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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA,
WAR ON THE LAZINESS GERM.
EVIL OF UNIVERSITY TRAINING.
MM I MI
After Thirty Years of Obscu
rity His Bust Accepted
HIS INFLUENCE FOR GOOD4
He win (Grossly Misunderstood,
Called n Free Thinker mid Kcof
fir AgnliiPt Uellmi ills Haired
of Oppression in Any Form nntl
Sympathy With the People.
The bust of Thomas Paine, pre
nted to Memorial Hull and not ar
med, lias finally found a resting
te In Independence Hall, Phlla
'ihla. It is safe to Fay tlint had
ine never written the "Ape of
v son" or the "Nights of Man" he
oiild have enjoyed a very different
o:,:iitatlon, and his m.-niory, Instead
it being shuddered it by pious per
sons, would have hern lauded for the
part he took In effecting American
Independence. As It Is, he Is known
mainly as a free thinker and a scof
fer against religion.
Hut whatever Palne's religion or
irreliglon may have been, he de
serves well of all who believe in the
Declaration of Independence, nil who
believe that In 177G the time had
coi.ie for America and Kngland to
j)in t company.. In the autumn of
1775 there were few, even among
the Whits, who were ready to avow
themselves In fnvor of independence.
But the Idea of permanent separa
tion grew In favor during the winter
and spring. Public o; inlon was al
rri'dy gradually drilling toward In
dependence when I'ainc's pamphlet
"T eeinun Sen; ';" made It a cer
tainty. The effect of this pamphlet
in preparing the popular mind for
the Declaration of Indepcndcncecan
not be overestimated. The bold
were confirmed and the waverers
emboldened. Everybody read It and
100,000 copies were at once taken.
Before the demand ceased 500,000
copies were put out; In France espe
cially Its vogue was great.
When we reflect that Paine had
lived in America less than two years
when "Common Sense" appeared,
his performance appears Indeed re
markable. Shortly after his arrival
in America he became the editor of
the Pennsylvania Magazine. During
eighteen months, says his biogra
pher, Mr. Conway, there probably
never was the same amount of good
literary work done ou a salary of
50 a year.
"Common Sense" was happily
named. It is written straight from
the shoulder and abounds in argu
ients which all could understand.
t showed the Inconvenience of sub-
Uion to a nation 3,000 miles dls
;ut, to say nothing of the humllla-
. if m
t
Hit
Bust of Thomas Paine.
Hon and profitlessness of it. The
time for the connection with Eng
land to cease was the date of the
battle of Lexington, in short, Puine
made what had been vaguely In
men's minds seem immediate and in
sistent. Says an eminent English
historian: "He saw beyond prec
edents and statutes and constitution
al facts or fictions, into the depths of
human nature; and he knew that if
men are to light to the death it must
lie for reasons which all can under
stand. "
After tho establishment of the
American Republic, Paine, unfor
tunately for his reputation, decided
to return to England and open the
eyes of the people. He, of course,
sympathized with the French Revo
lutionists, and aired his sentiments
in "The Rights of Man," written in
reply to Burke's "Reflections on the
French Revolution." For the work
of a furious demagogue and incen
diary, it is singularly temperate in
tone. Having made Englund too hot
for him he went to Franco, where,
incurring the suspicion of Robes
pierre, he was thrown into prison.
The first part of "The Age of Rea
son," Just written, was now pub
lished, and his reputation in the
United States was at once destroyed.
The indignation here was as great as
In England, and general misappre
hension concerning Paine, lasting to
tho present, has been the result. Ho
returned to America in 1802 and
lived under the cloud of popular dls
approbation till his death in 1809.
New York Times.
Nearly erery Chinaman can read,
but about 90 per eent. of the women
are entirely uneducated.
lllfl
Sop y
Science to Convert the Shiftless
Porto Illran Into a Worker.
The problem is the familiar one of
education In the elementary prlncl
clples of hygiene and sanitation. Re
cent Investigations have shown that
90 per cent, of the rural population
of Porto Rico are sufferers from the
rnvages of the "laziness germ," dig
nified by science with the name of
unclnarln. Their apparent laziness Is
actually the result of a well-defined
ninlady, known as unlclnnrlasls or
ankylostomiasis, and more of n
scourge to the inhabitants of the
island than the dreaded "Yellow
Jack" in its palmiest days. Antl
lmperlnllsts, however, can find little
comfort In this, for it hns now been
discovered that the laziness germ
has made its appearance in the Uni
ted States.
