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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
UNCLE REMUS' MAGAZINE.
Joel Chandler Harris at the Head of
the Uniauc Enterprise.

Atlanta. Ga. Oct. Announcement is
made here to-day of Uncle Remus' Mag
azine. a monthly. Southern in sympathy.
but national in scope. The FIST issue Will
appear about March - Of next year, bear
Ing the April imprint
Many magazines have been started at
the South. All save one or two have
died early in the game chiefly because
they have lacked adequate backing and
GOOD business management. and have
been arbitrarily local
This new venture starts with $4,000
behind IT, with a four-story building now
in progress of erection, in which will be
installed the finest magazine press Cot
trell ever turned out. and other mCchani-
cal equipment 10 suit. In size. tho maya
zinc will be that Of Golfers Weekly. and
Is proposed 20 run from forty 70 sixty
four pages. Illustrations in color viii be
70 feature. and the leading illustrators II
the East will be called on TO enbellish
the work of leading authors, contributions
from some Il whom have already been
received.
The magazine is puTposed to reflect IN al
~ features the rather unique personality
of Joel Chandler Harris. its editor. who
will have active control Of all the de-
partments
Each month viii be featured q causerie
by Mr Harris. Nothing quite Ike them
has ever been written Tho first is on
Knowing Your Neighbors" These who
have read iJ say IL strikes new note
IN literature and that IL is comparable
In charm Of style and delicacy OF express
sion only 70 tho best OF Stevenson In
the first issue viii begin a quaint serial
by M. Harris
OF tho editor President Roosevelt said
I'm speech in Atlanta. year ago:
Georgia has done many things for
the Union. but she has never done more
tn8n when she gave Joel Chandler Har-
ris 10 American Ht.ratu rc
There is not an American citizen any
where who can read one OF Mr. Harris
Stories-i am not speaking m the mo-
mcHt of his wonderful folk tales. but of
his ~tcri's-who does not rise UP a better
citizen for the reading Of them. WHO
does nor rise up with a more earnest de-
sire To so his part Ga solving American
problems Alright.
One OF Oh. great reasons why like
what be has written Is that after reading
d. 7 rise up with the purpose Of being
better IMAM. man who is bound TO
strive 10 do what IS IN him Tor the cause
81 decepcy and for she cause Of righteous
ness
Presidents may come and Presidents
may go, but Uncle Remus stays put"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
THE Law OF TIE JUNGIE

Nov this Is the Law ct The Jungle, as laid down on
Upton Sinclair,
That 40 man shah cat canned tomatoes or look on
the label THAT there.
As the Koran is law to the Moslcm. even SO to the
Englewood cook
The Book is tie strength Of the Bunch, and the
Bunch must al Worship the Book.
Tat nothing that comes from Chicago. rlacc that
Is Tilidly banned.
For freight is an item 20 think Of, and New York
* nearer 81 hand.
When people make fun Of Tho Jungle. or make light
OF the things shat ] say.
Just that it gets IN the TApcrs. for ADVERTISING
win pay.
The fame Of the BOOK Is is making and Cash IS
The God Of the Pen;
And il Te lo; people forget it. they never viii read
again,
cleveland Press.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
GEN. LEES CENTENARY.
Nashville Paper Urges Its CeIebra-
tion by North and south.
From the Nashville American.


it Is not too early to begin the dfscus-
s'oa o. the question OF the proper manner
Of celebrating the l0Oth anniversary of
the birth Of Robert Z. Lee, on January 70
1866
No man in the records Of the English
speaking People stands higher than Gen.
Lee. OF Americans he and Washington
are easily first, and as a military genius
ne was greater than Washington. and
ranks with the few immortals. lie did
not have an opportunity 10 display his
qualities Of craftsmanship. but his talents
were such that it is credible. that had he
been given chance he would have
adorned any Office where clearness of
wisdom and maturity OF Judgment are the
essential qualities
The celebration Of the Tooth anniversary
OF Gen. Lees birth should not be sec
uonal, however. Gen. Lee was as much
a patriot as was Lincoln. Grant. Jack.
son, or Washington The student. the
investigator, and the unbiased historian
are IN accord on this point 1t would be
q fine opportunity 10 exhibit the oneness
of the country. this celebration OF Gen.
Lees centenary The day should be eele-
brated in Boston as well as In New Or
leans. in Chicago as well as in Nash
vile
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
POLITICS WITHOUT PARTY.
An Explanation of Mr.. Brynn's Sic
Hence iH New York Campaign.

