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Entered at the peatofflce Arlnnta, Gr«m aecoad-clasa mall matter
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ries would be greatly furthered if each cell were
lightened by the presence of one of these lively-
tempered, sweet-toned little creatures. Their mes
sage is unswervingly one of hope and gladness, and
their blithe carollings have the subtle quality of
strangely freshening and cleansing the mind and
the imagination.
They do not prate, they do not reproach, they
are not smug. They only sing. Their song, too,
is not a "dies irae,” but a roundelay of infectious
mirth and a very potent anodyne for the mental j
pains of folk who are pent-up, whether by bars and
in stripes, or their own unfortunate frailties.
Jiu Jitsu Taught r
* By Japs *
March 1
, 1901
The Day of the Short
Story
FTER being guarded jeal
ously as a national secre*.
in Japan for more tha
600 years, the art of jiu
jitsu, the most wonderful
and mysterious physical
science in the whole world
will be taught for the first
time outside the confines
* V
n |
Along' the Highway
By FRANK L. STANTON
THE DROWSY FISHERMAN.
"SVent down to the riverside
For to fish the time awe
Where the lilies nod to ,ue ripplin'
tide
An’ the sun tells time o’ day.
of its native isle at Har- i
yard university next year. Throwed my line in the water—swish!
Like the lost arts of the Where ’twas runnin’ cool an’ deep, ' way in
old Egyptians, jiu jitsu. When, ail of a sudden, a big catfish home,
up to the present time, Said: “Hello! Are you asleep?
PROVERBS OF THE HIGHWAY.
It’s a good idea to lay by for a
rainy day; for if the rain never comes,
you’ll still have a halleluia time in
me sunshine.
Hots of people know all about the
stars above us, but can’t find tneir
this world two miles from
Wc Sunny South it thm oldest woolHy paper of Literature.
Romance. Faft and Flfllen in the South & It Is now re•
Jiored Co the original shape and will be published us fort
tnerty every week ^ Founded In tS74 It grew until fJ9P,
when, at a monthly, its form was changed at an expert*
meat OP It now returns to its original formation as a
weekly with renewed vigor and the Intention of ectlps•
ing Its most promising period in the past.
The Unsmug Feathered
Anodyne
\PPY the man or woman who finds
pleasure in the singing of birds. It
is improbable that the miseries of
crime or melancholy will ever hold
such ones deeply in thrall, for the
Xot onlv are the lead-; sree in the
any country
has challenged and baffled all. By an im
perial edict its masters were not allow
ed to teach It outside of Japan, and al-
t hough foreigners have occasionally got
some sort of an inkling as to how the
tiling was done, no official instruction
by one who has taken the highest de-
scienoe has been given in
but the mikado’s realm.
Next year, however. Harvard men. who
with
sudden
;HE vogue of the short story in the
reading world today is of enormous
proportions.
ing magazines and the dignified pe
riodicals giving it space ungrndg-|ean afford $100 for the privilege can j “complains that there is no scenery
An’ I hauled him
jerk,
An’ I laid him on the shore,
An’ I said: “This fishin's too much
work—
Don’t you wake me up no more!"
AT THE SUMMER RESORT.
“That new arrival,” said the clerk,
The wisdom of Solomon would be
too much for some of us in this day
and time. All we need jf3 just wisdom
enough to show us how to steer clear
of the fools.
Many people that are always crying
for justice would howl like a hurri
cane if they got it.
ingly, but many newspapers as well
recognize the popular demand for
fiction of this stamp and devote one
or more precious columns to it daily.
The editors of high and low grade
publications exercise their ingenuity
in finding new and clever writers and
securing the most readable product
of the authors with established rep
utations. A certain percentage o
them have even abandoned the illustrated feature
and the editorial page, holding the daily and Sun
day newspaper have usurped this field and that
It arn
much about this wonderful
they desire and from out who
THE HAPPY HARVEST SONG.
I.
hr
IS
no superior i
n all
(he world.
Their
in
str
uctor will be
■ Professor
Y.
raiM-
si
litn
, instructor
in jiu
jitsu
in
'J'oki.i,
w
ho
has recently
been t
During
this
coun-
tr
y
and giving i
r-xhlbit
Ions,
unde
r the
m
; i n;
igement of S;
tmuel
Hill, a
n old Ilar-
Vi
ird
man of the
class
of '79.
