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H FOR SALE -GRlST MILL, Dwell
ing House, store and 10 acres of ground.
Splendid chance for hustling party.
Apply to CHAS. c, WATERS, Atty
aug. eff Frederick, Md.
tY- MANAGER WANTED.-TRUST-
worthy lady or gentleman to manage bust
ness in this County and adjoining territory
for well and favorably known House of solid
financial standing. $4,000 straight cash sal
airy and expenses, paid each Monday by
check direct from headquarters. Expense
money advanced; position permanent. Ad-
dress MANAGER,
6l0 MoNoN BLD'a,
sept 10 12t Chicago, ILL.,
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~ WANTED-A TRUSTWORTHY

~ WANTED-A TRUSTWORTHY
Gentleman or Lady in each county to man
age business tor an old established house Of
solid financial standing. A straight bona
fide weekly salary OF $l9 90 paid bv check
each Monday with all expenses direct from
headquarters. Money advanced for expenses.
Enclose addressed envelope. Manager, 800
Caxton Bldg, Chicago. oct Gun
rY- NTED-FAITHFUL PERSON
TO TRAVEL for well established house in
a few counties. calling on retail merchants
and agents. Local territory. Salary $50 90
per week with expenses additional, all paya.
BILE IN cash each week. Money for expenses
advanced. Position permanent, Business
successful and rushing. Standard House,
$50 Dearborn ST., Chicago. nov 10 Got
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REPORT
49, OF ----

THE CONDITION OF THE THuRMoNT
NATIONAL BANK, AT THURMoNT, IN
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS,
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PRIVATE SALE
Desirable Suburban Property

Located in the southern suburbs Of Thur
mont, on the road leading to Creagerstow1.
The improvements consist of a two and one
half story weatherboarded dwelling, lald Oft
into five rooms, a summer kitchen and nee
essary outbuidings A we'll of water ut the
door. large garden, orchard of apple AMI
other fruit. The lot is so feet front by 287
feet deep.
Any one desiring to visit the property will
call upon the present tenant.
Address JOHN w. LYNN,
81 W Patrick Street, Fredcrjck, Md
may 14tf
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tE FOR SALE.-My Home of 81 acres,
on road from zentz Mill to Eyler's Valley.
Log house, fine orchard, good spring of wa
ter. Terms $25 cash, balance easy payments.
nov s St VIM. H. KNOTT.
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New Idrertisemenfs.
NOTICE..

There will be meeting Of the Stockhold.
ers of the Tturmont National Bank on
JANUARY l2, 1904,
between the hours of 0 a. m. and 8 p. m, for
the purpose of electing Directors for the en-
suing year.
SAM'L M. BIRELY,
dec SGT President
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tR- WANTED-WOMAN TO COOK
and do general homework; small family.
Apply to MRS. G. G. WATERS,
June 1877 "a Z. Church St., Frederick Md.
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The sun At CENT
THE EaR.vERS' @.T9'EB

THE SUNS market repor's aud CONNER,
cial columns are complete and Icilahc, ana
put the farmer the merchant md inc oroNef
In touch with the markets of Baltimore Nor
folk. Charleston, New York, Chicago, Phil
adelphia and all other importgnt points IN
The United States ana other countries, which
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

