New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 6

Britain Herald. b PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprictors. excepted) at 4:15 p. m., ‘ald Building, 67 Church St it the Post Office at New Britain | bnd Class Mail Matter. | by carrier to any part of the city | cents a week, 65c a month. | ons for naper to be sent by mal, | ble in adv . 60 cents a month, | a year. | profitable advertistmng medium & eity: Circulation books and Frest B always open to advertisers. ald wiil be found on sale at Hota- s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- | New York City; Board Walk, At- tic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. ! ess Office . Fane 925 | rial Rooms ; 924 NO PEACE YE ermany’s reply to President Wil- | s note places the prospect for an iy peace further away than ever | ore. In the President’s e was implied a request for the ob- as entertained by message | s of the of:the belligerents and a state- t of terms suitable for peace. The y of Germany totally evades a clear war issue, and merely suggests ‘‘an hediate meeting of delegates of the igerent states at a neutral place.” s a foregone conclusion that the Ente allies will have nothing to do | uch a proposal since they have | before rejected the idea. ad President Wilson asked for a e conference the Germany reply | 1d be more to the point. But he | not ask for such a conference, nor he offer mediation. Instead he L1y spoke as the representative of greatest neutral nation on earth, Jhe interest of all neutral nations, asked that the belligerents state objects they sought, the means h would bring them to the desired and the demands that must be fied before peace could be brought t. Those things have not been ed upon by Germany. She has ing definite in her reply, nothing can be looked upon as a thread | which to hang hopes of an im- ate peace. Instead, the reply to dent Wilson's note takes on the lance of another diplomatic move will place the Allies in the posi- bt continuing the war in the face ermany’s attempt to end it. here is no whole hearted attempt ose darig prophets who profess wledge of what the future has bre and who stake their reputa- on predictions of such nature kce the war continuing for the er part of 1917, with the possi- of the boys not being out of enches by next Christmas. The s operandi which leads to this sion is based on good sound "The allies will not consent to Reace proposals as those ad- | d by Germany. They will not | ound the board with peace dele- from Germany who could at this boint out where Germany is in ksion of vast areas of land and d a settlement in favor of Ger- The allles would rather wait a more propitious moment. were any number of times with- past two years that the Allies have advanced peace proposals elves and fared better than they bday. Now that they are in a position to carry on the war hre not going to stop because hny has seemingly evinced a dis- or its future conduct. war 1s not yet won, by long Germany is not the victor. If ere she could dictate the terms | ce. Nor are the allies triumph- But they are better prepared accomplishment of their ends day then they were shortly he war started. And it is the belicf of all those who are fol- the diplomatic moves closely he Allies are determined to on the fight until they come here nearer to attaining their as they state, a annihilation of Prussian and the restoration of Either one of these objects sk that will require great time. o , which bte ism, are, ere is no short cut in sight. ms apparent that the New even more horror The peace pro- death. later 111 s predecessor. witness dying natural nay be resurrected at a At this time they are merely ati shifting continuance of the war. are a responsibility for the NEXT YEAR'S DOILS, e little girls who received dolls mas this vear probably did ice any difference hd finish of their gifts as com- vith those presented in previous es. But fttle girls have been able comparison. And the is not favorable to the 1916 dolls. The toys this year are retty as those of bygone days, pson is,—the war, krevious Christmas times little an girls were given dolls manu- [ in Germany. This year there in to | more | any moves made for the pur- | the tex- | the mothers of those | com- | except in cases where from the previous There were french dolls this held year. dealers some over and some { made in country; but the latter were not much in evidence and not | over beautiful, Next ment already made, vear, to announce- American chil- according | dren will have a chance to witness the | introduction of Japanese dolls. reported that Japanese have been quick to see the opportunity | It 1s merchants presented by the American market for | | dolis and have set out to capture this | tade once held almost exclusively b | Germany. Orders have been placed | for some of these dolls this | The| heautiful cven at time. Japanese promise dolls | and than | They already venture and even if the war ends tomorrow Germany