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TEN PAGES.
SCn ANTON, NOVI0MHRI1 17. MM.
Wrvovory of lite fiu't tltnt 70,000 Itc
jiulillniiis In New Vntk rll.V illil not
vote lit the ri'oent uli'i-tlnn .Itiftlflos flov
cfiioi' OdcllV suRges-llmi of an InvoMl
Kiitlnii Into ttii" roiiMon why, Wh.m Oilell
void outv
The Land of Opportunity. '
r ANY demonslralloii were needed
Tto iirnv" tile hoitnilles'sness of
opportunity oii"ii in the United
Ssmtm to yiiuiiir men of natural
foicr, and ambition, without regard to
(iicunist.ineeK of humble origin or parly
poverty, II ums rrtalnlv nffonlod on
Saturday In the exhibition or Iniel
Ifclunl ft-iii'lnu iKtween Hon. Wnyin
JlaeVeagli, n fnrni'-r attorney qeiiernl
of the Called 't,itci. aiul n s-ell'-inade
praduale from the peerlrss school of
youthful hardship, and .lolin Mitchell,
(lie self-educated miner boy who, at :,:!
years of ;ikj. preside.' with manifest
skill and with practically unlimited au
thority over the largest single oik.ui
lzation of wiiKe-earncrs in the world.
AVc doubt that suieh an cxhiiii'ioit
rould have laler. place uiulCr any other
llnsr than the American llajf, although if
the American Invasion continues much
longer at Its present pace throughout
the world. In the world of ideas not
less rapidly than In the world of com
merce, it may yet become possible even
In autocracies lll;e Itussia, where the
self education of the poor is still looked
upon with susplcloi: or fear. And it is
not the least Interesting; feature of the
picturesque incident in our eoiirt room
on Saturday that the younger man,,
having as we think In some respects
the worws of the argument, was yet
adroit and resourceful enough to return
a good counter for every thrust by the
elder, who is admittedly without a
superior at the American bar in the art
of intellectual cross-examination. From
this circumstance we Infer that folouel
Hryan's curiously self-forgetful solici
tude for the young man Absalom was
uncalled for and superfluous, inasmuch
as the rontemporaiy crop of Yankee
youth appears well ntiulilleil to take
care of itself.
Ye have serious doubt that either
Mr. MacVeagh or Mi. Mitchell could
have attained the expertness which
they In different ways so conspicuously
exemplify had each confined himself In
the labois of preparation to an eight
hour day. Ye have no doubt whatever
that in each case the very fact of early
poverty and of the necessity which it
unforced lor self-help In the struggle
for existence constituted a powerful ad
vantage for both: aiul that had tlu-y
been born with n silver spoon the law
might have lost one of Its most accom
plished exponents and the cillise of labor
unionism one of Its most remarkable
mid successful general?. This Is not
necessarily an argument for poverty as
an endowment of youth; hut it is, to
our mind, one of many indications, In
which history and blogiaphy ate rich,
that there are things of more Import
ance In the uplifting of the poor than
the mathematics of wage-cotuuliig,
The iiciiisltive side ot both labor and
capital that uhich causes the one to
scheme lor power often as neglectfully
of the moral law as the other plots for
pelf Is showing Itself in very unlovely
fashion these days. I'.ttt though the
clouds blacken at times there ly always
consolation In the ivllectiou that the
men all over our country who Ir.ive had
the Inestimable privilege through
American opportunity t,o work (belt
way upward in life notwithstanding
early dlsiailvautases are numerous
enough, strong- enough mid, at bottom,
fsunnlble and pane enough to save the
mural law from extinction and our
country from penuanuit danger.
One of tjie resolutions before the
American IVderatlon of r.abor calls
upon congress to pension r-very woik
Ingmau over !xty years of ujr Why
the tlnin limit of sixty?
The Potter Case.
I
-in: t.'A si: of Nullum iMttoii.
of Schsuei'tiHly, is iittraot
insr hu-reneeil ttttcnilnii daily.
