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I PIT BROW GIRLS.
Women Who Handle Coal at the
W English Mines.
. Pit brow girls are among the most re- (
[ markable women workers in the coun- 1
trv savs the London Sphere. They ,
work as hard as men and almost like
men do they dress.
' Very few pit brow girls are found in
Britain outside Lancashire, and 5000
of them find employment at the coal
mines, which are so numerous in the
busy centres of that country. Their
work lies on the pit brow?at the surface
and not down below.
Once women were employed in the
;oal seams, this being at the time
foung children also worked in those
lark depths of the earth: but in 1842, [
h the face of great opposition from 1
folliery owners, an act was passed pro- 1
klbiting women and children from beDg
employed below the surface in coal
' bin ea.
At present the duties of the pit brow
lasses consist in dealing with the coal
Is it comes up the shaft tc the pit head. 1
IVTieu the cage reaches the top the t
rlrls haul out the wagons, which con- 5
lain several huudredweight of coal t
todi. and run them on rails to a sort
tipping machine, which shoots the <
. k>al down below to the screen or rid- 1
tling machine. . r- . s
This is a sort of iron slide, several I
fards lone?, with holes through which i
be coal drops at various stages into
pucks waiting beneath. It is jerked i
Ibout by steam power, and the coal J
lioves downward while the girls, sta- I
Soued alongside, pick out the rubbish, s
it is dusty work. I
Among the other duties of the "pit c
kroo girls"?that is the Lancashire pro- 1
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ounciatiou?is the leveling of the coal
on the wagons which receive it as ic
drop3 from the screen.
As to payment. The girls start work
at o'clock in the morning and finish
at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and
they receive fifty cents or less a day.
Men who do the same work get $1.
Taken altogether, the pit brow lasses
are a strong, healthy lot, ranging in
age from eighteen to twenty-five.
Their dress is distinctive and peculiar.
The working costume consists
of trousers, dogs and often enough a
coat which has at one time been worn
by a brother or has come from a rummage
stall. When jjoing to and from
work the girls wear petticoats, which
they roll up round the waist while en
gaged on tne pit Drow.
Tbe hair is closely covered with a
handkerchief, on the top of which is
a soft bonnet. Then round the neck
AN* ENGLISH PIT B?.OW GIBIi.
> and back of the head a shawl is folded,
this apparently bein:; a precaution to
keep out the dust.
A PRESENT OF HIS INVENTION.
Dr. Hertz Refuses to Protect His Process
- . of Tapping: Pine Trees.
Dr. C. H. Hertz, an expert on the .
subject of forestry and an attache of
the United States Bureau of Forestry,
and whose new process of securing the
crude turpentine from the pine trees
' lias already been referred to in these
columns, has described the process in
OB. HEBlVs PB0CE3B OF TAPPING P-NE I
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fuU in a Government paper, which Is
Deing dlSIXlDUieu mryuyuoui uie cuiuitry.
In this it is announced that the
doctor will not take out any patents oa
the process, but will present it to the
.world.
Dr. Hertz is a Southerner and was
toved to take this step La order to save
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what is now & very important industi**
the South" and which is seriously
threatened - by the loose methods fol
[owed at present. It is the custom to
rut a "box" or pocket In the base of the '
tree and the sap runs into this from
the scarified surface just above it.
The cutting of the tree in the manner
has a serious effect on the life of the
tree. It opens up avenues for process
)f decay and weakens the trunk so
:hat it is more liable to fall through (
:he action of lightning or wind.
Dr. Hertz's method utilizes an
?arthen cup, which is hung on tho
:ree by a nail and into this the flowsor?
ic Hipprffid hv means of two
roughs of galvanized iron. This saves
:he trees and increases the product by
ibout seventy-five per cent The qualty
of the product is also said to be
rreatly improved.
The New St. Petersburg
Mammoth
Frequent reference has been made in
forest and Stream to the carcass of
he mammoth discovered in Siberia
?ome years ago, and from time to
ime we have noted the progress of the
expedition, organized by the St. Petersburg
Imperial Academy and led by
Dr. Otto Herz, which set out for the
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;cene ol me discovery wnu mc i/m.jose'of
securing the carcass and transiting
it to St. Petersburg.