will not have a chance to re- capture the greatest doll market in the Nor will American merchants | be able to corner their own home market, so it is said. opportunity goes by the boards. serviceable ever sold in this country. have set out on the world. so Thus another AILROAD PROSPERITY, Railroads of the United States dur- ing the yvear drawing to a close earned a net i more than one bil- This is of the Hughes' so- come of lion of dollar: one greatest evidences of Mr. called “temporary prosperity In the past the earnings of the rail- roads in the country always been held as criterions by which may | be judged the p prosperity of the peoble. When the are not buying and sclling things to any great extent the railroads suffer. When the reverse holds true the railroads pro: per. come tells a story. The country is in | the throes of one of the greatest periods of prosperity, if not the great- est, it ever enjoved. have »sperity or lack of | American American people The vne billion dollars of net in- Had the railroads been prevared to take care of all the bhusiness that could have come to them during the past year there is no telling just how many more millions of dollars might be added to their exchequers, nor how many billions of the billion of net income might have theirs. But the railroads were not equal to the emergency. They did not have the necesshry facilities to take care of the great volume of busi- ness and consequently they dol- lars that should have been easily gathered. ] The railroad business in America has not yet reached perfecti this come instead one been lost n, like | many more things could on mundano sphere, But closer to a better it now holds, | according to those closely connected with its development, and there some of the nation’s greatest men In the railroad business In the future the policy of the railroads will be more in conformity to that of ntherr s than it has been in the pa There was a time when the railroads were for one purpose only, {o hand out money left those connected with them in mana- and official capacities. Nowl > has been brought | of piling up un- standard than are busines | run right and to gerial the motta “Servi to bear, and instead told dividends struggling to better take care of the freight and passenger that | belongs to them. This means plenty of equipment at all the | the railroads are business times, and necessary men to keep the equipment in serviceable condition, Revised figures on returns from the November elections show definitely that neither Republicans or Democrats will hold a majority in the next House In order to select 1 of Representatives. | a speaker, therefore, it will be neces- | sary for one or the other of the two | parties to secure some of the men out- side the wall. Of these there are two Independents, one Prohibitionis two Progressives, | and one Socialist. | Two seats in the House are contested. l Conceding seats to candidates in pos- the session of certificates of election the 213. A majority is 218 so that in the event the Republi- both of the would both The opposition James R. Mann in his own party may Clark fares Democrats cans or Democrats win | contested seats they be short a majority. to be his undoing. Champ i better with a united par back of | him for the Speakership. | Pathological in Washington monkes experimenters report a scarcity of Where once they could be | purchased for $8 they now cost $18. Even the monkey business is not safe | in these days of high living and high costs. | = | | With the completion of the official Wilson's the returns. President popular vote has grown to of of magnificent 78,822 which Kills forever “Minority figure: the c President.” What It Me: (Kansas City It looks as though the British em- pire had gone in for the commission manager plan of government, too. Star.) b German dolls on the market, And probably not too soon. | Haughty | MeAllister, Soon after this Mrs. Lettice L. | $40 | | point, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1016, | The Nickc (R. E. Haynes in the New York Mail.) { O, here's to the nickel, | So shiny and bright, | That serves me so often I'rom morning till night It takes me to business, Or blackens my shoes; It pays for a smoke Or provides me with news, When I go to the movies It takes me inside; Jitney the ride, It's a tip far the waiter, The barber or kid Who brushes my clothes And then hands me my Tt quenches my thirst, Or it buys me a stew- It sure beats the deuce What a nickel will do. So here’s to the nickel, Let loud praises swell To this wonderful coin That has served me so well. PERSIAN CAT IN DEGAT: BATTLE. | Animal Listens Attentively 1o Arguments of Lawyers. (New York Herald.) Reliance Anna, a pedigreed has become the legal battle, whose next fought out before the division. She was a silent in the municipal sian cat, central figure in a round is to he appellate witness last May court. The cat is the daughter of Re- liance Alcyone, C. F."A., No. 1340, and s long