CHURCHES JOIN
G R AFT CRUSADE
Q U ICK A C T IO N OR S T R IK E .
BR IEF R EPO R T OF TH E D A IL Y
W O R K OF N ATIO N ’S LAW M AK ER S
Bituminous Coal Miners in East Will
Fight for Raise.
Cincinnati, March 30.— Only imme-
diate increases in wages will prevent s
By some members the effort to ex­
Washington, April 2.— In the solem­
great industrial war, numerous and nity o f a service in memory o f a de­ punge the record is taken as an indi­
widespread strikes in the bituminuos parted colleague, Francis W. Cushman, cation that Republicans of New York
coal mines, according to action taken late representative from Washington, state are planning to rally under the
by a special committee o f the United Speaker Cannon in the house today leadership o f Colonel Roosevelt.
Mine Workers here late today, follow­ i talked o f the trials met by public men
By their spectacular fight in the
ing the final disagreement and dissolu­ | in dealing with popular opinion and house of representatives the republican
tion o f the joint conference o f the cen­ ’ speculated upon the mysteries o f the insurgents have gained absolutely no
hereafter.
Mr. Cannon then relin­ practical concession. They have abol­
Many Councilman Expected to Resign tral competitive field.
The terms proposed by the miners quished the gavel to Representative ished the old committee on rules/ con­
Without Protest—Banks are
for the continuation o f work after the McCredie.
sisting of five members, and substitut­
Called Upon to Testify.
expiration of the present agreements
There were only a few members ed for it a committee of 10, but the
at midnight Thursday will admit o f no present— chiefly those who were to relative strength o f majority and min­
compromise so far as wages are con­ speak o f the life and character of Mr. ority remains the same, and the insur­
Pittsburg, March 29.— The Lenten cerned. On other questions there is Cushman. In the galleries, too, there gents are without representation on
season, which ended Sunday, has been room for agreement and the general was only a sprinkling of visitors, a the committee.
Director Newell, o f the reclamation
too short a season o f penitence for trend o f opinion is that no lengthy sus­ majority o f whom had dropped in mere­
Pittsburg, and it w ill be continued pension w ill be the result except in a ly to see the house in session and with service today appeared before the ways
j few fields.
and means committee in practical op­
no special interest in the proceedings.
with promise o f even more startling
The most threatening aspect over­
Members of the house and senate are position to the administration bill,
confessions o f g ra ft this week.
shadows Pennsylvania and Illinois sec- struggling with the question o f fram- making available $30,000,000 to hasten
In several hundred churches the I tions. Briefly, the miners demand that ; ing laws to further
conservation. the completion o f the government irri­
He said that about
; Both houses o f congress have been so gation projects.
feature o f the Easter services was the
occupied that little ‘ attention has been $7,000,000 a year now coming into the
reading o f a circular letter issued by a
paid to the subject until two or three reclamation fund would complete pend­
civil committee, urging the members
ing projects.
days ago.
o f every congregation to attend a huge
Newell did not, in so many words,
Since Friday, however, efforts have
He said, however,
indignation mass meeting to be held
, been made to get some o f the adminis- object to the bill.
, tration measures dealing with conser- that the government today had consid­
some day this week. Sermons, too,
[ vation into shape for presentation, erable land under irrigation for which it
were designed to arouse public con­
j The public lands committee o f the had been impossible thus far to find
demnation o f such practices as have
house has gone to pieces on the propos­ settlers. His intimation was that, if
been revealed. Lessons in civic clean­
ed law to authorize the president to this $30,000,000 is made available, it
make withdrawals and classifications would flood the market with irrigated
liness were drawn by many pastors.
of public lands, and the members are land and the government would be
It having been pretty thoroughly es­
now divided into several groups, each years in getting settlers to settle upon
tablished, according to District A ttor­
it.
_______
pulling in a different direction.
ney William A. Blakeley, that at least
Washington,
March 2 9 .— "W h ile
Washington, April 1.— That the cor­
$102,500 was used in influencing legis­
poration tax law w ill be amended to there has been conservation of natural
lation, the source o f the money and the
restrict the operation o f its publicity resources at the presidential spigot,
dispensers o f it are to be the focus of
feature was virtually assured today there has been enormous waste going
the grand jury's attention tomorrow
when the house slightly amended a pro­ on at the congressional bung,” de­
morning.
vision previously adopted by the senate clared Senator Chamberlain, o f Ore­
gon, today, speaking on the bill em­
for that purpose.
