Plymouth Tribune, Volume 6, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 31 January 1907 — Page 6

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Labor's Ulis Itewartl. Jan. 1 just passed and the months preceding saw the greatest advance In wages ever known In this country. The advance is the more remarkable because It was based on the highest rate known In this or anr other land. A 10 per cent increase to the wages of the laborer under the free trade tariff of 184j would have meant a daily gain of from 5 to 10 cents, if he had gotten it. A 10 per cent Increase under the DIngley tariff In 1900-7 means a gain f LM to ZQ cents a day, or from $00 to $10 a year; the gain itself being more than the entire wage of some foreign competitois. The DIngley tariff has brought most wondrous changes to our Industrial life. Under it our foreign trade has doubled ; the value of our farm products has doubled; the volume of employment has changed from the Idleness of millions to a veritable labor famine in all parts of the country. Our manufacturers are unable to supply the demands of our prosperous people, and we are iuying over $ll2W,00U,0UO worth of foreign products. Remarkable as are all these results, they do not equal in importance the increased rewards to labor. The secretary of the Ballroad General Managers Association says the railroad employes will this year receive over Sl.OOO.COO.OOO in wages, more than 'double what the railroad employes of 1K received. Here is a gain of over 100 per cent in the past ten years. These are so-called "non-protected"' workers, and yet they are among the irreatest recipients of the reward of a protective tariff. The condition of ßtreet and elevated railroad employes is similar. The next ! largest Increase has been given to the metal workers. Bradstreet'3 estimates that the annual pay roll In the Pittsfcurg district alone exceeds $350,000,000, an Increase over two years ago of $100,000,000. The textile workers of New England and elsewhere have had their share too ia the Increase of wages, the gain amounting to many millions of dollars. (The express companies employes, coal Jrnd Iron and copper miners, boot and shoe opera t rs, and the laborers In thousands of mills and factories have 'had an Increase öVning the past year. The laborers of the United States hare been trebly benefited, first by continuous employment; second, by higher vages; third, by shorter hours; and we might add, fourth, by an Increase of Interest rates In savings banks where they have over $3,000,000,000 on defposit at 4 per cent now. In most cases, instead of 3 and 3 Vi per cent formerly. And still the labor demand Is not equal ito the supply, and we are easily absorbing half a million new wage earners annually from abroad, who, with their jfamilles, add over a million new conJsumers each year to Increase the deimand for American agricultural and laaanufactured products. Iaapoislble to Please Everybody. , A great many Republicans would fair or a revision of some of the tariff 'schedules If It did net mean a general -revision. The country is In a very prosperous condition, but it could not stand the uncertainty of a reconstrucjtion of the tariff without serious emtharrassmcnt Those who are familiar nrlth "the history of tariff legislation toow that each section wants proteeitlon upon the things It produces ami free entry for the things It buys. The fcfanxier wants protection upon the raw ticcterlal he produces and no tariff jcpon the finished product he buys. The 'manufacturer wants free trade on raw oraterial and a protective tariff to proJtect his finished product. The laborer jvrants tho high wages which protection iglves, but he would like to purchase pwith those wages things at the free Urn de price. And so when It comes to making tariff schedules selfish Interests are aliways at work, and the result Is always ' compromise, the product of log rolling and a measure ol doubtful expedltjcy. And these are faits which make acany statesmen doubt 'the wisdom of -ripping up a law under which the country has prospered and Is prospering. iMerchants and manufacturers must diare table conditions. Lancaster fOhio) 'Jazette. An Industrial Cristas When? In the current discussion as to the out'ook for continued prosperity varying opinions are expressed by financiers, railroad men, manufacturers and college presidents. The weight of judgement seems to be on the side of continued prosperity. This view Is sustained by the fact of a power to consume equaling the power to produce. Tbk öwer to consume rests chiefly up -wages earned and paid. Kmploynv and wages are at high water mark. Never before In the history of the country have similar conditions prevailed In respect of the ability of every individual to find work at good pay. Will these conditions continue? That would revni to be the main question. Infinitely related to that question Is the fljcstlon whether and when wages and industrial production are to be unsettled by tariff reduction and reciprocity iningeriiont3 designed to increase foreign competition with American labor and industry. Given the date when tnrlff revision downward and reciprocity In -competing products shall have been definitely determined upon, and It will be much easier to guess at the date when the present prosperity will e followed by an Industrial and commercial crisis. Same Kind of Tariff. The Grand Rapids. XI Ich., Press is the latest United States newspaner to discover that the Canadian tariff is compelling United States manufacturers to locate branch establishments in Canada, thus h;urlng home trade and building up a riral. Whit ground hns the United Stairs for complaint? TI tariff wiil'-ii i r.olng this for C:-.ii.i.!;i is the Mir.o kind of a tariff which injured rli British n:anuf;icturer and built up the Industries f the United States at tho expense f (Jreat Britain. Montreal Gazette. - BreaUIn fc Record. The year 100G broke the record in bank clearings, In foreign trade, both Imports and exports. In railroad earnings. In piff lrn output. In steel production, In value of agricultural products, in value of manufactures, in mining, in building. In Immigration, nd, best of all, In wages paid to the workers of the country. It is one more notch, and the biggest of all, to be cut to tha credit of the DIngley tariff.