It will be remembered that the mamnoth
was found on the banks of the
*iver Beresowka. a tributary o? the
iolyma. in the Province of Yakutsk, ' *
tfter a landslide, which entirely ex>osed
the great head, .soon after its
liscovery the inhabitants bf the vilage
near by took away one of the
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tusks, while foxes, (logs and other car s
nivorous animals gnawed away the 1
flesh. As soon as the Gorerncr of thf ?
province learned that the carcass had c
been found, he protected it until the 1
arrival of the St. Petersburg expedl ?
tion. The carcass was partly buried 1
in ice and partly ?n sand and gravel '
aud was so covered with earth thai '
it did not thaw at all.
Dr. Herz began his excavations from 1
the front, and found the fore legs widely
spread and bent at the wrist, and
the hind legs turned forward undei
the body. The mouth was filled with
grass, and the well preserved tongue
was hanging out of the mouth. The
chest cavity of the animal was fyll of
clotted blood, and it has been concluded
that the animal fell into a hole, and,
while striving to escape, burst a blood
vessel near the heart. It has been as
certained that the ice surrounding the
carcass was not of a river or lake, bul
was formed from compacted snow,
and it is concluded that thev mammoth,
while grazing over a meadow which
formed the torn covering of a glacier,
.ell into some crevasse that was hidden
by the loose earth, and perished
at once.
The remains, which have now been
mounted in the Zoological Museum o!
St. Petersburg, show the animal as he
died and was found. '"The frozen skin J
has been carefully prepared, the skel- I
eton and all the soft spots that could \
be saved have been taken from the i
skin and preserved separately. The i
skin of the head and ears, which had i
been destroyed, has been copied from t
the specimen obtained from Siberia s
about 100 years aero, but, apart from t
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tut? ucau, uitr 5?kiu is iiecinjr prritfci.
and it was found necessary only to add S
in one of two places wool and hair i
from other snecimens. It is to be i
noted that the tail was well pre- i
served, and that it bears at the tip ?
tke tassel of long black hair. The f
mammoth is a young male and not a 1
large one. 1
The discovery and subsequent in- i
spection of this specimen at the Zoo- c
logical Museum at St. Petersburg has ?
led the director. Dr. SaJensky. to make 1
a careful scientific investigation of
this specimen, as well as to show nil '
that is possible of it. He studies 1
will be published in the series of mem- ^
oirs which will appear from time to t
time; the first?that dealiner with the ?
skeleton?having already been issued. *
Unfortunately, these memoirs are writ- I
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Occupations arid Longevity. j
With regard to the occupations ?vhich (
insure longevity, it is the universal testimony
that clergymen reach the highest
age, being close run by gardeners
and vine-dressers. Ordinary agricultural
laborers, although their occupation
is so largely in the open air. are
not conspicuous as long-livers, except in
France, Sweden and England. People
working with wood are longer lived than
those whose occupations are with metals,
and both attain a higher age tliafXr
textile workers and workers in chen."
ical industries. The shortest-lived people
are miners, except in England,
where the superior mining regulations ,
and admirable sanitary arrangements ,
have a beneficial effect. In England |
and Norway sailors live to a far j
greater age than in Germany and ,
France.?Tit-Bits. (
A Secure Foundation. I
The weekly that has the admirable '
general news, literary and other fea- 1
tures of a first-class Ready Print, such '
as this concern furnishes, and pays
good attention to home news, is built I
on a secure foundation, and will not be 1
displaced by the daily. i
Americans consume 36,000,000 :
nniiTirtn nf HhinpflA teas SI ftf) flArt .
? w*. I
Japanese and about 4,000,000 of In- i
dian.
The birth rate In Berlin decreased
from forty-six per 1,000 in 1876 to
twentv-aeven Itx 1902.
AUTO BOATS?
