WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 6,
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FKOM GUY OSBORNE
ESTEBIEXCK Or A BALEM BOY IX
THE PHILIPPINES.
fTork of tba Concord ad Her Crew In Ka
: tabUahlag ianliu Kale Span
iard KrleaaeeL.-
(From Daily, (April 4th.)
V. II- Osborn is ia receipt of a let
ter from his. son, Giiy R. Osborne, -who,
for the past .three years, fias served
Uncle Sam as a landsman on- board the
United States j gunboat Concord, and
who has participated in all the naval
operations in the .Philippines since the
war broke out4 The letter received by
Mr. Osborne yesterday, is 'dated "Gulf
of Son Miguel,1 February 27. 1900," and
in it the young man says, that a- short
time ago his vessel cruised off the coast
of the 'Hundred Islands, after which it
-was ordered to Cayite in the dock, re
maining at Cavite (during January and
February. The Paragya, a small gun
loat attached to the Concord, had beea
.sent to chart the coast of the Hundred
Islands and do patrol dirty. Mr. Os
borne is one of the small crew of the
Paragua. and seems to have been per
forming an, 'unpcrtant part of the work
for which the (boat was detailed. Fol
lowing is the; letter -he writes to his
father: ' - j (' :
"Just before we left Cavite. I receiv
ed a letter fiuiuj home. It -was the
first one that 1 had received for several
mombs. .
r. "Well. we had orders to cime down
and help, General llates make a land
ing here. ! The (Marietta and four trans
ports arc here, but! could not go up the
river, sm we itook two companies of
soldiers on beard! and went up thirty
miles to the town, which is called
N'uevo Cacerts. aird is the capital of
the province j erf Canvirines Suv. AVe
lid not have to fire one shot becaus-e.
as quick as the Filipinos saw us. they
ran away. Just as quick as the soldiers
landed they went lout as outposts, and
we were in the town. We 'kw:ed the
houses and took a lot erf stuff cut of
them. I got this book, which I am
writing in, and a No. 18 Remington
sbctfjun. a lot of Spanish photos, a
full set erf chessmen with board, some
fine neckerchiefs, j- a good sheet, six
pretty rosaries, a Kulii badge, and some
other things. ; Sonic of the boys found
jewelry and 'watches and money. It
. was 7 a -good haul for us. AVe got into
the town at 10 o'clock in the morning,
ami remained until a o'clock the next
day. .1 j
"Then we -went back down to the Mar
ietta for orders. She ordered us tfgcr
over to one of the transports and tow
up tlie -river boats!, which .she had load
ed with rations 1 for the soldiers at
Nucvo Caceres. jWcll. we towed these
up ami started bajek. but had not gone
far when we j heard ' a shouting
on the banks of the river
alongside - of us. and we stop
ped and lowered; a loat and wen! to
sec what was the matter. We found
they were, two Spanish pi ix.ncrs who
had escaped front the Filipino. AVe
, darted, and had not gone much further!
when we picked up four more, and they
were glad in get jnto our hands t
they .were pretty nearly starved. AV
gave them fod and clothes, and sent
them to the Marietta, and she will take
them to i.Manila. t They told us. there
were 400 more about twenty miles fur
ther up. The army will try to get
them. We pot stuck on the bottom
about three hcirMcfore we got out of
the river that tunc. I will write from
Ilo- Ilo next." j
The writer gives his address at Ilo
Ilo. I'anay Island.
A BIG SALE MADE
4SO rl.K.fC SOI.M VKSTKKIAr -HY HOT
UROWKIM' AiS.SUCIAT.ION.
Hnp Vlnra Are Shooting Forth Kapblly anil
Are Folly Two Wrrk Earlier
Than Last l'rir.
From ' Daily , April 4th.)
The riHwf'h ( .April is opening up
tno-t auspiciously for the Oregon Hop
growers' Association, and tlie officers
f thai org's nizatiorr naturally feel
p!eavd vi;'!i the- otulook. The oibcers
ot the association s othce. in thrs city
yesterday reported the sale of several
ki of hops aggregating 1450 bale.
T he hop vines iare growing splendidly
in all of the yards. ' James Win-tan!cy ,
Mvretary of the? hopgrowcrs' associa
tion, yesteraay j touiufc sIkhhs in mis
yard north iM t'his city that were fully
a yard in lengtbl 'While this is "an ex
ceptional growth, yet ven..s i ti . all of
t'isc yards throughout the county have
. a I
.ailained a growth ot several mcties.
In tact, the j vines are fully two weeks
eat Iter fiian Itliey were n- the season .rf
iXoo. Wiring :4 in progress in many
yards. v . j , j :
Mr. Winslanley. wfco made a trip to
Portland a few days ago, made partieu
lir 'observation of the condition of hop
..yards bordering along the railroad
track. His fb-r'ations disckved the
fact that a ;nnmcr of rhe yards that
wrtc cultivated i la- ycar,! Irave been
abandoned, i not even having ieen
elcared rf the vines of last; year's crop.
