COUNTRY
Ai..'trtii;.I.(; in his schoolmates,
llabber Itamp wa a country
enn ker And who knows butter
child's social and financial standing
tl::ill lis KchMilfclloWH.
1L face was nut rounil itul rosy
like other j Uy. vM tampered itoyj.
f.ir IMIjIht ivs-i a sleudVr child with
fffe pnJ aid a::l.y, straight hair,
streaked in ri!,ir with the shade of
half pulled tuiili candy. He was
subject to chills and f.ven which kept
him away from school liul half the
time and gave his teacher in excuse
fur scolding hl.ii whenever there was no
one else in particular for her to scold.
Hi father section ni aster on the
(I'firgia railroad and they lived lu the
"ten-mile shaiitlc.," which were l)ullt
on the :! of t ho railroad and on the
edge of a deep cut. through which the
wind blew a perfect tale the whole
year round.
But If I)? livi;.,; on the cut Rubber
acquired the chili a: ! 'ever habit, be
also gained the know :,:e which en
abled him to save the live:i of some BUO
people Sunday school children with
their friends and Uachers. It was the
picnic of Hubix-r's Sunday school, but
because It fell on his chill day bis
mother said be could not attend. So he
coutentisj himself with walking live
miles up the rilroad to Helalr, the near
est station where the train would atop,
with a huge bunch of flowers for his
8unday school teacher. This teacher,
be It understood, was one of the people
who did not know about Bubber being
a country cracker, but considered him
t Jolly, amiable Ixiy.
After handing the Iwuquet through
the car window, Hubber stood for a
while looking wistfully at the train
load of happy children. Then some
thing occurred which made his school
mates forget forever that be waa home
ly and poor, anl thla la how it bap
pewed. II.
Southward from Brazella the road
drops down steadily for five or six
miles. There follows the little rise, to
the top of HalMT.iham hill; and then
cornea the sharp sag of a mile or more
to Itelalr and the level valley of the
Kavannah.
Jidin Johnston, or "Tucker," as he
was called for abort, was the most, dar
ing engineer on the Georgia and had
the best run on the road until he Joined
the strike of the Knights of Labor. Af
ter the difficulty was setthxl and the
strikers went back to work, Yucker,
for the (Mike of discipline, was put to
baullng way freight between Union
Point and Augusta.
There was nothing at Brazelia but
the siding and the dull red station
house, and little else at Belalr. It
wasn't often that Yucker had to leave
or pick up anything at either place,
and he liked to sail by both stations at
top speed, mid loaf further down the
line to make up for It.
On this particular day, while his flre
mnn was taking water at the big red
tank at Thompson, Yucker went Into
the station for orders. He found that
there was notlmig for him at Brazelia j complacently as though nothing un
or Bel.iir. He had nothing to leave at i usual had happened.
cither station, so he climbed buck Into
his cab, meaning to go through to
Wheelers to meet Ihe tip freight. .Some,
times he met 11 at lleialr, but whenever
he got the chance, he run by and trust
ed to luck that it would be held for
him at Wheelers.
III.
The people at the station were ln
tiumbed with fright. They stared with
horror-stricken faces at the oncoming
engine as some great demon hurrying
to destroy the excursion train with Its
load of human freight. Panilv.ed with
fear, they could neither move nor cry
aloud.
In the. whole crowd there was hut
one who could think and net. lie was
4
"l(J Till HKAVK ftV. VOIJ OWK TIIK
PKKSRIIVATION OP OCI1 MVhS."
a slender, pale-faced loy, and he rush
ed up thu track Inwards the coming
train.
"Git out, git out," bis shrill voice
shouted to Ihe men In the cub of the
lip freight. "Jump and run, Jump and
run."
lie was tugging at a switch key, and
they saw what be meant. Mo down
the men Jumped from Ihe engine, while
the boy ran on to the switch. Ills
bands Mowd paralysed, so long did It
CRACKER. : ' S-
appear bvlore he forced it open, then
j he Bteppiyl back Just as the way freight
rusm-d by and ran full till Into the up
freight. There was a tremendous crtish.
