davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
THE PASSING THRONG.

Richard Alexander. of Montreal in speaking yes.
terday at the Wadorf-Astoria Of the part taken by
she Canadian troops in the Boer
AN IN war. told amusing story.
FORMAL "One of the lieutenants in Strath-
SWORD cona's Horse" said Mr. Alexander
PRESENTA- was great friend Of mine named
TION. Jack Ieckv Strathcona,s LIo
as you know, made a great record
for themselves. Lecky got d. S. o. CDistin-
guished Service Order. and he il was who was
selected to receive the colors presented bv Kino
Edward VII. When Strathcona's Horse were abouT
TO depart the Canadian Institute Of Mining Epgi
neers; OF which Leeky was distinguished mem
idea met with instantaneous and enthusastic ne ap
i pl0vai Wnen u was nrst suggested. and the sub
quence. The sword purchased was a very hand
entation Of IL an event. But the best laid plans
gangaIt-agley. and so 1t was on this occasion
mittee formed themselves together prSperiy eH com m
frock-coated and all ready hand over the sword
a full hour bet1re the time set for that event
'The anxiety to Go the thing properly that got
them together hour too early was the verv
thing that led to their undoing
GIvERS AND Time hung heavily on their hands
RECEIVER and in fatal moment the rash
FORGOT suggestion was made that taking a
THEIR CUES. drink would be an agreeable wav
to pass the time. Indeed so sue
eessful did the idea prove TO be as a time killer
that Lecky, the sword. and the reason why thew
"Oio 'O7V'HeI PdSSSu loI tne honce out OF the
united mind of the committee. Nine came and
went and Lecky waited. Finally the sword NO.
coming TO him. he went to the sword, that is he
started to go 10 the sword but got further than
joining the party. when straightway that stranaa
forgetfulness Of the why and wherefore OF their
being together on that particular occasion over
came him also and he gave further thou1h+
10 the sword B. t. A Bell had been chosen 70
present the weapon TO Lecky, and during the festiv
tiles where he went the weapon went too The
evening waXed and waned. and the party broke
up into groups. friendly scufHe ensued in whicb
Bells frOck coat was split up the back He said
afterward that the sword he lost his coat
He couldn't use his hands because Of guarding the
sword. and that was why his ratment rent
After this catastrophe Bell concluded that tha
presentation, and he proceeded to DO it in styie
Waving the sword his head he danced Up 10
group. rs Jack Lecky here? he demanded 'He
is, responded the owner of the name. Then
Jack. said Bell, cheerfully. he handed over the
cause Of all the trouble, take your blankety blank
sword, for I'm tired of carrying il round After
formal and ceremonious a christening Leckv
could do naught but put it TO the good use he did
IN South Africa
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
lie is nothing short Of a crime, even IL the
penal codes provide punishment for IT,

Ex-Governor Black, in commencing Governor
OdeITs canal plans. makes one slip He says;
THE nine foot enlargement should be continued
ir the spirit in which it was begun Heaven
us from that! 1t was begun in the spirit OF
deceptive estimates 10 fool the people. and car
red in wastefulness until the money voted
by the people gave out. with the work not half
done. The one thing that will reconcile the peo-
pie to Governor Odelis plan is the hope that the
work may be continued and completed in diff
ferent spirit
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18

enough. require strict Interpretation of law
influential citizens of small municipalities
throughout the State should make note of a new
danger. though il is hardly 10 be believed that
men can he found in many OF them who will
Use such method 10 thwart the popular Will
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
Filter the Water Department. Strain IT ont
Get rid Of official mud and official microbes,

The impudent falsifer who conjured up tho
horrifying tale OF the loss of sixty lives by the
deliberate burning of an Alabama turpentine
camp. which this traficker in mendacitv de-
clared had been set on fire by venseful negroes
should be sent 10 Coventry and treated with un-
falling contempt to the end of his worthless ex-
istence. TO invent and circulate so appalling a
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18

The advocates of eight hour shifts for
policemen and firemen apparently desire that
New-York shall be burdened with tax rate as
heavy as that of the worst days Of Tweed II
may be that few cities here and there require
shorter hours from their patrolnen and fire
fighters. but no city the globe is so prodi-
gally generous as New-York in salaries. PEN
sions and privileges for It's police and fire de-
partments
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18

PHYSICIAN SAYS HIS CONDITION is NOT. SERIOUS
AND THAT HE is DOING WELL.

