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U To look once more Into your eyes— W
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—Minnie C. Ballard, In Boston Transcript. yV
WHITHER THOU GOEST
BY IDA. M. SHEPLER
(Copyright, 1903, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
They were making a short cut home
from the theater through side streets
where the gloom spread deep between
the far set street lamps. Closely she
clung to his side, glancing up in Into
the face she loved so well, for they
were young, and this new life entered
into for both was very sweet. Out of
the gloom loomed up white marks.
The woman shivered and he drew her
nearer him with a slight .augh. It
was only the back grounds of a marble
shop, with here and there the marble
in bulk awaiting the chisel; here and
there a discarded stone telling its
sad legend, or one getting in shape
for a name that, mayhap, was yet
among the living.
Something moved among them.
Something old and bent. The man
and woman paused in the deeper
shadows to watch as the form half
straightened, the face too deep in the
shadow to recognize, turned about in
listening, and then, still half bent,
crept out. her burden covered deep
with her shawl.
Suddenly something dark loomed
above her—something with helmetod
head, and as a heavy hand came down
on the frail old shoulder, a rougn
voice cried out: "Drop it! Oh. that's
it. is it? Stealin’ tombstones, eh?
Well, of all the stealin' I’ve had to
deal with this un beats me. Come
along! What next will such as you
be up to?”
Crouching now with abject fear, the
old woman moaned piteously: "Don't
take me to the lockup. Don't. Oh,
I'm an honest woman, till now. It
was such a tiny, tiny old stone. Some
body's discarded footstone. They can
never use it again. As I went back
and forth to my work I saw it. and it
come over me that I must have it for
my baby's grave. N. and S., that is
the letters on it. Naomi was her
name. Sarah is mine. Oh. you don't
know how hard it was to ~ee them put
her away out there with all the other
poor children among the weeds, and
soon I could not find her grave. Pity
me and let me go. I have no money
to buy a mark to tell where my dar
ling lies. Naomi! Naomi! The an
gels named you and brought you to
me.' The words died awp.y. the head
was nearly in the dust at the police
man’s feet. And then the woman lis
tening. felt her arm almost roughly
cast aside, and saw her husband, with
one stride, reach the side of the other
man. and heard the brief conversation
between the two. and the happy thanks
of the old woman ns he promised to
come and see her In the morning.
As the two walked slowly home
ward. they walked apart, the man so
deep in thought he heeded not her
abstraction and she. bowed and cut
to the heart with the blackest trouble
and suspicion that can enter the heart
of a pure and loving woman. "Did
the child sufTer at the last? Did it
ever need for the comforts of life?’’
It was the bitter blame for his own
criminal neglect that she had imagin
ed was in his tone. When the old
woman had answered that she had
cured for it tenderly and lovingly to
the last because the angels had left
It to solace her lonely life, she had
not heeded. It was only that which he
"Stealin’ tombstones, eh?”
had said had found place in.her whirl
ing senses.
At home he held out his arms for
her. She shrank from him as from
one contaminated. His eyes opened
wide. She did not understand the
query in them, but flinging herself
face down on the couch, cried: "You
lied to me. You said that you had
neevr loved a woman but me. And
yet there was one you deserted, and
there was a child. Oh, God, I can
bear all but that. A sister for my
child, a sister that died unowned, that
lies in Potter’s field. Don't touch me.
Don’t! I cannot live longer. My
heart is bursting.”
"Neva, stop this, or you will kill
yourself,” he ordered, forcing her now
to lie still in his arms. “The child
was not mine. Not as God is my wit
ness would I have deserted my own.
Never, come what might for me.
No. dear. I never saw the girl but
once. It was four years ago that Jinks
and I were far out in the country,
hunting. We boarded a suburban
train for town. A blue-eyed, sad
faced young thing, carrying the
sweetest baby I ever saw, boarded the
train and sat down in front of me.
You know how I love babies, and I
could not help but notice and speak
to this little angel. At a lonely waj -
side station she put it down on the
seat, asking me to watch it a moment.
