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New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Queer Peoples Described By
An Expert Who KnOs0S Ibe1

r precipitous cliffs some seventy leei =
The approach was by narrow so-g
one end, and just before the noAof
reached the members OF the sAEea
found on the left a saCrifcial slao sas
by a palm tree, 10 which was suspsn-1
live goat. while on the right was
Of skulls and iujus. Within the hoH't
a pool of water "a foot OF so in dspi1
Of CrocOdiles and catfish, wal q =
encfrcling the pool and an island
centre.
Two affairs were erected on tnis s
one of trade gums and stones. tns
of wood. adorned with bones, tss-
blood and vOtive offerings Of
kinds. and at the far end OF me =
with a stream triCkling from oens-
stood the great altar. composed oi
mating. backed by cloths. ana
topped BY a huge pile OF human So
this precious paraphernalia was o'
by the expedition and the innuna-
tices of the juju priests Of Arpq-C Cn-.
Long Juju." were put a stop 70 -. -.
Csnnibalism is still prevaLent
many of the tribes OF the Niger -. -.
IL is now a religious ceremony anu -
Iv hound I'D with human sacTiHce-
flesh is not eaten as food Or oeIA'S
erioved but is consumed. in 1ile =.
prisoners Of war, in order that u -
ing qualities may thereby pass "a =.
conquerors. and. in the case %
sacrffice because il is not cOnsidss.'
pIete until this has been done II. -
encourage this practice because : - -.
the hold they have over Their IOi'o'. =: +
Though such scenes OF horror a. "a
Of the past IN all places toucHse =, = 80
influence. human sacrifice is sun =
I'm many remote parts. most ol'sH
nection with the death CT peop.'
Dortance Formerly. when chisi -.
his wives and slaves were Sa----.gf
order that their spirits might e-,,s ~ l
that of the dead man 20 tns Il. -
and wait upon him there as uils - = I
in life. The survivors were COM -
- the spirit cf a chief did not - -
of his earthly dependents at hanu -
b,r,.b would continue 70 haunt ~ =
and annoy mankind Now 49, ,.scsss \
sacres do not take place on S..ass =
scale of former days, and ouil'~ s.,l-.s
quentIy substituted for hunia" ,auss
Not only in the more serious =
life. but at every turn and u ras
cetvable shape does fetiehisTii-s s,,si
mean the popular belief IN sh- -
spirits-Oppress the West Ai..-' ~, -
IL is on this that the power y - ne =
societies is based. the power - -
man. and the power OF the - !, .
who are In authority often ''' ma
own ends BY placing taoo0, ,.,ss .
superstitious native dares not - -
sucb things as trees. stre'.n- -,rs =
which ,hsv desire TO reserve for
ticular use. x1ss
The juju man prepares !, vos;
a medicine. whieh is placed y s,ss -
Gus position. and thereup0n ~ sass
to interfere with the articio rSSns
In the hinterland Of Siefi' ~ ~.
medicine often takes the io'.. ,,,a =
and rnvstic writings engraVea - y,uI -
90 60 noard same boards Of this
taken by the British soNei-as 81
whom complaint had been - ,.s me-
owners OF the trees upon W. w.. ss
49, mn, NV order Of the cais.s t
one OF the witnesses WSNiu n ysr
because they said It vas "a FRAZS +
u,sS,c,rs JOHN FOSTER Il
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
oHIo's PROGRESSIVE STAND.