an habitat Ut anot class, PRACTICAL
" another world d. ne must be-: born
to 1t. One who is1nota himself a work
ingman cannot: honestly and. Impair
TALLY, arbitrates 4 matter the fundamen-
tai features Of which to him must
ever be a subject Of speculative rather
than of actual experience We hear
Of ministers masquerading as tramps,
sons of millionaires working In mines,
mills and factories. = xsfeW. weeks Of
this diversion, and they know it all.
How can these snirking frauds feel the
present spectre at the work. bench OF
the bona flde toiler? OF the hopes, the
dreams, the fears. Of the man who Is
seldom but seven days ahead Of star
walton? The longing; for rest as health
fails and sinews grow o1d?. The terror
Of hundred ills that hang upon a
workers heart like tackals at the heels
Of hunted stag?, !OfHtha weary and
hopeless grind from the hour when
childish hands are taught skilfulness
for the rich mans greed, to the last
hour when the spent worker returns
his pitiful handful Of dust to Mother
Earth?
Tolstoi may endeavor to belittle the
work, past and present, of trades Or
CARNATIONS. He cannot nedy that to
them we owe what liberty the world
enjoys. The patrician, the politician,
the money-grubber give nothing that
is not wrung from them by revolution
or by slow process Of organized SELF
help. "~ss
A grinding poverty that promised no
alienation, dull stupidity that knew
no awakening, a faith that had no
foundation-al these were left the
peaceful heritage of the, poor. From
such conditions the workers have risen
from the depths" by thesaid OF, trades
unions alone; Only 1an: enemy or a
feel-friend would suggest: their aban-
Comment now, Norsis.it likely that
such advice will find Judgement in the
heart of any except the most illiterate.
For the work Of the labor unions is not
complete until the vast army OF toilers
Of the world are welded into one mass
for the final Judgment: =: :.
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equally misplaced in century-gone
farm life.
In parts Of Russia the free-land sys-
tenn was 1ntroduced-with a communis-
tic string. The effect has been disas-
trous. The land rapidly deterioated
and it's occupants are in a chronic
state of semi starvation. The money!
lender, the commission merchant, and
the government official wax fat off in
terest, profit and taxes.
Tolstoi has a great intellect, kind
heart, and a willingness to advise the
toiler how to rid himself of the incu-
| bus Of a non-producing robber-class.
But his knowledge of actual conditions
! is limited, his remedies reactionary, his
eulogies Of the "good old tines
tommyrot! Our ideas Of those old
agricultural days are derived from the
| romance Of history, which, like the
setting sun, gilds only the mountain
tops. Now and again some worthy
scribe draws aside the curtain and we
catch glimpse of the great empire
Of misery that lies at the base of every
pyramid of wealth or of glory. We
| learn that a. laborer's life was invaria-
bly, short and seldom merry. The
farmer lived miserably upon the coar-
sest fare. The artisan had no protec-
ton save his trade organization, a
conspirator's refuge, and led a. life
! scarcely so pleasant as that of a ne
= gro slave in America: half a century
ago.
When Tolstoi falls into the error OF
asserting that "free land" will &C.
complish more than all the efforts OF
trade unions, he shows himself ignor-
ant Of the work Of those organizations
during the past centuries, as we'll as
of their present status. He does not,
it is true, calmly dismiss them as do
some OF the Tolstoian cult, as 'com-
paratlve recent form Of workingmen's
combination and in it's experimental
stage" though his words bear such
import. He is probably we'll aware
that at least twenty-six trades un-
ions, well organized, met the Christ
at the threshold Of the Christian era.
That it was through their efforts that
workingmen are credited with the pos
session of a soul. While to a modern
| reforner the acquisition Of a soul may
not appeal to him as Of very great i'm
portance, considering the struggle to
keep the body with it, yet it was once
the most serious question of the times
the greatest revolution marking the
history Of mankind, completely chang
ing social, religious and political con-
ditlons, and paving the way for Chris
tianity. For this, II for nothing else
| trade organizations have earned the
gratitude Of the human race. Pre-
vious to this reform working11nan
was considered by every law: Of COO
and man on level with the beast: HI
1 could be obhed, naltreatedS or muir.
4 :dered without even the benefit of5 q
:cruelt amin a 8 sct /. hen was g,fl
wrung from the ruling class TIE .ac.
il ikuoWled grnent that the ker, ltkee
4 the 2lna - rs owed MI hSs
il soul oht privilek4s
hefors snief iron
ri
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! ID !
! I ~ I
JoLstoi and Labor Greed

