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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-21

No trace Of its parents was discov-
cred. they evidently having fallen
prey to lions, and 1t was living on
cocoanut milk and cocoanut but
ter. Col. Roosevelt Immediately
adopted it, and is rearing it with
CRATES milk from a bottle, with
the intention of taking 1t home
alive to the Smithsonian institu-
tion.> The creature is very intelli-
gent, and has a simplified lam
guage of its own which it's captor
is rapidly learning, and very likely
he will soon be able to elicit from
it something of its history. The
natives have affectionately named
it Bwana gink or little master. /"
Bwana Gink,. needless to state,
has become a general favorite in
camp. Col. Roosevelt promises to
write $3.50, 900 worth of books
about 1t, and feels that this find
alone amply repays him for brav-
ing the dangers of interior Africa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-21
THE TIRED BEE

There was once q very busy bee.
He worked hard all day. flying
Rom flower to flower, slipping the
pwest nectar and then flying back
% his hive and depositing it In the
honeycomb.
Ono evening he was very, very
klr8d. He looked around and
&ound he had flown . long ways
rom home. It would be after
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-05-21
| Plumber 5 Torch for the Farmer

Years ago In Brown county, South Dakota a
man named Campbell bankrupted himself trying
- make crops grow with less rain than had
always been found necessary for them. Others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
MUT|NOUS RURALES GIVE up
UPRISING IN SANTA CLARA
PROVINCE, CUBA, CoLLAPSES.
President Gomez Issues a Proclama'
ton Congratulating the People
on Reign of tranquility.

HAVANA March 13.-The uprising in
Santa Clara province that evidenced itself
~ the detection OF seven members of
The Rural Guard, who took 10 the woods
with their arms and horses. has resulted
in complete failure.
Shortly after midnight last night the
government received dispatch from Gen.
Montea guido, at Remedies. saying that
Sergt Cortes his two sons and the four
other men making up the fugitive party
aad come In voluntarily and surrendered
70 Senator Jose Espinosa at Pedro Rojas.
Immediately on receipt of this news
President Gomez issued congratulatory
proclamation 10 the Cuban people. il
which he said
"A few men attempted TO disturb the
public order at monNent when the re-
public most needed support All citizens
AMI the government did their duty and
he mutineers have fallen into the hands
81 the authorities, 10 be tried and pun
ished with neither mercy nor cruelty.
Tranquility now reigns and Will con-
tinue. The Cuban people have defended
the republic bravely and given the gov
eminent full assurances OF loyalty.
The prisoners probably will be tried be-
fore a special court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
ADDS TO SAFETY OF SCHOOLS
CHANGES MADE BY REQUEST
OF BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Other Improvements Will Be Com
pleted Later-Detalls Given in
Letter to Commissioners.

BaSing the requests on the ground OF
desire to provide for the safety of the
pupils, the board of education has asked
the District Commissioners to make re-
pairs and improvements In three public
schools, the new Bryan, the Brent and
the Van Ness. Some of the improve
ments have already been made, and 9TH
ers will be completed later.
Harry o. Hine, secretary of the board
of education, has written the Commits
sioners that the use of the new Bryan
School, near Lincoln Park, will begin
about April l.
1T is believed" he continues. that
the following noted recommendations and
changes will greatly aid the efficiency OF
the school and the convenience and safety
of the pupils if you will authorize them
TO be made before the proposed date OF
stairways on the south side; place black
boards on one additional side of the cor
ner rooms; install sanitary drinking foun-
tains; provide additional wash basins;
grade the yard and grounds
Grants the Requests.
Snowden Ashford. inspector OF buildings
has arranged to grant the requests, al
though he says the grading of the yard
cannot he undertaken at once on account
of lack of funds.
The educational authorities requested
that at the Brent School the gas engine
be moved to a safe place In the building.
In visit to the Brent school tnis
morning." 2. NJ. Hughes, assistant super
intendent of schools, said, in a letter rec
ommending the change. Il found the gas
engine in room whose walls were mere
ly thin wooden partitions and whose cell
ing was not tireproof. The room is dark
and the gas has to be lighted just over
the engine. 1t seems to me this produces
a very dangerous condition, and 1 suggest
that the matter be taken up at once with
the proper persons"
Mr.. hughes said that at the Van Ness
school, occupied for the first time this
year, water enters through the walls and
forms in pools on the cement floor of the
basement, and that the yard is not proper
ly drained.
The board of education will be informed
today that these matters have been RENE
died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Mr.. Vests Motion.
An Old Pennsylvania Oak.

