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The times., 1901-04-21

front Of the skull were cut off together
and strung in sums for the taxgatnerer
and the product of the night dlVldeu aG
cording TO the size OF the party iolIieu. i,s,i.
Sometimes the great party OF shooters
were hired for the night ana received no
share of scalps, only having their amInu-
milton provided by their employers, oth,,
er narties were formed by friendS anu
neighbors. who dubbed for the ammunl-
ton and shared equally in the result.
During hard winters the crows SuHei Sc
verely and perish in considerable num-
hers from hunger, though they endure Il
wonderful degree Of abstinence without
much injury When starved out the poor
birds will swallow bits of leather rope,
rags in short. anything when appears 10
promise the slightest relief.
GATHERING THE sHELLFISH
MANY times crows have been seen in the
act of lifting clans, mussels. and other
sbellfsh high in the air and dropping
them on hard objects in order to break
the shells and get at the contents. An
observation on this subject illustrates the
acuteness and intelligence of the crow
some wears ago a flock of crows were
seen nving out to an island Just on tiie
shores Of Puget Sound. The tiue was L epo-
ing Each crow was seen 10 Sti@e suLle
object ina its bill and flying TO the rocky
shore drop il on the rocks ana tnen
descend to feast upon II. InNeSIlSalloH
showed that the objects were muSselS
/ instead OF n3mmerlnS bilt Sllelio NbN'
which would have cost time ana lapor
| the crows in order to get at the contents
rcsorted to the easy and expeditions nout
! of letting the mussels fall on the rocks.
No doubt the trick was learned by accl-
! dent as many an important invention ol
man has been. A flying crow accldentahA
dropped a mussel on the rock, ana notillE
| the result repeated the experiment TO ms
own and his observing relatives proht
/ and so in time through inheritance DOUBT
! less the habit became fixed among crows
Another instance of the acuteness o
! crows illustrates their shrewdness III get
| ting other agents to find food for them
! a herd of hogs were roofing in the beacl
! along the seashore and flock OF crows
| were flying about them few feet aDoN'
! the ground. To the amazement OF the ob
| server they flew one to each pig an'
/ perched on the head between the ears
| From this outlook each crow kept brlSh
| watch on the hogs snout evidently on tn
| qui vive for whatever of food should turi
| up, and not for a moment was his atten
| ton diverted.
| Presently one of the hogs rooted up
| razor clam. when Immediately dow
pounced the alert but unprincipled crow
seized the prize. and made off TO deVou
his iIl-gotten prize at leisure The stupi
but honest Woodworking porker renewe
his labors apparently with no sense of hi
| loss: at all events, with no visible sign
of resentment against the robber
The times., 1901-04-21
ONCE A BADGE OF SHAME.
Period When Gentlemen Declined
TO Wear Mustacbes.
(From the New Orleans Times Democrat)

fFrom the New Orleans Times -Democrat)
Pack in 1856" remarked a New Orleans
professional man, chatting about ola
times "a mustache was regarded with
great suspicion all through the MisSis-
sippi Valley. 1t was supposed TO be the
mark of either a military s"aShouchIer
or a gambler and gentleman, particu-
larly if he wanted to go into society,
shaved smooth. Boards were looked upon
as an unclean foreign affectaton, and !
recall a curious incident based on lnat
prejudice A charming young English
gentleman. who WAS near relative OF
a distinguished man of science, was VS.
iting at a river town noted for It's arlsto-
cratic and punctilious society He was
fine sDecimen Of physical manhood, ana
following fashion which had Just OBTAIN
ed a foothold in london, ne wore
heavy blonde mustache and set OF lux
1ria Mt curly Whiskers-much after the
style of our Old friend Tafry IN Irllby.
Nowadays he would be envied the pos
session of such superb ornament, puI
| nc GOOD ladies of the town were greatly
| uerpIexed and after much consultation
| theV finally decided that they could not
| countenance such "a barparous ,. CuSt1Ili !, ,
and would have to decline 10 receive MN
| nnIess he shaved. The young English
| man realized that he had TO choose pc
| tween whiskers and ostraclsm, ana pelhG
| a nIucLv chap, ne packed his trunk ana
| vent hack to London on the next boat
| To revert to the mysterious connection
| betWeen gamblers and mustaches, a
| tba+.bpd ltDDer lip eventually became Such
| - I'll recognized badge of the trade that
| card sharns who wanted to avoid suspic-
| ION were forced TO shave clean. one not
| ed professional who worked the big river
heats looked a great deal like a Sahcti-
| n,onious deacon when his mustache was
| removed and he used to make point
Of dressing in a long-tailed, rusty black
coat, with a white craVat Going up 10
| S,iritsburg one night, | was sitting in ear
| shot when he attracted the attention OF
a group of gay young gentlemen playing
| noker in the main saloon. He was seated
] ftap q nd g
drntiV unknown to the party. III bet
that old rascal plays poker on the SLY
said one of the crowd. Ask him to joir
us, said another as a Joke, and the nIs' ,n
| sn.al,er acted on the suggestion. The
stranger was very reluctant at first, but
1ualW said he calculated he wasn't toe
old TO learn. and took a hand. A coupl,
~ hours later he got off at a landing with
! Every dollar in the crowd remarking cas-
ualiy that he would now give his mus
| tache chance.
The times., 1901-04-21
TRADING WOODEN LEGS.
Results of an Exchange Between Il
Preacher and Driver.
Trom Frank Leslie's Popular MonthIy)

