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Bismarck and the Press.
From uninspired phamphlet entitled
“Prince Bismarck and the Hamburger
Machrichten ” we learn that the Prince
regrets his hostile conduct toward the
newspapers and newspaper men during
the days of his power. According to
this .l'lbplred authority Bismarck has
learned to know the newspapers and
the men who make them, and therefore
learned that he made a serious mistake
by his constant and at times most arbi-
trary treatment ofthe press. It would
appear that the Prince’s retirement
from active political life has given him
abundant opportunity to study the
newspapers and their relations .to'. the
public, and, despite the restrictions
with which journalism in Germany has
to cont-end, the papers have a very
strong hold on the affection and confi-
dence of the people. . I
Like all converts, Bismarck grows
somewhat enthusiastic in his praise of
. the press, and, we fear, he has allowed
his imagination to lead him to. make
suggestions that are hardly practical.
The Prince, according to this inspired
document, thinks that the time has
come in Germany when it would be an
excellent thing to have the newspapers
used more in the state service, and es-
pecially in the diplomatic branch, as
“is done with great success in the Uni
ted States, France, Italy and England.”
Just what he means by using the press
in the diplomatic service is rather diffi-
cult to understand“ The only manner“
in which the press of the United States
is used in the diploinatic service is
when the party organ is called upon to
apologize for diplomatic errors that
are made behind the closed doors of
the Department of State.
Doubtlcss there are times when even
the strong German government feels
the need of newspaper support.
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Better Button It Up.
We are told by a doctor that the vest
onwaistcoat worn by men in modern
times is a cause of suffering, disease
and death. He says that the waistcoat
ought to be made so as to button up to
the neck, in order that thong-host may
be properly protected against the cold,
especially at this suesxn of the year.
By wearing a three-button waistcoat,
leaving the bosom but lightly covered,
men render themselves the more liable
to pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis,
, rheumatism and other diseases, which
are more prevalent and fatal in this
country in recent times than they used
to be in the days of old. The English
of past generations were high—buttoned
waistcoats or other protecting raiment
in front of the chest. 'In no country
of EurOpe do men expose their breasts
1’.) the weather like the men of this
country, though. in our climate, that
part of the body ought to be well
guarded. The Catholic priests do not
wear a low waistcoat, or show a white
shirt front, but are warmly and wisely
clad up to the throat. The eloquent
and venerable Baptist preacher of New
i'ork, the Rev. Dr. Cone, now deceased,
who \Vlls an actor, a soldier, as editor
and an officeholder, before he became
a clergyman, used to wear a velvet
waistcoat, buttoned up to the neck, and
it was very becoming to him.
Even in this cold month of February
you can see men in Broadway and
other streets every day diSplaying the
pleats of their shirts, and with but
light apparel between their ribs and
the frost. Such men ought to think of
the .danger which they thus incur, of
catching pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchi-
tis, rheumatism or some other ltLiLuc t.
We have no doubt that the excellent
medical practitioner, who, for sanitary
reasons, diysapprovcs of the open-breast-
ed waistcoat could sustain his case by a
first-rate find most convincing argu-
ment.
The Morgan Report. ,
More pleasing than any other contri-
bution to recent Hawaiian-American lit
erature was the great mass of opinion
and testimony yesterday submitted by
the Senate Committee on Foreign Ite-
latious. There is conspicuous absence
of everything that seems like harsh-
ness, and although there was popular
opinion, to the effect that several per-
sons were prominently concerned in
the revolution of 1893 it is truly de-
lightful to learn that only one person
is declared blameworthy. President
Cleveland is commended for the mod?
eration displayed by him in refraining
from an act of war; Paramount Blount
is patted on the head and called a good
little boy,.who did the best he knew
how; err-Minister Stevens did many
things very well (one or two not quite
so well as others); Captain Wiltse’s
memory is vindicted completely; while
Minister Willis has made excellent dis--
play ofhis ability to carry out Presi-_
dent Cleveland’s instructions—his only
fault being the excusable one of per-
forming every number in the program
instead cf stopping where the Presi-
dent would have been satisfied to have
him stop.
