A UNION OF BEGGARS
AN ASSOCIATION IS FORMED BY
FRENCH CRIPPLES.
Not Affiliated With Other Labor Or
ganizations—"Northern Hobbler”
Originator of thV Movement—
Rulee Adopted.
Paris—The latest development in
unions hails from Marseilles, where
the crippled beggars have met to form
an association to protect their in
terests.
The originator of the movement Is
Francois Rosin, better known as _the
Northern Hobbler. who is a globe t7ot
ter. celebrated for racing matches, to
which he challenges any one who, like
Organizer of Beggars’ Trade Union
in France.
himself, Is condemned to wood in the
matter of legs. M. Rosin summoned
• meeting of his fellow cripples, 26 of
i whom answered the call.
Some came on crutches, some had
woodfeh legs, some with no legs at all
came sitting on little wheeled car
riages, and some had no arms. All
listened attentively while the con
voker of the meeting explained his
(MirpoBe.
“We must first of all struggle
against false beggars who exploit chil
dren -borrowed from anywhere by
making them dance aronnd their -mis
erable barrel organs, poor little kids
for whom they pay seven francs a
month to parents. That at least Is the
present rate.
“We must wage war against the
contractors of mendacity who pat beg
gars out on the sidewalks, covered
with long blouses, which often conceal
a perfectly sound body. These con
tractors take most of the money given
to the beggars.
“We must finally put the public on
its guard against all those beggars
who, coming from goodness knows
whore, from foreign parts, shamming
horrible infirmities, live on French
public charity and so rob us.”
M. Rosin was elected president of
the new union without a dissenting
murmur, and then the following code
was drawn up and adopted:
Article 1.—Every member of the
union must be French.
Article 2.—Members must refrain
from singing or reciting songs or mon
ologues against the Republican gov
ernment, its c file la's, the police and
clergy of any religion.
Article 3.—The duty of a member of
the union who finds himself in a town
exploited by sham mendicants or by
beggars working under a contractor
is to give Information to the authori
ties. ''
Article 4.—Tt !a clearly understood
I that to belong to the union a member
nnfst be crippled or suffering from
sent4* infirmity, visible or apparent.
Article 5.—Crippled or infirm wo
men can become members.
Article 6.—No officar cf the union
snail receive any pay or indemnity.
After a short discussion it was de
cided that the union, in order to ac
quire the good gracj of ihe government
shquld not affiliate with the Course
du Travail or wild the General Labor
Confederation. Hut as it wa3 thought
\ well that the union should seek official
recognition, a deputation, consisting
of the president, secretary, treasurer
and dean of the cripples, Celestin
Marius, waited on the prefect.
Unfortunately the prefect was away
on business, but if the reception given
by the prefect<u*i staff may be taken
as a token the union is not likely to
get any status from that officer.
DANIEL DEFOE’S HOME TO GO.
' *DweVing Where "Robinson Crusce”
Was Written Will Be Demolished.
London.—One of the most interest
ing “literary shrines” in England, the
house in which Daniel Defoe penned
the greater part of "Robinson Cru
aoe," is about to be torn down to
make way for modern dwellings. This
little old-fashioned house, set back
from the Finborough road. Tooting,
and in striking contrast with the
modern shops which flank it on either
side, is now practically just as it was
219 years ago when Defoe came to it
with hie family to begin a strange life
of isolation. He lived at Tooting for
18 months and during this time and
for 20 years thereafter is said rarely
—by some, never—to have spokep to
his .wife or. children. »
The sole change that has been made
In the house since Defoe’s time v.as
the substitution of a new front in the
year 1785. Over the scullery on the
second floor is the little room where
Defoe worked over the literary mas
terpiece which has secured his reputa
tion for all time. This, the smallest
room of the 12 which comprise the
house, was his sanctuary, and only he
passed its portals. Here for whole
days he would shut himself from his
family, receiving his meals, the meag
er repasts of an impecunious genius.
During the time Defoe lived in this
house he was hard beset by creditors.
Where Author of “Robinson Crusoe”
Lived.
