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The Irish standard., 1903-08-22
The Safest Place.

Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee, U.
5. A., retired, is Il good story-teller,
and has no shadow of intention of
maintaining silence should the yarn
Mayhap the one subjoined has found
its way into newspaper columns be-
fore. and if so. those who have read
it will kindly excuse, skip or reread.
while l was campaigning for the
governorship of Virginia" said the gen.
eral with Il premonitory chuckle. as he
patted his munch after Il gootlly din
ner in the hotel Inglaterra. Havana. 81
used to meet lots of old confederate
soldiers who had campaigned with
me. or with my uncle. Robert Il.
Lee. and after my speeches ut var
ious points I usually held a sort of
informal reception. guess got more
votes shaking hands than did moving
my jaws. One evening at Lynchburg.
think it was. gentleman said:
General Lee. there is an old COL
ored man out here who says he knows
YOU first rate and he wants to see you.
Says he has walked a whole lot of
miles to meet you
"'Show him in said and in a
moment or two an old negro was usll-
cred through the crowd to where was
standing.
II recognized him at once. and with
no little astonislment. since I thought
he had been killed ut Charlottesville.
He had been my body servant and was
4 character.
Hello. Uncle Eben.' said 1. as I in
sisted on shaking hands with him.
Why. the last time saw YOU was at
charlottesville and it was mighty hot
work. I thought YOU were killed
there. Where did you go?"
"''he old man shook his head solemn
ly and replied:
"'No. massa jenel. mos thought
I was killed dat day. tho. Dat was
scan'lous fight. sho's you're bohn'
well. but man. I Queried. where
did YOU go: to the rear:'
NO, mnssa ienel: no. sab. Dey
walnut no rare dat er day. Dey was
bullets mos everywhars. I les naclal-
ly went to de safest place I cu'd fine
Behind the breastworks?
NO. sab. Dem .Tohnnies wouldn't
let dis ole niger in. Dey was hoggin
all dem dirt piles fur dey own SETS
No. sab. jes' nachally hunted de safes
place
"'Oh, we'll. tell me where that was,
can't YOU?
Amongst de jenels. Massa Lee"
Lee said the roar that went I'D
could have been heard a mile. and the
heartiest of the lauglers We're the half
dozen southern 'ienels' who happened
to be present.
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22
Out of Meat.

The Louisville Times relates this
anecdote: An old nanny, who had
known Governor Taylor of Tennessee
from his childhood. came into his Of
flee. and began at once to plead for the
pardon of her husband. who was then
in prison. Claws hress yo' life. AIarse
Bob" she began. II wislt you'd pah-
don dat pc ole niegah Jim. He amt
no good for muffin nowlar. He Jest
dat useless an triflin'. even at home.
dat he calm do no mo- den sortcr
scrape aroun' an git a little sompen
for VEAL to eat. an he sholy aim no
good down d;r in dat pen II can't
do it. aunty." the Governor said Il
am being abused every day, What's
Jim in there for?" lie asked. seeing the
little light that was left dying out of
the old wOman's eyes.
"W'y. Marse Bob. dey ies' put him
in dar for muffin 'pon earth cept talk
in one po' little ham outen Mr.. Smiths
smokellouse. We was outen meat. an
de ole niggah didn't do muffin 'cep'
TEX de ham fur ter keep we-all fun
starvin'." "Well. now suppose !
should pardon Jim, what good would
that do you? He is so onery and trif,
ling" the Governor was saying. when
the old woman broke in with the re-
ply: ...
''W'y Dress you. Marse Bob, we is
outen meat again. an we jes' got to
have anOthah ham.'
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22

Established pemb
homelike
of
o 7 ~ $40
Drectres. SEMINARY, wnona MINI
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22

Many a man who boasts that he is
laying up treasures in heaven is very
careful to take out fire insurance
policy.
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22
COILEGEVIL MINI.
1nE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
OPENS SEPTEMBER 3 ~.
and CLOSES june q
CLASSICAL,
PHILOSOPHICAL,
THEOLOGICAL,
COMMERCIAL,
SCIENTIFIC,
PREPARATORY COURSES.


coss the Northwest Beautiful excel
themselves TO other
a
a bnnn til slode
ddhg o inns$ from
F to
lg ec,add
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22

