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sty r' ' V ;4Cv.\;. aSK\V» SE^ iS&fe jms.i&npp -va?r3G&&mi OWmitet> of KRirfiEiS &>$•%• ?w W*': i S&y' ERMANY*S excltemeM over tie Krapp scandal is not due alone to the rarity of graft cases in that country, or to the fact that It touches her in her most sen­ sitive place--the army. It is due partly to the fact that the Krupp establishment h»« come to be looked upon as a nation­ al institution, and that every German has been Immensely proud of it aa one of the glories of the Fatherland. And now to discover that this great Industry bag stooped to the bribing of officials--a fact ad* fc ; mitted by the Krupp firm, after the charge had |?r|; teen made in the reichBtag^--and that it had been «upplying French newspapers with material for .. • war-scare articles, so as to Induce the German -.government to bny more armament from the - Krupps, is more to Germany than a scandal. It 1B a catastrophe. The charges were made In the reichstag by Dr. I? % Uebknecht, the Socialist deputy, and in the coK fet *imns of the Vorwaerts, the Socialist newspaper, .fez:' It is a coincidence that it was that newspaper .'.•which ten years ago printed another scandalous *tory about the Krupps, which caused the death of the then head of the works, Friedrich Alfred Krupp. ||k- It was impossible to refute him, because the minister of war, Gen. yon Heeringen, was obliged If-, :• to admit then and there that an inquiry was going M^-fon which had already revealed that "one of the- i Krupp officials" had bribed officers to reveal cer- tain information. The following day the Krupps lMv Issued a statement In which they admitted th*tr f|V/their representatives in Berlin had maintained ^'friendly relations" with their former "comrades'* Sv • of the war department for the purpose of obtain^ ' Ing "business information," and had bestowed .ife..";:..•mall present "on certain under officials." fe : It was on Friday that Liebknecht exploded hi* fcorob and forced von Heeringen to reveal thCt siA,. secret inquiry and on Saturday that the Krupps made their admission of bribery. On Sunday the '••• Vorwaerts published the text of the instructions ;«ent by the Deutsche Munitions und Waffenfabiik to its Paris agent to "leave no stone unturned" pvi ; to persuade some popular French newspaper to publish a statement that France intended to dbup ^ ble her orders for machine gnu. The object was' {Vt° get the German government to order machine . «uns from the Deutsche Monitions und Vft&mar pp ;. j-V fabrik. On Tuesday the popular indignation had risen »,• ; J " «o high that Gen. von Heerlngen's plea for a sua- %•' pension of iudgment until his private inquiry had 0s 4one Its work was forgotten. The budget commit* •; T'*eS *ee °' tbe reichstag voted to appoint a parliameo- tary commission of inquiry into the scandal. This * oommiBsion, however, despite the protests of the * i)J:: Socialists, was not vested with power to send for © e r s o n s a n d p a p e r s . . . . . 5 N SOMETHING TO CAUIE MODERN RAILROAD MAN TO 8MILE. NotNti*^, Mewever, le Better falctt* lated 8liow the Wonderful Do* velopment of the Steel Line :-v Throuflhout^ •_ ... ! The development of the lfofewotlve may be traced by the types used in w various periods on Won uuQiaiiu iair roads, as railroad construction be­ gan in New Eng­ land in 30's. To­ -day the latest ex­ amples of high­ speed passenger and potential freight engines are in service on New England roads. Several of the earliest lo­ comotives in use in New England have been preserved and an ex­ cellent example of the general char­ acter of the engine of pioneer dayB of railroading is the tiny Amoskeag, which on September 6, 1842, drew the first passenger train into Concord, N. H., over the newly conmpleted Concord railroad from Nashua to Con­ cord. Engines of the character of the Amoskeag were then in use on the Boston & Lowell, the Boston & Provi­ dence and parts of the railroad which subsequently became the Old Colony. The Amoskeag represents the Amer­ ican adaptation of the early English locomotive built by Stephenson, by the substitution of the horizontal for the •erticle boiler and the rear for the forward driving wheels. Incidentally there is in the Amos­ keag a feature that was first used by locomotive builders. These locomo­ tives were t"he first to use the outside connections, that is to place the cylin­ der pistons and connecting rods out­ side the line of the driving wheels. The Amoskeag and corresponding locomotives were capable of hauling a light passenger train at a maximum of from 15 to 20 miles