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SUNDAY HORN***, CARTOONS OF RULERS JW SUPPRESSED BY FRANCE HEiSTt c%v 1 E; Art of Caricature, as Understood by Parisians, Xackstke Real Humor of the American Article — SjJbcimcns of Alleged Wit hand of Iho French gov- has suddenly Mwoopcd down |whwß4 put out <’t business the pub- Ht&cr of a series of cartoon postal fjSfeijSlf’ which. although cleverly drawn Ipm 'od a feumoroua character, are al- Sjegcii to hold some of the crowned ißetuis of Europe up to ridicule. All |s£ the stock In trade of these cards which were In possession of the pub- JJtsber at the time were confiscated W>. K •). fl • ltn< shii.-i- m :mortal Orand , Hther I will make the hlUrdre-scr* ' place In Pari* was raided. t 'mt to imu gen . I-. ‘ rCr,lar,, ,U ' r .Vf;'t ■** bigk take fhtdr place RiuOag those curious collections Of ‘'.suppressed word*' which range ail the way from 10 cent pamphlet* In ctastly bobkn. "'&*■* Kvidcntly fte|irretlcli koverhment. at the present (fens Is auxtou#*to keep on ‘good terms with the crowned heads, and took this means of showing the fact. The expostulations made by the Hritlsh ambassador at Paris against the publication of the vulgar earica Urea of Queen Victoria and members of the British cabinet, at tho outbreak of the Boer war. will be recalled In this connection. In no country In the world Is the art of ca ’ attire so proa- Iv'-gp. V “Nicholas 11., the Emperor and Auto crat of All the Bussias." "The dullest of all the tyrants." tituted as in Prance, vulgarity ami fre quently obseentty taking the place of the genuine humor of the real carica ture- In this, as in moat other lines of art, science and industry. America leads the world. Here the caricature is & work of art. and except in rare instances the subject himself may laugh at the portrayal made. Tho postal cards suppressed includ ed caricatures of Emperor William ■wearing a mustache guard, one of the Cxar In a half sleepy condition, one of the Emperor of Austria, who is called "The Emperor of Babel” in ironical allusion to the language prob lem In his dominion, and pictures of King Leopold anil the Sultan, together with caricatures of ihc King of Italy and Mr. Kruger. Tho latter seemed to be the least offensive of all the pic tures, but it whs suppressed w ith the rest of the bunch. It is recalled, however, In Paris that “ -rtf I . 1 II., the Sultan of Turkey. ah the tyrants." icft snwi Tensive if not such amus sold there on the streets ago and no attempt was mad# M ;>Vu ad end to the traffic Al> d|.sifktsli|.anrt the- Empcfr of Austria have U<> tiften been "roasted" by the tivdfj? >'<Anch caricaturists, with no at t-Bipt OB the part of the government to spare gflpr fee lings. Emrt tot Wll iiaip 1b s&W to hate laughed heartily when shown the picture postal card of himself which has just been placed an the black list. in an age afar when the pristine stai hung over our rolling world. When over the night he art a light and tho Dug of his glory unfurled. In a sweet little cave by the restlew wave nodded a nice young man. Whose heart was of gold—so I have been told-snd was built on a gilt-edged plan. There tho shy Plesiosaurus both ambled and prowled. And the coy Megatherium whistled ami howled, And the Ichthyoaatirus unite frequvttlj scowled. And Hoget’s Thesaurus—but let It al pas. For he lived In a cave with a lass, will a lass. Jilt • beautiful Annabel Lee. ' And aha Was really a vision to see. For she wore- the flirt!—a ralny-da; skirt, of a kind that was bound ti > afitjre. And also a smile of a fetching style—l was really extremely demure— And the man In the cave by the rest lest f wave was happier than a king. And he said, polite: "Now. you are all right; you are surely a nice young thing " To that sge afar when the pristine star shone brightly and lightly and clear. Deep agony came—though it seems a shame to drag In the tale of It here- Deep agony came, for Cupid's flame In the shy Plesiosaurus burned. And the coy Megatho was smitten—dear me’- and unto this Annabel yearne.l. And the tchthywiauru* both gurgiea and hissed, And vowed by his bill that the maid should be kissed. Though she said: "I will not. for I'll surely resist I" And Koget's Thesaurus—Oh, bsnier.e bin good. The young' mun resolved he would do what he could Fur beautiful Annabel I.efr- Me couldn't well help It, you smji*. So he got R large club, no* he played rub-a-dub on the bill of the Ichthy "sau. V.-. ■ "■ tnd he knocked out the cuss In a terrible joss with a bh/-v on th. tip of the 'O.i ill- shy Plesiosaurus U-rt nothin* j : " ! " fer-ua tiiwii-iiiis his (sot-.