The engine of the way freight rode over
the other and smashed It .Into frag
ments. Then it sat down on lis own
cab with the forward truck hi the air
and one wheel whirling aroimd like a
millstone. The following cars piled up
In a great h'sp. and over It all rose a
great cloud of dust.
The terrified excursionists scrambled
from their own train rushed over to
the wreck and stood In sjee-hWs hor
ror and amar.ement. Then the freight
conductor came up and searching
among the crowd led out a slender,
pale-faced lad.
"To this brave hoy," he said, raining
his hand to attract attention, "you owe
ir a hout timk roa my chili.,
nnmii.
the preservation of your lives. But for
his presence of mind" Here his voice
choked. W!;h tears streaming down hli
face ha finished ths sentence by mo
tioning toward the excursion train.
.'There were more than S00 on
board," said the Sunday school super
intendent. "The majority of them
children."
"Not a life lost," cried one of the
trainmen, running up. "Yucker, his
firemen and both brakemen Jumped
for their lives after shutting off steam
and putting down brakes. Tbey came
off without a scratch."
"It was a miracle, " said the preach
er. "It was Bublwr Ramp," cried a child
ish voice. "I sen hlra when be opened
the switch."
Then the crowd surrounded the pale
faced bid, pushing and shoving to
shake bin hand, to touch him, or even
to get a Iixik at blm. What was said
or who said It no one could ever tell,
but hi the midst of It all there sounded
the shrill whiatle of a aearby sawmill.
"It's 'luven o'clock," said Hublwr,
looking up at the sun. "It's 'bout time
for my chill, so I'd better bo glttin'
home." And he hurried off down the
track toward the ten-mile shanties as
The following week the Sunday
school superintendent accompanied the
railroad nCicial when he went to ti ll
Mr. Itamp of his appointment to a bet
ter position on the road. The superin
tendent, in Ixdialf of the people on
Iward the excursion train, presented
Hubber with a bicycle and a gold
watch.
"Why, Mr. Brand," said Hubber, re
garding In awed astonishment the
handsome wheel awl timepiece, two
things above all others he had most
longed for, "I never done uuthln' but
turn the swWch key. Anybody could
've done that. I've been doln' It ever
since I was goln' on seven years old."
Omaha IVe.
A Multl-Milllonalre.
At U o'clock on the afternoon of Aug.
Id, Mavro Gnieiibiiuin had only one
blue shirt, no summer coat, no money,
no home even of the humblest kind ex
cept what his friend Schwartz gave
him. At 4 o'clock Gruenb:ium was
heir to $T,.VXi,(hs) and know It.
The news of Orucnbnum's good for
tune came to him suddenly us be was
taking a walk and musing despondently
on his misery. A casual aeitmlniarice
from lltida I'eth, Hungary, broke the
tfondrous news to him. It was con
tained In a letter from an attorney of
Hudn Pesth, who Inquired as to the
whereabouts of Gruenbaum, whose
uncle had died In Turin. Italy, leaving
$l."i,000,(HiO to his two nephews. The
dead uncle had been a lender under
Kissuth and had ben driven Into
exile. In Italy he became a contractor
and then a capitalist and when he died
had amassed the fortune which he b ft
to his nephews, whom be bad never
seen.
.Mavro GruenUaum arrived In New
York 'he vconths ago almost penniless.
He hid been unable to procure work
, and would have starved If It bad not
, Iw-en for Hrh warts. He will ihare his
fortune with his benefactor In ad-
j verslly,
j There Is a great deal of money spent
j on cake frosting at weddings, consid
ering the unceasing appetite of t long
future for plain broad.
PtOPLt vvE LIVE WITH.
We Are to Thair Whim and
Cairlrea t'ntpnernai T mi In.
