DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
Saturday, June 2.
Washington, June 2. The greater
part of the day was spent by the senate
in discussing the resolution directing
the purchase of Panama canal supplies
in America, unless the price was extor
tionate and unrea onable. Mallory's
motion to strike c ut the word "extor
tionate" was lost, 39 to 19. Carmack
sought to limit the government's action
to a preference f r goods of home man
ufacture, other conditions being equal.
It was lost, 39 to 17. Bacon wanted
no higher prices paid for American
goods than the American manufacturer
charged abroad for the same article.
This went down, 37 to 15. Culberson
wanted goods purchased in the cheapest
markets; lost, 38 to 16. An amend
ment proposed by Pettus limiting the
purchase to the lowest responsible bid
der was adopted.
The bill was passed, 39 to 16.
Washington, June 2. What might
have been a serious parliamentary snarl
was dextronsly avoided by Speaker
Cannon late this afternoon in the house
of representatives, when Murphy, of
Missouri, rose to present what he de
nominated a privileged resolution. The
conference reports on the rate and the
statehood bills had been made and or
dered printed, when the Missouri con
gressman presented a resolution re
scinding the action of the house send
ing the statehood bill to conference and
providing for a vote on the senate
amendments.
Payne, of New York, leader of the
majority, instantly made the point
that the resolution wis not
The speaker, with smiling
that the resolution was not
as the papers in the cage
the senate.
privileged.
face, held
privileged,
were with
Friday, June I.
Washington, June 1. The senate to
day paseed the bill regulating the lia
bility of railroad companies lor injury
to employes, but Daniels gave noice of
a motion to reconsider, which, if it pre
vails, will havfc the effect of again
bringing the question before the senate
for consideration.
The remaining time of the opening
cession was devoted to a speech by
Morgan in support of the assertion of
American control in the Isle of Pines,
and to a discussion of the resolution
prescribing a policy for the govern
ment in the purchase of supplies for
the Panama canal. Stone opposed the
amendment as uaelesB, and attacked the
president as weak and wavering in pol
icy. After a protracted executive ses
eion the senate adjourned until tomor
row.
Washington, June 1. A blackdraped
desk in the hall of the house of repre
eentatives covered with Jnne flowers,
brought a shock to almost every mem
ber when the house convened today
It told, with a pathos all of its own,
the story of the passing of Robert
Adams, Jr., late a congressman from
the Second Pennsylvania district, from
the scenes of a busy, active life.
Following the reading of the letter,
Morrell presented a resolution direct
ing the sergeant-at-arms to make the
necessary arrangements for the funeral,
expenses to be paid out of the contin
gent fund of the house, and then, as a
further mark of respect, the bouse ad
journed. Washington, June 1. The senate
committee on privileges and elections
today voted that Snioot, of Utah, was
not entitled to his seat. The report of
the committee will be ready for the
senate next Friday.
Thursday, May 31.
Washington, May 31. The Senate
today passed the Knox immunity bill
and the omnibus lighthouse bill, and
with practically no debate passed the
military academy bill, and was only
prevented from passing the employers'
liability bill by a motion at 2 p. m. to
go into executive session.
Most of the afternoon was devoted to
consideration in execucive session of
the nomination of Judge James Wick
ersham to be judge of the United States
circuit court for the district of Alaska,
but he waB not confirmed.
Washington, My 31. The Demo
crats of the house resumed their fili
bustering tactics today, and demanded
roll calls on every possible parliamen
tary point. Notwithstanding these te
dious delays, the house passed the dip
lomatic and consular appropriation
bill, carrying an appropriation of $2,
734.869. A number of amendments
Torrent of Anti-Smoot Petitions.
Washington, May 29. Protests
against the retention of Reed Smoot as
a senator of the United States flooded
the senate today, as follows: Minne
sota, by Senator Clapp, 6,802; Indiana,
by Senator Hemenway, 8,341; New
Hampshire, by Senator Gallinger,
3. 265; Kentuckv, by S?nator Black
burn, about 2,800: Alabama, by Sena
tor Morgan, 801 ; Kansas, by Senator
Long, 14,862; North Carolina, by Sen
ator Simmons, 2,098. It is said that
petitions will be received from every
state and territory in the United States.
Seattle May Dig Her Canal.