OHIO'S PROGRESSIVE STAND.
The third division of the brakeman's
duties is turning switches and Tagging.
Seven men in this list were killed in this
work Most of the brakemen killed while
switching are run down~b by their own en-
gines. They often slip in trying to mount
the footboard of the moving locomotive,
which most of them habftually mount from
the middle of the track. Some of them fall
victims to the unbIocked frog, a very COM
mon thing in Pennsylvania. A claim agent,
referring to this fact, said TO me: Il can
tell you, you won't find anything like that
in Ohio Pennsylvania is nineteen years be-
hind Ohio in the matter of safety to rail-
road men" -. .
Outside Of the ranks of the brakemen
the most common fatal accident is that in
which a man is run over while walking or
standing the track. Thirty-eight were
killed in this way, mostly track walkers
section men and laborers. Five of the 125
deaths were due to a blow from some OBJ
ject situated dangerously close to the track.
Two car cleaners were killed because there
was no signal system to protect them.
Among the seventeen miscellaneous cases
three will illustrate what is called the care
lessness of the man hurt" A drunken
brakeman slipped and fell under the Wheels
a flagman veptured needlessly to run be-
tween two cars to give signal and was
crushed when they came together: a young
Italian laborer. fifteen days in this coun-
try, saw a fast train approaching half g.
mile away and in panic jumped from
handcar and was killed ''r-s r'' -.
To the employer intelligently determined
to reduce the number of industrial acci-
dents, these three totally different types of
carelessness would suggest three totally diff
ferent lines of attack ID Can discipline
among employees be made more searching
and effective? ~ Is there anything in yard
management. any tendency, to overempha-
size dispatch and efficiency in the handling
of cars. which tends to encourage rather
than 10 lessen the natural recklessness in
the men who do our work? (0 Have we
any right to put foreign laborers directly
into positions where their ignorance and In
experience will mean death to them in
large numbers. even when il is to the eco
nomic advantage OF both parties to use
them in this way? '-.s.-t
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
ConeY Islands Mad Fun Ne1er Lacks for Variety
Some of f6e Cfsy..
Make Good Mon.v
aS " Cappers.r

says positively with many ss..
5hrug that this is her last sunr,.- =;
beach But the beach employees to... z
equal emphasis that IT isa's. f,r - ~
the racket and the fun and the ou,--. =
acting. =
The showmen iObbing on the i.,,.,
small fry managers. the stage ear,..,.
mechanics. ex-circUs employes -
would be as difficult to enumerass -t
sands on its shore. ANYBODY Win
turn of ingenuity can get I'd an =.
rent a booth or give a ten.ming..
tainment in a park concession on r.
ing basis. Folk who would be ho,..,
an indoor stage in winter manage !,
by" as the saying is. with more 7,
amusing "fakeries' based on uAoss.'
trick or device rather than on anv -
Of histrionic ability.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
YOUNG AMERICANS VICTIMS.

l. is the best American manhood In Its
so,tb and strength that we sacrifice daily
=. ,se cause Of transportation. OF the l25
railroad Taen-conductors. brakemen, yard
r,en. etc.-kiIled In active service in Ale
chelv County during the year under con-
$ deration seventy-seven were under thirty
aps on,v thirteen over forty years odd.
Eigftv-nine were Americans.
Probably the work Of A yard brakeman
..,se continuously and inevitably involves
:1sE 20 life and limo than any other trade,
snless Il be that OF the acrobat. in which
th.e risk taken is par: ef the commercial
I'D itself The twelve-aour working deg r
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
i.B6MBooIA FROM THE BRONX.

Within the gates Of the park the press
agent is more candid than the yelling
.'ballyhoo." Yes he explains. Ban-
hoola is the real goods all wool and yard
wide In private life he is a respectable
householder in The Bronx-put that in,
Rambools from The Bronx-has wife and
four children, owns small piece or prop
ertv and pays his taxes. 'Tis an old ano
honorable profession, my boy, that Of Wild
Man Bamboola. I believe, started as a
pupil Of Bosco. who ate EN- alive in every
small town and hamlet Of the United
States Bosco, you remember. was the
fsker vino pretended TO swallow snakes and
was the big act with animal show tlll
he retired on the tidy little fortune ne had
accumulated. / forget Bamboola's real
name-its Schmidt or Mahoney or some
thing Well. he's a corker, too!
We have all sorts Ct nationalities in
1bis mark" continued the press agent, re-
fccti7ely. ''syrians. Armenians, Egyptians
;-ypsies, near-Greeks. real Hindus, some
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
U.-The RailrOaders.