Indeed, four years later, he was de
clared a bankrupt and was compelled
to secrete * himself to eejape a term
In a debtor's prison.
The old house is at present occupied
hy an aged woman and her equally
aged husband. For a small fee they
show visitors the room where Defoe
wrote “Robinson Crusoe.” In recent
years the American pilgrims to this
literary shrine have far outnumbered
English callers.
KING OSCAR RESUMES REIGN.
Celebration of Marriage Anniversary
Marks Abolition of Regency.
Stockholm. -- The fiftieth wedding
anniversary o£ K.ng Oscar II. and
Queen Sophia was celebrated the
other day with extensive ceremonies.
Messages of congratulation weTe re
ceived from all the crowned heads
KING OSCAR II.
(Monarch of Sweden Who Has Re
amed Reins of Government.)
of Europe u well as from most of
the foreign ministers and prominent
persons over the entire world.
Members of the diplomatic corps
assigned to the Swedish court called
in a body to pay their respects and
wish the aged king and his consort
many more years of happy domestic
life.
For the people of Sweden there was
a double significance in the ceiebra-'
tion, as it marked the return to the
throne of King Oscar after his tem
porary abdication in favor of Crown
Prince Gustave as regent.
When King Oscar laid down the
reins of government December 14,
1906, it was feared he would never
be able to assume the duties of gov
erning the country again, but his
health has improved to such an ex
tent that the regency waS abolished.
It was as active sovereign that Oscar
received the homage of his subjects
at the wedding anniversary celebra
tion.
Rattler Came Into Kitchen.
Mrs. Theilyard, who resides near
the railroad station, was startled the
other morning to see a large rattle
snake glide into the kitchen, and
throwing its head high in the air
take a casual survey around. With
the aid of a stick of wood Mrs. Theil
yard drove the reotile from the house.
—Dutch Flat Cor. Sacramento Bee.
A Bedouin Encampment Algeria.
NEEDED WHOLE BOOKCASE.
Why On* Man Is Dissatisfied with His
Encyclopedia.
Just &3 the train was pulling oat of
the station a breathless commuter
swung himself upon the platform of
the last car at a station some 30 min
utes from New' York. He^carried a
green cloth bag, such a* are affected
by young lawyers, and one large vol
ume of an encyclopedia waa tinder his
arm.
He sank into a seat and, with a deep
sigh, opened the book. He lost no
time in finding his place, but he seem
ed far from satisfied. Soon he turned
in great exasperation to his neighbor
and remarked:
“Now, wouldn’t that jar you? I’ve
been paying for this encyclopedia for
the last two years, and never- had oc
casion to Use it before. A new client,
a big tanner, is going to call on me
this morning, and I wanted to read up
on the subject of tanning before I
reached the city. So I snatched; the
volume with the letter T while eating
breakfast, and incidentally ran five
blocks to catch my train. Look for the
word ‘Tanning’—there it is. But that
is all that is there. Just take a look
at that!” he exclaimed, pointing to
this simple legend:
“Tanning—see leather.” — Judge’s
Library.
Copper Mining Gcod Trade.
Contrary to general belief, copper
mining is healthy work, and the aver
age of life here reaches 80 years, for
the composition of the ore has an ex
tremely strengthening effect on the
WHEN A QUEEN BATHES.
Cpanish Royalty In Seclusion 8ports
with tho Sea Waves.
The fashionable bathing resort of
Spain is in San Sebastian. But do
women in that well-nigh tropical clime
wear startling costumes? By no
means. Their garb is as staid as that
worn on ■ the English Goasts; • very
charming,and becoming, but Withal re
served and dignified. The material
is apt to be dark blue serge trimmed
with white braid or crimson serge.
At Trouvilie, in France, the bathers
are not rarely annoyed—or not an
noyed?—by the leveling of opera
glasses, which practice is rigorously
forbidden in the Spanish resort. This
prohibition is partly explained by the
frequent presence of the queen moth
er, and also the young queen, who, of
course, are left perfectly unmolested.
Their bathing box is very picturesque.