A considerable portion o f the big
As passed by the house today, the powering the president to withdraw
bribe fund is charged to certain banks
public lands for forestry sites and other
law provides:
that sought to get city deposits. They
Chamberlain favors the
“ A ll corporation tax returns shall be purposes.
JO H N D A L Z E L L
succeeded, but it is the desire o f the
Senior member o f the house committee on rules, open to inspection only upon the order measure, and on it he delivered his
grand jury, as pronounced in its report who will in all probability become chairman of of the president, under rules and regu­ first set speech.
that committee, succeeding the recently deposed
The bill specifies that the president
lations to be prescribed by the secre­
o f Friday last, that the bank deposit “ Uncle Joe" Cannon.
tary o f the treasury and approved by “may withdraw land for water power
ordinance be rescinded, and the banks,
sites,
irrigation, forestry reserves,
the president.”
i f found guilty, be deprived o f the use all operators agree to pay increased
As previously provided by the sen­ classification or other public purposes.
wages o f 5 cents a ton on pick-mined
In givin g his reasons for favoring
o f city money. It is known that some
screen coal, with proportionate ad­ ate, such corporation tax reports were
representatives of the banks are to be vances for other methods o f mining “ to be made public when called for by the measure, Chamberlain said that
first, the main principle involved, the
called tomorrow to testify.
and outside labor, as a prerequisite to resolution of the senate or the house of
representatives or under the order of right o f the president to withdraw
negotiations
on
the
other
question.
The six banks that have been named
portions o f the public domain from en­
With the advance in pay assured, work the president when he desires it for
by the grand jury as having been in­
try, settlement or sale, had been ap­
may be continued in the mines affected public interests.”
volved in the scandal are the Columbia pending solution o f the minor points,
Under the guise o f protecting the proved by every department of the gov­
National, the German National of provided the National executive board watersheds o f navigable streams, the ernment from the earliest days.
The exercise o f power necessary to
in
congress,
Pittsburg, the Farmers’ National De­ of the union approves action to this ultra-conservationists
otherwise known as the “ Pinchotites, ” protect from legislative improvidence
effect
by
district
officers.
posit bank, and the Second National,
what was le ft o f the public domain
The National board is made the final are undertaking to slip through a bill
the German National, o f Alleghany,
made the bill advisable, he declared.
power so far as the union is concerned, which w ill extend the vast system o f
He argued that it was necessary to
and the Workingmen's Savings & but it is expressly forbidden to modify forest reserves into every state in the
Union, entail the expenditure o f unes­ conserve undisposed and unappropriat­
Trust company.
the wage demands.
timated millions o f dollars of govern­ ed natural resources and favored the
The directorate o f the Farmers'
ment money, and swell the forest ser­ bill as the best plan for accomplishing
National has announced that it will
vice to proportions never dreamt o f by this purpose.
comply with the district attorney’s
The house today by vote o f 125 to
I Gifford Pinchot, even in his palmiest
call for information and the Second
64 voted in favor o f a thorough investi­
days.
National has prepared a certified state­
It is all being done by subterfuge, gation o f the charges that a ship sub­
ment which is to be presented to the
Albany, N. Y ., March 30.— Jonathan
sidy lobby is operating in Washington
grand jury tomorrow.
The other P. Allds went to his home in Norwich 1 in which clever effort is being made to
conceal the main purpose of the legis­ for the purpose o f influencing congress­
banks have taken no action.
tonight, a private citizen, branded as a lation in question.
men in favor o f a ship subsidy. The
It was still unlearned tonight wheth­ bribe-taker by his former colleagues in
action is a result o f a complaint by
er Charles Stewart in his talk with Dis­ the senate, and by his own act no long­
Washington, March 31.— Determined Representative Steenerson, o f Minne­
trict Attorney Blakeley told all he is er a member o f that body.
