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DAKOTA COUNTY HER ADR
MOTTO-All The News When It If New.
VOL. 19.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911.
NO. 27.
Slate Historical Society-
TELL OF
PROGRESS
iOUTHERN . COMMERCIAL CON.
GRESS OPENS AT ATLANTA
MANY SPEECHES.
fAFT AND ROOSEVELT THERE
resence of Prominent Men From All
Sections of Country Adds Dignity
to Important Gathering Exem
plifies Growth of 50 Years.
Atlanta, Ga. The presence of Pres
cient Taft. Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Sec
retary of War Dickinson, Wood row
Wilson, governor of New Jersey, to
gether with all the governors of the
southern states and some of the fore
most business men of the nation at
the opening of the Southern Commer
cial congress here Wednesday added
dignity to a convention whose Im
portance to the country at large and
to the South In particular will be sec
ond to none. Coming as It does just
fifty years after the division of the
states In civil strife, it exemplifies
that great commercial union that has
sprung from ehe ashes of a dead revo
lution to bind the North and the
South firmly In the bonds of mutual
interest.
Three men of world-wide reputation
occupied the attention of the conven
tion with adresses of irAich Interest.
Secretary Wilson delivered a speech
on agriculture In the South, George
Westlnghouse spoke on "Electricity In
the Development of the South." and
George W. Perkins addressed the con
vention on "Business Efficiency in
Southern Progress."
During the three days of the con
vention many speeches were deliver
ed. These discourses were headed by
a speech from Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florida on. "The Southern
Renaissance." The second speech of
national Importance will be by Sen
ator Money of Mississippi on "The
Obligation of the Panama Canal."
The third national
from the lips of
.Tames Gordon of
utterance was
Former Senator
Mississippi, who
brought a message "From Yr-terday
to Today." He was followed by Dr.
Clarence J. Owens, comamnder-!n-chlef
of the United Sons of Confed
erate Veterans, who spoke on "Today
and Tomorrow." Colonel Roosevelt
was the fifth speaker. President
Taft made the closing remarks of the
convention, taking for his topic, "A
Greater Nation Through a Greater
South."
SEVEN INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Vlaskan Development Company Offi
cials Accused of Using 300 Citi
zens to Make Coal Entries.
Detroit, Mich. Government Investi
gation into alleged Alaskan land
frauds involving approximately 48,
000 acres of land, valued at more
than $50,000,000, resulted in the Issu
ance Monday of an indictment by
the local federal jury, charging seven
individuals with conspiracy against
the United States. The defendants
are Wilbur W. McAlpine, Albert H.
Roehme. George W. Ross, Frank D.
Andrus, Arthur Holmes and McCurdy
C. Le Beau, all of Detroit, and John M.
Bushnell of Chicago. The foregoing
are officials of a company known as
the Michigan-Alaska Development
company.
The contention of the government
is that the defendants conspired to
induce between 200 and 300 individ
uals to become stockholders in the
Michigan-Alaska company by making
"fraudulent and fictitious locations of
certain Alaska eoal lands," thereby
violating the land entry laws of 1910,
which made it Illegal for more than
four persons to form a company for
locating Alaska coal lands and taking
out patents on more than 640 acres.
CLEAR UP FRIAR LAND CASES
House Committee Exonerates Officials
of Philippines From Charges of
Irregularity.
Washington. Complete exoneratlot.
of the officers of the Philippine govern
ment of charges of irregularities or Im
proprieties in connection with the ad
ministration, sale or lease of lands in
the Islands is combined with pointed
criticisms of the inadequacy of the laws
to prevent monopolies in what are
known as the friar lands in both the
majority and minority reports of the
house committee or. Insular affairs sub
mitted to the house Friday.
As to the acquisition of K. U. Poole
of 56,000 acres of the friar lands on
behalf of Horace Havemeyer, Charles
J. Welch and Charles H. SenfT. both
reports declare the public officials in
volved were not culpable, being guid
ed by the best available Interpretations
of the law.
