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dozens Of them. Enever had woman en-
ployer before, and now 1 hope FL never
have any other"
The majority oS-wonen questioned COM
planned that the chief aim of q woman en-
ployer was to stand well In the eyes Of the
man higher up, and to this end she would
be perfectly mereiiess toward her subor-
dinates.
Personality" is the verdict, ..enters far
more into the methods of woman employ
er than those of man. Little spiteful ac-
tons, small grudges, things a man would
have long ago forgotten. direct the policy
of the woman boss. especially the one
lately risen from the ranks
So much for the employer and employe.
AS sister workers, the criticism Is that jeal-
ousy and disIoyalty mark the path of the
women in business. She never enters en-
ployment with the idea of making a name
for herself because of the excellence of her
work. Women trust almost entirely to per-
sonal pull and getting the better Of
the worker at their side and to this end
they do not hesitate to backbite and pre-
varfcate. The desire to stand In with the
powers that be prevents anything like I'M
selfshness or personal sacrifice. The fell
low strivers who are sorry that they spell
ed the word" and hate to 60 above an
other, are largely creatures Of a poet q
brain, say numbers who have spent years
with women.
1t Is said that wofnen's aim in business Is
generally to get out of It; that they have
scarcely an embryonic business conscience,
and that they rarely consider the making
of such thing as business reputation.
1t seems impossible for them to break away
from the everlasting personal.
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the Ice slope slipped with him for about
sixty feet and he was glad to get back to
the ridge again. Then north wind sprang
up with all its bitterness, obliging him to
beat hasty retreat to his tent
Soon afterward Mr.. Turner felt ill and he
attributed 1t to having poisoned himself by
drinking soup out of a tin and a diet of
snow water, with black bread, dry rusks
and timed articles. His hands and face
were swollen and it was hopeless to go on.
Mr.. Turner had intended going to find some
thermometers which Professor Sapoznokof
had placed On the south side of the noun
tain, but in addition to the slight poisoning
ne had sustained severe Inflammation of the
eyes through the intensely cold wind. The
expedition had come to an abrupt close.
Mr.. Turner adds: 1.-The view l shall never
forget. Our third camp was on the side of
lake that had apparently frozen to the
very bottom, we dug down the ice to
about six feet and came to earth, and this
was about twelve feet from the edge of the
lake. The mountains all around stood out
like huge sentinels. but were scarcely as
bold as the most massive group of the
Alps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
SUGAR CONSUMED
Every Year by Americans is Esti-
mated at 5000, OOO, 900 Pounds.

From Harpers Weekly
Over 5000 O,OO0, pounds of sugar,
valued at over S1OOOO0OO was brought
into the United States in the fiscal year
just ended. This is larger importa ton of
sugar than in any preceding year In the
history of the country The total number
of pounds of sugar brought into America
during the year was, shown by the
records of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, 5,217. or, O65 while in no earlier
year in the history of the country has the
importation of sugar ever reached 5000 OO0,-
600. ~
The largest importation in any earlier
4,91S,9Oo,733 pounds Adding to the enor-
| nous production of 1903 5000 900 900
pounds as the domestic production would
give a total sugar supply of 5S17 600 900
pounds for the year, or sufficient to fur
nish an average of seventy-two pounds for
each individual in the United States esti-
mating the present population at SOOOO,-
600.
The record of sugar fmportations for the
year differs materially in certain aspects
from that of earlier years. The total
importation OF beet sugar during the year
was only 100000 pounds. against 255 OOO-
600 in the fiscal year 1902, and 9O3 600 600
| in the fiscal year 1901. Cane sugar, of
| course, composed the remainder and the
cane sugar importa tons of the fiscal year,
| exclusive of that brought from Porto Rico
| and the Hawaiian Islands. amounted to
| 4OIo 100000. pounds, against 1858, GOO 900
| of the fiscal year 1902. and 1856. OOO. 600
in 1901. From Porto Rico the total sugar
| brought into the United States amounted
| to 226 143,50S pounds. valued at 81. 1853 SD
and from the Hawaiian Islands TIA sos 4oO
| pounds, valued at S2o 30 $751; Thus the
| total quantity Of sugar supplied by Porto
Rico and the Hawaiian Islands amounted
| to OO,OCOOO0 pounds. about one fifth
| of the total brought into the country, its
value being nearly $33. coo. 600 1t would
seem that. as a nation, we are fond Of
| Sweetmeats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
Why Stocks Are Going Up.
From the New York Sun