One of the hardships of life Is the fact
(but we hare to lear so many unneces
sary utiplcanantnenses and are the vic
tim:; cf S3 iiiaDy profiting and ueleg
tragedies, that are none the less bitter
becuuse they are so little and sordid.
lo as we may, we cannot emancipate
ourselves from our surroundings, and
even the f rei st of us are slaves to the
whims and caprices of those with
whom we live.
Not long ago a gentleman was tell
ing a story about a frV'.al, whose wife,
although a good woman, was one of
those uncomfortable creature who are
forever fretting and nagging, oil about
her. At Inst the gardener, unable' to
swnd it any longer, gave notice and
quit, but us he was departing be stopped
by the gallery, where his muster wa
entertaining several friends. "Good
bye, sor," said be. touching his hat,
"I'm sorry for yer, sor. I can lave; yer
can't."
Surely such a story voices much of
the pathos of our common experience.
There are so many times, there ar so
many pla'-es that we can't leave. It Is
the people to whom we are tied by a
thousand londs of affection, of mutuaJ
Interest, of duty and responsibility;
who have our happiness In their keep
ing, and oh, the pity of It! they are so
careless of their trust, and we have no
recourse. We can't leave.
There Is In reality no more ungen
erous trait In human nature than this
taking advantage of the utter beipless
newa of those of onr own household.
They can't throw up their Jobs and
quit. They are bound to stay on and
endure us, and we trade upon II
Think of the young girls you have
known who put forth every attraction
to captivate a man. and then, as soon
as the marriage ceremony wu over,
sutatded into listless slovens. It was
as much as to say: "Oh, well, he canlt
leave now, and 1 won't bother my more
to try to plet.se." Think of the men
you have known who were veritable
Prince Cbarmlngs In their courting
days, but who, once married, would
speak to their wives In a way they
would not dare to have used t a food
cook who could give warning and leava
Philadelphia Inquirer.
rropr,el to Je-n.
The art of making a prooal of mar
riage to a queen Is one In whlr It Is
;. disgrace for any of us to plead Ig
norance and Inexperience. A resident
of Malta has thus addressed one of the
i dusky queens of the South Pacific Isl
ands:
"Her Gracious Queen: I hope you
will most willing excuse me for baring
the Impudence to write to you In this
manner, and the reason for my doing
so Is, when I was reading the paper
yesterday I read about the steamship
Bonsnsi being drifted on your Island,
and the women under' you began to
select husbands from the crew, and
that you, my queen, wanted for a hus
band a man that would love you and
make you happy. I have been think
ing the matter over, and I have come to
the conclusion that If you will have me
for a husband, write back and let me
know; also that you should send me the
money for my passage out, o as I can
come to you, and I will repay you the
money when I get to you. If, my
quwn, I will suit you, write buck and
let me know as sixm as possible; also
send me a paper note for i1 or 25,
and I will come at once."
If the Maltese gentlemen wonders
why he received no reply to the busi
ness like proposal, It may Interest him
to know that It never reached her
majesty. His letter was opened by the
head chief, who handed It to the prin
cipal white trader, who posted It to his
Sydney firm, who in Its turn sent It to
th. Sydney Dally Telegraph. The
postmarks showed that It had passed
through Iondon. QuiH-nshind, Sydney,
Samara.! and HerlHTtshoh. London
Chronicle.
i raoklin's l-a iiiiiih Toast.
Franklin was dining with ft small
party of distinguished gentlemen,
when one iff them said: "Hero are three
nationalities reuresenled: I am Freneh !
and my friend here ia Knglish, and Mr.
riatikliti Is an American. Let each one
propose a toast." It was agreed to and
the Knglishuiiin's turn tame first. He
arose and In rim tone of a Briton bold
said: "Here's to Great Britain, thu sun
that gives light to nil nations of the
earth." The Frenchman was rather
taken back at this, but he proposed:
"Here's to France, the moon of whose
magic rays move the tides of the
world." Franklin then arnsV, with an
air of (itialnt mode.sty.and said: "Ilere'n
to George Washington, the Joshua of!