Professor
V
usa
shita has tak
en the
sixth.
an (1
high-
t.
degree in the
art s
ind is
cons
a ierod
around here.”
“Keep uim quiet a while,” replied: . ,
the landlord, “I’ve just ordered a hun- " e h have a sight of summer time
dred trees, a carload of rock and six the weary wa T alon S.
But soon we'll all be singin’ of the
reason that the unaffected love for t | ie oliief demand of the public is for light, well-
the pipings of feathered singers is al- t ] one fiction. Contests given at regular intervals
most infallibly an indication of a soul itli large awards, have whetted tlie imagination
singing birds
unwarped by gloom or evil. 1 here
are, of course, exceptions to the rule,
but thev are so rare as to be notable
when thev do occur. \\ e know of
few factors which make more finely
for the ideal, ever-attractive home
than the presence of well-se-lected
Once let the little creature learn the
call of its master or mistress, recognize a challem
and energy of both new and professional writers
and the output of the short story is increasing
yearly. That it has not exceeded the demand is
proven by the fact that publishers eagerly snap up
stories of merit as fast as thev are created and that
. Ever since
prices are probably more remunerative than at any S()ll stu ,],, nt .
time in the history of this particular phase of lit- in the art ,
crature—if we may call it by that pretentious name.
- the most wonderful performer in all
f Japan.
11 «• knows more than 300 ways of
throwing- an opponent. He has all sorts of
schemes and devices for rendering an
opponent helpless by breaking his limbs
or choking him. He can strangle a man
apparently lo death and then resu.-citate
him. He can lie prostrate on the floor
and with a stiff rod held down by the
force of two powerful men against his
windpipe wiggle himself free. He knows
all manner of tricks and devices for self-
preservation and attack, and all of
these he will teach to Harvard men next
year.
the first -of last winter crim-
have been greatly interested
Japanese wrestling and jiu
i through (wo little Japanese students
, . - - V. Vagi and Yokoyama, w'iio have ap-
\\ hi 1 e this tllll-tltle ll3S encotirtlged ft host oi in- peared at regular intervals throughout
to play or an appeal to give forth its clear-throated .ompetent and mediocre workers to enter the field, the winter and wrestled for exercise on
little notes, and it is transformed into a never-end- they are inevitably eliminated by the primeval doc- An^rican^o^and tiieTuommltTof
ing pleasure and consolation when the prospect trine anent the "survival of the fittest, thus leaving y a gi, has also wrestled with them, so
’ that undergraduates have had a good
chaV-e to see how one of their own kind
large hills!”
ALONG THE WAY.
I.
How shall we get away
From the worry of today?
From its sighing and its sorrow?
i A thousand spirits say:
: “Walk faithfully the way
Until the bright, tomorrow!”
IT.
How shall we set away
From tne weeping of today—
What peaceful rest to borrow?
And still the same, sad word,
O'er all the ages heard:
“Tomorrow—st HI tomorrow! ”
A WARM WEATHER SONG.
See the sun rays, with their heat—
Burning heat!
How they blaze upon the housetops—-
how they flare upon the streets!
How they wilt the windless pines,
How they melt the muscadines
On the crisp an’ crinkled vines
Where they heat!
happy harvest-song;
The fields, with cotton white,
Make visions of delight.
An’ we hear the fiddle singin’ where
the fire’s blazin’ bright!
II.
An’
we’ll soon he done with toilin',
where the fields are ripe to
reap.
An’ we ll hear the glad songs rirudn’
from the valleys cool an’ daep;
The songs of “Harvest Home,”
Where the autumn breezes roam,
An’ the barns are piled with plenty,
an’ the honey’s in the comb!
III.
Come on. 0. merry seasn, when the
world will seem as bright
As the roses on the cheeks of Love,
whose eyes dance with delight!
The merry time oi fall,
When the holly’s in the*-hall,
, An’ we hear the fiddle's music, an' we
swing our sweethearts, all!
Busy World
The Far Eastern situation has become
dangerously complicated by the action
of the Russian steamer Smolensk,
which fcrcibly detained the British
steamer Persia, in the Red sea, and con
fiscated; portions, of mail destined for
Japan. The Russian boat St. Peters
burg also seized the British steamer
Malacca, under the charge that the lat
ter was carrying contraband of war.