an hour, and The Amoskeag Which Drew the Frist T rain Into Concord, N. H., Sept. 6, 1842. wood was the fuel. Loads were light, and the traction power of the engines was rarely severely tested. The locomotive in service on the Western railroad, which hauled the "Afternoon express" between Spring y r Machinists Declare That Start Iron and Other Inanimate Mattsr • *r» Subject to •' \ • " " 1 An engine driver, pulling at the throttle Impatiently, remarked "She don't feel well today. She's off her feed.' He was over sixty years of age, and certainly not 6f romantic cast of mind. Yet his face was grave, his tone serious and perplexed. He really meant what he Salu. While resting at a junction, advan­ tage was taken of the leisure to get an explanation of his remark. There seems to be some real I/fcujia for the common assertion among machinists that steel and iron and other inani­ mate matter such as fire and steam are subject to "feeling good" -and being off." If a microscope be put on the edge of a razor, the irregulari­ ties, resembling the sky line of New York as seen from the , river, vary greatly. Here Is a depression where yesterday was an altitude. The steel presents a line of saw teeth that ex­ pand and contract There is no doubt that the molecular changes in a com­ plex machine like a locomotive are continuous and radical. But how about the driver of the en­ gine? He, too, is a machine. There are days when he "don't feel good," a homely old saying, always graphic and used by us all from the days when we first piped it to the school teacher who could not excuse it We went home to whisper it, most truthfully, to mother, who could uot believe it What a relief it was to drop our heads down on the matronly lap and sob it out' that somehow, wltile we were not ill we could not do the task. What bless­ ed intelligence she had! She believed us, she stroked our heads with a touch that was magic, and who will explain how? She who had given us life in­ fused life into us anew by the strofce of her hand. It is true that tfeere are days ^jrhen we "just cannot!" The complex mech­ anism will not work; yet we have agreed to turn in the work for our own wage. What a struggle it is! What a longing to be able to speak o«t and explain ourselves, if only there was an ear to listen kindly! The Iron rule is put upon our product and we know we have fallen short. May be the test was crucial and we lose the job. But that is the world's way, and In meeting just such iron tests we won our place at the beginning. No matter how gnarled and hard­ ened by the yearp a map may be, on js&ohjuW &nr- it&c&rrri&ovzwr of jaezn>i>£ 3# Msi • ^ - SIU m: % '• r<Mv Although the Krupp works date from 1810, when Friedrich Krupp established his forge at Essen, it . "Was his son, Alfred Krupp, who was the real founder of the Industry. Friedrich died practical­ ly bankrupt in 1826, leaving little more than the secret of his cast-steel process to his son, and It was 30 years before any striking results were achieved. v It was in 1810 that Friedrich Krupp purchased a small forge in Essen, where he devoted himself to the problem of manufacturing caBt steel, but though the article was put on the market by him In 1815 it commanded but little sale, and the firm was anything but prosperous. He employed only '•three workmen. Alfred Krupp was born April 26, 1812, and at the time of his father's death was only fourteen years old. 'His mother carried on the works until Alfred reached his majority, so that twice in the lilstory of; the works have they been managed by women. The present head of the industry is Bertha Krupp, the granddaughter of the woman 'Who became its manager in 1826. The Krupps had so little money that Alfred, on Ills father's death, was compelled to leave school to assist his mother. He displayed a phenomenal Aptitude for the foundry business, and the works •developed with Increasing rapidity after his in- Huence was felt in their management. By 1848 the firm had expanded so that 122 workmen were •mployed. As late as 1848, the year in which his mother relinquished the sole management of the works into his hands, he melted the family plate to pay his workmen. Today the mighty industry fur­ nishes employment to a majority of the workmen of three cities and a dozen coal and iron mining towns. The ships built from it, equipped with Its steel, and armed with its cannon, are on all the seas, and wherever steel is used the name of Krupp is known.; The capital of the firm now is About ^60,000,000. It was in 1847 that Krupp scored his first real «uccesg, when he made « three-pounder