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SCHEME MANED TO -DISHOY ARMY FORTRESS OF KOVNO IS BEING POUNDED TO CUT RAILROAD FROM WARSAW. MINOR FORT HAS FALLEN Heavy Fighting in Caucasus Brings Contradictory Reports—Germans Weave Strands in Net to Strangle Russians. London, Aug. 8.—The Germans con- tinue to make progress in their efforts to cut off the Russian retreat from the Polish salient. They have begun an attack on the fortresses of Kovno and Ossowetz, which are among the obstacles to be overcome.to reach the railway running from Warsaw through Vilna and Dvinsk to Petrograd. They have taken the minor fortress of Se - rock at the junction of the . Narew and tht Bug and have crossed the Vis- tula near Warsaw. Farther south General Woyrsch is advancing east- ward, but Field Marshal Mackensen is being stubbornly resisted, and appar- ently making slow progress. On the whole, the daring scheme mapped out by the Germans as a se- quel to the capture of Warsaw—the destruction of the Russian army—is unfolding slowly. With the three main railways, besides those built since the war, it is believed in military circles here that the grand duke will be able to extricate his Warsaw army. The events in the east, however, will con- tinue to rivet the attention of the world for some time to come. The Germans have gained minor suc- cesses in the Argonne forests, where the crown prince's army has been try- ing for weeks to find a weak Spot in the French defenses, but their efforts to recover lost trenches on the Lings- kopf in the Voges is declared to have cot them dearly. P!'here has been rather heavy fighting in the Caucasus between tht Russians and the Turks, but the official reports are contradictory. There is much interest in the diplo- matic negotiations in the Balkan capi- tals, the reports from which indicate Serbia at last is willing to cede Mace- donia to Bulgaria, but the Greek gov- ernment is opposing any suggestion that she should return Kavala, the sea- port in the villayet of Salohiki, to Bul- arls. It is thought, however, this opposition may be changed when M. Venizelos returns to power, which is expected when the Greek parliament reassembles early in September. M. Venizelos offered Kavala to Bul- garia when he was premier simply in return for her continued neutrality while Greece went to the assistance of the allies against the Turks, but King Constantine put his foot down on .the whole policy, and the_ political crisis which resulted in the ,resigna- tion of the Venizelos cabinet followed. The Petrograd Bourse Gazette pub- lishes a statement to the effect that Germany has made peace proposal to Russia, but that they were rejected. There is no confirmation of this state- ment Berlin, Aug. 8., via London.—Further progress for the Auatro-German forces which are attempting to cut off the Russian retreat was announced today by the war office. The statement says that 'Serock, at the mouth of the Bug, north of Warsaw, has been occupied; torts near Novogeorgievsk have been captured; the Germans have occupied the east bank of the Vistula near War- saw, and to the south the Russians are being driven back by Field Marshal von Mackensen. The statement fol- lows: \French hand grenade attacks near Souchez and counter attacks against the trench taken from the French in the western Argonne on Friday were repulsed. Fighting in the Vosges, north of Munster, was renewed Satur- day afternoon. The night, however, was quiet. \The eastern theater—German troops on the Narew are approaching the Loniza-Ostrov-Wyszkow road. At same points the enemy offered stub- born resistance. South of Wyszkow the Bug has been reached. Serock, at the mouth of the Bug, has been occu- pied. Near Novogeorgievsk our siege troops took the forts at Segrze. \Near Warsaw -we gained the east- ern bank of the Vistula. Southeastern theater—Under the pressure of Field Marshal von Mack- ensen- the Russians are retreating eastward. Between the Vistula and the Bug the left wing of Von Mackensen's armies has driven back the enemy in a northerly direction. The right wing still is gaining in the direction of the river Vieprz.\ To Make Bullets of Racing Craft. Philadelphia Aug. 9.