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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03
CHICAGO PLUMBERS TO STRIKE.
Every Member of the JOurncymen's
Association. 1000 Strong, to Go
Out This Morning.

Chicago, May 2-Evcry member of the
Jcurr eyman Plumbers Association, l.6Oo
strorg. will go out on strike in the morn
ing. The terms agreed upon by the arbi-
tration committees Of the union and Mas
ter Plumbers Association Friday, under
which a temporary pcstponement of the
strike was effected, were rejected by unan-
imous vote of the union at a special meet
ing this afternoon and a strike involving
ali shops in the city was ordered. BY this
action the union virtually declares war
upon the Master Plumbers Association
as n body.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

and gone to Marseilles. They were all
Greeks and all wore ribbons bearing the
inscription, War, for victory or DEATH
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03
AmerIcnn voluntecrn Rench pari.

London. May "A dispatch to the Daily
Mail. from Paris. says that 200 American
SsluEteers for Greece have arrived there
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03
Wabash

To
st. Louis and return,
May 5th and 9Th,
$50.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

While the increase has been especially
noticeable by reason of the increase in
even greater than is thus shown because
of the fact that importers have naturally
increased their orders for goods now upon
lieve will be placed upon the dutiable list
under the new law That there has been
an enormous increase in the importation of
following table, showing the importation
of non-dutiable articles from August l. 1896,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

IestTrIIdttuJ :....:.,.....:.. 4J,UUU,UIU
That the election of a Republican presi-
dent and congress proved u signal for
instant activity on the part of the i'm
porters and for immediate preparations
before a new law could go into effect, Is
shown not alone by the above figures but
by the increase in customs receipts. The
growth in these since the month in which
President Mckinley was elected has been
remarkable. as will be seen by the follow
ing ia BILE of customs receipts from Novem-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

The increase in importations. especially
since it became known that congress was
to meet Immediately after the Inaugural
ton. of Mckinley, and take up the tariff
| bill, is shown by the following comparison
| of the customs receipts of March and April
of the present year with those months in
| the three preceding years:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

While the increased importation in
dutiaple goods is shown by the. above table,
dicated by the figures which it contains.
The following table, however, gives the i'm
portation of articles free of duty in March
and April during the past three years:
1885,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .S66. 693 024
1876. oS.bl2U26
1887 49,. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. So 900 900
*April of 1887 estimated.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-03

Another evidence of the instantaneous
and a Republican congress upon the i'm
portation of goods now upon the free list
BILE list by the Republican congress. is
shown in the following percentage tables
of the bureau of statistics. which indicate
the percentages of the total importat;ons
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31

seven or igEt miles, is quite as much
as could be expected from any man-Of-
war. And such shots! for the shell
weighs five hundred pounds (althOugh
it is hollow, and it takes two hundred
and forty pounds Of powder to start 1t
on its destructive way. The new
smokeless powder is used on the Tier
ror," and is very wonderful stuff in.
deed, doing away with the clouds OF
sitting smoke that have always hung
round fighting vessel hereto fore. A
real overhead trolley is used to run
the powder and shell from the maya
zine to the gun. The force necessary
for each shot is great enough (if it
could be thus applied) to lift the big
Terror" herself, bodily, five feet from
the water-being in round numbers
about twent ythousand foof-toDs at each
fire.
Another queer thing about this queer
vessel is. that she is protected against
the guns of her enemies which might
shoot away some of her upper frame
work-the pilot-house, for instance-by
having four separate steering arrange
each turret, and one just behind the
captain's cabin. by any one OF which
her helm can be entirely controlled
even if the other three are disabled. In
deed, she is well prepared to receive
hard knocks as we'll as to
give them for she has q
narrow passageway running all
around her. from stem to stern, locked
off from the central part by great iron
doors at regular intervals. If a hole is
knocked in her side, her vital parts are
thus protected from the inrushing sea
sndjrepairs can be easily made, as the
leak can be directly reached, without
delay. All the inside walls of the
''Terror," by the way, as well as her
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31

