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w est. t ^ifvti^tpwinffmiK»itm^^m^imm iW»a Daily Jmmi lAKEB * 8ENSPN, PBOF3, ' Entered, JftstouMy- * M0& *»*• 3^dl»«> N. Y., as. eoecwid-cJaas matter* ijiid^r Act of Congress o* Maseii 8, tSSOi ' flt^BSOKEpgraON PRICE .; Byfniflil orcarrier; f3.00aye»r; fl'Jtor six months; BO Cents, far threw , months inmtfetolf in advance, Advertising Botes cm AnnHeation* Wednesday, Ap*ili, 1903. 1903 AFKIl 1903 Bit. 6 12 19 26 Bio, 6 13 20 27 iiif 7 14 21 28 We, 8 15 29 Th, 9 16 23 30 ?**, 3 10 17 24 18 25 'JfQmtitt MOON'S PHASES. Third JllMt Jfiiw \*<M -36 p«xn. XX p.ia. V. QuMtnr © Now Moon 4l80 Qiy I'M 19 W(U- fcECLAfM ARID LAND8, ieerotary Hltehoook Has Approve? \ Flyt Irregrtlon Projects. Washington, April l.-~Aftor Mini month* of cftrofu* Jnveatlgattoxt tin geological purvey has decided upot and Secretary liltciiwck has approvot flvu irrigation projects to bo devaloiMC undor tho tonus of the arid land ros crvatlon act ot Juno, 1902, , Those* projects am to bo loentof ot Sweetwater Dam, Wyoming; Oun alson Tuaneli Colorado; TrueUea nn{ Carcou Rivers, Mo-vaila; Mlllt Hlvoi and St. Mary's .hake, Moniarnx; auc Toato Creek, Arizona. Roughly oatlmated, thoy make pons! Wo -the irrigation of l,Q(K>,0uQ acrea a land at a, cost of $T,5Q0,«*>. !»n averitgi of 17.60 *a aero. M a waiter -of fact however, much, of too area that* maj IJO reached toy water la unsuItaa»lo 01 unavailable lot cultivation. It la not oxpectcd that more that 60 per coat of tho total wilt bo fount worth Irrigating, which will teeroasi tho averago cost to 'somothlos 1 ?12,C0 an aero, T&p cost In eventually to bo paid b) the owners of tho land reclaimed it 10 annual iastallmoiim. That la Hit twltoy of tho government. Much of tho land Is already In (IK faaErla ot private Individuals, and 1111 doubtedly , that which Mill remnliu twill he- taken up \by settlors as soot 03 tfctf plana are mado kn&wn, btxt IM government will require pledges* thai tho cost of tho reclamation will bo ro funded aecordlajr to tho provlaloaj al tho I*vr. 8WAMRQCK lit FAST. Sup«rlor to Shamrock I In All Poind in a Trial Race. Qwwoeli, Scotland, April 3L.—SI) ©loams Wpton, in an Interview allot tho trlaf ol tlio challenger In a, spin with, Shas&roek t, said ho -conofeaorct! that he had ovory reason for ttoo ut most gratificaUon at tho result. Sham rook 111 had dono all that cooia b< Mkod of her, Ho thought that Hit trial $m$a hor to bo ondouttcdly the host of tho America'0 cup cliallengora la\ his opinion sho was tho faaumi boat aBoat In tho 4nfa weather and ho looked hopefully to see t»e* dc ea.ual]y well In heavier weather. D. I\ D. Nolll, a leading Clyde aiun tour yaohtKraan, -who was tho o»Oy out nldor on board Shamrock I all day eald ho vma ^ailsflod that shot v/ns Balled In a.a honest ondeavor *o HD- cure tho atsrost ef whlcfifShs was cap able, and 3ho was honestly bcatea. It Windward worlf, he added, SUamsrocl III completely circled Shamrock I hut while- &o coastdored ttie nevr cM longer a wondorful boat, ho did not expect to flad as rnmeh dlfterpi»^ be twoon tho two racers In heavloi woathor as waa shown In tho trial. No Causs For Suicide, New York, -April 1. — B. B. Eshor, father of Bowman Esher, tho Yale staaeat who shot himself in tho Sta- hattaa hotel Sunday, said that he could not account, for his aoa's sul otde. r \| received a letter,\ he said, \from htrn last week and he seemed to be 1ft cheer'tiil spirits, but said lu was gotUng woateer. «e was a Tory diligent student and .probably over- worked himself, He must bave 1111106 himself la a monaent of tempora-ry In- canity, Mr..Esher will talre the boil? Of hiB son honi,o totlhlcaLgo. Appellate CoUrt Calendar. Rochester, Apm i.-^-Appellate aivla Ion calendar for \Wednesday: Nos. CO U7; 126, 148, 81, 19 and 149. y qnor Mqertsesto B«; Increased 50 Per peot:, Bltt mom TO HHJE GOVERNOR -Patto'iY -of 0ernpcrijt»^81x Hours df Sn<llc*« Giie»H. *teaeher— Can niay little girl tell iwho was Columbus?