Thi condition, jtosether with the; re
ceipt of reports fron various sections
that -me yards are Wing ploug'd up.
will doubt icis result "in a reduced acre
age and a consequent, contracted yield,
rtnks Mr. j Winstarviey. ahlfoush the
deficiency so created wiill be partly sup
plied by rhej yield from yards that were
;tr .oit. last j year. ' . - -'
TO ASK FOR FUNDS
SALEM HOSPITAL ASXIOCS TO OCCC
PV KBW HOME PKOPERTV.
NereMory I m prove meat a Make Kaaeatlal
the Katelng ef lletareea 3.00 and
S.OOUt'emmlt lee lo D ork.
(From Daily. April 4th.)
In the i iSalem hopkal.!r5 Capital
City has an asylum for the ick and
maimed that reflect credit upn the
comrm'nity.l AUltongh it has bem but
four ye3f ; s im worthy intitt-
i,etioi was estabhVheiS in Salem, jet in
that period it ?ias made: record for
tI 1 c coast.
. A he hofpiul not supported by a
single endowmeot nor by any monetary
, By the most carefui and
economical management, tie inMitution
ha beetKmade practically s;H-ststain-ng.
whicins far more than other fcos
P f.are domar Mcrwii more fa
vorable coalitions. But this isof sec
ondary corrskkration. Since ifiic lios
prtal nvas established in Salem, rot a
s:ng e appeal for fundf has been made
an! a subscriptiop at this time would
not be asked, w-ee- ft not particularly
tssential to the imute welfare 5 of the
imtitution. Unfortunately, the poses
sj"? of the hospital management, in
cluding the she now occupied, which
wcs donated to the hopitaI by J. H.
Albert, arc not available for present
n.ec?- 'n appeal for popular, subscrip
tion is th only alternative for the man
agement ot ihi hospital ' f
Prior to '.kt death. Mrs. J. L. Par-rr-h
donatoi to the Oregon Childrens
Aid Society the property that is now
krrown , as the Glen Oak Orphan's
Home an Asyhmt 'Avenue. The prop
er ty was occupied as an orpiianage un
til lite .Vtate refused to crant t4ie usual
or amt4rMnt - a.i . .
bi-annual appropriation- for its support,
necessnatmg t;ie abandonment ot the
property as an ,orpnanage about one
year . agrJ. . In order to perpetuate the
memory of Mr. Parrbh. commensur
ate wit'h the Hea that prompted the
gift, the board of managers of the Or
phan's Home decided to give the prop
erty to the Salem 'hospital people- with
the reservation that it eliould always Ik
used as a hospital and if not occupied
as a lio-pha within one year alter its
acceptance, then the property should
revert to ttic donors. f
The year alluded to in tire above par
ailraoh. pxrrir 011 Auslh 101 an. I if
i lessemial that early action be taken
it the liospital pensile are to retain pos
session of this valuable property, so
admirably suited for hospital purposes
by reason tf its suburban lrcation anl
the excellesvt sarritary con-taioris ai
forded. The" present quarters are not
siwted for liospital purposes neither by
locatiftn nor ; in construction of the
bit riding, nor is it adequately large to
meet the requirements. Hence the oc
casion for removing into new quarters
is quite sfpparcnt. But before the Or
igan's Home building can be occupied,
extensive changes on the linterior of
tlie building will have to be made. Tiie
coirtemplated improvements, which are
absolutely necessary for the proper
rrar.agemcnt of the building, will rc-
$5000 and the charitable peoile of Sa
lem will be asked to provide this
amount. I I
Tlie board of managers t a recent
m-cetihg named the following commit
tee on subscriptions: il. T. Bruce, W
T. Gray and E. P. McCoijnack. The
committee . will legin soliciting sub
scriptions some time this wjet-k and is
entitled to a very cordial and respect-,
tul Clearing at the hands of Salem's bus
iness and professional men and all
oSier piflilic-spiritcd citizens.
TO CAPK NOMll Mrs. Anna M.
Nicbol, for tl past four years m.niag-.
er tf ?lie Salem office of the Postal
Tck graph-Cable Company, has resign
ed 'her position, and leaves tor Puyal
lup. Washington, this morning, whence
ie sails tfor the1 Caie. Nome gold
fields in a few days. Mrs. Nichol will
be joined at Puyallup. 'by a lady friend
and two trained nurses, and the party,
well supplied with a number of tents
and the necessary appliances, will go
to Nome 'Ciry, for the purpse e es
tablis'htng a hopital in that dismal and
faraway country. Mrs. Nichol has
made numerous friends rn this city dur
ing her Jong 4ay here, and. as a result,
t'here is universal regret at her depar
ture. She ' has taken a high place in
the business "community. . while in-the
social world, and especially in fraternal
circles, 'kcr place will be difficult to fill.