It was just the same old story. She
had chosen this lonely place to get ofT
the train and desert her child. We
telegraphed back to find her but she
had completely disappeared. That
conductor was a cad. He gave Jinks
and me to understand that we could
"Oh, God! I can bear all but that!”
look after that babe. 1 had it to look
after for Jinks did nothing but make
fun of my predicament, as he termed
it. It was Jinks that wrote Naomi on
a slip of paper, then pinned it to the
child's dress, next another with,
"whither thou goest I will go,” re
ferring to me.
"It was after dark when we got off
tin train, and you know that station
at the further end of the town among
the factories and working people’s
homes? Nobody I think got off there
that night but we two. The place was
deserted, and I was just young enough
to be dismayed over the thought of
carrying that baby to police headquar
ters. I knew the guying I was in for,
and yet I pitied the sweet little thing
that smiled so contentedly and was so
easily amused until she had fallen
asleep. A light glowed through the
open door of a little cot across the
way from the depot. The room seem
ed deserted. 'Take the baby over
there and lay it on the bed. These
people will know best what to do
with it.' Jinks suggested. And I did
as he told me. I left my pocketbook
under Its dress, and I did something
else that I did not tell Jinks. I klsse.t
it for being so good and not crying.
That old woman is fitter for heaven
than Jinks or I. for she could not give
it up to charity. She cherished and
loved it to the last while we went
away and never after inquired about
it. Poor baby. Now do you believe?”
Gradually she had raised up. and
now she was looking deep ia his eyes
all her faith and trust in nis truth
coming back to her. Slowly she laid
her lips against his cheek, whispering:
"To-morrow we will go together and
see that sorrowing old woman and
give her money if she needs it. And,
together, we will choose a costly
mark for Naomi and plant flowers
every year on the little grave, for
whither Naomi has gone, we, too,
must go some day.”
Withered "Butter In.”
Champ Clark, of Missouri, was ad
dressing the House of Representatives
on one occasion, when a rash member
interrupted him with some frivolous
comment. Mr. Clark fairly shriveled
up the man who had "butted In.” wind
ing up his scoriflcation in this way:
“Mr. Chairman, there was once a ten
derfoot who struck the grizzly region
looking for bear. He was all gotten
up in the finest hunting garb and his
weapons were the newest that could
be obtained. He had come to show
the West how to kill grizzlies. He
went forth one morning and never
came back; and over his remains they
raised a stone which bore this epi
taph: ‘He whistled for the grizzly
and the grizzly came.’ ”
No Doubt About His Business.
Lawyer Thomas Riley of Boston,
while trying a case before a jury in
the superior court, stood up to cross
examine a witness whose testimony
was very damaging to his case.
"On the night in question. Mr. Wit
ness.” lie began, “did you not have
several drinks of whisky?
"That’s my business," answered the
witness.
••I know It's your business." quickly
responded Mr. Riley, "but were yon at
tending to it?”
HELP FOR BACKWARD CHILDREN.
Prussia and Norway Have Excellent
Systems in Operation.
In Prussia a law has been in force
since 1880 compelling cities of 20.000
or more inhabitants to support sepa
late schools for children unusually
backward in their studies. Only chil
dren are admitted who have been in
elementary schools for two years and
have been unable to do the work.
Here these backward children have
special attention. Six years is the
duration of the course. These schools
are called "auxiliary” and are general
ly in the same buildings with the
other schools. The time of opening
ana closing is fifteen minutes later
than the other schools. The teachers
of these auxiliary schools have the
same salaries as in the regular schools
and a bonus of from $25 to SIOO a
year. The quality of the children en
tering tliele schools differs greatly
if we may judge by the returns from
the schools. Of the children leaving
these schools capable of making their
own living the percentages one year
were: Aix, 08; Dusseldorf, 80; Co
logne, 87; Brunswick, 90; Dresden
and Hanover. 100.
In Norway the children that reach
these schools are later divided into
three classes. The first class are
brightened up and returned to the
public schools, the second class spend
their whole school lives in these spe
cial schools, while the third class, con
sisting of those children whoso men
tal condition is too low to make day
school work with them possible, are
sent to an institution for mentally de
ficient children.
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON.
Long Ago One of the Wonders of the
World. \
The Hanging Gurdens of Bubylou
were anciently reckoned one t> f the
wonders of the world. Their.construc
tion is variously ascribed to Queen
Semiramis and to Nebuchadnezzar.
