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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
NAVY YARD COAL DOCK WORK STOPS

Work on the new coal dock at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard was tied up yesterday afternoon by
strike Of the thirty ironworkers employed on the
JOB. It Is another case Of sympathy with the
bridge builders. who are at present engaged IN a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
ARTHUR OPPOsED sLAyERY.

Of navy yard expenses, and the beginning OF The
construction of a new navy Of modern steel ships
and guns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21

and guns.
ARTHUR OPPOSED SLAVERY.
Early in life Arthur, trained by his father. a
clergyman. expressed himself hostile to slavery.
and when the time came he entered with his whole
strength into the war for the preservation of the
Union. Senator Chandler continued:
II is not inappropriate here and now to conjecture
what Arthur would do. or wish 10 do. if he lived in
Of the colored race as Defined and sup pi to S Be
made secure al the close Of the war for the Union
is being radically and wickedly changed.
millions OF slaves The Fourteenth guaranteed to
the new citizens the equal protection of the laws
charged with crime The fifteenth gave them the
when exercised, TO life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness
coored cltizeIs are 70 i've and endure under three
new principles whose advocates Deliberately DEFY
trolling southerI whites In s6p1a States thew are
trived constitutions and laws which in direct
conflict with the Fifteenth Amendment. In other
States intimidation ana violence continue 70 be the
method of suppressing the colored votes The sup
direct P 4gP q The South. r,.------
shall enforce the right Of suffrage BY appropriate
laws: Congress wholly omits TO DO this, and under
then existing were repealed. The North continues
TO submit to their repeal, BY the suppression OF
tive in Congress and Presidential EIector for
fifty Congressman ana nifty Ee, tors in all for the
ten millions: The power OF which fifty Congress-
and fifty Electors is controlled and exercised
by the white Southerrers. quite likely these fifty
Electors will change the result Of the next Presi
dental election. The North continues TO submit 10
this wrong.
MODS AND PEONAGE
Second. embolGeued by Northern apathy in refer
people the SCUM has adopted another principle.
The co,oted men are not TO have the equal prOteC-
ZION Of the laws IN the exercise Of their fundamental
rights as citizens When charged with crime they
not 10 be duly indicted and formally tried by
sponsibe MODS; they 10 be found guilty by the
outcrleS Of the same mobs. and they to be
marIy pat TO death by the violent hands OF the
same moos-by shooting, hanging, burning; with
manning. mutiiaUOn and eXcruCiatius torture.
This is almost the universal practice 10 every
colored citizen charged with crime Of violence.
This principle Is generally adopted at the South
and il IS extending northward- No power OF the
nation IS eXerted to oppose il. No sincere and
earnest declaration is made against il by any pot-
icaI p1r.y willing - stake its whole existence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
RoBBING THE DEAD BODIES.

The people themselves made no effort whatever
10 clean or dish feet the city. IL nothing but
lOathSOue. morbid, curious and uheVing crowd.
The female element being far worse than The male
In more than case did the Rancrofr's men
stop them from .oCting J1e dead The clothing 81
the dead III FED lott IviUC about the streets
in the pools Of blood no effort being made 10 collect
IL UP TO the time OF our departure.
The soldiers OF Venezuela are hard looking l9r
They had no uniform OF any description ana wore
whatever they could GET. yellow band their
hats Distinguishing them from the revolutionists.
They had little food, no footwear. and were sicklv
and diseased There was no discipline or orda~ %
any sort II was armed moo II is dou brfuI y
50 per cent OF the number engaged could teU what
they were fighting for. They were provided with
old fashioned NaUeers. using the -&5-Calibre lead
bullets which made frichtrul wounds. They had
several improved field pieces 81 IRE latest pattern
and Col- automatic gun was also among their
We learned that General RoiandC had been capt
ured while hiding In the residence o. THE German
Consul He and his cor1pa triotS- with hands ted
behind their backs. were marched 70 Jail. accom-
panied by a heavy guard. the entire populace
yelling and ieering- The old general showed no
signs OF fear
After relieving the wounded. We weighed anchor
ard we passing the Ncne--1e'7n feet
hoisted their colo-s 90 our fore and gave them
salute. WhIch answered BY the Bolivar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-21
PARKS'S NAME ON CHECK.