$100,000,000 OF WAGES. Imnifnsp Sam Sent from Thin Conntry to 1 Zu rope I-ant Year. American labor, every man who works for wages, every labor organization, every trades union, will be interested in the following official statement showing the number and amount

o'J K)stal coney orders i?sued In the I'nited States for payment abroad during each of the fiscal years ending June :i0, from 1S1)'J to l'JW, inclusive: Year ending June 30. No. issued. Amount. 181)2 VKW, $13.lL,0,272 isoa i.'",.r.o!) in..rii.S3S I KU !17.S23 13.702,4.V m0.- for.27S 12,!HX5.4Sa isoo ;s5,7'.k i3,s."2,oi; 1807 JJ44.1ST, 13.588,370 1808 lC7K:m 13,239,70!) 1800 WS.501 13,744,770 WOO 1.102.0R7 10,740,018 Um 1.247.8SS 20,072,014 1002 1,311,111 22.071,473 Um 1,014.140 35,237.03." 1004 2,203.314 42,r50.131 icor 20tf,:;s4 47.rir.o2S 190J S.03Ö.50S C3.047,8;7 In the eight years, 1802 to 1809, inclusive two of these years being protective tariff years, and six years covering the free trade tariff period and the recovery from the effects of that tariff American money orders sent abroad amounted to $112,5Stf,.S3, being an average of $14,072.043 per year. In the next ensuing seven years of the full benefits of DIngley tariff protection, 1000 to 1000, Inclusive, the total of money orders sent abroad was $249,148,082. the yearly average being These are purely postal figures. They do not Include the amounts sent abroad by express money orders, by registered letters, or by small drafts purchased from American banks. It would be safe to say that, all told, the 1000 remittances by American wage earners to foreigners amounted to fully $100,000,000. Does, it not bear directly upon the question whether the wage earners have or have not shared liberally In the great gains of American industry in the past ten years of adequate protection to domestic labor? Does it not tend to prove that the increase alike in the rate of wages paid and in the total sum of wages has far outrun the Increase In the cost of llvOver sixty-three million dollars was sent abroad through the postothce during the year ending June 30, 1900, by prosperous Americans of foreign birth or extraction to their relatives In other lands. In the tenth year of the DIngley tariff close uion five times the money went abroad from American wage earners that was sent in ISOfi, the first year of the revised tariff known as the Wilson-Gorman law as $63,047,807 in 190G was to ?12.9C0,48C in 1895. The figures of postal orders Issued In the United States for payment abroad begin with 1892. That was what may be termed a normal protection year. The .'ubor of the country was well employed under the McKinley, tariff of 1800. At the end of June, 1893, the Wilson-Goraan bill had not yet been enacted. Labor had not begun to feel the pinch of tighter times. So tho amount sent abroad went up to $10,341,S3S. Xow, note the next year, 1894, after the force of the panic of 1893, a freetrade panic, became visible. Then there was a drop to $13,792,45.". The next year, 1895, after the mills and factories had closed their doors to a million work people, there was a further drop to $12.903,4S. This was low water mark. Wage earners had less to spare to send abroad. In 1807 came the Dingley law. Mean while the warehouses and store shelves ! had been filled with foreign goods rushed to the United States at lower tariff rates In anticipation o the higher prices sure to come after the higher tariff of 1897. Wherefore the real benefits of the DIngley tariff were not visible until these supplies were exhausted, and It was not until 1900 that the first big Jump in foreign remittances occurred. That year the postal orders amounted to $10,740,018. The sums sent to other countries by wage earners in the United States In postal orders Increased by leaps and bounds from 1900 on: In 1901, over twenty millions; in 1902, neorly twenty-three millions; In 1903, over thirtyfive millions; In 1904, over forty-two and a half millions; In 1903, over forty-seven and a half millions; and In 1000, over sixty-three millions! Where did all this money come. from? Not from the savings banks, for the savings deposits of $1,747,001,280 in 1894 (free trade tariff period) had In 1905 increased to $3,201,230,119, an increase of almost 100 per cent In the protection period. Not from the building and loan association form of sarings, for these show an almost equivalent Increase in 1900 as compared with j.04. 'ot In diminution of wbat la known as industrial or wage earners' U.fe Insurance, for this line of lnsuraK?e has Increased enormously In the past ten years. So tho sixty-three and odd millions of dollars which went abroad last year hi postal orders to foreign relatives r.it st represent clear savings after wining the Increased cost of living, after swelling the savings bank deposit 4 to an estimated total of $4,000,000,00) for 1900, and after Investing money In building and loan associations and In life insurance. There Ls no escape from the conclusion that the wage earners of the Unit ed States are accumulating money at a X'henomenal rate in these years of protection prosperity. We are taking In foreign laborers at the rate of over a million a year, and are absorbing them into our labor field so rapidly that the Influx has no effect in lowering wages. Oa the contrary, wages Lave Increased by hundreds of millions of dollars during 1900. In 1005 our national wage payments aggregated about $3,000,000,000. In 1907 the total will reach fully $4.000,000,j 0 . J No wonder cur Americanized forelgnj ( s ":i .-pare much more than U-'i.COO,-i CO in .t single year to s-md abroad. A:rrri K.'-onomlst. The Farmer's Wbrc Inerease. Seven billion dollars Is the estimate of the value of the agricultural products of llXJC. Ten years ago, under the Democratic tariff, the alue was about $3,000,000,000. And yet certain Democratic Congressmen have the hardihood to assert that the farmer ls the victim, not the beneflclary, of a protective tariff. Fact is we are all btflciaries, and the farmer is simply getting his share. His wages are the value of his product and they have slm ply doubled under the DIngley tariff. That's about the size of it

