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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1911. 3 ANOTHER RUSSIA AT WORK i in: srnoxii .voir ro MAX mi: or ACTIOX MOST. Half a f lllloti More Independent I'armrrs I'nri'lRii I'npltat Invltc'il -Work of tin- lliiiim ni Army ItetirRiiuleil Hin-la 1'iirrlsti 1'nllc.i Otilllni'il. Si" 1'KTHtSllt lilt. I'OC. Ill -AtllOllg tl'lUIV folOlRllors whiwi prOSOUCO llCIO t ..... r .1... oil Ims lle.s min neon ii leaiure in ui" eral wlio havo been v.iir there nrn t-over u,.ni.. f tli, .111 w,.te here tell t,.,"e ..ef.oe S no of tin 1 v en .1 r 1 1 iatf.no with the aim of tliidlng employ- ( o'ent for capital at a time when with the Mheriati lUilrond a new nnd successful 1 ...1 1.1,... ,..! tin iv.itmrellt serious . ... I,!,. i.. ,i. n,i... n, .,.lrl I t.i Iftptsiu in Hi" Orient, ho empire k ml a Kind of promise. i "inpnriim conditions then nnd now ihip viitnts fay that they notice" iv preat ,if in ri !. that Kin-simis circulate, m.iiiev more quickly than they did, nnd fi.i it is li'4 difllcult to find anion R them ii en with business habits like their own. ihev r.re lets dilatory nnd less sceptical i .wind new proposals, Tho comment i of value. because It Is this Kussla, that i in the nivmUnt just now, the Russia, ,,f inatotjal development nnd positive, results. Tlu other Hust-ia of frustrated sirupRlitiR i" liroodlnR npnrt and will di'iit'tless bo heard from npnln. In the (ire'nt It is the prnctic.il. enterprising man. primott wnii optimism, uiui is wen to bo foreground. Tliis enlinncenipnt of business n a vocation is n new tliitiR in Russia. AgrU cultutn nnd tho nrmy used to be tho two resectable occupations outside of Gov Hnmient employment. I'orei.n money, which was nlvvays wanted, used to bo (inhered by foreign groups, chiofly French, nnd lent totho Hut-sinn Treasury to hold up inierinl credit. Tho capitalist taking risks with IiIh monoy in ventures that were not directly under Government control was not encouraged to come In. In the past two or three years that i.ttilude has been reversed, nnd now tho financial agents Mint abroad by tho lius-Un (lovernment uro instnicted to encourage foreign capitalist to turn to llussiiv a- a Held for business. Two power ful iiillucncet. nre favoring this move nient 'the internal quiet In the political ami labor world nnd two excellent harvests li.w" placed Russia's linnnces for tho t "o being in n better position than thev hs.. ever been, in her history. Her gold ie.er and the price of her (lovernment t-e untie uro tlie highest on reconl. in so far she is good security if foreign in .ne, i, to b employed hero. Her own mhiiiims are held abroad almost e.-(iii-i elv by the French, nnd In that quar t. ho has no need to create more so c im'i.-s 'Hie Government nnd thn Ilus mn b.iiness world hnve now net out to j'.iari Hrilish nnd latterly American t-. nev Hut this money Is not content nun a mho thing nt t per cent, nnd nil 11 l-. .-nine in apiwrently to take up enter 11 - which the foreign capitalists can .ve.liKt in thir own way. I 'e second influenco In favor of the l r nes man is tho determined xilicy ..I ti siolypin's Government to engage in 'i i Hie (iermans cull 'real polltik." He i- in,; all that ho enn to encourago tho nrgetic worker as against hU two av e -ions, the professorial theorist and ti- revolutionary dreamer. It Ls plninly i w h pe that by mailing material pros i'uy a possibility nnd nn aim in life for i of hU c.)untrymen ho may help I i supire that futile, yearning Hussian il which is so precious to the literary i ti if, and which ho holds to by tho worst cirsoid tho Slav raw. far tho advent of the yeoman freo ln M fanner is the chief testimony to Mr. si- I put's (tollcy of encouraging tho '.Hi Heforo winter closnl down on I". Id v.it this year over 30,ouO,0X) acres f l.itid I1..1I tiai-el into individual owner ship either by tho uctual breaking up of the commune or by purchase from estato owners through tho Land llanlc. acting as IriteriinKlitr- letwien tho Treasury nnd the now farmerB. Over half n million of families, or about S.nuo.tmo of thoftopu l.uion. have moved out into tills indejend- eni life Tim nrnlilorii nf the vnsi mass of noniiln- 11 .11 that remains in the commune svstem ! , ., . j, . ,. n 'r 11 nf.er the energetic spin shave gone forth, bus not so far caused trouble, mainly Irorn the fortunate accident of two great hirveits coming at the time when tho new land act wns entering on its first stagos .md giving enough money or its oquiva lent f t the Immediate needs of all. Hut it i an enormous nllnir that will havo to bo far -(l, this growing tip of millions of hu iiaii beings yho-e chief common quality i- inertia. It is hopod that many or them will l aliinrlMsl by tho great works of canal-' I Union, irrigation and constructional I s, bom,, for manufac, un. but for many J . them that would bo too great n wrench fr.nu the rtio casual, o:iy going past ., .me foro-if that the Troastiry will yet j Iw.e to mako grants to alloviato tho tils-1 , ,.f ,1,.. ..,n Hilt ore th communes that are on uio mi grade in tlio samo way mat 11 is 1 '".inc the moru cnercetic peasants into i" ir new etato as laud owning farmers I Hon in the court papers that disclosures In ihn nresent neriod of economio I nbout dishonest contracts in tlio wt in th s present per oi ot econ" would prejudice the esprit cle corps of tho 'r..,t,Bi. the Dumu has to play n difficult I fiorvice, commission of Inquiry into ..11 Now that tho land act Is on the tint system of nnval contracts und Htnff ,t,. bnok tho Legislature has nothing appointments is now sitting under Gen. 1 ie to do with it. 'Iho change that it I Roedeger. tho last Minister of War and ...I" rs U sn enormous that the other bonest man. but its area of otwratioti ...1 rs i so enormous mat tne om.r;u limited that neither the Duma nor 1. ii-.s now tinder discussion seem very ;lh(, mtlol ,.x..ctrt from it any serious 1 - otnpiirison 1 the eleiiit nt my itlucnlion lili, Ii -'i iiild hao been the mo-t en- g of all steps forward, has failed ! iimii to ioiie public conlldciife. tli" chief measure of tint present .1 I; 11 no sooner had it been intro .,1 Hum tli debates converted them is in. 1 furious ii'fi'iminations over i' llg "'js and the language questions, . '1 dilcalioil of the children of tho was the la-t thing heard of " I 1 llie first tune Mr. Ktolypin's net uiui the llolysynisl caiiie 111 con li.'iir the (iuvei nmi'iil's bill all (i..'s for the leaeliiiig of children i" l plated under tin. education "life III. Its inspectors weie to Irivo nt entry, "liii'b moans llu.t tliey : il'riiie wiiether the teaching end 1. nn igi'tiieut of the schools were 'ii I'he Synod prolesled Dial no '.! i.iviueii would bo alio wed to '" I Its t huieh schools, which uro very 1 1. 10 is and am kept up out of tho rcvo. - ol 1)10 church lands. 