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New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
NEW PLEA FOR MORE PAY.
SURROGATE Beckett Says Clerks Who
Aid Others Should Get More.

surrorate Charles H. Beckett made an heroic
sttempt Yesterday at the budget hearing 10 get
an increase for each Of his recording bond clerks
h,, his nIes was rather coldly received by the
board ,
SURROGATE Beckett and Surrogate Thomas inserted
IN their budget estimate items showing the aid
each Of the clerks gives his family They gave
after the name of the employe, the date OF MS
ennointuent length OF service and lastly MS
family obligations the persons whom he asslsts
in sunrorting Some Of the clerks have been IN
the city's service twenty-sx years. ana ne saio 'eS
should be paid better salaries
DO you think II necessary TO go into the iallly
affairs Of your employees to make up your esu-
mates?" asked Mayor Mcclellan.
..Tt is necessary" replied Surrogate Beckett.
This should certainly be taken into consideration
They help others and should be paid for the gooo
work they do. All of them do splendid WORK ana
render faithful service TO the city
.aThen perhaps it would be wei! for the taxpayer
for the city TO employ only unmarried persons
and possibly We might have reduction OF taxes
for every additional child" suggested the Mayor
Al this pon. President Ahearn came TO the sur
roeate.s aid and asked: You simply put that in
for argument, don't you?"
Yes" replied the Surrogate.
.eTo soften our hearts," put in the Mayor and
President MCGOWAN simultaneously. TO excite our
sympathies."
The city magistrates OF Brooklyn, in asking for
sa05 600 an increase of s174,ooo. wanted 5000
rear salary for the ten justices. They got SoV''
The Manhattan magistrates get S00O Ihey also
wanted increases for the police clerks police clerks
assistants stenographers. interpreters, female pro-
baton officers and the secretary ana sSV'VVV 1or
seventy-fve court attendants
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
MENTIONS HIS TWO WIVES IN WILL.
Testator, Who Was Divorced BY Both o.
Them. Cuts Of the First.

Will IN which the testator mentioned his t"o
wives both Of whom had divorced him. was nIsc
TO- probate in Brooklyn yesterday IEe Ies'1''I
was Freeman E Huddle, formerly ne"spape'
rbo+ooranber and writer who committed suicide oy
shooting himself on December 81, 1906.
few weeks ago Mr. Huddles second Vns
learned Of his death She lives az Bloomington
Ill. under the name of Mrs Nellie r Van SeaorcN
Mr. HuddIe's will IN a safe deposit vault oe-
longing TO her father where 1t had been FOR a
dozen years as a sort Of collateral security for d
loan of $4,000 She brought IL East. and the SUI
rogate will consider IT on November IS
Mr Huddle married his first wife. Mrs la D
Huddle Of Chicago. in August 1875 Six chiidren
were horn TO them and then she divorced him, On
the ground Of abandonment He married again N
1892 and his second wife obtained divorce on ths
same ground IN September. 1899
In his VIII he gives his children amounts varying
from 81 to s25 lie cuts OF his first wife and gives
his second wife the remainder OF his estate his
estate amounts 20 S63S So.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
DRouTH THROWS 1000 OUT OF WORK.

Fleetwood w Va Oct 7-Practicaly every
manufacturing plant is idle in this neighborhood'
and over one thousand out of work be
corsa ~ the drouth Following a long dry spell
rain fell about month ago, but had little effect
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
ADDRESS OF Mr.. srRAus READ.