Marchers May Disband.
Sacramento, Cal. An advance agent
of the marching force of Industrial
Workers of the World arrived here
Monday, bringing word that the purty
would disband here if conditions at
Fresno should continue peaceful.
Mrs. Mary I. Jenkins Dies.
Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Mary Isabella
Jenkins, wife of Michael Jenkins, cap
italist and philanthropist, died at her
home Monday. The title of duchess
of Llewellyn was conferred on Mrs.
Jenkins by Pope Plus X.
LIKE WALKING
V I NOW J
Now She Will Have to
PLOT 10 KILL TAR
POLICE UNEARTH CONSPIRACY
TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT
AND MAYOR OF SPOKANE.
THREE MEN ARE ARRESTED
All Are Alleged to Be Anarchists
Secret Agents Obtain Verbatim
Conversations of Plotters Through
Thin Hotel Walls.
Spokane, Wash. The police au
thorities of this city believe that they
have unearthed an anarchistic plot to
take the lives of President Taft,
Mayor N. S. Pratt of Spokane and
one or two other persons in the arrest
of three men here Monday.
The men are salso held on the
charge of being implicated in the
murder of Chief of Police Sullivan
several months ago. The men are
Stuart Moffett, John Steele and An
drew Johnson.
The police claim to ha1, e overheard
a plot to kill Mayor Piatt on the eve
of the municipal election, and to kill
President Taft when he leaves the
White House for his summer vacation.
Moffett, the police say, was Instiga
tor of the Haymarket riots; Steele Is
an alleged anarchist leader, and John
son is said to be the financial agent
for the local band.
The suspects lived iu a small room
In the San Francisco hotel. Secret
agents of the police have brn in an
adjoining room for several weeks p.?t
and had decided not to make the ar
rest until after Tuesday's election.
The overhearing of a conversation
Sunday night, however, in which the
assassination of Mayor Pratt was set
for election eve or the day of elec
tion, caused the police to make the
arrests. The three men have been
under surveillance for a long time.
The police have taken verbatim re
ports of the conversations held by
the prisoners by having stenographers
In adjoining rooms. The hotel Is a
cheaply built house and the walls are
thin.
Moffett is said to have thrice visited
the mayor's house only to find an
armed guard. Mr. Tratt has been
warned many times of a violent death
at the same hands which killed Chief
of Police Sullivan.
" .'.'o will get Taft when he leaves
I the White House for his vacation," Is
! the statement Captain of Detectives
Hums says he overheard Moffett
make. Detective Iiurns also has ver
i batlm statements in which Steele
, was talking of his maneuvers after
j killing the police chief.
WORLD'S AIR MARK BROKEN
I Machine Carries Two Men 106 Miles
In Two Hours and Seven
Minutes.
' Laredo, Tex. A world's aviation
I record was broken between tills
I city and Eagle Pass when Lieut.
Benjamin D. Foulols, United States
army, and Aviator Philip C. I 'arm alee
drove an army aeroplane 106 miTcs in
two hours and seven minutes.
Madrid, March 4. An aviator lost
control of his machine and drove it
into a crowd, killing one woman and
seriously injuring four other persons.
The aviator himself was uninjured.
German Prince at Cairo.
Cairo, Egypt. The German Crown
Prince Frederick William arrived
here Monday from Suez and was wel
comed at the railway station by the
khedive, the ministers and the diplo
mats resident here. He will spend
some time in Egypt.
Author of "II Santo" Dead.
Venice, Italy. Antonio Fogaizaro,
the author of "II Santo," died Mon
day. Fogazzaro, who was sixty-nine
years of ge, was operated on recent
ly for cancer of the ilver.
ON EGGS
Ba Careful How She Treads.
EXTRA SESSION CALL
TAFT ISSUES PROCLAMATION
CONVENING CONGRESS
APRIL 4.
Bailey Tenders Resignation, Then
Withdraws It Tariff Board
Bill Defeated.
