HUNDREDS KILLED
Naples Building Is Crushed by
Weight of Ashes.
A CROWDED CHURCH COLLAPSES
Devastated Section Is Covered With
Ahe a Foot Deep Streams
of Lava Almost Stationary.
Naples, April 10. Reports of fatali
ties consequent upon the er option of
Mount Vesuvius are coming in. Ac
cording to information received late to
night, probably as many as 600 lives
were lost.
It is said that mora than 200 persons
pirlshed In the district of San Giusep
pe, where from the rains of a church
which collapsed owing to the weight of
ashes on the roof, 49 corpses wen ex.
tricsted, and It is asserted that at Sor
rento 27 peno is were killed by falling
Louses.
A frightful disaster has occurred in
the center of this city following the
eruptions of Mount Vesuvius. Two
hundred people, it is estimated, were
buried this morning in the ruins of tb
market Monte Oliveto, when the roof
-collapsed under the weight of cinders
Ir )in the volcano.
The exact number of psopl within
the building at the moment of the ca
tastrophe is not known, and the liet of
fatilitiea is problematical.
Cavalry proceeding to the succor of
the inhabitants of the devastated sec
tion have been unable to make any pro
gress, the rain falling on the ashes a
foot deep having made it impossible for
the horses to travel.
The streams of lava are almott sta
tionary. Troop are ending barricades
in the direction of Pompeii to prevent
further damage in that quarter.
ALL ARE CONVINCED.
-Columbia Jetty Wins Easily In House
Sub-Committee.
Washington, April 9. -The rivers
and harbors sub-committee of the house
devoted more than two hours tdav to
hearing Major Langfitt in behalf of
Senator Fulton's bill appropriating
1400,000 for the jetty 'at the mouth of
the Columbia river. Major Langfltt
was subjected to a continuous flow of
questions from the members of the
committee and made a strong rase in
anpport of the bill. He readily con
vinced the five members of the sub
committee that this proposition is en
tirely meritorious and desjrving of im
mediate and favorable consideration in
the house
Tomorrow the sub committee will
make a report to the full committee
and later in the day, it is understood,
the Fulton bill will be reported to the
house. As soon as the bill is reported,
Senator Fulton will see Speaker Can
non and urge him to fix a day for its
consideration. It is not anticipated
that its consideration will require much
time, unless an iffort shall be made to
attach numerous smendments providing
for ether projects.
LIMITS HOMESTEAD RIGHTS.
Settlers Can Only Have a Farm Unit
on Irrigated Land.
Washington, April 10. Under an
opinion rendered by the assistant attor
ney general for the Interior depirtment
ami spproved by the secretary of the
interior, homesteaders who have taken
np but not yet acquired tills to 100
acres under any government irrigation
project will be obliged to relinquish to
the government without any compwsa
tlon all of their entry in excess of the
farm unit that is adopted for the pro
ject under which particular land may
lie. II the farm unit be 40 acres. ths
homesteader must relinquish 120 acres
He cannot sell it to another party or
turn it over to the Waterusers' associa
tion; if the farm nnit be 60 acres, he
must rel'nquish an equal area.
Food Needed for 136,000.
Washington, April 10. The latest
ofllcial cable report received by the
American National Red Cross from Ja
pan states that the number of people
who had to depend upon outside help
is over 300.000. Of this number, mere
than 12(1,000 require a supply of food
and the rest are given work and are
earning their own livlihood. The re
lief work started by the government
since the latter part of last year and
the liberal contributions coming from
the native and foreign peoples have Im
proved the situation immensely.
Hard Coal Mines Still Shut Down'
Philadelphia. April 10 All of the
mines in the lower and middle anthra
cite coal districts are idle, while in the
Lwkawana and Wyoming Helds a few
hundred men have retnrned to work.
There seeems to be little hope in the
cotl flel Is that the negotiations in New
York will result in an immediate term
ination of the suspension of mining.
ShonM the operators present a counter
p-opositlon at tomorrow's meeting, it
is rear.'etl certain that President
Mitchell will ask for another adjourn
ment to discuss its terms.
Cure for Consumption.
London, April 10 A dispatch from
Tokio to the Pally Telegraph says that
at a meeting of the medical societies of
Japan, Pr. Ishidami, an eminent bac
teriologist, announced the result of
year's experience with an antitoxin
against tuberculosis which he had dis
covered, and. while, like other toxines,
did not result in a rise in the patient's
temperature. H asserted that the an
titoxin had resulted in cures in an
average of one-third of the patients.