\ Sndio (frantlenlly snapping hear gors)—1 know. Teacher-*Well, Saflle? Sadic-Oolunibus, tho gem'of bceah.'-iPhllftaeiphltt Press. mo flu- tho. Bdtii DcfeeU-KO, She— Yon make love like a novice- , He~-atai *fe both deifeotive. I 'Otightto make Ipve' lEko jtii expert, and ybti ought bot If know the difterefecey* WfOi . Wsnt ThroujjB the Awembiy by ' Party'•tyte Except That Ruehl.ani Erie, Voted With th» Uobrofcei Pebiite, Albany, April l.-^Very much, lesi; spoctaouCIar than the senate's actior bnt• none the- less iltiejsorable was thi battle between the ttepabUcan ma Jorliy amd the Democratic minority ii \ the asserpbly, at -the close of which tat bin of Seftiator Jtalnos laoreasing Hn 60 per cent the liquor license' feer throughout tho, state waa passed V& 1 TOto of S4 ayes to 6! noes. Asflentolymea Ruehl and Patton o tho Sixth and Sovontb districts o Brit/ respectively, both Republicans voted against the bill with the Demo crats, though their action was-hardlj a surprise as it bad been expected ever, slnco tte caucus of tho assembly Bo puhlica&Sr which adopted the 1 bill as 1 party measure* \whoa thoy protesta/ against tno bill and declared that th03> would not be bound by tho caucus ac tto», Tiselr vote of \no\ on the bil was applauded by tho Pemoorats, Thee absentees wore Coon of Albany Porro 1 of Now Work, who sent-won tbat.hq wanted to bo recorded in Qw nogoUve; J. jr. McCarthy of Jtonnase laor and Treat ot Cayuga. Speafcer Wlxon did not vote. Nearly qyory Ooraocrat oft the flooi cpolio-at somo period 4a tho debate Mr, WcManua assorted that If the bll paesod tfao browora would hereaftoj buy hops Jn other states, at whatever coal, and; that a,Hko policy would bi esorted against tho cheese districts a tho state* on. tho ground that tho bll was put forward and passed by th< farmerB, Wr, DaJo doclarcd tnat tho Italnot law had aomorallzed UrooIUyn and Mr SHllor ar^uod in favor of»tax on lant •values. .Other opcaltors against tat toll! wero Messrs. EIIIB, Abranw Prince, Doollng, Daly, Shorry, Hackott 33. i, McCarthy and Conn Of tho Hepabltoans who spolso In fa vor of tho bill O, H, Smith dcaued thai tho distillers, hrowofa and saloon* Jjcenors ropfcsentosl tho truo sentlraeai of tho ctato. Mjr. Burnett declare* that as tho saloona caused a largt propirtloa of tho expense for police charlttet and reformatory institutions thoy should pay tliolr share of th< cost, and Mr. Dwyor, whllo according os?ory desree of ropulablllty to satoor l;peporg as engaged la a legltlmau oualness, said ho \bowed to tho wlsdoir of lilft party which had mado this • isarty bill. Mr. Tmub of Onondaga, said ho w<t* and always had been opposed to the Mil, but yielded to tho will of hit parly. Othors who apolio in favor ot tho bttl wero Messrs. Landon, Rcov« auid Fowler. Leaders: Palmer and Rogers close* for their respective sides and tho pre* vlous Qucatloa was moved. Mr. Palmer oftorcd 04 amendmcal providing that tho one-third, two thirds dlirlsloa of excise tax receipt* between tao state and the localities re- spectively bo continued aa under th« present la.w. The amendment was de> r«jateil-Hiye3 GO, npefs 85—and all of tho other amendments proposed were disposed of la lifte manner, Messrs^ Patton aad RueM ot Erie, Republi- cans, voting with, tho Domocratsl tc IJUI the LIU, At 5:30 p, m„ after six hours of un- brouon de%ate, the hill was passed bs a voto of SI ayes to 61 noos, a striatly jjartlsan result with the exception of tip votes of Messrs. Pattoa ana Rneht **e ealy Rspasllsaafe who TOted against Ike bill. No Democrat voted In its favor, wvmrui&'w SAN OOWNQO, Optlows on Buffalo Brewer!**. Cleveland, O., April 1.