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Show THE BEAYER .... W. L. Klswlck, Football tenders. Editor iihould A SERIAL Manager-MILFOR- STORY UTAH be fitted out with Pugilists first agree to fight and get Into a quarrel afterward. Polluting justice la more clue. objectionable a little Just than HER INFINITE VARIETY Mt anything Did you ever see ulx women no dispone themselves an to fill entirely one aide of a street car? This country la prosperous again, but there are widows and orphans who have not uotleed It. By Brand Whitlock An Ohio man wbu hud his pockets full of dynamite was run over by a hearse, but nothing huppi-ned- Ilustratlons by Ray Walters . I'nivcriilty of Chicago professor a grlevuuee against the poets. Perbapa he was foimerly an editor. A (Copyright, bolds Half of the Turkish navy hus been aa junk. Presumably the other half is not marketable as anything. sold Statistics 1UU7, by BohlwSIisrriil Co.) 8YNOPSI8. Benntnr klorify i wmh Int rr uii I miII al Ah iii ! visit tvlh Ills Iy a rail fr.-in Mlulr iiiliil. It. tin- - girl limn- - t'niii lie, brriiuiii- - sin- - Inn I arrameil In stleinl a ill iiiut tlial evenlns Willi him. Mho sail! bla Until I rriin-tlii- llu- - l that Americana are she yi'iiriii-iI n V'erniiii'ri people In tbe world. a red ruae, show for a inith'iial ullli-- fnr him. ilesk in Die serial-- - lie found the best-fefor hy a ph-lb- - met Ilia Still, sad to say, some of them go nifrr.-iaifnr wunirii. nf Mini Marla , hungry. In ennvert hint wlin prnHia--1H. No. Inin voting fur liiinae resolution A KecHr-- d Vernnn's ppiiniae tn Angeles schouliiiarin has quit Mina llu- - aulTraiiiVole lie ulsu nlln-ra- . teaching to became a chorus girl. Pos- aided for Its look her Miss sibly shed passed the age limit as a liking In tin- - fair Knrrriig--lie- . l fSreetie aiili the teacher. Vernon iiiliiilltod to hiniaelf Hint I lie aiifTriiaetii- - lia-- l stirred a si ra line feel-- I Diamonds are rushing into this hi? w H hi nli him. lie forgot t read Ills a flan Vernon iniide n great country again. Somebody must have iiiihil liy in f.iinr of Hiilfriii.-e- , Tin circulated the report that Christmas irhinces from Miaa order. iviih mu, apei-init is coming. on the prosieelH for the was iniieh in Miaa (ireene's I iisl Hminthta of When flying much tics become nu- riiiiipiiiir Vernon Miaa Criem- ilrlvlrig find tiaik lie merous the tup floor of a skyscraper laid out pinna for ll.u auereaa of the will be no mure private than the ground floor. d l - liri-en- a Ilih-iiKn- (Iri-f-n- - eniiM-jllei- sii-i.-- Hn-i-ne- - w.-i- s l II-- - - AiS-'In- reso-llillo- ll. A Pennsylvania man thinks he has discovered perpetual motion. How many men havu tuado the same mistake before? Women are applying for Juba as census takers. They feel that their experience In asking questions should count on their side. Well guarantee that no man ever sampled a greater variety of foods and dishes of all kinds than Taft has In the past few weeks. Halley's comet has been observed again. Perhapa It Is responsible for the remarkable outbreak everywhere of all kinds of scrapping. Some Wyoming thieves carried off a big barn, ICO acres of fencing and a ton of coal. Why they left ths ranch Itself Is Inexplicable. Mexico has suffered another calamity. The corn crop, valued at baa been duatroyed by frost. More aorrow and Buffering for the 0, tollers of 1 . Mexico. According to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the soil of American farms la sufficiently productive, but (he crying need is for more men who know how to fnrm. proportion to the large public service they render, moat teachers and preachers are' underpaid. There are some, however, who would be overpaid at any price. In A cobbler In Milwaukee haa a new theory about the circulation of the He says It flowa because blood. germs are chasing It through the system. Ills Idea is that a sort of free-for-a- race, with no handicaps, might do much good for the whole race. A Chicago man unkindly asks the courts to order the taxing authorities to compel certain men la tnnt city to pay something like $80,000,000 in bach taxes which he alleges they hare dodged on their stock and bond holdings for the last ten years. Evidently this individual does not realize there are privileged person in this coun try. I one, "and this morning It as suddeuly revealed to me Mias Greene raised her hand aa if to !raw it across her brow; her veil u opped her. I, t's not talk about that now," she Let'a enjoy the air and ttia pleadril. I don't have them often. country. Her hand fell to her lap. The color had gone out of her cheeka. And