LARGEST EVER
Battleship Nebraska Added
to American Navy.
IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED
rutty so.ooo People Viewed the
Ceremonies Christened by Miss
MkkeVi Governor's Daughter.
Settle, Oct. 8. The battleship Ne
braska, destined to b one of the finest
fighting machines afloat and already
showing in every detail that ahe will
come up to expectations, slid gracefully
into the water promptly at two minutes
after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The great man of nearly 15,000,000
pounds of steel moved down the ways
as easily and noiselessly as though it
were only a diminutive fishing schooner,
instead of one of tl e largest battleships
in the word.
The etateu.ent that she moved i o e-
lesely may be difficult to prove, foi
bedlam broke lose almost simultaneous
ly with the Nebraska and wild cheer
ing from 40,000 throats drowr.ed the
music of half a doaen bands and made
the roar of the big cannon on the Unit
ed States monitor Wyoming seem faint
and far away. Taking up the refrain.
who-w key was pitched under the build
ing sheds of the yards every steam
whistle between Ballard and Black
river turned loose and hundreds of craft
ranging in site from giant steamships
down to launches and every locomotive
on the water front add d to the music
with whistle and bell.
fully 50,000 people viewed the cere
monies and saw the big vessel slip into
the water, he created but a very
small wave as she took her maiden
plunge, and floated out gently and
gracefully. Naval men who viewed the
launching stated that it was the most
successful they ever saw.
Miss Mary Nain Mickey, daughter of
the governor of Nebraska, christened
the vessel.
CLARK, INNOCENT PURCHASER. ,
Title Disputed to Land Grants Ac
quired fraudulently.
San Franciceo. Oct. 1C. The case of
the United States against Senator Wil
liam A Clark, was srgned today before
the cncoit court of appeals. It came
before this bench on an appeal trom
the circuit court for the district of
Montana.
The action is brought to annul 82
land grants under which Clark claims
title to timber lands it hin the state
of Montana, on the groan 1 of alleged
frauds committed by the a'entees in
securing the same.
It is charged tl at the patenli were
secured under the direction of Rylert
M. Cobban, who later transferred the
land to Clark. Cobban le alleged to
have first examined the lands and then
hired persons to enter them nnder the
stone and timber act, agreeing to pay
them for their services, to defray all
their expenses and furnish the pur
chase price of the lands.
The lower court held that, on snch a
state of facto, Glark, the innocent pur
chaser for a valuable consideration,
acquired a valid title. The govern
ment took the matter on a writ of er
ror t the circuit conrt of appeals.
ALASKA CABLE COMPLETED.
Acting Governor Distin Announces
Event' try Message.
Seattle, Oct. 10. Telegraphic com
munication has now been established
between the Btates and all parts of
Alaska: At 7:47 o'clock this after
noon the following official n esBage was
received here, announcing the opening
of the line:
Sitxa, Alaeka, Oct. 8, 1904. The
newspapers of Seattle and the Associ
ated Press: The completion of the
government cable from Valdez to Sitka
making a complete connection by an
ail-American line with 46 stations in
Alaska, is the beginning of a new era
for Alaeka. Wagon roads and rail
ways will open op tbe greatest mining
center of the world. Other industries
will quickly follow and insure this
country's future prosperity. William
L. Distin, acting governor of Alaska.'
Blockade-Runner Captured.
Tokio, Oct. 10. The Port Arthur
blockading fleet has captured a junk
laden with provisions. ihe junk was
endeavoring to enter the harbor. The
statements of the crew and evidence
found aboard the junk indicate the
existence of a fleet of 80 junks organ
lzed to run the blockade from the vi
cinity of Teingtaa. Despite the vigi
lence of the blockading Meet, many
junks reach the Russian unesatanum
her of landing places on the lower end
of the peninsula. The junks enter at
night.
Railroad to Be Electrified.