-*, Ate ' >h. the world prehistoric grew very ca loric, as every auto scientist owns. And that Is the reason-ll's really quite pleasin'- why the antediluvian brood Are frequently found In museums around. and mostly are carved out of Wood. For they vanished. It's clear. In that long-ago year, by dint of the com bative might Of the chap In the cave by the restless wave, for ho wns a strenuous wight; And It ever has been, as It ever will be. That a young man In lovt with his An nabel Lee Can knock out the biggest of big Meg athe. I’ear me! It Is really quite easy- to see. —Alfred J. Waterhsuse In New York Times. Peary’s Future Plans. While in Brooklyn a few days ago Lieut. Robert EL Peary, the arctic ex plorer, was asked wnether It was true that he had at any time declared he would never again try to reach the north pole, replied; "If I had an Inde pendent fortune I would go back to the arctic at once and I would stay there until 1 had reached tho pole or had been removed from the possibility of further effort. What I did say was that 1 had spent all my money and that l could see no prospect of another expedition. I have nothing to fall back upon, except my place In the navy. For that reason I am going buck to Washington to report.” Too Good a Liar. A young man from Banffshire was spending his holidays in Aberdeen. While walking on "the green" in com pany with his undo, he was surprised to see so many kites flying. Observing one far higher than the rest, he called his uncle's attention and asked If ever he had seen a kite flying as high be fore. “Did ever 1 see ane as high afore? Man, Jamie, that’s naething. for l hue seen some o’ them clean oot o* sicht." —Scottish American. Survived “Official” Hanging. Col. Philip Figyelmesay. a Hunga rian and a' compatriot of Louis Kos suth, who was officially hanged for treason fifty years ago. t* still living in Philadelphia. The "official" hang ing consisted ot his condemnation to that fate at such time as the authori ties could lay their hands upon him, but the colonel escaped to the United States In time to save hi# nee*. “Murder Judge.” Justice Ore. nth a m is called the par excellence murder judge of England. In one day at Leeds recently he tried three murder eases—two before lunch eon and one after. The justtee Is an [ inveterate smoker, and in the course of the day leaves the bench four or | five times to s.iatch a few whiff# from | a qtumpy little pipe which he has used i fof years. Different Way to Express It Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, tin, \ English liberal leader, was announced to deliver a speech in the commons jon one occasion. A newspaper ipau sent a note asking how long he in tended to speak. Sir Henry replied: "I don’t think 'intend' is the proper | word, but I 'fear' about an hour.” IN THE CAMBRIA MINE. Into the depth* of the pitiless damp Hr plunged, a mere stripling, unfear loac; Only to save gome poor suffering ons From the Jaws of the death monster nes ring. Out to the light of the day that 1* fair, Mike Sabot dragged to the portal A fainting man. weak, but he stayed him not there. IJe who Is with the limqortal. Swift again down to the lire damp's death Plunged he so bravely, uncaring: Dragged out another t > life, where the sighs Of the lummer-born breezes are faring. Still he stayed not In the zephyrs so sweet. Air that was life, purifying; Only a glimpse his glazed eyeballs they meet Of the heaven with fleece clouds fly- WOMEN STRIKERS FIRM, “I would rataer handle 100 women than ten men in a strike,” said Or ganizer Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor, i n discussing the J. J. Fitzpatrick. box makers' strike In that city. This remark wan called forth owing to the AGAINST INCORPORATION Trade unions are principally popu ypr , benefit associations. Their funds relieve a good deal of that suffering which Is wrought by soctsl injustice. The pennies which Is collected from our workingmen arc meant for the helpless victims of the prevailing business system of unlimited compe tition—namely, for the impoverished, the out-of-work, the sick, the super annuated and those who could not with a lifetime of dally toll provide for a Christian burial. It is not and cannot be right to put the funds of labor unions at the mercy of relent less employes claiming damages, says a writer in the Chicago inter Ocean It the law clothes labor unions wjth legal personality, there will -fie' wo eud of lawsuits against them. Every quarrelsome employer will hold the union whose members he employes responsible for all the real and im aginary sins and wrongs he and his ILLINOIS STATE FEDERATION. The twentieth annual convention of the Illinois State Federation of Labor recently held at East St. Louis, was notable as being the largest and most enthusiastic in the history of the state body, and for the stand taken for constructive legislation to bring about reforms in the convict labor system and in child labor. The bill to be presented to the leg islature this winter Is the result of thorough Investigation and careful consideration - by President