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CONtRACTi .WORK FOR THE GOV
?!-.? ml xtn ERNMENT.
' Triero Is' no renaon for surprise at
the formal announcement of Attorney
General iMoody'h opinion that war?
ships being built undor contract at
private yarda cannot he eonaldbrod
government work. In ho far as the
application of the eight hour law la
concerned. The scopo of the deci?
sion was not only foreshadowed lu
. Washington dispatches, hut the view
tnken by the attorney-general Ik the
? practical, common sense vlow tit tho
subject. Under the Constitution I ho
. law-making power has no right to In?
terfere with tho operations of legal
contracts between Individuals and
corporations or between corporations
and corporations. This principle Is
too firmly established and has been
uphold by too many courts to require
argument lu Its hohalf. Of course,
tbu government bus a perfect right
, to specify tho number of hours Its
own Individual employes are to work
and It has a perfect right to apply
those hours to the men engaged lu
supervising the contract work on war?
ships, but It Is uqually plain that II
has no right to Interfere with the op
eratlmiB of voluntary contracts enter?
ed Into between a shipbuilding com?
pany and its workmen. If tho shin
wore a complete failure the los3
would not fall upon tho government,
but upon the contractor. That one
fact should clearly answer every con
t tentlon advanced by those who wish
lo make government regulations ap?
ply.
Thouo who are working for the uni?
versal application of -the eight-hour
rule dud little ground for hope that
the reform may he brought about
through legislation. Tho workers
must depend upon their own resourc?
es and upon their ability to convince
the world at largo that the best Ih
terests of civilisation will be advanc?
ed by the adoption of the principle
. for which they stand.
AS TO GOOD AND BAD CHILDREN.
? This paragraph recently appeared
In the Woodbine Georgian: "A I Illi?
cit,! proverb says: 'Bad sons are horn,
a bad mother never.' We have pro
greased beyond the stage of belief or
fueling represented In Hint saying.
We now believe, declares Hie New
York Tlme3, or affect to believe, that
no bad sons are 'horn'?that there
are not even any bud children, but
that all badness Is developed In I ho
adolescent period by the suggestion
and example of the. social environ?
ment. "
The foregoing iprovokos this com?
ment from Suggestion, the Chicago
"now thought" magazine: "It Is now
Universally recognized by psycholo?
gists that all children are born
'good;' that a had child or an evil
man or woman Is made so by ad?
verse and undesirable suggestions. If
S child is cross or vicious or cruel
tbo cause will be found in the par?
ents or guardians or touchers. It a
Child associates with ovll companions
the parents are at fault. Briefly
stated, a bad child means u bad .par
? tint. A child's character simply re?
flects tbo character of its associates.
When all parents are 'good,' then all
children will be 'good.'"
All of which is Interesting, If true.
;: There are, however, certain concreto
cases within the knowledge of nearly
i every man which have a icnTlency.tn
> Shatter this generalization. Some of
the molt vicious reprobates alive
have been ralBed la the families of
notably pious and good ministers.
Then, too, there. are. cases -without
i','\'. 'Xl.-V^V. ? !
number where of two brothers, each^
raised under'the sumu InflueiiceB, one
goes to the bud, while the other laj
an honor to his family and to the
human race. Can wo unreservedly
accept the dictum: Oood parents nec?
essarily menu good children?
Dr. Crapscy, has. foubd eleven
grounds for objecting to the decision
against him. These Include attacks
on the way the court was constituted,
the way it curried on its business
and Diu mittlre of its Undings. In
cases of this kind It certainly seems
that a decision should be reached
without all the bickering which usu?
ally characterizes u case in the secu?
lar courts. If Dr. Crnpspy is guilty
of heresy he should have been uhlc
lo recognise lite fact without n trial
at all, and should have withdrawn
without going Into the "trial." To
an outsider, however, it seems that
the same old personal Hellish ideals,
which have little to do with Christian
principles, are Involved, und It Is
Dr. Crapscy who Is being tried and
It la Dr. Crapscy who Is seeking to
establish bin personal views, rather
than the tost of a great moral Issue.
