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The National tribune., 1907-06-27
TOO SAD. TOO SAD.
4 Veteran and n Bnchcfor Is Moved to
Rhetorical Tears.

Old Aunt Chloe, after several years
Of conjugal bliss, had a little family
Spat with her husband, Uncle Joe, and
The latter, in a fit of anger, adopted the
~ hte mans weapon, and entered suit
for divorce. Aunt Chloe was alive to
the situation, and employed the best
lawyer in the country to defend her
case. This lawyer was Judge ]. q. Nor
.0n, a veteran of the Tth Ohio Cavalry.
who has long lived in Kansas. and the
Kansas Journaf-of Garnet says:
! The defendant called on J. Q. Nor
ton, an old bachelor. and asked, him to
lille an answer for her She told him
the story of her courtShip and marriage
and this is the way the Judge described
t in, his answer: Defendant says that
N the Springtime, when the colts and
lambs were gambOling on. the green;
when the blue birds were softly chirp
ing and counting in the leafy boughs;
when the prancing yellow hammer and
the sensuous woodpeckers were flirting
together in the opening about the hol-
low tree; when the moclVing bird was
swelling his fea thery throat in song
from the pungent branches of the per-
smmon tree: when the gentle twitter
OF the peewee was heard beneath the
caves and the aeolian strains of the
meadow lark were re-echoing in the
sky; when the amorous jay was heart
icsSly cOquetting with the modest turtle
dove; while the sap was courSing the
veins of the qualling cottonwood. and
lovers were strolling idly in shady lanes
and beneath the fragrant apple bios
SONS; when the warm south breeze was
softly signing through the sycamore
nd pine and the tender sunshine was
WooiTg the sleeping daisies back to life;
when pregnant nature had wheedied
hoary Winter into the lap of Spring,
then came the plaintiff, this dusky
OtheHe, and with his honeyed words
had Byronic advances, and with his
oleaginous tongue. pictured to the de-
f"ndant the many joys that were in
store for them in a-vine-ciad cot beside
the hilL Nor did the energy of this in
sinuating and sperficial lover wane with
tile heat of Summer hut as the season
advanced his ardor rose with the mer-
curry in the thermometer
when the first chill frost of early
Fall nipped the tender leaves of the
Eeandering and lascivious pumpkin
vine-with all the happiness that had
been pictured to her. burning in her
mind and with the thoughts of a cheer
full fire in a cnZy corner. where she and
the plaintiff should hibernate as hap
PLY as two bear cubs. while the blasts
of the coming Winter were sweeping
from Greeulands icy peaks. this de-
fendant put her hand in the plaintiffs
and then the two souls with but a sin
gle thought two hearts that beat a.;
one, wandered away to the plaintiffs
cabin
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Fresh water wanted" Fig. 3-Flag
reversed, or ball below pennant, dis
tress signal Fig. 4-Code pennani
hoisted over every message; flag al
masthead alone is answering signal
Fig. 5-House flag amidships tells own
ership. Fig. 6-"About to sail; present
your bills" Fig. Broom at mast
head marks maiden voyage. Fig. s.
Two lanterns on rearmost of tugs warns
off tow following. Fig. 81 have not
clean bill of health" Fig. 10-"I wish
to speak to you" Fig 1f.-"Get out
of the way; i am on full speed" Fig.
12-"I am taking on explosives
The flag language of the Interna-
tional Code Signals is spoken and I'M
derstood in all parts of the world. Not
soul on one ship may understand a
word of the language spoken by the
men on another. but when either ship
hoists a reversed flag the other instant
ly reads Distress" and recognizes q
call for help. This flag language pro-
vides for almost every contingency. In
many ports, or sections of coast. the
local trading boats have adopted the
same system and have messages of
their own. For instance q vessel ap-
preaching the fishing or oyster banks
with a basket at its masthead is seek
ing a cargo.
Meeting steamers do not dread:
When you see three lights ahead
Port your helm and show your red.
For steamers passing you should try
To keep this maxim in your eye:
Green to green or red to red
Perfect safety; go ahead.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27

