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AN EXTRAORDINARY ACTION
Employers Base'Their Suits to Recov
•r on the Belief That the Proceeding
Is Similar to That Successfully
Every bank and trust company In
the city has been served with notice
that it must Inform the sheriff's office
whether It has money or other prop
erty belonging to the union or to any
of the members named in four suits
for $50,(MM) each by members of the
Bridgeport Manufacturers' association.
ATTACH WORKERS BANK ACCOUNT
The New York World, discussing tills
newest attempt to kill free labor says
editorially:
"Alleging damages of $200,000 by rea
son of a strike and the picketing of
their plants, certain Bridgeport (Conn.)
metal manufacturers have sued to re
cover from striking niolders. They
have had attached the homes of these
men and any other property belonging
to them which can be located, and it
is said that the suit Is based on the
Danbury hatters' case.
"This is an extraordinary
nvMES OF STRIKING WORKMEN ALSO TIED UP
Waged Against the Danbury Hatters.
Brief History of the Latter Case.
The homes and bank accounts of
forty members of local Xo. 110 of
the Internationa! Mulders' union,
Bridgeport, Conn., have been attached
by Ieputy Sheriff T. J. Cunningham
as security against a possible judg
ment for against the union
and the members of It who have taken
a prominent part in the recent foundry
strike there.
action in
itself. With the Danbury ease
for a
precedent, it Is made all the more an
example of capitalistic arrogance. That
case grew out of a nation wide boycott
which came to be condemned as a
conspiracy in restraint of interstate
trade under the federal anti-trust law.
Threefold damages were then assessed
and collected by way of punishment.
"This case appears to lie wholly
local. There has been no prosecution
or judgment for unlawful conspiracy.
It relates to a strike which Is lawful
and as remote as anything can
from the condemnations of the Dan
bury case. It relates at the worst to
picketing, which was either lawful or
unlawful under state law. If unlawful
it should have been dealt with at the
time as criminal, and if direct dam
ages arose from failure to suppress it
suit for recovery w.iul.l evidently lie
against lie city rail hp than against
the criminals.
"If the homes strikers or peace
ful plcketers can b» attached for any
resulting losses to the employer, then
labor ceases to be free. It becomes
slave. Is his the Issue In Bridgeport V
The Danbury Hatters' Case Recalled.
The final decision in the Danbury
hatters' case was rendered by the
United States supreme court Jan. 5
191«"». The court held that the hatters
who struck in July, 1002. must pay
$252,000 damages.
v
The suit was brought by Deltrlck E
T.oewe & Co. at Bridgeport In August.
1002. The strike and boycott took
place in July of that year. The amount
originally asked for was o, but
the Sherman law awards triple dam
ages in case of a verdict for the plain
tiff.
On April 22, 1915. Loewe Co.. by
publication In the Bridgeport papers,
notified the hatters that unless the
judgment was satisfied the company
would begin foreclosure of attachments
on the personal property of the strik
ers.
The United Hatters of North Ameri
ca. In convention in New York May 22
191ft, refused to devote any part of
its funds to pay the judgment, but it
pledged an assessment of 1 per cent
on the weekly earnings of the mem
bers to help the 1R0 hatters upon whom
the judgment fell.
The American Federation of Labor
had earlier announced it would not pay
the judgment. Fifty of the original
strikers had died during the litigation
leaving additional burden on the re
mainlng 180.
Early tills year, however, 1'resident
Samuel Gompers designated Jan. 27
as "hatters' day," and called upon all
of the 3.000,0* »0 members of the fed
eration to turn ever one hour's pay to
help the hatters. The appeal pro
duced $132,138.55. A second hatters
day was set for June 15. The amount
raised then has not been made known
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LABOR NOTES.
The scale for union laborers in Mil
waukee is 35 cents an hour.
The Bakers' International union put
out 714,000.000 labels on bread last
year.