lrrnl the Atlanta Georgian.
When Mr. Bryan was I'M Atlanta he
authorized the editor Of the Georgian To
profIor his services 90 AR Hearst for sew
cral speeches ga the New York campaign
as soon as the Buffalo convention had
completed IT'S work.
MI Hearst received the message with
every evidence 0T great appreciation. and
there is no doubt but that the most cor
dial personal relations exist between the
two greatest Democrats Of this genera
ton.
Why, then, since Dir. Bryan has offered
and since M Hearst 50 appreciates tho
offer is not tine New York campaign be-
ing euiiyened and inspired bv tho elo-
ouenro Of the great Nebraskan. and its
l''~'0"raey sClidiftd b. the object lesson
o. Bryan and Hearst working in harmony
W H-m0cIuuC success
The answer To This question offers tho
fullest and cOmpletest explanation of the
situation in New York.
There never was such "a campaign as
that which IS being waged al present Ga
me Empire State Of the Union IL Is a
campaign practically OF politics without
To'''~7 io marty. Neither Hearst nor
q s~iict Parry alignment brought into the
campaign Mr.. Hearsts campaign is
pitched upon The proposition TO rcstor,
the American system Of government 10 tho
country and TO abolish bosses and To do
away with corporation control of the gov
eminent To accomplish this he Is an
peaiing jointly 10 Jefferson Democrats ana
Lincoln Republicans Upon practically
me same issue IN the last municipal cam
naiEn. - per cent OF all his yotes US
~uD- i'Jsed .t honest Republicans Of the
'fv- IN this State campaign he exhects
p per cent OF his support 60 como from
Lincoln Republicans of the State. For
TINS reason AIT. Hearst does not care -
have party lines drawn. aud for this rea
son he finds il good policy net 20 invite
'". most sl"uuent living Democrat or anv
Otnef national Democrat, 10 speak for
him upon strict party lines IN tn w.
York election
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
REAL COL. SELLERS.
Not an Invention, and Mark Twin
Told Facts About Him.


Told Facts About Him.
From Mark TVain's Autobiography in the North
american Review.
Many persons regarded Col Sellers as
a fiction, an invention. an extravagant
inlpossibility, and did me the honor t.
call him a creation" but they we're
mistaken. I merely put him on paper
as he was; he was not a person who
could be exaggerated. The incidents
which looked most extravagant. both in
the book and on the stage. were not in
venti0ns of mine. but were facts of his
lie. and vas present when they were
developed John T. Rsymonds audiences
used to come near 20 dying with laughter
over the turnip-eating scene. but. eX-
traVagant as the scene was. II was
faithful TO the facts. in an its absurd
details The thing happened in Lamp
tons own house, and 1 was present In
iact, was myself the guest who ate
the turuipS- II the hands of g great
actor, that piteous scene would havJ
dimme-s any manly spectators eyes with
tears and racked his ribs apart with
laughter at the same time. But Raymond
was great In humorous portrayal only
IN that he was superb. he was wonderful
In a word, great; I'm al things else h.
vas pygmy OF the pygmies.
The real Col. Sellers. as I knew him
IN James Hampton, was q pathetic and
beautiful spirit a manly man. straight
ana honorable man, man with-a big
foolish, unselfsh heart ia his bosom, q
man born to be loved: and he was loved
by all his friends ana by his family wor-
SHIPPED. Ii Is the right word. To them
he WAS but little less than q god. The
real Col Sellers was never on the stage.
Only half OF him was there. Raymond
could not play the other half OF him; h.
vas above his level. That BALI was made
up of qualities of which Raimoud was
wholly destitute. There was only one man
who could have played the whole ot
Col. Sellers. and that was Frank Mayo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
The wrong Number.


From AlaycTlC6.
Michael. lately over. was working in the
yards OF railroad. One day he happened
to be in the yard Office when the force
was out The telephone bell rang very
vigorously several times and he at last
decided It ought to be answered. He
walked over to the instrument, took down
the receiver, and put his mouth 10 the
transmitter, just as he had seen others
do.
'HnlIo," he c4ued.
Hello" aasS ered the voice az the
other end Of tlit line. rs this eight-six-
op-hve-nine?'
..Aw. g'wan: Pbwat dye thiak l an
a box-car2"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28

Frem ihc Clereland Leader.
Nh Popper-Have you any prospects,
young man?
Mr.. Sooter-N-no, sfr-I-cr-
i'll. Popper-Take her. my boy Neither
has she
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-28
sent TO Uncle Joe.

