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SUNDAY MORNING.
Emblem of the War
aUR world is not so vast, after
all, but that our personal ex
periences may bound it,” said
Robert Louis Stevenson on
tne sands of the Apian port, Samoa, as
he met the unexpected clasp of Amer
ican hands and hade friends welcome
to Imaiia, his mountain home.
As an evidence of this fact witness
the following story, strange as true,
that will find pathetic echo in the
breasts of many old comrades who
wore the gray in the years of the civil
war:
Col. Theodore Allen of Cincinnati
was a member of the gallant Seventh
Ohio cavalry, and is the only Federal
soldier, with the exception of Cos!. Wil
liam Knauss, of Columbus, who has
been made a member of the Confeder
ate Veterans' Association of Ken
tucky. One of Col. Allen’s comrades.
Capt. Martin Schuyler, of the same
regiment, who, though more than GO
years of age, was a commissioned offi
cer in the Spanish-American war, re
lated to him the following:
He said that when his term of serv
ice expired In the Philippines he drift
ed about the world bent merely upon
seeing new scenes and strange faces.
“Won by stories told by Stcvendon
of the Navigator islands, now called
Samoa, ‘Land of the Lotus,’ in the
BEACH OF SAMOA. •
South Pacific ocean, I concluded to
visit these, and did so, spending seven
of the most delightful months of my
life. I was loitering one evening at
sunset on the sands of Savaii when I
saw approaching thatshore, guided by
a native fisherman, a strange little
craft, at the helm of which was flying
a flag that brought back to me those
stirring days of the sixties when the
grand old Seventh Ohio was having
periodic jousts with Morgan's, Duke’s
and Pegram’s merry men.
'The boatman allowed me to exam
ine the c'olors, which he said an Am
erican friend had given him and which
1 found to be conventional regimental
of fine bunting, the lutes of which
were miraculously preserved, although
for more Ilian a quarter of a century
the flag has been almost constantly
exposed to the weather.. I doubt not if
those bronzed old war dogs of the
Fourth Kentucky could behold their
historic colors on its embellished staff
that they would at least find no cause
to despise its method of uplifting. 1
was surprised ad pleased the fol
lowing morning to be invited to enter
bis boat for the four-mile trip, which,
he said, it would require to reach his
island home. Strange, I thought, that
the time has come when I would fol
low the rebel flag instead of the union
standard.
About midafternoon my host pointed
out a little speck in the waters as our
destination. Passing splendid reefs of
coral, shady bays and crystal shallows
we made our way to the shore through
pietureque groves of cocounuts, tama
rands and limes, to hts small hut,
which, like all those of that section,
was open on all sides, covered by a
thatched roof. He removed the Hag
from the staff clutch in the boat and
carried It with him to the hut.
"The day after my arrival my host
laid in my hand a little diary, saying:
Lela Giltner.
lug: 'Besides this my friend, who
here, left .nothing hut a picture,’ show
ing an age-dimmed ambrotype of a
little girl, probably 5 years of age. On
the reverse side was written 'Lela
Giltner. Daughter of the Regiment,
Carrollton, Ky.' It was difficult to de
cipher the handwriting of the book,
as it had evidently been water-soaked,
bnt by means of a magnifying glass I
was able to read disconnected parts,
which served to increase my desire
to learn the whole story it had to tell.
The diary was owned and kept by
Henry Clay Renfrew of Midway, Ky.,
probably a member of the Fourth Ken
tucky cavalry. The writer, indeed,
seems to have been a member of sev
eral regiments as he refers to *My
Colonel, Basil Duke, and Capt. J. B.
Castleman.’ He mentions Col. Giltner
as his commanding officer and Capt.
Bart Jenkins the captain of his com
pany. Ana he refers to Adjutant Gen
eral E. O. Guerrant and Lieut. Free
man. He also records incidents con
cerning Brainard D. Bayless of Cov
ington. Ky., and George Musgrove of
Carrollton. He tells in vivid language
of agonizing marches made by the hun
gry. half-naked remnant of the regi
ment through the Carollnas and Geor
gia. He said that the brigade was
then commanded by Gen. Duke and
that it was the last organized body of
men who had the honor of escorting
President Davis through the Scuth. He
said that when Gen. Duke at last made
known the fact that the hour had come
to surrender to the foe that he, the
writer, took the flag from Its staff and
concealed It under his coat, Intending
to burn it before allowed it to be cap
tured. ‘But,’ be added, ‘I kept it with
me instead when i left America, in
tending never to return.’ The last
line reads: 'This is my last hour in
the service of the Confederacy.’
