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... -s! V The Hood JlTVBr 1c It's a Cold Day When We Get Left. r VOL. 5. HOOD IlIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 10,. 1894. NO. 41. 3f ood liver Slacier. PUBLISHED KVKRT SATURDAY HORNING BY The Glacier Publishing Company. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One year...... 8ix months..,., Three months SiiKle copy W oo ........ 1 00 ., to f Cent THE GLACIER ' Grant Evans, Propr. Second St. , near Oak.' . flood Rirer, Or. Shaving and Ilair-cutting neatly done. Satisfaction Guaranteed. LATE .NEWS, Governor Hughes of Arizona offers a reward of $5,000 for the renegade Kid, dead or alive. The lumber output in the Pacific Northwest during the past year has de creased 700,000,000 feet. Prescott, A. T.; hag had a shooting scrape on the average of once a week the past month, and the citizens are manifesting considerable indignation. San Jose Common Council refuses to reorganize the Board of Health so that it shall consist of regular physicians. The board now consists of three Coun . oilmen, the City Engineer and one physipian. - The Canadian Pacific has let a con tract for building 250 miles of railroad between Nelson, B. C, and a point near Calgary. The proposed route is the much-talked-of Crows' Nest Pass and Tobacco Plains. . The lack of schoolroom for children at Los Angeles is complained of by the citizens. In one small district over forty children do not go to school at all. The people whose children are crowded out are ripe for revolt; A big strike has been made in the Mammoth mining district in Arizona. .The surface croppings are over 100 feet "wide, and the gold is so plentiful that flakes of it can be seen numerously throughout the samples. , A wonderfully rich gold find has been made in the Colorado Desert, sixty miles from San Bernardino and twenty miles from Indio. Old miners think this dis covery is where the Indians used to find the gold they showed to the people in Caliente. V Exceedingly rich gold quarts has been taken from the bottom of the must con denser well at Healdsburg, Cal.,v which had been broken in a blaBt. The well is 200 feet deep, and no water has yet been obtained. The quartz will assay $200 to the pound. The strike has caused much excitement. The bore of the well pene trates the gravel deposit along the Rus sian river. . , v Dr." Eugene F. West, who was con victed at San Francisco of the murder of Addie Giluiore, a Colusa milliner, upon whom he had performed a criminal operation, appeared in court the other morning to have sentence passed upon him. He was sentenced by Judge Wal lace to twenty-five years in the State prison. , A motion for a new trial was denied. His attorney called attention to numerous technical points, and asked for a stay of proceedings, which was granted. , The Supreme Court of Oregon has af firmed the judgment of the lower court : in the case of the State vs. Hansen, ap pellant,, from Clatsop county. The ap peal was on the ground of error being made in admitting certain evidence ana giving and refusal of certain instructions by the court. On Wednesday, July 26 last, he murdered his wife, Caroline Hansen, while she was engaged in pick ing raspberries at their home in Clatsop county. The deed was committed with a stick about a yard in length, with a knot on the end. The blow was upon the head. It occurred about 4 p. m. Hansen made a confession on the follow ing Saturday to Sheriff H. A. Smith and F, I. Dunbar.. His wife died almost instantly, and after remaining by her side for about an hour Hansen went to a neighbor's place and told him what he had , done. During the . evening he burned the Btick in a stove in his home. He was indicted and convicted of the . crime of murder in the first degree. A . motion for a new trial was overruled by Judge T. A. McBride, and Hansen was sentenced to be hanged. The defendant's counsel contended that in the confession made in the presence of the Sheriff every thing shows that Hansen was insane, and that the subsequent confession was made after recovering from the effects of liquor. Judge Moore, in the opinion, says the statute requires the accused, when insanity is pleaded as a defense, to establish the fact beyond a reason able doubt. It is not in the province of court to question the policy of law or say that the rule established in cases is inhuman, or if the accused can offer suf ficient evidence to raise to the minds of jurors a reasonable doubt of his sanity, then the State must establish this fact, like all others, beyond reasonable doubt. From facts and circumstances of the case the jury were at liberty, and it was theirs to say by their verdict -whether the design to kill was formed and matured in cold blood and not hastily upon oc casion, - and . having so found under proper instruction from the court, the Judgment is affirmed. The opinion cov ers fifteen pages of type-written copy. Barber Shop THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION. California Midwinter Interna-) tional Exposition Department V of Publicity and Promotion. ) Weekly Circular Letter No. 10. An incident occurred rn connection with the Midwinter International Expo