Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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~ 1M? MAKlNC OF fHE FLAG; How did ?? ?ake lb* flit to n?Vf? Bjr comp*m, JKJ tuure. ud lint? With patL prn And tfcrrsd, ind tht ?ter* to^l. To follow the plain dtijn? Was it ouly the lore that tho draftsman know ..r That cave iu the rod, and tho vUtc and bine? Bow did wo make the fli|? Not all x By ?ia#iaa*stiuh and yr?"TSirr'*T -* la ? viooB that led brave aouls aright. And gave ?w tod, and tho Mutt and white. ? Bow did wo Mko tho flag? In peace We fashioned it fold on fold: In war it waa blent with a grim canrfoo The drums in their tumntons rolled. *Twas the courage alike of tho guick and * . / ? That gave ua the bine, and the while, and red. I Bow did we make the flagf ; Twaa thus y It came to its grace and worth: Through all that is the good in the eoula JBo banno* baa had Ma birth; Tmdn the holier strength of the poipuee true That tho red ,and tho whifei, and Thus hare we made the flag. Ah, no! By colon that will not fade. By sinuous, aweep and by deathless glow. Tin us tlfctti* flag hat msde! * And it whispers to-day to each otar^told BUte: \ ? *You must hold me high and must keep me great!" ?Chicago Tribune. THE GOOD OLD DAYS OP BLOrKMENTS. OrdMkl of ? VoaiiK >r??h Onyl* Who Flull; W?rt Kwriad and LlTed Happily. From ths JVwrt. "Ah." sighed the Duchess, "the good old dnys of elopements are dead." "All the bettor." said the mbbe se verely. ?? tj\f "MoiWeor.^ replied the ' Duchess. ?*you don't know what yon are talking ?bout I tell you that the end of elope ment H is a misfortune for this country. I will not seek to convince you by ar gument. but by Htorien. "You know that elopements have been a tradition in our family. All the dauffttetf eloped. It has been handed down from generation to gen erstloti. Alas! iMy daughters and granddaughters have all married with out any silken ladders and without any post horses! "To return, however, I will choose but one of m.v honored ancestors. Do you see that little round portrait be tween the *fii(|o*B? Fueh a pretty lit tle lady. wM sickling black eyes and curl* haw. * \ "81ie was a Hardlncourt, and she ? 'eloped with that splendid gentle?.ns that you see next to her. In his iong perrttQueui'd armor. He -was Fer riilleiJwHi', and he became a Duke and Marshal of France. "He was a "irigndid looklug fellow, and lie met ni^^Bnarniint; anccstress n when the King returned fijin one of his journeys, lie win tlAb eighteen and not very tall, Ixit^a) rar as lighting blood went, he was <Kion- Mian worthy of the name be l>orc. "She was sixteen, end although her name was Angelique. and in spite of the fact that Mho was an iiIiIichs, and had been from her cradle, she was the worst little migelilef that ever lived. To be brief, they met each other and fell deeply in love at once. "The two families were equally wealthy and equally nohle. Perrallle asked for her hand. They told him that he was loo young. lie grow furi ous and drew his sword. 'Initially they calmed him and said that his love was not repulsed, hut that Rudi a sudden sentiment could only be a Are of straw, and that lime alone could prove its permanency. "'A fire of straw!' cried the little Fermi lie. 'You shall see!' "He was right. It was not a mere hlaze, quick to die away, but a regular conflagration that filled his heart. Not a night passed hut lie stationed himself benuatu her chamber's balcony, watch ing for s chance to send her a note. "One henutiful evening Angelique. alone by chance, saw a stone fall at her feet, with a piece of paper tied to It. 'Do you love we?' read the note. If yon do, I am ready to undergo any thing to win yon.' "The abbess was not one to hrfsltate. I as you may see from her eyes. She answered letter for letter. 'I love you.'! "Tlgp hour* later Ferraille sealed the IjAlflohy and eloped with Angel-! 1que. according to rules, with the tra-1 dltionnl ladder and post horses. But the news soon Itecatne known and a warning was sent out. The fleeing lovers were caught and separated. j "Angelique was brought 16 her room i and her windows were barred with Iron. Ferraille. punished by his fath er. who was u man of stone, was hon ored with a letter de cachet. "lie had not been Imprisoned six fr<-?ntb# iH'fore he discovered a Way of ?scape. You can imagine the aston ishment of the Count de Hardlncourt when one Hue day his carriage was stopped by a troop of cavaliers, with Ferraille. whom he thought still in prison, at their head. "On this occasion Ferraille showed himself to he an audacious, decided but ?0111 lly nohteinnu. He respectfully hound his future father-in-law. utter ing t\ Mt'jiif and apologies as he did so. which did not. however, prevent the knots from being very securely tied. Then he sent him back to his castle. As for Angcllquc, he took her upon his own