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Show r a eta i v Darin) he here home in mind witn ret The two cardinal points-t, that the material should le erince to their ilothin are, such as may re to r tain the iieut-sarwarmth, and, second, that its form le so arranged as to ixianon neither undue nor any interfere me with muscular abdominal compruw-iolienee the action, physician should try to induce his girl patients to adopt underclothing of merino, as well as to them to' cm hew compressing corsets, elastic garters and tightly fitting high-he- x led shoe. This advice o should give m iienevcr the occasion offers, se ldom as our counsel may lie followed, for in sndi matters fashion and the modiste will probably continue to the ml of the chapter to reign over common sense and the doctor modes prevalent The injuries that may Ik- inflicted by the lac of effects the in shown dresu of girls are tight in the ing on the breathmost apparent at kind are of this of errors ing functions. The results the the period when the young lady exchanges cary garb of girlhood for that imposed by the requirements of fashionable! life. Were young men to lie no laced, so imperfectly exercise cl, so inadewould soon quately clothed, so suffocated, so exposes!, their bodily vigor o fir-d- Grmie Tiiimj Heres a toast to every in, Of every race, and cnetfcand clan, n ' Who de By his manhood stron, fid free, Digs from the earth, w fts from the sea. Their treasures. And whose arm and n f, Leaves to his fellows mankind, His heritage his wor ale-ur- - heres to the man 0 digs the gold, And heres to the mai tho makes the mold, And heres to the mai rho mints the rim, And heres to the mai good luck to him, Who By his strength of air ind mind, Defeats of clothing, though most signal about the chest and shoulders, are not confined to the wppar port of the body. The feet require warmth, winch fashion denies. They cannot be compressed except at the cost of auffeftfip, some distortion and the infliction of positive disease. FaahTb n a IscTpe tlie Kgs to 1 covered with only the thinnest materials. The circulation of blood to the feet 1oines further imjeded 1y the pressure of tight shoes and the debilitating effect of cold. The crippled state, too, thus occasioned is an obstacle to efficient xcrei'-e- , and so adds to the gene ral debility. It has been my experience in tlie wheat that where the highest wages are , wo: c of of So, arc from 4:50in"lhe morning until 8:30 at night a city chap can stand the strain for only one or two daya at the Kansas pays high wages, but the most. hours are long and the board is not always so extra. For there the farmer does not feed you, as the harvest hands generally work for the owners of the thrashing machine 'and naturally he wants to get as much Work out of you as he can and pay heres to the ma The man ant on his wide plaz-7.- a, overcoat. "This weather sure has and got m? goat In Ida He me fras-y.W- il I love the gay Hnd jovnna of wh'ch they ting. But I am (hilled until I'm mum- hy jins" Thp humming birds that sought the of the nodding hiooins. The flies mosquitoes, bugs, eteet-Er- a had met Uielr dooms The birefoot boy who pi tyed with ploro IrriTTThr 7rtt"nrrr rrf rinnr Now Mt liN chilhliing with the fierc-so- rt of p i inf ul roars pet-A- ls PITCHERS IN NOVEL COMBINE Twlrlers of Minneapolis American sociation Te?rn Practice to Batting. As- 1 In-r- ove Bold Doctor Cook announced a loc-Tu- re on the hkittili pole, But t hanged his suhjttt to 'Dlrec-Tion- s for the Isc of Coal The iceman wept In grief all si 'TVently amid his I e. The secret of Improved hitting among tne pitchers of the Minneapolis American Association team Is out. Every morning and afternoon, after tbe game, tbe slabmen of tbe team can be seen swatting the ball at practice batting Tils is why the pitchers are making themselves felt with the stick these days, students of the game i Might leave his fellofi His heritage his wc lahoiT 1 heritage-yhi- s mankind, 1 Mans treasures, That his arm and ni fields , fellows-Hi- s Heres a toast to the1 man, too, Mans comrade fanc i mans comrade true, Who By her womanhood 1 and sweet, Coaxed into light froi lits dark retreat, m- paid there also the greatest amount work is demanded. Whcfe the hour Leaves to his SUMMERS DAY t So, ease. A. "Old Hickory" Steve Kane, formerly American association umpire," poked bis official bead Into a fine young trouble nooee out at Tacoma the otb r day. Stevedore, It will be remembered, took to tbe quiet woods of the Northwest league after President Tom Lynch, of the National league, bad tied a can on the unfortunate arbitrator because be was a trifle undersized Since taking up his duties in the west Kane has been swinging his official ax with precision whenever a player turns a trick, and the other day the stubby arbitrator broke up a game, largely to show his authority The Tacoma and Victoria clubs opened a game, and everything was going nicely until the second inning, when some one on the Victoria bench pushed forth an uncomplimentary remark to the stylish Mr. Kane Whirling suddenly on his heel, Steve pointed to tbe bench and howled: "Clear out of the field, every one of jou." Manager Householder, of the Victoria club, protested, and then came Steve's really authoritative act. He pulled out his watch (solid gold) and Informed Householder that he would give him exactly three minutes time In which to can every man off the bench and o it of the enclosure. Householder continued to argue and tbe fans continued to bowl, but Just st the end of the third minute Kane