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Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
NESTING HABITS OF BIRDS.
Comparatively Few Mate for Life
 Some Pair for a Season.

Why do all those birds which pair for life always return to their old nesting places? This is one of those euriositieS of natural history, says the Illustrated Iondon) Sporting and Dramatic News, which no one has yet explained satisfactorily. Our wild birds are divided into three classes so far as matrimonial arrangements are concerned. Those which become partners for life form much the smallest of these three classes, and there are several of them whose con- stancy to their spouses Is open to grave doubt. Then we have those birds which marry in the spring and remain constant to each other solong as their young are dependent upon them. When these young have gone off to get their own living their par ents separate, and do not mate again next year. They have had enough of each others society, and prefer the charm of fnovelty Three-fourths of our wild birds belong to this class, who make promiscuous marriages ev- cry spring Then we have the Brig ham Youngs of the bird world, as represented by the house sparrow, who keeps up various branch estab- lishments in addition to the ancestral home. This polygamous class is a small one, but it is more numerous than the casual observer would sup pose.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
WHY THE BILL WAS KILLED.
The Speech That Buried Piece of
 Progressive Legislation.

"When I was in the legislature, said a gentleman from Mississippi to a New Orleans Times-Democrat re- porter, "we sometimes conducted progressive legislation under difficult ties, and often a really meritorlous measure died a-borning on account ot the cant and sophiStry of some gen. tleman from the sticks When l was in the lower branch, some years ago, introduced bill exempting all money from taxation which was loaned at rate of interest less than six per cent. The house was strictly a body of farmers at that time ana many of them were paying as much 4 12 per cent. for money with which to make their crop. So it would seeh to an outsider that my bill woqd have a fair chance to pass. partlfu- larly as it was favorably reportedfby the committee to which 1t had been referred. But an old farmer from back in the woods killed 1t dead as d door nail. In a speech on the sub ject he said: What's the use to pass any fool bill like that? When l wuz making my canvas l had to borrow $150-and 1 had to put up two good mules and a wagon to get 1t, besides I had to pay II per cent. interest. Now, don't you know, MT. Speaker, nobody ain't goin' to lend no money at six per cent hen-they caTsget Il per cent? 1 move ethat we lay thatfool bill opt6e table and get to work 9n something that will do the people some good And that Is exactly what they did. Some time after this I twitted the old fellow about his op- position to my bill. Why, durn ct, feller,' he said, in bantering, laugh ing way, If that bill had passed 1 know six men in my county who'd borrowed money jest to run against me. Don't believe in encouragin' young fellers in borrowin' money an gettin' mixed up in politics. All of which shows how things sometimes go in a legislative body"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15

But one-ffth the population and one-eleventh the area of Turkey Is in Europe.
 Speaking generally, wild crea- lures inhabiting hot countries are more savage than those of cold or temperate countries.
 Many Swiss manufacturers of watches and silks are moving across the line into Germany to save tariff charges and to secure cheaper labor
 The average daily consumption ot water per head of population in American cities is about 80 gallons. In Europe it varies from 3 in Brestand II in Venice, to POP in Marseilles, and 264 in Rome.
 The Paris Figaro has ascertained that of 764 widowers 636 married again before the end of the year of mourning. Widows are not allowed to marry before the expiration of nine months, but nine-tenths of them marry again in the tenth month.
 Sweden has proportionately more forest than any other European coun- try; it covers about two-ffths of the territory, The percentage of forest in other countries is: Russia, 32; Austria, 30; Germany, 23; Norway, 21; Switzerland, 20; France, IS; Italy, IA; Spain, 13; Denmark, 6; Great Britain, 4.
 A strange spindly plant with nod ding little flowers was sent from the city of Mexico to the Madrid botan- ical garden in 1784, and, being new to the botanists, was named Dahlia, after Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Flor ists soon noticed the great possibility of variation in the flower in color and size, but it was rare in Europe until Humboldt brought from Mexico a quantity of the seed.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
ANCIENT ALE TESTING.
The Old-Time Method in England
 Was Certainly Picturesque.