Perhaps the name most generally
known to the reading world of today is
that of Count Lyof N. Tolstoi. And
deservedly so. Author, philosopher, re-
former-there stands no grander figure
than this stern old Muscovite. To give
but a, brief summary Of his views in the
limited space allotted this article is
impossible: nor, except in a general
way, would they interest workingmen.
His doctrine that each shall earn his
bread by the sweat Of his face is fam
iliar, preached If not practiced by the
whole Of christendom. 1t is one Of
those ''emasculated laws like the
American Declaration Of independence,
. having no enactlng clause, and not
taken at all seriously by the powers
that rule. Tolstois only other ex-
pressed creed directly affecting work.
ing people is embodied in his recent
Letter to Workingmen."-The gist Of
this letter may be found in two para
graphs:
II do not advocate radical measures,
but say to you workmen: If you can
move out into Gods free country, di-
vorce yourself little by little from
factory slavery. That will help you
more than unions, strikes, professions
with red s1ags and first-of- May cele-
bratiOns.
| "sserfdom and clavery have been
{ abolished. Private ownership Of lands,
Of real estate, will be abolished too"
This is by no means new ism. Men
of lighter draught than Tolstoi have
expressed themselves better on the
same subject. They have threshed
out the land question to the last worth
less grain-and it's residue chaff. But
it Is when these philosophers begin to
parade their little cure -alls and get
there-quick remedies that one real
ICES what stuff dreams are made Of.
The Tolstoian claim that free land
solves the labor problem is a short cut
to nowhere. With the power of in
terest and profit in the hands Of ex-
landholders, the situation. would re-
main unchanged.
Tolstops mind is cramped by his old
world environment and a sapless creed.
His advice a last-century dream. To-
day; the wooden plow has given place
to the electric motor and 1O-acre lots
to,Western wheat fields of ten million
or more. The small independent farm
Ter earning his bread by the sweat of
This face" is an unique figure rapidly
}passing to the shadowy land Of legen-
dairy -beens, like the great aux, the
I centaur. and the dinotherium. The
! average workingr1an with a quantity
of free land' on his hands, under
! present conditions, would be a pitiful
sight for all men and most goods.
There may have been q time when the
enjoyment Of rural sinnpli city, was pos
sibls for the poor--whent lone could
swiras by Install from q hickory limb
and laugh at philosophic monks who
predicted that Some ia y q, they would
all III Yrner, and 1wage-slaYes. Though,
oneIf11ays earn 81 turn of that
dx1iKh1tful ase Darwin
<Tnlsfo 81 it must beS
tted sstr .,uotura iinf quality
W.
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worth the living. For the first time
laws for protection of life and prop
erty applied to him. He could hold
property, had a claim upon his own
children, and could be buried, when
dead, like human being. People may
smile at these rights Of labor" but
they were privileges once dearly and
hardly won, and won by the patient
agotatton, organization and education
OF labor unions before Christ was born.
1t was the foundation Of the. numerous
declaration Of rights that followed
through the centuries. And Rome's
last hour came when, no longer per-
m1tted their organizations, prosecuted
trade unionists welcomed the conquer-
ing Gaul.
When Tolstoi, great as he may be,
sweeps aside trade unionism as of
small consequence, he forgets that it
is a creed of the centuries, a faith for
which more have died than have ever
died in the cause of religion, belief
that has worked more miracles for
humanity than all philisophic schemes
or josshouse n1ummeries. True, it
finds but a paltry niche in the Pam
theon of history or Of romance, in poe
ture. The heart of the great world
thrills at mention Of the six hundred
professional murderers who rode to a
well-deserved death; few have heard
of Sparticus and his brave men who
with their lifeblood dyed the field of
Brindsi. Millions have wept over
Glencoe and st. Bartholomew; who
recks the six thousand workingmen
crucified along the Appian Way, the
Tiber "black with bodies of slaughter
ed working people, the twelve thous-
and "executed" in Pierre la Chaise
Cemetery? Many hearts have been
stirred by recitals of heroic deeds for
God or for country; who turns to the
grander theme of the brotherhood of
man, or finds more tender touch to
the hearts highway in reading of little
children, their parents dead on Parl-
sian barricades, with clasped hands
marching up the shot-wrecked street.
not in childish play, but drawn and
haggard starvelings facing death, shot
down like dogs by government soldiers:
OF childish voices defiantly singing the
song of the proletariat; Of childish
hands dabbled in blood, clutching the
hard stones, less cruel, less harsh.
than the masters Of men? (Testimony
| of United States Minister at Paris j.
I am a great adm1rer of Count Toll
stoi. But it is not possible to take
seriously his advice to workingmen.
He is not workingman Tin a class de-
finitioh Of the terIn), has never been
one, and cannot possibly comprehend
social and industrial questions ais seen
from q worlkingman's standpoint. =
During the Reign Of Terror a priest
was permitted to. attend the condemn
ed to the guillotine. His invariable en-
couragement to the victim 3 was, - q
know Just. how YOU feel, my brother
but - = - 2 There came day when The
priest himself mounted ! the scaffold
The iexecutioner sjest1ngly said, 7z..e.Well
father, this is no novelty. you know know
just how feels. lied L replied
the priest bite q man can realize
1.-The horror his post on but 81 Sc
whose les III der the. knit
|,#. nan may he the 81 eatsst. pl1tl osio,l,,
phers hesyxorld aas ever prod usedy I'D
rienud
1asnzth S athsas 81 s,
b sc
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MANAGER WANTED.

