Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1897, Page 13

= “THE EVENING STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by 3 Now York Office, 49 Potter Building, pdomesdleadics ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents er week. or 44 cents per month. les at the ¢ounter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—S0 cents per mont! Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©., a8 second-class mail matter.) [EF All mali subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. mi, The Eb -@ ening Siar. Pages 13-24. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. of fact. = derwear. Fit is one side of the in-every-way-perfect. “safe side” in buying from us. a couple of bargain offerings: Merino Underwear Let us quote some prices to prove that you are on the Stock conditions make it possible for us to lead off with AE: PERRY’S. Tt isn't the store that*promises, but the store that does, that grows strong in the people’s confidence. We weigh every word we print thoughfully in the scales We measure every value we put before you carefully. As a result this is a sincere store. Everybody knows just what to expect—and expects just what they find—the very best at the very lowest possible price. Apply it to Underwear—Merino Underwear. ~ If there is anywhere you want quality—pure and unalloyed—it is in Un- derwear worth—making is an- other—material is another. You look upon the union here— % One for children— Broken lots of Children’s Merino Underwear, regular made — regular prices Te. to $140-NOT all Each 50c. Bo One for ladies— ‘Small sises of Ladies’ Plain Merino Vests and Pants—regular price, 50c.— Nnow— 39c. Each Piece. The Ladies’. We keep our variety abreast | of the demand—and in line | with the latest that is created. z Underwear is a comfort— & and these different lots serve z comfort to you according to your special desire. They are $ just what we say of them. # Worth absolutely just what = we have them marked. We $ expect that is less than most = everywhere else. z Swiss Ribbed Fleeced Vests and Pants _ In all sizes—25e. each. Merino Vests and Pants—1-3 Vests and Pants—i4 Swiss Ribbed Wool Pants—&c. a patr. é = Seariet and White Wool Vests and Pants—$1 each. Swiss and Richelleu Ribbed Wool > Vests White and Natural—$1.15 each. = Swiss Ribbed Wool Pants, made on yz yoke bands—White snd Netural—$1 a = pair. 5 ts and Pants—all wool— 3 = wiss Ribbed Wool Vests—in Black— 5 $1.25 all sizes. = Swiss Ribbed Wool Combination Suits, = White and Natural—all sizes—$1.50 @ c. suit © Swiss Ribbed Wool Combina- tion Suits—$3 a suit. + Silk Combination Suits— 7 a suit. Heavy Biack Wool Combination Suits —$4, $4.25 and $4.50 « suit. - PERRY’S, “NINTH AND THE AVENUE.” Ribbed Wool Corset Covers, with high neck and no sleeves—$1 and $1.10 each. Ribbed Wool Corset Covers—high neck and long sleeves—$1.50 and $1.60 each. All-wool Abdominal Bands — White and Natural—30c. and $1 each. White Ribbed and Wool Sleevelets, to be worn with capes—$1 a pair. Black Wool Equestrian Tights—ankle length—$1 & pair. Binck Weol Equestrian Tights—knee length—$1.85 a pair. ° The Children’s. A complete assortment— you know how that is to be appreciated. You will find what you want for them as easily—and as_ satisfactorily as for yourself. None better. Children’s Plain Merino Shirts and Pantalets—1-3 wool—2le. for size 18— rise 3. Boys’ Merino Drawers—1-3 wool— made with ribbed legs—30c. for size 24—rise 3c. Children's White Wool Shirts and Pantalets—39e. cach. Children's Natural Wool Shirts, Pan- talets and Drawers-—45e. for size 18— rise Se. Children’s American Hoelery Com- Dany’s Shirts—1-2 wool—40:. for size 16—rise Se. Pantalets in same quality —We. for size 18—rise be. Boys’ Ankle-lenzth Drawers—1-2 wool —Se. for size 24—rlee 5c. Children’s White aud Ribbed Vests. sorSordontontondeetentortorcorcordortae tortor en oreorSorenrcnd soe toe Gorton esos oreorandin ania eee area indian col alia iol ipdipostostostos tot toscosvosresnosiossestes tos odtostedinigeegonsee sea ossnaseatn see seeeafeefeas ural Swiss 2-3 wool—65e. for size 3 —rise Se. Infants’ Ribbed Wool Wrappers—65c. for size 2—rise 5c. Infants’ Plain Wool Wrappers—40c. for size 16—rise 10c. Children’s Swiss Ribbed Wool Com- bination Suits—$1.50. ss ss OSTRICH HUNTING. Profitable Sport That ix Making the vers Iustre. is very attractive sport; e of booty is so great as - Arabs give them- a real passion. Mounted » horses they try as much © to fatigue the ostrich, for as it feet high and has very