All Have Bubonic Plague,
rhlladelohia. April 10. The sus
picious casea of sickness on the steamer
Burresfleld, from Bombay, which ia in
quarantine here, are bubonic plsgua.
The four patienU, all Lascara, are Iso
OFFER TO ARBITRATE.
Miners Willing to Let Conciliation
Board Settle Trouble.
New York, April 6. Having failed
to come to an agreement themselves,
the bard coal miners of Pennsylvania,
through their representatives, todsy
proposed to the operators that all mat
ters in dispute be referred to a board of
arbitration for settlement, the tribunal
to be composed of the board of concili
ation which was created by the award
of the Anthracite Strike commission in
1903, with Judge Gray, of Delaware, or
any person he may appoint, as chair
man and umpire. If the operators ac
cept the proposition and a convention
of mineworkers approves the plan, the
lfiO.OOO men now idle in the anthra
cite fields will returu to work at once.
While it bad been reported for several
days that the miners might ask that
the differences be arbitrated, the prop
osition came to them as a great sur
pflse, as they did not believe the anion
leaders were ready to leave the contro
versy to a third party at this time.
That the operators will accept the
miners' proposal as submitted is not
generally believed; in fact, it Is inti
mated they may flatly refuse ths offer,
on the ground that existing conditions
are the result of arbitration. The em
ployers have decided to consider the
miners' latest move and promise to
give President Mitchell and his men an
answer on Monday, when another
meeting of the two sub-committees will
be held in this city.
Tbe anthracite boa d of ccnciliation
consists of six membtra three repre
senting the operators and three the
miners. This board held frequent ses
sions during the last three years,
settling loi-a disputes in the anthracite
region. The award of the strike com
mission provided that, when it could
not agree, a Federal judge in the Third
judicial district should appoint an
umpire, who should make a decision.
Judge George Gray, president of the
strike commission, nude the appoint
ments. During the first two years he
selected Carroll P. Wright, ex-United
States commissioner of labor, as the
umpire, but during the last year
Charles P. Neill, the present labor
commissioner, acted as the arbiter.
FURIOUS WITH FOREIGNERS.
Chinese Excited by Picture of Magis
trate Killed by Priest.
Pekib, April 6. The Nanchang affair
of February last, during which a Chi
nese magistrate met death as the result
of a diepute with French Catholic mis
sionaries which caused a riot and the
killing of a number of French and Brit
ish missionaries, continues to inflame
the Chinese. The native papers in the
north of China this week print pictures
of the magistrate's corp'e, showing his
wounds, with sensational articles writ
ten la a style which appeals to the
lower classes, exhorting the people not
to forget the outrages and to prepare to
defend themselves against foreign bru
talities. The belief that a French priest mur
dered the magistrate is universal and
probably no other incident ever excited
such widespread resentment against the
missionaries. In many place the
Catholic converts and the other Chinese
are living on the basis of armed neu
trality, and but for the presence of the
troops stationed near the missions by
the government's orders, the slightest
friction would result in massacre.
Disturbance in Coal Field.
Philadelphia, April H. The situa
tion in the coal fields remains un
changed. Occasional disturnancea are
reported from various sections, but
they are regarded as inconsequential.
As a result of the attacks mvle on the
breakers of the Fernwood colliery, the
Erie, company, which owns the land
occupied by the mineworkers, hat er
dered them to vacate the property.
The miners are said to have shot out
nearly every window in the breaker.
A detail of state police today arrested
seven Italian laborers at Mocanaqua,
near Wilkesbarre, who yesterday pre
vented non-union men from operating
the West End washery. They were
sent to jail.
Wants All Railroads Appraised.
Washington, April 6. By unani
mous vote today the National associa
tion of Railway commissioners adopted
the resolution of B H. Mnyer, of Wis
consin, offered yesterday, declaring it
to be the sense of the association that
the congress of the United States should
anthoriss and direct the Interstate
Commerce commission, or some other
department of the Federal government,
to ascertain th inventorv value of all
railways in the United States, and to
fix a valuation on the railway property
of each state separately.
-Heyburn
Smells Big Rat.