“From what the fisherman told me 1
judged that the soldier ca:.ie to the
island about the year 1875. So pleased
he said, was the stranger by the gra
ciousness of its climate and wild free
mountain life that he had no desire
to se"k further for a congenial home.
“ ‘When dying,’ the old boatman
said, ’he made me promise never tc
part with the flag, the diary or the
picture.’ I told the boatman that I
had some knowledge of the people
mentioned in the book and that 1 knew
that it would give great pleaseur if lie
would present the same to the Con
federate Association of Kentucky. So
great was my anxiety to be the means
3&S ■a*?*" ."vcHfll/vCTr'H
of returning the flag to the survivors
of the gallant Fourth that I offered a
substantial sum of money for It. But
he seemed so grieved at the sugges
tion that it was not repeated. At sun
set he led me down the slope to
where, beneath a great cocoanut tree,
hia friend was laid to rest. On a rude
board at his head was cut In letters
the inscription: 'A Confederate Sol
dier; a Kentuckian.’ He said that the
soldier had chosen this for his epi
taph.”
On Reading Newspapers.
Every man should read one good
newspaper each day. 1 do not mean,
of course, that he should read every
thing in it; hut he should go over
the entire contents, carefully making
his selections and reading attentively
the articles which give promise of
being helpful or instructive. The
weekly, and, more particularly, the
monthly reviews, are also of great
value, from the fact that they famil
iarize their readers with current his
tofy—which, after all, is the mosi
Important history—while at the same
time possessing some advantages
over the daily newspapers, because
the editors nre not compelled to ac
cept first reports, and also have op
portunity to correct any inaccuracies
which may creep into hurriedly pre
pared discussions of subjects. Nev
ertheless, these reviews must over
but supplement the daily newspaper,
for we are not content, in this age,
to wait until the end of the month
for our news.—Secretary Moody, iu
Success.
Plugged Teeth With Brass.
Two young men, giving the names
of Drs. George N. Wyman and A. J.
McGluply, opened a dentist’s office
here six weeks ago. They advertised
to do work cheaper than the local
dentists, and did a lucrative business.
Yesterday they disappeared, leaving
numerous unpaid bills. They sent to
the Central Hotel for their trunks,
but the proprietor insisted on col
lecting before releasing the baggage.
All day yesterday and to-day people
whom they did work for have been
looking for them, some with fire in
their eyes. The fillings in their teeth
were brass and were falling out.—
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
A Land Speculation.
John Jacob Astor, son of William
H., married a Miss Gibbs, while the
other son. William, married Miss
Schermerhorn. a member of an old
and opulent New York family who
brought him a fortune. These two
brothers built adjacent houses in
Fifth avenue, which they occupied till
death, when the buildings were de
molished and the lots—each 100 fee:
front—were occupied by tho Waldorf-
Astoria. The combined property be
fore the hotel was erected was worth
$1,500,000, and yet it cost old John
Jacob less than S2OO. —Rochester Dem
ocrat and Chronicle.
French Seldier snd Writer.
Hilaire Belloc, whose peculiarly
vivid method of presenting history
has made his “Robespierre” so talked
about this spring, was once a French
artilleryman. He belonged to the
Eighth regiment, and his post of duty
was the driver's seat of a gun car
riage. where he is said to have han
dled the reins with conspicuous abil
ity. What this means in point of
nerve and skill will be apparent to
everyone who has seen rapid artillery
maneuvers.
Professor Resigns His Chair.
The resignation of Prof. Charles
W. Horsweil of the chair of Hebrew
language and literature at the Garrett
Biblical Institute. Chicago, has been
accepted. It was tendered because
of his extreme conclusions in higher
criticism. He had bold the place for
thirteen years, and the trustees give
Professor Horsweil the highest praise
as a "ripe scholar and inspiring
teacher."
THE BRUNSWICK; DAILY NEWS
LOVE’S LEGACY.
r waited loner for Love to come.
Longing for him with vague unrest
To come and kiss my tired e v eg
And soothe my throbbing heart to rest.
f thought that never tears should rise
Again, nor grief should come to me;
That nights then dark would lose their
gloom—
That changed all the world would be.
At last he came, and oh, what joy
He brought! No dream of mine
Had ever reached such lofty heights
Nor could such bliss divine.