Potur l a )Mutt' aiul iU'l
onitpr. who was expelli-il fiom Hip
union of Unit tind" bocuiirc In.' obeyed
an order r-allliiK hlineelf mid ntlier
members of Company F, H;cond regi
ment, or Hip Now Voik National Ktmnl,
to report for militia duty In connection
with the Itudooii A'allcy railway strlu,
Sonje time atio lm Trados Assembly
of Scilii'iieclndy, a cuntial lalior union,
adopted resolutions doniandlliK the ex
pulslon "f loin all iiinsiliuent uiiIuiih of
mpi)l)i-r.i rcfiishifr to Rivu tip immliei
Khlp In (lie National guard, and for hid
rlliiij member to Join tlm mllltlu In tlio
future, potter, alriMdy a guardsman,
was notified to veslsn, lie refused. Ho
was (tUl tltat Jf lij responded to (ho
order to.np wth HIh company on duty
during tlio btrlke he would he expelled
front the union ami, ho fur as Its power
wtsjtt, prevented Mom earniuj,' it llvlne
In tfchenei-tuily. Still lie persisted. The
threat- u$ to expulsion was carried into
effect, but I'otter Is still llvjiitf.
Ju the nic-uiithiiv, the Ooncml Elei-trlc
jomp;uiy, the Jumeet single cinployor
"f labor in fe'ehsneetady, aiul the cor-
poratlon to which the town directly
owes Its crowth fiom a sleepy Dutch
Vlllnirc to one ot the buslent and most
prosperous urban communities In the
United Millies, has nmiotllirrd thai It
niiy of Its 10,000 employes shall bo treat
ed by the local" unions ns I'otter wits
treated, It will provide, employment In
Us olllces for them at pay not less tlutii
that now earned by them.
Theie the mutter rests, nut It will
probably not rest there long-. The street
railway line hi Schenectady, upon
which thousands or the employes of the
Oeneral Klectrle company. ride to and
from their work, Is owned and operat
ed by the tleiieral Klectrle company,
I'ponlme of Us barns a suh-contractor
chanced to employ non-union carpen
ters. Today a boycott declared by the
Trades Assembly t?oes Into effect upon
thenar lines. One line runs to Albany,
using for Its entrance Into Albany the
lines of (lie ttnlted Traction company,
of Albany, a unionized road. The
Schenectady unionists are going- to try
to have the Albany unionists prevent
tlie fulled Traction company from car
rying out Us agreement Willi the Schen
ectady trolley company while this boy
colt Is In foice, and, In the event of Its
refusal to be dictated to In this way,
they threaten to extend the boycott to
Albany, where once before, not many
months ago, a street cur strike result
ed In riot and the shooting In the
streets of a prominent citizen.
It is fair to organized labor to say
that the Schenectady view Is an ex
treme and tinrepresentatho view. The
view of tills mutter expiessed on the
witness stand Saturday by John Mit
chell, when In said that the member ot
a labor union should have the same
freedom with reference to joining- the
mllltlu as any other citizen, Is the In
telligent view. Any other theory, If
carried Into effect, by force and Intimi
dation, will Inevitably recoil upon arid
Injuie Ihe cause of those who profess
or tolerate It.
An experiment In government owner
ship of ralhoads lias recently been
made lit Demuut-k with Instructive re
suit, In four years' ihe accumulated
surplus h.-.d rallen 7," per cent., while
the nun. her of employes had increased
by 1,100. and to keep the wheels moving
Ir Is now proposed to Increase passer
ger and freight rates and even the
pntul charges. V. want nolle of that
In this country.
Minister Wn's Departure.
TDDAY Minister AYil starts
homeward to China. He will
bear with him the unquali
fied respect and the high, In
deed, so far as his countrymen me
concerned, the unparalleled admiration
of the American people witli hardly an
exception. The asperity with which he
was regarded In missionary circles dur
ing the fore part of the Boxer disturb
ances, when some of the most eminent
Christian divines lost their temper and
their judgment and publicly accused
.Minister Wu of deceiving our govern
ment and of practicing- oriental cun
ning at tlie cost of hutnart lives, lias
wholly disappeared. All now recognize
that In the painful suspense and deli
cate negotiations of that trying time
no Christian could have been more
mindful of his duty and his honor than
this pagan follower ot Confucius. To
his astuteness and skill not less than to
our own wisdom do we owe the fact
that the American government at that
time was enabled not only to obtain the
first authentic news from the beleag-ui-ed
legatloners in I'ekiu but also so
to order its conduct of affairs In tlie
joint relief movement and In the devel
opments growing out of that movement
as to wiest from the older powers of
the civilized wwhl the moral as well
as the intellectual leadership, a leader
ship since frankly admitted.