Washington, May 29. An under
standing has been reached by members
of the bouse committee on rivers and
harbors which will result in a favora
ble report on a bill providing that the
United States shall maintain the cf nal
at Seattle connecting Lake Union and
Shilshole bay with Paget sound. The
consideration for maintenance of the
waterway by the government is that a
lock shall be built by a private corpora
tion at the bead of Shilshole bay.
were adopted, chief among which were
changing the salary of ambassador to
Japan from $17,500 to $12,000, and
fixing the salaries of the ministers to
Belgium (John Barrett), The Nether
lands and Luxemburg at $10,000 per
year, instead of $12,000, as fixed by
the bill when originally reported.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill and the post
office appropriation bill were sent to
conference.
Tuesday, May 29.
Washington, May 29. Senator Per
kins made an effort in the senate today
to secure a subsidy of $217,000 a year
in addition to the amount now paid to
the Oceanic Steamship company, ply
ing between San Francisco and Austra
lia. The sum is the same as carried
tor that company by the shipping bill,
which passed the senate early in the
session, and when Patterson asked Per
kins why he did not wait for the pass
age of the chipping bill, the latter re
plied that "hope deferred maketh the
heartsick." The amendment was de
clared out of order on a point raised by
Clay.
Washington, May 29. During the
consideration of the diplomatic and
consular bill today in the house, an in
teresting debate was had on the amend
ment proposed by Longworth, of Ohio,
to appropriate $1,000,000 for the ac
quisition in foreign capitals of proper
sites and buildings for the embassies
and legations of the United States for
the residence of ambassadors and min
isters to foreign countries.
Lcngworth, in urging his amend
ment which went out on a point of
order, insisted that, by providing resi
dences for our ambassadors the question
of ren,t would be eliminated. He said
that was now the largest necessary ex
pense. With a residence provided by
the government, a man of moderate
means could live in a dignified way on
his salary.
Monday, May 28.
Washington, May 28. The senate
today sent the railroad rate bill to con
ference, listened to a long defense by
Kittredge of a sea level canal and three
Democratic speeches on the resolution
in relation to the purchase of canal
supplies in foreign markets, and devot
ed the remainder of its time to the
postoffice appropriation bill.
No objection was made to the ap
pointment of ranking members of the
interstate commerce committee as con
ferees on the rate bill, and they were
not instructed in any manner. They
are Elkins, Cullom and Tillman.
Washington, May 28. Early in the
session of the house today Williams,
Miss., the floor leader of the minority,
made the point that there was no quor
um present, and it took a call of the
house to start the wheels of legislation.
After the appearance of a quorum, the
house concurred in amendments made
by the senate to a number of house
bills. The house resolved itself into a
"city council" for the consideration of
bills relating to the District of Colum
bia. The compulsory education bill for
the district occupied most of the day,
being finally placed on its passage. On
a division, the absence of a quorum was
disclosed. Williams made the point of
no quorum, and a call of the house en
sued, the veas and nays being railed on
the passage of the bill.
Will Need More Money.
Washington, May 30. What mem
bers of the house committee on appro
priations regard as an absolute disre
gard of the law authorizing the con
struction of the new building for the
department of agriculture is revealed in
the hearings before that committee on
the Fnndry civil appropriation bill. In
1903 congress appropriated $1,500,000
for this building. It was the general
understanding that this was for the
erection of a complete building for the
accommodation of the entire depart
ment.
It was with some astonishment that
the members learned last week that
"somebody"had ordered the construc
tion of two wings of what may be some
day a completed building and that the
two wings have practically exhausted
the $1,500,000 approprated for a com
plete structure. The wings, when
completed, will, according to testimony
given before the committee, be inade
quate to house tbeJdepartment torce,
and congress will be called upon to ap
propriate another couple of millions to
fill the space between the two wings.
May Not Confirm.
Waihington, May 28 In the light
of the attitude assumed by the seiate
subcommittee on judiciary, it is quite
probable that Williamg C. Bristol will
not be confirmed at this session as dis
trict attorney for Oregon. The sub
committee is not favorable to Biitol's
confirmation, yet does not go to the ex
tent of recommending the rejection of
his nomination. It will probably make
no report to the full committee, which
means that the committee will not re
port to the senate and no action will be
taken before the adjournment.
Proposes Postal Telegraph.
