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I trsa A SONQ. tf you'll sing a Hong a you go along, la the face of the reul or the fancied wrong ; In spite of tie doubt if you'll fight it out, And show a heart that in brave and Mont ; If you'll laugh at the jeerj and refuse the tears, You'll force the ever-rcluct.tnt cheers lliat the world denies when a coward cries, To give to the man who bravely tries ; And you'll win success with a littlo song If you'll sing the aong at you go along! If you'll sing a aong as you plod along. You'll find that the busy, mulling throng Will catch the strain nt thn ir!,l fniln That the sun will follow the blinding rain ; That the clouds will fly from the black ened sky ; That the stars will come out by and by; Andyou'll make new friends, till hope descends From where the placid rainbow bends; And all because of a little song If you'll sing the song as you plod along! If you'll sing a song as you trudge along, You'll see that the Blnging will make you strong j And the heavy load and the rugged rond, And the sting and the stripe of the tor tuous goad Will soar with the note that you set afloat ; And the beam will change to a trifling mote ; That the world is bad when you are sad, And bright and beautiful when glad, That all you need is a little song If you'll sing the song as you trudge along ! Philadelphia Evening Telegrnpk "Well, I never! What a wonderful thing! How truly kind nnrt consider te! I take It as a direct answer to prayer." Miss Jonn Lawrence dropped n let ter on the table, and covered two slight ly wrinkled cheeks with her thin Lands. , "What are you talking about? Is anything the matter?" Inquired Miss Caroline, looking up, her small, eager face expressing Irritability and curi osity. She was bending over on old fashioned embroidery frame, and was in the act of counting, "three greens, one white, a purple, then a pearl," when her sister's voice sent all tho colors out of her heud. "A most unaccountable thing has happened," answered Miss Jonn. "Such a kind letter from Mr. Slonne. Just listen: If, therefore, you will unuiy can at my place of business I ball bo pleased to see your work, and We can talk matters over. If I can bo of any service to you, pray come, an" "It Is all our minister's doing," said Margaret, Boftly. "It was Mr. Forbes :who wrote to Mr. Slouno on our be half." Both sisters turned to her In sur prise. "We don't understand you, Mar garet," said Miss Joan. "No," she answered, plaintively. "If you did you would not shut mo out of your troubles, nor deny yourselves that I might escape the pinch of poverty. Tou treat me as a child, I, who am In my 35th year, nut I am not a child, end- and, upon my own responsibility, I called upon Mr. Forbes, told him kin I fWX ....I.I . . .... "INASMUCH" 1 ) j, yu u.miuiira, uua nsKoti jr he could ua ,u uuy way. Apparently It was iuiu a UiU BO, 1 . "res." admired Miss Joan, looking ;! tenderly Into the soft,hy eyes of her I youngest sister, "It was a happy 1 thought, Margaret. Dear me! Thirty- 2 four our little Margaret! And Caro I line Is 50 and I am 65. Mother's baby I Margaret 34. yet never very strong! 1 Oh. mv dnrllnir If la . .. . l ----- i - u.nj natural mat r we long to shelter you from the buffet. ings of the world's storms." Wit.- Tn.H I 1- - . o uunu ijime unex- , pectedly, and sobbed. "I cant help It," l sue saiu: I am m n t... i , . . !f Hess." i - . - j...a t' LimiiKriii i' The sisters drew roim.l i. . , - .. iUO UIHJ i iuub ior nu uour discussing their guuu lonune. "I shouldn't be ono bit surprised" aid Caroline, "If after Mr. Sloano has een our work he gives us more orders than we can possibly undertake." "Only think of that, Joan," smiling "though that won't be Just at present! child. Hut, In any case, we shall nev er forgot Mr. gloane's kindness, shull ;we? I shouldn't wonder If he remem. hers what good customers we have been j in the past the hundreds of pounds we have paid over his counters." j It was Tuesday morning when Miss i Joan received Mr. Sloane's letter, and I during the next two days the sisters j talked of nothing but how they should ; meet him, and what they should say. , The memory of the past, when they , ranked with bin best customers, gave them courage, while the fact thut they were about to meet hi in on different terms was not without Its sting. When Thursday morning came, how, 'lver, Miss Joan and her sister Mur I taret put on their best bonnets and ? bravely went to town, oklng wth i them a tell-tale, large brown-pujier par- cel. The pavements were wet and slip jj pery. and a drizzling rain was fulling, j