The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 02, 1905, Image 6
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BUItlDl AT SOH'a FUNK&AL.
Qrftel Stricken Father Shoots {Hltu*
self at Colli it's Side.
"I cannot let him go alone," cried
Herman Schultz, Wednesday afternoon
as he lingered beside the body of
his son, Otto, who killed himself by
inhaling gas on Tuesday. The funeral
services were in progress at tne
Schultz home, 233 Wyckoff avenue,
Williamsburg, New York. Before
any one oould divine hiR intention
the old man seized a revolver and
shot himself through the head.
Ever since his son's tragic er d the
father had refused bo eat and had
slept little, lie sat cjnstantly by the
dead boy's side sobbing and praying.
Before the time s?t for the funeral
this afternoen Sohultz had apparently
composed himself and was resigned.
The boy's body was placed in the parlor
where a large number of relatives
and friends of the family gathered.
Mrs. Schultz, her threo daughters and
two sons were at tne neaci or the cottlu
with the father.
Prayers and the sinking of byres
had ended aud a long Hue of persons
tiled by the collln taking a farewell
look at the face of the boy. Sohultz
was the last. He lingered until Undertaker
Peth began to draw tho lid
of the collln over his son's countenance.
Tnen he shot himself.
Most of the women in the house
fainted or became hysterical. Dr.
Moore came with -an ambulance from
the German hospital, but he said
that the old man had died Instantly.
After a hasty conferercs with members
of tie family the funeral of
VOUni/ Schlllt.Z. W.11 rv ?V.nr?nr?rl S' iMior
auci son will be burled together.
A Iiitllo liny Killed.
The Columbia Record says Ililkon
Sims, a white boy about ten years old
was shot and instantly killed thlsmorniug.
A little negro boy, Hal Gordon
about nine years old is responsible
for his death. Young Sims, with
Oicar Fordo and Alvin Sims about
the same age were in woods near
Benedict institute. They had with
them a single barrel shot gun. Some
of the boys had sling shots, and they
all laid aside the gun and were shoot
ing at birds with their slings. While
they were engaged in this tho little
negro came up and began handling
the gun, the other boys not noticing
him. Suddenly the gun iired, and
shot from it penetrated young Sims
cl est, striklr g the heart and killing
him instantly. The other boys 1mmedlatly
alarmed the neighborhood,
but nothing could bo done for the unfortunate
boy. It is presumed that
the killing was purely from careless
ness and ignorance on the part of the
little negro. Toe cor* n r was duly
notified. The dead hoy was th son
of Mr. Jack Sims, who i.-i employed at
Southern railway shops and who lives
in the earstern suhuibi on the Two
Notch road.
ilurnod m w Motel.
At Ilot Spring, Ark , six bodies
were taken on Thursday from the
rums or ino itailroad Hotel, corner of
IOlm and Olive streets, which was
gutted by lire. Two are unidentified,
charred beyond recognition. The dead
are: Harry Bradley, a waiter; Edward
Snyder, a porter; Mrs. Mack, a musician;
A. L. Mann a railroad conductor,
believed to be from Denver, Col.,
and the two unknown men. There
may be other bodies in the ruins. The
hotel was a two story frame building,
containing thirty rooms, all but one
of which were occupied by from one
to four persons. It was patronized by
invalids and cripples, who were under
treatment. The tire is believed to have
been caused by an exploding lamp.
There was only one narrow exit, that
being a stairway, and dozens were
compelled to jump from the second
story. One man, Fred Owerson, of
llot Springs, was probably fatally injured.
Goiii|ilinicntod by President.
The little girl referred to in the
following from the Charlotte Chronicle
liven in Spartanburg with her
parents on South Church street. Mr.
Matthew is a traveling man. When
the president turned to take his seat,
Miriam Matthew, a great granddaughter
of the 'Squire Benjamin Boyd of
Charlotte and daughter of Plncanev
Matthew of Spartanburg, S. C., ad
vaiicea ana presented him with a tremendous
bouquet of tlowers. The
president bowed, picked up the little
girl, flowers and all, and held her up
high In his arms. "Here Is the best
product," he said.
At Morcy of Robbers.
Ilurglars early Wednesday morning
blew open the safe In the bank of
Ridgeville, and stole 1(3,000, and after
a running battle with a posse of cltzens
In which the cashier and two cltzens
were wounded the burglars etciped.