Senator to obtain congressional action on the sota, that he had been attacked by a
believed to know o f the men higher up. Conger, who filed the charges against
bill requiring the publication of cam­ Cleveland newspaper which he believed
Stewart is an ex-Select councilman, Allds, stayed here to fight.
paign contributions, Perry Belmont, to be an organ o f a ship subsidy lobby.
who was declared by the grand jury in
The senate vindicated Conger today head o f the organization to further
its presentment Saturday to have been when it voted, 40 to 9,that the charges
Washington, March 28.— The move­
the man to whom $45,000 o f bribe- had been sustained by the evidence that movement, announced today that
Senator Bailey, would introduce in the ment for the transfer o f water power
tainted money was given at the Hotel brought before it.
senate tomorrow the measure he said sites from the National government to
Imperial in N ew York.
Conger's enemies admit he is a fight­ he had been trying for a month to in­ the several states and territories took
er,
and
the
belief
is
expressed
that
he
duce Senator Burrows, o f Michigan, shape today when Senator Smoot in­
E TN A M AY C AUSE TR EM B LO R .
will oppose any attempt to drive him ! chairman o f the committee on privi­ troduced a bill for that purpose. [Con­
out o f office as vigorously and with as leges and elections, to present.
trary to general expectations the bill
Pent-Up Lava Likely to Force Pas­ free an expenditure o f money as he at­
Commanding the careful attention of will provide for the leasing o f power
sage, Scientist Believes.
tacked Allds.
a majority o f his colleagues, Senator sites by the states and would not per­
Before the vote was taken in the Root today consumed three hours in mit their sale under any conditions. It
Catania, March 29.— While the quan­
tity o f lava from the craters o f Mount senate this morning, Allds resigned his ' continuing his speech in defense o f the would provide for a transfer to a state
Etna continues to decrease, the intern­ position in that body, thereby releas­ administration railroad bill before the whenever it was shown to the satisfac­
al activity o f the volcano was stronger ing himself from the jurisdiction of senate. He again failed to conclude tion o f the secretary o f the interior
today than yesterday. Frank A. Per- that body.
his remarks. He defended the merger that any tract of land was chiefly val­
The question o f what shall be done provisions o f the bill as a great ad­ uable as a power site.
ret, the American authority, believes
that the decrease in the flow o f lava is with Senator Conger, Allds’ accuser, vance over existing law, as it made
A caucus o f the house Republicans is
due to obstructions in the new craters, still remains to be settled.
the purchase o f one company’s stock to be called for next week to arrange
The resignation o f Senator Allds is by another an offense, while he argued, the programme o f putting through that
which prevent its flowing freely, and
that in a few days, the molten mass taken to amount to a tacit acknowl­ such acquisition was not now illegal body the administration’s measures
will either force a passage or an earth­ edgment o f guilt, since it was an­ except as part of a conspiracy.
now pending. This was agreed upon
quake will result. Mr. Perret went to­ nounced recently that i f he resigned as
Representative Sabath o f Illinois, at the White house to day. The ques­
day from Nicolosi to the Alpine club a member o f the state senate, it could wants to know whether officials o f the tion o f the caucus was taken up this
refuge, which is situated near the cra­ be in effect a plea o f participation in department
of
justice
scattered morning, when Representatives Town­
ters, and later telegraphed down as the bribe-taking o f which he was ac­ throughout the country form cliques send and Hamilton Fish conferred with
follows: “ The activity o f Etna today cused by Senator Ben Conger, who and have a monopoly o f bankruptcy the president.
is stronger, but the lava is slower. himself stated that he had paid bribe and other cases that come into the Fed­
The senate committee on judiciary
Terrific explosions in the interior of money to Allds.
eral courts.
decided to make a favorable report on
the mountain continue.”
According to Sabath, it is impossi­ the nomination o f Robert M. Montgom­
Railway Men Vote on Strike.
ble in many cities for litigants to em­ ery, o f Michigan, presiding judge; W il­
Muskrat Drains Fish Pond.
Cleveland,
March 30.— A
strike ploy the counsel they desire, but they liam H. Hunt, o f Montana; James F.
Spokane, Wash., March 29.— Near vote was ordered taken today on the are practically compelled to employ Smith, o f California,; Orion M. Bar­
Kalispell, Mont., boring a hole in an Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail­ members o f the “ favored circle,” and ber, o f Vermont, and Marion de Vries,
embankment that sustained one side of way by the officers o f the Brotherhood he asserts that the funds o f litigants o f California, as judges o f the new
absorbed
in these customs court o f appeals.
’
an artificial fish pond, a muskrat a few o f Railway Trainmen and the Order frequently are
days ago drained the pond and caused o f Railway Conductors. About 20,000 charges.