Now. although they kept assuring each other thut their business was entirely : honorable, and not unpleasant, still j they went on their way a little tlmor - ously, feeling anxious and 111 at ease. As they approached their destination I their spirit sank still lower, and th..r wished their lutervlew with Mr. Sloane Well over. The well-known, flourishing establish i meut of "Sloane & Co." was a series of klarge shos occupying tho length of one treet, and part of othcr. t "We will go In at the door where I w are least likely to be recognised, .'dearie," said Mies Joan, nervously. fDcur me, child, you looU soaked Vough!" TXever mind me; I shall soon cry," aid Margaret, with a laugh that was )'f teurs. "I wish we were at borne ''i don't you?" tian did Dt)t answer, but wung open a heavy glass door ana" made her way to the counter, Margaret following. A tall, bustling, well-dressed girl pre sented herself, ami bestowed a reveren tial smile Uon the ladles. Alas! they recognized her at once,'' She had been the head of the glove department for years. "What Is your pleasure, madam? Cloves?" She hesitated to eye with amazement the large parcel. The wealthy Miss Lawrence with a parcel What did It mean? Her obsequious manner at once degenerated Into femi nine curiosity. "Thn nk u, not gloves to-dny. wish to see Mr. Sloane," and Miss Jonn presented her en id. "Mr. Sloane? He Is In tlm nest shop, Perhaps you would like to go to him?' "No, we prefer to wait here," Miss Joan's voice, faltered. "He Is terribly busy," volunteered the girl, curling the edge of the card In her fingers ns she went' on her er rand. Presently she returned. Mr. Sloane would see them directly, and in a few minutes be appeared bald of bend, flabby of feature, and smooth of tongue, a loosely built mull with stoop ing shoulders. He came forward, rub bing his hand. The ladles Ixmed. Then he glanced at their faces, and grew confused. Evidently he had not thought of associating these wcll-ro-meniM-rod stately gentlewomen with the letter of appeal received from the Hov. Mr. Forls-s. "Excuse me," he stammered, gather ing himself together; "for a moment I am engaged with a gentleman. I will return to you Immediately." Again the ladles Isiwcd. nr course, no win take us into a private room. Jonn," whispered Mar garet. "Wouldn't It bo terrible If bo did not?" "Of course ho will." John hud scarcely repeated her sis ter's words when a young man stood liefore them, and, without any cxplami tlon, proceeded to oien their parcel. "Excuse me, that Is ours. We have an appointment with Mr. Sloane," said Miss Joan, stilllly. "Oh, that's all right. We know nil nliout that," said the man, confidently. "You have some things to sell, I be lieve, air. Mounes busy, so I'm to look at them." Miss Joan's dark eyes contracted with pain. She stirred uneasily In her chair, and Margaret sat as one In a dream, siurlng first at tho customers, "Wll.t. YOU U.N1IKKTAKE TO KEPiOVATB AND REPLACE A LI. THE NEKIILEWOHK?" then at their treasured work, strewn over tho counter. The young man took up the articles and dismissed them with a single em phatic "Do !" "What do you want for this?" he in quired bluntly, pointing to a beautiful ly worked cushion. The sisters exchanged glances. " don't know," faltered Miss Joan; "wc havo never sold anything before." "H'm! Well, ladles, "pon my word I'm sorry, but the fact Is wo are over done with sort of thing. Of course, If wo should require anythjug at any time we havo your address. Now, If you could make sheets and plllow-cnses wo could find you plenty of work. We could forward you a roll of cotton in the morning, and you could let us have It back, say, the next day mode up, of course. Understand?" Miss Joan drew herself up. "I un derstand. I understand ierfeetly! Thank you, no, we shall not be able to undertake the making of household linen." She stretched out her trembling bauds for tho parcel with a smothered cry, and Margaret, half frightened, took her arm and led her away. The man, who had served tho ladles many a time In their prtwiierous days, craned his neck ufter them. "l'oor old things," ho muttered ; "it's a bit rough of them. Our guv ought to be ashamed of himself, 'pon my word be ought" When Joan and Margaret returned home their manner betrayed suppress ed excitement Indeed, Joan had hard ly entered the houso before she broke down. "Oh. Caroline!" she cried; "we have lHen so humiliated." And she told her sister all that had hupicucd. "Hush, hush, Joan!" Margaret said, as her sobs broke out afresh. "Hush, dear! Ion't talk about It now. Eet me take off your bonnet There, there; you