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The National tribune., 1901-03-21
PERSONAL.

Gen. Colly r. Holland died at his home
in Springfield, Mo-, March 6, at the opa
OF 80. lie was one Of the brave zealous
unfiinching men of Missouri who stood
up against secession with indomitablc
loyalty, and saved the State to the Trnion
lie was at first Lieutenant Colonel In Col
Phelps's regiment, organized at RolIa in
September, 1861, and aftcrward Brigodier.
General Of Missouri Militia. In 1861.
when Marmaduke made his raid into Mis-
souri,, Holland held his hastiIy-Ievind
forces frmly together at Springfield. and
gave the rebels a disastrous defeat Ue
was leading Presbyterian, and the Presi
dent of the Holland Banking Company.
whieh he organized % years ago.
Ex-Representative NJ. A. McCoid dolly
cred splendid funeral Grafton at Gar
heid, Iowa, on the late Capt. George Hea-
ton, who went out at the first call in the
"a iowa, as private, succeeded to Or
derly-Sergeant when that officer was
killed at Shiloh, and by the time of the
Atlanta Campaign had risen to CAPTAIN.
and was wounded in the great battle of
July y. He kept command of his com
pany, and finally led it on the Grand Re
view. lie was an earnest, conscientious
Christian all his life.
Although ii is early in the year. the peo.
pie of Iowa arc already engaged in n beot-
eu hght over tne Republican nomination
for Governor. There are four candidates
in the field, as follows: George ID. Per.
kins, of Sioux City; A. Il. Cummins. of
Des Moines; Sidney A Foster. of Dos
Moines, and w. Il. Hartman. of Uomn,
ton. All of them are strong men, and
unless compromise candidate is united
upon by all the factions there will be y
bitter tight, Minister COnger is every
where regarded as the only man who could
be agreed upon generally as a comDrom;sa
candidate. A. Il. Cummins received ca
blegram from him in answer to an innuiry
which stated that he was not a candidote
His friends here take this TO mean that
he will not fight for the nomination. hmt
that he would accept it if rendered him,
The National tribune., 1901-03-21

THE insurrecto Gen. Mariana Trias has
surrendered. Trias hard as he would, the
Americans were too many for him.
The National tribune., 1901-03-21
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81 and Shorty Let Some Big Fish Slip Past
Them-A Session of the Legislature of Geor-
gla-0rdtnance of Secession Repealed, and
Other Proper LEGISLATION Passed.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., MARCH 81, 1901.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
DOG COMMITS SUICIDE.
Abandoned by Its Owner. It Lies Down in Front of a Moving
 Train.

Tn Bartonville, Vt, s. c. Morrison, prosperous farmer on the old home stead, decided to move with his fam fly to Tacoma, Wash. The disposal of a Scotch collie dog, a family pet for many years, had been the subject of much discussion. It was finally decid- ed to leave the animal behind. The household effects were sold and the family took their departure.
 The dog, left in the care of friends, appeared dejected, and the other after noon evidently decided that life held nothing more for him. At the whistle of an approaching train he left the house. He was seen to go toward the railroad crossing. A call from the new master was anheeded. Deliberately stretching himself across the rail, the dog allowed the train to pass over him.
 The act was clearly premeditated, from the fact that he had been trained from a puppy to keep away from the railroad tracks, and had before always evinced 9 fear of approaching trains.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
THE LETTER CAME BACK.
Chi1d's Message to santa Claus Tray els to Distant Lands Hut Is
 Not Delivered.

A disfigured mailroom envelope, bearing an address in childish hand, was delivered by a Newark postman to six-year-old May Bertl, of 492 High street, NewarlS,e the other day.b The letter. was addressed sssafr. Santa Claus, Joyville, Iceland, and had been. writ ten,by the little girl last November. It was with no thought of her ever seeing the letter again that the child's aunt advised her where to direct it to the mythical place. The envelope con- tained request for Christmas gifts. The appearance of the missive as it was returned, however, indicates that it had a long journey, including a trip to the dead letter office at Wash ington.
 By means of the postmarks on the eivelope the letters journeying was traced. It went from Newark to New York, thence to Copenhagen, Den mark; and then to Scotland. Other To- calities stamped on the envelope were Reykjavik and Pinzeycarsysia, Ice land.
 As Mir. Santa Claus was not known at the village store or blacksmith shop there, the letter was sent back the way it came, making a stop at Liverpool. It was opened at the dead letter office and returned to the writer.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
COIN, BACK.


