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if NT" i' N ^J JU I $f\ m#x: QL, 20. NO. 49 MREE WERE ENOUGH FOREMAN'S GOOD REASON FOR STOPPING DAN'S TRIPS. Happy Events Were Succeeding Each Other in Record Time at the Maho ney HomeTime to Put a Limit on Dan's Responsibilities. Kavanagh tells it himself and ays ver word of it is true. Kavanagh jught to know he was superintendent )f the works. Dan Mahoney (accent oa the first syllable, unless you wish to excite the wrath, of everj- true Mahoney)Dan set his pick against a rock ami walked" iver to the foreman. "Misther Brady," said he, "I do be linking I ought to go home for a few nihutes. The woman wasn't very well when I left this marning." "Go on home, Dan," said the fore man, "and stay there as long as the woman needs you." Dan's home was not far away. In in hour or so he was back at the works, his face beaming with joy. "It's a fine boy I have, Misther Brady," he said to the foreman. It was Dan's first, and his elation was not surprising. In about half an hour, however, the ?mile came off and a look of anxiety took its place as he approached the foreman-again. "Misther Brady said he, "could I iisht run over home and see howr MICROBES FOR FIELD MICE. French Scientist Has a Means of Ex terminating the Pest. The pest of field mice has been growing in some of the rural districts of France until it has reached such a stage that the government has taken action, and a novel and highly scien tific method of killing the mice has been resorted to. Poison was tried at first, but it was found that it was eaten, with fatal effect, by domestic animals as well as the mice. Dr. Danysz of the Pasteur institute made some experiments with mi crobes which are fatal to mice, some years ago, and discovered a bug which kills them, but is. not fatal to domes tic animals. The government has tak en this, up and appropriated a good sized sum of money to, distribute cul tures of this microbe throughout the infested (district. The cultures .will be sent into the country, where a small quantity of -salt water will be mixed with them, and then oats soaked in the liquid. This grain Will be distributed in the fields, and it is said that the disease -thus scattered spreads rapiuly and y5 per cent die within ten days. Bos'n Must Go. Among the changes now on the car pet is the .abolition of the boatswain. So far as one can gather, the idea is to -make all boatswains of less than fifteen years' seniority qualify as gun ners, and'let this rank gradually die out, as that of the old navigating offi cers has done. These alterations will remove one of the-oldest warrant ranks in-the navy. The "Batsmen," as the boatswain was originally called was in the ^ear lier days a much more important in dividual than he is to-jjayin fact, he seems to have ranked almost as high as the sailing master of the ship. Ropes and sails and masts and yards were always his specialty, and the dis appearance of these from the fleet seems likely to be followed by his own. Not that there is any lack of work for him to do. Even in the modern ironclad the boatswain has important iuties to perform but the authorities seem to think that the duties may iust as well be discharged by the gun ners, who'are now on the top line in everything, so much importance is at tached to the branch for which they specially qualify.Pall Mall Gazette. The Audit.. I kept account with Grief, And many a tear-stained leaf Of charges made .a book. But when Joy came, .he took His pen and audit made, When lo!N the ink did fade From every page. My score Invisible once more. He entered some amounts And certified accounts Tbat proved me solvent still _Rich in but dreams of ill! ^5Since when, if life annoy, charge not Grief, but JoyV Chicago Journal E APPEA KEEP S IN FRP BECAU SS E T=STTn ATTE: l-It aims to publish all the news possible 2It does so impartially* wasting no words 3Its correspondents are able and energetic* the woman-is-gfetting'along? I'll be back soon." "Sure," said Brady. "Go on Avid ye, rod stay as long as ye like." Dan was gone only a little while. When he returned the smile had come oack to his face. "How's the woman?" the foreman asked, sympathetically. "She do be getting on fine, Misther Brady, and we have another boy." "Twins, is it? Good for you, Dan." Once more Mahoney took up his pick, but as he pecked away at the hard earth his thoughts were with the wife and little ones over yonder in the shanty. "It's no use, Misther Brady," he finally said, "I've got to go home ag'in and see how everything is." "Sure, Dan! Go 'long," said the fore man once more. This time Mahoney wras gone only a few minutes. When he came back his face wras a picture of amazement. He didn't know whether to be su premely happy or