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A Boston man came icross thp fol-
owing lm .'U : I In Ihe 11 f1 of the late
Sen. Butler the other lay, and it
leems su< h an exflmple of th truth
)f that oh! saying, ' iie hoy In father
f Jtho man," that It Is worth repeat-
ing.
In his youth, so the story goes, lion,
with two other unfortunates, Bought
the han'l of a maiden lu northern
Maine. * "
The rare was very even, anil for
i long time the Issue was In doubt.
But one flay the maiden tolil the
three Avals that, If they would all
come on a certain evening, she would
give them h r answer. #
The future lawyer, fearing that he
did not stand so uigh In tlio maiden's
graces ar the others, taw a chance
for th# exercise of his wit. Strategy
•alone would win the day.
On one side of a .ri,ver lived the
damsel, and nliout opposite on the
other side boarded the anxious lov-
ers.
The river was bridged at hilt one
point, and that was In the center "it
the village, nearly a mile frf.m these
houses. . But some workmen had fell-
ed a log and thrown it across the
stream, and on this Bridge of Sigl^j
tbo lovers were wont to wend their
way.
Ben started n little early on the
fateful evening, and took with him a
vail of soft soap. Crossing the log
backward, he carefully greased U In-
hind him, and then triumphantly en-
tered the fair one's abode.
Hardly had the conversation be-
•5EAVTIFVL AND WELL KEPT
IS THE GERMAN CAPITAL
LABO&
Love of Music a Characteristic of the Berliners—Pre-
■ sentation of Opera a Dtlight Unter den Linden One
of the Most Perfect of Thoroughfares.
LOVER BECAME VICTIM OF
HIS OWN SVCCESSFVL TRICK S
gun, when thrortgh the opon window
steps were heard on the opposite,
brink, then a creaking, as If someone
had stepped upon the log, and then a
splash, accompanied by muffled epi-
thet sVf rage and vexation,
lien smiled and jinked contem-
platively at his brand new lavender
trousers, while the young lady looked
surprised, but said nothing.
'fime passed, and no one came.
Presently there was the «iund of. an-
other approach, and the previous
process was repeated, saving this
time the "blankety blanks" werli of
a more vigorous character and longer
continued. •
lien whiked the other eye, and
gn/.ed "complacently at the gay white
vest which completed his 'careful
"get-up."
As to what followed In the parlor
we are not .definitely Informed, hut
suffice to say at a late h«ur Ben
IskiikI forth happy and elated'at Ills
■UCCeM, .bearing the promise of his
,fair one's hand.
Bo hapny was he that all recolieo-
tlon of the log's (Slippery condition
.11! < r;i 1 ini liis mind, and. nUlivloiis
to all else Havo his good fortune, he
sal He i out upon tlio log.
But, alas, "pr^le goeth before des-
truction. and a haughty spitf! before
a rail." Into the river Ik' \ ent, new
trouseri, vest and all, arid tradition
tells us that tho atmosphere, alreauy
murky, on Ben's issue from the riv-
er's depths was of such a character
as to rival Dante's "Inferno."—Bos-
ton Herald.
PATHOS IN CAREERS OF
HORACE GREELEY AND FATHER
Are we so soon forgot when wo
aro gone? The Tribune on Saturday
gave prominence to a telegram from
Corry, Pa., which ran thus: "Fire
early to-day destroyed the old Horace
Greeley homestead, six miles from
here. in this house Mr. Greeley
Bpent tho early years of his life." All
the years of Horace Greeley's life up
to the twentieth were spent I11 New
Hampshlro and Vermont. After be
had taken to the road as0 a "jour"
printer he visited Ills father, who had
removed to tho place near Corry, Pa.,
and worked 011 the farm there, a little,
In the intervals of Ills typographical
tasks. Not only was tho place In no
sense Greeley's early home, but be
nevor really .lived there. It was so
little associated with his name that,
his friends ami admirers, who knew
his Yankee beginnings well, never
connected hlin with it at all.
