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TORIES DESIRE
GOVERNMENT ON
NEUTRAL LINES
British Opposition Papers Sug
gest a Truce on Party Ques
tions for Two Years
Lords Are Willing to Be Re
fOmed and Nationalists Plan
Home Rule Campaign
I"XI»ON, Jasi. so._Wjth Premier
A*. iuith on the continent and Chancellor
1.1..y.]-<Jeorgre. following hi m closely
••".luicians are resting on their arms,
discussing what lin^s of battle will be
tak«>n up in the new parliament.
The moral generally drawn from
the elertlon is that the country does
not want radical changes In the house
of lords or in the government policies.
The spirit of conciliation, therefore,
is" abroad and schemes for a compro
mise are being debated.
Conservative papers propose the most
interesting plan: That a joint cabinet
be chosen from the most moderate men
••! l>"t!i parties* to carry *>n the gov
rrnra«nt for two years, and that a
ivu<^ hr declared on party questions
in the meantime. A royal commission
to investigate the country's fiscal pol
:<y and to make recommendations re
srarding tariff reform is proposed.
IX>KDS FKAK RADICAL BEFOHM
The newspaper scheme of coalition
)*\u25a0\u25a0 not taken seriously by the liberals,
»"ho, having won a narrow victory,
object to having- their opponents diV
late t!ie program. 1-ord llosebery't
:iam«> is put forward for the premier
ship in the compromise cabinet, but
; Kosrbery has for a long time refused j
• •inVf and his popularity now is at a
;»«• mark because of his course on the
budget issues. :
.TJie reform of the house of lords !
y^fms to be the one thing assured.
Both parties: '-support it. The lords
themselves are willing t<> adopt mod
'.-?ato: chaiiftes immediately, lest re-;
forms : that wouid knock the founda
tions from ihe upper house be carried.
The result is likely t«» be the aboli
tiij'nof the liereditary principle.': Under
itiis s>*ieme peers of the second fren
<'»ati<>n would b* allowed to vote onl>'
rsftor they have demonstrated their ...
'iiin^ss to loprisiato by service, in the i
. hous<-\ of commons, i?i civil office i
;n tli<\ army or navy.
: The. : lOOnservatives are willing that I
i!i*» lords be deprived of the power to j
'i'ol.d up taxation bills If the , plan be j
r.dopted whereby no new lOßislation ;
shall be included in these bills. W i- :^j
.'\u25a0-.'i'ljo '\u25a0\u25a0. liberals want to deprive the i
in'.'s<- "f lords of the power to veto j
;>!•\u25a0.:•'\u25a0 bill whatPoever. Their favorite'
]i!an would lx»to compel the lords tol
;,<i..pt any bill sent to them for the j
Ihjrd time by the house of commons. J
It is tak<>n for granted that the
iwiisc of lords will pass the budget,!
'm(.> tlifiountry has decided against ;
the Ir.rtls. or) the fac-e of the electiojl 1
rf'tuiiis. but^tbe f-abinet may be obliged!
;<i frasf- the wliisky taxes to set the!
\.,t*-s of Irish members.
« AHI.VKT CHANGES PROBABLE
Beyond the reform of the house oft
i.ivds and the passing- of the budget
parliament if not likely to get far
witU anytJiinß. Irish members prob
ably will obtain the introduction of a
home rule measure, but conservatives
->vill oppose that sol idly and a number
of liberals are pledged against" home
Sevt ral cabinet changes are prob
able. Keginald McKenna. who has
!>een unpopular as first lord of ihe ad- j
mlralty. is likely to be. dropped. lie 'l
may be given a peerag^ Richard j
Burton Haldans, secretary of state for \u25a0
wai. may become head of the navy.
.Tohn Burns, president of the local
government board, probably will sue
. eed Robert J. Gladstone as home sec- J
rotary. Winston Spencer Churchill j
will take the place vacated .Tiy John j
Bump and each will receive a salary
M 525.000 instead of $12,500. ; .
