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r MEMORIES.
An empty rooj, and yet how faT!
I Of her since she has gone:
II No trifle but becomes a thing
g| For thought to dwell upon.
Thf very silenco misses her,
_ And moves on noiseless feet,
|H J-'earin? to wake some memory
. The "brave heart could not meet.
Irrevocable fate is felt
In every place, and look!
How firm its iron hand has grasped
W That open half-read book.
1 ^-Edith Turner Newcomb, in Harper's Bazar.
<?lcE 38?
W DR. JIM'S TEST |
Ste Ml
ifcfesssjtel THER TOM" and 'Doc
wffi'i .littiT tor Jim" they were called
^Hni F fill ky the villagers. They
i fSax., I'll were brothers. Thomas
I viBgl and James Radcliffe. refc
apectiveiy. old baehclors both, one the
Tillage parson, who looked after the
?ouls of the brethren, while the other,
(Brother Jim, doctored their bodies.
! Father Tom lived in the little par
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sonage next xue cuurtu, wuu me
est woman inhabitant of the place?a
dame past seventy, but who knew how
to darn stockings?as his housekeeper.
EDr. Jim lived at the other end of the
.Village street and looked after his own
L-% housework. " "Even brothers who are
so fond of each other as Tom and I
ought to live apart," said Dr. Jim.
*'It strengthens the affcctions."
The brothers passed every evening
of their lives together, one uight at
the parsonage and the next at the
"doctory." and they passed every one
over their pipes, for the par.son wasn't
a prig, and the doctor was wont to say
that tobacco was the only known spc^
cific for all human ills.
"Tom," said his brother one evening,
*'I see that old Bill Lamson has died
Over at Leeds."
i "Yea, Jim," said Father Tom, "and
I was at his deathbed."
"I always suspected, Tom. that you
^ knew all about Bill Lamson's part in
^ the Johnson killing years ago. if he
had a part in it, which I am inclined
to believe, by the way, and that you
kept the whole thing to yourself."
"Well, suppose I did know about it.
Jim. If Lamson told me anything?
jwhich I won't grant even now?he
told it to me because I was a clergyman,
and it's not in the clerical province
to tell on a man who is repentant,
I no matter what his crime."
W "Right you are, Tom, and I tell you
that a physician ought to hold secrets
>Just as tight if they come from a pa/ttept
I wouldn't give up a wounded
. murderer if he had come to me for
/treatment and had thrown himself on
my mercy and on my professional
tare. I'd consider myself a sort of a
r Ifather confessor to his bodily ills, as
jou might to the sins of his soul."
"You're all wrong, Jim. You can't
class the physician with the priest.
/The soul and the body are things
apart, and the touch of the sacred
'doesn't enter into your profession as it
does into mine. You have no right to
claim the clergyman's exemption from
Wlgiring evidence against an evildoer
fwho has trusted you. In concealment
you do the state an injury."
"Likely I would if such a condition
sever confronted me, Tom, but I
(wouldn't give the fellow up if he had
Once trusted me and I had cared for
him. I might be an enemy of the state
' In so doing, but I'd sleep better after
> It"
V T-io hrnthors sonsmtprl fnv tli<? nl^ht
% Dr. Jim went back into the little laboratory
back of the sitting room, musing
over tbe talk with his brother. "It
{would be a curious situation to be
placed in," he thought, "to have a
^wounded criminal on your hands aud
ito /eel that the state might look to you
as an accomplice because you had
failed to turn him over to justice after
sSmB you had patched him up."
Dr. Jim sat up late studying. He
NhEwH beard a nois* outside the door at an
'hour after midnight, and, throwing it
open, a man fell into the room and on
.to the floor. "I seen your sign, doctor,
gSsHP (with the light behind it. I guess I'm
Ifljjyggjf flone for, but mebby you can fix me
?p-"
The man gasped and fainted. Sturdy
ggXSl^k 'Dr. Jim picked him up and carried
wSShH him to the laboratory, where he laid
HeHaH bis burden on the lounge and made a
basty examination. The man had a
jgKr bullet hole through the thigh, and was
jST iweak from the loss of blood. Beyond
V that his injury wasn't serious. Dr.
Jim stanched the flow and gave the
I man restoratives.
I* "Where did you get this wound?" he
asked his midnight visitor when he
lad regained consciousness.