A broker whose worried look and dis
tracted manner puzzled his friends for
months has set them right and incidentally
found an explanation for the turn In the
market. He buttonholed a friend on the
floor of the exchange one day this week
when prices were booming upward and
said:
You chaps probably don't know that
you owe all this to me. but you do When
we traded in the old exchange 1 found that
If l used a certain door to reach the floor
the market always went up. IT was a pic
mic until the old building was torn down
and this one put up. You probably noticed
that as soon we got in here the market
began to go down and continued that way
until exactly Monday. August 10. 1t was
simply because l could not find the magic
door. On that day l found my way to the
floor by going into the New street entrance
of the Johnson building. down a fight of
stairs to the exchange elevators up In
one of them to the sixth floor and over to
the Wall street side. There I took the
elevator down again to the lobby and walk
ed out on the floor. The market turned at
once, starting up 1t was the only COM
bination l had left untried. It's q long
trip, but / feel that SO much depends on
my taking It for the world at large that
III keep 1t up as long as my health holds
out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
CoREA's CURIOUS CURRENCY
Bad Conditions for Workingmen
Which Are Not Likely to Improve.
From the Japan Times of TakIo

1i"ih LIE dapah LINES OF
The japanese foreign office has issued a
report on the financial condition of Corea,
which states that the chief difficulty with
which foreign .rade has to contend is the
disastrous condition Of the currency
throughout the empire. the Corean gov
eminent, in defiance. is flooding the coun-
try with 4 nickel coinage whose intrinsic
value is only one-eighteenth of its face
value. without any gold or silver reserve
with which to redeem il. As a natural
consequence these coins, which under
proper condition should be merely tokens,
are at a continually increasing rate of dis
count as against Japanese gold yen. the
recognized basis for calculation of prices
where foreign articles are concerned
Hitherto the circulation of nickel pieces
mas been confined to the capital and the
neighborhood of two or three of the treaty
ports, the old cash being current elsewhere
in the country, but recently. with view to
making their use general, the magistrates
throughout the empire have been ordered
to accept payment of the land tax in this
currency only The face value of these
coins is sen. and they now stand at 4
discount OF % per cent, as against Japan
csc gold yen The wages of Corean labor
ers and employees generally are paid in this
currency, and this class, which comprise
the bulk Of the nation. are no better paid
now than they formerly were consequently
the purchasing power of their earnings. so
far as foreign goods is concerned is little
more than half what 1t was a few years
ago. And, unfortunately there does not
seem any prospect OF these conditions be-
ing improved in the near future. The gov
eminent, caring only for the profit it u
making out of this transaction and ignor-
ing the permanent harm 1t Is doing to the
country, is bent upon continuing its present
reckless course, and 1900. 900 more of these
coins, contracted for with an American
firm are now almost due for delivery. The
issue of these will bring the total face value
of this coinage in circulation up to 1000
600 yen, or more than fl 400 0C0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
WOMEN EMPLOYERS.
Their Faults and Pettiness Described
by Employees.