the phosphorus and other impurities by
blowing currents of air thru the mott
en- metal. This is only partially sue
cessful.
The metal is cast into tall, narrow
ingot, with a tendency on the part of
the phosphorus and other impurities TO
rise to the top, being SO much lighter
than the fluid steel.
The next idea is that as the lingo;
cools from the outside it shrinks, a
[ cupfike depression forms on top of the
F ingot, and there leads down from il an
oriffce or pipe" made by the up-bub-
bling gases. This the railroad men
claim to be the main source of trouble
Years ago it was the practice to cut off
from one-quarter to one-third of the
upper part of the ingOt and remelt it
Two rails We're made of the remainder
of the ingot. Now three rails are got
( ten out of the ingot by cutting off only
\ 10 per cent.
: Therefore the third rail is liable to
t-have an extra quantity of phosphorus,
as well as portion of the pipe" which
LIS liable to split off as soon as subjected
10 pounding and pressure.
The Scientific American says:
| Evidently, under existing conditions,
Elwith the low-phosphorus ores practical
Fly exhausted, the only thing left to be
I done, if We are to have absolutely re-
liable rails that will not break under
Che present heavy loads and under the
cOnCitionS of frozen tracks, is to aban-
don the making of rails by the Bessem-
er process and get rid of the phosphorus
and other impurities by adopting in its
stead the open-hearth process; at once
fGeturn to the slower methods of manu-
4acture OF few years ago; be content
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found at from 40 to so feet but it may
not even be found at that depth. Com
rades should therefore be careful about
swallowing the bait of these land specu-
lators. and particularly as to the scheme
of DR.. Simmons, the liver regulator man.
who wants SO per month paid until
s2I0 has been paid without the pur-.
chaser knowing what ne is getting. Land
can be bought in that neighborhood for
from Sc to SO per acre, and the pur
chaser select what is desirable. Where
u man has his own team and Implements
he may rent a farm on the shares, CIV
ing one-fourth of all the cotton and one
third of all the other crops raised. This
will give him a chance to look around
before buying 80.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
LAND IN TEXAS.
Dangerous Proposition by Shrcwd Specu-
l0tOrs,

Comrade Edward Mayers, Justice of
the Peace, ROssville, Tex. warns the
comrades against advertisements to sell
land in that section on the installment
plan In the first place, it is impossible
TO make Il living on 20-acre farm in
that region, tho one possibly could, by
great care and economy, do so on 40
acres. There are some flowing oil wells
at a distance from Rossville, but it costs
a great deal of money to drill them.
The shallowest is 16S feet deep. and no
we'll driller will start a drill for less
than T5 cents per foct for the first 100
feet and thence up to $3.50 a foot The
average depth is $50 feet. Timber for
building must be hauled 81 miles, and
costs at the station $50 per 1000. Clear
ing land costs from So to $40 per acre,
and but one crop of corn can be raised
during the year. Sometimes water is
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
4oo-Lb. vacuum Kills.

a, vacuum pressureaof 400 lbs to the
ssauare inch: drew practically every drop
'of blood. from the, body of w. d. Hun
ter, an engineer fnsone of the Chicago
packing houses, and was the cause of Il
most dfnsual form of. death. Hunter
had gone, to repair q tank used in the
refrigerating process, had evidently
one iegSwas drawn into the
pipe. where it was held fast by the
--norrious suction. When discovered
BY his helper only "a; few minutes after
the accident the body was shriveled, alb
solutely white. andscoid
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hands, turpentine wiil-be promptly eff
fectiye, If the paint is fresh. If it is
dried, the removal will be more difficult
Soaking in strong ammonia water, OF
in to ] mixture of ammonia and
turpentine, may do it.
Up to the present time the worlds
diamond production amounts to only
about 20 tons. This would mean. how.
ever, 9.493,I57 diamonds Of one carat
weight each.
Iron rust may, be taken out of mus
lin or linen goods by wetting with
lemon juice and salt and exposing to
sunlight. If at first you don't succeed
try again.
Red aniline ink Except eosine) will
be removed promptly by moistenina
with 95 per cent alcohol, adding acetic
acid drop by drop till the stain disap.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
The HardeAt Metal.