It was, however, long tho homo of
that, sturdy but unsuccessful and pa-
thetic laborer and citizen. Zaccheus
Greeley, Ills father. If there ever
was a man hopelessly of the can't-
get-along class, it was this unfortun-
ate descendant of tho New Hamp-
shire Scotch-Irishman. Industrious
at*i willing, but a failure In every-
thing he undertook, Zaccheus was
hounded for debt from place to plfieo
and would doubtlessly have been
tifrned Into a hopeless tramp if It had
not been for Ills Innate virtue and
patience. Of course, the worst of
his troubles ended when his son Ho-
race came to man's estate; although
the boy, with one unsuccessful news-
paper venture following another, long
promised to duplicate his father's,
career. Naturally, Horace managed
to east his father's declining years.
He wais ever a dutiful son. 0
Perhf.ps his own Career instanced,
as much as his father's, the helpless-
ness of that thlstleblow, man, before
the winds of fate. In some ways bril-
liantly successful, ifl other and im-
portant ways dismally unsuccessful,
possessing characteristics and abili-
ties that made him feared as well as
loved, rising almost to the pinnacle
of earthly honor for an American,
Greeley felt himself at last scorned
by his countrymen, and died of a
broken heart.
• In llojace Greeley there was a good
deal of his.badly buffeted father, after
all. The farm place near Corry may
bo rem timbered for Zaccheus Gree-
ley's sake: and of course, poof Zac-
i hens would never havo been nomeni-
bered at all but for his gifted and
nobie son.—New York Mail and Ex-
press.
•Y
QVEER PROPOSALS MADE B'
VICTIM OF CUPID'S DART
trade, and the miners saw in this
changing condition the need of a new
form of organization. A correspond-
ence was begun which resulted in the
call and formation of the National f . . .
Miners' Union. Siney. who had The religion of Berlin is music, n
already proved himself a successful 10 other city, does the divine art hold
leader and organizer, was chosen U notaries so.completely The pre-
presldent at a salary of $100 a month lominatin^ talk in the home, tie
and traveling expenses. Two years street, the parks, everywhere p^op 9
later, however, grief and" anxiety 'congregate, is music. Wl.gner, Mo
came to this leader's heart, for he : rt, Handel, Mendelssohn, all the
witnessed a crisis in the afTairs'of all great masters, are the idols of the
labor organizations. He was arrested .populace. Then when it comes to
while striving to induce imported [ effects they never tire of
men not to take the places of the
Charles Kruger's proposal in mid-air
is, perhaps, unique. He was a trap< - e
performer, and his act with the lady
to whose hand he aspired was nightly
vociferously applauded. One t o
while he held the fair artist swinging
above a sea of upturned faces, after
she had made* her flying leap, he whis-
pered a hurried offer of marriage. This
tho lady accepted, and they finished
their performance an engaged couple.
Very novel was the method em-
ployed by a young Australian of mn %-
ing know hi; . itioi («• 1be#gl 11 ol
hiB choice, whom he had met on h
visit to the old country. On his return
to the antipodes he procured a parrot,
which, having been thoroughly
coached in its role, was dispatched as
a present to the young lady. "Will you
marry Dick?" asked Polly, Insinuating-
ly. "Will you marry Dick?' Its fair
owner wired but one word to the in0
genious donor. "Yes."
The Rov. J. M. Mather of Mam hes-
ter tells an amusing story of an under-
taker who, tailing in love with a lady
whose husband he had. buried, pro-
posed to her after a decent interval
NOTHING POETIC ABOUT MAN.
How the Fond Dream of a Devoted
Wife Was Rudely Dispelled.
Some men art never poetic; others
lose their poetic sense with the en-
croachment of years. At least that
is the opinion of a matron now past
middle life. "The only trouble with a
man is that he lo . * tho poet Ic eld«
of his nature as the years roll by,"
she remarked. "Now, only yesterday
my husbaid took on the faraway
look. I must confess it recalled tho
delightful days when he put alWhis
talents into telling me how charming
7 was and how all his life was wrap-
pen up in me. saying it as constantly
and with as many enchanting varia-
tions a§ even a woman could desij-e.
