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New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
HELP BIRDS IN WINTER.

Little people often wonder how the Wild folk
ret through the winter. and. like many grown
lIps they take for granted that somehow or
other they probably get all right This is not
true at all In the frozen North, where IT Is
winter most of the time. the wild whelk get used
IN hard conditions and IL sometimes they are a
little ha rder than usual it doesn't matter But In
the temperate regions il is different. Wild ami
mails that hibernate or sleep all winter do not
have such q hard time, but others ofteE suffer
cruelty Fish are frequently killed by extreme
cold ana birds have to work hard for their living
Food is scarce and birds have enormous appe-
tttes Worms and insects driven into mac
cessibie hiding places, and the supply OF seeds
and nuts and berries is not very plentiful In
very severe winters birds forced to change
their habits, to find hunting grounds, feed
on unaccustomed foods and frequent the dwell
,nRs of men FOR the sake Of anything eatable that
NAV be found there. They Will eat almost any
thing at such times. however different from their
ordinary fare. In fact observer writes that
he has seen starving birds trying TO stay the
pangs of hunger with yellow laundry soap
Birds very tame when hard pressed by
hunger and one easily win their confidence
by relieving their necessities. Crumbs and bones
with something left % peck at bits OF suet bacon
rind, crusts Of toast. cooked potatoes, apples or
dog biscuits soaked and crunnoa are all relished
by the birds, and any who viii take the
trouble to help them through their hard times Will
bs amply rewarded ~
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
A VISIT TO ALEXANDRIA.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: When was
in washington last summer I went over to Mount
Vernon. and the way there stopped in Alex
andria It a queer old place, with cobbestones
IN the streets laid by the Hessians. little negro
boy showed US about. He evidently had learned
descriptions Of things by heart, for f you inter
r,oted him in the middle of his narrative he would
have to begin all again
First he took US 10 Christ Church 1t is not
very large building, and is a little back from the
street The sexton took around The first thing
he showed US was Washington's pew. It is as large
as two ordinary pews and the seats extended
around three sides of it. He then showed us Gen
eraI Robert E Lees and General Fitzhugh Lees
news and a great crystal chandelier that Washing
ton had given the church There was also the
Bible that the family at Mount Vernon had used.
After we had seen the church our little guide
took US to see the old Carlyle, Br1ddock, house,
where Washington stayed for time The stair
case in il is said to be the down which Sally
Fairfax came when Washington first saw her
There are many rooms full OF old furniture that is
for sale and underneath the house is under
ground passage The Potomac River used 10 come
I'D to the back OF the house, and this passage was
one means of escaping to the river There is
petrified Indian in the cellar. found only few
DAYS before we were there. It said to be
genuine by authorities from the Smithsonian In
stitution. Forty families now live in This old house
Our time was now up, and the was due, we
had 10 go though were rather sorry when We
had to leave the quaint old town
MARION DOWN (aged 13).
No. 7O3 Asylum avenue. Hartford, Conn.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

teachers. and which. it IS held. has none OF the
features which considered objectonaole IN
the White bill. defeated last year. Then MISS
Strachan proceeded pufverize the New YORK
City Teachers Association.
II understand she said that that ASSOCIATION
in the habit Of holding meetings to which few
Of its members are invited. for which no general
call is sent out. We invite all our members to
meetings ard discuss vital points with them
before these points presented TO legislators or
the Governor
Then Miss Strachan suavsl yauded to the re
pert in the press the effect that Mr. Gross. Mrs
Fitzgerald and Mrs. Hli had gone 10 Governor
Hughes with the % per cent proposition. She read
a letter she had written to Mr.. Gross asking him
If his association expected to present TO the Legs
ature bill in which the priaCiple of equal salaries
equal positions. regardless of sex, not up
1l ad = 81 t,is f11ernbers of his s;ssoC StH'e'
mad had opportunity te~isEs .IJ9 -~fe PROPOSE
ton he. in company with Mrs. Fitzgerald and
Mrs Hill. had recently presented to Governor
Hughes. No answer had come. Miss Strachan
said
Meantime Mrs Fitzgerald was popping up and
down. trying to get her word in
Il believe in a square deal she announced when
she got the floor Statements have been made
here to-day that true. No doubt you think
they're true, Miss Strachan. but they're not. We
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
HONOR LIST.