Menche and a committee of able labor raeu. It provides for the elimination of con vict labor as a competitor of free labor. It stipulates that the prisoners shall manufacture all articles for slate Institutions and that they shall FACTS OF INTEREST. The census returns show that there are 6,354 children uniter 16 years ot age employed throughout the country in the making of shirts for men. More than 3.000 of these work in fac tories. The number ot persons employed by railroads in the United States last year was 1,067,169, or ac average of 548 employes for ever EOO miles of road, an increase of 19 per 100 miles over the previous year. Engineers* Union No. 3 of Chicago I# making arrangements to celebrate the wonderful growth of the organiza tion. It has more than 4,000 mem bers, and is the most prosperous union of engineers in America. LAKE SEAMEN TO MEET. The seamen of the great lakes are looking forward with lively interest to a convention of the International Seamen's Union to be held in Milwau kee Dec. 1. Some of the topics which will be considered and which will interest all seamen, both of deep water and the chain of lakes, are: The amalgamation of alt marine occupa tions: an" international mouthpiece to speak for all; an v international button THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS. ing. Again on the mission of mercy he goes 1-Ike one of Clod's aafcels coining; Down again, thrice to the death that's beioW'— Drags out a third from the gloaming. Summery winds and sweet life both are near To the lad who Is slipping by Inches Out of the realm that Is loving and dear. ‘ Mike Sabot ne'er falters nor flinches. And again! On to the struggle he flies; The fourth, 'tls the last—and be fainted. Mike Sabot dies by the man he would save. Winning a fame that Is sainted. Angels safe keep him close unto your fold; Clod, he ha* crowned him wltn glory, Ills life It was plain, hut his deeds arc of gold. Made precious for song and for story. action of the girls involved In the strike, (n both the folding and square tox trades the girls work largely by piece work. Since the strike they have received an agreement on the part of the manufactures to pay them from fifteen to twenty per cent ad vance. This was entirely satisfactory to them, and with the agreement their own grievances were at an end Notwithstanding this, however, they nave resolutely refused to go hack to work until the men had obtained sat isfactory concessions. While at the present writing an adjustment of the troubles appears to be imminent, the fact is a noteworthy one that from 3,000 to 3,500 girls have remained out of work largely from sympathy with about 600 men. The spectacle has dally presented itßelf of this large body of young women calmly and de liberately depriving themselves o! work and wages -awaiting them in order to assist a comparatively small body of men in enforcing their de mauds. "When women once makt up their minds," said Mr. Fitzpatrick "they need no lash to keep them in line. They are determined, they art calm and Independent, and an a con sequence they generally get what they auk for." attorney can think of. There is no dotlht at all that Incor poraiing unions would put their treas uries In perpetual jeopardy. Any em ployer who might trump up an al leged violation of agreement or an al leged conspiracy of some sort could go Into court and sue fur damages. The uncertainties of law and the prej udices of judges are something that labor unions. If they are wise, will not show undue baste to reckon with. Experience has: taught the laboring man that in this country we have only a very few judges who would not In a case ot capital against labor. Interpret the country's law in the spirit of the Manchester philosophy. The greater part of the employers would harass unions by actions gt law for trifles in order to deplete their funds through lawyers’ fee3, damages and fines —simply to crush trade unionism. he used in the construction of road and in agriculture. To carry out this reform the pro posed law provided for a state prison commission of four members, whose duty it shall be to Inspect and keep watch over all penal Institutions and to regulate the apportionment of work among the convicts. As to child labor the convention will probably work in conjunction with the child lahor committee of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of Illi nois. in an endeavor to secure the pas sage of anew law. To thl# end a resolution was passed, providing for the appointment of special committees of three to work in the Interests of child labor at Springfield. Marine engineers-employev] on th* ferries between New York City, Jer sey City and neighboring points have been granted an increase In wages of from $95 to $l2O a month, a fifty-six hour week and $1 per hour for over time. President Uhler of the