It is built in the Moorish style, with
minarets on either side, and the dome
in the middle surmounted by the roy
al crown in gold. When in use, it is
slowly rolled down to sea, and roy
alty can bathe in perfect privacy,,
though the “box” is not inclosed.
Roses in Legend and History.
When the captive Jews in Babylon
hung their harps upon the willows, the
air was sweet with the fragrance of
growing roses; and upon returning to
their own land the exiles are said to
have carried with them seeds of the
flowers which had brightened their
captivity. Thus Syria became the
home of roses. Even the name of this
HEAD OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR OF AMERICA
Col. Goorge M. Moulton.
The triennial conclave of the Knights Templar is to be held at Saratoga,
N. Y., July 8 to 12. Col. George M. Moulton of Chicago, Grand Master of the
Knights Templar of America, will preside at the meetings.
blood and nerves. Few capper miners
die before they reach the age of S3 or
84. But on the other hand the copper
6melter is lucky if he sees 50.
Whiskey is bad to drink, but its
distilling is health giving, and a fatal
foe to diyease germs of nearly every
kind. Distillery workers show the ex
cellent average of 81 years of life
and seldom suffer from illness unless
given to intemperance.
Oddly enough, barring accidents,
there would be no trade to beat the
steeplejacks for keeping life going.
The task of working at great heights
from the ground keeps the nervous
system in perfect order, and that is
trro-thirds of the battle. Steeple
jacks who are not Ailled by accident
show the magnificSt average of 89
years.
Metals and Metaphors.
“It is most amdzing,” said a metal
lurgist, “how the world relies on
metals for its metaphors and similes.
Thus an orator is silver-tongued or
golden-mouthed. An explorer is
bronzed by African suns. A resolute
chap has an iron will. A sluggard
moves with leaden feet. An ostrich
has a copper-lined stomach. A million
aire has tin. A swindler is as slippery
as quicksilver. A borrower has brass.”
country is derived, according to some
philologists, from ‘ Seri,” moaning “a
wild rose.” In the Sanskrit, the oldest
of Tindu myths declares that Vishnu
found his wife in the heart of a rose
Since the day of Vishnu, many another
has found his wife, if not in the heart
of a rose, by means of a rose. “My
love I speak in flowers,” and the rose
bud has been especially intrusted with
the lover's message.—From ‘ Legends
of the Roses,"■ by Mrs. A. S. Hardy, in
the Circle.
Pennsylvania’s Disappearing Timber.
An idea of the rapidity with which
the timber is disappearing from some
sections of Pennsylvania can be ob
tained from the following figures,
which refer to the timber cutting on
the Hicks Run tract, in Clearfield
county: Original size of tract, 9,000
acres; timber cut the first two years,
3,000 acres; still standing, 6,000 acres;
amount of timber cut, 50,000,000 feet;
amount standing, 200,000,000 feet;
daily capacity of sawmill, 200,000 feet;
daily shipments, 15 carloads; amount
of timber in Hicks Run yard, 6,000,000
feet; time of operation, two years; es
timated time to cut standing timber,
four years; number of men employed,
800 to 1,000.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT ST. PAUL
Tire corner stone or this magnificent structure, which, when completed,
will have cost over $3,000,000, was laid recently. Archbishop Ireland made the
addres s. President Roosevelt ‘sent his congratulations.
Woman's Place In the World.
The “half angel, half idiot" period
is over in the woman’s world. She
is fighting her way into every sphere
of human activity. Her labor is com
ing into competition with th^t of men
in nearly every department of indus
try. In the learned professions she is
forcing herself to the front by sheer
determination and force of intellect
in a way that will not be denied- Sioon
er or later men will be compelled to
tt-eat with her and recognise her as a
eoworker, and they could not begin
better than by admitting her right to
be a covoter.—James Keir Hardie.
. From the Odor.
Gunner—How do you like that cigar,
old man? You see, iny wife bought me
a box the other day. I think it is
called the “Samson.”
Guyer—Whew!
Gunner—What’s the trouble? I
guess it is called the Samson because
it is so strong.
Guyer—Hm! I thought pavb&ps it
bad Samson’s hair in It
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AROUND THE HOUSE
BEAUTY AND COMFORT IN AP
POINTMENTS.