/ Eleanor L. AIlsop; >, Ida App. ., Katie Bauer
4 Ruth L. Boyer: D. Herbert Beat; 3. Eliza BETH
Bodenwein =, Margaret Dick: s, Bessie Decy; >,
Ethel Daniels; 10. A Kenneth EversOns II. James
P Franklin: u. Cecilia Furrey, 13, Ethel w
Fowler; IA, Otto Gruenewald IA, Ida Goldstein,
Is Anita Day Hotchkss; Il. W Paul Hill; IS.
AdoIphe Halbran 19. Albert Hendrickson. "a, Car
ence Kline: 21 Dorothy T Lowell, 22, Claudia
I.evering; 23 Olga Meyer. "a Charles u. Aackey;
% Carrie Moorehead; IS, Erie McMurtrie; p
OIiviere McLaren 2S Paul E Ouirini %, Edward
Post: so Clair Pfennig; 81. Hazel A Rogers; 81
Diana Richards; 33, Agnes Reid; "a, Anna NJ
Reidy. 80. Dora Rker; 36, May Remington; 81
Goddard W. Saunders; 3S. Arnold W. Slow ing, 50
Caroline StryEer. 40. Lowell NJ Spear; Il. Helen
Stearus; A. O. Warwick Telfair; -, Julia E. Tay-
Ior: Al. Vara A. vrden -. Carl G Van Ness; 46
Emerson Vfrden Il. Edna Wanamaker; IS. Natha-
lie H. Wilson; 49 Lillian Walter 80, Annie I.
Walker,
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TIFF RETWEEN TEACHERS.
Die Delegation to Governor Ask for so Per
Cent Increase il salaries7

--he7 Na-nUs Gross. president Of the New York
Csfv Teachers Association. and Ms. Mary Ftz-
re-sad and Mrs. Johanna J. Hill directors in tho
sane association. went TO Governor Hughes
ret long sEo did they or die they not tell The
Governor that - per cent Of the increase asked
f. Il tke Inte-borouSh Association would do per
.Gs-5tz vel for women teachers and were they
really setY. 2nizarion. as vas claimed?
af1s= Grace c St-achan. president OF the Inter
ss-nHEa Association. is pretty clear that they
n-ade tle % pc- cc1f proposition without any a1-
-ho-.7y for GolE =. ard .z- said - enlpsatcally
s. che mass meeting of the Intsr58fof4f--,
Normal College yesterday morning Mrs Fitzger-
srl there to Jaik back and got interested in
dcinE 4 that although. as she announced three
times n The course of her speeches she had an
engagement with man she simply had TO stay
sr6 have her say out.
'Suhrrissi71 makes tTrauts.' Miss Strachan. who
presided over tae meeting. began. She gave a
r-ef outline of the hiIl the Inte-boroUShs now
tsve before the Assembly. a ttu which aims ~
TIE equalization of salaries OF men and women
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

Contest No : Il. Puzzle).-Choce OF boys Trio-
une watch, a sterling silver Tribune badge box
of water color paints. box of dainty note paper
an o,,brodar,y set or an interesting book for the
neatest and best three answers
Contest No. CThinss To Think About)-Cholce
Of an imitation ivory paper cutter, Taooy
thiulbe holder a sterling silver Tribune badge
an embroidery set a boys Tribune watch or an
interesting book for the neatest and best two sol-
tons.
Contest No. washington COntest).-Cholce OF
a pearl bead necklace. a novelty collar pin a ster-
ling silver Tribune badge, a rolled gold bracelet
4 bov's Tribune watch a box of dainty note
naner for the neatest and best two letters telling
what you consider Washington's greatest act
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
Hosv TO 6Uir7 q Prize.