"Don't tell on me, Doc. I trusted
you. I cracked u place with a pal. He
? gdt-away all right and has the swag,
* but I got shot when the old feller in
the house waked up. Maybe I done
for him. I don't know, though, but he
didn't shoot again after he hit me, and
I let drive back."
iou can x stay nere, saia ur. Jim.
"Patients and other people will be here
to-morrow, and you can't travel for a
,week. I'll pnt you on a cot in a room
Over the summer kitchen at the back
* of the yard, and I'll look after you.
though it goes against the grain." And
,the doctor smiled a bit grimly as he
f thought of his conversation with FathI
er Tom a few hours before.
! An hour later the wounded burglar
r (was bandaged, fed and secreted in the
\ .upper chamber of the unused summer
kitchen. There was a fierce pounding
A, at Dr. Jim's front door. He opened it.
The village constable and a dozen ex?
cited citizens were there. "Father Tom
has been shot!" they fairly howled at
the physician.
Dr. Jim felt his knees tremble under
(him. The constable, who had some
Bense, hastened to say: "Oh, he ain't
hurt bad, but come along."
i. The doctor found his brother suffering
from a slight scalp wound and lamenting
the loss of $500. nearly all the
money he had In the world.
Dr. Jim treated his brother, and then
strode away toward his home. Senti^
ment was all right, but when a man's
Bk brother was shot. why. that was different.
"You shot and robbed my brother,"
he said savagely to the patient
tossing on the cot.
"Was he your brother. Doc? I'm
gorrv. and you've been good to a foiler.
Don't give me up, Doc."
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The doctor cogitated. "nave you g<
the ?500 you robbed him of?" he aske<
"No, honest. Doc, I ain't. Sam g<
the hull of it."
"A man should not do for his brotl
or what he would not do for mankin
at large," mused .the doctor. He wei
to his study, took $300 in bills from
recess in his desk, put it in a huge ei
velope with a slip of paper, on wmc
he wrote in a disguised hand:
"Here's your money. I didn't kno'
you was a preacher. My father w?
one?Snaky Sam."
The doctor saw to it that his broth<
got the money next day. The patlei
over the summer kitchen improve
rapidly. Day by day he would repea
"So the parson is your brother. You']
a good, game one, Doc."
In a week the burglar was gon
Three days later Dr. Jim received
package. It contained $000 and a le
ter which said: "I met Sam. I got tl
m/\noTr hoot nml thpn I raised son
lUViJUJ i-'Uv.?, ?
more; no matter bow. The extra hui
dred is ferperfessional services. You']
a good, gam$ one, Doc. Lanky Ben
The next night Father Tom and J)
Jim were sitting smoking togethe
"Jim," said Father Tom, "if I'd h
that burglar I shot at and he'd con:
here, what would you have done wit
him?"
'Tom, my boy, the time has come 1
talk of other things." ? JBdward 1
Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald.
An Unprofitable Convert.
In Burmah the drum major of a
infantry regiment, noted for his stead
ness, good humor and constant attei
tion to his duties, one day suddenl
disappeared from the barracks at Rai
goon. At first it was supposed tbs
he had gone pn a spree in the towi
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ana ne wouiu turn up wueu m? mau l
was over, but as day after day passe
and no news came of him it was at las
assumed that he had gone off in one c
the American ships which called a
tnat port, it being no unusual thin
for soldiers at Rangoon to desert i
this way. About eight months aftei
ward a native Burmese came to th
barracks one morning and by mean
of the regimental interpreter made i
known that he had been sent by
phoonghee (native priest) from a neigl
boring Buddhist monastery in the foi
est to say that there was an Englis
soldier there whom they wished to ge
rid of. An escort was despatched an
brought back no less a personage tha
the absentee drum major. The on!
explanation he had to give was tha
the spirti of adventure seizing him on
day, he had taken a fowling piece fin
gone into the jungle to shoot. Con
fnc opmcs the mnnnsterv. the DhOOI
ghees had behaved hospitably to bin
and had allowed him to sleep ther
that night. During the night the fane
seized him to become a Buddhist, an
making known his desire to the con
munity next morning he was .^cceptec
For a few months all went well. H
remained quietly indoors absorbed i
the study of Buddhist mysteries, whlc
had a peculiar fascination for hin
But after a time the demon of unres
began to stir him up again. He mad
repeated incursions into the jungl
and each time returned laden wit!
game. The taking of any form of anl
mal life is contrary to the principles o
Buddhism, and the phoonghees expos
tulated with him, but without avail
so, finding him an unprofitable converl
they got rid of him by communicatin
with his regiment.-rGolden Penny.