4 I n. 111 ijoniy of tlio Duma has siippoi led '"ii' inmenl proposal, but it In ex-1 'I Hint tlio I'lnudi, backed by tho " puny nnd III" pnwerlul Right putty 1 1 mined of KtupiiK and the "ban ' ' 111 Russian ailmiiiisli.ition, who ats tin ro and who halo iJi piesent will siicceod In taking the sub 'Hit of Hie bill The lllsU i- uiailo v ill" Ii. inn racial le id 011 the Milt si 11 11 yjnltio pioviiiecH why should the i Willi which is German speaking, to pay for schools whero Jieir children must lenin llusslnn and not their mother tongue? And why should not Ksthonlans and Utttv bo taught their own lniiKimne in tho publlo schools?' And ho with Polo, Armenians and Ta tars. Happily l'itilnnd is not yet wholly nborbed by Ktissln, nnl It In not proposed Hint tln rinim should ho forced to learn HiisHlan In their r-chools; otherwise thcro would linvo boon tho bitterest rcelstnncn of 'all. Ono Mgniflcnut phenomenon emerges from this racial educational dispute: - . , i a ii in tne uutiin nnvn innrlo l"K', " disproportionato display In view , mum 111 1110 empire 111111 nave . 1)t(,r ,M thr Hussians that they havo unquestionably strengthened the Kussinn nationalist. 'Vt'ii tho jingo sentiment which Is now ,11!!..l"llliUi: tollo of Hllssiall society. .. collisions lietweeii tlio Duma nnd urn council of Kmpire, although Ihev have been fuquoiit enough, will bo better suited for treatment next year than now. Tliey nie an important con stitutional fact, although thev rnlse no sensation Next year begins tho last working session of the pre-ent Duma; then there is tho electoral catnuign. There I, no reason to doubt that the tzar wisho, tho Duma well as an Insti tut. on, Mu lias occasional long con versations witli its HiienUer, .Mr. (loutch kolf, and recently ho has gone further in inviting ttie chairman of its financial 1 committee, Mr. Alenezenko, the Oetobrit member for KharkofT. to Czarskoe Heloe . to explain its metlnMl of handling the publlo iiccniiiits. Hut to th (Vnr an' niji i-aiiio wunia is a uiima mat ngrees w ith him; a loyal, well behaved assembly that liarmoni7e, with the Holv Hynml. with tho bureuuerncv. even witli the traditions of autocracv. It would bo fatal to the Duma at the next elections, oven with the present limited electorate of the fairly well to do, to have the reputation of being n tame ami docile body. .Mr Stolypin knows that, nnd he knows that he needs tho driving force of n public spirited, honest Duma to make headway against the obstinate, reactionary Council of Kmpire. where half the membership Is nominated by the Czar and most of the other half is elected by the land owning nristocracy. Tho difficulty of the Duma and of Mr. Stolypin is that tho people are not bothering much nbout politics just now. The good times and tho reforming spirit nre working In opposite directions. Prob ably it is not n thing to desire, but tho best help toward constitutional progress next year would lie a bad harvest. Tho greatest political change of tho reir has Iwon in the Suite Detriment. It Is not only that Mr. Isvolskv hai made way for Mr. SazonolY but 'the whole method of conducting foreign business is being overhauled. For instance, until a month ago the important ofticial known a tho chief of the bureau of the personnel, who Is in.closext touch witli change and promotions In the service 'abroad, was Mr. Savinskv. a court elinmleriain of the (V.ir and above all things a lender of fashion. He is succeeded by Mr. Art 7emovitch, Russian Consul-General in Iterlin, an appointment which to Hussians denotes a break from tho past, for the consular service furnishes neither court chamberlains nor leaders of fnshlon. Tho n"w course is in harmony with the "reilpolltlk" of internal policy. The brothers-in-law Messrs. Stolypin and Saronoff nre cooperating with a single mind in home nnd foreign affairs. JJc. Isvolskv was believed here to have owed his appointment partly to K'ing KdwnriVs influence with the Czar. Anyhow he was identified in F:m-6pean diplomacy with the idea of the Isolation of Germany, although personally his bte noir was notoriously Austria, or more especially her Foreign Minister, Count Aehrenthal. Mr. Sazonoff has no nreioHsesi.ions of mat Kinn: tor mm nu inenustups nrn good If they are good for Russia. He i nn intellectual man nnd n hard worker; his task is to give IlusMa a foreign policy which her armed strength ran sustain and to bring her to an independent and rcpocted position. What has rankled most in the minds of Russians thf Be last years has been neither the defeat by Japan nor that Kngland came forward with her friendship for tuirelv selfish reasons at a moment when Russia could not stand out for terms so Mitch ns the assertion, repeatedly rubbisl in, that she Is allowed to exist in peace merely by sufferiwico of the German Kmperor. ' Russia's presfnt Kuropeun ar rangement have brought her charges of ingratitude from Germany, who re minds her that (luring tho .Japanese war and nfterwanl she could have done what she liked to her frontiers. The determination of the Nationalist party, whoso intlueneo is paramount now, Is to destroy all ground for so patroniz ingly puperior an attitude. A great work of reorganization in the Russian army has just been carried through to that end. Its rearming is now completed and the morale or tne men is goou. 11 in tne arbitrament of war the commanders f-houlcj fall to prove great leaders, nt any rate the old accusation of favoritism in ;,;(lir a)p0ntrm,,lt.s win , hold KOod. for t. rui,. that the senior commands in peace time may be held only by Generals who would be called to lead their melt in war is being firmly enforced, nnd tho daily work at prcettt is for too hard for court favorites to care for the job. in one branch of defence the position is wholly unsatisfactory. No headway at nil is being made witli the navy. .Mr. , Rodzianko. leader or the Uctotirlst party, 1 which is Mr htolvtiin's chief support I In the Duma, has just insisted again that HitHHla must have a strong fleet in the Raltic. As nn admirer of German culture and believer In German friendship he says Jfi.rS iba'ste'rii i.;llro,. The best friends are tho-e who feel themielves of eipial strength. And yet, he adds, the Duma will abso- iii'eiy ieiu-e 10 givo uuy ivoney , me without nmrile crnnr. , , ' ..,, ,,..,, " fr "v I'O "Itime .I ,-or refusing admission iritho Admiralty to the Duma's new broom is the asser results. Nothing is to lie expected until public pressure is nioro strenuous than 11 is now. Tor the Russians who are attracted mint by grant schemes tho projected railro.ul through Persia to the Indian frontier is a welcome apparition. Most people doubt whether It will even begin to materialize within the next five years It is olipo-osl both I IV the people who hold that Rii'siau" should devote their capital and energies to developing their own country and 11K0 by tho .Moscow manu facturers, who have at present a virtual monopoly of the north Persian trade. They declare that so far from the new rail road helping Russian manufactures to find .1 market in India, K.ugllsli commeico would through superior organization nnd .vglicr grade uiuniifacliiros oust the Russians from north Persia. The real reason why tint scheme was brought before th" imhlio after I ho inter viov bet, icon Mr. .Sa"ono!T ami the Ger man I'livcisn Minister al Potsdam has been given by Mr Klemm, chief of the Persian section of the Russian State De- 1. .., ... II,, ,,l u ,,l,l ft.