Washington, May 28. The idea of a
postal telegraph has a warm advocate
in Samuel W. Smith, member of con
gress from Michigan, who in a careful
ly prepared speech today in the house
insisted that if the government would
undertake juch a system, the deficit in
the postal department would be almost
wiped out. "We should," he said,
"have a first-class postal telegraph in
the United States in connection with
our splendid postal facilities." I
LOSS WILL BE HEAVY.
Heavy Rainfall in Eastern Oregon and
Washington Destroyed Crops.
Pendleton, Or., June 1. Umatilla
county has, lost by a conservative esti
mate at least $1,500,000 by reason of
the flood. It is impossible to' give de
tailed figures, for the waters in McKay
creek and Birch creek, in the Milton
country, at Weston and the Umatilla
river are raging, and the fields are still
flooded and out of sight. On every
hand, however, as the water recedes,
are left fields of alfalfa coated thickjand
weighted down with slime and silt. It
is a worthless waste, and must not
oulyjbe cut down but taken from the
fields before other crops can be grown.
Practically all of the alfalfa crops of
McKay creek are ruined. The terri
tory varies from 100 feet to a quarter of
a mile in width and is from 15 to 20
miles in length. All of the bridges are
out, the water, though falling, is still
raging and no definite information can
be secured.
At Weston the town was damaged to
the extent of $5,000 and the same
amount was lost in the immediate vi
cinity. In 54 hours h inches of rain
fell, while on Weston mountain the
fall was from 9 to 10 inches. Four
out of seven bridges are washed out
and three small store buildings were
washed into the river.
The greatest damage, perhaps, is due
to stock losses in the mountain ranges.
Thousands of sheep had just been
sheared and were unprotected. The
storm swept into the mountains with
an advance guard of cold fog, followed
by heavy rain and snow. In the face
of this blizzard the herders in many
instances deserted their flocks, leaving
2,000 and 3,000 head to their fate.
Reports beginning to come in tell of
disaster, though everything is unau
thentic as yet. Hemphill lost his en
tire band of 3,000 sheep. J. E. Smith
lost 1,000 and Gus Lafontaine 1,000.
Douglas Bett's herder left3,000 to take
car of themselves.
At Milton the loss will reach into
the thousands. The orcbardB are
flooded and the fruit trees covered with
mud and slime. The alfalfa fieldB are
masses of sediment, as are the straw
berries, but the latter will not all be
lost. It is hard to put an estimate on
Milton's damage, because many of the
fields will be saved. The estimate of
damage is made by those who are fa
miliar with he country and who know
the area and the value of the crops. No
actual figures are as yet forthcoming.
In Pendleton the loss will be great
on account of the stocks of merchandise
flooded in the cellars, and the broken
levee and consequent flooding of homes.
A conservative estimate of the damage
here iB $50,000.,
Walla Walla, Wash., June 1. After
four days and nights of drenching
Walla Walla and the surrounding coun
trv are gradually recovering from the
unequaled torrents of water poured in
to the river and streams and submerg
ing the fields. The big plants depend
ent upon the electric power company
are still nut of business, but there is
hope now that within ten days the
power will be supplied.
The damage done by the high water
has been immense, but the reports
coming in today show that the greater
actual loss will fall upon the farmers
and the fruitgrowers. A conservative
estimate of the damage done to crops
places the loss at $250,000. This is
not an exaggeration, as from all parts
of the county come reports of bridges
swept away, houses inundated and
crops destroyed
Trial is Postponed.
Caldwell, Idaho, Jnne 1. When the
cases of Charles H. Moyer, William D.
Haywood and George A. Pettibone,
charged with the murder of former
Governor Frank Steunenberg, came up
in th district court yesterday, counse
for the prosecution, acting upon the
suggestion made on Tuesday bv Presid
ing Judge Frank Smith, filed a formal
motion for a continuance on the ground
that the habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted in the Federal courts in behalf
of the defendants are still pending and
serve as a bar to further proceedings in
the state court until a decision shall
have been rendered by the Federal Su
preme court. Judge Smith granted the
motion, and exceptions were entered by
the defense and allowed. It is not
likely that the case can be taken up
again before December.
Favors American System.
Victoria, B. C, June 1. The Yorod
zu of Tokio says the imperial family of
Japaa has decided to dispatch Mis
Highness Prince Kamin as special en
voy to America to show imperial con
cern for the disastrous San Francisco
earthquake. Prince Kamin will leave
for America on June 25.
