devastat­
reach 88.
balm the bodies, as the snow blockades feeling, especially among business
Nine passengres and nine employes between Wellington and Everett have men that the strike ought to be settled ed the district on the left side of the
arc known to be dead and 39 passen­ shut off all traffic except by foot. I f speedily, as all lines of business suffer Tagus In April last must still be fresh
gers and 31 railroad employes are miss­ the bodies are brought out soon they from the interference with traffic. In our readers’ memories. King Man­
ing.
w ill have to be transported on Bledges. Consequently there is much sympathy uel did much at that time to popular­
for the move for arbitration, made by ize himself with his subjects. One day
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clergymen o f all denominations early he went to the scene of a particularly
MORE STO C K WILL GRAZE.
disastrous shock and personally assist­
in the week.
There was surprise at the unanimity ed In ministering to the needs of the
Government Increases Number Al­ of the vote in favor o f a general sym­ sufferers. An old baker who was
Seattle— M elting snows in mountains
pathetic strike. The meeting yester­ among a party engaged in making
lowed In National Forests.
have produced worst flood in 20 years.
previously bread for the homeless people seized
Washington, Mar. 2.— The amount day had been discussed
Pullman— Water ten feet deep in
o f stock which w ill be authorized to and there was mixed sentiment as to him by the hand as he was leaving,
streets; city without light or fuel.
Colfax — City faces fuel famine; graze in the national forests in 1910, the wisdom o f calling out all classes of and said:
“ Well, good-by, my boy!
I shall
in accordance with the decision o f the workmen. Leaders of various trades
schools compelled to close.
Ellensburg— One thousand tons of secretary of agriculture, shows an in- unions said they were opposed to a hope to see you again soon!"
general
strike
because
it
involved
bro­
The remark pleased the young king
hay damaged; Yakima river rising rap­ | crease in the total number as com­
pared with last year o f approximately ken trade agreements. Others doubted more than many a courtly compli­
idly.
their
ability
to
order
all
workmen
to
Aberdeen— Floods o f last winter re­ 200.000 cattle and horses, and 500,000
ment.
peated; Union Pacific bridge being con­ sheep and goats. The total allowance lay down their tools and have the order
On the same occasion there was one
obeyed.
structed over Chehalis river, carried for the coming grazing season is 1,-
man who, eo the doctors said, could be
As
the
gathering
was
secret,
little
957.000 cattle and horses, and 8,323,-
away for fourth time.
o f an authoritative nature can be saved only by the speedy administra­
Kelso — Cowlitz booms break and 000 sheep and goats.
tion of a certain drug They, how­
thousands o f dollars worth o f logs are
The most important increase are in learned o f what transpired behind the ever, deplored the fact that they had
barred
doors.
That
there
was
much
carried to sea. Crest o f flood believed Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Utah and
not got It with them. King Manuel
Washington.
Except in Nevada, oratory is evident, as the meeting overheard this and exclaimed that he
to have been reached.
lasted
from
a
little
after
2
o’
clock
un­
The Dalles— M ill creek higher than where 1,000,000 acres have been added
had, fortunately, brought some.
He
to the national forest area through the til 8 :30.
for 30 years.
The great crowd gathered outside ran to his motor car, fetched the drug
creation of the Nevada forest, the in­
W RONG VIEWS OF THE CENSUS. creases are attributed to improved the hall would occasionally hear loud and helped to administer It himself.
range condition due to regulated graz­ cheering, and a responsive cheer would The man recovered.
go up from the outside. Finally when
King Manuel's friendliness toward
No Harm Can Come to Any Person ing.
Who Answers the Questions.