Over these tw 0 actions, the English pub
lic and the government officials are
greatly wrought up. and acute develop
ments may be expected. It is said
that the czar has emphatically repu
diated the course of both the Russian
commanders, which may have a favora-
| ble effect on the situation. Again. e»
is not improbable that Great Britain
i will demand apology and reparation. A
j rumor is current to the effect that King
Edward may use this incident as a lever
! to force peace in the Far East, though
the obduracy of both the Russian and
Japanese attitude discredits this theory.
I Reports from London and St. Peters
burg are to the effect that the Russians
lost a thousand men in a furious at-
i tack on Motien Pass. Another report
alleges that four thousand Japs have
i been annihilated in a fort near Port
Arthur. They were lured into the fort
and reinforcements cut off. while mines
i beneath the fort were exploded with
horribly disastrous effect.
Later advices show Russia in a de-
jcidedly apologetic attitude regarding the
I seizure of neutral vessels. So emphatic
| were the protests of the united powers
i that the czar felt the net ’ " ’
mediate; action, especially
- the fact that his bi
what irritated by
| of Turkey ii
fleet et
of im-
view of
g neighbors are some-
ction of the sultan
permitting the Black Rea
through the Dardanelles.
succeeds with the art.
Each of these three wrestlers is very en
thusiastic about the spurt, and it is large
ly through their efforts and interest that
the university has been given the op
portunity to have regular skilled instruc
tion ill jiu jitsu next year.
“In Japan.” said Mr. Yagi. ’’wrestling
is the greatest of all sports. The wrest
ler is a hero. All men admire him and
he is a great man. But it takes more
be. he will never
outside, perhaps, is dark and forbidding’. In its issue Hie work to tliose who are qualified to do it with
this week The Sunny South begins the publication acceptability to current standards. As the produc-
of a short series of articles on the lore and breed- | tion multiplies the supply of old, conventional,
ing of canaries—the golden-lined sprites so familiar moth-eaten material grows gratifyingly scarce and
in the American household, the very name con-'the writer who would gain the financial or the
nccting itself with the dearest domestic associa- monetary summits must perforce seek fresh and
tions. This series, while brief, will he tersely to the j interesting channels, or give the well-plav^d ma-
point and the reader who follows it conscientiously terial such a new face that it is hardly recognizable
will find himself possessed not only of a fund of' bv its most faithful friends.
curious information, but as well of knowledge Undoubtedly, the cause of the immense popu-
which he may transmute into profitable channels l a ritv of the short story, is to be found in its title. thau mPro skm t0 make a good wrestler,
should what is said along this line appeal to him. ]t i s “short.""’ As modern life grows more intense f f no\^■our'teo^'^no^matt^r k how
The origin of the canary and the curious method an d exacting, the making of a living and fortunes ...
of its production as a hybrid between two distinct more complicated and the rivalry more feverish,
breeds, contain romance which will come as dis-; the reading of novels has largely resolved itself
tinctlv novel to most persons, since we often know {into a sort of semi-luxury. Moreover, the newspa-
least about those subjects with which we are most j per habit has inoculated the reading public with
commonly thrown into contact. the mania for crisp, condensed fiction. Compara-
\Ve wish to commend what is said relative to the| tively few persons will willingly sit down to the
prejudice agai'ist keeping caged birds. Miss- liar-j perusal of a narrative of ambitious length, unless it
court takes an eminently commonsense viewpoint, is highly recommended by some discriminating
"With the canaries, accustomed for years to be born ! friend or is so squarely in the public eye as to rem
and to breed in captivity and knowing nothing of der a lack of even surface-ignorance of its contents
the jovs of the free life of the open, it would be a sort of social crime.