are our brave Joan again." At that moment something hapMn ed. The wheels of a carriage rattled down the narrow Htr-et. A knock came to the front door, and presently the little inald-of-all-work announced "Mrs. Sjiencer." She stood on tint threshold almost enveloped in cos ly furs, and with a startled cry Margaret rose to her feet, for she recognise her at once as nn Interes eJ observer of their trying half hour at Sloane's. In another moment she hail settled herself ct.lly In an armchair, und the dark, mournful Mom sin-ined full of sumhluc ami brightness. "You must excuse me for calling lu this uneouventloiial way," suld Mrs. SiMMicvr; "but I saw you, us you kno.v, at Sloane's this morning, and I v;.k lutereMel. for your beautiful work at tracted ine, th;tug!i, of course, I could not approach you there. One thing es Ieclully tisik my fan-y a 'iis!ii;i of rare beauty. I would Is- so glad If you would sell It to me. and jny carriage Itelng here. I can take It v!t!i me." Stelug at a glance that the sisters were not "bargainers," the klnd-iienrteU laity n line I u '.:ui far beyond ail their exiKt'Ulluuj, i. nl Insisted ou its ac ill c2&' ceptance In a way which touched them deeply. "Now this brings me to the real ob ject of my visit." she contlnuod. "I am furnishing a boudoir In the antique. Every piece of furniture has boon pick ed up at different times. Will you I know I am asking a great favor but will you undertake to renovate and re place all the needlework covers of chairs, cushions, mantle-borders, and so forth? I do hoie you will say 'Yes.' " The sisters could hardly recognize their own voices as they attempted to speak. They felt dazed, tMwlldered, tilt relief whs so great, the lady's k Indues so overwhelming. "We cannot find words In which to express to you. madam, our slncero thanks." Miss Joan's Hps quivered pit ifully. "lon't don't take It In that way; you make me feel ashamed. It Is you who are conferring the favor upon mo." Mrs. Spencer rose to depart She waved her hand out of the car riage window, and, as she went bet way, It may Is- that a still small vob-e whispered In her ear the words of tho Master whom sbe so faithfully served: "Inii.uiiii'h ns ye have done It unto one of the least of these have done It unto Me." London S. Times. ye S. Mr, Harmon's Xetv Gardener. "Old Man Harmon," ns he was gen orally, If not very resiectfully known, was one of the leading citizens of a thriving Western State. Ills flowers were his hobby and the pride of his heart Mike, his head gardener, hon est nod hanl-hcaded to the lust degree, was a very skillful florist, but be and the old gentleman were seldom In agree ment. .Mike would do what he thought best for bis beloved plants, regardless of orders, and consequently had Isjen discharged two or three times every week during the many years of his en cumbency. At lust a really serious rupture oc curred, and the old gentleman und Mike parted conipnnjf lu good earnest, each expressing lu uiiineusiired terms his joy nt being rid of the other. The flowers Immediately began to lungiilsh as If grieving for the rough but tender hand that hud oured for them so long. Mr. Harmon advertised fur and near for a gardener. Selecting from the numerous replies the one that most struck his fancy, be wrote and appointed an Immediate In terview. The old gentleman hastened out on the lawn when the. applicant was an nounced, only to be confronted by Mike, dressed In his Sunday best, bowing and smiling with the best grace lu the world, and holding In his hand, Mr. Harmon's letter apiointliig the meet ing! "An" Is It a gardener you're wuntln', sir?" queried Mike, Innocently. "I am badly In need of one," resiiond- ed Mr. Harmon, gravely. "I had a fair ly good man, but he was so pig-headed thut I had to let him go. He never seemed to understand that I wanted some little iorsonal enjoyment out of my plants, even If I did lose n few oc casionally by experimenting with them. Hut I must say that he was a good man. "The spalpeen!" Interrupted Mike. "To be after not wanting you to enjoy your own blossoms, nn' yourself bear ing all the explnso of tlilm. "I had a gxd place meself, but I had to leave on account of the Ikhs thinking he knowed so much more than ho did, an' wanting mo to transplant some of our best plants on a day that wuz cold enouglv to freeze the nose off yer face, to say nothing of tblm tender shoots. Hut I'm not saying that lie wuzn't a gentleman an' the best man I ever worked for." The Interview proceeded with great solemnity, as between two strangers, and In a half-hour Mike had his coat off, busily going over