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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27

him an we've got the bank stuff all
here" And he touched up his horse
again. And the next group heard the
same story, and the next, and the next
And they all turned and stared after
blushing Susan Brown,
And then they were at the bank. There
was a little crowd about the door. But
they quickly made way for Susan, and
the liveryman, and the precious bag.
And there was Jack sitting up in big
chair, and somebody was bathing his
had, and he was blinking queerly like Il
man slowly waking up. But he sudden
ly seemed to regain his faculties when
Susan Brown, forgeetful, of all the curious
eyes about her, suddenly dropped on her
knees beside him and put up her loving
arms and cried, ooh, jack
why, Susan, dearr' murmured Jack.
"There, there. don't worry. I'm just a
little dazed. One of them hit me over the
head with something from behind and
stunned me. I'm almost all right again"
"Oh, Jack" moaned Susan Brown, L
thought they might have killed you, and
and | shot the man, and-and-and got
the money back-oh, oh. OH" And here
poor Susan quite broke down, and putting
her face against Jacks coat, sobbed con-
vulsively. And Mr.. Tompkins told what
he knew. and then the astonished and de-
lighted Jack turned the recovered treas
ure over to his assistant, who had been
temporarily absent at the time of the at
tack, and, borrowing the happy Mr..
Tompkins' phaeton, drove Susan to her
aunt'S.
oh, Jack" she murmured on the way,
sit was SO unwomanly and so cold-blood-
cdr
I'm afraid it was, my DEAR" said Jack
in a painfully-sOlemn voice; 'but as it
saved the bank in which [ am intimately
interested 200 in cold cash. and at
the same time appears to have broken up
the most desperate gang of thieves the
state has ever known fear | must con-
done the fault. But you will promise not
to 90 it again. won't you. dear?''
Susan promised.-Cleveland Plain Deal
Or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
"HURRYCIDE."
How Trusts. Affect Individual Lives
in New YORK.

The conditions Of life in the business
world are more precarious and more
hopeless today than at any time in the
past three decades. This is the state
ment of John 2. Mowbray in THE Max
ing of a Country Home in Everybody's
Magazine.
The conditions of personal merit and
hdellty to an employer have changed in
our time. SO long as our employers were
individuals who trained and appreciated
special fitness in their employees, and kept
their eyes on fidelity, smartness and hon
esty, we felt safe. 1t was to their inter-
est to advance us. But all that is chang
ing, passing into corporate Irresponsible
ay and abstract bossship. Look at our
friend Warner. He was with McCook
" HaVerley ten years. He knew every
pulse Of their business and managed his
department like clockwork. He was
tWenty-four- hundred-a-year man. But
the firm joined trust, gave over the
personal supervision Of their business to
the new brand of overseers, and the first
thing they did was to ship Warner, and
put a ndred-dollar-a-year man
In his place. The agent said that any
man could learn to do in a month what
Warner did, and If the nrst man failed
there were hundreds of others to pick
from. That agent looked Warmers stock
- 80 2doOAOAJ AZ LIZ h"N "AAea
marked: 1--WE propose to run things on
business principles with no sentiment;
reduce expenses and increase profits. We
estimate your worth at a thousand
year" Poor Warner. He had four chill
dren, and he had been genteel UP to the
full limit of his twentyfour hundred.
The agent said that the corporation did
not propose to leave the question of fidel-
ity or fitness to the individual; they had
a machine which insured it. Do you
know what happened to Warner?
Why, he was your friend who was
killed, wasn't hep
He committed what the reckless fell
lows in the Astor house rotunda call 'hur-
rycide.' Warner tried to jump for an
electric car and those fellows have
CHASTITY humor which attributes such an
act to man who has overdrawn his ac-
counts, or has played the tapeline too
rashly. But the fact is, Warner suffered
kind OF moral paralytic stroke. He
couldn't realize that ten years of scrupu-
lous self-sacrifcing attention to another
mans business could end in that way. 1t
bothered him, and it doesn't do for the
average man to get bothered when on
Broadway at the rush hour. If he takes
his mind off the brink for a moment, he
is gone. Poor Warner was probably
thinking of his children, and the electric
destroyer struck him on the left side"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
Where Germany Beats America.