MCGOWAN & Mahoney, fire insurance
real estate, loans, 22O Temple Court
corner Washington and Hennepin.
The Irish standard., 1903-08-22

Policeman: Well, my little dear, if
YOU can't tell me your mothers name
Or where she lives. how are we to find
her?
Little Girl Cost while out shoppingl:
Jes' put ne in a shop window, am
mamma'll be sure to see me-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

vent the average worklngman laying
up anything against sickness or old
age. The wages are so low and the
chances to rise so few that the ma
Jority ef laboring men live from hand
mouthV Only the fewest own their own
homes and fewer hope 10 make ioi tunes.
II the same conditions Prevailed In the
United States our poor houses would he
full, we should have tramps on every
road and beggars at our doors.
The German government prevents
such a condition by compelling all
workmen to pay cerain proportion OF
their wages to a government Insurance
fund, which shall support them when
they are sick and give them pensions
when they are too old TO work.
The sums paid are very small thelow~
est class being only about cents per
week and the highest about cents per
week Half Of this sum Is paid by the
employer and half by the laborer. The
employer Is required TO see that the
whole is paid or he Is subject 10 a fine.
The result Is he takes II out OF the wages
and the government Is sure TO get its
fees. Many laborers make Il part Of
their contract that the employer shall
pay all the insurance and some em-
ployers voluntarily pay the insurance
OF their employees who receive wages to
a certain amount
A payment OF cents a week gives a
laborer after his retiring age sS3 n year:
8 cents may give him as much as $3.50
year, and 6 or cents from SlSj 10
500, II he pays Sk cents he may annu.
ally receive 500 or more, according TO
the time he has been paying In and
other conditions, There are also certain
payments for accidents and permanent
disabilities, and In case OF death the
widow and children annually get from
10 10 90 per cent Of their husbands or
fathers former earnings.
All wage earners receiving less than
$500 per year are by law REQUIRED to
belong TO such associations. They pay
their prem'"ns in stamps which are
pasted upon cards and kent In books
which must be shown TO the police up
on demand The government watches
carefully TO see that the insurance Is
kept up and as a result Il has a big
fund to take care Of Its needy and de-
serving poor.
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that there were thousands who got less,
Such girls who do not live with their
parents must have some outside sup
port, for they must dress well and look
well in the stores.
IN THE SWEAT SHOPS OF BERLIN.
Berlin is filled with sweat shops. II
is one of the manufacturing renters Of
Europe, and II has tens Or thousands
OF sewing girls engaged In making man
ties, cloaks, mems and women's cloth
ing, jackets and infants wear. Many Of
these sweat shops are in the cellars and
some in the attics, The houses look
well on the outside, but within you
find scores working away in little rooms,
and not few working and sleeping in
the same room. The police regulations
require that the rooms be Of a certain
size, but today there are thousands OF
meA women and children who live In
cellars In this most beautiful city Of
Germany. There are other thousands
in rooms which cannot be heated, ana
many Of which lack ventilation and
light
Nearly all the sweat shops pay their
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

employees by the piece, and that at such
"a rate that only the best sewers can
make as much as 50 or GO cents a day,
There is fine for every mistake, and
trumped-up fines reduce the receipts
below the amount agreed upon am
told that few sewing girls earn as much
as 81 per week. Girls make Jackets for
20 cents apiece and shirt waists for ~
cents. You can get girl to come 20
your house and sew for less than 80
cents day. and you can hire a dress
maker who will cut tit and make a
plain dress for you IN two days, charg-
ing your 80 cents per day for her work,
and perhaps ~ cents per day for the
girl who helps her.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
THESE STURDY YOUNG SwEEPERS GET TWENTY-FIVE CENTS DAY

Some farmers hire married couples,
renting them small houses on their es-
tates and taking the rent out of the
wages. Such tenant agrees to give
all his work 70 the owner Of the estate
and to take S5 cents a day for 1t in the
winter and so cents per day in the sum-
mer. The mans wife may get 20 cents
a day in the winter and % In the sum
mer. AT such wages. u one has good
healthy wife, he may possibly earn as
much as $500 during the year.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
FoCToRY GIRLS GET 50 A WEEK.

Music teachers are paid as little as
% cents a lesson, and singing teachers
the same. Girls in some factories recsive
less than 81 a week. In others they get
50. while forewomen receive from Sc to
$40. Some figures taken by the govern
ment not long ago showed that cloak
makers were earning 81 a week and that
girls on underclothes received from $l.25
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
THE woRKwoMEN IN BERLIN.

