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everybody in general. I haven't an idea
who it is. but it's somebody
Who makes up the bids on these i'm
pcrtant contracts?" asked Paul.
''Wheatcroft and l." answered his father.
1.-The specifications are forwarded to the
| works, and the engineers make their esti-
| mates of the actual cost of labor and ma
terial These estimates are sent to US here,
and we add whatever we think best for in
telest and for expenses. and for wear and
tear for profit.
who writes the letters making the
offer-the one with the actual figures, /
mean?" the son asked.
Il do" the elder Whittier explained.
Il have always done it."
you don't dictate them to typewriter"
Paul pursued.
Certainly not" the father responded.
I write them with my own hand-and
what's more. I take the press copy my
SELF and there is a special letter book for
such things. This letter book is kept al
ways in the safe in this office-in fact. l
can say that this particular letter book
| never leaves my hands except to go into
that safe. And. as you know. nobody has
access to that safe except Wheatcroft and
me-"
Ard the major" corrected the Junior
partner.
NO." Mr.. Whittier explained. ivan
Zandt has no need to go there now"
But he used to-" Mr.. Wheatcroft per-
sisted.
He did once" the senior partner re-
turn ed, but when we bought those new
safes outside there in the main office there
was no longer any need for the chief book
keeper to go to this smaller safe; and so,
Evening star., 1895-09-07
The Home He Was Born, Loved and
ChastfseI In.

ChastfseI In.
If I speak confidently and feelingly upon
this point it is because know how much I
owe personally to the fact of being brought
up in home where 1 was taught to appra-
ciate the greatness of righteous authority
the vastness of its meaning, the advantage
of submitting to it, and the serious risk of
resisting it, writes the Rev. Charles II
alkhurst, DID, in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. No anarchist could ever have grad
uated from the home l was born. loved and
chastised in. Such experience makes me
pity the children who know no discipline
makes me more than pity the parents who
have neither the discernment in their men,
tai constitution nor the iron in their moral
COZ Stitution to perceive that nothing which
a child can know can win can begin to
take the place of sense of superior authori-
ty, and of the holy right of that authority
to be respected, revered and obeyed. The
MOI al strength of a man is measured pretty
accurately by the cordial reverence with
which he regards whatsoever has the right
II call itself his master. Estimated by this
criterion, the average American boy is a
discouragng type of humanity and is a
severe reflection upon the crude attempts
at manhood manufactured by the typical
American home. If our homes cannot turn
out children that will respect authority,
there will be no authority in a great while
either at home, in the state, or anywhere
e.se, that will be worth their respecting.
Evening star., 1895-09-07

OF those in his employ many were the
original owners of the soil become 'land
poor and forced to part with their patri-
mony through dire necessity: Large sums
of money are spent by Mr.. Bell In the inn
provement of the country round about
Benin Bhreagh, connected with Baddeck
and forth with the mails twice a day, until
the once impossible forests that cover the
hills for miles inland are today pierced in
every direction with smooth roads, over
hung by the grand old pines and hemlocks.
Some idea of the condition of the country
five years ago may be obtained from the
experience of a house party who set out
by boat from Baddeck and landed at Benin
Bhreagh with the intention of making
their way across the point to the shores
of the Braddore lakes. When the party
left the landing they were forced to hew
their way through the tangled under
with which each guest was provided to
cut a foothold in the rocky soil. In the
rapid march of improvement a driveway
stretches across the peninsula and ramifies'
inland for many miles toward the sheep
farms beyond.
Some twenty-five miles from Baddeck.
in the heart of the country, there is beau
tiful little hunting lodge, occupied by Mr..
Bell and Mr.. George kennan during a
portion of each season for the cariboo hunt
An extensive laboratory adjoins Mr.. Bells
house at Baddeck in which most of his
scientific experiments are conducted. In
this laboratory the professor spends
large part of his time. and here are per-
fected many of the inventions that have
made mis- fame world wide.
To increase yet further the attractions
of his chosen retreat, Mr.. Bell has built
a house boat, which is kept anchored in
the little harbor at the foot of his grounds.
Mabel Benin Bhreagh" is the name of
this dainty craft, given in honor of his
wife and his pet hobby. The boat is pat
termed upon the plan of catamaran and
propelled by a small tug engaged by Mr..
Bell for the transportation of the mails
between Baddeck and Benin Bhreagh.
The river Denny, one of the most beauti-
full of the little streams which indent the
coast Is a favorite tract for these ex-
cursions. studded as il is, with countless
tiny islands. When the passage becomes
too narrow for the tug the house boat "
Evening star., 1895-09-07
WORkBASKET TRIPLES,
Three Visitors From the Country Are
Shocked.