DANIEL BOONE'S MARK
FOUND ON OLD TREE
Letters Cut by Noted Pioneer
Are Discovered
S. S*. Elam of Salyersville, Ky.,
•topped here on the way to Mon
tif-ello. Professor Elam brought with
him and loaned to the Lexington pub-
Uc library a block of Avood which is
i onsidered of great historical interest
and value, says the Louisville Courier-
Journal. It is a block cut from a beech
tree which stood on a high point of a
bill nfar .^alyersville and bears the fol
lowing lettering cut in the bark of
' Instead of curves the B has triangles,
the os are open at the bottom and the
7'e are of an old style. The letters are
identical with those cut on the stone
at th*» Richmond courthouse. The point
on which the tree stood is on the route
which Dnniel Boone took when coming
to this section of Kentucky from Vir
ginia.
Kls-iiv. secured the block from Rev.
George Willis, who discovered the cut
ting while hunting hi" IS9O on his farm
two miles from Salyersville. The
greater portion of the letters were
overgrown by moss. Mr. Willis thought
but little of this tree until he began to
\u25a0 lear the woodland in 1594, when.he cut
the block out and kept it until recently,
when he wa*; planning to leave the
Ktate for Washington. As it would not
be of as much historical value there
us in Kentucky, Elam prevailed upon
liim to leave it in this state.
Senator H. 'H. Smith, who is author
ity on the growth of timber and Is ac
quainted with the slow change of such
lettering, says that there is no doubt
that -the letters were really cut by the
.ioneer.
SWALLOWING THE DICE',
PROFESSIONAL CALLING
Men Employed for Emergencies
in Case of Raids
Excessive gaming has always been
prohibited by law, and in the time of
Henry VII archery was the onlr game
of any kind that was not unlawful, says
T P.'c Weekly. The gaming laws are.
of course, far stricter, now than they
were in the early years of the last cen
tury, but even at that time police
••raids" on gatnJjllng houses were fre-
Qiient enough, and it Is said that at one
or two of the west end establishments
yersons -were retained "whose sole duty
lav in belngr able to swallow the dice
Jn" case of a raid by the authorltiesv"
U Is curious to learn' that about the
•>nd of the elKhteenth rentury the
Lucks of the day were all fi mitten by
an extraordinary mania for making ex.
travagant a nd. eccentric bets/ ;
Marriage i* a failure— as any spin;
•ter will tell. you..
STUDENTS TO PRESENT
THE MAN FROM HOME
The above illustration is of a scene from the Booth Tark
ingtpn play. "The Man From Home," to be produced Saturday
night by the Sword and Sandals dramatic society, of, Stanford
university. The sale of tickets for the performance begins this
morning. The characters, are all taken by students.;
MAN EATS NINETY-FIVE
TONS IN SEVENTY YEARS
Vast Amount Consumed by Hu
man Being in Lifetime
If a man of 70 years was starving,
it would probably be liltle comfort to
him to think that he had consumed in
the course of his life 53 ? i tons of solid
food and 42=4 tons of liquid, or about
i; 280 times his own weight in both
solids, and liquids, but it would be true,
says tiie Xew York Sun. v
Being a man of 'average appetite and
purse lie would have eaten 15 tons of
bread, which would have made a : sin
gle loaf containing -l.i'OO cubic. feet and
appearing about as large as the aver
age suburban home, and; on this bread
he would have spread one ton of butter.
If his bacon had been cut in a single
sliced the S strip xvould have been fotir
miles lAnfr.-iiiu his chops placed end to
end "would have extended two miles.
Twenty ordinary sized bullocks have
supplied him with beef. IS tons of
which he has eaten, along with five tons
of fish and 10,000 egprs and 350 pounds
of cheese. If he had elected to have
all his vegetables served at once they
would have come to him in a train of
<-ars, the pod containing all ' his peas
being more than three miles long.
He has had 9.000 pounds of sugar,
I.aOO- pounds of salt, eight pounds of
pepper and 100 cans of mustard. -Three
pints of liquid a day would have
amounted to " *.r»Art pints, or \2*i tons.
If he had bepr» a : smoker, he- would have
burned about'lialf a ton of tobacco In
a pipe, or if he ; prefewed cigarette?-.
would have 'smoked about 250,000. .. '.