But this signal service, while con
spicuously illustrative of his ability
ind resources, was only one of the
many claims which he established upon
American sympathy and appreciation.
In the talks which lie gave upon what
may be called controversial topics ot
religion and philosophy he- illustrated
admirably the tone and temper In which
such subjects should be discussed, put
ting to sliume many more pretentious
champions by bis lack of rancor, his
breadth of sympathy and of Intellec
tual view and ills thorough mastery or
tactful expression. It Is not too much
to say that this "heathen" has estab
lished a standaul of freedom from
small prejudice and of sympathetic
appreciation of that which is good In
vurious systems of philosophy mid
practices of religion which many more
highly "civilized" occidentals will find
haid to maintain. Moreover, on the
various academic subjects which ho
has discussed before gatherings of our
peopl" lie has both Instructed and
charmed by tlie lively piny of his Intel
ligence, bis shrewdness, his wit and
his sense ot humor, traditionally scarce
among his countrymen, lu short, .Min
ister Wit has been easily and without
apparent effort the mot picturesque
and Interesting figure among tlie for
eign lepresentatlves In our national
capital; and the one recompense In
his present departure Is that It prom-K-s
to place him lu a position of In
creased usefulness wherein his knowl
edge of America and his good will fru
its people may have many new oppor
tunities of substantial demonstration
to the mutual benefit of both countries.
A movement Is under way lu New
Yoik to have tlie legislature reimburse
(ifluerul Mollneux for tjie outluy of
mutiny forced upon him In defense of
his son by the Incompetence of Ue.
corder fiolf anil Assistant Uistilet At
torneys Mclntlre anil Osborne., It Is a
Just debt, anil the people should bo
penalized for mutiny such hiIsIIIh in
ofllce.
Mrs, Kddy lias warned the Christian
Science healeis to refrain, from treat
ing smalt pox and other contagious dis
eases, This Is a most sagacious piece
of nilvlcc. If tite healers can he per
suaded to conllne themselves entirely
to complaints that will yield to argu
ment. tUc science should soon nourish
upon hllli-eito barren fields.
Upon (ho ground that It has aban
doned the usutjes of u free government,
Virginia, as represented by Its recent
elected state oillcluls, la to be called
before the federal eourt to answer for
the disfranchising of negroes by the
nrllllcc ot u Jug-handled constitutional
amendment. This Is an Issue which
should affiinl a flttltiB tuple ot legal
discussion, It Is otic that will not down.
Although trleil before n Jury of
Democrats, Hilwurd Butler, the "boss"
ot Ht. lAtlls, tuts been convicted of itt
lenipted bribery uud sentenced to three
yems in the penitentiary. The Ameri
can conscience Is non-partisan when
aroused, hut It Is by no means us steady
In Its zeal as It ought to be If righteous
ness Is to become tlie rule hi politics.
A leu per cent, wage Increase among
nil the employes of railroads Compte
bended within Inc. Trunk Line associ
ation will give n new zest to Thanks
giving and show that, after all, capital
may not be so black as It Is painted,
lu view of Governor Lafollettc's
latest eruption of opposition It Is said
that Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, Is
doubtful whether he wants to return to
the senate. Let him give the country
the benefit of the doubt.
The determination of the Federation
ot Labor to begin an aggressive, labor
union campaign In the South will make
u lot of news, especially If It gets en
tangled with the race question.
In the matter of unique advertising
Mascagnl bids fair to eclipse all of his
predecessors.
OCTOBER EXPORTS.
Special Corcspomlcnce.