sition a few days ago which furnished an interesting commentary on its interna tional character, and which established in an unmistakable manner the fact that this great fair follows, in many respects, the lines laid down by its illustrious predecessor on the shores of Lake Michi gan, and that at the same time, it pos fsses an individuality which will give it a prominent place in . the future history of the expositions of the world. One of the most prominent concess ional features of the exposition has been the Wild Animal Arena' where Colonel E. Daniel Boone has been giving per formances with lions and other animals, which is said by those ' who have seen both to surpass the famous show given by Hagenbeck on the Midway in Chi cago. Boone had ' an assistant in this work in the person of Carlo Thieman, a brave, bold tamer of lions, who was only less familiar and less foolhardy, if one ' may nse that word, than Boone himself, in his associations with these big beasts. But, one night last week, Thieman entered the den of the lions to prepare them for their usual appearance in the Arena, when suddenly the lights went out. Parnell, the biggest of the lions, fearful perhaps of some danger which he could not see, made a savage attack on the keeper. The other lions ' fell to with him and poor Thieman was at their mercy in a moment. Boone, the master of the beasts, forced his way into the cage with a crowbar and beat the angry lions back, but not until Thieman bad sustained such injuries that his death followed on the morrow. . It was Thieman 's funeral that fur nished the commentary at the opening Of this letter. It was certainly a most impressive scene. Poor Thieman . di(J not have a relative in all this great America, but his employer, Boone, was his warm personal friend, and all who worked with him admired his courage and his personality. Thus it came about that the funeral of the lion tamer was so notable. ' It took place in the animal Arena. A section of the great iron cage which shuts off the performing space from that reserved for visitors, had. been removed, and through this opening the coffin was carried. A bier had been made of some of the material which is used for the lions to do their acts upon, and here laid the dead tamer in the midst of a group of his associates, while the solemn burial service was read by a local clergyman. Every seat in the vast arena was occu pied, and thore were hundreds who wanted to get in but could not. On the back row of seats, stretching almost around the auditorium were Indians from the Sioux exhibit. Each warrior was in paint and feathers, but their bows were unstrung, and all carried themselves with the quiet dignity which always marks an Indian when a cere mony is being performed. Near to these were the Indians from the banks of the Yaqui river, and a delegation from the Esquimau village. Half a dozen of the Turkish dancers had come across the South Drive to mingle with the crowd at the funeral. A company of South Sea Islanders were there, and a quartette of native Hawaiian singers furnished the musio for the occasion, singing in their native tongue words set to old, fa miliar hymns. A big Cossack stood down in front with his shaggy head overtopping all his neighbors. Swarthy Mexicans from the '49 Mining Camp sat, sombrero in hand, and heads bowed down, and dark-eyed senoritas shed tears of sympathy as they sat among' the mourners. Io was an interesting com pany of people and such an one as had probably never before assembled on a similar occasion. A band of 50 pieces occupied a posi tion out of sight of the audience and its music came to the ears of those present in a somewhat muffled tone. But there were other muffled tones that fell upon ' the ears of this funeral gathering during the exercises, which were neither so sweet nor so pleasing, but which brought A terrible reminder of what had caused this polyglot assemblage, The cages of the animals are located under the raised seats of the amphitheatre, and the beasts became restless as the hour for their , usual performance passed by and they were not summoned to play their part. The big lion whose paw had . dealt the fatal blow to poor Thieman, growled and roared at intervals all during the clergyman's address, and when the music of the band suggested to these knowing creatures that there was a crowd in the Arena," they seemed to unite in a chorus of protest and disap proWal. Strong men shuddered at the suggestion conveyed by these loud mouthings. Women shed tears and some of them were so overcome with fear and emotion that they passed hur riedly out of the auditorium. It was a scene that will never be forgotten by those present. Then came a procession through, the grounds. A cordon of guards occupied the right of line. Back of 'them marched the band, playing a funeral march. Keeping step to this slow rythm walked the Indians, the Turks, the South Sea Islanders, and all the representatives of the different concessions, who had turned out to honor the memory of the dead lion tamer. The hearse was cov ered with floral offerings. Hundreds connected with the exposition walked in the long line that reached from one end of the grand court