Senator Beveridge today presented
Congress may be able to adjourn on to the senate the report o f the commit­
the loss o f many o f the fish, many of men are involved. The oriignal de­
which, instinctively heading up stream mands o f the men were rejceted two May 15, said Senator Aldrich on leav­ tee on territories favoring his bill in
when the waters began to fall, floun­ days ago. The result o f the strike vote ing the White house today.
preference to that passed by the house,
Several influential members o f con­ for the admission o f New Mexico and
dered into a small creek that poured will not be known until April 8.
into the pond and escaped into small While neither side will discuss the gress believed opposition to certain Arizona as separate states.
The re­
marshes that lined the stream. The causes o f the failure to agree, it is un­ features o f the administration pro­ port defends the changes made by the
pond was owned by Richard Greig, derstood both sides were willing to gramme may cause the session to last senate committee in vigorous language,
much longer.
who stocked it several years ago with compromise on wages.
/
-
trout from a government fish car.
Warren Irrigation Bill Will Pass.
Body Drifts 60 Miles.
Washington, March 30— Representa­
Washington, March 30,— The senate
tive
Bennett,
o
f
New
York,
today
in­
Wrecks Used for Fuel.
Bellingham, Wash., March 30.— The
irrigation committee today informally
Spokane, March 29. — Aside from corpse cast up Saturday on the beach troduced a resolution to expunge from discussed the Warren bill, which was
the
house
record
the
report
o
f
the
spe­
photographers, who reaped a harvest o f Lummi Island, across the bay from
opposed yesterday by Senator Heybum
from sales o f pictures o f the snow- this city, was identified as that o f W. cial committee that caused to be laid in the senate, and decided to press it
on
the
table
certain
sections
o
f
one
of
slides at Mace and Burke, Idaho, a J. McGranahan, of Vancouver, B. C .,
to early vote.
The committee was
month ago, the only persons who will captain o f the schooner Arthur B., President Roosevelt’s messages relat­ unanimously of the opinion that the bill
ing
to
the
secret
service.
The
message
benefit from the disasters are the res­ which foundered off .the Fraser River
was not justly subject to criticisms
idents o f the canyon towns, who are ob­ sand heads March 22. A second corpse was interpreted as containing direct made agaipst it by Heybum, in view
reflections
upon
the
integrity
o
f
mem­
taining their next winters' supply of was picked up on San Juan Island and
o f the fact that it will materially ad­
fuel from the timbers, many o f them is believed to be another member of bers o f the house.
vance irrigation in all Western states,
o f immense size, brought'down by the ! the crew. Five seamen were drowned
it was determined to keep Heybum
Gompers
Will
Hurry
Trust
Suit.
avalanches. Thousands o f big trees when the schooner was overturned.
filibustering until he gives out, and
and logs are being taken from the McGranahan's body was picked up 60
Washington, March 31.— President has to consent to a vote.
Gompers, o f the American Federation
drifts and sawed
into convenient miles from the scene o f the wreck.
o f Labor, expects to leave for Indian­
Red Citizen Board Made.,
lengths for hauling.
Gun Exploded; Eight Killed.
apolis tomorrow to confer with Gover­
Washington, March 30.— Qualifica­
Gun Explodes; Eight Die?
Manila, P. I., March 30.— The re­ nor Marshall in connection with the tions o f Indians to assume the rights
Manila, March 29.— A report reach­ port that a fatal accident had occurred suit that Gompers is planning against o f citizenship w ill be determined in
Gompers the future by boards appointed by the
ed here today that a gun on the United on the United States cruiser Charleston the Steel trust in Indiana.
States cruiser Charleston exploded dur­ was confirmed today. Eight men were in an interview is quoted as saying commissioner o f Indian affairs, to be
ing target practice, killing or wound­ killed and several others slightly in­ that the American Federation would known as "competency boards.” This
During practice at sea off not wait for the department o f justice jis the result o f an experiment initiated
ing eight men. The Charleston is re­ jured.
According last summer by Senator Valentine,
turning to Manila from Olongapo. No Olongapo, the breech block o f a three- to attack the Steel trust.
details o f the reported accident have inch gun blew out and its flight across to officers o f the federation, the suit to when he appointed such a competency
been received here.
