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black down. and in a day or two take
to the water. On land they are clumsy
fat little things. but once in the lake,
they can swim and dive with reinarka-
Bile Skill For short time they are fed
by reorganization, and later their pa
rents give them parts of fish, aquatic
insects and other food, until they can
fish for themselves, Not long ago. a
naturalist rowing on northern lake,
came upon mother loon and one little
one. The mother easily escaped and
from distance watched the progress OF
her child. The little fellow could not
swim fast enough to distance the boat,
which was fast gaining upon him. As
it came alongside, however, the mother
uttered a call, and instantly the young
ster dived, coming to the surface a
short distance away. Again, as the
boat drew near the little loon, the call
of the old bird was repeated, and again
the infant responded BY diving. I Z is
my recollection that the naturalist was
SO touched by this exhibition Of devo-.
ton on the one hand and obedience on
the other that he turned his boat about
and left the birds in. peace.
Looms live chiefly on fish, frogs and
other batrachians, leeches, aquatic in
sects and sometimes the roots of aqua
tic plants. Shellf1sh also form por-
ton of their diet, It is said that. bar,
ring the shellf1sh, most of the food is
swallowed while the birds are below the
surface of the water. -
Ernest Harold Baynes.
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morn IN pHIEADELPHI4.

Queer things are happening in Penn
sylvania. Governor Pennypacker is
doing much differently and better than
it was expected he would by those who
knew that Quay allowed him to be gov
erner, and now there is hope that the
new mayor of Philadelphia, John
Weaver, who was elected last Tuesday.
will give Philadelphia some of the good
government she sadly needs. Mayor
Weaver is a machine man. He has
served as district attorney of the city,
and in that office has made a good
name for himself. When he was chos-
en- for the post of district attorney by
the disreputable machine that controls
municipal affairs in Philadelphia he
suffered, Of course, from the stigma
that would have attached to any man
put forward in this way. But he con-
Quoted himself with marked ability and
determination from the start, showed
himself man of personal integrity and
high ideals, and in general so perform
ed his duties that when the announce
ment was made a few weeks ago that
the same machine had picked him to
make the~race for the mayoralty there
was heard on every hand an expression
of pleasure that from such a discredit-
able source so creditable candidate
had come.
1t will be interesting to see what
Mayor Weaver does, and it will be
pleasantly surprising if he doesn't do
the will of the corrupt machine which
is in power in Philadelphia, and which
is worse than Tammany.
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among the white caps. Now and then
a great, crested wave will come rolling
along, threatening to bury some in
trepid diver in the flood, but the plucky
bird at the last moment will turn upon
the monster, and diving through it's
liquid base, will quickly reappear in the
quiet water on the other side.
Looms often fall victims to their
curiosity. Gunners who know their
weakness will lie concealed in the reeds
with guns at the ready" On seeing
loon swimming at a distance, they will
wave a hat or handkerchief for an
instant, and then withdraw it. The
loon will be sure to see, this, and the
chances are that he will start towards
it, swimming and diving alternately. If.
he pauses, up will go the signal again,
and again the bird will advance.
When we'll within gunshot, a trigger
is pulled. and the modern breech-load-
er at short range is one too many even
for the lightning dive Of loon.
The cry of the northern diver is one
of the strangest, weirdest sounds in
nature; those who have heard 1t can
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CLEVELAND BAKING POWDER CO.,
NEW YORK.

scarcely wonder that it has so often
been woven into song and legend.
"A blood-red ring hung round the
moon,
Hung round the moon. All me! All
me!
heard the piping of the Loon,
A wounded Loon. All me!
And yet the eagle feathers rare,
T, trembling, wove in. my braves
hair"
Almost all writer's who have at
tempted to describe the cry Of this bird
have likened it to unmirthful laughter.
Thus, Mr.. Vernon Bailey, speaking of
the sound, describes 1t as follows:,
"Only on the lonely lake in the heart
of the woods do you get the startling
thrill of the looms wild cry-one clear
piercing note or long, quavering. de-
mcniacal laugh that to the timid sug-
gests herd Of screaming panthers.'
. The nesting habits of the great
northern diver are in perfect keeping
with it's general aquatic habits. The
nest is always within a few feet of the
water, generally close to it, and often
completely surrounded by it. A slight
depression in the damp ground on the
shore of a lake or on the shore of an
island in a lake. a mass of decaying
reeds close to the water or floating in
it. or tiattened space on the, roof OF
a muskrat house-such is the home of
the great loon. Here are laid the eggs,
usually two, but sometimes only one.
They are about three and half inches
long, dark brown, thinly spotted with
blackish. The sitting bird is not easily
disturbed, but as rule will allow an
intruder to approach quite near before
leaving her charge. Then she will
jump suddenly from the nest and with
much scrambling and sliding get back
into the water. When the young looms
are Matched, they are covered with
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THE GREAT NORTHERN DIVER