—^According te EL DoetaRo of this city, Cleveland csapitnlfstB have secured options On all but one of the Buffalo, N. Y„ brewer- ies, and & plan is developing to Incor- porate the. brewing Interests Of that city Into a Blngle corporation. Those •who have charge of the enterprise faave carried out a similar program In other eit!e*& If the deal is completed ft is expected that Cleveland -bankers rarill finance the Incorporation. The \remaining outstanding fp)ant is the i-aag brewery. President Vasciuoz Preparing to Btftake the OapftaV Honte- Christl, Reputes'of ^a^io flomtogo, March 36^-—Advices received aore'lroBi San, JSojnttgo -.f&cw;, that General Alejandro Tv\«sy 4(1 and hi» r^voiutionscry followers are masters ot 8an JJomiftgo city and it is said Gen- eral Miguel Pichardo, mfeisfer of war, m4 Gtafiral Juan Francisco .Sanchez,- minister, of foreign affairs, wsho had sought refuge la the United States consulatOi surrohdered to the TOKOIU- flonist3, with, a, small gjwtpo! follow- 'erfli . Revolutionists are 'la posiesstoa of tWo or thrse, l)walnican war vessels, niasnely the cruiser Independence and tie gunboat Colon. t '. * JSeperal Horaelo Tasguez, \president of San Domingo, loft Porto Plata, on tie northern coast of Santo tfomihso, 'Tuesday • for Sanches, on hpard the Domlnicaa oruiser Pre3idente, the only war vessel remaining la --(ae liands Of Uhe government. It is be- lieved he Intends to ,attack Ban Dom- ingo In conjunction wlth^eneraai fctils Maria Se,rnandoii, governor ««C San Itytro de Macorls, who „haa left that olty la order 10 gather recruits for the government forces, if tie cajh Ital Is attacked a sfuibbom reslst- anca ia expected on, the (part of the revoWMonists* ,' Gen«raJ Itohenieiue, president Vaa- nuoz's chlsf of staff, wh«> -waa^ -wound- ed in tie foot during the fighting at San Itomingo on Monday, is dead. General 14co. Castillo, who com- manded the government troops at Saa Pomlngo, and who waa -reported to have heca Wiled,,Js alive but Is suf- fering from a. wound,, . Several skirmishes have taken place In tM| vicinity and tho govern- ment forcoa nave lost considerable quantities x>t ammunition, arms and provisions, la addition, about 30 gov- ernment soldiers have been killed and » number &av« been wounded. .^ .-__-. ^ ^ A SoteTrojrtlijr Xtnte. The population of St Ivilda, the most westerly of the Inhabited Scottish isles, is a unlauo one In many respects. Tho people are tho most lonely In the \Unit- ed Kingdom, there being very Httlb coromunleatlon with tho mainland and sometimes not for months at a stretch. Socially the Islanders nre practically a commune, If tho head of a household hr injured or loses bis life among tho rocks, his widow and family jsbaro In tho proceeds of their labor as if ho wero there to tato part in It If family Illness prevents any one joining in tho dny'a work, ho Is asked to stay at home, and his Interests will not bo lost stgut of. AH questions, complaints, etcv, arc determined by tholr mode, or local parllttTOont, wljpso, Judgment 1» final. Early morning conferences usu- ally determine tho day's tasks. St KlldlrvHS are a most Industrious and active as well as ft religious peo- ple, and on tho Island at any rate tho vexed problem of chorea nttendanco has been solved. Every man, woman nnd child eapablepf leaving the house- hold goes wgutarly to church, and only some serious disability will keep any person at hpmev-Scottish Ameri- can. Xnfiaeneo or Children. Childhood In Its weakness Is often a strength that resists tho strain of ail tho passions, and that holds even when deep hatred exerts its power to drive asunder. \if It werfr not for ttie child. I would not live with you another day,\ I heard an angry husband say to his wife, when righteous indignation drove him nearly to distraction. That was quite a number of years .ago, and now they have two more chil- dren to strengthen the bond between them. This little episode of domestic infelicity Was recalled by some statis- tics that recently emanated from Ber- lin and which speak volumes. These statistics have been carefully gathered, from the divorce courts, and show that out ot 1,000 divorces MO were granted where there were no chil- dren, 214 where there was one child, 138 WESTS there Were two children, CO where there wero three children, 25 where there were four children, 12 Where there were five children and 10 Where there were six children.