The secretary is solicitous to get the meeting broke up and the an­ our country Is well known.
nouncement was made that unless the
A party of Booth line tourists— all
Washington, D. C., March 3— Let­ the greatest possible utilization o f the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company English— were at Pampllhosa station
ters from the census supervisors to the range resources o f the national for­
made an agreement with its striking one day, when the saloon carriage of
United States census bureau show the ests, that the forests may contribute
employes by next Friday, the greatest the young monarch was drawn up
erroneous apprehension o f a consider­ so far as consistent with protection of
strike in the history of Philadelphia alongside the platform. There was a
able element o f the population con­ the forest growth, to the market sup­
will be inaugurated, there was a great crush and one-of the lady tour­
cerning their answers to the enumera­ ply o f beef and mutton.
cheer and the crowd dispersed.
ists was forced practically on to the
tors’ questions in the next census.
Not only members o f unions affilia­
steps of the royal compartment. She
It is emphatically declared, by the
Paulhan Would Appeal.
ted with the Central Labor union and
statement, that the information sought
N ew York, March 2.— Judge Hand, the Allied Building Trades council, but had In her hand a picture postcard
from the people o f the United States is in the United States court, suspended
photograph of the king, and, observ­
those of every labor organization in
used solely for general statistical pur­ until March 12 the preliminary injunc­
the city in any way connected with the ing this, his majesty drew a fountain
poses. I t will neither be publised nor tion which he granted last Wednesday
American Federation of Labor, partic­ pen from his pocket and smilingly
used in any other way."to disclose facts to the W right company against Louis
signed It.
ipated in the meeting.
regarding any individual or enterprise. Paulhan, the aviator. This action was
He afterward shook hands with the
Two separate meetings were held.
The census, it goes on to say, is not, taken so as to allow counsel for the
The delegates to the Central Labor rest of the tourists.
never has been, and cannot be employ­ French aeroplanist time to prepare and
union
met on one floor
of the
ed to obtain information that can be present appeal papers.
Under the building, while the president and bus­
used in any way in the assessment of suspension order, Paulhan is required
iness agents o f the other organizations
property for purposes o f taxation or to file a bond for $12,000 conditioned
met on the next floor.
the collection ¡of taxes, either national, upon paying the W right company
W it of the Youngsters
Declaring the car strike here had
state or local; or for deportation pro­ profits Paulhan may realize from any
become a battle between capital and
ceedings, extradition measures, army aeroplane flights.
labor, the members of the Central L a­ ! £ * * * * * * * * ? # * # * # * *
or navy conscription, internal-revenue
bor union unanimously adopted a reso­
investigations, compulsory school at­
R. R. Commission Rate O. K.
lution that every union man and woman
Small Boy— Mamma, did the ani­
tendance, child-labor law prosecutions,
San Francisco, March 2.— Holding stop work on next Saturday if, in the
quarantine regulations, or in any way that the Southern Pacific Railroad
mals go into the ark In pairs? Mam­
meantime, the striking carmen have
affect the life, liberty, or property of company's rate for the transportation
ma— Yes, dear. Small Boy— Then who
not reached an agreement with the
any person,
_____________
went with auntie?
o f green fir lumber from Oregon to company.
'My mamma got a hand-painted din­
California was excessive and its main­
Mrs. Saga is Importuned.
tenance would ruin the lumber business
ner set for Christmas," said littlo Lola,
Weston Ahead o f Tima.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 3.— Mrs. o f Central and Southern Oregon, the
Albuquerque, N. M., Mar. 1.-—Leav­ proudly. "H u h !” rejoined small Bes­
Russel Sage, widow o f the great finan­ United States Circuit court today ren­
sie, “ that's nothing to boast of. L*st
cier, signalized her visit to Pasadena dered a decision adverse to the corpor­ ing McCarty’s station at 5 o’clock this
year papa gave mamma a house that
by a g ift today o f $1,000 to the Pasa­ ation in its suit to restrain the com­ morning, Edward Payson Weston ar­
was hand painted.”
dena hospital. Additional interest at­ mission from enforcing the reduced rived late tonight at Sandia, a way sta­
"W ell, Harry," said the minister who
taches to her generous recognition of rate fixed in 1907. A rate o f $3.10 a tion 22 miles from Albuquerque, hav­
Here he was making a call, 'do you think you
the institution’s needs because it was ton, based on water competition, was ing walked 60 miles today.
