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The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Helping workingmen 10 Help Them..,vs.

From the Worlds Work
once week in the factory of the ClAvA-
land Window Glass Company a discus
sion takes place upon some topic of busi.
ness interest. Written questions are
handed in advance 10 the employees. The
answers enable the company TO iudge az
The efficiency of its working force. They
indicate also the possibility of educating
men from the ranks 10 positions as fore
men and statesmen, thus oDviating the ne
CtSSlty or relying upon outside assistance
Here Is one example: Two wears AGO a
young man was taken into the employ Of
ne company al salary of Sl2 per month
soon the company needed a salesman
Lfdrseiy through information obtained Ia
short time 10 nh the position of salesman
a month. '' S--
one feature of special interest IN the
NoIks NoIks oi me cleveland Twist Drill Com
pany Is the system OF having for silg-
gcstions tending toward improvements in
factory methods and management rba
drills made Dy the company re st-ais-b.
ened before they are sent out A drill is
laid on block of metal whosa ,,r,,sr
surface is smooth and highly noIiSbpeI
By looking toward a strong light and Ill
ing the drill back and forth tha ,,so-
cUracies, II any exist. are dis~ovarad
This work requires great accuracy and
close application. and IL is exceedjneiv
trying 20 the eyes. Formerly the werik,
WAS done in a large room with a n,,nhIr
OF large windows. An employe s,,gsestcd
partitioning the room. painting the W,siis
green, and hanging green shades al The
windows. Fifty dollars was paid ~.
this suggestion. In return the comnany
obtained the use OF half the original rno,S
for other purposes. and an increase OF n
per cent. In the work done in the green
Toom This increased outnut has alread,,
amOunted 10 several thousand dollars.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Engiand's Future Hing.
From Success.

from cuCCcsH
Those who know him well do not hesi-
tate to assert that the Prince Of Wales
has been harshly judged by the major
ity Of the public. They say that. al
though he may have been wild in his
youth, it is years since he hss been the
hero Of any such escapades is gained him
notOriety of an unpleasant sOrs In the
sixties. He is now dignified man, who
appreciates the responsibilities os his DO
stion. His kindness 20 children Is pro-
verbal. and every one knows how fond he
is Of all animals. He Is also kind 10 his
servants and 20 all dependent upon him
in any way. If he is interested in horse
racing. he is also interested in the deyel-
Opment of British art and music. and
lends his support 10 every effort toward
their advancement His excellent work
as president OF the British royal commits
sion 10 the Paris exposition Is responsible
for the excellent showing made there Nv
British arr and for the great success 0f
the elegant national pavilion Ia the Rue
des Nations
Above all else. the Prince OF Wales has
an influence that is far-reaching ana ~
great importance 10 the British GOVERN
ment. He Is a favorite at every CONT
in Europe and has a list OF aeauafnfa no.
extending round the world. In the eveDf
Of international complications, every rne
In the foreign Office knows that the Pri7ce
or Wales wound have much influence -
the settlement Of the difficulty.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

appropriate TO the Christmas celebration.
The Ynle log. too. IL Morse. IL IL said
that the first mince pies were made in the
shape OF a manger. and in the north OF
France al Christmas time cakes are made
TO represent the Child Jesus. Children
who md those cookies under their pillows
are told that the Christ Child put them
there
IL is a melancholy fact that We are
obiised 20 import all OF our fine mistletoe
from England, because though plenty OF
the plant grows in this country, II Is poor
stun compared with the British product.
The latter has glossy leaves and thick
clustered berries four times as big as
those OF the American variety. whose
iruit n small and easily knocked OF In
handling. First-class florists will no, use
the native plant al all In decorating. nor
will they sell II.
The mlstiet0e II a Druidical contrfbu-
Ton TO Christmas IL was held In great
yeneratiOn by the Druids in ancient Eng
and, and the cutting OF IL was attended
Win sacrifices and feasting With weird
incantations the priest climbed the tree
on which the mistletoe grew and cut IL
away with knife Of purest gold. no base
metal being allowed 20 touch II. As the
tHigs fell they were received below In
a mantle of spOtless whlteness. Ia those
days the mistletOe was supposed to be an
antidote for pOisOns and a cure for nearly
ali disSas see
The modern custom Of decorating church.
es al ChristmGsude with mistletoe and
other greens was borrowed directly from
the Druids. Those mystic priests believed
that kindly sylvan spirits sought out green
and sheltered places and dwelt therein
until Spring. with her magic wand. made
all the world beautiful once more. 1t
used TO be understood that each time a
maid was kissed beneath the mistIetoe one
berry must be plucked, and when all the
berries were gone the privilege ceased.
In China Christmas is a sun festival,
and has connection with the winter SOL
stice. Ii is called the festival Of the Win
ter Sun, or sometimes the festival OF the
Tree Spirits. or in other localities the fes-
tival OF the Forest Dragon. II is an oc-
castor Of much merriment, and one Of the
accompanying formalities is the renewal
Of the ghost papers" On Christmas
night the spirits Of the departed walk the
earth, bent on benevolent or evil missions,
and each householder takes the precautiOn
20 afiiX to his door sacred yellow paper
about a foot square, on which priest has
written an incantatlOn. Some. with the
same end in view. put small porcelain fig
ures, called ghOst-catchers or ghOst-chas
ers, on the ridge poles Of their roofs.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
The BoERs AT SPios KoP.
What is the storm on spIon Kop