Darby Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.
Yeadon oak. the oldest and largest white
oak tree in the United States. beneath
whose spreading branches many treaties
were made between whites and Indians
before the arrival of Penn. after with
standing the elements for 100 years fell a
victim to the windstorm Of last Wednes-
day. The old oak was known to botanists
all over the country and had been visited
by thousands of sishtseers. When meas
ured by ]. Markley. assisted by Prof.
Waldo of the University of Pennsylvania,
1t was found to be ninety feet high. The
branches had a sweep from east to west
of 10 feet and the trunk was thirty-three
feet in circumference All the ground.
John Bartram. the royal botanist of the
colonies and the founder of the famous
Bartram gardens, was considerably in
terested in the giant oak of feadon,
which was an odd tree 14O years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Cannons of Glass.

From the Strand Magazine.
One of the last things in the world
which one would expect the glassworker
to create would be a cannon, yet MessrS.
Thomas Webb q Sons of Stourbridge.
England. recently built two cannon out
of the finest cut glass The guns weigh
with their timber. forty pounds each and
measure 81 inches in length. They wheel
easily and move on their trunnions like
ordinary cannon. The axletree and bear
ings are of ornamental brass.
The creations may claim to be of some
historic interest in that they are exact
models of the famous ordnance with
which Maj. Gen. Baden-Powell success
fully defended Mafeking. The old cannon
was dug up in that place during the
siege. and investigation has since shown
that this old cannon was cast in Stafford
shire at an iron works within ten min
utes' walk of the glassmakers estab-
lishment. During the siege the gun was
known as the Lord Nelson" and Skip
ping Sally" the officers using the former
name and the men the latter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Indian Runs Down Wolves.

Superior Cor. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
: Charley Taylor. a halfbreed Indian l.v-
ing at Scion Springs. a small town near
Superior, is in the wolfhunting business
for the bounty there is In it and catches
the wolves by running them down. lie
hit the hot trail of one of the timber
beasts February 10 and overlook the eX-
hausted animal February %. He killed
it with a stout club which he carries
when hunting
Taylor says that there IS nothing re-
markable about hunting wolves IN this
manner. With snowshoes a man can run
down a wolf. whose pace is slower in
snow, in from one and one-half to two
days. but Taylor was without snowshoes.
All one needs Is endurance. patience and
the ability to follow the trail of the wolf
after dark. The Indians usually hunt in
pairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
one of the most distinguished actors that

one OF the most distinguished actors that
the English-speaking stage has ever
known Mr.. Joseph Jefferson was also
minstrel in the early part of his career,
and prior to that he and his sister-both
mere children-had been wont TO per-
form on Boston Common and pass the
hat among the bystanders.
Lolita was known in the mining camps
Of California and in the early variety
theaters OF San Francisco long before she
came east in the sixties, to win money
and fame-"a dramatic cocktail" John
Brougnam called heV-in the legitimate
houses of Broadway. William II. Crane
used to play the tambouTine in a wan
dering minstrel company. Nat Goodwin,
Lillian Russell and May Irwin came TO
the front in the early eighties at Tony
iFastors Theater. MIR. Goodwin gave
limitations of popular actors and has
lived 10 become an extremely popular
actor himself. Miss Twins remarkable
humorous gifts We're shown in the con-
densed versions OF comic operas that
brought Mr.. Pastors entertainments TO
a close; and 1t was in one of these that
Miss Russell leaped into fame in a
single night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
LOCALIZED WAR is HOPE
Inspired Article in Cologne Gazette
Takes Pessimistic View.
FORGACH NOT ASSASSINATED
Vienna Denies That Minister Has
Been Slain-Actors Enlist for
Russo-Austrian Conflict.