miserable. "Be gob, Misther Brady," he panted, "we have another boy at home." "What's that?" exclaimed the fore man. "Another? T'ree o' them? Look here, Dan Mahoney. you jusht take up your pick there and kit to work. Be gorra, every* time you go home you have another boy. This thing has got to stop somewhere, and I might as well stop it right here."Brooklyn Eagle. MAKING OF PATENT LEATHER. Much Care Needed to Turn Out At tractive Article. Japanned leather, generally called patent leather, was first made in America. A smooth glazed finish is first given to calfskin in France. The leather is curried,- expressly for this purpose, and particular .care is taken to keep it asliree-as possible from grease. The sftins are then tacked on frames and coated with a composition of linseed oil and umber in the pro portion of eighteen gallons of oil to five of umber, boiled until nearly solid and then mixed with spirits of turpen tine to the proper consistency. Lamp black is also added when the composi tion is applied in order to give color and body. From three to four coats of this are necessary to form a sub stance to receive the varnish. They are laid on with, a knife or scraper. To render the goods soft and pliant each coat must be very light and thorough ly dried after each application. A thin coat is afterwrard applied of the same composition of proper consistency, to be put on with a brush and with suffi cient lampblack boiled in it to make a perfect black. When thoroughly dry it is cut down with a scraper having turned edges, when .it is ready to varnish. The principal varnish used is made of linseed oil and Russian blue, boiled to the thickness of printers' ink. It is reduced with spirits of turpentine to a suitable consistency to work with a brush and then applied in two or three separate coats, which are scraped and pumiced until the leather is perfectly filled and smooth. The finishing coat is put on with special care in a room kept closed and with the floor wet to prevent dust. The frames are then run into an oven heated to about one hundred and sev enty-five degrees. PHRASE OF GALLIC NEATNESS. Compliment That Could Not Fail to Turn Away Anger. George Grey Barnard, the sculptor, is hard at work in France, in the town of Moret, upon his decorations for the state capitol at Harrisburg. An American visited Mr. Barnard's studio in September, and, while he was watching the sculptor modeling, a strange looking figure reeled past the windowa long-haired man in a velvet coat, with a bottle of wine in each hand. This figure paused in the quiet street, took a sip from each of the bottles and/went on again. "What a queer spectacle,"" said the visitor. "That is the town drunkard," said Mr. Barnard. "He is a person of tal ent, too. He writes verses, paints a little and has composed four popular songs. He is such a witty chap that it is dangerous, in conversation, to cross blades with him. "Sometimes he says the pleasantest, brightest things. One evening, for *n- stance, he was staggering homeward, after an afternoon at the cafe, when the town marshal met Mm. "See, here, Casimir,' the marshal said, 'why don't you stop drinking if not for your 'own sake, then for the sake of your two boys? Your exam ple to those little fellows is perni cious. It will ruin their career.' "Cassimir smiled bowred and waved his hand deprecatingly. 'My dear marshal,' he stuttered, 'de-dedespite what you say, I in tend to make of my boys what you will never be able to make of yours.' '''What is that?' said the marshal. "'Better men,' said Cassimir., 'than laeir father."" Woman's Happiest Age. When,a girl is eighteen she thinks the best time of a woman's life must certainly be from eighteen to twenty two. When she has passed her twen ty-second year, she Is decidedly of opinion that from then until the age of twenty-eight really marks the lim its of the best time, and when thirty comes on the scene she is ready to give way to all those who believe a woman to be then at the zenith of her life. It is generally maintained that after twenty-live the average woman begins to attain her physical and men tal perfection, and that for some eight or ten years after this she still- re- tains her charms undiminished. Af ter this time, of course, it depends en tirely upon the woman whether she chooses to advertise her years, or by her charming personality and clever dressing conceal all ravages of time. Exchange. English Girl Fond of Dogs. Miss Ruby Cooke, daughter of Lady Cooke of Easthorpe, England, is be lieved to own one of the finest collec tion of dogs in the world, including Mighty Atom, which weighs just two and a half pounds. Another of her fads is photographing, at which she and her brother are experts. Also she goes in for fine