Marine En gineers' Association has issued a warning to that craft to keep away from the Pacific coast, where a strike is in progress and higher wages than the union scale are being offered to marine engineers to take strikers' Places. There’s many a slip twixt the mus tache and Up. appropriately designed: an investiga tion of the district of the Gulf of Mexi co: a union pennant, a symbol of union transportation; the establish ment of an office for the International Seamen's Union. It is almost as hard to keep a friend as it is to lose an enemy. Some girls are engaged once too often and some once too seldom. POU(E UNABLE TO (OPE WITH CARNIVAL Of * cl?jtw< Streets of French Capital Practically Given Over to Organized Bands of Robbers and Murderers Who Laugh at the Authorities. Once more comes the news, astound ing to all except such as are familiar with the corruption which exists amoDg the police of that city, that Paris is terrorized by organized bands' of footpads and burglars who do not hesitate to murder If they Ana the killing of human beings requisite for the success of their operations. Hard ly a night passes but some unoffend ing citizen is set upon by thugs and as many as a dozen revolver, knife and sandbag attacks have been report ed in one night. Recently a uew method of assault has been Introduced. A citizen walking hurriedly along a street on his way home from his place of business or entertainment hears the whirr of a I-Hat and before he has time to see whence it comes finds Himself lassoed and being dragged The Lariat Men at Work. into some dark alley or doorway, where thieves relieve him of whatever of value he has on his person. When he escapes—lf he Is fortunate enough not to be killed —he hurries to the po lice in the hope that an efTort will be made to recover his property and pnnlsh his assailants. His complaint causes no surprise and arouses no official to action. Robbery is such a commonplace affair In Paris that the police do* not deem it worth while tracing tho offenders in any particular case, unless the graver offense of mur der occurs also. So bold are these Paris thugs that they band together and give them selves names, as secret societies iiave a habit of doing. The names and ren dezvous are. many of them, well known to the police and no other rea son for the failure to rid the French metropolis of them can be ascribed than collusion, with profit to the po lice in the shape ot a division of the plunder. As their names differ, so do their purposes and methods. There are at least thirty of these guilds of crime and- some of them wield con siderable political influence. As their name suggests the mem bers of the “Habits Nolrs” gang are well dressed and, for the greater pari, they are also good looking. The term “Habits Nolrs” means "evening dress.” They frequent the reading and smoking rooms of hotels as well as picture galleries and similar places of entertainment during the day. and cafe concerts at night, always dressed in the very height of fashion. They do' not disdain the acquaintance of men. especially If they happen to be foreign visitors, and are only too ready to pilot them to haunts where they can be robbed in one fashion or another with impunity. Yet, as a gen eral rule, they look to women as their legitimate prey. In one manner or another they manage to scrape an ac quaintance with their victim, and once they have achieved this the rest Is easy. For woe betide the woman who allows even a scrap of writing, a glove, a handkerchief or a card to fall into the hands of one of these adventurers. It is used at once for purposes ot terrorism and of black mail. and unless the woman has the good sense to immediately appeal for protection to some male relative there Is no limit to the depth of the degra dation to which she will be dragged. In the end she may be murdered. Another notorious band operates in the Bois de Boulogne. The police su pervision of that famous park is of the most inadequate character, and Bar.de de Neuilly Thugs Throwing Victim Over a Parapet. the result is that each clump of bushes, each copse of trees has be come the hiding place of bandits of the most audacious description. To such an extent is this the case that it has become positively dangerous for solitary promenaders to turn off into any of the less frequented side paths, and scarcely a day passes without one or more robberies being reported to the police. The coarser thugs beyond mostly to the Bande de Neuilly. a league whose members make night attacks upon be lated citizens returning home through the streets that are badly lighted and little frequented. • Their audacity re mains almost Incredible. They think; nothing of attacking a policeman on his beat.. In Neuilly and In other sim ilarly infested quarters of Paris the patrolling is done by the police in couples, or