Vernon suddenly felt that the summer had gone out of the air; a cold wind waa blowing aa over soiled patches of snow left In shaded depressions of the fields; the earth waa brown and bare; the birds were silent. lie jerked tbe horse smartly, and it gave an angry toss of It a head, aa It broke into its tentative trot. "I do wish you could know the women I know," said Vernon, obviously breaking a alienee, lie spoke in an entirely different voice. "I meant to put it the other way. I meant that I wish they could know you, and 1 mean that they shall. You would be a revelation to them." Miaa Greene amlled, though her face waa now careworn, almost old. Ilight along the Hue of our constitutional aiiifiulnient. now, be raid, with a briskness, do you think tbe women will become Interested?" The women of youf acquaintance, or of mine?" asked Mias Greene. You're guying. said Vernon, and wtn-i- i Miss Greene seriously protested, Vernon said he meant all the women, aa politicians pretend to moan all the people, when they mean only the parly. I'm afraid not," ahe sold. They could have the ballot If they'd only ask for it. The trouble la they don't want it. Well, we must educate them," said Vernon. "I have great hopes that the women whom 1 know will be aroused by wlial we are doing. I have no doubt they will," said Miss Greene. There waa something enigmatical in her words, and Vernon glanced uneasily at her again. How do you mean?" he asked. Youll learn when you soe the tomorrow, said Miaa newspapers Greene. Do you think they'll have It In full? naked Vernon. He was all alert, and hla eyes sparkled In a new Interest. On the first page," ahe replied, with conviction. Have they your piclow COUNTY NEWS With hundreds of letters reaching the royal palace In Spain, no wonder that young King Alfonso Is dejected over the Ferrer agitation. He started his reign with the prospect of being one of the most popular of contemporary nmnarchs, but la now In a rati way to lose through the blunders ol hli ministers. And the lose of popularity In these days, when revolution and republicanism are In the air, Is r serious matter for a royal ruler. German textile exiiertn are turning attention to a fibre obtained from the kapok or silk rotton tree of the trap lea, with s view to aseertalning wheth er a substitute for cotton may thus b obtained. No doubt experiments wir be carried on with tbe thorough acs that la characteristic of German re search, and If kopok can be made tr take the place of cotton no effect wil, be spnred In that direction. Ilut great many things are to be taken In to consideration before the superiority of kopok can he established. Colton la not likely to be aupphmted Immediately. CHAPTER Vile Continued. I did not care to lend a uhcIcrs I wnnti-to do sntne-llilnlife," he said to have sumo part in the worhl'a work. The law seemed to be a rcKpcctulite profession and I felt thut niaybo I could do some good In politics. I don't think the men of my class take as much interest in jiollilca as they should. And then, I'd 'like to make my own living." "I have to make mine," aalil Marla Greene. "Hut you never thought of teaching. or nursing, or well painting or music, or that sort of thing, did you? "No." she replied; "did you? Vernon laughed at an absurdity that needed no answering comment, and then he hastened on: "Of course, you know 1 think It fine that you should have done aa you have. Yon must have met with discouragements. She laughed, and Vernon did not note the bitterness there waa concealed In tbe laugh; to him It seemed Intended to express only that polite deprecation demanded In tbe treatment of a personal situation. 1 can sympathize with yon there," aid Vernon, though Miaa Greene had not admitted the need of sympathy. Perhaps It waa Vernon's own need of syniiiatby, or his feeling of the need of It, that made him confess that his own family and friends had never sympathized with him, especially with what he called hla work in politics; be felt, at any rate, that he had struck the right note at laat, and be went on to assure her how unusual It was to meet a woman who underatood public questions as well as she understood them. And It may have been his curiosity that lod him to Inquire: How did your people feci about your taking up the law?" Miss Greene anid that she did not know how her iieople felt, and Vernon again hail that baffled sense of her evading him. "I've felt pretty much alone In my work. he said. "The women I know won't talk with me about It; they wont even read the newspapers. And I've tried so hard to Interest them In It!" Vernon sighed, and he waited for Mias Greene to algh with him. He did sot look at her, but he rould feel her presence there close beside him. Her gloved hands lay quietly In her lap; she wns gazing out over the prairies. The light winds were faintly stirring her hair, and the beauty of It. Its warm red tones brought eat hy the burnishing suu. suddeuly overwhelmed him. He stirred and hla breath came hard. Do you know, he said. In a new rotifidcnce, that this hus been a great day for nu? To meet you, and to know you as I think 1 do know you now! This morning, when 1 was siKuklng. 