U-The RaiIrOaders.
T HE railroad history of Allegheny
County, Penn. for year is a rec
ord of accomplishment and efficien-
- thrilling in its magnitude. Each OF tlie
.bree rivers is lined on both sides WIN
shining tracks. Stand on some rugged mn
ton and count the cars as they Toll IN anu
on, Of the Pittsburg district Iron ore H.
on,sDo tens a year. coming down from 'iie
Great Lakes. and countless carioaos OF
coke and limestone 10 mix with IL IN tile
furnaces; trains hurrying out in every ol-
,,e,tion. nearly FIVE thousand cars DAY
,,,.de5 with Pittsburg products-steel rails
md ,,lares and beams and bridges. west
.,-,,o,,ea machinery And then l0,W"v'
,ops of coal, the output Of A legheny mlt "a
for 2 year
70 the outsider this is a marvel tins al
>, ,.s, ,,n,s-oken succession of smooth rollhlE
,~ains. But tie initiated know how much
s7,e.ter q marvel is accomplished in the
,-ards There are twenty-five Of these grea1
receiving. distributing dispatching centres
,n the county-ten immense ones OUTSIDE the
ci,, where space is unlimited. and twelve
within the city boundaries. where the in
,rfcate operations are complicated by
croHding.
Add 10 this enormous irelsil uaihC III.
hundreds Of trainlosds OF passengers that
move in and out Of Pittsburg's ha4 dozen
dow rntown stations IN DAY. carrying the
East and West through passengers OF one
Of The worlds greatest trunk lines and an
army of commuters. and we get some idea
Of what the railroads mean 10 Allegheny
County. The railroads serve all, from the
hl.r7ltlest TO the most exalted. so constant
l. so faithfully. that they have become TO
society what the power Of motion is 10 the
Individual -
But our view of the railroads is not COM
pleie until We go 20 each of the unpro-
fected grade crossings. many or them four
tracked or more in Pitsburg and It's en-
,ircnint, towns. Here it is a tale of con-
f1;s:ol,. terror and sudden death. We must
also so to the small, rough room IN the
basement Of the Union Station, where a
leather couch waits for its burden. never
empty for more than few hours. We
must pass through the railroad wards OF
tic hospitals and see the injured there
must stand al the gates of the hospitals
and see the manned and nnutilated 60 forth
20 meet the commiserating glances the
world casts upon one-armed man or a
man with q wooden leg.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

Frederick Hoffman, statistical expert of
the Prudential Life Insurance Company,
tells us that among brakemen who die be-
tween the ages of fifteen and twentyfour
from 75 per cent to s. per cent die by acci-
dent The table given here shows that out
Of the 125 railroad employees who during
the one year met violent death in the
course of their work IS per cent were brake
men. Among the injured about the same
proportion C2 per cent? are brakemeE.
Hump shifting (sending cuts of cars
over a rise beyond which many tracks
ramify from the main 'lead') is an opera
ton that involves special danger to the
brakeman A brakeman must ride each
draft of cars as it is cut off on top of the
rise. The cars are going fast, sometimes
fifteen miles an hour. II is the brakeman's
duty to slow down the cars, leaving them
enough momentum to accomplish the coup
ling with other cars'of the train of which
they are to become a part 1t takes ex-
perience and skill 10 ride cars over the
hump and it takes nerve The men
admit that they do not like il.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Leeffirote HcforS Find
Summer Jobs IN
Queer Places.

