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New-York tribune., 1904-09-18

Solomon, the wise. once upon time said
"SeeSt thou man diligent in his business {?
He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men"
Behold. John c. Dueber-
Il seems a long way from the bench of
watch reparer TO the controlling power in the
greatest watch mandatory in America. Such
position cannot be reached without marvel
Gus energy, conspicuous ability. and sterling
integrity. Mr John c. Dueber, OF Canton, o.,
combines all these qualities, and has position
in the watch making business that is unique
throughout the world. Two decades ago he
was almost pennieSS and conducting a watch
repair shop in Cincinnati While his hands
were busy repairing springs and cleaning PIN
ions. his ever active brain was building a
gigantic enterprise.
A stranger passing through Canton would
observe, in the western part OF the city,
magnificent group OF buildings. situated in d
park with unluating green's Oi wide extent,
looking like prosperous college or some great
State institution. and not a factory; but this
is The Dueber-Hampden Watch Company"
II is the only plant in the world where a COM
plete watch Is made that IS, case, movement,
and entire fittings Il Is a model: it is light
airy, CHEEKY II has the very air Of oonScien-
tiouS thought, genuneneSS OF purpose. II
looks wholesome. and YOU would readily say,
- will trust the product OF such factory
The guiding daily thought OF the entire force
from captain general to the least important, IS
"GenuineneSS No ShamS are tolerated No
"flled cases" here; no lead-loaded rims. for
which you pay as in many other watch cases,
the price OF gold
There is not business in America that more
definitely reflects the character OF the founder
than does this. DeSpiSing sham himself, he
would not tolerate II and abhorTed it in his
business. Thereby hangs a tale There was
once a custom to stamp on the case Of a watch
"U. S. Assay" thereby giving apparently the
governments endorsement. when as a fact the
government does not lend its name to any indi-
vidual enterprise of this character. Mr. Dueber
has spent a vast sum 10 stamp out this practice.
The Dueber-Hampden Watch Company is not
in the SO-called Watch Trust, and a vicious
commercial warfare has been waged upon it.
SO far Mr.. DuebcT has won.
Mr. Dueber personally is a gentleman of re-
fined taste a lover OF art and music. He was
the ardent personal friend of President Mckinley
during his lifetime, and is conspicuous in every
movement for advancement of Canton and its
people He has the Characteristic of all great
men, a temperament that inspires confidence
He has pronounced economic ideas, and II Is
said that no other watch factory gives such
favorable labor conditions. A Dueber-Hampden
Watch is made by honest labor, of honest
material, and with honest purpose to give the
'best. ''-Cie1fiaHd Lfader, Aug. I+th. 1901
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18
JeH-O.

a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-
pared in two minutes. No boiling no
baking, add boiling water and set to
cool Flavors - Lemon, Orange. RasP-
be~ry and Strawberry Get a package at
Your gTOcers to day. TO cts.
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18