1 felt that with you to help me. I could do great things. Miss Greene drew la her lips, as if to compress their fullness; she moved a way on the suit, and raised her hand uneasily and thrust It under her veil to back a tress of hair that had I ut Vernon siruycd from its fastening. saw the (hisli of her white cheeks come and go. Her eyebrow were drawn together wistfully, and in her blue eyes, ilu-- t looked far away through the mesh- of hor dotted roil, then- - waa a liitlo cloud of trouble She caught her lip dilieaicly the edge of her teeth. Vernon slightly forward ns If ho would pier Into her fare. For him the day had grown suddenly hot, the spring had developed on the instant the oppres-iv- c hent of summer. He felt Its tin-- : lie could see its intensity vibraiiug In the air all about him. and lie had a sene, aa of all tlie summer's voices droning "n unison. The reins dropped from his Utlezs fingers; (he horse moped along it plensed. 1 have always felt It, vaguely." Ver-uuwt ut on, hla voice dropping to a g - Tlie big corporal Iona are tiow making money as they never made It be fore; but In the midst of prosperity It Is well to keep the feet on the earth and not be carried skyward by luflated conceits. The reception given to the Czar ol Russia by the King and people ol Italy Is all that could be desired In cordiality and warmth. That the visit will tend to strengthen iwace among the nations Is a hope based on the expressions of good will shown all along the Hue of the czara travel. I speaking to himself. "I haven't read Amelia's letter!" He fumbled in his coat pockcL In Labors Realm CHAPTER VIII. Miss Greene's predictions were all realized In the sensation Vernon's speech created. The newspapers gave whole columna to It and illustrated Matters of Especial their accounts with jiortralts of Ver-nocorning Those and of Maria Greene. Vernon Work of thought of tbe pleasure Amelia must find in hla new fame, and when he wrote to her he referred briefly but with the proper moilesi;- - to bis remarkable personal triumph, and then New York. Havelock Wilson, leadwalled for her congratulations. The legislative session was drawing er of the Union of British Seamen, la to a close; the customary Friday ad now in this country to organize AmerJournment was not taken, but sessions ican seamen on new lines so as to were held that day and on Saturday, form an International union of seamen fur the work was piling up, tbe pro- men in America and Europe. He said crastinating legislators having left It had started to organize the seamen on (he ships of ihe t'unard and While all for the last minute. The week following would see house Star Hues at meetings held In West and senate sweltering in trhlrt sleeves street. At a meeting at 32t River anil night sessions, and now, If a bill street, Hoboken, Mr. Wilson addressed wore to heroine law It waa necessary the men of the ilniuburg-Auierlcathat its sponsor stay, as ll were, close Atlas and Itreuien lines. He said that beside It, lest in the mighty rush of when the international union is completed three demands will be made the last few days It be lost. Vernon, by virtue of his speech, for a uniform system of wages in all hud assumed the championship of the countries, the regulation of the mewoman-suffragresolution, and he felt chanical force lit at earners In accordIt necessary to forego his customary ance with the amount of coal carried visit to Chicago that week and remain and the presence of a representative over Sunday in Springfield. He devoted of the union whenever a crew is enthe day to composing a long letter to gaged. Miss Greene, in which he dt scribed Toronto, Canada. The convention the situation in detail, and suggested of the American Federation of l.alor went on record as favoring woman I hat it would be well for her. If possible. to come down to Springfield on suffrage, an eight-hou- r day for post office clerks, legislation for better proMonday and si ay until the resolution bad been adopted. He gave her, in tection of actors and actresses from closing, such pledges of his