 I've packed my traps and I'm goin' back where the fields are green and broad, And the colts, with their legs all doubled up, are rollin' on the sod; They'll smile, I s'pose, when they see me come, and they'll. some of 'em, likely They thought I'd forsaken the farm for good the day that went away But let 'em smile-I'm goin back-Im sick of the noise and fuss, Where a couple of dollars count for more than the life of common cuss; They'll nobody notice I've went away-if you told 'em they wouldn't care, But somebody's face'll be full of joy when she greets her boy back there. I'm goin' back, for I've had my fill-Tve saw what there is to see; The city may still be the place for you, but it's lost its charm for me; And won't I be lonesome there, you say, with the people so far apart? We'll, mebby they're few and far between, but each of em's got heart; There ain't no hundreds of thousands there to push you around, know, Not carin' cent where you're comin' from or where you're trytn' to go- For the one that's jostled day after day with never friend to greet, There ain't lonesomer place on earth than the city's crowded street. I'm goin' back where the dogs asleep on the step by the kitchen door, With his nose pushed down between ms pawsAT m sick of the smoke and roar; There's money to make where the crowds are thick and they're tryin' to rip things loose
 There's money to get if you've got the grit. but, dang it all! what's the use? They hustle for dollars all through the day and dream of dollars in bed, And forgive the gougin' a fellow may do as long as he gets ahead They hustle and bustle and coop them selves in dark little holes and fret And honor person accordin to the money he's managed to get. I'm goin' back where the poplars stand in tall rows down the lane, Where the bcbsled's settin' beside the barn, defyin' the sun and rain; Where the birds are singin' away as though they were hired to fill the air With a sweetness that nobody ever can know who was never a boy out there; I'm goin' back where they'll not expect me to sit in the kitchen when I'm courtin' the girl I love because I'm workin' for other men Where the richest among 'em' II shake my hand, instead of 1ettin' me see That they think the money they've got must make them blamed sight bet. ter than me.
 I'm goin' back, and you'll stay here and rush, in the same old way, Coin to work and then goin' home-the same thing day by day And you'll. think you're havin' high ole time and I'll pity you, lookin' back (From where whistle across the helds) al you in the same old track!- I'm goin' back, but the crowds won't know and they'll still keep rushin' on; They'll never notice that some ones face is missin' when am gone No, they'll never notice that some one:
 gone-if they did they wouldn't care But every tree'll be noddin' to me when turn up the lane back there. -S E. Riser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
DalicateIy Put

What a gift it is to be able to ex- press ones self delicately! The school-teacherwas chaffing the young doctor over the cardrtable one even ing not very long ago about his at tentions to the typewriter in the.next block.
 five never seen her except at a distance said the sch-~>sfeacher s'but she struck me ;4< being very pretty. Is she?"
 Quite pretty, I should say" an. swered the doctor, suddenly looking as if he had just come home from a three days yachting trip.
 ''They say" went on the school ma'am, 'sthat her eyes spoil her. She's cross-eyed, isn't she?'
 "Well,'' said the doctor, hesitating- ly, "I should hardly call the peculiar ity of her organs of vision that. She
 she-well, she has not what one would call mutual eyes.''-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
NEW YoRK,s WISE GULLs.
They Know Fish Day at Fulton Mar ket and the Steamer Sailing
 Days