Despite the existence of this
strange malady in the United States
proper, it has not yet attracted gene
ral attention. Widespread as it is in
tropical and semi-tropical climates,
in the temperate zone it can thrive
only under exceptionally favorable
conditions, notably in mines, tunnels
and other works in which the labor
ers are exposed to infection through
muddy water. The responsibility
thrust upon the United States by the
acquisitions of recent years is being
realized now more fully than ever
before, and medical men, who in the
ordinary course of events will never
come In contact with any of the mal
adies peculiar to tropical and semi
tropical peoples, are keenly alive to
the Importance of the problem. Tho
unwillingness to labor hard and long
displayed by the average Porto Hi
can is really physical incapacity, the
result of Inoculation with the "lazi
ness germ."
Although of such long standing in
tho world the little germ did not
arouse much stir In the medical
world until 1S79, when the tunnel
ins; of the great St. Gothard pass
through the High Alps began. On
the progress of this engineering feat
the eyes of the whole civilized world
were bent, and when the laborers
began to sicken and die by the hun
dreds the secret of the mysterious
epidemic was sought for until it was
found to be the same germ that is
now working such havoc in Porto
Rico. Retween the climate of a high
Alpine pass and of Porto Rico there
is little resemblance, but in the tun
nel itself much the same condition
prevailed as on the island to-day.
Men worked half naked in great
heat, often up to their waists in
muddy water and with comparative
ly little regard to sanitary precau
tions. The unshod West Indian
working in the coffee fields or the
sugar plantation is exposed to the
same danger with the same results.
It is a peculiarity of the "laziness
germ," so fatal to the development
of the natural resources of lands on
which nature has lavished all her
wealth, that it finds its way into the
body more often through the skin
than through the mouth. For this
reason uncinariasis has been called
a poor man's disease, and the poorer
he is the more exposed is he to In
fection. Once within the body the tiny
paraslto makes Its way unerringly to
the digestive tract and there feeds
at leisure upon the blood of his vic
tim. The peasant is usually found
to be inoculated not once, but many
times, with these germs the favo
rite entrance being through the feet
and the effect is as if a multi
tude of little veins should be opened
and allowed to bleed. Under this
continuous drain the patient's blood
becomes thin and watery and the In
ability to take any violent exertion,
from which the uncinaria derives its
popular name of the "laziness germ,"
becomes more and more pronounced.
In cases where the victim escapes
further infection and has good food
and plenty of it, time usually works
his cure. These are, however, un
usually favorable conditions. The
mass of Bufferers confined in a nar
row valley or a coffee plantation on a
mpuntainslde are affected again and
again. As they grow weaker their
earning ability grows less and food
becomes scarce. Thirty per cent, of
the deaths in the island it is esti
mated, are due to uncinariasis, and
this Is exclusive of the unknown
numbers who, weakened by years of
suffering, fall a ready prey to more
violent maladies. Such a curse has
the disease become that to tho sim
ple "jibero" it is "la muertl natu
ral," tho natural death.
Where Children are Sold.
On tho same Bteamer by which I
reached Benguela there were five
little native boys, says a writer in
Harper's Magazine, conspicuous in
striped jerseys, and running about
the ship llko rats. I suppose they
were about ten to twelve years old,
perhaps less. I do not know where
they came from, but it must ha 'e
been from some fairly distant part
of the interior, for like all natives
who see stairs for the first time they
went up and down them on their
hands and knees. They were travel
ing with a Portuguese and within a
week of landing at Benguela he had
sold them all to other white owners.
Their price was 500 mllrels apiece
(nearly 10.) Their owner did
rather well, for the boys were small
and thin hardly bigge than an
other native slave boy who was at
the same time given away by one
Portuguese friend to another as a
New Year'a present. But all through
this part of the country I have found
the price of human beings ranging
rather higher than I expected, and
the man who told me the price of
the boys had himself offered one oi
them at that figure, and was biniplj
passing on the offer to myself.
Held to Be Worth $50,000,000
a Year to the Nation.
EXTENT OF ITS WARNINGS
Mensoi'es Neeibvl to Increase Their
Accuracy 1'scfulncn of the Data
Collecled in Carrying Out Irrlgn
gallon Enterprises Vast Sums
Expended by the Government.