even in parties of three Marquelot, the founder of this gang of thugs, ultimately met with his death on the scaffold for the mnrder of an old lady, and during the course of his trial the fact was brought, to light that as chief of the Bande de Neuilly he had taken part in no less than sev enty separate eight assaults with rob bery. His hideous society survived him. Asa general rule its members content themselves with throttling, pounding and kicking their victims in to insensibility. But If the persons thus assailed show 11 gat or lead their assailants to believe for one moment that they have recognized them they will stab them, or beat in their skulls without the slightest hesitation, then drop their bodies over the parapet of the bridge at Neuilly into the swiftly flowing river. There is no bridge in all Paris that has been the scene of so many mur ders of this kind as the bridge at Neuilly. The Cour la Reine bandits are a: formidable as the Bande de Neuilly but are not so coarse. They haunt the fortifications of the city, attacking only selected victims, who. after being plundered are thrown over the walls and killed. GRATITUDE OF A BLACKBIRD Absoluts Authenticity of This Story Not Vouched For. We are unable to guarantee the ab solute authenticity of the following story; but as truth is often strangei than fiction, we leave It to our dls oriuilnatlng readers to settle the poiul as to which category it belongs. A well-known charitable gentleman, who was In the habit of taking a ■‘constitutional” every morning, saw on one of his rambles a half-frozen blackbird lying on the snow. He picked It up and took it. home, where with care and proper food, it became a general pet; and Its kind master finding it very teachable, got it tc learn a popular song, which, by dlnl of practice, it was able |cf whistle from beginning to end without fault With the return of the spring, our friend set it at liberty, as he could not find it in his heart to detain it in captivity any longer. A year passed and In the following spring the pbil antcroplst was awakened on morning by certain harmonious tones which proceeded from a tree opposite his bedroom window. It was the song hi had taught the blackbird now ren dered by four voices. The grateful bird had. during the winter, taughl three of its comrades to sing the pop ular air. and now performed It as 8 quartet for the delectation of its ben et actor. Safety of the Temple. There was one famous building o' antiquity, which, according to the rec ords, was never once damaged bj lightning during its thousand years 5 o; existence, although placed high on * bill above a city In a mountain reglot where thunderstorms are very fre quent. It was the temple of Solomor at Jerusalem. The temple was over laid within and without by plates ol gold, writes a contributor to Leslie's Monthly. Now gold is one of the best electric conductors, and In this way the whole building was protected witt a perfection and thoroughness tbai has never been attempted before oi since. Students "Josh” Carrie Nation. Mrs. Carrie Nation went to New Ha ven to have “a heart to heart talk witl the I ale students," as she expresses It. She made her way to the campus where she found a number of youni men. some smoking cigarettes. Thii was enough for Carrie, and she pro ceeded to give the students a scold ing. They stood it good naturedly fo a while, but finally treated the saloot 1 smasher to a round of "joshing" col lege yells and choruses, and Mrs. Na tlon was forced to beat a somewhat undignified retreat. Record Head of Hair. Mexican lady, by name Mercede: Lopez, claims to possess the longes head of hair in the world. She is only five feet in height., but when standing erect her tresses trail on the grounc a distance of four feet eight inches It is, moreover, so think that she car hide herself in its folds. So quickiv does ft grow that she is able to cut efi large tresses and sell them from timt to time, since her husband’s positicr is only that of a poor shepherd. Zulu in American University. Pixley Ka Isaaka Seme, the firs Zulu to enter an American university has succeeded in passing the sever* entrance examinations at Columbia and has matriculated for an eigir v ears course in medicine and surgery He has been in this country since 189f and is 21 years old. His purpose is practice medicine in bis native land. DECEMBER 1* HYPNOTISM AND MORAL CURES* rb Result of Experiment* in an Irin Asylum. In a lecture delivered before the King’s College Medical Society Dr. Milne Bramwell gave an interesting sketch on the subject of hypnotism. Describing the experiments of Forel. who till recently was medical director of the Burgholzi Asylum and on- f the professors of the University of Zurich, he said that he succeeded in hypnotiz ing nearly all his asylum attendants, both male and female, a large propor