There were five of these gardens, each
with an area of nearly four acres;
they rose in terraces, supported by
masonry arches, to a height of sev
enty-five feet. They were irrigated
fiom a reservoir built at the top, to
which water was lifted from the Eu
phrates by a screw. Fountains and
throughout the numerous terraces;
groves and avenues of trees, as well as
parterres of flowers, diversified the
scene; whilst the view of the city and
neighborhood were extensive and
beautiful. At whut time the gardens
were destroyed is a matter of doubt,
but Pliny says that in his day the
scene was one of desolation. Modern
explorers have discovered traces of
the Gardens.
The Plural of Cider.
About twelve years ago a young
physician was elected on the senool
board in Marlboro. Mass. In order to
add dignity to his appearance he had
raised a beard that turned out any
thing but what he expected. One cay
he had Just entered the sixth grade
after the children had been wrestling
with singular nnd- plural forms of
words. They had come to the word
elder and were nonplussed.
“Write a sentence.” said the teach
er. using first the singular form, then
write one using the plural."
The children were busily writing,
all except one boy, who was noted for
his extreme dullness. At the entrance
of the doctor he seemed to have an
idea. and. seizing his pencil and paper,
wrote rapidly. The teacher, very much
pleased, when the boy had finished
said: “We will hear yours, John.”
“For the singular.” said John. "I
like cider: for the plural, that man's
ciders are red.” pointing to the ris
ing young physician on the platform.
Good Company.
The late Dr. McGregor of Rhode Isl
and, widely known as a "good shep
herd of his flock." told the following
story at a dinner of the Congregation
al club in Providence, of which he was
the president some years ago:
"In a small parish in which I was
minister in my younger days wts a
Scotchman who rarely attended public
worship. Meeting him one day. and
reproaching him as a backslider, he
vindicated himself on the plea of a
dislike to long sermons.
“Indeed,” I said, "if you dinna m.»nd.
ye may land yerself where ye will no
be troubled wi mony sermons, lang or
short.”
“Weel.” retorted Sandy, "but It may
na be for want o' ministers.”
Marsh Lights.
From the marshes and meadows they rise
When the Inst ray of daylight expires;
With n vast constellation of fires
They people the dusk of the skies.
In an Intricate kind of n dance.
In a mystical maze they are led.
And I watch them it noiselessly tr«.nd
With eyes that are heavy with trance.. |
And oft from the whirl nnd the throng
Some lesser light dies In the play;
Thev cease not their dance but alway
f}o circling and whirling along.
Anil watching. I dream that our life
Is a mirthless dance that we tread.
Ne'er pausing to number the dead
That vanish away In the strife!
We are sparks from the marsh that ar«
For a moment with impulse, desire.;
A moment Is ours to Inspire
A moment- rind then all Is stl.ied!
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Best Sermon.
Dr. Truman J. Backus, president of
Packer Institute. Brooklyn, recently
said in a public address that the best
sermon he had ever heard was preach
ed to him by an old colored man. the
former body servant of Gov. Bull of
South Carolina.
Dr. Backus was a visitor to Charles
ton. and during a drive about the city
with a confederate soldier who fired
the first shot at Fort Sumter he met
this aged negro. The confederate
asked him how he was getting on.
"Maasa,” said the old man, cheer
full. "I'm just making the best out of
the worst."—Ram’s Horn.
Makaroff's Daughter Maid of Honor.
Malli Makaroff. only daughter of the
Russian admiral who was drowned by
the sinking of the warship Petropav
losk. has been chosen maid of honor
to the Czarina and to the dowager em
press of Russia. Her mother, a wom
an of Polish origin, is a profound Iln- (
guist and accomplished musician. She
has dabbled in occultism and has writ
ten books and plays. At present she
is engaged upon a biograph of her hue "
band.
In the Grapevine Swing
••I was Just as near heaven
As I wanted to h
Swinging in the g' ‘!- swing."
—Old Seng.
'Twas only ft ffong In :i quiet room.
As the evening si. ,-in, fell.
And the singer knew not of the Joy she
Butlie told her mi- -age well.