For a long time I watched him in
*#)wic«. Then at last, uuablc longer
-* « «-«-« • • • • ♦ «
only to find that he had •bow tow*
stalled by a luckier man.
lu due course! however, he burled1
husband No. 2, and this time, having
allowed but a week to elapse, again
made an offer of his hand and heart
▲las! he was once more too late; but
not « as1 down he bided his time, and
when capricious fate deprived the lady
of her third mate, made his position
sure by proposing immediately after
the funeral.
Not alone in comic opera has a pro-
po a) .'V.'M made from the bench.
Htrongly reminiscent of the judge in
Tr a] by'Jury" was the Arkansas funo*
tlonary* who not long since presided
over a court of justice where a man
was being tried for assault. The pros-
ecutrix,* a lady of considerable per-
sonal charms, detailed her woes, and
concluded by saying tJtat«siie went in
bodily fear of the prisoner, who was
her brother. Whereupon the Judge re-
marked that he would, if she accept
him. afford her such protection as a
husband might. The lady thanked him
and gladly closed with his offer.—Tit-
Bits.
to bear the suspense, I softly asked:
"What are you thinking, about dear?'
i was wondering,' he answered, 'if
I shouldn't be quite safe in leaving
off my winter underwear.' • Now,
wasn't that poetic! Yet that same
Iconoclastic man is brave enough to
complain at times that I have
changed." •
He Doesn\ Worry.
Duffy—MeeVfcr's a philosophical
sort of chap, isn't he?
duff}-—In what respect? °
Duffy Why. he is the lu^band of a
famous woman, you know, but his ob-
nurity doesn't seem to trouble him in
the least.
Amerfcan Dentists in Demand.
Nearly all the royal families of Eu-
rope employ American deutisU.
° Two Birds.
Two birds fif\v out of the South one day.
And over the JoyouH world
Ka« rp flung a melody loud and pw««t
And gladly it tired wings furled
And bird high on the tallest tr •
A place for 1U nesting found,
While humbly the other built its home
Low dowji on the common ground.
A Khrlke flew 1>V and It saw the n^st
That swayed In the branches high.
But the low built nest of the humble bird
He saw not and pussed lt*by.
Which points the moral I wish to show;
Though fortune has cast your lot
Low down In the world with the humble
ones.
The ills that strike at the mansion oft
pass over the humble cot
—Lowell 0.# Reese In ' San Francisco
Bulletin. #
Plea for Arbitration.
The report of President W. I). Ma-
hon of the Amalgamated Association
of Street Railway Employes of Amer-
ica to the delegates at the opening of
the biennial convention in pittsburg
contained some interesting data
While it sflowed that the organization
had. more llian doubled in* member-
ship since the last convention, and
that Increases in wanes bad been se-
cured during that time by qlnetjM'uur
local divisions, it showed that the
number of strikes ha.f fallen off 50 per
cent. •
On this point President Malum said:
"During the past two years the
strikes In our associatnon have de-
creased about 50 per cent. In the two
.previous years, from 1899 t*o 1901, out
of 180 chartered locals we had twenty-
six strikes. During the past two years,
out of 334 charters, we have had but
twenty-seven strikes; seventeen of
these were won £hrce were compro-
mised, three were lost, and four are
still oil. The decrease of strikes in
the past two years is due to two
causes. One is that a great number of
the companies have come to a better
understanding its to the aims and ob-
jects of our association. The other
one Is the strict enforcement of our
laws and following that policy of let-
ting no strike take place until every
other means has been exhausted and
arbitration refused by the companies,
and upon the question of strikes 1
would •riyoraniend that we* maintain
the same poucy in the future that we
have maintained during the pasp two
years %nd that no strike be sanctioned
1*1 allowed until after all constitu-
tional requirements have been carried
out and arbitration has«been rejected
by the companies. o
"The results of the past two years,
as 1 havo just stated, point to us tha
wisdom of our policy of adjusting such
disputes as we are unable to reach
amicable adjustments with the Com-
pany U|kiii «by arbitration. I know
there are some who oppose arbitration
and advocte th" wiping of it ou« of our
constitution entirely, but I would warn
you against any such i etion. It would
be a serlofls mistake. Arbitration has
not been a failure. The results ob-
tained through voluntary arbitration
during the past two years, when we
stop to review tlieni. are very gratify-
ing. In the majuflty of cases of arbi-
tration we have been the winner, and
we must not lose sight of this fact—
that as street car employes we not
only serve our employers but are pub-
lic servants as well. The public are
entitled to a certain amount of con-
sldeijition at our hands as well as at
the hands of the *-imy>uny, and we
should, at all times, jtand ready.to set-
tle our di sputes aloni ;.sucli lines as
will inconvenience the public the least
and still maintain the rights of our or-
ganization, and the only meaus that
we f .ivo of carrying out such a policy
is through arbitration, and 1 slRiuld
recommend that, If anything, upon the
question of arbitration we Strengthen
our position and let our motto be:.'We
are ready to arbitrate our disputes.' "