horse and rode away with her. But it was their fnto to be cau&rht and th#y|wtref ? ? , ?"1tHi4d fie abbe. #ru <* the day after. Tben fom>wed a Je*# In a dungeon of Hie Bnstile for the poor Ferraille They thought ^loina^fmprliDnmtnt would cool his Vary* blood, and at the ?nd of that tlma he wa? set at llberfe-. Hardlncourt, warned of Ills freedom ?nd acting like a prudent fr.ther, con tldrnd ft advisable to multlplj his precautions. MAn|?Uqw Mm went oat alone. Even when she went to church or walked In tlie park, she was constantly psrded bj two footiuet), ?rmed with formidable swords. But Ferrallle was not to be deterred by so little.' ** There are only two of them,' ho said to himself. *1 don't need any help with them. And alone, like a lion, he threw himself upon the bodyguard, se verely wounding the first and killing the second, and far the third time ho rode away with Angellque before him. The father started in pursuit, and. aa before, found than, far they were not people who could pass unnoticed.'* "Did he catch them the next dayf Inquired the abbe. "No, not for aeveral days. Then An gellque and FerralUe were brought hack to the chateau and to the assem bled family council. "What punishment could they Inflict upon those incorrigible young people? The father maintained that it should be something terrible, but Angellque bad a grandmother very much like herself, whom age had rendered in dulgent toward the follies of youth. "She observed that two yeara had now passed since Ferrallle had made his first proposal for the hand of An gellque; that he had reached a man's age, and had shown by his conduct, ir regular to be sure, but certainly con vincing, how much he loved Angel lque; and finally, in all his adventures he had sltown himself a brave and per fect gentleman. "She concluded by saying that her advice was to marry them. All the la dles were of the same opinion and the men were not alow In agreeing with her. Ferrallle married my ancestor. "Now, do you see snything immoral in this elopement? Do you not see that the tradition of elopement was a good one, forming and extolling as it did, the two great virtues of constancy and bravery? It celebrated love, which ia a virtue almost divine.** "1 bow before your excellent rea sons. Truly, there Is nothing Immoral In the story you have just related to me." "Just what 1 thought," said the old Duchess triumphantly. "I tell you it is a great misfortune for this century that the days of elopements are dead.** Carlo** Fi?t. "It seems carious to me," said Presi dent Foster, of the California North western Railroad, at the New Wlllard, "that the great places of historic inter est In the Immediate vicinity of Wash ington are so poorly advertised. ' "Unless a man knows the history oZ the nation from Colonial days down te this era he can form no conception of whut attractions there arc almost at the doors of the National Capital. He may. Indeed, as I came near doing, visit Washington without visiting either Arlington or Mount Vernon, not to speak of Gettysburg or Fredericks burg. I am glud to say that I got in formation of these places, but it was more the result of accident than any thing else, and so 1 made the pilgrim age, greatly to the Jfty of luy family and myself. * I "Thf point I want to make is that people here, and likewise the railroads, secui to take it for granted that stran gers who live thousands of mites away know nil the scenes of interest in and about Washington and therefore make no effort to induce tliem to go there. This is a serious error, and can't be remedied too soon. The other day when 1 journeyed to Gettysburg and noticed how few were my companion? on the journey to one of the greatest battlefields of history I could not help but think that there was some local fault. With the luniiiiudes who vi?lt Washington there should not be a day in the year that trains out of the Capi tall failed to carry loads of sightseers to this memorable spot."?Washington Post. R??(lln( In the Unrk. "It was ghastly," sold the under taker. "As we returned to our cabs from the cemetery In the blaek dark ness of the evening, the man read out loud to his wife, the same as if it had been daylight. "I sut opposite liiin. It was intensely dark. 1 could see the man's face, a vague whiteness, and I could see the book he held on his knee. Everything else?pitch block. And mumble, mumble, went his voice. lie read flu ently. Cold shivers ran up and down my spine. Finally I Interrupted. " 'Pardon me,* said I, 'I am the un dertaker. Would you mind .telling mo if you really rend in a light like this?