For she sang to th«- In.,it and not to the
ear.
And her voice had , - harming ring:
••Oh! to be a boy, with u heart full of
Joy.
Swinging In the grapevine swing.
I have never been h. the Sunny South,
With its wealth «>! 1 1 ,-asures rare.
•Tis only In dream- I have tasted Its
sweets
And breathed of it- perfumed air;
But the heart of th< child and the heart
of the man
Are the same wh> i nil Is done.
Though reared 'neatit tin- frosts of a win
try clime.
Or nurtured 'nenth summer's bright
sun.
The cry of the heart for years passed
away.
For chances that ■•■•me not again.
(Joes up from ull cllnn-s and conditions of
men
Great Armies in Retreat
Russia’s army In the retreat north
ward from Mukden suffered hardships
that are strikingly like those under
gone by Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers
in that terrible march from Moscow
in the fall and winter of the year 1812.
The main facts of the French retreat
from the ruins of the great Russian
city are as follows Napoleon had en
tered Russia June 21. He found the
country through which his route lay
devastated and abandoned as he ad
vanced, with no enemy to make a
stand against him. He had to leave
large bodies of troops along bis line of
march and to detach forces to threat
en St. Petersburg and other cities.
At the battle of Borodino. Sept. 7. one
of the bloodiest In history, the losses
probably aggregated 40,000 on each
side. The loss to Napoleon, who could
get no reinforcements, was fatal.
But still he pressed on and entered
Moscow. Sept. 14. to find himself
robbed of the fruits of Ills victory by
the terrible conflagration which broke
out two days later. Yet Napoleon
lingered in Moscow until Oct. 19. Then
he marced southward to Kaluga, ho
ping to make his way through a rich
and unexhausted country. But he was
Millions Living in Poverty
. According to Robert Hunter, whose
recent book on "Poverty,” the result
of several years’ experience in char
ity and settlement work in Chicago
and New York, has attracted much at
tention, at least ten million persons in
the United States are living In a con
dition of acute poverty.
Mr. Hunter applies the word pover
ty to those who may be able to get a
bare sustenance, biy who are not able
to obtain "those necessaries that will
permit them to maintain a state of
physical efficiency.” Only the most
miserable of them are starving or de
pendent upon charity. Mr. Hunter, In
his work, says that the total number
of paupers In the United Staten in
1891 was about 3,000.000. and he be
lieves that in the last fourteen years
the number of paupers has increased
to 4.000.000.
He bases his figures on the returns
from almshouses and on figures sup
plied by the Charity Organization so
ciety of New York city. Mr. Hunter
adds that in 1899 morn thnn 18 per
cent of the people of New York state
Moros Tenacious of Life
Experience in the Philippines has
taught American array officers that
the 38-caliber revolver now in use
is too light and that the Moro on
the warpath is hard to kill. They
think a 45-caliber is needed in place
of the lighter 38-caliber. Maj. Robert
L. Bullard. 28th United States infan
try. relates the following story: "In
a fight by boat la-' year with the sul
tan of Toros on Lake Lanao I sud
denly heard a death groan and a fear
ful struggle behind me. I turned to
find in my boat a hostile Moro. krls
in band and the awful fire of murder
blazing in bis eye. One stroke of bis
deadly knife bad half severed the
head from the body of my soldier
steersman, and th- dashing blade was
raining blows into the bottom of the
boat at the prostrate, writhing form
and flying legs of the soldier oars
man who had occupied the place be
tween me and the steersman. The
latter, his head fallen sadly forward
on his breast, sat holt upright in his
place, dying.
Daring of Filipino Leaders
Fellzardo and Montalon are leaders
of the Ladrones In Cavite and Batan
gas. in the Philippines. A field cor
respondent says: The utmost sang
froid characterizes the movements of
these two audacious leaders. In the
Paranaque raid. Fellzardo, on his
beautiful gray pony stolen in 1901
from Pasay racetrack, rode almost
over the constabulary sentinel. The
latter, although he emptied his piece
at Felizardo's breast, was unable to
hit him. The corporal of the guard
also fired his pistol, but with no bet
ter success. Fellzardo, however, from
his seat In the saddle, shot down the
sentinel in cold blood, showing the
most remnrkable marksmanship—for
a native—as well as superb horseman
ship.
