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New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

1t is the most highly priced possession I have
that is in a frame. could earn $50 month and
my board II I chose 70 be master of a ship on
the lakes. And let tell you that could take
the ship anywhere"
"You were one OF the organizers OF the Michigan
State Naval Brigade?'
'Yes. number OF young men, personal ac-
Quaintances, together and drilled like good
fellows We liked the work and exercise and
thought might possibly be of some value.
was n landsrnan at first. Later I promoted
to be a lieutenant and the navigator. Mr. Roose-
Welt visited Detroit in 1897 to look He was
then Assistant Secretary OF the Navy. and was
engaged in writing a volume OF history which re-
ouired an account OF the battle of Lake Erie
Never having been on the scene Of the fight. Of
fered 10 take him theye in my boat. SO he knew
about us when war was declared against Spain
Nevertheless notified him that we were ready
"One morning he asked me by telephone how
many men we could supply were we to be ordered
TO report to the naval authorities at Norfolk, Va
told him the whole reserve was crazy TO move
at the first opportunity. We came East on rush.
took the oath the day OF Deweys victory at
Manila fearful that the war would end before we
got into II. and May went aboard the United
States steamer Yosemite. full ships company OF
ns-9 officers and 260 men. The commander and
three lieutenants OF the navy were the only pro-
fessional sailors the ship Professor Mortimer
E Cooley, OF Ann Arbor University. was chief
engineer and took his graduating class with him
into the engine ROOM In fact nearly 70 per cent OF
the crew were university men. Our fremen came
from factories IN Detroit and were sent 20 US by
persons whom we knew.
I'VE did blockade duty off ports IN Cuba and
Porto Rico and also did some cruising, On Juno
S we chased the steamer Antonio Lopez ashore
near San Juan, Porto Rico. ana engaged three
Spanish gunboats which came to her assistance
Although we were under fire for nearly five hours
from ellnboats and shore batteries, men be-
haved like veterans The gunbcets escaped by
going to shelter under the guns OF MORO Castle.
Congress voted bounty OF $4,000 because We
defeated an enemy superior TO us in strength. Dur
ing the battle fred about three hundred and
thirty shells and worked gun hard that
We melted II at the muZzla-~
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

bea SITS Of burden curled up their rugs underneath
thei- carts, fast asleep
The idea of self-protection is carried out CON-
Sstentlv except in the case OF the duellng at the
uuversities And that too is perfectly safe 1t is
tween the "duellists'' to give each other q salts
factory streak across specified region Of the face
A short time ago a committee OF Enslshrnen
made an investigation into German condiuons 10
dpd out why II wes that German working people
seemed to stand so much higher a plahe IilAii
English laborers earning the same comparative
SALARY After q detailed examination ana muCh
travel through Germany they went back ana rs
ror+ed to Parliament that It undoubtedly true
that the level was higher morally and physically
Ia II possible that an Englishman would make this
admission II II did not seem to him incontrovert-
bIe? And they asserted in their written statements
that It was because the German drank much less
st-ons stuff and took better care of himself gen
AraIlyy. he desired to dress ceany have his family
make as good an appearance as possible, to have
cean comfortable home, and. above all things. to
keep himself and every belonging to him in
good health
1t is all quite In the opposite spirit from that
shown in the case OF the American college girl who
said to her chum day:
Neil I have to give up basketball 1t Is
dreadful disappointment"
''ThyY' asked the other
well unluckily, I've been hurt 50 often, and
father won't have II any mora He gays he doesn't {
mind 50 much II hurt myself. but IL makes him
furious II some else hurts me-.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
4 MALIGNED DOUICILE.
Derice of Ne50 England SpiHstsr
to Escape Paying Rent.