Tantalum has been hammered into
sheets. which are extremely hard. Si1
William Crookes, F. r. s.. states that "a
hole had to be bored thru a plate OF
this metal, and a diamond drill was
used, revolving at the rate of 5000
revolutions per minute. This whirling
force was continued ceaselessly for
three days and nights, when it was
found that only-a small depression O.25
millinleter deep had been drillei, and ii
was. "a moot point which had suffered
the NOR. damage-the diamond or the
tantaluni'' .s-7f-
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little paipitstion. It's my stomach.
think. IL will go away of ITSELF But
delay cost his life! Was nos this self
murder?
This case is only one: sixty thousand
people die yearly of Heart Disease! SIX
I. they think it's somei.'ings. else and
doctor the stomach. kidneys female or
s'trs. etc and get no better; .'nd good
cured. Now Heart Disease IS just as
lcurable as any other disease. we have
proved this fully by curing OR hun
dred and thirty thouand c:'+.Si Many
of these were the most chrofs}c. serious,
complicated kind. in which all Pther rem
cdies and doctors had failed and hope
seemed gone. but our tre3..%cnt cured
them quickly and to stay cut.} . In very
many cases Of Heart Discuss he Nerves
and Stomach are affected uiso. and in
such il is useless TO treat the heart
alone. and one reason why Ous treatment
cures is because it sets the stomach
revitaliZeS the nerves ana huiidS up the
whole system. besides Strengthening.
cure YOU no matter how hyd off. and
to prove il we will send vou by mail
postpaid. without any conditions. with
cost. q, regular fullsizr treatment of DR..
Fullcr's Heart and Nerve Cure. and his
illustrated book. with whisI, YOU will
know your own case as We'll any doc
tor. Roth free.
Understand. this is not Sample" on
Trial. hut "a regular fuIl-StZc treatment
Neither is it n c. o. d. scheme or any,
thing of the kind nothing hit a fair
square chance for YOU to fully test this
grand treatment for Yourself YOUR
own home. without cost IL YOU have
one of the symptoms. Nervousness. Trem-
bling. TwitchinC. or Ni~h tmaria. Palnfta-
'ion. Fluttering Skfppine- h4'ats Of tho
llaart. Shnrt Breath. Faintiu~. sSmothnr-
ing. Choking. Numb or Sinking snells,
Dizziness NOse-hlepd SwnllinS Logs.
Asthma. Pain in Heart Side or Shoul-
der-blade Your heart and nerves are
surely v-r"n"-, Don't wait hut send now
FOR thc- fra fr"n- tT"a trrent and got we'll
Address The Heart Cure Co -, 222 Ma
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
Evans Relieved by Roosevelt.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please settle q dispute? Was Pension
Commissioners Evans relieved by Presi-
dent Mckinley or President Roosevelt >
Please, answer thru the columns of
your valuable paper.--L. {. Hutiine,
goth Ohio, OakwoUd, Ohio.
Pension Commissioner Evans was re-
!icved by Pre- 5ident Roosevelt.-Editor
National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
BROKEN RAILS.
4 Heated Dispute. Between steel Mei
and RaiirOadefs.

- = & b 49,
A vigorous, even acrimonious dispute
is going on between the makers, of steel
rails and the railroad managers. The
railroad men say that the rails are
far from being as good as formerly.
that they break with far more FREE
quency and entail immense. losses.
The steel men absolutely deny this.
They say that the railroads are .impos-
ing far heavier burdens than ever on
the rails, and are making rails weigh
ing no more than 20 or 80 pounds to
.he yard do work that should be i'm
posed on nothing lighter than 100
pounds.
Scientific men say that the trouble
due to the exhaustion of the ores which
have but low contamination of phos-
phorus, and to the fact that the rail-
makers are striving to get more out of
the metal than they should 1t is the
phosphorus which makes the metal
short or brittle. In the Bessemer
process it is attempted to get rid of
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
Long DIrtnace TaIkIng.

From Montreal to Winnipeg, 1,430
miles, is the greatest distance the hu-
man voice has ever been transmitted
The medium was a copper wire in
stalled by the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road Company for their teiegraphone
system, by which telegraph and tele-
phone message can be transmitted ST.
multaneously
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
sCIENTIEIC NOTES

: 1t is said to be extremely importan;
to tho proper setting of concrete, If the
best results are TO be obtained, that i,
be protected While the process is going
on from the wind and sun, especially ir
dry, warm weather. The dry air will
rob the sharp corners, and even the
faces, of their moisture. and a later
wetting will not repair the damage.
To remove paint from clothing OF
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering nvenng and
Creating.

to crop more freely from the head of
the ingot, and also adopt, in the sub
sequent manipulation of the rails, a
slower process with more frequent
passes thru the rolls and a more grad
ual bringing of the rail to it's final
shape.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
Work of the Patent Office.

For the week ended June IS, 1907
the Patent Office issued SCI patents
nine designs, 141 trademarks, IA labels
two prints and two reissues; making :,
total of 729, of which 491 patents and
designs and 13S trademarks went to
citizens of the United States and 79 pat
ents and designs and 10 trademarks
went to citizens of foreign countries.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
History of the 18th Iowa.