-, t I in IlllaJ llr ,,,...,.inr,lt With Turkey in IWI by which. the latter agreed not to grant any rail road construction concessions in her e-isern territory adjoining Persia tor inni'ites at the end of this year. Ihere 1 no tro-ity obstacle to prevent Germany, fur instance, from securing after Iho beginning of H'o year concessions both from Turkey and Persia that would Hiipp'nl or at least movent opposition to licr H.igdad railroad scheme If Mich a project wore launched with out Russia having headed it off by pro mulgating the Anglo-Russi.in interna tional route lo India it would be counted as s"Vvrc a itelback as Risinn diplomacy rooeivod in tin'' Hilkans two eais ago. Thus the Indo-l'eisian lino seems at pres. out to have more politics, than railroading in it. poems tronrn he.wisg. A, I'tanl. Ten Utile mnliitlnn,, promt ta.l ptrtand flnr, One. nmolirtl a Mninc I'crfeeto. inJ then there weie nine. Nine little reolutlonv Mr, Ner will be-late Slept plum through the Alarm clock, end then Ihtre ere hut rlrht. Klght llltle resolution,. The rAln poured ilonn from heaven.' And one declined lo e to church and o there ere seven. Seven llltle resolution,. One. blind 10 error'n ttlcli,, Drank two tall whiskey rlcktya. and then Ihere we.tt sli) Six Utile resolution,. One look a tempting dive And lost hi, martin on tr.e curb, and there then were five. five llltle resolutions till one cot mad and swore. (The trolley crowd walked on hl feet) And no there were but four. Pour Utile resolutions. One really couldn't fee The harm of betting 011 a horse. And then there were three. Three lllllp resolutions. One gossiped Alt he knew (Or thought he dldi About his friends, and then there were two. Two Utile resolutions, tine told a lie "for fun" And then another to ,ve lhat. And r-o there vtas but one' One little resolution, neglected and forgot Just died of Inanition All ten had gone to pot. U miwick .lAiirs I'Hirs. Cartas Centre's .llnjo. from Ihf Denrer IlrpuNltan. A feller hloucd among lis from across theTetas way: tie claimed to he a cosvhoy. but war talk was his lay, - He'd hup upon the chances ot .1 big mat with Japan Till he lisil us plannln' battles and enllsiln' lo a man. He sure was most convlnrln' when upon t.ls special line. lie had Ihr strength ot navies and the flghlln' units tine; We clean forgot our poker, and the run of dllnks was llgnt, When we ral around and listened to this lingo talkln' flghl. Hut Ihe MrAnger got to fusiln' with old Chinee Jim one riav. And the Oilental slapped Mm, and 'Jest look his gun away. Whereupon Hear Hawkins murmurs: "Hoys, 1 sure am plum surprised That this Imitation lloh'on ever got us hypno tized " So e organized a Peace Club, and w e all swore to the pad. And to shoot the Jingo's boot heels was our first omdal act; And he faded o'er the cactus In the Tallin' shades of night. And we know ihe Joy of llvln' now that no one's UIMn' right Annual. from lire Clereldnd r.iln Drattr. Along about the last of May A lover gay rode down this way And paused but long enough to say "I fove you" to his lady Along about the first of June He sang his tune and gained his boon And parted from her all too soon Alasl and lark-a-dadec! Oh. that's the way the ditties go That seek lo show the weight of woe That simple llltle maidens know Vt ho trust a total stranger. And simple maidens softly sigh And loudly cry that they would die Ilefore they'd cast a tender eye On things that threatened danger tint that's a silly way to do, o maiden trye. I swear 10 you; 1'ermll the tickle swain to woo; Let this your sorrowing sei cheer -vnother one will tome to-day. iWhate'er they i-ay. life's not all Marl And. even thouchhe rides awav, Another's coming next year! A Vanished Hero. Tom We Denrer ftepiiCJcin. In reading the season's new- fiction One misses a llgure of slM (Not even lie Morganlsh diction A tones for the loss. Jn our eyes). What reader remained all unsmltlen With the twro of eaglelike glance- The hero of whom II was w-rllten: ' "He was the best swordsman In Prance." When blades w ere crossed oft In a tavern. Or In holding Ihe mob 011 the rMlrs -Or perchance rtw a, a flghlln a cavern - .Nn blow took this man unawares Ills fencing was all one desired; His enemies had a scant chance In facing this hero, admired. Who was the best swordsman In France. Put now all In vain do we wall him No longer be brlghiens our days, No longer do swart v Plains bait him No longer his trusty blade slays. We hav e heroes of other description Ills sw-ord rusfei with Ivanhne's laice On his tomb Is this simple Inscription- "He was Ihe best swordsman In Trance ' Loafing. Fr.wrt tSr Washington stir, 'Taln'l no use complalnln' 'cause the frost Is In the air And there ain't no birds a slngln' In the treetops anwhere: These modern Institutions that thelandlords all provide Have sweet and Soothln" comforts, It will hardly be denied . There's a radiator boomln' with n warmth that's soft and mild And an easy chslr In wallln' when there's time to be beguiled. The north wind shakes the shutters, then dls- .ot.regcil passes by. Tor loaim In December's Jest as good as In July. The cliy folks In summer to the farm come troopln' d ow 11 An' when old winter's here It looks right good to me In town: I miss 1 hi- clouds a drlftln' o er the distant sky so blue. nut the wiper on ihe celling has a mighty pleasant hue And the window, when the climate has set In for snow-In" hard I, the frame around a picture prettier than a niAlllu' rnrd. And life tfiih kind and peaceful as I notice, with a sigh. That loatiu' In December's Jest as good as In July. Father and the I'oefs. From the Dfnrtr Republican When tiols are In straits niost sore i or ifcemc on which to touch, 'I here's one thing from the muses' store 'lhat they ran always clutch; One subject that will never fall To make the re.i ler glad; Twill bring Ihe chuckles forth galore And that one theme Is Dad Tt easy faith, lo grind It out When father trimmed Ihe tre," Wlieu father inert the wa'er spout." "When father Uioppert with me' , Tor he la, mixed I all the things That deal with weal or woe; When other notions take to wings 'Ihe "father" theme will go, When father built Ihe furnace (Ire." When father shovelled snow." 'When father nie1 the auto tire" - "1 1, Ihus his sagas go. He'll stand for anything, depend I'nr verse, good or badl And at Is li this ihlng Is penned I on the theme of Dad. Careless, Vrnm the ItViililnstoo .SUr. Wii-nevcr anything roes wrong' The raiise Is iiulrkly seen. There Nn't any graft mi strong Nor petty rogues so keen Hut we might sooll their little Jokes And stop each wicked caper Ilk w hich they plunder honest folks, If all would read the paper. The gold brick and the green goods game, The badger trick sjold. l or mam years have been the same, s often has been told. When there Is any crooked blr. That turns our hnp.