Sand and Tip Cart Drivers' union
Boston, has put into effect its new
scale, which raises wages $1 a week
The strike of iron and metal workers
at the Harlan & Hollingsworth corpo
ration plant, Wilmington, Del, has
been settled, the men winning most of
their demands.
Members of the Paper Box Makers'
union to the number of 12,000 recently
went on strike in New York. They
want recognition of the union, higher
wages and a shorter day.
DRILLED TO PERFECTION.
8ecret of the Military Success of "the
Madman of the North."
From drill man gets accustomed to
doing under any circumstances what
has been hammered into his brain time
after time till it becomes second nature
to him.
Charles XII. of Sweden, "the mad
man of the north." ripped most of
Europe up the back again and again
because Ills soldiers were drilled to
perfection before he let them take the
field at a time when there was great
neglect of drill in other armies. He
valued 1,000 well drilled fighters above
10,000 not so well drilled, and. madman
or genius, his judgment was vindicated
repeatedly in terrible battles
One night Charles XII. was surprised
in Poland by an attacking army of
8,000 when his scant force of GOO was
sleeping-like the dead from the ex
haustion of a liar.l march. Before his
outposts and sentinels could be driven
in his small band was aroused, mount
ed, formed in battle line—ail in pitchy
blackness—and swung into a tierce
charge upon the enemy. By daylight
the Russians and Poles who had
thought to eat him up were virtually
annihilated.- Westminster Gazette
How Clouds Are Colored.
The color of a cloud depends on the
manner in which the sunlight falls
upon it and the position of the ob
server. It will if noticed that high
clouds are a|wa\s white or light in
color, and this is because the light b.v
which they are seen is reflected from
the under surfn«-e by the numberless
drops of moist which go to form
the clone! Ilenv, rain clouds, on the
other liaiid, are found much nearer the
earth, and so the light falls on them
more directly from above, giving a sil
ver lining to the cloud, though the un
der surface appears black owing to
the complete reflection and absorption
of the light bv tli* upper layers Seen
from above by an observer in a Hal
loon the blackest rain clouds appear of
the most dazzling brilliant white
Duels In Greenland.
when one man has
ii inei
tile adversa
i atire in verse.
i»s to
In Green lam
been insulted l\
ries each conv
This each him
lus
he
An Odd Team.
Over one of the trails
of
of
a camel and a small mule,
uid. while the leads may be unevenly
distributed between them, the mates
never disagree Each draws his por
tion of the load, the camel loping along
Willi «Teai strides while the
mule
trots beM.le dim
His Conundrums.
"Pop. tell me some conuudrunis."
"Conundrums': Why I don't know
an.v conuii'ii nuis. my sun'"
"Oh, yes Miit do! I heard mother
tell Aunt alary the other day that you
keep her guessing most of the time."—
Exchange.
tiagie and Snake.
The eagle will dive upou a snake
whenever it gets the chance. The eagl
usually swoops upon its prey, seizes it
by the tail, bears it aloft aifiT lets it
fall. It never attacks it when coiled,
but first drives it to flight by screams
and the beating of its wings. The
snake is either killed or stunned by the
fall, whereupon the eagle carefully cuts
off the head and devours the body
which Is usually very fat.
Under Obligation.
"That man Jones backed me Into a
corner last night and kept me there
two hours telling me the bright things
his two-year-old boy has said."
"Gosh! You must owe Jones an aw
ful lot of money if you'll stand for
that!"—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Contrary to Precedent.
"The speaker seems to be an ttnliBU
ally modest man."
"What makes you think so?"
"He makes all his promises In the
first person plural and all his excuses
in the first person singular."—Birmine
ham Ace-Herald.
Made Both Ends Meet.
Flatbush—Times are not what they
used to be.
Bensonhurst—Why not?
"Because when I was a kid I used to
put my toe in my mouth, but, believe
me. I can't make both ends meet now
—Yonkers Statesman.