Mrs. Nichol has the heartfelt wishes
of iter numerous Salem friends for un
bo'irded succcs-s in the gokl fields of the
far North. 1
A STOCK RANCH. The Prineville
Iuid &: Live Sto k Coop;iny tiletl art
icle's rf incortoration in the sta'e de
partment yesterday. The new firm will
engage in the business of raising, ami
dealing in. live stock of all kinds; deal
in general merchandise, and do a gen
eral commission business. The ,p'in
e:pal office will be located at Portland
The company has a capital of $125,000,
divided into shares valued at $too each.
Henry Hahn, Julius nurkhcimer. and
Moses Baruh are the incorporators of
record. :
ONK DIPIXMA. The state boaM
of education held a brief session at the
capitol yeste-rday, to eemsider the ap
plication of Miss Belle Wallace. f
Pendleton, for a state diploma. The
document wa granted by the board
upon the applicant's showing that she
VL-3 4tl4 hn!lr of a lit? rpc-tificate crant-
ed by the educational department of
the state ot Michigan, i
FOR M FR SALEM IT& Tlie
Pioneer Mutual Insurance Association
Ita 1r-r-u orcranized recently at Seattle.
and antong its prominent officers are
two former Salem men r4 considerabl
rvurrifiu-r in the insurance' businessj
viz: J. H. Bridgefortl. who is secretary j.
and Harvey S, Jordan, who is treasurer.
PAID IN FU-LIi The Benton
rountv treasurer yesterday deposited
$4so.i in the state treasury dcpaitm nt.
the same being the balance due irn
that county on the ! tlx. 1 his is
the second county to pay its. state U
in full. Columbia having done likewise
only last week.. ?
ANOTHER IDOL SHATTERED.
;h va a LirtiHv Lirfd woman, and
6Iinir over with love for t'he little Colic,
av; flic Umam ori-iieraiufr ir
' - - . 4 " it. faU
walked nioeiesxjy mm uvc omcc oi me
Kv editor artl cnquireo: 1
,:W?!1 you please tell me which one
f the staff is it fhat writes all those
rery little stories abyat children? I
miKt iv? tflie little folks be
cause lie writes suclr-njce sttries abom
liem. I want to teir mm a preciows
liw'e story about my darling boy who
is only ,
"lliat's-the man oer there, mter
nned the city ei nor.
Whic one. pray.- .
"ICiat one -with the corncob pipe m
iis mo-it-h and swearing ai rm umec
bov.". i
A QUliTION OF GENDER.
Teacher 'WiVAc. wlwt's the mascu
line of "laundress?
AVillie Wiseauy L-Jimaman. uivoa-
lyn Life.
TRIP IN MONTANA
KIXTON 8HATT WHITES THE 8TATES
Itix'r&Oll L1TISG8TOX.
Excellent lerriptloaa of Cltlea la That
Mialag State Cms to bui ef the People
Slow Travelliag.
LIVINGSTON. Mont. March -33.4.
Editor Statesman: I befieE. I . wrote
you iist irom Helena, wiiich; place wc
left -Taefday foreno-an, after sitting up
ail night, waiting for fnc' train,- wbicjt
was delaj-ed on account of the wTeclf
ing of a freight some few miles (t
of Helena. Twelve frcigfiit cars were
smasjbed, but no one seriously .injured
Leaving Helena, we Tun .so'tth anjd
east through a country which reseni
bles, to a certain- extent.- the easter-n
part of Oregon, akrrrg near the Colunji
bia. It is a rolling plain, covered -witi
4Mnchgrafs. The Imd is gravelly axjd
will raise but little, if anythmg at all,
witlwt irrigating. - j
W'e reached Townsen J. a small towfn
thirty-fiiree miles from Helena, at, tle
noon hour. This little pkice'is a farm
ine town. Here we could see stnth!c
ficlt's and a few straw- stacks. Tbe
.own fs on the 'Missouri river, but arty
one who has ever seen the "Old Mud
dy" down along its lower course, would
ir?t recog.Kze tbe. stream at -this place.
for here t!ie water is as clear as that bf
any mountain stream, flowing over a
pebldv river 'led, and presenting to our
L minds an altogether dUetem picture
inw Kie miKhty,. cumrfg. twisting.
boiling, sluggiiWy moving stream
which we see when looking upon tfye
Missouri at Omaha . or St. Joe.
In the evening, at 1.1:30. the .trafrt
being one hour late, we started f 4r
Bozeman, a town of 5000 peexple. Thjrs
place, -rhe capital of Gallatin county, i s
ia the "heart of a rich river basm known
as the Gallatin valley. Their main
crops here are oats, barley ami wheat.
As you know, grains " and vegetables
tiere are bought and sold by the cent!
