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Effort to Suppress Publication of
Report of Labor Commissioners.
SINCLAIR MS PRESIDENT TO STAND FIRM
He Is Asked to Publish the Neill Report That Awful
Conditions Existing in Chicago Packing
Houses May Be Bared to Public.
(Special to the Chicago Record-Herald.)
NEW YORK Reports -which have
reached this city from Washington
alleging that President Roosevelt has
been prevailed upon by the beef
packers to suppress the official publi
cation of the report of the commis
sioners of labor, Charles P. Neill and
James B. Reynolds, regarding the
conditions they found in the Chicago
packing houses, have caused Upton
Sinclair, whose initiative in the inves
tigation of the packers' affairs was the
means of inducing the President to
send his commissioners to Chicago, to
write to Mr. Roosevelt urging him to
give the public official knowledge of
conditions in the Chicago stockyards.
"While the facts contained in the
report were practically covered in
The Record-Herald in Chicago this
morning," said Mr. Sinclair, "its offi
cial publication at the instance of the
President will have the effect of clos
ing every avenue of escape for the
packers from the passage of legisla
tion which would force them to
change their methods.
Urges Full Publicity.
"I have written the President beg
ging him to not allow any consider
ations to stand in the way of publish
ing the findings of his commission
ers. When the people of the United
States are fully acquainted with the
conditions in the packing houses pub
lic opinion will take care of any rem
edial legislation which may be need
ed. "When it is understood that the
situation in the stockyards and in
every large packing house is Just
what it was in the insurance business
a year or two ago. there. will be no
troublo to bring about reform.
"Things that would horrify the pub
lic if known arc done there as a mat
ter of regular routine and under on
established system. The standards
that prevail there were best express
ed by Adolph Smith, who has made
a lifelong study of slaughter houses,
rind besides being employed by the
German and Belgian governments as
an expert in such matters, has trav
eled all over the world for the London
Lancet Dr. Smith said the Chicago
stockyards were worthy of mediaeval
barbarism and were a disgrace to
American civilization. He said the
methods of the packers are just as
they would have been if there was no
such thing as modern bacteriological
science. Meat, he saTd, was treated
as if it were not a perishable article,
but, like dry goods, on the theory that
'once good, always good.
Inspectors Lack Power.
"One of the greatest evils of the
present inspection system is that in
spectors have no aothority to enter
thoso parts of the packing houses
where the by-products are prepared
I mean where the canning, pickling,
sausage making and preserving are
done. I saw one of the trust's em
ployes doctoring spoiled hams on a
big table. The stench that arose
from them was overpowering.
"The man was working a pump
with one foot. Attached to the pump
was a tube, on the end of which was
a big hollow needle. He would Jab
the needle into a ham and then pump
It full of a chemical to take away
the dreadful odor. A few days ago I
sent to the president several adver
tisements and circulars in which deal
ers in packers supplies laud the vir
tues of their wares. One firm guar
antees that its patent preservative
will take away the odor from spoiled
meat, no matter how advanced its
stage of moldiness or purification.
Dyes for the Sausage.
"Dyes and coloring matter which
give to sausages the 'smoke color of
commerce and bring back tainted
meat to its natural hue are openly
advertised. There is stuff called
'bull meat powder and 'zero preserva
tive,' together mith many other pat
ented preparations, accompanied by
elaborate directions for their use.
Most of these are to be ground up
with sausage meat and tinned ham
burger steak.
" "Every supply house advertises li
quids to be rubbed over the surface
of meat to take away bad odors.
Borax, formaldehyde, salycilic acid:
and all the other things found in the
undertaker's outfit are exploited in
Aniline Dye Inventor.
The fiftieth anniversary of the in
vention of the aniline dye is to be cel
ebrated by the world of science by the
Dr. Perkin. in the National Portrait
Gallery, and a bust in the rooms of
the Chemical Society at Burlington
House, London.
Asbestos and Aluminum.
The lightest and strongest sub
stances known, so far as we are In
formed, are asbestos and aluminum,
each for its purpose.
Influence of Music
It was Roger Bacon who wrote: "In
strumental music and song brings
power and vigor, stirs up nature and
helps her in all her motions," and the
xcan who takes a daily dose of music
will not only live longer, but better,
more satisfactorily to himself and
those about him, than one who does
not. Exchange.