| ST. PETERSBURG. March ia more
| hopeful feeling prevails in official circles
this morning regarding the Balkan situa-
ton, the developments of which are being
watched with keen interest.
/ Prices on the bourse today are firm and
higher on advices from abroad Govern
| ment securities recovered from yester-
days slump and were in good demand to-
| day.
| Berlin Sees No Hope Of Peace.
| BERLIN. March ia semi-officlal
communication, appearing in the Cologne
Gazette today, describes the situation be-
| tween Austra-Hungary and Servia as
most pessimistic In the matter of main
| tenance of peace. but 1t is hopeful that
| the conflict. should one arise, may be To-
Called.
! The communication says:
while attempts have been made in
several quarters to find solution of the
| crisis q contrary course is followed in
Servia. Mild advice Is not likely to serve
any purpose at Belgrade Severe pres
sure from the powers. especially Russia,
is necessary to bring the Servians to rea
son.
Russia's Attitude in Error.
"The construction placed by Great Brit
ain on the Russian note calling an inter-
national conference on the Bosnian-Herze-
eovinan question serves only to stiffen
Servia's backbone for resistance. The
Russian proposals are not calculated to
serve the ends of peace.
1.-The military situation is so critical
that perhaps only a few days will pass
before Austrian troops will march into
Servia.
1T is questionable whether the honest
endeavors of some Of the powers yet will
succeed in preventing an outbreak Of war.
But pourparlers between the various ma
tons lead to the hope that the conflict
may be localized"
Forgach Not Assasinated.
VIENNA, March 19.-There Is absolute
~ no truth in the report published in
Berlin and elsewhere last night that
Count Forgach, the Austro- Hungarian
minister TO Servia. has been assassinated.
Russian Actors Ready for War.
Special Cablegram to The Star.
MOSCOW. March ION. Lewizki. the
impresario. who served IN the Russian
army during the war with Turkey, in
1877. is enrolling at his own expense
volunteer body OF actors for service in
the event of war between Russia and
Austria Hungary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Barn Dancing a Fashionable Exer.
cise
From the New York Press.

Barn dancing IS being turned into a
fashionable exercise. But don't think
barn dancing means dancing in a barn.
1t simply implies an old-fashioned, Wig
orous square" dance. Fencing has made
many a woman gracefully slender and
developed her wits as well as her arms.
yet fencing is not as much in vogue il
used To be. The barn dance is the thing
To bring fat girl down to the right pro-
portions for the bolster-case empire
gown. When half dozen girls get to-
gether now it is likely they will fling
about with great vigor in the barn dance.
But there is one drawback Such dancing
does not suit the way most women wear
their hair. Puffs and curls strew the
floor and such exhibits are embarra ssing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Outcome Is Uncertain.
Foxhounds Hunt Collies.
From the London Mail.

T rom the London Mail.
The Hayden foxhounds and also the
North Tyne pack have lately shown a
tendency to hunt farmers collies.
The first named pack ran collie three
miles the other day in the -Allendale dis
trict. while the latter hounds put collie
up in the Hesleyside woods. and despite
the huntsmans efforts to draw them of
they pursued the collie at rafting pace
for some five miles. When the dog reach
ed the shelter of his masters home he
was only few yards ahead of his infuri-
ated purSuers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19

Shah Informs Cabinet Delegation Of
Persian Situation.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ST. PETERSBUR rig. March ia dis
patch to the Novoe Vremya from Tehera n
states that the shah. in receiving a dele
cation from the cabinet. said that il was
not possible to promulgate a constitution.
AS to the closing of the Teheran bazaars
as protest against an unconstitutional
regime. he declared that he would reopen
them at the lannon's mouth.
A dispatch to the Novoe Vremya last
Tuesday stated that the shah had con-
scented to call Immediately a convention
TO frame a constitution. the convention to
be made up of prominent citizens of Te-
heran. and to meet March 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Booth Once a Minstrel.

James l.. Ford. in McClures Magazine.
Edwin Booth was. in his younger days,
member OF n minstrel company and,
unless I am mistaken. appeared in some
Of the variety shows of that period. He
lived TO become one of the most noble and
dignifed figures of his day, as we'll as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
INTERVENTION IN PERSIA
RUSSIA PLANNING TO ACT
PROMPTLY IF NEEDED.
Troops Already on the Frontier Uns
der Canvas Awaiting Orders
From Headquarters.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 19.-An
preparations are now completed for rush.
ing military Intervention in Persia should
such a step be found necessary. Tbs
third rifle battalion with it's field equip
ment arrived at Julia. on the Persian
frontier. today, coming from Tifis. Ths
men are under canvas in the expectation
of orders to proceed to Tabriz
The Salliank regiment also is in readi.
ness to move at a moments notice. Sup-
plies and equipments are now being sent
forward from Resht. Another regiment
stationed at Yelizavethpol has been order.
ed to prepare for field service
CONSTITUTION IMPOSSIBLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
For Benefit of Creditors.