—The yacht Co- - lumbia, which twice successfully de- fended the America's cup, has been consigned to the scrap heap in this city and the steel frame, leaden keel 04,1 UlaO. wits tie t_oevetied Into missies of warfare for the Euro- pean belligerents. The keel alone weighs 100 tons. The Columbia, which lowered the colors of Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham- rocks I. and II. respectfully, was dis- mantled at City Island, L. I., and shinned to a manufacturing concern. here. The boat is said to have cost the New York Yacht club, its orlginal owner, more than $300,000, PACIFIC COAST NEWS Mrs. Francisco Villa, young wife of the MetIcan coleftain has arrived in Long Beach with her month -old &nigh ter and a party o. 15 relatives, friends and servants. •••411.;•• Driving 35 out of 40 five -inch, 50 -cal- iber shells through targets that loomed up in the distance no bigger than ordi- nary calling cards, the Oregon naval militia broke all Pacific coast records for gunnery. Fire which started in the pit room of the Rosenberg Brothers & Co. fruit packing plant at San Jose, Cal., spread to the main building after it was be- lieved to have been controlled and de- stroyed the plant, valued at several hundred thousand dollars. Miss Isabella Austin, dean of women at the University of Washington, died at a hospital in Seattle Sunday, where she underwent an operation for appen- dicitis July 26. Miss Austin was a na- tive of Minneapolis and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Miss Emma Goldman and Dr. Ben Reitman, her business manager, were fined $100 each in the municipal court at Portland on ...e charge of violating a city ordinance by distributing lit- erature on birth control. They wtre arrested while Miss Goldman was ad- dressing a public meeting. A special train of 12 cars arrived last week in Seattle from the east, bringing the first heavy steel rails for the government railroad in Alaska. The rails will be loaded on the steam- er Seward for transportation to An- chorage, Alaska, where they will be used in construction of yard tracks. Fire at the Capitol mills, near Win - lock, Wash., damaged the plant owned by the J. A. Veness Lumber company Sunday to the extent of $175,000. The loss is partly covered by insurance. Nearly 10,000,000 feet of lumber were destroyed. Dynamite was used to blo up a big dock in order to check tlie flames. A movement to establish the city manager form of government in Port- land in place o, the commission form was started recently by S. Benson, millionaire philanthropist, who has already given to Portland hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property for public enterprises, parks, foun- tains, etc. ABE RUEF ASKS PAROLE. - , - Kea Served Half'of Fourteen-Year Sen- tence—Not to Resume Activity. San Francisco.—Abraham Ruef, once a political power in San Francisco, now serving a 14 -year term in San Quentin prison for offering a bribe to a San Fratickco sutiervis r included i his application for parole a request that he be debarred from entering San Francisco county within 90 days, it has been learned. Ruef has completed service of four years and five months, half the net time of his sentence, al- lowing for good behavior credits. George B. Keane, attorney for Ruef, says Ruef feared his presence in San Francisco during the municipal elec- tion campaign now in progress might result in enemies charging that he had resumed political activity. To fore- stall this Keane said Ruef asked that he be prevented from coming here. Hearing on Rues application has been set on the calendar for Aug. 21, at San Quentin, by the state board of prison directors. No objections have been offered to Ruef's parole, Keane said, and he expects it will be granted. The board has on its calendar about 165 cases. Ordinarily not more than 75 cases are considered at the sessions, which are held monthly at each wham. Meyer Ruef, the prisoner's aged father, died last year. His mother has been very ill for some time. NORTHWEST MINING NOTES. Montana mines produced 2,s05,173 short tons of coal in 1914, valued at $4,913,191. As compared with 191:3 the production in 1914 showed a decrease, according to the United States geolog- ical survey, of 435,800 tons in quantity, and $740,348 in value. The net earnings of the Interstate - Callahan Mining company, operating the Consolidated Interstate -Callahan properties on Nine Mile, in the Coeur d'Alenes, for June were approximately $675,000, according to the preliminary report received from the New York offices of the corporation. The ship- ments for the month were 5400 tons of crude ore and concentrates. The pipe line from the Yankee Boy mine to the Big Creek lease, near Wal- lace, Idaho, that will operate the new compressor plant being installed by the leasers, is practically completed, according to reports received from Kellogg, Idaho, and the new machin- ery ordered for sinking operations by the Big Creek interests now is be- ing delivered. Advices received from New York state that the Rex Consolidated Min- ing company has been organized un- der the laws of Delaware, capitalized for $1,500,000. The corporation is formed to take over and operate the Rex mine, in the Nine -Mile district, in the Coeur d'Alenes, better known as the Sixteen -to -One, recently purchased by J. 0. Stewart, and New York asso- ciates. \What's this?\ 'asked the automo- bile owner. as the deputy sheriff thrust a folded paper into his hand. \That said the deputy, \is a new attachment for your car. I'm putting them on a great many of our finest. machines this summer.