New York, Oct. 10. About 100
miles of the Long Island railroad sys
tem will be equipped with electricity
it is stated, and be ready for operation
with that power early next spring
Ultimate y it will be possible for a per
son to take train at the Pennsylvania
station, to be built in the heart of
Manhattan, and ride without a change
of cars or motive power to Manhattan
Beach, Rockaway Beach, Far K ek
away, Averne or intermediate points.
Russian Troops In Good Health.
Moscow, Oct. 10. Professor Golo
win, of the Red Cross society, who has
just returned here f i om tbe front, re
ports the health and general condition
of the troopB are remarkably good.
There are no epidemics, and no very
serious disease, the prevailing com
plaints being a light form of Btomach
typhus and dysentery.
PLEA NOT IN VAIN.
America Gains Another Victory In
Russian Court.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 8. Contiary
to general expectations, the represen
tations submitted to Russia by the
United States for the recognition, with
out diacriminaton, of American pass
port hare not been entirely fruitless.
Foreign Minister Lan sdorff's response,
communicated to Ambassador McCor-
mick today, even creates the hope that
something may actually be accomp
lished.
After receiving consideration at the
foiei&n office, the American not was
referred to the high comission for gen-
eral revision of passport laws, which
mas created by imperial ukase, in De
cember, 1903. All matters relating to
passpoits and the exclusion of the Jews
are governed by the international laws
of the empire, and the question is out
side of the direct field of diplomatic
negotiation. By referring the icpre-
sentation of the United States, compli
ance with wiiieh would involve a modi-
hcation of the passport laws, to the
commission, whicli boity is competent
to act theieon, a decison of the question
may be directly reached.
An official of the foreign office has
been appointed by Couut I-amadorff to
sit with the commssion, thus insuring
consideration of the international as
pect of the question. Moreover, the
commission will sit under the diiection
of the minister of the interior and Am
bassador McCormick, who had an ex
tended talk with Prince Sviatopolk-
Musky, the minister of the interior,
upon the subject this afternoon found
him, as might have been expected from
s recent public utterances, quite
sympathetic.
AUTO PLUNGES OVER BANK.
Train Strikes the Wreckage and
Three People are Killed.
New York, Oct. 8. While speeding
along in the Kronx early to is morning
an automobile containing nine persons
went off an embankment at One Hun
dred and Sixty-first street and Jerome
avenue and two pertons, a man and
woman, were kille I The machine fell
on to the New -Tk Central tracks,
and the wreckage was strut k by a south
bound train.
In the automobile when the accident
occurred were five women and four
men. At Jerome avenue and One Hun
dred and Sixty-first street the roadway
is between 30 and 40 feet above the
railroad tracks. When the big ma
chine plunged downward it struck near
the southbound tracks, and the nine
persons and the automobile were caught
by an incoming train.
Besides the two killed, all the others
in the automobile were injured. They
were taken to the Fordbam hospital,
where it was reported at 1 :30 this
morning that at least four of those hurt
were in a serious condition.
One of the passengers on the train
said that the train was running about
35 miles an hour when it struck the
machine. TH machine was a heavy
touring car, and i: i. said was running
down Jerome avenr? rt a rapid rate of
speed.
STATION TOR COLUMBIA.
Navy Department Is Pushing Estab
lishment of Wireless Telegraphy.
Washington, Oct. 8. Admiral Man-
ney, cniet of tbe buieau ot toe equip
ment of the navy department, has keen
pushing with great energy the estab
lishment of wireless stations for naval
and general maritime use. A report
addressed by bim to the secretary of
the navy come time ago, but just made
public, shows the bureau already has
established 22 stations along the coast,
Among the stations to be established
are the following: San Diego, San
Pedro, Point Conception, Point Sur,
Point Arenas, Cape Mendicino, Cape
Blanco, Columbia river, Cape Flattery,
Port Towneend, Bremerton, Washing
ton, Sitka, Dutch Harbor, Kieka is
land, Honolulu, Midway islands,
Guam, Tutuila, Cape Bojeador, Point
Piedras, Capoee, Ologapo, San Bernar
dino, Port fiubig, Port Cebu, Point
Tabuna, Iloilo. Susla Straits.
