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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10
.PATHOS AND TRAGEDY
in HUMAN LIVES.
SECOND ARTicLE.)

MANY strange stories are brought to
light In London Police Courts during up
.,!ration time"
rho ,.,tslde --orld has little chance OF
knowing the variety and peculiarltles Oh
the many people who come to ask the
magistrates advice or seek his help IN
busy court about 10000 applicants pre-
sent themselves during one year to make
their difficulties or sorrows known.
Among this mass OF people will be found
cid and young men and women. boys ana
girls. AS they follow, one BY one, INTO
the witness box, to speak to his worship
they present food for thought and earn
est reflection, for they voice the dllli-
cultics OF London life, and exhibit az US
Intensity The satrist, the humorlst ana
tho eminently respectable Would n1'u
many things to laugh at or to scorn.
Pnt Ia me this strange procession OF hui
,nnnIty Is full OF interest. for not only
docs it parade tho difficulties and sor-.
rows of life, but also the whims and od-
d.ties OF human nature
As 1 sit to write, a troop OF them pass
es by me, and strange beings they are
often strange in their physical appear
ancc, but doubly so In their montal equlp-
ment. Among such was Jonathan Plnch-
beck, His name many have had some
thing to do with the formation OF his
character. which In turn doubtless had Q
great deal to do with the form OF his
body aud the conformation OF his fen-
lures. Jonathan was old and bent his
body n small one and his calves bowed
5 outward, His face. nearly the color OF
terra Gotta, had the appearance of being
made OF india rubber. Ills nose, q large
one, was globulur at the end; his lips
thick, protuberant' and almost bell
shaped: his eyes were large and dis
tended. A strange looking man was
Plnchbeck. evidently character.
no SUMMON THE VEsTR4.
He stepped into the witness-box with
q scrap Of paper in his hand: L.
'Wliat can ] do for your asAeu MS
Worship.
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Especial Correspondence Of The Tlmes'
Dispatch.)
BOSTON, January 9.-During the l2th
and 18th centuries there lived and work
ed In France q religious society called the
"Brothers OF the Bridge" founded By the
picturesque Benedictlne monks to estab'
4 lish houses for the accommodation OF
travellers at the stream-crossiHgs, to
collect money to erect bridges and to SUI
perlntend their construction. Many brldg-
es, generally OF stone, We're built by this
kindly association before It went out OF
existence, nut bridge building Itself Is one
OF the necessities Of advancing ciyiliza-
ton and many Of the traditions OF the
ancient brotherhood have been uncon-
.c,ously inherited by the host Of young
men who are even now studying the prin,,
ciples of former generations Of bridge
builders and combining them with later
discoveries In the best use Of the raw
materials OF stone, concrete or IRON Mod-
era chronological schools, such for exan1-
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-,
trims his sails and keeps close to the
shore. 1 began to do so more than
three months ago.
"But, senator. do you think great com
binatlons OF organized capital are good
for the country? 22 3&i
eyes. The great Industries of the world
can be carried on in no other way. This
lis an age OF organizations. Such combi-
nations are among the evolutions, OF our
Industrial development. and they are TO
the Interest OF both laboring man ami
capitalist They have increased trade and
increased wages.
"a few years ago the balance OF trade
was against us. and especially so In the
industrial lines. 1t is largely owing to
organized capital that we are now not
only able to manufacture for ourselves.
but 10 export to all parts OF the world.
This export trade will increase and we
shall hofd our own as the greatest In
tlustrjal nation on earth BY our combi-
lation Of capital and labor 'a@iiets Z,
NOT. AFRAID OF TRUSTS.