Gum Cliewins and Ltrnacy.
Who would have thought that doc
tors would countenance fhe practice o
gum chewing? Yet here is the new
from St. Paul that the Minnesota Stat
Board of Control includes chewinj
gum in the list of supplies for insan
asylums, as its use is often found t
have excellent effect upon patients
soothing them during violent spells
and enabling them to concentrate thei
minds upon various forms of wort
Doubtless it is the muscular, not th
secretory, activity that produces th
beneficial result. The secretory actrv
ity may deplete the salivary glands
and thus prove prejudicial to diges
tion. Insane DeoDle are nervous, am
almost every one inclined to nervous
ness has discovered that there ar
forma of fidgeting which enable hlr
to relieve the tension upon his nerve
and help him to concentrate his atteu
tion.
Many a lawyer and many an orato
would be at a loss in speaking if h
could not twiddle his watch chain o
twirl his eyeglasses. Many a travelin
man and many a politician would los
his reputation for ease of manner i
conversation if deprived of the ciga
he gracefully puffs in the intervals o
his talk. And the fan! What mlstres
of coquetry would be willing to sui
render her fan?
But while gum chewing may reliev
tlie lidgets in tne case 01 tnose wno a
the chewing, the sl^ht of it is Ilkel
to give the fidgets to other peopl
obliged to look on.-^ilwankee Ever
ing Wisconsin.
Feminine Duplicity.
A young man visited his girl west c
town on Sunday evening. After the
bad talked several hours he declare
his intention of kissing her. She wa
apparently Indignant, and said sb
would tell her father. Rememberin
that faint heart never won fair lad
the young man was not dismayed, an
succeeded in planting a kiss behind he
left ear. To make good her threat tb
young woman arose hastily an
walked to the kitchen. "Papa," sh
said innocently, "Mr. M. wants to se
'? 4*4 11 All svV. f I
y UUl" Ut'\v giiii. <an ti^ui, iigav!
said the old man, delighted vrlth
chance to show It. Taking it from tb
rack he stepped Into the parlor. TL
young man broke four window panf
In getting out, and when last seen wo
still running bareheaded up the road i
the direction of town.?Gardner (11!
Chronicle.
A Relic of the Paris Siege.
There has just been added to tl
Army Museum in Paris a very inte
estlng memento of the Franco-Prussia
war. It is the first and perhaps tt
only number of a newspaper calk
The Ballon Foste, dated Sunday, uct<
her 30, 1870. The paper, folded to tl
size of a letter, was dispatched froi
the city by balloon, and a four-cei
stamp was attached to each copy :
that it might be posted to the snbscri
or. The Ballon Poste was intended
keep the provinces informed' of whi
was happening inside of Paris. Tl
paper was found in Tours.
.SCIENTIFIC
* | POULTRY
;11 RAISING
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aHE
troracndous growth dur7^
___ ing recent years of the
w O I Q poultry and egg Industry,
ts , - * Js which, in point of value of
i the product, now ranks as
>r ' one ui ilie leading American wealth
producing activities, has resulted in
l(j the introduction of modern scientific
t; ' methods, which are quite as marked;e
ly in contrast to former practices as
i the advances in any other progressive
0< i field of endeavor. Indeed, to presenta
day achievements in this direction
t. ; must be /ittributed the recent develie
opment of the American export trade
,e in eggs, which has recently invaded
a. markets as far distant as the Orient.
:e Perhaps the most convincing demon*
? stratiou of what scientific methods are
r< : accomplishing in the poultry industry
r ! is afforded by the dnique poultry farm
at Sidney,. Ohio, which ranks as the
ie largest in the United States, and probi,
ably in the world. The buildings
i which comprise the plant consist of
;c ' two main structures and a number of
3 smaller mciosures. ah are ot uricu
; construction, with slate roofs; and
I more than $100,000 has been expended
j in buildings aad equipment, exclusive
of the cost of the site, which comprises
140 acres.
i The hatchery, or broiler plant, is
1 480 feet in length. The main portion
J of the building js huilt iu the form
of the letter U, and has a periphery
of 840 feet. In the basement of the
j1' other part are thirty incubators, each
1 containing 000 eggs, so that there Is
a total of 9000 eggs daily in a state of
1 incubation. The tilling of the machines
' is so timed that one incubator will
discharge its bro^d each day, and thus
" the plant may be said to have a daily
" hatchiug capaci^ of 300 chickens.