(FTom Frank Ieslie's Popular Monthly.)
Trading legs?" 1 exclaimed. DO you
mean 10 say that a wooden leg Is an ar
ticle OF barter and exchange
''NaaI some do an some don {. IN
one of the kind that does, went on the
driver dryly. Its only human natuf 70
be dickerin' an tradin' round II fellow $
got anything to trade with, an When
run acrost chap who's got pegleg that
looks as if it might tit me leete mite
better than the one m wearin' at the
time / gener'ly stump him Ter a trade De
fore ] let him git away.
Sometimes we make a swap OF IT, an
sometimes we don't. Depends on Whether
the other feller's got any game IN MN OF
NOT It's a sorter resky business, tradln
legs same as swoppin' hoSses, an some
folks amt got the rekisite sand TO DO II.
I'll never forgit the first trade made.
Feller | swapped with was one OF these
trayelin exhorterS-a shoutin Methodlst
or a Second Adventist, or suthin IN that
line-an' b gosh, ] don't keer a durl
whether YOU b'lieve me or not, but L
hadn't bin wearin' that wooden leg OF ms
a week before ! quit swearin at the
| hosses an raisin Sam Hill when any
thing didn't go right, same as l alIers
I uster do an commenced eXhortln the
Messengers an p'intin' out the error OF
their ways TO them in any case Where
| seen il was necessary.
.syyaal il want very long before com
nlafnts begun to come in ag inst me You
| SOC To begin with. | couldn't make time
| over the road without rippin out at the
| hosses wunst in a while. The plaguy cril-
! ters noticed the difference IN me rlsh'
| off an they took advantage of II TO lazy
along an do jest about as they pleased
| AM then besides complainin' of me fei
bein' behind time, the passengers SAID
| was preachin' at them an mlXln IN al
| fairs that was none of my special bizness
am by gravy. it begun to look as If
was goin' to lose my job, when that all
| shoutin Methodist, or whatever ne was
| come along back agin an kicked up {
rumpus because that leg of mine had jes
| about ruined his business; said it had biz
| travellin straight trds the bottomiess pl
| with him ever since he owned it, an nov
! he'd got so he was jest as liable as no
| to swear right out IN the pulpit withou
thinkin' an he allowed that unless
| traded back with him he'd sue me fe
L.. .rros-
The times., 1901-04-21
TA1LoR-MADE COMIC OPERA.
The Important Influence of the star
Upon the Composer.
(From the New York Evening Post. }


Music publishers of this city are eX-
pecting TO see several new comic operas
produced next season. and they predlCL
that American authors Will write them
One publisher said that there were no
European writer's left who could compare
with the Americans who have come UP
in the past ten years; before that time
an American writer of prominence was
rarety American comic opera. he said,
has now for its strongest competitor
English musical comedies.
And those operas that are now being
written he continued, ARE done by the
men who have created a demand for their
music in the past ten years We seldom
can make use of anything submitted by
what you call an unknown. Not that il
is not good work and Oftentimes artistic.
but because most of il is written with no
particular cast.
You see, these days. the managers Of
the various companies carry their differ
ent stars each with his or her hobbies
and pecuiarittes. and the music has TO
be written accordingly. If the star OF a
company is alto. then alto has the lead
ing role and the top note In the finale
although. probably, there are sopranos in
the troupe whose voice could be used
to more advantage iE the rousing finale
for the curtain. In one troupe now sing
ing where there are four stars. an en-
trance has to be managed for each, be-
sides probably, two solos. and duets and
concerts as they will. Writing an opera
takes more than a musical mind or edu-
cation Here IS where those who have
/ been through all the trials up to their
| first night and who know the work is
| cut out for them. profit by their expert
/ ence and are of use to the managers.
| The managers have not the time nor pa
| thence TO spend upon Sthe productions of
young authors who have not familiarized
| themselves with the makeup of their
| cOmDanies.
The whims OF the star have TO be
| more respected than those of the author
| or writer. There is an opera closing a
weeks run in town tonight which has
| been so mutilated that the author has re-
| fused to hear its last singing in New
/ York The prettiest music has literally
| been chopped out in chunks because the
| star objected that he was too long on
| the stage, while it was being played
| without anything to do. In its place. the
| star has introduced "A song filled with
| 'swipe' or 'barber-shop chords with
| which he is able 10 catch quite few
| laughs.
THE star, nowadays. may almost be
| considered as having much 10 say
| about the construction OF an opera az
| the man who writes 1t.
The times., 1901-04-21
CURIOUS FADs OF COLLECTORS.
Irish Potato Rings Which Bring 60
an Ounce.
From Chambers Journal. }