the deeds was passed up come bl&
freeze. an | couldn't of sold the hull
grove for ten dollars The very name
of F1oridy is a stencil in my nOstrils,
as The Good Book says. got so plum
disgusted | come right back north an
enlisted an went out to the Philippines
Ever been out there
No
You don't want 70 60. OF all the
God -fcrsakcn pieces on top o the created
earth that Is the worst! | counted It a
blcssin' when | got a bullet in me so
got sent back To the United States III
ruther cart q -rbage in old St Io Missoury,
than be GUY nor of the hull Philippines,
1t was hotter than roundin up bunch
o ten or twenty thousand Texas steers
on the plains o Nebraskv in August
Ever try a Iob % that kind
Never did.
Il Cow-boved II three months, an
that was all wanted Of It, ike ioke
we'll as the next man; but when it comes
10 havin' eight or ten o. them cowboys
Shootin at YOU IuSt To- see how nigh
they could come 10 hittin' YOU without
hittin you. an then 10 have EN- hold
YOU down IN waterin trough while
others pumped cold water all over YOU
an TO have EN- wind up by tyin' you
onto buCkin bronco. an then say they
was Just foolin. was a leetle too much
an | got out o that camp between
two days. an what YOU reckon | done
nextf"
Il am sure don't know"
Il turned evangelist | went down
to Kentucky To see some kin o. mine
down there, an uncle o. mine took
me to a big camp-meetin an the end
of it was that | got 10 be an evangelist
but my health broke down in Kentucky
an | went 70 Miunesotv an started up a
popcorn wagon, an done right well al
it goin' round 10 fairs an shows an
that sort O thing until my usual bad
luck overlook me. an one day the gas 'lene
tank | used in poppin' the corn blowed
up an set the wagon an the hull bizneSS
on FIRE at cattle show. an the last |
see o the hoSS he was lightin' out acrost
4 Minnesoty prary with his tail on hre.
an | dunno but he's ruunin vet. |
know | never saw no more of him from
that day. Bad luck seems born with
some folks.
Where are YOU living now"
We'll, nowhar i'll perticklcr Amt
lived nowhar for sometime. On nv wav
to lllinoy now to visit a spell with some
kin o mine; but dunno as I'll stav out
thar very long. Illinov don't suit NE
Times is hard out thar. they say. Think
some of goin' TO Texas or To Mexico
but amt ready to settle nowhar until
l look round a little an see what the
chances air in diff f'rent places. MANY a
man has Sp' lied his chances of success
IN life by bein' too haSty about Settlin
In one place. l b1eeve in Iookin' round
an maxim sure before YOU leap, as the
old sayin' is.
Guess I'll meauder into the smoker
an have smoke There's a feIer in
the smoker wants to talk To me about
goin' into the chicken bizness with him in
loway but | tried the chicken bizness
when | lived in Connecticut, an it don't
pay. Bout the time Your chicks begin
to pay they takes the pips. or the cholerv
breaks out, or the hens go on a strike
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18

he had a shifty eye His sallow
face was characterless. and his one
brlging cheek gave evidence of a huge
piece of tobacco which he presently re-
moved, and taking plug from the hip
pocket of his shabby trousers he cut off
piece to replace the one taken from
his mouth.
Then ne generously offered the plug
to the man in the seat behind him and
said: Have chawl"
mo. thank you
Don't chaw?"
"No."
Smoker"
NO"
Sensible, b'gosh! | bet you I've
chawed an smoked up the price of a
good farm well stocked. Begun when |
was eight years old. and have KEEP 1t
up until it 5 got to be needcessity with
me. You live back there where you
got on;"
Yes"
Looked like a nice kind Of a place
I've an idee I'd like it around there.
Livin purity cheap;'
Reasonably so"
I'm on my way home from Dakoty
because of the high cost of livin' out
there Folks lied To me- or Id never
went out there from Missoury where l
lived most a year. Liked it real we'll In
Missoury until l come down with fever
an ager Ever live in Calaforny9"
NO"
Its the biggest lied-about country
ever struck. They'll tell about the
roses climbin' all over the winders of the
houses in the winter-time, an all that;
but a body can't live on roses nor on
sand an wind either. an YOU pay Just as
much for oranges there as you do any
place. peefer Arizony TO Calaforny.
Ever been in Arizonyl"
Never"
1T has its good p'ints; but talk
about hot weathcr-sutferin Mosesl
The thermometer rises until the merkery
threatens to run out at the top, an in
the winter time it threatens to run out
at the bottom. Cold2 BY Jacks!
never saw anything to equal it, exceptin'
in the Klondike. Didn't git the Klon-
dixie craze did you?"
mo"
NCllt tltls lllOIc lGol ne! L was
one O. the first men into Dawson City,
an one o the first out No Klondike
for me! It's no place for a pore cusS.
You hear o. this man an that comm
out with a million or so in dust; but you
don't hear o the hundreds that come
out with less nor they lugged into the
place. This minin' business amt what
it's cracked up TO be. Ever do any
minin in Colorado"
Never"
well. | got the minin' fever at the
time o the Leadville craze, an | went
out there from Kansas in 10 long fore
the railroad struck the c,lSsed place.
| was there in the boom days, an |
staked out claim that | worked on a
hull week an sold it for a shotgun an
a bull pup, an the man l sold it to
struck it rich i'll that claim three davs
after | sold 1t To him an sold half
nt'rust in 1t for eighty thousand dollars.
Want that enough to jar a fcllaro An
the bull pup died on ME before a week,
and the gun was no good Some folks
never have no Incl MIMI - ~ ,,,,..,-
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18
What Shall We
Have for Dessert 2