nothing less than a thoughtless cruelty to liberate 11 seems to us, however, that while the short
them, under the false impression that the bird was story will always enjoy a large patronage, it is
being done a kindness. The wild species of birds likely to he more or less superseded hy the nov-
which originate in this country and section should • elette. To many people it is a task to jump from
be accorded different treatment. More especially tale to tale, changing the viewpoint and the sym-
where the fledgling or the mature bird is taken from pathies with each, and ending up with a sort of
the forest or its nest and given an unnatural, im- chaotic recollection which is of little benefit or
provised home in totally strange environment, a pleasure. The novelette obviates this objection and
grave and very palpable wrong is perpetrated. Cliil- preserves one of the strongest recommendations
dren, from very ignorance, are very prone to this of the short story. Of relatively short length, it may
species of offending and not infrequently the weak he finished at one sitting. One may take it up after
indulgence of the parent is responsible for the con- the evening meal and complete it by bed-time, with
tinuation of the unthinking cruelty. the pleasant sense of an evening well spent. At
Canaries as well as other song-birds, are good present one of its disadvantages is the fact that it
preachers and teachers of optimism and brightness, is used almost solely to depict the lightest, most
They only mope when they are ill or neglected and frivolous or risque phases of life. Tt is reasonable
their invariably hopeful attitude is bound to infect to hope, however, that as it gains in popularity
the human beings with whom their brief lives arc; writers will recognize its value as a vehicle and so
passed. Many of the varieties are remarkably in- amend the themes treated and material used as to
telligent, making quick pupils at acquiring simple overcome all current objections.
tricks and soon learning when their custodians wish The trend at present certainly appears to he to-
to be soothed or livened by their cheery voices, ward these two features of literature. Of course.
Most of them, too, are wonderfully affectionate and the novel has its many supporters and always will
affection in the home is one of the most desirable have. But the other two are rapidly growing in
qualities of which we are aware. We have often favor and it would require a keen prophet to essav
thought that the mission of prisons and reformato-ja suggestion as to the limit of their progress.
Canary ^Breeding,
Pleasure and Profit
For
IN FOUR PARTS—PART I.
Profession of Forestry Is Growing'
>1* Rapidly in Importance V*
ORESTRY in American has ! fever,
attaint to the rank of a
profession within only a
few years. In Europe it
has been studied for centu
ries and most of those who
have attained proficiency
on this side of the water
gained
abroad
Their food in these districts con- Hand and locality and then offer tne be»-t
slsts chiefly of pork and hominy. This suggestions for the benefit of the sue-
fare is, however, often varied by game cessful planting of trees. Others are now
the men may shoot. at work in Nebraska planting jack pine
Although this life in the swamps is dls- j and other well adapted species in the
mal enough, yet. with congenial company, sand hill country.
a crackling .campfire of fat wood and dry | Then down in the California mountains
blankets, the men can afford to make i^e fire-denuded slopes are being planted
light of their daily soarings. On the with tree seeds suitable to the country,
their training j pine lands tfic- work is pleasant enough There are also the forest product men. i br ;ng about
and an ordinary islzed party can cover who work both in the laboratory and out
The qualifications of a
forester are numerous and
he murt have above ail
things a robust constitu
tion and body, not to mention as acces
sories a college education, a forestry
school course and good common sense.
The American forester, unlike his Euro
pean fraternal brother, has the extremely
hard task of compiling all new data, and
this calls for severe deprivation and hard
work.
There are two bureaus of forestry at
present connected with the 1 nited States
sometimes as high as 80 acres a day. of doors. In the laboratories they test
In the north and west the mosquitoes , the strength of different kinds of wood
and black files are the most formidable an( j experiment with the various preserva-
pests to add to their discomfort. The five processes.
steep, rough mountain sides are also an Experiments are now in process intend-
exhausting obstacle, as are also the dense ed to lengthen the life of the railroad tie
swamps of tamarack. The risk of dis- and telegraph pole. The ties are laid in
ease here is. however, considerably ess i re g U j ar track and closely watched to note
than in the south, as the water and food I the e ff ect C f the preservatives used. This
are of a. far superior quality. F '°’' Hev work is thought very valuable, owing to
eral years, during the summer mon is, a fact that by the use of some preserv-
relay of bureau agents ha® been e* 1 *®?™ atlve the costly oak and long-leaf pine
in Inspecting the forest reserves n .ties may be replaced with the chemical-
western third of the United ta es. jy treated beech or less expensive spe-
MANY CASES. : cies.
The men detailed on this kind of work i a 'h e camera now forms a valuable acces-
strong or adroit he may
succeed.
MUST BE ALWAYS FAIR.
“For instance, it is always a rule that
a wrestler shall not take an unfair ad- j
vantage of his opponent, must always
give him fair notice of what he
: is going to .do, and must always!
be as careful jfiot to hurt him as he can.