Washington, April 8. Senator Hev
burn today introduced a resolntion c til
ing on the Forest service for a statement
of receipts from the ssle of timber,
grsxing and other privileges granted in
forest reserves last tear. Under the
law this money for the next five vears
will be expanded in the administration
and extension of forest reserves; ap
proximately $700,000 was received las
yesr. Mr. Heyburn believes the Forest
service has been purposely including
caiislderable grsxing land in reserves in
order to swell its fund.
Viosca Hat Bsen Vindicated.
Waahinotnn. Anril 8. -Char.es made
against James Vioscs, the American
vice consul at La Pax, have been inves
ttgsted by the State department and
the Navy department, and the resnlt ia
a camplete vindication of Mr. Viosca.
It was charged by Clmles Pauson,
who, until his death a short time igo.
was employed at the United States na
val coaling station at Pichilinque bay,
that Viosca withheld part of the py of
employes at the station.
Will Build Island for Fort.
Washington, April 6. The creation
of an artifical island in the middle of
the entrance to Ch- sapeake bay is pro
posed by the Joint board on coast de
Unmm aa an ahaolnt essential to the
defense of the National capital and the
cities of Baltimore, aortoiK, Newport
and even Richmond. The gov
ernment will dump stone on the middle
gronnd as foundation lor a ton.
THLUUJNGJKESCUES
fire Cuts OH Escape la Portland
Chamber of Commerce.
ONE MAN FALLS TO HIS DEATH
Tongues of Flama Leap From Eighth
Floor and Make Rescue
Almost Marvelous.
Portland, April 7. Flames that
sprang np as from a magician's wand
swept the upper part f the Chamber of
Commerce block at 2:30 o'clock yester
day afternoon, wrecking the Commer
cial club and imperiling scores of lives.
With the swirling, fearful speed of a
whirlwind, great red sheets of fire and
dense vol a me of smoke passed from
room to room - if in a fiendish bnnt
for human life. Doseos of people,
caught unawares, scurried before the
deadly blast with death at their heels.
The one to forfeit bis life was Homer
II. Hallock, an employe of the Willasa
ette Valley Traction company. With
smoke and flame close behind bim, Mr,
Hallock attempted to climb from a
Commercial club window to a fire es
cape leading down the interior court of
ths building. The fire escape was six
feet away. It was a desperate under
taking, and the unfortunate man failed.
His body plnnged down seven stories to
a skylight on the second floor. He was
killed instantly.
The fire department was quickly on
the scene, nearly every piece of fire ap
paratus in Portland being brought into
service. The firemen performed cour
ageous and effective service. While
part of the force bushd itself laying
hose and directing streams of water,
others were at the equally dangerous
taik of rescuing those whose retreat
had been cut off in the upper stories.
The extension ladder fell 30 feet
short of the imprisoned men, and scal
ing ladders were need to reach the six
men imprisoned on the eighth floor.
Tom Richardson, manager of the Com
mercial club, was among this number,
and when the firemen reached him it
looked as though neither would get
down alive. Some 60 persons who were
in the upper stories reached safety by
the fire escapes.
The damage to the Chamber of Com
merce building will reach $100,000
fully insured, and the Commercial club
$40,000, with $20,000 Insurance. The
personal losses to occupants of the
building, such as lawyers and physici
ans, is not known, but It is estimated
they will reach several thousand dol
lars. INSURANCE REFORM BILLS.
Rapid Progress in Driving Them
. Through Legislature,
Albany, N. Y, April 7. The bills
proposed by the special investigating
committee passed another stage of their
progress today toward the statute books
in the senate committee of the whole.
Of the hills introduced by the com
mittee originally ten, but since con
solidated into seven four have pass!
the assembly, and are at the stage of
third reading or final passage in the
senate on the way to the governor.
These are the bills designated:
First, to restrict lobbying by requir
ing registry of "legislative agents":
second, relative to the acquisition of
real p operty by life insurance compan
ies; third, making contradictory state
ments under oath presumptive evi
dence of perjury, and fourth, forbid
ding rebates.
A fifth, the bill further penalising
falsification or omission of material
matters in the booki and records of
corporations, has passed the assembly,
but was amended in the senate, and
the bill must return to the assembly
for concurrence.
The so called "big bill" generally
amending the insurance laws and em
bodying most of the radical reforms in
insurance methods, was advanced to the
third reading in the senate to lay.