Sherman Kirk, 305 East sth street
Abilene, Kans.. is anxious to secure a
history of the 5th Iowa. He wrote the
Adjutant General of Iowa sometime ago
and learned that the supply in the hands
of that official had been exhausted. Can
any comrade help him?
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
A1d vet thji

&Su yet TIM
bright, intelli~
gent yo nj,
mar. with eve
g r ything O
live for would-
MT listen to
rea on - either
to his doctor
or to the
earnest plead
ings of his
wifs to do
something.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
FOUND DEAD IN BED!

Mr.. John c. Harris n prosperous young
farmer of Chambersburg. N. Y. went to
bed last Thursday night feeling as well
as usual Next morning his wife found
him dead in bed beside hert Was IL MUIR
der2 Yes and no. No. because he died
from so-called natural Gauss s-yes. be-
cause for months he'd known that he
had heart disease. and that st,dden death
might come from the least oyerexertion,
or by sleeping on his left si4e, and this
last proved too true!
The National tribune., 1907-06-27

Y, thinks that he has added to the.
comfort of well-dressed men by a hat
which will collapse into the smallest
space and be readily restored to its for
mer shape when it is desired to wear it,
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
SHORT
TALKS
SAVINGS BANK
DEPOSITORS
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD

are the most vitally interesting series Of
tabloid talks of advice to money-sa
that has ever appeared in a financial
publication or any paper. for that matter.
Money savers viii have more money in
the bank n the end of the year by read
ing these short talks. which tell in fear
less English all about the tricks that
Gct-ricIi-quirIS promoter uses to trap the
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
Can Opener.

Frank G. Aschbrenner, Stratford
Wis. has shown another possibility in q
single piece of wire by making from il
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
SAMPLE COPY FREE.

We want you to read this fearless
financial weekly, so will send you 4
specimen copy free. You can judge for
yourself whether it is worth subscribing
for or not.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27

a French statistician estimates tina
about $4,000 motor cars have beer
manufactured in the nine years since
the experiments of self-propelled roat
vehicles first succeeded.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27
Flag Talk,

Fig. BASKET at masthead, "Cargo
Fig. Bucket at masthead
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COllapsible Hat.

a very simple and apparently effective
can opener for which he has received a
patent
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THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Continued from page one.)

retard the work. in that they discourage
the men on the Isthmus and demoralize
the labor legions. That was the rea-
son, as has been often stated, for Peesi-
dent Roosevelt's trip to the 1sthmus last
November. followed by an illustrated
message to Congress in which he set
forth what he had seen and declared
that criticisms were without material
foundation.
But 1t is expected that criticisms will
arise anew from time TO time, and to
meet this the Commission offices here in
Washington have prepared n lot of ma
terial about what is being done on the
lsthmus. of the progress that has been
made, etc, etc. A number of the so
or 30 Congressman who visited Panama
in March and inspected the canal have
prepared lectures about il which
they propose to deliver during the
Summer and Autumn. The Admin
istration expects these lectures to be
quite a factor in enlighteninS the peo-
Pile. Soon after the return of the Con-
gressional parties Representative Loud,
of Michigan, one of the members whS
proposes TO deliver canal lectures before
his constituents, addressed 80 questions
about the canal to Secretary Bishop.
These questions were carefully an
Swered Mr.. Bishop made mimcOsraph
copies of the letter. and these have been
distributed to numerous persons asking
for information.
The dimensions of the locks in the
Gatun dam. for instance, are given in
the letter. The Board of Consulting
Engineers decided in favor of locks
there 50 feet wide, with uSable length
between gates of 900 feet, but these di-
mensions were afterward increased by
resolution of the Commission and by
approval of the President to 100 feet
wide, with a usable> length of 1000
feet.
4 lot of information which is not
available to the average citizen was
compiled in this reply to Representa-
tive Loud. 1t states that the highest
point of the original surface of the
ground in the CuIebra Cut was 334 feet
above sea level: that the highest point
of the original surface at Bas Obispo
was 235 feet above sea level; that the
French dug down 161 vertical feet in
Culebra Cut. leaving the Americans to
eXcavate almost as much again deeper
and through the broader base of the
mountain. The bottom of the 50 foot
level canal will be 40 feet above sea
level. so that there remained 1873 vertical
feet to be dug away in Culebra Cut.
There were, so feet more to be dug
away at Bas, ,Obispo.
Mr.. Bishop shows that the old and
new French Panama Canal Companies
excavated total, as estimated, of S0,-
SO, 900 cubic yards of the canal. of
which not exceeding 10000, 900 cubic
yards can be utilized by the present
builders. The estimated amount of eX-
cavation for sea level canal. as rec
commended by the majority of the Board
of Consulting Engineers was 231.026.-
All cubic yards. and for an S5-foot
level, 1O3. .795.O0O OF this latter total
50, $4,000 cubic Yards We're for the
canal prism. 6,260,O00 cubic yards were
excavation for lock structures and L.
$4,000 cubic yards for regulating works
and diverting channel.
The National tribune., 1907-06-27

