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People C heer Loudly Whon Libor« I
Leaders A rrivé at We»tmln»tsr.
Washington; Fab. 12. — Tfca post-
offloa appropriation bill, raportad to
tbs boose lata yesterday, makos no
«bangs in aaeond-elaaa poataga ratas Ï
and eon ta Ins no A lp subsidy provision.
Tbs bill car riso nearly 9280,000,000,
which is an Increase over last year's
of 88,000,000.
Fopr administration measure« are
sore of passage at this ssaaion of con
gress. After conferenza with sen
ators aad representatives, President
Taft toldI bailors today that be fait cer
tain tbs amendments to tbs interstate
London, Fob. IS.—After the hsrdeat
fooght oloetioo England baa ovfr
known, tbe third parliament of King
Washington, Fab. 16. — Reports Edward’s roign assembled at Waat>
made by Joerporatioos under tbe law m instar for tbo soas ion's business«* 2
imposing a tax of 1 per cent on their
oat incomes are not to be open to pub far haa basa pureiy formai aad fonr
days will be oocupied in no moro otm-
lic inspection unless congrues makes sational way than «wearing in members
an appropriation specifically providing and «ffoeting tbe usuai organisation.
Although thè house did not convene
for aecommodations and clerical help.
Somebody has discovered that an aet until 2 o’clock, tbe doors were opened
as usuai at midnight and all througb
passed in 1882>xpr f « ] y prohibits tbs
thè early boari ef «ha forenuon toera
sseretary of tbo treasury from using urbi tbo eustomsry rutta ot oe 6-70
any part of tbo appropriation of $100,- members of tlm sommons fnr
beat,
000 made by congress "fo r tbo oxpsn- or, in faet, far any at all, of ths 600
so« of collecting the Federal incorpora,
tion tax" in the employment of par*
ch apter n m
period ot our country's history
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k| Which these charectem
were
formed
WSf one of tremendous moral earnest-
asas In that struscia In which man
pitted himself «gainst primeval foreet
aaut aboriginal inhabitant, the strong
est types of manhood and womsnhns*
were evolved, and thoee who oonoelv
ed tbe Idea of living a righteous Ufi
set themselves to Us realisation wttl
a
they lived by anticipation.
David Cotcon was only one of many
who, .to a degree which to these lees
■ sweet or at least mow snstertaUetle
tin ea appear* toowdlble, bad deter-
astoed to trample the world under their
fe e t He awoke neat morning with an
unabated purpose aad at an early hour
pet resolutely about Its sxaoutton. He
hade s brave farewell to P apeete. • * '
honed her to seek with him tont pw p-
ton of heart which alone could i t
p for the future, and then wtth a
of provisions over his shoulder and
m ani fee ted whether that body Will re
enact the existing publicity provision
toms of 140,000,000,
today witbont sny a
mento by toe reprs
JA PAN B U S Y IN PH ILIPPINES.
tbe United States "an information la
bor o flser." whose duty It shall
be to supply dally to employers Hats of
lists of « mployen «rant laborers.
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Eqc ou ni> y bus ! is to ba a distribut-
ing bills iutroduced by Senator Piles
Appropriating 980,000 fior the aatab being conducted Jointly.
liahment o r a lighthouse on KelWt’i
fo ra light!
870,000 to
8cnator Bonnie today offered an
amendment to toe riven and barbere
bill, appropriating $426,000 for im
provement ef toe 8iualaw river's
Senator Chamberlain today intro
duced bills formerly offend fay Senator
Fulton, as follows: For final settle
ment witfi the Clatsop tribe of Indiana,
appropriating 818,000 to pay far lands
taken; 810,600 for too Tillamook
tribe, 87,000 for the Ka this met hand
of the Chinook tribe, 86,000 fa* tbe
Wbeelappa tribe, $20,000 for tbekm er
band of the Chinook tribe, 87,000 for
tfaa Waokiauto band of the Chinook
tribe, and 81*800 for tbe Nae-Quee-
Che-Wt-Muck tribe.
. Washington, Fab. 14.— A bill look
ing to tba further nationalising of the
California Big Tree fonata was favor
ably reported by the bouse commmit-
tee on public lands today, whan it n
worn mended the Smith bill providing
fo rth « exchange of privately-owned
landa in tbe Sequoia and General Grant
Parka'for other public lands in Gali-
Washington, Fab. 17.— Sentiment
in the senato, as rdeveloped today, ia
generally favearable to the bill author*
igiog tbe taaaonee ef $80,906,000 of
reclamation certificates, Senator Flint,
Kaon and Burton being tbe only once
equal value or acreage with the con
sent of the secretaries of agriculture
and the interior.
Strenuous opposition from unexpect
ed quartan «ras the reception met by
tbe Alaskan legislativa council bill up
on brief consideration in tbe senate to
day.