THE LATEST FAD
Water Toys That Are Expensive, But
Can Fly.
pjj O NE of the latest fads with
'?y-v those who can afford such
I I costly toys is to own and
race an "auto boat." For
some time these dainty lit:ie
muuiines have been very popular
n France, where their number J'j le;ion,
and there are many of them
jwned by Englishmen, but it is only
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EST BOAT ON EARTH, MAKIN
FORTY-FIVE MILES
ecently that they have become popu- j
ar here.
The fastest of these boats, so far as
he records show, is the Rollo, owned
>y M. Giraud. it was Duiit oy a nrm ,
hat has become famous for turning
ut fast automobiles. The motor is of
wenty-four horse-power, just as is
ised in road machines, but with cerain
modifications that adapt it to
Iriving a boat. The canoe into which
he motor was put is thirty-nine" feet
hree inches in length and four feet
hree inches beam. In model the boat
s almost wedge shaped, the entrance
)eing line, the run^ almost straight,
tud aft the hull is flat on the bottom
o prevent squatting when running
!ast. The hull is constructed very
ightly and the deck is of the thinnest
naterial.
The Helios Club is the leading orjanization
for the sport in France, and
vhen M. Giraud had finished his boat
le applied to that club to manage a
leries of trials. The first trial was at
^.rgenteuil, and several boats of high
ipeed were entered against the new:omer.
The Rollo won the race. She
iiuue suuiue mues in one uour
?eventeen minutes thirty-one seconds,
iveraging 11.53 statute miles an hour.
,n her next race she did better than
:hl8. At Meudou, In the races of the
3ercle de la Voile de Paris, she made
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52.30 statute miles in two hours fory-one
minutes thirty-eight seconds,
;vhich is a little better than twelve
niles an hour. Many experiments
ivere made with the motor, and its
lower gradually improved, so that In
iubsequent races the Rollo showed a
speed of fourteen miles an hour and
:hen a speed of lo.Gi milea an hour.
In a long distance trial the Rollo ran
509 miles at an average of thirteen
niles an hour, and once in a speed trill
over a measured mile on the Seine,
vith the tide in her fnvor. she slipped
ilong at the rate of twenty-five miles
in hour. This is a remarkable per'ormance
for a bo;' of the size of the
Rollo and having such a small powered
notor. This boat has caused mnny
)thers to be built, and they have been
so successful that next spason they
viH be seen In these waters.
In England Alfred Harmsworth, w#io
s an enthusiastic automobilist. recenty
offered a cup for international races
vith power boats. It was the inten:ion
of two Americans to send boats
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IViUDS lilt? uv run it# 11 j it; ta[nui c mc
;rophy, but they could not be got ready
n time, so the idea was postponed for
t year; but when the races are held
lext season this country will be represented.,
Three boats raced for the
:up, and the winner was the Napier.
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THE NAPIER LAUNCH
)wned by S. F. Edge. This boat was
iullt from designs ty Linton Hope.
3he was forty feet long and was driv;n
by a seventy-live horse-power four?yllndered
gasoline motor attached to
1 two-bladed propeller. The cylinders
ire six and one-half inches bore and
tne stroke seven and one-half inches,
rhe hull of the Napier is built of steel.
i'h<* frames and floors are of lieht an
5le and plate, while two longitudinal
Slrders run fore and aft to carry the
motor and separate thrust bearings.
Ihere is no deck to the craft, but
merely a covering of canvas stretched
tightly over the hull. The beam i&
five feet moulded, and the draught
two feet. The total displacement id
2000 founds.
The course over which these boats
raced was eight a & one-half knots,
and the Napier'3 time was twenty-tour
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minutes forty-four seconds, averaging
20.6 knots an hour or 23.7 statuti
miles. Against the Napier was th?
Beadle, thirty feet long, driven by I
fifty horse-power elght-cvlinder gaso
line motor and a Thornycroft boat
thirty feet long, driven by a twenrj
horse-power four-cylinder gisoline mo
tor.
So far there have been no boats tha'
have done as well in these waters ai
the Napier and Rollo.