\—New York World. For the sag, it it means anythIng, ; means the golden rule; the flag means , iriendly,bdrden bearing; it means mu- tua-Lhflp in trouble; it means stand- ing together against common foes. Washington's *Good Roads Get More Business The value of good roads can hardly be estimated and the town that has a system of well built roads leading to it can testify as to the benefit de- rived by the increased business ac- cruing to the merchants of that town. Viewed from this standpoint, mer- chants should all be good roads boost- ers. The state of Washington has taken an advanced position in the mat- ter of the construction of good roads, and no commonwealth of similar pop- ulation and age has established a sys- tem of permanent highways that near- ly approaches that of this state. Figures recently compiled by the state commissioner of highways show that in the 10 -year period elapsed since the creation of the department. April i, 1905, the grana total mileage of improved highways In the state reached 1,094.33 miles. The figures show that \earth\ .which is given as a class, of road, leads in the construc- tion work with a mileage of 444.51. Gravel construction is second with 295.23 miles, followed by water bound macadam, 172.53 miles; concrete; 63.99 miles; asphalt macadam, 34.58 miles; oil bound macadam, 29.47 miles; brick, 23.23 miles; Warrenite. 11.87 miles; bituminous macadam, 9.27 miles; plank, 5.23 miles; sheet asphalt, 3.97 miles, making a total of 1,094.35 constructed by the state and counties. During the biennium April, 1013, to April, 1915, the mileage of state roads constructed by the state totaled 254 miles. The total of state roads from April, 1905, to April, 1913, was 191.35. From April 1, 1005, to April 1, 1913, the amount of state aid road construct- ed totaled 157,53. The state aid law was repealed in 1911 and in its place went the permanent highway law of 1911. Whatever construction during the period 1911 to 1913 was provided for in the new law and for state aid roads now completed when the law was repealed. Construction under the permanent highway division is all done under county supervision, as provided by the law. From April, 1911, to April, 1915, this totaled 491.47, and gravel leads in the class of roads constructed with 211.91 miles. Water bound macadam was second iTifi 122.61 lilies. There has been 'no earth or plank construc- tion work done under the permanent highWay division, while the state has used no sheet asphalt, concrete, brick or bituminous macadam. There are 217 miles of state roads ow mem torstnitun, igiprOXIMat- ing a cost of $900,000, and 207 miles of permanent highway, being built at a cost of $1,334,000, making a total of 424 miles of highway at a cost of $2,234,000 being built in the state of Washington. These figures include bridge construction, though mainte- nance cost of roads or those roads being constructed by counties with funds from the county road and: bridge fund are not included. State roads are , built by legislative appropriations in the lump sum. Per- manent highways are constructed from money raised from the 1 1 / 2 mill levy which the state collects from the various counties and holds for those counties - wherein the money is raised. STOCK AND CROP NEWS. Indications point to a heavy prune crop in the Spokane district this sea- son. s , The estimated damage to the fruit crop at Prosser, Wash., from the elec- trical ,itorm runs into thousands of dollars. Pear growers, who had just started to ship, are the neaviest losers. It is too early to determine the losses of apple growers. E. Wagner & Son, through their representative, J. H. Dengel, at We- natchee, have now contracted for over 300,000 boxes of standard , apples, straight orchard, at an average price of $1 a box, and he is still buying lots throughout the valley. On each box of apples bought an advance of 10 cents a box has been paid to the grower or unit. The balance will be paid on delivery. The majority of the apples are intended for the Australian and South American markets. In look- ing over the contracts it is seen that 30 varieties have been bought and that over $25,000 has already been dis- tributed. Need for More Officers. St. Louis, Aug. 7.—Speaker Champ Clark announced here Saturday that he would introduce in the next congress a bill doubling the enrollment at the West Point Military academy and at the Annapolis naval academy. The bill doubling the enrollment at the West Point military academy and at the Annapolis novol academy. The bill also will provide government aid for schools throughout the country that have military departments. \The country can get all the vol- unteers it wants in 48 hours,\ said the speaker. \The great need is for offi- cers to train them.