Uncle Joe" was one Of the most honor
ed guests. The presents were very nu-
merous. and very elegant. But here again
the humble little four leaf clover from
jefferson Barracks played a part, for,
mounted on a white card on which was
written the date OF finding. and other
important dates In its brief history, It
occupied prominent position. being one
OF the gifts from the bridegroom. Many
guests saw the little emblem among the
masterpieces Of art and craft, and smiled
appreciauvely at the significance OF the
four-leavcd clover. those who had not
beard the story wondering who had been
romantic enough TO send such a gift
In due time Capt Cannon brought his
wife home 10 Jefferson barracks, and tbs
good luck brought by the clover contin-
Jed for things have gone his way 70 such
IN extent since his marriage that Can
mons luck is becoming a provcrb at the
post. One of the officers said the other
day THAI 1T would be just Cannon's luck
II his uncle did become President and
make him Chief Of Staff OF the army,
which happy result would be possible.
with Capt. Cann0n's present rank and
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26

ore body learned. II the overburden, or
enough stripping" contract Is let. The
term is iuminously descriptive. The pro-
cess consists of literally stripping OF the
earth from the ore body. and the work
is done by steam shovels. great, intelll-
gent machines, not unlike dredses. which
bite out great chunks Of earth weighing
tons, and will move In a season hundreds
OF thousands Of cubic yards. The ore
body laid bare. mining begins. Steam
shovels are used here also. The usual
steam shovel weighs 65 to IS tons, and
its dipper will handle from two to four
yards OF material at a mouthful. 1t will
lift daily from the ted of the ore to the
cars from 1000 to 1000 tons Of iron ore.
A yard of iron ore weighs about two
tons. and yard of overburden about one
ton. In stripping work a fair average
days task will be from 1900 to 1000
yards for every 20 hours Of continuous
work. With a shovel In ordinary prac-
tice will be about three attendant loco
motives and as many trains of dump cars.
On the Mesaba range alone. during the
are in constant use.
"nen the ere DoQleS are TOO deep TOT
the openpit method Of mining they are
''milled." Underneath the ore body a
drift Is run to its center. Then a MILL
hole is "stoped" or eaved up to the top
of the ore body. A track Is laid IN the
lower drift. and cars are run under the
miilhole. At the top miners slice the ore
of and let 1t drop through the milihole
until the cars are filled.
Both the openpit and milling processes
SO cheaper the cost Of aiming that by
their use ores that are Of too low a grade
to be probably mined In the old fashions
can be sent to market and make money
for their owners.
The difference In the three principal
n sthods OF mining cannot be better Illus
trated than by comparing their cost.
Steam-shoYel psjuing. after the s.rinpine
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26

Is done, costs cents ton; milling. after
the stripping is paid for. costs IS cents
ton: while getting out the hard ores by
blasting costs about $1.25 per ton.
Some of the openpit mines are most In
teresting exhibits. Imagine a great pit q
quarter of a mile one way and th-ee-quar-
tiers of mile the other way. 100 to 200
feet deep, and ever bit of what has
been taken out. except, perhaps, 20 to so
feet Of overburden, Is iron ore. The bed
of 1t is iron ore. too. and the ore extends.
perhaps. 100 feet further down. Tracks
are run into it in half dozen directions.
and the ore cars are being filled by the
steam shovels.
Dumped into the ore cars at the mine,
whether from steam shovels, from steam
hoist or by hand, they are hurried quick
ly to the docks Mt one of half dozen
ports. The ore cars are rather like coal
cars, little red dumpy affairs OF wood or
steel. The old-tashioned eight-wheeled
wooden cars, which succeeded four
wheelers, holding a dozen tons apiece,
the modern steel cars. which are rapidly
replacing the wooden ones, carry 20 to
so tons and sometimes 60 tons.
The trains. drawn by the largest,
strongest and most modern engines, con-
sist of 80 to so cars. and carry from
100 to 1000 tons OF ore apiece In
Minnesota alone three railroads are de-
voted to this traffic, their general freight
and passenger business being but a
minor feature on their balance sheets.
Some Idea OF their activity may be gained
from the fact that Minnesota's 8 per cent.
tax on the gross earnings OF railroads
brought from these three roads last year
something like $4,000 toward the sup
port of the state.
The docks from which the vessels are
loaded for the long haul down the lakes
are themselves most ingenious and ter
esting contrivances. At a distance they
look like long. tall r...road trestles,
EhicA, ipA~
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26