In each State and Territory there
are now anywhere from 50 to 150
sets of standard thermometers and
rain gages that are read dally by
cooperating observers who serve
without compensation. All of the
dally records of each State are sent
to a central ofllce of tho bureau,
where the reports are compiled,
printed and distributed. Each
State center exchanges reports with
all the other centers, says the New
York Sun.
It is probable that no other part of
the work of tho United States Gov
ernment has done more to aid In the
development of tho extensive arid
and sub-arid regions than this
growth and extension of the cllmato
logical service of the Weather Bu
reau. The value of these data Is
now being brought prominently Into
view by the vast irrigation schemes
which are being undertaken nnd
which would bo seriously handicap
ped without such knowledge as is
afforded by these readings. The rec
ords nt tho different States, espe
cially those In the West, nre being
drawn upon to tho fullest extent, al
though In many of the mountainous
regions the data nre still incom
plete. Another important Innovation re
cently introduced Is the measuring
in the mountain regions of the West
of the amount of snow that falls ear
ly enough in the winter to become
solidified and remains until spring,
when It melts, and thus supplies the
water for Irrigation purposes. It
has been found that a pretty fair es
timate can be made of the amount of
reserve water that can be relied
upon for periods of drought by
knowing the quantity of snow that
has fallen in the early winter
months.
The many ways In which the Gov
ernment meteorological service en
ters into the great economics of such
a thrifty agricultural, manufactur
ing and commercial people as the
Americans are remarkable. No other
government devotes so much money
to the study of the weather; none is
so successful in applying meteorolog
ical knowledge to its industries.
The dlscllpine and perfection of
this service is better comprehended
when one realizes that within two
hours from the time that 200 sepa
rate scientific observers, scattered
over an area that measures 2,000
miles in almost any direction, have
read their Instruments, the data
have been collected from at least 100
of the principal cities of the United
States, committed to printed charts
and tables and placed before all of
the grent commercial, marine nnd
other associations that have learned
to base their operations of the day
largely on the weather report, and
620,000 maps, bulletins, forecast
cards or telephone messages contain
ing the forecasts are distributed
in tho next hour or two In various
parts of the country.
This may seem impossible, but it
is a fact, and Is accomplished only
by eliminating from the Weather
Bureau all politics or favoritism
and placing each observer and ofll
clal under rigid, as well as fair, dis
cipline. The Weather Bureau Is not
a place for sinecures or for the hous
ing of favorites of Senators or Rep
resentatives. This organization is largely the
life work of tho present chief, who
spent nineteen years in working
through its various grades before
reaching the chlefshlp. When asked
wht he thought of the prospects of
further Improvement In the accuracy
oi the bureau's forecasts and warn
ings, h" said that while the Weather
Service, through its cold wave, flood
nnd marine warnings and its cllma
tolng'.cal and crop reports, doubtless
contributed to the value of Ameri
can industries to the extent of at
least $50,000,000 annually, and pos
sibly several times that amount,
there was still an element of error
in the forecasts that could not be
overcome with our present knowl
edge of the pure science.
He believes that, as Congress feels
Itself fully justified in appropriating
nearly $1,500,000 annually for the
application of our present knowl
edge of meteorological science, it
will be wise economy to make one of
the 200 stations an Institution for
pure research, where the more re
cent discoveries of the physicist, the
chemist and tho astronomer can be
studied, with the most Improved ap
paratus, by scientists of the highest
order, in their relation to the various
intricate problems of the air.
Physicians in the Philippines.
To supply the medical and sani
tary needs of the Philippines 2,000
or 3,000 native physicians and sani
tarians should be educated there
during the next twenty years. There
is an unique opportunity for tho es
tablishment of the ideal university
and affiliated professional schools In
the Philippines, and there will be no
laok of earnest, capable students.
Paper car wheels made by pres
sure from rye-straw paper are good
enough to take a second set of steel
tires after the first set has been worn
out by a ruu of 300,000 miles.
Andrew Carnegie Says It Unfit n
Man for Active Business.
An American who was recently a
guest of Andrew Carnegie at Bklho
Castle sends to The New York World
an account of his visit, from which
the following Is an excerpt:
The subject of education came up,
A learned Dutch Baron declared that
ninny people are overeducated.