\ Self -development is the end to be golivht if it ig rloairarl tr• c•vrk•Irlrl the,, capacity to achieve wealth, and to en- joy it. Men have made fortunes by making fortune -getting their sole aim, only to find that they were unfitted to take the place in life to which their money entitled them, after it had been acquired. With no interests in com- mon either with the working or the leisure class, their positions are not to be envied, Mental poverty is the most distressing of all poverty. MARKET REPORT Chicago. Hogs—Slow„ 10c to 15c under yes- terday's average. .Bnlk, $6.4007.10; light, $6.95@7.70; mixed, $6.3067.55; heavy, $6.1067.05; rough, $6.1066.30; pigs, $6.6067.65. Cattle—Weak. Native beef cattle, $6.13010.25 • western steers', $6.750 7.20; cows and heifers, $3.1009.25; calves, $7.50011.25. Sheep—Easy; sheep $6.1007; lambs $6.7509.23. Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.14901.17. No. 2 hard, $1.2101.24. Corn—No. 2 yellow, 86 1 / 4 086%e; others nominal. , Rye—No. 2 nominal; No, 3, $1.010 1.02. Barley -71082c. Timothy, $5.5067. Clover, $8.35013.25. Butter—Weak. Creamery, Eggs—Market unchanged. 20024c. New York. Raw sugar dull. Centrifugal, 4.64e; molasses, 3.87c. Refined quiet. Spot cotton steady. Middling up- lands; 9.40c. Coffee—Spot quiet; Rio No. 7, 7 1 4c; Santos No. 4, 9%c. San Francisco. ,Eggs—Fresh extras, 3c/c; pullets, 23c. Portland. Cattle—For the last three Mondays steers have reached the seven '-cent mark. The market seems to show steady on good stuff. Of course, this class of cattle is not coming in free- ly. Out of the 800 head on the mar- ket only two or three loads could show in this class. Most of the offerings were mediocre, the usual number of second rate cattle being in evidence. For ordinary cows and heifers the market seems at an early date fairly steady. Hogs—Only a few hundred head over two thousand were registered over Sunday, outside of a few loads that were able to spring the close of last week's price at $7.15, all lines ruled steady, the bulk going at $7.00 to $7.10. Trade was active. Sheep—The largest receipts for a sing lp day in the last few months Were in this week, over 400 head being totaled. Good lambs are selling at $6.25, with all lines steady at last week's prices. Tacoma. Wheat—Between-season conditions with supplies holding at about the same level as heretofore. As to prices, hens are up lc and roosters, 2c, making the figures 12c and 8c live weight. Cured Meats—Hams and bacon con- tinue unchanged, but the market for lard is still slumping, and has touched the lowest levels during the past week in some time. Fruits and Vegetables. Apples—A forecast of the apple crop of the Northwest indicates that the yield will be about an average, but be- low that of last year, yet at that there will be much fruit to Mile. The sup- plies in the local market are getting more plentjful and the quality is hold- ing up well. As to figures, quotations are given at sig1.50 per box. Berries—Dewberries and blackber- ries are quoted a little cheaper this week at $1.25 ,per crate, while logan berries still hold at $1.50. Red resp- berries are off the wholesale market. Other FrUits—Late shipments of apricots are selling at 8501.00. Pears hive declined in price and are jobbing at 4001.00 per box and pitons are also cheaper at 50065c per box. Peaches are getting more plentiful and are .q quoted at 40c065c per box. A break in the quotations on cantaloupes is noted this week at $1.5002.25 per' crate, and watermelons are also easier at 1%c per pound. Oranges and lem- ons rule strong at former..quotations. Potatoes—Local quotations on spuds have been shaded to $1.10 per owt. Other Vegetables—Dry onions are down to 75c per cwt, and cucumbers are quoted at 15030c per dozen. To- matoes are easier at 40@50c per box and green corn is down to 10015c per dozen. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—There has not been much movement in the wheat market during the week, there seeming to be an in- clination to hold on by the growers, although another factor is the be- tween -season status that usually pre- vails at this time of the year. Some new wheat has come into this market, but it will be some time before the movement becomes general, as grow- ers are kept busy securing the crop, and quotations also are not very at- tractive to start any selling move- ment. The quality of the new wheat is generally good. As to prices the market is ruling rather weaker with bluestem quoted at Ole; club, s8c, and red Russian, 70c. Flour—The position of the flour market still remains rather uncertain, millers being inclined to await further continue to prevail. While some new developments in the wheat market. Al - wheat has been dribbing in during though the latter has showh some the past wegk or ten days, it will still weakness during the past few days, 'be some tfte — litstOre the marketing the quotations on local flour remain movement assumes representative pro- portions, as growers are devoting un- divided