-s 10 vapor, The antwer nearlj always l, "They didn't real Ihe paper!" A Champion Kit Iter, He wa, a curious sort of man and nolhlng srriued to please him. If you proposed a certain plan a different plan would scire him. No matter whel von d say or do h" was a cranky being! No matter what your polnlnf vlw he'd Joy In dis agreeing No mailer what your scheme might be Paws he was always picking - II was no wonder ho became a master nilnd at kicking. ' lie kliked at eveiy one iie know, at all limes, In nil places; He marled and trowled and howled and ma le the w'rv est hind of faces. He kicked at woman, man nnd child, at all who came anear him: He kicked In such a manner that all people came to fear htm He kicked at all with whom he dealt with greatest of endeavor. And ( led Jul as It he fell he had lo kick forever There wak nauch left worth kicking at 'Iwe, hard luck and he si rtirl; It; Willi no one neni he t lulrhcd the air and straight way kicked the bucket! Nathan m. Lstt. QUESTIONS AXO ASSWEIIS. Is there any good Authority for this expression "He never acttd like John did!" That Is. Is It etcr correct 10 use like" (an adverb with prepo shjlonal forte! followed by a sentence; I've bevn taurht that this "like" should Always be followed by n noun or pronoun And UiaI "as" should be neil fur II In the est rcslon used above. In this vlclnll) In Pennsylvania this e,presslon or this bum Is frequently on the Hps of teachers, preachers nnd ol lit r cducalttl folk W O.J It Is not feasible to dispose of this question on the score of grammar. The grammarians are nt one In denouncing II as an error; they aver that It does nut parte. 'I he dictionaries denounce II; only In the most recent Webster Is It recog nbed lhat Ihe mailer has two sides la this slate-meiil- "The use of like as n conlunctlmi meaning as las, Do like I lot . though oecasloiiAlly found In good wrltcM, Is .1 provincialism and contrary to good usage " In general the use of like In this sense Is lo be avoided, tor II really Is not In good Usage of Ihe most careful speakers. Hut II Is entitled lo respect as a provincialism. In the Soul lit rn StAlrs It Is Irripirnt In educated speech, nil over the eounlry It Is met with In uncultured spied! 1 11 truth Us provincialism Is rooted In the dlllcrenre ol I'ngllsh dialect. In Ihe dialect which chanced to survive as cultured l'ncllh speech like was employed as Rdjecllve. Adverb, preposition and no more In a tlnren dialects of equal validity At the beginning It wa, emplojrd as a conlunetlon. This force has per slsled with such vitality lhat Ihe rnult:nclln like remains lust In the borderland of good speech; Its use Is not lo be classed as an error It Is simply a tlllTerrnce of opinion as to the propiltty of It, Inclusion In good llngllsh. In such A case only those who are sure ot their position nay venture to use a disputed word, much as only the best spellers can a'turd to use Ihe reformed variety uf lhat an. The question of Mr James Mct'oi.netl regard Ing llie location of Ireland's i:c has pill me on some verv Interesting research work the result of which I here oiler ' Ireland's I've.' properly Hlr land sle aeconl Ing ttt lewis's Topographical Dlcllouarv of Ire land, quoting Mr Monck Mason, Is a little Island nearlv one mile no'th of llnwth 1 1 III In Ihe county of Dublin, circumference one mile, sunrrlrlal extent flfiv three acres ti Is pyramidal in form, studded with acuminated rocks which at a tils tance make It look like a Ctstled steep' lis south shore presents a frontage cf dangerous rocks, ano on the soulhwest shore are the remains of an ancient Irish anctu,ry said to have been foundetl t'V SI Nessnn about the )ear."7o. In which are satd to Iiavc been preserved among other relics The Garland of llow-lh," a book eomprls Inn Ihe four (iospels The Interior of Ihe hulk! Ir.g was but 13 by ? feet The Island, however. Is believed to hav e a far more rt mote anllqulty than A D. .":e. xtine authorities holding that It Is the I'dros, Adros or Andros mentioned liy I'laudlua I'tolciny ideograph!. tl C, section IZiaaoncof four Islands oit the east coast of lllhcrnls and Ihe same tha' Pliny calls Andros. Itlchard of Clreerl resier tails it I'drla. Hubert tt. 1-atham. a fellow of King's College. Ca1nbrlJgc. however. In an article In Dr .smith's Dictionary of rireek and Homan Geography seems tit discredit this Ident! Ileal Ion and recognise as Ihe Island meant llardsy Island ort Ihe roast of Wales. The level rtlnn of the Islet produce a variety of rAre plants and altnrds good pasturage for sheep and goats, but like How th It Is or used to be overrun with rabbits. J A. A. The following may satisfy your correspondent's query. Ireland's i:ye Is a rocky Islet lying nbout a mile from the north side of the Hllior llovvlh In the county of Dublin. Ireland. It Is pot more than a mile In circumference. The present name of this Island Is a corruption from the Danish translation of Its original Irish appellation As a matter of fart It had several names, bat the one from which lis oresent name Istlerlvcd was tllls- I'reann. the meantng of which Is the Island of f.lre. It wa Also known as Inls-mac-Nessan (the Island of the tsona 01 Ne?ant. Iscssan was a Prince of the roval family of lxlnsler. whose sons Uleholla. MunlssA and Nadslugh caused a church to be erected tin this Island In the seventh centurv. the ruins of which are still lo e seen According to o'Cery's Ciilendur It was also known as Inls I'nllhlenn, or lnnlsfallen, Ihe Island of I'allhlenn. lis present name Is the result of the Panlsh translation of Inls-Hreann. for Ihe translators indersinod 1'reann to tie the genlllve case of Klre ilrelandl. as It has the same-form, accordingly they made It Ireland's I'.y (Ireland's Island. In stead of Krln's Island; Ky being Ilanlh for Island), which In modern times has been corrupted to Ire land's i:e. placing an utterly false construction upon Its name. Kven t'ssher was deceived by this, for he called the Islan I Octilus lllbernla VtscrNT r n'ltriM.T Would you be kind enough to lei me know where the new day, and consequently the new )ear. starts (Irsf Is It In the Chatham Island, near New Zealand, or in Kastcr Island, about "3(1 miles west of the coast ot Chile A. Ilowssi. lly Atreement of the Important maritime na tions the International date Ihe has been ftsei at the antl-merldlan of (ireenwleh. This mcrld an of ISO psse for the most part through empty sea In Ihe Paclde. In computing Ihe change of the day this mathematlCAl lloe Is not followed rigidly but concessions are admitted on the score of political or commercial conven ience. Thus In the north ParlDc the date line I drawn through Herlng .Strait east of lis true position and then westward lo Include the Aleu tian Islands In the Amerlran dayv .similarly at the south the line Is drawn eastward lo Include the Chatham Islands In the New Zealand day for thev are under the administration of that dominion The only considerable archipelago Intersected by the antl meridian Is I'lJI, end In Hits case Ihe date line Is swung eastward so lhat. all 1111 may com" within Ihe same day It Is At this dAte Itne thus compensated lhat the new day and the new ear begin. Astronomically the earliest start of the day l In Herlng Strati, then the Chatham Islands, then the eastern, or Ijiii. group of I'lJI: hut these ate all sparsely Inhabited spots of earth, and Ihe Chnkehls, fljl- ans and Morlorl are not In Ihe least wo-rlcd Altout the day as I. passes, faster Island hs Ihe Xmerl- day day lis nearest neighbor, Mtealrn Island, has a complication as regards one day of the week, but Ihl- Is Iheotogtcal ralher lhan astro nomical, the descendants of the mutlueers of the Homily have all become .Seventh Day Advenllsls and observe the Sibball, on the last day of Ihe week Anent the statement In my twxtk on American flags, quoted In the Issue of December TTt, that I'rancls .scoit Key commenctst the song "The Star Sitangled Ilaunei" 011 the deck of hi, oan vessel. 