haired, smoke colored and extremely haughty. Her owner is—But that is in ques- tion. In 1915, when exhibited at the Atlantic Cat show by Mrs. Anna N. she was awarded second prize. Delafield purchased Anna for and presented her to her neice, the wife of former State Senator John G. Saxe. Reliance Anna spent three days at her new home, when it was noticed that Anna’s fur assumed the appear ance of something that moths have | | been trifling with. So Mrs. Delafield took the cat back to Mrs. McAllister and asked for an explanation. “You have been feeding her milk,” Mrs. McAllister said. “And?” -asked Mrs. Delafleld. “That has caused the trouble,’ said Mrs. McAllister. “You should have given her raw meat; she’s used that. I'll put her back into shape.” Mrs. McAllister contends restore Reliance Anna to her beau- teous appearance, but when the cat had regained her girlish smile and pretty fur Mrs. Delafleld announced that she didn’t want the cat, but would appreciate a return of $40. This Mrs. McAllister refused to return, whereupon Mrs. Delafleld instituted suit for the money When the 5 municipal pudge Mrs. duced Reliance Anna in court cat rested attentively in her on me McAllister pro mis- tress’ arms while the lawyers argued. | and the attor When the testimony neys' pleadings were done the court | decided that Mrs. McAllister should return the $40. cede her point and instructed lawyer to sibmit the case on appeal to the appellate dlvision. DO YOU MAKE $1,500 A YEAR? If Not, Don't Ask One of These Girls to Marry You. (Omaha Bee). If any of the gay young Lotharios or Romeos of this bustling and en- terprising village have designs on the charming coeds at the University of Omaha, they are warned to look to their check books. Big, pompadoured locks, teeth and neatly don’t cut any ice with coeds. An income of at least $1,500 an- nually is the first inducement bachel- ors with an_inclination to leap into the matrimonial sea with an Omaha coed must make. So the coeds an- swered Prof. Harry De Lamatre, in- structor in economics, when he asked nails Omaha manicured the | them what they considered a suitable | salary for a man who Is going to be marrfed. When De Lamatre sald he believed an Income of $1,000 a year was quite sufficient from an economical stand- the fair voung things burst forth with a simultancous shout of protest ana incredulity. “Who would Republicans have 214 members and | want to live on that?” they demand- | | ed. he Omaha coeds | lTuxurious limousines, dise for their hats, hejeweled shoes, takes $1,500 a going. Upon hearing the views of their ! fair schoolmates the boys at the uni- versity promptly held an indignation | meeting and .decided to bovcott what they called the extravagant coeds and | find girls who aren’t filled with “high- | falutin” ideas, don’t demand birds of para- ermine coats or but they insist it vear to (Christopher Morley in Life.) There are many pleasant people Whom one would Editors and barbers And men who shovel snow; There are laymen, there are draymen, But the ones I like to meet Are the men who vat the horses When they pass them on the street. | i | The Men I Tike to Meet. | | | like to know; Its jolly, on the avenue, To bow and raise your hat To some one so distinguished That your comrade says, that?” But the man I really When the stinging blows Is the one who always stops to stroke Some horse’s frozen nose. “Who’s honor north wind Per- | she did | nd the | black eves, | glistening white | keep a home | SOME OLD PRINTERS, Recalled by a Master of That Ancient Trade. (Turners Falls Reporter.) John Metealf of veteran printer of a line of prominent masters printers for Northampton, a three genera- tions, at the of 76 ye It is not generally known that the grandfather of the deceased, John Metcalf, was up to 1832, a lead- ing printer, bookbinder and publisher | of the state, with a printing off in the town of Wendecll, at which ite he moved to Northampton where the business has sine flourished in the ws of his sons and grandsor The original John Metcalf had few supe s in skill in the business of printing, binding and publishing, and there are tod extant books that have stood the rav of time infinitely better than the ern product. He published an al- manac of the scope of his famous contemporary in Worcester, Robert Thomas, and many educational text books for use in the schools of the state. The late R. N. Oakman, who was born and educated in Wendell, and who taught school in different died last week age rs. parts of the state. knew the Metcalf | establishment well, and some years before his death had several copies of the books printed there and widely | sold throughout the commonwealth. Many good printers learned the trade in that office and one especially fine workman, we believe, who was Dorn in Montague, got h there. It w William Tremaine Clark, brother of the mother of Mrs. Cecil T. Bagnall, whose home was in the brick house on the corner of Fed- eral street. When the Wendell office