Ho must nevej- if. possible, !ijhim so
that he lands off tiie mat on d/lie hard
floor. Of course sometimes T !Bs cannot
lie helped, but most times it can. And
if a man once di<l tins for spite or anger |
it would spoil liis career as a wrestler.
“In Lhe universities there is ntr higher
honor titan to succeed and establisii a i
reputation as a wrestler, for it means
not only that a man is quick and skillful
and strong, but that lie is thoughtful,
courteous un,d possessed of all the other
manly virtues as well.
“Jiu jitsu is a great art. It teaches a
man presence of mind. Jt is very hard
sometimes to keep one’s temper, especial
ly after a hard fall. But one must. That
is why we like it so well.”
All the Japanese students at Harvard ;
ate interested in the coming of Professor
Yarnashita to Cambridge next fall, and
inasmuch as all of them are wealthy
youngsters who stand well up socially,
the new sport is being taken up as a fad
by all the wealthiest students in the
university.
Of lhe forty boys who so far have sig
nified their intention to receive Instruc
tion in the art next year, by far the
greater number comes from Mount Au
burn street—from the region of Caverly
hall and other palatial private dormi
tories.
This is an important feature in the In
troduction of any sport at Harvard—to
have it immediately adopted by the most
influential and leading mon. In Cam
bridge, however, every one is interested
in ttie “Japs.” They are such bright,
active, clever, enthusiastic and loyal lit
tle fellows that they soon become very
■ popular.
One of the most prominent of all them
is Young Matsukata, son of the famous
ex-prime minister of Japan and present
chief adviser to the mikado. Matsukata
lives in Beck hall, one of the most ex
clusive dormitories, and is a member of
! Harvard’s leading clubs, particularly the
| institute of 1770. Last spring he cara»
| out and tried for the baseball team and
I now he Is stirring up just as gm-at an in
terest among his American brothers tn
| the Japanese art of jiu jitsu as ever he
took In the American national game of
baseball.
Men like Matsukata are doing much to
very friendly feeling be- |
tween America and Japan.
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for IS/ye Sunny -Youth
ARDUET.TS CANARIA is
the rather formidable name
by which science desig
nates the dear little song
sters so familiar to most
of us .plain people
as just a simple canary
bird, without any of the
scientific trimmings. We
all love the little yellow
singer (only it is not al
ways all yellow, citherl,
for, as this is tin- prevail
ing uniform of the canary
family, we arc apt to think of tlic canary
as yellow always. So much is this the
case that when “canary color” is spoken
all know that a clear, sulphur yel-
meanf. Nearly every family, in the
especially, lias its canary bird, and
n more than one. in the south.
presence is less
sweet song
of w
low is m
north es
very oft
In most localities
universal, hut wherever
has once been heard, there the tiny bird
will be welcome evermore as loved mem
bers of the family.
tie singers are well content with life
as they find it. provided they are well
cared for and made comfortable. To
get out into the free world is the worst
misfortune that could happen to them.
I knew of a ease once, where some
children were presented with a canary
bird by a friend. The mother of those
<*«^dren was strongly opposed to birds
being kept in cages. * Of course, we all
acknowledge she was right in the main,
and entirely so as far ns wild birds are
concerned. But she did not temper her
pity with judgment, and so she per
suaded her. children that they would lie
doing a kind act to set their new pet
free. Well, it was taken to a city park,
and there turned loose. Tt had to be
taken out of the cage, as it ignored
tli:- open door. < >ne would have thought
that this would have been hint enough,
but it was not. It was placed in a
bush nearby, and it at once (lew hack,
in a weak, uncertain sort of way, for it
did not know how to use its wings, and
perched on the shoulder of one of its
sobbing little friends. Again and again,
as fast as it was put in the bush, it came
back, alighting on the children or on
its cage. But still the hint was not taken
by the mother. Finally site took tlie
children home, making them run when
jreat deal of sentiment, and proper | the poor little homeless bird tried to fly
vernment one at Washington and the ride alone or with a native guide through : sor y to the forester in his work and his
other in the Philippines. The most ex- mountains, carrying the necessary j reports are greatly enhanced by being
tensive held -of labor is the preparation , ent on pack .horses .and thus being backed up by actual representations of
. -— . . *■- «<> the subject itself. The federal service is
not the only opportunity afforded the ex
perienced forester.