Chicago, Oct. 7.-For more than hour to-day
William J. Bryan addressed the Business Mems
National Bryan and Kern Association in the par
lors OF the Auditorium In the absence OF Nathan
Straus of New York the president OF the assOci-
alton. who telegraphed that member OF his fam
lily had been taken suddenly ill. his address was
read by Representative Rhinock OF Kentucky
Mr.. Streus gave his for supporting Mr..
Bryan, said he felt the Democratic can6ldate
would be elected and discussed his interest in the
work of the association
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
DETAILS OF THE RESCUE
Hope Vas GiUen Up When the
DumOis Succeeded.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Baltimore. Oct THE five soldiers of fortune and
the men In the crew they took out with them
in the old yacht Mayhower to hunt for sunken
gold were brought safely to port at 24O D. to-day
after being shipwrecked and buffeted by waves
almost mountain high in the Atlantic. about two
hundred miles east of Watling's Island.
Ali the five Harvard men, and in the May
flower which successfully defended the
Americas Cup. they essayed to find the treasure
of a sunken Spanish galleon in the Caribbean Sea.
but their vessel. which became total wreck. IS
tossing. a derelict the Atlantic. The mod
Argonauts G. II. Scull. OF Boston; r. A.
Derby, of New York; s. H. Noyes of Newport.
r. l.; Hayden Richardson. of New York. and S. S.
BoyIston, Of Baltimore. The members of the crew
Captain c. Harding, Edward Perham mate;
Joseph Higgins steward. J. Nelson, c. T. Oursen,
A. Speachr and f. Blousten
All Thursday night the itde vessel scudded along
before the wind under bare poles. tossed about
by the huge waves. which times swept
the deck and carried away all movable objects.
When day broke Friday the wind rising
and the storm had greatly increased in intensity,
and at had reached the height of its fury.
Several times during the morning the Mayhower.
struck by huge waves, thrown on her beam
ends
In this condition the vessel was sighted on Sat
urday morning by the steamer Advance. of the
Panama Line which endeavored TO give aid. Until
Sunday morning this vessel lay to. but owing TO
the high seas that were running was unable TO ap-
proach near enough TO put out boat or give any
assistance.
The Advance remained the Mayhower until
the steamship Ran. bound from Daiquiri TO Balti-
more hove in sight and rapidly bore down on the
yacht The Ran came as the yacht she
dared because Of the high seas, but. like the Ad-
vance was unable TO launch boat She did, how
ever try to get line aboard the disabled vessel
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
AERoNAUTIo EXHIBIT TURNED DOWN.
American Museum Obliged to Refuse Israel
Ludlow's Proposition.

The board OF directors OF the American Museum
OF Natural History discussed yesterday the pro
posaI TO place permanent aeronautic exhibit in
the museum. similar to the Langley aeronautic
room now being fitted up ar the Smithsonian Inst-
tuition at Washington The matter was brought
TO attention Of the directors some time ago oy
Israel Ludlow a member OF the Aero Club OF
America and an inventor OF flying machines.
George II. Sherwood. assistant secretary OF the
American Museum OF Natural History, said yeste--
dav that Mr.. Ludlow's proposition had been care
fully considered by the president and tie directors
of the museum and had been declined from Hnan-
cial reasons
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08
INCLUDED A HORSE IN TRAGEDY.
Virginian Kills Father-in-Law, Sister-in-Law.
Animal and Then Himself.

Norfolk Va Oct. John Richardson, young
farmer at Lamberts Point, to-day shot and killed
his sister-in-law Miss Josephine Cromwell; his
fatber-ir-Iaw Beverley Cromwell. and committed
suicide after he had killed his father-in-laws horse
Richardson and his wife, younger daughter OF
Mr. Cromwell, separated last Friday. Mrs Rich
ardson returned home last night MISS cromwell
returning with the year-old son of the Richard
Sons had the boy by the hand, approaching the
house to-day, when Richardson rushed out with
shotgun and shot her twice.
The father-in-Iaw approaching in buggy,
when Richardson shot and killed him. Richardson
,ren killed the Cromwell horse, and returning TO
his farm yard blew out his brains. He is thought
to have been insane
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08

Mr.. Frost disputed the facts, and said that
we didn't know what we were talking about
New-York tribune., 1908-10-08

buoy hoated, the line sank and we were unable
~ erapple IT, Seeing the difficulty she ouoyed 'he
line and started towing it around u.s. out the emu
o,,a oI1ravs swing clear as she maneuvred so
slowly. -
In turn we sent a galvanized iron buoy with a
line attached off leeward but the line parted ana
we lost IT, We sent off another buoy OF the sahle
kind with buoyed line but 1t proved OF no SCI
vice
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02
To Be or Not to Be?