to the other and that wound its way between the beautiful industrial palaces, out to the plrce where dust was to be returned to dust. Yet this was but an incident. y The next day the lions roared in the Arena again, and happy crowds of men, women and children rapturously applauded. It was only a drop in the great sea of events on which the California Midwin ter International Exposition is sailing, and it has been given prominence simply as one of the characteristic features of the fair, . . FOREIGN FLASHES. ' Germany has made a1 frontier agree ment with a ranee. The Indian budget estimates a deficit of 360,000 lacs ot rupees. . i ;- All England and France is stirred up over Anarchist piottings. r Many of the Sicilian rioters have been given long terras of imprisonment. London bank officials say there is an embarrassing prevalence of farthings. Savings bank deposit accounts in France are one-sixth less than they were two years ago. . There has been a steady growth in continental armies of the "kind of hys teria known as neurasthenia. During the last year the French gov ernment has paid out about 30,000 francs for the destruction of 404 wolves. The poor of Saxony eat the flesh of horses, dogs and cats according to a re port made to the State Department. , Word has been sent to the courts of Europe that the Shah of Persia intends to visit Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris and Vienna next year. Queen Victoria has ordered court offi cials to adopt strict precautions to pre vent the sale ot introductions at court by women of title. .'.-'. The proposal of Laures in the French Chambers to establish a State monopoly for the sale of wheat does not meet with pronounced popular favor. The suffering among the London poor this winter is not so great as was ex pected. It has been about an average winter for the unemployed. The Czar has ordered a new thirtv- foot cutter vacht to be built bv J. S. White of Cowes during this season. " It is to be magnificently fitted. There were 1,056 persons killed in ac cidents in and about coal mines in Great Britain during last year, an increase of forty ove the record of .1892. The wedding of the Grand Duke of Hesse and Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has been finally ar ranged for April 22 at Coburg. Puerto Eico complains that by the treaty with America it is losing $100,000 monthly, and wants the mother govern ment to abrogate the agreement. The increased cultivation of poppv in various parts of Europe has, it is said, led to a marked growth in the percent age of opium contained in honey. , The rumor that the tug Millard, with sixtv-two men on board, was wrecked off the Nicaraguan coast has been confirmed. JNot a person on the ill-fated vessel was saved. The French reinforcements for the column at Timbuctoo have had to storm the village of Nioforge, which opposed their passage, and 100 inhabitants were killed. Germany's inquiry .into the silver question in its broad phases, which is, about to be entered into, may possibly change the attitude of that country on this issue. Rubenstein's new sacred opera,"Chris- tus," is to have its first presentation within two or three weeks in the opera house at Breslau under the , composer's own direction. In Berlin a new company has built a lot of cabs on an improved pattern and fitted them with automatic lare-receiv- ers, so that the driver does not handle any money at all. '. , The Crown Prince of Siam is among the boy authors of the world. He has written several stories for English chil dren's magazines, and can write fluently in three Jiuropean languages. Men do not give up their seats to women in the public conveyances in London and Paris. They might be so polite if called upon, but the laws of both cities forbid passengers to stand. ' Italian business men in all parts of the kingdom and the Chambers of Com merce of all the principal cities are vig orously opposing the proposal for an in crease of the duties on imported wheat. It is said by M. Albert Clim and cor roborated by other experts that there are scarcely six novelists in France who can count on receiving equal to or above 10,000 francs a" year for their literary work. . ".. . Bourdin, who was blown to pieces in Greenwich Park, London, was a friend of Henry, the Paris Anarchist, and it is believed had designed to emulate in some way the acts of his friend in the Termi nus cafe outrage. , , , ; At a meeting of the Autonomic Club in London a speaker spoke of Vaillant, Pallas and other Anarchists as " mar tyrs." He advised the study of chem icals, so that bombs could be made and used when . necessary. . - Mr. Gladstone is devotina the snare time which he has from his duty of man aging the affairs of the British Empire to an enthusiastic study of the Basque languages, ,the dialect of the strange people who inhabit the slopes of the Pyrenees. . . London's Thirteen Club at a recent dinner had thirteen dishes oh the menu, salt cellars were emptied about on the tablecloth with studied carelessness, the chairman broke a large mirror and each euest a small one, and to cap the climax only cross-eyed waiters were employed. