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DAKOTA COUMTY MERAJ
M0TT0-A11 The News When It Is News.
VOLUME 19
DAKOTA CITY, NER, FRIDAY, FEIU1UAIIY 3. 1911.
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100 MEXICAN BANDITS SEIZE
MEXICALLI NEAR UNITED
8TATES BOUNDARY.
FORCES LED BY AMERICAN
Governor and Official Are Arretted,
Jailer Killed, and Prisoner Given
Their Freedom Commander of
Band I California Socialist.
Calexlco, Cal. The town of Mexl
calll. In lower California, Mexico, Just
across the California border, was cap
tured early 8unday by a band of 100
armed revolutionists, led by a Cali
fornia Socialist.
! Thej appeared at the house of Gov
ernor Tefrazas, sub-prefect of this dis
trict, and placed him under arrest.
Proceeding In an orderly manner to
the customs house, they demanded
the surrender of the government's of
ficials. Here the revolutionists met
demurrers, but when a window was
broken In and the chief of the cus
toms corps was dragged out, they
laid down their Winchesters and sur
rendered. All federal officials were
placed under guard as the main party
proceeded.
The revolutionists then went to the
Jail and demanded the keys of Jailer
Jose Vlllasenor. He refused them
' and was shot dead with a bullet
through his head. The lock on the
Jail door was then broken off and the
Inmates found within were all freed.
Including two revolutionists who had
been arrested two days previously.
These Joined the forces of the lnsur
rectos, with cries of "Vive Mexico."
The leading stores were visited and
the proprietors Informed that no loot
ing would be allowed and that as
long as their demands were com
plied with there would be no rioting
or killing.
General Bertholdt said:
"This Is a geenral movement that
la taking place all over Mexico. We
are a portion of the Mexican Liberal
party, which Is the tame as the So
cialist party In the United States. We
aim to make Mexico free from the
tyranrty of Diaz and all the present
Intolerable officials. ' We are operat
ing without riot, bloodshed or de
bauchery. We have ordered all sa
loons closed and will allow - no Ill
treatment of women or children and
American citizens will be treated with
respect.
"We have two hundred armed men
In this vicinity and are prepared to
fight to a finish to hold the ground
we have gained. The plans are for
the overthrowing of the government
and placing the common people on a
footing with the higher classe."
Mexican government officials de
clare the uprising merely incidental
and that as soon a the revolutionists
have all the whisky and loot in the
places of business they will disappear.
Thene will be, however, every effort
made to catch the whole party an!
deal with them under the law.
ARCHBISHOP RYAN IS ILL
Well-Known Catholic Prelate I 8ald
to Be Dying at Philadel
phia Home.
Philadelphia. Archbishop Ryan oi
Philadelphia, one of the best-known
Roman Catholic prelates in America,
is dying at his home in this city of
heart failure and the physicians in at
tendance momentarily expect bis
death. The rumor that the archbishop
has been sick has been prevalent for
months.
Dr. Ernest La Place, who is In at
tendance, settled all doubt Sunday by
declaring the archbishop could not
live much longer, that the aged pre
late who will be eighty years old on
February 20, should he live, knows
that he cannot live much longer, and
is perfectly resigned.
CONDEMNS CIVIC FEDERATION
United Mine Worker' Convention De
clare National Body I a Foe to
Organized Labor.
Columbu. O. By a vote of
497 to 869 the substitute offered to
the motion condemning the National
Civic federation as opposed to the in
terests of organized labor w,as adopt
ed by the United Mine Worker of
America.
This disposes of the original motion
which called for the condemnation of
the federation and the withdrawal of
all the member of United Mine Work
ers from that organization and also
the minority report which provided
that no action regarding the Civic fed
eration be taken.
Schenk Jury Disagree.
Wheeling, W. Va. The Jurymen In
the case of Mrs. Laura Farnswortb
Schenk, charged with poisoning her
husband, John O. Schenk, reported
Thursday that they were unable to
agree and were discharged. The Jury
stood 11 to 1 for acquittal.