Lakewood y. J.. March II (SpeciaD-Abraham
Abraham. of Brooklyn. who recently came 10
Lakewood suffering from the grip. is steadily i'm
proving. Dr. John E Richardson. OF New-YOrk
who was called here by the family said Tonight
that the condition OF Mr. Abraham was not serious
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
AsToR MILITARY COMPANY DIsBAyDED

Poughkeepsie n. Y, March 1.-THE Astor Mill
tary Company of Rhinsbeck which was equipped
by Colonel John Jacob Astor, has been dishanded
because of lack OF interest
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS

On LAquitaine, Of the French Line. which ar
rived yesterday from Havre. were Mrs A. de
Bocande, L. r Brewer Miss Josephine Chabot
Mrs Edwin D. NIooers. V Gommenginger. Victor
James Joseph Martin. the Rev. Ferdinand Pinaud
and Mr.. and Mrs. Yingo
New-York tribune., 1901-03-18

Among the passengers who arrived last night
from Southampton and Cherbourg on the steamer
New-York. of the American Line. c.. r.
Beardslee. William Einstein. E FIargrove. AdeIbert
;. Hay, eX-Cnited States Consul Pretoria, James
Talmase Hayden, Mrs. George w. Lederer. Perci-
val Lowell NJ. W, Williams and the Hon H. Burk
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11

In a church at West Kensington
London, notice was lately posted
announcing the sale of five pews.
One of the advantages" of these
pews, ran the notice, was that the
contribution box was not passed to
them"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
THE ExILED BOERS.
The British Have Scattered Them Wido-
ly in Different Parts of the World.

The British Have Scattered Them Wide-
ly in Different Parts of the World.
A small sketch map, occupying a
corner of the Geographischcr Anzie-
ger, shows the places in Potugal and
India where hundreds of the Beers
captured in South Africa are now kept
in confinement. Having distributed
the prisoners from India to Bermuda
it will certainly not be easy Tor them
to plot against the British govern
ment
party to fall into the hands of the
British, were landed on the island Of
st. Helena in April. last year, and have
been living ever since on Deadwood
plain, as the islanders call the plat
eau that rises about 600 feet above
jamestown.
Another part of the Boer army, 700
in number, marched eastward over
the Transvaal frontier into Portu-
guese territory. They were captured
near Komati Poort. the gateway
llt ulOunLtilIlS NY WulNh thC
railroad from Lorenzo Mar
ques ascends to the Transvaal plat
eau. They were sent to Portugal at
the expense of the British govern
ment, which Is now paying the cost
of their maintenance. Four hundred
Penlcne, small fortress on penln-
sula .utting out into the sea little
north of Lisbon. 1t is a very secluded
place, the few thousand inhabitants
around the citadel being devoted al
most exclusively to lace making. Four
capacity of the citadel would accom-
modate, and so the other 300, except
ing the officers, were sent to Alcobaca.
a few miles inland. Commander Pie
naar, who was in charge of the party
when it surrendered, is kept prison
er at Thomar, about SO miles north
east of Lisbon, where still stands the
famous monastery of the knights of
Christ to whom was conceded the
privilege of "conquering the new
world" whose deeds of prowess and
rapacity both in Brazil and in the
East Indies gave them an enduring
and not very desirable reputation. The
other officers are confined at Caldas
da Reinha.
Another transport from South At
rica carried 600 Beers to Bombay
whence they were taken inland about
100 miles to Ahmednagar. Their
present situation does not appear to
be particularly inviting if it is proper
to call Anmednagar "a hot, waterless
pestilent hole" in which terms a cor
respondent of tn Manchester Guardian
has given his opinion of it.
Another batch of prisoners has been
sent tc he Bel Imudas. 1t seldom hap.
pens in any war that the defeated
prisoners are so widely scattered
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
Bolivar Scared Him.