The rage for antique silver is fairly
notorious; perhaps the least accountable
feature of the business is the high val
nation of old apostle spoons. A great
many have been sold in recent years, but
in most cases only single specimens are
obtainable In 1898 an EliZabethan spoon
dated 1889 was sold bv auction in London
for ef9 and others realized FROM Il 10
eli each Mr.. Butler, well-knoWn Lon
don auctioneer, estimates that complete
set of fourteen would realize little snort
of 900 gufneas A set of eight. dated
1927 was sold in 1890 for e252; and two
skies in 1892 for Goo The record price
was reached in 1898, when Messrs-
Sothebv. the London auctloneerS, sold
seal top spoon of the sixteenth century
for $50 los This weighed one ounce SIX
Dennvweights, and was intrinsically
worth a little over ; shiliingS; Inc AVery
collection of spoons in the United states
is probably the finest in existence m
cluding as it does 800 specimens OF all
ages Old Irish potato rings are also
much sought after by collectors, at re-
cent sales they have sold for nearly 80
an ounce.
Although less valuable than antique sill
yer, Sheffield plate is much prlzed Dy
connoisseurs. This is a combination OF
conner and silver, a thin sheet of silver
being welded upon a thick piece of cop
per. and then rolled out to the required
| size for manufacturing. It's value depends
! largely upon the condition of the surface
| as il is a sine qua non among collectors
that Sheffield plate must remain III It's
| original state
| one of the more recent hobbies for
| which the dealer caters is the collection
of old picture watch dials. These are
! sometimes genuine enamelS, and Occa-
sionally (and not less valued hand paint
| ed Scriptural episodes were very com
| monty selected for treatment by these old
| dial-pafnters. The earliest specimens OF
| enameIed dials date from the seventeenth
| century; but the majority of those to be
! found i'm the shops are probably at the
most one hundred years old. Very high
| prices are put upon the small mourning
| brooches so commonly worn by oul
| grandmOthers: those containing a centre
| niece for hair and surrounding border
| Of pearls are chiefly in vogue Two OF
| three guneas are often obtained for good
| SnafimpQS
The times., 1901-04-21
A SENATOR'S AUDIENCE.
No Listener of Lesser Rank Than the
Vice President.
From The saturday Evening Post.

There are two ways of looking at any
thing and the way a wit of Washington
explained a certain lack of audience IN the
Senate. when Il Southern Senator made a
sDeech was certainly the n 0st deuShtfCl
way of defining somewhat chill Ing Incl
dent.
WILKINSON Cau of Florida, thoJ-h for
three terms a United States Senate and
highly honored by his slate. did net make
a great impression nn the Senate as 4
sneaker. and that he thus disappointed all
hose who have tie tradition IN II err
minds that al Southern statesmen ara
senator Can. it IS SAID, once arose to
make a speech when TIE Senate Chamber
was rather empty. -Ns he spoke tie few
members of the Senate who TCr5 there
filed out to get luncheon. No one GRAINED
on the floor to listen to the speech; ~ ut
the President of the Sellte s-tll sat IN
his place dignl.ied and ca nj
The galleries wore also rather empty.
and the incident became the subject of
Washington gossip. At dinner Tarty
where a Southern politician. was Sir 81
il was asked what he thought 4 the
Southern Senator's audience when he
made his speech in the Sera'e that m IN
ing.
Then came a clever answer Tor the
southern man said with a grave face II
thought il very distinguished aud'ehce-
There was no person there of less rams
than the Vice President of the United
States
The times., 1901-04-21
Why Finger Bowls Are Haired.
(From the London News.)