Aged Consul Will Retire.
Mason City, la. In a private letter
received Saturday from J. E. Rowen.
he announces he has forwarded his
resignation as United States consul
at Punta Arenas, Chile, and at the
age of seventy-three will retire from
further servlo of the government.
He will return to bis Clarion (la )
home.
Noted Scotoh Painter Expire.
London. John MacWhlrter, the
painter, died Saturday. He wit bora
. near Edinburgh 74 year ago.
HTOWNTAKE
HOLDS VILLAGE AT BAY
MISSISSIPPIAN, AFTER KILLING
, FOE, SEIZES ENTIRE TOWN.
Keeps Inhabitant Indoor Until A
rival of Posse, When He Make
Hi Escape.
Hamburg, Miss. Following a pistol
duel In the chair car of a Yazoo &
Mississippi Valley train In which A.
Heron killed Chafes o'.ewavt Satur
day, the slayer terrorized the passen
er until the train reached Hamburg,
where he alighted, captured the town
and held the Inhabitants prisoners '3
their homes for 24 hours.
Then he stood o.l a posse until he
could make his escape. A large posse
with bloodhounds has started In
search for Heron in the country sur
rounding Hamburg. Heron is pro
prietor of a local hotel and be- and
Stewart had threatened each other's
lives,
TARIFF BOARD WINS IN HOUSE
Unamended President' Bill Passes,
186 to 93. New Body Supersedes
Sundry Civil Commission.
Washington. The house passed the
tariff board bill, unamended, at a night
session Monday by a vote of 186 to 93.
It was evident early the bill would
pass, but the final vote was delayed by
Democratic efforts to amend the meas
ure. The bill creates a board In lieu of
the present board, which Is a creature
of a provision of the sundry civil ap
propriation bill and which will expire
by Its own limitation June 30. The
board Is to consist of five members,
not more than three of whom shall be
of the same political party. The term
of office shall be six years each, to be
designated by the president. He will
also name one of the members as
chairman. The salaries are $7,500 an
nually for the chairman and $7,000
each for the other members.
Ninety Democrats voted agalnBt the
bill, although Champ Clark voted for it
CONVICT 23 FOR MASSACRE
iurvlvors of Sinking Haitian Warship
Sentenced to Die for Killing
- .A. Seventy Persn. .
Port au Prince. Haiti. T.wen
ty-three officers, noncommissioned
officers and sailors, survivors of
the wreck of the Haitian gunboat
Liberte, which sank at rea off Port
de Palx la6t October following an ex
plosion, were tried by a military tri
bunal. They were charged with
mutiny.
They were found guilty of connec
tion with the massacre of the admiral
of the Liberte and several Haitian
generals who were on board and of
burning the boat.
All were condemned to death.
Report of the disaster to the Li
berte estimated that seventy person
were killed or drowned. No mention
was made in the dispatches of a
mutiny.
NEW YORK ANARCHISTS RI01
Parade In Broadway Broken Up After
Police Arrest Leader In the
Demonstration.
New York. A thousand men
and women marching down Broadway
behind a large anarchistic banner
hroueht out the police reserves, whose
forcible arrest of the alleged leader
caused a small riot
The narade followed a meeting In
an East aide hall, at which speaker
had denounced the execution in Toklo
last week of a dozen person charged
with dotting agalnBt the life of
TflnRn'n emneror.
It is alleged that the crowd was
marching on to the Japanese con
sulate to make a demonstration.
TOWN OFFICIAL KILLS MAN
Alderman Wills of Westvllle, III,
Shoots Butcher-Shop Employe With
Whom He Quarreled.
Danville, 111. Sam Wills, a prom
inent mine manager of this dis
trict, who Is an alderman of the town
of Westvllle and prospective candidate
for mayor, shot and killed Tom But
rimavlch, an employe in M.yor Slaza'
butcher shop, blowing the top of hi
head off with a ahotgun. The two had
had trouble for several days.
MANUEL TO GET A PENSION
Portuguese Government Decide te
Allow Deposed King a Pension of
$3,300 a Month.