0 Will Meet in Debate.
The challenge made by John C.
Havemeyer to the labor o unions of
•Yonkers, In whii^i he offered to pro-
pound various questions for labor
union speakers to aijsw^-r at a public
meet nig at his expense, was officially
accepted at a meeting of the local
branch of the Federated Union. The
-uliject was freely* discussed, and the
conditions named by Havemeyer that
tho speakers confine themselves to
the answers to his questions met with
no opposition whatever. •
The vote to"accept the challenge was
unanimous. J. T. Windel, president of
Hie federation, was appointed to com-
municate with Havemeyer accepting
tlie challenge and suggesting that a
court Se named., consisting of five
Judges, to pass on the merits of the
controversy, two to be selected by the
federation, two by Hevemeyer, und
the fifth to re mutually agreed upon?
First President of Miners' Union.
John Slney, one of tho plain but
forceful labor leaders of the days of
yore, had the honor of being chosen . ...
.■resident of th. first national unjou < t0 double this.efficiency,
of miner*, which jvas formed in Sandusky, O., breweij men.
Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1873. Lit-
tle can be learned of Ills boyhood
days, but In the year 18(13 wo find
lilm using his voice and efforts.in the
Interest of the miners, who, he «al(t,
were more generally misunderstood
than any class of laborers, and wlio,
upon the basis of unjust assertions
v'hlch had taken on color of truthful- i pittsburg and Schenectady made one
ness from the unfortunate clrcum- fourth of <the electrical apparatus sole
stances arising out of the conditions of in the United States last year, and
their life, had failed to receive the afi shown by its annual report, iti
.?*«• wage workers. In 1873 new sales were $30,685,000, of which $10,
C^Mtlons were apparent ir the coal | 000,000 was net profits.
striking miners in the anth*racito
field of Pennsylvania, but on trial was
acquitted. After years of helping
those less fortunate than himself, it
is sad to record, he died in poverty
in 1877. Ten years later a subscrip-
tion was started and a monument
erectcd to his memory at St. Clair
Ohio, his butya! place.
Peace Is Assumed.
The convention of the Amalgamated
Sheet Metal Workers' International
union, held in Milwaukee, has brought
about peace between the two factions,
as was expected. The Sheet Metal
Workers' National Alliance ceases to
exist, and the name of the reorganized
union is the Amalgamated Sheet Metal
Workers' International alliance^
The charter of No. 275 in Chicago?
whV'h has been the cause of so much
trouble, will 1>e revoked and one local
union chartered to < oiftrol the building
branch of the business. The constitu-
tion was changed in some respects to
mivt the demands of the local men,
who were looked upon as Beceders,
and there is now complete harmony.
In the election of officers both factions
are about equally represented. The
president is Richard Patterson of New
York, who was a member of the seced-
ing faction, and the old secretary,
treasurer, John IS. Bray of Kansas
City, was re elected. The'vice presi-
denlHoare: August Herkett, St. bouls;
M. O'SullIvan, Pittsburg; Chas. Penn,
San Francisco;.James McTighe, Nash-
ville; James Annabel, Toronto; J. T.
Mattoon, Chicago. The delegates to
the next convention of the American
Federation of Labor are: P. J. Dow-
ney, Rochester; C. D. Wheeler, Chi-
cago; Harry Kirten.
