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SUNDAY MORNING.
Fishing Time.
I cannot fix ray mind to-day '
On what I have to do;
A picture haunts my inner eye
Of waters swift and blue.
My fingers itch to cast a fly,
The bells of memory chime
And call me to the woods and fields,
For this is fishing-time.
I tlrcam of mossy stepping-stones
In lazy amber brooks,
Or grassy banks with blossoms bright.
And silent, shady nooks,
■Where I forget the world of toil
And wash away its grime
In crystal depths of running streams
That sing of fishing-time.
I long to sea the sunftsh play,
The minnows’ marry schoo*..
The trout beneath the shelving bank
Or in his favorite pool,
And all the silver finny folk
That throng the watery clime;
So hand me out the old brows aoat
I keop for fishing-time.
—Minna Irving in L*slie’9 Weekly.
Surprise With an Infernal Machine.
Think of constructing an infernal
machine out of five wooden tooth
picks! And when you get it all fixed
and ready to be “touched off,’* it will
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Ready For the Explosion.
make as much fun as any little device
you ever heard of.
Here is the way to make it: Select
five of the longest and smoothest
toothpicks you can find, and place
two of them on the bottom of a goblet
or wineglass, turned upside down on
a table, in the form of the letter X.
On these two place a third one, so
4that it will lie lengthwise along the
line of the letter.
Now place a pick at each end so
that it will rest on top of the middle
one and under the ends of the crossed
ones. This will make a little bend in
the middle pick, causing enough pres
sure to hold the device to gether. The
picks may be more easily arranged if
you get someone to help you.
Get a long cork and stick matches
into it to represent arms and legs.
An extra piece of cork may he carved
into a sort of head for the figure, and
the effect will thereby be made more
grotesque. Or you may make the
head with all the features out of new
bread, which is malleable enough for
the purpose. A little water color paint
'will make eyes, nose, ears and cheeks.
Now place the figure astride of the
middle toothpick, at one end, and you
have everything ready for the “going
off’’ of the machine. To bring about
the catastrophe you have only to
touch a lighted mate!. to the end of
one of the crossed toothpicks, and
just as soon as enough of it has burn
ed to reach the point of junction the
wuole device will fly to pieces, and
as the bent middle toothpick will
spring up when thus released from
pressure it will throw the figure into
space dismembered.
The result is both startling and
amusing.
Knot in Handkerchief.
The task is to fold a handkerchief
lengthwise; to take hold of both ends
with two hands and to make a knot in
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the handkerchief without letting go
the ends. This is done with the knowl
edge of a trick.
Place the handkerchief before you,
fold your arms ala Napoleon, and take
one end of the handkerchief with the
left hand, which is now to the right,
and the other end with the right hand,
now to the left By unfolding the arms
make a knot in. the handkerchief and
the trick is done.
The Sun Curve in the Sky.
Get a smooth piece of board, say
ten inches square. Get a sheet of ruled
note paper and a piece of stiff card
board about three inches long and
half an Inch wide. I asten this card
to the edge of the board with a tack.
Place the board in a sunny window
just before 12 o’clock and mark the
place so that you can always place
in the same position every day. Lay
the sheet on the board so that the
first ruled line touches the cardboard.
At exactly 12 o’clock place the board
so mat the shadow of the card will
cover the first ruled line. Just on
the same minute of 12 mark the top
of the shadow on the ruled line with
a dot in ink. Do this every day at
exactly 12 o’clock, using the next
ruled line. Cloudy days skip a line.
Mark the shadow on the ruled line
for twenty days or longer. If there are
more lines. When all are marked join
all the dots together with an inked
line, and you will see that the line is
bent or curved. This curved line
shows the curve in the sky the sun
follows as the season changes.
A Punctual Bird.
What tempts the little humming bird
that we see in our gardens to travel
every spring from near the equator
to as far north as the arctic circle,
leaving behind him as he does, for a
season, many tropical delights? He is
the only one of many humming birds
that pluckily leaves the land of gayly
colored birds to go into voluntary ex
ile in the north, east of the Missis
sippi. How it stirs the imagination
to picture the solitary, tiny migrant, a
mere atom of bird life, moving above
the range of human sight through the
vast dome of the sky. says Neltje
Blanchan in Country Life in America.