ihree b1s1fors From the Country Are
Shocked.
From the New York Tribune
The workbasket of the up-to-date woman
OF leisure is provided with many costly
trifies, the use of which is not directly OBJ
vious to the uninitiated. This fact was re-
Gently impressed upon the writer at the
counter of a jeweiry establishment A
group of women. whose manner and ap-
pointments indicated that they were stran-
gers in the city, were looking at gold thim-
! bles. and, incidentally. at various other ar
ticles displayed by the clerk
Look here, Mary Ellen" said the Oldest
OF the three, holding up to view fiat little
square of gold with richly chased edges.
hat do you reckon this is?''
1t don't look like anything in particular
to me- answered Mary Ellen after close
scrutiny.
Well; It's a thread-winder. and it's
Nine dollars for thread-winder- ex-
claimed Mary Ellen, aghast at the idea
We'll! l never! l always wrap my old
scraps of thread or silk round an empty
spool or piece of cardboard, like the
scooped-out piece of wood the boys al home
wind their fishing lines on. That's right
convenient, though" she added. examining
the pretty bauble interestedly.
Here's something else" said the third
woman. balancing between her fingers a
pencii-tihe arrangement eXquisitely chased
ana naNlng smooth oval bulb at either
end. L wonder what this is for?" and she
glanced appealingly at the clerk.
That's glove darner," he explained
much amused at her perplexity.
And how much does it cost?'
ELEVEN dollars"
The trio exclaimed in horror at this reve-
lation of extravaganza, and Mrs. Mary FL
len remarked sternly that s11 would supply
her with gloves for two years,
All three examined the glove darner crit
ically, and then, pursuing their investiga-
ton, speculated in turn as TO the merits of
the solid gold thimble holders, emery hold
ers, needle cases and other articles that
seemed curious to them. Finally, when a
finger protector was shown, Mrs. Mary FL
lens patience became exhausted.
These idle women ought to be proud TO
show a few needle pricks on their forefin-
ger" she exclaimed. I'D like to know how
little needle prick can hurt
She did not conceal her amazement that
so Insignificant, everyday an affair as a
little round tape measure could be contriv-
ed to cost s.; and a small ivory case equip
ped with tiny gold-handled scissors, needle
case, thimble and bodkin, the value of
which was 500, nearly took away her
breath.
1T seems outrageous to squander so
many dollars on nonsense" she declared
energetically as the party left the shop.
Evening star., 1895-09-07

From the New York Weekly.
Woman-"Have you any stove liftersc"
Hardware Clerk ffrom Boston)-"We have
stove lid lifters, madame. 1 presume that
is what you mean"
Woman defantly)-"I mean stove lift
ers.
Clerk Extraordinarily "A stove litter
would be something to lift up stove. A
jackscrew, for instance"
Woman (angrly)-"Have you any jack
screws?'
Clerk (surprised)-'Y-e-s, madame, I be-
lieve so, in the basement"
Woman (meditatively}-"Are they silver
plated?
Clerk (dumfounded)-"No, madame"
Woman ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / don't
want any. l wouldn't be seen putting up
stove with jackscrew that wasn't silver
plated. I'll go deal at some store where
they have better class of custom, and
keep aristocratic goods. Good morning"
Evening star., 1895-09-07

express, which travels regularly over the
40 miles of track between New York ana
Buffalo at a fifty-two-and-one-half half-niie
rate but the success of the experiments
prove that sixty miles an hour is quite
practicable, and, being practicable, must,
sooner or later. be regularly performed. 1t
is an interesting question, now, whether
the first regular performances at this speed
are to be on this side the water or in Eng
land, and a not less interesting question
has TO do with the possibility of regular
railroad running at the higher speeds of
eighty and one hundred miles an hour.
No one in America is better qualified to
speak upon the probabilities in these di-
rections than II. Walter Webb, third vice
president of the New York Central iall-
road. who originated the empire state eX-
press and has had more to do with the de-
velopment of high railroad speeds than
any one else in America. Mr.. Webb is
fully convinced that the practical limit has
not yet been reached.
Many persons believe" said Mr.. Webb
Evening star., 1895-09-07