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it THE NURSERY FOR NE
e ' ?;
c From the isrrabator cellar, the small
b chickeus are taken to what is known
'* as the "nursery," which constantly
* shelters about CQOO young chickens,
!* ranging iu age from one to thirty days.
I? When the chickens have attained the
aged of thirty-one days, they are low8
ered by an elevator to the ground
floor and put in the U-snaped part of
j the building, which is divided into
sixty pens. The chickens advance
; one pen each day, so that at the end
f of two months they have completed
s the circuit and are ready for transe
ference to the shipping department. It
g may be noted in this connection that
e the U-shaped portion of the building
o is constantly tenanted by about 21,000
i, chickens, ranging in age from thirty
), to ninety days. The egg house at the
r Sidney plant is 537 feet in length, and
similar in construction to the building
e above described. It is bisected lengthe
wise by a four-foot aisle, on each side
- of which are thirty pens containing
i, fifty hens apiece. The 3000 high grade
i- Leghorn fowls produce daily 200 doz[1
ens of unfertile eggs for culinary puri
poses. The eggs for the incubators
e are produced by 000 high grade Plymti
outh Rock fowls.
s As indicating the proportion of loss,
i- it may be stated that out of every 450
eggs which go into the incubators, an
r average of 300 perfect broilers are obe
tained. Connected with the egg house
is an egg washing and marking room,
g where the date is stamped upon eacn
e egg sent to market.
ii ! One of the notable advances which
r j have been made by the scientific poulf
: try farmer of the present day is found
;g j in the practice of herding chickens.
- j Instead of allowing the hens to run at
j large as formerly, mingling freely and
e picking their food from all kinds of
o refuse, they are now divided into coly
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PEN'S IN THE Bf
j onies of not more than thirty hens.
ie Each colony has its own reservation,
r_ j maintained in the highest state ot' hyn
glenic cleanliness, and ea<?h group of
ie , hens is separate and isolated at all
,(1 times from the others. This also facil0.
itates the use of feed calculated to
ie insure the greatest possible prodivtlve
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UCSJj il SlllJJt'Ul lli Illt.'U liHJ t/uiivi
jt States Department of Agriculture, as
;c> well as progressive poultrvmen. have
ljJ of late years given great attention:
toj unci, a fan indication of what has been
accomplished in this direction, it may
be pointed out that the average year|
ly yield at these scientific poultry
* . v -
farms is in .lie neighborhood of 2U
eggs from each hen, whereas und(
the old conditions the average year]
yield per hen did not execed forty egg
Another advantage cf this now pol
OV r%f ?nnrrrvrofiAn ?c* frtiinil in ilm fn/
that, should a chicken become sick c
breed vermin, the trouble cannc
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THE EGG HOUSE AND HATCJ
spread beyond the one reservatio
without detection; and thus there 1
obviated the danger from epidemic
such as have frequently in the past r<
suited in serious loss to poultry rail
ers. Another new adjunct is found i
the automatic ii^st. which preserve
the eggs free froui the taint of incubs
tion. No degree- of incubation is poi
sible, because, by means of these ne1
nests, the egg is removed immediati
ly after it is laid. The automatic ne:
has a hole in the bottom, beneat
which is a revolving disk that receivt
the egg as soon as it Is kid and mov(
it away from the nest.
The growth of the roultry busines
as conducted on a large scale, cou]
iWLY-HATCHED CHICKS.
And no more significant criterion tha
the recent marvelous development (
the incubator industry. The centre c
the incubator manufacturing businei
is found In the middle West, and or
town in Illinois turns out more tha
50,000 incubators every year. It
estimated that not less than 500,OC
incubators are now in . use in tfc
United States. Many of the large pou
try farms have incubators with a ci
pftclty of 1000 eggs each, and froi
which there may be hatched I0.0(
chickens a year, the loss varying froi
t: ' .