God rewards good ileeds douo here
below—rewards them here.—Lesslng,
VOL. XVI. NO 28. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IB, 1916.
CHILD LABOR BILL.
Provisions of the New Law to Prevent
Toil of Children.
Without debate or record vote the
child labor hi 11 was accepted by
th' house of representatives with the
senate amendments and put on its
way to become law with President
Wilson's signature.
The bill represents the result of
years of struggle in congress between
forces urging the conservation of child
life and those opposing It on many
grounds, chiefly that It was a question
for the states ami not the federal gov
ernment.
It would not have become a law at
this session of congress had not Presi
dent Wilson, after the Democratic cau
cus, decided to eliminate it from the
administration program, visited the
capitol and insisted upon its inclusion.
As it originally passed the house, it
proposed to bar from interstate com
merce products on which child labor
actually had been employed. As
amended by the senate and now per
fected, it prohibits shipment between
the states of all products of any estab
lishment. which employs child labor.
It bars products of any mine or
quarry employing children under six
teen and products of any mill, '•at*
nery, workshop, factory or manufac
turing establishment employing chil
dren under fourteen or which employs
children between fourteen and sixteen
more than eight hours a day. more
than six days a week or earlier than
5 e'cloek in the morning or later than
7 o'clock in the evening.
The bill becomes effective
a
WHAT WORKMEN WANT.
Freedom of Speech, Justice and the
Right to Organize.
in the course of a recent interview
by a New York World reporter. Wil
liam D. Mahon, president of the Amal
gamated A--"fiation ..t' Klectric Street
anil Hailw.i\ Employee^, told the fol
lowing story:
"We had a
i k e
a I
the Sahara
desert the queerest of teams is employ
ed in drawing a two wheeled cart
which carries light freight. Tlie team
consists
.Mile
men in I
IM TI.KIt COUNTS
year aft­
er flic date of the president's ap
proval.
.nit in Indiana a
while ago." In -nid, "and left it to
arbitration, n- always aim to do.
This tin ]i. i.,••. er. the arbitrators
irave iv worst of it. To do my
best I
1
ft wring from the !•ard
any ions that seemed i lh
W i e i i i i 1 1 1 e- 1 1 o e
u n i o i i i- u n i o n I
lie
lie
ad b,.|.|:
ed. I old hen..
i 1
that
e o u n i z
the
|riy Ml Id not
e i I -i n o
told
facts .-i:id asked e 111 11
about it
e
i
i
use hold
re.
women
and
Then
until the s rvani
know it in heart
meeting is appointed Tli
the insulter and insulted,
and the offended, stand
and each recites his poem.
and servants form a chorus Each man
tries hard to raise the la igh against
his adversary Each mai speaks in
turn, whipping the enemy with epi
gram and quip, and after two hours of
this wordy battle the meeting gives
the victory to him of the two adversa
ries who lia- amused tlie whole as
semlily nm-a
a '-lace of
wo men.
!h "ITender
ce to face
His friends
e .ddesl
e i i e e o
i e y e e I a 1 O
man. i i ii s|:,\e twenty-five
y e a s
.•nnui'd an-l
i i e
and been
a traifoi i myself beea e I had i
be. I co
talk in fav .r
.,j"
I knew I'd be tired if I did.
a union.
A
raise in
pay might o-ee handy to a lot of us.
but it ain't in l! w it Ii being free.' Tears
were streaming down his face, and I
guess they were down mine. All of us
realized the way lie felt. All of us
had been up against it It's this slav
ery—this depriving a ma n of his funda
mental rights, free speech and united
action—that is the worst thing about
the situation wherever rapid transit
employees are not organized. The pay
here in New York is the worst of any
large city I know. But the intimida
tion of the men is worse yet."
A BLUFF EXPOSED.
Campaign Against the Seamen's Aot
Has Ingloriously Collapsed.
"The se.amen's law is working out to
the
good
advantage of both employers
and seamen."
