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The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

sweeping curves, dropping downward
and forward, mounting again to a
point in the horizontal plane of its de.
parture and then down again, up
again, following course which shows
a constant succession of the curved
lines of beauty.
The goldfinch almost invariably
sings as it flies, adding the music of
Its voice to the rhythm of its move.
ment. The goldfinch (spinus tristis>
is just now building its nest. The
robins have their second broods well
on the way to caring for themselves;
the blackbirds are fiocking for their
late summer foraging, and the native
sparrows have deserted their second
homes of the season, but the goldfinch,
a laggard in love, If just beginning to
think of domestic joys.
There is curious feature in the life
OF our friend in yellow and black
He makes one plant serve for his
board and lodging. The seeds of the
thistle are the choicest morsels in the
goldfinch's bill of fare. 1t eats, with
its fellows. millions upon millions of
the seeds Of this farmers pest yearly,
and in the eating kills the life germ
of the seed. From the downy part of
the thistle top the goldfinch makes the
lining Of its nest. Literally the bird
makes the thistle furnish forth both
bed and board.
1t has been supposed that the rea-
son for the late mating and nesting of
the goldfinches is that they wish to
walt until their favorite food and
their favorite building material have
been put upon the market in ripened
state by the rays of the sun. 1t is true
that occasionally the goldfinch will
take other downy stuff to form a couch
for its young. They will pull soft bits
from the raveled end of clothes line
and make it answer the purpose of
thistle down, and bit of waste cot
ton fills their little hearts with de-
light. But 1t is to the thistle that they
turn with all the devotion of a true
son of Scotland.
The goldfnch doffs his yellow and
black garb in the early fall and puts
on somber habit like that which his
mate wears throughout the year. Per.
sons who have seen the bird in sum-
mer and who have been struck by it's
beauty Of plumage have thought that
1t disappeared with the other birds
when the cold weather came on. Our
goldfinch Is no immigrant, however.
He is nearly as cheerful in winter as
he is in summer, and he picks up a
precarious living in the snowclad
fields and the snow-filled forests all
through the howlings of winter. No,
the goldfinch has not deserted us for
the southland. He has simply changed
his coat
Master Goldfinsh is a devoted hus.
band and father. He feeds his sitting
mate. and, when the young are in the
nest, he shares with her the duty of
filing their hungry mouths. Recently
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06
SOME CURIOUS WAYS OF BIRDS

feeding a youngster OF more than
double her size. It is perhaps almost
needless to say that the youngster is
COW bunting (Molothrus ater), while
the food-providing mother is In reality
only foster mother. The female COW.
bird skulks through the fields and
woods and drops her eggs into the
nests Of other birds, selecting usually
the homes of birds which are much
smaller than herself. Occasionally
the birds which have been i'm.
posed upon win desert the nest or
build an additional story to 1t, thus
cutting off the parasite egg from the
benefit of the sitting. Ordinarily, how.
ever, the victim lays her own eggs
and matches them with the egg of the
cowbird. though as rule the parasite
egg matches first. The young cowbird,
being larger than its nest mates,
claims nearly all of the food, and the
lives of its foster brothers and sisters
are sacrificed. The foster mother will
lead forth the great hulking young one
and care for 1t with all the tenderness
that she would have shown her legiti
mate offspring.
The shore lark. often called the
horned lark (Otocoris alpestris) fire.
quently is imposed upon by the cow
bird. Robert w. Hegner who has
photographed many birds nests in
stu, recently secured picture Of q
shore lark's nest, which contained In
addition to its complement Of lark'a
eggs two eggs of the cowbird.
Not long ago. I personally found the
nest Of yellow warbler containing
four eggs Of the cowbird. The war
bier (Dendroica aestiva) completed its
nest on Sunday afternoon. Tuesday
morning 1t contained four cowbirds
|'eggs and not one egg of the rightful
owner Of the home. The yellow war
bier deserted in disgust.
l have watched the female cowbird
while she was approaching the nest
In which she intended to lay an egg
No sneak thief ever more plainly
showed by his appearance and man
ner that he intended wrongdoing than
did that cowbird. She kept a watch
full eye out to see that the warbler
whose home she was to visit was alb
sent, and then skunk through the un.
derbrush. pausing every few yards to
look about, and finally ended in one
swift dash for the nest. ] chased the
bird away and then retired to a DIS.
tance. She was back inside OF five
minutes. drove her away again, and
would have killed her with pleasure
had I the means at hand. for be 1t
known that one warbler is worth ten
cowbirds, and If that cowbird egg had
found lodging in the warbler's nest
1t meant that every little warbler
which might be Matched would soon
meet death by starvation.
Something was said about the eco
nomic value of the robin. There has
been issued by the national committee
Of Audubon societies an educational
leaflet on this bird. The matter was
prepared by William butcher Of New
York city, chairman Of the protection
committee of the American Orni.
biologists union Mr.. butcher Is one
of the foremost bird authorities in the
United States. Mr.. butcher says:
Wherever the robin breeds with.
In the confines of civilization man
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