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five to twenty per cent. From a sc
entific standpoint probably the mo;
interesting incubator ?<ant is thi
erected by former Vice-President Mo
ton, at Ellerslie on the Hudson, s
though ex-President Cleveland has
high class installation on an expei
mental farm at Princeton, and Pres
dent Diaz of Mexico has a costly i;
cubator built especially to bis ord<
uy ail Aiuuricuu uiuuuiuLiuici.
Even in the testing of eggs, in
LOILER BUILDING.
provemonts have been made in the pr
vailing method. The most effectii
way of testing au egg is to subje
it to the light, but under the old pla
when the egg was held close to tl
flame of a caudle, it almost iuvariab!
happened that the shell was oiac
enod. The use of electric light ha
however, rendered conditions perfe
for a thorough test of tne eggs ai
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nil* IKUMOl ?|>t'L'U ill uiiiiuiiug.?wv.it
title American. .
At the pros?at time Cape Colony hi
approximately 19,000,000 sheep at
goats, roughly valued at $47,D0U,0:J
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J Sanitary Drinking
y Fountain
s. !
j. No Possible Way of Distributing
?t Infection.
>r A drinking fountain designed for the
>t purpose of preventing the exchange of
t
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i
iERY AND BROILER BUILDINGS.
n disease germs and microbes is beln?
is introduced for use in schools and such
:s places where the drinking facilities are
2- largely and promiscuously used. The
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SAMTABT DRINKING FOUNTAIN.
sanitary feature of this apparatus exists
in dispensing entirely with the use
of cups and glasses. The general design
of the fountain is shown in the accompanying
cut. The flow of water
is regulated by a convenient stop-cock
and the person desiring to make use
of the fountain leans over the font
and manipulating the stop-cock causes
a flow of water to be projected upwards
into the open mouth above. The
overflow falls back onto the top of the
flat surface below, thereby maintainI
ing this in a cleanly condition and re?
I mftwinnr oil rw>Qcihlo Jnfpptl'nn tlPflT thO
UiVTlUg uu j/\/uw4w?v
a source of supply. As the nozzle through
jf which the stream is projected is cov>f
ered, it precludes the possibility of
js anyone drinking directly therefrom.
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jj A Sign of tbe Times.
is It is a healthy sign to see the press
>0 associations of the different States
le taking action on the asinine and ante1
diluvlan libel laws, declares Newspaa
perdom. Too long have the newspam
pers stood idly by and let Legislature
M) after Legislature adopt measures
in which were diametrically opposed to
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glgijgig
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OULTRY HOUSE.
i- our much vaunted free press, and too
st many times have the papers helped relt
elect the very men who deliberately
r- passed the law curbing the power of
tl- the press. It is high time the matter
a was given serious consideration and
i- decisive action taken. The trouble is
ii- that each paper has felt that It need
n- have no fear of any kind of a libel
?r law no matter how drastic. But now
they have had their little expensive
3- experiences and are able to see that
any newspaper, no matter how care~~
fully edited, may be injured .under a
foolish, inconsistent or unconstitutional
libel law. Let us all realize this
and keep pounding until the good effect
is evident. Let all remember, too,
that it is much easier to prevent the
passage or uniioerai noel laws thai?
to change them after once passed.
Fear.
Fear is of two kinds, logical and Illogical.
Illogical fear is where a man stays
in the house because, say, there is a
lion without
But where a man stays in the house
lest if he venture out a mosquito bite
hini and give him malaria, that is logical
fear.
It is clearly more humiliating for the
former to contract tuberculosis by reason
of his confinement than for the lat'
ter.?Detroit Free Press.
Medical Bubbles.
hovo infpntpd a new form
of bubble. Neuralgia, sciatica and lum
bago are known to be affectations of
e- the ends of the nerves which lie just
,*e under the skin of the painful region,
ct It has been discovered that by injectu,
ing air under the skin the ends of the
ie nerves are lengthened and the pain rely
lieved. The bubble of air is pressed
k- by the fingers and caused to move
s, about until all parts are relieved. In
ct dislocations, fractures and bruises the
id same treatment has given relief,
u
Two million of London's inhabitants
never go to church.
..i rrv.? rlnnfti nf Hio nno-jn <c
1 Li I X Lie avciu^w vt. V-V wvvmu ?M
iU. 1 aboul two miles.
THE GREAT STRENGTH OF INSECT!
Fr. de Zeltner in La Nature?Trans
lated and Condensed For
Public Opinion.