The South Dakota Republican
State convention believes that "tariff
ratou should he modilleil from I Into
lo lime to meet changed conditions,"
and declares for the removal of tho
taidff on lumber Immediately. If the,
G. O. P. would lot each community
lu the country name tho specific ar?
ticles It desired to go oil the free
list the country would he much near?
er a free trade bus Is | hau tho Dem?
ocratic party ever wished to place It.
Wu ahm would have a practical dem?
onstration of the truth of (loneral
j Hancock's declaration Dial, the tariff
la largely a locnl question.
Oillclnla of n railroad running nut
of Chicago have ruled that passen?
ger conductors mqsl keep their
trousers creased. Now If they will
Just require that the brakomcu take
voice culture ho that tho stations
may bo called out lu a musical tone,
travelling on that road ought to' ho
about perfect.
A Pittsburg man, heir lo $50,000,
000, feared blindness and killed hi in
Beir. Which goes to show Hint tho
man with his five senses properly
duvoloped and has lu addition a good
.appetite, is not such u pour mun uf
I tor all.
OLD HORSE IN CLOVER.
Animal Owns Valuablo City Lots for
His Own Pasturage.
"My horse, Dick, I glvo nnd be?
queath lo my sisters, Agnes and
ICIlzabelli Savage. It Is my wish
that they care for the horse as long
as he lives, uay? I lie New York Her?
ald."
As tho result of the above provis?
ion contained In tho will of George
Savage, a plumber, of .Jersey City,
who died on September 17, 1880,
Dick, a horse, thirty-three years old,
is living u life of ease and luxury,
lie Is a property owner nnd holds a
half Interest lu real estate.
Dick capie Into the possession >f
bis master ns a colt 'back In the
i seventies, nnd for years he made
dully tours of Jersey City In tin)
shaftb of a plumber's wagon. Mr.
Savage was deeply attached to the
animal, which developed unusual in?
telligence at mi early age. He
'bought five lots at 'Baldwin avenue
and Clifton place as Dick's exc.luslvo
pasturage. As the years rolled by
he disposed of three of the lots, but
he reserved two for the horse's es?
pecial benefit.
"tie's u good ohl boy." the plumb?
er would often say. " and 1 don't pro?
pose lnHl ',0 shall ever want for n
small portion of this earth where ho
can grase at will."
After the plumber's death his sis?
ters placed a wire fence around
Dick's lots and saw to It that, every
morning, excepting in the winter, ho
was led from his stable in the rear
of their home, nt No. 518 Mercer
street, to his pasture.
Fine homos were 'built around the
lots, which are within n stone's
throw of the City Hospital, and the
zealous eyes of many real estate
speculators were turned to "Dick's
exclusive territory, hut all overtures
for tho sale of the lots were turned
down by the Misses Savngc. and the
old horse grazes in supremo content?
ment. A few duys ago the sisters
were offered n good price fo^ the
lots, but they said that the land will
not bo in tho market as long as Dick
jlvee.
Dick raps with his rorehoofs
against the side of his stall every
morning nt six o'clock as a signal
that he Is ready for his breakfast.
\s soon as he pets It one of th"
sisters, Miss Elizabeth Savage,
grooms him and washes him down
with oil of cltronelln to keep the
mosquitoes away. * TT!^
Edna iBrown, thirteen years old.
has become attached to the old horse
. as e neighbor that she goes around
That he is very grateful for
the generous response of an
appreciative public to his
advertisements for the past
few days.
The $9.95 suits surely
were snapped up. Won't
you investigate and take
advantage of I
His Half-Price
Straw Hat Sale
And at the same time buy
a pair of (hose sfc.'J.nu Ox
v.
fords in all leathers offered
at *2.25.
2715
Washington Avenue
every1 morning to see him ?ute in his
lets ami in (lie evening loads him
back to his slall.