IT am not afraid Of such combina-
tons" the senator went on. III they
ubuse their privileges competition VIII
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when the frames could be removed. and
the crosses stand erect, as manuments
to Pinchbeck's industry and skill
There the crosses stood: there sat the
poor dropsical. asthmatical woman, want
ing food and nourishment, yet proud-in-
tensely proud-of the crosses and the
other unconsidered trifles about her.
could not laugh at her or her hus-
band. To mo II was pitlful. What
story they all told! Years OF incessant
rloddlng work. years OF weary. tramps,
years OF an anxious scrutinizing search.
Day by day, year after year, Pinchbeck
had returned home weary and heavy Ia
den. Little by little. here little and
there little, he had collected his stores
and now-penury, almost starvation. ana
parochial stone-breaking when he could
get It. Alns Plnchbeck had fallen on
evil days. He had grown old before his
time, he could no longer press. jostle and
fight for days wark at the docks. The
dock strike, too, had altered matters.
Young, strong and erect men were re-
CURED for sixpence an hour The work.
house seemed to cape for the couple, but
death kindly stepped In. and Jonathan
was left alone.
Tho partner of his life, the sympathlzer
with his schemes, the participation IN
his trtumphs, tho big wife of the little
man, died, and was bured--for her there
is no monumental cross
told their story to some friends, and
Robert Buchanan. poet, drnmatlst and
novelist, came to sch Jonathan. lie sat
IN one OF the verrnilion chairs Fle talk
ed to the poor bent, old decker; he gave
him n commission to make chair for
his study, the chair to be In all respects
similar to the one he sat In, vermillon
rcd brass .iails and ALL He did more,
he paid him handsomely, lnvishly, In ad-
yancc-"RcquIcscat In Pace"
But Jonathan got older, and found few
friends. lie sold his old iron. his horse
shoes, his boot tips, his rusty nails. They
brought him but little. His darling
crosses still remained to him. He decided
to exhibit them In the streets and trust
to the generosity Of pnssers by gave
him n few shilllngs to hire strong bar
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every corner. Every night he returned
home-lic a bee to it's hive. Nothing
was too small for him, neither did lie re-
fuse larger articles.
He had picked up DTS OF ?io lFo on
weighing % cwt.. 10000 bits IN all, 5000
of them being boot tips. or portions OF
boot tips, and 5000 portions OF horse
shoes.
Jonathan had a little cottage In those
DAYS, but his back garden lay very low.
and was often flooded This troubled
him, so he picked up and carried nolhe
7 900 pieces OF bricks and stones. lie re-
moved the soil in his garden put down
y,is tons OF bricks and stones, replaced
the soil. raised his garden. and babe de-
flance to the floods.
TIE MIGHTINEss OF LITTLE
THINGS.
Great as his feats in these directions
we're. they were as nothing compared
with his accomplishments IN cigar end
collecting. TIe was no smoker, SO ne
saved them all;' there they were peIore
me, but In q peculiar shape; they "elsHsu
nearly cwt. During those 10 az ,h.erln',a1.a
tramps he had collected 6o,oOo cigar ends.
There was n ticket on them. telling that
thew would If entire, and put end to
ond. measure 3A miles, telling also now
much they cost at I'd. each. ILLS "iie
elowcd with enthusiasm. In spite OF asth-
mn, as she told mo Of her husbands
great feat, asked her where tho ci-
CARS were: she pointed to a big brown
monumental cross, tied round WIN yei-
Inv ribbon: not far from It stood n small
ar edition Of the same cross. Both OF
these crosses stood on big square blocks
Of the same brown material, examined
them and found them to be made OF JON
nthan's cigar ends! The burnt end OF
each bit Of cigar had been carefully
trimmed, every bit of dirt had been re-
/, moved; he had made strong wooden
frames in the form Of cross. One by
one he had packed and pressed the pieces
in. 10 bind them together. he had poured
LIN n solution OF treacle and water; for
months they had lain drying on the floor,
and at length the happy day came
/ nroud day for the worthy old couple,
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to bid me welcome; she could not for she
was about twenty stones in weight.
