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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-04-06
WHY NOT TRY AGAIN.

Among the most interesting
papers read before the cOnven-
ton was one by Mr. Polk of Alex
andria upon Canning Factories"
He drew a very attractive picture
and presented facts to bear out
his statements. Without doubt
canning factories in Louisiana
will pay, and since Lafayette par
ish can raise successfully nearly
all kinds of vegetables for can
ming, why couldn't Lafayette sue
coed with a canning factory? It
is true that one was started here
and failed, but couldn't a salts
factory reason be given for the
failure: MI. Polk advises start
ing with a $500. factory. Now
why not take his advice? There
is an old saying, IF you don't
at first succeed, try, try again"
We might. And there is every
reason, outside of a dead GER
tainty, that we would succeed.
Best Cough Medicine for Children.
When you buy a cough medi-
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You want one that is unquestion-
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all Of these conditions. There
is nothing so good for the coughs
and colds incident to childhood
II is also a certain preventive
and cure for Group, and there is
no danger whatever from whoop-
ing cough when it is given. It
has been used in many epidemics
81 that disease with perfect sue
cess. For sale BY Lafayette
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-04-06

Changes Ownership.
Remy Landry has purchased
the barber shop owned by c. {.
HigginbOtham.
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times. to be enshrined In this rough
stonoware mug.
Weems attributes the story to "an aged
lady who was a distant relative. and,
when girl spent much of her time In
the family" of the Washingtons. She re-.
lated 1t to Weems some years before the
publication of his book.
1t will DO seen that tho clergyman
makes the narrator follow Plutarchs OK
ample In reporting supposedly verbatim
her hero's words
THE FIRST PRINTED VERSION.
"When George said She was about
six years old. he was made the wealthy
possessor of Ratchet! of which, like
most little boys, he was immoderately
fond and was constantly going about
chopping everything that came In his way,
One day, In the garden where he often
! amused himself hacking his mothers
pea-sticks, he unluckily tried the edge of
his Ratchet on the body OF q beautiful
young English cherry-tree, which he
/ barked so terribly, that ! don't believe the
tree ever got the better of It. Tho next
morning the old gentleman, finding out
what had befallen his tree, which. by the
by, was agreat favouIte, came into the
house; and with much warmth. asked for
the mlschieyous author. declaring at the
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that the wage system will pass q way and
one OF Notwithstanding will take its place Z"
II don't think It Is practicnl,'' replied
Mr. Mitchell '"'tt would be difficult to
make an equitable prof. arrange
ment. I think that wages will rise rs
time goes on, and IN that way labor Will
get moro Of it's share Of the profits. put
as to q direct partnership with ca pltal
don't think It advisable. Z q XII n
why not?'' 4 r asked. # K 35$5 ls (.
should have to have a different
scale OF profits for every factory, and
this scale would rise and fall with tho
business. Labor would not be content
with It's share and capital would not bo
satisfied. the two elements must al
ways be to a certain extent anta gonistic,
although they are associated together.
s5 DO you think workmen ought to have
stock In the factories where they work 2.
y u doubt It. The little stock they hold
cannot have weight in matters relating
to the business. It hampers their action.
The Ia boring mans greatest capital Is his
own muscle and brains Flo relies upon
them for daily dividends. They are his
best investment and the one he should
take mort care 5of.2 Any interest hc has
In tie Establishment to which no IS SELL
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same time, that he would not have taken
FIVE guineas for his tree. Nobody could
tell him anything about it, Presen thy
George and his Ratchet made their ap-
pearance, George said his father. do
you know who killed that beautiful little
cherry-tree yonder in the garden?" This
was a tough question; and George stag
gered under It for a moment; but quickly
recovered himself: and looking at his
father with the sweet face OF youth,
frightened with the indispensable charm
of all-conquerlng truth he brayely cried
out, 4 can't tell q lie, Pa; you know
can't tell a lie. ! did cut 1t with my
matches. Run to my arms, you dearest
boy cried his father in transports, run to
my arms; glad am !, George. that you
killed my tree; for you have paid mo for
1t n thousand fold. Such an act Of hero
Ism In my son Is worth more than q
thousand trees, though bossomed with
silver. and their fruits OF purest gold."-
Joseph Rodman In February Critic,
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Ing his muscle and brain will DO often
vitality opposed to this scale. III other
words, no has to work against himself
I .nink he ought 10 keep out Of all busl-
ness connections with those who pay his
wages yss q. 8.i
The United Steel Company.
How about this United Steel ccmpn-
.ny's plan ~ 5E n Il 4 n ";
~ think IL has been a failure said
Mr.. Mitchell. This managers OF the
company acted very generously and in.-
tended to benefit the mon when they
gave them the right to buy = certain
amount Of their preferred stock at $52.bo
a share. They thought. and the men who
Invested thought, too, that the stock
w0hld increase In value and wonld pay
good dividends right along. Since then
IT has gone down more than rs per share,
r think the steel company has acted very
fairly with the men. They Will get their
DIVIDENDS. but II Will be a long time
before they can DO paid back what thcy
have put in.' liis NJ 8
Uncle Sam and the Unions.
How about unions n the governn cnt
service, Mr.. Mitchell Z" ! asked.
E II see no reason against them, re-
Piled Mr.. Mitchell. = mean among al
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John MITCHELL.
l'by improved the facilities Of rapid min

