The Columbia register., May 12, 1905, Image 7

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Trccps Are Asked Icr to Restore
. Peace la Cliteo.
HATCH AND UNION OPPOSE HOVE
1 umiliri Have Lobby it Capital and
Governor Wilt Hear Their
Bid of 8tory.
Chicago, Way 4. Rioting in tin
streets Unlay waa to prolonged and of
' o flerr a character that many of th
leading business men hav concluded
that Iher will bo neither peac in the
i-lty nor safety lor outside Interests
until the stabs militia haa been called
out to reator order. A committee of
member of the Kinployers' aaaoclation
left lor SpilnflgeM today to confer witb
Governor Ik'Ueen and to reut-a. blrn
to give ordeia to the state troops. The
labor unioni have an extensive lobby
at the atate capital, and it la likely
that they will alao Im heard In-fore any
action ia Ukrit by the governor.
Chief of Police (VNeil eaya ho ia ronfl
ilent that he haa control of the situs
tion, and can kerp peace in the city
with the mayor'a support, who haa
clone all in hi power to aljunt the
tale of affair.
. Mayor Dunne waa emphatic in hit
declaration tonight that he will not
cOjUlrace in any call for outside awlst
nice in preserving order, and intimated
that he will strongly opxM any move
to aecure armed intervention.
"We have bv no means reacheil the
limit of lenrrve," the mayor declared
tonight. "I am emiMiwere! to call on
every able-bodied citUen over the age
of 1H yeara. Of roume, I could not call
vn the atriker or the strike-breaker
or their sympathiser, but. I woul
have to draw uixin the rlt'tcn of good
characti'r from the general public",
Itotplte the order of Mayor limine an
the prohibition of the city council,
many of the wairons ot the concern
againiit which strikes were declared,
were handled today by men aimed
with rilltta and shotguns.
FRENCH SUPPLYRUSSIAN FLEET
Only Bluff at Neutrality Maintained in
Cochfn China.
Hong Kong, May 4. It is learnet
from a reliable source that the ntcamera
Kvii, Itagmar .ml HourUm, under
charter by the HiiHian government
liuve Ih-cii plying U'twcen Saigon am
the Kuxaian Paltic licet, carrying to
the latter full cargoes of Hour, rice
lard, tlHli. vegetable, itient, and
enormous quantities ot brandy am:
wine. The latter haa been with drawn
as a sop to tlm neutrality regulations
but the two former vchhcIs are still en
guged in the work.
After the Bourbon had ccncd her
trips, she was held up by the French
VraiiMport in tlio Saigon river
rrew of French marines placet!
to "compel her to rease her
The two 'vessels which are still
and
aboard
trlpa
in the
nervico were allowed to go oa their way
unmolested.
A number. of French transport steam
ers are cruUIng off the const of French
Cochin China, ostensibly engaged in
safeguarding France's neutrality.
It is reported that American and
ticrman correspondents at Shnnghnl
liavo chartered the steamer Wuchang
for the purpose of witnensing tlio com
ing fight. The Wiichung (lies the
French ling, but is believed to bo owned
by Russia, and it is thought that her
real mission will bo not so much to see
a naval battle as to locate Togo's fleet
for Rojestvcnsky's information.
Japan Wants to Know Facts.
I'nris, May 4. Notwithstanding de
nials, it appears that the Japanese ofll
cials' are carefully observing the con
tinued presence of vesHels of Admiral
Itojestvensky'a squadron off the Indo
China coast, and are seeking informa
tion from the French authorities con
cerning the nature or duration of their
Htuy, The members of the legation
have addressed several inquiries to tho
foreign ollko asking particularly
x -whether the ships were inside French
-waters. The reply given was that all
the vessels have left French waters.,
More Riots In Russia.
Bt. Petersburg, May 4. Reports of
light disturbances in various places of
European Russia during haBter Man
day are now coming in. Tho graveet
occurrence in that part of the empire
-was at Milltopolaw, where a mob for
several hours held hi eh carnival and
' Imrned a portion of the town. At Nij
ni Novgorod, a regular battle occurred
between soldiers and the crowds on
Millionaia street. The soldiers fired,
killing one and wounding many.
Russia. Buys South American Ships
Taris, May 4. According to the St.