When looked at her l understood why,
the arm-chairs were SO massive ana SO
strong. She was dropsical and. Of course.
asthmatical. She informed. me that she
was Mrs. Pnchbeck. | bowed humbly to
her, for she sat like queen on throne
She saw me looking at the furniture and
Informed me that her husband had made
the whole OF it, his only tools being q
knife. hammer and saw.
but why did he coat the furniture with
vermilllon enamel; why did he put all
these brass nails in?" ! asked.
ut was his fancy" she said, and she
thought it looked very nice. found
many things to interest me in that room
1T was quite curiosity shop. =.
A .LOWLY STATIsT1CIAN.
In ono corner was great pile OF ten
tpnpers-every piece OF paper IN which
Mr.. and Mrs. Pinchbcck had bought tea
had been carefully saved here they an
were, up to date, neatly tied together,
with card attached telling how much
money they had lost by the purchase OF
paper instead OF tea.
Near to was another pile of paper, In
which they had bought sugar. A card
was also attached in this case telling OF
their loss on sugar-buying.
In n corner lay n great heap OF rusty
nails nails OF all sizes and patterns.
from the old fashioned "tcnpenny'4 to
the newst French nail. l enquired about
these nails, and came upon the story OF
,Pinchbeck's life.
He was dock laborer, and could
neither read nor writo. He lived five
miles from tho docks at which he gener-
ally worked, Every morning q long
tramp to work., every evening return
tramp. Many years before ] met him lie
had picked up II few old things as he had
tramped along the streets. The habit
grew upon him till 1t became part and
percel OF himself, From January. 1876,
to January, 1Ss3-seven years-he had
walked no less than 1888 miles In his
Journeys to and from work. In cover
Ing all those miles he had gone with his
body bent and his eyes peerlng into
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i
was adopted by the convention. It was
that the United Mine Workers stick TO
their contract, but also that they would
give ten per cent. Of their wages to help
their brothers In their strike In the an
thraclte mines Of Pennsylva MIA.
ORGANIZED LABOR COME TO STAY.
"IIow about organized labor. senator?
Has 1t come to stny?"
"There is no doubt OF IT, was the re-
nly, ut Is condition and should be
treated accordingly. The trades union
is not an original creation OF the United
states. 1t was imported from England.
1T is now being Americantzed and 1t is
better In every way than the English
union. It does not believe IN the re-
striction OF output and in the Limitation
Of Individual effort" f.5
'.Ycs," said I, but It does believe IN q
continuous shortening Of hours and a
continual increase OF wages. Can this
e. on and our industries continue"
'.Such things regulate themselves" re-
r.Ied Senator Hanna. Tho movements
are perfectly natural ones. The capt.
talist tries to get all he can out of his
share of the business and so does tho
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IT want summons against the yes
try"
I what for?"
For -fulfllment OF contract"
/ ..yyhat contract have you with the
vcstry?"
In reply Jonathan handed up his scrap
OF paper.
.Why this is an order for two days
work to be given you at the vestry stone
yard" said the magistrate. WHO gave
you the order?"
"The relieving officer" said Plnchbeck.
"But they won't give mo any work at
the yard"
make 'em give me work or the mon
ey.'
( i"IIow can make them?"
I ""Why, grant me summons against the the
vcstry.'
/ INC magistrate told him that he had
come to the wrong place for q summons
of that description. and that he had bet
ter go to the County Court With dis
air the poor fellow stood down,
and went sadly out OF tho court.
Thinking he was worth knowing, fol-
lowed him out, gave him the price OF
two days stone breaking. made his ac-
uuaintance, and formed a close friend
ship with him. He gave me his address,
so one afternoon I called to see him.