For more than an hour the town was
practically at the mercy of the robhers,
who openly walked the streets
shooting at everything, apparently
taking their time In leaving town.
Two charges of dynamite were exploded
before th^ safe gave way. A second
blast aroused Cashier R. R.?Ransom,
wno ran Into the Btreet. As soon
as he appeared the robbers opened
lire. This aroused other citizens. There
were seven In the cracksmen's party.
lii j uii ittutiiH i'vKO.
At Tokio William J. Bryan was
presented at a reception In honor of
Admiral Togo. The mayor Introduced
Mr. Bryan to the Admiral. An
exchange of cordial sentiments followed.
The Admiral was delighted at
the unexpected presence of Mr. Bryan
It transpired that T< go did not an
chor even once in live months from
the time of the big naval battle of
August 10, 1904, till the Russian battleship
Sevastopol was torpedoed in
the last days of December.
CARPENTERS IN INDIA. 3
r b?r Are Cnrelri. About MrsmM* i
mcnti, Tuttla and Tliue.
The chief faullH of the Indian carpenter
are his neglect of accurate
measurement, his carelessness with regard
to the cflleloncy of his tools and
his luck of perception of the value of
time as a factor in the execution of
work. He has also to he taught to occupy
his mind with the work In hand
and as much as possible to exclude
other subjects.
For example, the making of n Jack
plane Involves the choice of the wood,
considerations as to size, the angle of
the hhule and Its cutting edge, the
w'nlge and Its holding power, the hau<11
? and finally the operation of planing.
All these operations arc capable
of very simple explanation, and this
exercise provokes an emulation among
students while exercising their reason
lug powers. No Indian workman buys
a plane. He buys the blade and makes
the rest, but he rarely makes it well.
He buys a saw blade and makes the
handle, and. generally speaking, ho
spends the smallest possible sum on bis
outfit in spite of the extra labor tlie
economy involves. lie nnist therefore
be taught to make as many labor saving
tools as possible and to make them
well. He has to he taught the use and
repair of a grindstone and how to
mount it in wood without metal fittings.
The hard, tough woods so common
In India make this an easy matter.
The Indian has yet to be taught
that grinding and whetting are two
distinct operations, the first removing
b!).0 per cent of the metal and the second
producing the cutting edge In a
few strokes. Ills saw is in such bad
order that he cuts tenons, as a rule,
with a mallet and chisel, and Ids Ignorance
of gauges renders him unable to
make even twenty articles exactly
alike, lie rarely knows what size of
nail or screw to use on a given job
His screw is always too small.?Cua
tier's Magazine.
APHORISMS.
Nothing ages like laziness.?Ttulwer.
The Innocent seldom 11 ml an uncusy
pillow.?Cowpdr.
We can do nothing well without joy
and a good conscience, which Is the
ground of joy.?ltibbes.
He that is ungrateful has no guilt
but one. All other crimes may pass
for virtues In him.?Young.
A word or nod from the good lias
more weight than the eloquent
speeches of others.?IMUtarch.
Kind words prevent a good deal of
that pcrverscdncss which rough and
Imperious usage often produces in generous
minds.?Locke.
An inquisitive man is a creature nnturally
very vacant of thought itself
and therefore forced to apply to for
elgn assistance.?Steele.
The only way to make the mass of
mankind see the beauty of justice is by
showing them in pretty plain terms
the consequence of injustice.?Sydney
Smith.
Th? Yoniik Writer.
No young writer in whom the literary
aspiiuLion is a passion need or
really will be cowed by the array of
mighty and expert antagonists in the
arena whose names sound and resound
bo gloriously from the herald's trumpet
in full volume re-enforced by past triumphs.
Though a true and becoming
modesty may well temper his ambition,
it should in no degree suppress his ardent
longing. These veterans, young
aspirant, are Indeed masters, but as
such your exemplars. They also had
their beginnings, hidden indeed, as
used to be the sources of the Nile, "not
permitted to be seen small," because
they mastered their art before they
exhibited as artists.?Harper's Magu
sine.
Thief Cleverness.
A magistrate's clerk Iuih been known
to have his tie pin stolen wliilo in
court, aiul one In Birmingham a few
years ugo lost his coat In the same
way, but a more remarkable example
perhaps of a thief's cloverness under
tho very eyes of the police was that of
the burglar at Clerkeuwell who managed
to conceal two diamond rings
while the police were searching him
and passed one of them to his wife in
the cell while tho police were looking
on. The rings wero under his tongue,
and one of them passed from his mouth
to his wife's when he was kissing her
goodby.?-London Answers.