"FATHER OF APACHES"
PASSES AWAY IN PARIS
Arthur Dupin Called by Death
at Advanced Age
Arthur Dupin. the "father of the
Apaches." has just died in Paris. He
was a feuilletonist wlio wrote stories
for the Paris press after the style of
Fenimoro Cooper. One of his early
contributions, entitled ."Le? Apaches de
Belleville'" made such an Imprfspion on
tho i'rlminal- classes of that notorious
Paris suburb -that • by common consent
they adopted- the name of the redskin
tribe, relates- the New York Sun.
From that tlmr> on the fraternity
professed a jcrrim sort of affection and
respect for M. Dupin. to whom they
considered themselves under an obli
gation.' One of their leaders, known
as "the doctor," was told off to- visit
the feuilletonist periodically and keep
him informed of the happenings In their
ranks and furnish him with material
for fresh stories.
One day "the doctor." coming out of
Dupin's ofiiee, spied a \u25a0detective who
he knew was on the lookout for him.
so he went back, appropriated a fur
overcoat and top hat belonging to th©
proprietor of the journal on which Du
pin was employed and strolled calmly
past the unsuspecting sleuth. The ar
ticles were brought back the next
morning, but their irate owner refused
to wear them again and called in the
police, who arrested "the doctor." After
that the Apaches were less "demon
strative in their affection for • their
father." \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 .j.r^t ••'•rV ',•;'\u25a0;
PAY IN AUSTRALIAN LIFE
SAVING SERVICE SMALL
First Coxswain Gets $243.32 a
Year
Consul G. B..Killmaster of' Newcastle
advises that the" following new regula
tion has been issued by the public serv
ice bo,ard for the coast of New South
Wales'. Australia:' . . \u25a0
Th* following .shall be the scale of
allowances to the coxswains and-.crews
of the lifeboat service: (a) Coxswains.
Newcastle: First coxswain, annual al
lowance, £50 ($243.32); second cox
swain, annual allowance, £25 ($121.66).
Watson's Bay, Sydney: Coxswains, an
nual allowance. £25 ($12.1.66).' .; (b)'
Crew: Kach member, of the crew shall
be pald.£l ($4.86) per month as a re
taining fee, such payment to be made
quarterly.;
Twelve practices shall be held in"
each year, for which no additional pay
ment shall be made, (c)- Allowances
when on active duty to the coxswains
and crew. In addition to the. foregoing,
the following Bums shall be paid to
the coxswains and orews when., on ac-*
tive duty: (1) In case of shipwreck or
distress, when ordinary assistance is
rendered, the sum of £l-5s ($6.07). (2)
Where . special . or extraordinary,: serv
ices are rendered a sum not exceeding
£2 10s each ($12.16)". (d) Pay to dis
abled members in the "event; of any
member of the crew being disabled
while on active service the . monthly
pay provided by section (b) of thjsreg-,
illation shall continue until tormina te>l
by the department. ; (c") Payment . in
the event of loss of lifer A sum- not'
exceeding £200: ($573,30)- siiaji.be paid
to the dependents of .any. member of- the
crew, who may lose his life Ion; active
lifeboat service, provided that this . reg
ulation; shall, not.apply if the :; loss of,
life be- brought • about by the miscon
duct or Ineompeteney of .such officer. „\u25a0_
" Dependents "'shall Include wife,Vh'il
dren, father. 1 mother, sister, and brother,
it actually, dependeht, upon ; th«- member
for. support. .. .. _ . • .' :-\u25a0
Accordinj?. "to -the L,ondon
some English physicians are ordering
patient* to eat; oysters that -have Jbeen
well soaked" in . s.<»a . water, as a' cure for
dysoet'Eia and tuberculosis.
t^':san-^
DIFFERENT METHODS OF
FLIGHT SEEN IN BIRDS
Rapidity of Wing Movement
Features Certain Species
Birds have different modes of ..flight,
just as men have different gaits in
walking- or running. Rapid wing move
ment does not always, imply speed In
flight any more than rapid leg move
ment implies speed in walking or run
ning. With us it is the length of the
stride that tells ultimately. What,
apart from the vring movement, tells
in the flight of the bird is not known.
: Speaking broadly, says the Scots
man, long winged birds are strong and
swift fliers; short winged birds are
feeble in flight. When we consider that
a cumbrous, slow moving bird like the
heron moves its wings twice per sec
ond when' in flight it is evident that
many birds have .a very rapid wing
movement. Most small birds have this
rapid wing movement with feeble
powers of night; the common wren and
the dipper, for instance, have a flight
like that of a young bird.