—Kew York Herald- - f W||f Not Go to the Holy Land. Cairo, A:prll 1.—The German Crown Prlneo Frederick \William and his brother Prince Blt&l left today for Constantinople!. Both the princes are In excellent health. They aband- oned their Intended Visit to the Holy I^and becaiiso of -the feappearance 01 cholera a£ Damascus. Made Assistant* General Manaaer./ New Yorlt, April 1.—J. C. Barclay, electrical engineer of the western tJnion Telegraph company, has been appointed assistant general manager erf that -company. He has been with •t2ie company 25 years, his first duties being those of messenger boy. ViflJl Succeed J, Willis Basr.\ Boston, April I.-4ron Ogdeh Vogl «f( Belolt, 'Wis,,\ has been selected to succeed J. TflUls Baer as general se& tetary of. ; fihe-;tJnited Society of Chris- Kan Ettdefc-vdr. H« twill assume his £«w dat!e*,M,.lttt er . than Suhe i, ' -••. \1 '•'•• '' / - ' He Wasn't Too Dcuf. Deafnesses largely a matter of habit, says a writer In the New York Press. I know men who cannot hear yon two feet away, though you bawl at them, yet at the distance of a block they will grasp your faintest whisper. Some are deaf for Convenience, some for fraud, Some for hypocrisy. Beware of the deaf man. one Off the noted deaf men was old Matt Criffln, long ago an assembly- man from Griffin's Corners, Delaware county, ST. Y» By courtesy deaf mem- bers receive front' seats in the assem- bly, While others usually draw lots. When old Matt was excused from drawing a fellow member hotly pro- tested. \BUt the old man is as deaf as a post,\ sold the house leader. \Deaf I'* exclaimed the protestant \Matt Grif- fin deaf! \Why bless your honest soul, he could hear a,ten eent'shinplasterf rattle in a baa of feai&ers!\ tfear the elevated road In Park place Is a news and apple woman. She la very absentmlnded. Also sympathetic. A ragged street urchin ran up to her. \Say f bevelled, 'your little boy has been run ever by a big truck!\ \Where? Where) I?or goodness' sake,' where?'' sbHeked the woman, rushing wildly down the street. She tan half a block and then stopped suddenly. • • \Lord what an old fool I am!\ guo said to herself disgustedly. \I\ have no little boy. I've never been married.',' >'. Meantime the-street urchin had stol- en fom* apples and a hunch of grapes. ^-New York Press. ' '••' • « in iuwtdiT necomimr jglfritam >--.' Tbim'iMti Jen. -v. ',- .'Men who fear nothing e?«» «m** trim a*!)oke upon themselves. Soldiers who do not flinch before ppposin&giws dread to be inade ridiculous. Woe* to the national hero Who makes one, tri- fling mistake Which may subJeptTslm to clever caricature! His meritorious career Is henceforth shadowed by «ne colored Illustration, A comlopapcr-wlll tip the scales of jnatt«5, Snatch the vie- forte priza frota h'ls esctendeet palm «nd lob the orator of choMest laurels. A brilliant satire will mar the. fortunes of the greateat statesman, a langn will turn, the tide of VpoUflcal convention, Indeed the Joke Is fast becoming mightier than the pen. teie orator fc.na learned, Its, value, and even the clergy* man* resorts to It when he, desires--to stir the'flagging luter'est of his flock. It furnishes sufficient excuse for the impertinence ot children, .and in its name the dally papers dorlde.tbe high- est national dignitaries. What is the meaning of its steady growth in power and what results may we predict from its humorous tyranny? Is there a chance that «ur keen relish ft* fun may finally produce a kind of humorous dyspepsia resulting from. overindulgence, unless, with epicurean discrimination we demand quality, wt quantity, and stubbornly refuse to swallow other than that which should appease a wholesome, nay cultivated appetite In Jokes?