With the waning of the honejrssoon
many, a brave man begins to regret
the fnUare of h saint-hearted rival.
HEM HORRORS
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these advertisements. Dealers In
'smoke colors' explain in their circu
lars that the use of these varnishes t
and that is what they are called in
the circulars give to sausages the
true color of the smoked product and
save the loss in weight that is sus
tained when they are put in the
smokehouse.
"I have a friend who has perfected
a process for deodorizing ham that
has spoiled around the bone during
the smoke process. He is employed
by the trust, and his method is to re
move the bone from these spoiled
hams, which are known to the trade
as 'No. 3 grade,' and thrust in a white
hot iron. This sweetens the meat and
the hams go out of the place labeled
'No. 1 grade ham.'
"Skinned Hams' Ancient.
"Skinned hams, which are suppos
ed to be a special product, are only
the hams of old hogs with skin so
thick and tough that nobody will buy
them. The skin is removed and
ground up with spices and potatoes
and called head cheese. One of the
trade circulars which I sent to Mr.
Roosevelt contains this receipt for
headcheese: 'Twenty pounds potato
flour, eighty pounds hog rind, one
pound borax; spices to flavor.'
"Here is an affidavit taken before
Alfred H. Jennings, a notary, who can.
furnish the name of the man who
made it. It states that the affiant
was employed for eight months as a
car line salesman. The man left be
cause he could not stand, the sights
he witnessed in the packing houses.
T had first to learn the products,' he
says, 'and had to study all the pro
cesses of manufacture. Previous to
this employment I had been a butcher
and was an expert Judge of meat My
attention was at once called to the
quality of the cattle killed in the es
tablishment and canned there. Many
of these cattle were so emaciated as
to be just able to drag themselves
along. I have seen sausages hung in
vats to be dyed red. As a result of
what I saw in Packingtown I have
never since eaten canned meat or sau
sages, except that which I knew was
not made in large packing establish
ments.'
"President Roosevelt has a copy of
this affidavit
Human Flesh in Lard.
"Chicago newspapers were surpris
ed when I told of men falling into
lard tanks and being rendered Into
lard. I personally have seen tanks
with openings six feet across the top
almost on a level with the floor and
the room full of steam. When the
President's commissioners first came
to Chicago they were told stories of
men falling into these tanks, but they
refused to believe them until they
had fuller evidence.
"A woman in my employ told me
her husband had been told by a saloon
keeper that a man in the employ of
the firm fell into a vat of boiling lard.
He made no sound after he disap
peared in the vat and the man who
worked beside him gave the alarm to
the foreman. The foreman immedi
ately ordered every other workman
out of the vatroom and locked the
doors, after which he- and the man
fished what was left of the body ont
cf the vat The saloon keeper gave
the name of the man who had helped
to take the body from the boiling
lard. He also said the widow of the
dead man received $2,500 from the
packing company to keep the story
from the President's commissioners.
"When my friend went to the ad
dress given to get the story for the
commissioners under the pretnse that
he was the representative of an in
surance company, he was set upon by
the ignorant Poles In the house and
called a spy. Ha did not get the ad
dress of the widow, who had been
sent t- Nebraska to get her out of the
way of the government investigators."
FULL FACTS MAY BE DEMANDED
Report on Conditions in Packing
Houses Likely to Reach Public
(Special to the Chicago Record-Herald.)
WASHINGTON Public Interest
has been so thoroughly aroused by
the smothered scandal that has In
fluenced the passage of the drastic
meat inspection and sanitary regula
Important Duty of Truth.
The simple truth is that no young
woman, and equally no young man,
can be better or more wisely en
gaged than in trying t-i find a suit
able partner for life, and in fitting
herself or himself to be worthy of
that partner when found. Helen Old
field. Gesture language still exists in parts
of Australasia. Some tribes possess so
excellent a code that it is almost as
efficient as a spoken language.
Black for Gun Sights.
A black composition for gun sights
Is made by mixing one drachm of
fine lampblack, half a fluid ounce of
methylated alcohol, and half a fluid
ounce of spirit varnish.
Trade m Human Hair.
