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alienable rights have sbeen infrtiged
upon. When evening came Tom tried
to hustle them off to- another dam for
a turn at the fishing game. Not. a
beaver would budge, but each one
stood looking first at Tom and then
at the gate to their pond, as if they
We're telling him that it was UP to Tom
Ferguson to open the gate or they
would strike. Tom didn't make q
move. Then the Oldest beaver waddled
nearer and gave out a series Of little
grunts. 1t was plain the poor old beav-
er was trying to talk to Tom.
!" " He's telling you his grievances 1
said to Tom. They aren't unreason-
able beavers and only want you tomeet
them half way. $s.
!" He's a walking delegate beaver
|replied Tom in a rage, and he's trying
to stir up my employees to go on strike.
But Til show him how Tom Ferguson
treats beavers who try to start labor
riots gssS s5z.
And Tom picked up a stick and be-
gan EiDeatlng the IalCnful &Old beaver.
The beaver stood it for a. moment and
then he turned and twaddled as fast
as he could go toward the nearest
stream. Every beaver followed him.
At the edge Of the stream they stopped,
and each beaver looked back tos see il
Tom showed any signs Of relenting.
Even then the ood-hearted, industri-
Gus beavers were willing to stay if Tom
would only treat them decently. But
Tom was following after, stick inEhand
and cursing. Eack beaver gave what
seemed like a little beaver sort Of sigh
and plunged into the water! And that
was the last ever seen of Tom Fergu-
sons $ dam-building, fishing beavers. ssts
s.. - Well, Of heartless ingratitude,, said
Tom TO think of those beavers that
I've loved and cherished and educated
leaving me Ike that. Right in the mid
die of the. fishing season, too. 'ss#
& (. Don't blame those beavers, Tom
Ferguson I said to him severely. III
was all your own fault. If you had
treated them fairly they would have
stayed with you and worked for you,
and been = crown of glory. Tor your
declining years I, SO
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BEAv a vfRS pROTES i
THEY GO ON STRIKE BECAUSE THEY
L ,sz! 55. ARE ABUSED. s.$. ..5;85
Tom Ferguson Trains beavers to Do
Useful Work For Him-Lilxe Some
Employers of Labor He Expects
too Much-They Go on Strrilxe-A
Il story With 9 Moral For Cruel
"a Employers. ;59s8s ;;3. $.:..$#.. S "a. ).

s.Tom Ferguson knew the North
said the old guide reminiscently to
the party that, had gathered about
no doubt that Tom had natural gift
for training animals. But with these
streak Of meanness and laziness that
sometimes brought his best schemes
to naught. Now, take the case Of his
trained beavers. There was not an
other man in the North woods that
could have trained them as Tom did.
And there wasn't another who would
have been avaricious enough to try
J and make his happy little workers do
might work, after they had completed
days hard toll for his benefit.
Zone day Tom was strolling through
the woods wondering how he could get
a supply of brook trout to sell to the
hotel without working for them, he
happened on a family Of beavers. The
beavers were working away in, their
usual Industrious manner, carrying mud
on their fiat tails, cutting down small
trees and building UP a dam for the
winter. Nothing pleased Tom more
than to see some one else work, so he
seated himself at the foot of a big tree
! and put in most of the day smoking.
But the more he looked at the beav-
ers the more indignation he felt that
none of their industry was for the BEN
:, eft Of honest, old Tom Ferguson, as he
called himself. - - T..
:" There amt any ANIMAL said Tom
| in benevolent tones that evening, that
| is more deserving, or has a harder row
to hoe than the beaver. And there
| amt an animal that properly trained
by the right man, could do more 20
cheer the declining years Of his in
structor and aid him in catching brook
trout, which sell for a good price, but
are too shy and elusive for me to
gather them in without the 81 expendi-
ture of undesira Bile effort ST .E#. III.
It couldn't see the sense Of his plan.
There isn't a better disposed, Or
more amiable creature in the North
woods, T replied. but never heard
Eof them trying to- catch fish. YOU
lcould prevail on a beaver sttos try and
llhelp you, he Woul i, Il B slnd derstand tl,e
gsss
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cNl3 benefin
[stead 81 ssr1 kttnt he stlbfni { ted his slaer
vanees tb & The general government or
to al labor department; regulated by
law and having a minister of labor in
the presidents cabinet? Would this
not be a better way for the working
man, for the sttlement of differences
between employer and. employed
TX Yes. la bor should be represented in
the cabinet by an intelligent laborer;
not by a 3parlor farmer; 40 bry a retir-
led capitalist. The method you suggebt
|of sett Ting strikes would be a decided
Improvement upon the present. hap
hazard plan. H. ~ 8.=
13.. Their blind feet drift in the
darkness, and no one is leading. What
kind of leaders do the toilers need?