This question arises in the family
every day. Let US answer it TO day Try
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for SEPTEMBER Is. 1904
A Man From ''NOwhar'
BY RRGS WADE
,r SEPTEMBER Is. 1904

In less than forty-eight hours after
the deeds was passed up come a big
freeze, an | couldn't of sold the hull
grove for ten dollars The very name
of F1oridy is a stencil in my nOstrilS,
as The Good Book says | got so plum
disgusted | come right back north an
enlisted an went out to the Philippines.
l. ,-ar Ieev, p,,t tber.. -
New-York tribune., 1904-09-18

Order to-day Sp i'm Soap t2s {
ment $50 Cents). Mailed post
SPIN Co., I. .B. Knox. Pres. "a Kni
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

Unless all OF the official reports are
tabulated lies. the municipal ownership
OF gas in birmingham is q glittering
success.
The gross profits last year were near
Bly 100000. and were It not hat large
sums had to be- diverted to interest and
sinking fund payments and to- the as
isistance OF the taxpayers. 1t would be
possible to-day. even with the abnormal
price OF materials, to produce and sell
gas at less than forty cents thousand
feet and leave handsome profit. There
is notheory about this. it is being done
on an enormous scale In one OF the
worlds largest cities
Four years ago birmingham purchased
the electric light and power plant, pay
ing the owners Of the franchise more than
so,O0C00O. For the first two years the
new management made so many Improve
lnents that there was a sliSht deficit,
but the third year yielded profit, and
.the last annual report Indicated net
gain of $50, O0O which went into the COM
mon treasury The city owns Its markets
and they are source of revenue. Blr-
miugham Is a farmer on a large scale.
Tho municipal farm comprises LOCO acres
and 1000 more are about to be added.
.This land is fertiized by tho sewage and
Is largely devoted to cattle raising and
dairy business. There are also immense
herds OF, sheep which belong to the city.
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4 The efforts of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution of the General pc
Lafayette Chapter at Lafayette to Sc
cure possession Of the. famous vine eile S,
OF the revolutionary times now owned ~
the Hon. Charles b, Laselle, dean OF, the
tCass county bar association and pronale
Judge of the Cass circuit court, are prins-
ing this old relic 10 prominence ana 'ila
publ!c in general will he Interested 70
learn more about It, ,i.oi,,,
Enthusiastically the old chest Is praci'e.i,ii,,;gI
worthless. although well PresetrYSe,n, a., ( as
when IT came into Judge Lasell's posses
sion over forty Years ago. but M a,,ag
tbo ~ m9EsA al S dollars, Judss Lasells
states that it is the only relic OF its ki iis,
in the state. and pricing u very nisa'is
as such is very 10th TO part with y, !.
is doubtful II he VIII let u go ahSWnete
hut into tho state Library at lndlanap-
oils.
tie back OF the lid which was PLACED
there by Judge Laselle many years ago,
nnw, yellow and faded with age. Wltn
some difficulty this inscrlption was &C.
ciphe,Sd and found to read as follows
.afhis chest belonged TO the British Gov
e,nor Henry Hamilton, who had been
captured with its fort and It's garrison
where he vas taken prisoner oy T Isll
era George Rogers Clark, Of !, the The, VT VT
us. on his departure ia yirginLta, T.. as as
Governor Hamilton presented this cheSt
No CAPTAIN afterwards Maior) Francis
Besseron, who, as an officer in the var
ssp,rrsAs ssSican nrcyice and as an IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

There arc filtration works and a plant
for handling the products. and these.
with the farm, represent an investment
ofaabout s2.5o0,oo0 The last report shows
that the annual sales of stock amount to
$4,000, while $25,G01 is realized from milk
and about as much from WOOL BY these
scientific methods the cost of disposhs
of sewage Is materially reduced.
Birmingham purchased its water supply
In 1876 under the administration of Joseph
Chamberlain, paying $500. 900 for the orig
tinal plant. 1T has Just completed. at an
expense of nearly $1,000, 900. an extension
of the scheme, by which 1t conveys water
from Wales. eighty miles away. It owns
outright $50 square miles of hills and val
leys in Wales. and has planned a system
which will supply water for a popua-
tIon OF more than million.
Birmingham has owned its tramways
for years, but has pursued the, policy OF
leasing the lines to private companies.
These leases arc now expiring, and the
city has decided to take over their con-
troll, The British Traction Company Is
making a hard fight to renew Its fran,
chises and has offered to pay 10 per cent.
OF its gross receipts for the privilege Of a
charter for a limited number OF years.
American cities, which have a mania for
giving such franchises away, may find
amusement In estimating how much their
revenues would amount to from Is per
cent OF the receipts of those companies
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-05