Contest No. (Our Letter Box).-A prize OF
viii be given for every letter printed under lnls
heading The letters may contain Incidents IN
vo1 life anecdotes Of pets strange Incidents noVei
school experiences or things in travel I1ese
stories must be original and must De written ca
one side OF the paper only
Be sure 20 state your age.
Be sure 20 give your choice OF prizes
BE sure TO give your name and address, Sone
~ or1r Little Men and Little Women neglect 20 co
this and therefore lose the chance OF winning
prize
Contest closes February "A Age IS considered
in awarding prizes Address your answers and let
,s-s 70 Little Men and Little Women. The New
York Tribune, New York
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
LETTERS OF THANKS.

Dear Editor I want to tell you that / think
The Tribune is the lovelest paper: l like 10 read
over the different stories the little men and little
women write
list but l never have had my story printed. Ny
mother says l do not write nice enough 10 receive
anything.
hope this coming year will bring twice as much
pleasure TO all the little and little women as
the passing year has. I yours sincerely,
HARRIET JACOBSON.
Mount Joy Place, New Rochelle, y. Y.
Dear Editor: I was SO surprised 70 my pct-
ure in the paper Sunday morning. and happy
and to-day 1 received the lovely watch for which
I want to thank you a whole lot 1 viii take good
care of it and try Tor another prize. Sincerely.
JOSEPH G. MORRELL.
No Isl Washington street. Flushing, Long Island
Dear Editor: 1t pleased me so much to see my
letter published in your paper, but was still more
pleased when | received the check yesterday. and
beg you to accept my sincere thanks for it Hoping
to win more nice prizes I am. sincerely yours.
EMILY NJ PIERCE.
No. "A Stanley Place, Hackensack N. J.
Dear Editor: I want to thank you for the dollar
I received yesterday I very much pleased
when l found my letter printed in The Tribune.
l bought fountain pen with the dollar.
Yours truly. JOHN DRAPER.
New Milford. Conn.
Dear Editor: We have been taking The New
York Tribune for the last few Sundays. and like
II very much. I and my brothers always look
at the chdren's page first. Yours truly,
CHARTS HUTCHINSON Caged 81.
No. 400 Amity street, Flushing. \. Y.
Dear Editor: have received my embroidery set,
and like II very much. 1t is nice prize l think
The New York Tribune gives nice prizes. Yours
truly, ELIZABETH BODENWEIN.
Nev Aondous Conn,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
ANECDOTES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
HIS KIND HEART.

HIS KIND HEART.
The following story shows what kind and nonIe
man President Lincoln was:
one cold winter day Lincoln met a poor man who
had been hired TO chop up an old hut into hreWood
The moor fellow was barefoot thinly clothed and
shivering from the cold and he weak that
he could hardly raise the axe
Lincoln stopped the man in his work and SAID
How much are you getting for this job?
"A dollar" said the woodchopper, and with IL
must buy myself pair of shoes
..You go inside and warm yourself for a few
minutes" said Lincoln, as he took the axe from
the woodchopper.
Then he swung the nightly, and soon had
the old hut split up into kndlings- He had done II
so quickly that the man could hardly believe his
a,,ae The moor woodchopper received his money
and bought his Shoes never forgot the kindness
% Abraham Lincoln ". PAUL HILL
No 5ol5 Hazel avenue West Philadelphia Penn.
Prize a fountain pen.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

NAV be either artificial or natural. according 70
the taste OF the On account or Us soIIeH-
ing effect IL has the advantage o, being becoming
.o the high or IN. low forehead. The pin curl -
adjusted underneath a loosely marcelsd ponpa-
dour around which IS wound a coroneI OF pe1s
arranged in a low and long effect N the oaeN-
The pin curl is also with the Greeian s1yis
of headdress. modernizsd. OF course Word COMES
from Paris that the braid eoronet. which was 50
urcb worn two years ago. will again be seen dur
Ing the coming summer
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
A VALENTINE BREAKFAST.