A I*mstlnir
"Didn't I tell you not to propose to
toe again?"
"You said something of the kind, but
of course It made no Impression on
me."
"Oh, It didn't! Well, I'll give you a
lesson now that you won't forget.
You'll never propose to me again."
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to uccept you."~Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
l)u<1d!i!?m,
Mrs. Dumm? I see a piece In the panor
nhnilt aninn unnlntu nnnnln '"
JM V|?IU UVIII 1U*
forested In Huddhlsm. What's that?
Mrs. Dumber?Why, I guess that
must bo the doin's of these young Fociety
people thnt'i called "buds."?Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Sufpnt.
Rhnrpe ? Yes, Parker Invented tho
afeat air ship ever heard of.
Whealton' Put it refused to fly. You
couldn't get up on It.
"That'* "Why 1 say it was the safest."
SncecHM.
She?And what would you call a suo
ccasful poet?
He?One who leaves money enough
to bury him.- Judge.
A itralght line is shortest In moreli
ai well as In geometry.?Rnhel.
VULTURES OF MEXICO 1
HOW THESE BIRDS HAUNT THE AfUD "
ALKALI PLAINS.
The Whlrrluic lllnclc Cone of ICnarer j.
Denert He?ren?er? nu<l (he Way In ^
Whloh the C'lrellnK Mjinm Uenceiidi }
Upon I(m Carrion Prey. j
At night the moon looks down uik)ii B
a desolate, arid plain, stretching away 1
to the great Sierra Madro mountain e
chain, deep, shadowy blue, against the |
western sky. The air is chill, and a
bleak wind searches out every fold In 0
our blankets we might almost be '
spending a night on the tundras.
With scarce a moment of dawn the 1
sun lloods everything, a most welcome
warmth for awhile, soon to make one
gasp in its breathless heat. Long before
the rainy season actually begins *
vegetation seems to feel a quickening
in the air; the plants scent the coming
moisture Weeks beforehand; the rush- ^
lug streams, swollen with the melting v
snows from the lower mountain tops, e
bring life to the lands through which
they flow; spring is awakening every- v
where? except on the alkali plain.
Whore a thin rind of red brown ^
grass roots partly covers the white
dust, parched mosquito bushes And n
root, and strange, uncouth organ enoti ^
roar their columns, like inninniofli ?
delabrn. Here wild eyed cattle roam n
uneasily, nibbling occasionally at 11* a
bitter grass steins. a
Farther out in the desert, whore even P
the niesquito and cacti fall, wo ride slowly
across the parched surface,
wondering If a single living tiling can
endure the bitterness of the earth. In
the distance move tli* whirhvltlds of a
dust, tall, thin columns with perfectly ^
distinct outlines, undulating slowly (}
here and there, both life and death in ?
their silent movement. a
Most remarkable it seems to us when
n stray great blue heron now and then
(lies silently up from the desert (what
can possibly attract these birds to such ^
a place of death as this, distant even a
from the bitter pools?) and ilaps slowly a
out of sight. Twice a great ebony a
raven sails through the dusty nlr over b
our heads?the samo bird repassing, ^
No other life is visiblo save the bal- f(
anced black specks high against the I
blue, as invariably a part of a Mexican b
day as are stars of the night. Herons, b
vultures, raven?all move slowly, seem- a
ing less alive than the distant dust a
columns. (j
But wo feci the real spirit of the o
eternal desert when, as we turn to re- g
trace our steps, we spy a something a
white, different from the surrounding o
earth, and the spell of past ages falls r<
upon us. The bitter water Is ever dry- c<
ing up, the whirlwinds carry the dust 0
from place to place, the birds come tl
and go as they please, hut this relic of ti
nn elephant of the olden time brings u
iitnl nr/iu/inf Iviin nbieo
What scones has the desert looked
upon since this mammoth staggered |
dying into tlio quagmire which proved
Its tomb? Our eyes smart from the '
dust as wo reluctantly turn our horses' ^
heads on the back trail, for we should ^
like to stay and search out those fosells?more
fascinating In a way than ^
the living beasts and birds which poo* p
pie the tropics beyond. y
One of the most wonderful of the ^
exhibitions of bird life vouchsafed to \f
us in Mexico comes as we leave the
alkali plain and ride away among the
mosquito scrub. A confused mass of y
black appears In the air. which soon re- g]
solves itself into hundreds of Individ- a
ual specks. The atmosphere Is so de- jj
ceiviug that what at ilrst seems to be a
vast cloud of gnats close at hand Is
soon seen to be a multitude of birdsblackbirds,
perhaps, uutil we approach y
and think them ravens and, finally, g
when a quarter of a mile away, wo
know that they are vultures. Three V.