They need; leaders with the white
purity Of a St. Francis and the iron re-
solution Of a Cromwell, leaders whose
lWatchWord shall be "God and the peo-
ple!s Such men are Joseph Mazzini
and John Ruskin. - T.: a. ,'~.s..... p
II. How can the church best help the
brother to the ox?'' How reach him.
lift him up? 5s55.: ID. Il u. ,
BY studying the anxious problems Of
Economics and finding a way Of apply
hing the Golden Rule to industry.
L Is. And workingwomen? Have we
a SISTER to the ox?'' How should she
be, reached, uplifted-her burden light.
ened? ... r. :s.::s s.s = y. ~. s.,
Yes, we have a "sister to the OK ,
Men and women rise and fall together
In general, the same means that will
lift and tighten the mans burden will
lalleviate womar1's burden also.
$16, Do churches and church people
Ineglect the working people? Do they
ipay enough attention to the factory
fcenters and great Industrial towns?
No, churches do not give enough at.
ftention to these matters. q Indeed; the
burning question in each church toda,
Eshould be the social problem. The say.
ling of mems souls is closely connected
with the ameliora ton of their socia
land industrial eondit itions:: The church
needs a new baptism Of the Holy Spirit
(which is the same as saving socia
Esprit. 5.st i = Es15..- M 5ils.
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OF course every citizen of Duluth
wishes to see the ToWne amendment
to the Rivers and Harbors bill adopted
by congress. The $4,000 asked for
would come in very handy to the city
at this time. The money could be put
to considerable use and the city would
be relieved from much annoyance, 1t
has been suggested, that if the money
was allowed, it would be used in the
construction of bridge across the can
al. Really, that is the only place where
it could be justly expended. But con-
gress has not yet passed the bill, and
unless some good work is done, it is
not likely that it will. Our experience
of the past should teach us what to
do on this occasion. When we wanted
the appropriation for the improvement
of Duluth harbor, many of your prom
inent citizens went to Washington in
the interest of the appropriation. The
city even sent q representative there in
the person of Capt. J. w. Miller, who
is now secretary of the Department Of
Health. 1t required some hard work
to convince congress of the necessity
of the improvements of the harbor. Our
representative, Capt. Miller, did very
effective work, as the records will
show. Now, what we wish to suggest
to the common council, is that the city
employ Mr.. ToWne to remain at WASH
ington during the remainder Of this
session of congress and work for the
passage Of the Tewne amendment. 1t
wilt no doubt, be money we'll spent.
Nfr RI - n h -
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guson approves of this it must be all
right. And each beaver would turn in
and help build the dam. .sS3a3

AAtClPpAOVC0E{O4 lA1Ao IL #Sllluok I'LL
right And each beaver would turn in
and help build the dam. 81 }s.s3
Pretty soon Tom had a half a dozen
sets of dams running. He would
empty. one every two or three days, and
the money he made selling trout was
amazing: And he might have kept
up his beaver fish business until this
day if the Unborn meanness Of: the man
hadn't cropped out. ,%: 5 s5.=3ss
One evening when his beavers came
trooping home. all tired out after q
hard days work Of dam building, they
found the gate to the little pond they
lived in closed. The beavers couldn't t
understand it., and kept poking about
in a depressed sort Of way until Tom
came UP: But instead of opening the
gate and letting the beavers enjoy their
Well-earned food and rest, Tom hustled
them down to the nearest set of dams.
Then he opened the lower sluiceway.
- Now, said Tom to the Oldest ,bea-
Yer, its up to- you to catch fish, or
you will get. nothing to eat tonight
I have lavished loving care and brain
work on the education of this band Of
beavers, and no beaver wants to get
the idea into his head that his duty, is
done as soon as he: has finished his
little stunt of :3 dam building. Fish
catching is the end and aim of this i'm
dustry, and there isn't any reason why
strong, healthy beaver shouldn't do
it, instead of leaving the job to a tir.