Petersburg correspondent of the Petit
Tarisienne, several transports will
leave Cronstadt on May 6 for South
America, conveying crews and military
stores for the equipment of warships
purchased by Russia from Chile and
Argentina. The Petit Journal prints a
dispatch confirming tko foregoing.
RIOTING
CONTINUE
MAY WATER DESCHUTES LAND.
Qovarnmant Ready to Take Up Pro
I Jact If Carey Irrigation Fail.
Waihlnitton. Mat 5. Information
which reachee Washington Indicaltee
that tbe reclamation aervlce may yet
ava an Di.nortnnlte t lrrlirU in thai
Deschutes valley in Fa-tern Oregon.
At the time the national irrigation law
waa pMeed th. reclamation aervlce ,
amtoua to build an irrigation aervlce
along the Deschutes, but found that
private enterprise bad entered the field
and waa already operating or preparing
to operate under the Carey act. Had
t not been for this fact, the govern
ment would today be completing an ir
ligation system that would Irrigate far
more land in the Deschutes than will
ever be reclaimed by private enter
prlee, and would probably have been
able to turn the water into the canals I
not later than the coming (all or win-
. ,
i
If private capiUl should decide to
withdraw from the Deschutes valley,
the ffoverume-it would be vert clad to
enter that field, buy up what works
, ill , I i
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enter upon the Irrigation of a much
larger area than is now internded to be
reclaimed. 'Jut the government Is not
going to make any advances. Nor will
"
it pay fancy price for such works as
have been constructed by private capi
UK
The situation In the I)tiK-hutei coun-
I
try is not altogether similar to that in
juamaiu uaain. in me iesciiuios, so
far as known, the community is satis
fled to have ita landa lrriiratd bv nrl
, ,,,,,, . . .
vate capital, notwithstanding private
' I
capiUl will reclaim only the cream,
and leave forever barren a large tract
that would le irrlaated by the irovern
ment. In the Klamath basin public
sentiment is a unit in favor of govern
ment as agaln-t private irrigation.
This much is to he said: If private
capital goes ahead and completes its ir
rigation system according to present
plans, the government w ill never go in
and reclaim the outntanding laud.
1'rivate interests are promising to irri
gate only landa which can be watered
at a minimum cost; the government
wi iwtft fitllAW till Hii.lurlnliA if irri-
irate a.liolninn landa where the coat will
I. .,ni.H.. i. .h
tire field to itself. One of the prime
objects of government Irrigation is to
r.H-lim lun.l In Lr mwaa. romhlnln
cheap with expensive work, so as to
make the average cost within the reach
of the settler. The government is not
taking up extremely expensive works;
it cannot afford to; it is only irrigating
where it knows it can recover the ex-
endittire.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE FOR PEACE
French See France, United States and
Britain Thus Combined.
Paris, May 4. -Tlio Temps in a lead.
ing article Unlay discuses Ambassador
McCormlck's remarks to President
. , . . , A.
Lou. yesterday on the preaentation
of the former's credentials as being
timely reassurances of the strong rela-
tions uniting the two countries. The
paper ssys:
"The ambassador referred to the
Franco-American alliance as being
stronger than if inscribed in treaties,
and then by an initiative which is
worthy of emphasis ho expressed satis
taction with the Anlo-trench rap
rochement. It is not habitual for
third powers to be mentioned in cere
monies of this kind, and this makes
the ambsKflador's allusion to Anglo
French friendship more significant.'
The Temps adds that the friendt-hip
thus indicated between France and the
United States and France and Great
llritain, is susceptible of developing
into a triple understanding for the ben-
eflt of the participants and the peace
of the world.
The Journal des Debate also devotes
leading article to Minister McCor-
mack's speech.
Garfield Hat a Carbuncle.
Los Angeles, May 5. United States
Commissioner of Corporations James
R. Onrheld, who arrived in Southern
California Monday to investigate the
oil condition of this section, is suffer
ing severely from a carbuncle and is
temporarily hampered in pursuing his
investigations.
Uotu the Santa re and
Southern raciflc railway companies
have thrown open their oflices and rec-
orda to the commissioner and his assist-
ants. When he goes from here to Tex-
as he will leave two assistants behind,
who will continue the investigation.
Oyama Will Hasten Siege.