1 will say that this was the vessel to which he and Mdni.er were transferred from Ihe HrlH'h ftlgate .Surprise, and they wr permitted to lake Dr Hennes with thein. This was Mated tv Key litiT.self Their vessel was kept under the guns of the Surprise during the bombardment of Port Mclleniy Admiral Preble In hi elaborate, wor' ttn Hags sat s: "Jler Valesiy's ship of Ihe line of that name jlhe Mluden, hss generally been credited ns hav fug been the vessel on tto.ird of w hlch II jlhe songi vvaconiposed but she wasnotone of Iheenemj's Heel al the tiomlwirdmcnt Prom lut in lso the Mhlden, 71 was .incborcd In Hong kong harbor, China, ns a hospital ship. When broken ujt In is'.i her Umber were anilously sought after by patriotic Americans, from the siipiK.sltlon that on her deck our national song was composed ' I'rancls .Scott Key narrated Ihe account of the origin of "The Star Spangled llanner" shortly after the Ilrltlsh aeslgns on llalllmnre failed, to his brother In law. Hoger 11, Taney, subse quently Chief Justice of our Supremo Court, who contributed Key's version, from memory, In an Introductory letter tti ihe 'Poems of lite lite i'rancls ,s. Key, Psq ," published hi ISA", fills was the nrst publl'hedatetalled and authen lie account of the origin of the song. Judge Taney speaks of the vessel In width Key and his fellow pilsouers were and where he commenced the song ns "their own vessel " not Ihe Uiltlsti ship Mlnden, as subsequent wrllers have slated. I'VLto II. Hamuaon What Is Ihe authority of the use of peeved In place of peevish' W. II. Mctinvw None whatever. It Is A neologism and pain fully new at lhat. It would appear that those who are rndravorlng to secure currency for the word set In peevish a derivative from a verb to peeve and Iheiefore assume 10 employ Ihf hypothetical vcib. In this ihey are more successful than Ihe phllologlls, for scl.'iillltt Invesilgaiors after trcirlng pt-"vMi back lo the middle Pngllslt un changed save for spelling have had to confess llulr Inability lo usslgn lis earll-r source .No where tloes any verb lo peeve appear In the past hi. lory of the word peevish, and those who use It now have not Ihe lunk 10 secure currency for Iht-tr t'uluuge The ermou accredited tti Alf ll'trrell Is pilnted In "Ihe Harp of a 'thousand Sitings,' published In I "-VI b Dirk A I lugcrald, compiled by Samuel P. Aver, And II Is worth rcpilnllng, o, It. Alllboue assigns Ihe dale of ISA, and riles Ihe llllc "The Harp of a Thousand .Strings, or laugh ter of a Lifetime: Kuniclvcd, Kuinplled and Horn Ikally Knukoktcd b Spin cry " Does any old Vevv Yorker remember the Ho Hind, 1 In tin' northeast turner of Clly Hall Park In tlu'caily '.Ms.? I believe It wasereeled by some palmer lo evhlblt panoramic pictures. It had a dome and lartc columns p front and was oc cupleil lu llie Post oilu e and Ihe Cioton Waler Dt part'ocnl lalrr I.. I'ool.K Tin Itiliiiiila was It nil t 111 S; by lolm V.'indtr lin, an arllsl and pupil of Gllhcrl Stuart In tills building lie I'thlhllfd panorama of Paris. Mheiis, Vrvlcii, Vrrallles iby hlmselfi. and sev eral ballle pieces, 'Ihe venture did nol recoup him for Ids Initial epense and al Ihe end of three jcars, when Ids lease t-splred, the i lly tool, over the proper!', Noticing the Inquiry -u your columns a, In Isaac llrokitw, the maker of t locks at Hrldgrlnwn, I beg lo say lb, I I am Ihe possessor of one of such clocks, the grand fnlher v nrlctj, which dates from 17 Ml ur thereabout'. Itrldgctown Is the former name ot lluhway. N .1. M I.. Ciiowm.i.. low a Lawyer's Vr-nr, of Practice., If mm Ihr tt'tMni'nofon llirnhl .lolm Pol ler of F.ldnrn, lovvn, Is the oldest priit'tllloni'l" before the t nited Slates Su premo Court in point of year of service, having lie-on admitted March .1, P.Vt Mr, Porter lins known every Prraldpnl since Kill, morn with tlio exception of lloosevelt and laft. school ton cutn pi.ayeiis. Auction bridge. II. It. II. says: The winning declaration Is three no-trumps, doubled, and the deelArrr wins live by cards, at the same lime detecting hi, adversaries In a revoke. A bels he can fake two of tho tricks, and ri In honors for Ihr balance of Ihe penalty. II bets It he take, any trick, he cannot lake any points. What Is the correct way to score In this situation' Although not distinctly so slated In llie modern lavvsof Ihe game, II Is understood thatthe penalty cannot be divided, and lhat If Ihe declarer lake, Irlcka lie must take It all out In tricks, so that II Is right, A to the scoring, there Is niiihlna gained by taking the two tricks, ns the game I, already won, and Ihe two lilrk. worth only :i i?i!-h?aCtMH0rK.bV .."?-e'i.llg. unless the trick are necessary to fultll the con-' t.nttu. .u... uic game. .1. I). O. says: The dealer bid, one no trump nnd second hand passe. Y hold sli hearts to ihe ace king-queen, bel he should have over called hi partner no-trump wllh two hearts. Y bet, thai hi heart trick are probably Just what Are wanted to help out the no-trumper. Which I, right? - WhAt else Y held Is not slated, but It the rest of his hand was a bust, he should warn bis partner that If the no trump call Is not pretty safe, they had better try JieArls. Many a weak nn trump call, made hy the dealer originally. Is saved hy a partner's over calling In a red suit. Mrs. T says: The dealer having bid one spade, I nnd In my hand seven of that suit lo the three top honois. Should I bid two spadr, In order to Induce my partner to go no trumps, or. should ) double? Two spade Is the better call, a It show, Ihe strrngth to be eseepltonal and nt onro dlstln gulshc Ihe bid from Ihe simple protection which Iv shown by a double. Doubling mean, tha' Ihe suit will he taken care of, but doe nol necessarily mean that the doubler ran, win Hirer) or four tricks In It. Two spades means a practically established suit. V., II. It. ay' The dealer bids one spade, second plavcr savs one diamond, third player has a good nn trtimner.ohut no protection In tMainomlv II bets