Plants for the Window Garden—
Chintz and Light Washable Ma
terial Make Effective Hangings
—Burlap to Be Popular.
If one can get plants for the window
garden from a florist, it is desirable to
do so, as they will be well established
in pots and may be transferred with
little checking of their growth. For
attaching boxes to the house, many
sizes and varieties of metal brackets
can be purchased at the hardware
stores. These should be held in place
by long screws that run directly into
the upright joists of the house, and it
is desirable to paint them the same
color as the building.
This is the season when chintz,
linen taffeta and cretonne seem the
mo3t beautiful fabrics in the shops.
The various designs in flowers look
almost real, and each year are pret
tier. Nearly every summer home, as
well as many of the winter ones, are
nor/ hung with washable materials.
They may be had in subdued or gay
colorings. A room in which nothing
clashes, though done in cretonne and
wicker, is often more effective than
one with massive furniture and heavy
hangings.
One,can now buy almost everything
made in cretonne, from bed covers,
window hangings, hat and shirt-waist
bo:jes, to desk sets and bureau acces
sories.
If you cannot afford to have wicker
furniture, and the old must be cov
ered, have the slips made of flowered
cretonne or linen taffeta. They are
much newer and brighter than the old
fashioned ecru ones. The flowered ef
fects will give a cool appearance to
the room If a good quality is pur
chased, it: will launder well. Do not
have several kinds of figured material
in one room, or it will have an inhar
monious appearance.
Burlap is surely having its day this
season, and bids fair to become mor#
popular as the summer advances. Not
only are the curtains, table covers and,
sofa pillows made from this material,
but bureau covers and dressing table
covers, many elaborately embroidered,
are shown. However, burlap does
sound a trifle heavy for one's dressing
table in the summer, but the cushions
for the window seats are certainly ar
tistic and satisfying if chosen in the
quiet tones of brown or green. Nat
ural colored burlap is the most dur
able for the covering of window cush
ions, as the sun is often very bright
in that spot. Some of these cushions
lace at the edge with cord or can be
coarsely buttonholed with a heavy
rope silk of the same color.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
Brown sugar is an antidote to salt;
if soup or gravy becomes too salt,
stir in a little brown sugar and it
will become palatable again.
A new cltfthesline should be well
boiled, then hung up to dry before it
is used for hanging clothes on; it will
last longer and be easier to manipu
late when thus treated.
Kee-p parsley wrapped in a piece of
rug wrung out in cold water, remove
the cloth every day, shake it and
wring out fresh and green many days
if thus treated.
To remove cake from a tin after
baking fold a clean tpacloth, put it on
the table, turn the cake upside down
on it, wring a cloth out in cold water
and lay it in several thicknesses on
the bottom and sides of the tin, which
soon may be gently drawn off the
cake. Take hold of the corner of the
towel and gently set the cake right
side up to cool.
Mustard, if quite fresh made, taken
with meat helps to digest it. Do not
use salt in mixing it, but first rub
quite smooth with a little cold water
and the back 'of a silver or bone
spoon, then add just a little more
water, a few spoonfuls gradually till
it is of the right consistency. Thin
mustard is generally disliked. Little
should be made at a time to prevent ,
waste, and it should be fresh at least
each alternate day.
To Clean Grained Wood.
Grained and varnished imitations of
hard wood are be$t cleaned by rub- 1
bing well with cloths wrung out in
borax soapsuds, never letting the wa
ter touch them. Afterward they
should be rubbed with flannel barely
moistened with kerosene. If there
is too much kerosene it will dissolve
ana blur the colors. Clean hardwood
with a flannel wet in turpentine, and
rub afterward lightly with boiled lin
seed oil. Take off spots with fine
sand mixed in oil. Apply it with a
leather and rub with clean leather
afterward to bring back the polish.
Welsh Rarebit.
While this is a favorite preparation
for the chafing dish, it can be prepared
just as well in ah ordinary saucepan
or a double boiler. Melt one table
spoonful of butter. Stir into it a tea
spoonful of cornstarch, and when they
arc- thoroughly blended stir in slowly
one-half of a cupful of thin cream.