shouted, "Game forfeited to Tacoma, score 9 to 0, and with these w.ords he ducked for a street car. Tbe Victoria players are still howling, but Steve Is going right along umpiring every day. all mankind, vho digs the gold, Who fashions its sha; into wealth untold, With water or wine lied to the brim Well drink this toa? -- good luck to him Who and mind, By his strength of Leaves to his feUovrpall mankind, His heritage his e The coalman rubbed his hands, and high Er jet he shoved the price. Folks dumhJv looked at their thermom-Etor- s and shook their heads, At nUht they mrloii up Jike M&hora-Etar- g on chilly beds. furn-AcThey started up the oleaned-oand looked for snow, And all their minds were filled witfe sajr. Some of the inflelders. It Is said, tbe pitchers to task in a friendly clubhouse chut not long ago, and it was not long before the argument waxed interesting. As a result tbe wielders of the sphere took to practice with the bat And they formed a close corporation at that. When the Inflelders saw what was going on, they sought, too. to get into the pracNot so. The tice batting column. pitchers refused to throw to apyboejy but a pitcher and nobody was per mitted to bat but a pitcher. , So the pitchers are beginning to hit Patterson has three hits to his credit ut took a lit He for sour meals as he can. I have been out harvesting In Nebraska. There I worked only ten food, the best a man ever could lo eleven hours a day, with to another, staying on the farm one from machine a with get. I weht farms The two on of each being small, it only took days place. average not were You finish a place. expected to work so hard, about two days to in Kansas it runs whereas a to $2.50 day, hut the pay ran only from $3 as high as $4 a day. I had about nine full weeks of it in the vicinity of Wymore, Neb., 7h1 Ihe beauty of it was the fact that now and then yon could get a half lays rest while the machitac was being moved to the next place f CUy boys musnt think that they are strong enough to get out and labor's ideal it J a it would like to make the hours shori sun. the weeks hot in six out in and day for work day broiling changes with enough so that all will have to work ORGANIZED At on time It notes that banking and profeswas customary to workil or sional men work five hours or less, it Those who hate the English sparrow more hours per day, but as civilfeillon and hopes to reach the same ideal I advise to take a trip to Elgin, and visit advanced the working day has teen some time. U To provide work for the Idle affects the grounds of the Illinois State hospital. steadily reduced. In reducing the hours of later the the supply of and demand for labor will see There they sparrows, robins, unions have bfcen chiefly lnstrunpital, and favorably affects wages as all blackbirds, wreus, swallows of all as they have in various trades estabtrades well know but the thin fol- desire of tbe worker to have some descriptions, Fong and night birds, living lished a shorter workday and recreation and amusement in perfect harmony. Each kind is there lowed itup by legislation whirever been 4 have the demand for shorter stimulates strong enough. they Why? Because they by the thousands. Though "eight hours" may te the hours. have tree's to ucst in, particularly the pines objective which organized later Bow As our become better foleducated they become more deter In the city we have no trees to sjeak of seeks to accomplish, it does mi hours is Ideal, that mined to have more of the benefit of low that outside of the parks, and if the park com it will be eight the goal of the future The machinery. r niissioners would plant some pine trees you movement rests They desire more leisure that theli $ upon necessity. would find that the robin, the thrush, the Industrial life may be prolonged. maconstant "The la improvement to be They desire their fellow-mehluejay, the lark and others would return chinery and consequent displacement employed. and stay as of old. of labor, together ,ylth the furttef They desire good wages and realize of labor by the tendency that to preserve them their fellow-meThe English sparrow increases in number very rapidly and likes the hos- toward consolidation In all 11ms ef inmust be employed. excitement, as can bcTseen at Elgin. One mile smith ofwc4 of the dustry, must ultimately compd as to Tb lat George E. McNeill, called find a choose between three things: first, th father of the sparrow. r pital you can hardly should we may shorten the hours of later to said Eight hours for work, Sparrow a are tlie best of scavengers among all bird kind, and to pieces distribute opportunity for empfeyment, eight hours for rest, eight hours for ycwi find your young vegetables just sprouting, being picked or, second, we may tax proywty to what we will." the plant support the idle, or, third, you can bet your last button that it is the insects rather than may This seems like an equitable divishave revolution." that the sparrow is after. ion as'long as eight hours is the oband unaswershls sum- jective, but as Invention follows Just think how industrious this little fellow is. Lika a bantam, he This masterly of the underlying ouset of ming up it is likely the figures will have is full of life, ambition and confidence in himself. Stop talking about the short hour movement a to be revised. wu.by 4he sparrow, watch him both in and out of the city, and von will find he statesman, no lest than late The Ideal abort hour workday Is the Thomas B. Reed j shortest day possible that will give is more energetic than those who condemn him. It