bride met him and threw rice over MS
head and her own, as q SYMBOL tnat
she would care for the wants OF the
househould.
"They went together intoth house,
where the wedding guests were a.,
sembled, and sat down on two red
cushi ions facing each other. A white
cloth was held up in front OF the
groom's face, aud the bride covered
her face with her scarf, while cord
of yellow and worsted was then put
around their necks, joining them to-
geth@r. A large piece OF muslin was
then put around his neck and held up
close TO her, and under this they join
ed bands. On leaving the house, 9
bouquet, on which altar of roses had
beea poured, was presented to every
guest. Wreaths of flowers were
ALEC hung around our necks by our
hos's.'
A pot of red paint seems to have been
one of the "prnperties" Necessary 1t
the we1din|. and the venera'1on IN
which the rel paiot was held was ex-
emplified by fact nsrrated'by the cor
respondent. When telegraph poles
were set up in some remote parts OF In
dia, the gentle HirdnO was won't to cut
them down for firewood. A young en-
eineer, who had studied the aboriginal
character, painted the posts red, where
upon the native wOrshipped the posts,
and ceased to carry them away as burnt
offerings.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Queer Habits.

Almost all loose habits are contract
ed without effort. At fret they mig ht
be easily dropped: but persisted in.
they become q second nature. Stop
aud think before you form them. Dis.
agreeable habits of the body, scowling.
twisting the mouth, biting the nails.
continually picking at something.
drumming with the fingers, screwing
and twisting q chair, or whatever you
can lay hands on-do not acquire any
of these things. Learn to sit at ease,
like a-gentleman, / was going to say:
but 1 am afraid even women fall into
such tricks sometimes.
OF course, there are worse habits than
these-ha, bits which become vices;
habits which convert good men into
bad ones. But 1 am now speaking of
very little things, which are only annoy
ing when they are persisted in.
There are habits, too, OF speech,
with, ''you see, or ''you know" "now-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
sides, are Of iron, and though they are
painted white, they have q stern
and warlike suggestion about

sides, are Of iron, and though they are
painted white, they have stern
and warlike suggestion about
them.
A strange fact about this new vessel
is, that big as che is, and tremendously
heavy and powerful as are her batter
les, yet all her steering, her loading
aud firing, and the movement OF her
gums and turre's is done by the air
from her hold, compressed by couple
of little s'pneumatic" engines and fore
ed through pistons and regulated by
valves Just as is ordinarily done with
steam No scaldinR leaks, no noisy
escape-valves, no heated pipes, are pos
sible in the turEets of the Terror. ="
Silently, gently. yet with irresistible
power, the compressed air does its
tremendous work. lifts the heavy shells,
revolves the great turrets and even
controls the recoil of the mighty guns,
80 that there is neither shock nor
pause, returning them carefully to
their exact places, ready for the next
loading, without moments delay or q
percepti BILE jar.
There are one hundred and sixty five
men in the crew, about half the num-
Der that our largest men-of-war, such
as the "Indiana," carry; and as the
"Terror" is just about half as large as
the 'sIrdiana," this is in proportion.
However, the "Terror'' is a. important
as the larger vessel; for she is really,
in proportion, the moro powerful and
useful of the two. Her work is to de-
fend the coasts, while the Indiana" is
built for the open sea; and the mont
tors as coast defenders have no
rivals. The Interior.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31

school not being well enough
physically to do 30. but her
PARENTS bad become SO crazed over her
record that she was crowded to school
well or not. An absence of day or 20
in q mouth would have ir terfered with
her record of attendance, and the
parents would not listen to 1t, though
it would have benefited the girl. She
was. there fore, forced, though she
never needed forcing, for she was as
enthusiastic in the matter as her
parents to attend school whether SICK
or we'll. What was the result :: just
about the time she was to enter tne
HIGHEST grade her health broke down
and she died. Her record was perfect,
though, at the expense of everything
else. This is no imagi nary case, but a
real instance. 1 could give others II
or a few DAYS. 1t Will pay in the long
run to avoid crowding in any shape. ~
Washington Star.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
A Visit to g. Monitor.