-. .sa,-ere,rhs Of Amusing and As
...N..- ..,r.c,ions' which Coney Island
-, -. .bgs summer are many winter
-. ao,., ,o5sl,, trsnsnogrihed. The Edu-
..,,f,,,sl Entertaining Exhibits Of Strange
- ,-,.,-,,,,,s psor,es'- contain chronological
-. -. scientists never dreamed Of
,,-i,i,.. the World Sought Wonders. Divert
g.. r,ex;ces Elite Equine Events, Awe
s-,,,sirs Arenic and Aerial Acts, Rip
posrine Rides. Funny Folk and Countless
Comics. as the press agent chastely styles
,l,er, tile the lean summertime over for
thousands Of actors shownen and takers
Sometimes they merely change their names
and MAY the old act" but oftener they
assume an alien nationality and don new
sAin altogether.
The latter is the case. for instance, with
Ram5oola. the nowling savage who cavorts
in frcnt Of one Of the big amusement parks
faoine Surf avenue. Bamboola isnt q
,,retfy thing TO look at, but he can collect
crowd quicker than the fire engines IN
Grand street The long stick Of ivory ap-
narentiv stuck through. but really gurnIfled
q his nostrils; the barbaric rings pendant
from his nose and ears and the dirty look
inS fur rug wrapped around his loiEs set on
an escaped-frora- -Bedlam look and features,
arms. legs and torso without shred OF
covering save an ashy brown veneer Of
grease paint or charcoal Unfortunately,
the savage African weathers poorly. After
:. thunder shower or unusual exercise OF
:.rm or limb white patches appear here and
there or his anatomy tin he looks Ike the
sDotted 'pard OF Bob Fitzsimmons. But
woe to the luckless spectator who voices
inc-edulity,
Hey, you, come out there" yells the
lecturer on the platform, in frenzy.
'.Yeh say Bamboola ain't from Africa, DO
--eh? Got any money 10 prove IL? Bet yeh
fifty dollars-fve hundred-a thousand that
he is the real article, You can't bet2
thought So See friends turning tri-
,mphantly 10 the gaping crowd, this man
questions the Wild Mans identity. but lie
amt got nothin' TO hack up his unsup-
ported. ignorant say-so.
Right this way, right this way, The
original Bamboola- the Wild Man captured
II, the iungIes Of Zambesiland. Costs you
nothing 10 see him. Step up step upi The
greatest curiosity in the world exhibited
free-FREE-by the greatest animal sho"
in the world, Half man and half animal
he is-Do NOT MISS. THIS And the
lecturers voice resounds like sea lion
over three blocks Of crowded. noisy Surf
avenue.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

) night Of yard brakeman is an almost
continuous performance of what would be
-'feats" of skill and daring TO an ordinary
man. The attention must not flag if he Is
to accomplish his work and avoid injury.
RnAnERS KILLED IN ONE YEAR
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

subbubs-Wnat struck you most tor1-l
about your visit to the city, Uncle Il,
Uncle Hi-Wau. when ! cum to ne =
nftaI 7 couldn't remember whether ~
a trolley car or one O them autono1-A-
Philadelphia Record.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
CAUSES OF FATALITIES.

Six Of the brakemen included in the table
were killed in "hump-shifting. One lost
his balance while putting on brakes: one
slipped and fell while riding his Gu; down;
another was jolted off when the cars
bumped al the bottom. One was killed
trying to save the man riding a cut ahead
OF him He put on brakes, a third draft
ran into the cut ne was riding and he met
the very death from which he had saved
the man in front. He was knocked off and
run over. Another mans death was due
TO defective coupling. The sixth was. a
boy Of eighteen who spent his first night
Of railroading on the hump-and his last
The cut he was riding was bumped by d
following cut. and he was thrown TO his
death. This Pennsylvania Railroad
case a yardmaster on that same road
told me that a new man ought never 10 be
put on the hump at night-the fact that
the force was short (as in this case) was
no excuse for IT,
Next TO braking, the best known duty Of
the brakeman is coupling. Since the pass
ing Of the federal safety appliance act Of
1888 requiring automatic couplers. the num-
Der OF accidents in coupling has been much
reduced. With these Couplers in good or
der IL is never necessary 10 go between the
ends Of cars The brakeman can raise the
lock pin and open the knuckle and then
stand aside while the cars couple.
Why. then. were nine men killed in the
act % coupling cars in one year I'm Allie
gheny County? Some. undoubtedly, be-
cause Of their own haste and recklessness.
If q coupler doesn't work the first time.
nine out of ten brakemen will go I'm be
tween the cars and try to make IL work.
AT least three of the brakenen killed, how
ever. were absolutely obliged to go in be-
tween the cars-tWo because the automatic
coupler was broken and one because he
was making a chain coupling on shop cars.
Tho law c-r<--s on.y cars used~in interstate
traffic. Their : no such rsqr-snnent to
be found in the statutes - .'enns; .ya---.,-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
The Manning of Raifsoay Employees
Is O. Continuous Performance