after the keenness OF. the candidate for
detective work is established his personal
character must be proved.
From the watch service of the Pink
erton agency few detectives are taken,
but as a rule 1t Is not looked to as a re-
crulting field at all IT Is hard 70 get
lust the men desired for the best detec-
tive work. A man who has all that could
be desired Of him fop a detective ordinar-
lily can find better field for his en-
deavors. II he has the true spirit In him,
however, he may take to the work In
spite Of everything else"
DETECTIVES MADE TO ORDER.
For amateur detectives the state az
Arkansas has been more prolific perhaps
than any other in the union. 1t Is a slow
day In Chicago police and detective cir
Giles that several applications for sleuth-
ing are not received from that STATE,
Some of the detective manufacturing
plants In the east have worked off hum
dreds of pounds of tin stars in that State
authorizing the wearer to detect and ar
rest on sight any persons whom he may
detect breaking any section OF the crimi-
nal code.
Few citizens anywhere recognize their
movers In any such situation said a
we'll known lawyer, II John Smith, as
n rrocer's clerk, should see a man try
ing to break into a house, or holding up
n fellow man in the street, or many other
way committing felony. he may arrest
him with all the authority that any po-
liceman. or constable. or sheriff, or de-
tective might bring TO bear. And IN case
he comes up too late to see the orense
he is just on the same plane with any
officer, State or city-he must swear out
warrant for the felon before the man
lawfully may be arrested Chicago Tri-,
buna~f .if tl lY.Hatt t3fefl rtaF'ri. ~ tfRfE1s.
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goods home with hera any cost. Many a
time such women as these, talking with
a chance acquaintance on shipboard. who
also Is bringing in just few things,
have been unable to imagine how the
customs officer at New York or Boston
or elsewhere has discovered her trinkets
with unerrlng accuracy, or course the
lady who Is bringing IN rev thlhss
herself knows all about 1t"
AS to the operations Of the private de-
tective agencies of the country, their re-
cruiting possibilities are especially limit
ed. It is one of the misfortunes OF the
business that for young man OF the
higher grade and better brain there are
SO many other fields promising more OF
a. future for him. Sf
KIND OF MEN net WANTED.
"There Is lust one type Of candidate
whom we never take" said Manager
Schumacher Of the Plnkerton agency,
"That is the man who comes IN 70 say
II have always wanted to be a detective
WeSare always satisfied that such man
has got his love for the business thIoush
fiction while the operations or detec-
tive agency is nothing but solid fact,
1.-THE business of detective agency
is such that many types OF men are need,
Ell In some lines Of work we cannot
place any man who is under 40 years old.
IN other work we need young men only,
lust how these candidates are brought
into the service would necesstate q story
for each Of them, with no two alike,
+ r areiy we ind that somewhere in some
nnfable murder case, perhaps, a man
NAV take some tack In the unrayeling
Of a mystery which brings him and his
work before the public and the police,
In such q case we may make such a man
mn offer to come ont the force, and as 2
rule such choices prove good men But
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~
which have the free use OF their streeta.
But the Birmingham authorities have re-
jected all terms. They proceeded to en-
ploy Alfred Baker, formerly in charge
of the London tramways, and Justly re-
garded as one of the most capable ex-
perts in Great Britain. and have placed,
him in charge of the proposed municipal
system. Instead of electricity which they
refused to install until recently. the COM
pany. which held the lease used steam
power and regret that 1 was unable
to secure a photograph of one Of these
steam motor cars. with Its trailer. They
look like a box freight car, with a stove
pipe thrust through the roof. and when
one of them goes putting and churning
along the street strangers are overcome.
either with fright or amusement Such
is the service which Birmingham pro-
poses to supersede with strictly modern
plant. Its experience with private tram.
way companies has been similar to that
of n score of other British cities which.
in sheer self-defense, have been forced
into public ownership in order to escape
the antique methods Of those stockholders
who imagin that improvements war on
dividends.
vi In comparing the great cities OF the
two English-speaking countries. one natu-
rally links London with New York. Bir-
mingham with Pittsburg, and Manches-
| ter with Chicago. The latter parallel Is
| the more striking and justified. Both
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HISTORIC OLD WINE CHEST