The human hair fersu a prof table
crop. Five tons are asnaaUy import
ed by the merchants of London. The
Parisian harvest is upward of 200,000
pounds, equal in value to 9400,000 a
year.
tion bill In the Senate and which will
accomplish the same result In the
House that the publication of the
complete Neill-Reynolds report on
conditions at the Chicago stock yard!
may he demanded. Senators and rep
resentatives of anti-trust proclivities
desire that if startling facts have
been unearthed regarding the manu
facture of products constituting a
great part of the food consumed by
the American people the country Is
entitled to the full Information.
In connection with this prospective
demand for all information in Prest
dent Roosevelt's possession, a rumor
reached Washington from New York
tonight to the effect that Upton Sin
clair, whose book -"The Jungle"
inspired the President to send his con
fidential agents to Chicago, has writ
ten a letter to the President urging
him not to withhold the Neill and
Reynolds report under any circumstances.
As to the matter of a demand being
made from Congress, it was stated
that the investigations had not yet
been completed. As to whether the
results of the investigations would be
given publicity even If the Beveridge
measure becomes a law and the pack
ers agree to carry out the sanitary
regulations prescribed by the govern;
ment it was stated that that point
had not been determined.
It has been the expectation of the
interests vitally concerned that the
report of Commissioners Neill and
Reynolds would be withheld If oppo
sition was not made to the drastic in
spection regulations proposed, al
though it Is not on record that the
President made any direct promise
as to that Whether any promise
was made or not the fact remains
that some of the members of Congress
declare that nothing should operate
to suppress facts concerning & mat
ter of such momentous importance,
and hence a demand, possibly in the
form of a resolution, may be forth
coming.
If it does come a decidedly inter
esting situation will be developed, as
it is doubtful whether the President
feels that the i nvestigation made
under his personal direction is some
thing to be disclosed for the mere
asking. On the other hand, he may
hold that publicity of the report rests
solely upon his own discretion.
Speaker Cannon and Representa
tive Madden of Chicago spent two
hours today with Commissioner of
Labor Neill, the latter detailing af
fairs pertaining to inspection of meat
products as carried on at present and
also relating some of the things he
found in his investigation which form
the basis for the sensations of the last
week. Many of the things which Mr.
Neill referred to have already been
spoken of in articles giving the gist
of the reports so far as they have
been prepared, while others, less
startling really than some that have
been published, are still of a charac
ter that forbids them from being
printed in a newspaper.
One point particularly noticed by
Commissioner Neill in his tour of in
spection was that men cutting meat
from the bone for canning wore gun
nysack aprons which had not been
washed for weeks or months, and
that they were in the habit of wiping
their hands on these aprons covered,
as the commissioner declares, with
germs and grime that were the accu
mulation of months.
Speaker Cannon is understood to
have declared himself in favor of giv
ing the Secretary of Agriculture au
thority to provide for a rigid inspec
tion of packing houses and all meat
products, but he has not yet studied
the provisions of the Beveridge meas
ure. The agricultural appropriation
bill, carrying the Beveridge inspection
measure as a rider, probably will get
back to the House tomorrow and will
go at once to the committee on agri
culture owing to the fact that certain
amendments carrying new appropria
tions were adopted in the Senate. This
will give the opportunity for consid
eration of the inspection measure that
has been contended for in some quar
ters. Representatives of the packers and
live stock men are expected in Wash
ington in some force tomorrow. As
previously announced, the only open
objection advanced to the Inspection
bill has been with reference to the
provision putting the cost of inspec
tion directly upon the packers. It is
quite probable the agitation of even
this question will be dropped in order
to prevent if possible, any further
stirring up of sensations that already
are bad enough.
Want Report Made Public
WASHINGTON Representative
Sulzer of New York on Tuesday intro
duced a resolution calling upon the
president "if not incompatible with the
public interest," to send to toe house
at his earliest convenience the reports
of Charles P. Neill and James B. Rey
nolds "in connection with their inves
tigation of the 'Meat trust,' the stock
yards and the meat packing houses of
Chicago and of other places, and all
data, exhibits and all correspondence
relating to the same."
Vegetarianism is all the vogue
among those who take thought what
they shall eat and what they shall
drink. Bridge and boiled cabbage
came in together, and who .shall say
which has the firmer hold upon per
sons of fashion? New York Times.