A Pekin report says Tuan Fang and
Taihung Chi, Chinese traveling com
missioners to America and England,
have memorialized the Chinese govern
ment commending the American eco
nomic system.
May Lose Warship.
London, June 1. It is feared the
British navy will lose one of its best
vesels, the first-class battleship Mon
tagu, which struck on the rocks at
Lundy island Wednesdav, and, sccord-
ing to latest reports received at Devon-
port at midnight, is not likely to be re
floated. Naval experts are of the opin
ion that the attempt to refloat the Mon
tagu under present conditions will
mean her disappearance in30 fathoms
of water.
General Buchanan Will Retire.
Washington, June 1. Brigadier
General James A. Buchanan, lately in
command of the department of the Vi
sayan, Philippines, will be placed on
the retired list of the army tomorrow
on his own application.
LOCK CANAL
THE THING
Address Delivered In Which Congress
Is Scored'for Delay.
Wrangle Over Plans Should End ard
Work Commence Congress Ac
cused of Throwing Obstacles in
the Way of PresentGeneration
Securing Benefits.
Atlanta, Ga., May 31 . Theodore P.
Shonts, chairman of the Panama canal
commission, as the guest today of At
lanta friends. He delivered two ad
dresses. The first was at the dedica
tion of a new building at Agnes Scott
Institute, a college for women, in De
catur, a suburb of Atlanta. The sec
ond was delivered this evening before
the chamber of commerce, in which he
spoke of the relations of the south to
the Panama canal. He took strong
ground in advocacy of the lock canal
system.
Mr. Shonts said that between the
time of the selling of the supplies
which will enter into the construction
of the Panama canal and the period
when the opening of the canal will re
sult in the development of the country
a gulf is fixed. How great and how
wide that gulf is will depend on the
type of canal selected. Mr. Shonts
spoke in favor of a lock canal as recom
mended by the minority of the consult
ing board and indorsed by the canal
commission. He said, in conclusion:
"The practical question for all sec
tions of the country is, How long shall
we wait before we can enter upon the
period of development which the open
ing of the canal will bring to the coun
try? I am not surprised that European
countries are indifferent to the early
completion of this canal. I am not
surprised that they are indifferent as to
how much this canal may cost our gov
ernment. I am not surprised that they
can view calmly an indefinite postpone
ment of the operation of this great
waterway. They are neither paying
the bills nor will their commerce and
industries suffer by waiting for the
comple'ion of this undertaking.
"But I am surprised that those who
are supposed to represent the best in
terests of the American people should
try to throw obstacles in the way of
realizing the benefits of this work at
the earliest possible date. When we
can get a better cans! for less money
and receive the benefits ourselves, why
wait? Why make it a heritage to our
children, with the possibility of their
being deprived of its benefits through
Borne unforeseen contingency? I have
spoken of a gulf. Now how wide that
gulf shall be depends on the people.
D j you want to reap the benefits of
this undertaking yourselves, or do you
want to transmit a hope to your child
ren or your children's children?"
INSURANCE MEN 'ARE SLOW.
Rebuildtng Stopped Because'jThey Do
Not Pay Losses.
San Francisco, May 31. Building
operations in the ruined portions of
this city have received a decided set
back owing to the dilatory tactics of the
underwriters, Almost before the ruins
had cooled the owners of large build
ings in the business section which had
not been destroyed beyond restoration
planned for their epeedy and complete
rehabilitation. In a lew days after the
great, fire throngs of menwere engaged
in strengthening the shells and clearing
awav the debris of the great office
buildings and hotels in the downtown
district.
Today the men engaged in the Crock
er, Shreve, Mutual Savings bank build
ing and the St. Francis hotel in these
operations were given notice that all
work must cease because of lack of funds
Accordingly the army of laborere and
skilled mechanics who were making
the ruins of the great buildings hives
of industry were laid off, and quietness
once more reigns in these sections of
the devastated district.
Good Provision for Queen.
London, May 31. Under the mar
riage treaty signed here May 7 and is
sued in the form cf a parliamentary
paper todav, King Alfonso engages to
secure to Princess Victoria, as Princess
Ena is now known in Spain, an annual
public grant of $90,000 while both are
alive, snd in the event of her widow
hood $150,000 annually while she re
mains a widow. A private settlement
is also made. The treaty recog
nizes that the princess forfeits all he
reditary rights of succession to the
crown of Great Britain.