The life of a photographer is not
always happy one, He has to in
wade precincts which are almost sacred
in mis- efforts to get snap shot, and
sometimes he literally takes his life in
his hands when he has to set up his
machine in dangerous quarters. A
well-known artist had an exciting ex-
perience the other day when he
essayed to make photograph of Boli-
var, the huge elephant at the Zoo.
Getting inside the cage in which Boil
var has been confined for so long, the
photographer set up his machine and
awaited favorable moment.
Bolivar seemed to be disturbed by
the presence of the strange apparatus
in his cell, and, suddenly whisking
around, managed to snap the chains
by which he is always bound. The
frightened photographer made dash
to one side to escape the waving trunk
which he saw coming his way, and i'll
his confusion made a misstep which
landed him, camera and all, in a pit in
which the waste hay and refuse of the
cage are kept. Luckily for him the
keepers rushed to his assistance and
dragged him out before the angry ami
NAL could get at him. His camera was
badly damaged, and nearly a week
passed before he could muster up suf-
fcient courage to renew his attempt
Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11

inventive. When foreign stoves were
selling in Tien Tsin for $100 in Mexi-
can money have known the Chinese
to take one of these foreign stoves
and use it for a mold from which to
make new castings, imprinting even
the names of the foreign manufactur-
ers SO we'll that detection was impos-
sible. From this one stove bought OF
the foreign dealer they would make
many and sell them at profit of 900
percent. A country whose people can
do this, and many other things like IL,
will, as soon as the utilities of the
civilization of the west are appreciat-
ed, build up manufacturing and COM
mercial industry which will mark
new epoch in civilization.
"The allied powers have driven the
iron deep into the soul of the Chinese
nation. Who can say, with Kwong
Hsu on the throne, that these people
may lot learn the lesson of patriotism.
They learn all other lessons given
them, and this last one will be told
to their children's children. No ghost
SUITES Will Ue uStuou III Shlui w. lci-
rify the young until the occupation Of
the allied powers in the last year of
the old century has been forgotten.
"Those who ridicule Sir Robert Hart
are wide of the mark His only error,
in my opinion, was putting the cart
before the horse. Yellow Peril will
not come first in the form of war, fol-
- IN l. 80 iy,
the domain of commerce and manufac-
lures with which no other nation, not
even Japan, can hope to compete"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
Many Uninhabited Islands.

II you sho aid want an island, that
is, an uninhabited island, for the pur-
pose of occupying it alone, Robinson
Crusoe like, or to use 1t for romantic
fiction, or for any other purpose, to
the exclusion of all others in the world,
you need have no trouble in finding
one, if you see fit to make journey
to the Indian ocean. In the waters be-
tween Madagascar and India you can
find more than $4,000 of them. where
there is not human being, and where
you can, if you will, be monarch of
all you survey.
An English traveller has recently
been among the small islands that dot
the western end of the Indian ocean,
to make an inventory of them ,and re-
ports that he counted 16,100, and found
only about 600 of them inhabited. Now,
there is a good chance for any one
who may want an island.
These particular islands are not
large, as islanus go, but very many of
them are sufficient for the purpose of
a Robinson Crusoe or any other novel
shipwrecked mariners or other per-
sons who might be cast on one of them
or seek for the purpose of making a
home pretty much out of the busy
world.
Some of them are only an acre or
two. we'll elevated above the tide, while
others are a quarter of mile in di-
q II. -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
writer, and carrying them on tp new
fields of adventure,