"Time after time Fellzardo and
Montalon have been reported as sur
rounded. but somehow they have al
ways succeeded In eluding their
The Cause of His Tears.
The Rev. Charles Bromfleld, a well
known Baptist minister of Rhode Isl
and, was of an emotional nature and
wept copiously on all occasions. One
day his son. aged 9. burst into the
study with the announcement that the
circus was in town and he wanted to
go. His father very promptly refused
7n sorrow, remorse nnd in pain:
So no wonder the song wltn Us sad r«-
To mv senses sweet memories bring;
••Oh! to la- a boy. with u heart full of
,'Jwinging In the grapevine swing.”
The care* of life and the falsehoods of
men.
The losses that caused me such pain.
The trust 1 hud given to those that I
loved.
To find It was only In vain:
The remembrance of these was taken
a w it y
While 1 heard that sweet voice sing
••Oh! to he a hoy. with a heart full .if Joy.
Swinging In the grapevine swing.
Happy the singer who values her gift
And sings for the hearts of men;
liappv the poet who breathes Into verse
The’ thoughts that shall live again;
While ever und ever the cry returns
In man's fevered brain It will ring.
••Oh! to he a hoy. with a heart full of Joy.
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
Refrain—
■ Swinging In the grapevine swing.
Laughing while the wild birds s tig:
Ob' to he a bov. with a heart full of Joy.
Swinging in the grapevine swing.
—Mary Bell. In Boston Transcript.
forced to follow the path he had
blazed on the way to Moscow. At
first the weather was fine and only
moderately severe. Then came rain,
snow and cold. The winter set In ear
lier than usual. Swarms of Cossack*
surrounded the Frenchmen, harassing
them at every chance. The invaders,
worn out, were thrown into disorder.
The remainder of the retreat of Na
poleon’s army has no parallel in his
tory for the various sufferings and hor
rors undergone. In November, by the
time be had reached the Berezina, his
army bail dwindled to 12,000 men. In
the retreat from'Moscow alone 90.000
had been lost. In the whole campaign
some historians have estimated that
125.000 had been slain, 132.000 died of
fatigue and hunger and cold and 193,-
000 were made prisoners. Napoleon
was now reinforced by 18.000 men,
and he made his way across the Bere
zina. thus escaping total ruin and cap
tivity.
It was a miserable throng which, on
the evening of Dec. 6, like a crowd of
beggars, tottered into Vllna, the old
capital of Lithuania. In all nearly 600.-
000 soldiers had perished from cold
and bullets and hardships or had dis
appeared.
were recipients of private or public
charity; that in 1903 almost 20 per
cent of the people In Boston were In
distress; that 14 per cent of the fam
ilies of Manhattan were evicted, and
that every year about 10 per cent of
those who die In Manhattan have pau
pers’ burials.
He adds: “The most conservative
estimate that can fairly be made of
the distress existing in the Industrial
states is 14 per cent of the total popu
lation. while in all probability no less
than 20 per cent of the people In these
states, In ordinarily prosperous years,
are In poverty. This brings us to the
conclusion that one-fifth, or 6.600,000,
persons in the states of New York,
Massachusetts. Connecticut, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois. Indi
ana and Michigan are In poverty. Tak
ing half of this percentage and apply
ing it to other states, many of which
have important Industrial communi
ties. as. for Instance, Wisconsin, Colo
rado. California. Rhode Island, eta.
the conclusion Is that not less than
10.000.000 persons In the United
States are In poverty.”
"Too fast to tell, I poured four shot*
Into the mad Moro, but to my con
sternation they seemed wholly with
out effect. In desperation and bitter
ness of heart, cursing such arm and
the fate that had given It to the sol
dier to fail him in his hour of need,
I spared the last two shots, spring
ing forward In the last hope of shov
ing the revolver 's muzzle against
him. and so to blow out his brains or
heart. In that hundredth part of an
Instant he stooped to clear a bamboo
bow that looped the narrow boat over
the body of the fallen oarsman. I
thrust my muzzle against the top of
his close-cropped head and fired.
Then at last lie felt the 38 and sunk
forward upon his own weapon.”