From the New York Tribune.
I'D rather. work for the crankiest man
that ever cranked than any woman L
know" exclaimed a harassed looking young
girl the other day as without removing her
hat she sank down on hassock in an ante
room of her employers Office and began
munching a sandwich luncheon from a pa
per bag.
Me, too" chimed in a fellow worker.
You're never through. and the ow-downer
they are themselves the harder they'll be
on you," which, being translated, meant
that the less important the official position
the feminine employer filed the more So
we're she was likely to be with her subordi-
mates.
The eavesdropper in this instance was
sufficiently interested I'D gather little data
on the subject. A large proportion of wo-
ment and a minority Of men have women
BOSSES" In three instances out of four
where men were questioned they made re-
She's so. fussy" was the plant of the
fourth. In details that have no more to
do with the output Of work than the band
ON my old hat. she's particular as she
is about the gross plans. I can't help lik-
ing and respecting her. she's conscientious
and hard worker herself, but she lacks
all sense Of proportion. II I'd known her
anywhere but in the business world I'd like
ner very mucn In the WOrkrOOm though,
she's-prickly, to say the least Of it. But
then. what can you expect? business
life Is an entirely unnatural one for a wo-
man. and, of course, she Is not her natural
affable self when in 1t. I never saw one
yet who could carry an extra pound OF
steam without showing 1t In her temper"
And yet 1t was universally agreed that
the women referred to were nicer" to the
men In their employ than to the women.
That's natural, too," commented one of
the former. she doesn't mean to do It.
She's as just as a Judge in essentials, but
it's in little things you notice 1t, and you
know they're what count In the daily
grind"
Out OF thirteen women questioned twelve
agreed in saying that women were more dr.
ficult to work for than men. This was In
sisted upon with variations which, how
ever. only seemed to emphasize the fngenu-
ity Of women In the number of ways discov-
cred in which to be disagreeable The
thirteenth worker questioned was a news
paper woman Of certain age. 'Of all the
editors and woufd-be editors I've worked
for" she said. mo one ever treated me
Squarely or ever gave me half a chance
except a woman editor. She was the first
one that ever seemed to care whether /
were alive or dead. Just so the copy rolled
Off I didn't know what to make Of 1t at
first. when she actually noticed that was
pale, let me wait till af.er the storm was
over before going out on an assignment
and passed an occasional oversight without
an explosion"
But you must have found men whose
amiability reached at least that pointr'
mo. never did. and I've worked for
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Two "Pants" Stories.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago Journal
Richard Golden, who used to be known as
Old Jed Prouty, was out walking in the
suburbs of Seattle the other day. when he
met a little fellow strutting along with all
the dignity of young manhood and wearing
a pair of trousers which were so long that
they wrinkled perceptibly at his ankles.
How old are your asked Golden. with
cheerful inclination to draw the boy into
conversation.
The little chap appeared confused, hesi-
tated. and finally replied: We'll. I amt
but twelve but my pants Is marked 16."
Speaking of pants brings up another
story. Nat Goodwin declares that last
spring he had occasion to turn down q per-
aistent street beggar and demonstrated with
him on his laziness and his ragged clothes.
The mendicant drew himself up stiffy and
replied: MY pants may b ragged, sir
but thaT cover WARM hoAR6
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RIVER TRAFFIC.
Notable Era Of Prosperity Coming for
Ohio Valley.

From the Scientific American
One of the most interesting phases Of the
marvellous development of our Internal
commerce during the past ten or twenty
years has been the growing Importance OF
the Ohio and its tributaries, the Ohio and
Mississippi today forming the greatest In
ternal waterway system in the world, with
the possible exception of that formed by
the great. lakes This rapid development OF
the Ohio as carrier of commerce has been
largely due to the great Industrial develop
ment which the Ohio valley has been I'M
dergoing during the past ten or twenty
years. Just as the upper Ohio valley IS to-
day the center of the iron and steel trade
Of the world, and at the same time the
greatest producer Of coal and coke, So too
does the vast amount Of traffic which has
brought this stream to the front rank
among the internal waterways of the world
originate In the upper Ohio valley-Pitts-
burg and adjacent sections embraced in the
Pfttsburg district. together with southern
Ohio and the northern part of West Vir-
ginfa, contributing the major portion OF
those varied commercial products which
give the Ohio a vast annual traffic.
Already the fmpfevensent of the Monen-
gahela has made tFatsvalley one of the
greatest parts ofo4re PNtsburg district In
Vulnerable great irsn>and steel manufactur-
In the valley. Thfslsanie effect Is now being
felt In the Allegheny valley. and from
Pittsburg to Cincinhatf the Ohio valley Is
one great anafActaAang district, a fact
due in the largest degree to this internal
waterway improvement. Last year ALLIE
gheny county, of which Pittsburg is the
center, and which does-not embrace ali the
Pittsburg district produced more than one
third of all kinds Of finished iron and steel
products. and an equally high percentage
OF the non-hnished ffe6l and steel turned out
In this country. which fact reflects some or
the advantages wrought to this section
through the water facilities provided by
nature and improved by the ingenuity OF
man. ma ok
Since the develQpmeQt OF the bituminous
coal mining PENNSYLVANIA. Illinois. West
Virginia and Ohio, which largely make up
the 100000 square miles Of territory drained
by the Ohio and it's tributaries have held
the front rank In this industry, while In
diana and Kentucky have, also been Inn
portant coal-prodncing states. The COM
bined production Of the Ohio valley states
In bituminous ceaI last year was 165, 600, 600
tons, or nearly f0ur-fifths of the entire pro-
duction Of this country. With the vast re-
sources OF the universal Industrial fuel
upon which these. states are able to draw
some idea can be formed Of the phenom-
email development of the coal traffic on the
Ohio and its tributaries which must take
provements. now under Way have rendered
this stream navigable all the year round,
and have extended navigation to numerous
streams now Of little commercial import
ance, $50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-07
Highba1ls Preferred.
From the Lancet.