America, who commanded the sun and
moon to sianu suii-auii iney ottoyeu.
Our Youth's Friend.
Senreily of Ceinpbor Tree.
The manufacture of camphor In Jap
an lias fallen off considerably and many
men have gone out of the business alto
gether. This Is due to the growing
scarcity of camphor trees. Japanese
production is now conilned almost
wholly to Formosa.
Hiinke's hoed ling.
When the snake sheds his skin,
which occurs frequently as often as
every four or live weeks- the skin of
the eyes follies off with the rest. Trans
lucent lu most part, the skin over the
snake's eye la perfectly transparent.
Mode of huiclilo.
A favorite mode of suicide among the
African tribes who dwell near Lake
Nyassa Is for a native to wade Into the
lake and calmly wait for a crocodile to
open Ua mouth and sn allow him.
To Stop Hemorrhage.
To etop bleeding from th lungs take
a teaspoonful of table salt and swal
low It dry. Keep perfectly quiet. In t
rocumbent position, until pbytlclM
arrives.
TOPICS FOK FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FhlENDS.
Essential Prerequisites to f-i!ceeH in
fuhmiliiiT -How to Handle I cf-Iiitt-Mience
of lb:' Horse-New l.'be
fur Toniutoe - l'"a m .oltw.
Plowing of any kind. Including s;tb-soilirigr-tould
be gradual and not a
sild len di'cp"iil;3 over the former ,-
tivation of the land, writes W. F. M.is
ey In Home and Fiiitn. Thorough
dra'uage and aeration Is one of the es
sential prerequisites to success in sub
foiling. If the subsoil needs dra:r,V4e
tiiere is little beuelit to lie d'Tived from
siibsoiliug, as it will run b.ick tog-eth'T
us aooij as the subsoillng has been
done. Then, too, where the immediate
subsoil Is a mellow, yellow clay, there
is less evidence of benefit from siilisi.il
Ing than where it is a bard, red clay,
such as we have here, and such as Is
common In the uplands of Georgia.
One of the greatest benehts to be ex
pected from a good subsoiling of a hard
clay soil is in its allowing the roots of
the peas and other legumes to pene
trate deeper, and hence to draw more
mineral matters from the subsoil for
the benefit of the upjxsr layer. There
are few tracts of the worn uplands In
the South which can, with safety, be
turned to the depth proposed at once,
and before we can turn such soils safe
ly to the depth of ton Inches, or even
less, the. aeration of the subsoil must
be done, and In no way that I know
of can It be done except by the sul
solllng of the bard pan Just below the
former run of the plow. I feel per
fectly certain that little benefit will be
noticed In the first crop from subsoil
lng where the land can safely be com
minuted to the depth of eight or ten
Inches, and I would not care to subsoil
any of our lands deeper than twelve
Inches, for this Is as deep as it ever
need be. Land that can be plowed to
the depth of eight or ten Inches with
out turning any of the "cold, clammy
subsoil," needs very little subsoillng.
Handling llees.
A good many people do not. keep bees
because they have a notion that bees
do not like them. It has been pretty
well established that In the matter of
likes and dislikes everybody is alike to
bees. The most successful bee-keeper
Is the one who wears a veil all the time,
and goes among the bees with a caJm
determination not to strike wildly at
the air if one of the colony begins to
buzz about his ears.
Bees are not at all averse to a hostile
declaration, and are ready at all times
to sacrifice themselves in a fight with
any animate being. The best way to
handle bees Is to take advantage of
their weak spots, and bees are In the
best condition to manipulate when
they are approached through their
stomachs. Smoke Is the most conve
nient thing to use in raJsIng an alarm
in a colony of bees. As soon as smoke
begins to enter the hive every bee at
tacks the stores of the colony and eats
all the honey It can hold. If the colony
la gently smoked, and left to Itself for
a few minutes, It can be handled by any
one. This la equally applicable to all
bees when handling them, but some
breeds of bees are more aggressive than
others. The native black bees are lia
ble to go out of their way to sting a
man, but Italians rarely make the tirst
move toward battle. For this reason
Italians should be chosen In selecting a
breed. Another good reason for choos
ing them Is that they are the best breed.