LAWYER in = Connecticut city had charge oe
settling the estate Of aged woman II Included
the house IN which she and her sDns5er sister had
lived As the place was TO be disposed Of az pr
vate SALE instead Of at auction, the sister was
allowed TO live in it. rent free on condition tna-
she show possible purchasers over IT, Advertise
nents in the newspapers brought a number o.
persons to the lawyer who wanted 70 Inquire
about the house and they were sent % look az T.
Not one Of them. however. came back % open
actual negotiations This seemed strange, as the
property was In every way desirable Finally after
two or three months, the lawyer made up h-5
mind that something was wrong so he sent his
stenographer. whom the aged woman did not Know
TO the house on the pretence OF wanting 20 buy Il
It's lovely old place. said the caretaksr ID
her visitor. Some folks say the cellar Is damp
and malarial. but I don't take any stock in that-
I know 1 have rheuma tism pretty bad sometimes
but I might have had it anywhere else Just the
same They may tell you. too. that the well IS
contamina ted, because some people who used %
live here had typhoid fever and a young siri oisd
from IT. But that doesn't prove they got the
disease from the we'll Ne and my sister drank
the water for years and never had typhoid fe'sr
nothing like IT."
She led the way upstairs and opened q dark.
musty room, but was careful not TO cross tas
threshold.
The house vas too big for us tive" she vent
on so my sister used TO let rooms sOrnetl'-ss-
One OF the dodgers died in here from smallpox
He was some kind OF a Russian I haven't ever
had occasion TO go IN there since, but l Voullh :
be afraid If there was any need II vas furnl-
gated all right and the mattress was burned Il
any OF the germs left I guess they're al
dead by now. \ scrubbing brush. broom ana
some sunlight would make everything cheerful
again.
This is the room they say IS haunted ms
spinster continued when she opened the next dooE-
~ woman went crazy and cut her chids throa'
here years and years agO. They used 10 say tnaI
soap and chemicals wouldn't clean the b-oods'ail
in the floor. and when a carpenter had plans1
away quarter OF inch the spot was SUI
there"
When this conversation was repeated % tls
lawyer he saw the situation once Ths Gu
woman received only small legacy from the g
tate. II the house was sold she would have -
move elsewhere and pay rent 50 she had eA-S-
gerated imagined her grewsome yarns SIS
was promptly Ousted and a purchaser for lA9
place was soon found
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
SUICIDE OF AN ELEPHANT.

remarkable story comes from Agra couceeTHln3
what is declared 10 be the deliberate suicide =
elephant The great annual mela. or ial' -
Eatesar. in the Northwest Provinces. = ne-t On
bank OF the Juuna. which is there crossed - -
bridge Of boats. Al the side Of he river ol,ssnts
the Iair there IS "A slope down which tile -
bringing visitors the bridge slide into - ths
and swim across A young elephant Ih1A.-S mass ~
trip for the first time trumpeted angrAS 49, 10
trappInSs were stripped from him preIatSs.- fbs
his swim but seeing other elephants SliI7Svrsd
stream ahead Of him. he plunged ~ ald tCC-sr hs
When he reached the opposite bank. 40 rss ma
swerved around and swan back ast.E- N-s with
hout sought 10 force him around tSali = - ~ the
out result and when within y,lrd o. ~ IT, nse1
bank the elephant. after tTumpetins Ss-S time ths
down into the river. Just in he ncS y bar,bo,.
rahout was rescued by means or a toaS oaSSvears nee,
hut the elephant drowned. TO 81, iS1tsrtiser
NJ hts own Deliberate act.-pundee AutN- ,
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
MONUMENT RISES
TWO MILES In AIR.
NATURE REARED 1T IN
COLORADO.
By Presidents Proclamation Freaks
in Stone Are to Perpctuatc
Army officers Memory.
tFron Ths Tribune sursaa