a level territory, with thin ballast and
light rails for 10000 a mile, not counting
cost of right of way. deep cuts and heavy
fills, and allowing for the usual NUMBER CT
bridges of the ordinary type.
1t would cost $}5,600 a mile more.
should say, to put such a road into first
class shape for the transit of heavy mod
ern trains. hauled by the big engines Of to-
day at speeds of from fifty to eighty miles
an hour. 1t is likely that road thus
fitted up could stand an average of sixty
had been made here and there; but in order
to make the higher speeds of eighty and
cne hundred miles the road would have to
be almost entirely rebuilt.
ITO average eighty miles an hour, a train
would have to make an occasional dash of
one hundred, the same as the tifty-nlile
trains now have to make occasional dashes
of eighty. The track would have to be al
most perfectly straight; what few curves
there are would have to be Of very wide
radius. grades would have to be cut down,
grade crossings would have to be out Of
the question. rails would have to be much
heavier and bridges would need to De per-
fection. Otherwise it would be impossible
to keep the train upon the track at all"
The Fastest Engines in America.
The enormously increased first cost and
maintenance, as outlined above is really
the greatest element of additional expense
in modern high railroad speed, and OBJ
viously it could not be undertaken on any
line excepting one enjoying a very large
traffic. The cost of motive power for very
fast service, however. contrary to general
belief, is not much in excess of the cost of
slower engines. This was explained to the
writer by Mr.. William Buc hanan. who su-
pervised the building of all the engines
that haul the fastest trains.
Mr. Buchanan believes that, with all con-
ditions as they should be- the big engines
now in the fast service between New York
and Buffalo could maintain a considerably
higher speed than the present average,
and this is based upon the every day re-
curing fact that the Empire State Express
makes sixty, seventy and eighty miles an
hour at certain portions of the run. Only
the other day this train. when behind for
some reason covered the distance between
Buffalo and Syracuse-one hundred and
forty-nine miles-in as many minutes, or at
a SiXty-mile rate, and If 1t can run one
hundred and forty-nine miles at that rate.
it can run any other distance at the same
speed, providing the tracks are straight,
level and clear. In fact, 1t is probable,
though Nr. Buchanan did not say SO, that
the engines now hauling the Empire State
Express could average seventy or eighty
miles an hour. Number 800 has more than
once reached one hundred miles an hour on
short stretches, and on one occasion, in
1893, ran for short distance at one hum
dred and twelve and half miles, which Is
far and away the greatest speed ever OBJ
tanned by any motor. either steam or cleo
tric. There is no doubt that the best Amer
lean engines are fully the equals of the
best English ones as regards speed, and, as
is generally understood by raiir pad men on
both sides of the water there Is no COM
Evening star., 1895-09-07

propelled by two canoes in the hands of
sturdy paddlers. When their destination is
reached the boat Is secured in its place
by means of ropes stretched from island to
island. Then begins the poetry of exist
ence. Among the towering pines and hem
locks. what more perfect dream life could
be desired? At night hundreds of lanterns,
ike firefiies, dot the surface of the water,
gliding hither and thither, strung from the
bows of tiny row boats or birch canoes.
Among the most enjoyable features of this
hoating existence are the charmingly in
formal entertainments given by Mr. and
Mrs. Bell. who know how to enjoy as weli
as to work, and to give as we'll as TO re-
celve. ANNA p. THOMAS
Evening star., 1895-09-07

last month-it was while you were away.
Wheatcroft-Nan Zandt came in here one
afternoon and said that as he never had
occasion tc go to this safe, he would rather
not have the responsibility Of knowing
the combination. 1 told him We had per-
feet contidencs in him-"
Il should think so!' broke in the ex-
plosive Wheatcroft. The major has been
with us thirty years now. I'd suspect
myself OF petty larceny as soon as him..
''As l said" continued the elder Whit
tier. L told him that we trusted him per-
fectly, of course. But he urged me, and
to please him l changed the combination
of this safe that afternoon. You will re-
member. Wneatcroft, that l gave you the
rev word the day you came back
Yes. l remember" said Mr.. Wheat
croft. But l don't see why the major
DID not want 10 know how to open that
safe. Perhaps he is beginning to feel his
years now. He must be sixty, the major
and I've been thinking for some time he
looked worm
Five minutes later Mr. Whittier, Mr.
Wheatcroft and the only son of the senior
partner left the s!ass-framed private OF
flee. and, walking leisurely through the
long store. passed into the street
They did not notice that the old book
keeper, Major Van Zandt, whose high
desk was SO placed that he could over
look the private Office, had been watching
them ever since the messenger had deliv-
cred the dispatch.
Evening star., 1895-09-07

ing rendezvous. Yet the number of its cot
tagers is increasing steadily, and the ef-
forts put forth by one group of its warm
weather colonjsts, in behalf Of the aH-the-
year-round populations are making it the
seat of an important industrial expert
ment.
Some five or six years ago Mr.. and Mrs,
Evening star., 1895-09-07