strong legs a quickness of movement t horse cannot attain. It nas Overtaken by the hun- S to defend itself with its feet but more often it still strives to plaintive ery. eprived of the on of its great size. lar force with which nature has is not equal to lifting such a ight. Its peculiar organization has made it the courter of the desert, where it is able to quickly traverse the almost limitless expanse. The Arab kpows very well that it is the habit of the ostrich to make great detours about its nest in a e He chases it then without ceasing until it is almost there, le. when, worn out, it succumbs, concealing its head in the in order not to see its enemy, or in- hoping to escape a danger which quires eight or an more. This chase re- n hours, but it offers large rewards. The mes are worth a consid- sum, the skin makes good leather Arabs are very fond of the flesh. in spite of the fact that it repro- its species rapidly, the ostrich is time becoming rarer, and it is for export and domestication in countries. It is one of Africa’s great rees and may become a new source rity to Algerians if they are will- ake the effort. The truth of the ying, “the stomach of an os- n confirmed recently by an i 2 one, doubtless for a time cap- When the following was found in h: A parasol handle, two keys, pieces of coal, a glove, a hand- ef, a pair of eyeglasses, a ring, a three large rocks, the necks of two bottles, the sole of a shoe, a bell and ha: monica. - see How He Was Injured. From the Chicago Post. A complaint for personal injuries to a brakeman is sald to describe them some- what in detail as follows: “Paralyzed in the left leg and his left hip was thrown and forced out of joint and his spine in- Jured, and he was otherwise then and there greatly bruised, hurt, wounded and the bones of his body broken, to wit: The bones of his legs, to wit, the bones of his right leg, the bones of his left leg and the bones of his ankles, to wit, the bones of his right ankle, the bones of his right foot, the bones of his left foot, and the bones of his shoul- der joints, to wit, the bones of his right shoulder joint, the bones of his left shoul- der joint and the bones of his neck and the bones of his wrists, to wit, the bones of his right wrist, the bones of his left wrist and the bones of his hands, to wit, the bones of his right hand, the bones of his left hand and the bones of his back and of his body; and he was permanently injured in the organs of his body, to wit, in his right lung, in his left Jung, in his spleen, in his stomach and in his bowels; and he was greatly and permanently injured in his senses, to wit, in the sense of sight, the sense of hearing, the sense of smelling, the sense of feeling and the sense of taste; and he was greatly and permanently in- jured in his right eye, in his left eye, his right ear, his left ear, his nose, his mouth, his tongue and his fingers and in the power of sensation of his body, and he was great- ly and permanently injured in his brain, to wit, the matter of his brain, and in his mind, to wit, his reasoning faculties, his judgment, his imagination and his mental processes; and he became sick, sore, lame and disordered, and so remained for a long space of tim ——_+e+____ An Indian Legend. 2 From the Los Angeles Herald. The mystery surrounding the origin of the Indian race is greatly enhanced by listening to some of the quaint legends. here is one of them, related by the older men of the Mojave tribe: “At the time of the Mojave, the white man, the negro and all other people lived together with their god, Mulevelia, whose mother was the earth and whose father the heaven. “They were all supplied with food, cloth- ing and many luxuries. Besides these they had tools and all kinds of implements and machinery to work with. “Everything was manufactured, and espe- cially matches. “One day Mulevella died, and all the peo- ple excepting the Mojaves fled, after loot- ing the camps of everything they could lay their hands on, not even leaving a match. “Here was a pretty state of affairs, and the dead god awaiting cremation! “There seemed to be no other alternative than to dispatch a messenger for a spark from one of the brilliant luminaries of the upper region, and a coyote was sent to a star for some fire. “After a long time he returned without success and so hungry that he tried to eat up the dead god. “Mastanho, the man, sat by rubbing wol- low sticks together and produced fire, which they used in burning up Mulevelia. “After the cremation, which took place somewhere