writer, and carrying them on to new
fields of adventure.
A publisher who had created ro-
mantle western adventurer with a
name that proved popular with the
boys contracted with one of his regu-
lar writers for series of twenty
stories. After sixteen of the series
had been issued, one every two weeks
and the other four extensively adver-
tised to appear on certain dates, the
author fell i'll. The publisher sent for
one of his daily writers, who was en-
ployed on daily newspaper, and
arranged with him to take up the
work and carry on the central charac.
ters unchanged. In order to prevent
delay in getting out the stories as ad-
vertised, the extra writer had to read
up the career of the hero from the
start and write four novels of forty
thousand words eacn in twenty days.
The task was successfully accom-
plished, and the writer in question did
not lose an hour from his regular
work as reporter. Devoting only
nights and Sundays to the stories, he
dictated them to a stenographer,
working sometimes six and seven
hours at night at a rate Of two thous.
and words per hour.
The regular writer's of such stories,
men who do not attempt any other
work, are able to produce one story of
forty thousand to fifty thousand
words week, for SIX months or ayear
with comparative ease. Under press
ure, they can readily write two a
week, but could not long continue that
rate of production without period of
complete mental and physical rest.
The author who attempts to lay out a
schedule of his story, to work out a
plot to the end in his mind, and name
write dime novels. He must be able
to take title, name and an incident
suggested by the publisher, and write
a story Of a specified length, letting
the plot grow and develop as he
writes. He must invent names as he
forms the letters that spell them and
create a thrilling incident or climax
Virtue must always triumph, in the
dime novels, and vice be overthrown,
the desirable consummation being
achieved invariably in the last chap
ter, and the hero must be an example
of all the virtues. Nor must the vii
lain be too wicked. for in certain re-
spects the morality of the dime novel
is very rigid. 1t may surprise many
persons who denounce such fiction as
wholly bad, to know that the publish
er will not permit line or situation
that might so much as suggest indie
cency or vulgarity. The villains as
well as the heroes all swear under
their BREATH" and oaths are never
used in the lines of the story Four
or five large publishing housesi New
York produce tons of such literature
every week and the business is con-
Quoted in systematic way. There Is
the sharpest kind of competition in
the trade, and the writer who can
suggest and work out new and novel
plots or situations will find demand
for all the material he can produce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
The Arms of Wales.

The king is said to be favorably
disposed to the inclusion of the arms
of Wales in those of the future Princes
of Wales 1t is to be hoped that the
dragon will not be used as the symbol
of this inclusion. for nothing, heraldi-
cally, could be more absurd. The
dragon does not occur in the coats
of arms of any of the ancient Welsh
princes or in those of any OF the old
Welsh families. 1t is sometimes spok-
en- of as the emblem of the Tudors;
but Owen Tudor, the founder of the
Tudor family, was not armigerous;
and the red dragon which Henry VII.
adopted was not that of the Tudors.
but was a compromise between the
white bull of York and the red lion
and greyhound of Lancaster.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11

1t was sheer vanity that kept Grant
Finlay from giving the world the bene-
eft of his invention of the total aboli-
ton of smoke. He evolved simple
system by which any fire or light
could be made to consume its own car
bon; and though he demonstrated the
usefulness of the invention many
times, obstinately refused to put it on
the market or sell the secret of it.
His own house, just outside Glasgow,
was fitted with his system, which did
not cost him 80 shillings for the entire
building, and not jot of smoke was
ever emitted there. All his fires con-
suned their own smoke, and he was
fond of showing the efficacy of his in
ventlon to guests. but never woulG se
explain the working of it; and he
died two years ago, carrying his secret
with him to the grave. A week be-
fore his death he had all the anti
smoke apparatus stripped from his
house and royed.-Answers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
New York's Foolish Women.

1t is one of the singularities of the
New York woman's fashion that she
will appear in midwinter with her
head uncovered and pass from the
theatre to her carriage without any
qualms. But as soon as the warm
weather sets in upon us her hat is as
essential to her piece of mind as is
one of those wonderful creations with
which the East End 'Arriets of London
require for bank holiday wear. To go
about with ones head uncovered is
the sign of the provincial. And NO
matter how lovely or sensible fash
ion is, so long as it is not acceptable
here, it is to be cast into the outer
darkness-which is the Provinces
New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
A BUTTONHOlE CASE.
Brought to Decide tho Precedencs OF the
Opening.