was closed in 1832 Mr. Clark to Boston, and was for many = foreman of the Times, up to the time of his death, March 14, 1856. If our memory does not trick us, the late Charles Montague of this town, Sunderland, printér and inventor, work in that office Mr. Montague died many years ago, at an advanced age. He invented the | Montague paper cutter and the Mon- tague press, the latter among the first of the small cylinders, two revolu- tions to an impression. ned for use in country be the man-kiiling hand pre and which could be operated by crank® in the hands of a boy. In | evolution ‘it became the Acme press | further developed by Mr. Childs of | Boston, who also took the cutter and | developed it into the | Acme, such as is in use in the Keith paper mill today. Previous to Montague cutter paper was cut with !'a shoe knife against a heavy straight edge and finally the plov cutter was | evolved from the old press and plow, the bookbinder’s most important tool The historical socicty of Greentield should obtain some of those old Wen- dell books before they pass out of existence. There maybe many ex- | tant in old attics today. escs 1 | namGE No 10 ard. National The Jaguar B as Fieree the ison. 1 Magazine). African (1. aphic The or ‘el tigre,” as it Is | genoraly known throughout jaguar cate. Tts size and profusely marked . est of American | deep vellow color, with black spots and rosettes, give it a close resemblance to the African leonard. It is, however, a hea and more powerful animal. In parts | of the dense tropical forest of South | America coal-black Jjaguars occur | and, while representing merély a color phase, they are supposed to be much fiercer than the ordinary animal. Al- though so large and powerful, the jaguar has none of the truculent | ferocity of the African leopard. Dur- ing the years I spent in its country, mainly in the open, I made careful | inquiry without hearing of a case where one had attacked huma belngs. In one locality on the coast of Guerrero I found that the hardier natives had an Interesti method of hunting the ‘“tigre” dur- ing the mating perfod. At such times the male has the habit of leav- Ing its lair, near the head of a small canyon in the foothills, early in | evening and following down the can- von for some distance, at intervals uttering a subdued roar. On moon- light nights at this time the hunter | places an ‘expert native with a short | wooden trumpet near the mouth of | the canyon to imitate the ‘“tigre's"” call as soon as it is heard and to re- | peat the cry at proper intervals. Aft- | er placing the caller, the ascends the canyon several vards, and, gun in hand, | approach of the animal ier n hundred awaits tho The natives Spanish | grance But Mrs. McAllister refused to con- | America, is the largestdand handsom- | her ! | | | | | | | mod- | | of the | best men he can get. “NEW SPORT” DESCRIBED. The Process By Which Pocketbooks Are Reached. (New Haven Register). is the term which the Inde- pendent uses in describing the game of fund-raising, which has beocome popular in many of our large cities, especially within the last 10 years. Is there a big debt to be paid on a church or other public institution? Is there a building fund to be ralsed? Well, there Is a ‘“system” which males the task an exciting game, not a drag or a drudgery. We are fairly familiar with the method by this time. The expert or- ganizer comes to the town and does his unseen preparatory work for weeks or months before the public in general ows what is going on. Lists of those citizens who may profitably be approached are carefully prepared and card-indexed. Some 20 or more team captains, according to the size effort, are chosen for their abilities of salesmanship and leader- ship. ¥ach of these is expected to gather a team of five or more of the These teams divided equally under two com- That are i mittee heads for purposes of rivalry. | are A few days before the campaign be- ging ably constructed circular letters, setting forth the merits of the cause, ent to all those who may be ap- | proachead for gifts. 5 knowledge | | citizens went | o or | The campaign proper Starts with a banquet, to which are invited the campaign workers and a few other who are interested. The cause is presented with force and en- thusiasm. sually the citizens’ com- mittee, which has been working on some ‘“‘big pr ects,” reports some large initial gifts to set the ball roll- i Then the teams ‘“go to it Each *day they report at a lunch which gathers all the workers at noon with all the zest of rivalry to see which team and which group of teams has the lead. Then there is the daily dmonition of the leader: there is the “clock on the Green” and the daily reports in the newspapers to keep the public interested. And with very few exceptions, the thing is done within the brief time allotted. That in brief is the “new game.” { The Independent gives the credit of a | its origin Ward, and plan to Charles secretary 8. of the International | committee of the Young Men’s Chris- self-clamping | this | | three years. | tion single | Pacific | the | nter | { have many amusing tales of the sud- | den exit of untried hunters when the | approaching animl unexpectedly ute tered its roar at close quarters, Sharing Grief Also. (Milwaukee Journal.) times ot trouble, of the sympathy of intimate friends. They are, indeed, the only ones who can help in grief or perplexity, because they under- stand us and can express themselves in a way that we understand. Do we think as often of the real service of sharing our troubles with others, of letting them be partakers of inmost feelings? It is the only way we can be ready to serve them truly |in their sorrow. The value of a friend is measured not by his great- ness of intellect nor even the bigness { of his heart. but by his nearness to us. The in which one hecome near to us, in which the veil that r { between man and man lifted through confiding. The one to | we turn most naturally in our trouble {is the one whom we have been able to help. If he had not let us share | his grief, he would not be able ' share ours. It is as much an obl | tion not to lock away one’s own h it is to bring comfort to hearts. s is is as = ¥ |t | , We say a good deal of the value, in | our | tian assoofation, who was spurred to invent it by the necessity of raising money for the institutions under his directlon. He has had enormous suc- cess and many imitators. New Haven has had two examples of the game in the present year. It may have an- other before many days. Waterbury Is having a campaign now. Hardly a city of Connecticut or the East but has had one within the past two or Tt is a great game. Monarchies vs. Republics. (Washington Post). discussing the ques- possible abandonment of doctrine if the United join a league to enforce ce. It s suggested In that the logical effect participation in Euro- European participation 1 the affairs of the hemisphere, and, as it may seem, some distin- guished Americans take the position that the United States could well af- ford to vield its place as the guardian of New World republicanism if by do- ing so it could occupy a prominent men ar he the Monroe States should he world’s p auarters of American pean affairs i | place in a universal league to enforce peace. With due respect for this opinion, we firmly believe the American peo- ple and their congress will never abandon the Monroe doctrine nor suffer its validity to be impaired, no matter what alternative advantage may be proposed. “The Monroe doctrine is part of the unwritten constitution of the United States,” was the forcible expression of the late Senator Bacon, of Georgia. Between the United States and the monarchies of Kurope there is an ir- Teconcilable conflict, generally peace- ful, but capable of becoming the cause of war. Between the United States and the republics of this hemisphere there {s a bond of sympathy, some- times unexpressed, but always strong in case of mutual danger. ‘With many of the causes of con- flict in FEurope the United States oan never have any sympathy It is not interested in dynastic questions. If it should engage In efforts to assist in settling European quarrels involv- ing the setting up of kingdoms and the selection of crowned heads it would be inviting no end of embar- sment and hatred. It would be compelled to contract alliances, and would be entangled Inextricably in questions which do not properly con- cern this republic, its welfare or its destiny. Some of the spokesmen of nations now at war assert positively that the United States will not be asked to participate in the peace negotiations. They insist that the nations compos- g the two war alllances must settle their own auarrel and that neutrals ust not be permitted to Jjoin the ouncil. s exactly the positlon taken by Abraham Lincoln when European nations offered to mediate between North and South. He invited jurope to attend to its own affairs, and said the United States would dis- pose of its own troubles. n the midst of theg civil war Abra- ham Lincoln took steps to enforce the Monroe doctrine by ousting the ench from Mexico. His successor to it that the French forces de- parted from Mexico on schedule time. The Atlantic Ocean is the best of the | dividing lines hetween the monarchies | of | ar whom other | the t1 Old World and the republics New. It is wise in every woy for the United States to con- tne its cnergies to vigilant guardian- ship of republicanism in this hemis- nhere. If it accomplishes this task, it will be doing its full share in main- taining peace and liberty in the world. ‘“With the concerns of Europe we have'none, or a very remote interest,” said ‘Washington. “The more remote Zante Has Earthquakes, | Political and Otherwise ‘Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Zante, the famous of the Ionian Sea, revolutionary movement against the policy of King Constantine followed close upon the heels of similar manifestations of dis- content