will spend the night, and leaving there will be a better boy this year than
unsolicited and unexpected. Since her fixed by the company in 1898.
at midnight, w ill reach Albuquerque you were last?” “ I hope so," replied
arrival in California, Mrs. Sage has
next morning at 8 o’clock. He w ill be the little fellow. ‘‘I was sick more
been deluged with requests for dona­
Treaty Effective, Germans Buay.
four days ahead o f his schedule on ar­ than half the time last year.”
tions to various charitable organiza­
Winnipeg, March 2.— The new Ger- rival here. To date Weston has aver­
tions, but it is stated that in all cases man-Canadian trade treaty w ill take
T h e L im it.
other than the one reported today she effect tomorrow, and the secretary of aged 40 miles daily and the long climb
There la a blacksmith who has a
o f the continental divide is now behind
has found it necessary to refuse.
the Canadian Commercial Travelers’ him.
shop downtown and who has a reputa­
association has received word that 300
tion for good work, especially In the
Testimony Against Them.
German travelers are on the way to
making of Ice tongs. But he claims
Mexico Seizes U. 8. Plant.
Washington, March 3.— The Browns­ Canada to compete for the trade in
Nogales, Ariz., Mar. 1.— The pro­ to be an expert on any kind of iron-
ville court o f inquiry has concluded Western Canada, now controlled by
wor*.
takiny testimony and will begin to ! United States firms. Last year Ger­ prietors and employes o f an American
Recently a man dropped In on him
prepare its report within two weeks. many bough $90,000,000 worth of clothing factory on the Mexican side of
I t is understood the court has a vast Western Canadian grain or grain the international boundary were arrest­ while he was working on a pair of tee
ed today on a charge o f smuggling. hooks.
amount o f testimony not made before products.
“ I see you are an expert on Ice
Their factory, warehouse and retail
the senate committee that
clearly
—
store were closed and sealed by a Fed­ hooks," said the caller.
shows not only that the shooting up of
Oklahoma Raps Negro Voters.
eral inspector.
One o f the proprie­
"Oh yes! I make Ice hooks putty
the town o f Brownsville was done by a
Guthrie, Okla., March 2.— The Okla­ tors, L. B. Fleisher, all o f the force good,' remarked the mechanic, "unt I
party o f soldiers on the streets, but
that considerable firing was done from homa house o f representatives today and the male operators are in jail. aiso shoe your horses or do other Iron­
the barracks within the inclosure. The passed the Taylor election law, which Only the girls were allowed to go free. work yust so good.”
evidence seems to approve Roosevelt’ s prescribes qualifications for voting on Another o f the proprietors escaped to
“ WeH," said the caller. "I'v e got a
the American side. N o formal charge stove on which the hinges need re­
constitutional amendments.
action in discharging the soldiers.
A clause excluding from the election has been entered against the suspects. pairing. Can you fix them?”
franchise those whose fathers or grand­
M'Carthy Men Shut Out.
The blacksmith drew himself up to
Tribe Near Starvation.
San Francisco, March 3.— Holding fathers were slaves will reduce the ne­
his full height and scornfully asked,
gro
vote.
The
senate
has
passed
the
El
Paso,
Mar.
1.—
In
dire
straits
for
that the mayor o f the city is not em­
"D o you think I am a dod gasted
food because o f the failure o f their Jeweler?"— St. Joseph Gazette.
powered summarily to dismiss the com­ bill.
crops
and
without
even
seed
com
for
missioners in the various departments
A W a r P la y .
Cuban Bonds Command Premium.
planting, the Tarahumare Indians of
o f the city, Judge Sturtevant, o f the
Said
the
manager:
“ You are sup­
the
Sierra
Madres
are
wandering
London, March 2.— The Cuban 4 1-2
Superior court, today made permanent
the temporary restraining order pre­ per cent gold bonds commanded a pre­ through the states o f Chihuahua and posed to be badly Injured in the sec­
The
Tarahumares are ond act."
venting the appointees o f Mayor P. H. mium o f 1 per cent today. The $5,- Coahuila.