What Is the storm on Spion K0p
With its thunder. lightning nail
The boom Of the guns and TIE fash Of nr
And the shower that makes men quaiIr
Bullets are rained on spion Rop
Mid the army maTshaleG there,
AS Englishmen tali on that rocky ridge
Aud hopelessly fighting. swear
Straight TO svenge their comrades slain.
swift TO repulse the foe.
The force al the front 10 blot cut in blood.
Those patriot Beers below
Whe war With the enemy on the height.
With wounded their trenches fll-
The cries Of the dying are On the air
While burghsrs climb the hill
They drive the soldiers af the crest.
Each Boer with his deadly gun
Triumphant. they bold old spion Kop
When rises The bl0Od-ree sun.
Then does the orb Of victory
Where the ruthless battle roars
VIII a sunburzt eoysr the glowing Ton
And smile on the valiant Bosrs.
Freemsa, fighting ia freedoms cause
For the sake Of the fatherIsnd,
Like PuritAns face the royal ranks
VITA Bible and rise IA hza6.
They think of mother. Of xife. Of child.
OF rOoftree. uf czftle-run.
OF the ploss they left IN the stoay coil
Like cur farmers At Lexington.
IA. ,,.,rts. bsrass a. s.go, ~,
Your bold deeds our baz9mS thrill
With memories of cur homespgn boys
And the gioTiss oi Bunker Hiii
Oh. doughty haTghsTs Of gallant States,
Oh. farmers, whs fair hsiss plox,
Oh. brave defenders Of q ppY homes.
Immortal .eaf grs~sss COS,
DAVlp GRAHAM ADEE
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

living IN a house built by himself. ths
first erected on Lafayette Square. II is
stiil handsome residence. and was oc-
eupied by Van Buren when President. ~
judah p. Benjamin and by Gen. Beale.
the father Of Mrs. John Il Mclean. fg-
norant OF the tragedy being enacted. Mrs.
Decatur was entertaining a party IL
friends al dinner among whom were Dolly
Madison and Mrs Richard Cults. the
mother Of Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas. who
was living until quite recently in Wash
ington.
As We sat laughing and talking around
the table" Mrs. Cults said the inis'li-
genoe was conveyed 10 US. and overcome
by Il. our hostess fell unconscious upon
the floor"
Abolition of DnslinE.
a few moments afterward the wounded
officer was borne into the house and. linz
gering for several hours in great suffer.
ing. died about midnight. His remains
were taken to Philadelphia. where they
were placed in St Peters Church-yard.
an Ionic pillar. crowned by an American
eagle, marking his grave.
Ars. Decatur removed TO Georgetown.
where. with a faithful female attendant.
she occupied a cottage within the Jesuit
College grounds. Uniting herself with the
Catholic Church. she lived the life Of a
recluse, never crossing the bridge leading
into Washington except once. when she
went TO visit Mrs Madison who was Ill.
She bequcathed TO the college the por-
trait OF her husband. painted in his uni
form. which hangs in the library so beau
tifully fitted UP by the late Francis Riggs.
Other relics presented by herself are a
volume Of extracts from the Koran, taken
by Decatur from the body Of a Tripolitan
sailor whom he killed in hand-to-hand
encounter in the engagement on the bay
az Tripoli; and q medal, bearing his like
ness, the duplicate Of those awarded 10
the men who fought under him on the
same occasion.
In 1898 Washington was stirred 10 Its
foundation by a duel which took place In
BladenSbuTg between Senator Cilley. OF
Maine. and James Watson Webb, editor OF
the New York Courier and Enquirer.
Cilley was killed al the third fire and
the seconds were severely Censured for
permitting the repeated exchange of shots.
The Supreme Court refused to attend Mr..
Cilley's funeral, as a protest against the
Gus tom; and Congress passed an act maxi
ing the giving or accepting of a challenge
within the District a misdeTaeanor punish
able with fine and Imprisonment
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Where Women YaIe.
Prom Lssll,ls weekly.