* " *1 certainly can/ said he. '1 can see more clearly In this darkness than in the sunlight.' "Then he explained the matter to me. He said men every now and then were born with cat eyes that worked better by nlglit than by day. He said Julius Caesar had been one of these men. Caesar had been able to read in the dark up to the age of twenty-three; then the gift had left him. Joseph Scallger had also had the gift. He said all pure albinos saw clearly in Uie dark, but in the sunlight their eyes grew dim and painful. "Then the cab stopped and we got out. As the man passed under tlio arc lamp I saw that his hair and his eyebrows and his skin were white and horrible, and his eyes were pinker than coral. I had never seen an albino so perfect."?Kansas City Independent. run nut. Fish Is excellent food either In sum mer or winter. But the notion that It specially "makes braiu" or is particu larly a "nerve food" Is erroneous. It Is true that It contains phosphorus. Hut It does not contuln It in a free state. The notion that flsh contains ex cessive phosphorus had no doubt its ovltfiu in the glowing phosphorescence of tlsh In the dark. This phosphores cence Is due not to phosphorus at all, but to micro-organisms. But flsh offers the best of diet and cannot be too highly recommended both on account of Its constituents and its digestibility.?Boston Qlobe. Italian Gotten Indaatry. The cotton Industry of Italy increases in Importance, and Is distributed among 730 factories, employing moro than 135,000 hands. More than half the factories are operated by steam, the remainder by electricity and hy. draulic power. Out of 80,000 looms employed 00,000 are mechanical. SOUTHERN /WTE8 TOPICS flirrenEST to tmeflamtu. stickmam mho thick OfiOWt*. One should no more think of farming ?oil. empty of -plant food, than he would think of starting a store with ?n empty building. Convenient loca tion to railroads at markets doufcisa the value of farm land as it would | the value of a store site. Hauilnjc is among the hsarlest Items on a farm. Clearing timber snd brush land usu ally costs ss much ss clear land can he bought for. 8tart farming as you would any oth- j ? business. Provide the raw mate* rial for the soli. Spreading commer cial fertilizer with lavish hands is not always successful as it is spt to ?ssh away. The safest aud surest road is the one that the Southern Planter has pointed out for these many years: Growiug leguminous crops, such as cow pess, clover snd alfalfa, but to depend upon these agen cies alone would take too long. You would be wasting years without re muneration from your farm. Buy no more land than you can afford to stock with plant food, and do nol buy stock until the furm produces thi where with to feed it, else the cattle, hogs, horses and sheep will eat the bottom ont of your purse. As a business pro position no man can afford to waste his time Improving only a few acres. If you haven't the means to handle fifty to 100 acres, try trucking. A smaller farm will not be a paying pro position. Next to feeding the seii, or perhaps even more important is proper culti vation. If you have settled on your place disk as many acres at you know you will be able to, handle. Disk In half-lap. Then plow deeply. If you can, let the subsoller follow the turn ing plow. Always harrow immediate ly after plowing, unless too wet, to prevent the land from drying out. Then disk again until it is warm enough to plant. Unless you arc lo cated in the limestone region, spread twenty to fifty bushels of lime to the acre. Lime costs from $2 per ton to six and seven cents per bushel. Spread also 500 to 100(. pounds of ground rock phosphate. It costs $7 to $8 per ton. Also not less than 200 pounds of potassium chloride (muriate of pot ash). It costs about $41 per ten. Har row to a lino tilth and sow or drill thickly to cow peas. Begin plowing the peas uadet In August, as the peas will be then more nearly matured. Turning a crop of peas under when full of sap and growth is apt to sour land in this warm climate, and disk the land every week in half lap until time for fall sowing. If you have used only twenty bushels of lime in the spring, sow now twenty butliels more. Also sow again 500 pounds rock phosphate and some po tassium chloride (muriate of potash). The land is now ready for alfalfa or Germs n clover. Devote as much as ; you enn to alfalfa. ^ On the land net needed for alfalfa sow German clover or hair/ veloh fer a winter cover crop. The land or the | seed fhould be infected with bacteria if German clovei has never been grown in tlie iield (bacteria can be had from Washington). As land is rated by the number of barrels of corn It j will produce, it should now yield ten I barrels or fifty bushels if properly cul tivated. The time has come, then, to J get some good graded sloek and to ex i tend tue work of improving tc the rest ; of the farm. Don't imagine, however, that yon : can now afford to let your stock of i fertility run down. Of course, your alfalfa Held will get richer every year i and you will have more stable manure, ' but even then it Is advi-able to keep o i growing