Said the star: “ What about It?”
McCarthy on the board o f education 600,000 issue was so largely oversub­ peaceful and follow agricultural pur­
” 1 won’t have a wounded man com«
from acting in their official capacity. scribed that the subscription books suits. Their condition is pitiable and
The old board was adjudged to be the were closed half an hour after they they are on the point o f starvation. before the audience to make a speech."
“ But I must have my curtain call.”
Captain Joaquin Chavez has appealed
were opened.
de facto commission.
"Then you'll have to come out on
to Governor Creel for aid for them.
a stretcher, that's all.” — Kansas City
Morgan and Ryan to Quit.
I Journal.
Pscific Fleet O ff fo r Practice.
20 Families Burned Out.
N ew York, March 3.— The board of
San Francisco, March 2.— Bound for
directors o f the National Bank o f Com­
N ew York, Mar. 1.— Twenty fam il­
As the bride and what she married
merce o f N ew York today elected J. gunnery practice in the Santa Barbara ies in Jersey City were burned out to­ leaves the church, trouble gets busy
P. Morgan, Jr., Henry P. Davison and channel, the six armored cruisers of night in a fire which destroyed 10 and follows them home.
Allan A. Ryan directors in place o f J. the Pscific fleet under commsnd of double dwelling houses and razed the
The man who baa no money can't
P. Morgan, H. C. Deming and Thomas Rear Admiral Harber steamed from plant o f the N ew York Veneer Sealing
F. Ryan, resigned.
this harbor today.
company. The damage is $200,000.
Two Passenger Cars in Splinters,
Others Completely Burled.
18 BODIES FOUND; 70 HISSING
Avalanche Strikes Great Northern
Trains and Hurls Them from
Track Into Gulch.
Sympathetic Strike Will In­
volve 125,000 Workers.
E ditorials
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
BUSINESS COMPLELY TIED UP
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WORST IN TWENTY YEARS
s
L IV E W IT H IN YOUR MEANS.
F WE are earning only chuck steak salar­
ies we should not try to put on porterhouse
style. With this and similar sayings Ed­
ward E. Watt, In a lecture to the pupils of
the Grahafb school went to the center of
the oost-of-blgh-living proolem and lta solu­
tion.
Through the Influence of a variety of causes of na­
tion-wide and even world wide operation the man finds
that his money does not go so far as It used to. While
volumes might be, bave been and will be written on
these various causes and their Importance. For the
average man the Important question Is not of tbe causes.
It Is bow to ameliorate their immediate effects. And
the way to do that is to apply to the spending of his In­
come some of tbe brains which the typical American has
been applying almost exclusively to getting the Income.
For years Americans bave been notorious to other coun­
tries for the extravagance of their personal and domestic
expenditures.
This Is not an lmiieachment of the American house­
wife. In the overwhelming majority o( households she
has done the best she could. It she had not, the situs-
«Ion would be far worse than It Is. But she has not
from her husband tbe help she deserves. Millions of
Americans buy Intelligently and thriftily In business,
and not only permit but even encourage unintelligent
and unthrifty buying at home. Many a man who dili­
gently holds down business operating expense permits
loose extravagance in domestic operation and commits It
In his personal expenditures.
It Is not only the high cost of living, but also the cost
of high or even brainless living that Is our problem. And
It is for each of us to apply his brains to tbe task of
living within his means. For most of us this does not
mean parsimony or hardship. It means only taking
thought against extravagance at the home as against
waits at the office.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
TH E IN STITU TIO N AL CHURCH.
HE success ot the Institutional church In
our country 1 b marked. The congregation
of the future without the handmaids of
manual training, the club-house, etc., will
be handicapped In the work of salvation.