Stampede Empties Town.
Goldfield, Nev., May 31. Remark
able ftrikes have been reported from
near Alkali Springs, 17 miles northwest
of Goldfield, and today Goldfield is
nearly depopulated of rrining men and
prospectors. For two davs the stream
of goldseekers has Wen pouring into
the district from Goldfield and nearby
camps. lne ore taken nut ranch re
sembles the Tonopah. bearing gold and
silver in nearly equal quantities. The
field is large.
Serious Revolt in China.
Shanghai, May 31. A serious rising,
assisted by secret societies, is in pro
gress at Yingshan, in the province of
Kiangshi. The people are seeking re
fuge in the cities. The British gunboat
Snipe, from Sangchang, will proceed to
the scene of the disorder. The gover-
f a : i i .
No missionaries are involved.
THE WORLD.
Sorreapondent of the The World To
Iay Telia How It Will Be Done.
Science la dissatisfied with the ac
cepted figures of the earth's weight
They are considered a trifle antique for
a twentieth century standard. Ameri
cans are to lead the way In weighing
the world once more, writes Percy
Trenchard In The World To-Day.
It may sound absurd to some to speak
of weighing the great earth and yet It
has been done and is to be done again
More than half a century ago pendu
lums were swung, under Alry's direc
tion, at the top and bottom of an Eng
lish coal pit The comparison of their
times of swing showed how heavy the
whole earth was compared with the
outermost thin shell, a shell of the
thickness of the depth of the coal pit
Since geologists were able to give a
fair estimate of the weight of this sur
face shell, the weight of the entire
earth became a mere matter of multi
plication. The same experiment Is to be repeat
ed by a scientific expedition from the
Survey Department at Washington. Pen
dulums are to be swung at the apex
of the great pyramid and In the cham
bers at its center and base. From the
swing of these pendulums the compara
tive weights of the earth and of the
pyramid can be learned, and the weight
of the pyramid having been estimated,
the weight of the world will be, as in
the case of the Alrv experiment a mere
matter of multiplication.
All this may be a little puzzling to
the lay mind, but the explanation Is not
difficult Asked to describe the method
of weighing the world In plain un
technical language an official of the
Survey Department said :
"The prlnclp'e Is that the weight of
a body Is proportionate to the attrac
tion which It exerts. By tho pull that
the sun exerts over tho earth as shown
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GREAT PYRAMID
by the earth's motion, we estimate that
Its attraction Is 352.2S0 times as great
an the earth's and therefore that the
sun's mass Is that many times greater
than the mass of the earth. Knowing
the weight of the earth it Is easy to
estimate the weight of the sun by this
method of comparison. In the same
way the weight of Jupiter, Saturn, Ve
nus, Neptune or any other planet may
be ascertained by comparlsop with the
weight of the sun, basing the calcula
tloiis on the amount of attraction the
sun exercises over these planets. But
first the earth's weight must be estl
mated to form a basis for the other
calculations.
"The same principle Is applied. The
pyramid will be used as a basis for the
first estimate. A pluinb-bob will be
swung from the apex of tjie pyramid.
observation and calculation will deter
mine the force of the attraction of the
small body, namely, the pyramid, for
th plumb-bob and the greater attrac
tion of the large body, the earth, for
the plumb-bob. The weight of the py
ramid having been estimated, the
weight of the earth will be calculated
by multiplying the pyramid's weight
by the number of times the attraction
of the earth for the plumb-bob Is great
er than the attraction of the pyramid
for the plumb-ltob. From the standard
thus fixed the weight of all other bodies
In the solar system can be estimated.
"Here are some old figures for you ;
the number of cubic miles In the earth
Is about 2."9.8.0f0,000 ; each cubic
mile contains 147.2tX).000.O(TO cubic feet
and each cubic foot upon the average,
weighs 5.GT times as much as a cubic
foot of water, or 354 pounds, 0 ounces
avoirdupois, t igure it out for your
self."
SUCCORS WOUNDED ANT.
Lord Avellnar Convinced that the In-
aeet la Poaaeaned of Reason.
Lord Avellng. better known as Sir
John Lubbock, the famous scientist
writes: "In one of my nests was an
mt which had come Into the world
without antennae. Never having pre
viously met with such a case, I watch
?d her with great Interest but she nev
er npiwared to leave the nest At
length one day I found her wandering
about In an aimless sort of manner, ap
parently not knowing her way at all.