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Curnent Supporter. IaTftCors seem especially anxious to produco trousers hangers, coat hangers, clothes presses, etc.. for the benefit of the fastidious member of the male sex, but they have utterly forgotten to attempt anything in this line for the fairer ex. Women ' are more careful with their clothes than 1 men. and are equauy as anxious to procure devices which will keep SKIRT SUPPORTER. their garments In shape when not In use. A resident of Leipzig, Germany, has observed this absence of garment supporters for women and has patented the one showu lu the illustration. It consists of an arm pivoted In a bracket on the wall or door. Suspended by a hook on the free end of the arm Is a foldable ring, from which skirts and petticoats can be supported and prevented from creasing, as they invariably do when placed In chests or bureau drawers. All women will be quick to recognize the advantages of this garment hanger. Red I ose Help. Red nose Is sometimes caused by Indizes iou first, that affects the circulation; sometimes there are other causes. In any even, here are two lotions either of which may be tried successfully, la all but extreme cases. The first ls to be brushed over the nose at night and be allowed to dry on. The second is to be used In the morning, and the akin should le gently patted after the lotion has been on It for some seconds. Mix two teaspoonfuls of powdered alum and two of boric acid. Slowly add boiling water and stir. Use only just sufficient water to dissolve the powder. Then add half an ounce of witch hazel, and half an ounce of the strong solution of subacetate of lead. Use when cold, and always shake before pouring out. Place two teaBpoonfuJs of simple tincture of benzoin In a perfectly dry vessel. Add one teaspoonful of the best glycerin. Stir until mixed. Then slowly pour on five runces of witch hazel, stirring the while. Now add In a trickling stream one ounce of dilute acetic acid, the stirring being constant. Next throw In half an ounce of carbonate of zinc, and Anally make up to half a pint by adding elder-flower water. This mixture should be strained through coarse clotü. Renora Emilia Pardo liazan was elected president of the vtlon of literature of the Madrid Antheneum in Spain. Miss Julia Mitchell, of Cupar, Fife, has been appointed by the French government as assistant teacher at the Lycee de Jeunes Fi lies de Montpellier. Fräulein Gisela Kun is the first woman pharmacist In Austria. She studied In Switzerland and England and finished her course at the Vienna University and hospital. Mme. Isabelle Masslan, explorer, is to have the Cross of the Ixgion of Honor bestowed on her by the French government. She lately traveled 2.r00 raller, In a Chinese cart through the Desert of Gobi. Mino. Snyers has been unanimously elected by the College of BurRomasters and Aldermen in Brussels to tho vacant seat on the Committe of Charity. Shi Is the first woman to Jill any post of ofiicial beneficence in Brussels. Women in Norway have leen given equal rights with men In the government of the church. This measure was voted on by the National Synod of Norway. Miss Dorothea Schloldager being Instrumental In gaining this favor for her sex. Condemn Coeducation. MBIg mixed schools are bad for chil dren, educationally, morally and phy slcally," said Miss Cleghorn, head of -me of the large elementary schools in Sheffield, England, referring to the dangers of coeducation. It was impos