peas and clover. Land in tlis South should uewr he bare of 1 vegelatIo:i. \Vhe:i a crop is removed, ; sow peas or clover immediately, ae I cording to season, peas for summer, : German clover for winter. Always 1 i ?e lime, phosphorus and potaseium ! fjr these crops. t You have plowed under forr crops rt n cost of S5 for s^ed, with seventy iushels of lime, costing $4 (i:i car I load lota), 2.">00 pounds of rock plios | phste at CIO, and RTO pounds potus I slum chloride at $10. Your work of ! plowing, celling, disking, etc., should j b? worth $10 per acre. If the land rear market oi station yov.r im provements aro more valuable than cn land le.ss conveniently located. Life .will ba easier now since the alfalfa fi?ld has reduced the acrcage under plow. The decaying crops have sup plied the soil with hunt s and the land will produce now ns well as land sold for $100 or raore In Illinois, and your products will bring from fifty to 100 per cent, rioro than they would in tiOBt Western sections. Kw??t Potatoes snd C*i?r A bulletin giving the results of feed-\ Ing hordes and mules on home-grown feed stuffs has Jus* b<^n issued by Trof. Chas. M. Conner, Agriculturalist of tho Florida Experiment Station. In this experiment, houc-grqrvra feed Qood News for Anglers. A new type of fishhook, the inven tion of E. Hindoo Hyde of New York, shows how even the simplest thing of common life can bo readily Im proved. The Improvement consists In transferring the barb of the hook from the Inside of the point, that Is, between the point and the shank, to the opposite side of the point, so that It lies on the outside of the hook. The advantage of the new hook Is that It renders It much more difficult for a hooked fish to release himself upon a slack line. This is due to ths fact that the new location of the barb creates a bar to the extraction of the hook after It has penetrated, and also to the fact that the barb, lastead of playing against the soft mucus mem brane of the mouth to prevent release as In the old stylo of hook, presses against the hard epidermis.?Scien tific American. Foor for Infanta' Teeth. During the teething period of Jap* nnese Infants have an extra diet, con sisting of fish and crustaceae. ?toffs were substituted for corn; tho crops used were sweet potatoes, cas sava and low-grade syrup. Owing to the bulkluess of sweet pots toes sod the smallness of the stomsch of the horse, this sufcstttvMoa did not take place to the extent that *B the cm was displaced by l*?t potatoes er cassava. In the ease of sweet pota toes. three pounds were substituted for one pound of- corn. From ten to 11 rteen pounds wsrs fed per day. de pending upon the else of the animal. Four mules and tour horses were used In the test. All were doing hsrd work, except the team of ponies, which did no regulsr work. The tesms were divided Into two Jots, one ,of each tesm being In Let 1 and the other In Lot 2. Lot 1 wss fed on s one-hslf ra tion of. corn and one-bslf ration ef sweet potatoes, with all the beggsr weed hsy they copld eat. At the end of six weeks, the rstlons were changed snd Lot 2 was fed on sweet potatoes, and Lot 1 on an all corn ration, thus making the experiment extend over twelve weeks. All aniiuais, but two, made a slight gain urliile oeing fed on sweet potatoes, which proves that the ration was satisfactory. On the wh?te, thi sweet potato ration was consid ered more satisfactory thau any otlter fed. At the end of the sweet potato ex- ! pcrlment, cassava was substituted for sweet potatoes, but this ration was not found to be as satisfactory as the for mer one. on account of the fact that the aulmnls did not seem tp like the cassava so welL This was also true when one mule was fed on ten pound? of sweet potatoes and ten pounds of cassava hay per day, with no corn, but all the hay It would consume. The pointops were all consumed wnlle more or less of the cassava was left. One tram was put on a ration of six pounds of corn and Ave pounds of syrup, which proved very satisfactory. Since it Is shown that three pounds of sweet potatoes may replace one pound of corn, provided this substi tution does not excecd one-half the ra tlon. It follows that one acre yielding 150 bushels of sweet potatoes, Is equal to a yield of fifty bushels of ?orn. whereas the average yield of corn, on such land as would yield 150 bushels of sweet potatoes without fertilizer, is about twenty-five bushels. It seems that the sweet potatoes are be coming more and more important. Putting la Wheat. Taking It for granted that all South ern farmers, who are progressing some what, will prepare their land thorough ly for wheat, the next consideration is the method of sowing it. The drill Is the best machine for putting In wheat and fertilizer at the saute time. For the farmer who sows only three to eight acres that is expensive. The community