After awhile she fell In with some ants
3t another species, who directly at
tacked her.
"I at once set myself to separate
thorn, but whether owing to the
wounds she had received from her ene
mies or to my rough though well-meant
handling or to both, she was evIJently
much wounded, and lay helpless on tho
grvunL After some time another ant
rom the same nest came by. Sho ex-
vmlnod the poor sufferor cnroiully.
1U.U1 picked her up and carrlod her
away Into the nest It would have been
difficult for anyone who bad witnessed
the scene to have denied to this ant
the possession of humane feelings.
"In face of such facts as these It la
Impossible to regard ants as mere ex
quisite automatons. When we see an
ant hill, tenanted by thousands of in
dustrious Inhabitants, excavating cham
bers, forming tunnels, making roads,
guarding their home, gathering food,
feeding the young, tending their domes
tic animals each one fulfilling its du
ties It Is difficult altogether to deny
to them the gift of reason, and the
preceding observations tend to confirm
the opinion that their mental powers
differ from those of men not so much
In kind as In degree.
FIR8T CA8E OF LYNCH LAW.
Hanarlna- of a Murderer by Hla Heela
In tho Woat of Ireland.
So many different versions and ex
planations of the term lynch law have
at various times been given and occa
sionally are even yet added to, that It
seems fitting to recount the tragic Inci
dent which has since given a name to
so many calamitous occurrences not
only In our land but on occasion also
In that of others.
The very name of "Lynch" gives the
direct clew to the land of Its origin
Ireland. And when we recall the fact
that during the latter part of the sev
enteenth century there was compara
tively a large Immigration from the
north of Ireland and the south of
Scotland, coming as settlers to the Car
ollnas, from which much of this ma
terial spread westward Into Kentucky
and Tennessee, and, realizing the
tenacity with which these peoples hus
band, nourish and perpetuate their
folklore and traditions, It needs only
to relate the Incident which Thackeray
In his "Irish Sketch Book" graphically
recounts to show bow natural It was
EGYPT.
to apply the memories and such a term
to the Individual exercise of Justice
and punishment
Thackeray, in the book referred to
and in chapter 1, which treats of Gal
way, thus speaks of an occurrence
within Its precincts whl;h hi 1842
and probably does to this day bore
the grewsome "memento" so grimly de
scribed in the words following :
"Then there Is Lombard street oth
erwise called, Deadman's lane, with a
'awjad and crossbones and a me
mento mori over the door where the
dreadful tragedy of the Lynches was
acted In 1493. if Galway Is the Rome
of Connaught James Lynch Fltzste
phen, the mayor, may be considered as
the Lucius Junius Brutus thereof.
Lynch had a son who went to Spain
as master or one of his father s ships,
and being of a wild, extravagant turn.
there contracted debts, drew bills and
alarmed his father's correspondent
who sent a clerk and nephew of his
own back In young Lynch s ship to
Galway to settle accounts. On the fif
teenth day young Lynch threw the
Spaniard overboard. Coming back to
his own country, he reformed his life a
little and was on the point of marrying
one of the Iwakes, Burkes or Bodkins
or others, when a seaman who had
sailed with him, being on the point of
death, confessed the murder fci which
he had been a participator.
Hereon, the father, who was chief
magistrate of the town, tried his son
and sentenced him to death, and when
the clan Lynch rose in a body to res
cue the young man and divert such a
disgrace from the family It Is said that
Fltxstephen Lynch hanged the culprit
with his own hands. A tragedy called
'The Warden of Gal way' has been
written on the subject and was acted
a few nights before my arrival." New
York Times.
Handle Work with Glove.
"I hope," said the woman who was
ordering a pair of slippers made of
flowered satin, "that you will tell your
workman to wash his hands before he
begins to make these up."
"Wash his hands!" repeated the
clerk. "Wliy, madam, he never will
touch these with his bare hands."
Then the clerk explained that all
workmen employed In making slippers
of light colors worked witu white gloves
on.
"Try to keep them clean !" h contin
ued. "1 should say they did. They
try so hard that they change their
white gloves three times a day." Which
Is uot so fantastic as it may svm, for
if a nhoeinaker soils material of this
kind the expense to him of replacing
the material, to say nothing of the loss,
of his time, makes it worth his while
to work hi glovos and kep them cleaa
at that Now York Press.
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