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slble, she said, for a head teacher to have proper Individual Influence over the pupils. It was said that girls exercised a good Influence over boys, but she was sorry to My that there were a great many bad little girls, under whose influence boys ought not to be i laced. The teachers seemed to feel this to be true In the majority of cases.

All Kind of Stitches. Here is a little list of questions to put to the guest at an afternoon embroidery or sewing class : What stitch Is: Hard to live with? (Cross stlt;h.) A part of a cough. (Hemstitch.) A part of a window? (Bllndstltch.) Is found on a fowl? (Featherstitch.) Is a fish and something every one has? (Herringbone.) Is made of many links? (Chainstitch.) Is not forward? (Backstitch.) Is useless without a key? (Lockstitch.) Repeats Itself? (Over and over stitch.) For a prize for the best answers give a little leather sewing case fitted with needles and thread. The Philosophy of Dress. Careless dressing Is both extravagant and wasteful. Our friends will love us better if we are particular as to our personal appearance. Who does not know of some loved one whose constant Indifference to dress 13 a perpetual annoyance and mortification? There is sure to be In many a home the member who has to be brushed and pinned up before she Is presentable to visitors. Wives Who Help Hosbands. A woman blessed with the faculty of saying or doing the right thing at the right minute Is bound to be a help to her husband. The woman who can

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make herself Indispensable to her husband as his social mentor and co-entertainer has many pleasures which her less tactful sisters miss. Everyone recognizes as a bore the woman who' Is forever quoting the clever sayings of her husband and dwelling at length upon his good points, his success In business, etc., but the wife who knows when to drop a hint that counts is really worth while, says Woman's Life. Woman. She works harder before breakfast than man works all day. She has more humor in an offhand word than man has in bis funniest story. She shows more pathos in her gentlest sigh than man shows in his most lugubrious Wallings. She can economize more with 23 cents than a man with a dollar. She can dress herself neatly and attractively for less than it costs a man for shoos and hats. She has more patience in opening n drawer than a man has in laying the foundation of his fortune. She displays more grace In falling out of a hammock than a man displays in his favorite dance. She has more dignity la a nod of her head than a man has In a bow that embraces his entire anatomy. She can show more justice in feeding chickens than a whole courtful of judges can frhow in a hundred volumes of printed decisions. She shows more Ingenuity la the things she does with the left-over boiled potatoes than the greatest Inventor who ever signed a patent specification. Washington Star. PocUelbook Protector. Pocketbook snatchers and pickpockets seem to have no fear for the woman who persists in carrying hor pocketbook loosely in hvr hand. There would undoubtedly be fewer of these robberies If pocketbook protectors like the one shown !n the illustration were used by every woman. P.csides being useful, they are at the same tlraa suppobts the fashionable. This pocketbook. protector la made of a pair of plates having inturned edges at one end. At the opposite end the plates are hinged together, a flat spring being placed

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between the plates. The iuturned edges form a clamp for clasping the pocketbook, the spring supplying the necessary tension. A chain Is attached to one end of the plates and connects with a holder by which the protector is suspended from the belt of the wearer. Handbags susiended from the belt are quite fashionable at the present, find this device, embodying the pocketbook, should prove equally as attractive. The pocketbook can be released from the protector iu an instant, and any other pocketbook substituted for the one being carried.

