The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1897 Page: 3 of 4
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IN THE ODD COKNER.
OMR 8TR ANQE QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
The rint Cleoa A W.l.h Kip Vaa
Wlakl ('riliif Tree lata a
Kewseaaer A Meet l-MraoraUiiarj Ca-
aMMeae Harder to Ave4 aila.
vv;t;.v to
HEY stood at ths
Hr on thort
year age;
II vowed from
tbo trouble of
life to defend
her.
bav her and
liolJ bar for
weal or for
W(l-
8h-; (.puis tb re-
apoose la accent iuost tender.
To-nlKiit In tb gloom tbey ara alt-
ting apart
Oh! hu all ber wifely devotion beea
wasted
She mopes ther In alienee a pain at
her hurt;
Th lamp ara unllgbted. bla aupprr
untaated.
Their aky. erst all cloudless la now
ovtrrsst:
For Joy there la aorrow. for giadneas
dejection;
Tta aerpent bu entered their Eden at
last
And left It dark trail on tba flower
of affection.
Oh well mar tber 1 In hfr boom a
pain.
A grief that ah vainly endeavors to
emother;
To night b ha to!d brr. In languag
quit plain.
Eb can't cook hla meal half aa wall
aa hit uithr.
floiton Courier.
cut with a knU. "Ltchlan Campbell
lillbao March lird Uii." It Wa tta
nam of bar briibr. who wa bolltf-
maker In Spain and on showing It to
ber mother tb latter waa naturally
aomawbat disturbed and could not
help aupenUtloualy rssjardlag tilt
myslerlsu znetsag front th a aa
th herald of nil ttdlnfa rtpc.tlng
her too. la bar ant latter to bla aba
mentioned tb lrcuslc. and waa
gratly relieved en rclvlag a rpl
assuring br of bla well-being but
wa astonished to learn from blaa
that be bad remembered bow whan os
holiday ha bad cut bla aaui aa
aboir described on a piece of wood.
and bad Idly thrown It Into th aea
from a rock near lillbao. Tier la
nothing wonderful In th fact that tbla
pleca of wood should after drifting (or
ll months hav bees carried bun-
dreda of miles away by th wind and
ocean current but that after It long
wandering It ahould hava bea waabad
on tba abora within a hundred yarda
of where th writer' mother llTd and
that It ahould b picked up by on tvf
bla own (anlly. la a sufficiently mar-
velous coincidence to b accounted ln-
rredlbla were It not aubataJ.Uz.ted by
undajbtcd ev'denc.
TRAP AND WINfl SHOTS
SOME RECENT RECORDS
THIS MARKSMEN.
BY
sfeeUh af aa OH Tlaier Th Tr1lal
Targel thaaxplos Aaale Oakley la
lb rial - lloraew loaug' NalaUle
raab
Is
J
A IVrlik l:ln.
Every nation baa a Kip Van Winkle
af Ita own but the Welsh story of li p
I unique lla la known a Taffy a?
Rlon. On morning Tsffy In ard a bird
InKlng on a irm elope by til pith
Allured by tha n.elily. he eat down
until th music reacd; when he ros
what waa bla surprl at observing
that the trea under which be bad taken
aeat had now )-rru dead and with-
eral. In th doorway of hla home
wlilrh. to h' amazement bad also
suddenly grown older he asked of a
atrani old man for his parents whom
ha had I 'ft there aa be said a tew
minutes befoe. I'pon learning bla
nam the old man said:
"AluV lafly 1 hav often heard my
grandfather jour father apeak of
you. and It waa said you were under
tb poaer of tha fairies and would not
b released until th last sap of that
syraroor bad dried up. Umbrae m.
my dear uncle for you are my uncle
eailtra. your oephew."
Th Mao a.
It Is aa Interesting fact that our
moon contains about tb earn numbr
of aquar miles aa North and South
America but tha volume or bulk of
th earth I. almoat fifty Uroea greater
and It would tak 60.000.0W) of moona
to e'jual tha sun. Aa It baa no at
mospber to protect it from tha aun'a
raya. Ita heat In daytlma la Intense-
strong enough to boll water while at
night tha cold la frightful being
eral hundred degreea below aero. Tb
moon la a dead cinder; If It ever bad
air and water they ara now absorbed
In tha porous lava that covers Ita tur-
faiw. It baa twnty-lfht mountain
higher than Moot Blanc; taa of thee
ar over 1S.000 feat high tha two high
est Mount Uebnltl and Dorfsl be-
Ina almost -S.Ooo f-t high. Tb
ARVTIT M'MUIl-
CHT of Syracuse
N. T.. tba old-time
trap sbootsr la now
traveling rspra-
aenutlva of an
eastern arma com-
cany. Mr. McMur-
ch. tr "Prince
Mac" aa be la
known among bis
Intimate friends.
tnjoya tb parao. al friendship of mor.
tportamen throughout tha tnltd
Bute than any other man mi
know of. Hla reputation aa a trap
shot la well known as be has ik'b
part In tha largest tournamenta neia
In this country from Maine to Cali
fornia. He la a tin ahot at Inanimate
target or live birds and equally aklll-
ful at game In the Held. HU record
of tl out of 100 Blue Rocka thrown at
unknown angles made at Syracue.