Here is a story of ancient ale test ing, and it is told by the Philadelphia Record: "The antiquary took slip from his glass of ale. Then he smacked his lips. He held the bey- craze up to the light, admiring its clear color. 'This ale,' he said, is pure. In the proving of it the ale tester of the past would not have stuck fast to his bench The old man chuckled. Then he resumed: of course you don't know what l mean. We'll, let me tell you that in England and Scotland couple of hundred years ago ale was tested for no other impurity than sugar. If it had no sugar in it, it was regarded as unimpeachable. The official ale tester wore leather brooches. He would enter an inn unexpectedly, draw glass of ale, pour it on a wood en bench and then sit down in the little puddle he had made. There he would sit for 30 minutes by the clock. He would converse, he would smoke, he would drink with all who asked him to, but he would be very care1r not to change his position in any way. At the end of the half hour he would make as if to rise, and this was the test of the ale; for, if the ale was impure, if it had sugar in it, the testers leather brooches would stick fast to the bench, but if there was no sugar in the liquor no cohesion would be present. /"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
SOUSA'S CLEVER WAY.
The Great "March King" Dodged the
 Society Bugbear.

Mainly About People tells of the way Sousa cleverly got the better of the hostess who was trying to work him: "Sousa makes not only music wherever he goes, but friends also, and many of these have way of in- viting him to their houses when he wants to rest in his hotel. The March King though by no means ancient, was, nevertheless, not born yesterday, and he is quite able to distinguish among his would-be hosts and hostesses those who want him for the pleasure of his company and those who desire his presence as a celebrity. In one of the towns he lately met lady with a large reputa- tion for worrying celebrities of all kinds to attend her dinners and 'at homes.' She sent him pressing in- vitation to sup at her house after the performance, but it got to Sousa's ears that she had issued invitations to her neighbors to meet MT. John Philip Sousa'-an exhibition of pre- viousness' not to be tolerated even by an American-and he declined po- litely and with thanks. Having counted on Sousa's acceptance and held his name out to her friends as bait, the lady was much disturbed on receiving his note, and wrote back to him with desperate solicitude, I am terribly sorry to have your card say ing you cannot come, but l still hope for the pleasure of your company To this the poor lady received the following terrifying answer: Dear Madam have given your kind message to my company, but regret to say that only 15 of them will be able to accept your invitation, the rest of them having appointments to keep elsewhere. Yours truly, John Philin Sousa 2"
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
Sea Birds Congregate There.

The cliff where more sea birds are said to build their nests than any other place in the world is on the coast of Norway. It is 1000 feet high and goes by the name of Svoerholt- klubben. Kittiwakes have built their nests of rush and seaweed for ages in innumerable quantities. The nests remain from year to year on the mar ,sow shelves of the cliff side, being repaired, like rocks nests, for each coming season, and added to until they hang into space. When tour ist comes to inspect this colony a gun is usually let off, whereupon so many birds rise that the whole sky for the moment is darkened.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
VALUE OF THE SIESTA.
What Happens When One Takes a
 Nap in the Afternoon.

The need for the light slumber robe or coverlet thrown over a per son when lying down during the day, even in a warm room, IS ex- plained, says the New York Sun, by the reduced circulation of the blood when the body is in recumbent pos ture.
 When one lies down the heart espe- cially is eased temporarily of its reg ular work. The body depends for warmth on the vigor of the circula- ton, and as the blood flows so much more slowly through the veins when one is lying down, the missing warmth must be made up by extra covering.
 This temporary respite of the hearts action also accounts for the wholesomeness of the siesta, or for the benefit derived from the half hours lying down without sleep, which so many nervous CT high strung people find recuperatiys
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
Washington s Map.

The original map made by George Washington in 1775 of the lands on the great Kanawha river, West Vir ginia, granted to him by the British government in 1763 for his services in the Braddock expedition, is now in possession of the library of congress, says the National Geographic Maga- zine. The map is about two by five feet, and is entirely in the handwrit- ing of Washington The margin is filled with notes, also in Washing toms handwriting, describing the boundary marks set by Washington and different features of the tract.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
IDENTIFIES PASSENGERS.
Automatic Mechanism Invented for
 Use on Railway Trains.