Faris, April 5. A dispatch to the
Temps from St. Petersburg says' that
dispatches received there confirms the
reports that tbe Russian cruisers which
have had their headquarters at Vladl-
vostok since the outbreak of the war
with Japan have left that port. Mill
tary critics at St. Petersburg expect
General Oyama will hasten tbe invest
ment of Vladivostok for the purpose of
cutting off Admiral RojestvenBky'a
squadron from a Russian naval base.
Bombmakera Arretted.
London, May 5. A dispatch from St.
Petersburg to a news agoncy here says
that a dozen men have been arrested in
a joiner's workshop who are suspected
of being' bombmakera. Several infern
al mahcines, the dispatch adds, were
found in the shop.
CONDITIONS WORSE
CllIC2!J3 StTlKS Er3kCfS tZ.lt)
nm. 4 it..
(li.J Ufi iLviJ.
FOUCE ARE UNABLE TO PREVENT
Rioting In Street Grows More Vicioue
and Many Participants are
Badly Injured.
Chicago, May 2. Conditions in the
teamsters' strike were worse today than
at sny preceding time. The strikers
wertJ i0 ft more ugly mood, the rioting
was more open and vicious and the at
n nonunion men were more fr
fjuent and daring than at any time
nute vua irwnuiciiteiucii vi vuv irvuuis.
The cMef Cliaie for the incrMUwd ui
ligerency on the part of tbe strikers
and their friends is the fact that the
pl'!Iemln? ."Ut1ln.
brought 1,500 men into the city to take
their places and 600 more are said to
h now on the wav and will arrive
within 12 hours. These men will re
iv the full pay of union men and it
hM been guaranty to them that their
twkaiil titnai u'ill lkA TutrmanAnr Ammil
ilma are 20o farmer boys from tbe sur
rounding atates who have volunteered
their services and sought positions as
, . . ... .
Tnwnnrmtm W niliiul. . Am rill h
mrM on a Wi(?0, 0f tbe Employers'
Teaming association in open view. A
number of nonunion men have been ar
rimted on the charge of carrying con
cealed weapons and today the attorneys
. . , . . . , . T . ,, '
for the Rtnnlovera Tpamini a-aociation
cted uton Chief of Police O'Neil and
asked him if their men had not the
right to carry weapons provided ihey
were new in open view ana were no.
concealed. Chief O'Neil replied that
there was no -law against it and ar
rangements were promptly made by the
employers to place W incheeter rifles on
every one of the wagons.
CLEARING THE WAY.
Government Buys Two Private Irrlga
tion Canals on Klamath.
Washington, May 2.-The secretary
of the Interior hss approved, provision
y, the purchase of the Adams ditch
he A, Vl C?.l . 1 tJ
of Klamath Falls, both of which are to
be used in connection with the Kla
math irrigation project in Oregon
The government had previously secured
options on these irrigation systems, and
the action of the secretary provides for
their purchase as soon as the final
plans of tbe engineers for the construe
tion of the large project have been ac
cepteu. The government will pay
1100,000 for the Adams canal and $50,
000 for the Ankeny.
The secretary has also approved, sub
ject to future determination, to con
struct the project, the purchase of 15,
000 acres of land belonging to the J. D.
Carr Land & Livestock company, at
Cr C!!orttif . ?h? Prcha?
price is $187,500, and includes the n
)ariftn ri(?hU) of the ln the
clear lake reservoir site and along the
Tule lake, besides canals now construct-
oa tho &uA ot th company.
SCENE OF CARNAGE.
Warsaw Troops Shoot Down
Nearly
One Hundred Persons.
Warsaw, May 2. Nearly 100 persons
were killed or wounded in disturbances
in various quarters of Warsaw yester
day. The troops, apparently, were un
controllable and violated all orders to
act with moderation. They fired into
the crowd of demonstrators, and work
men in desperation resorted to the use
of fireamis and bombs. Many children
and women are among the dead and
dying.
What approaches a reign of terror
exists today ; the city presents a most
sloomv aspect, and the temper of the
entire community augurs ill. The
presence of numerous patrols of Cossack
cavalry and infantry is the only re
minder of lurking danger.
To Mark the Boundary Line.
Victoria, B. C, May 2. The Cana
dian boundary survey party, which iB
to delineate the boundary as stated
the Alaskan boundary award, will
leave for the north on Thursday, land
ing at the head of navigation on Port-
land canal and working thence north
east and north, following the line.
series of monuments will be built. On
mountain peaks monuments 30 inches
high will be built of aluminum bronze
drilled into the solid rock. At river
crossings and in valleys larger monu
ments will be built.