Farmer's Voice.
florae IntcHiucucc.
While the army mule Is almost In
variably more Intelligent than he is
suspected of being, the horse occasion
ally exhibits unexpected aptitudes, as
Col. Roosevelt found out. The Colonel,
with o number of the rough riders, had
been training the horse to lie down at
a signal giveu by a certain pressure
and a certain twist to the reins. At
flint Oil. UiKisevelt's horse didn't quite
catch the Idea, but It soon li-arntsl and
I. didn't forget. Shortly after the les
ion, the Colonel rode Ku k to his tent,
Where he found a number of friends
waiting for hlui. Before be hail time
to dismount they came up and began
telkitig to him on some subject In
Which he was much Interested. Now,
It Is characteristic of the famous sol
dier that when he becomes Interested In
a subject, It engrosses his entire Atten
tion, As he talked he began to make
KfMiurce and to wove lu his saddle..
Presently lie chanced upon a combina
tion of movement and gesture that
meant more to his horse than to his
bearers. That Intelligent animal be
gan to give way under him, sank slow
ly down and left the animated speaker
stranded In the midst of a sentence,
with lKtth feet on the ground, strad
dled well apart, and a prostrate horse
between them. In a moment his was
the picture of amazement. Then he re
membered, spoke to the horse, which
got. up, and resumed the conversation,
remarking that the animal didn't set-in
to bo feeling well. New York Sun.
New Cue for the Tninnto.
Cosmos, a French scientific review,
says that a Sou ill American, farmer
has recently made an accidental dis
covery of great value to gardeners and
florlsta. It was to the effect that leaves
of the tomato plant will drive Insecis
away from other pjnnts. He covered
the tomato leaves over some young
shrubs he wished to pnrtect from Um
un and from small Insects, and was
delighted to And that the latter cleared
out as soon as they got the odor of the
tomato leaves. He then extended the
ame treatment tor an entire row of
young peach tree, and hli succesa was
complete. To render tbe process more
Imple be tried a deooouon of tbe
frwh tomato loaroa m apray oa otkor
trees and thrubs, and found that be
had a perfectly effective weapon. He
also found that a spray of the same
kind would keep files off his horses.
Care of llpif rs
The development of a heifer depends
very much on the Inlclllgciu-e of the
' owner. Some owners indulge in a fat
tening, others In a starvation policy.
I'y t!:e latter the animal Is stunted and
; its digestion Impaired, so that It is little
! good for any particular purpose; by
' the former ilie is lit oidy for the butch
er. If joa feed on grass, which Is a
lii-sh and fat producing food, she may
be expected to yield little else than tal
low. Abundance of succulent, nutri
l tiou.s food will stimulate the glands
that carry the miik. Knsibge Is good
feed for heifers, mixed with a dry clo
i ver hay, or wheat bran mixed with
corn ensilage Is better.
And then a heifer should be bred ear
i !y, and if she' drops her Urst calf at a
year and a half old she will be all the
! better milker. She should be fed liber
j filly with food that will make growth
j rather than fatten. Ho not feed with
corn, but some oats may be given, if
the milk production Ih large enough to
keep the heifer thin In flesh. As al
ready stated. Intelligence Is needed in
the development of a heifer to a profit
able dairy cow. Every farmer should
give the matter more thought than has
heretofore been the case, bearing in
mind that fall calves thrive better and
make better cows than those dropped
lu the spring.
Xh Soil Over Tinderd rains.