The Charleston the deck cut through a steel stanchion dissolve the Steel trust will be brought board fo r the Omaha Indians in Ne­
is the flagship o f Rear Admiral John and mowed down the men. Seven were on violation o f charter.
braska. These boards w ill be, appoint­
ed for each reservation.
Hubbard, commander in chief o f the instantly killed, while the eighth died
Bill to Open Indians' Lands.
Asiatic fleeL Her commanding officer while being taken to Cavate.
Bill Hits Tipping System.
is Commander"John H. Gibbons.
Washington, March 31. — Senator
Natives Fire on Foreigners.
Chamberlain will introduce a bill sim­
Washington, April 4.— A aub-eom-
—
fen Fight With Knives.
Liverpool, March 30.— A fight be­ ilar to Hawley’s to open the Klamath 1 mittee o f the house committee on the
Walla Walla, March 29.— As the re- 1 tween Liberians and hostile natives reservation to settlement after the In­ Disrict o f Columbia, headed by Repre-
suit o f a battle with knives between was being waged March 9 at Cape Pal­ dians have been alloted their lands in senative Campbell, of Kansas, reported
Secretary Ballinger has favorably today a bill by Representa­
four Italians and six Japanese early mas, according to reports brought by severalty.
this morning two Italians were ser­ the steamer Salaga, which arrived written him that he believes the lands t i v e Murphy, o f Missouri, under the
iously wounded. Antonio Ponti, one from Liberia today. The natives from should be allotted, as well as that all terms o f which tip-giving or tip-receiv­
o f the participants, may die from his behind a stockade at the mouth o f the Indians on the Umatilla and Warm ing in hotels, restaurants and cafes in
wounds. Two Japanese were arrested. Palmas river, were firing upon an Eng­ Springs reservations should have their Washington shall constitute a misde­
The offense ia made punish-
The fight arose over the possession of lish factory and the Liberian troops. allotments and the remaining lands meanor
i able by a fine not exceeding $500.
The latter replied with a machine gun. should be sold.
a bicycle.
Pittsburg Ministers Make Ef­
fort Arouse Sentiment.
J
SENATOR ALLDS IS
FORCED FROM OFFICE.
i (
O ld Favorites
Do T h «r
M ix * M e ■ ( llu m e f
Do they miss me at home— do they
miss me?
'Twould be an assurance most dear,
f o know that this moment sums loved
one
Were saying, " I wish he was here:”
To feel that the group at the fireside
Were thinking of me as I roam.
Oh. yes. 'twould be Joy beyond meas­
ure
To know that they miss'd me at
home.
When twilight approaches the season
That la ever sacred to song.
Does someone repeat my name over.
And sigh that I tarry so long?
Anti is there a chord in the music
That's miss'd when my voice Is
away ?
And a chord in each heart that awak-
eth
Regret at my wearisome stay?
Do they set me a chair near the table,
When evening's home pleasures are
nigh,
When the candles are lit in the par­
lor.
And the stars in the calm, azure
sky?
And when the "good nights" are re­
peated.
And all lay them down to their sleep.
Do they think of the absent and waft
me
.
A whisper’d "good night" while they
weep?
Do they miss me at home— do they
miss me
At morning, at noon, or at night?
And lingers one gloomy shade round
them
That only my presence can light?
Are Joys less invitingly welcome.
And pleasures less hale than before,
Because one is miss’d from the circle,
Because I am with them no more?
TH E E A R T H AS A MOON.
O a r W o r ld ax I t A p p e x rx to
a n d O a r O tv a M o o n .
V tx x x
I f we could be transported to the
planet Venus a peculiar set of views
could be obtained of our earth which
would enable us to see ourselves, to
some extent, at least, as others see us.
Venus is about the same size as the
eaith, Is somewhat closer to the sun
and has more atmosphere than the
earth. When the. earth and Venus are
nearest together they are, of course, on
the same side of the sun, and in conse­
quence of this the earth does not see
more than a very small part of the
Venus Illuminated, but Venus, on the
other hand, sees all of one side of the
earth illuminated, and consequently is
able to claim she has something that
takes the place of a moon anyhow, for
the earth to Venus at this time looks
very large and bright, almost as much
so as our moon does to us.
I f we could see all the Illuminated
surface of Venus on these occasions
we should have quite a distinct sec­
ond moon. When we do see all of her
illuminated surface she Is on the op­
posite side of the sun from us and
consequently at an enormous distance,
yet she Is so brilliant as to keep us
from seeing her surface distinctly.