Washington. Ninety minutes after
the Sixty-first congress ended Saturday
President Taft called the Sixty-second
to meet In extraordinary session on
April 4.
The proclamation states the purpose
of calling the extra session is to get
action on reciprocity. It calls atten
tion to the fact that the house passed
the McCall bill, but that the senate
had done nothing. In support of his
demand, the president cites the fact
that the agreement with Canada
forces him to do all in his power to
get legislation carrying out that agree
ment enacted.
It was at the request of the Demo
crats that President Taft fixed the
date of the extra Bession on April 4.
Just before the closing hour of the
Sixty-first congress Senator Bailey tel
egraphed his resignation to Governor
Colquitt of Texas. The immediate cause
of his action was disgust over the attl:
tude of his Democratic colleagues in
voicing support of the initiative, refer
endum and recall by voting to accept
the constitution of the prospective
state of Arizona. Subsequently he with
drew his resignation.
Out of the smoke of the closing bat
tle emerge these results of larger in
terest: Positive Results Provision of $3,
000,000 for the fortification of the Pa
nama canal.
Provision for two new battleships.
Recodification of the judicial code
regarded as most important for the
amelioration of the law's delays.
Creation of forest preserves in the
southern Appalachian and White moun
tains. Negative Results Failure of the
Canadian reciprocity agreement and
consequent certainty of an extra ses
sion. Failure of permanent tariff board
bill, which passed the senate, but was
killed by a filibuster in the house.
Failure of the resolution to admit to
statehood Arizona and New Mexico
killed by a filibuster In the senate.
Fuiiure of the proposal to Increase
the rate of postage on the advertising
sections of the largo magazines; but a
commission provided for to Investigate
the subject.
Failure of the resolution providing
for the direct election of United Slates
senators.
Failure of the general age pension
bill.
Failure to act on Ballinger-Plncbot
investigation reports.
ELLEN WADE COLFAX EXPIRES
End Comes on Forty-Second Anniver
sary of Husband's Inauguration
as Vice-President.
South Bend. On the forty-second
anniversary of her husband's inaugura
tion as vlce-presldcmt of the United
States, Mrs. F.llen Wade Colfax, widow
of the late Schuyler Colfax, died at her
home here Saturday after an Illness of
several months. She was seventy-three
years old.
Puglliit Dies From Injuries.
New York Following the death of
Angelo Ven.lno, a pugilist, in New
ark. N. J., Saturday, from Injuries
which it is alleged he received during
a four round boxing bout, a charge of
manslaughter has been placed against
William Kennedy, his opponent.
Alfonso's Son Deaf and Dumb.
Paris It Is stated that the king
and yueen of Spain were Informed
Saturday by experts that their second
son, Infanta Jaime, is deaf and
dumb
STARTS ON LONG TRIP
flOCSEVELT TO TOUR THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST.
Will Participate In Mny Important
Events During the Next Two
Months.
New York. Former Prnsldent
Roosevelt left Wednesday on a two
months' tour of the Boujh and south
west. A $10,000 dinner, a reunion of
the Rough Riders, a clay spent In pre
siding over ceremonies to be held in
the town of Roosevelt, Arlx., to mark
the opening of the Roosevelt dam, one
of the greatest engineering feats In
the west, and long hunting and fish
ing trips in and about the Rockies are
some of the things which will enliven
the peregrinations of the former pres
ident. In Birmingham he addressed a Child
Iabor Commission. New Orleans en
tertained the ex Rough Rider with a
$10,000 banquet given under the
auspices of the Commercial club
of Louisiana. The annual convex
Hon of "Cattle Raisers," one of
the most powerful organizations In
the state of Texas, was addressed
by the Colonel at San Antonio.
The next stop In the inlterary
was Albuquerque, N. M., where
the ex Rough Rider spent two days
among his old friends of the sad
dle. From there he went to Grand
Canyon, Ariz., where a short address
was delivered. Then on to Phoe
nix for the opening of the Roosevelt
dam.
In Los Angeles, Colonel Roosevelt
will speak at the invitation of Gov
ernor Johnson of that state.
