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Hundreds of the city" pigeons cut
OF by the icy blanket left by the late
storm from their regular feeding
grounds are slowly starving TO death.
Huddled in little hocks about the
Common and Public Garden pigeons
and English sparrows could be seen
on the crusted snow, waiting with
ruffled feathers until the sun should
thaw out their next square meal
Anyone who takes the trouble TO
slip even a bread crust in his pocket
and then when the opportunity comes
throw the crumbs TO a flock OF the
hungry pigeons is amply repaid for
his trouble by the pleasure of watch
ing the gratitude of the eager birds.
Headmaster John +. Casey OF the
English High school has been identi-
fed with the institution for many
years. At the recent dinner of the
alumni at the Boston City clrb Mr.
Casey was given magnificent recep-
tion which demonstrated the populari-
tF he has long enjoyed among those
who have been pupils under him.
Among other things Mr.. Casey said:
I'VE endeavor 10 develop only what
is best for the boy so that after grad
uation he may not be afraid of hard
work We try to teach him to be an
intelligent and valuable citizen. The
big business houses in Boston are full
of our boys from the heads Of firms TO
the Office lads
A remonstrance against further in
crease OF the United States navy,
signed by over two hundred clergy
men, OF various denominations in Bos-
ton and its vicinity was sent to con-
gress the other day.
1t is the belief of the ministers that
naval preparations have grown so
enormously as to become a distressing
burden upon the richest nations and
an actual menace to the peace Of the
world.
The remonstrance asks congress to
heed the wishes of the multitude Of
citizens who believe that education,
mutual acquaintance, trust, common
sense and just and generous purpose
are bound to displace the irrational
and wasteful machinery of war.
fleet of Il warships of the Unit
ed States navy have been ordered 10
make the Charlestown navy yard their
home port. The fleet consists of five
battleships, two of the big scout cruis-
ers, one armored cruiser, one protect
ed cruiser, two gunboats and the tor
pedo training vessel Vesuvius.
This means that all repairs which
it is possible for these ships to have
done at their convenience shall be
made here. The battleships are the
Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Vermont
and New Jersey; the armored cruis-
er is the New York, which will go into
commission here in a few months the
scouts are the Salem and Birmingham;
the protected cruiser is the Des
Moines, and the gunboats are the De-
troit and Scorpion.
While all the country and Europe
American author and genius, Edgar
Allen Poe, on the occasion OF the GEN.
tennary of his birth, the event was
especially observed in Boston where
he is supposed TO have been born.
Boston has only recently claimed the
honor of being the birthplace of the
noted author, but from information
records and local newspapers yellow
with age, it has been practically prov
en- that it was here that Poe first saw
the light of day.
That the gulf stream is strangely
active and is flowing to the westward
instead of TO the eastward was as
serted by Capt Meidell of the little
Norwegian tramp steamer Edda, which
came into port a few days ago from
Macoris, San Domingo. Capt. Meidell
said he had never before observed
the stream act that way, and it might
have resulted in disaster for the Ed
da had it not been for the constant
use of the lead.
The captain had no knowledge that
he was going out of his course until
he found that the vessel was getting
in shoal water and the lead showed
a depth of 13 fathoms where it should
be considerably deeper. Then it was
discovered the steamer was to the
westward OF Nantucket south shoal
lightship instead of to the eastward
of it, as the course Captain Meidell
was steering would take her. Capt.
Meidell has no theory to account for
the change in the current.