An automatic mechanism which is intended to register the number and class of passengers of car, the dis tance ridden by each, the approxi- mate time and place of ingress and egress of each, identifying the con- ductor, car, trip, day or night, noting the hour or minute of the day or night and the approximate location of the car, in order to obtain true automatic register or record of the trip and the number of passengers carried independently of the coop eration and beyond the control of the conductor, is an invention for which Frederick w. Brooks, of Brooklyn, N. r., has obtained patent, says the Scientific American The apparatus takes its records in such a manner that they may be used as lantern slides and projected on a screen. An automatic mechanism controls cleo tric circuits and connections to oper- ate camera electrically, at such in
 tervals or distances apart as may be desired by and in consequence of the revolution of the car wheels. The mechanism is arranged in such a manner that the intervals can be changed or adjusted at will. The camera is so adjusted as to photo graph the interior or part of in- terior of the car, the platform or plat
 forms and side running boards, and any and all passengers that may come within its field. The camera is so connected with the electrical appli- ances of the car as to cut off objec- tionable or conflicting lights. The connections are all protected. The parts of the invention may be briefly summed up as follows: First, a de- vice connected with and operated by the revolution of wheel or axle of the car and an electrical connec- tion by which the operations of the camera and registers and the dis tance between such operations are actuated and controlled; second, an electric current from any available source, preferably a battery, either primary or storage, situated in such part of the car as may be deemed convenient and connected by con- ductors with the above device, by which the circuit or circuits are opened or closed, the opening and closing of the electric currents being arranged to operate the camera or cameras, the registers, and the light
 ing and de-lighting of the car; third, a method for automatically lighting the car in such portions as are de- sired and means for shutting off con- ficting or objectionable lights.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
sACTER.
Opportunity d !" "Type.

Type.
 sar5 .sary, says the Bos- ton Globe. 1etimes 1t may b. $1O, ,000 for a portrait, then again t may be $2,500 He alone knows what guides him in thisrespect. ltis said that he derives so much personal satisfaction from the painting ot some portraits that he will not charge nearly as much as he will for others. This was true of the famous Wertheimer portrait Wertheimer, famous London art dealer, expected to pay $10,O00 for his portrait, but Sarent's bill, it is said, was made out for $2, 800, fact which pleased the business acumen of the Hebrew-he Nkly Secured a bargain. Wertheimer never could understand the smiles of the public who knew him, when they saw his portrait. These people thought they saw in the portrait of this man a commercial type laid bare. It looked to them like the Vert heimer who had sold Count Boni Castellane a lot of bric-a-brac and z sued Countess Anna Gould Castel- lane for the bill The countess was not pleased with this transaction. However, Wertheimer was pleased with his portrait it was a bargain.
 Perhaps Sargent took some pleas ure in depicting a type, character, through this portrait. One thing is certain, he paints beyond the "skin deep" beauty and expression of his eitters, and where the character has vaTarted it it las 1hf ,5fspots4ht out al lie latent beauty and portrayed the very soul, almost, of the person. As an ex- ample,- the portrait he painted of the president of Bryn Mawr college few years ago Is an excellent one. It is more than mere portrait; it depicts asplendid type of the American, mid dle-aged cultivated woman. It stands securely iA a gallery as such in much the same manner that Van dyke portrait would unquestionably stand for type of royal beauty in his age.
 Sargent sometimes has made ene- mics of his sitters because of his con ecientious effort to portray charac ter. There is story of a Boston beauty, some years ago, who, when she received her portrait from Sar- gent, took it to her room, studied it for awhile, recognized the fact that < f the he artist had laid bare her true char acter on the canvas, and in a moment of fury cut out the face and destroyed it. She did not want that peculiar nature of hers staring her in the face from the walls of her room all the time.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

CIV DECKER President A.D JOHNSON, Cashier. T. D. AMMAN COOK, GRAHAM A.. E.S
 T. FLYNN, w. GRUBBs,
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15