muzzle- loading gun of cast steel. At the great London exhibition of 1851 he exhibited a solid flawless Ingot of cast steel weighing two tons, thus estab­ lishing the fact that an important firm existed In Germany capable of turning out samples of excel­ lent workmanship. The Essen works were every­ where spoken of, and the output watched with the closest injjgrest. The manufacture of weldless eteel tires for railway vehicles was another In­ vention which followed soon after. The making of heavy ordnance, which has made the name of these works famous the world over, was not then a prominent part of the business. One of the first large orders he got for firearms *°ur year8 after the London exhibition, when Prussia gave him the contract for her new breech­ loaders. The Khedive of Egypt followed this with a large order for war material, and Russia fol­ lowed with contracts for large quantities of new weapons. ' While the Essen works were designed for gen­ eral foundry work, the output for many years has consisted almost entirely of heavy guns; but it was not until 1846, 20 years after his father's death and 36 years after the founding of the firm, that Alfred Krupp began gunmaklng. His first results were pieces of small caliber. As he be­ came interested in the science, and as his dis­ coveries in steel casting developed, the sise and weight of the cannon he was able to construct increased steadily until these war monsters, which have become world-famous, became common oc­ currences in the Essen works. The Krupp field gun is the basis of the nioblle artillery of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Rus­ sia, and Turkey. * Under the administration of Friedrich A. Krupp, Essen turned out the great pieces which guard Germany's fortresses and are mounted in her coast defenses. Krupp answered Krupp from the emplacements of Port Arthur against the siege batteries of Japan. And side by side with the instruments of war Essen placed a thousand and one steel products, illustrating Alfred Krupp's first and chief maxim: "No good steel without good Iron," used in today's tools, ma­ chinery, railroads, and ships. Krupp ordnance has roared all over the world. Some of the guns that fired at Dewey's squadron at Manila came from Essen. The siege guns used In the Franco-German war and In use at the bombardment of Paris were from this factory, and thijp Parisians' terror of them was not dimin­ ished by the memory of one of the Krupp master­ pieces which had been exhibited in their city in 1867. It weighed 15,000 kilograms, and made away with $800 worth of powder and Iron every time it was fired. After that war the Krupps refused to make cannon for France. As the business grew collateral Industries were developed, and Essen, which had be£n a tiny vil­ lage, expanded to a town of over 100,000 Inhabi­ tants, all dependent on the Krupp industries. Coal mines, coke ovens, iron mines, steamships, rail­ roads, and blast furnaces were bought. In 1872 Alfred Krupp owned 414 Iron ore diggings, and when his son Friedrich died he owned over 500. Upon Alfred's death, July 14, 1887, Friedrich A. Krupp became the head of the establishment It has been said of him that he devoted himself to the financial rather than the technical side of the business, but in 1902, at the annual meeting in London of the Iron and Steel institute, the Besse­ mer gold medal for scientific research was award­ ed to him. This is one of the highest honors that can be paid to any man in the iron trade. It was given to him for his discoveries in the manufac­ ture of ^rmor plate. The son wet thus following In the fbotsteps of his father. Both Alfred and Friedrich A. Krupp declined titles. One .was offered to the father by King William, afterward Emperor William I., In 1864, and William's son, the prefect emperor, renewed the offer to Krupp's son. Neither would accept. At the time of his death he> was by far the rich­ est man in Germany, and was called "thjs German Morgan." The Imperial income - tax returns showed that in the year before his death he had a yearly income of between 20,000,000 marks ($4»- 760,000) and 21,000,000 marks. The second wealthiest man in the empire had an income of* only 5,000,000 marks. He directed in his will that the firm should be changed into a stock company. This was done, but Bertha Krupp, his daughter, who married Dr. von Behlen und von Halbach, holds all but four shares of this company. She is not only Ger­ many's wealthiest woman, but its wealthiest sub­ ject and greatest taxpayer. Hence she has been called "the Queen tot Es­ sen,1" and "Our