But to our own moon we appear In
the best light as a moon. A full earth
as seen from the moon, according to
Prof. Todd and other astronomers. Is
a very Inspiring sight on the moon's
surface. It can at once be seen why
this Is necessarily true. The earth Is
several times larger than the moon
and would appear In the heavens as a
disk about fourteen times the size of
the moon. It would shine with prob­
ably a variable light, due to the shift­
ing clouds on the earth, though the
light, of course. Is reflected from the
sun, and the reflecting Is done In part
by the upper surface of the clouds.
The outlines of the continents of the
earth appear very clearly to the moon
as If they were formed of papier
mache on a globe. Cities of compara­
tively large size could be made out
with ease in case people were there
to make them out. The Intensity of
the reflected earth light would be as
much as fourteen moons and would
enable the Selenltes, If such they are,
to read or work In comparative day­
light.— St. Louis Republic.
POSTOFFICE MASCOT DOQ.
H ad
H e a iis n a r te r x
N o w P o a r i In
a t A lb a a y , b a t
W a a h ln ito a .
Inclosed In a large glass case In the
gallery of the dead-letter department
of the Washington postofllce Is the
stuffed body of an unattractive mon­
grel dog, whose history can but Inter­
est every one, especially those who
appreciate the wisdom and fidelity of
these almost human animals.
"Owney,” the railway postal clerks’
mascot," Is the name by which this
dog was known during Its very event­
ful career, proofs of which may be
seen In the hundreds of tags and med­
als that are attached to the collar and
harness which almost cover the body
and the space around him.
During the winter of 1886, this dog.
a half-breed fox terrier, blind In one
eye, cold, starving, made his way Into
the postofllce at Albany, N. Y. The
clerks took pity on his forlorn con­
dition and arranged to feed and house
him. He became devotedly attached
to his uniformed friends, and one day
followed a mall wagon to the station,
where he boarded a mall car. In which
his presence was unnoticed until after
the train started. Eventually he re­
turned on another train to Albany.
Having once learned the trick, he
made frequent trips to different points,
tnrnlng up again In course of time at
the home office. His travels became so
extensive that the Albany clerks pro­
vided him with a fine collar bearing
the Inscription, "Owney, Albany P. O..
N. Y.” At the next postofllce he vis­
ited the clerks attached to hls collar
a metal tag bearing the name of that
office.
This attracted the attention of all
the clerks whom Owney visited, and
tags of all kinds, metal, paper, leather
and cloth, bearing the names of places
he visited, were added. On hls period­
ical returns to Albany these were de­
tached and preserved. Owney contin­
ued to travel from one place to another
for eleven years, always using the mall
cars, looking upon every man who
wore the postal uniform as hls friend.
At times be was assisted In hls selec­
tion of a route by the clerk* who
from one ena ot tne country n> ms
other knew him and always gave him
a hearty welcome and a tag to prove
where he had been. From New York
to California, north and south, he
gathered these tokens of Interest, and
many are the curious kinds. From
the western mining regions are chunks
of silver rudely molded and Inscribed,
and there are original devices In leath­
er and the burk of trees and scraps
of cloth.
During this time he also followed
the mall pouches on board ocean-going
steamers and visited many points In
Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as
other parts of the world. The Mikado
of Japan presented him with a silver
medal having the Japanese national
coat of arms. This medal occupies a
conspicuous place in Owney's glass
case.
Owney met a sad and untimely fate
at Toledo, Ohio, In 1897. He had been
chained to a post in the basement of
the postofllce to await the arrival of a
photographer who was to take hls pic­
ture. He became Impatient at this un­
usual restraint, which he could not
understand, and made noisy and des­
perate efforts to release himself, and
when a clerk tried forcible means to
quiet him he showed the first sign of
temper he was ever known to display,
and sprung at him and bit his hand.
The clerk spread the report that the
dog had gone mad. Thereupon the
postmaster summoned a policeman,
who ended with a bullet the career of
this most remarkable animal.
The
news at once reached Owney’s home
office In Albany, where It caused much
grief, and a demand was made for the
lifeless body In order to have It pre­
served.
QUEER TWO-WHEELED AUTO.
“ DICTCUt”
KOTOS CAE.