NE OF The MOST
interesting and least
known of American
summer colonies is
Baddeck. on the Is
land of Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia. Bad
deck does not figure
in the watering place
correspondence of the
Sunday newspapers.
1t is not noted for it's
casino, or its golf
links. or its hops.
Matthew {c ft n o.Lt
Evening star., 1895-09-07
DIR. PARKHURsI"s EARLY TRAINING

Continued in Mondays Starr
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
PROTECTION AND LABOR.
High Tariffs Have No Effect on Wages
Except to Reduce Them

Inc American Protective Tariff league
sends ont from time to time blanks for
tho alleged purpose Of obtaining replies
from manufacturers of tho average num-
Der of persons employed and the wages
PAID by them, as to whether these have
increased or decreased under different
tariff conditions. Unless trade condi-
lions entirely change, we think il viii
ne shown that the wages paid during
the last Six months Of tho year 1895 O., !
the number Of persons employed in man,
ufacturing industries arc quite euual to
the rate Of wages paid and the nnmher
OF hands employed in the last six months
Of 1891.
In other words, after tho two sor;Ts
had been gsven fair opportunity 10 as
1ao!lSh themselves, the conditions ~
wages under the low tariff would bo
quite as favorable as those nndo, tbo
high In this way we believe viii ho
demonstrated what we have ALWAYS
maintained, that protection had noefFrct
whatsoever upon wages, oxcept that ~
indirectly diminishing them. The from
Die with the statistics Of the American
protective Tariff league is that thew ara
prepared by interested individuals for a
purpose, and if such evidence nc tbev
ootaln worked againsttthis purpose. the
statistics wonld proba'DIy not appear -
Boston Herald
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
SOME CHEERFUL FIGURES.
Iron Statistics That Prove That the In
dussrint Revival Is Solid.

Tho midsummer pig iron statistics
eont in by tho manufacturers to the
American Iron and Steel association af-
ford the best possible Indication of trade
conditions. They all tend to show tho
substantial basis of the present indus
trial revival, and that it is entirely nat.
ural and not speculative.
Generally speaking. tho iron and steel
industries are the first to feel restrictions
due to depression iii the market or tho
balcful effects Of overproduction which
pile the stocks high in the yards to wait
a demand 1t is especially significant.
therefore. of tho even growth Of trade in
MI channels, which began year ago,
that unsold stocks of pig iron on June
3d. 1895, were less by 1913, 1893 tons than
III December last. The standing product
| is now i39, 200 tons. with IA steady call
upon this reserve, and no better indica-
ton of steady and healthy Improvement
III business and commercial centers can
be had
The record Of tho past six months
| shows total production of 4,0S7 ,65S
gross tons, as against 2,1l1, 9S3 tons in
| INC Al ~ hhil VI iCof, u gam OI 900,
575 tons, or quito 80 per cont This
product includes 2 ,A02 ,023 gross tons of
BcsScmor pig iron. or 5S per cent of the
total AT this same rate the year will
show an output of 5000, 900 tons. 1t is
possible to pass tho great year of 1892,
when 9.l57, 900 tons were the gross pro.
duction.
To appreciate more thoroughly tho
meaning of such cheerful figures the
trade need Int refer TO the year 1894
when tho output fell to 6,657, 3sS tons
and the difference i'll tho product is tn,
index to tho Improvement marking tn,
past year. As y guide to tho prosperou.
conditions now apparent over tho coun
try. these midsummer statistics arc in
falliblc, and there are no better signs Of
returning good times and that tho occu
patton of the calamity howlcr is now ,
memory. Philadelphia Times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
NO SIGNS OF RUIN IN WOOL.
Removal of the Duty Has Fully Justified
Claims of Tariff Rcformcrs