That great and prolific English
painter, ]. M. w. Turner, bequeathed
to the British nation when he died in
1851 pictures of his own the value of
which was In 1902 estimated at $5.OOO,-
900. These pictures consisted of 1862
oil paintings, 1876 finished water col
ors, and over 10000 studies and
sketches
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Massachusetts, has town of 600 In:
habitants which receives $2,75O annu-
ally from a single hotel for license to
sell liquor. This is believed to be the
highest license fee paid in the United
States. The fee is nearly double the
amount paid in Boston and other large
cities.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

At court trial in Houston. Tex,
recently 100 persons in attendance
were relieved of pocket pistols be-.
fore entering the courtroom. 1t has
been said by native that "a man
doesn't need a gun often in Texas, but
when he does he needs it-bad."
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

The white peril" is as threatening
to the east as the yellow danger" is
to the west. China and Japan should
agree TO stop the Europeans and the
Americans from cornering the whole
Of the industrial and commercial
markets in the far east
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

F. w. Fitzpatrick, consulting archi.
tect of the International Society Of
Building Commissioners says the fire
loss In the United States every year
is s1oO,Ooo.O0O greater than the
amount spent in new construction.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Asphaltic layers have been found in
Syria, near Kferie, village about 25
miles northeast of the port of Latakia,
along the road leading toward Aleppo,
which have been declared by compe,
tent mining engineers to be not only
rich in asphalt. but also practically in
exhaustible.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

The Vienna Academy of Science has
spent nearly $4,000 In working ten
tons of uranium ore for radium. The
yield was three grains of pure radi-
um. the largest amount ever secured
at once, the value being $320,O0O.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

1t takes an ardent soul like the sec.
retary of agriculture adequately to de-
scribe the big crop prospects. Wilson
can gild refined gold, paint the lily
and adorn the violet with ease and
facility.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Nearly 100000 is spent in Mexico
City every week on lottery tickets, and
in the same period only about $4,000
is paid back in premiums
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Some people are born great, some
achieve greatness, and some manage
to dodge it by means of an anti-fat
remedy.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06


1t looks like bumper crops in the
west, but the farmers say this means
bumper need for help also. The de-
mand for hands in the big wheatfields
Is by no means supplied.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

we are now upon the season, re-
marks the st. Louis Times, when the
expert swimmer takes the place of the
man who didn't know that it was
loaded.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

If this pension legislation is car.
ried out in England and Australia, old
age will have it's compensations.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Vienna has 32, 900 street beggars, and
many Of them make a better living
than workmen.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

There's compensation in the fact
that the less you know, the more
you think you know.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

man isn't necessarily on the
downward path because he can trace
his descent for many generations.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06
GoLDFiNCH GETS BOTH BED AND
BOARD FROM THlSTLEs-A
DEVOTED HUSBAND.
SNEAK TRICK OF COWBlRD
immense Numbers Of Robins Killed In
Southern States for the Stew Pot
Of the Northern as Well az
Southern Home.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

associate Member American Ornithol-
ogists' Union.)
Copyright, Joseph B. Bowles.)
Go to the parks Of the city or to the
lanes of the countryside in July and
high overhead you may hear a
tinkling note. Look upward and you
will see bird in livery of black and
gold swinging hammocks in the sky.
1t is the goldfinch taking its flight
above mother earth in a series OF
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Canada waters yielded last year
about 20,000,000 lobsters half Of which
were canned.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Woman has two souls, according TO
G. Stanley Hall. Poor woman! Man
has trouble enough in saving one soul,
according to all accounts.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

The child who is as sharp as razor
usually needs strapping.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