Tbe social and Industrial features are
certain to attract many who otherwise
would not
attend If the Invitation were con­
fined to occupying a pew. The church must be helpful
as well as spiritual. Modern sentiment demands this.
Neither the Imposing ritual nor the dry sermon In sim­
ple and solemn surroundings will appeal to those who
come after us like it has and Is doing. The discerning
of the coming years are not to be satisfied with melody
from the organ loft and the commonplace sermon. They
will demand usefulness as much as prayer. Tbe church
without the helping hand for those who need It will be
passed by for the one which extends It. The pompous
and unsympathetic clergyman who stands for religion
and nothing else will have a bard tlma of It In th* awak­
ening minds of tbe next generation. Temporal benefits
P R A IS E POR T H E DOG.
C a m i l l e K la m n t a r lo u T h i n k s t h e A n i ­
m a l I s U s s v r v l a a o f a B o o l.
will be demanded as much as spiritual and the osas des­
titute of the former will have few and faultfinding occu­
pant* of the pew while the new and better and mors
Christian will have large and enthusiastic congrega­
tions.
The institutional church la the one to bring brotherly
love In Its highest and best sense. The old way baa
failed In this. Preacher and people have been too far
apart for lta accomplishment. The worshiper ot tbe
mlddle-of-the-century will be surrounded by hopeful and
helpful Influences In the church which caters to friend­
ship, to helping tbe poor to master some form ot Indus­
try, to wholesome amusements, to Intellectual pursuit, to
phllanthrophy.— Utica Globa.
URBAN MOVEMENT OF POPULATION.
ASSACHL'SETTS has a commission which
has been undertaking to find out why peo­
ple move from the country to town and
how they can be Induced to retrace their
steps. Its conclusion in brief Is that they
go to town because they like it. and there
Is little the Slate can do In the matter.
Four of the five members do not think tbe State should
buy land, build bouses and then Invite city dwellers to
buy on easy terms. But they do think something can
be done to Increase suburban life by borrowing the gar­
den city idea which has achieved substantial results In
Germany and which has been adopted with success by
several English towns.
There Is another reason why people move from th*
country to the town. To be a farmer is to be a capitalist
In a small way. Three thousand dollars la a low esti­
mate of the value of a farm, bouse, stock and Imple­
ments. Of course, a man can get a farm on a mortgage.
But even a thousand dollars Is considerable for a man
to get together as a farm laborer, so that he can trans­
form himself Into a farm owner He may hire, and more
and more of that Is going on all the time, but the rent Is
a good deal more certain than the proceeds. The farm
laborer finds It difficult to get employment during the
winter and he goes to town and seeks a Job that goes OB
at all seasons.— Philadelphia Record.
THE IN LAN D W A TE R ROUTE.
HE providing of an Inner navigation route
along the Atlantic coast from Massachu­
setts Bay to tbe Florida Keys is easier ot
realization than would be a less costly un­
dertaking than would be the construction
of a deep-draft ship channel from Lake
Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. To pro­
vide and maintain a deep-channel route In the Missis­
sippi river would not only involve a great initial cosL
but a continuous annual expenditure of Incalculable pro­
portions. Tbe connecting of Lake Michigan with th »
Mississippi by a barge canal and tbe utilisation of the
navigation facilities of the great river for craft of nln*
feet draft or leas will be a much less costly proposition
and one more readily to be realized.— Baltimore Ameri­
can-Star.
observation.
Even our passions are
largely controlled by this sense, love
especially.
If the dog had the power of classifi­
cation It would give the first place to
the sense of smell. The dog does not
know Its master, Its friend or Its ene­
my by sight, but by smell. Tbe dog
possesses faculties of which we have
little notion. A dog brought from
Paris to London returned home, we
know not how.
But that the dog Is possessed of a
high order of Intelligence;
that It
loves and hates, that It is devoted in a
highly affectionate degree. Is past dis­
pute. We must reject as altogether
Inadequate the statement of Descartes
that It Is all automatic. It is certain
that In this world of ours there are
many human beings far more brutal,
coarse, more wicked and less Intelli­
gent than many dogs.