San Francisco, the termination of
his trans continental trip, will receive
some ten days of his time. Here he
will divide his time between the Uni
versity of California, at Berkeley,
where he will deliver the Earl lec
tures, six in number; and his head
quarters in the city where he will re
ceive visitors from the Pacific slope.
No definite arrangements, other
than a personal promise to be pres
ent at. the opening of the new Y. M.
C. A. building at Reno, have been
made, though It Is probable that he
will visit friends In Oregon and Ne
vada for an Intermediate period, aft
er which he will visit Seattle and
Spokane. No speeches to be deliver
ed In those states are yet announced;
nor is the length of his stay. At the
conclusion of his visit he will proba
bly go to some place In Idaho, thence
to Sand Point, Montana, and home
through the north and middle west.
NINETY BURNED TO DEATH
Russian Theater Destroyed by Flames
Trapping Audiegee Before They
Can Escape Forty Injured.
St. Petersburg. Ninety persons,
many of them children, were burned
to death and forty others Injured In
a fire that destroyed a moving pic
ture theater at Bologoie Monday.
In the stampede that followed the
first appearance of the flames forty
or more persons were burned and
crushed. Many of these are expected
to die. The toll of death may reach
125.
About 300 IK? r son s were In the the
ater watching the moving-picture ex
hibition when the fire broke out. A
sudden cry called the attention of the
audience to flames that crept along
the side of the theater. In a minute
the crowd of men, women and chil
dren were panic-stricken.
They fought each other In their ef
forts to get to the exist. Women
fainted and others trampled on their
unconscious forms. Children were
knocked down by their excited elders.
MINNEAPOLIS HAS" BIG FIRE
Syndicate Block Burns and Entire
Business Section Is Threatened
Loss Is $1,500,000.
Minneapolis, Minn. One of the
most disastrous fires ever known In
tills city destroyed the Syndicate
block on Nicollet avenue, be
tween Fifth and Sixth streets. The
total loss is estimated at $lri00,n00,
and it Is possible that two lives were
lost, although this lias not as yet been
definitely determined. The entire'
business district of the city was
threatened for a time.
HILLES IS TAFT'S CHOICE
Formal Announcement He Will Be
come President's Secretary
April 4.
Washington, D. C Official an
nouncement was made that Charles I).
Hllles, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, would succeed Charles D. Norton
as secietary to t lie president on April
4, the day of the opening of the extra
session of congress.
Formal announcement also was
made by Mr. Norton that he would be
come vice-president of the First Na
tional bank of New York on April 6.
Bowling Tournament Opens.
Spokane, Wash. What promises to
be the greatest bowling tournament
the west has ever seen was opened
In the state armory Tuesday. Fif
teen hundred bowlers from all parts
of the west were present. The prizes
aggregate $5,000.
Charles Brown Lore Is Dead.
Wilmington, Del. Charles Brown
liore, chief justice of the Delaware
court for 16 years, was found dead In
bed In his residence In this city Monday.
ALMOST
OLLIS YARDS BILL PASSES SEN
ATE 25 TO 3.
NAYS ARE FROM DOUGLAS
Three Representatives Hand In Writ
ten Explanations for Their Oppo
sition to tne Bill.
The Ollls stock yards hill, as ap
proved by the senate committee of
the whole, passed the senate by a
vote of 23 to 3, the only dissenting
votes coming from the members from
Douglas county Tanner, Horton and
Reagan. TlieHe three handed up
written explanations of their votes
declaring that the bill was a blow
at a great Nebraska Industry and
certain to work harm and expense
both to the stock yards and shippers.
Albert, who has tried to change the
bill In the committee meetings to
make it a less specific measure, vot
ed for It with the explanation that
he did not approve of this particular
bill, but It seemed to be the best that
could be agreed upon.
The vote was 25 ayes and 3 nays.
Those absent were Bartos, Placek
and Smith of Fillmore. Cordeal and
Volpp were paired.