TrustWorthy,38s either sex, by Whole-
sale mercantile .s company Of solid
financial standing, to manage Local
Representatives who viii organize
clubs among conasume 70 per. cent
saved for our Gust toners. Business
no experience. but q proven success
Salary: Isl 500 8 s wee expenses ad-
.vanced. 5Ixperien Unnecessary. Ad-
dress III s. ClarkgoI 81, 334 Dear.
born ST. Chicago, hid 55 :,$. :
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WAS MEYERS MURDERED?

DETROIT, July IA special from.
st. Joseph, Mich, says It is believed
that c. M. Meyers of' Chicago, who
disappeared; some time. ago was muir:
dered In the Catholic cemetery here
by :trannps and the body secreted some
where in the adjoining woods. ::
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best cit items ana
the vehy@bs tamil use &c.
Sold at ~ street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
WANT AN ACCOUNTING.
Troubles of the Freedman's Transpor.
tation, Land and Improvement Co.

Proceedings in equity for an accounting
and an injunction were instituted today in
the Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia by the Freedmans Transportation.
Land and Improvement Company, against
Lewis Jefferson and the Jane Moseley
Steamboat Company. 1t Is set forth that
during June. July and August last Lewis
Jefferson paid the defendant company 3d.
900. The complainant AYERS that Jefferson,
notwithstanding the fact that he was in
debted to the complainant and that the
money referred to was paid by him while In
charge of a steamboat controlled by the
complainant. and while he was exercising
the Office of general manager of the COM
piainant, nevertheless claims that the s.. 600
is his individual money: that he paid it to
the defendant company in his individual
capacity, conditionally, and Is entitled to
have the same repaird to him. The COM
plainant contends that the money Is due 1t.
and therefore asks that the court direct an
accounting of all the moneys received by
Lewis Jefferson general manager of the
complainant corporation. and that the de-
PENDANT company be enjoined from paying
the 5000 to Jefferson. Attorneys E. L.
Giles. A. A. Birney and w. L. Pollard rep
resent the complainant.
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where he was; ordained and installed as
pastor in 1863. He has filled some of the
largest pulpits in the Reformed and Pres
byterian denominations. During his resi-
dence in New York he frequently preached
for the late Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage in the
large Brooklyn Tabernacle. and the two
were very intimate friends, being closely
associated for many years in religious
work. Dr. Easton was perhaps as closely
in touch with DIR. Talmage, personally and
with his work. as was any other person out
side the immediate family of the celebrated
preacher When DIR. Talmage breathed his
last in this city DR.. Easton was at his bed
side and whispered final prayer as the
famous minister of the gospel passed away
While Dr. Easton was pastor of the First
Reformed Church at New Brunswick, N. J.,
he conducted a series of meetings which
resulted in a great spiritual awakening in
the church and q revival of religious fervor
that is historical in that city. the member
ship of nearly AL The deaomina tions being
increased to great extent.
1t was while he was serving pastor of
the Calvary preshyt eylan Church of San
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
COLOR BLINDNESS.
Whisky and Tobacco Held Responsi
BILE for Defect.

From the Chicago Record Herald
Inc crusade which the railroads of the
country are carrying on against the use of
intoxicating liquors and tobacco by EN-
P'oyes engaged in operating trains is parity
que 10 the TACT. not generally known, that
the poisons contained in the prescribed ar
ticies produce color blindness which IS
fatai defect in enginemen, fremen and
tralnmen. For more than twenty years the
diseases of tobacco endlyopia and alcohol
endiyopia, as they are called. have been
recognized by he occuIists as the most in
sidious and difficult with which they have
to deal Through the employment of official
occulists the existence, growing prevalency
and terrible results of these diseases have
become familiar to the arrangements of
many large railway systems
According to one of the railroad special
lists endlyopia was rarely found in this
country fifteen years ago. but was quite
prevalent in European and southern cOun-
tries prior to that Now oculists of good
practice in this country have to deal with
quite large number of cases yearly, the
increase being due to the increase in nico-
tine and alcohol infection. Endlyopia in
its first stages produces slightly failing
vision, often smarting of the eyes, but Is
not marked in effect The disease does not
progress far, however. before scotoma. or
color blindness. makes its appearance Ger
tain portions of the eye are unable to recog
nlze the colorS green and red, which are
used in railroa ding as danger and caution
airy signals TO certain portions of the eye
these colors will appear drab, yellow. black
or some other color. AS the victim cannot
recognize this defect himself, an engineer
or fireman might possess it for months and
not know that he was misnterpreting sig
nails unless an accident occurred.
Unless taken in time endlyopia produces
total blindness by killing the optic nerve.
If cure is effected and the patient con-
tinues the use of tobacco or liquor. as the
case may he. the disease is very likely to
recur, when it is still more difficult of cure.
Eye specialists unite in declaring that if
endlyopia maintains it's present ratio of in
crease it will not be moro than quarter Of
4 century before it will be one of the com
mon eye troubles. Scotoma is of the
most dreaded enemies to safety In train
opera ton and railroad officials rightly rec
ognize that they must wage unceasing war
against anything which produces ii.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
Policeman Required to Pay.