Lord Byron, having tried the world
and found It filled with lying, vanity
and deception, entertained a low Idea
of human nature and exalted the char­
acter of the dog. Burns saw In the
dog not only a professor of human
morality, but even a professor of re­
ligious morality, preaching by exam­
ple.
“ Man,” said he, “ Is the dog's god.
Tbe animal knows no other and can
conceive no other. See how he wor­
ships, how he crouches at hla feet,
how lovingly he caresses him, how
humbly he regards him. how joyfully
he obeys. His whole soul centers about
his god: all his powers, all the facul­
ties of his nature are employed In his
service.”
No matter how we look at the intel­
lectual faculties of the dog. says Ca­
mille Flamruarlon In the New York
World, we are compelled to admit that ¿
A L IT E R A R Y S H R IN E .
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they approach very nearly the powers
of man, and that In certain cases,
where affection, courage and fidelity
lu e car was delayed by a hot box.
are required, these characteristics are
more marked in the dog than in some and some ot the passengers descended
and strolled up and down to stretch
men.
What shall be said of a dog that had their legs. A bright young drummer,
bis leg set by a surgeon, and that looking appreciatively down the long
brought to the same physician any green tunnel of the elm-shaded street,
other dog that he found suffering? and up at the quaint old-fashioned
Yet there are many well authenticated houses, commented on the beauty of
the place.
Instances of such action.
"Got a kind of a Sarah-Orne-Jewett-
The most striking Illustrations of
the spiritual attachment of dogs lie Mary-E.-Wilkins-Alice-Brown look to It,
in the numerous instances of their somehow. “ Say, I believe somebody
dying for sorrow. One of the most must bave written this place up; It
Interesting of these Is reported by M. looks as natural! Let's ask the oldest
Henri Glraud, president of the civil inhabitant over there.”
Two aged villagers on the curb were
court at Nlort. He reports the case
of a dog that died of grief for his arguing the respective merits of dash­
dead master, as he knew by personal ing on water from a pail or beating
out the fire from a broom. He hailed
knowledge.
Another authentic case Is that of the 'hem genially:
"Say, this little old town of yours
dog named Flnot, which belonged to a
young artist named Charles Brencard. belongs In the blrthplace-of-dlstln-
The artist was poor, and the dog gulshed-people and homes-of-authors
sought his food In the neighborhood, class, doesn’t It? Real scene of So-and-
but awaited hit master's return home so's romance—Illustrated supplement—
special article, with photographers
each evening at 7 o’clock.
One night his master was seized kind of thing? New England Notabili­
with pleurisy and taken to the hospi­ ties? Daughters of the Puritans In
tal, where he died two days later. Literature? Who's your most distin­
Flnot had followed hla master to the guished citizen?”
The aged natives looked at him re­
door of the hoepltal, but stopped there.
He waited In the street all night. He flectively, and then at each other.
"Jonas Bardwell, he owns the big­
watted for five days and nights In
front of the hospital, eating nothing gest place,” ventured one of them, cau­
tiously, "but Enoe Rodman, he’s about
and drinking in the gutter.
On the sixth day Flnot was found as smart as anybody.”
" I didn’t say richest, did I? Nor I
stretched out dead on the pavement,
perished from cold and hunger. Hal didn't say smartest," persisted the In­
there ever been reported a caae of quiring drummer. “ Most distinguish­
literature and art, you
greater devotion on the part of a hu­ ed, I said;
know; that sort of thing.”
man being?
,
"Oh,”
echoed the second venerable
But dogs have
even
gone eo far
as
to commit suicide, plainly from
a nntlve, brightening, “that sort o’
Now I know who ye mean;
sense of disgrace, sometimes unmerit­ thing!
ed. We have the case of a dog that ye mean Cale Henderson. Cale, he’s
threw Itself Into the Canal St. Martin with Slocum's circus, and ha writes
at Paris, and did not try to swim, be­ the language for ary bill-board that
cause Its master had punished It. In show sets up. and tells the artist feller
1908, not far from the observatory In what critters to paint, doing what Into
Paris, a dog was seen deliberately to the bargain.