near Fort Mojave, the moun- tains at the foot of the canyon and the Colorado flowed through swept the ashes away. “Mastanho now became chief and divided the Indians into tribes and gave’them their allotments of land.” ORGANIZED WORKMEN Removal of the Federation of Labor Headquarters to This City. OFFICIALS OF THE ORGANIZATION Men Prominent in the Cause Who Will Be Located Here. SOME PERSONAL DETAIUS The opening of the headquarters of the American Federation of, Labor in Wash- ington, which. as has been stated in The Star, was decreed by the delegates to the recent annual convention of the organiza- tion at Cincinnati, is expected to take place in a very few days at the farthest—cer- tainly just as soon as President Gompers can wind up his official business in Indian- apolis, which he is now busily engaged in doing, come to this city, and, with the aid of the local committee appointed to aid him in the matter—Presidents Milford Spohn ef the Central Labor Union and William Sil- ver of the Building Trades Council—select a@ suitable location for the transaction of Sam‘! Gompers, President Federation of Labor. the business of the organization, with the conduct of which President Gompers and his assistants have been intrusted by the bodies affiliated with the A. F. of L. There will then be transferred to the na- tional capital for the greater portion of the year some of the most noted men in the ranks of organized labor in the United States, chief among whom are Mr. Gomp- ers, Messrs. P. J. McGuire, James Duncan, James O'Connell and M. M. Garland, vice presidents; Mr. Frank Morrison, secretary, and John B. Lennon, treasurer of the or- ganization. President Gompers. Samuel Gompers, president of the Amcri- can Federation of Labor, is one of the best known men in organized labor in the United States. His many years of con- nection with the trades unions of America have given him a reputation as an ener- etic, studious, consistent champion of the tollers’ rights. Samuel Gompers was born in London, England, January 27, 1850, of Dutch parents, tracing back his genealogy to Austrian origin on his maternal side and to French on his father’s side. -He attended common school from his sixth year until he was ten years and three months old, when he was placed in a factory to learn the shoe trade, which was not to his lik- ing. He was then apprenticed to the trade which his father followed—cigar making. He worked in the factory during the day and attended a free school in the evening. of thirteen years his parents emigrated ee oie United States, landing here July 20, In 1864 the Cigar Makers’ International Union was formed, and, having made no discrimination as*to age, Mr Gompers be- came a member, although then but little ™more than fourteen years old. He now has to his credit the longest continued membership of any one in that organiza- tion, and although its numbers run up to nearly 30,000 his membership and due card is No. 1. Its system of legislation, its nomination and election of officers by a direct vote of the members of the union in all parts of North America on one and the same day he proposed, formulated, advo- cated and succeeded in having engrafted When he had reached the uge 4 = the basis or foundation of the organiza- tion. i For mere than twenty years he bas been a delegate of his local union of New York city to every convention of the interna- tional unions, and in turn was a delegate of the organization to the first convention of the American Federation of Labor, held in Pittsburg in 1881. It was at that time the federation was formed of which he was destined to become the executive head and the leading active spirit. At that eonven- tion his ability was recognized by more P. J. McGuire, First Vice President. than 300 delegates in attendance, and he was chosen president. But he declined and was chosen vice president. The year following witnessed his election to the presidency of the federation, which he held uninterruptedly until December, 1894, when he was defeated by John McBride. A year out of office and Mr. Gompers was again elected president, this time in turn defeating McBride. Places of Trust. Mr. Gompers served his own local union (cigar makers) for six years in the capac- ity of president and four years as secre- tary without salaryjwas president of the state labor organization for two terms and president of the Federation of Labor for six years without receiving any salary or compensation of, any kind, giving all his spare time and oceasionally taking a day