The seventh bill, that forbidding
campaign contributions by corpora
tions, was temporarily laid on the
ta'jle today with the consent of its
friends.
Increase in Foreign Commerce.
Washington, April 7. According to
a bulletin, issued by the department of
Commerce and Lalor, the exports from
the United States for the first eight
months of the fiscal year 1906 were
$190,000,000 in value in excess of
those of the corresponding months of
1905. The imp iris for the eight
months of 1908 are $71,0 )0,001) greater
than for the corresponding period of
1905. The growth in exports of msnu
lectures has been $45,000,000, and in
sgricnltnral prolncts, $133,000,000
over the same period last year.
Transport Lawton Off for Samoa.
Mare Island. Cal.. AdmI 7. The
transport Lawton left the navv rard
todsy for San Francisco, en route to
lutuila, Bamoa. The vessel is under
the command of tCommander John T.
Parker, who relieved Commander Wil
liam Winder yesterday. The transport
cartiea a full complement of men for
the U. a. S. Adsms, at Tutuila, as
well as a large supply of stores and
provisions for the naval station at that
place. She will bring tack the men
who form the present crew of the
Adams.
Heyburn's Useless Inquiry.
Washington, April 7. The senate
today passed Heyburn's resolution call
Ing for a statement . of receipts from
sales of timber an leases within forest
reserves. The Information asked for
will avail Mr. Heyburn nothing, since
the reform be seeks to bring about is
already under way. This money, here
tofore spentrithout the knowlelge of
congress, is hereafter to be expended hv
direction of congress. This takes the
meat oat of Mr. Heyburn inquiry.
Thieves Loot Monitim.
Roetoff, province of YsrosUv, Russia,
April 7. Thievee looted the Troitae
Warnltskl monastery on the night of
apru o ana got away wun iZ3,uuu and
a quantity of valuable articles.
WOMAN CONTROLS A BANK.
Tort Me- la the proud claimant
of the only woman bank president
in New England, aire, tnrsoetn Bur
lelh Davidson. She la the head of
the York County National Bank. .The
bank was organised In February, 1993,
with Janies T. Davidson president and
W. M. Walker vice president Mrs.
Davidson at that time was very mu
Interested In her home duties. And
these home duties were aa arduous as
the duties of the bead of the bank, for
In the Davidson family there were six
livelr children. In Wot Mr. Davidson
died. Vice President Walker was elect
ed aa bis successor ana Mrs. Davidson,
to tha general surprise of Maine teo-
ple, was made vice president of the
institution.
Mrs. Davidson was very well In
formed on the business of the bank.
Iteslde. she Is possessed of a bright
and alert mind. She stepped Into the
active life of the Institution as though
she had worked in the world of finance
for many years. From the beginning
of her financial career she showed
much enthusiasm and acumen. Every
day she spent severs! hours in her of
fice, consulted the directors on Invest
ments, and even ventured to suggest
many avenues for profitable use of the
funds.
The other officers ceased to regard
her as a woman ; they accepted her on
a basis of masculine ability ; they re
garded her as one of themselves. Con
sequently, when the president of the
bank died, In 1903, the directors unani
mously elected Mrs. Davidson to the
office. In her higher position she
showed even greater activity and sa
gacity. She assumed undisputed con
trol of the Institution. Other banking
men In the State, when they heard of
her, smiled ; later they said she waa a
very bright woman. Thoy came to have
much respect for her financial shrewd
ness and cleverness.
This Institution with a woman at Its
head is locuted In the vIllHge center,
near the old gaol, with the ancient
courthouse and old Congregational
church for other nelghliors. It Is
housed In a neat, comfortable $12,000
building a building as up to date as
any small bank building in New Eng
land. Mrs. Davidson Is very proud of
the attractive quarters of the York
County National Hank.
USE TONS OF PRINT PAPER.
Immense Quantities of Material Re
qui red In Government Work.
One of the largest items of expense In
connection with the government print
ing office Is the tralnlonds of paper re
quired yearly to keep pnee with tho
growing demands for Information re
garding the ooratlons of the govern
ment, says the Washington Star. Over
fsoo.otm was spoilt last year for this
material. The printing for both houses
of Congress consumes a large jMirtlon of
the total amount required by the ofllce.