The modern monitors do not look
much liz tie picture of the original
one, which had one round gun-turret
on fiat deck, and was nicknamed by
it's critics "a cheese-box on a raft. u
The "Terror," which is the name OF
the newest and most complete OF these
vessels, has two ''cheese-boxes' and q
smokestack, pilot-house, ventilator
shaft, etc., besides. so that she looks
more like an ordinary eteambOat, ex-
cept that she lies SO low and fiat on the
water that you can almost touch it
with your hand from her sloping deck.
In an ordinary sea, the waves wash
over the vessel freely. and after the
monitor leaves port, the officers and
crew rarely 20 upon the deck except
in q calm, unless they are prepared to
get thoroughly wet When she is tied
up at the deck, however, the deck
makes very spacious and pleas Mt
promenade, for the ship is two hundred
and sixty feet long, and fifty-six feet
wide.
The most interesting point about
the ''Terror" is her guns. They are
'sten-inch" guns, which means that
the shell they throw is ten inches in
diameter; and there are four OF them,
two in each "cheese-bcx," or turret.
Those turrets revolve readily, taking
round, thus presenting the guns to any
quarter desired.
,"Only four guns!" you say, "for q
powerful warship!" It does not seem
q very large battery, it is true; but
when you come to consider that each
gun of the four can be fred, separately
or all together, in half minute, again
and again, all day long, you will see
that several hundred shots in an hour,
each of which will carry distance
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Tablecloths With Lace Insertion.

Some luxurious tablecloths nowadays
are not only richly embroidered, but
also adorned with inserted bands of
lace, which give you the sensation Of
dining off petticoat. Such excess IL
to be avoided. The starching and
stiffening of table linen is not to be
recommended. The ideal tablecloth 10
smooth and fair to the eye; it has no
obtrused glaze: it is soft to the touch,
and it's folds are not hard or rigid. A
most important article absolutely neo-
essary for happiness at the table is the
napkin. The napkin should be soft
aud ample and absolutely devoid of
glaze or starch. In all the details of
table service the chief consideration il
to the end.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Fatal Parental Ambition.

Eaual f6TcuL6A AAul1AOu'
1.-THE responsibility OF parent dur,
ing the school-goinR term OF the chilo
ia \ great ope," explained a gentleman
whose son has recently obtained come
prominence in q leading university In
New England, 'thouRh many parents
do not realize it until 1t is too late.
While do not want to ENCOURAGE any
child to relax any proper enort toWaIo
advancement or any parents 70 nesi.aCe
to assist their child in that d1rection L.
/ would also like to have them under
stand that there is: such q thing %
crowding them. Crowding lie de-
trimental to education and Injurious to
the child in many ways. 1t Is well
enough for children to take the
various grades in the public schools as
they come along from year TO year. Out
If il happens that child for natural
reasons gets little behind the process
sion 1t lie better to remain In that posi-
ton rather than that the child Is
crowded to keep up. In the ordinary
course of tbiuga, q child that may oe
few marks behind in one month or
term often more than makes 1t up the
following month or term. th1nk. also,
that a perfect child is q misfortune.
There are children who are perfect In
attend ance, in studies and in depOrt-
ment as far as the school record Roes,
who are by no means perfect IN any
thing else. Let me illustrate by real
case that came under my personal OBJ
servation. The victim was q fine-i00k-
ing young girl, an only child. The
child was not as strong as the average
physically, though specially bright in
tellectually. She had no difficulty In
keeping up with her class, and the
greater part of the eight or nine years
she attended school actually led IL.
There were times, however, when
she should not have attended
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31

a, "why-a," ''sez he, "."sez she, tell
me now," etc. ,-indistinct utterances,
sharp tones, slow drewl. Avoid
them all. Stop and think what you
wish to say, and then let every word
drop from your lips clearly and dis
tinctly.
Have q care about your manner of
walking, sitting sapd standing. Before
you know it, you will find your careless
habits have hardened into q coat OF
mail, of which you cannot rid your
self without much trouble. If you do
not rid yourself of it, the time will come
when you cannot help perceiving that
your society is no longer sought by
former friends; for the majority of peo-
pie do not care to be bored by the
peculiarities of, their neighbors.
(Selected.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
A Wedding in India.