embroidery, plays the guitar, mandolin and banjo (in ad dition to the piano, of course), and is a famous candy-maker. Edison at Telegraph Key. A crowd of fashionable folk gath ered in the Orange club of Orange, N. J., and received the election returns over a special wire. Thomas A. Edi son at at the key and received re turns, writing them out in his copper plate hand. He took the returns a long time before relinquishing his place to the regular operator, and seemed not to have lost his old skill "With the key. -v- When Love Goes Reaping. When Love goes a-reapin', In the light or the mist. The rose for your keeping By? his red lips kissed! The thornshow he chides them! They would wreck thy rest But he takes them and hides them. In his own dear breast! F. L. Stanton, in Atlantic Constitution.* Sightseers crowded the famous New York subway for hours the day fol lowing its opening Oct. 30. It is esti- HAD ENOUGH OF LAW ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE IN DAM AGE SUIT. Verdict for Substantial Amount Suc cessively Dwindled Until There Was About Enough Left fpr One Night's Real Good Time. "Owen O'Brien, well known in Lawndale, sustained dangerous per sonal injuries while running an eleva tor in a paper mill in Appleton, Wis.," said Lawyer George S. Foster. "He brought suit against the paper com pany in Judge Jenkins' court and was awarded judgment for $15,000. The company's counsel appealed the case and it was retired before the late Judge Gresham. "The latter held that the complain ant should have made himself ac quainted with the condition of the ele vator before taking the risk of run ning it. His directions to the jury were to the effect that the company was not responsible for the accident. So the jury brought in a verdict exon erating the company and the $15,000 judgment went glimmering. "The company, however, recognized that O'Brien, who had been long in its serviee, was entitled to some compen sation, and therefore offered him, through his lawyer, $1,000. This the lawyer advised him not to accept, as be had gopd grounds for an appeal and would prohably get judgment in his favor on a third trial. He told O'Brien to return to Chicago, whence he had come to attend the, trial, and that he would probably hear favorably .from' him in dite time. "After about sixty days O'Brien got a letter from a Chicago lawyer ask ing to see him at the latter's office. 'Well, your attorney in Wisconsin has settled that case of yours,' Owen was informed when he appeared. 'Everything has been arranged very favorably and there is some money here for you and a document to sign.' "He pushed toward him a Written undertaking to abandon all claims against the company and any further legal proceedings in consideration of the sum of $0. 'But I was to get $1,000 anyway/ protested O'Brien. 'Oh, there were costs of court and lawyer's fees and other expenses, and this is ail there is left.' "O'Brien refused to sign and went forth to seek satisfaction. Lawyer after lawyer declined to take up the case. At length- one obliging lawyer said he would, but on reconsideration thought it would be hopeless and ad vised him to accept the $60, saying he would go and get it for him. O'Brien reluctantly consented, and the lawyer got the money. He deducted $20 for his services and handed O'Brien $40. And O'Brien ,was so mad he blew in $20 before he went home and had only $20 Itft."Chicago News. ^f^?" .^VAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MllK.v ^tTURDAl. DECEMBER 3.1904. NEW YORK SUBWAY A 1|0NUMENT TO SKILL 0 AMERICAN ENGINEERS One of the fi nest pieces of engineering skill in the world to-day. BAN ON TOBACCO CHEWING. Edict Issued Nearly 200 Years Ago Against the Habit. In the code of laws passed, by the towns of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield in the years 1738-39 may be found the following on tobacco chewing: "Forasmuch as it is observed that many abuses are crept in and com mitted by the frequent taking of to bacco, it is ordered by the authority of this court that no person under the age of 21 years nor any other that hath not already accustomed himselfe to the use thereof shall take any to bacco uhtll'hee hath bought a certif icate under the hands of someone who are approved for knowledge and skill in physicks that it is useful for him and also that hee 'hath received a lycense from the courts for the same. "And for the regulating of those who either by theire former taking it have, to theire apprehensions, made it necessary to them or upon due ad vice are persuaded to the use therof, it is ordered thaj no man within this colonye after the publication hereof shall take any tobacko publiquely in the streets, highways or any barn yards or upon training days, in any