S. T.. on July 1 of thla year won for
him a beautiful gold medal on which
th warda "U. 8. Championship at
Trapa- ar Inscribed. Hla record at
Rochester. N. T.. last year waa a good
one. For three days' shooting ha made
an average of over S per cent and
won first prise. At Parker'a aboot at
Ixtrolt In September of last year be
won first average for four days de-
feating the beat ahota In thla coun-
try ila baa won Brat prtte In several
live bird events of considerable Impor-
tance so far aa tbla season and when-
ever be partlclpatea In a match lands
pretty near on top always endeavor-
ing to show by actual demonstration
that bla rin la equal to the very best.
the little lady killed twenty-eight. To
a lil rf porter !) eald- "Had v all
shot aa wall a ought wa would
have bagged at least 100 and aa It
waa bad our doga ahown a lit 11 bit
ter form w would bav made a much I
larger acore. However wa bad a great
deal of sport which after all waa the
main oblect of ovr party. Jolia
8umpter aald tfc wouia Just UK to see
some of tbo. galled quail ahota go
out with Atuakley. "Why aha
kills 'iit'.l villi you are gettlag your
gun t9 th shoulder. I saw ber kill
three birds within twenty feet of ber
gun and twlc I shot at her bird after
she bad killed It I tried to a hoot
quick but ah waa ahead of me." Th
party hav gone on a trip for deer
bear turkeya and other gam whlrb
ar found In th mountains forty miles
from Hot Hprlngs. and If Annie Oakley
dca not kill 1 deer It will be because
none come ber way. W wish th
party lota of succssa. Sporting Life.
Faae Killt 1 airalfhu
Tbe Emerald Gun club of New York
held their regular monthly llv-blrd
shoot at Deiter Park L. I. and drew
out tbe usual large attendance. Trs
ty-scven members and one visitor i.
8. 8. Hemsen psrtlclpsted In tba club
event. The bird were very good fly
era and the acore ware hardly up to
the usual mark. Tbe men shot la two
classes) with different hsndlcap and
the point system used to squalls tba
skill. Four men killed atralght These
wcr Gua Gr;l8. Ceo. Loeblo Tbomai
THE TOILER'S CORNER
40ME TIMELY TOPICS Of IN
TEREST TO UNION LABOR.
'I Held atlir Aftar tha l-aaa aharkk
Haatle fur tha taloa Albarhtng the
Traale Aatl-atmoaolr Kolas Mors
rratiaeat Klaatloaa.
doth
heart
m
mountains have been measured wllhHrvey McMurchya position at the
cor Is a most natural on oeing per-
fectly graceful and with that ease of
msnner that alwaya attracts th atten-
tion of all other shooters. II Is a fin
appearing fellow and bis gentle-nanly
and courteous manner euMs frlenda to
hla list wherever be goes and'tb won-
derful popularity of th gun which he
11 among th b-t class of trap
shooters and sportsmen In this coun-
try la almost entirely due to th clever
rtpreatntatlva.
greater accuracy than any of our own.
and In a general way tha msps made
of the moon are mor trustworthy
than those mad of tb earth. Tb
extinct volcanic cratera on th niooi
are enormous. The crate- of Clavlus
has a diameter of l miles II y lUn
aid of powerful telescrpe J3.000 cra-
tera hava been counted on the aide of
the mooa which we ace.
RiviBftHff fraaa a TraA.
An Intereatlng eiperlment waa mad notion
last April by a paper and woo1 pulp
maaufactery at Klsentbal In orler to
ere what waa the shortest time la
which a atandlng tree reuld b con-
verted Into a printed paper. This ei-
Drlment conclusively showed what
ran b accomplished by modern ma-
chlnarr and Intenulty. In a forest
near th establishment thre trees vestlgatlng
wer felled la th presenc of th own-
ers of th manufactory at 7 Zj In th
morning The trea rr carried to
tb manufactory where they wer cut
Into twelv-ln.h pieces decorticated
and apliL Tie -icM was then raised
by an elevator to the denbratlng ma
chines Tb wood pulp produce! was ;
put Into a vat and mlied with the nc-1
eaaary Ingrallenta. Then the liquid
pulp waa aeat to the piper ma-hlnea
and at I 34 In the morning the first
iht of paper was finished. One hour
and fifty-nine minutes waa tb time
consumed In Its manufacture. Tbe
owners of the factory accompanied by
the notary public who watched the en-
tire work then took soma of the pa-
per to a prlntlrg shop a little over two
miles aay from tha manufactory and
at 10 o'clock printed copy of tbe
Journal waa In th band of the party.
Ho It took Just two hours and twenty-
flv minute to convert th wood of a
undtng tree Into a newspaper ready
" for delivery. !irlng th course of
thia eiperlment there wer a number
of Interruptions which at another time
might bav bn avoided and the own-
era claim that twenty mlnu.es can be
rat off tbe record time.
t'ltranrataary Reroverr of a filaf.