Chairman Tawney Coming.
Portland, Oct. 8. James Tawney,
chairman of the exposition committee of
the United States congress, is to visit
Portland next summer to attend the
Lewis and Clark exposition. Mr.
Tawney will be remembered as the con
gressman who stood by tbe Oregon del
egation at the time the exposition ap
propriation bill was brought up, and
he is in a large measure responsible
for the passage of tbe bill. Word of
his intended visit was received yester
day by President Myers, of the state
comiaeion.
May Have Robbed Attaches.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 8 The French
embassy here has received informtion
that two Chinamen have been ai rested
at Ohefoo while trying to exchange $2,
000 in Fiench and German notes, be
lieved to have been stolen from Lieu
tenat de uuvervme and captain von
Gilgenheim, respectively the French
and German naval attaches at Port
Arthur, who have mysteriously disap
peared. A local paper intimates that
the Japanese are the real culprits.
Deathblow to Bullfighting in Spain.
Madrid, Oct. 8. The Institute of
Social Reforms, after a heated discus
sion today, decided by 13 votes to eight
to ratify the absolute prohibition of
Sunray ball fighting. This
is consid-
eied to be the death blow to bull fight
ing in Spain,
FIGHT AT SEA
Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Ventures Out.
TORT IS EXPECTED TO GIVE UP
Opinion Based on Assertions That
Squadron Would Make no Sortie
Until Hope Was Gone.
Tokio, Oct. 7. Tokio has advices
that late yesterday evening a naval bat
tle had occurred at Port Arthur. While
no details are obtainable other thau
that the fight is said to have followed a
sortie on the part of the Russian squad
ron, the belief prevails that there can
be no doubt as to the outcome. The
Russian vessels, as is well known, an
in no condition to meet Admiral Togo's
we'l-equipped and thoroughly repaired
fleet. In addition to this, the Rus
sians are greatly inferior in numbers.
A sortie at this time by tbe Russian
fleet would have peculiar significance,
as it would indicate the land ("ices
found their petition had become unten
able, and the fall of tbe stronghold is
now expected to follow quickly. It hs
Keen stated on numerous occasions late
ly, and on the twt of authority, that
the battle-torn fleet bottled up in the
harbor of the Port would make no fur
ther attempt to escape, until tbe last
hope of relief oi holding out had gone.
TEARS AN AMERICAN PLOT.
European Statesmen Believes She
Has Designs on Trade.
Talis, Oct. 7. Some European
statesmen are seriously oncerned for
the economic future ol Europe. Cer
tain among them, see, or fancy they
see, a deep-laid scheme on the part of
the United States for absorbing tbe
commerce of Asia, and appear to think
the moment has arrived to issue a seri-
ou note of warning.
T k!v M. Melin, ex-prime ministei
and leader ol the French Protectionists,
sounds an alarm in the Repnblique
Francaixe in an article entithd "The
United States in Asia."
M. Melin says no mistake should be
made by Europe. lie says it is in the
direction of the Far East America is
evidently turning its commercial am
bition. England, he says, will prefer
to throw itself into the arms of the
great American republic, which is
close to her and may render her t-er vice.
In conclusion M. Melin fays:
'One cannot tefrain from rather
melancholy reflections on the commer
cial and economic future of old Europe.
The more her industry increases that
much more her marhinery improves,
and the more her warehouses are cram
med with goods, just so much the more
restricted and narrow her expansion
abroad becomes. She now finds herself
in the presence of a giant, who, with
mighty Japan, is taking away her ens
torn. After having seized a portion of
that of South America, the giant is
now prepar ng to deprive her of that of
tbe Yellow races, which is the most
important in the world. The issue
promises to leave to Eurpe tbe negroes
of the Soudau and the vast regions ol
Afrita, but until that proves profitable
poor Europe will have time to stew in
her own juice."