ownership of a drill does not work well. The hiring of one is not always satisfactory. But if a farmer has land snited to the use of macliiuecy and lie sows forty to eighty acres in small grain, he can afford to buy a drill. Always get a dh?e drill, for the hoe drills are not satisfactory, except In land free from weeds ?nd cotton and corn siaiks. The six-disc drill is better than a, larger one, for it is lighter and more easil> turned in corners around tcrraccs. With It one may put la eigh'y acres daily. But the small farmer cannot afford to in vest to $75 i:i a drill to put in a few acres of wheat. Sowing by hand and covering with small shovels on a double foot plow slo^k, or with a cut away harrow will secure a good stand. By that method a small por tion of seed Is lust, being left on the surface or covered too deep. But a good hand will get a regular stand, and it often seems to do better sown that way than with a drill. Ihc ex tra labor comes i i when scattering the fertilizer by hand. But that is no great burden, as oue cau sow the fer tilizer on an acre in an hour. The drill plants tl-e seed so ?egularly that none of It Is lost. That is one advan tage. The other is the regular distri bution of the fertilizer. Tit* Striped Cncnmb#f Beetle# Because of the striped beetle, few cucumbers are raised in some locali ties. Its name Is diabrotiea vittata: It is yellow, with black stripe on the wing covers. It feeds on all kinds of vines, damaging the plants by eating Into the stems of the young shoots, and hides In the middle of the day be low the surface of the soil. The larvae or tforms live in the roots of the plants underground. They are very troublesome, but we believe that If the readers of the Southern Agricul turist will purchase a pound of Lon don purple, which Is a poison, and mix it with a bushel of dry wood ashes, vind dust the mixture around the cu timber plants, It will drive off the beetles or kill them out. This, in many Instances, has saved the canta loupe plants, August. The month of highest temperatures fitly derives Its name from that of the ETmperor Augustus, who was the warmest baby in the bunch (de fas clculo infans calldlBslmus). In August sin goes down to the sea shore and the churches close their doors. Politicians lie low; Jirst enough, I* fact, to keep their hand in. The leisure classes are more vio lently leisurely than ever. Summer girls roll up their sleevtit and acquire a coat of arms (tan). Hay fever Is In the public tcye. Vacations arc gone on; fewer nosea are being held to the grindstone; more ara being blistered, and business is correspondingly dull. Love is cheap atiO talk is eternal. It la tire time of hearts, hammocks and hallucinations; of happiness made up of carbonic acid gas and flavoring extract.?LLffl. All ttomen are made of glass to fet vary young man. AFFAIRS HOUSEHOLD 8PECIAL SOAP POR 8ILK. ?o?ue says: Everybody doe* not seem to know that there Is a soap manufactured specially for the wash Ins of silk underwear, as well as for REMOVING INK SPOTS. To remove freshly spilled Ink from a carpet first take up as much of the Ink ss possible with a teaspoon, then pour cold sweet milk over the spot, and take up as before, repeating this until the milk Is only slightly tinged with blsck. says the Ladles' World. Wssh with cold water and absorb with a doth, without too much rubbing. A SEWING BOX. A long box, preferably a low pscklng case, will be found a great convenience by the woman who has not a regular ly fitted sewing room. In this she can place an unfinished skirt st full length without danger of having It crushed during the intervals of work. Pro vided with a lid and covered with cre tonne. it can pass for a divan without a hint of its utilitarian purpose. TO SERVE WATERMELON. Wash the melon carefully and dry. j Cut round slices of the melou st least | two inches thick, remove the green rind, cut pink meat into triangular' pieces like pie. Chill thoroughly, for j no watermelon Is good unless very j cold. Serve a piece to each person with a few delicate pink sweet peak. Leaves cannot be used on account of the watery nature of the melon. Leave some of the seeds. If black ones, for they appeal to the eyes. STEAMING GARMENT8. * "By hanging a creased cloth Jacket or skirt on a line over the bathtub, closing the windows and doors and turning on the hot water till the room is fuii uf steam, I find I can remove the wrinkles from the garments." a clever housekeeper writes to one of the magazines. 