Mrs. Deminis is a sinner of the vilest
sort—utterly unworthy to be queen,
’ ’ and far from desirable” as a social feat.
' . plications, which commenced to be a
' wuiiun ciVilization' hand and foot so.
I This is a most cheerful state —
I of affairs, beclouded only by the ex-
I-pressed belief of the committee that
are- From the beginning offthe com-
year ago last January there has been
displayed very much of ingenuity in
the diplomatic procedure incident to
such troubles, but this is the first at-
tempt made to hold Mrs. Dominic
responsible for Pa‘fameunt Blount’s
superficial investigation and; supercil-
lions comments; for President Cleve-
land’s enthusiastic-“haste to the Ha.
it might be clubbed to death by Kane-
ka barbarians; for the duplicity prac—
ticed by Minister Willisltowaid the.
friendly governmcnt'to which he was
accredited, or for the business paraly-q
sis and deep distress which existed in
the Hawaiian Islands while the repro-
sentatives of the American government
people the threats of bloodshed and
return to the slavery of the past.
Knightly mankind has always been
inclined to blame Adam fer his coward-
ice in accusing Eve of tempting him to
the'great downfall. Adam has been
dead for some time, but human nature
is materially unchanged, says the
Washington Star.
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A Tough Yarn"F§5m Utah.
SALT LAKE, March 2.—-Lions, coyotes
and other wild game, driven out of the
mountains by the extrabrdinary snow, are
prowling about the streets of this city.
Two lions killed a lar‘gc‘jliorse within the
city limits, another trotted through the
street of a rcsideucefpbrtion of the city.
Two hunters a few days ago killed a. lion
here that Weighed 800 pounds.
To Modify {eiiklns’ Injunction.
CHICAGO, March '2.-—P. M. Arthur, chief
of the Britherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, passed through Chicago today on
route to Iii'ilwnukee, where. an effort will
be made in the United-States court tomor-
row to secure a modification. of the Jen-
kins injunction in the Northern Pacific
case. He will meet Chief Sargent of the
Brotherhood of‘Firemen. ' '
II-larlnn zUIidéi 'A treat.
JEFFEl son CITI,.'.M0., March 2.-—Ex—
Representative Charles Ii. Harlan, who
Tuesday killed Charles E. Moore, a. lead-
ing citizen, is underiarrest at his home,
over which Sherifi \Viudsor and two depu-
ties stand guard. There are rumors of a
lynching party forming at Cedar City,
near here. The preliminary hearing is to
be had tomorrow. >
The Situation at Charleston.
CINCINNATI, March 2.—-—A Times-Star spe-
cial from Charleston, \V. Va, says that
after the conflict of—the miners with VVy-
ants’ men they went to Montgomery and
Henley mines for’rc—enfoi-cements and re-
turned at 3 a. in. 1,500'sm'ong. \Vyants’
men are strongly intrc‘nched in the menu-
tains. Seven companies of militia are on
the scene.
Another Infernal Machine.
BUDA—PESTH, March 2,—A tin box, to
_whlch an extinct fuse was attached, was
found today in one of the rooms of the un-
terhaus of the diet. The discovery has
‘ caused a sensation, and the police are
blamed for not taking proper precautions
after the warnings they have received and
the threats made by anarchists and others.
Novel Act of Charity.
BALTIMORE, March 2..—The prisoners of
the Maryland penitentiary have contrib-
uted nearly $500 to the cause of charity.
The sums contributed ranged from 25 cents
to £55. There was one donation of $10. One
of the Imeii gave $25, but the warden did
not think it proper that he should contrib-
ute so large an amount and reduced it to $5.
February Coinage.
WASHINGTON; March 2.—A statement
prepared by the director of the mint shows
the coinage executed at the various United
States mints during the month of Febru-
ary to have been as follows: Total gold,
$11,543,400; total silver (being quarte’r and
half dollar-:4), $470,000; minor coin, $36,000;
total coinage, $512,049,400.
, There “’25 a Shortage.