EEDu A-chJ-
From ere most exclusive neighborhoosy
Of Capitol Hill. in Denver, to the realm ~
wee near the river. the women turned aT,,
In swarms 10 vote. The polls opened AT :
O'Clock. at which time the iabOriug men
could stop and hastily cast their ballots
before reporting az those shops which re-
raainei open. But the women were strtr,
y on deck. too. They wore their siIkz
and diamonds, and many were driven -,
Bom7Ous coachmen. Maybe they beIIevea
the Influence Of aristOcracy world swav
the sentiment Of the poorer class Other
were brought In carriages hired b. es,a-
HCign managers, for there were No Iesz
than 40 vehicles Of all descriptions in sps.
cal commission.
The principal thing was ito get the 40
rcen out" IL was done Within eys
hours. IN many precincts, more voters ex-
sfcised their franchise than were on ,he
f.gistfalion r rolls or two years befoss
Even one vote Was precious Ia the hoiiy
xaged contest s''
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
JsIiaH hawthorne. Advice.

Prom sacesfa
The idea that good literary WORK r. done
by the talented without great labor-ia
preparation az ieasf-has been exploded
time and again. Every one of our gfea,
authors has succeeded only after severe
application. wrought In a spirit Of ioge
mingled with the most rigid self-er!s:sSssa.
Without the real Itch for writing. spe she
courage and patience Tor seif-eri0eisie.
one should never undertake this career.
TO acquire a good style. read the Bible
and classic literature. study character,
and learn to express yourself clearly. but
beware OF too much iaethty-a serious
fault You can Judge of your own writing
only after a iapse 0f time. After your
fsrvor has cooled you may BE- able 10
subject Il 10 impartial criticism That
which you are reasonably sure is passing
fair is cnly that which you are surprised
20 see was created by yOsf pen. II you
would really earn the value Of Your
tooka. haze them published unheTalded.
You may then Droat % their reception
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
The burning Of Washington.

Rev. John Van Schaiek. jr,, pastor OF
the Church OF Our Father, will preach
this evening the third sermon Ia the
series OF "A Century of History in Wash
ington" Subject, The Baptism OF Fire,
or BuFned by the British"
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
GIFTS TO PRESIDENT
impending Trouble for the
White House POstman.
THOUSANDS SENT EVERY YEAR

~, o,,, One in a Hundred Actually Gets
-. Pr,.,dens-ESpensive Gifis asa
ossr. Of IAsuor- Are Refused, Except
,..,,Iutimatc Friends ofChristmss
Celebration IN 1.eusrai-sendins Presents
oosr soldier Boys Abroad.
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
"tro-sed the Bar"

Frem the Atchison Globe.
What has become Of the old-fashioned
man who always gave his wife a hand
some present when a new baby arrived al
their housed
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11