burros lie dead upon the plain. This v
we knew yesterday, and hero are the y
scavengers. Never have we seen vul- tl
tures so numerous or in such order. b
A careful scrutiny through the glass- w
es shows many score of black and tur- t1
key buzzards walking about and feed- q
nig upon the carcases of the animals, v
From this point there extends upward II
into the air a vast inverted cone of b
birds, all circling in the same direction, u
From whero wo sit upon our horses
there seems not a sluglo one out of
place, tlio outline of the cone being na
smooth and distinct as though the birds b
were limited In their flight to this par- o
tlcular area. It Is a rare sight, the sun n
lighting up every bird on the farther o
side and shadowing black as night t
those nearest us. a
Through one's partly closed eyes r
the whole mass appears as a myriad a
of slowly revolving wheels. Intersect- e
lng and croslng each other's orbits, d
but never breaking their circular out- y
line. The thousands of soaring forms v
hold us spellbound for minutes before a
we rode closer. Now a change takes
place, as gradual but as sure as the
shifting clouds of a sunset. Until this
moment there had been a tendency to r
concentrate at the baso of the cone. a
that portion becoming blacker and 1
blacker, until it seemed a oolid mass of *
rapidly revolving forms. Hut at our v
near approach, this concentration *
ceases and there Is perfect equilibrium L
for a time. Then, as wo ride up a gen- 1
tie slope Into clearer view, a wonder- v
ful ascent begins. Slowly the creeping
spiral wings upward; the gigantic Inverted
cone, still perfect In shape, lifts
clear of the ground and drifts away; r
the summit rises In a curve, which, littin
by Utile, frays out Into rugged f
lines, all drifting in the same direction, ]
and before our very eyes the thousands r
of birds merge Into a shapeless, urnlu- j
luting cloud, which rises and rises, ^
spreading out more and more until the
eye can no longer distinguish the birds,
which from vultures dwindle to mere
motes floating and lost among the I
clouds.?C. William Bee bo In New t
York Post. 1
t
NATALITIES ON THE RAILROAD.
lore Killed and Injured this Year
Than last Year.
Accident bulletin No. 16, which
las just been issued by the interstate
ummerce commission, giving the
lumber of rail-road accidents in the
Jnlted States for the months of April
flay and June, 1905, shows that durn
that quarter there were 41 pass
ngers and 221 employes killed and
,253 passeDgers and 1,511 employes
Djured in train accidents. Other ao
icients to passengers and employes
lot the reiult of collisions or derallnents
bring the total number of caslalMes
un to 14 669 (886 killed and
3,783 ir j ired).
This bulletin completes the publ'caIon
of the record of accidents for the
ear ended Jure 30, 1905, which in
he tctal Dumber shows su ii crease of
1 killed and 4.123 injured among
assengers and employes as compared
/itb the number reported for the year
nded June 30, 1904.
The increase in the number killed Is
/holly among passengers, there being
, decrease of 106 in the number or
mployes killed. An it cease of 11 7
n the number of passengers killed
ciakes an increase of 11 in the total
llled of both passengers and employs
as above stated. Of the increased
umber Injured 1,963 were passengers
ud 2,160 were employes. In coupling
coidents, which occur wholly to employes,
the total Dumber of deaths,
43 is 35 less than for the year pn e^d
og. and the number of injuries 3,441
i ssi ipsh
An advance compilation made from
nnual reports of railroad companies,
ddeh however, Is not complete, indiates
that, the ni. m>er of men employd
ou railroads on June 30, 1905. was
bout 9 per cent, greater than on June
0, 1904;
liiU OKniml
President John S. Shaw and the
oard of directors of the Lake Eric
nd Ohio River Ship Canal Company,
ccompanied by a number of engineers
nd other advisors, started from Pittsur^,
Pa., Friday on a two days' trip
j examine the two routes proposed
3r a ship canal connecting tho Erie
(ike with the Ohio river. At Ashtaula,
Ohio, the Pittsburg party will
e joined by the cillcers of th? Ohio
nd Pennsylvania Ship canal Corapny,
of which Joseph II. Cassidy, of
loveland, is president, and the two
rp'anizitious will continue the trip to
eiher. One of the two routes is from
.shtabula, Ohio, to Pittsburg, the
ther from Erie to Pittsburg. Each
;nite is about 105 miles long, and the
rial-. i\t olllior tu/^nl/1 l>r> /\i\r\
CU v 1 V1VI1VI nymu WO ai'UUU CO\l,UUy,UO.