Mr. Charles R. Flint's instruction!
to his yacht builder were terse and tc
the point. When the man came pre
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THE WORLD'S RECORD OF.
IN ONE HOUR.
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pared with plans and specifications,
Mr. Flint waved them aside.
. "I want the fastest boat afloat," he
said. "I do not care 'how you build it
or what it will cost. .Build me a craft
that will break the speed record."
When the Arrow was delivered to
Mr. Flint a number of months later,
the magnate took her out for a trial
trip over a measured mile course. The
lithe, slim, low-lying craft with its
raking, squat funnel and sharp bow
darted through the water like a greyhound.
She seemed fairly to leap from
one wave crest to another. The tor
peuo Doat srern was smotnerea in
foam, and against the knife-like edge
of the bow curled an enormous "bone"
which we't the forward deck with
spray. Her owner stood aft with
watch in hand. In affairs of commerce
he was always cool and collected. Hia
deals were executed with the sang
froid of a Napoleon.
Now he was transformed. His usu?
r.lly imperturbable face revealed an intense
eagerness not at all characteristic
of the man. He alternately eyed
the second hand of his watch and the
red-painted buoys marking the course
As one after another was passed he
laughed aloud. Then when the lasl
nuuylaueu astern ire crappedm;
i.'and8 In an ecstasy of triumph.
"Forty-five miles an hour!" he cried.
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RIGHT.
MTbat beats the record!"
When Charles R. Flint stood on the
deck of his boat and saw. her travel
faster than any other craft had traveled
before, he typified in himself the
spirit that seems to be born in man?
and especially in Americans. Tbe desire
to do something a. little better
than any one else has done, to move
a little faster by train or boat, in running
or swimming or driving, is inherent
in a great many human beings.
PlantR That Slioot Arrows.
The arrows are crystal needles of
oxalate of lime, of microscopic dimensions,
and are sho; from miunte, capsule-shaped
bodies, found in the tissues
of such plants as the Indian turnip and
the Polynesian taro. Dr. H. W. Wiley,
OF s. F. EDGE. ESQ.
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, describes
the extraordinary spectacle he
beheld in the field of his microscope
when the "bombs" contained in a drop
of taro pulp began to discharge their
arrows. Sometimes only one or two
needles, and sometimes groups of four
to ten were discharged at once, the
bomb recoiling as the projectiles left it.
Dr. Wiley suggests that the intense
burning and pricking sensation experienced
in chewing such plants as
those described are due to the release
and discharge of these crystal arrows
when the plant tissues are crushed in
the mouth.
According to the Mexican Journal
o? Commerce seventy per cent, of
$500,000,000 capital invested in Mexico
by Americans has gone towards
building railroads.
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i of Humor.
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To Society Reporters.
Why drag her father in, and say
He ''led" her to the altar?
The average bride would make her wjlj
Alone, and never falter.
?Philadelphia Preas.
Not the Same.
"Are you a moneyed man, sir?"
"No, sir; I'm a married man."?Detroit
Free Press.
A Sad Confession.
Roundabout Pryer?"Are you still at
four mother-in-law's?"
Doleful Henpeck?"Yes?stiller than
ever."?Brooklyn Life.
Kelentlea* woman.
But," admitted the man, "I have ad?
mitted that I was wrong. Isn't that
enough ?"
"No."-replied the woman, "you must
also adimt that I was right."?Chicago
Daily News.
Country Editor's Courage.
"John, said the editor's wife, "what
would you do if you discovered a
burglar in the house?"
"Well," replied the editor, "it would
all depend on how much money he had
on him."?Atlanta Constitution.
The Count Not Cruel.
"You wouldn't marry me for my
money alone, would you?" the heiress
asked.
"Ah. no," replied the count; "that
would be cruel, and I have a kind
heart."?Chicago Record-Herald.
Would H&td Monopoly.
Lambert?"Hello, old man! What ar?
fou doing in Wall Street?"
Bullock?"Oh, I'm merely trying to
make an honest dollar."