iIE out the fact that
D. out the Quartermas-
L Is inadequate % the
a. the refusal OF Con-
! wears ago. He then
g. les 20 bc overcome ~
officers before Santi-
iZei them for the
hey had done their
{pa the amendment. TIE
| ijOuTued.
riding thr Canteeu.
| .ln in the new army
| a great deal OF con-
aing a prohibition Of
t rrovides that no army
hail sell hquor. The
! li0ws:
4te soldier shall sell IN
kind. as a bartender or
U post, or on any army
tlrsmpment or fort. OF on
b. lary purposes BY the Unit.
c-sry O. War is hereby di-
-gerHl order a. NAV he ufreg-
.f5yisi0us OF tAis section into
Ovision OF the present Law
private soldier shall be de-
krls drinks. as a bartender or
.Nehauge or canteen. nor
.H required or allowed 10
.Hrampment or fort or on
.i.ii5ry purposes by the
be- r-gret8Ty Of War Is here
general order as may be
DIVISIONS OF this section In
las introduced In the
l..l FOR the reOrganiza-
tIeFs in the senate.
y .nesday reported from
Foreign Relations bills
IA. McCalla and Com
Of the United States
tecorations from the
many and they wera
~13uced by Mt. Petit
u-OrmayiOn as 10 the
La was referred 20 the
Il--i0ns with Cuba.
~ subsidy Bili.
The ship subsidy bill
le Senate Wednesday,
t.e door 20 conclude his
1 Il the measure beguh
inning his discussion
United States in the
"a -- Of the bill, Mr.. Frye
oI the subsidy could be
uaH 600 per year. That
Is nxed definitely in the
o-t 20 the government IL
q ID, 1t will be really
| 5tJ 90, as the subsidized
q 10 carry the United
OF cost 10 the govern
b. paid now for the car
B. -gu malls Is about ST.
Rryments had been made,
81 an sfNFh PAGE
The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
Christmas ship for Europe.

The Christmas ship. as the post-office
people call IL. sails for Europe on SatuT-
usN December Is. by the Cunard Line. 4
h The last ship sailing thai will carry
'ATlslmus presents and gifts of money
appropriate 10 the season 10 relatives and
HtrA1S abroad. About that time there Is
great Increase In the money order bust
1'rs Of the Post-office Department, but
more especially In the registered mail
foreigners In this country usually prefer
Irssiiy TO money orders, and. besides.
many small European towns have no
hDnty order offices. From 25.Oe0 20 $1,000
'sis.t-sI letters and packages will go by
-e vessel referred to, the greatest num-
'Fi being addressed 10 Italy. The Chinese
s'"l many registered letters, and an odd
method t1ey adopt for the sake of econ
e.-S Us 90 pool their cash. five or six OF
mem perhaps putting their money into
1"e letter with a single address Thus
.--'Lat'a one scent fee does for all. and
,.' money on reaching its destination Is
-''Hnll'd according 10 the directions in
eos.I
@''-ru Christmas customs are largely
: issHu origin. partly Scandinavian and
.'-' -ne.~ut Roman. with an admixture
y. carly German and DruidiCal sugges-
| 40 the old Roman festival In honor
saturn candles were lighted, wreaths
s-'kaT.auds were distributed and gifts OF
' "rfr exchanged. II was a disTepu-
,-f sar' of celebration. but is now COM
.I,s transformed, with the greeting Of
r- Nf'irnlIia' converted into Merry
I..s.H's' and Saturn the debauchce.
l.- @N. fIlused into respectable ST Mich
S.rr. lG former days -. Nicholas, or
gITr "a 'ltus. Was ACCOMPANIED on his
''--s.HG Journeys % the Christ Child
h1fhologI Of 'hristmas.
-',5e or less Of the old Morse mythology
.l-H4 ll- way into modern Christmas
Iar mythie tree Of the ancient
s... ''a-Flaa forest appears laden with
:, fH' adorned with candles. The skull
~. 4. enemy Killed IN war, out Of which
-''f'Tman drank his festal ale, Is
''7A'sd today by iAs Wassail bowl
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% on sixth PAGE.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-06-30

sewing, woman concluded to send her
sweet little girl with a#verbal request
for the money which was owing. She
polished the little face until it was
like "a June rose, and took her to the
gates Of the ducal mansion, all the
way impressing on her what she was
to say. "And above all, don't forget
to say Your grace'!"
y The child promised and trotted off
BY some decree of fate she got quickly
by the servants and was shown into
the duchess sitting room. She looked
composedly at the great dame. care
you the duchess, ma'am?" she said
Yes, my child" And at that. word
the little one put her two hands to-
gether and reverently closed her eyes
For what we areabout to receive,''
she said, ooh, Lord, make us truly
thankful!"
Even a pauper duchess couldn't
stand that way of saying Your
grace" the duchess Of Teck would
conclude with jolly hit at her own
we'll known financial difficulties, land
the child got the money"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-06-30
COATS OF ARMS.
Things Heraldic are at Present In
Kind of Chaos.