Do not wrap paper around an incan-
descent electric lamp for a shade A
fire may easily be started from the heat
The National tribune., 1907-06-27

wealth, life and death OF everybody are
in their hands. "'-
This theory is followed even i'm the
establishment of Constitutional Govern
ments.
The King of Italy granted Consti-
tuition to his subjects. He said in this
grant that ne would give over a portion
of his powers to a Parliament, and if
this body exercised those powers wisely
he would give them more and if not,
ne would withdraw that which he had
given. The same is true OF the Empc-
rors of Germany and Austro-Hungary.
At one time the King of Prussia, under
Bismarck's advice, withdrew all his
power from Parliament and reigned alb
solutely alone as the Emperor of Aus
| tro-HunSary has done within recent
times, and threatens to do again. u
| This system WAS changed in. England
by a body of the aristocracy setting up
| to be the real rulers of the country and
compelling the King to relinqhlsh his
absolute powers. While this arsto-
cratic body claimed to be the people
of England" it was In reality only "A
small part of them, embracing many
of the nobility and substantially all of
the large land holders - --
There were millions of people of Eng
land who were no more regarded in the
formation of the Government than 50
many cattle. They were in fact only "A
higher grade of cattle, since myriads
of them were legally chained to the
soil and belonged with 1t to the land
holders. 1t has only been within quite
recent years that there has been any
real approach TO universal suffrage in
England or TO placing all men upon an
equality. 1t is not even said to-day that
the people of England rule the country
There is a Parliament which rules the
country. elects Kings and performs 9TH
er functions of Government. 1t says
from time To time who shall be allowed
to vote for members of Parliament and
for officers of the Government. Theoreti-
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-28
DESTINY OF THE RACE
Continued from page ~

Chestnut, w. T Vernon, who is now
the register of the U. S. treasurer,
and greatest of all is Booker T. Wash
ington-the son of an African slave.
His brain developed enough to con.
struct the greatest institution of learn.
ing for the race ever known, in the
Southern United States, and, while
the white man Is loathe to believe
that he is his equal, still this credit
must be, given to him with all just
tice. Here wish to state that on
May 23rd 1907, at the graduating .ex.
ercises in our city of Grand Junction,
Colorado, DR.. Allyswortb of Greeley,
In his address to the graduates, said
in part That God, Himself had select
ed Roosevelt to govern this country
and that he considered him one of
the greatest men of the age. He said
he could see the mighty personality
of Christ Himself walking again on
this earth and that in his opinion,
Booker T. Washington is as great
man as Roosevelt.
Since the close of the war the pop- |
ulation in the United States is TO-
100000 They own farm lands valued |
at $3OO,OOO,OOO, church properties at
$29,OOO,OOO, besides owning beautiful
homes in the cities. The Negro has
entered into all the professions and |
employments common to white citiz-
ems and is filling them, in nearly all
cases, creditably and acceptably.
Now let us see what are some of |
the special things we have done for
ourselves. The Negro has accepted
help but he has also evidenced a will.
lingness to help himself. AS a result |
of this, we have over $4,000 pupils in |
the schools of the South besides thous-
ands in the middle and northern
states, and over 1000 students in
European colleges. From the result
OF this, illiteracy has been reduced
within the past thirty years from Sc
per cent. to 49 per cent. We have
sixty institutions of higher learning
that are under the immediate control
of the Negro-some of them founded
by our efforts. More than 1000 mem
bers OF the race have taken collegiate
degrees, more than 300 being from
the colleges OF the N. and w. The
last census shows that the race has
over 10000 ministers. 1000 doctors,
1000 lawyers, $1,000 carpenters, 20,-
900 BARRIERS. $1,000 masons, 10000
dressmakers, 100 engineers and fire
men. 5000 shoemakers, 1000 musi.
clans and 1000 actors and showmen.
Colored inventors have taken out
more than 400 patents. This last cen.
sus shows that the race pays taxes on
over $4OO,OO0.000 worth of property.
This shows to you what the Negro
with the "ehiId's brain" has accomp-
lished In the first forty years OF his
freedom. While all this has been
done, the Negro must still do more.
While many, many have advanced and
are still advancing, there are thous.
nd 80