No one who has tried to get within
gunshot of a great northern diver,
when the latter floated free upon the
water, will ever believe there is any
sense in the expression ''as crazy as
Icon" No other bird, save the grebe.
perhaps, is more aquatic than this,
and not even the grebe is his superior
at diving and swimming. His power
full legs, set far back. almost at the ex-
tremity of his body, are as highly ia
vQrable to movement in the water as
they are unfavorable to movement on
the land.
In the water. the loon is bird, a
fish, and an otter in one: on the land
where he is very seldom seen, by the
Way-his movements are almost painful
in their clumsiness. At least this is
usually the case; we can hardly con-
slider it Invariably so, in view Of
Audubon's statement concerning a
wounded and terrified loon. which he
says ran one hundred yards on dry
land and another hundred yards
through ankle-deep water, stumbling
now and then. but still travelling so
fast that his son, j. w. Audubon, an
active young man. could not overtake
it before it reached deep water, where
it suddenly expired.
Concerning the position of the legs
of the loon, there is an ancient legend.
When the maker of the universe was
making this bird, He forgot all about
the legs, but as it flew he remembered
the omission, and threw the legs after
it. Naturally they struck the hind part
of the body, and there they stuck. But,
however they got there, they answer
the looms purpose very well. as any
one who has pursued him in boat will
tell you. The usual experience is this:
the loon swims along with head. neck
and an inch or SO Of his back above the
surface of the water until the boat
comes almost within gunshot. Then, If
no sudden movement has been made, he
is likely to sink gently out of sight, and
come to the SURFACE again well out of
range. At a sudden movement, or the
slightest sound, like the Cooking" of a
gun, 1t will dive with incredible speed
and swim under water to a great dis
lance, repeating the trick as often as
the pursuer has patience to renew the
chase. AS a rule, the northern diver,
when pursued, will endeavor to keep
to the open water, where he trusts to
his diving powers to save him from
his enemies: taking wing only in very
exceptional cases. If he be cornered or
driven towards the shore, he will dive
like a flash, and, swimming rapidly
under the boat, arise far out of gunshot
on the other side. But experienced
gunners seldom hunt looms in this way.
unless for the fun of watching his skill
as waterman. They usually wait I'M
til autumn, when the birds are migrat-
ing. and shoot them from a boat as
they pass high overhead. Often. while
lying in wait for birds on the wing,
these eunners see other looms riding
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THE coal COMM4SSIOA'S REPORT.
The Coal Strike Commission is at
work in Washington on the report
which it is to make. 1t has a big and
complicated task before it. 1t will have
to review the testimony taken. There
are ten thousand pages of that. And
then it will have to decide what the
operators and the miners shall do about
certain matters. 1t will fix the scale of
wages to prevail on and after Novem-
| Der 1 last, when the men returned to
the mines after their long strike. 1t
will also determine the number of
hours the miners shall work each day.
Both sides have pledged themselves to
abide by the. decision on these two
points, which were the main causes for
the strike. 1t is expected that in addi-
ton to these decisions the Commission
dations to the President, which may
serve as the basis for legislation on the
subject. The whole general history of
the differences between the miners and
the operators, together with the meth
DDS of business of both sides, will be
gone thoroughly into. The Commission
will point out the defects and injustices
in the plans of the opposing elements,
and will suggest arrangements by
which conditions may be improved.
The President will do with these recon-
mendations what he thinks best If
the awards Of the Commission are ac-
cepted by the miners and operators
without protest and harmony prevails
at the mines, the recommendations will
probably be dropped into the waste
basket. But if another strike should
follow the awards, calling for federal
interference of any kind congress
would undoubtedly be asked to give
consideration to the suggestions Of the
Commission.
BY the time the report of the Com
mission is made many who were con-
! cerned in the strike and its conse-
quences will be dead But the surviv-
ors will be interested in seeing what
the Commission has to say.
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FPOiNTE ~.

Timid Lover-"Your parents seem to
have got over their dislike for me"
Yes. When we first met they were
afraid it might lead to something"
Life.
Mrs OuttoWn-"I understand that
you have an old retainer" Mrs. Sub
bub-"Yes, indeed! Bridget has been
with us for three weeks. Harper s
Bazaar.
real horses, a real brook, real hens and
geese, and real hay" The Author
And would you mind having real act
ors. too?'-Life.
There's No Telling.-History Professor
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MAKING MONEY,

That was an ingenious machine for
making money which was shown in a
Brooklyn court room the other day. 1t
is supposed to have made about $4,000
for it's owners. and if they had not
been interrupted by the police they
would probably have got much more
out Of it. The owners and operators of
the machine kindly allowed some of
their friends to see if they, too, couldn't
get some money out of the machine.
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Three Gifts.