and the Recorder then withdrew the entry from
the record. because the case may be reviewed
on a technicalty and not on the meritsS'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07

smeared with mutton ~allCw and tur-
pentine. Applied to the chest or
throat, relief will be had almost at
once. II your feet are cold at night,
place hot chimney to them and they
will soon be warm. A lamp-chimney
is especially practicable during sum
mer months. when the fires are out,
for you can light the lamp and thus
have hot applications in a few mill
utes. Group, collie, toothache, ear
ache, coughs, rheumatic pains ana
many other ills fee be1ore the hot
lamp-chImney in this household.
To press short seams without using
an irCn, light small kerosene lamp.
regulating the blaze to keep the
chimney moderately hot, then
dampen the seam to be pressed.
Pass the seam quickly over the
spherical part of the chimney, and it
will be pressed as nicely as could be
done with a hot iron. Velvet ribbon.
also, may be pressed in this way by
dampening it on the linen or satin
side, then rubbing On the chimney.
WOman's Home Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
ties to improve their fortunes and
benefit their fellow-men in so doing
Chicago Chronicle.
IN THE sTokE-HOLD OF A SHIP.

The work of eternally pushing the
old ship on past the meridians, the
race against time and the sun and the
interest on the money, begins in the
gloomy stOke-hold. You have heard
that the stoke-hold is hot, and when
you have clamberedg into it over dis
orderly piles Of still smoking ashes,
steadying yourself by taking incau-
tious hold of burning hand-dails, and
stand for the first time face to face
with the furnaces, you feel assured of
the fact. But besides being hot, it is
the most active, interesting part of the
ship. 1t is her whole life. You must
spend years studying it before you
can stand there in command of your
watch with your hand on the feed
! check-valves, your eyes on everything
in general, and keep the steam up
where it belongs in spite of the raven
Gus engines sucking it away from you;
years before you can tell, in one swift
glance whether a fireman is burning
the greatest possible amount of coal
! per hour in his fires with the least
amount of waste. The problem is
this; under a certain large quantity
of water, which is continually chang
! ing, build 80 fires; and by means of
them, notwithstanding they must all
be continually replenished with fresh
coal and freed from ashes, keep it at a
perfectly even temperature (within
very few degrees) day and night for
an indefinite period. The game is
the more interesting because ship
can never afford to spare more than
just barely enough space for her pro
polling machinery; consequently every
| thing-engines, boilers, furnaces
must be worked to the very limit of
| their capacity. The game goes as
regularly by turns and in cycles as
progressive whist. Starting with
few fires first in order, the doors are
opened to admit few shOvelfuls of
coal thrown quickly into the front OF
the furnaces, then closed again as
soon as possible lest too much cold
air should enter. AS soon as they are
closed the fires next in order are
served the same way, and then third
group. Next the green" coal in the
first fires is raked back through the
furnaces to complete its combustion.
After another short interval il is nee
essary to "slice" them-that is, probe
them with long pointed bars to lift
the clinkers from the CRATES and make
air-passages. Finally it is time to
stoke again-Benjamin Brooks in the
April Scribner's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
JOGGING ALONG,

Some folks seem to rise like the eagle
that flies
Straight up in the face o. the sun;
They travel so swift that you're filled
with surprise
When you think of the little you've
done.
But sometimes I wonder when twi-
light draws near
# l can't surpass them for comfort and
cheer.
Rejoicin' in friends that are honest
and strong.
Singin' a sons
An joggin' along.
The monarch's array an the nabob's
display
Arouse admiration sincere
But if truth should be told, l will ven
ture, they'd say
Their life is unhomelike an queer.
So I'll gaze at the spiendors an VOW
they are fine,
Though there amt any cheers nor ova-
tons in mine
Lies pathway is plain an you needn't
go wrong,
Keep singin a song
An joggin along.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
American Bulb Farminu.