GROSSING SAHARA.
The Condition* of Cnrnvnna nnil (he
n '>n ii 111 y n'r Cnmela.
The merchants who (It out a garfln
(caravaui must stand all losses; coiipo
quently great euro Is given to the se?
lection of bntb the cnmela which carry
the valuable merchandise and the men
who accompany them. The tall and
swjft riding camel known as the me
hntl Is Heidorn mot with In northern
Tripoli. The finest male draft cam?
els; the Jamal, costing from ??0 (o $<">0
i nploee. with a carrying capacity of
about three hundred weight, are used
for transport, From consumption or the
effects of the long strain scores often
die by, the way and many, others nt
the end of .the "voyage." 'tfljo wq'ges
of (he men for conducting n.return car?
go are sometimes as high as $0,000.
Not only must tin* gartla sheiks have
great courage and endurance, but must
ho trustworthy traders and shrewd dip?
lomats of no small caliber. Many of
the sultans and chiefs, particularly the
Tonarojrs, through whoso territories lie
the gartla routes, exact not only hom?
age, but tribute, from the garllu sheiks.
To bring this tribute within a reason?
able sum and secure n safe conduct re?
quires extraordinary skill and tnct.
The opportunities for dishonesty nHord?
ed the g-jrftn men are many, and occa?
sionally, men and goods are never heard
from ngiilin?- Charles Wellington Fur?
long In Harper's Magazine.
-?
Di'ittlala flu I'm 11 rii i
"Two of the most troublesome pa?
tients I have are members of my own
profession," said a dentist In discussing
tho tortures of teeth. "Strange to sny,"
ho continued, "ninny dentists, whether
from .natural defects or early negli?
gence, have exceedingly poor teeth, and
its no practitioner can attend to his own
we exchange services. If any of the
patients of these two capable D. 1). S.'s
are revengeful of disposition It would
do them good to see them In the chair.
All men are much more difficult sub
Jects for dentistry than women, accord?
ing to my own experience, but the wny
tho two In question wriggle, writhe,
gronn and cuss under tho ordinary oper?
ations should be most gratifying to any
ono who has suffered at their bauds."?
New York Press.
Hnln IIIMtH Oil.
In certain parts Of India thp nil ex
trnolod from u species of mite Is used
In medicine as an external countering
taut. The creature Is about half an
Inch long and on pressure exudes an
oil of a deep rod color. It Is only found
for a few weeks at tho hngimiiug of
tho. rainy season and Is. hence, known
as the ntlii Insect. K. IS. ITIII contrib?
utes a note on (ho chemical composi?
tion of (his oil to the Journal and Pro?
ceedings of (ho Asiatic Society. He
concludes that (ho supposed modlenl
virtues of (he oil are imaginary nud
duo probably to Its red color.
The Ilrorllt or II.
Widow's Daughter?Mother, why do
you tell people that I am only eighteen
when you know I am twenty-four?
Widow?Because eighteen'.* six years
younger than twenty-four. Daughter
Yes, I know, but surely I do not need
the benefit of those six yenrs at my
age, do I? Widow?Not at all. my
child, but I do.?London Telegraph.
Talking on m II I ah Level.
We once beard Mr. Morley In a lin?
guistic pride delightful as It Is rare
say that when he and Mr. Gladstone
sat down to talk both unconsciously
stiffened their backs and looked to
their periods.?London Outlook.,
The Ontr One In Hli Class.
Mrs. GoUrox?I don't send Boggle to,
a public school because be Is so unlike
other boys. Ho has a private tutor of
Ihli own. Mr. Blunt?I see. Your boy
if, as you might say, in a claes by him?
self.- New York Herald.
Two Girls Are Drowned But the
Men Are Rescued.
WOMEN SUNK IN THE DEEP WATER
Companions Tell How Accident Hap?
pened and Coroner Releases Tlrem
From Custody?They Admit Sky?
larking In the Small Craft.