he should never call no- trump aner a suit lias neen shown ny an auver saty unless the no trumper can stop thnt suit This I, pushing the principle n bit loo far To bid one no trump, even wllhoui any protection In A ault;callcd by the adversary. Is a fair gathhltj. because even If they make five or si, tricks the no trump rontract may still be fulfilled. It Is only when one come to bidding two or three In no trump that protection In the cal'ed suit is essential, llrldge. (i, A.C, sa)s; A bets that Ihere I, no ttcnalty against the dealer for turning up the last trick and looking at It, provided II Is his lead for .the following trick. II bel that as the dealer can gain Just a much by Ihe Irregu larlty a his adversaries he should be -equally lenallred, 10 which A replies that Ihe adversaries show Ihe trick to each other, whereas tire dealer ha, no partner 10 be Informrd, There Is nothing In law 111 to distinguish the dealer from any other plsjrr who may turn up A trick that has once been turned down and qui lied, but as there Is uo penally provided for the offence II really does not matter Pedro. W. J. W. says Plailng single pedro. nine tolnts possible, A has 2 to go, A wants 2 and 0 . A gel Ihe pitch and takes home low only, so he I set pack. II wfns Jack and game, while C gets high and pedro. W ho wins The points go out In order when the bidder's score has been disposed of. High, low. Jack, game. pedro. This rivet II his second point befoie the lime comes to count C's pedro'so that n win. (:lnr s. II. ,S. says: It being the rule that we score hy deducting the lower score from the higher. A II have named hearts on a bid of eight Ann nave mBiic ten points, out i i rountl to have i held a card 100 many A bets he can score the full I r-n a Ihr nrn.-tlti- Inr thf fanl San, I ( tst .V , cannot score anything, so there Is nothing to de j duel. Y bets Hint as the rule distinctly ay ihe . hls opponent, from scoring too 1 much: t must mean that Y can play the hand to deduct tohit ,ir-j im- niu ru n 'niir, Y ts In error as to the meaning of the law re ferred ,to. The player wllh Ihe foul hand tan play It out to prevent hi, opponents from corlng but he cannot avoid Ihe penalty, which Is that he score nothing himself, so that there Is nothing to deduct, lly his play Y may have held A II down to te.i points when Ihey otherwise would have made eleven or twelve. Thai Is the meaning of the law. Progressive llrldge. r! C n says: Changing partqers and keeping Individual scores. A bets lhat chicane should be added to the score of the partners, while n bel, It should be deducted from Ihe honor score of Ihe adversaries, A contends that such a deduction mlghl snoll the pla)cr" chance fora prize, as It Is An Individual score and not a partnership one. A decision In such a case as this depends on how the scores are kept. In all progressive brklge game the lower core should be deducted from the higher at each table when the time comes to progress. When this Is done It makes no dl.Ierence whelher chicane Is deducted ur not. as the net result as between those four plajers Is Ihe same. Hut when II Is the rule thAl earn side keens all It makes, regardless of what It loses, the game Is no longer brl lge and Ihe results are purely a matter of lurk. When this I, Ihe rule the player who Is chicane scores It and keeps Ihe point. In some place they even take point each when ace are dlvldetl In a no trumper l ive Hundred J II. N says' What Is the penslty for failure k discard correctly' The bidder" hand Is foul If he has too many rards or If the widow has too many and the bidder Is short. And he must be set liack: hut If both adversaries have their rliht number ihey 'pay the hand out to score for tricks, M W. Y says: A Is the highest bidder and leads two winning clubs In a no trumper To Ihe second club U does not follow suit. The third club II trumps with Ihe lokcr. A bets that If the Joker Is to te the highest club It must be plavrxl when clubs are led If the holder of the Jokei has no clubs. 11 bets he can play Ihe Joker when he likes, Tho Joker ls never Ihe highest of any particular suit In a no trumper. but I, a suit by Itself And II Is correct In saving that the .holder of the Joker can suit himself about Ihe trick he wins with It. so that he does not revoke. Poker C i: S says' We have a bouse rule that II man ooeiiN a lacknot h- tnltnLA ...h iiimiiiii, ii iii-iure tne uraw he can take hi money out. A opened, two men came In and A slood pat. tietllng the limit. l!oth men railed him and lie laid down what he thought was a straight but proved lo be only a pair of eights Does A get his money back He says be uoes. as he did not draw any cards. The rule trading "before Ihe draw" would seem to limit the lime to the glv Ing out of enrd by the dealer, whelher thf opener look any 6r not, so that A's money Is lust I' A. T. says All Jacks. A uprm nnd all pass. Must he show live cards Yes. S S. McS. says: A plater Is In ihe habit of olteilng to bet befOM Ihe deal that he will hold either a king or a deuce. What are the odds fur or ngalnsi such a side bel' Hoes the bet bold good afler Ihe draw or only tiefore It? That is ihe first question. If only before the draw hehas five cards to represent his chances lo get tyic of eight cards that win for him. That Is 1 In t, or S'j lo , against getting either a king or a deuce in Ihe nrst card dealt him, and as he ha, five dealt hlai he has a In ij, or to In IJ lo win, M.L.says: To decide abet. which Is the more likely to l)e dealt to a player, a straight or a Mush' The oild, against gelling a iwt flush are so to t The oJds against getting a pat straight ot Any t.inu. esciutiinK siraignt niisues, are -.1, to 1 onlv- The otitis against A" four card Musli being, held and lllled hy drawing lo It ure 113 to 1. The odds against a four card straight, open at both ends, being held, drawn to and lllled are Its to llie otitis Against an Interior four card straight bring hekl, drawn lo and lllled are 1(11 to I. The point always overlooked by those who go Into this calculation Is that a player wlll have about four limes as many tour card Intrilur straights ileal! to him as he will hav four i-ard open enders, so that Ihe average on all kind of four card straight held and lllled make Ii about 110 to I against, as com pared to Ihe 1 lu lo 1 against the four card and tilled flush, II, . ,. say,: The pot has advanced to aces when II opens Afler Ihe draw ho announces lhat he did nol hold ace, but only queens, Is Ihe deal void' No. If any one ha, come In against Ihe false opener, the pot must be playel for, Just a It wuuld be If Ihere were nu Advancing of the open tug quallllrntlon. Pinochle. W. A says: In three hand A lays down Ml kings and w queens and scores Iris II sat a It Is only ::u. The sum of Mi and (A I, only 110, If A meld hi cards that way It after melding tho Mi klnc, will marry three of them wllh three of hi queens he can get NHnore for thai. Then lie will lin.l himself lli one queen lefi. which he can meld for M. giving him n total