Altout twenty carloads of 24 by 82 su
per-calendered paper ore required ench
year for the printing of bills, and a
large quantity of ordinary hook paper
Is used In the printing of the documents,
reports and other work of that charac
ter coming from the capital. The pn;er
used for the large Record presses Is
urehnsed In 4S-Inoh rolls of S50 pounds
each. Some Idea of the large amount of
paper required to print this official pub
lication Is gained from the statement
that two years ago, during the first two
months of the last Congress, twelve car
loads of these huge rolls were required
There Is little liability for paer of
an Inferior quality lx-lng worked off on
the government printing office, the pa
llor warehouse lielng prepared to thor
oughly test each shipment to compel
conformity with the standard establish
ed for the various grades. A delicate
mechanism Indicates the thickness of
the sheet, a novel paipr tester automati
cally records tli tensile strength and
an acid test Indicates the presence of
ground wood which has not been prop
erly treated with chemicals. The stand
ards are established by the samples sub
mitted by the bidders, and subsequent
deliveries must conform to this sched
ule. The use of paper at Uncle Sam's big
print shop also Involves th questlou
of printing Inks, The dally require
ments are said to be between 4 and
Win pounds. During the winter season
the Congressional Record Consumes an
average of 7j to SO pounds ir night
The Inkronm contains the pmior ma
terials for the finest cuts or the most
hurried and cheap work. Especially de
sirable Is the different qualities of Ink
for the different character of the work
In hand and the guallty of th paper
used. .
Wis Fellow.
"I have recently taken up with the
literary business,' says a Georgia broth
er, "but have decided that it will be
wise to keep th old fsrm going Just
the same." Atlanta Constitution.
An optimist la one who so grestly
exsggerates the else of the blue patrbes
In his aky that be la constantly getting
caught In the rain without an umbrella.
uaa. euzabetii b. iiaviBso:.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. I
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
E3TINQ ITEMS.
Comments and CrltlcUm Baaed L'poa
tb Happenings of tan Day-Hlatori
cal and News Nats.
I fa a wis diplomat that know his
own treaty when the Senata aeta
through with It
And now It U asserted that you can
drive an elevator trust through the
Sherman law.
A Seattle Judge recently granted thir
teen divorces in seventeen minutes.
And business was dull that day, too.
King Edward's state of health la
again causing alarm In England, but
Ireland isn't worrying much about it
Still, It doesn't follow that every man
who refralna from laughing la a mil
lionaire. Dyspepsia Is as bad aa money.
No more mystery about that unrest
America sent 722,ooo.ooo cigarettes to
China last year. U-f a apologias, if atlll
we can.
Who says the life insurance scan
dal didn't hurt? The Equitable last
year Issued $81,000,000 leas in policies
than the year before.
Dr. Mary Walker refuses to tell how
old she Is. This proves that it is Im
possible to make a man of a woman
but putting trousers on her.
Chauncey Dopew's "cantankerous
friend up the river" has not been heard
from for some time, l'erhaps be Is now
busy getting a living by working for it
The practice of carrying bombs In
the hair Is not one that can be rec
ommended The only weapons that can
te carried there with safety are the
switch and the hatpin.
J. Plerpont Morgan has paid $50,000
for a collection of mnuuscrtpts of Hub
ert Hums, the plowboy poet We
hasten, for the benefit of Indiana poets,
to add that Mr. Hums is dead.
In Philadelphia the other day one
man tried to kill another after they had
quarreled over a gout Even In the
case of the goat comedy and tragedy
may be separated by but a whisker.
Tobacco Is a necessity and ice cream
Isn't rules a Pittsburg Justice in pass
ing on the Sunday laws. And yet the
opponents of equal suffrage insist that
women are adequately represented In
the government
Does Mr. John I). Rockefeller, Jr,
think that Joseph, of the Egyptian corn
corner, the object of his sincere admira
tion, would have lieen Justified in run
ning away from Potlpbar'a wife if she
had been- a subpoena server?
London omnibuses carry seven times
over the entire population of the United
Kingdom in one year. Omnibuses pass
the Hank of England at the rate of
nearly eleven to the minute during the
busy time of day, and those passing
lu an hour would make a procession
two and one-half miles long.
Speaking of foreign trade,' one would
never Judge from the trade statistics
that the United States and Spain were
not only saying mean things of each
other, hut actually fighting, less than
eight years ago. For imports into this
country from Spain have Increased
from $3,WK),(HK) in 1807, the last year
prior to the Spanish war, to fS.BOO.OOO
In 10O.T" and exports have Increased
from $11,000,000 to $17,000,000 In the
same period.