SALEM, Mass, March 2.—-The fact that
there was a shortage in the accounts
of \Villiam H. Simonds, the late treasurer
of the Salem Savings bank, who died in
October last, leaked out today, when Mrs.
Simonds conveyed to the bank property
worth $7,000 to make good the discrepancy.
I Brlzlgc Over a Sandbar.
OMAHA, March 2.—The Missouri river at
Omaha is blocked against navigation. The
channel of the river has changed, and it
has just- bcen discovered that the big draw
of the East Omaha bridge, the largest in
the world, now extends over a sandbar, in-
stead of across the channel.
Alleged Murderer Tries Suicide.
ST. LOUES. March 2.——Dr. Louis Duestrc‘
who is in custody in the Four Courts await-
ing trial for the murder of his wife and
child recently. made an ineffectual at-
tempt to ecu-quit suicide by hanging him-
self 10 his "if :iU-Jl' with ropes made of bed
sheets.
Crow" 5 i , "l ’lcnte Issued.
llAii :lsnunc. .‘z.- .eli f3.—Governor Patti-
son today issued his I proclamation an-
nouncing the eleclio.~ or Galusha A. Grow
to succeed the late Congressman \Villiam
Lilly. Mr. Grow, who is now in Washing-
ton, will be sworn in at once.
‘- Caught Red Banded.
PARIS, March 2.—Thc police arrested a
then while in the act of placing a bomb in
front of a. house in the Rue Oberkampf.
The prisoner maintained an air of bravado
and boasted that he had a quantity of
bombs at his lodgings. , ' ‘
. Jamison’g Tux-n Next.
BROOKLYN, March 2.—Constable A. Scott
Jamison, who was indicted for perjury in
connection with the Gravesend election
aflairs, will be put on trial 10 days hence
before Justice Brown, who Will come here
from Newburg.
H ow’s This.
We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case of cataarh that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
We, the undersigned. have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
buiiness transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm. ‘ .
West Jr Traux, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, 0.; Welding, Kinhan 85 Mar-
vin. Wholesale Drug’gists, Toledo. 0.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucOus surfaces 'of the system
Price 750 per bottle.- ; Sold by all drug-
held over the recently emancipated ,
[glam Testimonials 15°92..." , _.
'lFRIGHTFUtIl‘RlGEDYv?"
‘The 'I'I‘rick by _‘Whlch the Famous Race ’
A Negro Burglar Murder-3 a Mother,
and Her Sleeping lie ‘3.
,BOT‘H HEARD Hi3 PAL SLAIN
.3100") 'Baker of. Franklin Park Awokc
Too Late rosiive Bis “'lfs and Child,
but He Slow Their ltlurdorers
After 3 Terrific Struggle.
NEW. BRUXSWICK, N. J ., Mei-ch S3.—Mi-s.
Moore Baker and her 6-inonths—old bubs
Were murdered in their home at Franklin
Park, asmall place six miles from New
Brunswick. ' i '
William Thompson and Henry Baker, both
colored, respectively 18 and 20 years old. .
They efiected an entrance to the Baker
homestead about midnight. They broke
through the cellar door in the rear and
went through the kitchen up the rear
stairs to the second floor. In the front
born slept Moore Baker, hiswlfe and their
6-months-old child. Mrs. Baker heard
footsteps 0n the stair-i, and when the door
opened and she saw Thompson’s face she
screamed. Thompson carried an ax in his
hand. \Vith an oath he rushed at Mrs.
Baker. who had sprung from her bed, and
sent the sharp blade deep into her skull.
The blow scattered the poor woman’s
brains over the Walls of the bedroom.
A Struggle For Life.
Thompson then jumped for the bed. The
ux again descended. this time into the body
of the baby, and it, too, was killed instant-
ly. Mr. Baker was awakened by this time,
and he sprang for Thompson. The latter
aimed a blow at Baker. but missed him.
Baker then closed on the fiend, and a ter-
rible struggle ensued for the possession of
the ax. . . ’
To and fro the men swayed. The sharp
ax cut the hands and bodies of both men,
and blood flowed from a dozen wounds.