Army of Immigrant!.
New York, May 2. On 22 steam
ships due to arrive at this port this
week from Great Britain and the Con
tinent is the highest number of imm
grants ever scheduled to enter during
such a period of time. The horde
reaches nearly 25,000. At Ellis island
arrangements have been made for their
prompt handling, because the deten
tion of any part would at once tax the
facilities of the emigration station far
beyond its limits.
Unknown Gives University $500,000
New York, May 2. An anonymous
donor has given $500,000 to Columb:
university for erecting and equipping
a college hall for undergraduates to be
named in honor of Alexander Ilami
ion, oi me cutss ox 1 1 1 1 ,
MAY ABANDON PLAN.
Government Llksly to Drop Palouss
Irrigation Project.
Spokane, VYaah., May 3. It is re
ported here from what is thought to be
authentic sources that the government
has decided to abandon the Washing
ton irrigation project in the Taloose
valley for various reasons. In the first
place, there is conflict between the gov
era ment reclamation bureau and theO.
R. A N. over the removal of tbe tracks
of tbe road from the bed of the YVuh
tucwa coulee to a point higher up on
the north bank of what would be the
artificial lake, provided tbe plans of
the engineers were to be carried out.
The 0. It. 4 N. built the track through
the coulee some years ago to afford
transportation facilities to tbe farmers
of the district, and last year rehabili
tated tbe line and ,ut it in operation
after an interval of three or four years'
idleness. As long as this track is
maintained it will be impossible for
tbe government to construct its pre
ected reservoir. A conference bas
been held between the ' government en
gineers and those of the railroad com
pany, and it has been estimated that it
would coat more than $400,000 to
change the track from the bed of the
coulee to a point along tbe bank.
bis mm, added to the cost of the irri
gation project, as already planned,
would place such a burden upon the
land tributary to tbe district as to
make the work impracticable at this
time.
While this is the story currently re
ported, there is said to be another and
more vital condition prevailing. It is
said to have been recently discovered
by the government engineers that the
soil forming the bed and walls of the
coulee is of sucb a nature that it would
be practically impossible to make tbe
ake bold water. The soil is a sandy
oam, through which water percolates
through a sieve in a great many
places, and to build a reservoir that
would hold under the immense press
ure natural for such a large body of
water would necessitate the artificial
treatment of the walls and bottom o!
the basin, which is at least 15 miles in
ength, at a cost that could not be con
sidered by the Reclamation bureau for
many years to come.
FIGHTING ON STREE1S.
Death and Broken Bonet Outcome of
Chicago Strike.
Chicago, May 3. The death of one
man ana the injury oi scores oi others
were the immediate result oi today
fighting between the striking teamsters
and their sympathizers on the one tide
and the police and the nonunion men
on the other. There were riots in al
parts of the city Men were clubbed
and stoned almost to death within
square of police headquarters and five
miles away men were shot down in the
streets. At a hundred places between
these two extremes there were assaults
and fights in the streets. Blood was
shed on State street, in the heart ot the
fashionable shopping district, and furi
ous riots took place almost in the door
ways of the leading hotels. Nonunion
men were pelted with stones, bricks
and every conceivable sort of missiles.
They were dragged from their wagons,
beaten, clubbed and stamped upon.
The mobs that followed the wagons on
which they rode were ugly in the ex
treme.
BLAMES ANTI-TRUST ACT.
Railroad Man's View of Consolidation
Bryan's Platform Safe.
Washington, May 3. Hugh L. Bond,
of the Baltimore A Ohio railroad, to
day continued his statement before the
senate committee on interstate com
merce. Asked as to what caused the
consolidation of railroads, Mr. Bond
answered :
VThe anti-trust act." , '
He explained that there was no
method of preventing weaker lines
from cutting rates. The weaker lines
were taken in so as to prevent demoral
ization of rates.
Robert Mather, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee of the Chicago, Rock
Isand A Pacific railroad company, was
next heard. During his statement Mr.
Mather alluded to the assertion that, if
the government did not take hold of
rate making, there would be a demand
for government ownership of railroads.
Race for Rich Coal Fields.