-Carollne Ticknor in Atlantic, ' - Trifle* >• t«?lt#«t», We are so constituted that -What Is occurring at tho moment Interests ns often out of all proportion to its im- portance, For example, wo are thrown off our balance by tho merest trifles perhaps which occur today, but which in a week's time may have no signifi- cance whatever. Obstacles which seem Uke mountains when wo meet them dwindle away to molehills when »we got away from them. Even what seems tragedy at the mo- ment In the future may bo the most Innocent comedy. Mo3t of us aro so constituted that ivo will make almost any Raorlace for pres- ent peace. It would seem easier to hate nn arm or a leg amputated two years hence than to loso a ftagor todayl It ia human nature to shrink: front pain, and wo purchase rcleaso at almost any cosit. If wo could only train tho mind to look at teday'H. trouble and annoyance from tho Btanupolnt ot tho future, It wouuu* bo much easier to bear.—Success, ' t Lookea la WltU * Jl.nlac. Thffnvrlter was once closeted with a patient whom ho had no suspicion of being mad until tho latter got out of bed, turned the key of the door nmd prl'fcrrod a mild request to the writer to have Ills throat cut, handing him at tho same time an open pocketknlfo, which ho produced from underneath his pillow. X objected to the knife ns bfitng too email for the purpose ami bogged to be allowed tc* go for my case of amputating- knives, with which, I explah»cdj,the operatloxj couldjbe per- formed With greater neatness and dis- patch. Ho unlocked the door at once, bludlng mo over to secrecy nnd urging me to loso no time In returning. 1 drove' home, reported tho case to the authori- ties and came back with assistance. He wds secured with great difficulty and scut to the nsylum.-london Tit- Bits. Hurmonr In tfce Len-rci or m Tree. One of the remarkable characteris- tics of a tree is tho process of leafage, and If we examine the bough upon which the leaves grow the admiration of the scientific agriculturist will be- come thoroughly aroused over the pear- feet consistency and artistic skill mani- fested in the arrangement of each spray and the exact number of leaves arranged with* the most exquisite art and regularity. Every group of leaves forms merely long lines-some short and each one different—no two alike, no two In the same position, yet all, so perfect and harmoniously blended that there can be no antagonism, no same-\ Hess and ail those ttioiiaaiiJg nrui tfcss- sands of strange and delicate forms grouped together, neither confused nor ill arranged. A ftuaotu Portrait Patntcr's Opinion. The famous artist Yen Lenbach had one great dominant principle—that out of nature one should .grasp and hold fast but one thing in portraiture, the head? that this exponent of the soul must stand out in undisturbed /unity; that accessories of whatever, kind, whether dress or form, must *disttaet and weaken the impression that the head should produce; \that a portrait to attain its highest aim and signifi- cance must look out f rorp. a background of nothingness and must be shorn of every detail that interferes with tola unity of purpose.