The raft spider gets the name from
Its habit of building a raft of dry
leaves and other light materials, fast
ened together firmly by threads of
eilk. in order to pursue its prey in the
water.
Womanly pride is often construed
as meaning that she would be asham
ed to have people know her husband
cannot afford to bay her whatever
she wants.
London's Charities Weil Supported.
It is estimated that the 724 charhV
able institutions in and around Lsn
don last year received fSS.DM.OM
from the benevolent public
Jerome K. Jerome has the middle
name of FJapka.
THE LAWN AND LAWN MOWER1
How to Keep theXowcrin Good Or
der Better.te Mam Twice Than
Once a Week,
The lawn mower Is generally much
abused by the majority of those who
'tse it When nicely adjusted and in
rood working order it may be kept
o by a hair's breadth turn of thd
adjusting screws or bolts and no one
ihould be allowed to meddle witfr
these parts unless he fully under
stands them. The blades of the laws
mower strike the cutting bar in such
manner as to be largely self-sharpening
and no machine, it well oiled
and adjusted, will need sharpening
unless it is run into stones or other
hard substances that may dull or bend
the knives.
The ordinary machine oil used upon
larger machines than the lawn mower,
on wagons, etc. Is too heavy for the
lawn mower except in very hot weath
er and should be thinned with an
equal amount of kerosene. No ma
chine will keep in perfect working or
der for a great length of .time with
out cleaning and the lawn mower
which is run through so much dust
and dirt should be taken apart once
or twice every season, each part care
fully cleaned and wiped and then
freshly oiled. The machines with
large wheels and ball bearings run.
more easily than many of the older
patterns, but the latter, if kept in
perfect order, will run with compara
tive ease and will do good service for
many years.
When the lawn clippings are short
not over an inch In length, they will
settle down among the grass stems
and decay, but If they are too long
or are wet they will bunch and in
very warm weather will smother the
grass stalks and roots under them. In
most cases it will require less time
and effort to mow twice a week ifid
let the clippings drop on the ground
and remain there than to cut but once
a week and rake up the clippings, as
must often be done. Chicago Chron
icle. TIMELY FLORAL NOTES.
The Season for Various Favorites and
the Commoner Flowers Not to
Be Despised.
Oriental poppies, with very large
and imposing peony-like flowers, make
a brave show in the garden from the
end of May through the first weeks of
June. These will bear transplanting
if carefully handled.
Foxgloves, white, spotted and pale
lilac, are well worth a place in any
garden.' In the hardy border, where
they are best placed, it is well to
plant them back of sweet Williams or
else with peonies. They blossom at
about the same time and the tall,
graceful spikes of foxgloves rising
above and behind the others produce
a beautiful effect. Canterbury bells,
having much the same habit as fox
gloves, are grown in the same fash
ion; they are white; pink, blue and
purple. Both are biennials; that is,
start from the seed one year and
blossom and die the next They are
much more effective grown In clumps.
Marigolds, both the double French
and the double African, are apt to be
treated with contumely during tho
reign of more delicate and beautiful
summer flowers, but with what grate
fulness we turn to them in October,
when everything else is gone!
The new varieties of zinnias are by
no means to be despised. They are
fine in color, many new shades having
been developed, are very double, and
are fine for house decoration, the
stems being long and stiff.
Ida D. Bennett says she has grown
salvia splendens (scarlet sage) to e
height of five feet, in a bed of marst
earth kept well supplied with wate?
through a pipe. Salvia will do well it
the hottest sun if well supplied with
water. Michigan Live Stock Journal
RETAIN PRIMEVAL IDEAS.
TprMang Axe Not Free with Informa
tion to Agents of the Gov
ernment Alexander Posey, the Creek clerk in
the Dawes commission, who works for
the government among the full-bloods,
runs across some interesting characters
among the Indians, some of whom live
far from towns, speak their own lan
guage, seldom get out of their own
neighborhood and still have faith In
the treaties of the government with the
Indians.
One of these Is Artus Hotlya, who
cannot speak English. The other day
Mr. Posey went to Hotiya's place to
get information concerning a child
of Hotlya who had died. In reply to
questions Hotiya answered:
"You crossed the Wewoka creek this
morning? It is spring and the water
runs; you see the green grass on the
prairies; the grass still grows. Our
people have agreed that so long as water
runs and grass grows, we shall not have
our lands divided nor our governments
supplanted. I am not yet ready to give
information."