bis tulips and hyacinths, and grumbling comfortably about the moles and the cutworms. Youth's Companion, Time to Make Good. There was to be a circus In town next day, und Ilols-rt wished to go to see It unload; so he sought to obtain his father's consent. The first nues- tlon bis father put to him on being approached was: "Have you asked your mother?" "Yes, sir," was Itols-rt's- prompt re ply. "What did she say?" the father pur sued. "She said I couldn't go," was tho frank rejoinder. "What do you mean, Holiert, by com ing to me to ask to do a thing after your mother has told you you could not do It?" "Well, pupa," the little fellow ob served, "I heard you say last week thut you're the Isiss of this ranch, and I tlx night It was alsnit time for you to assert yourself." Judge. Darling Nrllle Gray." Heivntly n tablet was unveiled at Oberlln university, Westervllle, Ohio, lu honor of the memory of Honjtuuln Kufsell Ilanhy,. who wrote "Harllng Nelly tlray," a song that was Immense ly kptilar In Civil War times among the abolitionists. Ilanhy graduated from the university lu IS5H. The tablet bears a few burs of music of the song, und was unveiled lu the presence kf the author's widow, who ciime from Ijos Angeles for the ceremony. A I'rlmlne ItUrnivrf-. I've found tint In my historical re searches that Adam was the original trouble maker." "You mean In that apple business?" "No; It has Isvn established past Usimte that be was the first mail to raise Cain." Ha It (more American, Mathematics. Mother Jean, give half of your uiv pi" to your little sister. Itenmmber tint a pleasure shared Is doubled. J iu Yes. mother, but an apple Khared Is halved. Nos I I sirs, A wise wouiuu always lets herdf get the worst of an argument with an egotist. v Many a convincing political speaker, cau't even get a hearing at home. Vanity makes a lot of remunerative work for the beauty doctors. . SOLDIERS AT H03IE. THEY TELL 601V... INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THc WAR. now the Hoys of Hoth Armies Whlled Away Life In Ciimp Foraging Ex perience, Tiresome Marches ThrU ling Scenes on the IluttleQeld. Dr. O. W. Carlton, of Milwaukee, has a mere lad wh:-n the Twenty eighth 'Wisconsin went siiith. and bad recently come from Sweden, but hr? en listed In It. In s;vakl'ig of the first time ho was on picket he doerlhed the largo, couraifeons man who was his picket companion. The regiment had marched from Its camp In Arkansas to ' a dismal spot, re:i '!ii ig there Lite at night He and hU lar? companl in were down for pfcct duty. and. though nearly dead fnu the long, weary . march, the pickets were sent out, while the rest of the troops dro;ed upon the ground and slept. Carlson and h!s partner heard strange noises that black, gloomy night, and tlnnght they saw horrible sights, but held their peace until nearly daylight, at which time there was heard, a little distance In front of them, a crackling In the bushes, and an Instant later a hoarse ' roar that fairly made the limbs of the trees quiver. It was then that the brave assistant of you:g Carlson seized his gun nnd started out for the reserve, yelling: "Holy Jerusalem, the. whole rolcl army Is right on us!" The young Swede, Carlson, ran a few steps and looked back. Seeing no rebel army on bis heels, be halted and resumed his station on the outpos-t. When daylight came In; wns enabled to learn the cause of the trouble. Ten roils beyond their Btatlon a drove of Confederate mules had camped. When the night was done nnd hunger made its demands, one of the muleg arose, stretched himself and Hounded bis bugle ns only a lonesome, hungry, homesick mule c.iv sound a bugle. When Carlson returned to tho re serve his big friend asked bhn why he clidnt come back with him. His re sponse whs that he didn't enlist to get scared nt the braying of a mule. The big picket never heard tho lust of his ourpnst exploit. At the battle of Helena, en the 4th of July, isun, a volunteer wns called for to take a dispatch frn one portion of the lino to another. The messenger must go a considerable distance In plain view of the enemy, where be was certain to be the especinl mark of hundreds of good shots. Carlson promptly resiwinded, was given the message nnd told to make the best pos sible time. He ran like a deer, dellv ered the Important message and started buck with the same degree of speed, but when within three or four rods of the point fconi which he bad started he fell as If shot Two or three of his comrades sprang tov his side, saw he was not trilled and took him to n pl;u of safety. The brave Swede had rocelved a se vere sunstroke, from