Lady of the Cannon," and dther romantic names. At the age of eighteen there descended upon her the greatest industrial in­ heritance the world has yet known. She was six­ teen when her father died, and attained her ma­ jority in 1904. Essen is a city now of lt>0,000 population, and it owes its existence as a city to the Krupp works. But there is hardly a city in the world which is governed more in the communistic spirit than this. It is one of the very earliest places in. which co-operative stores were established. They have been in < existence there for over 50 years. "Bertha Krupp," says one writer, "may be the 'queen' of Essen, but her workmen conduct their own affairs without molestation. She limits her 'Interference' to gifts of money, by which Institu­ tions of mutual good "to -thi workmen tnay bd established." From the three men Whom Friedrich Khrpp employed, the 122 whom Alfred Krupp had in bis employ 20 years after he took charge, the force working for the Krupps had grown to 50,000 at the death of Friedrich A. Krupp in 1902. The establishment now comprises. 60,000 workmen ap,d 6,750 engineers *nd clerkp. ' * Hie works comprise five separate groups, lite first of which Is the Essen Steel works, with prov­ ing grounds at Meppen, Tanger-Hutte, and Essen. This group includes the Milhofener-Hutte, with its four blast furnaces; the, Herman-Hutte, with three blast furnaces, and tne Ssyner-Hutte, with coal and iron mines. The second group is the Frledricb-Alfred Iron works in Rheinhausen; the third, the Annen Steel works; the fourth, the Gruson Machine works, at Magdeburg-Buckau, and the fifth, the Germanla shipyards, at Kiel. The Essen Steel works alone comprise some sixty-odd departments, covering an area of about 500 acres, and housing 7,200 machine tools, 17 roll trains, 187 hammers, 81 hydraulic presses, 397 steam boilers, and 569 steam engines, more than 2,200 electric motors, and 900 cranes. Almost in the center of the Essen works stands the original Krupp factory and a family house, maintained Intact, in accordance with the direc­ tions of Alfred Krupp. It bearB this inscription: "Fifty years ago this cottage was the home of my parents. May none of our workmen have to go through the struggle which the building up of these works has cost us. The success which now so splendidly has rewarded our faith, our anxiety, and our efforts, was doubtful during twenty-live long years. "Let this example serve as an encouragement to others in difficulties. May it increase the re­ spect for the many small houses and the great sorrows which often dwell in them. "The object of work must be mutual welfare; tto work is blessed, then work is prayer. May all, from the highest to the lowest amongst us. Work with the same, earnestness to found and secure his own future success. That's my great­ est wish. y "Essen, February, 1878, twenty-five years after «jr afwrsinlng charge. ALFRED KRUPP." Locomotive of 1842. field and Albany In 1842 represents a#- ,7- •' r v ? • 4 ' SAVING THE OLD HOME IP" n " ' wOne, of the first things that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will attend to on landing in France will be the matter of the disposal of her borne, Fort de Sarah Bernhardt, an island off the coast of Brittany, to the French gov- ornment. The actress has been much perturbed by reports that it is the in­ dention of the French government to For many years Mme. Bernhardt has lived almost exclusively in her palace on this, the largest of a group of islands near the mainland. She Das liehl her interest in it for years, and it covers oter three-quarters of the entire bit of land set down in the oea. At one time it was a formidable fcrti- fication, but the actress has bad the lights to spend her leisure moments. It is here that she - entertains < her friends; _ «=» vv uvMvtvu, uuv VUQ ftVUVBB UM UftQ VQC confiscate her island and restore It to] place reconstructed and made into a tle wVxln*} usejM a fortress. 