A »su its upon varions features of
tbo messore by Clark, of Wyooting,
Cratrford, Borah, Heyburn, Fraser and
Clay were arrested by Beveridge, who
baa the bill in charge, until his voice
gave way ondar a savors cold. Consid
eration at tbo bill «ras then postponed.
fornito
Than a n now'about 8,000 acres of
this land within tbe two national
parka. Owners of such landa a n autb-
the Quiet murmurs of tbs two* little
rills which whispered to each other
Manils, Feb. 16.— Greet interest
startled interrogations as to the mQpn-
was aroused in oAeial circies today by
tbe report tbat severa! tbousaod Jap-
anese riflee bad been landed eh tbe
Tayabas eoaeL It ia faawd by soma
tbatJapan ia planning to instali an
armed forca fai tfaa Philippines, sodi aa
it is believad to bave now fai HawaiL
It la believed by many that
era delibarataiy brought by
That Japan baa always bad bar
ays on tbe Philippines everyone b an
kaama. The statement tbat the Jap
anese could take Manila in abort order
baa boon made repeatedly aad only this
winter baa resulted in the government
at Washington tasking provision for
extensive coast forrtifieations.
Whether tbe landing of the rifles
was oart of a general plot, or the work
of daring smugglers who wish to dis
organise tbs constabulary aa much as
possible and keep them busy with in
ternal matters, tbe situation la almost
squally serious. If they can keep tbe
native tribee in revolt, they evidently
think their operations can be carried
on successfully.
Tayabas ia the province which bord
ers on tbe east coast of Luson island.
doubtful.
Expert to Explore Oregon for Oil.
Washington, Fab. 18.— Partial ar
rangements ways made today by Sena
tor Bourne to have a geologist from
the geological survey examine the
oil doporita of Oregon next year. The
Astoria chamber of commerce petition
ed that tbo matter be taken up. J. 8.
Diller, of the geological survey, who
foam the majority of committees aad has dons considerable work in Oregon,
only Cannon Democrats be placed upon informs Bourne tbat his explorations
Steamship Lines Grafting?
have convinced him that all along the
the minorities of thooo eommittooo?”
Washington, Fab. 16.— It davalopad
Tbo diplomatic and consular bill, coast than are promising oil deposits. today tbat the immigration service baa
carrying $41,19,481, which pawed the
bean reporting from 180,000 to 400,000
Wants P r o o f Against Railroads.
more immigrants a year toon it re
Washington, Feb. 16.—The bouse perto in tbo oolleetion of tbo head tax
committee on' pootoAoo and paatroadr on immigrante. The steamship eoas-
is pleading tbat aoaw on# «rill come panies usually pay the band tax. Thera
forward and submit proofs that tbs
000,000 in 1907.
It baa
boon entertaining onanl-
moos opinions tbat ------- illroada wars
not paid too much,
tive Victor Murdoc
reformera, deslares
not being robbed and regards toe mail
contract« as fair.
protection and not luxury! S a v in -
enee mora satisfied his hunger, be bunt
n i r e In front of his rude booth, and
lay down to Its genial rays, his head
upon a pillow of moss. The stillness
thought» hevertog over the surface of
hie mind, like a flock of swallows above
a c r y s t a l w a» . A n d Nature did take
him beak Into that «01-enfoldlng heart
w hew there Is room and a welcome
tor all who do not alienate themselves.
Her totehatrlngs are always out. and
forests, fields, mountains, oceans, des
erts even, have a silent, genial wel
come tor a ll who enter their open doors
with reverenoe. sympathy and yen w
ing. A i" * " asleep alone In a vast w il
derness! How easy It would be for
Nature to forget him and permit him
to sleep on forever! What givee M u
hie importance there amid thoee giant
trees? W hv should sun, moon, stare,
gravity, heat, cold, care for him? How
can the hand that guides the constella
tion»— thoee vast navies of the Infinite
— pause to touch the eyelids of this
atom when the time comes tor him to
rise? When the sleeper woke, refresh
ed and rested, to the morning. It was
-to take up tbe routine of duties which
were to be only slightly varied for
many months to come.
One after another the great trees
succumbed to the blows of hie « dm and
from their prostrate forma he careful
ly «elected thoee which were • beet
from the oleari ng.
When the relay days came he spent
hie time to the shelter of hie little ar
bor cutting the "shakes," or shingles,
which «rere to furnish the roof of Pe-
peeta’e home
The days aad «reeks fled by aad the
opening to the forest grew specs. He
measured it by eight with a celestial
arithmetic, using the stars for hU tri
angulations, and an one after «mother
of them became visible where before
they had been obscured by the foliage
of the trees, he smiled, and felt as If
he were cutting his farm out of heav
en instead of earth. It «ras really out
out of both!
Hla Sundays «rere spent at the old
homestead with hla loved onda, and
once every week Pepeeta asms with
Steven to bring him luxuries which
her own hands tout prepared, and to
pasa the afternoon with him at hla
w o rk to the "clearing."
Those «rere memorable hours, poe-
aesitng that three-fold exUtence with
w hich every hour can be endowed by
the soul of man— an tic! peti on— realisa
tion—recoileetlon. Ia this way a ala*
gle moment sometimes becomes almost
synchronous with eternity.