open places, under the penalty of six pense for each offense against this order in any of the particulars there of, .to bee paid without? gainsaying, uppon conviction by the testimony of one witnessthat is, without just ex ceptionbefore any one magistrate. "And the constables in the several towns are required to make present ment to each particular court of such as they do understand and can cohvict to be transgressors of this order." Why He Preferred a Curate. Dr. Lang, the pop.uIaiC bishop of Stepney, was forhkfely" honorable chaplain to Queen Victoria, and a good story is told of, an interview he once had with her majesty^, "I hear, Mr. Lang," said the queen -""excellent accounts of your work at Portseaf and I find that you actually keep a staff of twelve curates. You should take to yourself a wife. I believe you would be able to do with at least two curates less." '"Ah. no madam," was the prompt reply, which greatly amused the queen, "that would scarcely do if I have a curate who does not suit I can get rid of him, but I could not do the same with a wife." Defective Page mated that 180,000 people rode in the ter were children. Lack of ventilatioi underground trains during the after- has been found the chief drawback noon, and that of these fully one-quar- the subway. Fortunes in Texas Onions. More fortunes are being made in growing Bermuda oninions in Texas than in the -oil business. Some capital is required to bpeirate in the Texas oil fields, while in the onion-growing bus iness an investment of a few hundred dollars is reasonably certain of bring ing a profit of several thousand. The area of the state in which onions can way around the block be grown is limited, but it covers many hundred thousand acres. This land is situated in the extreme south i western part of the state, THREW OUT GUESTS' THINGS Tidy Wife Thought They Belonged Her Husband. A night editor in New York was. talking about the late Amos J. Cum mings. "When Cummings," he said, "was beginning his newspaper life he had the good fortune to attract the atten tion of the leading editor of the day. This editor took him up, pushed him along and paid him a good salary. "The editor was absent-minded and he never could remember that Cum mings' first name was Amos. Asa was the nearest he could come tc 'Amos, and the wise young Cummings listened in silence to sentences from him that began: 'Asa, write a good story about or 'Look here, Asa, can you get up a story on' or 'Asa, I like your work. I am going to raise your sal ary.' One day Cummings had occasion tc call at the editor's home. He was ushered into the parlor, and he laid his hat, gloves and stick on the mar ble-topped table that stood in the mid dle of the room. "The ditor entered, and the two men began a long, interesting and im portant talk. "In the midst of their discussion the editor's wife swrept into the parlor. This woman was noted for her tidi ness. She did not give so much as a nod or~a look to her husband or his companion, but strode up fiercely tc the marble-topped table, gathered in her hands Cummings' cane, hat and gloves and with a snort threw them out of the window. Then she stalked forth again. "Cummings looked at the editor. The editor looked at him. Then, g. in a soft, apologetic voice, the editor said: 'She thought they were mine, Asa.'" Mulish-. There are persuasive ways even for dealing with a stubborn mule. At the entrance to the subway extension near^ Trinity church the other morn ing a negro driver tried to persuade his impassive steed to enter the cage in which he was to be lowered down the shaft. The mule approached the cage, but not nearer than two feet. There he stopped, and no amount oi patting, tugging or kicking availed to move him forward.. Finally the driver divested himself of his coat and tied it about the mule's eyes. But that wasn't enough. The sagacity of the kick* was too great, and he again stopped on the edge of the cage. The mule was led away and turned around several times to mix him' up. He was not to be mixed. Then the cage was moved and the driver led his mule blindfolded .all the This time he was fooled and was in the hated cage. It had taken an hour and amused at least a thousand passersby.New York Sun. FASHION WAS HIS HOBBY. HE SAW IT FIRST. MINNESOTA Convincing Argument Produced in Youthful Debate. Jim and Fred, brothers of six and four years of age, were fond of argu ments between themselves. They were arguments that never went be yond the wordy stage, but on occasion became somewhat heated. They were out one day with their hiirse when they happened to pass an old house that was a landmark in the neighborhood, instantly the rpirit of dispute was aroused. Said Jim the elder: "I saw the house first." Fred picked up