by improved the facilities Of ra-pdltd rnln-
Ing" 5# gE
Ten Hours and Drunkenness.
There Is no doubt but That he.eight-
hour day reduces drunkcnness,''s.slA NJ r.
Mitchell won't on, TN those towns IN
Illinois whore It has been adopted there
z Is now higher standard Of living and
at the same time less drunkenness and
fower} saloons, This Is so, notwtthstand-
ing wages have risen, Tho man who
works ten hours comes home tried out.
He Is in no 8condtion for rational enjoy,
rnent ana ne wants to go either to the
saloon or to bed" a
but will not less hours be demanded
IL eight hours are given?" I asked. 4.
II think not was the reply. y do
not expedite SEQ less than an eight
hour day In my lifetime. We may have
iorty-four-hour week-that Is, eight
hours for five days OF the week and a
half holiday Saturday. That Is not un-
reasonable. Indeed, 1t prevails already
( In some branches OF work in certain
parts OF the country"
Profit Sharing Not Good.
Speaking OF wages. Mr., Mitchell, what
y do you think OF Carroll .. Wright's idea
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tive the Daily Labong Man and Flow Industrial Peace
ons for Regular Army - II. 1,

classes 81 governmental clerks whose du.
ties are A rotS Of a cor1fldcntla l nattlrd:
Men ana women, who nro WORKING TOR
the government / In the ordinary WAY
hnvo5n perfect right to colnbino.''
.,''Take the government printers, for 10
instance. said I. RI " ..-. III 4
.'Yos,.' replied MI. Mitchell. THEY
ought to have u union and manage thor
nffairsl Oh union lines Dust tho same az
viduu.". Il, f9 n.
"iow about the mall clerks !" ,,..i d.
| :"The game" yglfi,
VA" How about tho art11yY'
"Tte army as we view IT, said M.
| Mitchell, !" docs not demand skilled labor.
4 / see no reason why It should havo un.
ions. and vel. I 500 no reasot, why the
soldiers should not cont lne to ask ths
4 government for more wages ana othsp
| privileges"
How about politics; will We ever hays
4 q labor PRESIDENT 9,
II don't know about that" said Mr..
/ Mitchell, ~ the times come ana the
man, 1t may be- but It so 1t will DO BY
fair and legitimate means. Abraham
/ Lincoln was q lnborfng man. He stood
| for Ill that we stand for ind no uaight
/ have been our candidate"
Rights Of the NonLU Union Man.
"Just one question more, ME- MITCHELL
said l. What are tho ghts Of tho nom
union mnn7" G5 K:
"IIe X has NIL the rights OF any indi-
4 v1dual under the law" was the reply. 81
But the unions will not permit him to
exercise them" said I.
II do not think you are right" replied
the president Of the United Mine Work
crs Tho unions do not modest the no1,-
union worker IN any illegal way. There
are cases now and then. It is true. whero
individuals have been sill-treated, but ie
has been by individuals and not BY the
unions ss such. a great deal has been
said about such outrages and the deaths
/ caused BY them. There have not been
/ as N any such deaths IN thirty years az
/ ordinarily occur In New York city III
three months-not os much OF such dis
/ ordev IN twenty years as is caused by
/ otttr things In New York city IN one
/ meath. No, tho older OF the unions ana.
] indeed, \ all OF tho unions. regret such
actions. we claim our right to persuade
the non-un!on man not 70 WORK and to
argue With him BY word OF mouth. but
not to force him In any way. We claim
4 tho right not to work with him. II va SO
i desire, and not to recognize him Or ira
j ternize with him." f3
y s1tl'917 FRANZ q. CARPENTER. VI
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THE RATCHET AND
THE CHERRY TREE