Lisbon. The Dlarlo de Nc
tlclas announces that the Portu
guese government has decided lo pay
a monthly pension of $3,300 to the de
posed King Manuel. A check for the
months of October, November and De
cember already has been sent to him.
Big Drop In National Bank Deposit.
Washington. The combined nation
al banks, in response to the call for
condition on January 7, show a loss
In leans and discounts of $48,002,034,
a gain In cash of $20,196,699 and a
loss in individual deposits of $19L
666,488. Lauds Porto Rico Troops.
New York. MaJ Oen Frederick D.
Grant, U. S. A., who returned on the
steamer Coame from a trip to Porto
Rico Monday, had only praise for the
Porto Rlcan soldiery.
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FLIER FALLS III SEA
WIATOR M'CURDY FLIES FROM
KEY WEST TO A POINT TEN
MILES FROM HAVANA.
SHORT OF OIL HE DESCENDS
Feat le Failure When 8ucces I In
8lght and . Eclipse Any Previous
Over-Water Flight on Record
Loses $3,000 Prize.
Havana, Cuba, J. A. D. McCurdy
made his often postponed attempt to
fly across the Florida straits from Key
West to Havana Monday. In hi Cur
tis biplane he covered 80 miles of the
distance and their was forced to de
scend, ten mile from Havana, by a
shortage In his supply of lubricating
oil.
When he saw that he could not
reach this port McCurdy alighted safe
ly on the waters - and the pontoons
with which it was equipped floated
the aeroplane until the destroyer
Paulding, splashing along In Its wake,
had overtaken the aerial craft. Mc
Curdy and his biplane were taken on
board, neither the worse for the mis
hap. At first It was believed that the
aviator could make a new start from
the deck of the destroyer, but this
proved impractical and after consid
erable delay the Paulding brought the
whole outfit into the harbor.
McCurdy had covered approximate
ly 80 miles of the distance of 112
to Havana when he was obliged to
descend and, though be failed to meet
the requirements of the competition,
he accomplished a feat unprecedented
In cross seas flying.
Compared with the 18-mile flight
across the English channel, his per
formance stands out as far more re
markable. But for a slip in taking
supplies It is not to be doubted that
the trip would have been successful.
Great disappointment Is felt by thou
sands here who gathered to catch a
glimpse of the bird man.
The money offere'd for the aerial
voyage included $5,000 tendered by
the Havana Post and $3,000 appro
priated by the Havana city council.
McCurdy made his start from Key
West at 7:31 o'clock under the most
favorable conditions after a week of
nerve-trying wait.
It is estimated that fully 10,000 peo
ple saw the start. McCurdy first cir
cled over the harbor at an elevation of
500 feet. He made a second circle at
an elevation of over 1,000 feet, and
then the flag dropped and the aviator
crossed the line over the wireless sta
tion, going at the rate of nearly sixty
mile an hour. In ten minute be was
out of sight over Sand Key, ten mile
away.
GUNBOAT WHEELING IS SAFE
Navy Department Advised by Wire
less Warship Reported In Sea Ac
cident Reaches Guantanamo.
Washington. The gunboat Wheel
ing arrived in Guantanamo, Cuba.
This advice was flashed to the
navy department by wireless, setting
at rest the fears for the little vessel's
safety. It was rumored to have met
with an accident at sea.
House Fails; One Dead, Two Dying.
Boston. One workman was killed,
two were fatally Injured and a couple
others were seriously hurt Monday
when a wall of a building under con
struction at Beacon and Brimmer
streets collapsed.
Slater, Mo, Founder Die.
Kansas City, Mo. Josiah Baker, a
pioneer cattleman of tike southwest.
dl"d at his home here Monday of
pneumonia. He was sixty-two year
old. Ho was the founder of the town
of S'nter. Mo.
BANKEH
TIDAL WAVE KILLS 300
FIVE VILLAGES DESTROYED I
THE PHILIPPINES.