Two gilt-edged positions have just re
ef working plans for large tracts of for- enUre , y free to vlait most accessible parts
-or-rls The observations made here
are of two kinds—namely, forest surveys of the terttory. They note the topography,
analysis. Attention is also |course and flow of streams, species, quan-
fj«n tHhe presence-of streams suitable tlty and location of timber an dobtain all
for driving, the chances for splash dams. l poS!S ible information regarding mining
■ roads, all of
POT BOILERS.
(From The London Mail.!
“Apropos of your remarks the other
day. what is a pot boiler?” asks a cor
respondent. “And have not all the
greatest men written pot boilers? And
where is the disgrace of it?” Obviously
one must hasten to say that one thinks
no shame of a pot boiler, seeing that it
s work designed, maybe, for the hon- I perish,
orable support of a family. But the had j take care of
work of a great author does not neees- j owh living, just as much as people do.
sarily come under the head of pot boil- ; Watch the parent wild birds with their
ing. A pot boiler is essentially work In | broods of little ones, and you will soon
which the author's ideals are deliberately ; cep that it Is not only how to fly. that
abandoned for the sake of pecuniary re- | fbey ar e being taught, hut else how to
wards. I know of no other definition. ( fnr and to catch their food, and to
Great writers have written pot boilers, j flv (o s helter from winds and storms and
as, for eX’aTBple, Dumas; hut none of the ! ' rse enemies. Seeing these things, you
inferior works of Dickens or Thackeray ! cpf > how it is that
sentiment, too, is expended on birds that
are caged. “T can't hear to
cooped up in a cage.” is n pl-rase that we
often hear, and it is nnc that is gryod to
hear—in its proper place. Adult birds,
such as our mocking birds and cardinals,
when caught and caged, are very un
happy. just as you o r T would he if shut
up in a. cell, and the poor little prisoners
often pine to death. There is no ex
cuse fnr the cruelty of shutting up our
native birds and this especially when
fully grown and used to their liberty. Tt
is not quite po hard for the young ones
that are taken from tlie nest before they
have tasted of the sweet word liberty, or
learned its meaning, hut even these at
times feel the free Instincts of their wild
ancestors within them, and then they keep
will bent against the bars and mope. But j best
this i= only at Intervals, and to set free ; here
aided that has been accustomed all its
life to he fed and sheltered without anv-
exertion of its own. is pure cruelty. Such
a bird is certain to die very soon of want j cause of thi
and exposure, if not first pecked to death
by the wild birds that always seeirr to
recognize and resent the advent among
them of a tame bird. The wrong thing
is done when one of these native birds Is
taken from Its nest and caged, hut when
this has been done, and the bird has
been brought nn In idle affluence, as if
were. It Is another wrong to turn it out
into (he world to support itself, for it
cannot now do this.
BORN IN CAPTIVITY.
This however, does not apply to the
canary bird, as we have it among us to
day. Tn entered the world in a cage, and
its ancestors for many generations have
also been horn and raised In cages,
lienee all the old wild thoughts and In
stincts have been bred out of them.
They have been idle birds for years upon
vears. and so the little aristocrats know
no more how to he self supporting than
a baby, and arc just ns utterly incapable
of so doing. Tt would he. not a kindness,
hut a wanton cruelty to give a canary
bird its liberty out of doors. Its food has
always hern brought to it .and when
turned adrift into the open it has not
the least idea of seeking either food or
shelter for Itself, and must inevitably
For birds need to be taught to
themselves, to earn their
fast enough to overtake its friends,
bird j Can't you imagine how heart-broken that
I little bird was at being left alone in
what to it must have been a roaring
wilderness? I can. and it makes my
heart ache even now. and nay blood to
boil, just to think of it. The children
went hack to the park the next day and
the next. The first day they saw tlmir
pet in a tree, Tint it seemed unable to
come to them, and they could not roach
it. The second day they foupd its little
body lying under the tree. It had died
; of starvation and exposure, and of th?
mistaken kind heartedness of a thought
less woman. The setting free of a little
helpless bird is an act of cruelty, and
this was the lesson she learned, too late.