WILD RACE TO ESCAPE DANGER.
last Furnace rilled With Hot
Iron
in Wake of Trolley Car.
New York, Oct 7. A ten-ton rolling
blast furnace filled with hot iron used
for the welding of the joints of trolley
tracks has been the cause ot an excit
ing ride for a carload of people in New
ark, N. J. The furnace became nn
manageable on the top of a steep hill,
and started down w ith rapidly increas
ing speed in the wake ot a trolley car
bound toward the1 center of tbe city.
The motorman put on full speed, bit
the mass of iron and fire gained stead
ily. When it seemed a disastrous col
lision was inevitable, the car crew and
ten passengers, several of whom were
women, held a hurried consultation
and decided that the only chance to
save their lives was in jumping.
Alter the race had gone on for
quarter of a mile, with the furnace
steadily gaining, the runaway machine
swerved and struck an oncoming car
The passengers escaped serious injury
Planning to Remove Buildings.
St. Louis, Oct. 7. Plans are begin
ning to assume shape for the restora
tion of Forest park after the conclusion
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition
One member of the testoration com
mittee has been appointed in the per
son of George E. Kessler, who is at
present landscipe architect for the ex
position. Two other members of tbe
committee are yet to he appointed by
the directois of the exposition, and
is probable Mayor Wells will appoint a
committee of three to co-operate with
the fair committee.
Steel Plates Being Shipped.
Minneapolis. Oct. 7. Fifty cars of
heavy steel plates, intended for the
Japanese government, are now being
transhipped at Minnesota transfer
They are from the Carnegie company,
at Pittsburg, and aie consigned to tbe
company's agent in Japan. The plate
vary in thickness from half an inch to
an inch and a quarter, and are of the
kind ordinarily used in the construc
tion of cruisers and torpedo boats.
Large Oil Plant Burns.
Findlay, O., Oct. 7. The plant of
the National Refining company wtifl
burned today. Loss, $200,000. The
fire was started through lightning strik
ing a tank which at the time contained
I about 30,000 bairels.
TOILERS OP the COLUMBIA
Jfc By Paul DeLoncy &
k f Kyrnor of "tor f the Desert." "Otyoon SfccHlKa,"
ICTf ana enter Pacific Coast Stork a ICO
CHAPTER III Continued.
Left master ot the situation, old Sea
dog pursued his investigations. The
ship had filled with sand in the neigh
borhood of the captain'a quarters. It
was this veiy point that attracted the
ciafty fiahermau's attention.
Shovels were secured and the boys
were ordered to delve their way into
the captain's room. It was easy to find
the door since the sand only extended
about half way to the ceiling of the
cabin.
While the boys were shoveling back
the dripping sand, old Seadog was al
ternately on the lookout inside and out.
He let nothing on tha stranded vessel
escape his observation and kept a con
stant vigilance out over the bay to see
that no one was approaching.
"If I can make sure that they were
aboard my future is no longer an un-
ceitainty," said the old man as he
mused to himself. "It was impossible
for any one to survive," he continued.
The w hole crew and all aboard went
to the bottom of the sea and the crabs
ill have disfigured their bodies be
yond recognition before they rise to the
urface. And even should they escape
these busy scavengers they may drift
back to the ocean where they will furn
ish food for the larger fish."
Tbe fisheimen were already suspici
ous of old Seadog and w hen driven from
the wreck at the muule of his gun they
immediately returned to the village
and spread the news.
The officers ought to take the mat
ter in hand," said one.
les, he is up to stealing the ship
and cargo, said another.
The justite of the peace w as appealed
to as well as the village constable, but
these two functionaries declared that
they had only jurisdiction on the land
and not on the sea.
"But the pillaging should be stop
ped," insisted the honest fishermen.
When the justice of the peace saw
that his neighbors were bent on some
Kind of legal action, he informed-them
that the higher courts had jurisdiction
on the waters; that the government
tself would act if it were informed:
that the vessel was a foreign one and
hat the consul of the country from
which the vessel came would protect it
from the hands of the land pirates.