Finally by a. desperate cflort Baker secured
possession of the weapon. Thompson
turned to flee, but Baker rushed upon him
and buried the ax in the murderer’s brain.
Thompson dropped like a log. The other
colored man, Henry Baker, also turned
and fled too soon for Baker to reach him
with the ax.
The white man rushed into another room,
and seizing a shotgun dashed after the
fleeing ' murderer. The white man caught
his namesake in the rear yard. Both
charges blazed from the barrels of the shot-
gun, and the colored man fell mortally
wounded. He lingered until 6 o’clock,
when he, too, died.
Mrs. Baker, her child and Thompson
were killed within five minutes.
' A Cory Spectacle.
The bedroom presented a fearful sight.
Moore Baker was in another room suf-
fering from the wounds he received in the“
terrible struggle with Thompion. He is
seriously but not dangerously ill.
Baker is a farmer in Franklin Park and
occupied a handsome. Queen Anne cottage
of about 10 rooms.
There were $150 in the house, and it- is
believed that the negroes knew of this.
Baker certainly did, because he had bt'cll
in Moore Baker’s employ since he was a
boy. _
Moore Baker had practically raised him.
Baker’s barn was burned Iu few nights ago,
and it is believed that the two men were
responsible for the crime.
Crowds In Franklln Park.
The, news of the murders spread rapidly
about the country. Excited farmers and
others gathered from far and near. Frank-
lin Park was crowded with people as it
was never before. The deepest sympathy
is expressed for Farmer Baker, who is be-
side himself with grief.
He was devoted to his wife and child.
His age is about 23 years. The neighbors
express themselves in the strongest terms
regarding the colored man’s (Henry Baker)
ingratitude. He had a good home in Farm-
er Baker’s household.
' Baker and his Wife had been married a
few years. She was a young and pretty
woman. She and her husband prospered,
and they had a fine farm. A few months
ago the little girl baby was born to them,
and the young couple named it Gertrude.
Pitcher MoNubb’s Career.
BALTIMORE, March 2. -—Pitcher McNabb,
who murdered a. woman and committed
suicide dt Pittsburg lust night,played with
the Baltimores last year. He was secured
by Manager I-Ianlon last spring from the
Los Angeles club, where he had done wou-
derful work during the season of 1892. He
was 27 years old, (3 feet tall, strongly built,
and with a clean Sharon, clerical face. By
profession McNabb was a telegrapher.
- Fort “Wayne “’ithont Gas.
FORT WAYNE, March 2.—-Fort Wayne is
buried in gloom. The natural gas main
broke, and nine~tenths of the residences
are without fuel, and citizens are suffer-
ings Many houses illuminated by gas suf-
fer e. double inconvenience. In homes
where sickness reigns the suffering is ter-
rible. All burners are open, and fears of
explosions Will make the turning on of the
gas in the several pipes azardous.
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Organizing a Demonstration.
GUTHRIE, 0. T., March 2.——Leo Vincent,
an organizer of the Populist party here, is
getting up a large excursion to join the
army of unemployed who are expected to
march, 100,000 strong, to Washington, May
1, and demand legislation for the relief of
the people. The idea of J. S. Coxey of Mes-
sillon, 0., is favorably received here.
'Ihe Ashland Miners Rescued.
ASHLAND, Pa.,‘March 2.—The five men~
who were imprisoned yesterday in Boston
Run mine by a ballot coal Were rescued to-
day. They were uninjured. The damage
to the workings, which is extreme, will be
repaired at once, and operations will be re
sumed in a. few days. ‘
Masked Mon Rob 3 Postomca.
WICHITA, Kan, March 2.—Four masked
men robbed the postoflicc at Mount Hope
and obtained a quantity of valuables. The
men escaped in a carriage. They are
‘thought to be new in Wichita. This city
is filled with outlaws from all over the
west and south. '
Fire In a. Schoolhouse. ‘
BOSTON, March file—Chauncy Hall school
was found to be on fire early this morning
rom an overheated boiler. . By energetic
Work of the fire department the fire was
kept in the basement. Fireman Sullivan
of Engine 22 had his hands severely burned.