Hothouse gardening is, of course,
more profitable than any other, but II
a strictly outdoor life is desired, bulb
farming is profitable and pleasant. It
is not likely that the United States
will ever become a rival of Holland in
the bulb industry, but some very good
bulbs are grown in this country. A
school teacher in Georgia, driven by
ill-health to the country, found her
self in possession of an apparently
WORKOUT farm, the former owner OF
which had been fond of tulips ano
other flowers of the kind The gar
den was Overgrown with bulbs, many
of them worthless, some valuable.
Fond of flowers herself, the teacher be-
gan to cultivate these, and at once it
occurred to her to sell some Of them
In few years she built up a good
business. She has imported the best
Dutch bulbs and grows from them.
Her market is New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
WHERE is THE WORLD GOING
California Astronomers GO to Chill in
Search of the Earth's Destination.

An Importance which relatively
few persons are aware Of attaches to
all expedition which has just gone to
Chill from the Lick observatory in
California. Its object is to find out
whittier we are all bound.
Everybody has heard that the
solar system is flying swiftly toward
the north. 1t is a plunging flight that
carries us more than forty-three
thousand miles straight through the
earth every hour of the day and
night. 1t is a motion that has moth
ing to do with the earths annual
revolution about the sun, except as
it prevents that revolution from
carrying the earth back turn and
turn to the same spot in space.
In truth, we never get back to the
same place. Every new year comes
in with the globe at a point more
than three hundred million miles
nearer to very bright northern star,
named Vega, than it was a year
earlier. AS far. as the evidence now
in hand goes, the flight of the sun
toward the north is as straight as
that OF an arrow, but the path de-
scribed by the earth since it is COM
PEELED all the while to circle round
and round the flying sun, is a great
spiral
And thus we sweep onward, moving
continually into new regions, running
through what perils nobody can guess
perhaps none at all-and impelled
by a force as mysterious as that
which drew the unfortunate ship in
the --rabian Nights to be wrecked on
the mountain of Adamant
1t is this strange voyage of the sun
and its worlds through the unex-
plOred ocean of immensely that the
California astronomers have gone to
South America to investigate.
Now, the precise object of the ex-
petition to Chilli is to examine the
light of the southern stars from
which we are flying away. They
have been much less studied than
have the northern stars, to which we
are drawing nearer. 1t is as if the
people on the bow of a ship, after
watching for a long time the effects
of their approach to objects ahead,
should visit the stern in order to
note the recession of objects behind.
Through a combination of such OBJ
seryations the speed and direction of
the ships motion could be deduced.
But there are many other absorb
ingly interesting questions relating
to the organization of the universe,
and our place and rank in it, which
will be brought nearer to solution by
the success of the exploration of the
southern heavens, now beginning
Garrett P. Serviss in Golfers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
Reflections.

A wife often permits her affection
to blind her heason.
Regard for petty things often will
A true friend is one who laughs at
our jokes.
1t is a wise author who knows his
own MS. after it has been blue pen
ciled.
An authors royalties are often far
dwarf a mans ambition.
A WOman's love can become annoy
ing as well as burdensome.
Marriage based on honest affection
will withstand the ravages of time.
When a woman gives way to anger,
she begs her own pardon with tears.
Many women find happiness only
when attending to the affairs OF
others.
Confidence is not easily gained
where exaggerated love of Self is
found TO exist.
To decide between love and duty
has caused hours o worry to men as
well as to women.
Teh man with a vice wonders why
SO many persons think it their duty
to make public the fact.
Man often shows the hard side Oh
his disposition to mark more strongly
the generous shades.-Philadelp
Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07