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. The subcommittee of the House Com mittee on Banking and Currency will report to the full comitittee favorably the bill of Cooper of Indiana to permit States and Territories to tax United States notes and currency. . Rawlin's bill granting land from Fort Douglas military reservation as a site for the. University of Utah and Geary's bill for a public road through Lime Point reservation, Uali forma, have been ap proved by the House Committee on Military AtJairs. The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce has voted to make a favorable report on theNew York and New Jersey bridge bill, which Representative Dunphy has redrafted with a view of obviating the objections in the Jl resident s recent veto. , The President has informed members of Congress who have approached him on the subject that he proposes so far as possible to appoint sons of army and naval .officers as cadets at large to the Military and Naval Academies. This is in accord ance with his policy of eight years ago. There are two such vacancies at the Na val Academy, which, it is believed, will be hlled before May 1. ;.- Grosvenor's bill for a national celebra tion at Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military rark September 19 and 2S0 has been approved by the House Committee on Military Affairs. Arrangements will be under the direction of the Secretary of War, who is to request the participation of the President and Congress, the Su preme Court, heads of Departments of the Army and JNavy, Uovernors, etc. . Past Assistant Surgeon Richard Ash bridge has been dismissed from the navy. He was the recorder of a court-martial at Mare Island. Cal., but refused to draw up a report of the proceedings as directed oy the Jf resident ot the court, and was also chnrged with falsehood in the same connection. He was convicted bv a court-martial of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline and ot false hood and sentenced to dismissal from the naval service, which sentence has been approved. ' Special Treasury Agent M. B. Pereley has in custody three Chinamen, who were turned over to the United States officials by the Wabash railroad. ' It is alleged that they came from (Jhina by way of Vancouver, sneaked across' from Windsor, Canada, and came to Chicago on a sleeping car, beating their way. They have no money and no baggage. They are dressed as Americans, but small pieces of holly wood were found concealed in their queues, which bore engraved credentials to their friends. They could not talk, so they were booked One Lung, Two Lungs, Three Lungs, ac cording to size. 5 r-r-f-. , - An extradition ' treaty between this country and Costa Rica will be sent to the Senate soon. A draft of the pro posed treaty has been . prepared and practically agreed upon. One or two provisions still await settlement, but it . i .t . a i . i. i r is suppuHtJU mat me lieii uiuii lrum Costa Rica will bring news of the ap proval by the Costa Rica authorities of the changes suggested by the Secretary of State. The new treaty, will make ex traditable from either country the follow ing crimes : Murder, including assassi nation, parricide and infanticide ; poison ing, arson, piracy, mutiny, burglary, robbery, forgery, counterfeiting and em bezzlement. When the Costa Rica auth orities surrendered embezzler Francis H. Weeks of New York Secretarv Gresham agreed to exchange a treaty which would include the crime of which Weeks was guilty, and the negotiations now in prog ress are in accordance with the promise. Mr. Chickering of New York has in troduced in the House a bill to amend the act of Julv. 1892. to enforce recip rocal relations between the United States and Canada. The bill provides in addi tion to the present powers that when ever the President shall be satisfied that there is any discrimination in the use of the Welland canal, the St. Lawrence river canal, the Chambly canal or the new Canadian Sault canal detrimental to the United States it shall be his duty to suspend the transportation across the United States in bond of goods imported or exported from any foreign countries from or .to the British Dominions in North America. In case of the suspen sion tolls are to be levied and collected on freight of whatever kind or descrip tion at tst per ton and on passengers at not more than $5 a head. No tolls are to be charged or collected upon , freight or passengers carried to and landed at Ogdensburg, N. Y., or any port west of Ogdensburg and south of a line drawn , from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the St. Lawrence river, the Great Lakes and their connect ing channels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota. The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. More trouble is brewing in Samoa. According to official advices the son of Tamasese, one of the former Kings of Samoa, is leading a movement against Malietoa. He is said to have a large following of natives, who are rebellious, not so much against the immediate rulers as against the tripartite govern ment that controls affairs on the islands. When Mataafa's adherents surrendered last fall and were transferred to one of the islandsof the Marshall group, it was