February being the birth-rnontk of
Washington. 1t may not be inappropriate
to reproduce here the earliest printed ver-
sion Of that most famous story of George.
1.-THE cherry-tree, and the little hatchet.
The story. which first saw the light OF
print In 1908. was for many years u seri-
GUS matter, and not. as 1t is now, the sub
ject Of idle quip and irrevcrent Jest. 1t
was illustrated with severe and moral
wood-cuts; the caricaturist dared not as
sail It The tale appeared In q very
popular life Of the Father OF his Coun-
try. written by by an itinerant cler-
gyman named Mason l.. Weems, who
Is generally suspected of having in
vented the story out OF whole cloth.
In letter to friend, he admits
s. having introduced into MS biography
s several stories not necessarily authentic
but tending to embellish the work and
10 have beneficial upon the reader.
Historians are inclined to trent the
cherry-tree anecdote as a myth, In Wash
ington Irving's volumnGus Life" pub
4 lished in 1883 BY G. r. Putnam 6: Co., the
story receives no consideration whatever.
E Prof. Alexander Johnston called 1t quite
! apocryphal." In the more recent George
Washington" OF Prof. Woodrow Wilson
the Ratchet and cherry-tree are not men-
toned,
Five years ago. Mr.. r. H. II. IIalsey,
IN his book on blue staifordshire pottery,
described rough earthenware mug. ap,
parently made in Germany between l77(
and 100, which was decorated with q
quaint illustration of the cherry-tree
4 story. A youth, attired in clothes simiia,
3 In color and design TO those worn by The
/ Continental soldiers, was depicted stand
4 tnI near felled tree. A large hatchet
The letters &c. W." and the numerals
also appeared.
s The collector declared that the genuine
pess OF the specimen was unquestioned
The fact that the decorations were be
meath ths glaze proved he said. that the.
had not been added In recent years. II,
n suggested that the famous story nigh
4 have been current long before Weem!
A dourished, and might have been waf,es
y Gcgpss the Atlantic dusing Aeyo, utiouAr;
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should be the lowest paid for on ordl-
nary worklngman?'' ca M
EVERY man should have enough to
keep his family, educate his children and
lay d little aside for the future. Six
hundred dollars q year Is the least that
should be paid the unskilled common
laborer. AS the class OF labor rises. the
man should receive more, and tho pay
should vary according to his location.
Tho ordinary man should have more than
5000 In New York or Chicago. Every
necessities Of life. and In the latter
cities the necessities cost more" "
What Every Workingrnan Needs.
'yvhat would you call the necessities
Of the ordinary worlsingman. Mr. Mitch
ell7" + asked. 4Ss III
II think every mar should have a
house with at least six rooms, was the
reply. Tile should have q bath ROOM a
Gparlor, dining room, kitchen and enough
bed rooms for decency and comfort. He
should have carpets, pictures, books and
sufficient furniture to make his home
bright ara comfortable He should have
good food and should keep his children
In school until they are sixteen. ard at
the same time should be able to lay away
something for old age and sickness. The
&unskilled workman might have these
things for 5000 a year In cities Of from
5000 to 100000 inhabitants, but in larger
places he needs more. This is only for
the common alaborer. AS the skill of the
man rises his wages Increase and his
necessities grow"
The Ideal Working Day.
"How about the eight-hour day, Mr..
Mitchell? Can the United States be run
that way?"
was the reply. I'VE should do
mora and better work everywhere If we
had eight hours only. Such matters
must be considered as q long time propo-
asitlon. There is SO much work in every
man, and If you take too much one day
you will have so much less for the days
to come. One Of the college professors
puts 1t this way: If you want to get all
you can out Of man for one day only,
work him the whole 'twenty-four hour.
If you want to get all you can out OF
him for a week only, work him twenty
hours a day; If for q month. give him
eighteen hours, and If for year, work
1 him fifteen hours, and keep him at It..
If you want to work him several years,
let him have the ten-hour day But II
you want to get the most out OF him for
his whole working lifetime, you must cut
his hours of labor to eight per day.
The fact is that a man can do and does
more work In eight hours than in ten"
How do YOU know that, Mr.. Mitchell %
I asked. Has it ever been tested?'
YES" was the reply. IN the Illinois
coal mines the time was cut from ten
hours to eight. After that the product
was measured and the eght-hour time
produced as much as the ten hour time
but was that due to the freshness OF
the men or to the fact that the bosses
had to get more work and rushed them
harder?"
1T was largely due to the freshness Of
the men," said Mr. A..chell, although I
will say that the operators. knowing that
they must have greater output per
hour bought better machinery and there
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from the burghers. merchants and pro.
lessional people Of the period.
But David Teniers, the younger, rlYaled
Yes outriyaled-the painters of Holland
MS q genre painter, which means paint,
Ing scenes of either indoor or outdoor
life that deals in y largd measure with
the lives OF the common people-the. hon,
EST. homely, picturesque scenes OF real
I life. Teniers, however, was also q
court painter" Ills brush was the most
versatile and prolific Of any In Europe
IN his day. There are more than 7o0
III Ills. pictures In existence, and they
are scattered over the galleries OF
europe. and there are a few ~ q America g g
nous s,u painter. as was Ills fathers older
!. payla .Ten!ess. the younger was f9F g
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The Mandolin Player, BY the Younger Teniers