tion of them becoming profound som nombulcs. For ten years experiments were made In regard to the use of hyp notism in the night watching of dan gerous lunatics' Warders were hyp notized and trained to sleep by the bedside of these patients and to awake the instant they heard them attempt to get out of bed. the hypnotic suggestion being made use of to inhibit all sounds which had no reference to the dufy laid upon them, and it was found that warders so hypnotized could perform night duty for six months and work hard all day without showing signs of fatigue. The results of these experi ments were, it is said, uniformly suc cessful. and no accident of any kind occurred In regard to this and other applica tions of hypnotism Dr. Bramwell refers to the method of Wetterstrand, who, instead of restricting himself to sug gestions made in the course of a short hypnotic trance, advocated the use of the curative effects of prolonged hyp notic sleep, wetterstrand treaded epi lepsy and grave forms of nervous dis order by keeping the patients in the hypnotic trance for three or four weeks. Without rousing them the pa tients were fed at stated intervals, and the actions of the bowels and blad der were regulated by suggestion, and thus mental as well as physical rest was given, in addition to such thera peutic ail vantages as might be gained by aid of suggestion. Dr. Milne Bramwell says that, al though every one cannot be deeply hypnotized, profound states are not necessary for the successful employ ment of suggestion, and the number of persons insusceptible to some degree of hypnotic influence is extremely small. Among other diseases he gives the following as those in which hyp notism has given good results; “Hy steria. neurasthenia, dipsomania, and other drug habits. obsessions, moral perversities and nervous tricks in children." We may add that, as far as. the treatment of dipsomania is concerned, it seems noc entirely im possible that some of the startling re mits which are said to have been ob tained at certain institutions for the treatment of this condition may have been the outcome of an unacknowl edged. but none the less effectual ap plication of hypnotic suggt stion.—Lon don hospital. MYSTERIOUS RUINED CITY. Hamluraii Government llm Stopped Hi** Work of ExrnfNtlnn. All work on the ruins of the great prehistoric city of Copan. in Honduras, has been suspended by order of the Honduran government. Extensive ex cavations have been made at Copan by agents of the Peabody Exploration Fund, and great palates and temples, giant stairways and broad plazas have been unearthed. Enough was uncover ed to show that-Copan was the capital of a great empire which has entirely vanished, leaving ho history, not even traditional history, behind it whien man as yet can read. The government of Honduras gave no valid reason for stopping the ex cavations, and the custodians of th" Peabody Exploration Fund hope to be able to get permission to resume work next year, as the prohibition seems to be only the result of a temporary freak on the part of the native officials. Meantime a wall has been built around a part of the excavated city and watch men. living in huts amid the ruined palaces of forgotten kings, keep away, natives who might deface and destroy the elaborate stone carvings and sculptures. The history of Copan and its mighty warriors, wise statesmen and splendid kings is all written on numerous col umns of stone and on the walls of the palaces and temples, but no man as yet can read the inscriptions. Archaeo logists of the Peabody Museum have, however, mastered the calendar ot the vanished people, and. with this as a starting point, are gradually making progress toward the acquisition of a knowledge of the language of the mys terious people of the forgotten empire. If the work on the ruins of Copan can be resumed next year it is expect ed that many “finds” will be made which will be of the greatest import ance to American archaeology. Sew "WlreleM” Trlnwtpli. Accounts of another wireless tri umph are reported. The staff of the torpedo schoolship Vernon at Ports mouth, England, has succeeded after many experiments in devising a scheme of keeping communications by means of wireless telegraphy with sub marine vessels when they are under water, and so ingenious is the contriv ance that no part of the apparatus for receiving purposes is visible on the surface when the boat in communica tion is beneath the water. Her Cutfo Coißmcnt. "Yes,” said the obtrusive young au thor. “I wrote it all myself.” “I’m glad to hear it," rejoined Miss Cayenne. "Your statemeht relieves everybody else of all suspicion in the matter." —Washington Star. The coal fields of Scotian ! are sup posed to contain for future use about 9,000,1)00.000 tons. The calculation is based upon the availible coal within a vertical limit of 3000 feet.