Astoria then had her customs offi
cials and ahe had a United States com
miesioner. Cape Dissappointment had
her lighthouse, but it was before the
days of telephone and telegraph service
at that point and there was no way to
communicate with the government
authorities at Astoria, sixteen miles
away on the south bank of the river,
except by crossing the stream in
small boat.
But those men of the river weie not
slow in arranging for the trip.' A small
sail boat was launched and three of the
most intelligent went aboard and were
soon cutting their way across north of
Sand Island as fast as the wind could
carry them.
Old Seadog'i watchful eye did not
let them escape unnoticed, and he
knew that ordinary matters did not
prompt his neighbors on such a jour
ney.
"Dm for your lives, boys: lift out
that sand I We may have trouble be
fore our job is done. Some of those
halfbreeds have gone to Astoria to
raise trouble and we must get well and
through before tbe storm blows back
Old Seadog did not mean to disturb
the property left on the vessel. He
had a personal motive in view. His
mission wsa not in quest of gold
neither would he have carried away
tbe smallest thing of intrinsic value
but would have risked bis life and that
of his boys for that which he sought
While delving their way into the
cabin they came upon many valuables
These were cast aside as so much rub
bish. Gold and silver trinkets were
thrown upon the heaps of sand as if
they were of no value.
It was several hours after they had
begun work and old Seadog was already
casting uneasy glances toward the
south side of the river when the boys
struck the sea captain's iron chest.
While battling with the storm the
rocking, tossing vessel had shaken this
heavy receptacle from its nsual place
and bad hurled it about the room like
a ping pong ball. But like a wedge it
bad been driven into a heap of fur
niture and baggage jammed together in
one corner of the room and backed by
these and the heavy bank of sand piled
npon the top of the whole, it seemed
thing as solid and immovable as the
bull of the vessel itself.
It was at this crisis (bat old . Seadog
discovered a revenue cutter approach
ine from the south, at whose helm
floated the stars and stripes.
"Exert yourselves, boys, exert your
selves for yonr lives, or all is for
naught! those fools have informed the
officers and they will soon be npon us,'
said tbe old man.
Then they all put to and gave
their energy to securing the iron chest
The old man abandoned his lookout
and joined the boys in the work. Tbe
timbers were interlocked about it an
at the same time deeply imbedded in
tbe sand.
"Get the capstan lever, boys; get
tbe capstan. We must have her now
or it will be too late!" exclaimed the
excited old Seadog.
Some ciowbars had been unearthed
from the ship's tool room and with the
addition of the capstan lever they set
c
to work with renewed vlgoi.
"fry down to the left, boys, pry
down to the left I" shouted the father.
Already the exhaust of the govern
ment launch could be heard as It slowed
p to weigh anchor at a safe distance
from the eandtar.
It would only require the lowering
of a boat and a few strokes of the oars
to land the officers upon the fisheimen.
fortune had always favored old Sea-
dog and it favoied him again. With a
heavy lurch they brought the client
from under the timbers that held it
own.
Fortune doubly favored him. When
the iron receptacle had been turned
round it was found that the key still
remained in the lock. The captain
ad possibly attempted to open it at
the last moment and had been driven
out by the waves. 1
Rush outside, boys; rush outside;
will do the rest!" commanded the
stern old parent. The boya were
wrely in time. They were confronted
by the officers Immediately upon climb
ng to the deck.
'In the name of the government,
men, we proclaim you our prisoners,"
calmly spoke one of the officers.
Ths boys looked bewildered but
spoke not in the absence of their fath-
to whom they had always looked
for advice and guidance.
But the old man was busily engaged.