Cook two minutes after the cream is
all in, then add half a pound of mild
cheese, which has been cut in small
pieces. Season with salt, paprika and
mustard. Serve as soon as the cheese
is melted on rounds of toasted bread
or crisp small crackers.
Favors for Bride's Cakes.
Where the cake is to be distributed
among the bridal party only a fash
ionable fad is to put in it not only
the proverbial wedding ring, silver
thimble and copper' cent, each wrapped
in paraffin paper, but also tiny*silver
skates, miniature motor cays, stick
pins, etc., one for each member of
the party. Of course, this is not feasi
ble where the cake is distributed
among the whole number of guests.
Corn Oysters.
To the contents of a can of corn add
a cup of flour sifted with a teaspoonful
of baking powder. Add a little salt
and the beaten yolks of two eggs.
Beat the whites still and add them to
the mixture last.! Drop and cook on a (
griddle the same as griddle cakes, j
Serve with melted butter or tartare (
sauce.
RUNS OSTRICH RANCH
MRS. PEARSON MAKES BUSINESS
OF RAISING BIG BIRDS.
Has Juat Started First Farm In Cuba
—Feathered Animals Just Big,
Healthy idiots, She
Says,
New York.—Mrs. Katherine Pear
son of Phoenix Ariz., and Havana,
Cuba,lsnot only the ostrich queen of the
western hemisphere, but of the world
at large. Her ostrich farm near Phoe
nix is the largest breeding ranch in.
America, and the farm near Havana
on which she has just settled 45
birds is the first of its kind in Cuba.
She owns more birds thau any other
woman ostrich farmer on the face of
the earth.
“To begin at the beginning of my
experience with ostriches I must tell
you that my husbyad first bought a
Young Chicks Just Hatched Out.
farm and a few birds near Jackson
ville, Fia.,” said Mrs. Pearson when
talking to a reporter. “Mr. Pearson
was the manager of the theater on
Union square known as Keith’s.
“Shortly after our marriage he de
veloped consumption and we had to
go south for his health. After a few
years, the climate not having proved
.beneficial, he decided to go to Phoe
nix. We sold out in Florida and
|Started breeding ostriches on the Phoe
nix farm with 250 birds.
/Mv husband was becoming more
feeble every day. I tried to do my
duty, and as a result I learned all the
iiis and outs in breeding birds and
selling feathers.
“Since my husband's death I have
increased the Phoenix flock to 980
•breeders and the acreage to 2,000,
^making it the largest breeding farm
in America. On the Havana farm
there are at present only 27 acres and
45 birds. It is only an experiment,
[ and I do not think it wise to got
more birds until after these have
proved the healthfulness of the cli
mate.
“While in Arizona and Florida we
never lest a grown bird except
through accident,
“Ostriches mate when they are
about three and one-half years old,
and, like pigeons, remain together, en
tirely faithful, until they die. At
least I have been told that they mate
for life, and so far as I know it ia
true, though, as I said before, I never
knew one to die a natural death. In
case of an accident I have known the
widowed bird to accept a second
mate, but not until after several,
years.
“They usually lay two nests of eggs
of from 12 to 14 each, and you can
count on getting an increase of from
10 to 25 chicks. I have often known
a pair of good breeders in a good
season to hatch every egg and raise
every chick.
The ostrich is as senseless an ani
mal as exists. So far a3 I am able
to judge they are absolutely and en
tirely without brains.
“You can teach them nothing, and
it makes no difference how long you
feed them or how kind you are, they
never even get to recognize you.
They know their mate, and that is, I
believe, as far as their power of recog
nition goes.
“While I have heard the men on the
farm say they didn’t have sense,
•enough to follow a leader, I have no
ticed that if a bird in one pen began
to run, pretty soon every bird on the
farm was running—for no apparent
veason, just running. When they are
in full feather they make a pretty
sight in running, as they hold out their
wings, and so show the beautiful
plumes underneath.