Mariy.pf our smaller migrants seem
but to flit from bush to bush or from
tree to tree. Members of the thrush
family are low fliers, the blackbird in
particular, with Its hasty, hurried
I flTght often just avoiding^ fences and
jno more. Wagtails have a beautiful
(undulating flight, with little apparent
use of their wings. They look' like
greyhounds bounding through the. air.
Nearly all birds sail or float occasionr
j ally without the slightest movement of
their wings. Even aT large* bjrdlike r a.
pheasant will glide in' .this -way for
more than- 200 yards.
Grouse have a rapid wing motion
i without" any. great speed, - but" when
I they sail, coming down with the wind,
I as theyprefer to do. they go very fast.
i'Before alighting they flap. their wings
\u25a0 several times very rapidly, like the
clapping of hands. Most birds after
j gliding do this. Does it correspond to
\ putting on the brakes or reversing the
j engine in the case- of mechanical loco
! motion? \u25a0 With little apparent use of.
jits wings the wood pigeon lies. very
'strongly and rapidly. It never seems
J to '/bring up" much before alighting,
' but crashes into a tree at full speed.
j When it rises Its wings crack like pis
j tol. shots.
j Ducks are strong on the wing and
j often. fly in single file. Geese will fly
j.wedge or arrowhead shape, generally
rat a considerable height. So s do many
(gulls and other sea birds, in a stately,
' measured fashion, their calls occasion
| ally sounding like "Left, right, left,
I right."
Kestrels have a beautiful, clean cut,
clipping motion of their wings and look
like yachts sailing through the air.
while their hovering in the air is one
of the mysteries ofbird life. Peesweops,
which are so graceful in their motions
on the ground, look like enormous bats
j when in flight. Swallows, and in a. very
marked degree swifts, have rapid w^ng
I movement, with great speed and extra
| ordinary power of flight.' •\u25a0'.V.-'i •"'\u25a0'' :;
ELIZABETHAN WRITERS
WERE POORLY PAID
Rates Increased Later in Seven
teenth Century
Although, as was pointed out in a re
cent issue, says T. P.'s Weekly, the
Elizabethan man of letters. was wretch
edly remunerated. for his, masterpieces,
it is interesting tp note, writes a cor
respondent, that as' the seventeenth
century went on the "rates" increased:
Though Ileywood \in ; 1602 received
only; £3 for "A ' Woman Killed With
Kindness." later in; the century Shad
well obtained- £100 for "The Squire of
Alsatia," a sum which Dryden thought
himself lucky to 1 >et for any of: his
dramas. " His "Virgil" brought him
more, for Tonson, . his publisher, /was
able to pay him '£l,2oo for it.:
As the eighteenth century. passed the
scale of -payment became- somewhat In
ratio to the author's : popularity. . Five
thousand three .hundred- and, twenty
pounds represents Pope's earnings for
his translation of ;llomer. alone; Swift's
earnings from "Gulliver> - Travels"
amounted to £300. and Gay. netted £1,500
for the first rand second parts "of the
"Beggar's Opera." \u25a0• :.-
PRICE OF WIFE NOT ;;\u25a0
LESS THAN 1 SHILLING
Odd, Custom in Effect after
*-i '; J Continental/Wars
When the -war between Britain and
France ended,' in. -1815, many of the
English soldiers found. that'their wives
had married again in the belief that
they were widows,- says; the .Chicago
News. The formal; selling' of *th« .wife
was' regarded among the Hgnorant -as
a "legal solution to the problem thus
presented,' asd, it is said .that 'the au
thorities of the day deemed If. beat ;to
shut; their eyes at the "proceeding. A
certain amount of formality; had to be
observed," however, before the sale- was
considered legal, even by/ the .most ig
norant. ' :{\u25a0['. : r -''tl':t 1 ' : ; \u25a0-.".."."' '..w\
\u25a0>A Yorkshire writer mentions two'con
ditions; which, must; be : carried "out .to
make:a;satlsractory sale. The:price of
the :wife^must*;not 'be less' than I'shlll
ingT(24 cents),'; and s sh«jmustbe deliv
ered to her t purchaser with a new' halter
around , her neck. :; . '.'''\u25a0
;iThe:same writer records: the case. of
the. woman wJio zealously: preserved? the
receipt for herself as a,proof of respect
ability.'' '. ' : 3£SBSBBSBBikf!&£&i y "\u25a0-
% All' the luxuries of .hav^
been, introduced into 'China^ . ."'-. :'- •>\u25a0
ADMINISTRATION'S
PROGRAM DELAYED
Little Headway Made by Con
gress in Enactment of Im
portant Legislation
Republican Leaders Plan Con
ference to Adjust Chaotic
Conditions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.— Little head
way has been made in the two- months
that congress has been in session
toward the enactmeift of important leg
islation demanded by President Taf't;
"yet on every, side arc predictions of an
•early adjournment.