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Carrying concealed weapons will
become a felony under a bill by Shoe
maker which was recommended for
passage by the house committee of
the whole. At the present time It is
a misdemeanor, punishable by a
maximum fine of $100 or a jail sen
tence. Under the Shoemaker law u
maximum penalty of two years in the
penitentiary could be imposed. A
caluf is added to the bill permitting
any honestly employed citizen to car
ry a weapon for self-protect Ion. i
Pure Seed Measure.
With laws on the statute books
povlding for pure foods, pure drugs
and pure paints, the farmer members
of the legislature are now seeking a
law which will guarantee them pure
seeds. The bill making tills provision
Is house roll No. 219, by Hardin and
Sanborn. It provides that seeds must
not only be free, according to a speci
fied standard, from weed seeds, but
that they must show a certain test
of power to germinate.
Last Chance For Bills.
Thirty-six new bills were Introduc
ed in the senate Marc 1st, the lad
d"ay on which bills may be introduc
ed. The total number this year Is
3(i. Two yirs ago 407 bills were
introduced In the upper house. In the
house on the last day for bills 100
new measures were introduced, mak
ing a total of 703, or 125 more than
at the session two yea-u ago.
More Time for Uettlers.
A letter was received by the senate
from H. A. iialllnger, secretary of the
interior, stating that the resolution
recommending an extension of time
to "ttlers in the North Platte district
for payment on their land would re
ceive his best attention. It Is under
stood that Hallinger has assured con
gressmen that tho extension of time
will be granted.
Holmes Has Another Bill.
Because the first bill calling for
the purchase of additional lands for
the Nebraska school for the deaf at
Omaha and appropriating some $f2,
00O therefor, did not specify where
the land to lie purchased was to be
located. Holmes of Douglas has in
troduced another measure' in which
the necessary changes are made.
State Board of Control.
The senate passed House Roll No.
84 on third reading after extended
debate which seemed to portend the
defeat of the measure at one time.
Tho 1)111 provides for a Rtate board of
control for dependent, neglected chil
dren. It will not Interfere with es
tablished private: and benevolent as
sociations or homes.
Anti-Treat Bill Advanced.
The Evans anti treat bill, which
makes a saloon keeper liable for vi
olation of the existing stale law
which prohibits treating at a bar was
recom mended for third reading in the
house. The bill puts a ..heavy re
sponsibility upon a saloon keeper or
his employes to prevent any sort of
treating.
Change In Election Hours.
The bill to set the hours of elec
tion ut from 8 o'clock In the morning
to 9 o'clock at night was recommend
ed for passage by the house. Tho
change was made to permit tho farm
ers as well as many worklugmun a
chance to vote without losing any
time from tlioir work.
Mortgage Exemption.
The state senate passed Senate
File No. 271, by Aubrey Smith, which
exempts all mortgages on real estate
property from taxation. There were
a number of ineinbitrs who were not
quite sure that the bill would butter
the condition of the men who borrow
money, but as they believed In the
purpose of the measure, they were
willing to take a chance. A jlerlcal
error in the bill was corrected during
the third reading by unanimous con
sent. The vote was 27 to 1, Oox of
Hamilton voting no.
THE OLLI8 MEASURE.
Stock Yards Bill Placed on General
Filev
The Ollis stock yards bill as It wa
amended in conference was put on
general file by the senate and unless
some senators change their votes,
will be passed. The Tay lor-Doleial
bill was similarly placed by the
house. Text of the Ollls measure fol
lows: "8. F. 115. A bill for an act defin
ing stock yards, providing for the
regulation and control of the same,
giving the state railway commission
jurisdiction to regulate the service,
tolls and charges thereof and provid-,
ing penalties, and to declare such
stock yards common carriers and re
pealing sections 31t7-a and 3167-b of
Cobbey'g Annotated Statutes of Ne
braska for ISO!)."