' Convict Burned to Death.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 2.-’—John Jenkins.
a negro preacher, in jail for wife heating
at Grovctown, Ga, attempted to burnbis
WHY out of jail. but was burned to death. ‘
Read the Griffin:—
The murderers are now dead. They were ~
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" ROGUISH LITTLE MINCH.‘
Horse Got‘Bis Name. . I
Many stories are told of Little Minch,
'I is a remarkably shgacious animal. Some
would assert that ho is capable of rea-
soning, but horse fauciers are liable to
distort instinct and pure ' roguishncss
into reason and sngucify.
while this son of Glenelg was being
transported east after his sale as a year-
ling he was given a nickname by a rail-
road engineer that was snbsequen H y ap-
plied to the horse. and under it he won
his lanrels. Little Minch’s car was 'at—
tached to the front end of a passenger
train, and the bellrope passed through
it, the same as 'it would through a pas-
~longer car. The horse was playful, and
after several unsuccessful attempts to
seize the rope in his teeth the spiteful
little youngster finally got the cord and
gave it a lusty jerk. The bell in the en-
gine’ cab sounded, and the engineer, fear-
ing something was wrong back in the
train, .Imade haste to shut off steam and
apply his ail-brake. After coming to a
stop he waited for the astonished train-
men to come up to his cab. 'l‘hey de-
nied that any one had puller". the cord,
and fire engineer passed the occurrence
with the remark, “‘ilaybe the rope
caught and tightened while We were
going around a curve.” , .
But the mischief loving Little Mincli
was having a lot of fun in the car. No
sooner had the train got under headway
again than he again seized the bellcord
.and gave it another jerk. ,Once more
the engineer came to a stop, declaring
that the bell ringing was the work of
tramps, but a‘ search for the ride steal-
ers failed to reveal any. and the train
proceeded. With almost human regu-
ery Little Minch again seized the
rope, but he was not content with one
jerk, and the way he pulled that rope
was a caution. The enraged engineer
slipped back in time to see the horse
tugging at the rope, which he had hit-
ten in two by his efforts, as if his life
depended upon his ability to tear it out
of the train. “Oh, you little minchl So
it was you, was it?” cried the engineer.
And the horse stopped and hung his
head much as a guilty boy would have
done. The story was retold many times,
and the animal was named Little
Minch.——Chicago Tribune.
A \Voodchoppcr's Vision. I
A chopper in the Kilkenny woods re-
lates a story that he implicitly believes.
This is. his narrative: “I was at work
for Van Dyke, at Connecticut Lake.
The night was dark and'rainy, and the
wind howled and moaned in the tree
tops. I went to bed, as the whole camp
does, at 9 o’clock -that is, the lights
are blown out at that hour, as is the
rule in camp. Directly opposite my
bunk was a small window that one
could see out. I could not sleep and
kept rolling and tumbling.
. “I think I must have gotinto asleep,
for I was awakened by a light shining
into the window, and a woman’s face
appeared as if looking in. I am sure
it was the countenance of my sister, who
died in Quebec two years ago. Strange
to say, I was not scared. The light dis-
appeared, and then again it shone in.
This time the woman’s hand appeared
at the window, beckoning me to come.
I got up and pulled on my trousers and
went to the door. By this time the wind
had stopped blowing, the rain had ceas—
ed, and the moon shone through the
clouds at times.
“Standing near the woodpilc was my
sister. I recognized her now. I stepped
toward her, but she motioned me back.
saying, ‘Joe, don’t work tomorrow, ’ and
vanished. I saw no more of her that
night. The next day I staid in camp,
and before noon Bill was brought in
dead. Alimb had fallen and broken his
skull. lo and I worked together. My
sister has come to save life once since.
Boys, this is God’s truth.”——Manches-
for (N. H.) Union.
A Gallant Rescue.
Here is a very charming cat and dog
story for the truth and accuracy of
which the proud inhabitants of the
Swiss village where it occurred quite
recently are, one and all, ready to vouch.