devotion the extortion and corrupt business to the cause of womankind that she methods" of theatrical emcould hardly resist any appeal he ployment agencies, a postal saving might make for her presence and as- bank act, deep waterways projects, a sistance. continuation of the fight against tuOn Monday he wired, urging the berculosis, the granting of American necessity of her presence. Tuesday citizenship to the people of Porto Rico chanmorning brought him a reply, thank- and the construction of a ing him, in behalf of women, for hla nel through the Great ltkes from disinterested devotion to their cause, ltiiffalii to Duluth and from Huffalo to assuring him of her appreciation . Chicago. I guidon, of his services, and savin-- that she England. An important would reach Springfield Wednesday scheme for the amalgamation of British trade unions, embracing 15,000 morning. Meanwhile he had had no letter skilled workers, will shortly be voted from Amelia, and he began to wonder upon. The unions concerned are the at her silence. He waa not only dis- Amalgamated Society of French PolUnion of appointed, but piqued. He felt that ishers, the Amalgamated hla achievement deserved the prompt- Cabinetmakers, the National Amalgature?" I don't know, Vernon replied. est recognition from her, but he found mated Furnishing Trades association, They ran get It, though, ho added, a consolation, that grew in spite of and the Amalgamated Union of Uphim, In the thought that Marla Greene holsterers, which have in the aggrethoughtfully. soon be In Springfield, and to gate 240 branches. They keep the portraits of all dis- would hla heart he permitted Amelia's almen on Sydney, Australia. The moat satistinguished public hand," Miss ienee to Juatfy him in a freer indul- factory outcome of the recent farmgence of attention to this fascinating ers conference waa the decision to woman lawyer. establish a company, with Tuesday evening the crowd, that a capital of $100,000, to sell the goods grows larger as the session nears Its of the producers. The minimum numclose, filled the lobby of the Leland. ber of shares a shareholder la to he The night waa warm, and to the heat fiver, and the maximum 100. The farm-er- a of polltlca waa suddenly added the heat entered heartily into the Idea, and of summer. Doors and windows were It la expected that the required capital flung wide to the night, and the tall wll be put up within twelve months. Egyptians, used aa they were to the Bethlehem, Pa. The wages of sevsultry atmosphere of southern Illinois, eral thousand employes of the Bethlestrode lazily about under their wide hem Steel Company will be restored slouch hats with waistcoats open and to the scale In vogue before the 1907 cravats loosened, delighting in a new depression, according to an announcecause for chaffing the. Chicago men, ment made by Charles M. Schwab, who had resumed their customary of the company. The Inpresident complalnta of the Springfield weather crease will amount to ten per cent (TO BE CONTINUED.) and will affect employes In the machine shops, foundries, blast furnace Seta Law of Kitchen. A "law of the kitchen haa been set department and labor department. Portland. Ore. The Union of Butchforth In England In an opinion by a ers and Meat Cutters started a moveHe holds where that county Judge. the mistress of a house, goes to the ment some time ago looking to the kitchen to aid the maid of all work closing of meat and pork shops at six the two are brought on terms of equal- o'clock on ordinary weekdays, nine ity such aa would not be tolerated In oclock on Saturday and closed all larger establishments. The case waa day Sundays. The great majority of that of a cook and general maid who the shop keepers and market men sought to recover a month's wages have agreed to comply with the refrom her former mistress In lieu of quest and it will be put In force Nonotice. The mistress asserted that the vember 18. Vernon Had Left Her at the Hotel. New York. According to a recently servant always answered her back," Greene said, with a certain reassur- but the Judge held that under the cir- Issued statement by the National Assoance in her tone. cumstances this waa not sufficient to ciation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, three International Oh. well, I hope theyil not print Justify dismissal. labor unions with a membership of upll, said Vernon, as if Just then recallLive and Let Live. ward of 100,000, and nine fraternal and ing what was expected of a distinA neatly attired but somewhat wanbenefit organizations, with a combined guished public man under such cirfaced