The damp air of the tropics is destruc-
tive to many articles Of American manu-
facture. Mildew is ever present. In
Panama it grows mushrooms (almost) on
shoes that are left out over night.
Throughout the equatorial region it at
tacks all textile goods, leather, books and
stationery, while arms, cutlery and metal
work Of all descriptions require constant
attention to preserve them. The damp
ness is such that a piece Of woven fabric
made in the United States and measured
for length will have different lengths in
South America and the Indies The la
bells on cans become moist and fall off.
leaving most unsightly stock of timed
meats and vegetables on the shelf of the
native merchant. The Germans cover all
cans with shellac, which preserves the
labels and keeps the stock looking bright.
new and attractive. Our hardware is
shipped in plain brown paper; the Ger
mans ship theirs in ozokerite paper, which
is impervious to moisture.-New York
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
British Court Debars Shopkeepers.

Nowadays almost any respectable indi-
yiduals whose names are not over shops
can be presented at court provided they
can find someone to present them, though
there is some regulation which. forbids
"players,' as actors and actresses were
formerly called, from availing themselves
Of the privilege. The chief advantage of
presentation at court is that it carries
with it the right to be presented at all
courts. Indeed, for the ordinary run of
people it does not carry any particular
entations are many, invitations to court
functions are few, and by the time the
claims Of the peerage, the greater public
officials and the House of Commons have
been taken into consideration, there is
not space on the lists for ordinary private
ty at Buckingham palace, where 5000
people have assembled without making
an appreciate crowd.-London Express.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
TWO FRIENDS.

I honor him who needs must chop the stone,
Must pluck the root up, murder beast and
bird,
Then label with very butchers word
The bleeding pieces Though he build his
throne
On brittle stalks and hollow carcass bone.
Still by a princely purpose is he stirred;
And such his thirst for knowledge long
deferred
Kind Nature counts him in among her own.
But him | love the MUSES. make their care,
Leading his feet wherever he may go,
To spell the gentle magic of the air,
Of golden boughs and darkest brooks that
flow.
He has my heart; for perfect things and
fair
He finds, and leaves them fairer than
they grow.
John Vance Cheney in Harper's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
THE LARGEST PLANK.
Enormous Dimensions of Slab Of Red
wood from California.

wood from California.
Seventeen feet long by six feet wide
and two inches thick were the dimensions
of the largest perfect plank. This phe-
nomenal plank OF redwood was cut from
one of the famous Californian giant
trees. It's most remarkable feature is its
absolute perfectness and its immense
size, combination exceptionally rare IN
the wood trade. While there may have
been as large pieces of redwood they
We're not without imperfections, or were
made up of sectional pieces to represent
one, and this is claimed to be the big
gest perfect solid plank in the world.
The plank was produced at one of the
largest sawmills in California. 1t is a
difficult task to secure a slice of wood of
such a size perfect in every detail.
An experienced woodsman had to pros
pect for miles of forest for a suitably
large and adaptable tree at least fifteen
feet in diameter
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
A Fact and an Application.

In Munich they have penalty of 1925
and two weeks Imprisonment for not fill
ing a glass with beer to the limit which
means that all the froth must be blown
off. If we applied this to great many
men what would we have left Florida
Times-Union.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
NJ LAR Y'S LAMB.

Mary had little lamb,
Possessed of many rocks
And also very much inclined
TO deal in railroad stocks.
The lambkin down on change one day
Was spotted by Il bear,
And when he left the pit he was
Away Up in the air.
Now Mary has no little lamb,
For. having q great head,
She shook him when he lost his fleece
And took the bear instead.
Portland Cregonian
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27
Protection for British Bread.