This speech was made In Creek and
represents the dignity and faith of the
old class of Indians who still resent the
government allotment of lands. When
it was explained to him that all the In
formation wanted was such as would
make possible an allotment for his
child, he replied:
"God has given her an allotment in
the graveyard. She is dead. The al
lotment there Is all that she Is entitled
to. A grave Is all the allotment thai I
am entitled to and all that God intended
that I should have. It is enough. The
Great Father placed the Pacific on one
side and the Atlantic on the other, and
the land between he gave to the Indian.
"The white man came and he set cor
ner stones and told the Indian that he
must live between these. The Indian
cannot live so. He is being stifled by
the white man, who has disarmed him
of bis bow and arrow and driven from
the forests the game. The end of the
Indian is near, but I am not yet ready
to contribute to hastening it"
One Man's Way.
Hyker Ardupp doesn't seem to wor
ry about anything. He makes light of
all his troubles.
Pyker That's right Every time a
creditor sends him a bill he cuts it into
strips and uses it for cigarette wrap
pers. Chicago Daily News.
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"You bet." Is the only comment
Dick vouchsafes, but his manner
shows how coolly he takes the stir
ring information given, which may
mean the greatest of danger and per
haps death.
Truth to tell, he Is worried secret
ly, but only because those are with
him who may be injured in the me
lee. He has already considered a
scheme, wild though It may appear,
by means of which he shall win the
favor of the assemblage, and thus
crush the Incipient rebellion.
It is too late for them to get away
from the crowd. As soon as they
make a move the very thing they seek
,to avoid will be precipitated upon
them.
Some other plan must be tried, and
the more Dick Denver reflects the
more convinced he becomes that his
wild thought is not such a bad idea
after alL At any rate, it suits his no
tion as a clever way to win the sym
pathy of the crowd, which, like most
of its kind, is, in general, a good
natured one, ready to swing with the
hero of the hour.
Dick would like to confer with his
comrade, but this is hardly possible
now without allowing the ears of Miss
Pauline to catch what they are talk
ing about, and he hardly cares to do
that
So he must depend upon himself,
and. taken with a sudden notion, de-
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cides upon his unique plan to outwit
the senor and his clique.
He will take all the City of1 Mexico
Into his confidence the good people
shall hear how some of their fellow
citizens endeavor to persecute those
whose only sin has been the extension
of Mexican business the restoration
of her most famous mine.
Already the situation has grown
grave. He can see scowling faces
around, and it is evident that if, as he
believes, the followers of Senor Lo
pez mean them harm, the crisis will
not long be delayed.
Bob is close to him Bob, whom he
can trust in any event, and who will
protect Pauline with his life if need
be. He presses against the sheriff.
v "Look after Miss Westerly, my dear
fellow. I'm going to astonish these
chaps a bit. The spirit is moving
within me. We're In the net here:
you can see the senor's, adherents all
around us, scowling like demons.
What I propose to do but time
passes, and the opportunity is ripe.
Watch me, my boy."
Bob's curiosity Is, of course, imme
diately aroused; he cannot for the
life of him imagine what it is his com
panion aims at The object may be
plain, but the means which he Is
about to employ are decidedly hazy.
It may be readily understood, there
fore, that Bob watches his companion
with great interest, though he does
not for an instant forget that he has
a charge to keep. Dora no longer
hangs upon his arm; he must have
both of them free In order to meet
the difficulty, if it comes, with his full
strength.
Pauline wonders, too. The words
she has heard Dick utter open her
eyes to one fact and she takes note
of the scowling faces around them.
One glance she gives, and then de
votes her attention to the man she
loves. What Is It he means to do,
this man who does not seem to fear
any danger so long as he accom
plishes the work which he sets out
to perform?
Dick's sudden notion Is a strange
one, but quite suited to capture these
people, who depend a great deal upon
sxcitement to keep them In the land
sf the living; a champion bull-fighter
is here a hero, just as in Madrid, the
dol of the populace, until someone
somes along who overturns this bra
ten image.