°To End Fight Between Unions.
Announcement is made to-day that a
settlement of the war between the
Amalgamated Association of Carpen-
ters and the brotherhood, which
caused 6,000 New York carpenters to
stop work, is near. The brotherhood
has decided to make application for
membership in the United Board of
lluilding Trades, of whicjj the Amal-
gamated association is a member, and
thus allow* therfinited organizations to
brint^ about peace.
This action is to beotaken, it is as-
serted, in order that labor may com-
bine In the fight which is now being
waged against the lockout of drivers
and teamsters instituted by the Lum-
ber Dealers' association and the Ma-
terial Men's association.
(Special Correspondence.)
one of the most progressive of men-
and is such an admirer of America"
that every year he comes over to
mest his friends and to learn whatj,
Yankee genius has evolved since his •
last fisit. He is self-ma<Je, too. He
began without a dollar and, though
only in middle life, is worti several
millions. .
In m> second visit to Berlin tb«
change most noticeable was in th^.
transformation of Unter den 1-Jnd®,
Its most celebrated thoroughfare. I
owas disappointed with it in its un-
tidiness and its uP.«ightly accessories
on first view. Papers were flung
about everywhere; there /ere ugly-
looking booths and advertising pillars
to disfigure the npadways—for there:
are txto—and In tlje center was the #
broad promenade, with dirty benches
and slovenly occupants. A filthy road-
way for equestrians completed a pic-
ture repugnant to those who prize
cleanliness and good taste. And thiB
in the capital of the cleanest country
on the glotie and in Its most attrac-
tive quarter.
Strangers marveled why ^.Berlin,
"sglendid every other way, was" so wo-
fully lacking in caring for its his4pri-
cal avenue and wondered why tly;
burghers were so aealous^about keep-
I ing every other section 'jooking pre-
Statue Before Old Palace. I sentable and neglecting that wljich
dlscwssing the military bands.of the had first <^lalm upon their pride,
empire. Every regiment has a band ; These criticisms finally reached the
of 60 men and there are some 500 in
the army, all of which play In the
Apltal before the members are mus-
tered out of service. All bands are
good, many excel, and some'are won-
derfully proficient. So the Berlin ear
is attuned #to the* march,, quickstep,
waltz, dirge and the national an-
thems, and if anything is distressing
it is to find discord where harmony
should be the .only sound given out.
The opera they fairly rave over. To°
instance how deep is the attachment
one need only state that, if tli^ two
sultry months are excepted, it is put
on at the Royal Opera House every
night in the year. Sundays Included.
Seven o'clock is the hour fixed for
beginning the opera" in Berlin, and
when it is unusually long 6:30 o clock.
Inner Recesses of royalty at Potsdam
and the JCaiser bestirred himself, with
the result that the eyesorls which
defaced the capital so long have been
removed. Now the centra] promen-
ade is flanked on either side by lawns
aisl flower btds and painted benches
and is a, restful and pleasing retreat,
with the four i^tws of lindens furnish-
ing protection from the sun. These
lindens are old and stunted and ara
not to be compared with the kind 5.1
Hamburg, where the light yellow flow
ers and heart-shaped leaves of rich
green make a handsome tree. Untei
den Linden Is now kept clean by a
corps of men and Is no'longer a
ceptable for debris. The dirty road
reserved for equestrians has beet
made a ^smooth sand course for thos<
Tha Brandenburg Gate.
Iowa is the strongest, from ti trade
union standpoint, ifl the Union, ac-
cording to the News. °
O
Illinois in Post of rfonor.
Illinois has now the best child laboi
law of any state in the Union, and
thousands of children will |je redeem-
ed from premature and debilitating J
laiio* To the women of this great j
commonwealth should b? given the j
credit for this reform. This was the [
opinion of Dr. Cornelia B. De Bey
who was *peaking of the child laboi
law passed by the state legislature s
few days batore adjournment
' Labor Victory in Japan.
Japan federation of labor has sue
ceeded in "having enacted a factors
law regulating hours of labor,'ag# ol
workers, etc., and compelling employ-
ers to be considerate of the health and
safety of their employes.