Barley at present is 65 cents per cep
tal. oats Si ter cental. Potatoes arc
high all't'hrough this country. Nice
green timo:4iy hay. is $14 per tort; al
lalla hay i-s iess ; eggs. v 25 cents per
kzcn, and "biitter, 25 cents ;o 30 cents
per txmnd. Cheese is a scarce article
in t1s section. I found some oii. the
table at -the Cosmopolitan hotel in He
lena, but it was not much like Warren
Cranston's cheese. Bozeman (has, 4
f'l'nk. three big flouring miljs and two
or l-hrce big grain elevators. I did
not sec the inter-ior of any of them, but
from outs-;de they look like Eastern el
evators. not Oregon ware'houes. On
tRe low laneis nere tire' irrigate ana -e-eurz
the greatest yields per acre of any
tlace of carfh so they teH nie. The
?viubble looks as if their reports might
be true. On the rolling rami they can
not irnirate and lo,not get siicn larige
ieIds oer acre. The soil is black and
loamy, and, when the frost begins jto
leave m the spring it resemjples very
much an Iowa sloetgh under flie same
circi'mstanccs, and some of your read
ers know- just Ihjw such soil is adapted
to rewd building. I saw a wagjon
loaded with rock d-rop fhrough he
street one morning, and aMer a lew nt
tempts to pull it nut and breaking the
tongue "snuarc off, they lett it there
every wheel down to t'he hub. Thy
say the roads get muddy sometimes,
but tfhey re dry on top now.
This town- is weH laid out and Has
trees ail over t'he place- cottonwood
but they look as though they were jail
dead. There are mountains on la!!
sides. Off to the east is a high rMinl
called "Old Bakry. it is smooth
can be, round, ami 'has nothing giv
ing 011 top of it. To the son
Blackmorc s Peak, bearing on the north
fide of it a large St. CieorRe s cro
formed by the huge crevice Wing, filf
led
with snow, while the snow surr ni
imr it niflt's. iravinir the clis-'en
id
white cross on the "face 0 the bkre
mo'm-tain.
The next morning after .arriving lilcre
we .saw a couple ot men, mounted tori
gtHxl saddle horses, accompaiie-d hr
seven big stag bounds, start 'ut to the
foothills to chase wolves. The stjate
iays a bounty of per heal, and the
stockmen, in addition to this', give If 20
per head, so a wolf's scalp makr$ a
couple of men a good day's sal.iry. pr
including the tort tbey and their
d-gs have in t'he chase j
Friday mortvng while Sam Lee i a
rrote-d stockman and exjert bni :ho
brs'.er. was chasing a. loose horse about
town, Ivs -sadMe lorse ran .;o r.caf a
telegraph pole that Mr. Lee's head
struck one ef the iron spikes projecting
from the pole. He was knock d frjom
his horse anvl tell upon- his left -bdul-der
on t'iic cement walk. His shoul
der blade was fractured and h;s leit ye
wa put out by the spike projecting
from t'he fKle. I saw him only a few
nynutes from the lime the acciden' oc
curred. The man kept saying: "llj'js,
I am aflftit dead: 'my heart is kmvkir-d
out rf place." He is a large man of
middle ape. well known and has 4 Kpat
many 'friends throughout t'his and oijiu-r
parts ot tbe state. He is .the 'ec nd.
if not the tH-strHler in. the state. (At
one tinje he was challenged V- 'i'le a
wild boTse. and at the time had a Stoo
watch in his,pockct. He rnoumed:he
horse, took his watch out. held it ;n
orre hand so tire cayuse in its fcijrful
liincintr and nluneinc would not snake
riie watch so badly. !
Bozeman is a quiet little prace at I the
present time. Tlie Hotel Bo T?m.;i is
the best building. The business lor
tion of tlie town is a. piile from the de
pot. bft the electric cars ;yt '. the
trains. Tk-r car fare Muringthe day is
10 cents: at night, 2$ rents.
In ilie cvning at 43 we took pliss
age on a Northern Pacific freight,
composed of atou fifty cars ami lu
Northern Pacrfic "hogs, for Livmg-Hon.
a distance of tweiKy-fie m'ue. Fpm
Bozeman to the Boreman tnnnel.l en
almost fhe summit of the ridge between
the Missouri and YelIwstone valleys,
the grade is quite heavy, and we male
haste slowly as: the following stateme-it
will jflrow youl Any one, who is ac
quainted witti me, knows I am nt a
ery swift runner, but at different times
I dropped from .the teps. of the Ci
boose and. holding by one "hand, ran
along on the ground. Not being sat
isfied wkh riiis. I jumped off. ran alomr
by tte train without any support what
ever. So you can ec why it toffc 2
Ijoar and 15 minute to make f the
twenty-five mles. A'fter parsing
through the tunnel we left one engine,
a s t he rest of 'the w ay is do wn bill.
Friday evening it rained a shower the
first of the, season tley say Itj;wa
more winl than rain. Thi towrf we
hA a( t o'cbck. It is built on
if round aVflat as a fl-sor, sandy I and
; I 1 11 .1 1 1 1
gravelly, f The wind blows and piles the
sand :p against the bonsrs and fences.
The foothids. only : a s-iort distance
away, z$ ;wvU as fhe -small valleys; are
covered, whh tiry bunchgrass. Not a
sprout of a tree ' around the pace.
SrQw-elad monnrairrs are on all sides.