attention to the securing of the crop, and present prices are not regarded as sufficiently attractive to start a selling movement for forward delivery. Quality of wheat arriving generally wxceituut tWml t e excep- tion of the fact that there is more tuan the usual amount of smat In- terior advices indicate steady progress with the harvest and generally satis- factory returns, substantiating expec- tations of a marked increase in the yield. Locally prices have been ruling relatively weak. Bluestem is approx- imately 5c below the quotations of two weeks ago at 94c, with club show- ing rather less of a decline at 90c. Two additional engagements for Northwest loading are reported, with the charter market holding at the top at 05 shil- lings. In general, the market has strengthened slightly, on continued re- ports of black rust and other influ- ences tending to cut down the yield in this country, although foreign de- mands have not been preSsing. Tidewater receipts hold light. Lo- cal carloads inspected last week were 145 cars. For July Tacoma receipts were 521 cars; Seattle, 233 cars, and Portland 475 cars. Flour—While a moderate amount of business is being worked for immed- iate shipment, not much is doing in the way of booking advance orders both buyers and sellers being in- clined to wait developments in the wheat market before entering into ex- tensive engagements. Departing lin- ers are carrying from 10,000 to 12,000 barrels to the Orient, as against a normal of 20,000 to 30,000 bar Is. Pat- ents have responded further to the easing off in wheat prices, and are down 30c from a week ago. THE SPOKANE MARKET. The general business situation shows few changes from the usual , conditions prevailing at mid -summer., Fruits and produce are rather slower. than 'usual at this time and some light- weight goods are not closing out as satiActorily as could be desired, and there is still recurrence of reports of larger distribution for July than for the same month a year ago. The week has witnessed the first anniversary of the big European conflict, with its disturbing influences, and 'it would he an exaggeration to state that business has as yet adjusted itself to the con- ditions involved in the enormous di- version of capital from the ordinary channels of trade and industry. Provisions. Butter—The sustained heavy pro- duction of milk and butter, coupled with the fact that shipping demands are not taking a representative pro- portion of the surplus, have tended. to produce congestion, and at the mo- ment there is an oversupply, with prices easy at 27030c for Washing- ton creaniery. Cheese—Liberal receipts and steady demand characterizes the market, which continues to hold steady at 10c for triplets and 20c for brick. Eggs—The advancing season brings the usual change in the egg market and prices are up around the 30e mark, with a steady undertone. Fresh Meats—Trade is just steady, while prices are holding at the easy rulings which have prevailed ,or some time, without any notable change. Poultry—Demands during the past week have shown some.improvement, at the same level as fcir some time, but some brands of hard wheat flour have been marked down. Feed—There has been no change as to prices in the local feed market dur- ing the week and receipts have. been rams: nlpntifiil Able. . General Trade Conditions. Bradstreet's says: Activity in iron and steel, continued improvement in industrial operations, diminished idle- ness, a quieter labor situation, a steady flow of orders for munitions of war, ease in money, some improve- ment in collections, tine crop news and growth in optimism, as_ to- excellent business this - fall stand out in marked contrast to reports of mid -summer , quiet' in trade,circles and a slackness in industries not depending upon war orders. The crop Movement is later ' than normal, and exports of wheat are still small. Although fall buying has not really opened, some Northwestern centers report gains in this respect. Retail trade, helped in some places by ' clearance sales, has been checked by ' wet weather at the west and south- west, and on the whole it is probably !below normal. Activity in machinery ifor domestic and foreign account is reflected in overtime work at plants. I Bank clearings for week, $3,025,437,- 00, a- decrease of 7 per cent from last week. BREVITIES. The cod fishery along the entire Labrador coast has been a total fail- ure so far this season, according to a wireless received from the Labrador mail steamer Saginaw, which is now In the north. She reports that there Is little chance for a catch during Au- gust and September. A. W. Cooper, secretary of the West- ern Pine Manufacturers' association, has announced the total shipments and cut of lumber for the Month ended June 30, as follows: Shipments: 1914, 40 mills, 3606 carloads, 86,496,- 530 feet. 1915. 