Tt is not a cruelty, -but the reverse, to
a canary caged, for thru is the
we can do for them. They are
among us, helpless to help thorn-
bird
camp sites, railways end >oau S y and grazing facn ,ties.
v hich information properly compiled will , AvaUab , e agrleultlira j Ia „ d s are also ob
served. Upon the recommendation of the
agents large tracts of land have been
temporarily withdrawn from settlement;
prow of the greatest assistance in d«
retting subsequent logging operations.
The “working plans men” go to all for
ested states and territories. They pitch
their tents in the southern pines in the Rome or par ts of which, have been made
..... also see how it is
may be justly considered pot boilers, un- ; bought up in a cage can only he turned
cently been filled by two men formerly l p s.s itwere some of Thackeray’s rambling again to its own undoing and miser-
oontributlonrs -o Punch, which ought j de ath Two wrongs do not make a
never to have been republished. On the ! a \
right. , . ,
But it is different with the canary birds
in the United States employ. One was as
forester- ot the territory of Hawaii and
the other as forester to the state of Wis
consin. New York, Pennsylvania, Connec
ticut, New Hampshire and Michigan also j
have foresters looking after their sylvan i
interests. In concluding it may be said I
that there is no doubt that the near
selves. All they ask of us to make them
happy, is a nice clean cage to live in.
and nice, clean food to eat. And he-
I am going to tell you
all about the canaries, and how to raise
them. It is eometiiing I would not do
with regard to mocking birds t>r car
dinals, for the reasons stated above.
Three hundred and fifty years ago
such a thing as a canary bird as a
household pet and 'songster, was un
known. But just at that time, a ship,
having on board a number of little green
birds that had been captured in the
Canary islands, was wrecked on the
coast of the island of Elba. The bird--
were destined for the French market,
a.s an experiment, most of- the crew were
drowned, hut the slight wooden cages
were broken on the rocks, and the birds
escaped to the shore. Here they set
tled down very contentedly, making them
selves perfectly at home. It is not
often that a lot of birds have lhe chance
of establishing a thriving colony in a
new land. Perhaps the little green
castaways knew that, hut at all events,
they made the most of the unique op
portunity. Had the climate of the new
home been a rigorous one, the tale of
the little green birds would have been
a very short onef As it was so nearly
like that -of their old home they felt
no change in that respect, but set to
work building their houses among the
tree 'tops, and presently went to house
keeping in the most approved style of
the old folks at 'home. Thpy did not
mind at all being in a strange land, and
exiled from their own. They found in
Elba plenty of room to fly about, plenty
of material to make their posts, plenty
of trees to build them in. and plenty of
food to eat. That was all they needed
to make them happy, wealthy and wise.
THEIR CHORAL DEBUT.
With all this plentifulness (\ound them,
the little birds were so very happy that
they proceeded to sing, out of the fullness
of their joy. all the day iong. It was
such a sweet song that it wa^pot long
before the people of Elba began to no
li?: body of F.
Kent Loomis, who
mysteriously disap
peared a few days
ago from the steam
er Kaiser Wilhelm
II, has been found
> 11 the Engiish
coast. An inquest
now under way will
s.:tt!e whether he
came to his death
through premedirat-
.-.1 violence or acci-
Fred .X Lnomir 'lent. With Loomis,
who was brother of Assistant Sec
retary of State Loomis, was William
H. Ellis, a colored man. laiomis was
carrying to Emperor Menelik a com
mercial treaty just concluded between
the I'nire-1 States and Abyssinia, and
! Ptllis is now en route with the docn-
J ment to the capital of the African
■ monarch. It has been alleged that El
lis possesses a peculiar influence over
| Menelik, and that he has a desire to
| become ruler of "Abyssinia. He is re-
1 ported to have told friend in New York
before he sailed with Taiomis that he
expected within two years to have con
trol of $150,000,000 and of the richest
country in Africa. Before Ellis left
I Marseilles he offered, it is said, to re-
! main and assist in search for Loomis.