Ha oovers the thousands of miles be
tween his winter home and his sum
mer one by easy stages and arrives at
his chosen destination at approximate
ly the same date year after year.
Shadow Pantomimes.
This amusement makes lots of fun
for the evening. Fix a white sheet
across the room, or, what is better,
over folding doors. Sent the company
before the screen, without lights. The
actors dance and act behind the sheet,
on which their magnified shadows are
cast by the lamp. Occasionally they
jump over the lamp, aad thus appear
to the spectators in front as if they
had jumped upward through the ceil
ing. Some amusing scegie3 may hs
contrived with a little ingenuity
chairs and tableß may be called dowr
from above by passing them across th
light; a struggle between two seeminj
combatants may take place, and one
be seen to throw the other up in the
air on the same principle. Of course,
the actors must promote the delusion
by their gestures, moving their hands
and feet as if climbing upward. Care
should be taken to keep the profile on
the screen as distinct as possible, and
The Struggle on the Sheet.
practice will soon suggest some high
ly humorous situations.
About Your Lessons, Boys.
The boy who used to boast of get
ting the best of h:a teacher has bees
heard from. The same traits of char
acter which tempted him to deceive
his teacher into believing that he had
solved his problems, and completed
his tasks himself, led him to cheat hi;
employer, to idle whenever his back
was turned, and to shirk his day’s
work, until he finally lost bis position.
His lack of education—the result ol
cheating his teacher —has proved a
perpetual handicap, and has lost him
many a good situation. His dishon
esty, which started in the schoolroom,
has grown until nobody will trust him
and he has no credit or standing in
his community.
Asa boy, he thought himself very
clever in being able to dodge his
lessons and impose upon his teacher;
but he realizes now that the person
cheated was himself. In those pre
cious days of youth he robbed himself
of pearls of great value which he
never will be able to recover.
The thief of time and opportunity
often thinks he is enriching himself,
but he awakes one day to the truth
that he is poorer and meaner for the
thqft.
Fun in a Clock’s Face.
Some amusement may be had in a
company of boys and girls by asking
them to draw a picture cf the face of
a clock. Most of them would be likely
to draw the letters IV. instead of 1111.
for four, and would forget, perhaps,
that all the letters of the dial should
stand wifp their base toward the cen
ter.
It is probable that most people read
a clock dial by the position of the fig
ures or letters and disregard the fig
ures themselves. Some of the larger
clocks now made for steeples have
only a straight line at each hour place
and they serve their purpose admir
ably.
It has been found, however, that
while most persons have no accurate
knowledge of dials, any marked de
parture from the usual method of
marking them Is at once detected. A
dial bearing IV. instead of the - four
straight lines attracts everybody's at
tention.
Kitty's Swarm of Beas.
Kitty’s little swarm of B’s, which
she presented to Johnny upon his
eighth birthday as a set of good reso
lutions, were deciphered by our solv
ers to read in plain English as fol
lows:
“Be backward in nothing. Be on
hand. Be wise. Be independent. Be
benign. Be on watch and on time.
Be honest and Be behind hand la
nothing ”
THE WISE tv l AN’S SONG.
Whet pleasure have great princes
More dainty to their choice
Than herdsmen wild, who careless
In quiet life rejoice.
And fortune’s fate not fearing
Sing sweet in summer morning!
Their dealings plain and rightful,
Are void ml all deceit:
They never know how spiteful
It is to knee, and wait
On favorite presumptuous
Whose pride is vain and sumptuous.
All da 5- their flocks each tendeth;
All night they take their rest;
More quiet than who sendeth
PAiNTERS AND DECORATORS
One of the most prosperous trades
unions in America is the Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers. First organized in 18S6, the
craft was in a most demoralized con
dition, until it joined the American
Federation of Labor, when its growth
was rapid. In 1894, writes Secretary-
Treasurer M. P. Carrick, we divided
L.
M. P. Carrick.
(Secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood
of Pointers, Decorators and Paper
hangers.)
our forces and became two separate
unions with tine headquarters in the
East and another in the West. For
nearly six years we fought each other
bitterly, each side seeking to destroy
the other. Both factions lost consid
erable strength, due to the bitter quar-
LABOR'S ACT CRITICISED
Labor men throughout the country
who have been associated with P. J.