Every one iu a general way know
of the astonishing muscular power em
ployed by insects, and of the rea
tours de force which they execut
eitllpr 111 tile pursuit 01 prey or xu ue
feuding themselves against their ene
mies. At the same time one rarel;
has a precise idea of the strength o
the.se insects because there are fev
standards of comparison, althougl
nothing is simpler than to make a cor
rect valuation of their strength.
The wing strength of insects i
known because of the work of Feli:
Flateau and De Lucy, who showe<
that these little creatures could no
raise a weight much heavier thai
themselves, no matter what the sui
face of their wings. During the cours
of these experiments a very interestini
fact was discovered, uamely, that tb
size of the Wing* decreases as til
weight and size of the animal iu
creases, a fact w.hich explains the slov
heavy flight of the beetle and th
swift, light movement of the gnat.
The case is entirely different, how
ever, where the creature moves on i
solid surface where its six feet ma;
obtain points of support. In this cas
we can approximately calculate th
force exercised. Take, for example, i
fly by the wings, leaving the legs frei
so that they may seize and raise i
x A^r;
sJW .Iff
diaobam rllustbatixo thb stbengt1
of ixsEcra.
match, as shown in flgure 1. If :
man wished to perform relatively equa
labor he would have to raise a beac
24V2 feet long by 14% inches square
The earwig of figure 3, harnessed to 1
small chariot drags without difficult;
eight matches, which for a large per
cheron horse would mean dragginj
830 beams as long and thick as him
self. The man who leaps the 300 me
ters of the Eiffel tower is merely re
peating the action of the flea whic!
can leap 200 times its own height
Finally the Hercules in figure 5 i
obliged to raise eighty large locomo
tives to equal the relative strength 0
an oyster, which in closing its valve
exercises a force of fifteen kilogramt
Thus it is a much more simple thin;
to calculate the strength of insects tha:
to equal it, and our modern athlete
have yet a long road to travei befor
they can compete with animals occv
pying very humble positions in th
living world.
AIDS PRIVACY
IN TELEPHONINC
A simple arrangement is shown her
for those who desire secrecy and pri
vacy when telephoning. It is a sler
der metal frame covered with musli
or canvas. Drawn over the head, i
Insures the greatest ease in hearini
as well as privacy in telephoning, afte;
which it is simply folded up.
The Nemesis ofBoodlers.
Joseph W. Folk, the young Circuit
! Attorney, of St. Louis, whost? earnesi
j work in sending to prison the boodlen
^Ik
JOSEPH W. FOLK.
who have disgraced the fair name of
the Missouri Commonwealth, has placet]
him in the front rank of public officials
who believe in literally living up to his
oath of office.
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sTtO DISCHARGE 20,000 MENf 5
- RailroAds Retrench, Owing to Falling
Off in Traffic.
s
i- Cle Systems Begin to Rednce Forces' tm1
the Lowest Possible Limit Because
of the Industrial Situation.
' '
7 New York City.?Several railroad
{ companies have announced reductions
\f in their working force, and it is ex!i
pected that between now and Novem'
ber 1 nearly every railroad in this
eountry will discharge some of its em3
ployes. Such action, it is explained,
c is not unusual this time of the year,
1 but a larger number of men will be
t dismissed this fall because the raila
road companies have been working aby
normally large forces since early last
e spring. A natural falling off in traffic?
fs the reason generally assigned for
? these railroad dismissals. .
e ' Basing their estimates on the reducc
tlons already announced experienced
railroad men say that between 15,00?
* auu zu.uuu men win proDaDiy De laid
e off by the railroads throughout the
country this There are about 1...
250,000 railroa^ employes in the Unla
ted States.