The Commissioners have received from
Major Sylvester the trial papers in the case
of Private E. R. Martin of the police force
who was tried on the charge of disobedience
of orders. The. specifications were that he
failed and neglected to comply with an or
der of the Commissioners promulgated in
the police bulletin of the major. so far as
pertained to the payment of debt due to
one c. c. Hesser. The finding of the trial
board was guilty. In forwarding the pa
pers to the Commissioners Major Sylvester
concurred in the finding of the board that
the officer be found guilty, except as to the
words, land neglected" and that he be re-
quired to pay the indebtedness within ten
days from date. or be removed from the
force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-13
NEW CASTLE PREsBYTERY.
Adoption of Resolutions Condemnine
Corruption in Politics.

At meeting of the New Castle pres
bytery of the state of Delaware held dur
ing the recess of the synod at noon to-
day, in the Church of the Covenant, reso-
luton was adopted condemning corruption
in politics in Delaware, and urging the
members to work for righteousness at the
polls The resolution was very general in
its terms, and this was deplored in a brief
speech by Rev. Robert A Ellwood. pastor
of the Olivet Presbyterian Church of Will
mington, Del.
Mr. Ellwood is the minister who has
preached several sermons that have at
tracted widespread attention on the ques-
ton of the alleged tardy action of the
courts. especially in the case of White, the
colored man recently lynched by white
men. and also against Addicks and his al
legged corrupt methods. Mr.. Ellwood stated
to a Star reporter today that he has al
ways been and still is strongly antagonistic
to AddickS.
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which she is held, and as mark of the
society's appreciation of Mrs. Streets work,
the speaker stated that the society desired
to erect the window in her honor. The
announcement was received with enthusi-
aStic applause.
Miss Ella StinemetZ then submitted the
report of the district treasurer, in which 1t
was shown that the total amount raised by
the society for home missions during the
past twelve months was 81 S36 u, an in
crease of almost $1,000 over the amount
contributed last year.
During the morning session 1t was an
nounced that movement is on foot look
ing toward the establishment in Washing
ton of industrial home for girls over
fourteen years of age. The institution, 1t
was stated. will be under the direction of
the Home Missionary Society of the Dis
tr:ct.
The morning session closed with an
evangelisuc service conducted by Miss
Harriet c. Lamb of New York
Among the Methodist pastors present
druing the meeting today were Rev. DIR.
Lucien Clark of Hamline. Rev. DR.. ]. e.
Nicholson of Trinity Rev. DR.. E. L. Hub
bard of McKendree, Rev. Frank Havenner
of Dumbarton. Rev. j. w. Steele of Flet-
cher. ard others.
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SUNDAY School Teachers Hold Meeting.

The Teachers Association of st. Marks
Lutheran Sunday school met last evening
at the church, and instead of the regular
study of the lesson the evening was de-
voted to discussion of topics of import
ance to Sunday school workers. The SUBJ
ject why 1 Am a Teacher?" was assigned
to Miss Lucy Holsapple. that of Regular
ity and Punctuality" to Miss Emma Strobel
and the Relation of the Sunday School to
the Church. and the Church to the Sunday
School by the pastor of the church. Rev
]. Luther Frantz After this there was
general discussion on the several topics by
the superintendent, Mr.. d. n. Knapp; Mr.
A. w. NOack, treasurer of the church. and
others. At the close of this meeting a de-
hghtful hour was spent at the banquet
table.