middle-ageItalian woman, membership cumstances. of nearly 3,000,000, have leading a little boy during the laat year enlisted in the That's omTof the penalties of being dressed in black, called at a lawyer's war against consumption In the trades. In public life, she answered with a with each hand, office in the Land Title building recurious smile. An official Inquiry Washington. and arranged with him to apply A penalty the ladles will be glad to cently haa recently been made in St. Pefor a divorce. After going over the ' Russia, with reference to pay when our reform Is accomplished; of her case the lawyer said: tersburg. medical Isn't that so?" said Vernon, seeking history I the assistance furnished Well. suppose you want to get aliworkmen relief in a light bantering tone. the different factories. by In alight ly accented, though One-thir-d mony? 1 of the enterprises give no thought we were not going to the client reEnglish, perfect nearly talk politic, she said, turning and medical assistance a all, and 45 allow plied: "I would Just like to get part free looking at him. She adjusted her hat of hla money, that's alL drugs. New regulations are likePhiladelphia and hi M herself resolutely erect. ly to grow out of the Inquiry. Record. The sun was going down behind the New York. The official organ of (he Amalgamated Association of prairies, the afternoon was almost Chinamen at Communion. gone; as they wau-hethe sunset, An infrequent visitor to 8t. Paul's Street and Electrical Railway EmMis Greene broke the silence. chapel wns amazed to see three Chlna-me- ployes of America, the Motorman and It's a familiar sight. ahe said, and go up to the communion rail one f. ond.ictorphowa a substantial profit, Vernon thought that he had a clue at recent Sunday, come back to their having In the last two years paid off lust. She mum know the prairies. seats, and alt very quietly and Intently a laige deficit, and Is now on a pay'it Is just like a sunset at sea, she throughout the partaking of the com- ing basis. added. munion by the others. Pittsburg, Pa. The national execuWhi n they had driven back to the "It la not at bII strange." said the tive board of the Metal Polishers and town and Vernon had left her at the clergyman In charge. There are very Buffers' International union has anhotel, he turned to drive to the livery few nationalities that are not reprenounced that It will start a fight in stable. every state In the union for the eight-hou- r sented hero In SI. Paul s chapel. Hy George!" he said, suddenly. New York Pres. day. and that It has set aside a large fund to carry on this campaign. Chicago. The llllnol ; State Federal tlon of l.ahnr has taken a decisive stand In oppo-itlo- n to local option. IS Lcurriiworth. Kan. The woman Something of a Reverie' of the a pleasant little smile, v hlch v ns all clerks in this city Lave formed an orGeneral Rule. he could accomplish In lien of rais- ganization. S. D. Member of the Westing his hat with hla heavily IncumDo von suppose that's an effect of bered hand. ern Federation of Miners working in the recent notation of women's "Well, then," said the lady and nrnund the Homestead mine, resuming her i at. let me have perfected an organization among the man. In, Heating rigliti?" or the men. nnd they will seven-e-ght- s llh n lieil of his head a -- no that hold tbe book tn my lap." "That would certainly he khtd. If retime to work with was taking place in an L" car In the men. dont mind." consented the youth, Thl I Hie first time In 20 years that hoiiii-wiirrush. Ills companion you his load; and when the they will Insist upon the enforcement looked and saw a slender, handsomely relfiiqiilsh.ug her station, leaving her lady reached woman offer hir seat to a seat to hint, he thanked her for her of the closed shop. gowtii-Boston. Hosmaker' union members lining man who. in toe crus.li, was thoughtfulness with fully as much work at three local shops stopped standing In front of her and was car- gratitude aa a woman would have and then secured a new agreement, an a similar courtesy from armful of large, heavy expressed for rying reducing the hours of work from 54 books. a man perhaps with more appreciato 50 each week, and several other The young man looked rather em- tion. the experience being more betterments. The wage scale was not barrassed and bravely docliucd with rar materially (banged. n e 25-fo- n ; d Courtesy in the Street Car 1 - non-unio- n Interest To and Con Who Do the World the Toronto, Canada. With a unanimous rhorus of ayes, the American Federation of Labor adopted a reao lution Introduced by President P. J. McArdle