Dick knows this as well as the next
man, and it has a bearing on bis
movements. He has seen a way by
means of which he can probably win
the good-will of the crowd and baf
fle the plans of the clique. However
tagey it might appear In almost any
other country, it goes here as a
mighty dramatic effort
He has timed himself well. The
band of Pedro Gomez rests for a brief
period they have gained much ap
plause by previous efforts, and will
soon endeavor to win fresh laurels
with the last selection on the night's
program.
It Is at this moment that a man
comes clambering up onto the dais
or platform that has been erected
for the band a man whom those
nearest recognize as an American.
Surprise keeps them almost quiet,
only a sort of murmur passing
through their midst proclaiming the
astonishment with which they behold
this bold act
What is he about to do? Is he a
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nana leader, or does he Intend to
present his thanks, accompanied per
haps by a substantial present, to. the
man who can draw out such wonder
ful music?
Ah! 'now he clambers over the rail
ing; with a bound he Is on the plat
form. Cries arise more of the as
semblage has discovered him. What
does he now?
Dick turns to face the crowd he
finds a thousand eyes fixed upon him.
as though he were some prize animal
at a show. He raises his hand, and
his wonderfully powerful voice rings
across the plaza.
"Silenclo!"
All noise Immediately ceases they
wonder what this American senorhas
to say to account for his singular ac
tions. Dick takes the bull by the horns
he proceeds to invite these good peo
ple Into his confidence, well knowing
that they admire bravery, and will
side with the man who appeals to this
feeling.
He begins by telling them of the
situation, the plot against a brave
young woman, simply because she
chances to have inherited a large
share of the El Dorado Mine, de
scribes lightly some of her ; persecu
tions to which she has been subject
ed, and thus gains the good-will and
sympathy of the crowd in the ad
vance. His manner is fervid, so that he
carries them3 by storm. Cries of
"bravo" are heard, showing that the
people are with him. Not a sound
has as yet been heard from Lopez,
the schemer, or any of his lieutenants.
Perhaps they are too amazed at this
peculiarly bold movement of the en
emy, and hold their place because
they do not know what to say.
Having carried his auditors along
with him thus far, Dick now springs
a surprise. He boldly proclaims that
one of the leaders in the miserable
scheme against the welfare of a
young girl Is a man whom they have
known and admired in the past by
reason of what they considered his
bravery, but who is now sunk so low
that it is doubtful whether he would
dare to respond to a challenge, and
meet the speaker face to face upon
that platform, without arms, to prove
himself a man capable of defending
himself with the weapons nature gave
him.
Dick knows his man well, and
doubts not the result of his speech
it is a consummation devoutly to be
wished, and he has taken the surest
way of accomplishing his end.
Then, with some expression of dis
dain for the man who has sunk so
low, he gives the name of Tordas Bar
celona, creating something of a sen
sation, for the time was, not long ago,
when the inclosure devoted to the
baiting of el toro in the City of Mex
ico rang with vivas and bravos for
this same athletic bullfighter.
In the midst of the exclamations a
roar is heard, not unlike that which
a mad bull might emit as he sees the
red muleta dangled in front of his
eyes. This comes from the man who
has been thus publicly challenged by
the gringo horse-tamer. Barcelona
has heard. Barcelona is even now
pushing his way forward, hurling peo
ple right and left in his desire to
reach the stage, and thereby making
enemies. Barcelona is no longer the
Ifittttan Will ifehm&
By WILLIAM H. CRANE.
the Actor.
particularly the actor, who has so much depending on him night
after night. But there's a way of meeting the headaches, colds and
toothaches that everybody has. Heaven knows, I've tested it. And
I've found it good. It's will.
I suppose few people realize, to look at me now, that for years
I was a nervous dyspeptic of the most sorely tried sort.
There were years when a dinner of a toasted cracker and a
cup of hot milk gave me acute distress four hours afterward. Night
after night I used to go through my part with the lights and scenery
swimming around me in a dyspeptic daze, and night after night I
used to lie awake in bed, wondering how much longer I could
stand it.
The habit of feeling that I must be on hand, however I felt, has
taken strong root in me. It began years before, when I was getting
$io a week and my expenses at the Royal Lyceum theater in Toronto.