Tbe recovery of the Kringlpanl ring
not long ago by I'rof. Thode occurred
under very remarkable clrrumstancee.
Th" rllc bflonged to the Croatton
leader. Count Krangtpanl. who lost It
near IVrJcuone. In lill. When on
recent visit to th Marclan library.
Venice for the purpe of atudylng th
history of that city In th litnth
century. I'rof. Thod mt wllh a peas-
ant who brought him a curious old ring
of gold engraved with a double acroll
of waved lines leaves and minute
Gothic letter bearing a German In-
It had Just been dug ap
from the cell of an old earthwork at
CasUll dl Prst. near Pordenon. and
waa offered for aal by th peaaant
who bad found It. On eiamlnlng It the
profeour found to bla Infinite ahrprlae
that It was the long loat FYanglpanl
ring which disappeared la UU the
very year b waa at that moment In-
A IN" 8 furtiac hot
within me
quivers
Cod'a b r a t b
upon tba
flam
blow
And all my
within
shivers
And trembles at
t h fiery
glow
And yt t wblpr-"A God wllir
And la tbe h-iltest fir "bold still."
II come and lays my heart all boated
On the bard anvil minded ao
Into Hla own fair ahapa ta beat It
With 11 la own hammer blow on
blow;
And yet I whisper "Aa God wllir
And at Ilia heaviest blowa "bold
atllK"
He takea my aoftened heart and beat
It
Tb sparka fly off at every blow;
He turna It o'r and o'er and best It
And let It cool and makes It glow!
And yet I wblsptr "As God will!"
And In tb mighty band "hold atlllT
Why ahould I murmur? for th aorrow
Thua ooly longer lived would be;
tta end may cjm and will tnmorro'
When God baa doae Hla work in me.
So I aay tmatlng-"Aa God will!"
And truat'og to th end "bold still.
H kindle for my profit purely.
Affliction' glowing fiery brand.
And all Hla heaviest bl ws are surely
lnf Icted by a Matter's hand
ao I aay. praylng-"Aa God will!"
And b'lpe la lllm. and suffer stl'.L
From tbe German.
A aiaalae IVela.laa.
While In a small town In Franca a
traveler aaw an Inn keeper engaged la
sawing apart a five-franc pier and In-
qnlrlng the reaaoo. waa told of a aln-
gular delusion entertained by fully
half of tb population. Tha atory ll
Charles "Hetrar" wtlh.
W pnaent a Ukenvaa of Charles
Smith of Flalnficld. N. J. known
tmong shooting men aa "Dutcby." Mr.
Smith won tbe cbamplourhlp at tar-
lets thrown under expert rules on the
grounds of the Endeavor Gun club at
Marlon. N. J. soma time ago. II
brok thirty-tight out of fifty but wn
lied by tb ismoua Captain John L.
n re wer. la Shooting ca the tie
"Dutcby" ahot Brewtr out eaally and
won the handsome cup given by tbe
jowder company. Mr. 8mltb la a man
it considerable flesh but It does not
mrt bla shooting ability. He la a vary
lolly fellow and make every one
happy when be attend a meeting of
'rap shooters. II preaenta a fin ap-
pearance when walking down th
icor. with a beautiful oil painting on
he back of bla shooting blouse wblch
jlatmy shows th business that he I
ngaged In. Mr. Smith waa on of tb
'resks In Tom Keller's celebrsted freak
how wblch followed th circuit a tea-
ton ago and posed aa th living skele-
ton or boneless wonder or something
)f that sort. He always attracts plenty
it attention wherever b goes and la
a Gertran romedlaa of rar attain-
sicnta. "Dutcby" attends most of th
tournamenta In the east and
iJARVEV M MirtCHY.
Khort and fc.. J Clark. Ilefore tbe
shoot began J? lxitt shot at fifteen
selected bird and killed fourteen. th
fourth bird falling dead out of boimda
i
M'AIla laeala Wla.taa.
Ceorge S. McAlpIn or the Carteret
Gun club of New York defeated J. L
Wlnstoa of th Austin Powder com-
pany of Cleveland. Ohio In a match
at 100 llv bird at Wesiminater Ken
ii nl club grounds at Dabylon L. I. thi
other dsy. McAlpIn bad thre blrdi
fall dead out of bounda and Winston
bad four fall la tha aam manner. Mc-
AlpIn' best run waa twenty-all
atralght and Winston's thlrty-stx
Aftar losing th first bird Wlnstoa
killed th'.rty sli atralght and McAlpll
loat three but on tb fiftieth rouad tb
New Yorker waa on bird In th lead
At th seventy-fifth round h UP led
by one bird but on the laat twenty-flvi
be lost a bird out of bounda and Win
aton allowed two to eacape. one bow
ever falling dead over the line. Bott
men atood at thirty yards with fifty
yarda boundary.
that Napoleon Bonaparte put a check big
for one hundred thousand franca In a sometime travel a constderabl dl-
ailver five ftsnc rlece. and that tne :anc to participate In a match at tar-
coin la atlll In circulation. The peopl it or live bird. He la equally pro-
did not want the five-franc piece and Sclent aa a aarkamaa on either of
In order to create a demand for It Na-
poleon resorted to the devlc men-
tioned the check being written on aa-
bevo paper and Inclosed la th
metal at the time th coin waa made.