Augustus e. Giles trading as the A. c.
Giles Printing Company, today made an
assignment for the benefit of his creditors
To George l.. Emmons. lie lists his debts
at s.. 1S1 - and says his assets include his
printing outfit and few accounts due
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Cult Of the Garden.
From the Estate Magazine

There never was time when the inter-
est in gardening was SO keen as ii is now.
Gardening has become the hobby OF the
wealthy and well-to-do classes. who no.
only enjoy plants and flowers when they
are grown, but take an active part in the
culture of their 1ayorites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
INSPECTION OF THE SCHOOLS
COMMISSIONER WEST FAVORS
MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
Points to Results Accomplished in
Chicago in Excluding the
Physically Defective.

Commissioner West today took the first
step toward advising all physically de-
fective children In the public schools to
seek proper surgical or medical treatment
Commissioner West made motion to
the board of Commissioners that the
board Of education be requested to direct
the medical inspectors of the schools to
| make physical examination of all pu-
pills. His motion is based on information
regarding the success Of similar work in
the public schools of Chicago.
The subject of physical examinations
was brought up by Commissioner West in
| connection with the appointment of DR..
Charles A. Tignor as medical inspector
of the public schools.
Inspections in Chicago.
Regarding the inspection in Chicago
Mr. West said
I'm approving the above recommends
ton l desire to call attention to some
important facts disclosed by the report
| Of the department Of health of the city
of Chicago relating to the medical in
| spection of schools.
For instance, it is shown that in Chi
| cage not only are the schools carefully
| inspected for the detection of conta-
gious diseases-no less than 27.15S Chill
dren having been excluded during the
| last calendar year for this cause alone
| but since June i, 1908, the physical
| examination of school children has been
undertaken with results which indicate
| the wisdom Of such action.
| From June II. 1908, to December so
| 1908. 1895 children were examined
| with the result that 1899. or aga pet
| cent Of the number. We're found de-
| fective and treatment advised. OF this
number EOS children We're suffering from
| pulmonary diseases. the discovery and
| treatment Of which would unquestion-
| ably lessen the danger from tubercu-
| losis.
| THE latest bulletin for the week ending
February u. 1909. gives the following in
| formation of the work accomplished dur
ing that week:
THE school medical inspectors ex-
amined 934J school pupils and excluded
on account of contagious diseases 342.
They made 2S03 physical examinations
and advised l,546 to seek surgical or
medical treatment.
! Mr.. Vests Motion.
The results accomplished in Chicago
offer an incentive for the same thorough
inspection in the public schools of Wash
/ ington. and / move that these facts be
brought to the attention of the board of
education with the request that the medi-
| cal inspectors undertake the medical in
spection of all the schools upon the same
| lines as the work has been conducted In
| Chicago with great profit to the improved
| physical condition of the children of that
| city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19

II matters little what 1t is that YOU
want-whether a situation or, d servant
want ad. in The Star viii reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
Diversion.
From Puck.

From Puck.
I'VE admire her much, she plays
such a strong game.
Eighty four or better?
''Oh, considerably better-seventy-
nine,'
No, it wasn't golf they We're speaking
Of but the absorbing and intricate subur-
ban pastime of seeing which woman
should have the feWeSt cooks in a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
SUMMER PRICES FOR COAL
USUAL REDUCTION OF so CENTS
A TON NOT YET ANNOUNCED.
Action Awaits Outcome Of Miners
Convention at Scranton
Next Week.