ed old man whose health obliges him
to do a good deal.of resting
'"The beavers seemed to understand
the substance Of what Tom said, and
each faithful little animal stationed
himself before the sluiceWay and began
grabbing fish. It wasn't a hard job,
for the water came through SO slowly
that the fish were nearly stranded any
way. But dam building, not fish catch
ing, is the long suit Of: the beaver, and
it was evident that they did not take
kindly to the new industry. And each
beaver had already done a good day S
work and felt that he was entitled to
food and rest. III .y f. s
You'll spoil everything and drive
Tom. There isn't kindlier animal
in, the world than a beaver, but even
he don't likezto be imposed upon @ b
| 'HsBut, no. beavers could be taught
to fish, and fish they should. If the
beavers, struck, Tom would starve
them out, or import pauper beavers
| in their places. Beavers sleep too
much, anyhow said Tom, obstinate
like. It will be healthier for the
beavers, and easier for Uncle Tom
Ferguson, if they work two or three
hours every evening catching fish. II
the end these beavers will thank 1ne
| for not letting them waste in slumbel
the precious hours when they might
Ibe orking Tor the worth old mai
that Srecued IA der.
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castle wit. 6ss
y" I don't ask the beavers to gather
up the fish for me. 8 he answered, sort
/ Of grieved like. Z am willing to do that
myself, il it is necessary. Beavers are
happiest when they are building a, dam
and, of course, they would be twice as
joyful if they could be taught to build
two dams near each other in the same
stream. Fish are shy of man built
dams, but they amt Of these con
structed by the beavers. Then I can
make a little sluice gate in each dam.
If I shut the upper gate and open the
lower, the fish between the two dams
will go out with the water And your
Uncle Tom Ferguson: will be waiting at
the lower gate with a big net to get
every unWary trout that comes that
way. Once get my two beaver dams
built. and 4 can repeat. the operation
every day. # s.ss.s a s..5 -fzs, 5ss
$50 Tom set to. work and captured
band of beavers. AS fast as he
caught one he. would put him in a
little pond he had fenced in near his
houses Tom fed the beavers, and petted
l
got to know him and would follow him
around like a lot Of sheavy-tailed clum-
! sy dogs. Finally Tom judged that he
had beavers enough, and that they
knew him so that none of them would
run away. Then The took the whole
lot up to a trout stream. Tom started
building a dam, himself, the beavers
sitting in solemn row on the bank
| watching him. AS soon as he had the
dam started. Tom drew out and mo-
toned toaltheS beavers to go on with
the work! The beavers looked at Tom
in an inqliring way, but dam building
is their forte, and it wasn't but a lit
tie while until they appreciated what
Tom wanted. Then every beaver turn
ed in after the earnest Industrious man
ner OF the beaver tribe, and began
$hustlfng that dam across the trout
stream. AS soon as he had the ,beay-
Iers started Tom took seat on the
bank and began smo liking his pipe.
=" I may not get any medals from the
humane society, AZ { said Tom, piously,
when / happened that way, but / GER
tainly do deserve them. "a manswho
i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II s11Gkle sIrOIn
j a wild life and gives them regular.work
is the real, old genuine article ssot
Ibeavers sbenefactor.a Future generations
OF beavers will hear \ Al q with envy Of the
|original colony that got its training
under honest old Tom Ferguson M Il L
NWell,# as, soon as the beavers had
4 finished one set Of dams, z ON set them
lat work building another. The beavers
5Edidn't take kindl to this, for the &bea.
i yer builds q dam more for a 5hornns
than from the wish to- lead D siren.
luous life. But Tom fed his little work.
.Eers well. ana haying J. as have said
natural gift an raining amin als,s ths
Ibsavers had come "a have world s5 -,
trust hen put Il
lWorl bsilldil new dam they ynoulf
II loolk paxx MI
ssvI
y aSs e.
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on the workfngman of the future?-
will llS,concentration of wealth, trusts,
ETC., prove a benefit to or a drawback
to- theSWorkingman's progress ?EE5 s;5.ss3
Great combinations Of wealth will
tend to make great counter combina-
tions among the working classes.
Trusts will be a decided drawback to
the Workingman's progress, unles some
means shall be found to- make them
serve the good of the whole people, as
now they serve the good of a very few.
5. To what degree should the work
inngn1an be made a partner of wealth?
If Il understand your question, II he
should be made a full partner. In other
of the things he makes or does.
E6. In one Of your poems, ''The Man
Under the Stone you compare a work
ingman to a man going through life
pushing a, great stone always up hill.
What is the workingman's real burden
what is the real stone Of his uphill
life? .s1, ~ Ss 2F
The great stone is his unequal strug-
gle for bread today, still further weight
ed with the fear of penury tomorrow
and therdread of a. destitute old age.