Thousands of five-franc plceee ar an-
nually broken open and Inspected sine
this absurd story waa first circulated
and th credulous people ar deaf lo
all argument on th aubject.
:bes fiyere and la often among th
top men. At th laat ahoot of tb
Climax Gun club at Fanwood. N. J.
Maraer la Avnla Ralft4a.
perbapa tb ro.mt curious murder on
record occurred la Polladelphla la KO
wbea a Capt. Bruluman. a dlsgrscel
officer of the Royal American reglmnt.
shot a man for no other reason than ha
f-mltrallaa Fran waaa
I Swedish aniigrat.oa is siowiy lorrwaa-
lag. The total number of emigrants
for tbe threa-quartera of th year la
11.C1S. In Hi tb emigration wa 10.-
711. and In 11)1. T.047. agalnat 10.000
during th year lt2 and 18(1 repc-
lively. In connection with th Hwa-
dlab emigration to tb VulteJ State
th report of tb Swedish potmater
general. Just published la Interesting.
For th year 1S3J l.IU.i:o waa re
ceived In money orders from th United
Ptatea. while KT7.J10 were sent from
peien of il.t'Jv.uo. l'robably aa
equal amount was sent to Sweden
through tilt banks and emigrant agen-
cies. .
The leM at I ha Wneld.
The ancr gate of the world's national
dc'.it.i now stands at ('i.SoO.OtHVwM
agsmst lT:.(10) In UTj. France
hue. t!;e doubtful distinction of being
the country w hich hss the largest debt
The latent figures put the totsl at aome-
llilng like (l.H'-O.ooO.i'O.t tilth I near-
desired death and preferred to be ! Sweden leaving a balance In favor of
hanged by Ih state to tskinx his own
life. Having tormed this design h
losdcd hit gun with a brace of balls.
Mid asked bis landlord lo so out shoot-
ing with htm. Intending to slay him
before his renin but the lucky land-
lord being particularly engird at
home escaped tlie danger lie then
went nut a!om. nn I on his way met a
nan whom he was sbout to kill hut
rcollertltig t!i It there ei n ltnes-
.- to prove hi n guilty he eufTcic.l the
person lo "- Aft'vsa.d n i.t to a
tavern I." r. ci.'i' l In a g:ue of bil-
liards. Mr. l?c ull. a party eti(ined l.i
the game r.ar; s'ru k Ms aii!niii-
Uts ball Into one of the pec! e's Urulu-
man said to hint. "Sir y i id a iml
lunrksnian. r.ia I'll alum you a tine
stroke." He Immediately t'k hl gun
levelled It deliberately took aim at
Mr. Scull (h imagine I hi in In Jeit)
and ahot both the bulla through Ills
body. Ho thn went up to the dying
man who was still sensible and said
to him "Sir. I hnve no malice or III-
III agMnst you. I never saw you be-
fore but I waa determined to kill some-
body that I might be hanrej and you
naprrn to be the man and I am sorry
for your misfortune"
Bruluman died on tbe gallori ex-
alting In the success of a scheme by
which he deemed himself not guilty of
his own death thouth he ttTcctually
Itiortoncd bla in life.
NV.. .Ve.V? - P '..'
CHARLES SMITH.
Mr. Smith won the trophy by breaking
twenty-three out of taenty-Ov tar
lets.
leant Wo Ih Maleli.
Horace Young and A. "Vincent" of
Philadelphia shot a fllty-blrd match
recently on the ground of the Key-
itone Phoollng leaguo at llolmesburg
function. The dsy wss bright and
ler and a food lot rf birds were fur-
nished. Both men shot far below their
iverage and ll was a poor exhibition
it plitenn shooting. When on uiart
ly double the debt - (m i oooooo-of i nil.j nP otrirr pretty sure to
Cm! llrlialn. which ranks as second on f0nw rtj t WM tVen race
tbe list. !'..! follo vs wllh a total of n thro'ish. th men tlclng on thirty-
Heaeamee Waa riral.
Th first of a series of flv mon'.h'y
handicap awtepstak shoot at liv
Dlceons under the auspice of thi
llerron Hill Gun club of Pittsburg. Pa.
took place on th club grounds' at
Davla Island tb other day. Tbi
shooting was icllent and th blrdi
flrsl-claac. Fach man shot at twenty-
dv birds and th tnlranr fee waa tit
each. Bewemer got first money all tc
himself aa he killed bla entlr twenty
five birds. I'pson of Cleveland wai
present aryj there may be a match
ahoot arrarged between blm and W. S
King for 11000.
eore Made aa rilae Rarhs.