But with the joy came bitter pain
When this dear Love was born;
Salaries Too SmaJl
American Federation of Labor
Is Underpaying Its Officious
A. C. Cattermull, organizer for the
American Federation of Labor in the
Chicago district, has resigned his com
mission. He is to go to work at his
trade as a carpenter, as there is more
money in it than working for the
most powerful labor federation in the
world. The American Federation of
Labor has a clause in its constitution
providing that organizers shall be
laid $3.50 a day. This is 10 cents a
day Jess than the lowest wages paid
union carpenters in Chicago and 50
cents less than is paid them in New
York. It also provides, of course,
that they shall he paid for eight
hours’ work. Every organizer knows
that the average length of the day
for a man who has to attend evening
Wauges Since 1850
Changes in Compensation of Labor
as Shown by the Census Reports
The changes in the compensation of
laborers in the United States from
1850 to the present time, according to
tne census reports, are as follows:
1900 $438
1890 445
1880 3*7
1870 377
1860 389
1860 347
The Boston Transcript calls atten
tion to the ‘‘decline which appears to
have taken place during the last de
cade," and explains It by the "fact
that certain classes of salaried em
ployes previously included as among
the wage-earners were excluded in
the last census. Not only, moreover,
have money wages risen; real wages,
represented by purchasing power.
Rights of Employers
Serious Mistake Was Made by
Striking Chicago Freight Handlers
Every union rpan is and ought to be
In sympathy with any c lass of workers
striving for better wages and condi
tions, but they may not all agree
on the methods pursued to attain that
end. While it may be unnecessary to
waste sympathy on employers as a
class, as they are generally capable
of looking out for themselves, union
men as well as others must
admit (hat employers have certain
rights which ought to lie respected.
They at least should be asked by
their employes for an increase in
wages, if the employes want such an
increase, and if trey refuse and it be
comes necessary to strike, then the
employe is not to blame, hi the case
of the Chicago freight-handlers, a
wage schedule was prepared by the
officials of the union. That it was a
fair and just schedule may be adrnit
InctustriaJ Notes
General News of Interest to
Workingmen of All Trades
Secretary Wilson of the United
Mine Workers states that the member
ship of that organization is now 232.-
289, making it the largest labor
organization in the United States. The
United Mine Workers paid $202,926.07
for strike benefits to its members iast
year.
Philadelphia blacksmiths have
practically won their strike for a r.ine
h ,ar workday with present wages. Out
tif the 200 odd shops iu the city 181
have signed the union scale. Of the
363 men who went on strike l 329 have
returned to work in the union shops.
In connection with its annual re
port. the Bureau of Li bor of this
state will publish interesting data on
For Equal Justice
Great Point the Labor Unions
Are Contending for To-day
The great point that labor unions
are contending for to-day is that the
terms of employment should not be
left entirely in the hands of the
employer, but that the employe should
have a right to be heard. The unions
to-day say to the employer: “Meet
with our representatives in confer
ence; recognize the principle of col
lective bargaining: make an agree
ment mutually satisfactory, if possi
ble; if not. arbitrate the question."
Some employers refuse and take the
position that as they pay the bill they
alone are the judges of what a man's
labor is worths. Such employers are
roundly denounced for being arbitra
ry. still they are not one whit more
arbitrary than the union that draws
up a wage scale, presents it to an em
ployer, and says: "Sign that or we
won’t work for you.” The principle
Is wrong whichever side it comes
from. &r.d it may just as well be rec
The rose he pressed agair.st my heart
Stiii kept its cruel thorn.
Never such smiles as those of Love!
But ne'er such bitter pain
Nor cruel wounds deep in my heart.
Nor tears like wintry rain!
Love came and stayed for one brief hour
Within my open door;
Then woe to me. he went away,
Never to enter morel
Yep, Love is gone; but still, he came
And left ail tnis with me:
A kiss, a wound, a rose, a smile,
A sad, sweet memory.
—Boston Transcript.
meetings is nearer sixteen than eight,
still, if the workmen had to put in
that time they would he receiving
time and one-half or double time for
al! over eight hours.
The labor official on an average puts
in more time in two weeks than the
workman does in three weeks, still
they believe he has a soft job and
should be satisfied with the minimum
wage scale. There may be more or
less doubtful glory in the job, but as
a short cut to wealth it is a dismal
failure. It is time the American Fed
eration of Labor set the example and
paid the men who are giving their
time to the work of organizing the
toilers of the country at least decent
living wages.
have also Increased, owing to the de
cline iu the price of commodities. Of
course, these census figure* are not
to be taken as absolutely accurate.
But the general fact here shown, that
the average rate of wages is higher
r.ow* than it was fifty years ago, can
not reasonably be disputed. The only
point open to question is the precise
extent of the increase that has taken
place. Vhe optimist is quite war
ranted in assorting that the status
of the American laborer is improving.