Tho wool trade is growing with mar.
velous rapidity. In n letter To Assistant
Secretary Hamlin of the treasury do
partinent ut Washington, Mr. $. a. d.
North, secretary of the National Associ.
alton of Wool Manufacturers of the
United StatcG, after commenting on the
increase i'll the value of wool. adds.
Wages in tho wooden and worstcd in.
dustry i'll tho state of Rhode Island will
be increased from ~ TO IL per cent
this month -
This Is tie second increase that has
occurred Ill the wages of operatives in
that section within the last GO DAYS.
The other was from 10 to 10 per cent.
and III all cases the advance was volun.
tary. simultaneously with the first in.
crease in Rhode Island. equal improve.
ment was made i'll the wages of all 9th.
er New England WOODEN. worstcd and
cotton operatives. Ii is to be hoped that
the others will'follow in this case.
These signs are not indicative of ruin
either OF the woolgrower or manufactur-
ers. On the contrary, they show n lct
termcnt i'll all branches of the trade and
Justify the predictions Of tho tariff re.
formers that the removal Of the duty on
wool would not only add to the value of
the hecccs, but increase the business of
the manufacturers. Those who Iahorcd
to excite the fear of the woolcrnwcrs
have no doubt by this time discovered
the groundleSsuess of their fears, and
the country is the better for the change.
kansas City Times
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29

Agarden party fashionably conducted
is an out of door lat home, with
amcliorations. Tho stufly, overcrowded
rooms are absent ut the summer func-
ton, aud the time between coming and
gongds 80 brief and guests arrive so
nearly at the same time that the hostess
is on duty II much shorter time than
when receiving under the house roof.
Light refreshments only arc served
ices, cakes, punches or lemonade, cafe
an lait and tho like. Salads and froids
arc oftcner than not excluded from the
menu. The host is expected to be in
evidence, his absence being less cxcusa
BILE mt tho garden party than at the in
door Eat home.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-08-29
CLUBS AND BUSINESS WOMEN.
A Phass OF tho Subject Which Is Not or
ten Considered.


Mrs. Barbara n. Galpin, tho assist
ant business manager of the Somerville
Journal, in n recent paper before the
Georgia State Federation Of Womcu's
Clubs, presented some sensible views
upon the valne Of Il woman's club to
business woman, Il subject that has not
been heretofore much considered. Mrs.
Gulpin assumes that the wonan's club
should be both educational and social
and then asks how it affects the bust
ness woman.
To her benefit generally, she replies;
to her dctrimcnt sometimes The old
saying that time is money is pertinent.
If she be in business for herself, she will
know how much of this coin she can in
vest in club life. If she is employed By
another she must consider another's in
forests. a business woman connected
with II club or two will make not only
friends, but business patronage The
wider circle Of friends she has the more
successful financially she is likely TO
be, This mercenary view, however, is
not the most beneficial. The greater part
OF her time is spent in a struggle with
bad bills, exacting customers, close bur
gains and financial anxiety. She gets in
to groove Of worry out of which she is
rarely jostlcd, and hero is whore the
club proves blessing. 1t takes her into
different atmosphere. The lighter vein
Of lifo is touched, and she is rested,
chcerod and made stronger.
An enthusiastic club woman can sci
dom see amy bad effects from club asso-
citation, but business woman often
finds them. There is an almost irrcsist-
IDLE fascination about club life, and
sometimes she is led to give time to
meetings mt the expense of her regular
duties The fascination increases and
her best thought goes to her club, and
SO before she realizes it her business in
tcrests arc jeopardiZed.
Another point of injury is tho amount
of time and attention u business woman
is often called upon to give tn her club
friends whose own time seems to be
comparatively worthless These friends
20 into her Office or store and talk for
an hour or more on any subject under
the sun except that connected with her
; business never realizing that this, to
! her, pleasant call means hurried work
tho rest of the day for the woman al
ready short Of time. l know ut least one
woman who lost her position rs assist
ant business manager of good concern
because club associates made her Office n
sort of meeting ground and she was too
careful of thor feelings To toll them
that their fricndlincss was jeopnrdizing
her position.
The advantages of club lifo to bust
moss woman arc many. \ woman with
good business ability and clear head is
not useless member of Il club; the
benefit is mutual. The business woman
is valuable to the club the club is more
so to her, for it gives not only financial
benefit, intellectual advancement and
social privilege, but the loving compan-
ionship and tender sympathy of the real
rulers of the world-truo women