Every day is in measure fish day at Fulton market, but the seagulls know the chief fish day of the week. It is then that they feast to their hearts content, says the New York Sun. Their coming and going has for years amused and interested the fer. ryboa,t passengers. and some of the latter have been observed to look uI from their papers, glance out of the cabin windows, catch sight of the army of gulls and exciaim:
 s'Bless me, there are.the gulls. It is Friday again
 The long-winged travellers of the sea are always to be seen in the East river opposite Fulton market tin the day time, but they gather there in greater numbers on Friday because so much refuse is thrown away that day. They hover over the surface of the water by hundreds, taking from the water such food as is to their liking. They are the scavengers of the East river in this respect.
 The intelligence of the gulls is re. markable in one way. Resides know ing which is the big fish day on the East river, they know the chief sail ing days on the North river.
 The American line usually dis pa tches a steamer for Southampton at ten a. m. every Wednesday. Some minutes before the ship leaves the pier the circhng of the gulls in mid stream begins. The birds know from experience that before the ship leaves quantities of food are thrown from the ships ports and they make dash to recover it the moment the ship pulls out. It is amusing to watch one of the gulls trying to lift from the water piece of food twice as heavy as itself.
 Some times these gulls will hover around the American line pier until noon Wednesday. At this hour the 1 Red Star liner starts for Antwerp | leaving the water of the slip filled with | discarded food. More frequently however, the birds will hurry off te the White Star line piers directly after l the American liner leaves her wharf | The White Star steamer sails each Wednesday at noon.
 l On Saturdays and Thursdays the gulls go to Hoboken to get what the Hamburg liners leave be. hind These are about, the only lines that have a fixed houn for sailing and l the gulls have become acquainted with the fact.
 l The harbor gulls fare better than their kind far out at sea. The latter frequently have to follow ship for days to supply the demands of their l appetite.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07

de men are out jes' now, but he's ex- pectin' one back in minute.
 "'Who's bossin' de hbery tonight? ? says I. .Mike?'
 "sYes.'
 "'Ten him dere's guy wants to see him out here fer minute.'
 ''Mike an me is old pals, an when he comes out I gifts him on to let me put on drivers coat an go out wid de guy me an 327 t'ink is Glimmer. An tells 327 to git quick hustle out with the telegraph to de fly an to bring de fly back wid him.
 ".'You call up 16 offs on de tele- phone frum de fy's house, says, 'an' I'll leave word dere fer you what's to do an where de guy has went
 "'So I goes in, an Mike says: Here's driver for you, sir An de guy says: Well, hurry up. I haven't got no time to lose.' takes piece of red chalk I finds in de stable an makes mark on de back of de guys coat when he ain't lookin'.
 'sDe I says to him: Excuse me, sir. but you got something on the back of we're coat Brush it off, he says, an I pretended to try, but couldn't make it come. It won't come, sir,' I says, 'an' it looks like a big letter in in red paint
 sW-w-weIl, I'll g-g-get it off, the guy says, am unbuttons his coat an starts to pull it off. Then he stops sudden an pulls it up again around his neck an says: 70, well, never mind, I'll change my clothes in de morning, anyhow
 "By the time Mike gifts my cab hitched up 327 is started out fer de fly, goin' out West Thirty-frst street like a fire engine, an it's along to- wards two o'clock in de mornin'.
 Where to, sir?' says, touchin' my hat to de guy.
 ITO de Union station in hurry, he says. T want to catch a train al three o'clock,'J 4f
 ''I gifts hustle over to the West side an seen my guy safe in lower tree in de St. Louis car. Den. calls up 16 offs an puts de manager wise { to the whole show.
 '327 will call you up in a few min, utes,' says, .an' you tel him am de fly to catch de train at de Englewooc station. Dey got time if dey drive fast. De guy dey want is in lower tree in de St. Louis car.'
 'sDe fly and 327 makes a quick TUT in an catches de train O. K. at Engle wood. De fly walks in and takes JohI Rawlins Glimmer out of de berth. An John Rawlins is rabbit an gives d. hull game away. Den fly gives 32I a dollar bill am says: Split dat wid your pardner, my boy he says, ant dat'was de nearest we ever came to da1 s10,OO0 reward. Chicago Tribune.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
THE FOOD OF FISHES.
Euch Animal Matter as We'll as vege- table Is Consumed by
 Them.