which It took him a long time to recover. When he had partially recovered General Fred Steele had him detailed as au orderly and Intrusted him with Important messages to Memphis and other points more or less distant He was at tho leading hotel In Memphis at the time of the Forrest raid In the summer of ISt'A. lie heard the disturbance, got up and dressed himself, gathered up his mes sages for Immediate destruction In case of capture, and then stood at a window nna looKeu the Forrest raiders ns ihav dashed about the hotel nnd along the streets. Iliey came within three or four doors of his room, but something distracted their attention and they went away, and his heart crept buck from his mouth to its right place, and there it stays. While on this service young Carlson turned many an honest penny by buy ing Memphis papers at a low figure and clllng them at the market price In the rnny, which was anywhere from 10 to 25 wits. Finding himself In possession of more money than he had ever seen before, he concluded to put on a little Btyle, bought a handsome suit of clothes, a darker blue than the regula tion uniform, and also an officer's hat Ills captain was bound to have him fcack In the company, and finally sue ceeiled In getting blm. The first evening after his return to the regiment Carl son appeared on dress parade clad In his ofllcer's uniform. Suddenly the com mander of the regiment Colonel K. B. Gray, now pension clerk at Madison, duslitM up and ordered him never again to apivar on parade In such a uniform. It was a hard, blow to the young man having to give up Ids nice clothes for the old milt. General Fred Salomon was a friend of Carlson's. One day Salomon called tho boy Into his tent ami offered him captaincy In a colored regiment. "Me a captain, nud go away from the boys of the Twenty-eighth?" "Yes." "I thank you, General, but I'd rather stay with the boys of the Twenty -eighth," aid lie, and he did, coming home a private. Klchard O. Jeardeau, a jktpular rail way conductor, who served through the war and wiib terribly wounded lu one Of the Inst battles. Mis me this pa thetic story: A family named Haw dou lived In Wyoming Valley. Wis., in INtlt. There were two sons. Miner and riynrpton. They both enlisted In Com pany C. Twelfth Wisconsin, Colonel, later General, George K. ltryunt, com manding. They were Inseparilbb , hav ing always been together. Hoth hid worked for my father In Wisconsin and we boys were fast friends. The Twelfth was In the Seventeenth corps In front of Atlanta. My regiment, the Thirty-first Wlscousln, wus In the Twentieth corps. The Twelfth was In the bnttto on the hft, July 22. and lost beavlly. The uext day the Seventeenth corps iMised from left to right of Sher man's lines. As t)y were jmsslng word went around that the Twelfth Wisconsin we.s going by, and I hurried back to see the Hawdon hoys and other equnlntantvs. Thty made a short halt es I came up and rhaw Miner brand ing In his plac slsiok his hand eager ly, and asked for "I'lymp." With a tear on his homely, weather-Uaten Check and a tremble lu his voice, Miner atd : "Ton win never sea Tlynr flgaln, tUck. He -was killed yesterday; shot dead by my side. We burled him where he fell, nnd I hnd to leave hlmj there this morning." Just then the column moved and poor Miner shoul 'iere.1 his musket nnd mnrched on- keeping step with his file, filling his place just as if this awful tragedy had not oecurrod. It did seem hard that he could not bare one dny off to spend by this lieloved brother's new-made grave. His knajisn !; wus n little beav-; ler ; it hel l a few of "I'lymp's" most precious ts'longings. J. A. Watrous, In Liucag.j I Inies-Herald. M!sel 1 1 1 in on I'arpok. When tiie statue of StonewMl Jack son was unveiled at Lexington, Vu., July 21, l.'vM, not a few soldiers who had fought against blm were found among tlinso who hud come to houoi his memory. In n crowd of old "(Jon feds" one of these L'nion soldiers, s West Virginian, probably, made hli contrlhutlou to the war stories that fell that day thick as the leaves In Vallombrosu. "I was down tho valley here, fighting against old Early." said the boy who had worn tflie blue, "and when we got within striking distance or where my Sarah lived she's now my wife I lighted out one uight and went to see her. "I knew she was outside of our lines, und If 1 had known that she was lc yours It wouldn't hav.e made any dlf ference. I was going t see that girl." "Of course," Interrupted some Pjm pathetic listener. "Well, luck wns against me. I was caught, taken to Larly's headquarters. tried ami condemned uti u spy, nud