the gage of battle promptly and replied: "No, you didn't I saw it before you did." "No, you didn't," persisted Jim. "1 saw it before you were born, 'cause I'm the oldest than you and passed by here 'fore you were born." This was convincing even to Fred's infantile mind, and- for sometime he was..silent. Then, after_a pause he announced triumphantly: "I don't care if you are the oldest, I saw it before you. When I was dust I blew by this house and saw it." Jim was silent.New York Tribune. Pinning Off Onion Smart. "I have been putting up preserves and pickles for Ifliirty years," said a housewife of the old school, "and I ^discovered the other day that I am not too old to learn something new. I went to see my son's young wife. They were married last winter. She was putting up onionsa decidedly disagreeable task. But her eyes were not watery. They were as clear as the sky. She simply nodded and mut tered something between closed teeth. 'What in the world are you keep* ing that pin between your teeth for?" I asked. "She removed it long enough to say: 'To keep the onions from hurt ing my eyes. I'll be through in a minute.' 'Do you mean to say that will do it?' I asked incredulously. "She nodded. The pin was in its place again. She kept if there for ten minutes while I watched her work, and her eyes were as dry as a wal- nut." "The Other Side." Trouble came to try himno rainbow in the sky! The gentlest winds a-blowing had the sorrow of a sigh. But he saw a star a-shining in the firma ment on high, And sang about "The other side ol Jordan!" The Lightthe Light was with hirp! the light that ever dwells In the soul that hears a welcome o'er the saddest of farewells He heard the ringingsinging of the everlasting bells, And sang about "The other side oi Jordan!" And the world, it heard his singing, and gave back an echo true Its fading flowers quickened with the 'freshness of-the dew The shadows left the dim sky, and all heaven came in view He sang about "the other side of Jordan!" Frank L. Stanton In Atlanta Constitu tion. Life and Death. But all God's angels come to us dis-. guised Sorrow and sickness, poverty and death, One after- the other lift their frown ing masks And we behold the seraph's face be neath, All radiant with the glory and the calm Of having looked upon the front oi God. James Russell Lowell. Delusion of Women Doctors. The students in the London School of Medicine for Women were recent ly advised by one of their instructors, Miss Murdoch, to avoid uncommon forms of clothing and to do the best to dissipate the idea that medical women are careless about their personal at tire. "Those who imagine," she said, "that slovenly dress is associated in the public mind with cleverness are certainly under-a delusion." ,f Object to Steel Building. The Berlin authorities have de clined the request made by the Manu facturers' Union for permission to erect tall steel frame buildings of American design in Berlin. HISTORtCAuif^tes SOCIEIV.^ THE APPEAL STEADILY GAINS \P- BECAUSE: /oiing Clerk') Clothes Better Than Those of His Employer. "I went into a large clothing store he other day," said Swellman, "to rind out something about men's fash ions for the horse show. Naturally, I sought the head of the department. 'Bless you,' he said, don't know. don't dress in that class myself. But have a clerk who can tell you ^all about it. Boy, ask Mr. Blank to please step this way.' "In a moment I was approached by one^pf the greatest swells I ever saw in aiy. life. He wore one of the new! English long, loose morning coats of a light brown color, a white waist coat and trousers the tint of a rob in's egg. To my surprise he was not at all affected in his manner. Clothes were his hobby, that's all. He talked of fashions as enthusiastically as a man familiar with racing would talk of horses. He knew all about the styles in London and Paris. He un derstood precisely what was wanted for the horse show. As I came away I said to the head of the department: 'That young man seems to be well up in his business.' "'He's a wonder,' was-the reply. 'When he isn't waiting on customers he is reading fashion magazines, and looking at tailors' plates. Last sum mer he had. a khaki suit brought over from England by one of our buyers that for shade and texture could not be duplicated in New York. I couldn't afford to dre^s as he does, if I want ed to.'* 4It is the organ of ALL Afro-Americans. 