"Section 1. The terms stock yards
as used herein shall mean and em
brace all corporations, Individuals, as
sociations of Individuals, their les
sees, trustees or receivers (appointed
by any court of lawful authority what
soever) that now or hereafter may
own, operate, manage or control any
yards and pens, railroad tracks,
switches, engines or other motive
power, for the purposo of handling
live stock In transit and for sale and
all stock yards are hereby declared
to be common carriers.
"Sec. 2. The state railway com
mission shall have power to issue or
ders regulating service and charges
of all kinds at all stock yards, and
the same shall be enforced in the
same manner and under the name 1
penalties ns orders regulating com
mon carriers, provided, that where
no other penalty Is provided by law
for a violation of any such order, It
shall be punishable by a penalty of
not less than $100, nor more than
$500 and where the vlolntlon Is a con
tinuing one, each day thereof shall
constitute n separate offense.
Caring for Stock.
"Section 3. Kvery stock yards shall
handle, unload and yard all cars of
live stock arriving between the hours
of 6 o'clock a. in. and 6 o'clock p. m.
and deliver into yards used by com
mission coniMiny, when so requested,
wihln two hours after ihe final de
livery of the same at the tracks of
said stock yards by the connecting
railroad, exccpl in cases of unavoid
able delay or unusual circumstances.
For each half hour's delay in hand
ling and unloading live stock beyond
the period prescribed herein any
such stock yard shall forfeit and pay
to tho shipper of said live stock or
his agent as demurrage, within 24
hours' after unloading said live stock,
tho sum of $5 for each car of live
slock so delayed. Said payment to
be made by mailing draft or certified
check to agent or owner. Provided,
that If any part of the forfeitures de
scribed In this section shall be col
lected by a suit at law an attorney's
fee of $5 per car shall be allowed the
plaintiff by the court, but not exceed
ing $15 on any one shipment.
"Sec. 4. Kvery stock yard shall
keep a record showing the time ot
delivery and turning over at the yard
of said stock to the commission firm,
agent or owner.
"Sec. 5. Kvery stock yard shall
furnish scale facilities sufficient to
weigh nil live stock without unreas
onable delay. It shall furnish yard
age to handle all live stock in yards
nnd no charge shall be made for yard
age where yards arn not furnished.
"Sec. 6. That sections 31G7-a and
3K7-b of Cobboy's Annotated Stat
utes of Nebraska for 1900 be and the
same are hereby repealed.
BUI to Increase Salaries.
The senate placed on third reading
Volpp's bill Increasing the salary of
state officers and Tanner's bill pro
viding for a bipartisan publication of
constitutional amendments. The
Volpp bill, as amended, provides that
the governor shall receive $7,500 a
year, the auditor, treasurer and at
torney general. $1,500, and the other
state ollicers, $3,5i(i per annum.
Deficiencies and Claims.
The dellcieiicies and claims bills
were among tho last hatch introduced
in the house. The latter carries a to
tal of $.".i!, mm, 75, as against $170,542
two years ago. A lew small deficien
cies have been taken care of in sep
arate bills. .
The Measure Postponed.
Robert Smith, clerk or the district
court in Douglas county, appeared be
fore the house committee on Judiciary
and succeeded In getting postponed
indefinitely a bill changing the fee
system for court clerks.
The Albert Bill Defeated.
The Albeit bill placing all public,
servhe corporations under tho con
trol of the' state railway commission
was killed in the senate by a vote of
20 to 11.
Memorial to Congress.
The house adopted a resolution, In
troduced by Bu.shee, memorializing
congress to pass the pending bill ex
tending to settlers in the government
reclamation district a longer time to
pay for their water rights.
New Capital Removal Bill.
Among the new bills in the senate
the last day for Introducing them,
was a new capital removal bill of
fered by Bodlnson of Buffalo. Uuhr
ni an of allll and Tlbbets of Adams,
representing respectively the claims
of Kearney, Grand Island and Hast
ings. The bill provides that the ques
tion of removal shall be submitted
to the people at the next election. If
the proposition of relocating gets a
majority of the votes cast, the capi
tal goes to the city receiving the ma
turity of the votes.