. Thoughtful members arc asking each
other what kind of h reception they
will get if they go to the W'hifcc Ilouse
April'- lov'or '3lay :. I 'with ijlans lo quit
work for the summer, if the adminis
tration program is unfilled. .
1 Tiie question is one tliat congression
al leaders admit is giving them deep
concern. The absence of unanimity of
thought -on almost every one of the
president's measiires is such as to make
exceedingly difficult .the work" mapped
out for those who have the 1 bills in
charge. _
BILIiS'ARE! OPPOSED
Bills' to create a court of commerce
and, amend the railroad rate laws, to
establish postal savings banks, to val
idate withdrawals of public lands want
ed for conservation purposes and to le
galize national charters for corpora
tions doing interstate business, have
met with determined opposition.
From a political point ; of view, re
publican waters seemingly are becom
ing muddled by the several investiga
tions in progress, and the minority mem
bers appear not unwilling to let this
procedure continue indefinitely. In
quiries such a3 that being made into
the affairs of the' interior department
and the forest service naturally are
\u25a0having- some effect upon plans to amend
land laws - and exact legislation for
Alaska, and even bear to some extent
on the Arizona and New Mexico state
hood bill.
' Other Investigations, such as those
relating to second class mail matter
and the postofflce deficit.X arid causes
of increased cost of living, tend to min
imize a complete redemption of re
publican campaign pledges.
.COXFBREXCE'IS TLAX.VED
A' conference of republican leaders
is being considered and probably will
be held soon after Senator Aldrich re
turns from Florida, as he is expected
to do this week.; Vigorous' means will
be advocated to restore some semblance
of order to the chaotic conditions.
The plan most in favor with such re
publican leaders as are now in Wash
ington is for .a rearrangement of the
Taft policies, placing them in order
of executive preference or in such se
quence as it is thought would most
benefit a majority of the party. It has
been declared that no progress will be
made so" long as" leaders are pushing
interstate! commerce legislation, others
conservation policies, and others .'pos
tal'savings' banks. or federal Incorpora
tion laws. ..-.-/;, \u25a0\u25a0''--\u25a0\u25a0./
V At presentlthe house is ocsupif<!|Vwith
appropriation bills; in the senate 'two
administration ; measures — jtlie;<; postal
savings bank bill and the Alaskan leg
islative council bill — are being, played
against eaclwother. '- ? Opposition'- has de
veloped against both, and "republican
leaders say the present tactics- affect
the chances of both. The statehood bill
is ready for consideration by the senate,
and the army appropriation' bill will
be reported tomorrow. ' .
DOMINION OF CANADA
, FACES LABOR -FAMINE
Consular Report Shows Work
men Are Badly Needed
According to Vice Consul General
Ross J. Hazeltine of Halifax a labor
\u25a0famine in Canada is among the report
ed possibilities this year.- He writes:
"To obtain an estimate of the condi
tions of the labor market circular let
ters were addressed to the manufac
turers throughout the dominion. -From
the replies, submitted it is shown that
32 per cent of the manufacturers; need
help and this, in view of' the cessation'
of outdoor work during: winter and
what should naturally provide abund
ance of .labor, is rather a remarkable
showing. The following table shows
the situation for the various provinces:
No. of rppHesi Xo.liandu w'td.