Things Heraldic are at Present in II
Kind Of Chaos.
Every one who adopts arms not his
own by inheritance from some one to
whom they were granted by the crown,
or not his own by patent granted to
himself, creates himself noble" by his
own will or fantasy. If people un-
derstood this perhaps they would not
set up crests and arms, either here or
in the United States where there is
no crown, no college of arms, and, of
course; no nOblesse. Noblesse is now
mere survival; in Europe, however,
it does survive: in the states it does
not, though many American families
of English or other European descent
have hereditary right to bear arms.
In the same way an American citizen
represents the title of Fairfax, but, of
course, he does not bear it. The re-
public, like England since the last
'visitation of arms" under the res
toration, takes the affairs of heraldry
very easily, and Americans can use
armorial bearings without offending
the law. The royal arms of Bruce
have actually been seen on American
note paper, though it is hard to know
how any one can have a right to
them; certainly it cannot be through
male legitimate descent from the hero
of Bannockburn. In short, things
heraldic, as commonly treated, are in
kind Of chaos, and many coats are
as arbitrarily decorative as mono
grams. $780,. -
A man who has no arms and wants
to get them ought to put himself in
the hands Of the College OF TIeralds,
who, we presume, will do what is legi-
innate, for consideration. The case
of Shakespeare and his claims to arms
may be studied in any biography of the
poet. He wished to wife himself
"Armiger' and succeeded. Burns, too,
looked into the affair of his own name
and arms, without success. Probably
his real reason was that so natural
to Scot-to know something of the
history of his family. There is no
harm in this natural piety; rather
good. A man would be inspired to be
worthy of his ancestors, through the
proverb, ''Noblesse oblige,'' has so
many notable exceptions. Andrew
Lang in London News.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-06-30

eyes OF his fellow-students,a and to that
end he brings hts various possessions,
one alta time, along with him to school.
One Monday morning he came to
school in just time enough to avoid
having his name on the tardy list, and
he took q literary turn Of mind, and
showed up with one Of the magazines.
The next morning he was held up by
the principal and relieved of a coffee
grinder. ..7z:.... ~ .-r,., T.. 4:s.t
At the next session he ran the block
ade successfully, bringing into school a
hockey stick, with which he proceeded
to show the teacher how the discipline
Of the school should be kept up to its
required standard. IF
The next morning the teacher very
naturally suspected him of having
something about him that would be
liable to distract his attention from
the lessons. She called him aside, and
he gave her three smelts and a clam.
At the close Of school he marched up
to the desk and asked for his property.
The next day he was as good as a
clam, knew his lessons correctly, and
the teacher began to regain confidence
In him. But that was where ne tOoled
her, for the next afternoon he came
walking into the room as big as life
with policeman's badge pinned to his
coat. Friday ended the week, and
teacher and pupil longed for a change
in program.
They both got it. Adolphus-that
his name-didn't bring anything to
school that day excepting himself But
when he removed his cap his hair re-
sembled that of a poodle dog. The
teacher asked him if he couldn't go
home and have it brushed, whereupon
he exclaimed that the last time it was
so treated he caught cold, and that his
mother didn't feel like purchasing
new supply of cough medicine just at
present.-Brockton Enterprise.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-06-30
NATIVES UNDER FIRE.
\ Drink of Brandy Compensates One
for Being Wounded.

ZOE Doing "OunUeO.
A besieged correspondent from Lady,
smith gives rather an amusing account
of his native servant under fire. "Some
Of u.s." he says, ''were sitting outside
the bomb proof quarters, my natives
being just outside theirs. Suddenly we
heard the distant boom of a low-velo-
city five-pOunder gun. There was a
moments pause, and then we heard
the Shrek of a shell approaching us.
There was a shout of look OUT and
every one was below ground, except
Jem, who remained watching curiously
to see where the shell would burst and
what it would do. He saw the shell
burst above him; it was shrapnel, and
he learned something of what it could
do, because a small, and, luckily, al
most spent, piece laid his head open
to the bone. This appeared to please
him immensely, and by the time we APP
peared above ground again he was
smiling a rather sickly smile, hopping
up the blood, which was flowing pref
ty freely from his head, with a dirty
dishcloth. I gave him tot of brandy,
and Hospital Sergeant Major Bowling
bound up his head for him. Another
native, named Charlie, remarked that
Jem had all the luck, for he would
gladly have suffered blow on the
head for the same compensation-a tot
of brandy: | cannot persuade them to
make their bomb-proofs secure. They
remark that, what is to be, will be- -
London Household Words.