from his regular employment to pro- mote the work of the organization. It was at the convention of 1886 that the federation decided he should give his entite attention to the advancement of the federa- tion and provided a salary of $1,000 annu- ally. This after four years was increased to $1,200, then to $1,500, and is now $1,800. He was unanimously elected in 1895 first delegate by the American Federation of Labor as a fraternal, representative to the British Trade Uniong Congress, which was held at Cardiff, Waleg, On this trip he vis- ited many European imdustrials centers and delivered lectures amd, addresses, both in English and German, the latter of which he acquired within the past fifteen years in order to be of greater service to ithe niove- ment. To Mr. Gompers are attributable many laws upon the statute books both of the Jas. Duncan, Second Vice President. general government and the several states. Notable among these are the sanitary in- spection laws of workshops, factories, mills and mines, the age mit law relative to the employment of children in industrial pur- suits, employers’ liabilities for damages to life and Hmb of men, Hen law making wages the first lien upon property, eight- hour law in government work, uniform car coupling law, the ten-hour law for street railwayegmployes, the anti-conspiracy law, the law creating state béards of conciilation and arbitration, the law making the first Monday in September @ legal holiday, be known as Labor. day. when enacted by Congress, was signed by President Cleveland, who presented Mr. Gompers with the pen with which the law was signed. Half-Holiday Law., The Saturday half-holiday law should not ihe R eee e eee eee eee ea SSSR SS SE SES DST e cee ees Soca eee e aa Soe Cn a a ae ee a he he hh hh eh ie ie Wh Dh Wh th Dh Dh eh A hie te Dh sh hh hh Yh eh Wh Dh Wh We es Ds Me We Wh We he eh hh Hh Wh Wh We Wh We he Hh ee WD monds must price. here now. $200 Pigmona_ Baltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. Stupendous Diamond Sale. 30 Per Cent Discount. —We must have money+—selling Dia- diamonds here—the result of pla¢ing an enor- mous order, so as to —We say 30 per cent off.jthe marked price of every diamond in the hoyse—and that means 30 per cent off -OUR equaled by no cash jeweler in town. —Convert your spare cash, into some- thing equally as good. —We know and can satisty you that your money won’t buy so much in any, other line. Dollars in Diamonds are worth only 70 cents D8 $ 1 000 Diamond Pendant - } $ 1 400 Diamond Ring < «= $600 Pair of Earrings = - $ 1 00 Tiffany Diamond Ring $50 Tiffany Diamond Ring RATIONAL JEWELRY 60, 1103 PERMA. AVE. | £ $ give it to us. Entirely too many z get an urusually low | ices—prices ‘$700 $980 $420 -; $70 and Ruby $140 be forgotten. When the legislature in New | mmegugup York state voted to repeal the measure and the papers lay before Gov. Hill awaiting his signature Mr. Gompers went direct to the governor's office. “Governor,” he said, “you must not sign that. The laboring men Of the United States of America de- mand you not to sign it.” “But,” replied the governor, “certain financial interests have represented that they cannot compete with other states fairly because these other states do not have the half holiday. These interests have complained bitterly.” “These interests have no right to com- plain,” replied Mr. Gompers, “for they have not made an attempt to obey the law; they have evaded it absolutely.” The governor vetoed the repeal of the law. Since then the half holiday has been in operation, both to the satisfaction, it is asserted, of employer and employe in a large number of states. Mr. Gompers advocates arbitration in the settlement of labor disputes, but always exposes the what he terms hypocrisy which preached arbitration without the organization of workers. He believes that arbitration is never successful except when the parties to the dispute are equal or near- ly equal in power, and that the only power the toiler has is in organization. = Mr. Gompers has never participated in Partisan -political campaigns, holding that the trade union movement is above parties, and should not be subordinate to any of them. In 1887 in New York Mr. Gompers was unanimously nominated by both dem- cratic and republican parties in his dis- trict for state senator, but notwithstand- ing his election would have been practically unopposed, he declined to be a candidate. The following year he was asked to be a candidate for the House of Representa- tives, the nomination