Five of these nine coupling accidents oc-
Cured on steel company railroads. whose
traffic is largely intrastate, and whose cars
are by no means all equipped with auto
matte couplers.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

Young Man from the C0un'.i
this the way 70 the eeme's.. s,assss,
city Bov-Yes. you lust Ssvooa.l voa u =
them electric car rails, anu
soon enough.-Tit-BltS
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Sueeesffons for Cutting
Dosor1 rbe Annual Our
puf of CrfppleS.

This is the second of series of articles en-
hodzinE in a condensed form the results OF an
investigation Of work accidents in Allegheny
County. Penn, made under the direction OF
the Pittsburg Survey.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

. HE railroad history of Allegheny
County. Penn. for q year rs rec
ord Of accomplishment and efl1cleh-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-18
WHERE THE GOING IS GOOD

Who is it that has the farest going in the Of life
these days?
Not the lawyer The city is full of brefless barristers.
Not the preacher Few professions poorly paid
than his. Not the teacher. He rivals the preacher in
meagerness Of salary. Hardly the doctor. The young
physician a rule, has hard shedding of yore
Not the engneer-mning electrical, structural
mechanical He compared with most others, has a
pretty easy to hoe but in neering the ranks
are beginning to be crowded
There is a new professional man. who is leading all
these in the This is the thoroughly well trained
scientific farmer. There may be those who have easier
going than he but in the professions such few and
exceptional merely going to prove rule.
just agriculture offers clear field There are
good jobs open than there trained agricutursts
The 'Ag' school graduate who desires to teach has
ceent chances of landing place at $1,000 to $4,000 per
year The department of agriculture wants oresters and
experts in kindred lines The state experiment stations
always the lookout for promising new timber, and
the big diaries, creameries and cheese factories offer
plenty Of good opportunities for graduates in dayng
OF all the graduates who go out into the active world
during these commencement days, the graduates in agri
culture will have the best start in life
The moral of this is 'back to the so'with caution.
Don't go brashly back Wait till you know something
about the chemical makeup of the soil in question.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-18
THE "LELSURE CLASSES'

A Kansas made his pile and retired.
Then he sailed from New York for England He is going
to live in London, in dear old Lunnon where man of
leisure command respect don't you know, and where
he meet up with other of leisure and have an
occasional game of billiards rubber at whist and enjoy
life generally This is what he told reporter when he
asked why he preferred London to Kansas City
place to live in:
Over there you will find people in the position
and you associate with Them.
1t is quite true that if you out of job voluntarily
otherwise, you will find people in the same
position in London than in Kansas City.
You will find them of afternoons and evenings sauner
ing along Pccadilly Regent street riding along Rot
ten Row. And you 'can associate with them''-lf you
have money enough and patience enough.
Also you will find stranded the cubs and about
Trafalgar square, and along the Thames embankmen and
in Cheapside and out along Whechape road other men
Gin the position, " that is to say, not working
And you associate with these, too if you will But
you won TT you can help it.
Such other of leisure always be found IN great
numbers in any country where there many folks like
those whom the from Kansas City hopes to meet in
London.
This is curious fact 1t is akin to another equally
curious fact namely, that cannot possibly build
splendid palace to live in without booming great many
other people to live out their lives in novels.
Both facts have long worried the wise of this world In
they take away the zes of palace building and
the fine JOY Of living in the sweat of other peoples brows
Meanwhile the world will wag on Of old-the beggar
will ask aims the pauper will go to his numbered grave
the hopeless maid will creep down to the habor WALL the
despairng mother will watch while her little starve
devised way loaf in innocent luxury will the palace
builders and the gentee oiterers of this world be able to
dodge responsibility for MAJ share Of the world
misery and SORROW
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-18