Always in digging an uuderjrain the
lowest subsoil, often cold, hard and
without vegetable mould, is more or
less mixed with that dug near the sur
face, and which Is usually richer. In
tilling the ditch this mixture continues,
so that the soil that was dug from the
bottom of the ditch may often be In
the last spadeful thrown In. Yet we
never knew this to make any differ
ence. Always crops of any kind show
a better growth directly over the drain
than they do on either side, even dur
ing the lirst season's growth. After a
year or two the good effect of the drain
extends to land on either side, as the
soil freezes deeper when surplus water
Is removed from it, and the roots of
plants can go deeper for moisture or
plant food.
App'eg for Cooking,
There are many sour apples that con
tain more saccharine matter than those
that are called "sweet" only because
they lack acidity. And there Is some
malic a(dd in the varieties that are
culled sweet. It Is the combination of
sweet with acidity that makes the
richest and best flavored apples either
for eating raw or for cooking. Com
monly, only those that are very dis
tinctly acid have a good flavor Vhen
cooked, and they should be acid enough
to require considerable sugar In cook
ing. To Make Farming Pay.
While farmers with large areas some
times claim that "farming don't pay,"
other farmers manage to live and save
something on ten acres. One of the
successful farmers on a email farm
made It a rule wheu he went to market
to bring home more money than he
carried. His rule was to endeavor to
sell, in value, more than he purchased,
and to grow everything on the farm for
his own use that the hind would pro
duce. Farm Notr.
Fire Is the best agent to use In get
ting rid of Insects and their eggs. Ev
ery limb removed and all leaves and
refuse under the trees should be burn
ed and lime scattered on the surface of
the ground.
Some growers burn the strawberry
beds as soon as the ground la frozen,
and then mulch the rows with clean
straw or salt hay. By so doing weeds
that have died down ore cleared away
and many seeds on the surface of the
ground are destroyed.
It does not always pay to hold pota
toes over, as hauling, shrinkage and de
cay during the time they are held will
more than offset the extra price unless
prices are very high. Then there Is
storage room to provide and labor in
curred to caring for the tubers during
the winter.
Ornamental trees serve to beautify a
homestead and perform the part of
wlmlbrukes, but they pay because they
add to the value of the farm. Paint Is
also a valuable adjunct In farming, as
It gives the buildings nn attractive ap
pearance and assists lu preserving
them.
The Importance of using plenty of
seed tuny be mentioned from tbe fact
that only HO per cent, germinates on
the average. The conditions of the soil,
kind of seed, Its ngc, and depth of
planting must be considered, but the
rule to be observed Is to use rather
more seed than too little.
An excellent time to select seed com
is when It Is being husked. All seed
corn should be kept In a dry place, and
If hung up where the air can circulate
through It. so much the better. In
some sections seed corn Is injured In
winter by severe cold, but this danger
Is not so great If the seed is kept dry.
A special crop for the use of poultry
Is millet seed. The use of sucb seed
for that purpose Increases tbe number
of eggs and enables the farmer to get
a good price for his seed by keeping
large numbers of bens. The yield la
nltoiit twenly bush :ls per acre, and It
can be grown on nearly all kinds of
soils,
The amount of green food that can be
grown on one acre Is enormous. Ex-
pertinents, have shown that on an acrt
there may be grown 14 tons of pea
Tines, 24 tons of peas and oats (grown
together), 37 tons of green corn, and 8
tons of second-growth clover. An acre
of green food will provide mora thai
will 0 acres of ordinary pastor.
Trndes tTnion Workers.
Oppoittnis of the trade union move
ment are continually decrying the
work performed by them, says tho
American Federal ionist. They are de
nounced as old, fossilized and reaction
ary. They ore charged with being in
capable of accomplishing any good In
the Interests of the working people;
this,' in spite of the very best, evidence
which is obvious to tiny, observer or
student.
The labor depnrtmerit, 1 ited King
dom of Great Hritiiln, has Jrs-t issued
Its OUii annual report. It slunvs 'that
all the prlmdpal groups of industries
shared more or less lu a rise in wages.