Disturbance Follows Eruption of Mount
Taal Manila Natives Alarmed
Luzon In Panic
Manila. An American school teach
er who ha traversed the west shore
of Lake Taal telegraphed Monday that
five villages have been destroyed by
a tidal wave and tbav not less than
400 persons have been killed In that
vicinity. Many were burned In fires
started by molten ma'sies.
The disaster Is due- to an eruption
of the volcano Taal, in Batangas prov
ince. All the town within a radius of
fully 20 miles have suffered damage
from the rain of mud and stones.
which still continues.
The native population in all direc
tions are abandoning their villages
and fleeing to the hills In terror..
The observatory authorities believe
that Manila Is in no danger, but there
1 some alarm among the natives, who
recall the destruction caused by
Mount Mayon, the other volcano of
Luzon, In 1897.
HOPE DIAMOND BRINGS WOE
Will Cost Owner $24,200 a Year Par
ent of Edward B. McLean Much
Exercised Over Purchase,
Washington. The baleful Influ
ence of the Hope diamond a Jew
el' that has wrecked lives, homes
and business enterprises, seemingly
bringing misfortunes on the heads of
a line of ill-fated owners, and which
now has fallen into the hands of Ed
ward B. McLean of this city, is already
losing some of Its brilliancy in the
haze of superstition in the McLean
household.
Mr. McLean's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John R. McLean, are aroused. His
mother la superstitious and she la
angry. When told of his purchase
she made a hurried trip to the Massa
chusetts avenue home of her son to
deliver a parental lecture on the "ab
surdity of such a gruesome" pur
chase.
While the elder McLeans were
rushing about reviving the history of
the gem, Edward McLean was pre
paring to get detectives to guard the
Jewel. To keep the stone will cost
him $24,200 a year. It will necessitate
five detectives in the" McLean haaie.
The Items of cost are $15,000 Interest
on $300,000; $4,500 for personal taxes,
and $4,700 for the salaries of the de
tectives. PERU AND ECUADOR FIGHT
Hostilities Over Boundary Line Begun
Three Dead, Eight Wounded
In Skirmish.
Guayaquil, EcuSdor. Hostilities
have begun on the frontier of Peru,
according to advices received here
FYlday.
Two hundred Peruvian soldier at
tacked the village of Chaoras, Ecua
dor, near the boundary. Three Ecua
dorians were killed and eight others
wounded.
The Peruvian cruiser Almlrante
Orau ha sailed from Callao for Payta
with 200 infantrymen to reinforce the
frontier guard of that country.
Eleven Convicts Are Paroled.
Atlanta, Oa. Eleven prisoners were
released from the federal prison here
on parole Monday. In accordance
with a recent regulation from the
parole board the names of the men re
leased were not made public.
Kaufman Want Lt'j Fight.
Wllkesbarre, Pa. Al Kaufman, in a
statement Monday said be would not
engage In a ali-round bout with Jack
Johnson in Philadelphia. He wants a
fight to a finish and Is willing to sign
(.articles to that effect
CHANGE OF CAPITAL
BILL FOR REMOVAL OF LEGISLA
TIVE SEAT.
FIRST STEP IN THE CAMPAIGN
Revision of Road Laws of Nebraska.
Other Matter In the House and
Senate
The first step toward the cam
paign for the removal of the state
capital from Lincoln were taken in
the house by the Introduction of a bill
signed by twenty-seven member of
house.
The measure provides that at the
next general election a vote shall be
taken for or against the removal of
the capital, the persona voting for re
moval to be allowed to express their
preference for a certain city, but any
city voted for most be located west
of the ninety-seventh meridan, which
runs through Wayne in the north and
Just east of David City and Schuyler,
and Just west of Wllber in the south.
If a majority be In favor of capital
removal the capital shall be declared
removed. If any city receives a ma
jority of votes cast for the removal,
said city shall be declared the new
capital of the state. If no city re
ceives a majority, the two highest
cities shall be voted on at a special
election.