McGuire for many years, and who
know his qualities as a leader, will re
joice at the action of the Atlanta con
vention in exonerating him from the
charge of embezzling SIO,OOO of the or
ganization’s money. The convention
decided to remove the headquarters
from Philadelphia to Indianapolis.
This will give the Indiana city the
honor of being the headquarters of the
two largest labor unions, numerically,
in the world—the carpenters and
miners. The most remarkable thing
done at the carpenters’ convention,
according to press dispatches, was
the adoption of a resolution declaring
for the Monroe doctrine in trade
unions. The arguments were that as
the United States would not permit a
European power to plant its flag any
where on the Western hemisphere, the
trade unions should not permit a for
eign organization to have Its branches
in this country. Of course, the resolu
tion was aimed at the Amalgamated
Society of Carpenters, but if it had
stated so openly it would not have ap
peared so ridiculous. Put in the light
it is, as favoring the Monroe doctrine,
it looks line an eighteenth century step
UNION IS JUSTIFIABLE
Therefore it is obvious that where
employers control the opportunities of
employment, which can be only where
some itind of law-made or law-sanc
tioned privilege exists, a union among
laborers is necessary for their protec
tion, and therefore is justifiable. If
employers have the means of making
opportunities for employment artifi
cially scarce, then laborers have war
rant, in justice to band together ami
exact as much by concerted demand
as is possible.
But this is only to say that both of
these restraints upon production are
not natural and are not for the high
est good of all. Destroy privilege
among employers and let competition
have free play among them, and then
IMPOSE HEAVY FINES
James McCarrick, former president
of the Kansas City (Kan.) Boilermak
ers' Union, has been fined $1,500 by
his co-workers for refusing to walk
out when the order came for the strike
ofVJnion Pacific employes. It is said
to be the largest fine ever imposed
upon a recalcitrant by a labor organi
zation. McCarrick has been in the
employ of the Union Pacific company
for thirty years. When the call came
to strike he chose to remain at his
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THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
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His ship into the East,
Where gold and pearl are plenty;
But getting very dainty.
For lawyers and their pleading.
They esteem it not a straw:
They think that honest meaning
Is of Itself a law;
Whence conscience judgeth plainly,
They spend no money vainly
O, happy who thus liveth!
Not caring much for gold.
With clothing which sufiloeth
To keep him from the cold.
Though poor and plain his diet.
Yet merry it is. and quiet.
-William Byrrl (15SS)
rels, and we might to-day be one of
the largest national building trade
unions in the country had we remained
united.
Shame at last compelled us to bury
the hatchet and in June, 1900, with the
active assistance and support of the
leading trade unions in the country,
representatives of both organizations
met at the American Federation of
Labor headquarters, Washington. D.C.,
and drew up a peace arrangement sat
isfactory to all parties concerned.
Since the amalgamation of the two
factions the wonderful increase in
strength is surprising.
We have to-day (July, 1902), 735 lo
cal unions in good standing, and near
ly 40,000 members, 210 local unions be
ing organized In the first six months
of this year.
We have increased wages and de
creased the hours of labor in over 150
cities and towns in the United States
and Canada since the first of January.
We hope that in a year from now it
will be a curiosity to meet a painter,
decorator or paperhanger who works
longer than eight hours.
We have alßo established the Satur
day half holiday In several cities.
We believe in conciliation and arbi
tration. We favor the establishing
of conference committees with our
employers, to hold annual meetings,
and peaceably adjust all differences.
Secretary Carrick never lost faith in
the organization, and of course is
highly elated at the splendid outlook.