“They do take pride in their plum
age. When they are first plucked
they become very sulky and seem to
wish to hide themselves. If a plucked
bird is turned with the unplucked,
they fall on him tooth and nail, and
the poor fellow is made to suffer for
his loss.
“Ostriches are plucked every eight
months. I use the work plucked,
though the feathers are seldom pulled.
When ripe they are cut, and later
when the old quills have become per
fectly dry they are drawn from the
sockets by means of a pair of tweez
ers. This is not the slightest bit pain
ful to the birds, and there is no blood
drawn.
“A healthy ostrich, and I never
saw a grown bird that was not
healthy, will yield from $30 to $50
worth of feathers a year. As year
old birds are now selling in Arizona
for $100 apiece for the South African
breed, and $50 more for Nubians, you
can judge the yearly profits on a pair
of good breeders."
A FIND IN ANCIENT RHODES.
Rock Carved in Relief of a Greek Ship
Discovered by Danish Explorers.
New York.—The Royal Academy of
Sciences and Letters at Copenhagen
is reaping a rich reward from the ex
pedition it sent in 19#2 to Lindos, a
small town on the south coast of
Rhodes, once a great island home of
Greek culture in the Aegan sea. Since
tbe Danes began to dig deep into its
Relief Carving of Ancient Greek Ship, j
soil they have unearthed the larger |
pa£t of its beautiful Acropolis, a fine
temple and ancient stairway of re
markable workmanship ar-d an enor
mous amount of statuettes, vases and
other antiquities.
The Acropolis of Lindos was espe
cially rich iu the signatures of artists
who had beautified it. Before the
Danes began their work only 12 of
these signatures had been found, but
the Danish explorers have added 74
names of men, several of whom made
reputations that still survive.
The most curious discovery of all is
described and pictured in the last
report of the society. Whil%the party
were excavating along the face of an
ancient wall built some 200 years be
fore the Christian era, they came to
the edge of a carving in the rock.
They followed it eagerly for days
before they knew certainly what it
represented. Finally they brought
the whole carving into view and it
proved to be a representation in re
lief of the stern of an ancient Gre
cian vessel.
A plaster cast made from it is now
in fhe museum at Copenhagen and ex
perts who have seen either the orig
inal at Lindos or the cast at Copen
hagen say that it is a faithful repre
sentation of an ancient ship. The
relief is in no respect embellished for
decorative effect, but is a reproduc
tion, perhaps on a slightly smaller
scale, of the stern of a Greek vessel
of the Hellenic epoch. s
Some of the coins of that time
show reliefs of vessels and a consid
erable number of representations of
ships have been discovered. The
largest is now in the Palazzo Spada
and the resemblance between it and
the relief found at Lindos is very
striking. The relief, however, has fa.r
more detail, and it was a splendidly
executed piece of work.
On the side of the ship an inscrip
tion was cut into, the stone showing
that the relief was not meant merely
as an ornamentt. It was hewn out of
the rock to form the base of a statue
in bronze in honor of Hagesanciros.
The statue has not been found, but
the remains of an iron fence erected
in front of the relief were unearthed.
Popularity of Poets.
This may be a utilitarian age, but
the poets still have the call on popu-»
larity. Public school teachers see
that abundantly demonstrated every
time the birthday of a famous man in
celebrated in the public schools. In
case of a great naturalist, a scientist,
an inventor, a patriot or a statesman
the pupils take part in the exercises
as requested, but they do it in a per
functory manner which indicates that
their hearts are not in the perform
ance. But with the poets it is differ
ent. No need for urging them. The
tributes of praise and affection are
voluntary. More pupils than are
wanted rush to the front with yards
of poetry that t?aey want to recite,
and instead of wondering how on
earlh they can ever sustain enough
interest to carry out an interesting
programme^ the teachers are driven
to wondering how they can keep
down the bubbling enthusiasm.
Officers of the Western Federation of Miners charged with conspiracy to
nurder Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho. The personsvin the picture, reading
rom left to right, are:. Mrs. Pettibone, George A. Pettibone, W. I). Haywood.
iow on trial; Mrs. Moyer and Charles A. Moyer.