BES Among the new embroideries a carnation design Is effective. A coat of white caracul trimmed with marten may be worn with a white cloth skirt and picture hat. Muffs continue to be big and fiat One of the newest was shiped like a crescent, and had two fur heads and a cluster of tails by way of a finish. A feature of the new boots Is the wooden Cuban heel. This makes the shoe much lighter for walking than when the heel was built of leather. Many black costumes in the handsomer materials are heavily braced, and have just a gimpse of color introduced into them somewhere." A touch of blue Is pretty. Brown and black are being combined a great deal this year. Peculiar, Indeed, are the Idosyncrasles of a fashion that produces such a hat as recently seen of chalky blue felt, the back built up in green maline, the side adorned with six half-ripe MEANS. lemons of yellowish-green color, and from these jutting a tuft of gny mar!bou ! Hlbbon Is being used a great deal. Many of the hair ornaments are made of It. . So are some of the ever-popular rosettes for slippers. Pompadour ribbons are seen everj where. Buttons and cloth tops are a very Important part of most of the new boots. The cloth tops come, of course. In the plain colors, but the invisible plaids are rather better when one does not stick to black. Many women are having boot tops made- to match their tailored gowns. One of the main points to be recorded in relation to smart outer garments, whether they be the wrap proper or short tailored coat, Is that the short sleeve Is on the wane. Three-quarter and full-length effects are growing more conspicuous daily, being handsomely finished with cuffs of their own or contrasting material. , Black veils must not be worn with very light hats or gowns unless there Is a touch of black somewhere about the costume. Match the hat in the veil whenever It Is possible, but don't make a fright of yourself In doing ir. For Instance, a blue veil Is apt to make a woman with a bright color look purple, esieclally If the mesh Is small. Suecnor to Scrap Danket. A pall covered in silk o? cretonne, to match the draperies in the boudoir, is the latest receptacle for torn letters and papers, and very quaint Is this useful bit of furnishing. One in v sage brocade, with a pretty French print framed on one side, and outlined by an open-work dull-gold galloon, has gold rope handles to lift It by. Til e bucket rims are also finished by gal loon, and the lining Is of moire. SnvliiK the let. When a big ironing Ins to be done wbat a comfort and relief It is to the feet to use a cushion to stand an while Ironing. It can be inade from an old quilt folded nnd covered by a piece of carpet. Until it lias been tried no one can believe the rest it is to tired feet. Employment for Women. It Is interesting to note that In London some of the best "policemen" are women, and In France more than outthird of the female population earns Its living working on he farms, doing the actual manual labor. The Seven Stars fun, at Manchester, England, boasts of having been licensed for 550 years.

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SOLDIERS AT HOME.