in Crete and Lesbos, is de- seribed by the National Geographic soolety in the following war geography | bulletin: H “The frequency with which Zante | is visited by earthquakes of disastrous | severity accounts in some measure for | the comparative lack of prosperity on this Tonian island which enjoys a | salubrious olimate, is abundantly | watered by springs, still deserves the | appellation of ‘wooded Zacynthos' ap- | plied to it by the poet Virgil, and | Wwhose central plain is a veritable gar- | den spot with its succession of vine- vards and olive groves. “Zante lies eight miles south the island of Cephalonia, and is nine miles west of the nearest point on the | Peloponnesian coast. Its greatest | length is twenty-five miles and it has a maximum breadth of twelve miles. | The western half of the island con- | sists of a series of bare, limestona} mountains which terminate in pre- | cipitous cliffs on the seaward side but | which slope gradually down to . the eastward until the luxuriously fertile | central plain is reached. The eastern side of the island also is elevated but here the hills are clad with vines and groves of fig, olive and orange. The | currant where the island of | { olives of Zante are, with the excep- tion of those grown on the neighbor- ing island of Corfu, the largest in this part of the world. | “The chief produot of the island | and the principal article of export is the currant which derives its name from its native city, Corinth.) This small grape, which grows on a dwarf vine, has played and is still playing an important role in the economic life | of Greece. A mania for current cul- ture swept over Zante and other sec- | tions of the country adapted to the | vine's growth during the lst quarter | of the 19th century. Farmers seemed | to go mad in their haste to raise this crop just as the Dutch went wild over the cultivation of tulips in a previous ! century. This feverish impetus to the ! industry came as the result of an in- | sect pest which destroyed a large part | of the French grape crop in 1877. | Dried currants were used by French | manufacturers as a substituteé in mak- | ing a certain grade of blending wine. | Prices soared and Greek currant plant- ers saw enormous fortunes within their | grasp. Olive groves and orange or- chards were destroyed ruthlessly %o make room for currant bushes. reaction was inevitable and dis for when the ravages of the pt were checked in the France that nation impo port taxes on Greek currants in order to rehabilitate their own industries. # became necessary for Greece to evolwl some method of protecting the Zanm- tiots and other currant raisers, but emergency laws have not proved alto- gether eflicacious, so that what with earthquakes and the glutting of the currant markets the lot of the island has pot been a happy one during the last two decades. ‘“Zante was colonized either by the Arcadian or Archaens in very early times. It remained independent for many generations, but in the middle of the fifth century before the Christian era the Athenian Admiral Tolmides forced the inhabitants to acknowledge the supremacy of his city, whilé Sparta’s sway was accepted after the Peloponnesian war. In 857 B. C. the island was used as a base of operations | against Syracuse by Dion, the pupil of Plato who had been banished from his native land, his property confiscated- and his wife given to another by the tyrant Dionysius. The expedition was a success but Dion’s career as mastet of Syracuse was short lived for he fell a victim to the assassin Callippus, one of his own Athenian followers. “The Macedonians conquered Zante in 217 B. C. and they were followed by the Romans under whose regimes the island was a part of the province of Epirus. Vandals, Normans, Franks and Turks held the island in turn un- til 1485 when the Venetians bought it from the last named conquerers. The long suzerainty of the republic city is reflected today not only in the appearance of the people but in their language, and most of the Zan- tiots aristocracy boast of their Vene- tian descent, while they speak both the Greek and Italian languages “In 1797 the island became a French possession, and shortly afterward was occupied for a brief season by the Russians who were followed by the,. British. In 1864 England ceded Zante and the other Ionian islands to the modern kingdom of Greece. “An interesting natural phenome- non of the island is a shallow spring on the Bay of Keri where both pitch and water bubble up. The pitch has® been used by the native in caulking their boats since the days of Herodo- tus. “On the east coast is the capital city and chief seaport, Zante, occupying the site of the ancient city of Zacyn- thos. Its 14000 people represent a third of the total population of the island. # the better,” Americans. It would he interesting, indeed to watch the fate of any treaty propos- ing to make the United States a par- to FEuropean affairs, with the in- evitable provision that Europe