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Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
This Bank has an authorized
 CAPITAL of $Ioo ,oOO .OO.
THos. J. GRAHAM, J. W. GRUBBs,

authorized and subscribed Capital is convenient thing good thing advertising purposes but be perfectly honest tell patrons the truth really counts for little We could have had, just easily, Subscribed Capital of S5OO,OOO It would not have cost us cent more.
 What patrons really interested in knowing s this Bank has invested Fin it's sbusnes of ITS OWN MONEY S5S, 100000 OF CASH. PAID IN CAPITAL and undivided profits That the this Bank prepared take good care your business And you that MORE CAPT. WILL BE PAID IN believe it be safely and proftably invested.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
THIS AND THAT.

But one-ffth the population and one-eleventh the area of Turkey Is in Europe.
Newport daily independent., 1903-04-15
Eupion Oil

When buying Illuminating oil insist on having EUPIoN, the family safety. This is double distilled process oil that is oDoRLEss and absolutely safe. If you will use clean burners and wicks and EUPIoN QIL you will have best light obtainable. ]. The only merchants in Newport that sell this high grade oil are Wolff Goldman Mere. Co, w. B. Chastain, Wilmans Bros, R. D. Wilmans, Heiliger's Union Market Co.,, Martin Bros, Har- ris < Daugherty l.. G. DaVaul and o. M. Bowen.
 Waters-Pierce Oil Comply
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
JEWS SATIRE on JEWS.
Fast sidcrS Get Hack at the Beuefactors
of tho East Side"

In a farce entitled The Benefactors Of
the East Side" Produced at the Grand
Central Palace. last night. the Educational
League severely criticised the patronizing
attitude which il imputcs TO the uptown
Jews. who, without understanding the con-
ditions and surroundings Of the people on
the East Side and without any real sym
pathy for them. undertake 10 urlht tie
so called Russian Cuicasts.-
The play Is based on a recent meeting
called by some wealthy uptown Jews to
discuss ways and means TO increase the
support Of a well-known institution on the
Eatt Side. Al this meeting a number of
Fast Side Jews were invited to give their
views.
In the play each @benefactor" points out
what TO him seems the grea test evil on the
East Side and offers a remedy. One con-
siders filth the greatest evil and suggests
the erection OF a public bath where each
day some one may be thoroughly secured
AZ an object lesson TO the East de.
pat roness Of the East Side says that
the East side women do not know now Ia
treat their children and she suggests that
nurseries he organized.
A lawyer thinks the trouble with the
downtown young people Il that they are
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
THE HUNTER SALE, THIRD DAT.
The student and Dealer More Interested
Tnan the Amateur.