Women in Germany are everywhere
poorly paid. ] have already given the
wages in the big stores, where as nicely
dressed and as intelligent girls as you
will find in any of our department
stores Of the United States get from IS
to Sl2 month and board themselves.
The average wages OF female clerks are
from 20 to so cents day, and II must be
very good clerk indeed who gets the
latter, Some time ago an investigation
Of women's wages in Berlin showed
that there were 60 900 women who aves
aged from $3.50 to $2.7j per week, and
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Something about Labor Colonies Wcrmen
Mechanics Factory HandCierkS Who Labor Hours
Dap Look Sbops Their
GirlSFarm Hand Wbo Earn Fifteen Cent UpIord
Wbat Lifting SeSen-Cent Dinner PeopeJ
Something about
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-23
How Japs Play Ken.

In its most widely practiced form the
basis of the Japanese game of ken is
that the fully outstretched hand sig.
nif1es paper, the fully closed hand
stone, and two fingers alone extended
the rest being closed, scissors. Each
of the players, counting one, two, three,
throws out his hand at the moment of
pronouncing three, and the one whose
manual symbol is superior to that OF
the others, according to the theory of
the game, wins the trial.
Superiority is determined on the
hypothesis that whereas scissors can
not cut stone they can cut paper, and
whereas paper is cut by scissors 1t can
wrap up a stone. Consequently scis-
sors is inferior to stone, but conquers
paper; stone Is inferior to paper, but
conquers scissors, and paper Is inferior
to scissors, but conquers stone. There
are innumerable varieties of the game,
for 1t is not a mere method of deter
mining a dispute or priority, and they
are constantly added to by ingenious
young ladies, the dancing girl class es-
pecially, who play 1t with exquisite
grace and judicious enhancement of
beautiful hands and arms.-Japan
Mail
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-23

To start palm seeds is an easy mat
ter Place half dozen seeds in a six
inch pot. covering them so they will be
about two inches below the surface
They should then be well watered, and
the soil should be kept fairly moist con
tinually until the little seedlings push
their way up The soil should never be
allowed to dry out, nor should it be
kept soggy Another good plan is to
place all the seeds in a box of moist
sand and examine them every few
days. Those that burst and begin to
sprout may be planted in fiat boxes two
or three inches apart in a good, rich,
sandy soil or they may be ported if
well started in small pots
1t should be borne in mind that the
embryo. or seed, leaves of palms are
usually entirely different in form from
the true, or character leaves which
come later In the embryo leaves the
form is long and narrow. swordlilxe and
usually with no divisions. Robert r
McGregor Ia Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR.
Topic For the Wees Beginning Oc
25-Commenf by Rev. s. H. Doyle.

Topic For the Wees Beginning oct.
25-Comnient by Rev. s. H. Doyle.
Topic.-N4at the L.bie teaches about
giving.-II Cor tx, Gil; viii, %, "a (Mis-
sions)
There are many pastors and Chris
tan workers who hesitate to present
financial matters to the church, and es-
pecially to appeal for money for mis-
sions. But in the light of the Scriptures
this should not be so. God in His word
is not at all Indifferent to this phase of
the religious life. The Bible teaches
Gods ownership and mans steward
ship. All is God's-the earth, the cat
tie upon a thousand hills, the silver
and the gold. And of all of these that
man possesses he does so not in his
own right but as a steward of God.
and God expects us to wisely exercise
that stewardship, and especially, it
would seem to me, in relation to mis-
sions. Missions, instead of being the
last thing we give to, should be the
first and most important. Every
church that can do so should have its
own home and foreign missionary on
the field, and this could be done If the
people would give Systematically as
God gives to them
Giving to missions should be pre-
ceded by a giving Of ourselves to
Christ This the Macedonians did
''First they gave their own selves INTO
the Lord" If we believe that Christ
can save the heather we must also be-
lieve that He can save us, and, acc4p pit
ing Him as our personal SavioGs we
should then be anxious to make it pos
sible for others to know and to be
saved by Him.
2. The example of others should
stimulate us to missionary giving. We
are eXhorted to provoke one another
to good works" Paul appealed to the
Corinthians on the ground of what
Macedonia had done, and there is no
reason why one church and one Chris
tian should not by example stimulate
others to missionary giving. Many
churches have their own missionaries
Why should not yours? Many indi
viduals give literally, Systematically
and proportionately to missions If
you are not among the number, why
should you not be stimulated to initiate
their example?
3. The example of Christ should slim
ulate us to missionary giving. eye
know" says Paul to the Corinthians
"the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
how that, though he was rich, yet for
your sakes he became poor that We
through his poverty might become
rich" Christ gave himself as the
worlds missionary. Can we hold back
our little when the Master gave his
all? God forbid, for the servant is not
above his Master or his Lord.
BIBLE READINGS.
lisa. lii, 4 Nah. i, 10; Nal. iii, lis;
Matt. X. Is; xviii, 10, 20; Acts i, Is;
Rom. Y, IA, 10; Cor. xvi, l. 2; II Cor.
TX. SO; Rev. xxi, II.
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The stones Burned.