This is the announcement of Secre
tary of Commerce I'ledtield in an inter
view June 10. referring to the oper
ation of the La Toilette law to make
the seamen free- men and to protect
the traveling public against disaster.
Along with this declaration comes
the news that the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company will resume business be
tween San Francisco and the orient on
Aug. I'.K The Pa. ilie Mail fought the
seamen's law tooth and nail. It re
sorted to all sorts uf methods in tryini:
to break down this humane measure
Finally it tried to bluff the administra
tion and the public into the belief that
this law was "driving American ship
ping off the high seas." It failed in
this, and it did sell its vessels to go
into the Atlantic trade. It sold the
ships at a tremendous profit. Now it
buys a new fleet to reap the big money
in Pacific transportation.
In the light of this, what will the
people think of those threats of the
Pacific Mail? The assaults of inter
ested business upon measures of social
justify are to be taken only for what
they are worth—sordid and dishonest
buncombe. The seamen's law stands.
The campaign of the shipping interests
against it hits collapsed—collapsed be
cause of Its own rotten foundation.—
La Follette's Magazine.
Labor Clearing Houses.
Plans for establishing federal laboi
Clearing houses in every state were an
nounced recently by Commissioner Ca
minetti of the immigration bureau as a
step to widen the government's cam
paign against unemployment. Tin
state headquarters will undertake to
co-ordinate information as to local con
dUions and make possible a steady
flow of men who are out of work to the
positions for which they are best suit
ed. Mr. Caniinetti also said he had
worked out arrangements with the war
and navy departments by which all
men in the army or navy on retiring
may finel ready for them the kind of
work they want in the place where
they want it. A young men and boys
department similar to the women and
girls' department inaugurated last
May is to be created by the service.
FLAGS OFjEiiND
Only Since 1798 Has Green Been
the National Color.
BEFORE THEN IT WAS BLUE.
That Was the Color of Fionn Mac
Cumhaill's Standard, Which la Said
to Be the True Flag of Erin
—The
Ancient "Spear and Serpent."
The universal belief concerning the
flag of Ireland is that it has always
been "the harp without the crown" Im
posed on a field of green and that
green has from flme immemorial been
Erin's color.
I venture to say tlnit ninety out of
every hundred per-.ns will assert, in
answer to a query, that the harp on a
green background has constituted Ire
land's national design these many cen
turies, this belief obtaining generally
among the Irish themselves.
In opposition to this belief it will ap
pear strange when the asseveration Is
made that Ireland's national color un
til something more Hum a
I'entury
ago
was blue
It may indeed produce a bit of a
shock to many who have been wedded
to the notion that "the Knterald Isle,"
"the shamrock -t en •.,ur green
isle beyond the -e.y i ., i,er similar
expressions were ii di ..-htbiv and for
ever connected with oiintry's lia
tionai colors.
But as a tter «.r fact the green
flag made its 1 rst a nance in Hits,
the year of tie n fir. so that its
flags go it s natively new.
Green, you kn. w. i a fiend of the or
tngo*at)d the »lue.
w.d
that green was
it is asserted
ado
n o
j„
inces.
In point of anthnif. ti,.. .ef Irish
flag is the "spear and serpent," which
appears in the arm- iie O'Sullivans.
It is said to commemorate the incident
of Caodhal (.las, the ancestor of Mille
sius, who, tradition says, was cured of
a snake bite by the rod of Mose-
Next to that comes the flag of Fi-m
MacCumhaill's militia, the golden sun
set on a blue groundl and the weight of
opinion among all Iilsh students of re
search seems to favlr this as the ti n
national
flag
ley felt
Indect blue was alw
Ireland's national col ir until 1798.