PHILADELPHIA, March 19.-No word
| has yet come from the anthracite coal
mining companies regarding the annual
reduction of so cents a ton in the domestic
| sizes of COAL which for a number OF years
had been going into effect April ]. Coal
dealers and consumers are anxiously
| waiting for an announcement. but none Is
| expected until after the convention of
miners at Scranton next week has taken
| action on the proposition Of the operators
to renew the present working agreement.
Every collier in the hard coal fields is
working full time and will contipue to do
! so up to the end of the month. The
| rumors that the mining companies will
| shut down for an indefinite period pend
| ing a settlement OF tine labor troubles
cannot be officially confirmed. but re-
ports from several important sections OF
the coal regions tend to support such
| rulnors. The mine workers all look for
| a shutdown during April.
The union miners have been busy this
| week strengthening the organization.
| nearly half hundred organizers being
| scattered through the 500 square miles of
anthracite territory holding daily meet
| ings Most of the local unions have al
ready elected their delegates to the Scran-
ton convention.
Outcome Is Uncertain.
1t is impossible TO state at TINS Time
what attitude the delegates will assume in
| the convention, as the majority Of them
are being sent without instructions.
| From various reports gathered here 1t
is almost certain that If direct question
of strike comes before the convention 1t
| will precipitate lively contest.
President Baer OF the Reading company,
| who is at the head OF the operators sub
| committee which met the officers of the
miners union here last week, is at his
home nursing cold. but will be at his
| offices next week. Mr.. Baer is watching
the situation closely and SO far as can be
| learned. the operators are prepared for
any action the Scranton convention may
take.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-19
THE DIPLOMAT OF THE zWE1.
BUND,"

ITO Maj. Duncan Brown Cooper,
who wrought the great coalition.
who achieved the harmonious con-
f1uence of incompatible elements:
who welded the pewter handle to
the wooden spoon; who grated the
dead bough to the living tree and
made il to bloom and bourgeon and
bend with golden fruit; who made
pIaymates of the lamb and the leop-
ard, and boon companions of the spi-
der and the fly; who made soda and
vinegar to dwell placidly in the
same bottle and who taught oil and
water how they might agree-to
Maj. Duncan Brown Cooper. the
great diplomat of the political
Zweibund. be all honor and glory
forever.
What happened next is history.
The states witnesses say Carmac.
was shot down from behind while h,
was in the act of raising his hat to
lady-Mrs. Eastman. The Cooper
swear they walked across the street l.
reason with Carmack and that h,
opened fire at once. wounding RObi,
who, thereupon and in self-defense
fired the shots which killed tie edito
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-27
Failing In Love.

TO- not doubt that as the world goes
Oh IL deeper sense Of moral responsible
ity in the matter of marriage will grow
up among us. But it will not take the
false direction of ignoring these our
profoundest and hottest, instincts. Mar
rage for money may 60, marriage for
rank may go, marriage for position
may go, but marriage for love. be-
lleve and trust, will last forever. Men
In the future will probably feel that a
union with their cousins or near rela'
lions is positively wicked; that anton
with those too like them in person or
disposition is at least undesirable; that
q union based upon considerations Of
wealth or any other consideration save
considerations of immediate natural
impulse is base and disgraceful. But
to the end Of time they will continue to
feel in spite of doctrinaires that the
voice Of nature is better far than the
voice Of the lord chancellor or the
royal society and that the instructive
desire for a particular helpmate is
surer guide for the ultimate happiness
both of the race and of the individual
than any amount of deliberate consul
tation. 1t is not the foolish fancies of
youth that will have to be got rid OF,
but the foolish, wicked and mischie-
vous interference of parents or out
siders.-Grant Allen.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-01-27
aaIloonina Among the Clouds.

eaIIoonins Among the Clouds.
1t has been my lot to see In arctic
regions some hundreds of thousands
of icebergs close at hand, and I have
always believed them to be the most
beautiful objects on earth, but the
clouds Of the sky, close at hand. are
almost as beautiful. If you mount
above one of these majestic things,
swiftly overlapping one by one its
folds and wreaths, and If remembering
how high it is you look down and see
only small green patches Of earth
through holes in the cloud carpet be-
low, you have a little thrill Of con-
ception of how lonely a man would
feel falling away down there and not
being able to see the spot where he
must alight. 1t is a safe little thrill,
however. You know that you are not
going to fall. Such dizziness as some
persons feel in standing near great
heights on the earth is almost I'M
known in ballooning.-Albert White
Worse in Success Magazine.