(Hy .'.aiiocliitcd I'rcos.)
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., Aug. 7.?
Coroner Doworth today discharged
I the t wo men who had been arrested
In connection with the death of two
young girls by drowning In Itaneoeas
Lake on Saturday night. The jury
rendered a verdict or "accidental
' death."
I .aura Boxarth and Susie Stilts,
with Raymond Rninbu and Clurenco
iCarmelln, went rowing on Rancocas
' Lake on Saturday night. Both men
' admitted that they had been drink?
ing before entering the boat, and
thai both girls look liquor.
Rani bo testified Unit while be wad
lowing one of the oarlocks gave way
'and bo fell back, upsetting tho boal.
The two ?Irls sank without oven
' screaming for help, and did not rise,
lie sahl I hat all four bad been
splashing waler on one another nnd
rocking the boat. He himself bad
jumped out and climbed back, "Just
for fun" before the oarlock broke.
Laura Fllckner, of Masonvllle, aald
she bad scon the party getting into
the boat and had noticed the condi?
tion of the two men. Turning to n
friend she said: "If those girls come
back alive it will be a wonder.'
CLEMENCY FOR NEGROES.
President Looks Into the Case of
Alleged Murderers.
(Hy Associated I'ress.)
OYSTIOR BAY. Aug. 7.?Presided
Roosevelt today granted a respite
until November 1. of the execution
of death sentence in the case of
Roheri Sawyer and Arthur Adams,
negroes, who- nre confined In the
Wilmington, N. C, Jail, having been
Convicted of mtirdor ami mutiny on
the high seas.
The Etny was granted because of
the confession of Henry Scott who
said oil the scaffold Just before he
was hanged that he had killed the
three officers and the cook of the
schooner II. A. 1? rwlnd. which sail?
ed from Philadelphia .January ?i.
and for which the three wore con?
victed.
Another negro implicated in the
mutiny was killed also by Scott.
ALPINE AVALANCHES.
them- Deadly Siinivullile? Arc Otttm
stm in! n> h Snnnd.
There nre many kinds of avalanches.
There nre the powdery nvnlaiicbe, thn
creeping variety, the glacier avalanche
and others. When tho stm strikes upon
the illimitable snow fields nnd the snow
begins to move the mass In Its descent
gathers weight and force, touring ttway
enormous rock masses nnd millions of
tons of soil, until ut length, with a
noise like thunder, It expends Its fury
on the level floor of n valicy where de?
fenseless villages may be.
A great avalanche of this kind hns an
!uvisible forerunner almost ns destruc?
tive as Itself. This Is tho terrific hurri?
cane caused by tho air It displaces. It
is no common sight to see giant trees
uprooted, broken and twisted, the
boughs wrenched from Bio trunk,
leaves anil needles denn stripped from
tho twigs and the very tops wrenched
from a larch forest before ever tbo are
Inuche Itself has struck tba wood.
It Is on still tiny a when u lighted can?
dle will hardly flicker in'the icy air
that the danger is greatest. The snow
hns been falling quietly yet heavily for
several days anil has settled on precip?
itous slopes ubove the village to nu im?
mense depth. It needs but the slightest
nnd almost Imperceptible vnuse to set
it In motion. Had the wind been blow.
Ing it would never have a massed to
such depths, bnt would have slipped
down In lesser quantities. On such
days the postilion mutiles (he bells of
his team; the father will chide bis child
far slamming the door. Three euorw
mous avalanches were once started In
Switzerland merely by the sounding of
the "Vlsl," or the ftr,st bell for church
service. A bird itligbtlug. au icicle fall?
ing from a rock?nnd the monster be?
gins his downward rush. Villagers
sometimes try to bring down ava
lunches nt an advantageous time by
firing off guns or even by shouting.?
Woman's Home Companion.