44The clothes must be left for two hours haugiug In the vapor, and then placed In the fresh air to dry. The process is simple aud practicable for any one, and better in many cases than pressing." SUMMER LUNCHEONS. A mistake which housekeepers often make is to serve cold food. A meal ex clusively of cold food is one of the most difficult to digest. Cold meat, heated up in a little curry, is far more digestible thau cold meat alone. Never serve cold slices of meat unless they are accompanied with a highly seas oned catsup or sauce. Even iced tea, that favorite beverage of summer, is a drink of doubtful value on the dining table. Hot tea heats the stomach and prepares it for its work, while cold tea, like Ice water, taken at dinner, retards digestion by chilling the stom ach. fTHE CLOSET. Where closet room is at a premium? and what woman In these days of cramped houses and elaborate ward robes ever has enough closet room??It Is a good plan ttf have a pole arranged in the clothes closet, right down the centre, the ends resting lu sockets, the name as used for curtain pole?. If the closet be of any length whatever a number of dresses, coats, waists aud skirts* may be supported on this pule by means of coat hangers. If the ordi nary style of hanger is used a separate one is required for each waist and *kirt, bat there are improved types which easily accommodate both skirt and waist. In such a closet it is easy to keep the clothes in good condition and also an easy manner to flud any . particular garment. | . "REAL PIES." "Real pies," writes a woman ...ight ly In (Jootl Housekeeping, "may be dl i vided into four classes?the hunting ? case, the open face, the latticework and the aristocratic." The first has both nn upper and an under crust, and mince pie is the only one the writer mnkes this way, sentiment and prece dent being too strong for her to do otherwise. The second division in cludes all pies having an under crust only. The latticework class is well illustrated by a mock cherry pie, wliilo the "aristocrntlc," or upper crust pie, as its name Indicates, is covered with n rich paste. It is tilled with apples, peaches, berries, prunes, rhubarb or anything the housewife happens to have, and is served upside down, with a pie knife aud a large spoon. THE PI/AGUE OP ANTS. Ants nre another plague wltli which the housekeeper is called to wage war In hot weather. The first thing to do in to locate their nests. After that there are several devices that may be employed to dispose of them. Most effectual, probably, Is the use of bisul phide of carbon. Make several holes In the nest with n stick and Into these pour several ounces of the bisulphide, quickly closing the holes with the foot. The fumes of this malodorous drug penetrate through the underground tunnels and kill the ants in Immense quantities. If the nest is located where It is ungetable, sprinkle ashes wet with coaloll all about their haunts. Quick lime placed at the entrance to their nests and then washed down with boiling water is also excellent. To trap ants, sweet oil placed where they ran have access to it ia recommended. They are very fond of It, but It closes their spiracles and suffocates them. To Irrigate Colorado. A new Irrigating canal being built on WllUama Fork, near Hot Sulphnr Springs, Colo., will be twenty miles In length. It will bring tinder water about 10,000 acres of land which Is now worthless, being merely a sage brush flat. In an official report just drawn up for the French Parliament It Is de clared that the fleet Is at the height of efficiency, but that the garrisoning and provisioning of several colonies are Insufficient. Th? Csl loused Hands. ,,"WhaUotrer thy hand rtndeth to do. do It with thy nlfht/'-EcclMlutw, U. 1?. Now. some write books of empty words. And some weave fancies Into ?onf 5Ll * who tolls amoni the sherds. . Barehanded, brown of face, and stronii. 25. ,h? place where shall arl??? structure that shall Ions endure. Though he be counted far from wise Ills portion of reward Is sure. ?ome. with the brush and many hue*. _**aae pictures that men rush to see? Tet there are nrf more worthy views Than those where many workmen be. wh*re chisel rings as a Inst the stone And hammer dsn** upon the steel. 'Of, peasant's hut or monarch's throne The fingermarks of toll reveal. *2f<ls writ In Ink (row dim and fade. The canvas turns to dust In time. But structures which bare hsnds have made through the centuries sublime: The bridge, the temple, and the street. The castle wall and city gate Tell of men braving cold and heat. Of hands that bullded high and jjreat. ^l?fr ,n "1C harmony of life There Is one chord tliut rluK* nlone And which with surging strength Is rife? The hum of toll Is In Its tone. The sounds of tools tliat blend and hlur In harmony from all the lands. The hymn of the artificer. The world owes much to calloused hands. \V. D. N. In Chicago Tribune. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. Items of Interest Gathered from Many Sources. The only cotton mill in the south that cmnloyod no pro labor has failed. The high dues system has become permanent and the organization has been successful. The Chicago Federation of Labor decided to call ofT its proposed con vention at Victor. Colo. Under the caption "Organization Is Progress," the Boot and Shoe Work ers' Union Journal says: Just 635 credentials have already been received for the Journeymen Barbers' convention, which will be held st Louisville, Ky.. beginning Oc tober 4. Twelve men visited the home of O. N. Hooten of Anaconda. Colo., and deported him over the hills toward Canon City. He is charged with com plicity in the Victor rioting of June 6. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers is agitating the alto'ition of or a change in the present system of mail cranes. A number of onginrcrs haVe been struck and killed re<.tn!ly by the device. In Washington the old war between ! tho Federation of Musicians ainl the I Marine Band has broken out afresh, j Union bands refused to inarch with I government bands in a parade of vol | unteer firemen. ; The average union shop is a model j Institution and will continue to exist I and should continue to exist so long j as employers are willing to trust the i workers and the workers are willing i to trust their employers. ' In the daily consular reports issued I by the Department of Commerce and [ Labor. James A. Le Roy. United ! States consul at purango, Mexico, has this to say concerning the immigra I tion of Mexican laborers to the United States: Secretary McKee has issued thecal! for the eighth annual convention of the International Union of Steam En gineers, to meet in Omaha. Sept. 12. i There being considerable businexn t? come before the meeting. Secretary McKee suggests that delegates should come prepared for at least a ten days' stay. ! Word comes from England that Pe ' ter Curran, the well known English labor leader, who represented the I British Trade Union Congress- in the ' A. F. of L., as a fraternal delegate, some years ago. .will be present at ; the international peace conference ! which will convene in Boston in Oc ; tobcr. When tho high dues system was \ adopted the officers realized that the ' membership might attempt to force tho old plan of paying ten cents a week, and they had a clause Inserted in the constitution that reads: "If shall forever be unconstitutional to seek to reduce tho amount of dues a-; provided in this section." International President Larger of tho United Garment Workers, In Ms recommendations to the annual con ventlon of that union at Buffalo, de | clared for. a big defense fund. One i proposition Is to increase the per cap j ita tax to 15 cents, with special as j sessments until tho reservo fund is built up to. say, $200,000. William J. Merrick, a Beverly man, wss re-elected international president of the United Association of Plumb er?, Gas and Steam Fitters and Help ers at their recent convention. The re-election was by acclamation. John R. Alpine of Boston Gas Fitters. Fix ture Fitters, and Hangers' union wan elected sixth vice president. Judge Adams of Chicago has declar ed that the "closed" shop is illegal and criminal; but, as the monthly re view of the National Civic Federation puts it, the Judge's declaration was not a decision, but a dictum, and the consensus of opinion of able mem bers of the bar Is that It stands the test neither of law Dor of logic. The Boot and Shoe Workers' Inter national union was formed in 18N9 out of a number, of local unions, mostly confined to the Now England states. For years it made little prog ress, and In 1895 an amalgamation was brought about between It and the I.asters' Protective union, which was formed at Lynn, Mass., in 1871). The labor movement must be kept pure or It will prove a curse instead ot a blessing to the workers. If a limb of the human body becomes dis eased it must either be cured or am putated. If a labor union falls under the Influence of bad men it must bo * liberated or" It will t? Wm, cause great dam-; o io the whole movement. i???.T^nr1.A'" "*"?n?' M?"i?. ?*mL ul?r, A??"C'?<I?? of Allied Metal 1 ades Machinists have amalgamated. The amalram* tlon will become elf*, tire ?? new organisation v. 'l be known u the National Association of Machin ists. and it will have * membershln of 100.000. making It ihe second largest body of union men ol a single craft in the United States W '* The membership of the combined organizations at the lime of the amal gamation was about 12.000. but In the year* U dr?W>ed. ?ntH. In * Y *"? were '?