H. E. Dotn. challenger won tb
Dot en cup at the range of th Andro-
scoggtn Gun club the other afternoon
There were ten contestants. Frank
Cain winner of th first contest wat
unable to compete. Th core wen
aa follows: Doten. II; Morse. 14
Wheeler. 11; Josslyn 13; Uttletleld. 11
Nason 11; U Keys t; Godfrey. ; O
T. Keys. 1. Each man abut at twenty-
flv target.
C.'m"."0.i0 nn.l Inslgnlflcsnt Italy
! ro-nc fcrth with IJofi.tHM.mHl: that Is.
If we count a scpsrate Iteuu the Joint
debt of Au itris-lluncary and the In-
dividual debli of the two portions of
the nation. Tbe Joint debt stood In
IDi at C7o.930.iW0. while the debt
of Austria alone was f i::.6ilG00
and that of Hungary alone was
f:07.72l.oiH). or MtMi.397.CM) In all.
The I'nlted State debt amount to
C339.000.0O0. and that of Spain eirlu-
alve of the more recint loan In pro-
aecutlon of the war In Cuba at 127.
000.000. The not public debt of Canada
I about CO.OOO.OOO.
Maal :strr.llBary CclneteVwea.
In September 1SJ3 a slrl gathering
Irirtwood for fuel on the aborts of a
mail bay near her home at Canna In
the far Hebrllra Scotland picked up a
pM of -wood bearing tb Inscription.
Aeeammmtallng.
Tenant If you don't hav that roof
patched we will be drowned out.
landlord I'll aend you down bait a
dotea life preserver. Anything el?
I-earn to aay no and It will be of
more ua to yu than to b abU to read
Latin
three kills out of fifty birds shot at.
In thj shoot off at twenty-five birds
Young killed twenty-two and won. as
Vincent bad four birds scored against
him two filling dead Just over th
line. The match was at fifty blrda.
thirty yards' tlse fifty yards" boun-
dary Hurllnghnm rules for 1100 a
Ide. A largo crowd wltneased th
match and conslderablo money
changed hands. K. Menry acted as
referee and Jon Leamlns pulled traps.
Aaala Oakley la the tlel.l
Wa have received from Frank E.
rtutlcr managor and husband of An
nl Oaklry. a copy of the Hut Pprtng
(Ark.) Dally Ncwa. giving an account
of a quail hunt in w&ica .mim tiakiey
killed more than ber share of the
brown beautlea. The party consisted
of Messr. Geo. W. Hughca Frank E.
Butler and John flumpter. Jr. aecom-
oanled by Mra. Hughe and Annla
Oakley. Tbey pnt a day lu the field
tad bagied alxty-thr bird of which
Meeear trtaa Talala.
Demontrevllle. ahortstop of (b
Washington team aald rerently Ic
speaking about Pitcher Mercer of thi
aaroeteam: "There Isn't a batsman Ir
the major league whom Mercer hasn'l
atudled fuitbhilly. He keeps tab or
all of them. I'll tak every player Ic
th major league from Burkett down
and lev It to Mercer to give theli
pedigree aa Uatsnien. what they car
bit a blgb or low ball how far and
in hat direction they generally bit
and whether they prefer a apeedy or
stow ball and I'll bet be will tab t!
per cent of them correctly. If then
a student pitching ball to-day Mercei
a the man. He makes It a specialty
to study every man who fares him
and If a new batsman la going stains
him he makes Inquiries about the pe-
culiarities the strength and the weak
ncus of the newcomer. In our dally
practice I oflen batted against Mercei
that Is. I tried to bat but I seldoii
succeeded In landing on blm safely
lie sired nie up and knew the kind ot
bulls to use in order to fool me.
After tha Imi Nliarka.
From a Chicago paper: "In their In-
eiesting arUcU on their txperience
n Mcilco Messrs. Maaa and Enrlght.
la the present Issu. make referenc to
in Institution known aa the Mont d
I'ledsd a national pawnshop lns'.l-
uted In 1775 for th purpose of en-
tbllng tbe poor of tbe City of Mexico
o obtain loaus on pledget at a nom
inal rate of Interest Notwithstanding
ur claims to a higher civilization and
Signer education the people of Chi-
ago and of Illinois ar but now ron-
ildrring th advisability of .olng
lomttblng along the line successfully
tstabllsbed In Mexico mor than a cen-
ury ago. It baa taken a long time to
real! that tb poor and unfortjnat
ihould be protected agalnat tbe greed
if the loaa sharks but all will agree
hat the awakening la better '.ate thaa
aevtr. The present movement Is the
work of the Civic Ftdertttoa ot this
:lty and contemplates tb enactment
f a law that will permit the organlxa-
.Ion of a company whose business It
sill be to loan money on personal
jroperty at a low rate of Interest Last
rear tb Civic Federation went before
he stst )r;ts!ature. asking for the
Enactment ef a law of tbla character.
Th bill w tlrh they had prepared
Masiied the senate but was killed In tbe
louse by the organized opposition of
he loan sharks of CMragi. As a re-
sult of Investigations since made In
Europe by members of the Federation.