-Co8mopolitan. The almanac, properly w called Inlts «rlgjn, In no| merely ft eterflcofor keep^ so* »eeple hx mihd flf the progtefs of *be year. It ik an;atfempt to ghp,W what destiny hfts In. store, for na, as -Ja» flicked; by the jpositipn «f the stars.in any particular year, a*?4 ft?i according to astrological lore* the destinies of men are ruled by the different aspect* of the planets, so also the human body is subject to the Influence of the con- stellatlons through which the sun ap- pears to pass, ir* bis'yearly course, A French almanac of 1610. gives a. dja» gram Of the human body s&tfrounded by all the signs of the zodiac ana, indi- cates the various organs ri member* over which these slgna have power\ and this for a guide pour les salgpees, or to show at what periods blood, may be let with safety. But the saxne. al\- manae also girei directions sensible enough for the avoidance of the plague Which; would-not be found fault with by a modern fashionable physician; 4y\no. Would keep bla body In health And resist the infection of the plaeue, I^t hi». *eek loy aUd padnesf fly. Avoid place* where Infections abound And cherlsJi^QSQus company, * A'few examples exist; of almanacs of this character before the invention: of. printing,\ although none, it Is belieyed, earlier than'the twelfth century. But some of the earliest speclmeus of prlnt- ,ing are black printed German aheet al- manacs, which are* chiefly concerned about blood letting,*-All'the Year Round, - i 1 / ' TEHTIT ^MJOC Srmtfimi, The- gnomon, the predecessor of the Bundin'If waa probably one of the earli- est devices for the reckoning of time, and It may .reasonably be concluded 1 that the Egyptian pyramids, with their great altitude, formed part of f design for timekeeping by'tho shadow thrown on tho desert sands. The obe- lisk, too, in all probability served the purpose, for as a matter ofhlstory an oSelisfc at Rome was actually used for a sundial in the time of Emperor Au- gustus, If wo could step* on board Of a Malay prao, we should see floating In a bucket of water a cocoanut «bell having a small hole In the bottom through-which the water by slow degrees finds its way Into tho interior, Tho hole In the shell Is «o- proportioned that tho shell will sink \in an hour, whom tiio'mon on watch calls the time and sets it afloat again; •the Chinese have a -water clock ia use at tho present time, which Inven- tion they ascribe to Hwangtf, who lived, according to their chronology, more than twenty-flvo ceaturte* befora Christ. Tho time system of early Rome was of the rudest character. Tho day and 'light each wero divided into four Talents, the periods of- which, were roughly .dstcrmlned by observattoat of the course of the sun and stars. iMctary Hana Mc Out. \An' how did you fare at\ the house on the hill?\ inquired Wandering Wil- lie of Meandering Mike. * \Fine replied the meanderer. \The lady gave me a Jlttle of most every- thing you could mention.*\ ' \Not hash?\ • \No. A pocket dictionary.\—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. flr Way of a IjeMOj*. \\0ne or our cars ran over another man lost night,\ announced the super- intendent of the street railway line, \Well replied the -president, v, after awhile the people Will learn that the only safe\ place Is aboard the car ana that 6 cents Is a small price to pay for safety,\—Chicago Post* . DHentea JEat]tUly Uope«. If yoii want a boy baby, don't let the istork know it, or it will- bring a girt You will find, by the way, that some Influence similar to the stork's has fol lowed you hi all your ctesires.^-Atchl- sonGtobe, • • , . Lincoln'* Stronirot Atirlbmt*. The strongest attribute of I*tacoln was his power of self control. Senti* \•cnt might sway him, but a mob never moved him.' When jeaiouiles to th« army bred 0 popular clamor against General Grant, Whllo tte latter wa* winning fmaous victories In the south- west, ltncoln listened to no word of scandal and by hla sUettee robokect the defamers of the genera! who afterward became tho admiration of the world. Whea la the fevered tumult of pa«slon aa angry north seemed to TOICO a. gen- eral demand, for the tttfUction of tha death penalty upon Jefferson XJavls, Lincoln listened la silence and waited for reason to resume its swayt He was »lways looking oves the heads oi? the crowd. Ho was always listening to the sua small voice that echoed Iu|the dis- tance, far away from the roar of vehe- ment denunciation. The majesty of the law consttntiy appealed to hi* fln# J aaMaI waia -\\fradte't Weekly. . Wild Anlni»l»lu tho CUr. Th6 freatest surprise I ever «*per!