Quite a n win itr «.t her flags have
figured in !r d, hi and each of
them lias its line of enthusiastic sup
porters. Not the lea popular among
these is the Mag ex i ting three golden
•rowns fmpe. ed blue _r.. nd,
which figures at the i recent, day In the
arms of the province .Munste:
This (lag was acce i ed after the \..r
njnn invasion in the year 117" a- Mi.
ensign of Ireland, lie three crowns
representing the king* oms of Desmond,
Ormond and Thomoni It win retain™1!
until 1.147, when lien
y II!
it and substituted the harp
Coming
down
Tile trieoloi reen. white- and or
ange -"The or i
n.e
THE EIGHT HOUR DAY. $
$
I have recommended the con- $
cession of the eight hour day—
that is, the substitution of an 8
eight hour day for lie present ten 8
hour day In all the existing prac
tlces and agreements. 1 made
this recommendation because I $
believed the concession right. $
The eight hour day now undoubt
edly has the sanction of the Judg
ment of society In its favor and
should be adopted as a basis for
wages even where the actual $
work to be done cannot be com
pleteel within eight hours -Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson. $
HEALTH INSURANCE.
Plan of Measure to Be Introduced In
8tate Legislatures.
Recent reports by the l*nlted States
public health service, the commission
on industrial relations and the federal
department of labor, all indicating
enormous suffering and economic loss
among wage earners on account of
sickness, have stimulated keen interest
in health insurance legislation. The
Wisconsin Federation of Labor at its
recent annual convention voted to con
duct a vigorous legislative campaign
next winter, and
the
any one yea
benefit of $5o
paid In emm
and eninc
one-f.ii
will supervis
le mutualix
dents of the
.tboii-h.'d
to more recent times it
is found that the parliament of Ireland,
of which llcnrv Orattan was the head,
did not r- ui i -i. eii although it did
accept tbe :. 'idi.it parliament's flag
was a golden na n on a blue ground.
At the time :he union with Eng
land in lSiU'ti i:e Hag was evolved ap
pa rent ly for the express pm of in
corpora ting it with what i- now known
as the union jack, but it ika** not -eem
to have caught the popular ft:n- nn\
more than the act ef union.
This was the red saltire on a white
ground, which was christened St. Pat
rick's cross. "onrently it was taken
from the arm- Trinity college at
Dublin, thouti, !. tv Dublin came by it
is a mystery.
and green, with the
stripe of pea. e fe'-.veen" i the rec
nlzed flag of tin- Iri-di \'a!ionall.k
whose aim is eoinuiete indeper denr,
.Tames T. Do\ le in Baltimore A n e
Hard to Move In Russia.
An American wished to no\e fr
the principal hotel in I'etrograd to
a smaller
hotel
around the corner. He
came down with his bag packed ready
to go. "Sorry," said the manager, but
you cannot leave this hotel or register
at another hotel u
port from the pol
a day and a n
through exactly
if you were leavl
r»til we get your pass
•e, and that will take
gilt. You must go
tie same pren edn-e
the ceiuntn
Gallieni s Epigrams.
The late Ceneral (Jallieni was a
master of epigrammatic expressions
"Don't criticise until you an remedy."
Is one. "If you've got brains, use
them if not. plan.' cabbages." was an
other of the general's sayings. "Set
things going, and keep them going."
and "Say what you want done, but
don't say more than a man can re
member," were two other counsels.
Westminster Gazette.
Temperament.
Technically, temperament means "the
special type ef mental constitution due
to natural characteristics of the bodily
organism." Broadly speaking, temper
ament is character—the mental make
up of a person, the way he is inclined
to think and feel about things in gen
eral.—New York American.
His Own Defense.
The charge was assault and battery.
"Have you any one to defend you?
asked the judge.
"Defend me!" exclaimed the prisoner
indignantly. "1 don't want anybody
I'll defend myself. Come on. any hal
dozen of you."—New York Times.
Glory is never wherfe virtue is not—
Le Franc.
American \-o
e a i o n o a o I i
with a model bill
s a i o n 1- i
which
it
Insurance,
Imous deM-isi
favor. One
Mr. Louis
the introduc
in Wisconsin,
1798 by the
United Irishmen to :y the union of
north and south. :,ge being the
color affected in tic n ft hern part of
Ireland and blue in ''a--
annoum -es
will be introduced into more than tfien
ty state legislatures next January.