Arguments drawn from wage statistics
are not likely, however, to have much
effect in allaying popular discontent
with existing conditions. The claims
of the working class, in consequence
of a rising standard of living, are ad
vancing even faster than their wages.”
ted. but the fact remains that the
railroads had nothing to say in draw
ing it up. It was not presented to the
companies who were expected to pay
the Increase, but posted in the differ
ent freighthouses, with a notice that
it would govern all freight handlers
after a certain date. While workmen,
either Individually or collectively,
have a perfect right to say under
what terms they shall sell their labor,
the employer has an equal right to
say upon what conditions ha will buy
tnat labor, and if they cannot agree
there is nothing left but to part. At
tiie same time, each is dependent on
the other, and the sensible thing tc
do is to get together anil discuss
terms.
A rooster crows loudest on his own
kopje.
trade unions. The secretary has re
turns from more than 1,200 unions,
covering every branch of industry in
the state. It will contain, in a general
way, tbe increase of ,ne members of
the local unions and improved con
dition of the toiler.
The inability of their employers to
secure strike-breakers has caused the
striking union coppersmiths of Phil
adelphia to increase their demands.
Three weeks ago 100 of them—the en
tire local trade-—struck for a nine
hour workday and a minimum wage
; rate of $2.75 to $3 a day. On Monday
| they notified .heir nine employers that
1 they would not go back to work for
| less than $3.50 a day.
ognized that the day of ultimatums
has gone by, either from the employer
or employe. While the great Aabor
organizations of the country ar£' con
tending for conciliation, the ones of
mushroom growth are trying to carry
matters with a high hand and force
their ultimatums an employers. They
have not the experience of the older
unions, and it takes a few bumps,
such as the Chicago freight-handlers
got, to make them realize their post
tion.
Tricks of Beggars.
A beggars' league in St. Petersburg
mutilates children and cripples them
to arouse sympathy from the benevo
lent when they are sent to beg in
public places. The chief of this gang,
who is a wealthy man and has posed
as a philanthropist receives 75 per
cent of the money begged by the poor
people
A Bride Well Won
1 rif w"IT is the story of a stage woo-
B J ing. It took place six years
il< ago when Manager Engel was
running a burlesque theater
in new York.
Mr. Engel was just putting on anew
burlesque and he wanted two dozen
young women to appear in the chorus.
His office was on the stage, and to
him one morning appeared two young
and pretty girls. One of the girls had
evidently been on the stage before;
the other was as evidently new to the
business. Being both fresh, young and
pretty, the manager gave tnem a
chance to rce what they could do in
t ’** S
“Otto, My Prince,” She Said.
the way of singing and dancing. The
younger girl especially proved to be
extremely clever, and Mr. Engel was
glad to give them both an engagement.
The little girl soon became a gen
eral favorite with everybody connect
ed with the theater. Not only was she
quick to learn and a good singer, but
she went out of her way to do kind
things for other stage people .who got
into trouble.
Mr. Engel was especially attracted
by the child—she was not yet 18—
and he tried to find out as much as
he could ot her past life, with the idea
of writing to her people and suggest
ing that they take their daughter off
the stage. But in spite of his con
tinued efforts he found out little—only
that the girl came from Milwaukee.
‘‘Nellie,” se said to her one even
ing, ‘where do your parents live? In
Milwaukee?”
"Father and mother are both dead
long ago,” said Nellie with a look in
her innocent blue eyes that went
straight to the heart even of a bur
lesque manager. "I haven’t a relative
living."
In the course of two months the
pretty young girl had been promoted
to a principal part in the burlesque of
“Beauty and the Beast.” She was the
sleeping beauty, and it was her duty
to lie apparently asleep in soft, white
robes on a coiff%i of gold, until she was
awakened Dy the coming of the prince.
Then she sprang up with a cry of joy
and ran into his arms. She made a
dainty little princess and her scene
with the prince was always a hit with
the house.
One morning a big, fair-haired young
man called on Manager Engel. He
was accompanied by an elderly woman
dressed in black. He introduced him
self as a wholesale sausage manufac
turer of Milwaukee. The elderly wom
an whom he was escorting was the
mother of Mr. Engel's fairy princess.
According to the story told him by the
pair the girl had graduated from the
high school the previous June. She
had been engaged to marry the big,
yellow-haired maker of sausages. Sud
denly one day she disappeared, leav
ing behind her two letters, one for her
mother and the other for the man she
was to marry. To her mother she
wrote that she was going away to
make a name for herself on the stage
and that she would keep her where
,. . '
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“Father and Mother Are Both Dead,"
Said Nellie.
abouts a secret until she had shown
her fitness for a dramatic career.