The sale Of Frederick W. Hunters COL
lection OF Chinese and japanese art objects
was concluded yesterday afternoon, with
total proceeds OF sie,siS.60 for the oSs lots
OF the catalogue. The sale was one OF those
interesting to the student and to the dealer
which many OF the amateurs pass by be-
cause to them the name Of the collector
does not signify the work Of q recognized
connoisseur.
An admirable ginger jar whose globulsr
shape gave il greater dignity than have
most ginger jars, for instance CAS-. sold
for SIS yesterday afternoon, when. had II
appeared in the collection OF any one Of the
noted collectors whose possessions have
been dispersed within the last few Year,
would have sold. according to the run of
prices In those collections, for three or four
hundred dollars.
Il was a jar bearing the seal mark Of
Ch'ien-lung. and decorated with figures
done in coral. yellow and pink red. brown
and lavender enamels. on white panels
with the orange peel surface. separated
by ornamental designs In turquoise blue
and having a neck rim OF coral red; but
not the least part OF It's glory was In its
in Mr.. Hunters collection which offered
a bargain 20 the independent collector,
and that may sell at a over price eome
day II IL CONES under the hammer without
any known I a 'entage. but that will prob
ably soil at severa, times Yesterday pric +.
IL II next appears under the auspices OF
a great name.
Coming Immediately upon the beels OF
q picture sale, In comments on which critics
who had swallowed familiar canels In
past seasons strained at an unfamiliar
gnai on the ground Of Ice unfsmiliariy
% Ia An, bs.r words lsCaiise ~ what thew did
not know rather than what they did know
the sale was part iculsrly instructive. Had
Mr.. Hunters collection t,een one OF pictures
the critios who are rather shy OF Chinese
arr productions. would have proolaimed
that the gourd shaped vase Of On len
lung. catalogued A. from the collection
Sichel isSsl, was Attributed 10 that ool-
leoi ION along with other usual aftributlons,
ih.reupoD sl,akine the dust " responsibility
from il,.ir shoulders and leaving the root
10 their readers. The vase sold fos W 10
wAtnhsr-, however, dealers sna others'
were on the alert Tor bargains Of their o.n
choosing. u this sale, and when . rarely
brilliant bIus Ahd white hawthorn JN 81
X arg -hsi. the blue II which risslIsd the
dsaI-ssi aud iSlshissi blue ~ the sapphlre,
slassl jsrs u I.osdsI blas' s,,h ,sss.,sd
Ins1slllons ascoIaisd nth ware s0sass
~ rhiasae Ma snd lom, from The t@d y
Chiellasisr's eollso,lon, sold fof tsso 4
... ns s %.,s sSs u v IT, a.. s.
aiatasisf, went ~ ~ b.
A I.al, ~ possss ldys 10. ~ n cad 70,
adofi,ed slfh asfsl dissAsp. snd lstds
10 ,a.ny oolofad sl.smsls, sold q go .
pssdsf ld,,s lsS sl,b aeasssaieas NJ 'th.
issar.d Ahii9..ss - 49, s,a ? 1881
d.sossi.d shL ,sTlou snsA.sL si.ss las
I,as.ashas ~ dfs'.ei iss'.ls, IT, 800
Ths total ~ tho dsy q tbs hss'ss ssis
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
CHANGES METROPOLITAN
Mr.. Conrted's Plans Assuming shape-He
Il TO Go 10 Europe Soon.

Heinrich Conried has already taken steps
TO impress on the artists that he Ii to engage
at the Metropolitan Opera House the changes
that will take effect in the control Of the
theatre next year. He has already abol-
ished the concert bureau that has existed
In connection with the Maurice Grau Opera
Company.
Some Of the singers were really engaged
more for these concerts than for the opera
performances. Mines. Schumann-H eink
and SchefY and NM. Campanari and Bispham
have usually sung more in concert than in
the opera They were sent all over the
country and we're a great source OF profit
20 the management. as much larger sums
were paid for these concert appearances
than the Maurice Grau Opera Company
paid the singers.
Nine. Schumann- Heink. for instance,
received as much as $500 frequently for
concert appearances. although her COM
pensation from the Maurice Grau Opera
Company was much less. Frequently the
profits from the concert agency were a.
great in a week as those from the operate
performances.
But Mr.. Conried has decided that II IL
much more important to have sufficient
smoothly, and the concert bureau In TO be
abolished. and any Of the artists engaged
next year must give up the privilege OF
singing in concert.
The Philadelphia performances. which
have also been given twice week during
the season, will be postponed until the
spring, when two weeks will be devoted
10 opera there, just as the seasons are al
present given in Boston and Chicago.
All Of the artists engs ged for n .xt year
will have To b. In this city by the middle Of
November. The season will begin ON the
3Oth Of that month and these two weeks
will he devoted To rehearsals.
Mr. Conried will shortly sail for Europe
and return here early In the summer Va
sup.rintend tine alterations and Improve
ments in the stage ~ the opers bou-e
One featur. u these changes viii liz new
electric lighting plant To cost more Than
ssoOoO The Metropolitan Opera and hesl
Estate Company IL, ~ courss. r-spoLsibis
for tb.ss changes. The auditorium 81 IN.
tliastre 10 also 10 Le redecoratsd and changed
90 q certain extent. Thee chanees have
bsen inirus,ed "a q. Goldman.