There are many thousands of spe- ties of fishes, and naturally there is a treat diversity in their food. Never theless it is possible to divide it into seven distinct classes, says Long, mans. Now, all animal life rests on foundation of vegetables. Plants store up the vital forces in the air and the sunshine, and pass them on to the great army of ivegetarians, fwho in their turn yield them up to the animals which live on flesh: One or two additional steps may some times be interposed, but the result is the same. A caterpillar eats cab bage, an ichneumon fly quarters her brood on the caterpillar, an insect- eating bird snaps up the fly, and a bird of prey pounces upon the fly catcher, and finishes the story. The inevitable order is plant, vegetarian, | flesh eater.
 The vast majority of fishes feed on fishes or other animals found in the sea. Probably, however, the vege- ] tarians are more numerous than is generally supposed. For instances all the textbooks declare that the gray
 
 tained by straining sand or mud in its mouth, which doubtless is true, I but they go on to explain that, owing to the peculiar construction of it's | throat, larger bodies are prevented | from passing into the stomach, which is not true. No amount of letterpress will persuade Lands End fisherman that a gray mullet cannot or does | not eat seaweed; he is convinced l from lifelong observation of it's \ habits that it does, and the fact that l the fish's stomach is often found full of seaweed proves that the fisherman l is right. Fishes which undoubtedly catch and swallow living prey are wont on occasion to treat themselves to dish of vegetables. I have just assisted at the post-mortem examina- | tion of bream which contained, in addition to a crab, large helpings of two kinds of seaweed, in different stages of digestion.
 But, doubtless, it is fact that l fishes live for the most part on an 1 animal diet, and it is obvious that | this must consist largely of some | other class than their own. If fishes ate fishes only, the race would soon become extinct. Fortunately, the sea is full of life, and for those which cannot or will not eat seaweed there are worms innumerable, jelly fishes, star fishes, and sea urchins, the great host living in shells, from the oyster l to the periwinl1le and the limpet, crabs and all their kindred, and, last | ly, other fishes. The appetite must be capricious indeed which cannot find something to tempt it among all | this vast array.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

An action by a wife against one who entices her husband from her and alienates his affections is held, in Dietzman vs. Mullin (Ky.), 50 l.. R. A. sos, to be authorized by a statute which gives the wife the right to sue and be sued as a single woman.
 Telephone poles and wires are held, in Krueger vs. Wisconsin Telephone Co. (Wis.), 50 L. R. A. 29S, to make an additional burden upon street, for which compensation must be made to the owners of the land as a con- dition of such use, and this decision is in accord with the majority of the precedents,s as shown by the note in A I9 R. A 7s1. '4ei
 x A Station agent travelling to his home in another town without pay ing his fare, several hours after the duties of the day have ceased, IS held in Louisville 6 Nashville Railway company vs. Weaver tny.), 50 |. R. A 46S, not to assume the risk of. injury through negligent operation of the train by reason of the fact that he was an emp1oye of the company.
 The duty of railway company un- der a contract with a city to keep its tracks in suitable and safe condition for those who pass over the streets is held, in Kansas City vs. Orr (Kan.) 50 L. R. A. 7s3, not to relieve the city from it's duty to the public to keep its streets in reasonably safe condi- ton, nor to relieve it from liability for the consequences of its negli- gence in that respect.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

A fish merchant in Cork, Iceland, had to pay $75o damages to family that was made very il by two bad crabs he had sold.
 Tasmania is the Switzerland of the southern Pacific, and it is one of the most healthful and beautiful lands of the globe.
 In 1920 one child attended school in Ireland to every 1,Oooof the population. In so years this number has increased to 105 per 1000.
 In Russia 1860 in every 10000 deaths are caused by consumption. In Eng land HOO out of 10000 die from this disease, and in Italy 900 only.
 In Hollands swampy provinces nine per cent. of recruits to the army are re- jected as being under height. The proportion in other provinces is only five.
 A Strassburg journal refers to Di- denheim in Alsace as paradise of old persons. There are in this community 60 persons over TO years old, nine over 80 and two over 90.
 The terrible plaited whip of the car men in the northern parts of Paris is doomed as the Societe Protectrice des Animaux has discovered a regulation which makes it's use illegal.
 A recumbent figure of Queen Vic toria in white marble has been placed over her tomb at Frogmore. It was made 40 years ago by Baron Maro- chetti at the time that he carved the figure of the prince consort, which now lies neM to it, and had been stored away until it was needed.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
NoTABLEs OF THE DAY.D