Trade and Industry. .
Formosa supplies1 the whole world
with camphor.
The Southern states know but litile
of labor strikes in any'line.
There are not more than 1,000 gen
eral advertisers in the whole country
Canada's export trade per capitt
Is just two and ^one-half times as
much as ours.
den Linden corresponds w^th Berlin
in general.
The Brandenburg gate separates
the principal park from the lower ud
of Unter den Linden. There are three
roaflways beneath the arch, but the
central one is reserved exclusively
for the Emperor. THe figure of Vic-
tory perched on its "top originally
faced the park. When Napoleon took
the city healiad it taken down and
carried to Paris. When he surren-
dered in 1815 the Prussians regained
possession and returned It to Berlin.
Organized Labor in Des Moines.
In its issue of April 12 the Des
Moines .Dally News devoted nine col
umns to orgaifl *-<1 labwr. It cftiims
that Dos Moines is the best organized j
city in the middle west, and substan-
tiates this by stating that, fifty-five
unions, representing 7,000 members,
a*re affiliated with the local Trade and Evening attire is tabooed, the only fond of the exercise. At last Untei
Labor Assembly. In.proportion to its persons fashionably attired being
industrial # population,0 tho state ol visitors. So the spectacular and bril
liant scenes in the boxes, on the floor
and in the galleries of London, New-
York and Paris are wanting in Ber
lin.o Say what they may, it is a dis'
tinct loss, for th*1 privilege of viewing
an elegantly attired assemblage is
l'elished by cultured persons. If Ber-
lin is deficient h(jre it excels other-
wise. The opera is magnificently
staged, the choruses are full and sym-
pathetic, the solos superbly rendered,
and the 'orchestra of 80 evol#es nftj-
oiy which captivates the senses.
The Royal Opera House is not so
ftirne as the Metropolitan in New-
York, but Is much grander. The im-
•perial box is in the first gallery in the .
rear lacing *the staye. It is three
times the size of the other botes
Surmounting it. Ts the royal coat of
arms wrought In gold and decorated
In yellpw. The general treatment of j
the celling, walls and boxes is red.
The Kai'er reflects the musical tastes
of his subjects in being inordinately
fond of the opera. Every chance he
I:a% to attend he is certain to avail |
| himself of It. As he is the busiest
I man in the empire these opportuni-
ties are none too frequent.
The Kaiser is. immensely popular,, j
Wherever he goes lie* is affectionate- |
|y greeted. Neither theoKing of Eng-
land nor the President of the United
States receives more sincere homage i
from the masses than the ruler T.ho f
abruptly cut short,the public service j
Many makers are now building gas
engines of " 500 horse power, and an "'""f""' '' "
... ...J... I 'f Bismarck. Men criticise his aeti
but are intensely devoted to his per-
son. He tries to meet this sentSment
half way and in so doing has come
to be regarded as thf' most demo-
cratic ruler of the house of Hohen-
tollern.
Berlin has an Anglo-American Club
whose purpose is to foster friendly
relations with" the great American re-
public. Its president is the proprie-
tor of the leading hotel of the city
w'r.* has emphasized his fondness for
the United "States by making 0 an
American woman his first \™fe and,
some time after her death, faking a
naaooA one from our country. H* la
wh«
get ten pints of beer each day gratis
have threatened to strike if tin
allowance is not doubled.
The production of pig iron in thi
United States last year was 17,821,30'
gross .tolls In 1901 was 15,878,35'
anil In 1901 it was 13,789.242 tons.
The General Electric company o
Dome of the Old Palace.
When it was placed on the gate it was
made to face the Unter den Linden
instead of the park. •
Lumber in Washington State.
The state of Washington has tha
most gigantic lumber resources in tha
world. One acre of Washington"tim-
ber will furnish in its lumber as many
carloads of freight as 120 years -4
wheat product from a Dakota farm.
. British and French Millionaires
There are four millionaires in Brits
ale io one H France. •
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French, Mrs. W. H. Chandler Daily Publicist. (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 68, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1903, newspaper, June 17, 1903; Chandler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc147293/m1/4/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.