sured, his whole manner changes. He
ceases to be the cooling lover and be
comes the shaggy-maned master, mon
arch of his mate and all he surveys. II
affairs are proplrious, Mr.. and Mrs
Lion by decree are given their owl
habitation and start up housekeeping
in peaceful fashion in the cage accord
ed them.
Mother love, which lasts only as
long as the little ones are cubs or kit
tens, is the only really appealing
thing about the animal life in cap
tivity. There is no pity, no sympathy
in all the cat tribe
All in all, the animals. while scarce
ly contention how could deprivation
of freedom bring contentment-are a
patient lot, and the longer the cap
tivity he more manageable they usual
ly become. The elephants, because
Of the superior intelligence and use
fulness, have more liberty than any of
the other animals. In the moving Of
heavy cages or other rough work, one
elephant is worth a score of horses.
He uses his head, pushing objects Of
great size and weight with ease. Each
elephant has an oil bath three times
a year an donly part Of him is oiled
at a time. Neatfoot oil is applied
with a large brush to keep his usually
dirty coat soft and healthy.
Constant changes in the plan of the
home life of the animals are being
made, as the skilled trainers, by study
and close attention, learn their needs
ari requirements.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
NEARING THE SOUTH POLE.
Antarctic Results Justify Great Ex-
pendture of the Royal Society.

II the expenditure of large sums in
Polar research is ever advisable, the
great cost of the expedition fitted out
in England, chiefly through the
efforts of the Royal Geographical So
ciety, has already been justified by
the brilliant results of its first years
work. Very few explorers, either in
the Arctic or Antarctic regions, have
in a single year surveyed so great
an extent of coastline and revealed
the dominant features of so large an
area of new land.
SiXty-one years ago, Captain
James Ross discovered the high coast
and the towering mountains of
Victoria Land. 1t was not seen again
for over a half-century, though from
the time the world heard of this
Switzerland of Antarctica it was the
center of greater interest than any
other South Polar land. So long o
line OF continuous coast had nowhere
else been found south of the Antarctic
circle. Following the coast to the
SOUTH Ross attained the highest
point reached till Borchgrevink sur
passed him in 1900. No other Polar
tract rose so high above the level of
the sea. If a great Antarctic con-
tinent really exists, it was believed
that Victoria Land must be part of
it. For these and other reasons eX-
traordinary interest was aroused by
the departure of Captain Scott and
his comrades on the discovery in tne
summer of 1901 to renew the ex-
ploration of this mysterious land
The news that the morning had
brought back shows that Victoria
the world and it may prove to be of
continental dimensions. All signs
point to the probability that the
island or continent is continued far
to me south, and it may reach the
south pole or pass beyond it. The
known north and south extent of the
east coast is more than two-thirds of
the length of Greenland, which now
ranks first among the great islands.
The difficulties of Antartic ex-
ploration are greater than those in
the Arctic for various reasons, among
which is the entire absence of animal
life, to supply fresh food for the men.
Captain Scott saw the eastern
coast-line clearly revealed from one
of the mountains for about seventy
miles south of his turning point. He
travelled 292.10 miles nearer to the
south pole than did Ross and sur
passed Borchgrevink's record by
23S.05 miles; but when he turned
back to his ship he was still 1924
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
A WHEELBARRoW EPISODE.
Jessie Ackerrnann's AMUSING Elk.
perience During Her Travels.