A troublesome cat in the village had
been doomed to a watery death, and the
children of the owner had been told off
to take it in a sack to the river Aar and
there tedrown it. The, house dog ac-
companied the party to the execution,
which was carried out according to
parental instructions. But, much to the
surprise of the inmates, at short time
after the cat and dog,‘both soaking wet,
reappeared ‘ together at their owner’s
door. ‘
This is what had happened: The dog,
on seeing that the sack containing the
cat was thrown into the river, jumped
after it, seizedIit with his teeth, dragged
it to the bank, fore it open and restored
his friend the cat to life and liberty. It
gees Without saying that the death war-
rant of the cat was destroyed after this
marvelous escapade.—London Million.
Big Potatoes.
A French scientist’s plans for secur-
ing a wonderful yield of potatoes are as
follbws: He steeped his cuttings for 24
hours in a solution of 6 pounds of salt-
peter, 6 pounds of sulphate of ammonia
and 25 gallons of water. He next al-
lowed them to drain a whole day in or-
*der that the eye buds might swell be-
fore planting. From potato cuttings
treatcd in this manner and planted in
the usual way he obtained a yield of 42
tons of potatoes to the acre—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. '
Good Cause For Suspicion.
“John,” exclaimed the nervous wo-
man, “do you think there. is a burglar
in the house?” - ‘
“Certainly not. Why,
heard a sound all night. ”
“That’s just what alarms me. Any
burglar who wasn’t foolish would keep
perfectly quiet so as not to excite our
suspicions. Indeed, John, I do so wish
you would getqu and look through the
housel”_-I—-Washinsrtnn Star. _
I haven’t
Read the 4 can...
the race horse, which indicate that he;
tis said that ,
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THE NOVEL. OCCUPATION FOLLOWED
BY A NEW YORK MAN.
Cuban Cigar Makers Pay l-Eim fi'ell For
Translating and Reading Aloii‘d'l‘icwspa-
pet's and noon-s ‘While They \l’ork—Jlis
Audience iimrietimcs Critical.
The Spanish speaking cigar. makers in
this town employ a man to read to them
while they are at work. In no other in-
dustry is this thing done, though it
would seem “that other workers “by the
piece” could imitate the Cubans to ad-
vantage. Not only do they keep in touch
with all the news, but it keeps them
from talking, and thereisn’t a minute
of their time wasted.
‘The Cubans are great talkers, and
this is what probably started the cus-
tom in the cigar factories of Havana.
When the men were brought to this
country to make their cigars in Key
West and the lower part of N ew York
city, they wanted a. reader more than
ever. They are very bright, intelligent
fellows, these Cubans,’and they take a
deep interest in the news of the world
as well as the latest intelligence from
their own little island. They all sub-
scribe toa fund to pay their reader, and
they work all the. harder for keeping
their mouths closed and their minds
employed as they roll the tobacco.
Julian Barreda is probably the most
popular of the young men who earn a
good living by amusing and instructing
the cigar makers. He is a native of
Porto Rico, where he learned the Eng-
lish language as well as a great many
other things. He has had a college ed-
ucation and can translate the English
and American newspapers into Latin
and Greek as easily as' in Spanish.
He is employed just'now in two fac-
tories, that of Lozano, Pendas & Co.,
at 209 Pearl street, and another one
at William and Platt streets. When
Barrcda first came to this country,
he could not speak the language very
well, though he knew it theoretically
and could read and write it. He is a
skilled electrician, but could get noth-
ing to do in his line and so went to ad-
dressing cnvelopes at $3.50 a. week.
There was a vacancy in one of the, Cu-
ban cigar factories after awhile, and by
that time Barreda had. mastered the
speech of this country.
He walked into the factory one day,
and mounting the table which served as
a rostrum for the reader he made a lit-
tle speech to the men, the purport of
which was that he thought he would
make a good reader for them.
They told him to go ahead and show
What he could do. He pulled a. paper
out of his pocket and began. reading a
tariff editorial to them. They demand-
ed more when he had finished the edi-
torial, and he read to them for an hour.
translating the cable news, the sense-
tions of the day and the Washington
dispatches into their native Spanish.
The trial was satisfactory, and he was
engaged at once for four hours a day.