Brought to Decide the Precedence OF ths
Opening.
Once upon time case was brought
before learned judge, in which the
question at issue was as to whether
the bLtton was made for the button
hole or the buttonhole for the button.
Counsel for the button held that it
was SO plain as to render argument
superfluous that the buttonhole was
made for the use and behoof Of the
button; still, for forms sake, he would
give few reasons why his contention
was the correct one. 1t was apparent,
he said, that without the buttonhole
the button would be unable to per-
form its function, and hence it was
plain that the button preceded the but
tonhole, and that the latter was in
vented in order that the button might
be of service to mankind. 1t should
be clear to everybody that had it not
been for the button the buttonhole
never would have been thought of. Its
existence necessarily presupposed the
existence of the button.
The lawyer for the other side was
equally positive in the stand he had
been employed to take. He averred
that the buttonhole preceded the but
ton; that, in fact, the button was mere
ly an afterthought He said that. as
every Ole knew, the buttonhole can
be employed without the button, as
witness Farmer Jones, who invariably
uses nail or silver Of wood instead of
the conventional button, whereas 1t
was impossible to make an effective
use of the button without the aid and
assistance of the buttonhole. Hence
1t was shown beyond peradventure
that the buttonhole was of greater i'm
portance than the button, and 1t was
natural to infer that the buttonhole
was first invented and that the button
came later simply as an ornament or,
at best, as an improvement upon the
nail, silver or other instrumentality
wherewith the buttonhole was made to
perform it's duty. To show the rela-
tive value of the buttonhole and the
button, he said. take this simple exam
pie: When button comes off the but
tonhole can still be made serviceable,
but if the buttonhole is slit open the
button is of no use whatever. With
this the learned counsel closed his
case, although he claimed that he had
not exhausted the subject.
When the court came in after recess
the learned judge promptly decided
the case in favor of the buttonhole-
clearly just decision, although it was
whispered about the court room that
the decision might have been different
but for the fact that while changing
his linen between adjournment and re-
assembling of the court his honor had
dropped his collar button and hunted
for it without success for half an hour
and perhaps might never have found
it had he not stepped upon it. But. OF
course, this suggestion came from the
partisans of the button and may fairly
be imputed to their disappointment
and chagrin.-Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
Big window, No Harmony

The Builders Trade Journal says
that plate glass, the creation of COM
paratively recent times, is responsible
for many of the enormities which rem
der the street architecture of today so
devoid of grace and harmony. Those
however, who contend that a house
window glazed with small panes-even
those so popular at the beginning Of
the 10Th century, about 12x15 inches
is much more pleasing in appearance
than one glazed with one great sheet,
are, we think. quite in the right.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-10-11
NIGHT WORKERS IN NEW YORK.
Figures That Show the Number of Them

| Figures That Show the Number of Them
to BE Upward OF 10000.
There are 800, 900 persons, men and
women, employed in what the law de-
scribes as gainful occupation-work-
| ing for others for compensation-in
New York City, says the Sun. 1t has
heretofore been supposed that about
percent of these were employed at
| night, which would give total of 4O,-
900 night workers in the city.
Recently a table has appeared in
| tended to show how many night work
ers there actually are in the four
boroughs, and this estimate gives 5000
policemen, 5000 railroad employees
5000 bakers, 5000 newspaper en-
ployes, $500 engineers and lremen
$500 actors and musicians and 1000
restaurant employees The total is TO-
GOO, the balance being made up oi
butcners, pedlers, steam railroad en-
ployes, telegraphers, watchmen, cleo
tricians and miscellaneous workers.
The table, accurate in many respects
falls short Oh completeness as to the
total number of persons employed
at night in New York. There are in
New York and Brooklyn 2167 Raines
law hotels which are open all night
in each of which there is at least one
man employed and usually two. This
figures up $500.
The table does not include the mar
hot do ii nf n o. h
workers, who number at least 1000,
the men who work along shore load
ing or unloading boats to the num-
ber of 1000 additional. and 1t does
not take into account either those en-
| ployed on or connected with the ferry
business of the city, which is carried
on all night, in which there are at
least 500, total of 5000 additional.
The number of watchmen is esti-
mated at 400. actually it is nearer
ings under construction, watchmen OF
office buildings, watchmen in care OF
material, factory watchmen, private
watchmen and ordinary night watch
men.
There are $50 hotels in New York
City and the number of night en-
ployes of these-clerks, porters, eleva-
tor men, watchmen, bell boys. gas
men and cleaners is $500. or an aver
age of about 10 for each hotel.
Another considerable item of night
workers is made up of the employees
of apartment houses, elevator men and
janitors, and still another of city en-
ployes connected with the water sup
ply department. which is going all
night. and in charge of public build
ings.
Gashouses in New York do not shut
down at night time, but employ night
shifts of men, and the same is true
of the foundry business, and there arc
the all night drug stores as we'll as
the all night saloons, and the night
hawk cabmen, whose chief time ol
profit is between midnight and day
break.
| Taking all these classes together, II
is probably no exaggeration to say
that there are 10000 night workers in
New York, exclusive of physicians and
| clergymen.