Every exertion is making by the magis-
trates at Bow street to put a stop to the
foreign bakers in this country, particu
larry Germans, who make what they call
French or fancy bread, particularly to
please the appetites of fcreigners.-Lon
don Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-27

"A dispatch from Republic, Wash.
states that assays from an S-inch vein in
the Morning Glory mine assays $1400 per
ton.
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
FRANK A. MUNSEY

ployers. and the latter equally SO of
the employees. Strikes are instituted
through a lack of confidence ON the
part of the strikers in their employ
ers. and these i'm turn refuse to make
concessions because they 'are dis
trustful of the labor organi zations
and their leaders.
Whatever the cause or causes,
strikes are nearly always unprofta-
bic, even To the side which wins.
Unless there is n prompt yielding by
one side or the other. the resultant
losses almost Invariably oyerbalance
the gains. An advance of five or ten
per cent i'm wages is but "a small re
turn for many weeks or months of
idlcneSs. and when such an advance
is secured there is always the uncer-
tainty as TO how long it can be re
tanned.
Strikes affect not only the employ
ers and the employees. but the entire
community. The indirect and collat-
eral losses are incalculable. Ii does
seem as if the intelligence of man
should he able TO devise some better
met hod of settling labor disputes.
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
PERSONAL.
French champmpu. American cIn,

Irehch Champagne. American CInret
Whenever the American people drink
as much champagne as they are cansum-
ing now il is irrefutable evidence of good
times. said Mr. Hugh F. Griffin, repre-
sentative Of famous French wine firm.
last evening 1.-THE Shoreham. only in
prosperous tines is much money spent on
luxuries.
Time and again experts have been
brought to the United States TO see IL the
French product could not be duplicated
over here. The man who succeeds in do
ing so will win wealth beyond the dreams
of avarice. But I want to say that while
the Frenchmen beat us on champa gne. our
California clarets are much preferable to
theirs. | have paid as much as 81 for a
bottle OF imported claret which would
cheerfully exchange for the home grown
article not costing over 20 cents
In fact. thousands OF gallons from the
California vineyards are shipped 10 Eu-
rope, adulterated and blended with their
inferior stuff then sent back over here
and sold under French label at a fancy
price. II the mass of buyers could only be
brought to realize this fact it would put Il
tremendous check on the fraudulent prac-
tice."
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
a Bank Coalition.

So far as The layman is able 10 com
prehend the intricacies of the none
tarv system. Secretary Cages recon-
mendations. TO which he gave voice
at the bankers dinner i'm New York.
will appear timely and logical. As a
financial expert. Mr.. Gage. because of
his position. is conceded TO be not
only in the first rank, but sufficiently
conservative in his foresight 10 weigh
carefully any proposed innovation in
the banking organization of America.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
declared that the spirit of progress
has failed to have its logical effect
npon the purely financial interests of
the country: that Improvement has
been comparatively slow. and that. TO
an extent. the advancement of socie-
ty and Industrial interests has there
bv been retarded.
Mr. Gage believes in concentration.
or at least cooperation. While rec
ognizing the preiudices against the
further aggregation of enormous
wealth by small number Of men, he
meets this objection with the declara-
tion that the financial existence of
such individuals depends solely upon
the well-being of the masses. prov
idential provision in the economy of
human nature. \ poverty-stricllen
people would be the worst OF calami-
ties for any great enterprise.
The financial chief of the Govern
ment advocates coalition between the
individual members of the banking
community. the existing weaknesses
of which he attributes to isolation
and lack of a. mutual arrangement for
protection. According To Mr.. Cages
theory. such coalition would avert
many bank recks, enabling the weak
TO have advantage of the surplus
power of the strong in times of dis
tresS.
II is to he presumed that the pro
gramme outlined viii breed antago-
nism in many places. Reform propo-
sitions generally do. But the origin
of the suggestion entities il to at
least the fullest and fairest hear
ing lest the ripe time for it's adoption
should he sacrificed through hesita-
1ion or Indifference
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
The Metropolis of Tcxns.