President Shaw 1b of tho opinion
bat the work could be completed and
be canal opened to tratllc in the sumler
of lylL
Drunken Conductor.
A t Savannah Ga., E. A. Moore, a
Lrcet car conductor Thursday afteroon
in an altercation with a passener,
drew a heavy revolver and tired
bree shots. tho lirst shot went wild
tie second struck and kil'ed Mrs. F.
Wheeler, and tiiird went through
be thigh of 0. It. Secklnger, the
asscnger Involved In the altercation.
Irs. Wheeler was sitting uu her front
leps. The bullet severed her juguir
vein. Mrs. Jane E. Faircbilds
imped from the car, as did the other
asaengers when the shooting began.
Irs. Fairchilds sustained a broken
aoulder from her fall. Moore was
rrested. It Is alleged he was drink
Indecent i'obtcurd,
George McDowell, the Spartanburg
outh wlio mailed an Indecently sugestive
picture postal card to a young
roman was convicted recently In the
hiited States district court at Green
111c. The card which embroiled
oung McDowell with the federal au
borities was olfered in evidence. It
ore no writing save the address, but
rhen it was handed to the jury with
he other papers in the case they reuired
only a few minutes to find a
erdict of guilty. In the indictment
l was described as "too Indecent to
o spread upon the records of the
ourt."
Fiery Death Shower.
At Ohic8go, 111., five tons of molen
metal exploded at the Jollet plant
f the Illinois Steel Company Wedlesday
falling in a shower of death
n a hard of workmen about a converer.
One man is dead, three are fatlly
burned and half a dozen are Jnjued
so badly that they may die. The
ocident came without warning. The
xplosion shook the whole plant, sening
panic into every corner of the
reat woiks. Half a hundred men
/ere within range of the liquid metal
nd many suffered severe bums.
i'lnaHAut Incident.
At Mobile, Alabama, Judge Sem
aes, son of the great Admiral Raph,el
Semmes, commander of the "Alabama"
In the Civil war, Presented
toosevelt, in behalf of the citizens,
vith a gold badge. In responding,
he president said that one of his
incles was ar < dices on the "Alalanoa"
and another uncle built the
easel.
A Font in Wlrel?-i?*.2
The Cape Henry naval wlr^hp. aIon
established a r" cord T.urf'v 1
light in taking a. menage from cj.i
teamahlp Grown Pilcoe, 450 rriies
rom the cape. The.ship wro < p*
aland on the coaat of M ilue w c i . i
neasage was sent. The on**'. ?*
^ortHenry could hear disuuer y . ve... ,
lash and dot.
IlunK Hiin* f.
Prof. Sylvrst^T Judo *ed 35 co nltted
suicide i y harv t. ; > ta H 1uore
on Sunda , o? cki be * a Is
lis position proftikjor in O oi(1 |
own universitp.
HE SAMS RECRUITS
Applicants for Enlistment Come
from All Ranks of Life.
RIGHT MEN ARE PLENTY
Largest Recruiting Station in United
States la in New York City?Married
Men Not Desidable, as a Rule
Few Apply?Applicant Must
Be Twenty-One.
Just at the present time Uncle Sam
is very particular about whom he accepts
for enlistment in the army, says
the Now York News. Only the Mower
of American manhood and such eligible
young men of foreign extraction
as have declared their intention of
becoming citizens are acceptod now.
The reason for this is that the army
is mado attractive enough to induce
the right kind of men to enter the service
of the Government.
In tho Hrst place, the pay is far
higher than iu any foreign military
service, nnd thy chances of promotion
are greater. Another reason is that
the Government can get all the men
It requires for the army is tho chance
of foretgn service. That is a good
druwlntr rurU wltll mnnv vnnno mail
O " J J
who want to see the world.
Applicants for enlistment must bo
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-live years, of" good character and
temperate habits, able-bodied, free
from disease, and able to speak, read
and write the English language.