A correspondent OF the Scotsman
writing from Bombay, describes Hin
doc wedding at which he was present,
as be ng highly interesting, not only
as a ceremony, but as spectacle;
"The branches of the trees in the
on raen were outlined with little lamps,
and large pond in front of the house
was hung round, very high up, with
flags, bctween which wreaths OF lamps
were suspended. From the balcony OF
the house [ saw the bridegroom ar
rive on a led horse. accompanied by
many frieIds. He was dressed In ciotn
of gold and wore q splendid hat, aud
his richly caparisoned horse had
wreaths of yellow flowers placed al
equal distances across the back; faog-
ing down to the ground. He dismount-
ed at the entrance, where his little
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Curious Cuttings.

Speaking of carrying Goals to New
castle, it is said that artificial ice 10
made in Juneau, Alaska. during the
summer.
An English artist, named Hiles, who
has lost the use of. his arms, has
learned to paint with . brush held be-
tween his teeth.
The first labor paper in the United
States was the "WorkinRmsn's Adj
vocare," published in New York, about
seventy years ago.
President McKinley's mail averages
from one thousand to thirteen thous-
and letters a day and several sacks OF
newspapers.
Fate is certainly unequal. One Brit
ish writer spent one thousand dollars
in advertising his book, and never
sold a copy. Another spent fifty dol
lars in calling attention to a'little book,
and sold eighty thousand copies within
q wear.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Savings About Women.

Remember, woman is most perfect
when most womanly.-Glads.one.
Earth has nothing more tender than
q pious woman's heart.-Luther.
All I am, or can be, l owe to my
apgel mother.-Ab raham Lincoln.
Disguise our bondage as we will, It's
woman, woman rules us still.-MOore.
The society of ladies is the school of
polite
Heaven will be no heaven for me, II
1 do not meet my wife there.-Andrew
johnson.
No man can either live piously or die
righteous without q wife.-Rltcher.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-12-31
Serving Hot Sauce With Ice Cream.

SefV1ng HOC SdUC6 WICH Ieo OfO"IH
Baked ice cream and ice cream GRO
QUOTES have been duly chroHicled.
Another novelty is to serve q hot
sauce with an ice. At luncheon last
week with the bisque cream was band
ed around slender pitcher OF very
hot, rather thick, end strong chocolate.
not very sweet. This was poured over
and around the ice cream, forming at
once a crust like q caramel that was q
delicious addition to the first estate OF
the dish.-New York Evening Post.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17
Producing Prolific Layers.

Experiments have been made to
see if the mum Der of rows of corn on
a cob could not be increased with
success. The same method which
was pursued with corn is applicable
to poultry breeding, For example,
one starts with fowls which lay one
hundred and twenty eggs each in
year. Among their descendants
are some which lay one hundred
and fifty eggs per year, and these
are selected for breeding. From
these some are produced which lay
one hundred and seventy-fve eggs
per year, and from these, perhaps,
the two hundred-egg- per- year-h
is produced. The problem is not
quite as simple with fowls as with
corn, for it is necessary to breed the
males, as we'll as the females, year
after year, from prolific layers, in
order to succeed. If one looks after
the breeding of the females only. he
may introduce on the male side
blood which is lacking in prolificacy,
and thus check every attempt at
progress. 1t becomes necessary,
therefore, to breed the males from
hens which are varying in the de-
sired direction, and which show a
cumulated variability in that d.
rection. Il is just as essential that
the male should be from a hen which
laid one hundred and seventy-fve
eggs and whose mother laid one
hundred and fifty eggs, if the two
hundred.egg bird is to be produced.
Improvers of laying fowls are too
apt to forget this and introduce
males with little regard to their
breeding, and then wonder why the
prolificacy of the flock does not in
crease.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17