'.ht bill referred to will be cioulfied
onslderwbly before It again cornea be-
'ore the legislature the Intention now
tielng to tske at a model tbe Monte de
Plett of Taria and Belgium. By the
provisions of the bill the rate of Inter
val will bo restricted to from 14 to I
percent a month. Tbe successful or-
tat laatton of a company such as Is re-
ferred to would be a blessing to tb
joorer claases and a simple act of Jus
tice to that numerous claaa of people
who through temporary stringency Is
it time compelled to turn to th pawn-
hop for relief. If w ar correctly In
formed tb rat of Interest charged by
pawnbrokers Is 10 per cent a month
ar 11) per rent a year. Thla Is llttl
hort of confiscation wholes) rob
bery would b a better term. Not only
la th rat of Interest txtorttonat. but
th pawnbroker mske It a prartlc
to keep ao well within the actual value
)t the pleogaa offered that It would
qulr a cart-load of property to cum
taand th prlrt of a meal. The move-
ment fathered by the Civic Federation
la Intended to auppre tuch abuse and
ihou'ul be given a fair lrl-1.
always taken th part of th producer
agalnat tb arrogant demand of pslf;
baa aiejay anavxi I Us
exploltera of labor. Weak at first. It
baa gradually gained strength with a
growth that waa permanent. Tuouga
defeated at one point. It forged ahead
at another and alwaya went onward.
alwaya gaining something even In defeat.
To make It of greater value Ita
atrength must b strengthened! Tbla
can only b don by Increasing th
number of those who are already
pledgad to th cause. By using vry
and CA meant to Incresn our member
ship Is th paramount duty of every
loyal member of tbe International As-
sociation of Machinists and all who
reallz tha benefit accruing from
Identification of the trade-union move
ment Let all be up and doing; let
each brother bring at least on Into
th sheltering fold of unionism. Ma
chinists' Journal.
I '.
Attaehlac Ih Trial a.
Recently on of our great metropoli
tan Journals In Una with a ni'tnber
of other papers expressed a belief that
the trusts could be successfully rearbad
and attacked. It urged that tber wer
three method by which tbey could b
reached. First under tb common law.
on line ot public policy; aecond by
tate legislation; and third by na
tional legislation. It cited a few In
atancea where th augar and otb.tr
trusts have been reached and decisions
rendered by tbe courts declaring them
unconstitutional. Yet the fact seems
to hav escaped tb newspaper that
the decisions of the courts In tbe caaas
cited bave absolutely no effect upon
th concern In question. Tbe augar
trust and Ita kindred concerna bav
been doing business upon tba aam old
policy and old lines.
For obvious reasons tbo law-maker
and the executors ot the law are not
now and are not likely for many
moona to be in a position where their
Independence ahall direct tbe course by
which the truFta may ba successfully
reached rr attacked.
Our newspapera hav labored under
tbe Imagination that they can mak
tbe people believe that they ar seri-
ous In Ih .effort to attack and crush
or wreck th trust. They do not
understand that the trust Is simply
an evolution from the old-time Individ
ual establishment merged Into part
nershlps. Into companies and again
Into corporators and finally Into the
company of corporatlona the trusts.
Experience rill demonstrate that
there la i power growing wholly un-
noticed by our superficial frlenda of
tbt friends of tht presa wblch wilt
provt Itself far more potent to deal
with the trusts or If the trust In-
herently pos any virtu at all. they
ahall be directed Into a channel for tbe
public good that ahall bring them
within the realm of Institutions to fur
ther tbe general weal or to amaab
them Into their Individual parta to
that equality ct opportunities may be
opened for all and that growing power
It tht much detplsed organized labor
movement of our country and our tlm.
Wait and aee American Federation-1st
SURPfllSINO THE Or:iNTALS.
A. sj ef lia Vai.aJ aTl '
Work.
Aa account of a !!t to Ch:r."ft
arsenal near Fchnu l plvn by ro('
respondent of Caaaicr'a M"is.
says:
Taking out two drills I tent th t
In and Immediately waa Invited t- ea-
ter. Tht official waa polite bowin;
and abaklng hit own bands a I th
custom among Cklr.smen. and ofTnl
m a cup of tea Tber huppe nd to
be several forging In th room and a
I pressed tb drill against them an1
pointed over tb wall he seemed to
comprehend what waa wanted and I1
few minutes I waa In a large well-
lighted machine shop. I might say thla
extensive plant vi built and equipped
by French tnglneer torn fifteen year
ago.
'Th natlv foreman examined my
tools with great Interest and called la
several asststanta. All looked puzzled
and did not seem to know what tby
wer for. Waging ta a drill presa I
took out th flit drill and after con-
alderabla packing around th thank
succeeded In getting on of my taper
bank twist drill to run fairly trie la
th spindle. There must bavt bea
fifty Chinamen working In tbe room
and every one bad gathered around
thlt press. Tbt foreman ordered tbern
off repeatedly and 'hen looking at
me laughed good-naturedly and gav It
up. He brought a piece ot ctat Iron.
but I wanted something harder to drill.
so I walked out to a larg planer an1
took a long extension tooi mad from
1 by lV-lnch tool and clamped It up
to the table of th drill presa. H
shook hi bead. Intimating that tba
twist dnll could not go throagh and!
th crowd of workman omitted grants
of approval Th pre darted tb Hp
of tha twist Arlll turned out two spiral
chips. To tnen elbowed m to on
aid. Tber waa a tea of plgtalla bend-
ing down watching tb marveloua ac-
tion ot that llttl tool. Aa th chip
grew la leogtb tbe txpressiona ot won-
derment Increased.