Take rest unto myself, Dear Heart,
And comfort thee;
No burden shall be laid In thy weak hands,
But strength. alike, to satisfy demands,
Shall come to thee
Take faith unto thyself. Dear Heart,
And solace thee;
Gloom, impenetrable may dim thy way.
Move calmly on and thou shalt see the day
Grow bright to meet thee.
Take love unto myself, Dear Heart,
And comfort thee;
For love embraceth all: then hold 1t fast
And live serene till days be overpast
For me and thee.
Keith st, John.
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THE CHILL MITTGATkD.

This Is cold world, but the chill of it
is mitigated when one reads of the noble
deed which has just been done in a
Virginia village. The Baltimore Sun
tells the splendid story. A northern
man named Decker recently settled near
Welfords Wharf in Richmond county.
He and his family were strangers in a
strange land. Soon Mr.. Decker was
stricken with smallpox. He quickly
died and his widow was touched by the
contagion. There was no one to nurse
the victims in their lonely home, in
closed in the wall of strict quarantine.
DR.. Fisher, who had been called in as
the attending physician, told his family
about the sad plight of the Deckers. 1t
touched the hearts of his two daughters.
Knowing that they were taking their
lives in their hands they volunteered to
undertake to nurse Mrs. Decker and
her children. Quietly they went about
their task, and day by day fought the
dreadful n1alady until they conquered.
But one of the children died. These
brave young women took up spade and
shovel and helped their father dig the
grave. Their tears fell on the desolate
mound, and one Miss Fisher as they
stood there opened her prayer book and,
with the service for the dead commend
ed the child's soul to the Father in
heaven who gave it.
1t is well to be occasionally reminded
that there is something nobler than
making money and having good time.
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There are now eight colored men COM
rnissioned officers in the United States
army. Two are captains, two are Sec
ond Heutenants and four are chaplains
of colored regiments-the 9th and 10th
cavalry and oath and 25th infantry.
There are a good many negro privates.
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There are some bad children in Utah.
Last month some of the boys in the
Utah reform school tried to burn 1t
down. This month two of the girls
have been caught in an attempt to
poison the school officers by putting
bichloride of mercury in the coffee.
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When the owners and operators decid-
ed to let a friend in they would take
him 70 the room where the machine
was and assure him that for s35 they
could make 800 for him. A piece Of
paper was placed between two bills and
arranged thus in an envelope was put
into the machine, a copper box not
more than two feet square. The friend
was then entertained by descriptions
of the wonderful chemical process that
was taking place in the box, an array
of batteries near by making more i'm
pressive the mysterious noises that he
heard. When the work was complete.
and the cover of the box was removed
the friend saw the envelope that con-
tanned the two bills and the piece of
paper When the contents were re-
moved he found the piece of paper con-
verified, just as the sharpers said it
would be, into beautiful bill. The
money thus manufactured he was per-
mitted to take to a bank or anywhere
he pleased to test. And when he had
tested it he would buy the money
freely.
This is fine work, though on a small
scale. Some of the machines that are
making Securities" to sell beat the
Brooklyn money machine all hollow.
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Care must be taken to avoid baking pow
ders made from alum. Such powders are
sold cheap, because they cost but few
whichtaken in food means injury to health.
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Consistency is not only a jewel, but it
is a rare jewel. Not long ago, according
to the Chicago Tribune, some factory
inspectors were making night rounds in
that city, and came upon place where
work was being done and children I'M
der fifteen were employed, working long
beyond the ten hour period permitted
by law 1t was a printing establish
ment where the law was thus violated
fagrantly. When the inspectors made
an examination of the work which the
children were doing it was found that
they were engaged on hymn book for
use at an approaching camp meeting.
Another instance in the same city was
that of peculiarly ill-conditioned ten
ement which was exposed in a recent
Hull house report. Its condition was
atrocious. Who owned it? One of Chi
cago's Doodle politicians? Oh, no. An
educational institution, land the income
from the germ-eaten shanty is said to
be used in the study OF bacteriology"
in the laboratory Of the institution.
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The Anti-Death Penalty League Of
Massachusetts having been asked
whether it approves of long-life impris-
onment. which is so apt to end in insan-
tty, answers that it has no substitute
to offer for the death penalty. This, it
reaff1rms, is neither deterrent nor refor-
matory, while it's influence upon public
morals is pernicious.
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The
Dunlap Hat
Spring 1908.