Tbe Yellowstone river flows off to the
nC on can- see; a canyon leai ng
out into the mo;muin$. and tt is rp
fats that the railroad . s bm't to the
National Park. a distance tf fifty miles
from 'here. : "The park season docs not
open tmtil June 15th. They tell me
there is. 'bur little in- -the park
now, only three and : ne-half feeC
This isan exceptkmally nMlef winter.
the leHowstone i river here is -aootrt
j.ke 1 the Missouri at Townscnd. They
are iibout iike the Santiam fro.n Jvf-
fersca cow n to the tllatnette.
THE
CASH BALANCE
riNAMCIAL. COSD1TIUS or MARIOS
Si COPJiTf TKEASit'KY, 1 '
intelUrc Iwrnuwd Uarinc I Ha Moath
of March on Arcoaul of tha Cot- ,
lectio ot TaiU. '
Treasurer A. L Downing, of Marion
county, yesterday 4gave out his financial
report for . the month of March, low
ing the moneys received 'and disbursed
during the month and 'the balances on
hand. During the .month the receipt
'have exceeded t'he" expenditures by a
cemsreJerable amount, the reason fof this
being tlie receipt rt" the moneys col
lected bv tbe sheriff, and turned over
ia the 'treasurer last Saturday.. The
siaumrnt is as triven below:
.Snccial City and School Dist. Fund
Ca-h on hand March 1st. $ 150. 88
Receipts!. ..
1446 06
.1 . :
Total i . . . I .
Disbursements.
.5 1(05 94
. 80 Jb
Cash, on hand April ist..:.$ 1525 68
General Fund
Cash oVi hand March 1st... ...$ 2610 17
Receipts.. .. .. .. .. .. 11914 06
Total. . .. J'. .. .. .. ..
DisburscmetHs. . ...... ,, .
Cash on "haad April 1st.
General Sd Fund
Ca-sli on hand March is?...
Receipts... j, . .... .'.'..
. . 9524 23
. 357 21
..'.$ 9167 02
. $ 485 .t5
.. 1891 49
Total . . . , ..... .
. ..$ 2376 84
. . . .r 411 CO
Disbursements. . V-
CaA on band April 1st.
Indigent Soldier Fund
Cash on hand ; March ist -. .
Receipts. .'. . . . . .
Total.. ... .'. .i ...
Diybursememts. . . , ..
...$ 1965 84
,. .$ 168 17
37 73
..$ 205 90
"9 25
Caslvon hand vVpril ist...,$ 8665
Institute Fund
Cash ot band March
Cash on hand April
Tax Sale Fund
Cash on hand 'March
Cash onThand April
Bicycle Fund
Cas-h onJrand March
flash on-, hand Anril
lit...
ist. ..
1st. ..
ISt. ..
1st. ..
ISt. ..
..$
. . .$
16 00
16 00
40 00
40 00
178 34
178 3.1
Summarv of Totals
Cash on hand Mardi ist... ..$ 3.657 91
Receipts 10.289 34
Total,. .. ..
Disbursements.
.$13,947 2S
. . . 907 72
Cadi on hand April 1st $ 12979 53
DECLINE OF PUBLIC LISTEN
" ING a
Some comiarison of notes with vie
tims of Washington's Birthday ban
quets and o:hc,r "intolerable necessi
ties" of the sort (as the tpessimtst
called- the wedding at which he was
present), confirms us in the belief that
speakers on such occasions are finding
their audiences more and more indiffer
ent, not to say downright disrespect
ful. The painful spectacle is getting
lo'be too Common of at orator going
heroically through his- appointed task.
in the .face of hearers who thakc no
attempt to .conceal their weariness and
impatience. The thing has gone fir
beyond ya-wning- or ostentatious sleep.
Noisy chatter ii heard. Little groups
throughout the banquet-hall fall to dis
cussing, story-telling, laughing, with
the coolest ignoring of the hopless
speaker. He may be an invite! gucs
from out of.terwn. die may even be a
foreigner. No matter; if he is, unlucky
enouKlrto fail to interest his audience
in his first five: minutes, it is all up
with him. die might as well try to
talk to" the surf on the shore as to the
buzzing tables-full of bored and dis
gusted hearers. : We -metimes debate
whether there has been a elerlinc in
pnblic!"7;ra'i,'nK5 there is a clear dc
"line in public listening. Wre believe,
further, that the ravages of the "hu-
jnorous" speaker have - done a. great
deal vto break down the old habtt of
respectful attention to serious steaking.
It has get so that a speaker must have
his stock of quips and stories, or he
is at once voted a bore. Anything in
the comic , line wiil do: the broader
the grinning through a horse-collar.
he better;' but to leave it off altogether
is as fatal as it would be brr an ewa'tor
to leave 'eff his shirt-collar. : We have
come i to put anr irrmense premium on
silliness at public dinners. A favorite
way i to pit twoYiyal wits against each
other.' They launch their nrarefully pre
pared impromptus, and keep the tables
n a roar with their tu ottoqucs. all pol
ished ,np in advance, and it is rare spo-t.