The nelghborlood was u God-forsaken
place, and Plnchbeck's one room was by
no means In the best house. Jonathan
was not at home, and was on the point
OF leaving, when husky voice called out
"Tell the gentleman to come up
went up and found myself In strange
room and strange company. The room
was q fairly large one, but the contents
were of the queerest description. The
furniture. even tho wooden bedposts,
were painted tho brightest red, Three
large wooden arm chairs. one wooden bed
frame, three tables. bench and two
stools, wooden fender. all enamelled
the brightest red and studded thckly with
bright brass nails, In ono OF the strong
arm chairs sat the owner OF the voice
that called me upstairs. She did not rise
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~ LIKE TO HELP People,"

"a woman was walking along the streess
one wlntry day, when 1t began to ram,
She had an umbrella, but her hands
were full OF parcels. and 1t was difficult
for her to raise It In that wind
let me. ma'am; let me, please said
n bright faced boy taking the umbrella
In his hands,
The astonished woman looked on with
satisfaction. while he managed to raise
the rather obstinate umbrella. Then.
taking one OF those over handy strings.
which boys carry, he tied all the parcels
snugly together and politely handed II
back to her,
THANK you very much" she SAID.
You are very polite to do SO mucn
for a stranger
"oh. 1t is no trouble, ma'am," he said.
~ like to help people"
Both went on their ways with happy
feeling In tho heart; for such little deed
of Kindness are sweet. Ike F2sas
bloss9mlng alopy ths Path.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-10
BY THOMAS HOLINESS.
STPANGF CASE OF JONATHAN PINCHBECk.
uPjctures and Problems from
London Police Courts" etc.

II wonder why He does that" said
A strange, bright look came into his
eyes. and he said: ITO help me find
things" He quiyered with excitement
as he spoke.
"What are you finding now7" asked
him.
ooh. all sorts OF things
care you doing anything in the tobao- 1
co way?" ~ AT
He drew closer to mo. and said cau-5 4
tlously: s'You won't tell anybody" 6
"Not soul" said.
"Well, then, am
Crosses r.
eyes, I have got two"
..Going to sell them?" I asked him.
wished afterwards that hadn't. for a
panied, sorrowful look Of Disappointment
came into his queer face.
II am finding cigarettes now. he cons.
tinued
Again asked: What are you going
to do with them?''
Poor old man. could have cried over
him. II have got a nice little cross OF
cigarettes to lie upon my breast when
am In my cottln.'
"And what OF your cigars 2"
II have got a bigger cross Of them to
liz on tho outside Of my coffin. don't
want no wreaths.
Small chance indeed OF any wreaths be-s
Ing sent at Jonathan's funeral No child
or near relation to mourn his loss; he
Is not u costcrmonger, or there would be
neutrality-suspicious. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Some day, not far distant, there VIII be {
Il pauper's funeral. The tobacco crosses
will never lie on his breast and coffin; no
will DO promptly and unceremoniously
Entered" and the bye-ways OF life will
know his peerng eyes no longer But
before that day arrives Jonathan Will be
an inmate Of one OF our large work.
houses. Once month he will get his holt
day, oftener II he possibly can. He will
come out. peep and peer. here and there.
"lind things" pieces OF cigars. and bits
OF cigarettes. and return to the work.
house with his pockets well stuffed, His
master passion will only end with death.
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!, RpnGF BIJ DFRS INHERIT TRADITIONS YEARS AGO

and used the arch very sparlngly indeed
In consequence, Iii
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07
SOUTH BLOOD BEST.

Paris, ILL.,. June Sin the course OF
an address on THE American Citizen,
delivered at high school commencement
exercises. Judge Il. X. L. Kimbrough.
turning and facing the young ladies
and young men Of the graduating class,
advised that they select their husbands
and their wives from the rising gener-
alton Of the South.
The jurist held that the typical
American citizen had not yet been
horn.
Judge Kimbrough said the greatest
evil OF the country today was its love
of wealth and luxury. He said the dol.
lark mark was on too many things.
The white people OF the South the
speaker held to be the purest of Amer
lean civilization. He said they were
pure English stock.