A Utile (Cinfrarerated,
The witty "Jeorge Canning, Illustre*
Ing the Hibernian tendency when ex?
cited to hurry beyond the limits of
good sense, tells this anecdote:
An Irish divine, preaching against
the vice of swearing and denouncing
Its prevalence lr*-a certain town, said
to the height of declamation:
"Even the little children that can
neither spenlc nor walk ruo nbout the
streets blasjtl^mlng."
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THE TOY INVENTOR.
III? HnrilfN? Tnak In to Cntrh the
fancy of the Pnblle.,
The small Inventor Is nn Important
factor In the mechanical toy Vmsiness.
anil ho earns all of tjie living ho gets
In thinking lip devices. Ho Is most con?
cerned with the small mechanical toys,
ai\l, in addition to the prime requisite
of putting forth something novel, he
wuHt get something which costs as lit?
tle as possible and which catches the
fnncy of the multitude. This last point
is one which Is most dltllcult to cover..
No student of the subject hns ever yet)
boon able to discover or deduce the
cycle In which the public taste moves,
and It Is still hit or miss as to whether
a figure which walks on Its hands, nn
airship with wings or an acrobat who
works by gravity will be the best sell?
er. Then, when the Invention has been'
achieved, the inventor has still the
problem of finding the maker who will
buy It and pay a fair price. The in?
ventor and maker arc In much the
same position ns the writer and pub?
lisher; both go through the same men?
tal turmoil as to the timeliness of the
eutput mid both take the same risks.
The inventor who lias been in fbo
business long lenrns at last the best
places at which to offer his wares nnd
has more or less of an iden of That
they ought to bring him, and onco Im
has acquired this knowledge his entire
energy Is devoted to keeping up with
the demand for newness. Something
absolutely different from anything elso
previously offered Is In general better
thfln an Improvement of an old idea,
and that. Is why In mechanical toys tbo
mine device is seldom soon two seasons
In succession.?Philadelphia Record.
SCATTERS MONEY ON PRETORIA.
Second Cabin Passenger Detained
Because of His Peculiar Amusement.
When the Pretoria, of the Ham?
burg-American line, reached her Ito
?hokeii pier last night two of her pas?
sengers were more than anzloUs to
gai nthe shore, says the New York
Herald.
One as he came on deck looked as
though he might-have come from the
stokehold. An Immigration inspec?
tor stopped him, <but he disappeared
'/ ?
down a ladder.
'When ho ngaln presented himself
at the gangway he was garbed in
clean yachting togs, with the word
"Apache" worked lit white across
his blue yachting shirt, lie said he
had been one of the crew ow tho
Apache when thai vessel raced across
the Western, Ocean foY a cup offered
by the Kaiser.
In 'Kell lie had trodden the wine
press and the Apache had sailed for
other parts. Eventually he had
made his way to Hamburg and ob?
tained passage home by the Pretoria.
'He is still on 'board that vessel, the
immigration officials being In doubt
a.s to his right to land.
There is also on board one Sieg?
fried Walter, a second cabin voyager,
who developed a mania for scattering
money. He would promenade up and
down the deck now nml then strip?
ing whether some lucky passenger
should catch H or the wind should
carry It to Neptune. He will he tak?
en to 15111.; Island today.
would Take leeds pearls.
Jeweller, Who Refused to Pay $110,
335 Duty, Offers to Take Jewels.
Hernnrd Citroen, a Jeweller, of No.
1 Madison lane, called on Assistant
United Slates District Attorney U?r
niody yesterday and Informed
that ho understood the government
was about to institute a suit against
him to recover $ 110.33"? for duty on
pearls he had imported for W. B.
Leeds, says the 'New York Herald, lie
said he was willing to accept service
nt any time.
He made an offer lo the Washing?
ton officials, he said, to lake the
pearls and return them to Paris,
provided the $li2,000 duty he had
paid was refunded, hut this was de?
clined. The government imposes six?
ty v per cent, duty on all mounted
gems. Mrs- J-eeds now has Hie pearls.
Old papers for sale?10c hundred.
Apply at Dally Frees Odlce.