But where is the fteaking? And what
becomes of the; faculty rif atteneKng to
a man -with something realhr to say.
if we sedulously: break it rfwn by turn-
ng tnv "wholei thtng io farce and
horsp!ay ? New York Post.
she: builds minja
turk ships.
A Little Colorado Girl's Copy of the
. ; Nash villcs the Jlouit She
' Made.
In the great . mining camp erf I-ead-ville
live one iof tlie brigljiest. happi
est an-i most ingenious itttle girls rhat
je sn of Colorado chines upon. Her
name n Florence 'Fuftcn and she is
eleven year old. but to small for Iier
age thai tbe doe's nn?tVK4c over rum.-.
'Among her accompli stl men r.at
of ship buihling. On both side erf the
street w nere she jives runs a nitco.
The monster pumps t t1e mrrrr-s force
fhe water up and end it,down through
the efcrehes of r1e town- below "in a
mad rssh. It comes almost to the
level of the banks when the full force
is on and tears down w-ith a speed as
if h con!d not fly fast enough to irke
way for the volume back of it. In these
ditches Florence bas aval parades.
-The finest piece of Iwork llrat Flor
ence has ever turned kut is tbe Nas4i
villc. She built rt without assistance
or advice from any one. copying from
pictures in old magazines of the real
Nashville. 'It -hi"s portholes made with
eyelets taken- from j old shoes. Its
smokes-tacks rise tall land majestic, as
A they really carried clouds of black
smoke: from pantingl furnace's below.
!.1! the finishings" ot tJ miniature war
vessel cak time and1 skill. -;. Tliere
were masts to carve out anl reipes and
spars to adjuvt, and jaH cJhe details 1
a big fighting sihrp to, arrange.
Florence has neverf seen a big ocean
steamer, but she hai -studied pictures
until she knows mor afcout them than
many boys and girli who have lived
on the sea coast and 'crossed the ocean
in t'.bcm. It was onljf after many days
of bard and patient work-on her Nash
ville that j by adding improvements
lere and tbe re, she at last turned mt
an- immensely cleverj cejy of it. The
dashing trip k Iras since taken- down
the muddy waters to the ditch would
make a book of exirifing- tales.
Besides ships and! all kinds of infe
rior craft which she -makes she has
ricsred our an anvil dn -whicCt she snolds
metal into any shape ,4ie desires. S5ie
Cieats it in ihe kitchen Stove and
pounds it orH with 1 art okl batdiet.
Since the United States has gone into
tbe fighting business ,it has naturally
turned her mind into warlike channels.
As a result slie eas been turmng
nlont'hrOiares into swords upon ber an
vil and making a regular" arsenal of
her work-shop. She? even has her can
non mounted on wheels and some-
timtV spends weeks on one piece w
work. ' "
Last summer she built a Jrousfn.
th-i back yard. ,-It ;lexked very much
like a mosaic. The framewejtk was
of scarling. Over: this was a . nust
e!;iflorate patchwork oi slabs. trai
of shingles'and remnants of old boxes.
Anvtr.i.ng vhe coukl. pick up stic uttl
izri AH llicse t'iiTercnt pieces she
fitted neatly together, so that the house
inside was) snug atid warm. She put
in a window and hung a strong eloor
so that it ciotrld ic iecurcly fastened up
at 'stsgh-t. She alstfput a nuniibcr on it
and gilded the figures.. She fitted up
the iitteriov wi:h vfiielves and scats and
papered it with railroad posters, on
y.".:ch -were great, gleaming red straw
'berrks. adirtisingv,traw4erry day in
one of lite neighfjoring tewns. On
the ot.tsiil slie -had. a flag staff, and
when at htme she ?ran 115) an American
flag.
vt one
time lrcj- sympathy was so
keen tor 1
lie Cirbains that e put up
the Ci'ban
colors, but one of the sirrah
urchins of
the ncig3iborhood tore tfliem
down, and
she basf never snicc replaced
t'hem. Instead she ispent weeks in carv-
ing out an
it before
the small
tance.
lmmense cannon and moiint-
hc kKr as a warning to
boy to jvcep at a safe elis-
Florence!
also ilraws well, and she
Iras a good ear ior music. Slie was
taunted one day with not doing the
things thai little girls 4mu!d. such as
sewing ankl doll-dressmaking. In ber
disgust slip aid nothing, but a few
days later presen-feel her doll to her
mother completely dressed an a lutiy.
having evf
n made a pair of kid boots
for it. D
enver ISpws. - . '
TI I E LAUGH ON GIBSON.