The showing is a remarkable one.
instead of a twentieth century one
The interests of the workers are the
same everywhere, and it seems ridicu
lous to contend that they are not. Fra
ternal delegates are sent from Ameri
ca to Great Britain and vice versa
every year, and the hope has been fre
quently expressed by these delegates
that the day was drawing near when
the workers of the world would be
united in closer bonds. British unions
have contributed liberally of their
funds to assist the men in this country
during strikes, and as American cap
itai is now controlling many indus
tries In Europe, it seems absurd to try
to keep the workers more divided
than they are at present. Of course,
the resolution will have no effect one
way or the othe: except placing the
Brotherhood of Carpenters in the last
column in the march for industrial
freedom through trades unionism. II
will now be up to the carpenters tc
carry out the program in its entirety
and give up the locals they control in
Canada. After this display of patriot
ism how can they consistently chartet
locals under another flag? The action
may be construed as good patriotism
but every thinking workman will con
demn it as poor unionism.—Chieagc
Inter Ocean.
there would be such a great and last
ing demand for labor with the highei
and wider advances of civilization that
laborers would not have to band them
selves together for self-defense, but
would be getting in wages what now
go in the appropriations of monopoly
—wages that would be so much higher
as to make unnecessary labur unions,
which, as we have seen, necessarily
hedge and cramp individual powers.
With large wages to all workers a
new race of workmen would appear—
a race of workmen among whom taste
art and invention would be called
forth and stimulated and would de
velop in each individual those powers
that make man the most wonderful of
creatures. —Henry George, Jr.
post. His defense was that his duty
to his family took precedence over his
duty to the union. Recently the local
union tried the former members who
did not strike, and besides MeCarrick’s
fine others were assessed, averaging
about S2OO each. These ex-members,
if ever a time comes for them to be re
instated, will have these fines to pay.
Demagogues govern some communi
ties and demijohns r'ule others.
Death in Alpine Climbing
Of All Exercises Pursued In the Name of
Pleasure, This Is the Most Perilous —
Appalling Record of Lives Lost.
jjSJ yiN THEIR assaults upon the
Tgl I I higher slopes of the Alps a
pgHJS—I great army of tourists suffer
[jtvSl each year a larger percentage
of losses than have troops in
many famous battles. During the
present season the death roll of the
Alps has grown to an appaling length.
Among its victims are incljKled men
prominent in science and in society.
Judged merely by actual statistics,
Alpine climbing is too evidently an
exercise the most perilous pursued in
the name of pleasure. The deaths
met by Alpine adventurers are, be
sides. likely to be sudden and violent.
They must face th-e possibility of be
ing dashed down hundreds, even
thousands of feet into some crev
’ ' S . asse - of being
/Jk overwhelmed by
El® avalanches, or
iSy’’’ eTen being lost in
jthese wil l regions,
jto die a miserable
.death from starva
moving fear-
I" \ dent.
' \ The news
spreads quickly,
I ntn every glass
V >n t he 1 lace is fo
- eused upon the
Z&slifc- J“2 faint, wavering
Ic-fcWHline traversing the
pass. Often the anxious crowd must
wait hours before the news can be
learned. Then a sad little procession,
bearing the dead, finally arrives, and
the death roll of the Alps is found to
have been increased. A few days later
one or more tombs have been added
to the bare little graveyard on the
mountain side, and the next day a
crowd of tourists, larger and more en
thusiastic than the last, will probably
start merrily out to face the same dan
gers.
One of the striking features of this
strange, useless game with death is
the peril that idle folk are willing to
face for the sake of getting a flower
that is said by tradition-to grow only
in w'ell-nigh inaccessible places, but
that flourishes, as a matter of fact, in
many a peaceable pasture and harmless
garden. On a single day a few weeks
ago three fatal accidents occurred to
seekers after edelweiss in different
parts of the Alps. One of the victims
was an Italian customs official from
Chiasso. tn trying to reach a bunch
of edelweiss which grew on the edge
of a precipice he lost his balance and
broke his hack. A Swiss schoolboy
was following the same will o’ the
wisp on the Heimwehfluh rocks near
Interlaken when he missed his foot
ing, and, tailing into the Wagneren ra
vine below, was killed instantly. Eight
days afterward the body of a Swiss
named Inheid -r was found at the bot
om of an abyss under the Sc-hwelgalp,
a bunch of the deadly flowers gripped
in his fingers.
The fatalities of last season were
twice as many as those of the year be
fore. The present seasos promises to
establish still another record. The sta
tistics will speak for themselves.