— = _= o s_ . o c
tkovinck ?e §"? r . -*- » r
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IJrltish Columbia. 0| 1| ,11 .150'..... 150
Mantioba I « ..4| 33| 28 14 42
New Hnuii*wkk..| -7 ---I 'flj -'0 2i>
.\ot« J?roHa | R -"I \u25a0 11| 17 l.'» 32
Qufboc ......... fi7 3i)j H7 774 1.142 2.216
Onfnri.t .... 2i5 .1161 331 1,265 2,237 3.502
Prlncfi Mw. Ils'd 1 . ...( 1 j. ...A. ......;..
Tot«l 307 150] 403 12.254I3.70S 5.962
British "Columbia-, needs lumbermen,
skilled and unskilled, at once. 'Mani
toba needs skilled labor; in ; the trades
of iron working, clothing and - printing.
Quebec; requires- trade "labor In many
lines of manufacture. . Metalworkers
and trade laborers .are \u25a0In demand in
Ontario. In Quebec and Ontario: about
80 per cent df the men required 1 are
skilled and of the women Ss;per cent. ?
: Little difficulty, except in- special In
dustries Uk^ whiter wear 'manufactures,
will, be experienced this winter owing
to the fact that the surplus labor, en
gaged in agriculture,'; lumbering, and
fishing pursuits will find its way, to the
manufacturing localities, but with the
commencement of outdoor labor in; the
spring and a" continuance of prosperity,
a real, famine in;labor is likely to exist.
LANCASHIRE IS UNIQUE
AMONG ENGLISH COUNTIES
Has Not a Single Pack of Fox
hounds . ,\J*s*
• Lancashire is unique among English
counties, says • the; Bystander, in ;pos
sessing: not cl slngrle pack of foxhounds.;
Many /Manchester -and Liverpool 'trieri,"
however, throw i in L their, lot with \u25a0 the
Cheshire hounds, which, under; the mas
tership of the duke of Westminster/ go
out ; six days a; week..' -
. ; ; Owing to their sad family bereave-^
merit the: duke arid; duchess could ;not'
iflnish .with the. Cheshire last- winter, ;
! blit! it is hoped; that they will be able
\u25a0to.hunt regularly .with _the" ; pack v this
season. ..The duchess is a superb horse
womaiCand kriowsiatgreat deal .about
the' science- of fox! hunting. r \'-;
,*- 1 n every year .< there are ;; born;a'cer
[talm number of > foxhounds*. which : ca tcti
[the ; eye "'o f judges in the show: ring and
in the , field. But: their. • fame^ is £ often
passing. s and lasts but" during;theshort
.working.Ufe of the foxhound. f The test
of.a greathpund is his -power; tbltrans
mitihis"-beauty and -and!* to
found in^ h's; own -'and;, otherl; kennel*
families noted alikeforthelr'looks'and
their work. -^ ; Nowhere do -we notice;' as
in '; a"; foxhound I kennH,. proof i'»o '\u25a0 strong
'pfgthelbreederjs axiom that". like -t§nd.s
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J: G. : CdnJan, r Judge ;
Of Forester's Gourt
LOCAL ATTORNEY
TO HEAR APPEALS
Grand Chief Ranger Appoints
James G. Conlan to Forest
ers' Supreme Tribunal
Grand Chief Ranger L,eo Kaufman of
the Foresters of America' has an
nounced through Grand- Secretary. John
J. Cordy ' the, appointment . of James G.
Conlan of this city, a past chief ranger
of Court California No. 4, as a^ member
of grand court of appeals of that order
to. succeed Superior" Judge Hughes of
Sacramento,' whose term has expired.
This court consists of three members
and has, final jurisdiction of all appeals
of- the order throughout the ; state of
California. The other two members of
the court are Senator E. .1. Wolfe and
L. H. JBrownstone of this city. '
• James G. Conlan is orfe of the 1 well
known young attorneys of the- city and
Is. a deputy 'district ' attorney under
District Attorney Charles M. Fickert.
From July 1, 1909." until January.-; 1\
1910; he was president of Stanford
parlor. No. 76, N. S. G. W.. and also
president' of the San Francisco presi
dents-association, N. fc'. G. W., of this
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ALASKAN BEAR KILLS v :i
CUBS DURING FRENZY
Mother's ! Desperate Efforts^^ Fail i
*. to Save
Engineer, the ~big Alaskan bear at
the park zoo, killed his two sons
yesterday a fewlhours after they, were
born, and\for*a while there was great
excitement. in the bear dens, every bear
there apparently realizing ' what was
going on, says, the New York Times.