Not long, ago a txry came into. Gib
sorn's fttudfo and licgged permission to
show some drawings. The ladwanted
to know i the driwings gave any evi
dence of a future j career for the artist
who made ttfie.m. 1 Gibsoir looked the
skctcbrs over, ani in a disgu-ited way
exclaimcd'J , j
"Not a bit. Tikre is riot a line in
all there tliat gives any proiiis. They
are crude in' facti they are awful. ' H
t'hat is all -you can5 tlo, ejuit. Tire hand
hat drew these things, cair never lie
the hand, of a. ucfcessful artist,"
"Arc you quitci sure, 'Mr, Gfbson,
with study tire person wlio made these
tirawings m-iglit ljot accoinpUsh some
thing?" ' I '
'"tjuite -sure." sanl GBson. "Tliere is
r.o hope." . j , .
'Then the boy, jwith a dejected1 . air,
said: j
"Mr. Gibson, nry fatber is outside.
Will you see him' and tell "him what
you have told mef
"Oh. show hijn .in." said GJIson,
anxious to end the interview.
, The father came in and asked; "Are
tu irc these j drawings give no
promise?" " I
"They arc awfid." .aid Gibivon. "Tl
boy will never make an artitt. IonX
let him waste bisj time."
Jisi then Gibjm took a second xk
at the father's fajre and said:
'"Yo'ir far? is -familiar. Have I met
you befrre?" j -.-..
"I ho-ig'iTt you would know me,"
said the father, j "You lived ot my
bouse -one wintef, and thee are your
own drawings, niade while vou were, a
youngster." , ,
Gibson' Raqte'li He had patd em
hrs own work, -rribt recognizing k after
l5;e ktpe of ycrs, and flie- lwy lud
mae'i bim fr?olislt
There was a jjewd laiixh-. erf course;
br-t G'bson, did pt feel like laughing
when hi vtsitors had gone.- 'Wash in g
Sm Lc 'ter. .
CREATED A SU LPI I U R LA K E.
In the Weterii part erf t1e Mexican
State erf Michoaifan, near the I.ake Of
Chanula. in the tiudfacbe Iwrienda. an
trdergremnel rubbling was heard re
cently, followed by a strong detona
tion. whk3i threw the populace into a
panic. An immense cerfu mn- of smoke
rovt from a neighboring ball, w-hidi is
vamot for it stilpbur springs. A lake
of -hot julirfinr 'water formed on the
plateau of t'h-i ill. Tlie lake i" t,ooo
feet across and & feet eve-cp.
AN UN R EDEEMAB LE BORE.
Is rhe Conccitevl Man Standing Sen
try at the Door of His Dignity.
Good fcllow1iip i not ioniy nat
ural gift, or trajt. to be found in the
Americans. iy Max O'Rell mr the
New York Journal; it. iV actuality cul
tivated by thc-mj i even. a late at in the
mature days ot mamjorKl. And I
hope I tbill not offend Amefkan" wo
men rf, using the word ire its best and
most respectful; sense. I say rhat they
do. too, trike jthe foreigners as g"oed
fellows. gsod comrades, ; " .
After all, gkd felkjwship r like
e sense of htmor--4etb arc the out
come of simplicity and philmophv in
the character, i Yon will never be a
Rood fellow or a humort until you
can stand a joke at your on expense.
The conceited man has no humor br
him. nor can be see it in otbers. The
conceited man is a dull - fool, who
spend-i his lite standing sentry at fhe
door of hi dignity. He is an unrea
t Kr.r. tio mwes the sweeten
pleasures of 4ifc. and makes life un
bearable to all those w'to live arounu
him. You doVot meet fliat man i
polite society in America.
The American man is a generous,
goctJthjcartcdL pkakant genial, good
fellow, with whom j-oo get on from
the beginning. In Etrgjand you meet
cbarmtng men; but there is a crust to
bpeak through at first before you 'ca
get at them. The American i widej
ojen, ready for use,, j'
HOUSE SERVANTS IX BOSTON.
The Labor -Bulletin of (he Common
wealth of Massachusetts for February
contains some interesting informatiem
akng many different 1 lines, says the
Boston Herald. In general, tt is an ef
fective prosperity document, as it
sliows gains along a number X imlvrs
trics. with plenty of work promised
for the future. The bulletin is also in
teresting to those directly or indirect
ly affected by the "servant-girl prob
lem." Indeed, some! of the worst
kickers on that core might get nior-
mation 4rom the-bulletin wtmh would
aid tbem in keeping efficient servants
and improving poor ones. There arc
servants in Boston who read bchiller
and Goethe, f ' t , . .
-A considerable mas of statistics is
published in tegard to domestic em
ployment, showing irt representative;
instances the nunvber of yervanti em
ployed in a family, a ckissificauon ot
them according u their resiectiye bn-s
t ,t- tn!r Kim.! mlaces of lurtli.
religion, reaeling and the chances given-
lor it, opportunmes 1 km .....
callers, attemlattce by servants of clubs,
classes, lectures, etc..., their savtns m
hinle tha extent to w Inch they sup-.