In 1901 Philip Ginler. the discoverer
of coal at Summit Hill, near Mauch
Chunk. lived in rough cabin in the
forests on the Mauch Chunk mountain.
While in quest of game for his family.
whom he had left at home without
food of any kind. his foot struck a
black stone. by the roadside not far
from the town of Summit Hill he built
fire of wood and threw pieces of the
supposed stone about it so that the en-
bers might last longer while he was
roasting a fowl. He was surprised
after little while to see the stones
glow and retain their heat for a long
time. He carried a lot of the coal home
and burned 1t there. The few neigh
bors soon learned of the discovery. but
there was no mining to any extent in
Carbon county until after the war of
1872 had begun
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-23
Farm Fish Culture.

Many persons have ponds or availa-
BILE streams that could be protitably
utilized If the owners but knew how,
remarks an exchange. THE waters
should feed the land" is an old saying
that may justly claim literal signif-
cation. In some parts of Europe ponds
and lakes are renting at the same rate
per equal area as the best land adjoin-
Ing them. This is for the fish they are
made to yield. Truly has one of Amer
ica's greatest living scientists. Profess
or 5. A. Forbes, state zoologist of ILL
nois, said in one of his recent reports
In regard to fish culture we stand to.
day at point to be compared with the
American Indians knowledge of agri
culture at the time of the discovery OF
America by Columbus" However, we
can live up to the best light and knowl
edge we have and by so doing hope tt
obtain more.
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An old Custom.

Why is it the duty of the bride to cut
the wedding cake? The fact is-at
least SO professor told me the other
day-that the Romans are at the bot
tom of it. The original Roman mar
riage was effected by the simple proc
ess of the bride and bridegroom break
ing a cake of bread and eating 1t to-
gether. This developed into the bride
cake, and the bride cut it because 1t
was the duty of the woman to prepare
food for the man. Young brides of to-
day who think it the height of Ill luck
not to cut their own wedding cake are
probably not in the least aware of
what they are symbolically pledging
themselves to, but they had better bear
in mind that If they wish to keep a
man in a good temper they must moi
forget to feed him
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Amy question may be asked that per
tains to any phase of Christian Endeavoi-
work. Address Lock Box STA Bingham
ton, n. VI
lost. H. o.. pittsburg. There were
large number of foreign countries
represented by special delegates at the
Denver convention.
100. s. A. H Liberty. Me.-If yMl
will send full name and address wiz
a stamp for return postage we will b,
glad to send you booklet of all the
state songs
no. e. s. B., Los Angeles. Cal.-Dr.
Clark wrote 1.-The Great Secret" dur.
ing twenty-three days voyage from
India to South Africa. 1t is a deeply
devotional book of 100 pages and worth
many times the 80 cents asked for It.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-23
NIIssio narx Volunteers.

During the Beer war many Christian
Endeavor societies were organized in
the prison camps in Ceylon, st. He
lena and Bermuda, with several THOU
sand members. Since the return of
these men to South Africa 200 have
volunteered for missionary work.
and the Dutch Reformed church has
opened a training school for them
In Worcester, South Africa. We hold
In high honor the little group of five
missionary volunteers around the Hay
stack at Williamstown, Mass. What
shall we say of the 200 Endeavorer
missionary volunteers in South Africa ?
William Shaw in General Secreta-
rvs Report at Denver Convention.
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$50
SKELETON OUTLINE OF DR1ER.