With a surprising quickness he had
opened the chest and tore from it the
eglster roll. Then he closed the
best, locked it and cast the keys into
the water at the lower end of the hole
Then he climbed out through a port
hole at the rear, hurriedly secreted
the roll in the sand at a safe distance
from the vessel, cllmbd back through
nd joined his boys who were prison
ers on deck. But befoie he had hidden
the parchment upon which the ship's
register was made he had turned
through it quickly. His eyes had
rente I upon two names. This brought
from him the ejaculation:
'Old Seadog rejoices at last; old
Seadog rejoices at last; old Seadog has
cause to rejoice! In the language of
the convict who swam to the Diamond
sles. 'the woild belongs to old Seadog
now I' "
CHAPTER IV.
Odd Companions.
After releasing the old man and the
child from their entanglement they
were carried to the nearest fisherman's
cabin. The man, though lashed to the
spar and pinioned to the earth by the
driftwood was held no closer than was
the babe. 11 la arms held it like a
vise. They had been so long about it
that they had formed like clasps
around the body and, benumbed by
the cold, they were as difficult to pry
apart as are the cieepers which hold a
vine in its upward climb.
Young as it was, only a few weeks
old, the infant posse sed mora vitality
man uu us aged protector. it
stretched forth its little hands and legs
with surprising strength and cried piti
fully, though in a voice that showed
that its lungs were still strong and
healthy.
But the old n.an sarcely breathed
He otened his dull eyes for a moment
and stared blankly into the faces of
those directly in the line of his vis
ion, and then closed them. Ho was
unconscious of all that was going on
about him. His long gray hair hung
in strands about his face and neck
His silken gray heard was matted with
the sand and trash of the beach. But
for the alow pulsation of his heart he
would have been pronounced dead by
those around bim.
Ihe women were running about as
busy as only women can be when they
are doing some great a"t of charity,
and their devotion was increased by
the fact that some dead mother's chid
had fa'.len into their hands, and each
felt a double responsibility on this ac
count.
Some were bringing dry clothing
from the wardrobe of their own chil
dren, others were warming ow's milk
in a small basin on the stove, while a
more thoughtful mother was sharing
the breast of her own babe with the
little waif. And those good women
smiled with tears in their eyes as the
little stranger tugged greedily at its
new found mother's breast.
"Ob, it will get along all right,"
said one.
'Yes, so long as it eats, the signs are
good," said another.
"Just so you don't give it too much,"
remarked an eideriy woman who was
watching the proceedings.
"But I fear it is all over with the
old gent," whispered one of the women
who had just returned from the adjoin
ing room where the men were working
with the child's elderly companion.
The men were rubbing his arms and
legs, and irons were being heated to
place at his feet. Some brandy had
been forced through his Hps, but it
waB slow in showing encouraging
effects.
His eyes were fixed in his head, his
features were aa pale as death. His
firm lips were set as if in his last con
scious moment he had fixed his determ
ination upon some given object.
He was a little more than five feet
as he lay upon the bed. Still he was
rather plump and well-kept for his age.
But his skin was smooth and his mus
clee soft, which indicated that he had
not been a man of toil.
When the hair was pushed bark
from his face a broad Intelligent fre-
head was eipoted. Had those flaW-
men been able to read phrenological
signs they would have discovered that
the aged man before them was no or
dinary being. His Intellectual fore
head, small feet and bands, dress and
general appearance Indicated that La
bad followed one of the professions.
In the meantime tha village physi
cian arrived and a hie. I In resuscitating
tha old man. The child gradually
passed away to aleep after ita wants
were satisfied and slept as soundly aa
If Ita own mother still hovered over it.
It was a soft sweet sleep such only aa
Is seen in the repose of the innocent
before the trials and tribulations of
life have come to their knowledge.
It knew not of Us lost mother and
father, the fearful storm at sea, tbe
hours in the water, the terrible night
among the driftwood on the beach, u
slept in a repose akin to perfect bliss.
' She's a darling little girl," said
the woman who had shared her own
child's clothing with the little sleep r.
'What pretty blue eyes she has,"
remarked she w ho had warmed tha
milk.