At the University of Wisconsin this
year the joint debate was fought out
on the issue*5' Involved in compulsory
health
with an almost uuan
i of the judges In its
the recent graduates,
prepared a plan for
,l nf insurance
i ne-epted by
i tie academic
posal is similar
with great care
v. !.!• :.
the faculty a- -s
nih.-rn
prov
i
degree. Mr. Blocli
to the plan worked
anel published
headquarters b\ the
elation ForT.af"! Legislation, of wl
staff Mr. Blocli Is now a member.
I lie New York
American A-
Briefly staled, the model bill of
association provides universal in
ance {l
i a i n e I n
worker- a:
a o -h
than SUM'* a month. Benefit
medical treatment, and medi
well as n cash compensation
v. o third- w a.
e
n i:
There is also a bu
•uitributions are
a mounts* by employ.
"safety lirst
ed the enii't1
pensatieui la\'
Calif' i: 1 a
official
FIRST
i e i I i
CUSTOMS IN LIBERIA.
A Land Where Mothers Teach Their
Young to Bite and Slap.
An amusing incident is related by
Amanda Smith in lier experiences as a
missionary in Liberia. In attempting
to gather the little children together
for a day school she made a chart of
a few of the letters of the alphabet
and hung It upon a tree. Needing a
pointer, she picked up a stick and, aj
proaching the chart to teach, was sur
prised to see all her children running
away pellmell. They knew nothing
about the use of the pointer, but le
lleved that the stick meant a beating.
"A stick is put into children's hands
here almost as soon as they can crawl,
and they are taught to beat instead
of to pat. The mother is pleased when
her babe learns to slap her and bite
her, and she continues the battle for
his sake. This means in. disrespect.
He is learning to be a warrior—Is
learning to be brave. At times I have
been bitten hard by these warlike little
ones because they misund."-stood my
European ways. But n child
attempted to bite mo a
get
jt
writ I e:
and tit
lesson- ':e
use ti i
F*'°":
CI raft in 1
vast scale
The
eign
battle
T'husetts i
hich are i
vealth lpo"rn:
and
n n
preparin
for 11 .
servers
legislaii
e o
Till le I
ffe.-t
in
till
LINE OF DEFENSE.
Trade Unionism Prevails Against
That i
a e u i
Long
Hours and Low Wages.
nisni is a first lin
defense a-nf-•- long hours and
wages i- e -itinionv
ot the
vey re-e-o-t
Sprlnsj
a e n- e a
s and exhibits of
nidation. The evidt ..
e calm language1 of
ejiicnl i•' f.n.'t. I»\es
e New York headeinar
tleeted tin
ire* of e\
dug the
luent of surve
Russell Sage ft
is offered In
nonpartisan
tlgators from
ters of the f«Inulation
original data, alid half
ports collaborated in e'
suits and =1. J'::' i n _r i
tlons.
The full report "wili say. an
things, that the investigation re..:
"shorter hours as the rule
shops.' Ulioug
i n
e n n e i n
shops, f"! example. "I '-,••• cent Inn
eight hour day, while in the nn n
ized establishments only 7 i
worked eight hours or less.
per ceut of the men
.- i e o u i e u n i o n
n
in
the ui
shops, moreover, worked t. n hour
compared with 37 per vtui in the
union work places. These figures
strongly to support the trade union
point that organizeel workers are able
to gain, and do gain, for themselves
advantages which workers acting in
dlvidually do not enjoy, and the\v re
fute the claim of many employers
who oppose organization of their work
ers that they voluntarily grant all of
the benefits which employees might
Miners Out In Button Strike.
Men and boys to the number ot a
thousand ceased work in collieries in
the Shamokiti (Pa.) region, increasing
the number of Idle workers to 15.000.