While the finest Cuban tobaccos
have less than two per cent. of nico-
tine, the rankest Kentucky tobacco
contains nearly eight per cent.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

what though meats be high? Aren't
there 734,000,00O bushels of wheat in
sight, not to mention a billion BUSH
els of oats?
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

The shallowest person is often the
deepest in debt.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

AbsentMindedC Clerk (who has been
transferred from notion Department.
SO. you'll take this piano. Shall
send 1t, or will you take 1t with youf
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Don't forget that a thing isn't done
because you intend to do 1t.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething, softens the gums reduces b.
nammaton, allsys pain. cures wind collie. 25c bots
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Feet Ache-Uso Aliens Foot-Ease
Over 90 900 testimonials Refuse imitationa Send for
free trial package. A. 9. Olmsted, Le Roy, ny.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

The place should not honor the man,
but the man the place.-Agesilaus
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Sufficient unto the day are the ~
hours thereof.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, cents.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06
Carriage to Match.


Carriage to Match.
II heard Miss Gadabout wondering
the other day what sort Of an electric
she should get"
II would advise her, II she wants
something fitting. to buy runabout."
Baltimore American.
Lewis Single Binder costs more than
other Sc cigars. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria, III.
We often do more good by our sym
pathy than by our labor.-Farrar.
Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large OF. package, 5 cents.
The place should not honor the man,
but the man the place.-Agesilaus.
Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teething, softens the gums reduces b.
nsmmaton, allsys palm cures wind colio 2Sc botte
Don't forget that thing isn't done
because you intend to do it.
Feet Ache-Uso Aliens Foot-Ease
Over 600 testimonials Refuse limitations Send for
free trial package. A. g. Olmsted, Le Roy, NY.
Sufficient unto the day are the ~
hours thereof.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

We often do more good by our sym
pathy than by our labor.-Farrar.
The Jasper news., 1908-08-06

Lewis Single Binder costs more than
other SC cigars. Smokers know why.
Your dealer or Lewis Factory. Peoria, III.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
PANIC | AIIIG Of GUESTS
AS GAS EKPLODES
Flames Leap From Street
When Match Is
Lighted.

NEW YORK. May Am explosion OF
the chief gas main beneath the streets
OF HoDok en-. directly in front o. Myers
& NaegIe's Hotels. al Third and Hudson
streets today, SO frightened the guests
OF the hotels tbar they rushed out half
clothed
Flames shot up from ths shattered
main as high as the third stories OF the
hotels Tenants IN the nearby houses
hocked into the streets. which soon
swarmed with an excited crowd
The IRE department and tne police re-
serves were called. The flremen were
powerless 10 eXtinguish the continuously
fed flames. and it was a half hour be-
fore the gas company could turn or
the gas The police Quieted the crows,
the people returning TO their hon. es
when it was seen that there was little
danger OF the flames spreading
The explosion was indirectly due TO
the drencning rain Of the past two days.
The rain had undermined the streets in
front OF the two hotels. and they began
10 sag. During the night they caveC in
smashing the gas main.
Tne flood Of gas seeped through the
sodden earth, and some one, Il IS
thought. lit a match The street was
torn up by the explosion over a section
thirty by twelve feet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
AUDIT SYSTEM
TO ENTER SUIT
Manager Thinks Govern
ment Should Pay for
Breaking Contract.

That the Audit System. which was
summarily thrown out Of the Govern
ment Printing ONCE. intends to sue the
United States Government because II
was put out before its contract expired,
was developed today in hearing before
the House Committee on Printing. ".
NJ Rayner, general manager Of the sys-
,en, made this statement
The meeting was called by Chairman
Lands. and was a resumption Of the
investigation which Mr.. Llndis began
some months ago into what the Audit
System really did in the printery.
The fact that the System will sue the
Government was brought out when Mr.
lands asked Mr.. Rayner why IL was
that, although the Audit System con-
tract with the Government called for
expert services, the Government did
not get any such service. Mr.. Ray
ner was about 20 answer this question.
when his attorney, r Golden Donald
son. objected with the statement that
an answer 10 such a question might be
Of value TO the Government in defend
ing Itself against a sult that would be
brought by the Audit System.
The hearing az a whole was taken
up with technical matters Mr.. Lands
asked Mr.. Rayner how he figured on
how much to charge the Government
Printing Office. 10 which Mr.. Ravner
replied that he had figured out how
much his pay roll would actually cost.
and then had charged the Government
double that amount.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
HUNT TWO BODIES
FLOATING IN RIVER
One Seen at GieSboro Point
and the Other Near
Marshall Hall.