of the republican party being assured him. He refused to consider the proposition. When the law creating the state board of M. M. Garland, Fourth Vice President. arbitration was passed in 1886 Governor Hill tendered one of the appointments to Mr. Gompers, but although the position had attached a salary of $3,000 he declined to accept it A number of other appoint- ments, both federal and New York state, have been tendered him by different of- ficials, all of which ne has steadfastly de- clined. Earnest Workers. James Duncan, second vice president of the federation, has been a most active worker in the cause of unionism for years. He is well kuown to ail who are identified with the labor movement, and his friends are pretty nearly as numerous as his ac- quaintances. He is a member of the Granite Cutters’ Union and is national sec- retary of that body, being the third man to c#cupy that post. The first was Thom- aston H. Murch, the stone cutter repre- sentative from Maine, and the second, J. B. Dyer, who was secretary for seventeen conseculive years. Mr. Duncan was elect- ed to that position March, 1895. He be- came a member of the Granite Cutters’ Union in 1880, and has been an officer of locals almost continuously since that time. He has represented the granite cutters in three annual conventions of the federation, ‘and has several times represented in the same body the Baltimore federation, in which city is his home. He has just en- tered upon his third term as second vice president. One of the foremost workers in the cause —indefatigable, able and earnest—is James O'Connell, third vice president. His union- ism and connection with organized bodies covers nineteen years, and he is still a young man. His first connection with or- ganized labor was as a member of the old Blacksmiths’ Union of Oil City, Pa., in 1877. When that organizatioa disbanded, he became actively engaged with the of Labor, and was a delegate to ‘ions of the grand body, one held at John B. Lennon, ‘Treasurer. Richmond, Va., in 1886, and the other at Toledo in 1891. When the organization cf the International Machinists’ Union occur- red in 1889, he at once took an active part in the work. He was elected a member of the general executive board in 1891, and re- elected at the session of 1892. In 1893, at the Indianapolis session of the National Union, he was elected grand master ma- chinist, which position he still retains. At the New York convention of the federation he was elected third vice president of that bedy, and he was re-elected at the recent convention in Cincinnati. Mr. O'Connell is an active, conservative worker, eager and keen in demanding justice for his organiza- ion, but willing, by any honorable means, to avoid open conflict with employers. He has carried the machinists through some tempestuous times, and while victory has not always perched upon their banner, de- feat has never brought disgrace or aliena- tion of public sympathy. Men of Merit. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers have an able representa- tive in the executive council in the person of M. M. Garland of Pittsburg. His con- }nection with the labor movement dates from the very first day it was possible for him to affiliate, that time being in 1878, when he connected himself with the union of which he is now the official head. He filled a number of nfinor pesitions, earning each advancement. lie was first a representative to the annual cénvention of the Iron and. Steel Workers in 18S4, was a member of the executive board in the first district (Pittsburg) for a number of years and was appointed assistant president in 1890 and elected to the presidency in 1892, taking the position on the retirement of President Wethe in November of that year. His term began at a most troublous perlod for the iron workers, the Homestead strike being at its height, but Mr. Garland worked indefatigably and against great odds, win- ning laufels for himself even in defeat. He was elected representative to the American Federation of Labor in 1895 and was recog- oat by selection as fourth: vice president ? MAYER BROS. & CO., 937-939 F Street. 11 Faubourg Poissonnierre, Paris. A Feast of. Fashionables Far Under Value. Didn’t we have an Xmas trade? You who were here:— Ever see such jostling, good natured crowds picking out the goods of their choice with that that fair treatment brings? feeling of confidence and relish They taxed us hard. They worked a wreckage in the variety of many lines of goods, and have left us with odds and ends that we're going to clear out at any sacrifice. We can afford to be generous, and we'll do it. Choice bits of merchandise here that'll delight many a woman’s heart and call very lightly on her pocket. The goods have been for the most part in the stock rooms, so you'll find nothing damaged from handling. suffered at all is in price. 