**r tli an 9.000 members in the International organl 2J* Aithe ???v?1ntlon held that >e r the officers practically forced the high dues system on the membership z\:nzTtin,e tiw ris? h?s ***? rapid At the present time the mem bership is over 30,0(?i. Doubtless there nas been at leaRt some exaggeration in ail this talk about a great exodus of Mexican laborers, as well as ir the talk about their returning to the border starving :;n;l relating stories or abuse and tail u\ ke(p contract . There has however, a c.i, Mora hie move ment of Mexican !a .orers to the -H.. .I Slates ,hls v. ,, to have been related ?? u.e ahortage fields ? K?nit! i',>,|t'K'rn cotton Acids. owing to the emigration north ward of negro laborers. if Slich a movement should spread serious* throughout Mexico it would create a trices ,.eml>arra88nir|lt In some dis Ihe Church Association for Ad vancement of Interests of l^attor re joices over the progress made by the Boston chapter in its early closing crusade. According to Hammer and I en. official organ of C. A. I L "Dor R?xbnrv Rrocery stores begin this month to close at Irt o'clock on Saturday nights. It is n good begin ning and we hope for a future rcduc Ion ,,f hours. Surely no class needs help more than the grocery clerks " We should say so. when the right to quit work at 10 o'clock at night is cause for congratulations. It is not alone on the question of Made jurisdiction that the plumbers nnd steam fitters are at outs, but they are apparently in a contest over which can adopt the longest official title for their respective organizations The plumbers have for years strug gled along under the tit I,, of the 1 nited Association of Plumbers. Gas fitters. Steamfltters and Helpers of e United States and Canada. Now the steamfltters come to the bat wiih a change made at their last conven tion and hereafter they will be known as the International Association of Steam, Hot Water and Pow. r Pipe Utters nnd Helpers of America. "On this Lai>or Hay. as in the past, and as far into the future as intelli gence can penetrate, the greatest need >r the workers is organization. The victories we celebrate today are union victories. If we would perpetu ate them ami progress to higher standards, we must extend and perfect 0,1 r ?nwiii*a?io,i. Improvements in our industrial conditions follow but never precede organization. Our first work and most effective work i? in the organizing field. To the non unionist our attention and efforts must be directed. Upon ,,,? amuisi on lo ?""? ranks largely <W,.< mis our progress towards higher standards. c"A?re f?,atUr0 "f f,I? T>?>??Rraphl ca! Unions international convention at St. Louis deserves more notice than H has yet had. It was proj osod to adopt a resolution warning the mcm mtini a Un,?n in militia. Any man with good, red blood n his veins would have been delighted to see the way the labor men treated the resolution. They did not simply vote it down. They Jumped on it metaphorically, wit!, hobnailed boots! They said thai membership iu a labor union was no reason why any labor man should bo unwilling to be ready to defend his state, his country or his flag from enemies at home or abroad the Typographical unions of this country are made up largely of men who think for themselves; and in this matter they thought like true Ameri cans." says the St. Ix.uis Star. " The press of Mexico has been con siderably occupied for some weeks past with reports and comments upon what they consider a very extensivo and a very deplorable tendency among Mexican laborers to emlgrato to the United States. According to reports Mexican laborers havo been crowding ti.e border cities en route to the cot ton fields of Texas. Oklahoma, and even Louisiana and Mississippi it is a!T.k r?p"rlod that many, disgusted rt.Lm ? Jtreatm?nt. we returning, d sillusloned by failure to receive the high pay promised lo them. Some of tho periodicals severely criticise the ranch owners and mine owners of the country, the former of whom, they 8 ep ,alj<>rers in the old condition of peonage as far as pos sible, holding debts over them and PlMnR thG 8rna,,CBt possible wages, without taking into account the new conditions which have arisen in Mexi co, while tho mine owners aro taxed with not taking adequate measures for the safety of their workmen and with absorbing the major portion of the wages paid to them in profits of the company stores, which are generally operated at every camp of any size, tickets on them being given the work men as pay. Minor Events. The executive committee of the Lln ooln Republican National League, a colored political organization of which James W. Pope Is president, met lnst Thursday at Washington and decided to Issue a call for a national conven tion of the league and its auxiliaries at Charleston, W. Va., on October 10, for the purpose of arranging for an active canvass of tho colored voters In all States and floufctful Congressional districts. Odds and Ends. "There are fifteen symptoms of drunkenness," said a medical wituri./. In an English Police Court. The Judge hastily fined the defendant $!> ?nd called for the next case. James Bryco, M. P., the distinguished English author, arrived In Boston la4 Thursday on tho steamship Saxonia from Liverpool. Mr. Bryce plans to Hoy In this country until after tho Prenldential election, of which ha means to make a study.