(FrOm the London NcNsJ
When a member Of the royal family comes
to dinner it is a point of etiquette. as all our
readers know 10 provide none but the illustriou'
guest with a finger bowl at the end OF the
banquet The other diners must get on some
how without that convenience. The reason Il a
curious one In early Georgian days-Gne never
knew who loyal; every other man might be
Jacobite in his secret heart. Now, it was a
niece OF Jacobito ritual whenever the toast OF
The King was drunk secretly TO pass the COB
let over any water that happened to be by the
drinker This was supposed 10 convert the
toast into that OF The King over the Water,
the cxiled Stuart at Rome 81. Germans.
ON this becoming known. the court insisted that
there should be 40 water within reach OF any
guest. and the prohibition still holds
The times., 1901-04-21
CROWS And THEIR TRAITS
pecuIiarities of a Prolific Though
Useless Bird.

Over a Million of This Ciannish spe-
cies known to Roost i'm This VI
cinitv-HoN They Gather Food.
Price Once on Their Heads.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
PORTLAND STRIKE OVER.
Masons and Contractors Sign Agreemcn! Which
Is Called Very Fair.

Portland. Ne. May "a COM
promise between the masons and con
tractors, today, has brought the strike
of the building trades unions in Port
land to an end. The agreement which
was adopted and signed by the several
parties, is considered by both sides as
fair and impartial. 1t provides for n
y-hOur day at 36 cents an hour. and
creates a committee of arbitration of
which the mayor of this city shall he
chairman and cast his vote in Il tie
making settlement of Il question final
The painters will. it is understood,
return to work, tomorrow. In accord
ance with a notice which was sent to
the contractors. in February, the MEM
bers of the several unions went out.
May l. The plumbers gave up. sun
day. May II after being out IL days.
and the carpenters returned to work.
Tuesday. under the old conditions.
At meeting of the Bricklayers'
Union, tonight, an inconsistency was
discovered in the draft of the agree
ment which it was decided necessitht-
ed reconsideration on the part of the
Workmen. Deputy Twiss visited tho
representative of the contractors af-
ter the meeting and he was informed
mat the objection could be easily re
concled. A new draft will be drawn
up. tomorrow. as previously outlined.
which will be endorsed by both sides.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
BREscl COMMITS SUICIDE
Assassin Of King Humbert Ends Mis- m;..r,h,o
Lie by StranguIasion.

Rome. May 23.-Bresci. tho aesass;,
OF the late King Humbert. has COM
mitted suicide at the penjtentiorv q.
Santo StefanO. 81
on the wall Of Bresci,s o.,, a.,
vengeance was scratched with his
bloody thumb nail. nc
Brescis violence last week c,,r,,r-
ated in his attacking the tailor in COW
sequence Of which he was nIacod T., =
straight jacket. 80 .
Later the prisoner feicned doc;,,,v
in order TO secure an oprortun,,y 81
commit suicide, which he accon,n,;s,od
by hanging himself with an improvised
rope attached to the ceiling.
In the earlier days Of his imnr;sor-
ment Bresci resented orders IN Laa, e.
lent and threatened to kill himself.
Rresci recently had beeen suffering
from extreme excitement. declared to
be from remorsc. Tuesday night no
made rope from a blanket ana stran-
gied himself.
At cabinet council hold n, tho o,,,r;o
al, today. SiSnor Giolitti, minister Of ~,
int rior. informed Inc Kin. Of tho cuifid.
81 Besci. MS 4dajesty remained pensiv,
Tor a Few moments and then said:
1T is SpSrhaps the best thin.. Ihat ca,ii
happen 10 the unhappy man"
The minister OF the interior has insti.
tutcd searching inquiry into the cir.
substances OF NE suicide. \ posimorteu
examination VIII be held and the bo..S
Tine warders atconnt Is that he s1v
ErcSci tie a towel to the bars of the graf
ing of the cell and hang himself. Rrcsc
being dead when the warder reached him
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
MRS. BREsCI MUCH AFFECTED.
Yet She Says Better Dead Than Lie Imprison.
mcnt in Italian Prison.

New York. May Mrs D,csci. who l.,
now living in hudson Heights. ~ G.
was very much affected at the news OF
In" Suicd" al her husband. She said
however, that he was better dead than
imprisoned i'm an Italian prison for life.
Spcakin. "t her husbands act in XII ING
the King of LAZY. Mrs. l:icsci said:
''iIc did NOT plan il with others Now
that he Is gone there is no reason to CON
ccal anything ana | can say absolutely
that there never was plot. /, was said
my husband MAS a leader ard the agent
Of n band % Anarchists in killing the
King.
That is not true. His act was entire
" an individual act. lie conceived il
himself. The Paterson Anarchists were
as surprised he did 1t as | was. We did
not believe ii at first.
Anarchy. from the little I've read Of 1t,
is "A propaganda that is too good for this
world. II IS not practical. That liz the
trouble with IL and that was the trouble
with my husband
Seen at her home in Iioboken. N j..
late today. Mrs. reset maintained that n
did not commit suicide. lie was muir
dered." said she. repeating the words
again and again. II had a letter from
him one week ago" she said. lie was
starved"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
STEADY GAINS
Claimed by the Machinists
Throughout the Country.
Numerous Firms Sign Agreement and
1000 More Men Strike.
strikers 'u'i'ant Victories and Expec, Sol n
to Win All Casts.