It would have been impossible to tell
which of the three «ras happiest, but
Pepeeta «rsa always the oenter of In
terest. attention aad devotloa. Her
whole nature seemed to be ¿roused aad
called tato play; all her oountleee
charms «rare tooeoaaatly evoked; her
Inimitable laughter resounded through
the woods aad challenged the emulous
birds to unsuccessful competition. Se
riousness alternated wtth gaiety, oo-
Quetry «rito gravity. Some of the time
she «pent la gathering flowers to M ora
her lover's bpoth, and some la carry-
Ing to the rubbish pile such ItmLs and
branches as ber strength would per
mit her to handle
Steven aad Papeete were to a b aw
with him to tbo enottement of this con
flagration, and David had postponed It
until dusk. to order that they might
enjoy its enOre sublimity. He Imd
taken the precaution to plow many fur
rows around the oabto and also around
the edge of the clearing; so the flames
could neither destroy his bones nor
devastate the forest.
Such precautions w ew necessary, for
nothing can exoeed the ferocity of fire
In the debris- which the woodsmen
scatter about them. When the dusk
had settled down on this woodland
world and long shadows had crept
across the clearing, wrapping them-
eplves,round the trees at its edge and
scattering themselves among the thick
braaflbes till they were almost hid
from view, David lighted a pine torch
and gave It Into the hands of the ea
ger boy. who seised It and like a young
Prometheus started forth. A stogie
touch to the dry finder was enough.
With a dull explosion, the trtsss burst
Into flame. Shoattog to hie exultation,
the little torch-bearer rushed on. ig
niting pile after pile, ’and leaving be
hind him almost at every step a mighty
conflagration. A t each new Instant, as
the night advanced, until ten, twenty,
fifty great heaps were roaring and
seething with flames! Orest Jets
spouted up Into the midnight heavens
as If about to kiss the very stars, aad
suddenly expired to the Illimitable
space above them. Immense sparks,
shot out from these bonfires aa from
the craters of volcanoes, went Bailing
tote the void around them and fell
hissing into the w ater of the brooks or
silently Into the aew-plowed furrows.
The clouds above the heads of the
subdued and almost terrified beholders,
for no one Is ever altogether prepared
tor the absolute awfulneas ot such e
spectacle, were glowing with the fierce
light which the Area threw upon them.
Weird Illuminations played fantastic
trifles in the foliage from which the
startled shadows had vanished. Tbe
roar of the evur-lnoreaalng fires be
came louder and louder, until In very
terror Pepeeta crept into David’s arms
for protection, while the child who had
fearlessly produced this soene of awful
grandeur and destruction shouted with
triumph at hie play.
"Thee’e a reckless little fire-eater!’*
said David, watching his figure as It
appeared and disappeared.
"How
youth trifles wtth forces whose powers
It aan neither measure nor control! It
was well that I drew a furrow around
our oabto or It would have been burn
ed."
His gase was fixed on the little cab
in which seemed to danoe aad oscillate
In the palpitating light; and touched
by the analogies aad symbols which
his penetrating eye discovered to the
simple scenes of dally life, he contin
ued to soliloquise, eaylng. *1 should
have drawn furrows around my life,
before I played wtth Are!"
"Nay, David," replied Pepeeta. “we
ehoald never have played with fire at
all."
■ to*vine the “ F lre -W e c a a .”
When the first railroad was laid
ovdr the Western plains, and the care
began running to San Francisco, the
Indians viewed the locomotive from
the hilltops at a distance, mot daring
to come nearer the “fire-wagon ” A
train of cart was to them "heap w ag
on, no hoaa.” An Apache chief gath
ered a party ot w arriors in Arisons
and want several hundred miles to sea
the terrible fire-wagon that whistled
louder than the eagle’s scream, and
poured out danse black amoks. W. M.
Thayer soya, to hie "Marvels of the
New W est," that the redskins grew
bolder, and ones attacked a fire-wag
on, expecting to capture I t
When
they Called and many were Injured,
they said, “FIre-wagon bad medicine!“
i The Indians stretched a lariat
across the track, breast-high, each and
being held by thirty braves.
"When the engineer first saw I t be
didn’t know what on earth was the
matter," said the narrator, “but In a
minute more he buret out laughing.
He caught hold of that throttle, and
ha opened her o u t
"He struck that lariat going about
forty miles an hour, and he Just piled
those braves up everlasting promiseu-
Ik tr B e ra sk .
"W hy do you hand ms this aim»-
nee?” inquired the prominent dtlsen.
“So that you may pick out the anec
dotes to be attached to your inter
flow ." explained the man who worn get
ting up the magaxlne article. "It la
only fair to give you a choice."— Lout»
villa Courier-Journal.
“ Tour tickets * were complimentary,
were they not?“ «
“Well,” replied the man who had
seen a painfully amateur entertain
ment, “ I thought they were a atll I
aa«r the show."— TU Bits.
Experiments in abrasion conducted
at a Preach mint have proved that
aluminum coins win ha less rapidly
worn by use than coins made of gold»
silver or even brosse.