Germany Is not content to give every
child a good schooling and backward
children a siwelal schooling, but con
templates "schools for the gifted." The
Idea Is that the brilliant and promis
ing should not be kept back by work
ing along with ordinary classes.. No
objection can be made to any plan for
more and better schools, but it may be
(minted out that the brilliant and the
gifted are usualy able to take care of
themselves. Sclnols are necessary not
for genius, but for the common run
of mediocrity into which most of us are
born.
The true wealth of Hie country Is In
Its people, Its upright faithful, intelli
gent citizens, who fnce their dally toll
cheerfully, love their homes and fami
lies, are kind and hospitable to rrleixls
.n.i neighbors and ready to lend a
hand to the weak and helpless every
where. Ana the pride or sucn a peo
r.i ! in Its men and women who ore
eminent for usefulness, for ability, for
leadership In Intellect and benefWnee,
In exploration and discovery and Inven
tion. There are many sucn men who
give up their lives to quiet patient
work for the teneflt of mankind, who
nnver exnlolt themselves and whose
achievement Is little known outside a
comparatively narrow circle.
There Is more trouble ahead for the
nutomoblllsts. In five years or there
abouts the question of fuel may become
for them a very serious one. Gasoline,
for which there has boon such a re
markable demand In the last ten years.
Is much higher In price than It was
when the demand Iwgan. but that isn't
the worst feature of the case. In a few
years there may be no gasoline, or
there will be so little of It In propor
tion to the amount wanted, that the
price will I prohibitive-. Alcohol, It Is
suggested, may come to the rescue, but
In order to get It at as low a figure as
we now get gasoline It will le neoes
sry for amny orsons to change their
minds. The Internal revenue tax on
spirits must be taken off If alcohol Is
to be put on the list of automobile
fuels. And that will come to pass
ever? Somebody w snts to know If boots are
made any more. They are. Your Un
cle Hlrsm, who will be St his next
birthday, and who flouts all new-fangled
things from automobiles to pat
ent cornshellera, wesrs boots. He aaya
tbe rheumatism would be the death of
him without calfskin leg coverings, and
there la still a limited market for boot-Jack-
If Ton "I" tud U" (oo C0T
ring of men and women for tb last
century you will be surprised to see
how sensible folks are getting. We
wear shoes Instead of boots because
they are neater, more comfortable, leaa
expensive and not at all clumsy. It
would be next to Impossible for Dame
Fashion to make us get back to boots.
Henry Plantagenet I Kike of A a Jon.
wore shoes, the points of which were
two feet In length. That waa for the
punose of hiding an excrescence on
one of his royal feet People who had
no excrescences on their feet followed
suit They had to. In the reign of
Queen Mary, square toea were the
rage, until a royal proclamation waa
Issued that no slioes were to be worn
with tbe toes more than six Inches
square. A good many of tb foolish
fashions have bad their day, and hu
manity has decided that the best fash
Ion Is the moat comfortable one. In
this country a single shoe firm has an
output worth a million dollars a
month. We are tbe greatest shoe
manufacturers In the world. Our shoos
go to all nations. They find Increas
ing favor because of their cheapness,
durability and elegance. Alt of which
speaks well for the enterprising manu
facturer and the common- sense of the
people of America,
At the last meeting of the National
Educational Association one of the
most Interesting and Important reports
came from the committee which had
been appointed to Investigate the mat
ter of secret fraternities In high
schools. Those who are familiar with
the school life of to-day are aware
that In many of the high schools there
are Greek-letter eoclotlcs, organized In
much the same way as tbe college fra
ternities which they seek to Imitate.
They have pins, "countersigns,"
"grips" and special forms of Initia
tion, and are secret In their meetings,
"rituals" and punmses. The rciort of
tbe committee was an Indictment so se
vere that It ought to reivlve the con
sideration of parents all over the coun
try. The charges against the "frater
nities" are that they are factional, and
stir up contention; that they form
premature and unnatural friendships ;
are selfish and snobbish, dissipate en
ergy and ambition and set wrong stand
ards of excellence; that they Inculcate
a feeling of self-sulllclency in the mem
bers, lessen frankness and cordiality
toward teachers, foster dark-lantern
methods, encourage habits of extrava
gance. Introduce politics Into the school
and detract attention from study. This
Is a pretty serious Indictment yet
there Is no question but that In the
main. It Is true. In public schools es
pecially, where the alms should he
purely democratic, anything which
builds up cliques Is to be condemned.