- eneed In the unexpected appearance of a wild creature In the heart of the me- tropolls was one day In the spring of 1801 when I saw a possum eroseing Broadway near Chambers street The creature had no chance, I think it was a trucS that Kiflea it, and a great crowd gathered, stepping -traffic, excit- edly discussing the tragedy. The ma- jority declared the» animal to be a rat; the minority maintained that it was a guinea pig. Then, as the police inter- rupted discussion by clearing the car tracks, a large negro4repped from the back oft a truck, se&ed the anlfaal and, mounting the cart tall once more, held his prize aloft, 1 grinning 1 from ear to ear. \Basset possum,\ he said and pocketed the future piece de resistance. I have never learned where that pos- sum came from* but there*a no doubt where hefwent Wild creatures In If ew Yorlc are.sometimes seen.. Ducks, geese, snipe and guils' pass over to their mi- grations, and I t Is not uneommori to catch a glimpse ot'hawks*i»angInghlgh above the city smoke. Orfee I saw a woodcock lying dead Oh the sidewalk of Ilf th avenue*curiouS{ ly enough In front of Delmonlco's. In his nocturnal migration he had collid- ed with that famous restaurant and had broken his neck, There may be a land Of Cockayne after all. Twice i have seen owls in Madison square, one a screech owl, the\ other a fine speci- men of barred owl.—Robert W< Cham- bers ln.Harper's Magazine. * v Wheh»rederlekhnlJthisfamoMspa;!. :steeof:SansSoncI,ibere happened to be ft' mill that greatly hampered aim in : the execution «f Els pJaiis, and: be asis- 'ed'.ttie miller ipr how much' he would swll it, The tnlller replied that for « iongseriea- of fears .his family ha;d ! owned tho mlji, Which had passed'from father to soft and that be would not , aeil it for any price. $he .king «sed every soiicitattonj offered to bulla him a mill in a betfor Place and pay. him besides any sum h^might demand, b«t the obstinate miller still persisted in htt determination to preserve the ix»- herftance- of his' ancestors,. Jrritaitedat last by hla conduct, tbe klngsentfor Mm and paid; in an angry tone; > - \Why do yott refuse to sell your mai notwlthBtalSdljttg all the advantages 1 have offered you?\ The miller repeated hhj reaspns, \Do you .know;,\- continued the/JdnK, \that I could take; it without giving you a penny?'.'. **ies,'* returned the miller calmly, \If it wete not: for the ehanibee of Justice at Berlin.\ , The king was so flattered by this an- swer, which showed that he was lnce> pabl? of an act \of Injustice, that he dismissed the, miller without further entreaty and changed the plan, of his garden, ' * Bator Carriage* and Indl»»i. Colonel Bill Sterrett used to teU •bout a man who went into the jndiax* Territory to »eU baby carriage*. Everybody said he wa4 crasy, \ttwasi admitted that there was a fine crop of • babies In tho territory, but no one coulot see what the squaws, who were used to packing? their offspring on their backs, could do with b&by carriagei. Still orders began to come back, first for dozens and then for carloads, and finally-Sterrett-went op to tovostigttte. Ho wont Into one of the Indian vil- lages. 4 \And I'll be? dashed,* said Colonel Bill, \1£I didn't see a dozen big-fat In- dians si ttlnjt in baby carriages, all scrougedf up, whllo the squaws were pushing them arounoV, Tho baby car- riage man haft made tho Indians he- Have that baby carriages wero the right kind of pleasure rigs for tho ac- ble>rod men.