Speaking Of Russia and other nations
Of Europe, he said IL was not part Of
the divine plan for any OF these coun-
tries TO have universal empire, but
rather the composite American citizen
would rule supreme.
The speaker said this country must
eradicate many evils and that the
work of higher development should go
on. He did not look with favor upon
the immigration TO this country of so
many of the illiterates of foreign ma
tons.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07
HAWlEY HAS WITHDRAWN.

New York, June GAS culmina.
ton OF the difficulties between +. II.
Hartman and Edwin Hawley, who Is
accused by Sully, the execution king.
OF causing his ruin by deserving him
when he requested to put up real mon
ey for margins, Mr.. Hawley today an
nounced that he was out OF all the
Hartman boards. He said;
II have sent my written resignation
as director of the Southern Pacific
and also as director of the Pacific Mail
steamship Company. The reasons for
my action were stated in my letter and
until ! am informed that action has
been taken by the two boards of dt
rectors, | do not feel at liberty to dis
cuss the matter for publication"
The retirement of the Huntington
party is significant now, since the
Southern Pacific is proposing to stock,
holders a plan to issue 100000 900
new preferred 7 per cent stock. It
meansthat the Huntington estate man.
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little uplook, when ! thought about
being like Ginevra I felt SO sorry for
you. and-and thought about last
night, and then, Jack, all In minute
knew didn't want to be just friends.
II was shabby Of me to let her strug.
gle on to the end. for the little uplooli
had told It all, but II was so sweet to
bear.
"But." said I, when a temporary ces.
Bation Orwell not exactly hostilities
made conversation again possible,
you haven't told me yet how you ever
got into the horrid thing"
81 don't know myself. unless - oh
yes: I remember! | had turned at the
top of the stairs to the nursery to kiss
the baby-as opened the door, the
door of the dressing.room across the
hail blew shut, and in turning back
opened the wrong one" and she shud'
dered: "but think. Jack, II II hadn',
been for that awful two hours nigh,
have stayed just as stupid as | was
last night, for no end OF time!"
"Then blessings on the coal slide"
exclaimed, land I herewith register
vow to find the man who built IL
and get you to invite him 10 our wed
ding"
The mans name was McPhinn.-
Henrietta Il. Eliot in The Sunday Re
publican.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07
Matrimonial Business
Stopped By Post Office

Washington. June 24.-A war against
fraudulent matrimonial agents has
been declared by the Postoffice De-
partment. Two Of these concerns which
have been operating recently in sew
eral large cities, including New York,
Boston and New Orleans. were today
denied the use OF the mails by issuance
of fraud orders. Fraud orders were
issued for several patent medicine con-
Germs also, and all OF the orders are
part Of systematic crusade which was
begun against certain classes Of
swindlers by the department u few
weeks ago.
One OF the matrimonial concerns ex-
cluded is that of Frank ID. MacKay of
Boston. who with the assistance of a
young lady forger secured many thou.
sands of dollars from young men look.
ing for an easy berth.
MacKay inserted the following In a
number OF papers and reaped har-
vest:
young lady. twenty-three. college
education. possessing considerable
means, would like to correspond with
gentlemanA matrimonially inclined.
Send full particulars in first letter.
Triners excused"
This advertisement sounded so al
Turing that hundreds Of letters were
sent in In reply the dupe was asked
to send 50 and register" He usually
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-07-07
BISHOP s. CO.,
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ayers do not now need to sanction that
plan and that no demand can be made
on them to supply funds to carry
through that deal; also that Hartman
and his bankers have confidence In
their ability to carry through the deal
in defiance OF the advice and recon-
mendations of men who built the rail
road and who established 1t as an i'm
portant system. The Huntington-Haw
ley party, however insists that its re-
tirement had been decided upon before
the preferred stock plan had been con-
sidered and it was evident that Its sole
purpose was to relinquish all the pow
er TO Harriman-for reasons which as
yet have not been made public.
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