Lambert?"Well, you ought to succeed.
You won't have any competition."?Chicago
News.
The Difficulty. v
"Isn't it sometimes bard to calculate
the pluralities by which you claim an
election?"
"No," answered Senator Sorghum,
"the calculation is easy. Verifying the
figures is where the difficulty comes
in."?Washington Star.
A Reminder.
TTTnel-a Hi HI mrtrti?'' ! SPP In to-day's
papers, that the Pope sat behind a large
grating?"
Rolande Parke?"Oh, thank you!
Thank you! That reminds me. My
wife told me to bring some nutmegs
home."?Baltimore News.
Amplified Metaphor.
"This world is but a fleeting shoor/*
remarked the austere citizen.
"I suppose so," answered Mr. Storm*
fngton Barnes. <!And the taxpayer is
the man who pays his money at the
box office and takes whatever the manager
chooses to give him."
Whyneu of the Which. ,
Miss Youngbud?"Did you enjoy the
play?" j
Miss Elderleigh?"Yes, indeed?especially
the third act."
Miss Youngbud?"Oh, yes. That was
the act in which the heroine told how
she induced her husband to propose."
Equally Aggressive.
Stranger?"But how did the feud
ptart? Which' family was the aggressor?"
Native?"It's hard to tell which was
the aggressor, mister. As near a's we
can make out each pulled the trigger at
exactly the same instant, sah."?Judge.
The Awkward Man*
"Pardon me, Mr. Perklus, but you've
jot your foot on my gown."
"Why, so I have. D'you know, I
shouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't
told me, really."?New York American.
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Easily Distinguished.
"I can always tell whom Miss Barb*
ley has been talking about," said Miss
Cayenne.
I ??TXrt r>
"By noting which refer to her as a I
frightful gossip and which speak of
her as good company."?Washington
Star. ^
Nat For Accotnmodntlon.
"Do you think your friend would lend
himself to a shady political transaction?"
"No." said Senator Sorghum, "he
might lease himself, or rent himself,
or sell himself outright, but he
wouldn't stand any friendly borrowing."?Washington
Star.
1IU Way.
T.oilr?"Vnn not one of
UUVU JUM.UJ -w..
those bad boys who put pius in their
teacher's chair, are you?"
Boy?"No'm.''
Good Lady?"I thought not. Here's
a penny."
Boy?"No'm; I always puts tacks.
Pins bend too easily."?Chicago News.
Cau?e For Alarm.
Anxious Mother?"Doctor, I am uneasy
about my boy."
Doctor?"What seems to be the trouble,
madam?"
Anxious Mother?"I don't know. It's
his symptoms that scare me. He has
I lost his appetite. He only wants uaree |
na-jal8 a day now."?Chicago Tribune. '
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WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Seoator Daniel spoke in support ot
4 \e Hoar Panama resolution
a resolution aumorizing me <jommu?
tee en Expenditures in the Postofflce
Department to. call for papers connected
with the postal investigation was
adopted by a vote of 109 to 100.
Representative/. Morrell, of Pennsylvania,
has,, introduced a bill granting
r rebate o< fifteen, per cent, of tariff'
duties on goods brought to and from
the Philippine Islands ia- American
ships.
Elihu Root. Secretary of War. testified
before the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs that General Leonard
Wood's acts in Cuba had been approved
by tne War Department.
Secretary Root testified in behalf of
f*l anat*a 1 t oamo waa/1 knfara fha stan.
VUtiUl XiCUliaiU T? vvu UCVUl i tut wtuate
Committee on Military Affairs.
Representative Dayton, of West Virginia,
declared the United Slates
should not stop building battleships
until forty-five are In the water.
Representative De Arrnond, of Missouri,
Introduced a bill providing for
the ranking and promotion of officers
of the United States Army on merit.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
in its annual report, pronounces
the Elkins law forbidding discrimination
in railway rates wise and salutary.
A resolution authorizing a committee
to call on the Postmaster-General for
papers in the postal investigation was
defeated in. the House after a sharp
debate.