Irrespective Of what we may or may
not think of the merits of prohibition
it is today more widely discussed and
more strenuously upheld in the United
States than ever before. There may
be countless arguments made in favor
of it and all Of them contain much
wisdom, as any unprejudiced mind will
readily concede. Against prohibition
however, there appears to be but one
real objection-an objection which if
legitimate must be based upon funda-
mental principles of rights and privi-
leges sacred to. the individual-per-
sonal liberty. This question then, sifted
to the bottom and separated from all
extraneous hypothesis and uninteiligi-
BILE palaver, must be presented and
met on the grounds Of personal rights
and liberty as guaranteed by our con-
stitution.
1t is, perhaps, needless to say that no
one except, possibly, very few of the
narrowest bigots and utterly deluded
fanatics would ybe willing, under any
circumstances. 10 sacrifice one iota Of
American independence in order tc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02
Acquiring Clear Speech.

Now how are people to break them
selves of faulty enunciation. Simply
by taking time. In this country we
are encouraged to do things:in hurry.
To be busy, that is, to be:rushed, has
been so long an ideal with us that even
if we really are not busy we have ac-
quired the habit Of doing things in q
busy way = that is, hurried way.
We attend to tribes hurriediy. We
even speak hurriedly when We have
plenty of time. Moreover, it il 80 cred
ible in the general estimation to seem
busy that many people with plenty of
leisure pretend to be busy and dishon-
estly say they are busy, and act as if
they were busy, and talk, with the
bresthless hurry OF people rushed to
death. So if we decide to speak well
we must accept this ideal and relax
from the tension with which most of
us hold ourselves. When we express
ourselves we shall then express, not q
hurried, nor an harassed being, but a
nature calm and rational. Instantly
many of our faults of diction will
straighten themselves out, and we shall
find our task of clear speaking astonish-
ingly Observation-Disclosures Bazaar.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02
The Troublesome
Man.

= The troublesome man is person who
is continually finding fault, who is
always complaining; he is the man who
does not appreciate what is being done
for his good. He is so dense that
he lacks the brains to see that he
is what is termed chronic nuisance.
This kind of person usually has too
little with which to occupy his mind;
hence, the desplcable habit of being
confirmed pest and grumbler. He is
the type of man who should be given
the task of picking up pebbles, quitting
them in heap and distributing them
again as he found them, the kind OF
task that does not permit of any ''rub-
ber-necking" into other peoples affairs.
Strenuous measuresi applied in such
cases are the only means to be adopted
to bring such persons to a full realiza-
tion of the contemplate motives by
which they are actuated
1t is not .infrequently the case that
the troublesome man endeavors to con-
vey to others the idea that he has lots
of "pulp Ill life to see him Through all
the escapades, pranks and petty anoy-
ances which he tries to inflict on others
by which aforesaid "pull" he expects
to gain immunity from the consequen-
ces of his mean, unmanly methods.
The moment it Is found that an in
I'm 10 oil int
consideration which may have there
tOfOre been manifested towards him, is
Immediately Withdrawn. While some
persons treat the troublesome indi-
viduaf with the silent contempt which
is so forcibly expressed IN the words of
the poet: "Where ignorance is bliss,
'twere folly to be wise," it must never
theless not be overlooked that in s0>
doing it tends to make the troublesome
man, if anything, worse. 1t is so much
better to say, II am so very sorry that
you are not on good terms with your
self and mankind in general, perhaps
your liver is out of order, ori what is
still worse, you have not had any quiet
talks with God"
And tho the troublesome man may
give retort that is quite in keeping
with his general disagreeableEand un-
manly spirit, we can afford to shoulder
the burden for the sake of the stand
ard that has for its emblem "Right
with God."-Star of Hope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02