of :;u, ns II sit) a. (' M, P says: A bels he can mel.l ihe live trumps for lli In three hand II says .',n only If A meld, the marriage ilrst, that Is to, lo which he can add Ihe rest of the sequence fur I.Vi more; total, Its), L. S. II. says' In three hand A has the iriirnp sequence and a second king. Is this wurln Its)? Ics, without Ihe second long IV. K. I, aavs: A melds I.SO triimn In i u., h m.i I and afler wtnnlntr another trick he lays tlnwii three more king, fur M. It licit, this tannot tie .Iflnr.nsthetlralMiKb.uaellnthelatiinel.l II la wrong. The two meld, ore lu different tUmn and both are reguUr, POLITICAL XOTES. Tho tntnl Democratic representation In both branches of the Xew York Isglslntiire. will bo III, rifty-elitht Votes will control the Senatorial caucus, Now York county has ulected thlrty-fwne Democratic Senators ntitl Assemblymen and Klines county twtmty flve, a total of slxty-four. These two coun ties thoreforn can tlnmlnnte tho Senatorial caucus, Hut Klines county nnd the tip Stale Democrats cull also dominate Hie caucus. Since Hie death of Patrick lUnry MeCurren, John II. Met'oncy. Ids successor ' ns hentl of the KlnK, county Democratic orMnlatloii. I.ns had .it. otTen.lve and l",el or 1 '"""""')' f)n , ... , , v... v.1. Slat" Is that the Itoiiiilillcuii timtlltlAtes VIII tint licrnnfler occupy ili first minimi on printed hnllols and voting machines. The low directs Hint precedence shall be irlvcn 10 the party enstinvt the highest num ber of voles for (lovernor nnd Hint other parties shall bo placed In the order of their strength, llie Democrats will have first place next year The llepubllrnnshnvehnil ( first place on 'lovernor since November I iit (iovernor-elei'l Dl: of New YorK FpMk tng In a tlesiillnry vvny a short time nco rccnlled Hint Democrats of New York State for thirty years hnd had soiuethini. like 11 superstition in favor of holilim; Slate conventions In Syracuse, where (itovier Cleveland wns nominated for tinvernor in ISS? nnd fiom where he started tin his raid to the Presidency The nnji-Miup convention to siipnott Cleveland for a reiiotuluatioii in Id'.i? was alo,he!d In Syra cuse in that year TIkiii, too, one) of the ureat political tragedies In the Democratic parly of Iho Stale, It was remarlicd, occurred in Syracuse 111 ikTo, when John Kelly. Tnm miiuy's rhleflnln, boiled thn renoinlnnllon of Lucius llobiiison, ran himself and turned Hie State (ioverntneiit over to Alono II. Cornell mid his friends, lloscoe ConklliiK, Tliomas c Piatt and ('better A. Arthur. It was left tii two bachelor Democratic Ctovernors of New York to be tho first to appoint women to the Important work of the Stale Hoard of Charities. (Sov. Tilden, ou Aprd in. is;n, nppn'ntcil Josephine Shaw Lowell, ami (Sov. Hill, 011 October t. isno, unpointed Mrs. ISeeknian tie Peyster (Sovernor-olect flit of New ork Is con fronts! with appropriations by the lle inibllcan of tt'i.ooo.ooi! for the Slate C.overn men! and a total revenue of f.i'.ooo.iion A conference, on taxation will be held nt Plica, -innuary p.- nno is, ro oiscus met nous ot assessment and lainlion in the Slate. 1'.. i:. Woodbury, t hnlrmtn of the Stato Hoard I of Tax Commissioners, will bo iierniaueut chairman of the eonfer.'nce follow iii' each new census ('oncrcs makes n reapportionment of the repre sentation In that body In 17(, when Concres first had the power lo fix the basis of representation, there were 1 06 members of Ihe House of Itcprescntallves. Now Ihere arc Kill t'nder the link) npportion- ment the rntio wns one Comrressman for rncli In,ltt7 population The present Con- cress may fix the basis of representation und the State LcsWlatiircs will then re district the respective Stntcs It may be thnt Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, New Hampshire nnd Majne, Stales thnt show nn Increase of less than 10 per cent in population, will lose one or more members each. Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio. Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, (Srorcia, Alabama, .Mississippi and LoiiUianu show an Increase of between 10 anil SO per cent. State showing: an Increase of between ?0 and no per cent, nre Texas. Arkansas, West Vlrsinln. Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. States showinc nn iticrense of between 80 and CO per cent, nre l'lorida. New Jersey Colorado, t'tnh nnd South DHkotn. (lklahoim. New Mexico, Arizona, Cali fornia, Nevnda, Wyoniinu, Idaho. Oregon North Dakota. Molilalia nnd Washington show nn iticrense ol.Mi per cent. On .Innuary 1. ISO'-, when the last Demo cratic Governor of New York, Koswell P. I'lower, vviis inaugurated. Senator .Ineob Cantor of New York was temporary Presi dent of the Slate Senate. William K. Shee han, of Huffalo was l.ioutenant-Ciovemnr and I'resitlenl of tlio Senate. I lie well known Senulors were doseph Asplnnll, now , a Supreme Court .lustice of tho Second department llnrvey .1 Donoldson of Sara toga, Louis l.merson of Warren, (Seorue .. Krwin oi St Lawrence, Joseph Mullln of Jefferson, Henry J. Coeueshall of'Oneiila, Kdtniind O'Connor, Clinrles T Saxlon of Wayne and Cornelius It Parsons of Monroe, llepul)llcnii, and" John Met 'art) and Patrick Henry MrCarren of Klncs, William I., brown, John V Mienrn, (Seorue 1' Itocsch, Martin T McMnhon, Kdwnrd P. Hasan and (Seorue W Pluukiti of New York, Charles P. .VcClellaMl of Westchester and Charles R. Walker of Steuben, Democrats. Charles T Dunning of Orange was clerk of the Senate and Charles W. Sutherland of Kinus assistant ilerk The Slate nfllcer were: Secretary of Slate, Frank Itlceof Ontario 'comptroller, Frank Campbell of Steuben; Treasurer, F.lbol Dnnforlh of Chenango: Attomey (reiicr.il. Simon V ltoendale of Albany, and "Stale KmrJueer and Surveyor, Martin Sclienck of ltenseloer The Democrats lu I is si won the Stale offices below (Sovernor as follows. I.leu-leii.int-dovermir. Lewis Sluyvesattt ("hau ler: Secretary of Slute, .lolm Vhalen. Comp troller, Martin II (ilynn. Treasurer, Julius llauser. Attnruey-deneral, Willlnm S. Jack son, ami State Liis'iliei'r und Surveyor, Frederick Skene - Money tn Pecan Culture. Frum the Furim .Scnfinc The owner of an elshty acre pecan orchard In south (Seorcla recently re fused an offer of 11.600 for nn acre of It. This orchard is twelve years old. It has probably been bearing from the to six years. It Is estimated that pecan orchards can be brought to bearing agn at a cost of n ur less an acre. In tloens of districts In the South land for pec.iu orcliaids may ho had at from flu lo .'