Capt. Carter. 14th cavalry, had to
fire three shots into a Moro before
be could kill him. although the first
shot hit him in the heart. Between
the three’ shots the Moro cut the face
off a woman and badly wounded a
man who would have been saved
from these Injuries had the revolver
carried a 45-caliber projectile.
would-be captors. They have operat
ed since the inception of civil govern
ment almost exclusively in the prov
ince of Cavite and apparently have
no fear of either scouts or constabu
lary forces. Time after time towns
garrisoned by constabulary have
been raided by their forces and while
they have invariably made capture of
rifles, ammunition and constabulary
uniforms, the troops have been un
able to approach them sufficiently
close to deal them a heavy blow.”
On suspicion of Informing the au
thorities as to the movements of la
drones in Bntangas a friendly native.
Bens Cabrera, was recently seized. By
order of Montalon, the leader of the
outlaws, his lips were cut off. The
victim was also "hamstrung.” the
tendons of his legs being severed, so
that lie will be a cripple for life. He
Is now under hospital treatment in
Manila.
the request —and burst into tears. The
boy immediately told his troubles to
bis governess, who exclaimed:
"Why, Charles. I am surprised that
you, a minister's son, should think of
going to a circus.” *
"Huh,” replied the irrepressible
small boy. “pa Is In his study crying
'cause he can’t go.”
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS
The electric street railway at Ma
nila has been opened for traffic.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give
$50,000 to Western College of Toledo,
lowa, provided an additional SIOO,OOO
is raised.
It is said (hat Andrew Carnegie has
congratulated Judge Dunne, Chicago's
new mayor,* on his municipal owner
ship policy.
Major-General Gillespie of the army,
will retire June 15th at his own re
quest. Brigadier-General Handull will
be promoted to the vacancy.
The battleship Minnesota "was sue
cessfully launched at Newport News.
April Bth. The vessel was christened
by Miss Rose Marie Schuller of Hast
ings, Minn.
Brigadier General Frederick Fun
ston has assumed command of the De
partment of California and the Divi
sion of the Pacific, relieving General
Francis Moore.
United States Judge Hunt nt Helena
has set for trial on June C the cases
against R. M. Cobban and fifty-three
others on charges of perjury and sub
ordination of perjury in connection
with extensive western Montana land
frauds.
President Diaz has issued a decree
regulating tlie designs for the new
coins of the republic. Provisloh is
made for the new gold coins of $lO
and $5 each, and for new silver dollars
differing but slightly from the pres
ent coins.
The American Baptist Missionary
Union has received from John D.
Rockefeller a contribution of SIOO,OOO
and has accepted and acknowledged
the donation. For several years Mr.
Rockefeller has made an annual gift
to the union.
The report of the Department of Ag
riculture shows the nveruge condition
of winter wheat, April 1. to have been
91.6 against 76.5 April 1. 1901. 97.3 at
the corresponding date in 1903, and
83.1 the mean of the April averages of
the last ten years.
The McKinley anti-trust bill, which
passed the Illinois house by a vote of
113 to 9, makes very explicit definition
of what constitutes a trust, makes in
surance subject to the trust definition
and provides heavy lines and Impris
onment for violation.
For her heroism in saving the life of
a companion skater from drowning last
winter. Miss Lactinu Steele, a former
Coon Rapids girl, recently appointed.
Assistant State Librarian at Dus
Moines, lowa, Is in receipt of a Car
negie medal for her braveiy.
Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister of
the late U. S. Grant and widow or Dr
M. H. Cramer, was found dead in bed '
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Virginia
Grant Corbin, in Fast Orange, New
Jersey, on the sth Inst. Mrs. Grnmer
retired at night in apparent good
health.
At a great chiefs’ council in Chicago
of the Improved Order of Red Men
John M. Cherry of. Norfolk. Virginia,
was chosen great incohonee to succeed
the late Thomas H. Watts of Mont
gomery, Alabama, and W. A. S. Bird of
Topeka, Kansas, great senior saga
more.
Mexican Central officials announce
embezzlements at four stations on
their line In the last month, to the ex
tent of $26,000. The money Is missing
from the stations of Parral, Chihuahua,
Jlminez and Santa Rosalia, the biggest
sum, $12,000, having been stolen at
Chihuahua.