strange that it should have persisted
for, so many years when the story of
it's misconduct was told at every in
spection. With lap seam the shell
of a boiler cannot be made cylindrical,
nor can the internal pressure bring it
into that condition without distor-
tion of the metal at or near the lap.
This dastortiou usually occurs at the
edge of the lap on the inside where
it was concealed from view by the
tubes and scale and was of such mag
nitude that the metal was at first over
strained and so took on permanent
set, then cracked and gave the water
entrance into the interior. Then cor
rosion started and grew untiLit man.
ifested itself in growing. Since bend
ing will always occur at the smallest
part, this section that was made small
est by cracking and corr0slon was
obliged to sustain all the strains due to
the adjustment of the shell to the
internal pressure, at last the plate be-
came too weak to sustain the load and
it gave away. Then another explosion
was due to growing. Some laid the
fault at galvanic action, acid in the
water or defective plates. Others to
carlessness in handling the plates dur
ing construction, and it was not for
many years that the real defective
cause was found, namely, the lap seam.
But this is of the past the lap seam has
gone never to return for locomotive
work, and if abolished from stationary
work it would solve many problem
regarding an explosion which is given
to the world as arising from unknown
causes. Furthermore, ii state law
was put in force making it a criminal
offense to use it in stationary work
many man Cvuid te saved from.se
rious accidents and it would be pro.
lection to all who are brought in touch
with this class of work.
With the abolishment of the LAP
seam one of the most prolific causes
of locomotive boiler explosions was
done away with, and the seat of these
disasters was transferred, as it were
from the shell to the firebox. How
many failure reports Of engines art
due to careless inspection, as many {
report reads like this, "leaking." Well
that should not say leaking when ther'
are fues that can leak, staybolts tha
can leak, mudring that can leak, no
steaming when flues are stopped up
honeycombed flue sheet, poor coal
green firemen, and leaky steam pipes
All these and many other causes shoult
not be allowed to occur. If pipes ant
boiler are thoroughly inspected befor'
leaving the roundhouse this could b.
prevented. II such law as was Ell
acted in New York state short Will
back, which made special provision 70
boiler inspection and held responsible
the chief railroad mechanical Office
for all disasters, was put in general ell
, culation and rigidly enforced, we woul
not hear nor read of so many and sue
appalling boiler disasters.
CHARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02

Tribulation wOrketh patience; and
patience, experience; and experience,
hope. That is the order. You cannot
put patience and experience into q
parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring
hope out of Observation-Disclosures
Maclaren.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-02

Frugality is fair fortune; and hab-
its OF industry good estate. Frank
lin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07
Defied the Judue.

"It has been so many years ago that
most people have forgotten that the
late Susan B. Anthony was fined 800
or a years Imprisonment for having
dared to vote for General Grant for
president" said Chicago judge.
Miss Anthony was as brave as she
was intellectual and asked to be allow
ed to speak a word in her own be-
half Permission being given, she
told the court of the struggle she had
in keeping a little newspaper going
from which she made her living. Your
honor she said, holding up her right
hand I am due my creditors not less
than $1,000. This money | expect to
live to pay, but I am willing this arm
shall wither from my body before l
pay the 500 you have so unjustly as
sessed against me-
THE court realized the deep SER
iousness of Miss Anthony'S declaration,
and though she could have been or
dered to Jail for nonpayment of the
fine his honor did not have the nerve
to enforce the extreme penalty. MISS
Anthony lived for many years after
its imposition, but the fine was never
paid. baltimore American.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07
CROPS GROW WITHOUT RAIN.
How tho Syrian Peasant Makes Use of
the Moist Subsoil.