The city of Dallas, Texas, which is my
home, said Mr.. +. b. Lord al the Fair
fax last night, lis fourishing place. and
claims prominence in many ways. but it's
especial boast is that II is the largest
depot of farm implement supplies in the
world.
Every big wholesale house in the
United States which engages in the BUSH
ness Of manufacturing tools for the farm
er has its branch at Dallas. There are
twenty-five nine-story buildings devoted
TO this trade. The reason for the selec-
tion of Dallas as an agricultural imple-
ment centre lies in its splendid location.
In the very heart Of the choicest farming
region OF Texas. II is the trading point
OF the great black land belt of the north
ern and central counties which contain
two-thirds of the people and three fourths
OF the wealth OF the entire State.
The last census showed Dallas slightly
behind San Antonio in populat tion, but
that is because OF the widely extended
municipal limits Of our sister town. Were
our corporation limits widened Dallas
would easily go ahead Of every city in
the State as TO inhabitants 1t is, In fact.
the only genuine metropolis Of Texas; ali
others are limitations"
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
General Merchandise Close Brhind
the Holiday Trade.

NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-Dun's review to-
morrow will say;
Holiday trade reached its maximum
this week. nearly all sections OF the
country reporting exceptional distribu-
tion. While the class of goods especially
stimulated by Christmas demand occu-
pied the position OF greatest prominence.
general merchandise was not fs. behind
in activity Transporting interests were
just beginning to overcome congested
conditions when severe storms made the
situation more complicated than before.
AN event of much promise in the in
dustriaI world was the organization OF a
committee composed of representative
employers, labor leaders and other welt
known men. which will endeavor to ad-
Just wage and other issues SO as 20 AVOID
the losses and distress cause - strikes.
Bank exchanges at New York exceeded
those of the same week last year by ..3
per cent and 1893 by i.3 per cent. while
at other leading cities there was prac-
tically no change.
Railway earnings thus far available
for December show gains Of So per cent
over last year, and col per cent over
1899.
Retarded shipments caused higher
prices for prompt delivery of pig iron and
steel products at Western cities, but con-
servatism still marks the course OF pro-
ducers regarding contracts for the fu-
ture. Footwear shops continue busy. large
producers. az a rule, having good orders
for spring lines. although smaller con-
Germs are not all as fortunately situated
Firm prices prevail and special,ies com
mand premiums.
I'm cotton goods sellers are unwilling
to accept large contracts for future de-
livery. while the raw material market re-
mains unsettled. This gives a firm tone
to prices, and the tendency is in favor OF
holders.
In the grain market wheat has held
fairly steady at some reaction from last
weeks exceptionally high point. and there
is still much evidence of a firm under
tone. Cotton is little changed, at about 2
cents below the price year ago.
Failures for the week numbered 200
in the United States. against 293 last
year. and twenty-seven in Canada. against
eighteen last year.
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
STREET EXTENSION PLANS.
Commissioners and senate Commit
tee Hold Fruitful Conference.

The District Commissioners yesterday
held a long conference with the Senate
Committee on the District OF Columbia. In
which special legislation for the munich
pality was under discussion. The chief
topic was the question OF accepting the
findings of the jury of condemnation in the
extension OF Sixteenth Street This matter
was gone over carefully, the Commission
ers stating their side OF the question and
explaining TO the committee why they had
delayed action since early last summer.
In this connection 1t may be stated that
the Comm issioners were between two fires
On the one hand was the stipulation OF
the act of Congress that they might with
hold their sanction of the awards II the
benefits assessed were not 80 per cent Of
the award of damages. On the other was
the express instructions of their Attorney
that II they rejected the findings OF the
Jury another could not be summoned, and
the legislation relative 20 the opening OF
Sixteenth Street would expire.
The findings of the jury were in the
proportion OF | to {. and the Commits
sioners came TO the conclusion that the
way OF wisdom was TO hold the matter in
abeyance until the meeting and action of
Congress.
FROM the special probiem OF the open
ing OF Sixteenth Street the conference
drifted to the opening, widening and eI
tension OF other streets. and finally took
up the question Of District finances. The
Commissioners made clean breast OF the
whole matter TO the committee. and while
no conclusions were reached at the con-
ference. there will be other meetings
Of the same kind next week. and It is
understood that substantial progress was
made toward the solution OF the vexed
question of relief Tor the present deplor
able condition of the municipal finances.
Bills have been prepared and will be
favorably reported upon for the extension
and widening OF Sixteenth Street Wis
consin Avenue and klbemarlc Street
Wisconsin Avenue will be widened from
Hign Street to Thirty-seventh Street. AL
bemarle Street will be extended from Rock
Creek Park to Forty-second Street.
About 5000 will be appropriated for the
expenses OF the iuries. and hearings will
be given all property owners who desire TO
enter complaint.
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
Recalled as Champion spender.