Putted Mine Worker leaders are ac
tlvely engaged in counseling order in
the ranks of the strikers and encourag
ing them with statements that the
gtrike will end satisfactory to the un
ion. This Is another of the so called
button strikes, union men going out be
cause workers not in good staneling
not entitled to wear the United Mine
Workers' button- were permitted to go
to work.
Moyer
Re
4
4
4
i
-elected.
President Charles Moyer and Secre
tary-Treasurer Mills of the Western
Federation of Miners have been re
elected by a referendum vote. Dele
gates to the American feeleration are
President Moyer,. Joseph D. Cannon,
James jberts and P. J. Reardou.
second time.
My re-cepfion of his act was so elilTer
ent from that of his parents that he
didn't care to continue the battle.
Fear often prevents it ready re
sponse to our efforts to carry on sehuui
work among these children," she con-
Inues. "In one village it took three
years to persuade the ic .,
their children come
they said. Vur children i -i
(he white man's art. 1!'
such things they wili b.
soldiers by the go.en nn n
"Again, supersi i- i. n
dren back, ff a !•••. hucs
to school
'. hole
school brea i* .roof
enough that tin
parent- .nary
must again.
'Vers ne school-,
under n ••in lac If n
the pr.c have to
write e-ll bat,a t!!i
leave-.-
i s s i e i o
the penh"i I.
the
una to
tie'?.
Square Is the name. Squateis our aim
All Suits and Pants made to your
individual order in a
Union Shop
The SquareTaifors
106 HIGH STREET
Peliabie Dealers in
Dry Goods, Carpets, Cloaks, dueensware
Millinery. House Furnishings
VDss-Holbrock Stamps with
all Casb Purchases.
Meet him at
tin fin of a
Cor. Front and Hieh Sis.
Merchants' Dinner Lunch
Served every Day
Lunch CounterConnected
$1.00 PES YEAR
1UU5 The plans Wei accepted, me
steel contracteel fer. an army of work
ingmen assembled at Odessa and In
the course of time it was reported tiiat
the battleship was ready for launching.
The governor of the province person
ally broke a eh am pa'-it o bottle over
her bow, and a month later she put
to
sea on her trial trip Then news
came that the battleship had sunk
somewhere in the Black sea. Some one
was suspicious. An investigation was
ordered, and it developed that the
battleship had never been built at all.
—MetropoIitan Magazine.
A Wonderful Bore.
The 11!.i-' wonderful boring apparatus
In tin- w or .i .-c*-e.i by the great
ichnentiion i-• otn .osed of three
black hiaineiiis, ail extremely fragile,
no larger or stilTer than a horsehair
and about five inches long These fit
together with groeves and gliele easily
along their entire length. The three
when fitte*d together are no larger in
diameter tf n i small ueedle anel so
flexible that, a light breath of air will
bend them.
Y.-t
with this remarkable
Instrument wner can bore thre*e or
four iiicia
it
to the hardest wood.
This tool i p. .-sessed only by the fe
male anel i-
n
ovipositor, or egg lay­
ing apparatus. Boring v. hich takes
hours to aoeompii-h is the purpose
of laying one eg}.'
e
esident's Oath.
liie uaii n iffiee taken by the in
coming pre-an of the United States
Is the she and the simplest re
quired ler on earth
it is
scribed iconstitution
pre­
a
is
a s
follow
"I do solemnly ,fr affirm) that
i will faithfully eN.-cut.- office of
president of the United Sta :id, to
the best of my ability, prot.e serve
and defend the eoustituti ... f* tb«»
United S-.
a
Start1
appin
\i
her r.
wo mt
hfisbt
faim.
era to
wake
them
name.
i.fe
you
wi'i ii»nl
wn. quiet chap who
every minute to suc
man to beat than the
tident is
—Deti '. i':-e-s
count of a
while her
"'aflng
msiil
vives
i n.on ta\k
i miner
hefou-
If
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