A most extraordinary two-wheeled
Automobile, designed on the principle
of a "dlcycle” bicycle which drew at­
tention In England twenty or more
years ago, has been built In London
and sent to this country for exhibi­
tion.
It consists of a couple of large solld-
tlred wheels, connected by an axle from
which bangs a platform sufficing for
the engine, which is at the rear, Is of
the single-cylinder type and develops
four and a half horse power. The
countershaft lies parallel with the axle
of the vehicle, and on the ends are a
pair of roller chains driving sprockets
that engage with the wheel hubs. The
steering Is accomplished by an ordi­
nary auto steering wheel, which act­
uates wires that move friction discs
between the sprockets and the wheel
hubs, the drive being released from
one wheel or the other to effect a turn.
The chief feature of this remarkable
type of machine Is the cheapness with
TH E T W IN S ’ SAM PLES.
which It can be built and the lack of
I t W a x B f s a a b y a G i r l a a d F l a l x h o d vibration that results from the use of
b y H e r B ro th e r.
large wheels. The seat for the driver
There Is often comedy and pathos, and passengers rests just over the
as well as family or historic Interest, axle.— Popular Mechanics.
attaching to the quaint samplers of
old-time children, cherished now with
BURNED P A P E R MONET.
so much pride and care by their de­
scendants. The impossible roses, the 4 o n r e « o f G r e a t F r o f l t t o t h e G o v e r n ­
m e n t a a d B a n k «.
birds as big as cows, the cows that
At the redemption windows of the
may b<> dogs, the dogs that perhaps
were meant
for horses, all inter­ treasury and of the subtreasuries ot
mingled with numerals, the alphabet, the country any silver coin that has
family facts, meaningless flourishes, a not been mutilated willfully and which
text or a moral verse— there is no still Is recognizable as from the mints
other needlework quite so fascinating of the United States will be redeemed
to a retrospective and Imaginative at face value, this in spite of the fact
that the silver In the worn coin may
eye.
A sampler which a lady much Inter­ not be worth half Its face value. As
ested in antiques recently reported to gold coin, the government stands
discovering In a remote farmhouse Is only a small portion of the loss from
but, according to weight,
perhaps unique; for it Is file work abrasion;
not of one child, but two, and one of these worn gold coins always are re­
the two a boy. It Is not especially In­ deemable.
In the caee of the paper currency
teresting In design, although carefully
two-fifths of a note must be presented
executed, but It has a story.
It was begun by little Mary Holme, If It shall be redeemed or a new note
aged 11, who brought It, Indeed, near issued, and no matter what the evi­
to completion. There were but a few dence may be as to total destruction
lines more to fill, and on the first of of this paper currency, the govern­
these she had already wrought the ment regards It as the holder's Indi­
"Mary,” which was to be followed by vidual loss wtth which It Is no further
concerned. Fire may melt $1,000 worth
her surname, and date of birth.
She was seated before the blazing of Bilver coins and It Is wprth Its
hearth, busily stitching, when a spark metal value. It may melt $1,000 In
flew out and Ignited her dress. Thero gold coins and the mint will pay
was on one else In the house but her $1,000 In new twenty-dollar gold pieces
twin brother, Stephen, who sprang to for the mass. But the ashes of $1,000
her rescue. But the poor child, fran­ In paper currency le without value.
In the thousands of Ores over the
tic with terror, struggled with him as
he strove to beat out the flames, so country every year Involving office
that both fell and rolled together Into buildings, factories, business houses
the hot embers. Mary died that night. and family residences an untold total
Stephen was so cruelly burned— he of legal tender notes of all kinds are
was barefooted— that he was for two destroyed. Every piece of such paper
years a crippled Invalid, and limped lost 18 loss to the holder and gain to-
for life.
the government or to a Rational bank.
During the boy’s long and slow re­ It ie a promissory note hopelessly lost
covery hls elder sisters, to keep him to the holder. It Is even more, for In
occupied, taught him to knit and sew. many cases an Individual man might
Tradition declares that he knitted a redeem hls debt obligation If he were
pair of stockings for every member of assured by the holder of It that the
the family, and made a patchwork piece of paper to which he had signed
quilt for hls own bed; But the only hls name had been destroyed by acci­
specimen of hls work preserved Is the dent and by no chance could turn up
sampler, which he completed. Its last again against him.—Chicago Tribune.
line», In faded blue and brown, are
still easily read:
GAME OF GOFF, GOUFF, OR GOWN.