sen tenced, to be hanged nt six o'clock the next morning. , I was put lu un old smoke-house over night, with a sentinel at the door. Presently my guard was relieved, and the second watch went on. I am not g lng to tell you all I thomrht about that night, but y and by the third guard went on duty. I knew then that my time wns neur. I " "Stranger!" cried a voice in the crowd of broad-rlmuied felt hats, "let mo finish that story. You talked to the guard through the chinks between the logs; you made him believe that you were a true man, and no spy. He proisjsed to you to run for your life, and let him shoot nt you. You ran; the guard shot ; he was a prlae-shooter, that fellow, but 'someliow he missed you clean. Hello, stranger, I was that guard." AVhat can men do nt such a time, seeing they cannot fall on one another's necks and weep, like Jacob and L'sau? The crowd cheered nnd parted, and the two men grasped hands. "I have advertised for you In the Ga zette for years," said the Union vet eran. "I was busy raising corn no time for reading the Gazette," laughed the other. "Well, this Is what I wanted to find you for Just mention what you want." "I've got a fine furm," said The Con federate, proudly, but with no sign of boastfulness, "a good wife and six chil dren. I don't want anything else that man can give." "All right," said the stranger; "I ain't a rich man, but I've got some money and I can get iwire, and every dollar of It Is yours whenever you choose to ask for It" "Oome along," said the old Confed erate, linking his arm In the ' stran ger's; "all I wn:'t Is for you to help us hurrah for old Jack to-day, and then go home with me to see the old woman !" Youth's Companion. " I'm the Mna Who Shot You." J. H. Wymau, of Chlcugo, went to Newport News recently, ( and while waiting for a ferry boat u tstruiiyer, u luuu about Wymuu'a uge, cuiuc up and shared his seat They were wultlng fur the same boat "You were lu the Union urmy," said the struuger, glancing ut'a button ou Wyiuuu'a lapel. "Where did you serve?" "I was In the First Wisconsin heavy artillery and put lu a good share of the time guarding the big bridge over the Green Klver lu Kentucky," an swered the northerner. "You did! I twicu helped to blow up that bridge und wus there wher. the third 'attempt, which you fellows stopiied, wus made. It wus a Muck night In winter when we went up tho third time. There were only u few of us, but? enough to do the work If It I were done thickly aud we could puss through the federal pickets. We reached a iolnt 1,000 yards south of where we thoughtlvour picket Hue was and I was sent rVrwurd alone to lo cate the line and find some place through which we could pass. I walk ed along freely until I thought I ought to take some care, and then I droppod to my hands and knees and went thut way for a while. It was so dark I could see absolutely nothing. All at once I struck a dry bush and snapjied a stick under my knee at the same time. Then a rttle shot came from a picket at a point not twenty yards away nud my right arm wus broken by the ball. The fellow had fired at the noise und made a good shot It alarmed the guard ant our third at tempt to blow up the bridge was n failure. Were you there then?" "Yes." said Wyuian. "I am the man who s.hot you. I never saw you, but I heard the moving of the bush and the breaking of the twig. After I sliot you walked straight to the right for uNuit ten yards and then ran back for your command." "That I did, exactly," said the south erner. "We found your tracks In the sand the next day. I did not know I hit you. I am giaa I uid not kill you and I'm mighty glad to see you." Then they shook hands and took up the Journey together. Worth Knowing. Slam was a eotton producing country 2,5()0 years ago. Sharks were almost unknown In the Adriatic until the Sues canal was ojiened. Now the harbors of Flume and Pohi are so Infested with them thut residents dare uo longer bathe In the open sea. "OR GOVERNMENT 0WNER3HIP. fnlnnlita T'ruf Cofisnllilatlnn of Tri reme h with Postal System. President Smull of the Commercial Telegraphers' l'nion has called on the United States and Canada to take over the control of the telegraph lines now owned by the Western l'nion and Postal Telegraph companies. At the same time he lsgan a campaign to se cure n congressional Investigation of the conduct of those companies In this country. To this end tho union has es tablished two funds one for the direct support of the strike and the t her to pay the exis-nses of the sovernment ownership campaign. lie asks runt trade unionists In general and tejegra phers lu