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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 ,. . ' j^rK\ “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.