Til. annual valentine breakfast 20 be given %
the Wornan's Press Club, OF which Nine Won
KIsuner IS president. or February "a. at the Wal
dort-A Astoria. is expected TO be the largest ana
most brilliant affair ever given by the club Many
well known 70 speak and wei known ar
lists will entertain the guests WREN the break
fast IS over Tickets 81 80 each may be ootaineo
from the treasurer Of the club Mrs MARY =
Faulkner Hotel Martha Washington. New Yorf
About four hundred tickets have already been so
for the affair
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
Our Letter Box.

watching the dogs. Of which there many in
neighbOrhood.
1 discovered his fondness for chasing balls
when one of the cherries my mothers hat fell
on the floor and rolled out of sight beneath the
bed A minute later Mack who had also dtsap-
peared under the bed came walking out with the
cherry in his mouth and came and dropped ii at
my feet 1 spent the greater part Of the evening
making him repeat the performance
JAMES C. HEFFNER Caged 15).
No. 247 West 1O7th street, New York.
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LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Things to Think About--The two prize winners
and their prizes in this contest are Marion Angel
apad ten years No. I26 West Gath street, New York
CIT = sterling silver Tribune badge; Henry T.
Staude aged fifteen years, No 597 Fourth avenue
I-,rer Troy Y Y a boys Tribune watch
Anecdotes Of I-ncoln.-See anecdotes by prize
winners this page.
our Letter Box.-For prize winners see letters
rriuteG on this page.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
INcI EaN CARS MUST GO.

The Riverside branch OF the Vomans Municipal
League Of which Mrs. Julius Henry Cohen Is
chairman. making campaign for better sanl-
tary conditions in streetcars. The branch makes
an appeal to the public for aid in watching the
condition of the cars and has issued special report
cards, which may be obtained al the headquarters
Of the league. No. 70 East 26th street. Last week
the branch was addressed by Travis H. Whitney,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
HIS QUICK WIT.

Several anecdotes about Lincoln occur TO me, but
think this is one of the best:
One dav Lincoln and number Of men were dls-
cussing how long a mans legs should be. one
man said so long and another said a different
length Finally they asked Lincoln.
well" he said Il haven't thought much about
f. but I think a mans legs ought 10 be long
enough TO reach the floor.
ELMER FREEMAN taged Il years..
No 30 Grove street Tarrytown, y. Y
Prize Tribune badge.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
MY CAT, MACK.

Dear Little Men and Little Women: OF course
YOU have all dog run after a stick or even
d stone thrown by his master or others But l
doubt if any Of you ever saw cat do the same
thing My cat Mack viii run after almost any
thing he can get into his mouth and Will bring
II back and drop it only at my feet but at the
feet of any who will take time to play with
him We think he learned to do the trick from
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
DIAGONAL PUZZLE

In this puzzle there are seven words 70 o.
guessed and each word has seven letters Nhen
thew have been found and placed one below an
other the diagonals reading downward from -elt
p, rigl+ will spell the name Of great American
who was born in February:
/ A little lamb.
. Making vocal music
3 Satisfied
4 Opposed 20 convex
5 Ease
The contour OF the face viewed from one Of
its sides
:. To speak Of
ENIGMA
10 down by the window 70 rad COOK tHa0
had been 5-6-7-s me by a friend "heh 'lIe i'''l'e
- Tho rcafess s-9-10-f1 against the pane made
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

secretary of the Public Service Commission. VINO
toa them that after February 10 the traction COM
pany would be required to turn out ten cars oaS
in perfect condition At this rate the entire ser
vice oxsht 70 be properly equipped In SIX mon'hs.
It has been found tha. sixteen hundred cars OUT
Ok se1ntsen hundred examined are in uhsallstac-
tcvv condition
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES.
WORD SQUARE
T o "
o H .
W
D z
RATION" PUZZLE
! Inspiration 4 Respiration
. Asni-a+fon s ReCuDeratiCn-
3 Consideration Reiteration-
4 C.arArstfOu 10. Alteration.
D AdulteratiOn- IL Operation
= Moderation - Alteration
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
THE BANG AGAIN IN FASHION.