Washington, Dec. 2sy-President Roo..vs1, -.
just issued proclamation creating the whssls-
National Monument in Colorado 20 eomrns11ora,.
the name Of brave army oficsr and TO save
from vandalism marvellous collection OF aat7r,.
freaks situated 800 feet IN the air in Colorado
almost at the crest OF the Continental Dlvids ?,
isn't every army officer whose memory IA k.,+
fresh by a monument two miles in the air BIZ Ex
ecutive~ proclamation Few OF fhem are b1sssas
with such lasting fame VIII be passed down -
posterity with the name OF Captain George N
Wheeler, corps Of engineers. for there are rs-
such wonderands on the continent IS included g,
the three hundred acres taken IN By the Pres
dents order.
Canyons and pinnacIes peaks and buttes cave,
and figures strangely resembling men and bsss-x
are scattered over the IN the greatest pro-
fusion and make never firing museum So- +6A
tourist. All the formations cut b. the action
OF the water soft stone and softer earth and
the work Of erosion IS still going on Captain
Wheeler Of the first engineer ofce-z 70
visit that region. and between the years 1850 and
1873 he traversed the territory very thoroughly and
made great many surveys OF the country IA
performed the work that is being done By TIA
Geological Survey. and the land was filed with
hostile Indians there is no discountins ths brand
Of courage he must have possessed TO stick At the
Job.
The new storehouse of nature freaks viii bs
taken care OF by the national government IN ths
future like the Grand Canyon OF the Colorado ths
Big Trees some Of the Cliff DweIers' homes and
come the prey Of vandals unless guarded by ths
law The creation Of monument BY Presiden-
tal proclamation is merely the legal performance
that must be gone through with to bring the Oh
ject under the governments protection Tho
Wheeler Monument does not really belong to ths
government any more than it did before the Presi-
dent issued the proclamation. for IL vas already
in the Rio Grande National Forest. which IS under
national control But those who commit acts ct
vandalism within its boundaries remove portions
of the formations will be subject TO heavy penalty
According the report OF z. c Spencer. for
est supervisor who recently explored the locality.
the ground Is believed to have been traFerset ~
the ul-fatei expedition Of John G. Fremont Dis
aster IS believed TO have Overtaken the Path
finder in the immediate neighborhoOd OF the mon
urnent for skeletons OF mules, bits OF harness and
pieces Of camp equpage found about the ancient
trails are thought to have belonged TO him Ths
forest service officials believe that 4
wagon road Is built from Hot Springs Hotel, az
Wagon Wheel Gap, some ten miles distant the
place will be much visited by tourists The Denver
& Rio Grande Is the nearest railroad and Wagon
Wheel Gap the station you leave when you visit
the monument.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
SYMPATHY WHICH WAS CoDDLING.

a small boy playing with his express wagon
in the front yard OF his home. in Brooklyn He
got into the vehicle. but a defiance Of the avs
Of gravity upset Il backward and he fell on rs
head. A man who happened TO be across tas
street saw him set Up, rub his head anc DOS
around 70 If any sympathetic person mas ~
view Seeing none such he went on with "a
play as II nothing had happened.
His mother, however, had' Witnessed the tIIn0is
from an upper window and hastened down
Are you hUrt2'' she asked ezcitedly
The boy burst into bawL
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
COMFORT FIRST OF ALL.

Among Americans It IS often the case that peo-
pie too inclined TO comfort uninteresting. A
German is seldom interesting until he is first COM
Portable. Then he opens his eyes to the worlds
delights and misses few Of them. And he is not
so selfish about It he is often credited with
being. animals certainly we'll taken care
of. The horses splendid looking beasts Even
the podding dogs that help the venders pull their
carloads of wares must be provided with mat 10
lie on while they waiting outside shops and
houses. It Is a comfortable thing to the little
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
MUST KEEP CHIMNEY CLEAN.

Another regulation provides that you shall have
Eol1- chimney cleaned year, II Il Is Chin
l,ev IN, daily use This accounts for the presence
f.n Germany Of the only really unoanny-looking
sxeople OF modern rfnles-chirnney sweeps. Thin
tand wtry, all OF coioT-clcthes. skin and hair
tsud covered smooth with the thick. feathery
smut when you the whites OF their eyes and
hear them speaking in cultural German you feel
kvou are ia the presence OF grolnes. But one Of
thern who was accosted the other day By stranger
lsnot,,-tnE q direction answered with great po-
,.tenss as could be shown by the Crown Prince
himself And 10 the ''Oanks Ech6n'' OF the
stranger tire Inevitable bite sehr" came back
.n 9 voice as tuneful q fresh spring wind In the
accustomed chimney
This chimney cleaning ordinance helps largely
toward keeping your house from burning down,
this ana tbs rule against taking an uncovered
hight into your cellar garret- And you willingly
observe every precauton. because you viii pe fined
AZ by any carelosSness OF your own you let your
thous. catch FIRE AS result, the German fireman
fss 81 idle as q soldier IN the American regular
se--ny Work has be found for him. He even
tass 10 gala day Ike the Fourth OF July. because
f,he- Germans celebrate national events their 10Y
.-.ns 20 beer and Rhine wine more than 20 gun
powder.
There are other ways In which your house is not
.o-,r castle The police must see that 10 one OF
yo- Is living :, e room whose only window Is q
slrylght or In any more than foot inches
beueath tha surrounding ground surfacs- You must
ar~<-xf 9s<xs .ss> 3eysef assisbls room Cog wis
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
BEERS TEMPERATURE REGULATED.