The Secretary of War has determined
no further action regarding the war Titterances
of Major-General MacArthur
in Honolulu, H. I. ?
The State Department was informed
that Nicaragua has recognized the republic
of Panama.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
.The Philippine Commission ha*
named Beekman WInthrop as a Judge
of the Court of First Instance. He has
been assistant executive secretary.
An agreement has been reached between
General Taft and the friars by
which the United States will acquire
the friar lands for the sum of $7,210,
000 gold.
A records-breaking trip from Manila
to Washington has been arranged for
Governor Taft.
A number of friends of ei-President
Woz y Gil landed at San Juan, P. R.t
and expressed the opinion that the
United States would be forced soon
to intervene in the island.
The United States transport Kingsley
is ashore at Murcielag&s, North'- Mindanao.
P. I., with a rock through her
bottom.
The Raleigh, the Cincinnati, the A!
bany and the Pompey, of the Northern
Asiatic Sauadron, under command of
Rear-Admiral Cooper, arrived at Honolulu,
H. I., from Yokahoma.
It is said that Governor Taft and
Mgr. Guidi, the Apostolic Delegate,
have reached a basis of agreement for
the purchase of the lands owned by
the friars. The price agreed on is ?7,250,000.
DOMESTIC.
Federal Commissioner.Hall, in Binghamton,
N, Y., concluded that the postal
laws had been violated in the sale
of time recorders, and held Senator G.
E. Green for trial\ on all five indictments.
Mr. Green got a stay.
W. A. McKowen, Secretary of the
Board of Regents of the California
State Uni\^rsity, confessed that he
was a defaulter to the extent of $20,*
000.
By sawing tnrougn iron oars ana
digging through brick walls thirteen
prisoners escaped from jail at Tomb>
stone, Ariz.
Miss Wilhelmina J. Cook, of Newport,
R. I., and her parents declare
William Homer Leavitt, son*in-law of
William J. Bryan, broke his promise
ti marry her.
The Committee of the State Board
of Charities of New York; has recommended
that the House of Refuge on
Randall's Island be removed to some
interior point and the Island used as a
city park.
The House of the Louisiana State
Assembly passed a bill establishing a
commission to spend $25,000 tQ suppress
the boll weevil pest.
I The American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions reported that
the total amount of money received
| since 1810 has been $34,431,255.
'ihe Federal Grand Jury in Omaha,
[ Neb., returned an Indictment against
| United States Senator Dietrich for
leasing a building to the Government.
FOREIGN.
Russians in Korea were reported to
be inclined to resent American activity
in Korea. '
The United States-Cuba Land Company
has become the chief owner of
a tract of 50,000 acres surrounding the
Bay of Nipe, Cuba. It is intended to
build a city and establish a summer resort
,
xnr. unamoenain auuouuceu, ??.
Leeds, his intention to form a committee
of thirty men prominent in principal
industries, to examine and report
ou all branches of trade in Great Britain
and the colonies.
News of the passage of the Cuban
reciprocity bill was received w^th relief
at Havana, and improved conditions,
it was believed, would soon be
noted.
The correspondent of the London
Morning Leader at The Hague says it
is reported there that both Holland and
Great. Britain insist that the Republic
of Panama shall assume liability for
$15,000,000 of the Colombian debt.
Turkey granted all America's demands,
arranged apologies for insults
to Consul Davis at Alexandretta and
freed --ttarian.
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has obtained
the services of a number of
prominent business men on his commission
of experts to draw up a British
tariff reform measure.
The design of the Russian Building,
Qt the St. Louis Exposition, has been
approved by the Czar. It will be a
liandsome structure, on the style of
the Palace of Romanoff Boyards, at
Moscow, and will cost $150,000. ?
Positive announcements are made in
Paris by the Soleil and the Lanterne
that Victor Mercier, one of the directors
of the Ministry of Justice and reporter
of the Dreyfuss Commission,
has c-oncluded his report, and that it
recommends a revision of the case.