In Syria and Palestine from the be-
beginning of April until October
there is practically no rain, yet in
July the fields TEEN with a vigorous
growth of watermelons, tomatoes.
cucumbers, etc, all fourishing with
out artificial watering, although at
that time no rain has fallen for many
weeks.
In fact the Syrian peasant, from
the moment his seed has been sown,
prays that no rain may fall. During
the period of growth of crop the
surface of the soil to a depth Of six
or eight inches Is perfectly dry and
loose. Below this surface layer will
be found moist soil, in which the
roots extend and grow vigorously. In
this moist subsoil plants continue to
grow until late autumn. When the
crop is removed in the autumn the
rains commence and the land Is
ploughed after each heavy rain as
soon as the soil begins to dry.
Two primary objects are kept In
view in ploughing-to furnish IA
vorable surface for taking up all the
water and to prevent its upward eva
poration from the subsoil. The great
points to keep the upper six inches
of soil perfectly loose and friable, so
that the moisture from below Is not
drawn upward and lost in evapora-
ton, but does not ascend higher than
the compact subsoil that Is not bro
ken up by the plough. For this reas-
on the ploughing is shallow, averag-
ing from four to six inches In depth.
When the time for sowing the seed
arrives the land is ploughed to a
depth of about six inches and the
seed is sown from an arrangement
attached to the plough, falls on the
damp subsoil and Is covered by the
soil closing over behind the plough
share From this time the upper
stratum of lose soil prevents the es-
cape Of moisture upward beyond the
wet subsoil on which the seeds rest
and into which their roots after the
process of termination spread.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07
CHAPTER XIX.
Storm Island.

"Faix! will ye be plased to come
down the stair for minute, sor? Shure
we've travelled this worruld over, but
I'm thinking ye niver saw the likes of
what l av' to show ye. By the powers,
it's the quarest catch meself ever made
since 1 first set foot on Storm Island,
sor!"
The speaker, a middle-aged Irish
man, with a rich brogue and a twinkle
in the tail Of his eye, stood, hat in hand,
looking into chamber at the very top
Of the stone tower which crowned the
wild grandeur of Storm Island.
1t was an octagon room, finished in
natural wood. A powerful telescope
was mounted at one OF the large Win
dows: books lined the walls from floor
tc ceiling. Fowling pieces and scien-
tifc instruments mingled in the pictur-
esque disorder Of the place. There
were tables, rugs and comfortable
chairs scattered about, and stretched
along the oak floor lay the same collie
dogs which Edith Fassel had petted at
Windmere.
The hour was early: the pink dawn
still blushed in the sky; but already
Paget Fassel was writing at table,
near a seaward window. He put down
his pen as the old servant delivered his
speech from the doorway.
What is the matter, Terry?' he SAID,
impatiently. will l come downstairs?
Certainly not You must not disturb
mel am busy this morning. Tell
Norah to bring my coffee here"
Terry's broad face betrayed some in
ward excitement.
"FaixI I'm axing We only to step
down, sor, and Civ one look at her On
she's the darln' o the worruld, wid
face like a blown rose, and a smile
fit TO warm the very cookies av yer
heart"
Good Heaven! Terry, are you going
crazy? Since when have you taken 10
paving Norah compliments like these?
Do I not know that you lead a regular
cat-and-dog life with her, and that she
henpecks you unmercifully?
Terry grinned.
"Norah. is it? God save ye. sor! It's
not Norah that I'm after talking about
at all. May the devil fly away via all
sich scolding tongues
Easy, Terry-easy!'
We'll. be gorra, sor, I'm longing u
tell ye what befell me last nlght out
there beyant, and all in sight aV yer
own tower light. Wirra, wirra! yer
honor might 'av' seen it easy enough
i: ye'd looked out"
Fassel perceived that his factotuh
had really something upon his nina.
Come in, Terry" he said, and un-
bosom yourself!" And Terry stepped
into the chamber
Last night, as yen be afther re-
membering, sor, the fog Wor as thlck
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07

salaries-being only $4,000, and the
first year only $4,000, the highest be-
ing an allowance of $4,000 in 1907.
of which over $2,5OO was returned to
the treasury unusued; that the cost
of the 1906 experiments with foreign
labor was not borne by the state, but
by contributors; that by different
mental exertions thousands Of dollars
Of valuable advertising-some that
money could not have bought-had
been obtained for the state; that the
three branches Of the work had been
prosecuted with less means than
some departments of the government
that do merely routine record work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-08-07

s8 One hundred and fifty dremen
are employed on some Of the great
American liners.
,sT Berlin has a greater number Of
policemen, per capita, than any other
city.