5It is not controlled by any ring or clique 6It asks no support but the people's. SINGULARITY OF OCCUPANTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. President Roosevelt the Second to Wear a MustacheMost of the Chief Executives Clean ShavenChester Arthur's Facial Adornment. When Roosevelt is inaugurated on March 4, 1905, he will be the second President with a mustache. Cleve land was the first. Whatever the presidency of this country has done for the incumbents, it has not been productive of beards. The first of our chief executives -ver as clean shaven as Benedictine friars. J. Q. Adams was the first to break the rule, "but he was not a full bearded President. His facial growth of hair hardly came up to what are usually termed side whiskers, but they were a trifle more expansive than the Scotch Presbyterian type. When he retired the beardless presi dent came in again v.rith Value of Learning by Sound. "What do you think of the new idea of teaching children by sound." asked the Theorist of the Man With a t'am ily. ~m .40 PEE YEAS. N O BALDHEADS YET it $- sc! Jackson, but his successor, Van Buren, brought to the White House almost an exact pat tern of the whiskers grown by J. Q. Adams. William Henry Harrison again set the beardless face. The seven who came after were clean shaven. When Mr. Lincoln'was elected there was not a hair on his face, but before he finished his first term he wore a sparse beard, with clean shaven upp^r lip. One of the authenticated stories is that he did this to please a child. Grant was the first President wim a full short beard. His immediate successor, Hayes, was the first to wear full, long whiskers, covering his shirt: front. Garfield also wore a full beard, but was less luxuriant than that of Hayes. Arthur, who was the most correct dresser of all the Presidents, was the first in the list to. grow the Burnside type of whiskers. Benjamin Harrison's beard was fuil, with a- slight tendency to curl at the end. and was tinged with gray. After Cleveland the clean shaven face returned with McKinley. The mustache came in for the second time when Roosevelt succeeded. Most of the Presidents wore bounti fully supplied with hair on top of their heads. The two Adamses were the first to show a slight tendency to bald ness. Van Buren was bald on the fore head. Garfield was similarly marked. Polk, was the first and only Presi dent who wore his hair in the ante bellum Southern style. It was long and reached back from the front, over his ears. Buchanan was the first and only one, so far, to wear the top roach. Cleveland in returning to his second administration showed a tendency to baldness. McKinley was not notice ably blessed with a heavy growth. But no baldheaded man, as the termi is understood, has yet been President: of the United States. A "I don't seem to take to it," said the latter. "I did, of course, at, first, for I believe that our educators are achieving wonders in the way of help ing the youngsters to, get their educa tion with ease. But I had a practical demonstration the other day that the new system has flaws. My six-year old boy showed me. "It was after his first day at school and he came home considerably puffed up with his own importance and the excitement of the thing in general. 'Well, Bill,' I said, 'what did you learn to-day?' 'Yes, papa,' he said, 'I learned who made the first American flag.' 'Good,' said I. Here was a fine be ginningeducation and patriotism all at once. 'So,' I continued, 'And who was it?' 'Patsy Ross!' "And he seemed so pleased that I hated to tell him he was wrong, and that he had done Betsy Ross a wrong by giving a man credit for her immor tal performance." Election Bets Won and Lost, One of the heaviest eastern winners by the Republican victory is Thomas L. Woodruff, ex-lieutenant governor of New York state, whose bank account has been swelled about $30,000. Of this amount $20,000 was wagered with Senator McCarren and his friends that Parker would not have 25,000 plurali ty in Kings county, $10,000 that Roose velt v/ould carry the state and $500 even that Higgins would be elected. The bet on the state was made at 2 to 1. The morning of election Mr. Wood ruff sent word to the McCarren peo ple, that he had $20,000 more to bet that Parker would not get 25,000 in the county. He could not place the money. Congressman Tim Sullivaa backed Parker and is a heavy loser on the result. The Bachelor's Wish. Wanted a wife, To sweeten life, By bachelor young and healtnyr I do not care, So the lady be fair, How poor she may be or wealthy. She must not be tall. Nor yet very small. But beautiful, gentle and young. With eyes that are bright And a heart that is li*ht And one who can bridle her tonrue. With a soul full of love, And as pure as a dove. And a form that Is slender and lry With a voice like a birds, Though of 'not many words. And as light on her foot as a fairy. And when I can find One Just to my mind, Who'll love me sincerely ana ever I vow not to leave her, J/,*- Nor harm her, nor grieve her, i Till death shall the pair of usfeyert Alfred Wneelsr. ,fr 1 I'tw