a. Antwerp In 1910, He atudled draw-
Ing aud painting with his father, who
had studied with Rubens. David, u "
,thought, also studied under Rubens, but
IL SO the Influence Of that artist was
little felt IN his work, ltds much more
probable that Tehiers was influenced by
tha Dutch artists Of the period,
He became master OF the Antwerp
Guild In 10a3, and was lts dean In lGs4r
AS, 4 Ho was court painter to Archdpke
Leopold Wilhelm. then Governor Of the
Netherlands, and settled between l64s
and 1862 in brussels He Was the prime
mover In ths-foundlnz OF the Antwerp
Academy IN 1875, When Don Juan a. q
STenieys became equally favored as eoyst
!. painter; N fact Don paa stgdtsd palnts
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closing The union includes women clerks
as we'll as the men
American Woman as Union Man.

closing. The union includes women clerks
as we'll as the men, n Ks
American Woman as Union Man.
gg"How about the women and organized
labor Mr. Mitchel12 Do many of them
belong to the trade unions 2" ~
YES replied the president Of the mine
workers. Most OF our unions admit
women as netnb ers, Many women be-
long to them, and we hope to have more,
1 think the mon should induce them TO
come In. There are also unions COM
posed entirely Of women. In England
about one-twenteth Of tho mem bers OF
the trades unions are women"
#&.'Wlat Ahind Of union man does a
woman make ~ n
''she makes a very good one, said Mr..
Mitchell. 'She will endure more and SUI
fer more for what she believes to be
right than the man. FL
E"What class OF men belong to the
unions r.
''The very best workmen In the United
States'' was the reply, "nnd men OF all
classes. In tho United Mine Workers We
admit men Of all natlonalities and races
we have men OF twenty different ma
tions and twenty different languages.
we have colored men as well as white,
anu every GLASS " ldSCA - 49, -
boy who picks slate to the best of the
skilled ,workmen."
jf} (Which element controls In ouch un-
ions--the foreign or the Americana"
ne American element always con-
trolls, said Mr.. Mitchell. TT Is the most
intelligent element, and intelligence
rules.
How to Have Industrial Peace.
What do you think of the employers
forming associations to deal with organ
tied labor?'
II think It Is only through the con-
certed action Of such associations and Of
the labor unions that we can have indus
trial peace, said John Mitchell. Let
the employers representatives meet with
the representatives OF labor and discuss
their differences, and If each Is willing
to do the fair thing there will be few
labor troubles. Such associations do
great good.
Eyes. Mr.. Mitchell, but do they not
combine against the interests Of the pub
lie? l mean the consumers e
NO was the reply. THE public Will
not permit itselfgto be fleeced and any
improper combination or agreement would
be at once exposed"
How about the coal dealers and coal
Transfers of Chicago?"
There is a proof Of. what have just
said. The coal dealers and coal team
sters had an unrighteous combination
against the public. They combined to
overcharge them How lorg did their
success last? Only few days. When
It was exposed the combination was
broken. and It will DO SO with any COM
bnation that may be formed. Besides,
there is competition. You can't have big
profits without it. don't care how large
your capital Is 1t is the same with
wages If you put them up here in
Washington, the Baltimore workmen will
rush IT. and competition will bring them
down"
5000 a Year.
Speaking Of wages. Mr.. Mitchell. what
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ing under TenIers and became an artiss
of more than ordinary talent, especially
tau q portrait painter,
The mandolin player is one Of TeH'ers's
famous paintings, and Is remarkable TOR
The quality Of light and the depth ct Gol.
CT which pervades dir entire picture, Ths
principal figure Is said to be that o. one
OF The court beauties Of the period,
Among other things he COPIED on .
An the gallery Of Archduke Don Juan.
which were engraved and published at
the time, the work beooming instantly
famous. He had Important commissions
from Phlllpbl ". Of spain and Queen
Christina Of Sweden, and during his llfes
time he made Yluch money ana lived ana
In 1e0Q, I'm I A. III li Y 81
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The great Flemish school Of painting.
1syck brothers In tho early part OF the
fifteenth century and which ran through
three centuries, virtually died WIZ one as
of the greatest and most versatile o.
all the artists which Belgium proaue,ea,
David Teniers, the younger, ~ lhe rt .s,s,
Ing years of the seventeenth century.
THIS school of artists was caeyal WIZ
tho Dutch school. and talthoug q possess T. !,
were in a large measure distinct.
The artists offEelgiuH, We're te 9 great
degree court painters o.
royalty, reaching the greatest Ngh.s ,. -
this respect under Rubens and van Dyek.
while the artists Of HOLLAND Were Yary
largely genre and portrait pain 3, t q,
enbjects drawn from the " yes y 81 t !!
coHlraon people or as lp fae1r posls 4AsSl
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Curious.