"He's certainly the master hand for
run In front of an omnibus and throw
itself beneath the wheels— Us mistress squeezing out the biggest words In the
bad died. Here was evidently not only dictionary, an' sprinkling ’em round
despair, but deliberate premeditation effective. He's art an' literature, all
And determination to end all.
right. Must be him ye was a-thlnk-
I wish, however, to call the atten­ lng of.
tion of my readers especially to the
"Cale. ye see, he's some showy In
dog's power of smell. This seems to his doings, an' 'taint but natural out­
be Its dominating sense. In man vi­ siders taking him fer something ex-
sion Is the leading sense, for most of try. We ain't never reckoned him a
our sciences ar* based upon optical 'distinguished citizen,’ but mebbs If
you haln’t known him, boy or man, * •
we have, ye might never notice he was
jest a fool, after all.
"Cale, he was born In that hous»
right opposite. There ain’t a tablet
on It yet, but ef ye want to consider It
a literary shrine, I don't know any­
body’ll hender ye.”
There was a burst of laughter, and
the drummer, running a hasty eye
over the contents of the show window
of the general store and postofflee, mur­
mured meekly:
“Gentlemen, If anybody would like
some gumdrops warranted genuine an­
tiques, or striped peppermint sticks
such as grandmother used to suck, I
guess It’s up to me to buy ’em.”
TREASURE HUNTERS IN M AINE.
H o w t h e CO M 4 H u B e e n D a s O v e r
In t h e H u n t f o r K l t lil'n G o ld .
"There are more than a score of
spots along the coast of eastern Maine
where Capt. Kidd Is said to have bur­
led his treasure previous to his disas­
trous voyage to the coast of east A fri­
ca," said F. R. Johnson of Wlscasset,
Me., according to the Washington Her­
ald.
"One of the spots where Capt. Kidd
Is said to have burled treasure Is *in
Musselrldge channel, at a point 600
rods toward the South Thomagton
shore from Twobush Island, and In the
center of a triangle formed by draw­
ing a straight line from White Head
to Twobush, another from Twobush to
Owl's Head, and a third back to the
starting point at White Head.
"Hundreds of men In boats have
dredged and dragged the waters about
tbls spot for a century or longer, and
If any one has foudd wealth from the
labor the fart is not circulated widely,
though the fishermen and clam diggers
continue to labor and hope in spite o f
many discouragements.
"The second place fixed upon as the
burial apot of pirate wealth Is on Q*d-
lead marsh, where Marsh creek Joke
Penobscot river, six miles Inland from
Its junction with Penobscot bay. This
place la about thirty feet above the
surface of the salt marsh In Its high­
est place and holds about two acres
of land. Though It was originally clad
In wo4>ds. the anxiety of the treasure
seekers has been so great that not
only have the trees been cut away and
used for fuel by the hunters who have
camped on the apot, but the soil, thou­
sands of tons In weight, haa been
shoveled over many times. It Is esti­
mated that enough earth hag been han­
dled by the campers of Codlead to
build embankments and fill cuts for
the grading of a railroad twenty miles
In length. In other words. If the hunt­
ers for Kidd wealth had hired out with
railroad contractors they could have
earned $30.000 at regular rates Instead
of the few rusted and battered old
coins which were discovered In the
ground at that spot In 1798, and which
have led to the wasting of so much
human energy.”
H u rveatln ir a
Fortune.
Relatives sought to have declared in­
sane the millionaire who planted Mich­
igan barrens with thousands of apple-
trees, but now the trees are harvesting
a fortune and taking state fair prises
and the barrenness has been trann
(erred to the relatives' codicil in th »
crazy man's will.
The difference between skin- <Jri>
beauty and the other kind Is that yon
gat the other kind at a drug stors.