The zoo helpers believe that Engineer
lost his head owing to a commotion
started among the other bears because
of the snow. ' ' ' . .[
Some time during the snowstorm of
Thursday night Mrs. Admiral, for sev
eral years Engineer's mate, presented
the two cubs to the menagerie. But
the keepers knew nothing of the event
until yesterday, Engineer and his mate
never once showing themselves in the
snow. Keepers Ferguson and Spicer
noticed that most of the other bears
had been uneasy ever since the storm.
They; frequently raised a hideous din.
growling, fighting and trying/to beat
down the bars' of their cages. ' \u25a0 ;
Yesterday this coriimotion seemed to
grow in volume. . Ivan, the Russian
bear, and Big Bill, the Rocky mountain
grizzly, were especially noisy. The
keepers started to ..-investigate"-
• All the bears were outside in the
snow except: Engineer and Mrs. Ad
miral. When.the keepers reached the
frontpf ' their* cage they heard sounds
of a desperate encounter in the grotto
Arming_ themselves, with clubs, they
entered "the cage.; At the mouth of the
grotto they paused and peered into the
dim; interior. ,On the 'floor near the
door laya small cub, torn nearly to
pieces. Nearby lay another, and En
gineer's teeth were inl it's throat.
The mother of the cubs was attack
ing Engineer wfth -all her strength,
biting at his shoulders and trying to
drag • him away "from the cub. The
keepers plied \u25a0 their clubs over the
head>f Engineer, who retreated to the
rear of tile grotto. liut the last cub
wasdead. . — • , ,
ANCIENT GREEKS HAD
-SYSTEM OF COINAGE
Gold Ingots Marked With Guar
anteejof Weight and Purity
The invention. of coinage is dup-to the
Greeks, most probably to the' bankers
of ;HaHcarnassos and /adjacent Asia
Minor. Greekcolonle's, which toward the
end; of the eighth century B.C. began
stamping; the small gbld in
gots .which passed through their hands
as- currency with a mark of! some sort
intended; to guarantee the weight and
purity of the-metal;such. ingots very
soon assumed a round "and more regu
lar; shape, wfcieh we find already in old
silver-coins from Aegina.^ nearly con
temporary with Asia Minor "beans."
j.Curious^to say, none of the surround
ing peoples with whom'the 'Asiatic and
European Greeks .were in constant com
munication,' '.'; political 'or commercial,
tookuip the wonderfuf invention which
at present'seems to -us;of such' obvious
necessity ; that *we " scarcely ' realize how
the civilized 'world of old. could have
got- on without it,, says the Satuniay
Review. ; :.. * \u25a0 V '•'; ''"• .-"..\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0
As -a; : matter of fact, however., neither
the, Phoenicians, with"; their practical
commercial sense,, nor, the Lydians or
the^Persians, : who ;clatmed the suprem
acyij over -the cities^ where the. new
currency Twas Initiated,! nor. of course,
the ' Egyptians, ever had coinage' tlli;the
conquests *'of \ .A lexander \u25a0 disseminated
Greek civilization air through' the. east
ern'! world.' \The s Romans came to; know
it through the 'Greek cities in f Sicily"
and Magna Braeciarand;begari striking
silver^ coins 1 , toward \the beginning of
the, third; century >.B..C.; \u25a0\u25a0*, \u25a0*. -,' . J. .--.'
