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/ J EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH JULY 23. 190* &/>e SUNNY .SOUTH Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Businefs Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those who subscribe to E3S« Sunny South only Six Months, 25c ^ One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK Entered at the peatofflce Arlnnta, Gr«m aecoad-clasa mall matter “i 13, 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.”