Wasblntoli, Nov. Hi.
October exports show a decided ten
dency toward recovery from the depress
ion duo largely to the short corn crop of
lust year and the reduced foreign demand
for other brcadstuffs. The total exports
for October were larger than those of
any preceding month In tlie history of our
commerce, except October and December,
VM, nud October, 1901. Kxports of corn
are. of course, less than In October of
Inst year, by reason of the very great
.shortage in corn due to last year's drouth,
the total value of corn exported in Octo
ber. 1W:', being $7;U.fiSL. against Ji',34S,fit0
in October of last year; while tor the
ten months ending with October, the
value of corn exports was $i,39i,UH.
against $l7,--'3J,i:in In the corresponding
months of lasl yenr. in wheat, which had
shown a material reduction In exports
In the last few months when compared
with the extraordinary high figures of tlie
corresponding months of the preceding
year, the llgurci for October show u
marked Ini'irovement, the total value
or wheat exported lu October, 1001', being
lL',l."S,i;SS, against $10,.'ir,414 In October ot
last year. AVIille Hour exports for Octo
ber of the present year are valued nt $",
:M3.!)1I. as against JiJ.Oftl.Ml in October ot
last year. Brcadstuffs aa a whole show
a total of L'1.!HX).J02 In October. 1902,
against n'0,37:',":T In October. lfOt. Kxports
of provisions and live animals are still
below those of October of last year, the
figures for October of the present year be
ing $!.-i.0U7:!, against JlS.LTj.uOri: while for
the ten months provisions and live ani
mals show a fall In exports of .138,000,000 ns
compared with the corresponding months
of Inst year, ami brearlstnffs a fall of $M,-
l)INI.IH.
NOT DIFFICULT.
The late Hugh Lane, pastor of Saint
Theresa's Romini Catholic, church, often
told a story of a young Dominican who.
touring Ireland on a series of revival
meetings by the members of his order,
was given bis first opportunity to preach
a sermon one night when the meetings
were for men only. lie began by saying
that ho invited questions If any portion
of his sermon should bo beyond the com
prehension of the big gathering, mid thru
took Tor Ills text the feeding of the multi
tude, lie was mutually flustered, and
misquoted as follows:
"And they fed ten people with ten thou
sand loaves and ten thousand fishes."
He was called to recognition of his error
by the local inn-keeper, who shouted:
"Sluire. nn' that's no miracle nt nil!
Ol could do that me silt!"
The young priest went on, heedlesti ot
the Interruption, and made such a fine
impression that he was told off to de
liver the sermon two nights later, when
again tlie services were for men. Feel
ing that the theme was cupable of fur
ther elaboration and application, he re
sumed it. and began:
"And they fed ten thousand people on
ten loaves of bread and ten fishes."
Then, casting about until be found ihe
Innkeeper's fate, he asked, smilingly:
"And could you do that, my friend'.'"
"Vis!" was the prompt nnswer "aislly:
Ol could do It, your rlverence, wld what
was life over-r from Thuesday nolght!"
Philadelphia Ledger.
THE 'COON'S ADVENTURE.
For The Tribune.
The Itaceoon peeped from his solemn den
Through a hole In a hollow tree;
And tlio forests waved to midnight winds
As far as a 'coon could see;
For his home was where the tall trees
grow.
And the hawk and the owl abide;
And the hemlock murmurs the wildest
song,
Far up on the mountain side.
For be loves the deepest wilderness;
And he bathes where the waters full
From dangerous heights and rocky clllfs,
When darkness covers all;
And only when the world la still;
And the wundbat wheels his flight
Among tbo simile of the forest, wild,
Does Ihe 'conn coino out nt night.
And now he creeps from his all-day lair,
As he shakes his soft fur hide
The moon Is descending In tlio distant
west,
As be conies from tlio mountain side;
Nor cares the 'coon for the screeching
owl,
That leers from the hemlock bough;
The shades of night have settled down,
I lo is bent on mischief now.