The result of all thi changes recorded,
was a rise of about $217,800 per week,
of which the greater part is accounted
for by the engineering, shipbuilding,
njlniug and building Industries. In
round numbers, the workers have se
cured $11,.'ii0.(i(!0 increase in wages an
nually through trade union effort.
Then again, 0 ,."72 workmen had their
hours of labor reduced (1.000 had their
hours increased), the total net reduc
tion lu weekly hours amounting to
284,075, or an average reduction of
4.03 hours per week to all those affect
ed. These figures do not include the
engineers who enjoyed the eight-hour
day during the great engineers' strike.
The blast furnace men of the Cleve
land district, 5,000 in number, who
formerly worked 12 hours, 'succeeded
In establishing the eight-hour day, or
a total reduction of 28 hours per week
for each man.
What have the opiKments of the
trades unions to offer to take the place
of such substantial advantagrs and im
provements? Their projects partake
of the nature of leaving the iwne for
the shadow, a proceeding which onr
fellow unionists In the United States or
Great Britain are not likely to take
kindly to or follow.
Absolutely accurate ryd ample sta
tistics In our countvy are not so read
ily at hand; but there is no doubt that
to quite a degree the achievements of
the workers of America will bear fa
vorable comparison. Organization on
trade union lines is not only wise and
humane, but it pays the worker. It
means material Improvement, the fore
runner of every political, social and
moral development.
Industrial Notes.
There are about 350 female black-,
smiths In Great Britain.,-
Coopers won strikes against reduc
tions in wages in St. Joseph, Mo., and
Detroit, Mich.
The Granite Cutters' Journal ad
vises Its members to keep away from
all 10-hour day jobs.
The Executive Council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor has sanc
tioned the boycott on the product of
the wire nail trust.
The National Brotherhood of Black
smiths offers $10 and the Trunk and
Bag Workers' International Union
offers $(i to organizers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor for every
union formed by them of these crafts.
The Executive Board of the Colo
rado State Federation of Labor ha
sent out circulars covering a plan to
secure the election of members of or
ganized labor to the Legislature, bath
House and Senate, at the coming fall
election.
An agreement has been made by the
Masons and Builders' Association and
the Brick Manufacturers' Association,
of Chicago, to charge outsiders $1 per
thousand more for bricks tjian mem
bers of tho associations. Officers of
bot'h associations say it will lie the
means of driving irresponsible contrac
tors out of existence.
The International Socialist Congress
held In lS'.tfi, London, England, resolved
that the next congress should be held
In Germany In 1809. Ihe committee
having the arrangements In charge
have notified all concerned that they
could nor get permission to hold tho
congress under conditions where lib
erty of debate and the personal secur
ity of the delegates against arrest by
the government would be assured;
hence tho congress will not take place
In Germany, but is deferred to 1000,
and it will be held lu Paris, France.
Following this announcement comes a
report that Kinperor William of Ger
many, at a banquet, touched signific
antly uiHui the labor bin to be Intro
duced in the Krdi-bstag this winter.
The Emperor said it would provide for
the Imprisonment at bard labor of any
one seeking to prevent workmen who
are willing to work from pursuing
(heir vocation, and would also provide
for the punishment of those who even
Incited workmen to strike.
Achievement of Ancle ti.
White tthiss, of extreme purity, was
known to the Chinese i!.'!00 years ago,
for they were then already using astro
nomical instruments of which the lens
es were presumably glass. Colored
glass goes still farther back. In soma
of the most ancient tombs scarabs of
glass have been found, Imitating rubles,
emeralds, sapphires and other precious
stones, and 1 lie glass beads found
broadcast In three parts of the globe
were quite possibly passed off by Phoe
nician traders upon tl.e confiding bar
barians as jewels of great value. Ac
cord I ng to Egyptologists tbe Egyptian
made sham Jewels or class at la
6,000 or 0,000 years B. C.
There are some people so afraid t&7
will be fooled, that tbey refute t t
Uera tho truth.