follows that as long u ndklnery good wages, and give tbe largest measand methods continue so to Improve ure of freedom, recreation and enjoyThe bright star in the southern sky is that less and less hours arersgulred ment to tbe worker, enabling him to the planet Jupiter and the one in the west for, productive labor, Idwl work- support his family, educate his chilwill be Bhorter and 4rter. is Venus., Jupiter is in Libra and Venus ing day dren, and lay aside something for the Labor does not expect to ltd withrainy day. is in Leo, while Saturn is in Aries and can out work it complains that are thre SAMUEL GOMPERS. lie seen early in the morning. Mars, in too many who live without vork. and rises and now about midnight Aquarius, is a beautiful sight just before daylight. York legislature. -- While it was pendLabor Day Beginiijig No man Will regret the loss of a few ing Oregon passed a law establishing winks if he gets up to see him. Jnpiters Terence V. Powderly, thamkn vvho the holiday, the first state In the moons could be seen through a good pair waa largely Instrumental Union to do this. New Tork was the lanfantxing second. Later states to the number of opera glasses three weeks ago and the Knights of Labor ne forty passed similar laws, tells the Washijgton cor- of thirty-threprobably can be now under favorable at- years ago. of the Rrooklyi Jagle.of and In 1894 the day was recognized respondent ' . mospheric conditions. the .first Labor day. in gfl there by the national government and is " As one writer says, all planets travel was a parade of 20.000 lati men In now observed wherever It has The language of the governYork city, and one of fij offlclala from west to east around the sun, but owing to the fact that New to another on the w viewing ment resolution was to the effect that aid approximately 400,000,000 miles farther from the sun than stand: Well, Jack, this la Labor day. on that day employers aad employee Jupiter is the earth, ho apparently travels westward while in reality we, being on all right. Isnt ltr The remark at- should get together to discuss their has not the inside track," distance turn and leave him behind. Jnpiters year u tracted attention and a reservation general welfare. That result observable a yet, bet beea aside the generally te first vetting Moofel .4,332 days, or approximately twelve year. ember for a celebration 4 labor's perhaps we shall work ap to It regress was- Introduced h the New home-cooke- d for the suns hot glow. The man who sat on his piaa-Zin hts overcoat. Growled: This gives me the razsiedas-Zl- e, and it gets my goat. To think that just last month ray family thought life complete When to a seaside inn they ram-Ble- d to escape the heat!' a. FOLLOWING PRECEDENT. Labors Ctianging Ideal - But why, asked the fair young thing of the fat old man, "do you wear such a little bit of a hat? Ah, miss, courteously explained the fat old person, "I wish to exhibit my admiration for the good taste of the ladles. I, too, will regulate the size of ray hat by the amount of my - hair." - blue-jay- s, short-hou- r time--fo- r - (Hi v ft i V i wage-earne- r &,- - v labor-savin- g ftnda-mentl-y short-hou- n n eight-hou- move-ifien- lnven-ttoi- - e Jurla-dictio- - nrW 'is il t, Rube Waddell. a recent game. Peters la finding the ball now and then. Rube Wad-Jel- l drove out a triple Sunday, but :ould get no farther than aecond on In 4. Rivalry Ib keen among the pitchers the plate. Juat now Patterson tolleaguee are trying to break his rec-rof two singles and a double In three times up. St d Higher Yet. Yes," says the man with the alll gator suit case, I was at the Upto thelimtt hotel In the mountains last week, and while there Joined a party which attempted to rlimb the highest peak of the range. We got to an alti tude of 14,000 feeL jvhlch is about as high as any one has gone in those parts." "O, I don't know." comments the man with the imitation leather valise. You dont know? asks the first man. "Do you know of any one who has gone higher than that? "Yes. I stopped at the llptothelimit house four weeks once. You ought to have seen my bill - Fond Recollections. Even when we ask the man if it is hot enough for him he does not permit his angfy passions to rise, although ft Is plainly to be seen that the heat has almost wilted him. Instead of swearing, he smiles. "How In the world can you smile on such a day rs this, wtth the sum beating down for all it's worth and the atrllkh the Inside of an oven?" we ask. I was Just thinking, he expla'ns. of one day last December wen I lipped on the sidewalk and fell Into s snowbank. OToole Once With Rede. Marty OToole was a member of tbe Cincinnati Reds about (wo years ago He was allowed to don a suit and grab a ham aindwlch and a cup of coffee for a day or so. That Is nothing against Marty Mthough. He Is not the only'good ball player that Garry Herr Insolvent. There are mann bad overlooked. enough good players, formerly Reds And, asks the referee in bank making good on other tlami to win a ruptcy. after the lady.has given, as best she may, a list of her debts, Is pennant (n alsot any league. this all you owe? Tbe fair one bites her Ups and Tiger Hit Left Hander. One of tbe reasons the Tigers hart thinks hard for a moment, then anbeen able to win so many garnet thli swers: "1 owe party calls to almost everyyear la they hare been successful U pitchers. Every body In town, judge. Must I put them hitting msnsger In the league bss been send down, also? Ing southpaw pitchers sgaTnst the D trott men for they were weak agalna? them last year. left-hsnd- |