The London Daily Mail's Pekin correspondent
declares tuat a few Manchu
nobles, who are uuder Russian influence,
are delaying the conclusion
of an alliance bet ween China and Japan.
A French report that German Emperor's
sister. Frincess Charlotte, has
cancer is officially characterized us
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SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE
A Sad C*u Bcinlting From Selling Ltq- V
aors to Minora?It is the Duty of th#
Community to Shield Youth Against ' Hsl
If? Own Ignorance. ;
A thirteen-year-old boy wm picked up .
on tljye ^fcreet^in New York the other day
helptesaly drunk and taken to the alcohol- /;
ic ward.pf tbfciBellevue Hospital. ' *5
* No fath^t' ^hd no mother can read of '', a
uch an incident without horror, or without
fear for their own boys, amid the - . ^
temptations of city life. r. J?
The small drunkard in Bellevae, when. rj
his senses returned to him. cursed th6 . .?
barkeeper who sold- him the liquor.
And the barkeeper ought to be cursed
not by the poisoned child onlyv but by all ; v
men who are conscious of the moral dutr
resting upon the matare to shield youth.
against its own ignorance, cariosity and
undisciplined desires. , , . . , ,
It should be the special duty of the a,nthorities
to curse that barkeeper to prac-? vV
tical purposes by dragging him into court > X;
and giving him a long term in jail for hi? -/ if,
own punishment ana as a. warning to /
others in the same trade not to break th? . ^
law against selling liquor to minora. The
city that does not guard children from
whisky, v and . against all the , indulgences . .
open to free-kving men. is pat to shame. '
And lads older than the tittle Bellevue -
inebriate, boys nearing manhood, are en- '';J
titled to better guardianship from the com- s ' ,'yg
munity than they receive.
Freedom is good for -men. Give men
liberty and hold them accountable for the ,
abuse of it?that is sound doctrine, The
kind of goodness which is obtained by
making it impossible to sin is not the- - /;
kind Qt goodness that will wear when the . time
of trial comes. It is a hot-house ."J?
plant. Man, should be master of himself. ; m
When he is, that he has the iwwer within
to resist any environment. But the man
who is accustomed to props from without
goes to pieces when those props are removed?when
. he moves to some place
where he may do as he chooses.
But the doctrine of liberty with responsi- j?
bility which applies to adults does not ap-"
ply1 to the young; Just as a child has to be
taught to walk, so muft; the youth be
tiught ta-j?coznize danger whens it cpn- fronts,
hint. He needs tne guiding hand
until his -nnnral muscles have hardened .'."is
and he ia able to walk alone. .
" Lead us not . into temptation/', is a :.m
prayer which above all other prayers . shows
profound knowledge of weak human ^
nature. <
Keep temntation out of the way of the
young, and keep the young out of the way ' "?$??
of temptation. : 'iw
It is a crime4101 to safeguard youth- from ;
temptations that may ruin character while *: s /?
character is forming.
The penalties cannot be made too se- ;
vere for such as place before growing lads
tHte temptation to drink, the temptation.
of gambling?temptation of any sort
yielding to which impairs purity and vig*.
or of mind or body.
And whether temptation is presented to '
the young or their eiders, this is a truth
that is not so well apprehended as il
should be:, .
The,.ten?>ter ** always worse than the &
tempted-' '
. Tne man or woman that offers a bribe
to the policeman or the custom bouse officer
is more guilty than the accepter ?i
the bribe?it is so insignificant to i hegm "/;
cr, so significant to the taker, of good .
Hiinmi HpoiroH nnrl not otherwise obtain*' T';
The rich man without conscience is the
most dangerous enemy against whom society
haa to contend* He is an ever flow*ing
fountain of corruption. It costs him
no sacrifice that he cares alwut to "buy
" his way" through life, and his path is >*?$
strewn with dishonored fellow creatures. .'?*
He carpets his progress with the self-re- . ' Ji
spect o? others. He is Selfishness Incar- 'f#
nate and a destroying fofce, making al- together
for evil. .