Thousands of circulars containing
demands for the Initiative and refer*
enriim and for municipal ownership of
utilities have been scattered broadcast
by the central committe of the Social
Revolutionary party at Moscow. Fro
hibltiou of child and female labor in
certain occupations is demanded.
According to a Rockland. Me., dis
patch. now that the lobster kings have
formed a trust, the humble lobster
catchers have decided to form a union.
Delegate Stuart Reed of the American
Federation of Labor has a schooner at
his command, and already has organ
ized several unions along the coast.
Higher standards of education for
physicians and surgeons, and uniform
entrance requirements and tuition fees
for students were urged by speakers
at the annual meeting of the Associa
tion of American Colleges at Chicago.
Seventy of tin; principal medical col
leges in the United States were repre
sented at the meeting.
It is doubtful If building has ever
shown the activity that now prevails
all over the country. During March
permits were taken out In twenty-eight
of the principal cities of the country
for the construction of 12.505 buildings,
involving a total cost of $55,160,744. an
increase of 68 per cent, over the cor
responding month a year ago.
The coroner’s jury at Zeigler, Illinois,
returned a verdict that the forty three
men who lost their lives in the Letter
coal mine April 3rd, were killed by
! after-damp due to an explosion of pow
j der caused by parties unknown. The
I belief is expressed that the mine was
in a good and safe working condition
so far as gas was concerned.
It has been decided to appoint three
foreigners as members of the advis
ory board, or consulting engineers, of
tiie Isthmian Canal Commission, ono
from Great Britain, one from Germany
and a third from France. Each o{
those governments has been asked
by the United States to designate an
engineer for membership on the board
The Department of Paleontology at
Princeton University is completing
plans for an expedition to start in June
for Wyoming ami Montana, with a
view to collecting fossil bones and the
skeletons of prehistoric animals. The
party will be composed of upper class
men, under the direction of Dr. Marcus
S. Farr, curator of the Department of
Paleontology.
Governor Toole of Montana, has Is
sued a quarantine proclamation di
rected against the principal stock rais
ing states of the union, including Colo
rado, Utah, Wyoming. California and
Missouri. The proclamation declares
that, because of disease believed to ex
ist In breeding and dairy cattle in those
states, they must not be shipped into
Montana until after thorough examin
ation, Inspection, quarantine and treat
ment by the Montana state veterinar
ian.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has held that portion of the
Alaska code providing for a Jury of
six men to be unconstitutional. The
opinion was by Justice White and was
based on the ground that. Alaska is a
part of the territory of the United
States in the full sense of the word.
Robert R. Mills, a pioneer of Mon
tana, who died there a few days ago,
left his entire fortune to be used as
the nucleus of a fund for erecting mon
.uments to the soldiers of the civil and
‘ Span ish-A inert can wars. While not
supposed to be large the estate will
probably amount to several thousand
dollars.
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.
Comparative receipts:
Month to April 14th 7.844
Same period last year 2.666
Increase 5.178
Year to date 52,927
Same period last year 34,814
Increase 18,113
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers, corn-fed. good to
choice 4.75® 5.35
Beef steers, corn-fed, com
mon to medium 4.00®4.75
Beef steers, hay-fed, good to
choice 4.25<Q/4.75
Beef steers, hay-fed, common
to medium 3.50(0-4.25
Cows ami heifers, corn-fed.
good to choice 3.75(04.50
Cows ami heifers, corn-fed.
common to medium 3.00®3.75
Cows and heifers, hay-fed,
good to choice 3.25®3.75
Cows and heifers, hay-fed.
common to medium 2.25®3.25
(’aimers 1.50®2.25
Calves, veal, good to choice. 4.75® 6.00
Calves, veal, fair to good. . . .3.50® 4.75
Bulls, stags, etc 2.00(03.60
Feeders. F. P. R., good to
choice 4.00®4.75
Feeders. F. P. R., common to
medium 3.25®4.00
Stockers, F. P. R., good to
choice 3.75®4.25
Stockers. F. P. R.. common to
medium 3.00®3.75
HOGS.