Police Of the har5or precinct are
dragging the Potomac today for two
bodies. one Of which was discovered bv
passengers on an Alexandria ferryboat
this morning. ard another which was
seen yesterday floating between Bryan's
Point and Marshall Hall. Late this az
terroOE neither CT tie bodies mad been
recovered
That the finding CT the bodies may
clear uD the mystery surrounding the
disappearance Of Van d. Canada. the
missing postmaster Of Glen Echo. Nd.
and NJ kets Kemethy. s Photographic,
who disappeared from his studio in
Pennsylvania avenue aboU. two months
ago. is the belief Of the police Roth
men are thought 70 have drowned them
selves
Capt. Re- y. Veeder OF the United
States Fish Commission steamer. .PhaIa-
rope. saw a body floating in the river
near Bryan's Point about Z o'clock last
night. An effort was made 10 recover
il, but owing 70 the swiftness OF the
current, the body was swept out OF
sight before IL could be secured Cap
tain Needer said the body was that OF
a man wearing dark clothes. The face
was covered with dirt. and il was i'm
possible to determine II IL was that OF
a white man
The other body was seen floating in
the river near Giesboro Point. about s
o. clock this morning The body was in
a part OF the river where the ferry yboat
could not 90. and no effort was made
to recover Il at the time II IS thought
the corpse was that Of a white man
The harbor patrol boat Eigilant IS out
10 go down the river in the police
launch Major Sylvester last night The
launch is being used TO search for the
bOdy. near GiesbOrO point today. while
a larger boat was procured for the trip
down the river.
The recent rains have increased the
depth OF the river several feet and the
current is unusually swift Ii is thought
both bodies may have been in the wa
ter several weeks. and that the swift
current is responsible for dislOdging
them from the bottom
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
Szx Men Dreamed
On Laz1nch Part1

EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio. May s.-Oi
nine young men who started out in a
gasoline launch Cor a ride on the Ohio
river, at 10 O'Clock last night. only three
are living, the six others having met
death by drowning.
The dead are:
THOMAS NAGLE. plumber. who is
married. and has two children.
DONALD MUNDY.
WILLIAM JOHNSON.
JAMES DAWSON.
CARSON FINCH. married.
GEORGE GIRWIG
The nine men went up the river a mile.
when their engine broke. Futile EFFORTS
were made TO get II into running order
again.
The boat hoated down stream on the
West Virginia side OF the river. and
when II had gone down as far as Ches-
ter, II struck a fleet Of coal barges
which had tied up there. The current
IS swift at this point and the gasoline
launch Is believed 10 have gone under
the tow and then fioated down the riy-
er All the occupants were thrown into
the water.
Ted Prober. Edward Kibble and T.
= Miinoau managed TO grasp the upper
part of a coal barge and succeeded in
clambering into It. All the men lived
In East Liverpool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
FIGHT IS ATTEMPTED
ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
Commissioner From Porto Rico Kesents Re-
marks of Ohio Representative Who Charged
Disloyalty to the American Flag.

A slurring remark by Representative
Douglas OF Ohio regarding his belief
that the Porto Ricsn people do not love
the American flag aroused the ire OF
Tulio Larrinaga. Resident Commissioner
from Porto Rico, TO such a degree late
yesterday afternoon that for a moment
IL seemed that serious trouble would
be started on the floor OF the House.
Minority Leader Williams. however
laid a OBTAINING hand on Mr.. Larrinaga
as ne was darting down the center aisle
or the House to get TO Mr.. Douglas,
and a conflict was averted-
Mr.. Douglas, who is General GrOsve-
nOrs successor, had Just made the re-
markethat the flag was not looked up
to and loved by the Porto Ricans as it
should be. Mr.. Williams asked why
this was
''It IS due 20 the peculiar personali-
ties Of Porto Ricans.r replied Douglas.
Ready for Fight.
without a moments warning Larri-
naga was out OF his seat and had start
ed down the aisle. Mr.. Williams, how
ever. stopped him. When Mr.. Larri-
naga asked for time TO make a state
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The weather is still cloudy and rainv
in northeastern districts and the Lake
region. although the disturbance of T~r-f-
oaY morning mas advanced to the lower
=. Lawrence valley. A second dist1,~-
hancc is central in the southern Rocky
U'ountaiu region. 1t has not caused any
precipitation Of consequence, except i'm
icaho, wyoming. and Utah. The tenn
.Veratures are below the seasonal aver
agc from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific
except in very few small areas.
Fair 10 cloudy weather. with only
slnaii temperature changes IS probable
in the Washington forecast district
during the next thiTty-siN hours. 1'be
weather I'm New England will probably
clear tonight
Steamers departing today for Fllro-
pean ports viii have fresh to brisk west
Criy winds and cloudy weather TO the
Grand Banks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
WHAT CONGRESS DID
N THE SENATE.