of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, declaring the United States Steel corporation to be the most formidable and aggressive enemy" with which the organized labor Movement has to contend and recommending that a meeting be held during the present convention to outline a campaign of oigaulzation among the employes of the steel corporation and devise ways and means to make the fight against it more effective. Kaltiniure, Md The Consolidated Cotton yuck Company issued orders for millB in this city and vicinity to shut down on Saturdays indefinitely, owing to the scarcity and high prlc-of the raw material. This will cut down the operation of the mills here to live days a wi ek. Whether or not further curtailments In the output will be made, depends upon the future e in the rotton market. Appar- ently there is no reason why the price ol cotton should come down, as there was a short crop and Interests lined belilud the snpply are playing for a rise. Boston Boston Wood, Wire and Metal leathers' union No. 72 elected a committee to consider the 1910 wage ccale and working rules which will be presented to the employers on January 1, to take effect May 1. The lathers' uuion does not ask for signed agreements. It establishes wages and rules for union men and if an employer does not wish to live up to them he can endeavor to get men elsewhere, which. Is difficult, as the trade is practically absolutely organized. New York. There are 200,000 men end women In New York city who are willing to work, but who are not able to obtain employment, waa the statement made by Cora D. Harvey, secretary of the National Committee of the Unemployed, before the atate commission, which Is Investigating the operation of the employers' liability' act. 8he urged the state to open factories and employ these men and women. Ind. The electrical Evansville, workers for four of the largest firms in the city have been discharged and a lockout exists. The men said the contractors have determined to run an open shop, and that the fight will be prolonged. The contractors say the workmen have failed to live up to their agreement. About thirty workmen are affected. Labor leaders have suggested arbitration. Toronto, Canada. Resolutions look- ing to the establishment of a national defense fund by the American Federaof Labor to assist unions in distress were voted down after a spirited debate. On the ground that employment agencies are used aa strikebreaking organizations, the federation will attempt to have enacted national legislation for their regulation. The Baldwin LocoPhiladelphia. motive Works received orders for 68 locomotivea from three railroads. Fifty passenger engines wll! be built for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, 13 for the I.ehigh Valley and five for the Charlotte Harbor and Northern railroad. The contracts aggregate more than $1,000,000. Guthrie, Okla. Upon recommendation of the labor organizations of Oklahoma, the atate board of public affair a haa adopted a rule that hereafter no contractor who la not willing to stipulate that only union labor shall be employed and union rates paid for such labor will be permitted tion to bid on state work. Salt Lake, Utah. The Salt Lake Typographical union lias started a campaign to secure the session of the International union for 1911. Ban Francisco is also out for Ihe convention and has had a booster committee at work for the last three months. The Central Labor Philadelphia. union of this city passed resolutions urging all organized labor wage workers throughout (he United 8tates to cease work for two weeks, beginning the day Mitchell, Rompers and Morrison are Incarcerated. New York. The Federation of Labor of the state of New York has declared its belief tn woman suffrage ax a necessary step toward the better protection of the Industrial interests, not of women wage workers only, but of men as well. The Chicago Federation of Chicago. labor Is doing good work In undertaking to limit womens working time to ten hours a day. Leeds, England. A Jewish labor hall Is about to he erected here. The general Budapest, Hungary. run of wa cos in this city may he in ferred from these raie: Bricklayer paid by the hour and losing even part day time through bad weather, and with four or five months' loss in win . ter, rweive $1 to $l.5fi a day; carren ter, working under the same condl tions, get $1.10 to $1.50 for a day ol ten hours. .Washington. A noticeable feature in recent child labor legislation in this country hns been the Increasing em rhasls placed upon the proof of age requirements of children who desire rn nt to work. |