"Such dainty little limbs," said tha
woman who had run about tbe plae
neivously trying to do everything and
had accomplished hut little.
But look what pretty features and
awrel lips," said tbe one who had
nursed the child to sleep, with an air
of superiority.
Tbe child did not exceed one month
in sge. It was probably younger. Ita
light hair, fair akin and pretty bine
eyes even at so young an age showed
that it was a born beauty. Still lis
features were much like those of the
I-Inlanders, so many of whom had set
tled along the Columbia in lite fishing
districts.
They think the old man Is dying,"
said one ot the women In a whisper
who had M-en watching the men work
with the aged sufferer.
Oh, such a pity, remarked tha
women in a sulnlued chorus.
"We 111 never learn the child's
name or anything about the late of Ita
mother or father."
"It must have been born on the voy
age, said one, lor they say the ship
was a Finnish vessel and has been
many week at sea."
"Old Seadog'i action in ti e matter
is a mystery to everylndy. Why ha
made such quick haste to board the
hl, is beyond all understanding. And
he actually pointed firearms at the men
when they attempted to go aboard fie
vessel," said a woman who had just
been talking with her Inn band on tha
outside. "Hut the officers will ravel
the matter out,'' she continued as sha
remembered the details or the episode
as given her by her husband.
Then there was a commotion out
side. A fisherman had just arrived
from the sand spit. He had brought
news of the arrival of officers at tha
scene of ths wreck.
"Old Seadog and his boys are all on-
uer arrest: was wmspered irora up
a .its ( I
to Hp.
(To t cunUnutJ)
The Other Fellow's Job.
There'a a crite among us mortals that Is
cruel hard to name,
Wherenne'er you Ami a human you will
II i) J the cine the nine;
You may nook among the wont of men or
seek among tbe best,
And you'll find that every person Is pre-
cUely like the real,
believes (hut his real calling Is
along some other litis
the one at which he's working
take, for iiistauce, youra and iiiId.
the niennent "nie-too" creature to
the leader of tht uiob,
Each
Than
From
There's a universal craving for "the oth
er fellow's Job."
There are millions of positions In tha
buay world to-day,
Each a drudge to him who holds It, but
to him who doesn't, play;
Every farmer's broken-hearted that la
youth he missed his cull,
While that same unhappy farmer Is tha
envy of us all.
Any tnxk you care to mention seems a
viutly better lot
Than the one especial something which
you happen to have got.
There's but one sure way to smother
Envy's heartache and her sob;
Keep too busy, at your own, to want
"the other fellow's Job."
Success.
- The Word Picnic
The derivation of the word picnic la
uncertain. In I-ondon Notes and Que
ries of 1853 attempts were niado to
trace its origin.
One correspondent says:
"Under a French form the word ap
pears in a speech of Robespierre, 'C'est
Icl kqu'll dolt m'accuHer, et non dana
les plquosnlqiies.' An earlier instance
occurs In one of Lord Chesterfield a
letters, dated October, 1748."
Another writer of the same dato
tries to trace the word from France
Into Italy. Starting with the assump
tion that plquenlquo In French Implies
a party at which each guest provides
some particular dish or performs some
special duty, he finds the Italian ex
pressions nlcchla (duty) and plccola (s
trifling service), and from these ha
coins plccola nlcchla (picnic).
A French encyclopedia, 1843, has it
that the word is compounded of tha
simple English pick (to choose) and
nick (In the nick of time, on the spur
of the moment). I A France the term
Is also used for Indoor picnics. ,
r A Domestlo Chef.
Mrs. De Style (after giving her order
for dinner) Can you remember all thatl
New Girl Sure, It's a French chef
yes think Ol am.
"It Is our ordinary compnny dinner.
Guests are expected, you know."
"Wull, mum. Oi'H Just make yea an
Olrlsh stew, an' thin yea can sort ths
things out to suit y'rsllves, sn' call thlrn
as many nose-crackla' French names aa
yaa lolka"
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