"Yes," remarked Mr. Carnegie,
"Lord Reay, here, who speaks five
languages, knows too much."
In reply to a question the philoso
pher of Sklbo launched out this way:
"One of the aberrations of the age
Is the sacrifice of time to ancient
classics on the part of young nien
preparing for a business career. A
man with a university education Is a
man lost to commerce. A young
man who begins business at eighteen
Is very much better off than he who
spends three or four years In a uni
versity studying rufflnns who
lived two thousand years ago. Study
ing skirmishes among savages in the
classics Is no preparation for a mnn
going Into the iron, steel or coal
business. Greek and I. at In nre no
more use than Choctaw, except to
the few. Why should English sailors
have to learn the language of Virgil,
Horace and Cicero? English officers
study classics. What's the result?
They have foolish courage. Instead
of saving themselves they allow
themselves to be shot nnd say they
are dying for their country. I prefer
an officer who would make an In
telligent run when necessary nnd
then come back nnd live for his
country."
"Do you condemn university edu
cation for all?"
"ily no means. I am speaking of
the nselessness of university educa
tion for the young man who has to
make his way In life. The man who
i.) born to wealth can do as he
pleases. He has no interest for me.
He rarely amounts to anything, any
way. Those preparing for profes
sional pursuits should go to the uni
versity by all means."
"Do you make any exception?"
"Yes; clergymen.
"University education Injures
them. It leads them to higher criti
cism. They begin to pick flaws In the
Bible. The moment they begin that
they are done for; they are no good
for religion. They lead to Intellect
ual and religious anarchy."
A remark by Mr. Carnegie about
looking to the masses of the people
to cure social Ills led to a conversa
tion upon democracy.
"Are you still as devout a be
liever In the people as when you
wrote 'Triumphant Democracy,' Mr.
Carnegie?" I queried.
"Yes," he replied. "Years have
made me love that teaching more
nnd more. If democracy does not
succeed, then there is no hope for
humanity. The classes have failed:
now democracy Is getting a show. I
have no fear for democracy In Amer
ica. When things begin to go se
riously wrong there the people set
them right with a sudden jerk.
"What is the greatest American
institution?" I asked.
"The public school house."
"What makes America so great?"
"Equality and the fact that Its
foundation was laid by u colonizing
race."
"Does your republicanism dimin
ish by absence?"
"No. it Increases. I am more re
publican than if I had been born in
America, for I realize better the
meaning of the word republic. The
great thing is to be a citizen and not
a subject."
I called Mr. Carnegie's attention
to the British flag flying beside the
Stars and Stripes over tho castle. At
once his blue eyes flashed fire and ho
replied, "Scotland has annexed Eng
land, not vice versa."
Talking of annexation he said,
"Canada will yet annex us, so will
Mexico. Both will ask the privilege
of coming into the Union. We will
not force them. The request if
properly proffered will not be re
fused. We should have taken Cana
da in the war of Independence. It
would have been Just us easy.
From this the conversation drifted
to temperance. Turning to one of
his guests, who had the stuff of a
social reformer in him, Mr. Carne
gie said:
"I have the best temperance lec
ture in Scotland. I give an Increase
of 10 per cent. In their wages to all
my men who come to mo at the end
of the year and tell me they have
, been total ubstalners. It works like
a charm. They are all temperate;
all have money in the bank. My
young chauffeur might retire to-morrow
and the lntereston his money
, would bring in $C00 a year."
j "Do they ever pretend to be ab-
' stalners when they are not?" I
asked.
"No. A Scotchman will not He to
you. He knows his Bible and his
Burns. It may be the Bible, but I
think it Is the Influence of the na
tional poet, who taught them that a
'man is a man for a' that.' '
Japanese Advertisement.
Here are some advertisements by
Japanese merchants. "Our wrap
paper is as strong as the hide of an
elephant," says one. "Goods for
wardod with the speed of a cannon
ball," is another. "Our silks and
satins are as soft as the cheeks of a
pretty woman and as beautiful as the
rainbow." "Our parcels are packed
with as much care as a young mar
ried woman takes of her husband."
The French War Department is
experimenting with a machine gun
which is to fire 300 bullets in lost
than a second.
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Hie Stoinnchs and Dowels of
Promotes DiMlion.Choorrur
ness and Rest .Contains ncillicr
Opuim.Morpliine nor Mineral
Th'otNakcotic.