particular begin at once to raise SiVHHi.ooo for these purposes. The strike wns further strengthened by the calling out of leased wire orw erators In many brokers' offices, and it wns exacted that the cable operators would also Join. On the other hand, the telegraph companies claimed to bo taking cure of all business offered, and fay that the strike is a closed Incident so far ns they are concerned. Wash ington heard that Commissioner Noil was about to submit a retwrt regarding the telegraph strike to the rrcsttlent. The strikers charge that the companies are taking most of their business sub ject to delay, and that the dispatches. Instead of being put on the vrfres. are ont by messengers In suit cases from one city to another, to be copied and delivered by local messengers. It Is said that n bill is to be Intro duced nt the coming session by Con gressman Samuel Smith, of Michigan. which will authorize jiostal telegraph systems operated by the Post Ollice De partment Congressman Smith says: "We pro vide for carrying tho malls by the swiftest known method, steam, electric railways and pneumatic tubes. Whv deny the right to the use of the tele- graph? Wo carry the mails at a loss. Why not use the telegraph not onlv ns a convenience and blessing to all our people, but to help wipe out the an nual postal deficit? Who doubts that the telegraph Is an essential nnrt of nn efficient postal service?" The constitutional right to establish a postal telegraph system Is unques tioned. The government starfed out bv owning the telegraph system. In 1S-15 the government hud built a telegraph IT'S COMING line between Washington nnd Haltl moro, costing $30,000. Two years later, under q notion of economy. It was turned over to pri vate ownership. Among the public statesmen who protested against this course were Henry lay and Cavy Johnson. Prof. S. F. B. Morse also prophesied tbe evils of private owner ship. Justice Brown, of tbe United States Supreme Court, has said: "If the gov ernment may be safely Intrusted with the transmission of our letters and pa pers, I see no reason wh It should not ulso be intrusted with the transmis sion of our telegrams, ns Is almost uni versally the case lu L'uroie." I.anuuHure of Heutrulla Found. John H. Watson, professor of psychol ogy in the University of Chicago, has just returned from the Dry Tortugas Islands, off the lower const of Florida, where he carried on Investigations ut th Andrew Carnegie station. He says that be has found that the sea gulls have a language of their own which can be imi tated by a humau being. He finds thut they live in family groups In houses con sciously built for their purpose, anil he believes that they have jKditics In tlieir governmental ufTuirs. For several months Prof. Watson has lived in a hut of Ismghs on these tropical islands, taming the great ocean birds and getting close to them. He thinks that these binls converse with each oi her by means of the volume, tone and duration of their vocal sounds. lliiuril Favors OctujicH. The Na.-al Subumrice M'unl. which, conduct. 'd coaiix'tit ive tests ut Newp ir;, has reported unaniiuoiwly that the ().;: pus is I he superior of the horrN tested ne 1 Hie eoual of the best now owned by t!i United States or under couti'.Kl. T;:e opinion is nlso express. -4 that a boat sl'.ii lar to the Oclupus. but larger, wo:; Id be ; superior naval weapon. The Otv.'oii Trust nnd Savings bank. 1 'ml hi lid. with dcjodu of $:i,,Jo.t.tliat un I liabilities of $;(.''' hi.imki, closed iu doors. More iudii tuieuts of Arkansas legisla tors nre expcdisl next month by Prose cuting Attorney Itiioton of Little Kixk when the grand jury meets. President Uoostvelt approved the sen ten: a cf ilisuii-sul from the navy of Chaj lam Joui. wlio wit tried recently by tinrt-mnrtial for financial irregularities. The .mditor's report of the condition of the J'-.ch '::-e I'.ar.k of M.ieon. Ga., hich leii ;:t!y v. .'ut into the hands of a receiver, shows ,!i;t the enure capital and surplus had tl.sii; p-are.l and there wa an actuul deficit of $V,II0 NELSON MORRIS DIES. Pioneer fhlcnttrr-rnoUer and Mll!loa Irr I'nsen Atvnj-. Nelson Morris, plen' r Cli'caso packer and muIti:niIlio;iairi d. Tiis:lny. Nel son Morn was the t'.iiiil in:n;-rr of the famous "bin four" pachers. Philip D. Armour and OusMvm F. Swift preceded hiiti to the grave, n;nl MMi.icl Cmlahy is the only survivor of the city's pioneers In the packing industry. Mr. Morris desth was due to chronic nITeefion of tbe heart with a kidney complication, which hnd its origin some time ao. Nelson Morris was horn in the Hlnck Forest, Germany, Jan. 7. 