The high school fraternities are only
one manifestation of a Juvenile pre
cocity which shows Itself In many oth
er waya. Graduation has become "com
mencement," and Includes "class day,"
with special class officers and fre
quently a reception and dance. En
graved programs must be paid for and
a band hired. Evening dress has taken
the place of the more sensible "Jacket"
and the gowns of the young women are
more elaborate and exieiislve. Pipes
and cigarettes appear more frequently
In the mouths of the boys. Tbe toga
vlrllls may be attractive, but It Is nn
Ill-fitting and unbecoming garment on
tbe figures which have not yet out
grown the toga praetexta.
PUT THE ANIMALS TOGETHER.
Their Effort to Krrp Warm Pnt an
End to Their Hostilities.
Men are sometimes advised to tako
a lesson from the animals, and a story
told by M. Ungues lo Hon i would seem
to Indicate that they are at least quite
capable of Intelligent reasoning, says
the London GIole.
M. le Itoux has traveled extensively,
and at his place, not far from Paris,
he likes to study the animals he has
brought back from his wanderings. He
has at present In his amateur menag
erie a Saharan gazelle, a young Italian
wolf, two fox terriers and a mare and
her fool. At first oil these animals
were on the very worst of terms with
one another. The wolf had his shoul
der put out of Joint by the gazelle In
an encounter in which ho was given
to understand that the gazelle did not
care to be dlsturlied In her dally prom
enades. The mare could not bear the
fox terriers, and If they ever veil
turned near her box when she was
suckling her foal she wos ready to
make a meal of them.
The various members of the menag
erie would probably have continued to
maintain toward one another on at
titude of enmity and defiance had not
an accidental circumstance put an end
to their mutual hostility. At the com
mencement of winter workmen began
to demolish the kennel and take the
roof off the stable. All the animals
were exposed to cold and rain.
How to keep them comfortable was
at length solved by an Ethiopian sol
dier whom M. le Itoux had brought
back with him to Franco. "All these
animals are cold," he argued, "liecause
they are separate. I'll put them to
gether." Had he consulted his master
before doing so be could certainly not
have ohtslncd iiermlsslon, for M. . le
Itoux, knowing their hostility toward
one another, would have forbidden such
a plan for fear of the consequences.
Hut when he went Into the garden
one day to give his ts a carrot he
found them all collected together. The
millennium had srrlved the gazelle
and the wolf were lying down togeth
er, the mare and the fox terriers had
become reconciled, snd In the common
warmth and comfort which they Joint
ly shared all thought of hatred hail
vanished.
Appropriate.
"Funny thing hapis-nod at the Lotta-do-Hunchoflt
wedding."
"What wss that?"
"Tbe preacher got rattled at having
to marry two such wealthy rona and
be got the wedding ceremony mixed np
with the funeral service. Started lu
Dust to dust!'" Clevelsnd Leader.
Grander Than In Alps.
Teacher Johnny, for what Is Switz
erland famous?
Scholar Why m'm Swiss cheese,
"Oh, something grander, more Impres
sive, more tremendoue."
"Urn burger?" Cleveland Leader.
LIM Boston Girl Are you a cot
tager? Little Harlem Hoy No, I'm
flatterer. Life.
He Millionaires are very common
nowadays. She Some of them alway
were! Detroit Free Tress.
II Don't you think that som of
her aaylugs are smart? She They
aren't but they do. Hrooklyn Hfe.
The Small Chap Say, Papa, what
ia ths race problem? Papa Picking
winner. Kansas City Independent
"Jones went to Maine to get back
to nature." "Did be?" "Ye, got shot
by mistake for a deer, and la now
burled." Town Topics.
"I don't believe I'm the only girl
you ever loved. Fred?" "Why, dear
est? "Because you klsa aa If you were
were used to It" Chip.
"I It necessary to enclose stamp?
asked the poet "More necessary, even,
than to enclose poetry," rescinded tb
editor. Philadelphia ledger.
Jasper Who la that fine looking
man over there? Jumpupe That?