DR.. Waldo. city OF London coroner. said
in a lecture recently that a weapon In the
hand OF q man who had been murdered Is
gers Sometimes have to be severed before
1t can be released, III the case Of sui.
eide there Is no grasp at all,
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UnappreciatiYe.

A Partisan found neIghbor hanging
by the neck. and promptly cut him down,
The rescued man thereupon struck his
preseryer over the head. innIcting upon
the man who had Quilted In fracture
OF which he Is likely to die,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-07
S GUILTY Of MURDER
JURY VERDICT PLACES
CRIME IN FIRST DEGREE
JOSE MIRANDA TO BE SENTENCED
TUESDAY FOR THE KILLING
OF s. EDWARD DAMON,
MOANAlUA.

Damon's slayer is found guilty. He
will be sentenced by Judge Gear gu
Tuesday next-two weeks from the
date Of his cowardly crime.
Jury at 5:25 o'clock yesterday after.
noon returned verdict Of guilty Of muir.
der in the first degree against Jose MI.
randa, the Porto Rican who. because
deceased expostulated with him over
the stealing of lantern from the Mo.
analua roadside, cruelty knitted Sam.
uel Edward Damon.
Jury was out one hour and ten min.
utos.
Jury was composed of Samuel Il.
Pierce, Jonathan Shaw, Chas. Hummel.
w. &. Wiider, W. Matlock Campbell,
&c. J. Ludwigsen, w. p. Kaohi, +. j.
Dutra, r. Is. Blake, G. +. Merrifeld, +.
u. Nichols and b. f. Vickers
Miranda was indicted on the morn.
ing following the tragedy. Trial com
menced Monday last. Two days were
taken in securing the jury; two days
were occupied by the actual trial.
Yesterday afternoon was taken up
with argument OF counsel, instructions.
the charge of the Court and the jury's
deliberations.
Attorney Geo. Davis, appointed with
Frank Thompson by Judge Gear to de-
fend the accused. made a splendid ad-
dress to the jury. He argued. faithful
to his duty, that Miranda was not gull
ty OF murder In the first degree. but
was guilty OF manslaughter.
In charging the jury the Court show
cd that generalization did not need to
occupy any appreciable space OF time.
Self defence could hardly be consid.
cred where homicide had not had
reason to fear danger to his life OF
great bodily harm.
Said Judge Gear. continuing sen
tence until Tuesday:
Before the Court takes adjourn
ment the Court wishes to thank the
counsel for the defendant for the faith.
1 full and able manner In which they
have performed their duties. It was q
labor Of love In the interests OF JUS
tice, taking up the case at the request
of the Court, and receiving no compen-
sation. The Court thanks you. Mr.
Thompson, and asks you to thank Mr..
Davis, who Is absent"
| ATTORNEY General Lorrin Andrews
land Deputy Attorney General NJ. +.
Prosser handled the prosecution.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-10-07

The artesian supply of the island Of
Oahu Is the most peculiar and the
most generous that we find in any coun-
try of such limited area, the island
Icing only about twelve miles wide.
North and south, by thirty.fye miles
long, with mountain ranges near its