Alx.SmMt
I firm. f J.
ClmhMl.iiMf
llMfwi riavm
Aprrfccl Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .revrrish
ncss nnd Loss OF SLEEP.
Facsimile Signnlure of
NEW'YOnK.
EXACT COPy OF WRAPPER.
List of Jurcrs for Dtcember Term
(MIAMI J I Holts
I!elliline, Lewis, FiwIiiiiKcreck.
Hnwer. If. F.. Uriiirereek.
Curl, Joseph, Cntuwifxa twp.
Casey, Win. J., lllocinlurK.
Capwell, Win. 8., Klonmsburg.
Cttlp, W. A., lleruick.
I'Myur, John, lletiton twp.
r reus, I '. . iserwiek.
Fritz. Itav. Jackson.
(lirton, A. K., l'ine.
Hummer, tieorge, Sn-jarlonr.
llirlcinan, C. ., Benton lioro.
Hughes, John, Locust.
Hnuch. C. It.. Main.
John, Wesley J , Alain.
1cmon, Theodore, tireenwood.
Miller, S. A., (ireenwnod.
l'ensyl, liny, lUooiuslmrtf.
Khouils, Isaiah, Cleveland.
Kuckle, John, JSenton twp.
ltoberls, W. it.. Catawissu twp.
Kunyon, U. W , IllooniKburjr.
Rice. Clem. HlonniMlmrir.
Struueh, Klnier I., Jackson.
JL'KOIt.S KIUST WKKK
Alpeter, Kev. Peter, Cntnwissn.
Adams, Kiimnticl, Locust.
Homlmv, l'aul, liloomsliurir.
Jilunk, Levi, Berwick.
Crevelinjt, Daniel, liloomslmrg.
Coll'man, Win,, illooinsburg.
('adman. 11. F., Millville.
Derr, Calvin, Jackson.
Fairchlhls, J. M., I'.riurcreek.
Ooodliart, Win., Mitllin.
(iirton, Clark. Main.
Ceriit.v, Win. J., Centralia.
Hoagland, Alfred, Konriugereek.
Hess, II. '., Mitllin.
Hauck, J. S. Miilliu.
HuKcnbuch, O. J)., Stillwater.
1 lei wig, Charles, Locust,
liartuian, Charles, Hemlock.
Ikcler, U.K., llloonislmiK.
Johnson, Chester M., Madison.
Kline, Clark, Ureen wood.
Lemon, Klliot, Fisliingcreek.
Mummy, Albei t, Heaver.
Menscli, Win., Montour.
Murray, (ieo. L.. Catawissa twp.
Nuss, J. 11., Main.
Oliver, Daniel, Berwick.
Old. Austin, Scott.
O'Jirinn, O. !., Benton lloro.
Huekle, Taylor, Montour,
l'ulmer, lliram, Blnoiiishurg.
Klioads, Clark, Cleveland.
Iteilly, C. M Blooinsluiri;.
Koiulurmel, Win. (I., Conyngliain.
Iticliart, John A Boaringcreek.
Kalston, Hoy, Bloomslmrg.
Sliultz, D. A., Madison.
Snyder, Henry W., Cleveland.
Stevens, Klins, Jackson,
Vunsickle, Floyd, Sugnrloaf.
Wliitinoyer, It F., J'ine.
Thomas, . W.. Madison.
Trump, t'lms., Orange twp.
Yaple, Jeremiah M., Fislnngcrreek.
Yorks, C. F.., Sugurlonr.
Yeager, Wilson, Berwick,
llippensteel. Joe, Scott.
Ferguson, Win., Bloomslmrg.
J unoit.s si:ros i) w kkk
Ash, W. S., Brlarcreek.
Betz, Miles V Blooinwbtirg.
Brobst, M. L., Mt. rieasant.
('batnl)erluin, James, 1'iuo.
Crawford, Clinton, Mt. I'leasaut.
Clossen, I'ugh, Orange twp.
Demott, Cyrus, Millville.
Duvis, C. V., Brlarcreek.
Kvans, Aimer A., Brlarcreek.
lOvans, Warland. Montour. .
Urimes, B. It., Millville.
Holdren, George, l'ine.
Hess, II. G. Uerwiek.
Ikeler, B. A., Mt. I'leasaut.
Johnson, A. 11., Pine.
Kusiiner, Peter, Montour.