habitant sof yincenres, had shown MN
some Kindness After Major Besserohs
death In 1901 it remained first WITH ms
widow and afterwards with Mrs. FRANCES
Tisdaie, his daughter until the, deathao,I
tia latter lears since, when " Pass '.u
bv her viii into the possession OF ~,
Michael Richardyille. OF the same piaSsa
(Vincennes), from whose family r,isy i lrn was
AZ he original bottles (cracked) stu
pemain. one (entire) being broken on its
wav here IogansporD. Charles Is. Ia
selie. Two of the original nottlos nIa-
Ken In removal since me asoYo
In speaking OF the. presentaton OF the
chest to his grandfather, Major e f.srnns
Hamilton LETT for Virginia 20 be tr I t, ler
his life, he gave the chest to Major Sss-s
seron with tho understanding that Ms
was to get 1t again when be came p1Ss.
fully believing that ha would not ne coi-
victed and killed, In this beliet ne Wa
correct for instead or eelng a9ns ,s ,,,a
The chest is rudely yet ingenio!nsly
Der, raing 10 i-2 inches long. is inches
wide and IA 81 inches wide. Tho poafos
are joined together IN dopstall ia tsnas
and It's trimmings, inciudins MnssS.
inside there are nine compartments
each being about six inches square, tAe
side and bottoms OF which are covered
With n coarse cloth which was evlden!iy
woven by hand. The inside Of tho lid
padded With hair filling which y soy-
cred with the same KIND OF cloNn-s
Loganport (Ina.S -sharos-
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. Il WI
ship of gas works III Birmingham Is best
Shown by the fact that since their pur-
chase there has been ttirrcd into the city
treasury from gas revenues the sum OF
100000. with an extra ss,5oo,Oo paid to
the sinking fund, and the further fact
that during these years the price paid
for gas has averaged one-third less than
that charged by the private com.
pany. The reduction In the expense OF
city lighting amounts To s1,25o.oOo. 31 The
hundreds OF men employed In the works
received higher wages and work less
hours than formerly, and II Is worthy
of note that the record OF tests and the
evidence or consumers proves that q
much better aualltSiOf gas ~ supplied,
now than before the city assumed con-
troll
The municipal gas monopoly Is conf
plete, but there are no complaints. ana
] heard OF no scandals. Owing to the
high price OF coal the cost Of production
is much greater than In the United
States, but the gas is sold for half Hs
much, with large and increasing reve--s
hue to the city When the bonds are all
paid and the city becomes the absolute
owner Of the property. the price VIII
be yet further reduced. In the mean
time the profits will have moro than
paid the purchase price Of the plant.
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held is not known to the average head
quarters of the secret service in the big
cities 1t Is known only that before
candidate Is invited to Washington to
undertake the regular examination he
has been called upon through the mails
to furnish to the head of the secret SER
vice bureau such a list of answers to
questions as would enable the average
person looking the list over to know Just
little more of the candidate than per-
haps his own mother knows.
AS to what the questions asked of the
candidate for the secret service examina-
tion are they are known only to the per-
son who has gone through the mill. But
1t Is certain that one of the first things
that he needs establish on an nnquestlon-
ed basis Is his common sense, education,
and Judgment, II he have these he can
learn the rest that Is required OF him,
WORK WOMEN CAN DO.
When he has passed the examination
the department to which he may ne as
signed will depend upon his illness for
the work. Many women find place IN the
secret service of the government, and
ms a special field for them the customs
office Is the outlet. On board the trans
atlantic liners, especially, both citizens
and foreigners coming into the country
have been spotted successfully by women
agents of the service.
"a woman is a natural snuggler,' said
| custom house official, and on the pfln-
ciple OF setting a thief TO catch thief,
| 1t becomes a good policy to set woman
| to round up woman smuggler. The
| logic of the American woman is espec-
| tally weak with reference to the tariff
! laws of her country. She cannot be
! shown that having paid her good money
/ for dutiable goods in Europe, she has not
! constitutional right to bring these