However the fact may be deplored.
whisky mixed with soda water Is a very
popular drink. In Pickw,ckian times the
favorite stimulant was brandy and water,
later it was whisky and water, and now
plain water is very generally replaced by
aerated water. The popularization of
aerated waters has undoubtedly had much
to do with encouraging the drinking of
whisky There are many persons who can
not drink plain whisky and water who will
drink, perhaps with indiscreet relish, the
same spirit mixed with sparkling water
The Scotchman, or the connoisseur of
whisky not necessarily synonymous terms,
on the other hand. invariably prefers plain
water with the spirit, and regards the ad-
mixture Of soda water a means of spoil
ing the esthetfc qualities of the whisky.
But in the one case flavor Is sought after.
while in the other merely an agreeably
stimulating fluid is desired. Some persons
believe that soda water reduces the intoxi-
eating effect of the spirit. but probably an
effervescing alcoholic liquid, judging from
champagne, Is more easily diffusible than a
still liquid It Is well known, at any rate,
that very often when plain whisky and
water disagree and somet times give rise to
q feeling Of sickness the substitution of
effervescent water has quite different eff
feet.
There seems to be little doubt that some
explanation Of this Is afforded by the fact
that alcohol will dissolve three times as
much carbonic acid gas as water will dis
solve. Alcohol would thus convey more gas
to the stomach and cArhonic acid gas In
solution admittedly promotes the chemical
processes OF digestion and acts as seda-
tive In the stomach. Champagne is well
known to be useful In sickness In allaying
irritability of the stomach by virtue Of the
carbonic acid gas 1t contains. Apart, there
- - - H. nxAs--
Of aeFated water ana its sharp. agreeable
taste. there would appear to be q sound
physiological reason why whisky with soda
water b preferred by the many TO whisky
l>S4
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w. B. MOSES & SONS.
w. b. MOSES & SONS.

It's not one line or two lines-or
ONE factory stock or two factories
stocks that make this sale. It's the
result of a thorough canvass of the
leading factories i'm the country-West
and east-buying UP every line of
goods available for the sale. Some of
these factories had big lots of goods
already made up-we took the entire
lines. Some had number of samples
from which they took orders-we
BOUGHT the samnles And alfouef her
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-05
nnnortnnities IN the south.

No portion Of the United States has
made greater progress in the last yeaI
or two than the South. Northern and
foreign capital rapidly invading that
section, finding profitable investment
In the various industries and factories
that are being rapidly developed and
and built. The great influx Of settlers
Is creating an increased demand for
lands Of all kinds and prices are grad
ually advancing, as they will for years
70 come. Work Is plentiful and poverty
practically unknown. Alabama is
supplying coal and iron TO all the
world. More money car be made and
with less labor In the raising OF small
fruits and berries and in truck patch.
ing on the Gulf Coast than In any
other state In the Union. Strawberries
from Alaba ma reach northern mark
cts before those from the states in the
southeast Cattle can be raised with
great profit there being millions Of
acres Of cheap range lands. II you are
interested In the south and its re-
sources and desire information on any
subject address G.. A. PARK, General
Industrial and immigration Agent,
Louisville s. Nashville r R., Louis
vile, Ky. II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-05
Stories Of American sailors.