Butte, May, 3. A Miner special from
Bridger, Mont., says there is .a race on
betwtei railroad surveyors to get into
the Bear Creek coal fields. Philadel
phia capitalists are behind one set of
engineers, while the Burlington is Baid
to be Bending a party of 40 men into
the Bear Creek country from its Toluca-
Cody branch. The route of the Bur
lington party is said to embrace Cooke
City and the Sunlight mining districts,
recognized as two of the best mining
sections in the state without a railroad
outlet for their ores.
Warehouse Fire at Bay City.
San Francisco, May 3. Fire broke
out in the property of the Arizona
Warehouse company at Sixth and King
streets late yesterday, and the building
and ita contents were totally destroyed.
The loss will amount Jo at least $150,
000. The stock destroyed was of a
varied character and the greatest diffi
culty was experienced in extinguishing
the fire in a section that contained oil,
sulpher and other combustibles. The
loss is divided among several firms.
Raising Sunken Ships.
, Tokio, May 3. The work of salving
the sunken ships at Port Arthur and
Chemulpo ia progressing satisfactorily
to the Japanese. Details are withheld,
but it is believed to be certain that the
Japanese navy will secure several bat
tleships and cruisers.
RUSSIA'S LAST t-TRONGHOLD.
V!ai!TM5. Asaiait Wkich the Jip-
a. Will r-burtl I'rix x
It la announej authoritatively that
apan la planning a laud auj aea cam
paign a.'alnat Vladlroetok, Kuss'.a'a re
maining stronghold In tbe EaaC With
tbe alckenlng fate of Tort Arthur freah
In
mind, this latest frank and direct
vowaJ of tbe Japanese Intention
comes with a shock.
Tbs Impregnability of Tort Arthur
wss for so long a matter of uncertain
ty snd tbe claim to that extinction
was disproved at sucb a fearful cost
that tbe world will hesitate to bell ere
that Russia has still in her posseselon
stronghold whose claim to Impreg
nability la even more plauelble than
roaTorncs at tlaoitostok.
was that of tbe fallen Gibraltar. Yet,
according to the military wiseacres, es
pecially those who have bad the ad
vantage of actual observation, Vlad
ivostok la strong where Port Arthur
was strong and strong also where that
fortreas was weak.
First and of great strategic import
ance is the fact that ladlvostok can
not be Invested by a hostile force.
either by land or aea, during the long
and pltlleu Siberian winter. It'ls aa
safe from aH external moleatarJon dur
ing lta protracted hibernation as Is th
shrew In Irs burrow. This natural de-
fenae confers Impregnability on the
port for several months In every year,
if - .A 4
VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA'S LAST EASTERN STRONGHOLD
'The harbor, It appears, Is not a whit
less baffling ln its natural configura
tion than Is that of Port Arthur. Vlad
ivostok Is situated on the gulf of Peter
the Great, an arm of the Japan ea.
The town la built on the slopes of a
high ridge forming a tapering penin
sula Into an Irregular landlocked bay.
There are two narrow entrances to the
harbor, both flanked by highlands
which bristle with batteries and forti
fications. The entrances are further
guarded by forts erected on an Island
at their mouths and Innumerable islets
Just outside on which are many de
fensive works of various kinds. Sur
mounting the .crest of the headlands.
which stretch for miles to the east
ward and are known as the Golden
Horn, are continuous chains of earth
works and other defenses. The lofty
hills on the northwest protect the port
from the land side, and In the deep
water of the Golden Horn, which is at
least four miles ln length and a mile in
width, the largeat ships msy ride safe
ly at anchor, free from the menace of
attack and beyond the reach of the
waather.
Like Tort Arthur, Vladivostok con
sists of three portions. That nearest
the water Is the military town, extend
ing along the harbor and given up al
most exclusively to storehouses, mili
tary quarters and officers' residences.
On the extreme north of the harbor
are the official buildings and the pri
vate dwellings of the government em
ployes and private citizens. Beyond
and higher still Is the arsenal, strong
ly fortified. The population Is about
15,000, excluding the military. '
It Is not likely that the town could
be entered by an Invading force from
landward without a repetition of the
hard fighting that took place at Port
Arthur. The natural disposition of the
hills at the rear of Vladivostok has
made It possible to Interpose many
powerful schemes of defense against
the advance of an enemy, and the Rus
sian engineers have been puzzling
their brains for forty yeara to make
approach from the rear practically im
possible. There Is nothing, however,
to prevent the Japanese irom com
pletely investing the place. One In
closed within the circle formed by the
Japanese fleet and the land forces,
there would be nothing to expect from
outside. The Russians have no means
of assembling or maintaining an army
la that vicinity auffldent to rorgeet
ssy prospect of relief, s ft i.