Kerrigan. James, Conyngham.
Kline, Henry, Mt. Pleasant.
Kramer, Chas., Madison.
Lubor, George, FlMliingereek.
Low, Zerliln, Oraiigeville.
Lurlsh, C. L., Sugarloaf.
Ln.ariiH, Emanuel, Blnnmsburg.
Marteenle, Clem., Berwick.
Nuss, Henry, Mitllin. .
Howan, Dennis, Convnglmin.
Huekle, H. J., Mt. Pieusmit,
Ktulil, Win., Centre.
Savage. John, Jackson.
Shnller, K. W.. Mt. Pleasant.
Trunin, Jus., Orange twp.
I viii- jjicw, u. v., r isiiingoreeK,
Welsh, Orvoi, Orange twp.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
TMI OrTUK MIPMI. tW TOM OITV.
Harliiuin, Pierce, Sugarlout'.
Sitler, Sylvester, Centre,
tiuer, Win. P., Main.
A l enrty appetite docs not ulways indi
i cate a healthy condition. It is not (he
tpiantiiy of I'hkI which is cnten ,ut the
qu.intiiy which is asimilaicd, which deter,
mines the actual value of the food consumed.
If the stomach nnd organs of digestion rnJ
nutrition cannot convert the food into
nourishment, and ii to b'ood, then the fud
is an injury instead of a beneht. I or all
disorders of the stoin.ich ami its allied
organs of dicwtion and nutrition, there is a
certain remedy in Dr. Pierce's (jolden Medi
cal Uiscovery. It removes clo'g ng obstruc
tions It strengthens the stomach, nourishes
the nerves, enriches the blood and builds up
the body. It is a flesh forming, muscle mak
ing preparation, making firm tlesli instead of
llabby I.t. "Golden Me lical Discovery"
contains no alcohol, whisky or inn xican: of
any kind, and is equally free fie
loin opium.
cocaine and all narcotics.
Ten Million at Pauper Line.
"Ten milligfi people are near th
pauper line in tho United States."
This statement was made by Robert
Hunter, of New York, in an address
recently. He said:
"These, people are unable to earn
enough to get tho necessities of life
and maintain physical efficiency. They
are dependent to a greater or less de
gree upon charity.
"Tho fact that ten million people)
are in this condition now In fairly
prosperous time Is appalling for
the future. Of these seven mil
lion work when they caa
get it, but they aro living o
wapes which will barely support them
when they are at work, and any slight
misfortune mnkes them dependent up
on charity. Children to the number of
3,300,000, are Included In these fig
ures." Robert Treat Paine, tho Boston phU
anthroplst, takes Issue with Mr. Hunt
er, and says that he can hardly be
lieve there are as many paupers u
Mr. Huuter declares.
i
The Papal Flag.
The Papal flag Is comparatively un
familiar outside of tho Eternal City.
The war flap; of.the defunct temporal
power of tho Pope was white, and in
its center stood figures of St. Peter
and St. Paul, with tho cross-keys and
tlrra above them. The fla of tho
merchant ships owned by the subjects
of the States of tho Church Is a curi
ous combination, half yellow nnd half
white, with the desi;;ii of tho croaa
keys and the white. In the banner
used by the Crusader Kltu; of Jerusa
lem, Godfrey, the only tinctures Intro
duced were the two metals, gold and
silver, five golden crosses being
placed upon a silver field. This was
done with the Intention of making the
device unique, as in all other casos it
Is deemed false heraldry to placet
metal on metal. Chicago Journal.
Hugo's Five-Legged Trousers.
Thomas Pays, ned twenty-five,
without resources, conceived tha Idea
of declaring that a pair of checked
trousers he possessed had belonged to
Victor Hugo. He Immediately start
ed to sell portions to credulous col
lectors, who paid $20 even for a but
ton. Then he began to sell the legs
of the trousers, but when he sold a
fifth leg bo was arrested on complaint
of one of his dupes. New York
World.
Blind Workers.
The only factory In tho world where
every employe Is blind Is situated In
Philadelphia and maiufanturet
brooms. The institution Is purhapa
the nuist remarkable In existence, and
was founded as far buck of 1874 by
Mr. II. L. Hall, himself a blind man.
who Is still the ruling spirit of the
factory, and whose great dcslro Is to
give, employment to every blind man
in America. i
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