Talking of big spenders," said Man
ager Frank Bennett. of the Arlington,
never have | seen a man who dsbursed
his coin with such utter lavishness and
reckless disregard Of the value OF money
as did President Barrios, OF Guatemala
who paid Washington a visit few years
prior to his taking off upon the field Of
battle.
Il fear you would think me a romaneer
II | adhered to5an accurate description Of
the way this Midas of Central America
spent money. He never asked the cost
OF anything and when he went to leave
us tipped every one OF the colored help
In fashion that caused a wholesale show
OF ivory. The bellboys were made glad
with $50 gold pieces. which was the mini
mum Barrios souvenir. Some of the peo-
pie who had waited on him TO his special
liking got 1--WE times as much. Since his
time other people have come along that
have been the reverse of stingy. but as
dispenser OF tips General Barrios' rec
ord is still unapproachable."
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
Roosevelt aud the business Men.

One of the bright men Of the Quaker
City who occasionally comes to Washing
ton is Mr.. y. B. Kelly. Secretary of the
Trades League of Philadelphia. the largest
commercial organization in the United
States. with a membership Of over $500.
At the Arlington last night Mr.. Kelly
said that President Roosevelt was max
ing himself liked among solid business
men by the excellence OF his appoint
ments. I'm Philadelphia" he said. I'VE
were particularly we'll pleased by his re-
appointment Of Judge Prouty to the Of
fice OF Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner. With such conservative men as
Judge Prouty on tribunal of this char
acter. both the commercial and the trans
portaiion interests feel that they will be
given fair and impartial treatment"
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
pacif,inr the Eagle.

As the President is the most prom
iDent Washingtonian. we have a right
10 feel intensely proud over the com
pliments that have been handed
across the Atlantic. The United
States Consul at Birmingham testifies
10 the deep admira ion entertained
by the British people for the Ameri-
can Chief.
Mr.. Halstead says that Englishmen
have the greatest faith in the honesty
and fearlessness of Mr.. Roosevelt.
This endorsement of AN American
sentiment viii do much toward
smoothing the rufiied plumage of the
Bird .t Freedom, which began 10
show signs OF temper after being sub
jected to the laborious proddings Of
some of the London newspapers.
The Washington times., 1901-12-21
Mi..ourian'. View of Doc,.cr,

Governor Dockery OF our State had A
far higher place in the esteem Of Missou-
rians before he went into the executive
office than he enjoys now, said Nj. John
McFall, one OF the long time citizens OF
St Louis, At the New Willard.
TT is natural, of course, for a Rcpub-
lican like myself to oriticise him, but he
has failed to suit thousands OF Demo-
Gratis. His course has been that Of an ex-
treme partisan, and besides he has sane
TONED n great deal Of unpopular iegisla-
tion. The wholesale liquor men are great
ly incensed over tie tax OF 10 cents gal
Ion on whisky. and so much opposition has
been aroused that the law is virtually ig-
nored. q few years ago a measure was
passed by Democratic Legislature levy
ing a tax on each department Of the big
department stores. The St Louis mer-
chants got together and fought the law in
the courts. with the result that IL was de-
ciared unconstitutional. and il is claimed
that the whisky tax is likewise invalid"