are run out upon their decks. They ex-
tend far out into the harbors, some of
them 2.400 feet, and they stand In some
cases nearly 100 feet clear from the
water. One or two tracks extend the
full length of their decks. and the cars
are drawn directly out upon them. The
Jerking of a lever In each car dumps its
freight into the pockets in the dock.
where it awaits the coming of the vessel
that Is to take 1t away. These pockets
are deep bins, some of them holding $50
tons of ore.
The vessels are drawn alongside the
docks by tugs and long chutes or spouts
are lowered from the side CT the dock
into the open matches. Then little gates
at the bottom Of the pockets are opened
and streams of iron ore run down until
the matches are full. Then the gates are
closed. the spouts are drawn up again,
the matches are covered and the vessel
is ready for its long trip down the lakes,
which 1t will make, when running without
a tow, In little more than three days.
Thus the ore Is dropped from the car
into the pocket. and from the pocket
into the vessel, entirely by gravity, and
but few men are needed. Originally much
Of this work was done by hand, and In
addition men were employed to trim"
the cargoes, distributing them over the
hold SO as to give the vessel balance
Nowadays they no longer stop to trim
the cargo, but take 1t as 1t falls, and no
trouble Is experienced. vessel carry
Ing 5000 tons will be loaded in the man
ner described above in two or three
hours.
There are Is Of these ore docks on Lake
Superior. as follows: Six at Escanaba,
Mich; three at Ashland, Wis; Eve at
Two Harbors, Mimi; four at Duluth.
Mimi: three at Superior, Wis; three at
Iarquette, Mich, and one little one at
Michipicoten, Ontario. They range from
l. pockets at Michipicoten to 3s4 In each
of the four Duluth docks, the greatest In
the world. Tie latest dock constructed.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26
BanknOtes Put To
Queer Uses.

Not often Is a banknote used to stun
a broken window pane. lad employed In
a ciothier's factory expelled the wintry
wind by crumplng up a sheet of brown
paper and fixing 1t within the broken
glass. The paper was smeared with gum
as 1t had left the Office table. and the
twenty-fve-dollar note carelessly left on
the desk attached itself to the sheet To
a glazier Its discovery was due. Pulling
out the paper preparatory to fixing the
pane, his eye caught the valuable label.
BY placing the note In hot water 1t easily
foated off the brown paper backing. The
honest workman was rewarded by the
sweet rim OF a sovereign on the office
counter The note had thus courted de-
struction for two years.
Purchasing an old silver-backed hand
glass at an auction sale. lady found
that the article was so loose as to re-
quire repairing. Accordingly. she took 1t
to pieces, to find that some previous
owner had attempted to render the mir
ror firm by packing 1t with paper. Judge
of her establishment when. unrolling the
stufing. a fifty dollar note and some
pieces of newspaper met her gaze. No
owner appeared. despite her advertise
ment, and the note procured handsome
seal mantle for the lucky finder. while
the mirror cost her only S1.20.
Shaving himself In q hurry, an absent
minded musician seized a banknote to
wipe his razor, leaving 1t on his dressing
table literally smeared with hairy lather.
Fortunately. the maid did not tidy the
room punctually. as usual. and, therefore.
he recovered the money towards evening.
hot iron restored 1t to its former crisp
ness.
Equally self abandoned was the wight
who tore a twenty-doilar note In half to
ieisureiy make a cigarette Of one portion.
which he smoked. perfectly unconscious
Of ITS value. Another cigarette was rolled,
but this time the engraved side was up
permost, and II attracted the smokers
attention when partly consumed.
Having no paper handy, q clergyman.
while strolling In the country. wrote
fine sermon on the back of a twenty-dol-
lar note. using his silk hat as desk.
I-tending to copy the matter down on re-
turning home. he was suddenly called
from his study, the note being dropped
in the waste-basket and afterwards con-
signed to the flames.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26