from six to nine months before they
are old enough to lay.
The day has passed when exces-
sively fat hogs commanded the best
prices, and when large hogs were in
demand. The hogs that bring the
highest prices at the present time
are those that do not exceed $50
pounds and which have the fat and
lean well interspersed.
The value Of the ash pile is wor-
thy of consideration. Nothing is
better for fruit trees than liberal
sprinkling Of wood ashes about
their roots. 1t is quite as effective
as the somewhat expensive kainite
SO proitably used by fruit growers,
and every farm house has it's ash
pile.
Farmers must make distinction
between warm and cold weather in
the feeding of grain. Too much
grain in warm weather is heating,
and unless fat is desired the farmer
should feed but little grain. Ami
mails can better endure the heat OF
Summer when they have no grain
at all. 1t is not advisable to make
sudden changes, however, but grad
ually reduce the grain ration az the
weather becomes warmer.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17
FOR The FARMER.


Few farmers realize how suscept-
ible milk is TO bad odors. Milk
should never be kept in cellar or
in a room where there is any cook
ing or any vegetables. Salt should
never be kept in a room where II
can absorb any bad smells. Per-
haps half the dairy bnttefis spoiled
by sailing it with salt that has been
kept III the kitchen or in some bad
smelling cellar. It bias been recent
~ ascertained that salt win absorb
more bad odors than anything else,
and il butter is sailed with salt
that has been lying around and
kept in dusty corner, or even COW
cred mp with an old horse blanket,
or has been subjected to any bad
odors, it will give the butter an off
favor and partly spoil it for the
market.
Dairy and roll butter should be
sent to the market as quick as it is
chnrned, for every day it lies
around the store or sits around the
it goes off flavor and loses it's fresh
ness and deteriorates in value. Roll
butter should be nicely wrapped in
cheese cloth, each roll separately,
which should be wet in strong brine
before it is put on the butter. II
should then be packed in tubs,
clean boxes or half barrels, which
should always be lined with cheese
cloth or parchment paper. Tub
butter should be packed in tubs
that will hold about the amount oil
one churning, 80 that there won't be
two differen colors in the tub. Tn
sailing your butter put in nearly an
ounce of salt to one pound Of but
ter, and use fine salt. Don't work
it too much; have the buttermilk
well washed out before sailing.
Don't let it remain exposed to the
air, as it will lose its favor; we want
all the flavor we can get in butter.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17

FOB WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ny.
= ecuted with neatness and disnatch .aith.
!IhEs ONCE. ct prices to suit the times. SenS
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17

nor ott ua jant, but acts as a
tonic ana Alternative. 1t acts mildly
on the stomach and bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the
organs, thereby aiding Nature in
the performance Of the functions.
Electric Bitters is an excellent APP
petizer and aids digestion. Old Peo-
pie find it just exactly what they
need. Price fifty cents and $l.O0
per bottle at T. J. A. Flaws Store.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17

All heavy soils contain some pot
ash, but is often in form not avail
able for crops. Hence ashes or other
forms of available potash may do as
much good on heavy loans as they
do on sandy soils naturally def
cient in this mineral. Even if pot
ash is present in sandy soils it is
quite likely to be in the form of a
silicate of potash, which is insolu-
BILE except in contact with some
thing that is fermenting. 1t is thus
that dressing of stable manure
having very little potash itself, may
make bright clean straw where it ia
applied, while on the land not ma
nured the grain and straw will be
rusted. 1t is potash or the lack Of
it that makes this difference, and
the result shows that the manure
made soluble enough potash in the
soil to maintain healthful plant
growth.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-04-17

One of the surest marks of good
gardener is that he is always on the
lookout to have on hand an ample
supply of fertilizing matter for the
soil. How reasonable that is, and
yet strange to say one meets with
persons who, Judging only by their
acts, seem to think that plants do
not need food. They need it quite
as much as do animals; both grow
from that on which they feed. 1t
is true all cultivated soil contains
some plant food in the shape of veg
etable humus, deposited there in
one way or another in the past. But
the good gardener looks upon pres
emf fertility as sort of revenue,
and sees to it that enough manure
is applied to the soil each year to
meet the needs of the current crops.
1t would be a lesson to some
amateur gardeners to visit the sue
cessful market gardens of our large
cities and see how, year after year,
thick coats of manure, thirty or
forty tons to the acre, are applied.