The right kind of men are abundant,
so that the recruiting officer can
take his pick of the many applicants.
The latter are from all the various
walks of life, and include mechanics,
newspapermen, clerks, lawyers, and
sometimes men of independent fortune,
who enter the service from love
of it.
Occasionally a young sprig of nobility,
having for some reason of his
own left his ancestral home in Europe
enlists.
Very few married men enter the
army. They are only taken upon the
approval of a regimental commander
or other competent authority. Very
lew are chosen.
In the infantry, coast artillery and
engineers the minimum height is five
feet four inches, with weight not over
190 pounds, or less than 121 pounds.
For the cavalry and Held aralllery
the height must not be less than live
feet four or not more than five feet
ten Inches; with weight not over 108
pounds. The chest measurement must
be proportionate to the height and
weight.
Alter the recruit has passed the
requisite medical examination, and is
accepted, he is sent to Fort Slocum
on Long Island Sound. Here he is
taught tlie llrst rudiments of the soldier's
profession. In what is commonly
kitowa as the "awkward squad"
the recruit is instructed how to stand
and walk erect.
Having attained a certain amount
oi instruction, ho is passed on to tho
regiment to which he has been assigned.
Here his military education
is continued for about a year. IJy
this time he is supposed to ho a competent
soldier.
All enlisted men receive, in addition
to the regular pay, rations, clothing
and medical attendance. There is
also a chance for a careful man to
save money on his clothing allowance.
The rates of pay are varied and range
from $13 por month for privates and
$34 for sergeants and $60 for chief
musicians. ilosldos that a private
has the opportunity to rise to the rank
of second lieutenant, at $125 per
month.
In some branches if tho service
mem with trades got increased pay,
varying trom *1 to $5 per month more
thau the private. The corporal's pay
1b $15 por month; that of sergeant
$18; first sergeant, $25; sergeant-major.
$34; battalion sergoaut-major, $36.
In the Hospital and Signal corps the
pay is higher. For instance, the private
in the Honpltal Corps is paid $16,
first olass private, $18; corporal, $20;
sergeant, $25; first class sergeant,
$4$. In the Signal Corps the private's
pay la $13 and $17; corporals Mid
cooks, $20; sergeants, $84 and $45,
aqd ranater signal electrician, $75.
For foreign service such as the Philippine
Islands, Guam, Alaska, China
and Panama, the men get an increase
of 20 per cent on tho regular rates of
pay.
When a man re-enlists after the
expiration of his term of three years.
If within three months of the date of
his discharge, he gets an increase of
$1 for the month for the first year,
22 for thrt MOPOnH *3 fr\r ~ * ? 1
T _ v_. _ ? V? .vri I.1IV IK'Al, allll
thereafter $12 per month additional
from the sixth to tho tenth years of
service. After the tenth year the Increase
Is $1 per month for each successive
Ave years.
The soldier can deposit his savings
and draw Interest at tho rate of 4 per
cont. These deposits aro non-forfeitable,
except for desertion. All money
saved from fho clothing allowance is
paid to him on his discharge from the
service.
After twenty years' service, honorably
discharged iron are entitled to
a'.mission to the ?$oldio;s* Home at
Washington. After thirty years' serV'.ce
tliev con lv kin-.."
fourths of the monthly pnv and 59 50 J
per month additional for clot dug and
; nhristcnco.
Forfian Newspapers.
j About 1,5o~ . .waperB and period*
1 ic^is 'ir-> pit ..!?b in Berlin at the
.it ti'i,;.' a vong t!.e^ 1 pq n o
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MAKING GLASS EVES.
Price Reasonable?New Eye Require!
After Two Years' Wear.
One would not suppose the demau|
for artificial eyos groat enough to Willi
rant the erectiou of vast iuanufacturf
ing plants, big rotail establishments!
and distributing depots, yet the nianu-l
facture of glass eyes has developed*,
into a great industry, and the output?,
is no greater than the demand. \
TUo method of making glass eye?
requires^ not so much tho artisan a
skill as the ability of the artist. AI
specially prepared glass that comes \
in loug opuquo tubes, as big iu circum- 1
ferenco as an average sized cune is 1
used, and tho coloring Is done with I
long glass pencils. Those are cut in- j
to three or four inch lengths, each dl- J
vision sulhcient for one eye. The '
length is held over an Intensely hot ,]
lire and drawn out at both ends to
long slim points. Tho bulb in the
center is then enlargod slightly and
ouo point is cut off.