should become a party to pan-American af- fairs. is the opinion of many AMOROUS TURK OF THE SEAS. The Fur Seal Lords It Over a Harem of 100 Wives a Season. (National Geographic Magazine.) Fur seals are extremely polygam- ous and the old males, which weigh from 400 to 500 pounds. “haul up" first on the breeding beaches. Fach bull holds a certain area, and as the females, only one-fifth his size, come ashore they are appropriated by the | nearest bulls until each ‘beach mas- ter” gathers a harem, sometimes con- taining more than 100 members. Here the young are born, and after the mating season, the seals, which | have remained ashore without food from four to six weeks, return to the water. The mothers go and come, | and each is able to find her young | with certalnty among thousands of apparently identical wooly black “pups.”’ From the ages of one to four years fur seals are extremely playful. They are marvelous swimmers and frolic about in pursult of one another, now diving deep and then, one after the | other, suddenly leaping high above | the surface in graceful curves, like porpoises. Squids and fish of various specles are their main food. Their chief natural enemy 1is the Kkiller whale, which follows their migrations and haunts the sea about their breed- ing ground, taking heavy toll among | them. Sept 70,000 “Night Detters.” (New York Herald.) Cardinal Gibbons at one time re- cently sent out 70,000 “night letters” by telegraph to Baltimore residents appeallng for ‘‘contributions of at least $1” for St. Mary's Industrial school of Baltimore. The telegrams were delivered in ten hours, requiring more than 1,000 extra employes, be- sides 100 motor cars and taxicabs to do it. The messages cost 20 cents each, or $20,000 for all. The bill was paid by friends of the institution. Stimulating Cheer. (Columbus (Ohio) Journal.) The respective chancellors of the | respective exchequers of the respec- tive warring powers announce that the respective national finances are | in first class shape and that the re- spective war loans will be paid off, interest and principal, and we sup- | pose the taxpayers are doing thelr | patriotic best to stop groaning for a minute or two and to look as cheer- ful as possible. ‘ Carranza Must Choose. (Chicago News.) First Chiet Carranza appears to be | forced to choose between quarreling with his American bread and butter { North | the | fact, | range districts of the THE LION CRI LIKE A WOMAN. Powerful Sight of Nelson in Mountain Cat Horses, Appetite of Whetted (B. W by Young National Geographic Magazine.) The mountain lion, | jaguar, is the largest of the cat tribe native to America. In various parts | of its range it is also known as the panther, cougar and puma. It is a slender-bodied animal, with head and long round 1, with a total length varying from 7 to 9 feet and a weight from abcut 50 to 200 pounds. No other American mammal has a range equal to that of the mountain lion. It originally inhabited both and South America from southern Quebec and Vancouver Is- land to Patagonia and from the At. lantic to the Pacific coasts. Tht mountain lion, while powerf: enough to be dangerous to man, is in reality extremely timid. Owing to its being a potentially dangerous animal popular conception of it that of a fearsome beast, whose sava exploits are celebrated in the foik loxe of our frontier. As a matter few wild animals are less dan- gerous, although there are authentic accounts of wanton cks upon people, just as there are authentic in- stances of buck deer and mooge be- coming aggressive. 't has a wild weird cry, popularly supposed to re- semble the scream of a terrified wom- an, which is thrillingly impressive when the shades of evening are throwing a mysterious gloom over the forests. Although inoffensive as to people, this cat is such a flerce and relentless enemy of large game and live stock that it is everywher 0 outlaw. often kills calves, b is especially fond of young horses. In many western states and on the table land of Mexico, ow- ing to the depredations of this animal, it is impossible to raise horses. next to the Quict Enjoyment. (Birmingham Age-Herald.) “Didn’t you tell me that Dubwalte was an entertaining conversationa- list?” Eridiais “Yet he never thing but himself.” “Exactly. And there is more than laughing talks about any- nothing I enjoy in my sleeve. (New York Herald.) ‘“No fox ever fretted because had only one hole in which to hide, says the public health service in a bulletin against worrying. But many a reynard has been known to show all the physical signs of worry where his next meal was coming from. Any fool can find a hole in the ground, it takes a fox to find food. he over Ever Fresh. (Boston Advertiser). When a man has once held a judi- clal position anywhere in this country he’s called “judge” to his dying day, and it appears that a somewhat sim- ilar custom prevails in the matter of and his Mexican chile con carne. fresh eggs in the commission trade. a small ~ -