/ pearance, yet in it's cheap and plain
construction lies its success. The first
figure shows simply the frame without
roofing or siding.
Choose a site where the ground is
dry and high. Build a stone or brick
wall just high enough to raise the sill
off the ground. The building is Is by
1S feet on the ground, and the posts are
fourteen feet high. Thus fourteen
boards will reach from sill to plate
without cutting. The floor above is ten
feet from the SILL A joist 2 by 6 can
/ be used, but must be rather close to-
gether, as the floor to be laid on them
is but one inch square strips. This is
laid SO as to allow for circles of about
one-eighth inch for on these strips the
fruit is to be dried.
The lower room Is latticed and plas-
tered on four sides, while the ceiling is
left SO that heat may go into the cham
Der and out at the ventilators in the
peak of the roof. No floor is needed.
The ground, being fireproof, serves the
purpose. On three sides are ventilators
! just tOONC lAC oll1o. AhC0C ctlC q ny
inches and are for the purpose of sup
plying air from the outside.
The furnace must be very heavy and
of cast iron, as the heat required is
usually very great. Place the furnace
In the center of the lower room and Sc
cure one that has two smoke f1ues.
Place thereon two pipes and extend the
same upward about eight feet, where
they should be carried toward the front
of the building and around the entire
room and far enough from the joist
above to insure it against fire. Posi-
bly, twenty inches would be about
right. These pipes can be suspended
from the joist by wires, thus making
all secure. On the back side T is sup
piled that connects the two ends Of
pipe and conveys the smoke up and
out of the stack. This stack runs up
and out of the roof on the back side.
The fuel used should be wood
An elevated platform extends along
the front Of the drier outside, and on
this is a car This is the manner in
which fruit is supplied, being carried
to place in bushel boxes.
The second cut shows how the
bJeacher is made and employed. The
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-23

In certain village not very long ago
a benevolent doctor offered to give a
thermometer to every cottage, carefully
explaining Its use. Soon after their ar
rival a district visitor entered one
house where the new thermometer
hung proudly in the middle of the room
dangling at the end of string. The
visitor complimented the owner upon
it and inquired IL she remembered the
instructions.
AYE, that l CO.. was the reply. Il
'angs un there and watches un until
@ gets above co."
"Quite right. Mrs. -" said the
lady, much pleased that the directions
given had taken root. "And what dc
You do when 1t gets above cor
"Why, them" was the unlocked fol
answer, II takes un down from the
nail and puts un out In the garden and
cools un down bitr' = London Tit
Bits.
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why DID They Mlssr

Hunters tales rarely make mention
of poor shots and failures, and story
which depicts the remarkable Ill sue
cess of some famous shots in Califor-
mia few years ago is therefore all the
more interesting. The narrator, Mr..
Frank Marryat, terms the incident the
one marvellous tale in his book "Moun-
tains and Molehills." In former times
it would have passed for miracle.
Three of us were out at midday in
search of venIson in the Santa Rosa
valley The sky was cloudless and the
sun blazing hot Making for a shady
thicket. we Unexpectedly started a doe
in the long grass. She was out of
range before we could raise a gun, but
there still remained a fawn. The pref
ty innocent stood perfectly still. gazing
at us Our Harder was bare. and we
could not afford to be merciful
The fawn stood motionless as ! ad,
vanced few PAGES and took, as | fan
cied. deadly aim | missed. and still it
did not move The others fred and
missed also.
IIOLI thS I-Al4iN Ai5NolNNy dbOAt ~
yards. we fred each four bullets with
out success Still the fawn moved but
a pace or two. and our rifle ammunition
was exhausted
| then crept up to the fawn and with
in 20 PAGES fired twice at it with my
pistol Then, unframed, 1t quietly
walked away in search of its mother.
L 1. T..
Fourteen shots within 70 PAGES of a
motionless deer! "Well, I'll be hang
edr was one mans comment. "Crack
shotsY'
We could not explain it, unless the
rarefaction of the air had made the
deer seem nearer than it was.
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never receiving cent of pay therefor.
The cause of Christian Endeavor owes
a large debt of love to Mr.. Shaw for
he has devotedly served it, not only in
this office, but In multitude of other
ways. Ills ringing voice has sounded
a stirring message before many a
mammoth convention, and during the
months when the United society was
without general secretary he added
the duties of that Office to his own.