hoped there would be no further trouble in Samoa, although the present admin istration never felt very confident that affairs on the island would .run alone smoothly and peaceably until some other form of government- prevailed. Ik is said negotiations are now in progress between the United States and lireat Britain and Germany for a modification i of the Berlin treaty, but it is not known what the proposed changes are. ' Presi dent Cleveland took occasion in his an nual message to note his disapproval of the existing tripartite. Great Britain and Germany are alike dissatisfied, and would probably like a change as much as this government, and the unfortunate natives are even more anxious for an other form of government than any other of the parties concerned. EASTERN PARAGRAPHS. Mayor Hopkins of Chicago has re duced his own salary 10 per cent. Companies in Denver owning smelters have decided to shut down half the fur naces. ' Wolves have been killing sheep at a great rate in parts of Minnesota not very remote., - ., ' The membership of the Massachusetts Grand Army is 547 less than it was a year ago. ... - The Kentucky Senate has defeated the anti-pool-room bill, which had passed the House. Petitions for the establishment of a National Board of Health are pouring in upon uongress. It is claimed that deep snows in the Wyoming Mountains have driven at least 10.0U0 elks to the plains. - ' The old Guion line, which has been at the point of dissolution for the last two years, has been revived again. Extensive frauds have been discovered, by means of which purchasers of public lands in Texas have been swindled. . It is expected that Moody and Sankey will make a great many conversions dur ing their engagement in Washington. , 1 The New York Central railroad has issued orders for extensive retrench ments along the entire line of the road, The will of Charles Bathgate Beck of JNew York leaves $1,000,000 to Dr. fark- hurst's Society for the Prevention of Vice. i It is thought Governor Northen's ac tion in endeavoring to prevent prize fighting in treorgia will become an issue in politics. . ; ' , Gold-seekers are pouring into- the Kainy .Lake section, .Northern Minne sota, where the precious metal has been discovered. - A project to furnish Omaha with water power by means of a canal fifty mues lung is ueuig couaiuereu uy pruiui nent capitalists. A New York ' journal reports that cheap building materials are causing " an epidemic of office buildings and apartment houses." The fund started by Mayor Gilroy of New York for the relief of the poor now amounts to $60,000, and much more is expected to be contributed. In the attempt to break the will of ex- Senator H. M. Rice of Minnesota, who left $2,009,000, claimants allege his com mon-lav marriage with a squaw. A number of New York manufactur ers, whose establishments have a capacity of nearly 300,000,000 bricks a year, are going to try and build a brick trust. - A suit has been instituted at St. Louis that involves title to- all the property on one side of Olive street from Third to Twenty-first, aggregating 450,000,000. ,; Postmaster Dayton has reduced the expense of lighting theNew York post office building from $70,000 to $32,000 by having a new skylight cut through the rOOf. :..'(' ' . ' .' Louisville distillers are not well pleased with the alleged project to have the gov ernment establish warehouses in New York where tax-overdue whisky may be stored. Mrs. Olden, widow of the ex-Governor of fJew Jersey, hasjgiven $17,000 to the Sheltering Arms Hospital near Charles ton, W. Va., for the benefit of disabled miners. The Iowa House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring insurance companies to adjust losses within thirty days and pay them within forty days thereafter. Last vear th withdrawals from the savings banks of the State of New York exceeded the deposits by $34,518,091. In wvz the deposits exceeded the drafts by $17,331,113. Sam Jones closed his series of meet ings at the Tabernacle in Nashville by appealing for subscriptions to pay off the debt on the building. In a few minutes $10,000 was dropped in the hat. 1 A steamship line will probablv be established between Galveston and Den mark for the purpose of transporting im migrants from Norway, Sweden and Northern Europe direct to Texas. Mrs. Chaska (formerly Cora Bell Fel lows) has been deserted by her Santee Indian husband, who has taken up with a young squaw on the reservation. Mrs. Chaska proposes to obtain a divorce. The tunnel under the Palisades, which is to give the New York, Susquehanna and Western railroad an independent terminal on the JNorth river, is nearing completion. It was begun August 1, 1892, and is 5,072 feet long. , Jim Mitchell, a drunkard and desper ate character, was remonstrated with for boisterous conduct while at the lirand Central Depot at Houston, Tex., when he pulled out his pistol and opened fire on the crowd, killing three men, one lit- xl- -1. '. I J 1 IT . ue cuuu aim wuuuuiug uiie wuuntu. The Kansas Populists propose in the coming political campaign to organize a theatrical company of young people of the requisite talent as an adjunct to the State campaign and send them over the