"It happened that 'b chip did C.
break until they were about fourteen
Incline long. Then otto started and
each time that they brow oft tbey were
eagerly anatrbed by the man torn
buralng their finger and examined
carefully from end to end. Tbe duil
edgea of tba drill were shown around
and then ground and stared again and
th fart that the drill would cut aa
well aa tbe first tlm caused Increase!
amazement and murmurs. I bave made
many testa with twist drills but never
before such aa appreciative and de
monstrative audlenc."
AaU-Vaaoly Mat.
The remarkabl Injunction ot
t'nl'ed State court recently issued
against rat cutting In southern rail-
roads bave not been continued but
bav mad a new class of precedent
and the Seaboard Air Lin baa alnce
notified th Interstate commerce com-
mission of Its discontinuance ot the
cut rates. The Journal of Commerce
haa thla to aay to the continuance ot
Illegal trusts In ihat state despite leg
Islation and court decisions: "It la
true that trusts continue unchecked.
their peculiar methods of doing busl
ness in presence of a body ot cut
laws mor comprenanslve searching
and drastic thaa any that haa yet been
applied to th extirpation of the
method and 'he punishment of their
author." I Quoted Literary Diget
Oct S p. 70.) Attention baa recently
been called to a wholesome Kentucky
statute needed In ail state wblch
makea every reorganization of a rail
way system a subject ot Judicial in
qutry.
Haatle for tha l alaa.
Now that tht struggle is over and
.he smoke of battl cleared away let
every man who lias tb gooj of bis
fellow at heart once (' buckle on
bis armor and go forth to thu tray
Evils Innumerable bave to be combat-
ted Ignoranc baa to be uprooted e!f
Ishneia hss to give place to fraternnl
solicitude liberality of thought must
Itkt tb pi." of prejudice wronxs
have ti tie rlchte.l and nchts hsve ro
be struggled fcr and fostered. Tber
A Trials la the VAIacte Uaa Trade.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
aays: ulaaa manufacturers and espe
cially fboee who control the branc
known aa the window glass trade ad
mlt that the industry In thla country la
seriously threatened. Foreign glasa la
Imported at lesa than i per cent lower
then th loweat rrlo demanded by
American manufacturer at the laat
fire. Tbe workers In this Industry ar
strongly organized and tbey refuse to
submit to a reduction In wagit. Tb
manufacturer who are friendly to th
union and they ar In tb majority
hav repeatedly urged th worker to
accept a retortion but the Utter hav
so far rvfiW. It I thought bow eve
thst Store another wtcli bss elapse
the question will be brought more for
elbly before the men. which. It Is bopej
will result In Nn sides au.vpting som
measure that will bring mutual relief.'
CUT orr TOP-KNOTS.
real Ortef la t'aeee 0r aa K41H of
the Japaaeae
The Rev. A. F. Moore a missionary
of the Preabytertaa church for tour
years In Geoul. Corea arrived at Sao
Franrlaco on th wtewmer Rio n rout
for home accompanied by bla family.
Som month ago tb Japan who
dictated th appointment of tb C ocean
cabinet cauaed th Japan pollct to
cut off tbe bair or top knot ao faUletf
of a great many Core n a Tb'. top-
kaota are a alga of distinct Ion. They
are worn only by married men. aid ao
man ta tuppod to bav properly as-
serted himself until b la married an J
be baa a top-knot. Tb cutting off ot
the appendage cauaed gruaU grief.
Tber wer many ramonstrtxtcea and
Increased dlasatiafactloo. However.
thing bav so tar Improved now that
aa rllct baa gone forth allowing th
Corean.' to wear their top-knota. Tb
roneequene ta that many whose hair
waa cut off bav collected It again and
fka'.ened It on. o that their bapplnesa
baa been rt-estahllshad. Tb gentle-
man says that maty ot tb Corewn
ar embracing Christianity. H a:ya
there la a great dlaquUt In Corea e.ni
that bands ot dissatisfied native ara
going about tb country robbing axul
pillaging. Traveler are not safe.
Th king who consort wa mur-
dered over a year ago la a till at th
Russian legation and largely under lu
control. There la mucb dissatisfac-
tion because of this. A new palacw
It being built near tht lefitlja for tht
king.
Waal Mure rreqaenl tterltoaa.