As drawn It provides for the sub
mission at the fall election In 1911,
all cities who desire to do so being
eligible to compete In the contest for
the prize, providing always that they
are west of the west line of Lancaster
county. If a majority of all votes are
cast in favor of all the competing
towns, the capital shall be removed.
If none of the candidates for the capi
tal receive a majority of all votes cast
in favor of capital removal, then in
that event a second election must de
cide between the two high candidates.
Good Roads Bill.
Complete revision of the road laws
of the state and the drafting of an
entirely new and up-to-date measure
will be effected by the present legisla
ture unless the plans of te "good
roads" advocates go astray.
Representative W. A. Prince of
Grand Island opposed the passage of
bills amending the present road laws
t this time on account of the pro
posal to have introduced a modern
road' law in the session that will em
body all the best suggestions made
by the legislators of Nebraska.
Many bills are now before both
houses for consideration and both
time and money will be saved by In
structing and drawing up of one gen
eral measure, according to Prince and
other men deeply interested in secur
ing better highways.
To Investigate Governor' Charge.
A committee of five will be appoint
ed by the speaker of the house to
make an Investigation of the charge
of election frauds In Omaha made by
Governor Aldrich In his message. A
resolution was Introduced by Morlar-
ty of Douglas with a strongly con
demnatory preamble. The resolution
was adopted unanimously authorizing
the committee and the investigation
after the preamble had been struck
out on a motion by Prince of Hall.
Income Tax.
Apparently there is poc a dissent
ing vote against the Income tax in the
legislature. The sentiment favoring
It in the state Is apparently ao over
whelming that not a legislator, even
If he has the personal desire, will risk
going on record against it. Not a sin
gle member in either bouse, so far as
Is known, is against it.
Can
The senate
tage Senator
the use of
Ride to Poll.
recommended lor pas-
Lee's bill prohibiting
conveyances for taking
voters to or from the polls at primary
and general elections. The report of
the committee of the whole followed
a discussion of the possible effects of
such a bill. The most drastic provl
slon of the bill, which would have
prohibited the use of conveyances by
political committees, was cut out be
fore the measure reached the floor
As the bill now stands. It only pro
hibits candidates from using, convey
ances.
The Capital Removal Bill.
The capital removal bill In full com
prises twelve sections and is quite
lengthy. The last clause reads, that
"upon ascertaining that the assent of
a majority of the electors of the state
has been given thereto, sections 2 and
13 of an act to provide for the loca -
tion of the seat of government of the
state of Nebraska, approved June 14,
1867, shall be and become thereby re
peaitu." Omaha Registration Frauds.
The governor's message on registra
tion frauds In Omaha was taken up ia
the senate and referred to the com
mittee on privileges and elections.
Regulating Corporations.
Senator Albert Introduced In the
senate a bill designed to place all cor
porations under the control of the
state railway commission and con
taining a provision regarding fran
chises which la now In effect In Wis
consin under the name of the "lade
terminate permit."
SENDS IN MESSAGE.
Governor Charges Registration Frauds
In Omaha'.
The message from the governor de
claring the present registration laws
obsolete and asking the legislature to
give the power of appointing boardB
of registration into the hands of chief I
executive was presented to the house
and senate on Wednesday. The move
came with an arraignment of alleged
conditions of fraud in which the gov
ernor implicates Mayor Dahlman,
and City Clerk Butler, of Omaha, In
fraud nnd fraudulent manipulation of
registration.
Governor Aldrich asserts that hand-1
fula of registration certiorates were
issued at the city clerk s office at the
time of election testified to by profes-
slonal freeholders and sent out "and
in this way as many fraudulent votes
were cast as were desired by the gang
in control and many thousands were
so cast." He declares that it Is a mat
ter of record that nearly three times
as many votes were cast In the Third
ward as the census shows there were
male Inhabitants In the ward and that
mcn who had registered and failed
to vote had their vote east for them
anyway.
The governor declares that the laws
aa they stand are outgrown and say
that "innumerable frauds" were com-
inltted in Omaha under cover of the
obsolete law.