The founder of the house Of Dun
lap & Co, many years ago astab-
lished standard. Year after year.
through thick and thin, he persist
ed. Success crowned his efforts.
To-day the sales of the Dunlap hat
exceeds the combined sales Of all
it's rivals. Why this popularity?
Because the Dunlap hat from
every point of view is the most sat
isfactory hat on the market. The
best lustre, the best materials, and
the best workmanship have found
favor with the best dressed men.
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In one of the city squares of Athens,
Georgia, stands perhaps the only dou-
ble-barreled cannon ever made. 1t
was designed by a resident of Athens
for use in the confederate service, the
idea being to, discharge a projectile
from each barrel simultaneously. The
cannon is made Of cast iron and was
nodded at one of the local foundries.'
The idea of the inventor was to con-
meet the balls by a chain several feet
in length, the ends Of the chain being
fastened into each by staples. Chain
shot was often used in naval battles to
carry away the rigging Of an enemy.
1t was discharged once after being
built, but one barrel for some reason
did not Ego off" The force Of the ex-
plosion of the other barrel tore the
chain from the ball, which remained
and gave a curved motion to the pro-
1ectile. AS a result of this accident 1t
was considered too dangerous to adopt
for use and was stored away.
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TO the Editor CT the Journal and Courier:
1 was witness Friday morning to
such a generous recognition of a work.
ingman's bravery, kindness and SER
vice that l think every generous per-
son will appreciate it and be interested
in the story. l was walking down
Church street. Just as / crossed Elm
street young man in a white over
coat and accompanied by lady drove
around the corner in light cutter, the
horse a sleek, spirited one. AS looked
at them l thought, what a delightful
sleigh ride they were having! Just
after they passed around the corner
back of me I heard a little commotion
or cry. l looked back and in front Of
Mr.. J. B. Sargent's I saw the cutter
bottom side up. The white overcoat
and lady were out of sight. and the
horse was making frantic efforts to
escape. A workingman appeared. as
if he had sprung out Of the ground
, and seized the horses head and with
great difficulty held him. If the horse
had run the man and woman would
have been dragged up Elm street. At
ter standing for moment the horse
reared, then threw himself back. Only
the workingman's hanging to him pre-
vented the horse from going back
wards upon the cutter which was so
light that 1t would have been crushed
like an eggshell under the weight of
the horse. The workingman went up
into the air with the horse close to the
horses knees which were drawn up
and seemed ready to be thrown out to
strike the worklngman as he held
pluckily on. The strong arm of the
workingman brought the horse to earth
from which the animal arose fright
ened but submissive. The working
man smoothed the horses sides and
treated him gently as mother might
frightened child. The young man in
the white overcoat had not, SO far as
could see, attempted to assist in hold
ing the horse. At last the horse was
sufficiently quiet for the owner to as
sumo charge of him. The workingman
was presented with the munificent sum
of twenty-five cents for all the danger
to life and limb that he had incurred.
Twenty-Five cents for saving them
from being dragged. twenty-five cents
for saving the horse from running with
strong probability of breaking his
legs. twenty-five cents for saving his
expensive eggshell of cutter. Twen-
ty-five cents as token Of appreciation
of such service. I wanted to walk
into the middle of the street and tell
the workingman as he got on his wagon
how brave and noble he had shown
himself BY the time l had collected
my wits, he was gone. If I could have
found him I should have added some
thing to the twenty-five cents as a
| token of appreciation In the name of
| common humanity. A. l..
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More expositions. There is to be an
international exposition of agriculture
in Vienna from April to April Is. There
will be eight departments including ex-
hibits of live bees, apiaries, implements
used In bee culture, bee products and
artificial products. In Rome from April
10 to April % there will be held an
agricultural congress which also is to
be international in its scope.
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The Sultan of lahore Is not so very
effete. The Civil and Military Gazette
of Lahore says that while the Sultan
of lahore was driving in his motor car
up the sea-face road Of the Singapore
esplanade, a spirited horse, attached
to victoria in which was a lady, took
fright and bolted. The coachman dropa
ped the reins, trace broke, and the
vehicle went humping over the drain
preparatory to capsizing, when the
Sultan jumped from the motor and
caught the frightened horse by the
head. The animal dragged him a few
feet, but eventually was brought to a
standstill without any damage being
suffered by anybody.
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The right to wear male attire in
France is conferred on women by the
government as a great privilege, for
which, in addition, each must pay $40
year as a tax. The only women to
whom the right to wear male attire has
been given are George sanl, Rosa Bon
heur, Nine. Dieulafoy, the Persian
Archaeological; Nine Faucalt, the beard
ed woman, and Nine. Fourreau and
Nine. de Jeanette, both sculptors.