As for the sailors songs, the real
thing is 20 more like the popular Idea
OF a forecastle chantey than a horn
pipe is like the two-step. "Strewing
Flowers Over Darling Mothers
Graye,r and similar airs OF a pathetic,
almost doleful nature, are most in
favor. Dibdin's ballads are unknown,
and the stirring old ba~ttle-songs Of
1872, such as THE Guerrero and the
Constitution which used 70 be Sc
much in vogue, have long since passed
away with the clew-garnets and stud
ding sails, in spite OF effort OF Admiral
Luce.
A true son Of the sea is natural born
ruconteur. OF them there was, once, a
jolly, jolly mariner whose sails have
long since been furled In the Port Of
Missing Ships, but whose memory will
ever be a landmark In the service
career OF those who sailed with him.
A veteran OF the Mexican War, he had
entered the navy in 1872, and, accord
ing to his own account he was a boy on
the Somers at the time Of the mutiny.
His Story OF the hanging Of Midship-
man Spencer was doubtless not 10
accurate as that Of the Honorable
Thomas Benton, but ii certainly was
more picturesque He was also the
stroke car Of Commodore Tatnalls
barge when that famous old salt pull.
ed through the FIRE Of the Taku forts
and told the English Commodore Hope
that blood vas thicker than water.
His adventures in the Civil War were
legion, and If he is to be believed,
there was no great event OF the navy
In which be had not borne a promi'
nent part. The men called him Dick
Deadeye." He always kept one eye
tightly shat, except when, in EN-
phasizing some unusually remarkable
statement he would fash it for an in,
slant upon bis startled listeners. HI
wore bis hair long and brushed dowT
over the fragment OF an ear which hat
been mutilated lhe declared) by
saber cut at Fort Fisher.-Lieut.
Commander Gleayes in The World
H0rls
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-05
Size Of the Exposition.


From the ST. Louis Word
Editor World.
Mexico. Mo. February 23.-H0w
does the Louisiana Purchase Exp0si-
ton compare 10 cost and size with
other expositions? Q. L. BURcH.
SO far as concerns the acreage COY
cred by the grounds and buildings Of
the future Worlds Fair, st. Louis
will have the lead oyer all previous
fairs OF this kind.
The Centennial Exposition at Phlla'
delrhla covered 236 acres; the last
Paris exposition, $50 acres; the Pan.
American, $50 acres, and the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, 633 acres.
The Louisiana Exposition will cover
!, 200 acres.
Its cost is estimated at a probable
$50, 000, 900, or even much more than
that, as against $1,000, 900 construc-
ton cost Of the Paris Exposition and
sls, 332, 900 construction cost Of the Co
lumbar Exposition.
And before the opening Of the fab
the city OF St. Louis will have expend
ed the great sum Of $4,000, 600.
1t Is true that neither size nor ex
pense are absolute tests OF expositior
merit.
Business sense, discernment, claSsih
cation, selection and good taste mus
all play their part to make a satisfy
ing and harmonious whole out OF sucl
a vast enterprise as the Louisian;
Purchase Exposition.
But generous expenditure is never
theless n guaranty Of success, ant
there a be no doubt that the man
moth undertaking will result in pro
viding for those who are fortunate
enough to see 1t a spectacle replets
with entertainment and instruction
Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-03-05
TORTURED LITTLE CHILDREN.
Robbers Used Burning Torches on In
fants and Parents to Secure
Booty.

TOLEDO, ONO, Feb. E.-Ten mask
ed robbers went to the home OF Chris
tian Joehlin, two miles from the city
limits, late last night, battered down
the doors with clubs and entered the
residence, leaving two men outside a
guards In the house were Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian Joehlin, Mr.. and Mrs
Joehlin, John Anderson, Joseph Joeh'
lin, also a 3-year.old boy and an IS
months-old girl.
All, including even the baby Doj
and girl, were dubbed into iusensi
bility, bound and gagged When the
Joehlins recovered Consciousness the
ROBBERS demanded $4,000, which theJ
said they knew was secreted In the
house. When told that no such
amount was there the bandits applied
burning torches to the faces and feet
OF all their victims, blistering even
the infants little feet.
The maruaders, before leaving theil
victims securely tied, searched every
corner OF the house, securing $500 In
cash and several articles Of jewelry.