I was their one and only leading man. I used to do the lover in a
comic opera one night, the villain in a melodrama the next, and a
clown in pantomime the third. Many a night I sat up in bed studying1
a part until five in the morning all from that driving sense that I
must do it because there was no one else. That is the kind of ex
perience that stiffens up the will.
cool man who meed to stand la treat
of the bull and await his chance h
Is even now frothing at the moatfc
with fury.
Dick sees him coming, and laagass
It Is his desire to so enrage the other
that he cam manipulate him as aw
pleases.
He even makes some remark to the
crowd relative to the bullfighter, and
from the laugh that bubbles forth it
Is evident that he has the popular
esteem on his side to begin with. Dick
does not pin his faith on this; he has
seen the fickle nature of Spanish and
Mexican crowds before now, and if
Barcelona can gain even a temporary
advantage over him, these same
throats that now roar forth bravos for
the Yankee will possibly resound with
cries, "Muerte los Americanos!"
Now the other reaches the staging
he seizes hold and begins to mount,
just as Dick did before him; seeing
which, that worthy takes off .his
lightweight coat, and rolls up tho
sleeves of his shirt knowing what am
effect such little dramatic actions
have at times, and the shouts that
arise prove him correct
The members of the band, as deep
ly Interested In this singular game as
any present, move back to make
room. Fortunately the platform is
of a generous size, and will allow the
participants in the unannounced bat
tle free play.
Dick does not cast more than one
glance in the direction of his friends,
and seeing Pauline with a look of the
deepest concern upon her face, it
nerves him for the task to come
under her eyes he will exert himself
as never before.
A victory over Barcelona will carry
with it such popular favor that the
game that has' been started on the Al
ameda will be blocked in its inception,
and must at least be transferred to
the El Dorado.
Now Barcelona flings himself over
the railing of the stage his exertions
below have already winded him in a
degree, so that he Is hardly in a con
dition to face one so much at home
with his hands as Dick has proven
himself to be.
In his present frame of mind the
Mexican does not care he would
rush at one ten times as strong and
agile as Denver. Twice before, of
late, he has found occasion to, regret
meeting the American, but this is all
forgotten in his present heat of pas
sion. Dick awaits his coming in what ap
pears to be a rather careless attitude.
Every eye is upon these two figures
thus brought face to face in the pres
ence of the multitude, as champions
of their respective causes.
When Barcelona advances he dou
bles his fists and makes ready to de
molish the man who has dared him
to the combat. Perhaps, if he can get
within easy reach, he may do consid
erable execution with the terrible
power he controls, but the trouble
will be to get that near with a man
so used to keeping on guard.
Up come Dick's hands his attitude
would delight the eye of a champion
in the ring, it is so easy, so graceful,
and yet so full of conscious strength.
The Mexican appears to be a human
avalanche, hurling itself down the
side of a mountain. Dick is the rock
upon which it will split.
He is no longer Inactive his arm
shoots out and the loud thump Is plain
ly heard. A shout arises as the glad
iator of the bull-pen staggers back
from the concussion he who has
been used to hearing cheers in his
favor now learns what it means to
feel the sting of rebuff, the shouts
for his antagonist.
He becomes a little more cautious,
since that first staggering blow has
knocked a portion of sense into his
skull he waits for an opening to get
in one of his terrific strokes that will
stretch his antagonist senseless at his
feet.
Now Dick begins to play with him
as a cat would a mouse his superior
education in this line, and the agile
powers which nature has given him,
make this an easy matter; Indeed,
there does not seem to be one in all
the crowd who does not see through
the bull-baiting and enjoy it Thus is
the biter bitten the man who has
played the hero so many times, and'
convulsed the crowd by his antics
with a confused bull, now finds him
self placed in something of the same
position.
(To Be Continued.)
Plate Glass Loss f 1,000,000.
It is announced in Pittsburg that as
a result of the San Francisco disaster
plate glass manufacturers will desert
the long standing custom of closing
their factories during the hot months
and operate them at full capacity
through the summer, to fill Pacifie
coast orders. It is estimated that plate
glass worth $1,000,000 was destroyed.
Never make terms
with a headache back
of the footlights.
Will sheer, down
right will. That's the
safest, surest emergen
cy tonic I know. Of
course, a man's got to
take care of himself
on general principles,
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