II you go to see a big street parade, suoh as the
entrance Of the Princess Victoria into Berlin on
October q. or any other crowded outdoor affair,
like the start Of the international balloon races in
Berlin you will find temporary Red Cross stations
at frequent intervals If faints, coInpe-
tent help the spot st II you feel chilled
or overtired from standing long, you get
a little something from them to brace you up
Then there numbers OF scattered instances OF
the way self-care is forced you. Among other
things the temperature OF your beer IS regulated
by law It is good for you 10 drink It too cold
II you belong the reform movement, which IN
cludes everything bodily from clothing and FOOD
right through Paradise beds. you will want your
drink warm and Will call for beer heater with
your stein. They viii bring it to you every place
Again II you ride a bicycle you must carry 3
brake. This is a police rule.
If you are a storekeeper you must close up shop
at o'clock and go off TO rest or enjoy yourself
You fined If you keep open.
Even a hod carrier has been thought OF. Hs
must not carry more than twenty-stx bricks one
flight up twenty-five bricks two flights up, eighteen
bricks three flights It is better to take ore trips
than to carry too heavy loads
And. by the way, have you ever been standing
by an open window in railroad carriage in winter
and had the conductor in and shut II right
before your faos7 This when you were alone in
the compartment and not by any chance cooling off
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

any one else. It is not good for you 10 stand in
a draft that is all. And It is done in kindly sort
Of way too although there is quite frown of dis
approval for for not taking better care OF your
self than this.
On the other hand II any one else does you q
wrong you are object Of universal sympathy.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
NEEDED MOURNING.

Tbs Iadv-I haven't much in the soase ,iScs OF
YOU NV poor man. but would you iiA9
my pteS -. s- xot a old Black
CoatS black one
TbA Hobo-pa feIler Yer gave p-ss',,S IAaaax.
d.. o6der day was pal o naine--CI7'e
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
CAN'T BUY ON INsTALMENT.

aro-Ber form of suicide that Is against the po-
lice laws Prussia is the furnishing Of your nat
with articles 10 paid for the instalnent plan
The amount Of hard wear on the nerves that TINS
simple arrangement saves needs. perhaps no com
Inent
Ana why ara there so few street fights in Ger
man ciries2 Because OF the fines you must pay
for striking your Inan-dinerent prices according
70 the part Of him you hit solar pleXus.
and 50 forth: and all parts are rather expensive
The man who is struck give II back free, but
ss for the first 20 strike. one can readily see
how he would lose the rash impulse 10 fight If he
must stop long enough TO pick out a cheap spot
On the o1ber fellow. Hardly any os the little Tegu-
latlone they have clever at saving man
from himself s this.
In the streets also you greatly encouraged TO
nav attention where you are going because II
;-ou allow yourself he over by a wagon you
must pay some six eight marks for your neg-
rence A German woman in Berlin, going unalert
sIong the sidewalk with little tots by the
hand found herself suddenly face 10 face with a
heavy team Of horses coming out from the court
ward Of one Of the houses. She lodged and man
eyed t1y a very narrow margin TO save herself and
.fhe children. But the man driving the cart was
.surious.
Don't you know" he howled after her, that you
are aned for being run over IN BeriInZ"
And surprising Il IS. and puzzlfng too. at
first Il does make more careful
In The ruling Of your household you com
PEELED bv the police TO protect your own interests
n e number Of waya For instance, II you ike in
g city you are not permitted TO defaoe your back
5srd OF your side OF front yard with washing hung
out 10 dry. Nor may you spoil the effect Of your
dwelling place either front by having the
wash On balconies OF On lines running from the
.~Tindovrs opposite poles. Clothes must be dried
sn the aTtic The top floor OF every apartment house
IS arranged as a community drying ROOM in &C
corcence WITH this law. Not long ago two Arneri-
can students in Berlin engaged top floor in a
house 70 ~ Il up studio. The floor was never
used, 6 al the laundry for the house was sent
uut a wssCbanstalt. After considerable work
Eend more expense than seeInly they had their
ait1le place ell ready for settling down 20 work
And just they about TO SIT q knock came
10 the door and tas police entered II seemed that
the a1hcr1tIes only Just heard OF the presence
OF the newcomers, and Jop floors were only for
crying rooms, they must evacuate al once. The
outraged explained 81 length that the floor
was ard would be totally unused for drying pur-
Yoses- But It r1st much against the law a;
sbe end of their explanation at the beginning.
The police, however are never in any unreason-
shIe hurry about such things. They gave the DIS
icresseG tine % 10 an American lawyer.
and a. last scDprn1s the lawyer had hopes Of being
sbie 70 six II up~ with the police director OF that
ltiEtrtct- II New York lawyer that thought
s,% ia Sosflr3r1a oft hs
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27
SERVANTS GET BEST OF IT.