After a long debate, Senator Burkett's
resolution for the observance Of moth
ers' day was referred to the judiciary
Committee.
The District Committee continued its
hearing on the Anti-saloon League bin
for more stringent excise laws.
Senator Foraker gave notice that he
would call up Monday his bill 70 re-
store the discharged soldiers to the
Twenty-hfth Infantry and would try
TO have it made the unfinished bust
ness.
Consideration of the agricultural bin
was resumed and the discussion of
forestry matters continued.
The confecees on the naval bin held a
meeting and reached q tentative agree
ment on the pay amendment to the
naval bill.
The post5fdce appropriation bill, as re-
ported from the Senate Committee.
gives the Postmaster General author
ity 20 suppress anarehistic publica-
tions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
SHE CHOOSES OTHER MAN;
ACTOR IS nEARTBROKEN

CINCINNATI. May 9.-"NeH Burton.
OF New York, tragedian, song writer
and poet" came to Cincinnati several
days ago. A marriage license was IS
sued 20 him Thursday. He gave his
bride-to-be's name as Harriet Bradley.
a few hours later he went 70 claim
Miss Bradley for his wife. A big
policeman went with him 10 a rooming
house at ~ Garfield place, where she
was stopping. Burton told the police
man he feared another man
in the girls presanCe he asked her
to choose between him and the other.
The girl chose the other and Burton
went away heart broken Last night he
called up the police station and said
the girl had reconsidered and was 10
become his wife: but he IS still waiting
for the girl. though he said he did not
know where she was
Il loved that girl for all that she has
done against me" SObbed Burton
she has made A fool OF ma big one.
tOo-out I'm ready 10 forget"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
FOUR GIRLS DIE
WHEN BOAT GOES
OVER MILL DAM
Gasoline Gives Out and
Launch IS Swept
Down Stream.
Party of Eight Went
Out for Sail With
Man.

EMPORIA, H., May 9.-Four girls.
Elma Webster. aged eighteen years,
Edith Webster, aged sixteen years,
Grace Lytle. aged fifteen years, and
Bessie Lawrence. were drowned IN the
Neosha river at Hartford, this morning.
In company with Kate Griffith, Mary
Griffith. Carol Lytle, Emil SteinhOlst.
and Howard Lyons, they went boating in
a gasoline launch.
When the party was a short distance
above the dam at the Hartford mill.
the supply OF gasoline gave out, and the
engine stopped
Lyons succeeded in getting Mary Grif-
fifth and Carol Lyle safely ashore. and
Kate Griffith floated down the ream
several hundred yards, where sch was
rescued by Charles Shaw, who was at
tracted TO the scene by cries for help.
The body OF Edith Webster has been
recovered The entire community was
engaged in a hunt for the bodies OF the
other three girls.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-09
EVANS HAULS DOWN
COMMANDERS FLAG

Coincident with the hauling down Of
Admiral Evans flag from the battle
ship Connecticut in San Francisco Bay
today, the Navy Department made pub
tic all the correspondence between the
admiral and the department relative to
his release from command
The President congratulated kdD,iraI 7
Evans upon his successful completion
or the world 8 greatest cruise and ex-
Irossed his regret that the condition OF
ADMIRAL Evans health had made his
REIMBURSEMENT OF command iuDersri,,e
In return Admiral Evans expressed his
appreciation of the gracious message
received ard egain sail il was with re-
Sret that he hauled down his flag and
tnat Il WIS done only on the earnesr
representations Of his doctors.