Hendrix Van Fiji, a Boer by birth and sympathy, has just been elected president of the Cambridge, England University union.
 Mrs. Louis Botha, wife of the Boer general, is said to be one o1 the most beautiful women of the Transvaal and is we'll read and some thing of a musician.
 As memorial Of the late Prof James E. Keeler, director of the Lick observatory, it is proposed to raise sum of $10,000 to procure special telescope for the Alleghany obsery- atory, of which he was director be- fore going to Lick.
 Gen. Catchings, of Missouri, whose term in the house ended in March, said recently: My congressional ca reer took a big slice out of my life. I went into the house at 3s and now that I ain 54 I shall try to practice law and make some money" Ernest August Renner, of Cincin- nati, is one of the few survivors of the 12 men appointed to carry the coffin of Napoleon I: at the time of it's removal from St. Helena to it's present resting place in Paris, and he is the only one of the 12 not a native of France, his birthplace being Hanover.
 Henryk Sienl1iewiez, 53 years old and always faultlessly dressed, is a perfect type of the Polish gentleman. Languid in manner and slow of speech, he takes little interest in any thing outside of literature, though he has done most of the things which the world offers a rich man to do. He is an inveterate smoker of strong
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
AN AMERICAN cosMoPoLITE.
A Traveller Who in Europe Forgets His own Country "for Weeks
 at a Time."

Unlike most of Charles Battel1 Loomis' Americans Abroad" the one he introduces to the readers of the Century is confirmed cosmopolite. E
 ssYou see," said he, 'sto one who has travelled, as I have, to every quarter of the globe, this belief of America in her destiny IS mortify- ing. When am in Europe I forget America. I actually forget her for weeks at a time.
 He looked at me as if he did not expect me to credit him, but did.
 ssNow, when I'm in America" he continued, 'sI don't forget England or the continent-they make the mselves felt; but with America, poor, new, crude America, out of sight is out of mind.''
 Don't you believe in great fu- ture for America in her art and her music and her literature and her architecture ?''
 He looked at me as a man looks at Q baby who has upset it's pap.
 Some years ago, Sydney Smith, think it was, said: Who reads an American book?' If he were living now I could truthfully tell him that don't. For me there is only one literature, and that is German. Just as France is the great cook, SC Ger many is the great litterateur."
 ventured to say in as much voice as worm could muster that it seemed to me that we were holding our own in all the arts. and that probably the coming century would see America the foremost musical na- tion. wanted to see how he'd take such a bold statement. He took it hard. I thought he would have tainted.
 "Not reallyi Is that your honest -opinion?" said he, after weathering the shock.
 wished that worms had more backbone, because I felt myself writhing, but I managed to whisper something about the great composers of the future being Americans, and that perhaps some of them were out of their cradles already.
 "Oh, my poor fellow, what hope less provincial you are! Americans have a certain mimetic ability; so has the ape; but America s&ll never lead except in the realm of mechan- ics. Now, have heard all the music of all the lands; the wild, barbaric strains of the Dahomeyans, the hid- eous discords of the Japanese, the rude melodies of the Fuegians, as well as the harmonies of all the civilized nations, and to me Russia is the high priest of modern music. But, do you know, I rather like your standing up for American music. This is your first voyage, I believe. Oh, you have so much. so very much to learn, my dear fellow. American music does not carry across the waters. Europe never hears it. That's what counts, you know. It isn't what Americans think of themselves, but what Europeans think of Americans. I know what they think of us, and think like them because am more a cosmopolite than an American, in spite of the accident of my birth.''