:; lii : the" nieahtimelwith - the' Greeks* die
sinking,;like everything else,. had fallen
with" the domainofart. and their coins
remain forever "a • standard T of ; beauty,
for the artist and a model of perfection
for.thedie s.inkei\ v \ . ;•_
• ; "A f ter ' corn has ; been : pulled \u25a0 for « hours
or days 'it' uriderßroesv slight ;fermenta-j
tion'. and -flavor,^ if; not is,
injured: .^Pulled \ and put?; lnto; large"
barrels or 'bulk:; it . bocomes hot 'and i
may.be .ruined. - .'.,' ; .; //,.}. \u25a0'*•;),
..; Canada's .'wheat crop- is estimated at I;
16S,3S6,000!busheIs. 0r^4:>,896,000 bUSb-i|!
jgls ; mare^ftiari; last jtear'fi. ' "•. "[
VESSEL IS MISSING
ON ALASKA COAST
Steamer Farallon Leaves Val
1: dez for Western Ports and
. Fails to Arrive
Run Commenced Twenty »eight
Days Ago Should Have
r- Ended January 6
SEATTLE, Jan. SO.— Anxiety is felt
here for the safety of the Alaska
steamship company's steamer Farallon,
which sailed from Valdez, Alaska, for
ports to the westward 2S days, ago
and has not; been spoken since. The
Farallon . took the run of the mall
steamer Dora, which came to Seattle
to undergo repairs and arrived back
at Valdez today. It is the intention of
the. Owners to send the Dora out in
search of the Farallon at once.
. The Farallon was bound for Dutch
harbor, with stops at Port Graham
und Kodiak, and should have reported
at Kodiak January G. Ten days to
Dutch harbor and the same time for
the return trip is the usual schedule
for the steamer on this run.
If the Farallon is not reported within
a few days the revenue cutter Scout,
which is at r Jungau, will' be asked to
search for the vessel.
Four years ago the steamer Dora
was out 3S days on the same run. It
was blown south *by the storms and
finally put into the strait of Juan de
Fuca with its coal supply exhausted.
Because the demand for machinery
is exceeding the product in the domes
tic market it is likely that this country
will soon be buying foreign machinery.
Two blind girls from the Royal Nor
mal College for the Blind have given
some marvelous exhibitions of roller
skating, including a waltz on skates.
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-The Best in Life on
\u25a0 Strictly limited all the way between
. : •- /California, .Chicago , and St. Louis via
. . -.\u25a0[ Los^AngeleSv El Paso and Kansas City
See Attractions of the Road of a
Thousand Wonders
By missions and through orange
Most modern equipment. Parlor obser-
vation, Drawingroom— stateroom— sleep-
A TOURIST'S DELIGHT i|§|
KB BB t&SuM ES ft m GS h9 E3H E9 Eh bß^a hS beH **FH wS3t fan
The new a f ternoon train from Los An-
geles via El Paso for Kansas City, St.
x Louis and Chicago. Standard, tourist,
dining and parlor observation service.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
FLOOD BUILDING, THIRD AND TOWNS-
END STREET DEPOT : •
BROADWAY AND THIRTEENTH ST.
OAKLAND. \u25a0•\u25a0.•• \u25a0••\u25a0:'•\u25a0•
REVENUE CUTTER
AFTER POACHERS
Reported Slaughter of Birds for
Plumage by Japanese Be
ing Investigated i
Thetis Left Honolulu January
II and Is Expected to iMake
Report Shortly
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HONOLULU. T. H., Jan. 30.— Thf»
United States revenue cutter; Thetis,
recently stationed in these waters. Ist
on a cruise to Midway and Intervening
islands to i revest i:r ate the reports of
extensive poaching operations by. Japa
nese, who ;ire s«airt to have <lcstroyeil
millions of birds for the sake oC tho
plumage. :O» liinl islantl, 'Net-kar
island. Gardiner. French . Frigatu
shoals, Laysand and Lisianski : island*
are swarms of guney birds and other
flyers, ami all the. islands were in
cluded in a "Hawaiian Islands Bird
Reservation" by the federal govern
ment some months ago.
Since then there have been reports
of continued poaching, and It Is sus
pected that some of the poachers ar*»
Japanese who have headquarters here.
The birds are valued for their skins
and some of them for their feathers.
Within about a. year nearly all of tho
Japanese sampans engaged in the fish
ing business off Honolulu have been,
fitted with power engines, and many
of them are now capable of making
extended ocean trips. They frequently
remain out of port for days together,
and there have been suspicions that
some of them visit the bird Islands.
Other reports have come here of Japa
nese schooners calling at the islands.
The Thetis left here January It
and is expected to report to Collec'or
of Customs Stackpole in a few days.
Chile supports fifteen indu3tri.»l
schools, giving instruction to abouc
S.uOO pupils.
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