State, giving plays depicting the woes and ills which afflict the working classes. The Secretary of the Interior in a Montana case holds that each twenty acre tract of any placer claim must show the discovery of minerals in order to ob tain a mineral patent. Whether the claim is surveyed or unsurveyed makes no difference in the rights of locators. Accordingly the location made on a larger amount of land is void except for twenty acres immediately surrounding it. Edward F. Searles, who by the death of his wife inherited Mark Hopkins' millions, has given to the town of Ureat Barrington, Mass., a beautiful tract of seventeen acres of forest and grass land on the side of a mountain near by, to be held forever as a public park. He has also given Mansfield Lake aqueduct, which supplies water to Kellogg Terrace. The onlv proviso is that the Terrace shall be supplied free. WHERE THE DRUMMERS ARE AT REST. A Comfortable Retreat For Superannuated Commercial Travelers. - Theknights of the gripsack are bestirring themselves to build and endow refuges for '' the superannuated and disabled members of their fraternity and for the widows and or phans of those that are dead.- One such in stitution is already assured. It is to be built -at Binghamton, N. Y., and Chauncey Depew is to lay the cornerstone in April. The home , will cost $150,000 and accommodate 250 in mates. It will have a training school for children attached and will be supported by "I an annual tax of $1 each levied on the mem'. ' bers of the society which is erecting the tuildinga. ' , This is known as the Commercial Travel ers' Home association and was organized in Elmira in 1891. Branches have since been formed in Rochester, Albany, Phila- . delphia, Pittsburg and many other places. A number of towns Offered generous In- ' ducements to have the home located within ; their borders, but Bingham ton's offer was , considered the best and was accepted by ' the association at its last general meeting in Syracuse. The city gives an eligible she PROJECTED COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS HOBH. of 100 acres of land and $15,000 in cash. The drummers have secured additional contributions amounting to $35,000 and have no doubt of their ability to raise the entire amount required. When the home at Binghamton is completed, others will be built in the south and west. " . There are over 480,000 traveling salesmen in the United States, and last year they sold upward of 600,000,000 tons of goods and spent $172,000,000 in railroad fares. The life they lead is beset with danger and filled with excitement. Every year many of them are crippled in railroad accidents or become prematurely incapacitated for work in con sequence of the irregular mode ot living which their calling makes npctssary. Ap peals in behalf ot unfortunate members of the fraternity are made at nearly every gathering of their different associations, and many business houses feel compelled to practically support men who have bro ken down while pushing their trade on the road. The establishment of the Binghamton home will lessen the necessity for much of this relief by providing a refuge for broken down members and their families. There are three such institutions in England, but 1 none has hitherto been established in the United States. J. H. Aldrioh of Detroit is president of the association which has pro jected the first American home, and W. H. Booth of Binghamton is' secretary. ; A Second Seaiton Miss. It was at one of the large receptions of the season that after a spin about the ballroom a young matron and her part ner started for the conservatory to dis cuss the ethics of dancing in leisurely fashion. t As they entered the place and stood for a moment to note the beauties of an unusually fine palm there came from behind the thickly clustered foli age a most familiar sound, as though "an artillery of bliss we're let off in one tremendous kiss." A moment of silence, and then with a little laugh came the remark in a fresh, young, girlish voice, "You kiss just like Jack W ." Washington Post, . V ' ' v f , . ; Mme. Schumann. ' - ' r Mme. Schumann has retired from ac tive work, owing to failing health, at the age of seventy-three. Before her mar riage Goethe predicted for her a great future as a pianist. She began to play in public at the age of ten. A good por tion of her professional life has been de voted to interpreting her husband's com positions. Berlin Letter. , Speaking from Experience. Teacher In China criminals are fre quently sentenced to be kept awake until insanity and death results. Now, how do you suppose they keep them from fall ing asleep? Little Girl (eldest of a small family) Perhaps, teacher, they give 'em a baby to take care of. Exchange. Beauty and the Beast. . ' ; Vernon You look very much as thongb you would like to take that dog's seat. Brandon That's so, old man, and be looks very much as though he'd like to take mine. Truth. One of Them. ": Muggins Some people are never satisfied to know that certain things are so, but are continually wanting to know the why and wherefore of it. .. :v ', Buggins Yes. I wonder why it lsf Phil adelphia Record. ' i . 1 i -J. ) - : i r 1! i -I I :4