1 handsome residence, to which st* de- Faults of Men. "I wjtd some power the .giftle gleans to see oursel's as ithers see us." So wrote Robert Burns, and the young men of Paris have just found that "power" In a "Magazine called Paris Taste," which has recently concluded a vcfte of Its lady readers (if to which are the seven worst .fault* of , yo&ng men of today. Egotism, it ;ls . . . . , . . . „ interesting tb learn, takes first place easily with 10,014 votes. Laziness and self-sufficiency run a dead beat for second place with 7,400 votes, and fast living, gambling, intemperance, and abuse of Bport come next with from 6.400 to 5,000 votes. FoollshneM Is last in the list little more advanced type, except that It had the Inside connections. The heaviest locomotives of the tlmo were in use on the Western railroad cn account of the grades of the Berk­ shire Hills. In the Western railroad locomotive Is seen the first variety of cowcatcher in use. This was an American lnno- vation, as was also the cab introduced a few years later to protect the en­ gineer and the fireman from the In* clemency of the weather. Up to the years of the Civil war wood-burning locomotives were in services on the main lines as well as on the branches of New England rail­ roads. But soon after the war soft coals as a,, fuel became universal. The American locomotive developed slowly and along th© line of weight power and appearance. The Boston & Albany locomotive of 1889 in use in the express passenger service is a type that was considered to be the limit of weight and power at the time. It was capable of attaining a speed on shprt stretches of 60 miles an hour. This type of engine is by no means ob­ solete, even if 24 years have passed since it was the crack flyer. On many branches in New England one of these veterans of the rail may be seen haul­ ing the two or three-car passenger and mixed trains.--Boston Globe. Different. "It doesn't pay to fight other pie's battles:" said the sa£6.v "Oh, v don't know," re oiled stranger. "I am a lawyer.' Professional Opinion, 1 ^ A railroad man was taken to liter a certain bishop preach. The Episcopal dignitary trespassed on time and bade fair to encroach upon eternity. He roamed in 3UI the fields of human thought and speculation, and when he had come several times to an ad­ mirable stopping place, only took re­ newed strength to go on. Finally he reached a belated end. "What do you think of the bishop's preaching?" asked one parishioner of the railroad man. "He makes fairly good running time," he admitted, "and he carries plenty of freight But he hasn't got good terminal facilities." Give Much to Railroad* Without the improvements have been made in railroad facilities the great empire lying between Chi­ cago and the Pacific ocean could not have reached anything like its pres­ ent condition. The railroads have furnished a ready market for the fruit and grain and stock and in turn have hauled to the towns and hamlets along their lines the manufactured products of Chicago and other cities. Weleh Gold Mines Still Worked. Welsh gold mines, In one of Which a rich vein is reported to have been struck, have been systematically worked for Over sixty years. Gold was first discovered in tie principality in 1845, Jo a lode, on the Clogan moun­ tain. * * 1*? .1 ...Mi • . 1 ' • • one of these off days pf t>itber failure the child mind within him utters its whisper. Thank God he can still feel the knee at which he knelt, when she stopped all housework and gave him time for the sacred confession: "Mother, the teacher would not be­ lieve me. I could not think well. I failed today, but I can do it tomor­ row. I -understand. know* I know." . And ever op the storied air.those words of hers are sounding. "Stop. Rest Listen." SNAKE TRAVELED ON TRAIN Decidedly Unwelcome Passenger Gave California Railroader an Un- pleasant Few Mlnutee;*." **'; • ' • --s- •'Jt^targe "gopher snake," wtdgwfl, through some unaccountable manner, in a coupling of a freight car at the Oakland yards, caused considerable ex­ citement and gave Daniel Hughe, in­ spector, the fright of his life whan, in trying to uncouple the car, he saw' the reptile's head about six inches from his face, says an Oakland (Cal.) corre­ spondent. The train had come in from Sacra­ mento and Hughe was preparing to uncouple the car. The coupling stuck, and he bent forward to examine it. Ae he did so the snake protruded its ^Lead from the mass of iron. With a yell Hughe jumped away and called the other yard men, who at first would not believe his statement. "Come and see!" said Hughe. "I tell you, It'B alive!" Finally Inspectors Shirk and Potter agreed to take a look, and Hughe's reputation for veracity was established. The snake was killed. How the snake, after getting into the coupling, escaped being smashed, and how It got there anyhow, is a puzzle that the trainmen are trying to solv«. »'4Me Only Chanee hr Peeoe. * j "A malcontent" mused the man at the head of the table, "is a man who Is never satisfied with his lot The only one that could bring peace to hie rebellious spirit is the family lot." Courting Time for Railway Men* Time off for courting may be al­ lowed the single men of the local Street railway service, if a plan now being talked by those who have just felt the coming of spring meets the approval of the Management The Georgia Railway and Power company encourages matrimony among its employes, as the eternal ef­ fect in conduct and on sticking qual­ ities For this reason it is thought probable that the traffic management will agree to free Sunday afternoons for those who profess to willingness to decrease the visible supply Of old maids.