IL.
Well, l arrived here at Pea Vine
looking as sorrowful as 1 could on
short notice over Grandma Chut-
ney's passing in her checks. The
fact that she used to be a trick BIZ
cycle rider with Barnum's circus
was something 1 didn't hold against
her, because that was before l was
born. And if she hadn't pulled
down good salary at it she
couldn't have left me legacy.
l located the lawyers office. 1t
was on the top floor of the village
skyscraper. You get to it by one
flight of wooden steps on the out
side Of the red brick hardware and
seed store.
| showed his letter to Mr.. Snuff,
and he explained that this was one
of those freak wills, and did l mind
doing a stunt to get the legacy?
l told him I'd go over Niagara in
a band box il necessary, but
hoped it was something easier.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-18
DrrS8 &ern1n1wttr
THE CALL OF GOD.
BY Rev. G. Howard Davis
Pastor of the Church of the Naxarene.

|@~GNEXT: LIST Thess At.
IL n "For God hath not called unto
" ~ ~ cleanness but unto holiness
~ VI ~ First-The Call
M NJ "Who hath saved and called with
@00A an holy calling" Thus we see the call Of
God is not common call. "Wherefore
holy brethren partakers of the heavenly calling Here
we see it is a heavenly call.
81 press toward the mark of the prize of the highrs
ing of God in Christ Jesus" Here it is high
calling, of God in Christ Jesus
According as his divine power hath given unto all
things that pertain to life and godness through the
knowledge of Him that called us to glory and virtue"
Here power is given us, in relation to life and
goodness and the call is of glory and righteousness.
Good is faithful, by whom We called unto the fell
lowshp of his Son. Jesus Christ our Lord" This reveals
the call to be unusual one yet to all the people
of God, fellowship with Jesus Christ
81 therefore, prisoner of the Lord beseech you that ye
walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye caK3"
In this passage exhored to prove ourselves worthy
of Gods call.
second-Not to Uncleanness. -
This is plain statement that not called to
ceanness The state quality of being unclean Foul
ness drtiness, fthiness Moral mpurity defement by
sin. Snfulness." How could God call therei That
was condition. If he called at all it must be away
from such state condition And if God called to
Himself it would necessarily be away from SIM for He is
holy. What can be more pain9 Not thing, nor way
that is uncean hath God called to- Men have relish
for uncleanness. This grant, but the for
God to call us away from it.
Third-But God Hath Called Us Unto Holiness.
This is old call. 'For am the Lord your God, ye
shall therefore sancty yourselves and We shall be holy;
for am holy,'' thus wrote Moses according He
hath chosen in Him before the foundation of the world
that should be holy" Actually, really holy Which
means to be ceansed from all nbeng of SIM to be pure
in heart. Holy in the deepest depths of your sim
ridden ruined, sincontrolled soul. This is Gods CALL
This is Gods choice for his people, and he she who
refuses to follow Gods call and prefers sin to holiness
certainly profession Of religion on their part to
be false AS uncleanness is state condition. also is
holiness state condition the direct opposite of uncean
ness, and satan pulled down into sin, so God
through the provisions of the atonement brings man
back to condition of deliverance from all SIM that
we may Him in righteousness and holiness all the
days of our fe."