To color it la the next and most
delicate part of the manufacturer's
work. The iris is the first part colored.
A body color is applied. This
is followed by tho pupil, after whlcn
the tiny veins aro worked out. All
this is worked over tho white body,
or sclerortj: coat, and most eyes aro
then fcbi(iploto. Some, however, are
enameled beforo they are sent out
of the factory. These are dipped into
a cruciblh fliled with enamel. An
intense flro kept burning beneath the
vessel, requires that tho crucible be v
mad of platinum. (..
At the end of two years tho enamel
is generally worn off. The irritation *
the caused by the eyelid rubbing
against the unonameled glass necessitates
a change, and a now artificial
eye has to be procured.
The idea that a glass eye can he*
iiiwvtMi uy me optical muscles is er- \
ronoous. It' it moves at all it is mere- I
ly a result of the action of the eyelid.
The price of artiticial eyes is ex- \\ -i?':
tremoly reasonable. From $5 to $10
cover most cases, and it is only a ?
"made to order" case that is expon- *
sive. Even \hon $30 is the out ,ide
price.?Now York News.
Warsaw's Wo'es.
Warsaw has been having an exciting
time of late, but, according to
what is written, Warsaw ought to be
used to it,, for that city lias experienced
many a doleful time in its loug
and checkered history. That history
reaches far back iiuo the mists of
mediaeval centuries. A certain Duke
Conrad erected a castle on the site
of the present city in the ninth century.
Since then wars and battles,
have been plentiful thereabouts. Warsaw
is beautifully situated in a gently
undulating, fertile plain, for tlio most
part on the left bank of the navigable
Vistula river, 404 miles cart of Berlin.
It is defended by nearly twenty detached
forts. The main city lies close
to the river and is closely built. The
streets are regularly laid out, except
in tlio old city, win re its ancient
houses aro quaint and its thoroughfares
are crooked and narrow. There
are eleven gates, beyond which lie
the now suburbs. The old Polish no- *
bility loved display and there are
more than 100 palaces, of which six
iy nave Deen conn catod by the Russian
government.
Today Warsaw is a big town. In
1897 its inhabitants numbered 098,208,
about one-third being Jews. Germans
form a considerable portion ol
the population and the Russian garrison
comprises over 30,000 soldiers.
Although Warsaw has lost its political
importance, it is increasing its
prestlgo in all other directions. It is
still the guy, active metropolis of Poland,
whose lltoraturo and art it dominates.
Warsaw's industrial importance,
though considerable now, is of
comparatively recent gr^vth. It has
hundreds of establishments employing
thousands of mon. It is a great
railway conter and the chief distributing
point for a vast and fertile district.
Warsaw's artisans have always
been keenly alive to their national
wrongs. They are most patriotic as a
race and the result has been successive
outbreaks against the rule of Rub
sia. There is turn have brought about
successive and wholesale deportations
of tho workern, which havo tended to
retard Warsaw's growth, but havo never
been able to stop it.
In 1863 tho Russian government undertook
to crush tho spirit of rebellion
that permeated all classes of society.
Executions, confiscation and
exilo to Siberia wore irr order on an
unheard-of scale. High schools and
scientific societies wore closed and
tho monasteries and nunnories were
emptied. Hundreds of Russians were
called in to fill up tho vacant posts
and the Russian language was made
obligatory as far as was possible.
The very name of Poland was expunged
from ofllolal writings and Russian
tribunals administrative institutions,
were introduced.
Work Wuh'. ut Pay.
In his "Historv nf wi?i??h t>
* ? ww?> iiiiiuuKi XV..
\Y Galloway points out that what ap1
u.;r to bo traces of a primitive state
servitude existed In Staffordshire,
where the laborers employed in the
haul aire of coal continued to be known
as "bondsmen"?a name probably
coming down from a remote period;
a supposition which receives support
from a peculiar service 'roiulre l of
k.iC.vu au "build Tin V/T
consisted In working at tlmos in tiro /
morning without rooolving any l?ay*jpr
mcnt hoyond a drink of al?. This
o'-o*om of exacting labor without p\y
'o represent some ancient
vice i , their tenants
th" mo? e-f 3 A.ihoy r't Buildtv,
in S'iroi.sj.ao, at r.^c tUo
r.a d? ' "d.
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