Editor F-UM-Hour Herald- Would
not ll be an Idea to elect the presidents
is wora ro ai vll.. ..resident every two years In
Labor must ttiil atniKRlo on. no matter . ..... Mri ...
which rai'T m power; thv sa-ne con-
flict mvist be maintained the samo
watchfulness kept up anml encroach-
ing parasltUm. Now aa ever the pro-
ducer mint bsttle for a part of the
i' wealth he creates; as be h.s alas
hav a pretty fair record agalnat lh
pitcher In the other rleven clubs ol
the major league but I will say with
out eia-Rcrallon that If I battel
agalnat Mercer In a cbamplonshli
game I actually believe I couldn't r.iaki
one bit oft blm In three g.tmea. II
Mercer depended on a alow ball wher
Tebeaii saw blm work he wss feellni
batsmen who were weak on that klu
of a ball and there are two or thre
players on the Cleveland team wht
can't do business with tht slow ones
There are many pitcher In th major
league who would gain many valusbli
pointer by atudylng Mercer."
Tbe stage ssys the New York Trlb
nne baa tor tomt time been to vlle.1
used that It ba become with ben
and ther an exceptlou not only in
(ufferably tedious but to tbe bettei
cla.se aa tvbjoct ot aversion and ill
gust
lone he mus". still strusKie un moje
who live on labor but not by labor.
The ei Iter.icnl attendant on i.ie
'lection Is now talmeJ down so moe
who for the time being lost sUht of
their first love and were ti mporarlly
estranged will now romc back and
settle down to work again. Now. more
than ever tb necessity of thorough or-
ganlxatlon Is apparent. Wh'tber tne
pa.ty you espoused was victorious or
whether you am smarting under te-n-rHirary
defeat the union ot your craft
requires tb j same eollcltuda aud atten-
tion on your part at It did before. Th
phantasies of pollllral promise ar as
far off as ever but the practical bene-
fit of trad unionism are within our
grarp. If we tut devol to It our at-
tention and enertry.
Tba trade-union movement ever
sine It entered the lists baa hurled
Ita atrongtb aaalnt th powera that de
bauch and despoil tb workers ba
ts the sleep of death. It l a!e
I a Kuropean idea and from a luxurious
kene vhKh originated In Asia which
tdvocates an extension of the term of
the presidency to six or eUht years.
; The I'nlted Ststo government Is built
on irades-union M.miio- ana iraues
union never penult an election of of-
ficers to so past one year. By right
and eventually. If the people of this
country are true to their trusta and
principles they will elect all officer
of the na'lonai government every year.
It will b cheaper and I.-ss expense will
attach th oftcner w do o.-liUr V.
Qu nn.
HOW PLIMSOtl SAVED 8AILOR3
Ills Ua at raffle wllh Ih slawe wt
Caaaenaa.
Lieut John M. Elllcott United State
navy describing whst la th Pllmto'.l
measur la 8t Nichols tells bow It
was finally carried: At las' Plimsoll
got a vsgu sort of aa act naseed. giv-
ing th board of trad powr to aurrsy
ship going to tea aad ti atop lho
wblch seemed to be unsa worthy. This
waa la 1STS. and during tb first aln
nu mbs of Ui net lai vessels wer sur-
vey ad and :vi of them found usa-
wcrtby. At least one In every ten waa
found to be ao dangerously overloaded
aa to be In almoat a alnktng condition
before leaving the dock. Of course
this opent-d the eyes of the board of
trade and ot parliament and rilmso'.i't
murk became an established feature o i
British seagoing ships but Its estab-
lishment was fought agalrst by ship-
owners. Inch by Inch. It waa nick-
named the "pancake" and ridiculed
and treated with contempt In every
way. Soma sh'.p-owners pi.t the fmk
ou their smokestacks In deAance an 1
derision lilnnoil held ta bis Id' a
hoever even s.ct ! I n ; hlm-lf supn 1-
rd fron the house of commons one d iy
lor being too blunt ami violent In t.s
plain talk upon tb subject. The re-
sult wss "tbe merchant shipping act ot
Ivtl." makir. th riiA.aoll mark com-
puliory on all ltrittsh teas: ing vce!
not by th shipowners but ty tbs
board of trad.
The Temper af a fhrutlaa.
A Chrlsilan'a temper la compounded
of firmncK. complacency peace and
love and manifest a Itself In acta ol
kindness ar.d courtesy genial genuine
and unpretending. It Is unshaken in
constancy unwearlej U benevolence
firm without rouihne.s and assiduous
without orv'.lty Wilbrrforc.
Tbe Oitn wbo thinks b know ol-
era la a ttai tiranf-r to himself
Tha r atllaa Sparrow.
Th EnRllsh tparrow waa broiii.t
to th I'nltel State In 1S50 but ll wa
not until lsTO that the ;e Ic can b
MlJ to bav firmly established Itself.
Sine then It baa taken rtosseruUm uf
tb country ll fecundity Ii aaiaalng.
In Ih latltud of New York aad
ecu I h ward It hatch in as a rule flv or
alx urooda in a teason. wuii :rc:a
llv to six young In a brood. Assr.ji-
lng th average annual product ot a
pair to be twenty-four young tf wb.c
bait are femalea and bait mal-a tr. 1
assuming further fur the sas of
computation that att lite together
with their oltsprlnz. It will b s
that In tea year th progeny ct a
llngl pair would b 2T5.7 16.3i3.C- i.
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