R E SI DENT
’HARI.BS WIL
LIAM ELIOT, who
r over thirty years
las been at the head
c Harvard universi-
tv. is one of the
most forceful figures
in modern education
al fields. His rise
. t the presidency of
this great institution
was as sudden as it
was surprising. At
tention was first at
tracted to this man,
then but 35 years old. hy a
1 series nf articles caiit-d "The New
Education,” which appeared in the At-
! lantic Monthly. These articles created a
! perfect furore in educational circles and
were the means of winning him his high
j position. President Eliot has been se-
1 verely criticized by labor unions for his
' stand in regard to riots and disturbances
: of late years and especially for his
statement that a. “scab” and a strike
breaker is a hero.
mob of Japanese
men, women and
children, led by
membors of the
families of the sol-
— Iris who -went
down on the trans
ports sunk by the
Vladivostock squad
ron, has stoned the
Uouse of Admiral
Kamimura, the com
mander of the Jap-
fi nese s q u a d r o n
1 Jidm'1 Ffttmimurn which has failed in
its several efforts to head <>ff Admiral
| Skrydloff’s raiders. The apparent ease
] with which Skrydloff eludes Kamimura
J has resulted in an intense feeling against
| the latter among the people, who are
j demanding that lie catch Skrydloff at
| once or commit hara-fliri and let some
! other officer try.
Pi evident Eli
who
ENR
Y F. GILLIG,
a r
lative i
•f Buf-
falo,
New-
York,
has
gained
world-
wide
fame
as tha
“father of
Ameri-
can
trade
in Eu-
rope.
” He c
ame in-
Henry F Gtllif.
other hand, an author 'is not guilty of
pot-boiling merely because he chooses a I .,"’1",," f n r s-enej-ations known no other !“ plu U ' . „ .. . , , ,,
theme or subject which is likely to tom- j ^^Xan the ^ge * Thev have long | tK’e the green strangers that had alight-
mend him to the public. He may have h °™1 "Uinct to roam over the in th ‘' lr ™ ,dst ’ . Som f ^ the birds
his private and pet preferences and turn ! ^ J Thev "re not unhappy in their were captured, caged and as in spite of
from them without reproach, always sup- u ™ ^less. indeed, they are neg- their captivity, they kept on singing mer
winter and in th^northern and ^tern , permanent reserves, and the remainder future will fitness the forester as much I ^nd^workTe 'does^choose" *In | ^s e fs* seM d om O th t e he casr 0 He O redhy m makes Them were caught and tamed for house-
forests in through the gloomy again thrown open to settlement. a part of the settled professional world flne thc art i s t, as apart from the pot- cheerful and contented, in what,
south they floundei through i neg y s e men of the division pf forest exten- as are doctors of medicine, lawyers and boi i er , may take for his motto. “We ! them chceruui n ’ tivitJ . but
greatMrt enemies ”eriTt re the water rnoc- Ision'^o* various kinds of work. Some vl»it jenginssr* now, as Europe has found years j a g ^ d ^., ,11UiS t l°ve the highest when we j ^u, ^ cramped
caeln. 6 the'water rattler, the alligator an* 1 citizens who request advice, inspect their M*
The cheery lit-
rily all the while, more and more of
•n
hold pets and musicians. From time to
CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE.
to prominence
abroad hy founding
the American Ex
change in Europe,
thereby giving an
impetus to United
States industries
across the watpr.
He was also the originator of the first
Fourth of July dinner in London. This
dinner was given almost a quarter of a
century ago and was attended by all
the noted Americans in England and by
many prominent Europeans. Mr. Gillig
was a close perconal friend of Henry M.
Stanley, the explorer. He enjoyed an
acquaintance of many years' standing
with King Edward, who. when he was
the prince of Wales, presented Mr. Gillig
with a magnificent gold watch as a token
of his est-em for the favor which the
Buffalo man had been able to do for
him. Mr. Gillig has been in California
lately arranging for the location of a
German colony of winemakers from the
famous country about the river Rhine.
WEEDS.
Thro’ all my life. I'm bound to say,
With weeds I’ve been accurst;
In childhood 1, who fain would .play,
Must weed the garden first.
Tliro' youth tobacco held its sway.
The filthy weeds I'd smoke
With cabbage wrappers, filler hay.
Kept health and pocket broke.
There came a dame in weeds one day,
1 wed her—there’s the rub!
Since then I’ve tolled my life away
To keep Jier folks in grub.
IN THE CONVENTION.
“Now as to our candidate,” shouted the
nominating orator, “there arc -many
things he may not know.”
“Yes,” interrupted a member of the
opposition, “and there are more things
he does not know.”