THEY TELL SOMc INTERESTING ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. now the Boys of Both Armies Whiled ! Away Life in Camp Foraging Experiences, Tiresome Marches Thr Illing Scene on the Battlefield. "During our advance on Atlanta," said a veteran CeJonel of the Federals who now lives in Bensonhurst, "the cavalry operating . on the right wing of Sherman's army had early one morning i brisk little fight with Armstrong's brigade of Confederate cavalry In the scrub oak bushes near Dallas. Seven or eight Union sojdlers were killed and as many wounded. After the enemy had retired the wounded were collected In a le.g shop beside the road, where the surgeon attended to their Injuries. Among those hurt was a boy belonging to the Fourth Michigan. He was not more than 10 years old, and rather small for his years. His wound was serious, being a body wound which bled internally. The brigade surgeon in charge was the surgeon of the Fourth and knew the boy well. When he came to him, as he lay on a bed of shavings, the boy asked : " 'Doctor am I going to die?" "'My poor boy, replied the surgeon, 'j'ou are badly, very badly wounded, and I am afraid we can't save you.' The tears stood In the doctor's eyes as he spoke. '"Well, if I must go I must, and there's no use fretting about it, said the little fellow. "Just then he looked toward the open doorway and there stood his soldier friend, a boy like himself, who had heard of tle critical ccmditlon of his comrade, and stood near him weeping his heart out in sorrow. "'Hello, Billy,' feebly called the wounded lad. 'Don't cry. Come and bid me good-bye; I'm dying like a soldier.' Then, holding his comrade's hand and looking rp into the faces aro,und him, he exclaimed: 'Hurrah for the Old Flag!' A smile was on his face when the IIrht went out of his blue eyes. "Previous to the skirmish mentioned. and while the Union cavalry were In position guarding Sherman's right, sentinels were placed at various points to prevent a surprise. The country was almost an unbroken forest, with dense undergrowth. After the fight the position o.f the cavalry was changed, and the sentinels, it was thought, were all called In. But one, whose post was somewhat remote, in the thtek woods, was overlooked. He had been posted In the early morning, and all that day and the following night he remained iu ihe wilderness without water ox food. He heard the noise of the combat; he noticed the silence that followed it. and rightly imagined that his comrades were gone. On the fol lowing mornjug at roll call he was missed, and then it was renieinbered where and when he had been placed on duty, and a detachment was sent In search of him. He was found, weary and almost hopeless of relief, but in all the long hours of sejltude, darkness, thirst and hunger, he had not even thought of deserting his post His duty held him there, and life was not to he weighed against duty. "Sometimes this fearlessness was shown by other than regular soldiers. In the early summer of 1802, Morgan and his band made their appearance in middle Tennessee, and Gen. Dumont with his cavalry, left Nashville In pur suit of him. He came up with him at Lebanon, and at dawn dashed into the tc.wn where Morgan had passed the night. The fight that followed didn't amount to much, for Morgan, although a great raider, was a poor fighter, and, as usual, when confronted by Union troops who meant business, he skedad dled. Some of his men were so hard pressed that they could not go with him, and these did some firing from windows of houses in which they had taken refuge. One rebel ensconced himself In the second story of a little cottage, and from a window facing the street fired several shots, two of which seriously wounded two of our sojdlers. This one man commanded the street. To appear in front of his fortress was to receive his fire which he delivered quickly and then retired. How to dislodge him or get a shot at him was a puzzling question, and It ls quite probable that the solution wo.uld soon have been found by burning the house had not a youflg negro servant of tbe Adjutant remarked: 'If you'll gib me a carbine I'll wing dat rebel.' "'All right, Jim,' replied the Adjutant. "Here's a gun. Let's see you do IL "Jim took the carbine examined theloading, and deliberately walked up the street, took his stand opposite the dangerous wtndo.w. There he remained watching for perhaps ten minutes or more. Then le suddenly blazed away. The rebel had appeared, looking out, doubtless for chance at some Union soldier never suspecting a mortal enemy in the young negro standing opposite. Jim had shot him dead." A New Year In Llbby. Great Is the contrast between to,-day and the dawning of the New Year Just forty-three years ago for Major L. P. Williams, one of the assistant clerks of the District Supreme Court. Major Williams was a member of the 73d Indiana Regiment, and January 1, 18G4, he was a prisoner In Llbby prison. Speaking of his experience. Major Williams said to a Star reporter: "The long-drawn-Aut cry of 412 o'clock! Post No. 1 all's well!' by a prison guard aroused hundreds of the prisoners, who were uneasily slumbering on tlie floors of Llbby on the night of December 31, 18C3. and notified them that the new year was in. "Quickly a general shout of 'Happy New Year!' went up fro.ni that restless throng of more than a thousand unhappy men. Immediately some one started singing The Star Spangled Banner,' and voice after voice joined In the strain, untii the soul-stirring song was rising from every room of that Immense building, and floated out upon the midnight air In one grand cho.rus of enthusiastic and patriotic voices in a way that had not been heard in the city of Richmond for many months and years. "Then 'Auld Lang Syne' was sung. In a way that transported many a home-sick fellow back to the days when he was a happy and contented person. In a time of peace and plenty and awoke in him that tender sentiment always Inspired by that sweetest of all Burus' lays. After the singing had died away a few boisterous fellows awoke the echoes by cheers, yells and such a mixture of unearthly sounds