There were 80 Cubans in the factory at
that time, and each agreed to give bin
25 cents a week. I Then Barreda made
an arrangemeuton the same terms with
another factory, which employed 40
men, and he was in receipt of a good ill-
come at once.
He reads for 1,143 hours at each factory
in the'morning and for 2 $5 hours in the
afternoon. He has his evenings to him-
self, but he occupies a couple of hours
then in reading the afternoon papers to
familiarize himself with the late news,
and so his day is a busy one.
“It is not so easy a task as one might
suppose,” said Barreda. to a reporter.
“The men are very critical, and if the
matter is dull or uninteresting they do
not hesitate to shout out and demand a
change. They are especially interested
in the foreign news. Then they want
the general news and anything sensa-
tional in the city news. They like scan-
dal. A divorce case or anything on that
order just suits them. As fast as the
Cuban papers arrive by mail I get them
and read them, and the Spanish papers
published in the city contain a great
deal that the men want to hear.
“In the afternoon I read to them out
of some book. . Just now I am reading
‘Gil Blas’ in one shop and a Spanish
novel called ‘The Two Sisters’ in the
other. When Ihave finished a novel, I
select half a‘ dozen others that I think
will suit them and read them a list of
titles. Then they vote on which one I
shall begin.”
“Are they good listeners?’
‘.‘The best in the world. They are
working all the time, and they are anx-
ious not to miss a word. They work
faster when some one is reading, and
they realize that if they ever get to talk-
ing together their bill at the end of the
week will be just so much less. They
are nearly all revolutionists, you know,
and there is great chance for argument
- among them, because they all belong to
different factions.
“I have to be very careful in reading
the Cuban papers and those published
in‘ Spanish in this city that I (30‘ not
miss an editorial representing some par-
ticular shade of opinion. N o matter how '
radical it is, it is sure to have some ad-
herent and- some sympathizer in the
shop.” .
Barreda has learned to be a very dis-
criminating newspaper reader. He
knows when to skip the dry part of an
article, and he knows just what news-
paper is the one to begin on in the morn-
ing. ‘
None' of his hearers speaks English,
and their desire to know about the
country and the city they are living in
, makes the employment of the reader not
only a luxury which few‘workmen en:
joy at their occupations, but an absolute
necessity.-—New York World.
A Good Match.
Little Ethel—I (1953 I’ll marry Georgie
Sweet w’en he grows up.-
Motheré—You like him, do you?
Little Ethel—N-o, not much, but he’s
jus’ as fond of chocolates as I arm—Goal
News. '
.REAhS: T0 WORKMEh. ‘
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6?; fawn!“ " ' ’
“ THE CROWN.
When you have lived your life, . 1 , ‘ ..
When you have fought your last good fight and I
won, - . ,3 , '1' '
And the day’s work'isfinishcd, and thesgn »
Sets 011'. the darkening ’3 world and an its
strife— . * ,, - II
Ere the worn'hands are tired with all they’ve »
done, - , . . . .
Ere the mind’s . strength begins to droop and
wane. ,
Ere the first touch of sleep has dulled the brain.
Ere thle heart’s springs are slow and running . ' ’
‘ ry— - . ' . .
When you have lived. your life,
’Twerc good togdie. ' -
If it may notbe so, ’ > .
If .you but fight a fight you may not win;-
See the for goal but may not enter in— ..
’Twere better then to die/and not to know
Defeat—to die amidst the rush and din, .
Still striving, while the heart beats high and
fa t‘ ‘ '
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With glorious life; If you must fail atlast.
Such end were best with all your hope and all ;
Your spirit in its youth ’ - .
-Then,when you fall. 'I - . ..
Far better so to die, ‘ . .
Still toiling upward through the mists obscure,
With all things possible and nothing sure.
Than to be touched by glory and passed by,
To win, by chance, fame that may not endure.
That dies and leaves you living. while you
strive ‘ _ .~ » - -
With wasted breath to keep its flame alive
And fan, with empty beast and proud regrets.
Remembrance of ,a past -
The world forgets. -
—A. St. J. Adcockffn chambers Journal.