Vice-President Brown, of the New
' York Central, thinks that about 2500
e men may be dropped from the payroll*
e of that system this month. The greata
er proportion of the dismissals will be
e from the car shops. Notices of disi
charge have already been served oit
. 800 men in Albany, Syracuse and Buf- *
About 1500 shop men, train men and ; }:
track men will be discharged on the
f Pennsylvania system. Vice-President
Pugh says that most of the men to be
dismissed will be recent employes who
were hired during the rush period of
last spring. Few, if any, of the old &
employes of the Pennsylvania system
are to be discharged, and no important
wnrV nf Irrmrntrowionh la t/\ ha manaBit
ed. * ;
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
operating department will lay off
about 1500 men this month; and such
improvements as can wait will be deferred
until next year. The manager?
of the Atchison systeiA believe that all
kinds of heavy work can be done
more cheaply next year than now.
a Not less than 3000 employes will be
:1 dispensed with on the Union Pacific
0 and the Southern Pacific systems be?.
tween now and Dececmber 1. These
a dismissals, it is said, are to be made -|?
because the work for which the niei*
y were hired is completed. It is probable
that all of the transcontinental
5 lines will cut; down their working
i- forces some aft^r the crop shipments k'ffl
e are over. .The .tailing off in ore ship!
ments has caused some of the Western *?
h roads to take off about ten per cent,
t of their freight trains. *
' The Illinois Central will curtail It? ilH
operating force anywhere from 600 to
" 1800 men, and the Chicago and Alton
1 will also make a small reduction.
b President Ingalls, of the Cleveland,
i. Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis sys3
tem. says that at present there is
great volume of traffic over his Hues,
s but he expects that It will be neces- .
e sary to let some of his employes go as <<
soon as the present rush slackens. The
Lake Shore will dismiss nearly 1000 ;.:JS
e men this month, and the Michigan
Central about hjftjf that number. About
300 of tfye Lake Brie and Western Employes
will be laid off on November L.;
, The Erie management has already
i dismissed several hundred men from
i.1.A A AnAM^In*
lilt" repau- guupa uiu iue ui/ciauuts
e force, and there will be a still further
, redaction between now and December
1. The West Shore will lay off abont
'* 900 men, and the Boston and Albany,
a an equal dumber. A gradual reduction
in the operating force of the Newr,
' York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
is now under way, and before th?
pruning knfcfe Is laid away about 1000.
employes of this company will be out 5
of work.
The Missouri Pacific and other Goultf
lines will reduce thler working forces Y33
slightly, but there is to be no cessatioa
in works of extension and improvement.
The Wabash expects to Increase
rather than diminish the num- ^
ber of its employes on Pennsylvania
improvements.
The Rock Island and the 'Frisco systems
will lay off betwep^ 1000 and $
1500 men this month and next.
CAVE 591,000 FUN MISSION WUKIU
Sermon Scoring Christians Followed by * x
Rich Harvest of Sbeckela. * % ?
New York City.?At the twenty-first
annual' convention -of the Christian, r rfc
and Missionary Alliance, held here,
the missionary offering In cash and
pledges amounted to $91,167. The
Rev. A. B. Simpson, who preached the annual
missionary sermon, asserted1
that for every man, woman and child
in the United States $40 is spent an- . .-i
nually for liquor and tobacco, while
forty cents was the average contribution
of each Protestant Christian in
this country. ^
DESERTED THE MAINE IN BUNCHES
United State* Battleship Loses Over Oae>
Quarter of Her Crew.
Washington, D. C.?During the eight
months ended September 1 there were x
129 desertions from the battleship . ,
Maine, which carries a crew of 504
men. This unusual record is attributed 'J
to the fact that the Maine spent montha
I in dock undercoin^ repairs after her
. trial trip, and that the crew were anx1
ious for a cruise.
5 Most of the deserters were coal
r passers and landsmen who had never
been on the water before thty enlisted
in the Navy
Xlelc's a United Stat?* Attorney.
The President appointed John P.
t Nields, an anti-Addlcks man, United
t States Attorney for the District of1
j Delaware.
Ohio Monuments Xow National.
! The ten Ohio monuments on the battlefield
of Antietam, including one to
President McKinley, were presented
to the Government Governor Nash,
nf nhin. made the Dresentation speech.
and Robert Sliaw Oliver, Acting Secretary
of War, accepted the monuments
for the Government.
Dani ire Caused by Landslide.
Part of a mountain slid into a river
near Birehlngham, Canada, killing cattle.
destroyiug canal locks and doing
. other damage.
College Bits.
The entering class at Williams num- -1
bors 1">0. J
Tufts opened with a register of 338
students.
Cornell's registration to date shows
2345 students.
Dartmouth begins its 134th year with
71)8 students.
Six hundred new students enter tho
: ,University of Nebraska this fall; total,
[ 2000.
i j Columbia needs $10,000,000 to prop->
i l erly carry on its work, says President
I Butler in his annual report.
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