As a remedy he suggest that the
governor be given the power to ap-
polnt all registration boards on a 10
per cent petition and that this privil-
ege be extended so that he can ap-
point men from any ward to Berve in
any other ward. He wants also the
power to appoint a police force suf
ficient for protection at the polling
places. "In this way," say the gov
ernor, "the Incentive and motive to
nrosent fraudulent registration certi
ficates would be destroyed and men of
the highest character and intelligence
would become Judges and clerks of
election."
Concluding, the governor says: "I
urge upon you the Immediate consld-
eration of this matter to the end that
some plan may be devised o that 1
what ha taken place in the past may
not happen again under the same or
similar circumstances, as it surely
will, with the laws in their present
form.'
A Back Number.
It is not uncommon for bills to be
introduced in the legislature provld
ing amendments to. the session laws
of the nrevinua session. These bills
are always amended in committee to
read amendments to the statutes last
complied. It remained for Lawrence
of Dodge to Introduce a bill that
breaks the record for being antediluv
ian In form. It calls for an amend
ment to the session laws of 1881. It
so happens that this law his since
been amended in 1885 and In 1891,
but the particular sections aimed t
were originally passed In 1881.
No Salary Raise.
Efforts to raise the salaries of
house employes were without avail.
Propositions were submitted to allow
proofreaders and the chief bill clerk
$4 a day without overtime. Before'
there was opportunity to debate the
proposed raises at all motions were
made and carried to lay them on the
.ible. i
Stirring Up the Doctors.
Gandy's bill to allow all people prac
ticing healing arts of any kind or
character, Christian Scientists, faith
healers, etc., to be considered as prao
ticing physicians, Is creating some
stir among the doctors and a promi
nent Omaha Surgeon was in the house
to discuss it with the author.
Increased Pay for Jurors.
To raise the pay of grand and petit
Jurors from $2 to $3 a day is the pur
port of one bill passed by the house.
Every member voted for It.
Cobbey's Statute.
The squabble over the number of
Cobbey's statutes to be purchased
for the use of the state, and the price
to be paid for them, led to something
pretty closely resembling personali
ties in the house. The bill as amend
ed and recommended by the commit
tee on finance, ways and means car
ries an appropriation of $3,600 for the
purchase of 400 copies to be bound in
buckram.
Nebraskas' First Homestead,
Jansen of Gage, chairman of a spe
cial committee to prepare a memorial
asking congress to buy the first home
stead taken under the national home
stead law, the Daniel Freeman farm
in Gage county, to be used for a na
tional park, presented a report which
was adopted.
South
Omaha Charter.
The South Omaha charter bill was
I introduced in both house and senate
' by Representative Bulla and Senator
Tanner. The bill authorizes an in.
crease of $25,500 In the levy and pro
vides for an additional assistant city
attorney.
Game Law Changes.
Dan GcUus, state game warden un
der the administration of Governor
8haIU'nberger, has secured the Intro
duction of bills embodying the reeouv
ineudatlon made in his biennial re
port. Most of these changes in thi
game laws which have already - re
celved indorsement from the sporting
fraternity. One provision Is for a uni
versal sportsman's license cf $1.10,
the 10 cents to be retained by county
clerks. The proposed law provides
that all persons must have such a li
cense to hunt anywhere In the suit.
PARENTS COME IN HANDY
VVorthlessness and Miscellaneous De
generacy Is Greatly Exaggerated-
Still a Factor In Life.
Parents are a considerable con
venience, especially nowadays, when
So many of them ha-ve learned their
place, and especially in this town of
New York, where it costs all you can
earn to provide a winter habitation,
and where the young wives of earn
est workers like me are apt to ba a
good deal out of a Job in summer.