Japanese Typos; , -.v
There are two-totally distinct types
in Japan, which may almost be said to
be each other’s opposites. The’ first,
which the Japanese themselves call the
Chinese, or Corean, is the more common.
Those belonging to it have round faces,
flat noses, full cheeks, rather thick
lips—very pretty ones often—and very
good white teeth. Those belonging to
the second, or true Japanese type, have
long and comparatively pale faces, noses
arched like the beak of a bird, thin lips,
large eyes, with not very strongly
marked eyebrows; teeth mostly good,
always very white, but often long and
, irregular. This is the aristocratic type,
which when at its best is really worthy
of'admiration. To be called handsome
a Japanese must belong to it, while
those of the Chinese cast of countenanco
are never more than pretty.
Strange to say, the. moral character
of the sections of~the community differs
as much as does their appearance. I
have noticed that, as a general rule,
those with Chinese faces are gay, laugh-
ing and restless, full of careless good
humor, while the others are silent, in<
different, melancholy, sometimes even
dismal.—Harpcr’s Weekly.
An Old Fashioned Woman.
One of the “tough old gals” of Maine
came to mill toting a plump bagful of
corn upon her shoulders. While the
miller was doing his work the woman
' went down to the village grocery and
bought a salt mackerel. As the miller
was an obliging sort of man, she roast-
ed her fish on the red coals in his stove,
got a mug of water from the pail, pro-
duced a big, flat biscuit from her pock-
et and—— well, she ate everything except
the fishbones and gazed at those regret-
fully while she had a pull at her T. D.
pipe. Do not. some of you Maine dyso
peptics wish that you could have that -
woman’s appetite to go with your mon- _,
ey? Yes, and her muscle, too, for she
lugged that sack of meal away to her
home two miles off about as easily as
some women carry their shopping bags. '
—Lewist0ii (Me) Journal.
Where Lightning Is Continual.
There are several places on the globe
where every climatic change is accom—
panied by violent electric explosions,
but the worst place in the world for a
person who is affected with a nervous
dread of the "forked fury” is the east
coast of San Domingo. There the elec-
tric display begins with the rainy sea-
son, and it is said on good authority
that the sky, or rather the clouds, are
often illuminated forweeks by contin-
uous flashes and twinkles.—'St. Louis
Republic.
A Curious Maine Law.
A curious statue exists in the state of
Maine, which banislics criminals from
the state for transgressing the law there.
This may operate well enough forMaine,
provided it can be enforced there, but ‘
how is it to operate upon the other states
of the Union, who are thus converted
into a kind of Botany Bay for the recep-
tion of Maine’s criiniiials?——Bostcn Her-A
aid.
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ASof’t Answer. , . '
“Edith, I saw that policeman speak:
to you. That’s the third policeman I’ve
seen speaking to you this morning. I
can’t allow that.” “No, ma’am. But’
the policemen always do admire baby -
so. They can’t ’elp stopping and ask-
ing about ’im. They all say as they
never see such a fine child."——Spare
Moments. . " -
Gathering wild fowls’ eggs has long
been a sport. for boys living along the
Atlantic coast of Maryland. The nar-
row reef that guards the eastern shore
counties is a famous breeding place for
many kinds of aquatic fowl, and their
nests are frequently invaded and wan-
tonly destroyed.
Among the Greek, Roman and other,
ancient nations titles were frequently
conferred in memory’of some achieve-_ _
ment. Scipio Africanus, for instance,
was so called from his conquest of Af-
rica, and other illustrations are very
numerous.
In Switzerland girls, on arriving at
the 'age of 14, are regularly employed I
as porters, and during the season in
that country may be seen . da‘ily carry.
ing the baggage of travelers up and
down the steep mountain paths.
A machine for making tacks was put-
,ent‘ed’ in 1806, but not put into prac-‘
tical use until near the middle of the ‘ I
present century. Now the worldIIcoIn- I _’
Isumes 50,000,000 tacks a day.
The title "bailiff was formerly: very ‘
honorable, and, the oflIicial‘ ‘waspvcsted .. .
with many. important powers.’_ I -.
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