TEACH BOYS TO LOVE FARMS
Systematic Campaign Against the
"Lure of the City" Has Been
Started In Iowa.
Dubuque. Iowa, has instituted an
active fight against the "lure of the
city," which Is drawing boys from
the farms and small towns to the
large centers of population. A
school has been established where
youngsters from twelve to sixteen
years old can live out of doors, learn
the practical lessons of the farm and
at the same time follow the same
course of "book study" pursued In
other schools. This Institute Is called
"Park Life," and was founded two
years ago by Prof. B. J. Horchem of
Dubuque ns an experiment. The plan
Is to train young boya along useful,
Interesting and healthful lines, to
keep them busy throughout the yea
nnd to Instill In them a real love for
outdoor life, and, above all, for pro
ductive occupations.
All the work of the school centers
about "the farm," where the boys are
Inught the simple elements of scien
tific farming, how to raise the differ
ent varieties of garden truck and how
and when to plant the staple crops,
such as wheat, corn, rye and barley.
The boys also are taught about cattle,
sheep and poultry.
In addition to this, the school
grounds must be kept up and the
youthful farmers get experience In
agricultural engineering, such as
ditch and well digging, road build
ing and irrigation.
CHIEF DELIGHT OF PARIS
Its Magnificent Boulevards the Ad
miration Alike of the Resident
and the Visitor.
In every great capital there Is some
corner, some spot a something a
promenade, perhaps, where It gathers
and concentrates Itself, as It were;
which Is Ihe center of its moral activ
ity, and, as we say nowadays, Its
characteristic. With us, that corner,
that spot Is the boulevard. I do not
exactly mean that the boulevard Is
Paris, but. surely, without the boule
vard we should not understand Paris.
I shall always remember one of the
keenest emotions of my youth. I had
been obliged, owing to' my duties at
the time, to banish myself to the
provinces, where I had remained al
most two years, confined within a
small town. The hour came at last
for me to return to Paris and once
more to enter Into Its possession.
Hardly had I deposited my trunk at
the hotel, when I ran to the Mae
lelne and clambered on top of one of
the omnibuses that ply along the line
ctf the boulevards to the Bastille. I
had no business at the Bastille, brlM.'
was almost crazy with Joy at breath
ing during the drive that perfume of
Parisian life which arises so strongly
from the asphalt of the boulevard
and the macadam of Its roadway.
Franctque Sarcey.
Keep In Touch.
Every community needs a good
civic development society to keep the
citizens In touch with the progress of
the world in civic betterment. 'Jot
alone must you keep your section
clean and tidy, but look to Its Indus
trial interests, Its sanitary condition,
Us educational facilities. Its natural
and acquired advantages and how
they may be made more attractive to
the investor and the home seeker.
These are but a few of the matters
a society may handle with profit,
whereas the individual Is helpless to
deal with any of them.
Starting School Gardens.
It is not necessary, though It Is ad
visable, that teachers should have
pome knowledge of plants, soils, etc.
Tho prime necessity Is the proper
spirit. The inexperienced teacher
should not hesitate to Inaugurate the
work, but should say to the pupils: "I
don't know much about plants or gar
dens, but we'll start our garden and
all learn as the work progresses." A
teacher with that kind of a spirit
never made a failure of anything.
Extending Length of Docks.
There are already docks in South
Brooklyn capable of accommodating a
thousand-foot ship, and docks one
thousand feet long are soon to be
built by the Mersey dock and harbor
board, and at the same time the
management of one of the leading
transatlantic lines announces that It
will begin the construction of at least
one steamer which will be longer
than any other vessel, although not
Of greater tonnage.
Three Alms.
William de Witt Hyde, president ot
Bcwdoln college, says that the aim of
education is to fit one for three things.
1. To earn one's own living by the
exercise of trained powers.
2. To support the Institutions of
society by Intelligent appreciation of
their worth.
8. To enjoy the products of art and
of civilisation through the cultivation
of the Imagination.