15c. Pin Trays....... 5c. 89c. Kid Gloves... ... See 12$c. Emb. Handkerchiefs. 50. 25c. Child’s Black Hose... 15¢. 2ic. Ladies’ Black Hose. .12}c. $7.50 Ostrich Boas... $5 Child’s Coats...... $8 Ladies’ Jackets........ $2 Ladies’ Waists.... 75¢. Music Rolls $1.25 Music Rolls........ 8gc. 69c. Pocket Books........ 48c. $1.25 Pocket Books....... 75¢. $10 Electric Seal Collar- ettes > $1.50 Colored Flannel Un- derslarts J. -.5<ssihee 75¢. Chenille Covers. . 15c. box Paper....... $1 box Paper... roc. Puck Lamps The only way they have 75c. Ladies’ Union Suits... 49¢ Soc. large Black Birds. ....12$c. toc. Natural Violets...... 5c. soc. Velvet Ro: »s 25C. 4g9c. Silk Violet: cess $1 French Felt Hats ~ 490. 75¢. Mohair Tamo’s...... 49¢. $1 Trimmed Fedoras. - 49¢. soc. Cloth Tamo’s........ 25¢. Ioc. Satin Ribbons........ 5. 25c. Taffeta Ribbon....... 19¢. $3.48 Trimmed Hats... ...$1.98 25c. Veiling........ 15. $1 Ostrich Plumes. . . ++ 49c. 25c. Plumes... i: eke: $1.49 Silk Velvet ...$1.00 $1 Chiffon... 69c. $1 Jet Evening Hats. -- 49¢. 25c. Hat Ornaments. ..... .12}c. 50c. Boucle Caps......... 39¢. 75. Veit Hate. cs... .5. 250 MAYER BROS. & CO.., 937-939 F St. LW eee EUS NSS TSS S ENS TESTS tettotots born in Lafayette county, Wis., October 12, 1840, and was taken by his parents to Hannibal, when he was but two years of age. Here he remained until he reached the age of twenty, when he removed to Denver, Col., and affiliated with the Tail- ors’ Union, he having learned the trade at Hannibal. For many years he took an active part in the labor movement of Colo- rado, being connected with the Denver Trades Assembly. He represented the De ver union at the conventions of 1884- held in Chicago and Baltimore, and w again sent in 1887 to New York, at which time he was elected general secretary. When elected to that position the parent body had but fifteen locals, while it now has 243. In October, 1887, “The Tailor,” the official publication of the union, was launched, with Mr. Lennon as editor. He has held the office of general secretary with such satisfaction to the membership that he was re-elected at each succeeding session, still holding the office, with head- quarters at Bloomington, Ill. He was elected treasurer of the federation in 1890, and has been re-elected each year to the post and is the present incumbent. Mr. Lennon has hosts of friends, both in and out of the labor unions, his personality contributing to the popularity which his ability and worth make natural. ——— A Fine Management. From the Detroit Free Press. “They tell me, Hoply, that your wife is a great busiress woman and knows just how to stop the leaks that occur in most house- holds. At our place the folks are always getting things that don’t fit or that are dis- appointing in some other way. But instead of realizing something for them, they throw them away, give them away or hide them in the attic. How does Mrs. Hoply man- age?” “Well, this is what she was telling me last night. One of my daughters, who be- lieves everything that she reads, bought a pair of heavy shoes for outdoor wear. She was bent on being sensible and healthy. They made her feet sore, wore out the heels of her stockings and caused her such utter weariness that she talked in her sleep. Of course, it would not do to continue such torture, so my wife sold the shoes for 75 per cent of their cost.” “Good! That's what I call management.” “Mrs. Hoply found a remnant that was of just the material ske wanted for a wrapper, bought it and had the garment made. It pulled and hauled and bound till she was almost distracted, and there was no more goods cf the same kind to be had in order to remedy the defect. She sold it to the second girl at a reasonable discount. I might tell you half a dozen like instances in which she disposed of all kinds of things, from hats to cook stoves.” “Good again! Such a woman is a treas- ure.” “There’s one thing I should tell you, how- ever. She never collects a cent for these things. Not a doggone cent. The wash wo- man quits. The second girl leaves without notice. The man that carrics in coal buys a stove and we never see him again. She sells everything, but we get nothing.” ———+e--____ Mr. Bronso1 