s
wou'.J
fur awh.le at Port Amu. It
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It Is undoubtedly a fact that Vladi
vostok Is ereu better provUed to sus
tain a long blockade tban waa fort
Arthur. When EusAa decided to m&k
It the terminus cf the TrananIberUa
road the began to build storehouse
and military depots the like of w bkh
was unknown to Asia. This hoarding
of stores bus nerer ceased. To fcae
Vladivostok wwuld be r.uU'a crown
ing humiliation.
THE CURVED BALL
It I tk Atraoophar VI kick Ca
IU EcMStrl Shoot-,
Almost any ten-jeat-oid youngster
can curve a dsii, even inouju oa owi
not know why be can do o except
that th leather vaunt be held la a cer
tain way. Tossibly half dozen of
th major league twiners know aom-
thlB about the science of th curve.
bot comparatively few understand wfby
they can produce their "bender." Th
Scientific American give th follow
ing as th scientific explanation of th
matter:
"Tbe pitcher tn th field tells us that
th ball curve because h give it a
twist, but scientifically this will not
do. Why will the twist mak the
curvet If a ball were thrown In a cer
tain direction and If th fore of gravi
tation were not at work the ball would
continue on ln a straight line forever.
Borne fore of resistance Is then at
work when a ball la made to deviate In
a curve from Its stralgot courae. If a
feather Is dropped ln a vacuum ln an
exhausted receiver of an air pump It
will drop like a shot, but tf It Is drop
ped out in tbe air It will go down Ir
regularly and slowly, shifting from
side to aide.
"It la the atmosphn which canse
the ball to curve. Bearing In mind
that tbe atmosphere Is a compresalble,
elastic gas, we find that when the ball
leaves the hand of the pitcher with a
rapid rotary motion It Impinges upon
a continuous elastic cnanlon,' snd this
moderate resistance, or friction,
changes its course In the direction
which Is given to the rotary motion.
Take an outshoot of a right handed
pitcher, for Instance. II lmpregfte
upon the ball a rapid centrifugal ro
tary motion to the left, and the ball
goes to the left because the atmos
phere, compressible and elastic, la
v.
packed Into an elastic cushion Just
ahead of the ball by the swift forward
and rotary motion, and the friction,
which la very great ln front of the ball.
steers It In the "direction It Is turning."
RISKS LIFE TO SAVE GOOSE.
Lowered Down an Old
Ulna
Shaft 700 Feet Deep.
From Oxford, Warren county, N. J,
comes the story of Lewis Albert, a
engineer at the mines, says the New
lork Herald, who, for the sake of a
goose's life, risked his own for fully
forty minutes on Friday in a daring
and sensational manner.
The goose got over the fence of lta
coop, flapped lta wings, flew over tho
opening of the shaft, whit-u Is 700 feet
deep, fell Into tbe black, hole and dis
appeared. .
On tbe following day persons pass
ing the shaft heard sepulchral crie
proceeding ironi some subterraneous
source. Kemple beard sounds and
learned of the goose's plight
The old hoisting apparatus wss ex
amined and found to be useless and
the problem arose as to how the bird
was to be rescued. One man lowered
a book and line, to which was at
tached ' a worm, but the goose would
not bite.
Then Albert took a long rope and,"
selecting a group of miners, he bade
them lower him Into the mine.
Albert got down about 200 feet and
a minute later there was a fierce honk
ing, followed by a signal to pull up
quickly. Albert .soon appeared with
the struggling bird In his arms.
Only Mlaplaced,
Mr. Blxby was on a visit to Mr. Rol
lins, hla cousin, who resided In another
part of the country, where manner
and speech were different from tho
to which the visitor had been accus
tomed. Both eye and ear, therefore,
were occupied with study and compari
sons. "There's one thing I notice about
yon people here," observed Mr. Blxby.
"You don't seem to have much use for?
the letter 'r.' Back where I came from
It haa a sound, as other letter hav
but here It Is practically a silent letter..
Why Is that?"
"I havent th slightest ldear," re
plied Mr. Rollins, innocently.
There Is one thing, at least, that a
man can't b blamed for: th companjr
, at th nous. .