as would have made one believe that pandemonium had arrived instead of a new year. A caution from the guards below soon ended this babel and quiet once more reigned throughout tho prison. "Daylight, however, brought tq their feet this vast crowd, who, as soon as roll call was over, began their meager preparations for New .Year dinner. Much scheming and planning had been going on for several days toward this Important event. The few prison rations furnished were but a poor hope for a feast, and there was scarcely money enough in the prison to make extensive purchases, with potatoes st $50 per bushel, wheat bread $1 per loaf, sugar $( per pound, eggs $G per dozeu, and tea and coffee to be had at no price. A poor prospect fox a square meal. But in some way quite a number of fairly good dinners were gotten up, and those that had plenty Invited their neighbors to dine with them, so that very few. if any, went hungry. "Tbe afternon was spent In vlsiiing from room to room and corner to corner, and congratulations passed as freely as anywhere else in the and, for each one was thankful that he was alive. Early In the evening a grand bail was given In the kitchen. The orchestra, consisting of a violin, banjo, bones and tambourine, made fairly good music for the occasion. Two joung lieutenants had dressed themselves in Ethiopian style, one as a female, with ribbons and flowers, the other as a swell colored beau, and they were the attraction of the bail, and opened it in fine style. The lights for the room were poor tallow dips, that only served to make it a little less gloomy than utter darkness. It was un occasion never to be forgotten by any one who saw it. To see several hundred men dancing together as though they really enjoyed it, although a majority of them were young men, who had on many occasions graced fashionable ball rooms and sported swallow-tailed coats and the rest of the full dress paraphernalia. Yet here they were Jigging away with stalwart men as partners. Oh! what base uses we may even come to ! It was the only

real stag dance I ever took part in, ! and I never had a disposition for another. "When the ball was over, and the cry of 'lights out' was sounded, the noise and confusion of the previous night once more reigned. Every conceivable noise was made. Stamping, halloing and shouting, amid a deafening clatter of tinware, and good imitations of all the domestic animals, as well as the denizens of the forest, through the halls of Llbby. The more quiet and sedate among the prisoners soou controlled this turbulent element, and In a few minutes the usual quiet of the place had been resumed, end the new year fairly began In that dreary abode." Act of Sublime Conrocre-. Several senators were recently discussing deeds of bravery. "Most men," said Senator Alger, who served, with marked distinction in the civil war of the 'CO's, "are brave in battle. They have little chance to be otherwise; the excitement keeps them up and then the fear of ridicule by their comrades makes them toe the mark. In other words, if then is a coward In the regiment he Is apt to be too big a coward to show It "I think that the bravest act I everwitnessed was that of a common soldier before Petersburg. A mine had been placed at the end of a long tunnel to which a fuse had been attached. The fuse was lighted and all hands withdrew to a safe distance, drawn up ready for a charge on the Confederate works the moment the explosion took place. Five, ten, fifteen minutes passed and no explosion occurred. Then it became apparent that something was wrong with the fuse, but whether it had gone out or was simply burning slow no one could tell. "A man stepped out of the ranks and volunteered to go Into the tunnel and Investigate. He had to crawl on his hands and knees several hundred feet, not knowing but that the blast might go off at any moment and blow him to pieces. He made the trip successfully, the blast was fired at last and we made the assault and were repulsed, but I have always regarded that man's act as one of sublime courage' Washington Post Retired Comrade. The saber old and rusted hangs at rest upon the wall; Its friend, the trusty rifle, no more shall speed tbe ball ; No more I'll hear its joyful bark, nor see the saber gleam ; They're mustered out of service ; now, of war they only dream. They shared in many battles sometimeslay upon tbe field, Where they had proudly done their part to cause the foe to yield. They've crossed the snow-capped mountains, o'er the ocean they have passed Now, stained with blood and powder, they have been retired at last. Now rest in peace together, as you never did before ; Dream of your olden glory for jour fighting days are e'er ; You were heroes true atd trusty, though ye be of wood and steel; Mute ye speak to me of valor; may I heed your brave appeal! High Private, Troop U U. S. Cavalry. Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. "Worth Reading. Only sixteen iu one hundred victims of Brlght's disease are under 45 years Old. Cork has the best dressed and most prosperous . looking population in Ireland. To keep the whole German array In the field for a week would cost $30,000,000. Dried fig, dipped in milk, toasted and then applied to a gumboil will bring quick relief. Don't let anything Interfere with your regular hours of work and rest, but pot plenty of sleep. Vinegar rubbed Into badly chapped hands and allowed to dry will alleviate the stinging pain almost Instantly. Twenty-four hours before shampooing saturate the scalp with warm olive oil. Careful grooming every night with a brush will encourage the hair to be good. The Canadian plan of preferential tarltTs in favor of Great Britain and the British colonies ls now being adopted In the British colonies of South Africa. Bad soap will injure the skin, so will poor cosmetics. The nightly application of some pure, soothing cosmetic to overcome the wear and tear of the weather is absolutely accessary.