Much more systematic provision IB
made to carry my kind of man
through the summer than for Cor
delia's kind of woman the clubs, for
example. For man and wife at our
stage of life parents, duly qualified! .
and equipped, are a very suitable anf
timely provision. Indeed, I feel some-
time that the worthleesness and ml-
cellaneous degeneracy of parent ta
these times Is exaggerated. I don
Bay this by way of casting an anchor
to the windward, nor out of mere)
magnanimity, but because 1 honestly
think so. People say that parental au-
thorlty is all gone. Some think It
good riddance; other lament Blnoe-
democracy came to be the fashion.
everybody wants his own way more
than formerly, and get it rather
more, children Included. But parental
direction Is still a factor in life, and
parental Influence 1 enormous, and
influence gets to the springs of ao-
tion and character even more effectu-
ally than dogmatic authority. Parent
doubtless realize the limitation of
their calling better than they did, and -
a good deal more 1 done in these
day than formerly to piece out their
deficiencies and help them with their
duties. E. S. Martin, in Harper's
Magazine.
Some Tall Feather.
After a century of effort, and with
nrs patience, the Japanese have
evolved from the common barnyard'
f0wl a rooster with tail feather three
yards long. Indeed, they often meaav
ur flve and six yards in length. The
htrd are confined in long, narrow
cage, darkened to prevent attempt
on tfc4 part 0f the bird to look down
ward. Alter the tail fearers hav
to reach the bottom of Ui4
cage, a bamboo perch la set back In!
the cage, bent so as - to tor an
archthi perch permitting th
feathers to hang free. The rooter
stand all day on a narrow bar, wlta
head up and body atraight, and after
cioe connnement rrom z to nours
the keeper takes the fowl out and
permits it to walk for half an hour.
the man holding up the tall feathers
to prevent them from becoming
soiled. Occasionally the bird is care
fully washed with warm water, and
exposed to the sun and air to dry.
When the bird travels it is put into a
long, narrow box, similar to the boxes
which the Japanese use in carrying
rolls of paintings, while the tall is
rolled up carefully, and shut into a
compartment Just fitted to its dimen
sion. The bird are robust, despite
their close confinement, resisting the
heat and cold remarkably well, and
frequently living to be nine years old.
They are also tame and affectionate
in disposition. The hens of this im
proved race are pretty, though not
comparable with their mates, and
they lay about thirty eggs a year.
"Be It Ever 8o Humble."
'There's no place like home,' 'said
Mrs. Lafferty to Mrs. Dolan, as she
paused in her tea drinking to cast a
glance at her loved possessions and
admired the old stove, polished by
neighborly hands till it shone almost
like new.
" 'Tls glad I am to be back here
wld my old friends wance more."
"I suppose twas grand at your.
niece Mary's?" ventured Mrs. Dolan,
who had beard much talk of splendor
before Mrs. Lafferty went off to visit
her young relative.
"Grand Is all right," said Mrs.
Lafferty, with a toss of her head, "but
let me tell you wan thing, Mrs. Dolan,
there was none o' their- automobile)
shows, nor trolley cars, nor theaters)
that looked half so good to me aa
McCormlck's court looked to me thla
day, when I come around the corner,
stepped over the Casey's hop-scotch
game and saw the ashes blowing out
of Dan Grogan's barrels as they hit
the back o' the ash cart. And whla
the Donahue baby let out that screech
o' hers, I said to meself: 'Praise bet
I'm home again!'" Youth's Com
panion.
Very Valuabe Pipe.
One pipe that will not figure in any
collection is the pipe that used to be
smoked by the shah of Persia who lost
his throne recently. It descended to
Its present owner from his father, who
received it from his brother. This or
namental objeot Is set with diamond
and rubles valued at approximately
$600,000. When the shah was not using
it the pipe was guarded by one ol
the court officials, whose task It wa
to watch it night and day, since a
grand vizier was caught, when be waov
as he supposed, alone, making a
tempts to pick out soma of the. Jewels)
with the fine point of his poniard.
A Cat' Ninety-Mil Walk.
About two months ago a cat belong
ing to Mr. J. Love of Wycombe March
was missed. The owner surmised thai
the animal had been stolen or bad
strayed away, but on Tuesday last
communication was received front
some friends to the effect that the eat
bad returned to its old home at SL
Noets, HunUcgdoukhlre, a dlttanse of
about ninety miUi. Loudon Standard,