-'. an acre, ns well located and as productive us me to be found anywhere Hy the selection of Iho proper variety of nut ntitl ptoper cnie in handlim; the orchard I here is no uiieslloii as to tho Jlne profits which can bo inatlo within a lew years twelvti-year-dUl orchard Is Just reaohi nit lis full maturity. Indeed, its lieuriuie viiluo t-oiitiiiues to IncreusH year by year, unit it is nood lor a bundled years or more, t'nder the best methods in voitue to-day il can be made productive after live or six years, llallui'luattoii, of Henbane. From Ihr Wrttininnlrr (larittr Henbane bears a remarknble reputation for irualliu: the inosi extritnrdlnnr) hal lucinations Dr. I liiull mi relates thnt 'some monks who ate t Ins roots by mlstako for parsnips transformed Ihelr monastery into a lunatic asvlnin One monk rani Ihe bell for matins at inlilnlirlil nnd ol those of Ihe comniiiultv who annulled some could not read, others "Tani'led Hie letters went runulnc about like nuts," and some, read what was not In I llieir hooks. I'-veu the exhalations from those prelly but verv poisonous llovvurs, 'roduce these welltl effects, I t'arlnr; for lllrtls In New .lerao,. l.mrrr Cruk ctirrrajKinrfi ncr Snlcm Sunheam bird and the smnll wild animals in this' township were hard pressed for food (liirlni I Ihe days Ihe Krounil was all covered with snow. The miller nt Hancock's llrldne scattered a little seed in front of the mill tloor, and larks, some of them so weak thev could scarcely walk, and other birds l'ii I ritH'i.t I there ft tli I file linl !ifnl,lr ntim ,.r 1 1... tiw.i.iMtit uf, r,t,ili,,l,lnti..,f ..Mr.. 1 hy hiuujer i turkey birrsrii enlereil n fnt-mer'n ,irl 'for "belter Und via! remove," In his nil ocn Ko hnrtl ores.setl for fond I was it that it ate corn. COIXS AMI STAMPS. SAn Jose1, CosUi Idea. Is there a premium en ttnlted state, 13 gold pieces of ism or Any other v-CAr? When the t'nlted SlAle Issued tha CO-, lumblan llfty cent sliver piece In lru, dn tka t.'overnmeiit sell nt a premium' la there pr lulum on the roln to day' ' There I, a premium on All Iho tt gold piece which were Issued from 1UI to 1M1 Inclusive The market price for the commoner dates patl by dealers Is tl tor each roln If uncirculated. Specimens of Ihe Issue, of tftfts nre Amonrf, tha commonest of tho series, No premium was charged for tho Columbian half dollars by tho' Government. Those dated I SIC are a trlfla scarcer than those of IM.1, but none of them com mandsA premium worth mentioning. V. ;., Townsend, Mon. There 'I no premium ot any Account on tho 12I half dollar, whi.sh even In the finest condition would not In viarUa more than 80 cent,. ,, - II. H New York- Please let me know the valM of a l piece dated tail. The value tlependa altogether upon thn mini letler. Two varieties were made li ISAI, one at Ihe Philadelphia, mint and the other At tho gold mint At llahlonrgn, (la. Th" Philadelphia coins do not bear n mint letler. nnd can thus be dis Ungulshcd from the olhrr which nre mArked II The Philadelphia lv,l gold dollar Is worth At' couple of dollar, or so, If In perfect eond tlon.' while the Dahlonega cola has An miction record ft of ?Mi for an uncirculated specimen At thetlmo lids price was pnld only two or three specimen, of Ihe variety were known to eslst, but the high premium attracted Attention and a number of' additional specimen were brought lo the surf act), M. McK , Derrick City, Pa -The large copper cents of I Me, and IMI nre valued according to Ihrlr condition they arc not scarce. Dealer! quote specimens of Ihe IMA date at ten cent. In fair and tl lu Hue condition. The I'd I, cent 11. quof-d al live cents In good and tl In uncirculated ctm tlPlon, M T (SfTarrytnwn N. Y. The ciln of which you enclose n rubbing Is .1 civil war tradesman'! token, and It Is not held at A premium. J. A Vt . tlcns-lA-r"N. Y-Klilly Inform me If any of Ihe follow Ing oopps.' c'.tls. 1 1 go-id con, iilllon, are rare I MI, IMI, Is!.'. I' .1. IXJI, IA17, 1S3S. IMH. IM".'. 161.1. IMI. IMV. 1 lei, 117. HI", lain, 1 s. ii. is.li, ivj. lhJl. 1.S.VV, an I IM "Also isns.wbh lienl faring lo Ihe left, nn 1 l.in.-tnth I Kicity cap. bntn n worn condllo.i The value of these pieces vanes nceordlng'tti tht-lr state of ptcservAlhin. None or the oanU seem lo be rare, with the pov-ilb'c escepllon.of life cent date I 17H1. It, worn coalition, howt. ever, deprive It of value. W. II ti , New York. There arc tlirco varleUe,v of the cent tilted 1st?. The commonest shows thirteen star, around the hea 1 of Liberty, and Js quoted by dealer, .it 1-1 cents In goni condition, I'he rarest of the year shows llftrrn stars around Ihe border. And Is quotcJ at .VI cent, In good and $2 In line olid I Hon. . Hront, Ncr York -Do Any of the doublet eagles of 1W7 command a premium? I have one of that dite wllh the date In Human numeral, ,, ihout the motto "In Rood We Trust." TIM Ide - Ign I noticeably high In ihe centre, and the ,n '"" , re Two varieties of the Salnt'tJaiidens design of double englc dated ltro7 command A premium, TtsB r.rst ls the one with the wire elite nnd Horn an numerals, of which Ihs coin you describe Is prob ably an r, ample. It Is held around Wo. About, Ml has been brought nt Auction for a perfectly unclrculatej specimen. Tho other Vrurlety'tui similar In design In even' way but I mue"J mors' concave In form. Only a. very limited number ot the pieces of the latter variety were coined, and. none has been ottered at public sale. None of the fAlnt (laudcns gold coins of JW17 sjoivj the motto "In Cod We Trust " j W P It.. Ilrooklyn. There I, no premium 00 the IMI halt dnlkir. M I' McM. -Kindly Inform me If .there Is a, premium on Ihe twenty dollar hill which wa Issued in 17?' and will eh reads that Ihe bearer on demand will receive twenty Kngllsh or Spanish dollars In gold or silver. , " "' Very few- of the note, of Continental rurreney are worth more lhan a few ecnit. "Healers quota surh bills Irrespective of denomination at frem ;.1 lo ,vi rents each, with rare csceptlons. A. A. 12.. Ithelms, .V. Y. There are two varieties of the ISM cent, one with large letters tn the In scription on the reverse, the other with small letters. Healers quote both varlalles at 13 crm ta in good and : la line, condition. .1. II.. New- York Can you Inforn me If the following coins have any value more than face! Washington cent, 17M, and large copper cents dsied 1707. 1V), lsoi, tso;, tsn.i, sn, all with I.lberlj head. l-o lIS. IMU. red. and tnahT cents of fsoj. wllh Liberty head, and one of I lit They are all In good state of preservation. Cents have such a wide range of value. governed by their state of preserVAtton. lhat It Is Imposslbln lo give an approximate estimate of their value from a description. While none of the dates you describe t rare, yet If In uncirculated' condition some of them might bring a substantial premium. Sam; nt Ills Own funeral. From the ChrtDtinn llrrnld. V hear now and then of a man reading his own obituary In tlio papers, but it Is n rare thinR for a dead man to sine; nt hlii own funeral. Pietro Ficco, a shoemaker and amateur musician, had n veryt KrtJir. fonducss for tho phonograph Ho purchased a Rood mmjr records' and occasionally san into his own phono graph and kept records of the songs. Hn was taken seriously ill. He realized that ho could not recover, and being a. poor man and unable to get up much of a fu neral he rc-questod that they use his phono graph to furnish the music for the funeral . services . . 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