To her lover she wrote releasing
him from their engagement. She
could not bring herself to settle down
I as the wife of a mere sausage maker.
I She must have some romance, seme
i color in her life. She was not good
I enough for him anyhow. He would
j easily find a girl who could make him
j much happier than she could ever
j hope to do. And so on.
j In some way, the details of which
Mr. Engel has forgotten, the two
traced the girl to New York and to his
theater. New they wanted his help in
getting her to go home with them.
He gladly gave it. though the success
of their plan mPint to him the ioss of
SEPTEMBER 21
a star. This wps the plan finally
agreed upon:
In her scene with the prince the
fairy princess came on the stage all
alone and lay down to sleep on the
couch in the center. Then, while her
eyes were shut, the prince came on
and wakened her by singing. She
aroused herself, and, making out the
prince standing by the far side of
her couch, flew into his wide opened
arms.
The actor who played the prince was
called into the conference, and among
the three men a plot was carefully ar
ranged. It was agreed that the man
f&cm Milwaukee should be smuggled
down into the dressing room of the
real prince, who was to play his own
part right through the play until it
came to the scene with the princess.
At that point the man from Milwau
kee was to putt on the gorgeous robes
of the prince and go on to the stage
after the princess had gone to sleep on
the couch. The actor who played the
prince agreed to help out the lover in
his impromptu role by standing in the
wings and singiug the tenor solo by
the sound of which the princess was
awakened. Then, when the princess
awoke and sat up to greet her prince,
she would see for the first time, the
face of her faithful lover from Mil
waukee and would be in duty bound
to rush into his open arms. That sort
of thing, it was figured, would certain
ly realize the most romantic dreams
of the runaway high school girl.
The scheme was carried out. and it
worked perfectly. The girl’s mother
sat in a box, where she could see
without being seen. The lover from
Milwaukee slipped down Into the
prince's dressing room without being
seen or recogniezd. The house was
crowded. Finally it came time for
the awakening of the sleeping beauty.
The pretty little princess went oil
and lay down on the gorgeous couch.
Her eyes were closed and her regular
breathing closely imitated the evi
dences of sleep. On then came the
bogus prince—the man from Milwau
kee. So far as looks go Mr. Engel
declares that he had the regular
prince beaten to a finish. He was a
*.
A Young Man Called on Mr. Engel.
gorgeous and a splendid prince. Close
to him in the wings stood tha real
prince and sang his tenor solo more
sweetly than ho had ever sung it be
fore.
Presently L.e princess awoke. She
started up and looked into the face of
the lover whom she had not seen for
nearly a yehr. But she was a thor
oughbred. Once or twice she rubbed
her hafid across her eyes as if to brush
away a mist. Then she threw herself
into his arms with a joyful cyy.
"Otto, my prince,” she said.
And then the curtain went down.—
j Chicago Tribune,
i
Dreyfus Still Unpopular.
i En-Captnin Dreyfus is still having
j great trouble to get a fiat in Paris.
! Recently he succeeded in obtaining
I the lease of a place in the Boulevard
| Malesherbes. but the outgoing tenant,
I having discovered who was his suc
cessor, refused to allow him to enter
or to give the necessary instructions
to the upholsterers and decorators.
The Paris courts have now orderc 1
the tenant to admit M. Dreyfus once
a week for two hours until the ex
piration of the lease.
Pensions for Old Folks.
In the current issue of the Lend a
Hand Record Edward Everett Hale
has an article ad\ncating old age
pensions. He believes that such pen
sions should be limited in any state
to three conditions: First, to persons
who have never permanently aban
doned their native state: second, to
those who have paid taxes since
reaching manhood: third, to persons
80 or S5 years old. Dr. Hale thinks
SIOO a year would keep old folks from
the peerhouse.
Painting of Fort Sumter.
A painting of Ft. Sumter in war
time, made in 1863 by Lieut. John K
Key, a nephew of Francis Scott Key
author of “The Star Spangled Ban
ner,” is on exhibition in Charleston.
It was shipped through the blockade
to England, whore it remained until
it was returned to Charleston a few
days ago.
Our Next Battleship.
Naval Constructor Capps will have
charge of the work on the new 16.000-
ton battleship which is to be built
in the New York navy yard, and is
determined that the vessel will be
completed, if possible, in as short
time as would be taken by contrac
tors. She probably will be called
the Connecticut.
Some people have to die before peo
ple discover any good in them.