For tlio load has gone to his winter
liniuc;
Ami the iWi lu tlio brooks are shy;
The eggs luivo hatched from the wild
bird's nest
And the juniper berry Is dry;
Hut thn 'coon must have a rich repast,
lire the dawn of the coming day;
So ho ambles off to a fat hen-roost
Of a farmer's, far away,
A thief he is and lient on cilme,
Vou may see by the stripes on his tall;
Thn marks of Cain, lie can't discard,
And his maraudings never tall;
lie knows that the farmer now sleeps
well;
That the candle light burns low;
The watch-dog censed to bark at twelve,
And the throb of life beats slow,
tint, bail;! Ou the filnso of the forest,
the Itut-coon wound his way.
The 'coon-dog's baying voice Is heard,
And the robber does not stay;
The forms of his victims , strew the
gioiuid,
The last of the fanner's btoro;
The cluck of the hen and crow of tlm
cock,
On hu farm ate heard no more.
So the Itaceoon turned Ids guilty steps
From the roost of his bloody crime
To his lonely den In the forest, dim,
Where he dwelt in the summer time;
nut life fur a life, ho learned too late,
Is tbo solemn decree of men;
And the Itaceoon sleeps bis last long
sleep
lu tlio shades of his rocky glen. (
CJ. II. So per.
Set anion, Nov. II.
NO SERIOUS DRAWBACK.
Ulldget was eiiRngeil to he married to
a young plumber, Tcrcncn Dolitn by
biime, and when, two weeks before tlm
day set for the wedding, she fell down
the cellar stalls, slid was lu the depths
of woe.
"I've broken otitNone o' my front teeth,"
she walled to tier mistress, "and my teeth
has been my best Inmuty, mn'uml
Manny's the lllnc Terence has bad mo
show 'cm to his friends, and remarked
how line they weio! Oh, what II t do'
Whnt'll I doV"
"Tell Torence all about It when luf
comes tonight, and I'm sure ho'lt say
lie's only glad you were not more severe
ly Injured," said hot- mistress; but
Ulldget shoot.' her head mid refused to be
comforted.
" "I'would be better for me ir I'd
broke some o' my bones," oho suld,
gloomily, "and maybe nil of "em,"
That evening, Hfter Terenco hud come
and gone, Urldget appeared before her
mistress, tbo gloom gone, and her face
set In a broad smile.
"I towld him all about II," who said,
gaily, "and ho says to me. 'What's a
tooth more or less when It comes lo
eookln'? he snys, careless like, and passed
on to Cassldy's wnko as It 'twas no mut
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Who Can Make the Most Words Out of 'the Letters In
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THIS IS much easier than last year's contest, and twenlv of
the brightest boys and girls' will secure Christmas Gifts
in caslt for making the largest number of words out of
these letters. t is lots of fun to think out the words and hunt
them up in the dictionary, and besides it will help you with your
spelling. You will be surprised at the number of different ways
these twelve letters can be used.
Rules of the Contest
Presents will be given to the boys or girls, whose parents
01 guardians are subscribers to THE TRIBUNE, building the
largest number of words out of the letters -contained in "The
Home Paper."
No letters must he used any more limes than they appear
in these three words. As an example, only one "A" could be
used, but there might be two "H's" or three "E's."
Only words defined in the MAIN PORTION of "Web
ster's International Dictionary" (edition of 3 SOS) will be al
lowed. -"Any dictionary can be used, but in judging the contest
Till; TRIBUNE will debar all words not found in Webster's.
Proper names, or any other words appearing in the "Ap
pendix" will not be allowed.
Obsolete words arc admitted if defined in the dictionary.
Words spelled two or more ways can be used but once.
Words with two or more definitions can be used but once.
Xo single letters counted as words except "A" and "O."
How to Write Your List.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Write very plainly ; If possible, use a typewriter.
Place the words alphabetically.
Write your name, age, address and number of words at the top'
of your list.
Write the name of parent or guardian with whom you. live and
who is a renular subscriber to THE TRIBUNE. 1
Fold the list DO' NOT ROLL.
CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY.
All letters of inquiry for information will be promptly an
swered. Address your iist of words, or any question you wish
answered, to
CONTEST EDITOR.
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