We need a sterner sex of abhorrence for Jiaj
the tempter, and a more living conscious* . x
ness of responsibility for the tempted.
To all bras who' have conscience, that.
thirteen-year-Oid drunken boy in Bellevue
is a reproach. If as a community we
were alive as we ought to be to the obligation
of guarding the voung, no child
could buy liquor in New York. The penalty
for selling would 6e so heavy that
no barkeeper, even if so lo3t to manhood
as to be capable of committing the crime, $
wnnld -dare to risk the consequences.?
From an editorial in the New York Even- *
ng Journal.
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Liquor's Stertling Balance Sheet.
A splendid way to interest and instruct* ' ^
nay to imoress a; Sunday school in a
practical lesson on temperance, is for :'-Vj
the superintendent, or some person well
posted uppRthe evils of intemperance, tt>
conduct a general exercise, a blackboard '
lecture, taking for. the topic, "A Debtor
and Creditor Account with Mr. Alcohol."
Have a good blackboard p!aoed before the ? .
school, select some young man who can
write well and promptly and clearly* and
ask him to come forward and act as
clerk for the school. Then let the lead- >1
er ask the scholars for some items that
they can set down to the credit of Mr. - . '
Alcohol. None will probably be given, for
the glorious reason that there arc none;
but do not hurry. Continue to ask if
there is not one thing that can be set
down to the good credit of Mr. Alcohol.
After I had almost worried a school in
my demands for something to Bet on the
credit side of the account, a little boy '* - '
said: "Alcohol is good to keep corpse?
from rotting!"
Finally when the school .is deeply im?
pressed with the tact tnat mere u w
good thing that can be 6aid in the. favor
of Mr, Alcohol, let the debit side be called
fat. ;You will be surprised to hear the
reasons come in. Let the'clerk put them
down one at a time, and let the leader put ^
- a little earnest speech with each one so i
as to drive the truth home. When through J
what an exhibit the blackboard will'show
?not one thing in favor, but more than . - j
a dozen things against the use of alco*
hoi! How easy now to clinch this truth fl
udoi the souls of the very boys and girls 1
who have furnished the items for the conclusion!?The
Rev. E. L. Eaton, D. D? 1
Beer Startles Germany.
Cable dispatches from Germany give the :
figures for liquor consumption in 1902
in that country. The cablegram says:
"The statistics of the Imperial Health
Office show that the total spent pn alcoholic
liquors in 1902 throughout the German
Empire was about $625,000,000, an average
per head for persons over fifteen
years of age of $35. The Health Office has
issued a pamohlet in which, while not advocating
total abstinence, it says total ab^iaadvjintA<7POU.S
to health
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and does not impair the working ability. A
mass of material is yranged for popular
understanding, showing the injuriou?
effects of alcohol."
The Crusatle in Brief. -i.
Drunkenness directly kil* not less thaa i
70,000 men a year in America alone. q
Can the church, or ought it. to live in
association with the liquor traffic without
conflict?
The W. C. T. U., of Summit, N. J., presented
the Summit Fire Department with
a 100-gallon coffee urn, mounted on wheels,
for their use at fires. This is designed to
lessen the drinking of stimulants..
At Indiananolis, Ind.. recently three
more victims of the wineroom evil appeaml
in the Juvenile Court before Judge
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years old, and the other but fiTieen.
A cow gave a geod pail of milk aai
kicked it over; all cows don't do that. A
good churchman praya 364 days "Thy
kingdom come'' and on the 385th day
vote* for rum; all churchmen don't do
that.
Sir Francis Jeune, President of tho
London Divorce Court, told an interviewer
that the new licensing act had a great
interest for him, aa half the matrimonial J
troubles brought before him could be at* |
tributed to excessive drinking. I
Although the blacklist for drunkards Li "
not yet common, something like it goes
into effect daily. Leas and less do men
of influence recommend or employ any
person whose mind is liable to be clouded,.
..r liia nerves shaken, or his judgment im- ,v?
!dcured by the use of alcohol, whether i?.
business houra or after. \ . . i
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