PSTleHCe During her ] raVelS.
Writing in the Housekeeper of the
many strange modes of transporta-
ton she has employed during her
worldwide travels, Jessie Ackermann
says:
At some time or other it has Teen
my lot to employ practically every
mode OF transportation in existence.
In America we hardly realize the
fatigue and hardships inseparabIe
from Journeys along untrodden paths
in China, Africa ana other regions
where the shrek of the locomotive is
rarely heard. What would the
American woman who regards even
IA one hundred mile journey in
Pullman palace car as an ordeal 10
be avoided, say to a ride in a rickety
old wheelbaTow, a common ex-
perience of mine in the remote Dor
lions OF the Celestial kingdom? In
many parts of China horses and car
rlages are attached to every well
regulated household but leaving the
ports we find Tie horse an animal al
most as rare as he promises to be-
come in our own country when the
automobile has fully come into it's
own.
In many provinces there are no
regular roads, and the use of carts is
impossible. Here the natives have
devised a means of locomotion I'M
known elsewhere, the "wheelbarrow
built for two" 1t is somewhat diff
terent in construction from the
American wheelbarrow, but propelled
in like fashion. The wheel is much
larger and comes up through the
center, with room for a seat on each
side. One is intended for the
traveller and the other for his bag
gage, and the weight of the baggage
must balance that of the passenger.
was not aware of this important
principle when | started for my
initial ride in a Chinese wheelbarrow.
and consequently my debut was
rather lopsided. But | soon over
took a missionary who was bound
fer the same place l was and l in
vited her to ride with me. WiLn
this young lady and my baggage on
one seat and | on the other, we were
! properly balanced. me coolie put a
heavy strap over his shoulders, and
fastening the ends to the wheel
barrow, he pushed with all his might.
We made slow progress, and l sug-
gested to the missionary that we
walk a while to rest ourselves. We
| did not know that it was necessary
for passengers to alight simultane-
| ously. At my suggestion my com
paniOn jumped lightly from her seat,
and my weight throwing the vehicle
out of balance, l was landed uncere-
| moniously by the wayside. l rose
from the dust, shook myself and de-
clared at the nearest village that |
would forever abandon the wheel
barrow, even if it meant the compile
ton of my journey on foot
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-05-07
THE LATE GUSTAvUS s. SWIFT.
And the Way in Which He Made His
Money.

During the first 36 years of his life
Mr.. Swift acquired but little wealth,
but during those years he had been
laying the foundation, consciously or
unconsciously, for his subsequent phe-
nOmenal success. He had been OBJ
serving, thinking and accommodating a
stock OF useful knowledge as we'll as
working.
When he came to Chicago in 1875
there were great packing establish
ments at the stock-yards, rich and
powerful, and the field seemed to be
completely filled. Any man of ord1-
nary capacity and force with little
money would not have thought of ell
tering it any more than he would have
thought of manufacturing iron and
steel to compete with Carnegie in
Pittsburg
But Mr.. Swift saw an opportunity
and seized it without hesitation. Be-
ginning with a small slaughter-house
at the stock-yards, where only a few.
animals could be handled daily, he
developed his business with wonder
full rapidity, and almost before his
great competitors knew what he was
doing he was abreast of them.
This was not mere luck. Mr.. Swift
not only knew the business as it was
then done, from buying to marketing,
but he had ideas of his own. He
knew that in the preparing of animals
for the market there was a great deal
Of waste. 1t was part of his plan to
save what was then wasted So sue
cessful was he that four years ago he
was able to say: Not hair of a beef
is wasted, and the hogs are all used
except the grunt.'
A man who could keep at the front
in the matter of by-products had
great advantage as competitor in the
main product. He could sell the lat
ter on a very narrow margin, and still
make good profits.
Mr.. Swift had other ideas. One of
them was that the markets for meats
could be supplied far better and more
economically if suitable provision
were made for preserving the product
Ill lid anu SlOld age. ne vas pre-
eminently the man of the refrigerator
car and warehouse AS a result of
his efforts in this field fresh meats
can be carried almost any distance in
any climate and laid down in perfect
condition where they are wanted.
Another fact, and one specially
worthy of remark, is that Mr.. Swift
was not Spectator in any objection
able sense of the word. He was in
deed good judge of market condi-
tons He could forecast as well as
any of them. He acted with an eye
on probable future conditions. So far
he was a Spectator, as every prudent
buyer and seller must be, but he was
not a market rigger. He did not run
corners or play any of the speculative
games of the board of trade.
He achieved his remarkable success
in the comparatively short space of %
years by strictly business methods. He
did it by effecting important econo-
mics and giving the consuming public
better product and service And he
did it in field which to the ordinary
observer seemed fully occupied.
He supplied a valuable illustration
of the truth that as society is constr
tuted men of brains, energy and per-
severance can always find opportun1-