Comparative Receipts.
Month to April 14th 6.509
Same period last year 4.002
Increase 2.507
Year to date 08.871
Same period last year 62.683
Increase 6.188
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market:
Choice heavy $5.25®5.27V4
Light and mixed packers. 5.2505.30
Comparative Receipts.
Month to April 14th 4.086
Same period last year 2.076
Increase 2.010
Year to date 93.056
Same period last year 37.097
Increase 55,959
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market for fat
sheep:
Wethers, muttons $5. 00® 5.50
Yearlings 5.50®6.0t>
Ewes, muttons 4.50® ;>.2.»
Lambs 6.50®7.00
Grain.
Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs..
$1.70. Rye. Colorado, hulk, per 100
His.. 90c. Oats. hulk. Nebraska, new.
white. $1.07: mixed. $1.06; In sack,
Colorado white. $1.25. Corn. In bulk.
87c. Corn chop, sacked. 96c. Bran,
Colorado, per 100 lbs.. 85c.
Hay.
Upland, per ton. $9.00® 10.00: sec
ond bottom. $7.00® 8.00; timothy.
sll.oo® 12.00; timothy anil clover.
slo.oo® 11.00; alfalfa, prime. $5.50®
$6.00; straw. $3.50® 4.00; South Park
wire grass. $11.50® 12.50.
Dressed Poultry.
Turkeys, fancy dry picked 29
Turkeys, choice 17® 18
Turkeys, old toms 15® 16
Turkeys, culls 8® 10
Hens, fancy small H
Hens, large 15V4
Hens, extra large 10® 11
liens, culls 3® 4
Broilers, lb 23® 24
Springs, fancy 15® 16
Springs, choice, lb 14
Roosters, old 7
Spring cocks 12
Geese, lb ’... 11® 12
Ducks, lb 14® 16
J
Live Poultry.
Broilers, doz 5.00®7.00
Springs, live, lb 12V4
Hens, lb 12
Boosters, lb 5
Ducks, lii 11® 12
Turkeys, lb 15® 1«
Geese, lb 9® 1»
Pigeons, doz 60
Butter.
Elgin butter 29
Creameries, extra C 010... . 29'?/ 3u
Creameries, extra eastern 29® 30
Creameries, firsts, Colorado
and eastern 27® 28
Process and renovated
goods, lii 2.*
Roll or print, wrapped, ta
ble grade 21
Roll or print, other grades 17® 18
Packing Htock. fancy 29
Packing stock.other grades 16® 17
Eqgs.
Eggs, fresh, ranch, loss off $5.20
F,g%. fresh, case count... 5.10
Eggs, state, loss off 4.83
Boulder people will soon be listening
to the music of a chime of bells, the
Meneely chimes having arrived, and
only awaiting the completion of u
tower on which they may he mounted.
The chimes cost $6,500 and are among
the finest in the West, consisting or
nine bells. They were presented to the
Episcopal Church of Boulder by the
late Herbert N. Bradley, formerly of
Boulder, then of Denver, but for some
time before his death a resident of
New York City.
Theodore Wlldenauer, a tailor, shot
himself through the head at Fort Col
ins on the 12th Just., and died in
stantly. He left a note saying that
his suicide was because of gambling
and drink. He leaves a wife and eight
venr-old daughter with no means of
support.
In the District Court at Golden on
the 12th Inst. Judge De France sen
tenced Elmer Cobb to one day In the
county Jail. Cobb was placed on trial
for the murder of Adolph Mueller, but
proved a clear case of self-defense. The
jury’s verdict was Involuntary man
slaughter.
“Tell me.” queried the easy mark,
"what sort of a girl should I propose
to?” "Oh,” rejoined the fortune teller,
“one who Js rich, of course —and fool
ish.”
"Haven’t you got any toothpicks?”
naked the tourist In tin* Arizona r
ta ura nt. ••Toothpicks?” queried tho
cashier. "What’s the matter; didn’t tin*
waiter give ye a fork?”
Aunt Mary—"Hurry, will you try to
be good this afternoon If I give you a
piece Of cake?” Harry—" Yes. auntie,
nnd I’ll try to be gooder if you'll giv«
me two pieces.”