In regard to wages. jit is said: t,Uc
tiv.t numerous wace!classes comprise
2S out of the entire number, wbo
I received , $.t per week; 50 who -e'c
paid $3 50: $4; .H $4 5o.nd 25
'at $5. Only three employes received
less than $t. One Was paid $6.50, six
$6 ami one $5 5- As might 1c expect
'cd. the wajjes of the cooks range high
! est. only about 31 per cent of the en
tire number receiving a wage as low a
$4. The average wage, the entire num
ber of employes lcing considered, wa
$4; for the otiks alone, $462: bj the
'employes in general housework. $3 71
for the parlor ana .cnamuernwaius, en..,
$4.22. ami for the second girls. $3.81
j "These -figures are unekmbtcdly some
what alKtvei those which would appear
In localities more reunite from Boston
or any large city. When it is remem
bered that board is in every case in-
I eluded in addition to the nnoney wage,
the aggregate. Tccompense for the
week's - service per employe eloes not
suffer in comparison,; if there were no
'other factor , to te r constdercu. wwii
! wages paid in storef or fsctoric. to
wemien 01 average capacity.
In regard to religion, it is shown that
of the whole number of cases investi
. . . ... . .
pated, 231. there were 15s K)inan
one's, 74 Protestants, and two person
I wliose religion was unknown.
I As to. the character of the reading.
ne wspapers: and- magazines were avail
able to the employes and read by them
in 130 instances; newspapers ejnly in
5s additional case,s j Reading of this
kind was' seldom rjone in tt'cac;
neer in itj, and in 6 cases the replies
were not definite or ronHusivc. .
The replies- as to the kinds of lxxks
which were reael were so various as
to make anv simple generalisation ini-
ncssible. 1 he tuore prmment m;iy
be given, however. In 33 instances n
books were read, and in 57 no lan vwe r
, was giveen to the -question. In -eighT-1
1
HIV IVJ'lJf Wlt lllrfl . lilt-
I were unknown. The replies that re
main numiK-r 133. i
Cook looks apparently conipriieI
either all or nearly all that were read
in three instances. Nearly all the oth
ers are reported to j read fiction only,
the exceptions being so few as to be
easily notl .In luv rr 1
, J m w ' w n r ii lilt I 11 1 1
history, either of thic United States or
I England, seemed to tc preferred. In
" iiiii-7siiMinie: fr crnicai woTie
was "mentioned: in one. the works of
rr-ethe and hchiljr and the poems t,f
I o""irr were specineii; ant in one ot
itbe ChautauMtia cirsc was followed,
i r-ttiA ttntif .r A : . . : , - .
rf
i ' 'lie Kinos oi ni inn mrnliritipi nnn.,1
irom cliildren s bt ks to the novels f
George Eliot. Dumas. Dickens. Th-irk-enay.
Victor Hugo j and .Eugene Sue.
In a few, cases tire reading of novels
wa stijdcmenteflTTby the Works e;f
Sliakcteare..
OM ALLEYS HAVERSACK.
During an advance in Manila, re
cently,! one cemipatiy had to lie down
at the side erf he rpad for jdiclter from
the well-directed- vedleys of the in
surgents. ! One srf the privates had
dropped his haversack in the middle
of the road away back, and after the
ronrpany i had lain down, he calmly
s'.oeid up ! and .walked demn the road
towards the lost, haversack, die. made
a fincftarget for the) insitrgerrts, and the
bullets rattled around hint pretty live
ly. "Here, come back here. O'Malley."
yelled the lieutenant of the conipany;
"youll be killed:" "Well," replied
O Malley encr his shoulder. "I might
jest as well be killed as have funeral
Tfis a runnin'-me itp , hill and down
dale and ce.min rjver in mr house ivery
mornm and a sayin', 'O'Malley, why
don t you eiay the government for that
haversack?'" -Then he calmly walked
cn. and got the lost 'piece 'of preiperty,
and. as be came back and sat down
just in time to escape a volley of 'Man
sers, he threw the haversack on the
grenind and sail: "And when h? d'es'
rrmie trmorrow mornin to me lKue.
I'll .say, 'Otis, me little nwn, you're
dead wrong. I never lost no have'
ack. There's your bkxnly eld p'rta'o
bag. Take it to the troverrrme-nt with
me compliments.:" Chicago Tribune.
None of tlie currem items of literary
ne- Las been cemucmeel upm more
widely among 'Frenchmen and reader
of French literature than the a.nnoiiiK c
mcr.t that Jori-KarI Huysmanns. the
novt-Ht. hz.i finally left the world and
jo-rneef a Ilenedictmc monastery a an
V,1ate"---that is l( say. ' wi'fit permis
sion to live fMtf-idfc tlte mona.cry and
rentinue bis writing. M Hnvstr inns
drclare himelf U tlneigh whit tlv-r
wewld and avows 'that be regret none
of ehe customs anf companionships
which be.? leaving. Naturally th'.se
w!;-nr frrfbtwed the a uiIkm-' progress as
shown his. wyM'k ttrottgh ' variou
stage erf jikepticism and pexsimbm to
tlie tegirming erf religious faith natur
allytrace an nalogy tetween hi -rwn
life arff his intellectual evolutwu a
ditcloicd in -hii book. ' ' , ,