the Duluth, Missabe and Northern's No.
dock at Duluth, Is taller than any OF the
rest, standing nearly 100 feet up from
the water of st. Louis Bay, and Is built
particularly for the accommodation Of the
larger type Of lake vessels, those carrying
5000 tons and over. Her storage capnc-
ity is 96, 600 tons, and the % docks on
Lake Superior will hold ut one time
10000 tons of ore.
These docks range in height from 100
feet down to about 40 feet from the
water to the deck or top. Their extreme
width Is SO feet 6 inches, and the spouts
which conduct the ore into the holes OF
the vessels are from 81 to 30 feet In
length. depending upon the height Of the
dock.
All Of these docks are lighted by cleo
tricity and at night. from a distance.
their sparkling arc lights look like rows
of brilliants. and make a beautiful night
scene.
Nearly 500 vessels In all are engaged
almost exclusively In the ore-carrying
trade. One concern alone has 125 large
vessels which do nothing but carry Iron
ore. except upon occasions when for their
own use or because OF n temporary scare
ity of ore cargoes they bring coal up the
lakes. Usually, however. they go down
the lakes with iron ore and hurry back
empty for another load. Inst season one
Of these vessels. the e. II. Gary. carried
a cargo Of 13.443 net tons Of ore on
draft of 81 feet, the greatest cargo ever
carried on the Great Lakes. From this
achievement back to the pioneer days Of
iron mining and shipping on Lake Su-
perior, when the first cargo OF IL barrels
of ore went down the lakes. Is far cry
indeed.
couple of decades ago the average
| cargo on the Great Lakes was less than
| 1900 tons. decade ago 1t was nearly
| 5000 tons, and this season 1t is about
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26
Strange and Curious
Monuments.

II IL not often that a man Of property.
instead OF bequeathing 1t to his rela-
tives, wills that all his estate after paying
debts should be expended for q monument
to be placed over his grave. but this &c.
centricity has been perpetrated by q
man. His executor, In accordance with
the provisions of the will, is having .
monument constructed which when
erected win have cost no less sum than
$4,000. The base Is q granite block 10
feet square and weighs about sixteen
tons.
monument with q head which does
not belong to It is decidedly a curiosity.
There is one. however. in the parish
church of Yarmouth. Isle OF Wight. It
is of Sir Richard Holmes, who fought
under Prince Rupert and was governor
of Isle of Wight from 1867 to 1902. This
has the body OF Louis XIV. and the head
of Sir Richard.
An eccentric citizen of Lincoln has
what might be termed original mortuary
ideas. He erected tombstone to the
memory OF bis son. The stone IL Of
white marble set on q sandstone base and
has been cut In the exact shape of an
old-time travelling satcheL The son was
Of an unsettled disposition and Travelled
a great deal. The inscription above the
name on the plate reads: Here is Where
He Stopped Last" and underneath ara
the date Of death and age.
curious monument has been dis
covered in the dense underground OF the
so-caiIed Brandhai. In Upper Hartz. II
is granite block about seven feet hi~h.
resting on q stone pedestal and on the
iron tablet attached to 1t is the following
inscription: Here In the year of TAT
the first trials were made with the cui-
tivation OF the potato" The German
peasant Of the time did not take kindly
to the potato plant on Its introduction
to the country. 1t had. however. great
friend in King Frederick IL. who was
convinced Of Its value, but who was
obliged to use forcible measures To get
the people Of Pomerania and Siies:a to
plant the bulb.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-26

Philadelphia IL the largest yarn market
In the United States, but q comparatively
small quantity Of sales yarn Is produced
In that city. OF total Of $500. coo
spindIes In the exclusive yarn mills Of
the country only about 115.000 are IN
Philadelphia and 10000 In the entire
State Of Pennsylvania.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-04-12
BEVERIDGEIS CERTAIN
Chautauqua for vinita
This Summer is
Assured

A 9hstAnaQa foF NinltA 4 prnctlc.
ally ASSURED for this summer Res.
u r. pershlng. wh0 llaa Ia charge ths
subscriptions ior season ticksts a..
nounces that four hundred have been
subscribed for lie has accordingly
notified Frsd W fArtsli of siloan
springs, Ara the manager ~ tils
Associated CiIautauquas that Ninita
will Accept his proposition for a guar
aniee 81 ~ tickets
With foar bundled already signed
for there will - no great dinIeulfy Il
securing tie other hundred 10 "a
90 effort has been made - dispose 81
tickets iu the surrounding iawus
though many VIII be taken Meth
sr have ans Z TIE balf rate children
tickets been offered igf sale ss Yet
~ the neat merfinF ~ tie Cam
meuai c.uh STEPS vail he taken q
secure reduced rates "a tie railroads
if tHe iNefsmtur s sHefYetica,ll
pushed tbe umaiauqaa All hIlu.
mauf people 70 kinita tas summer