V V V Pattern Department UP-TO-DATE DESIONS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER v v v Chic Xfw Dlonae. Anj' thing novel and pretty ia blouses is sure of an er thuda.?tic! welcome, (irace and distinction are qualities much to be desired, but not always easy to find. This little French design has an atlactive originality and Is decidedly smart. Blue silk is the material used, the scalloped epaulets üuIslieü with a ruffle of Point de Veiiise lace. Tho sleeves are nls sdg?d with this lace, and the V-shaped chemisette is of all-over lace to match, laid over a lighter blue silk lining. Pretty and novel-shaped cuffs finish the edges of tbe sleeves which are tbort and PATTERN NO. 1C02. full. The edges of the blouse coming over the vest are scallojed and finished with a narrow silk braiL Silks or any of the silky woolen materials will make charming blouses after this design. The above pattern will be tnalled toyour address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to giveboth tbe number and size of pattern wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on thefollowing couioa: Order Coupon. No.. 10,02. SI ZU NAMTJ" ADDRESS ... Boylah Bloae Smit. There ls nothing nicer for school wear than such a suit as is shown here. Blouse costumes are one of the styles that may be counted upon as being always in the mode aud always popular. Dark brown covert doth is a most excellent material for such a suit, although serges and flannels and other smooth cloths press them, close. The little trousers come just below tbe knees and are as carefully shaped an 1 fitted as the big brother'?. The Moumis buttoned through the front plait with sturdy, reliable buttons and the neck finished with a narrow turn-over collar. Through the bottom of the blouse an elastic Is run to adjust, the size at the waist, and the trousers are PATTLKN SO. lOI. fastened to a little underwaist worn especially for this purpose- It Is some times found desirabh to make tbe blouse of lighter weight material than the trousers. The pattern Is cut in sizesfor boys from 4 to V2 years of age. The above pattern will be mailed to your address on receipt of 10 cents. Send all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. De sure to giveboth the number and size of pattern. wanted, and write very plainly. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon ; Order Coupon. No. 1G36. SIZE NAME ADDRESS All Over tbe World. The first cuckoo clock was made- ia Switzerland by Franz Ketterer in the year 1733. Callfornians buy more baseballs and bats, proportionately, than the i?ople of any other State. The usual odds laid by an accident company are 1,000 to 4 that you do not die from an accident. In a year. Uain .falls more frequent between 3 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the morning than at any other time during tbe day. Only 11 per vent of the families of London employ a servant, but there are 205.S5S persons of the servant class. He And dews your doctor employ up-to-date methods? f?he Oh. yes; he gives trading stamps Youkers Statesman. The atmosphere Is so. clear In Zululand that, it Is said, objects can be seen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. More than one-fourth of tho Inhabitants of Newfoundland sre engaged In catching and curing fi.sh for a livelihood. In the Vatican at Koine is the largest topaz in the world. It weighs seven pounds aud has carvings upon It that occupied three Neajxriitan lapidaries sixty-one years. At a rallwa station in Belgium i a clock wilch only requires winding up once in five years. It was placed there by the Belgian government in 1881 and keeps capital time. Tops are now being manufactured which are spun by a current of air directed by a blow-pipe into the curved channels extending outward fron a central opening In the top.

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