"Mary and Stephen Holme, born
Aug. 9, 1768. Mary died Oct. 2, 1779, O r i e l s T r a c e d t o t h e llo m a n a , A 1-
Ita ou lch S c o t la n d H n a C r e d it .
and Stephen finished this. In Memor-
One of the foremost of the games
lam.” — Youth’s Companion.
which we have adopted is the royal
D lf f i t l f y l n a r H e r G n e a t i.
and ancient game of goff, gouff, gowff
One suspects the "first lady of the —the last the genuine old pronuncia­
State” who figures In the little story tion— or golf, which, curling excepted.
below of a rebuke tempered with I ij - Is the game most peculiar to Scotland,
mor. While Thomas Chittenden, the as characteristic as baseball In Amer­
first Governor of Vermont, was dis­ ica or cricket In England. The word
charging the functions of an executive
was derived from the Dutch kolf, a
he was waited upon one day, In an offi­
club, but the game Is not of Dutch
cial capacity, by several gentlemen
origin, though In early days golf balls
from Albany, New York.
The visit­
were Imported from Holland and per­
ors were of the well-to-do class, and
haps the name came with them, Arthur
were accompanied by their wives.
B Reeve In Outing Bays,
At noon the hostess summoned the
i The date of the origin of golf, even
workmen from the fields and seated
Approximately, like that of most sports,
them at table with her fashionable
is unknown. Tradition has It that tho
visitors. When the ladles had retired
game originated with the Scotch shep­
from the dining-room to an apartment
by themselves, one of them said to her herds knocking a ball about the heath
with their crooks. But among the Ro­
hostess:
mans a game called pagantca was
"You do not usually have your hired
laborers sit down at the first table, do played with a ball stuffed with feath­
ers. As early golf balls were made in
you ?’’
"Why, yes, madam,” Mrs. Chittenden the same way In Scotland, It baa been
replied, simply, "we have thus far surmised that the Roman game was
done so, but are now thinking of mak­ perhaps a forerunner. An early name
ing a different arrangement. The Gov­ In England was bandyball, and In old
ernor and myself have been talking prints reproduced by Strutt In bis
the matter over a little lately, and “ Sports and Pastimes” the club, some
have come to the conclusion that the four and a half feet long, had a curva-
men, who do nearly all the hard work, ature, much like a crook. Later tha
ought to have the first table, and that beads of the golf sticks were affixed to
he and I, who do so little, should bo ash Bhafts and were faced with horn
content with the second. But In com­ and backed with lead.
Golf In the early days was a highly
pliment to you,” the lady conpluded, "1
thought I would have you sit down democratic game — laird and cobbler
were competitors; everyone played,
with them to-day, at the first table.”
even the women. The links were tha
T h e F o o d T o p ic .
! :ommon land along the seashore. The
The lady from Boston looked bored. prizes were simple— a golf club or a
The hostess noticed the fact with some dozen balls, and only later the more
anxiety.
elaborate medal and cup. Even the
"M y dear Mrs. Fasnel.” she said. great national prize was a silver stick
" I want the Honorable Mr. Bobstay which never became the property of
to meet you. He’s such a gifted con­ the winner.
versationalist.”
N o t T h a t K in d .
The lady from Boston failed to look
Interested.
"That old millionaire philanthropist
"1 have met seven gifted converse is reported to be living In the odor of
tlonallsts thl* evening," she said, “and sanctity."
their only topic was the financial alti-
“ No such thing. I see him riding
tnde of the edible animal tissues.”— In a gasoline car."— Baltimore Ameri­
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
can.
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A T r a d e r S p a t.
We wish we were a young girl whe
" I acknowledge, your honor,’* said has just returned from school. W e
tht prisoner, "that I punched this man saw one yesterday, and four girls had
in a moment of Indignation.” '
[ their arms around her.
" I wouldn’t have minded the mo­
I f all the Inventive genius wasted
ment of Indignation so much,” put In
the complainant, "had he not also on excused were exerted along more
punched me In the face.”— Baltimore practical lines, an extension would
hare to be built on the patent office.
American.
Do men who have cork legs go to
It Is a great blessing to be able to
bed with them on?
, pay your debt