New-York tribune., 1905-04-03

The Pastors Union OF San Jose. Cal. has applied
for admission to the Federated Trades of that city
A San jose newspaper remarks: with the Pastors
Union member Of the Federated Trades the fees
FOR marriages and funerals will probably advance,
especially when these services are performed on
Sunday. as most of the unions have double price
set for labor that day. Then, again, there is the
eght-hour day"
BALL4ADE OF THE vERNAL SEASON.
Oh gentle % Tie SPgHgg is He here ge1a t59T 99T
And dafrodtls in bright array
With primrOses blooming gay.
And tulips. tulips too; In 1e varied -I1,dti,, hue5; ,
But don't forget your overshOeS.
Wen listen to the brookIet's flow.
Wen hear the little hnnet's lay.
The modest mavis Hitting low,
The chatter Of the brawling jay;
While m dI41f1 Sls5aH on Do 4Sddng Sa Ttis spray eSc
Wen make of this a holiday,
But don't forget your oVeFshOes.
We've seen the last OF sleet and snow.
% Fs. certain 4 qSS9 SIsaz snd 9R say
hs m eonaeed sSR seeds that GTt w hfrssS Stay ray
The doubling one. would have, to pay.
But don't forget your overshoes.
LEnvoi.
Princess in woodland paths we'll stray,
Or in the meadows as you choose.
Put your hat without delay
-(Chicago News.
The British mint has been busily engaged in
coming farthings. Until very recently farthings
have been almost unknown coins in many. per-
haps the majority, OF the British possessions
They are only coined to encourage thrift IN the
colonies. BY introducing the smallest coin OF the
realm saving can be effected on purchases Of
small quantities Of goods.
Patience-What reason had she for marrying
Patrice-why. he had money
PatienCe-Tlat is
-(Gateway Magazine.
Among the suggestions made as 70 Russias
course the most interesting. perhaps. Is that she
will make peace with Japan. and then proceed to
outfank her commercially by tapping China's back
door with new extension OF tie Siberian railroad.
There win be objection. in all probability. by
Japan to such course. but she will not permit
any more tapping at the front windows.
He Hadn't One.-"Yaas' complained CholIy
FetherbOne, she called crank dom, y'knoHi.'
a crank is man Of one idea Philadelphia Press.
The Railway Age" OF Chicago. seems to favor
the argument that il is rather the transportation
companies which need protection against the ship
pers than the other way. The latter continually
strive 70 beat the former through a variety OF in
genIous expedients-and generally succeed. The
Interstate Commerce law ordans fine of $500 for
each case OF false billing. weighing. classification.
and so on but to this the shippers In general pay
no attention. During single month In the terri
thousand such attempts at fraud were detected 1t
estimated that the ss for the year 1904 20 the
railways in the same territory from the same
practices amounted TO over Sl.50OoO The rail-
ways keep up expensive bureaus to detect such
frauds but afraid to do anything after they are
discovered for fear Of losing their customers The
Age says that the records OF the Western weigh
ing and inspection bureau the joint rate inspec
tOn bureau would reveal the character and extent
of these practices and recommends tho Interstate
Commerce Commission TO look into them
Mrs Hoyle-I told the new servant that she must
pay for all the things she broke w
Mrs Doyle-What did she say?
she said she willing to DO that hut that aho
wanted wholesale prices t-(SHart- Set ~ -
At last the humble and Industrious Missouri hen
has been recognized Governor Folk saws her out
put each year IL equal In value 20 all the proS,te
ton OF the silver mines OF Colorado"
First RussianIiad a terrible nightmare last
night. Dreamed l was attacked bv a ciant
Second Russian-HOW big was hot
"3ig as Ja9."-(Iife