Serviceable Skull. From the Paducah News. < Late yesterday afternoon Rufe Bronson, colored, drove down below the I. C. incline to dump a load cf trash in the river. About the same time Captain Newt. Roberts, the well-known steamboat man, repaired to the bottoms on the north side to try a new Winchester of thirty-eight caliber. Just as Captain Roberts drew a bead on a stalk of ironwood ard pulled trigger, Rufe moved into range from behind a gravel bank about 275 feet away. There was a crack from the rifle, and an exclamation from Rufe. The heavy ball had hit him on the forehead, somewhat above the eyes, with all the force of a hear & The negro did not even fall down. He wiped his brow with an old handk ef and drove on toward the river bank. This GOOD WORDS FOR THE HORS' One From the St. Louis Republ Col. Ed Butler is authority for the stat ment that there are more horses tn St. Leuis now than there ever have been in the entire history of the city. Accoré to his figures, there are anywhere from 20 to 30 per ceat more now than there were during the palmiest days of the horse car or before the bike came into use. “I am better prepared to know how many horses there are in the city than any other men living here. The reason is that I catch them coming and going. I shoe them while they are living and haul them off when they are dead. “I know that the average citizen believes that the advent of the trolley car and the bicycle dispensed with the use of horses almost entirely, but this Is not the case. The bicycle dude and the trolley car pa- } tron never owned horses. The only horses the trolley car knocked out were the plugs that nobody else would care to own, and there were not half as many of them as is generally supposed. “Good horses are as hard to get now as they ever were, and probably harder, for the reason that not sc many of them a being bred. You can't hire a rig at a It ery stable any cheaper now than you could ten years ago, and if you drive out will find more rigs on the streets there were ten years ago. The trolley has killed the market for scrub horse they are cheaper, but a scrub horse i cheap at any figure. get a first-class team for three S, am willing. to pay any kind of a price for them, but I have not been able to find what I want. I predict that within the next five years the breeding of good roadste is going to become one of the most profitable businesses in the country.” Sree ETERS Origin of the Steam Whi From Iron. It is told that the locomotive whistle was invented because of the desiruction of a load of eggs. When locomotives were first built the country roads were for the most part crossed at grade and the engine driver had no way of giving warning of his ap- proach except by blowing a tin horn. The horn, it may be imagined, was far from being sufficient warning. One day in the year 1833 a farmer of Thornton was cross- ing the railroad track on one pf the coun- try roads with a great load Bf eggs and butter. Just as he came out upon the track @ train approached. The engine man blew you than not I have been trying to le. his horn lustily, but the farmer did not hear it. Eighty dozen of eggs and fifty pounds of butter were smashed into an indistinguishable, unpleasant mass and mingled with the kindling wood to which the wagon was reduced. The railway com- pany had to pay the farmer the value of his wagon. It was considered a very serious matter and straightway a director of the company, Ashlen Baxter by name, went to Alton Grange, where George Stephenson lived, to see If he could not invent some- thing that would give a warning more likely to be heard. Stephenson went to work and the next day had a contrivance which, when attached to the engine boiler and the steam turned on, gave out a shrill discordant sound. The railroad directors, greatly delighted, ordered similar contriv- ances attached to all the locomotives, and from that day to this the voice of the lo- comotive whistle has never been silent. sss Sioenerennote zy It Was Lucky. From the Chicago Post. “Harry,” she said, reproachfully. “Well?” he returned, apprehensively, for there was that in her tone that made him fear the worst. “It is evident from your breath,” she went on, “that you have been érinking.” “Well?” he said again, for want of some- thing better to say. “When a mere girl,” she explained regret- fully, “I made a solemn vow that lips tha‘ touched is that all?” he said, with eviden' were a litte more the of mp 0D account vow. But it's mighty lucky that Sart lnicas sot ee es a rit “Ead