SERVANTS Gil b6SI w 44s
tn. only unexr iained household regulation is the
one which forbids lodging house keeper ana s4A
members OF his family from sleeping WIN 'Ho
lodeers except by permission of the local polico'
Servants are made TO protect themselves HI
most surprisingly roundabout fashion ana py az
ARRANGEMENT that the madame or the mousse "
first thinks is designed for her benefit But mousse
holders do not be misled by this Your servant
newly hired, must show you her police book' III
which appears her name, home. ETC. 1he places
where she has worked and the criticisms as TO ner
character and ability which each mistress writes
,ter. whom she and tie maid part. An unsuspect-
ing German lady-newly marred-in olsmleslnh
her first unsuccessful candidate for }he posi'ioh
of cook wrote in the little police book what WIS
cutie true that the girl had stolen large sum
OF money from her bureau drawer Inc Cooh
hacked I'D and left without comment In rev
days the madame was served with lesai papers
made TO appear in court for NUMBER OF Gays Ia
succession detained in the city all summer on &C
count Of various postponements ond comings UP
of the suit. and finally sentenced TO pay the as
missed servant fine OF 300 marks and TO bear sII
the costs of the proceedings. All this was because
the theft being theft of legal tender whlch WAS
unidentfable, the householder was unable 10 prove
her charge and therefore became haole TOT oeialua
ton of character.
In this way. when a person writes only so mucn
hostile criticism she can legally prove II is evil
dent at once how little is written. And in Germany
the courts seem 10 be so easy running that they
with the smallest grievances
Did say that you would be taken care OF II you
neglected yourself? 1t is quite true Here Is a re-
rnarkable instance of II. A German coming down
the Rhine few weeks ago conhded 10 reno"
traveller that he was on the way TO Wiesbaden
for two weeks at the cure before going back TO
business The man looked to be in such flourish
ing condition the other could not help asking
what the trouble
well Won see" answered the candidate for
cure my knee was injured a railroad wreck
few weeks ago, and although am really all
right now the directors of the railroad insist on
nv going to the baths at Wiesbaden at their ex-
pense so that 1 VIII be toned up better for my
work It would be foolish to refuse-yes?' This
with the truly German twinkle in the corner of his
New-York tribune., 1908-12-27

ter sitting room and all the floors must be soho
20 n-o+eot vo,, from ascending danpness II you
have one OF the rnuch-used electric elevators IN
your house-the personal kind, in which you are
your own elevator boy-you must pass shgHt
Civil Service examination before you are perlhi''e0
70 run yourself upstairs In It. The examination Is
rosrelv 70 show that you are mentally competent
70 unlock the elevator door, step in and push the
little pearl button which starts the mysterious
on u-s-d light.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-29
Ljubezen do donna.

NSi ljubimo mas dom in mas,
druzine. kar mas Stori sreGne. zla-
ST ce je nevolja in bolezcn dalpC
cd naSega praga. Toda Y ~slucaiu
aolezni mora biti nasa ljubezen Sc
VEGA. IN opustiti ne smemo nice
sar. da reSimo bolnika. Nj VAN
!amo dober svet. V bolezni. XII so
5acne Z izgubo. apetita. nerednosti
V leiodcu in slicnimi neprilikami.
vzivajte takoj Trinerjcvo ameris-
Ko zdravilno grenko vino. s TEN
hitrc pOmorete prebavlialnim or
CANON do pravilncga delovanja IN
do o~krepGanja celega zivota. Ra-
biti hi Sc morale V zelodcnih in
trevesnih boleznih ter V slucaju
;elesne slabosti. V lekarnah. Jos.
Triner. 6l6-622S So. Ashland ave.
Chicago. Ill.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-29
Slovencem v pogled.

Cenjeni zdravnik Collins, n. Y.
Medical Institute:
Vasa posljana zdravila sem DO
rabbi ter sc pocutim polonoma
zdrav tako, kakor sem bill pred bo-
lezniJo, a molcal sem toliko casa,
da sem sc prcprical, da SEN do
kraja o~zdravljen, ker Sc mi bole-
e nj wee povrnila.
lskreno sc Van toraj zahvalju-
Jem "a vse, kar ste mi storili ter
Yam ostajam vedno iskreni pri-
jatelj.
A. Augustin,
Box % Crested Butte, Colo.