washington, May o3-Presi5ept
OConnell of the Machinists ASSET, .
ton. said. tonight:
we are largely the gamers in rho
number of settlements made Tho al
lustment reported during the day show
gain in New England of 1900 in tho
NUMBER or men returned to work with
the demands granted: of 500 or COO in
Ohio, and probably 1900 in Pcnnsyl-
vania.
About 1000 mon struck. today
There are some additions i'm Phila1al-
PIMA ana some in the Seaboard Air
Line shops at Americus. Ga. Our
policy is to discourage bringing out
any more men than is absolutely nee
essary to effect the success of the
movement"
AT indianapolis the American Eicv
Gle CO.. is reported as agreeing to the
demands, but refusing to sign the
agreement.
In this city every establishment ON
ploying machinists signed agreements
today. one of them, the CahilI Tyne
writer Co. however, refusing to union
ize the shop.
In Boston 80 firms employing 1850
men. have signed the agreements thue
fan leaving 1900 men still engaged In
the strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
AROUND BOSTON.
Goodyear Men Co Out. Other Firms Report
but Little Change.

Boston, May 23.-Aside from the action
Of the nearly iel machinists employed 10y
the Goodyear Shoe Machinery co. who
lctt work. this afternoon. there has been
no very decided change in III" strike sit
ua ton here, today. The Paine Machinery
Co. employing 10 or II men. granted the
work. II is expected that the men en-
plOy"d by George Iawlcy II Sons. the
boat builders. will reach an amicablc set
Element. tomorrow.
Their" Is an uneasy feeling among the
machi.;ists 1T the Atlantic Works. bur
they are not organized.
The Builders Trades Council and the
Boston Labor Union. today. considered
the proposition of amalgamation.
Reports viii he submitted to both or
CARNATIONS within Il few dayS. Should
this be done it will make the Boston La
Dor Union the largest labor organization
outside of New York City.
The only new feature. today. IN the {, &C
tric iiuomcnS strike was the orgaHiZa ton
of the cable splicers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-24
DYED FLOWERS.
Changes in the Color Scheme of Nature
Effected by Chemists and Florists
(NeM York SUM

The green carnation had 4 very brief
day and the general public looked as
Eance at il. There seemed to be a uni
versal feeling that the dyed flower was
offence against the principles Of aeSthet-
les and that admiration Of The floral mon
ster indicated unwho leSome de@eneracy of
taste. Recently, however. French scient-
lists have taken up the artificial coloring
of flowers and series of lectures has
been given ut the Sorbonne 10y a French
che mist who has made a speciality of this
particular subject
According to the professor the problem
of cploring flowers by artificial means has
for several centuries past Interested
chemists. In 1909 a scientist named Mag
nal caused 4 sensation by producing tu-
beroscs of most exquisite pink, ordina-
r. tuberoses reing colore1 by piunging
them into the jlicc of phylotagne. Some
. years later tumparetu, scholar OF
Padua. made himself famous and added
distinction to the last days OF his town
churches and cemeteries wonderful
wrcaths Of back convovu us. Having
made fortune .,e at last agreed to tell
his secret and declared that he had col
"rcd the flowers by pottins their stems
in common ink. The scheme don't work
when tried by the townsfolk so the es-
tcemcd Paduan was apparently liar of
PARTS as we'll rs Il maker q! The famous
Faduan convolvuI.
Eo:ssin in 1870 obtained marvellous ny
acnths ana lilies coiored by chemical
means ant! since. then NOT only chemists
but practical florists have made frequent
use of dyes in the colocina, of flowers
came lias grown in earth mixed with resin
show fine Veins ot coral red their
white petals Earth mixed with iron fiji
inCs Nil also color some flowers blue and
r,1nsieS tala on wonderful hucs by the
dipping of their stems in certain analine
dN Is.
Some of these unnaturally tinted flow
Crs are dangerous and the green carna-
ton was SuppreS .;vd by the Inuui, ipai nab
orat,ry Of Paris. because scientists said
that The odor of the flower had poisonous
fleet.