During the season of 1901 there
were 19 deaths reported in the Swiss
to*,ip. .ytjk ipgsL
Alps alone due to mountain-climbing
accidents. This was nearly double the
number in the same region for the
previous season. It is impossible to
tell how many persons were engaged
in climbing the higher peaks, but the
number is, of course, comparatively
small—not more than a few thousand
at most. In many decisive battles in
the Boer war, where tens of thousands
were engaged, the actual loss was
somewhat less. It is estimated that
several times last year’s number of
tourists are now engaged in acaling
the same peaks and facing the same
dangers.
The greatest number of fatalities
are reported from Chamouni and the
general region thereabout. The Mat
terhorn claimed several, but its dan
gers appear to be decreasing. Since
it was first conquered and its summit
was reached, some sixty-five years
ago, the famous mountain has lured
several hundreds to their death.
The most appalling record for any
single section was that of the Swiss
Alps during the season of ISBG. Ac
cording to the statistics of the Alpine
club eight peaks were ascended dur
ing the year, and in these expeditions
n total of eleven lives were lost. This
refers, of course, only to the highest
and least accessible mountain tops.
The record was therefore about three
deaths for every two peaks ascended.
The dangers of north pole exploration
seem trifling by comparison.
The greatest number of deaths
among climbers has been caused each
year by slipping. The bulletins issued
by the Alpine club would indicate that
fully three-fourths of all the fatalities
are due to this. The climbers are
constantly being reminded or the nec
essity of wearing proper shoes. In
many cases, of course, this is the re
sult of carelessness. The men wear
shoes improperly supplied with cleats,
or they wander outside of the path.
The next greatest danger, according
to the records, is of death from ava
lanches. All the experience and skill
of the oldest mountain guides is not
sufficient to avoid this danger. The
onslaught of the great masses of snow
and ice is so sudden that often there
is not time to escape, and the party is
overwhelmed in an instant. The high
altitudes of the mountains, again, of
ten exert a fatal effect upon weak
hearts.
New York's Best Charity.
Nathan Strauss, who for several
years has been providing Pasteurized
milk for the poor of New York city in
the summer months, announces that
next year be will have in operation a
new and larger laboratory, the de
mands on his unique charity having
vastly increased. The milk is given
free to all who on examination are
found unable to pay, a nominal charge
being made to others. Dr. J. Corwin
Mabey, who was delegated by the
health department to investigate the
results from the use of Pasteuriezd
milk and miii-. foods, said that he be
lieved the low death rate among chil
dren under 5 years of age in the bor
ough of Manhattan is directly attrlu
uted to the distribution of Pasteur
ized milk from the stations maintained
by Mr. Strauss.
The Economical Widow.'
Once upon a time a man who hail
become quite wealthy through the
careful management of a clever wife
died. His wife’s passion for saziug
was strong, even in his death, and
though the demands of fashion re
quired that she should show her grief
by wearing mourning, they did not de
mand that she should be extravagant.
She was well equipped with clothing,
anti instead of putting it to one side,
to go out of style through lapse of
time, she took her outer garments to
a dyer and had them changed to the
mourning color.
Moral —Widows sometimes dye on
account of grief.
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Prai.e American Uniform.
Gen. Andre, French minister of war,
is quoted as saying to Capt. Bentley
Mott of the embassy of Paris: "The
United States army now has the most
serviceable and warlike uniform I
have ever seen. The headdress is
perfect; tho color is scientifically cor
rect. To my mind the new American
uniform is the best yet invented.” Gen.
Brugere, commander in chief, and the
French officers of the younger and less
traditional school shared Gen. Andre’s
admiration.
Glance was Unfortunate.
A story is told of a certain English
clergyman who had for his curate a
tall, cadaverous-looking individual.
One Sunday, according to custom, the
vicar made an appeal for the curate’s
stipend lund, but, unfortunately,
glanced over at his co-worker as he
concluded with these words: “The
collection will now be taken for that
objecL”
NOVEMBER 23
h FLOWERS AND INSECTS,
WVv Some monoini Open at TTtglit .and
Others In the liny.