The newest craze of fashion is bangs IL you de-
ire to be au fait your fluffy pompadour must De
dyed with a fringe. This new headdress IS dlI-
'ereut from the old-fashioned bang OF twenty
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
TOMMYrS SOLIlOQUY

When YOUR. on your way 10 school
You're so cold that you could cry
R1It when you're skating on the pohd
You're so warm and you don't know why.
iOU ~ ~ St. Nicholas.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09

See Bunny Boots at school how trim his little coat and nat
He likes school very indeed, till Teacher Speu cat
PIeae Ma am spell the word our hero fater the
Puf can chase cat." he says, las fast as twenty men
How much are seven2 cries the teacher WITH ro"n
Il think it sixty leven, quavers Bunny looking down
Poor Bunny who had meant show how smart are bnnes now
ReboId him IN the corner, dunee-eap on his brow
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY FEBRUARY g. 1908

of the same wood picked up In Fourth aVenue
curio shop holds an interesting collection OK oio
pewter
New-York tribune., 1908-02-09
5bfnes TO Think About.

me- look up and seeing the postran coming
remembered that 1T was the day sacred 20 1-2-3-+
5-s-7s-s-1e-11 and rushed TO the door TO see what
dainty missives had come for
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Attention Democrats

The Presidents of the various Demo
cratic Clubs in Williamsburg county
are hereby directed to call meeting
of their respective clubs to assemble at
their usual places of meeting on Satur-
day, April 25, 1908, for the purpose of
recognizing. Each club shall elect
President, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer, Committee on Regis
tration, member of the County Exec
utive Committee, and such other COM
mites as to each club may seem eX-
pedient. Clubs will elect delegates to
the County Convention, which will
meet on Monday, May 4, in the Court
House at kingstree, at 12 o'clock.
Cluns will be entitled to one delegate
for every twenty-five members and
one for a majority fraction thereof
The County Convention Will elect dele
gates to State Convention which meets
Wednesday, May 20 county chair
man, a member of the State Executive
Committee, and transact all other
business that may be legally brought
before it. A e WILLIAMS,
CIV WOLFE, County Chairman.
Secretary. 4-2-4t
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A Good Answer.

1'I have a clerk" New York
wholesale merchant remarked the
other day, "and he sometimes man
ages to hand back rather good one,
though, as a rule, he is little short
of stupid apparently. As a matter
of fact, suppose he is one OF those
dreamy sort of chaps, and you never
can tell about that kind.
81 was sorry after l said it" he
continued, "but recently he had
made a most unnecessary blunder,
and lost my temper.
"I say, JONES' sneered, you'd
make a pretty good clerk, maybe, II
YOU had little more sensee
'He looked at me for 3 minute,
with a sort of half smile. Didn't it
ever occur to you, Mr.. Brown, ne
said, that if / had a little more
sense I wouldn't be a clerk at all ?"
New York Tribune.
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The THRICE -A.VEEK WORLD IN
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN YEAR.
More Alert, More Thorough and Aofe
Fearless Than Ever. Read In Every
EnqliSh Spoken Country.