--Atlanta Constitution. Catty. .- 7. " ."My husband," she said, "Salways wants me to look my best, no matter what the cost" "Well," her friend re­ plied, "one can hardly blame him for feeling as he does."--Chicago Record- Herald. Wanted to Helji. day little Laura came intS the kitchen and found her grandmother shelling peas. After watching her a moment, Laura said: "OK grandma, please let me help unhttttoo th« beans." IAD MUCH FUN WHEN STANDING Tells How Lydia E.Pitiklinnri% Vegetable Compound made Her a Wdl Woma* Chjppewa*Falls, Wis.--"I fore ways had great confidence in Lydia Hr Pinkham's Vegetal ble Compound as found it very goail for organic troubles and recommend it highly. I had di|k : placement, b a c ache and pa ir i# when standing 0*' my feet for arqf length of time, when 1 began to take th# medicine, but I am In fine health now. If f ever have thoa* troubles again I will take Lydia S. PinkVJ. - ham's Vegetable Compound." -- Mrs, Ed. Ferron, 816 High St, Cfoippewfe Falls, Wisconsin. Providence, R. I.--*rI cannot e>peal( too highly of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Veg­ etable Compound as it has done woa- ders for me and I would not be without ft I had organic displacement and bearing down pains and backache and was thoroughly run down when I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con>- pound. It helped me and I am In this best of health at present I work in a factory all day long besides doing my housework so you can see what it has done for me. I give you permission to publish my name and I speak of your Vegetable Compound to many of my friends." --Mrs. Abril Lawsom, lM Lippitt St, Providence, R. L j&. The Man Who Put th* E E a In F E E T Look for This Trade-Mark pfe ture Ok the Label when buying ALLEN'S F00T-EASE The Antiseptic Powder for Tea, Trade-Mark, der. Aching Feet. Sold everjv where, 25c. Sample FREK. AddresSt ALLEN S. OLMSTED. Le Roy, N. Y. WANTED ConsttpatlqntBleedlngorltcbliig Piles, Write for fViee trial or Positive PalnleaS Vile Care. S.CJ.TAKNKY, Anbarii, la4. Everybody suffering frosts Piles, Klitsla, Fissures, Ulceration, Inflammation AN OPIUM BONFIRE IN CHINA Paraphernalia Confiscated From Smokers by Authorities le Burned Once Every Month. • A quantity of opium pipes, lampst and paraphernalia for the preparing of the drug, to the total value of morifc than 10,000 taels. was publicly burned In the presence of Chinese offlcialf and a squad of soldiers on the empty apace of ground behind the British, Concession in Hakow. The goods reperesented the result* Of a month's raiding in and about tl»s city. The opium, which was the n#» tlve product, and the other articles were piled In a heap opposite the Ningpo club and were thoroughly soaked In kerosene and packed rouail about with firewood. This was' set flre to, kerosene belnc poured on the bonfire when .the flames showed signs of dying down. Not a clay vial was left The burning ts carried out once a month, this beins *the second time, and a different place Is selected for each flre. The opium and utensils were wholly confiscated from smokers. The smokers: .fined or Imprisoned. "~ A Model Juror, Counsel (to talesmap5--Have yc® any knowledge of anything Is ®JS world or the world to come? Talesman--1 have not. Counsel--Do you know enough to come in out of the rain? .. • ; j Talesman--I do not Counsel--If you were standing on fk. railroad track and an express train ap­ proached at a speed of 90 miles S& hour, would you step out of the way? Talesman--f would not Chorus of Lawyers--Step right Into the Jury box.--Puck. To Improve some family trees, prune them close to the roots.. Most of us are quite willing to for­ give the enemies of other people. Please the Home Folks By serving \ Post They are among the good things to eat, but not in the cook book, because they require no cooking. Toasties are always crisp appetizing--ready to eat direct from the pack­ age. You save heaps of time and a\ in die kitchen*» • >.»§£ • Some rich' d'eam - jf you want it--or cool fruit juice, with these fluffy bits of corn and you have a dish that is fascinating lor any meal of the day. ;v- ̂ Toaatiea are told by grocers everywhere. -