\—New York World. * A LONG SENTENCE*' OAC TJ»»t BUcoanted the i*onr»»* 4 » ORB. Btaicta^Erer Uttered, Abram S. Hewitt had a very ulmbl© wit and dearly loved a Joke. Ho was once a guest at a dinner which includ- ed Bcwrtofinryth and Senator Evnrta. The recorder was poking fun at tho senator and read from a Bowsimpcr dipping what purported to bo a sen- tence from a recent Bpeccr# mado by the senator, but which was in reality wholly flctItlota,.M the senator know* <Q.ulfe weH, At its conclusion the Inugt* was long ana hearty atair. Bvarts' ex- pense, and no «ne laughed longer or % heartier than the wmator himself. As soott ns ibo laughter had auhstdecl Mr. Hewitt suddenly leaned across tho table and, looking rather sternly Into the smiling face of the recorder, said la «. Veil assumed tone of reproaclu \That certamly Is a remarkablo sen- tence, your honor, but criticism of It doca not como well from you If today** newspapers ate to ba believed, for they con'taln a sentence of much greater length which 1* Attributed to you,\ -^Why—why, Jbow 1st that, Mr. Hew- itt?\ Inqttlred the recorder, with con- siderable coal ttslott. \ \Because said Mr, Hewitt, with the* utmost gravity and that grim smile Which always accompanied Ms best iayings, *you Kte.thcre quoted as ut* teriug a sentence that was t o last through the whole Hie of the prisoner.\' —PhlladeJphlftt*dgcr. Ancient Proofreading. . The editions of books printed 200 or 300 years ago ate almost entirely free from typographical errors, which may be attributed to the fact that early publishers Were' generally eminent scholars, and -tternselyeS gave much attention , to the revision;: ,o£ tbeir proofs.. After reading the proofs they frequently turned them,over to other; scholars With the request'to reyls# and-' correct, and as the printer's time -was-' Jk rowrerfpljaiver. \Should one be asked at random to» name the moat powerful river In New England—that fa, the river yielding the most water power and doing the most work-he woflld be likely to name the 2ierrlmac, , » said: M. g. Edgar of Port- land, Me. \He would have In mind the great manufacturing city of tow- ell* and the answefc would be a natural one. It fa- surprising, therefore, to be told by the United States geological survey that the mast powerful river In 3few England Is the Androscoggin. Yet the surprise abates-when the facts are recounted, There are nine or ten developed water powers along the riv- er, and It appears that they furnish to- tal power equal to 73,000 horses. The falls at i&runswick yield 7,fOO horse- power; fttlasbont Palls, 1,823; at Lewis- ton, 12,600; at Evermore Falls, 3,000; at Otis Palls, 8,000; at 3ays, SitOO; at Petersoh'f Rips;, 6,000. At Humford Fafls there is a potential of S0.00O - horsepower when the resources at-that place arc fully developed, and that Is\ altogether, the greatest water power In - New England:\—WasMngton'Times; - A \TOJta«mtn jciirroo«-.. -,, Suget sound Is- One of the finest lafe '. % bOrs ia the World, If-not me nnesfe^ar-J eteep bay «ver a hundred miles- long..\ cut off from the ocean by the* motfii- - \ 1 , urinous western peninsula of Washing - - ; ! ton. The waters nearly everywhere a|e;' deep, the3hoteS abrupt and the tlde,is , , moderate. Ships may go from Tacoma\ K half way to Alaska -Without passing out of this great Sound and its exteh-. slohS hortlrwalxLr-^Ray Stannard Baker •> In CeMtury* ,, . ' 1 •• •\ > '- TieaHMflrtJUi. , '' } She (having no*hing ehirTO ssy>-itV funny ;how w* ever came to think so] much; of eafch Other. : Sfe-*Puxmy? it-a^tivelyxJul^n dlcu-j The noblest, chsLraeters are those whov .. . . «. „ „^„ „ uo ,^t* Steered , the liffe saving vessel! then deefeied a matter of small-cons^ ¥^%h stonn tossed seas. A bed of) •> • » auencea fierfeetfonWasattaiUedWhich | a o^ .neVerchttrtSarea a ^reat sol \-.ffi^oaj eaualed^nioaerii priatera-'W..\..> ••/ • .„., „^ :' .1