40 mills, 3534 carloads, 88,636,976 feet. Total cut: 1914; 128,- 235,987 feet. 1915,9 '37 mills, 113,761,- 978 feet. Preliminary plans designed to make available the resources of the federal reserve system in the annual fall movement of crops have been worked out by the federal reserve board. Writing to the 12 regional banks the board pointed out in a letter made pub- lic this week how members of the sys- tem may help to finance the crop movement. The board's [ action was taken, the letter says, to forestall any possibility of congestion of crops this' fall or lack of financial aid to move them, and, to avoid a recurrence of the stringency which in the past has marked this mqvement. The tolls collected for use of the Panama canal during July were the largest since the waterway has been in operation. The total was $573,365, as compared with the March tolls of plevieue recoru. Toe excess of earnings for the year ended June 30 were $230,838, the total oper- ating expenses for the year being $4,- 343,383. The total earnings for the year amounted to $4,112,550, which does not take into consideration the interest on the capital invested, charges against depreciation, sinking fund and other like general items, nor about $80,000 which was deducted from the earnings on account of gov- ernment vessels using the canal. • PERSEVERANCE. One morning before Snowball went to the city with his master he called Midnight to him in the barn and pointed out a hole. \I want you to sit right here in front of this bole,\ be said, \and watch for mice. If you catch one you will have your dinner, and if you do not, it will not matter, as,you,,,had a good breakfast and cannot be very hungry at dinner time. \Mice are very quick in their move- ments, and you will have to keep your eyes open every minute and you will hav.43 to stay here and not run about. And if you do not catch one in a tow minntes, that is not a sign there are not any mice about.\ Midnight eat down in front of the hole. \Will I have to stay here he asked. . \Until you, catch a mouse,\ Snow- ball replied. \And you neCer learn to catch them if you ,do not watch closely.\ Snowball rode away with his masa- e and Midnight watched the hole - After a while Kit and Puff came into the barn. \Come over here,' said Puff, :and sit in the sun.\ \No answered Midnight, \I have to watch this hole and catch a mouse.\ \You can see just as well from here,\ said Kit, \and we want you to tell us more about OA city cats.\ \Snowball told me to' sit here,\ Mid- night replied. \Ile said I would never learn to catch mice if I did not watch carefully.\ \You may ft ot catch one if you do watch,\ said Puff. \Come over here and be comfortable.\ But Midnight remembered what Snowball had told him and remained in front of the hole, for he was very grateful to Snow- ball for all his kludness, and wished to please him. By and by it was dinner time and Kit and Puff started toward the house.. \Are you going to sit there all day?' asked Kit. _ \Cntil I catch a mouse,\ replied!. Midnight, looking with longing eyea toward the kitchen door, where he - knew a nice dinner was waiting for' him. \Are you going without your dinner?\ asked Puff, \just because Snowball told you to watch that hole?' ome a ong, o mus e But Midnight would not be emoted , - and watched the hole with anxioue eyes, but no mice were to be seen. Puff and Kit came back from their dinner and tried to get him to walk Watched Hole With Anxious Eyes. down to a catnip bed, but Midnight still refused to leave and remained and watched the hole. IL _wasuAnneet when Snowball...ter turned. Ile ran to the barn, and there act Midnight 'Inside the hole. have not caught - ti -single mouse,\ he told Snowball, ''ind I have watched the hole every minute, as you told me to do.\ \I did not expect that you would catch one,\ snowball replied, \for this Is a deserted hole, but I wanted to see if you would persevere in spite of failure. This is a quality all cats possess, and I wanted to teach you to use it. \Now come with me, and I will see that you havr'n'iltee'buss , r, and tomorrow I will show you a place where there are plenty of mice, and I want to see if you can work as well as watch.\ Kit and Puff came along just them. \Did you catch a mouse at last?\ they asked. ,..•• ''No,\ ansAvered - kidnight. \I told you that you wouldn't,' said Kit, \and you lost your dinner for nothing.\ \No said Snowball, \he did not lose it for nothing; he learned a lee. son that will be of some use to hins in the world, and he will not give up hunting for mice and go to sleep in a basket just because he does not catch a mouse the first time he tries\ • Why 'She Objected. • Mary was seven and she didn't want to take her music lesson. \Why Mary, don;t you like your muster asked herOmother, anxiously. \No • sobbed the little girl, \I just hate those little black things sittin' on dill fence!\---Harper's Magazina • ••••-••