Oh, that Is one of our most highly sua
tected citizens. Town Topic.
Cholly Hah Jove, y' know, Mis
Savvaru said I looked like an extreme
ly clevah man." IVlly Did she say
who the clever man was? Cleveland
I.eader.
Weary I tell you how to make
money. Huy thermometer now and
sell 'em next July. Heery What for?
Weary They're bound to go up New
York MalL
The Rejected Do you refuse me on
account of my poverty or on account
of myself? The Hejoetress Neither
It's wholly on my own account Civ
land Leader.
Mrs. Tawker Why, my husband
would descend to any depth, however
low, for money I "A criminal, ehf
"No, he's a professional diver." Pitts
burg Gazette.
"How Is your new girl, Mrs, Up
more? I beard she was sick." "She"
Improving. She was able to sit up
this morning and give notice." Chi
cago Tribune,
"I understand tbe author of that
popular song got ouly $."00 for writ
ing It" "Oh, well, perhaps It waa a
first offense. Did be pay the fine?"
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Old Goldrox has gone bankrupt
You don't say I What was th
trouble?" "Sjient all his money trying
to lenrn how how to live the slinpl
life," Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Wha'd be get fired for?" "Pig
headed. Couldn't get him to set Rus
sian names anyway except by leaning
bis elbow on the key-board of the ma
chine." Indlanopolls News.
Teacher Henry, what Is your ex
cuse for being absent from school yes
terday? Schoolboy (In Washington)
Teacher, I was paired with Jimmy
Klrkbrlde. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs, Nexdore I bought a new plec
of mivic for my daughter to play, and
I guess she'll master It soon. She waa
trying all afternoon. Miss Pepprey
Indeed, she was; very I Philadelphia
Prees.
Kind Lady If I give you something
to ent will you wash your face and
hands? Poor IIoImo Youse misunder
stood me, lady; I said I win hungry
I didn't say I wui starvln' and des
perate. Ex.
Dorcas The operation was ucce
ful, but the potlent couldn't survlv
the shock. Mrs. Dorcas Gracious I
How careless to let a poor man In hi
condition find out whnt the operation
cost. ruck.
"You talked all through my solo,
said the musician, a little resentfully.
"Oh, that's all right," said the self
sufficient sage, "I wasn't saying any
thing you would care about hearing."
Washington Star.
The Lady I have only S cents to
give away this morning. To which of
you two shall I give It? The Ilolso
Give It to Panhandle rote, mum; he'
bought dls route o' me, an' I'm Just
takln' him over de ground. Ex.
Mrs. Klobbs (severely) I've been
lying awake these three hours waiting
for you to come home. Mr. Klubba
(ruefully) Gee! And I've been stsy
Ing away three hours, waiting for yoo
to go to sleep. Cleveland lender.
"Now," shouted the Socialistic street
orator, "let us ask of ourselves, calmly,
'What Is the question of the hour with
the worklngmonr" "Usually," re
plied the observant citizen, "It's, Say t
Is It 12 o'clock yet T "Philadelphia
Press.
"I suppose your feelings sometime
leod you to say more than you Intend,"
said the man who odmlres oratory.
"Never," onswered Senator Sorghum.
"but It sometimes hapiens that my In
tentions lead me to say more than I
feel.".- Washington Star.
"Funny thing," began Stlnglman, try.
Ing to get some medical advice free
"I know a man who gets neuralgia so
bad at time he simply yells with pain.
What would you do In a case Ilk
that?" "Why," replied Dr. Wise, "I'm
afraid I'd yell with pain, too." Phila
delphia Presa.
"I'v called." said the lady, "to
thank you for th notice you gav my
'History of Female Suffrage,' but by
the way, you had one odd typographi
cal error. You soke of me ss 'a new
h-l t-e-r-l-c-a-l writer.'" "That' no
replied the llfprsry editor, "'hysterical
should be spelled with a y." Phila
delphia Ledger.
Qalta .
Towns I wonder why young ftad
ley doesn't aettl down?
Hrownt" Oh ! I suppose that goe
against tbe grain.
Towne Whst grain?
Hrowne Well, ths wild oata. Phil
adelphia Presa.
The first day a boy starts to school
be hear. "Come atrslght horn with
out stopping on the rosd to plsy," and
be bear tb am thing from th llr
of som woman till th end of hi
ur.
lated.