1M0. His fath er originally was a wealthy tattle dealer, but he became reihleed to poverty after joining the revolntlomry movement to unite the P.l.ick Forest to Switzerland. The father was an exile until the son paid Jiis rniitom twenty years ago. Carl Scliurz was a fellow exile of young Mor ris, who, when he landed in Philadelphia penniless wns 11 years old. Tho young man walked to New York, where he hired out to haul charcoal in, Lakeville, Conn., for $." n month and board. Later he worked his way on a cnnnlboat to P.uiTalo, thence walking to. Chicago. Here be went to work in the old stockyards. Five dollars a month was bis salary -the first year, increased to i the second year. All be saved from bis earnings he sent to his. relatives arross the ocean, lie began to. buy hogs when be was 1.1. making enough to start himself in the cattle business a year later. The packer used to tell how nt first bo killed nnd dressed his own cattle, lie slept on the slaughter house floor at night in order to be ou hand early in the morning with his beef nnd pork. His first financial reverse came when he wns IS years old. When he was 2't years old Morris suffered anoih -r reverse. He indorsed pnpers for creditors who went y back on him. Within a year, however,, ho had recovered from his ,ws. He started his packing house in 1S02' aud during the latter part of the war sup plied the army of the -West with beef. Mr. Morris wns the first to export live cattle from this country to Europe. He received the first contract ever given to supply a government with beef. He ob tained important nnd profitable contract with France, Kngland and Germany. HcKtrlctcil Jllrth Itnte I)eslr;il:e. Prof. Edward A. Iloss. head of the So ciology Department of the University of Wisconsin, in a lecture to the students, snid that "restriction in the birth rate is a movement which at. the bottom is sal utary, nnd the evils in its train nppcnr to be minor or transient or self-limiting or curable," thus taking direct issue with President Hoosevelt's well-known Idea ns TO THIS? to race suicide. Prof. oss says he is "with those who hate famine, war, saber toothed coniix'tition, class nntagonism, degradation of the masses, wasting of' children, dwarfing of women and cheap ening of men," nnd nsks if tiie time will come when the mother of more than three is "regarded ns a public benefactor and plnced on the pay roll of the Stnte." Prof. Boss himself is the father of three children. Free lim i)l incut Agvnrlei, The Massachusetts Labor Bulletin, as digested in American Industries, shows that fifteen States now have free public employment ngeiy ies in operation, ns fol lows: California, Connecticut, Illinois,. Kansas, Maryland. Massachusetts, Michi gan, Minnesota. Missouri, Montana, Ne braska. Ohio, Washington, West Virginia nnd Wisconsin. F.lewu of these have State systems with twenty-eight offices in twenty-six cities, nnd five States haw eight municipal offices. The motives nd vnueed to justify these agencies are the belief that State competition would drive unscrupulous private agencies out of busi ness, the need of assisting the unemployed, and the bringing together of In borer and employer with the result of reducing tho army of unemployed. Short News Notes. A girl baby was born to Gov. and Mrs Charles F.. Hughes at Albany tbe other day, it being their fourth child. William W. Prosser, St. Louis, city passenger agent of the Clover Leaf iVjte, . died ut Laporte, I ml., while visiting rela tives. Three Japanese belonging to a traveling acrobatic troupe h:ve been arrested in Uiisi,i with plans of fortifications and other secret military documents in their possession. A foreign government, supposed to be I'ussia, says the Loudon Chronicle lint awtir.'.t'd to a British lirm of shipbuilders a contract for several battleships, cruisers and gunboats. Nelstiii Morris, the Chicago packer, has leased 7."i",0J acres of grazing land in the Standing Hock reservation. South IU kota, comprising one of the finest tattle tracts iu tiie Northwest. "Gen." Lewis Cuss Fry, who in 1V,U Usl ,'l,si0 men, comprising the Pacific const division of Co.xey's army, from S in Francisco to Washington, is d.ad ut Brioe, Mo. George Iloey, a veteran actor, died in New York after a short illness. He was well known to the old timers, having play ed with Booth, Barrett, Jefterson and other famous players. Asmond S. Meserve. warden of the New Castle county workhouse, near Wilming ton, Del., and uiii. of the leading criminol ogist of the country, has nwigne(l le tause, it Is state.il. he disapprove of ths Delaware whipifng post.