There are many interesting things
in nature that we can fully understand
without having to hotluT wich the dry
problems that confront the scientists,
and Ibis is one of them, says the Scots
man:
Flowers live by tlie insects, and the
insects live by the flowers. The nec
tar in tlie heart of the flowers is tha
insects’ food, and the insects, to get at
it, light on the flower and thrust their
proboscis down into it for a sip. In
doing this they bring to the flower oil
their legs ami feet pollen gathered
from other flowers. Without this pol
len the flowers would he without the
fertilization that they must have to
live and continue their kind. So you
sec how dependent one is on the other.
There are certain flowers that open
at a certain time of the day, and oth
ers that open only at night. Now till*
is not the result of chance. Tlisse flow
ers depend on certain insects for fer
tilization and they open when those
particular insects are on ihc wing.
Flowers sometimes act as If they
were endowed with human intelligence.
Cut a spray of laurel from outside and
put it into water in your house. Now
you will find that the flowers will last
longer in the house than those on the
bush from which you cut them, it
seems almost incredible, hut it is true,
that these flowers lust because they
are waiting for the visits of the insects
on which they depend for fertilization,
and from which they have been sep
arated by your bringing them into the
house.
Some tropical orchids last longer iu
our hothouses than I hey do in their
natural state for the same reason—they
are waiting for natural fertilization.
WISE WORDS.
They talk most who have the least
to say.—Prior.
Great talkers are not great doers.—
French proverb. .
Without consistency there is no more
strength.—Owen.
It is better to wear out than to rust
out.—Cumberland.
Nothing is so hard but search will
find it out.—Herrick.
The worth of a tiling is what it will
bring.—Portuguese proverb.
Sloth makes all things difficult, hut
industry all things easy.—Franklin.
Friendship has a power to soothe af
fliction in her darkest hour.—H. Kirk
White.
Beauty is the first present nature
gives to women and the first it takes
away.—Mere.
The small fidelities of life acumulale
1o great changes, until at last the faith
ful soul Is born again.—Lawrence I*.
Jacks.
Since we are set here so fast in the
midst of duty that we cannot escape if
we would, we must find a way, even
If we cannot find beauty In duty, to
bring beauty out of it.—Henry Wilder
Foote.
Beautiful is the good man's regard
for all other members of the grout
human family, when nothing that is
human is alien to his heart, when the
sight of the weak, the ignorant, and
the poor reminds him that we are all
of one primal nature, and that the law
of kindness is the supreme law foi
man.—Nicholas P. Gilman.
“ Precisely as Advertised.**
Soon after one of the largest Amer
ican railways had been opened a trav
eler noticed a marked disregard for
punctuality on the part of the officials,
lmt he was interested in the country
and made no complaint. At last the ter
minus was reached. There he met
a beaming official of the company,
who, pulling out his watch, said:
“Just look and see wliat time you
make it, will you, please?”
"It wants ten minutes to 1,” said tlie
traveler, a little puzzled.
“Yes, sir, 12.50 exactly! And that's
the hour she's timed to arrive! How's
that for promptness? Crossing the con
tinent almost .'IOOO miles, and getting
here at 12.50 o'clock, precisely as ad
vertised.”
“I can't deny that, you know.” said
the traveler; “how many days were
you late?”
“Oh. two or three, perhaps; but we
struck the Coast at 12.50!”—New York
Times.
I'rmn Norway in a Coftln,
Mrs. Hanna Lind, eighty years old
and paralyzed, arrived at Tacoma,
Wash., from the Interior of Norway
in a coffin-shaped box, which was
padded and otherwise arranged to
make her trip comfortable.
Her son, Henry Lind, went to Nor
way two months ago to visit bis birth
place. He there decided to bring his
mother home with him to Ballard,
where she will pass the remainder
of her days. As she could not travel
In the ordinary way lie hit upon tlic
plan of making a Norwegian coffin
serve as a conveyance in which she
could be carried aboard trains and
steamers. In London this arrangement
attracted much atteniion. Lind re
mained by liis mother's side day and
night during the trip of seven thou
sand miles, personally feeding her r.t
every meal.—New York World.
A Fog Horn Twelve Feet Lone.
A fog horn twelve feet long anu
four feet across the mouth is to Be
placed on a cliff on the St. Lawrence
Itlver. The sound will be a deep roar,
followed by a shriek every two min
utes, and will be produced by sirens
and compressed air. The horn is to
be mounted on a revolving track, so
that the sound may be directed to any
point