A president of the United
States will be elected this year.
Who is he and who is the man
whom he will beat? Nobody
yet knows, but the Thrice.a
Week World will tell you every
step and every detail of what
promises to be a campaign OF
the most absorbing interest. It
may not tell you what you hope
but it will tell you what is. The
Thrice-a-Week Werld long ago
established a character for i'm
partiality and fearlessness in
the publication of news, and
this it will maintain. If you
want the news as it really is
subscribe to the Thrice-a-Week
edition of tie New York World,
which comes to you every other
day,except Sunday, aud is thus
practically a daily at the price
of a weekly.
The Thrlce.a-Week Worlds
regular subscription price is
only $1.O0 per year, and this
pays for 159 papers. We Offer
this uneeualled newspaper and
The COUNTY RECORD together
for one year for $1.75.
The regular subscription price
Of the two papers is $2.oe-
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Every time ! come to Paris ] am
struck with the unreal appearance
of the town, especially in the less
busy quarter which lies all round
the Champs Elysees. The tall,
blank gray houses, With their gray
wooden shutters, look no more real
than the cardboard houses in stage
play. Moreover, it seems impossi-
BILE than sny one Is alive inside the
houses. You never see a face at o.
window, and no one eversseems to
emerge through the grest brown
doors-aoors which are obviously
made Of painted cardboard and not
Of wood The grayness, the monot-
ony, the absence of eolors, the COM
parative silence, are incredible after
the warm colors, the red brown
skies, the, portentcus, seethlng
ssmovement" of London-London
Sketch.
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The Merry widow bat.
0, Mr President,

0, Mr. President,
Is it really your intent
To save US all from being bust
ed fat?
If that is your intention
We'd really like to mention
The thing they call the "Merry
Widow hat"
It's a regular purse breaker
And it covers near an acre;
We've seen some fierce ones
none the like O. that.
o, get a message ready
And fire it in, dear Teddy,
Let congress curb the "Merry
Widow hat"
Three feet and sometimes wi.
der, no one can sit beside her,
In street Car, Office, dwelling
house or fat,
Ask congress to relieve US,
For, Teddy dear, believe US,
The worst ever is the "Merry
Widow hat."-7he Com.
juOuer.
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Bring Your Cotton Seed.

We have closed down our
gmneries for the season because
there is no more cotton to gin.
We are paying so per ton for
good, sound, dry cotton seed,.
delivered at our mill.
To those who do not care to
sell their seed for cash we are
offering a strictly high grade
meal in exchange. Our rate of
exchange at the mill is 1900 lbs.
of meal for one ton of seed. 1t
is q conceded fact cotton
seed meal is cheaper and
more effective fertilizer than
cotton seed. According to
chemical analysis of EACH. $50
ponds Of cotton seed meal
are equivalent to 1000 pounds
of cotton seed, but owing
to the superior mechanical
condition Of meal, it is safe to
assume that 500 pounds Of meal
are the full equivalent to one ton
Of cotton seed, therefore, what
ever excess above 500 pounds OF
meal the farmer gets in exchange
for a ton of seed is so much clear
profit to him in comparison with
using the ton of seed directly as
a fertilizer. You can readily see
that by exchanging your seea
with US you realize nearly 100
per cent on the transaction.
Bring your seed to us..and not
make the mistake of getting
inferior meal elsewhere in ex.
change.
Our meal is open for inspec-
ton. Samples sent on applica-
ton.
Yours,
SOUTH ATLANTIC OIL Co.,
By Geo. E. NICE, Mgr.
IO-17-tf
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Subtraction.

The teacher was givin lesson
in subtraction. 1t had Y ken them
several terms to master the mys.
teries of addition, and in this rule
she found them no less dull.
Driven to desperation By the stu
pidity of their replies, she rashly
promised three whole pennies to the
child who gave her the smartest an
swer.
"Of course" she explained for the
twentieth time, "you can only sub.
tract things of the same name. For
instance, you can't take eight tables
from sixteen years or four horses
from seyenpence."
A hand shot up at the back of the
class, and the teacher broke of to
inquire what was the matter.
'Please, miss" squeaked a small
boys voice, cant you take three
pennies from one purse, them"
he won the prize.