All this, of course, springs out of" the
narrow margin Of scant wages and
precarious employment. 3.%
Z. What kind of help, aside from
higher wages, does the laboring man
need? ::s:'-..ss - ~ =. -. !: s+
He needs the contented mind that
comes from the security in his work
and joy in his work This necessarily
carries the idea that he must have
more leisure and more culture. IF : T. !
8. What would help to most tighten
the toiler's burden f.. 81 .%....<,.
Cooperation in the place of competi-
ton, in the Industrial world Coop
GRAFTON is the logic of Christianity.
8. How can the government best help
the workingman? ~ r.. ~ =. sJ@o.-l
AS a first step, by assuming control
of railroads, telegraphs, etc., and so
moving wisely on toward government
ownership of all industries which in
private hands have become a menace
to the public good and public safety.
10. What would be done with the
idle millions, with the great army Of
men who want work and yet can find
nothing to do? "@f,. a. ~ - = .s2
AS first steps, they might we'll be
employed by cities and states, at living
wages, upon public works. If enough
work of that kind is not forth coming,
let the public powers tablish ship
yards and other industries sufficient to
employ the willing hands. OF course,
| if we had a more effective organization
| of industry, working time for the now
idle could be found by cutting down the
Iexcessive hours now forced upon the
|overWorked. rs Keep cutting down the
hours Of the days work until everyone
has work. SsSs s5s IS 5ss. .=s
"A. Are strikes, " ich are really bat
tiles between Workmen and employer,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Low Rates, West and Northwest.


A a time of year when thousands will
take advantage of them, the Burling-
ton Route makes sweeping reductions
in its rates to the West and Northwest
to Utah, Montana, Washington, Ore.
gon, and British Columbia.
Dates: February IL, 10 and %.
March 5, II, 10 and 26.
April 2, 8, 16, o, aud 30.
Rates are shown below:
To Ogden, Salt Lake, Butte,
Helena, Anaconda, and Mis- IS24.45
soula
To all points ON the Northern
Pacific Ry., west of Nilsson
la, including Spokane, Seat
tie, Tacoma, Portland, as Tf$26.46
we'll as Vancouver, and
Victoria, B. G.
To all points on the Spokane
Falls & Northern Ry., and
the Washington& Columbia }$26.45
River Railr Dad
Never has the Pacific Northwest been
as prosperous as now. Labor is in
constant demand and wages are high.
The money making opportunities are
beyond number-in mines. lumber,
merchandise, farming, fruit raising,
fishing, and all other industries of
a great growing country.
Literature on request-free.
j. Francis, Gen'l Passenger Agent;
Omaha, Neb. apr22
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AS a premium with a years sub-
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Guide. Price of the guide isS3 per
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sent to any address upon receipt of So.
For new subscribers only. mch18
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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
GREAT ELECTRIC TEST.

Street Cars In Oakland Run by Pow.
er Generated 10 Miles Away.
The longest transmission of electric
power in the world was tested recently
in Oakland. near San Francisco. when
street ears We're run by power gen.
Grated on the Yuba river, 14O miles
distant, says the Chicago Record-Her-
aid. The cable. 40 miles in length,
is six-tenths of an inch in diameter
and is of copper, with an aluminium
alloy. which, it is thought, will pre-
vent oxidation. 1t is this cable that
is suspended across the Carquinz val
ley by n span Of 4.4O0 feet and 300 feet
in the air.
The test is considered one of the
most successful in the history of cleo
tricity, a current of 10000 volts hav-
ing been transmitted the entire dis
lance with n loss not to exceed 5 per
cent. Under that showing experts said
that the voltage could be increased
until there would be practically no
loss. The current used was an alter
mating current. transmitted through q
motor at the Temescal power station,
as a voltage Of 10000 was greatly in
excess of the power needed.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
Utah and California

Are two of the most magnetic names
in the roll of states, and the best way
to reach them is over the Rio Grand
Western Railway, "Great Salt Lake
Route" AS the title intimates, the
Rio Grande Western is the only line
that passes directly through Salt Lake
City on the way to California; and Salt
Lake City and the Great Salt Lake are
the two points which should certainly
not be missed on your western trip, as
they contain more interest to the
average American than any two other
points within the confines of the Uunit-
ed States. Study the matter carefully
and you will choose the Rio Grande
Western in connection with either the
Denver & Rio Grande or Colorado Mid
land Railroads, for this reason, as we'll
as for the magnificent scenery, superb
equipment and fast time. It is popu-
lar in winter, as in summer; in fact lisa
very attractive route the year round.
Write to Geo. w. Heintz, General Pass
enger Agent, Salt Lake City, for par
ticulars.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
Di.courn=inE the Book Agens.

Discoura,inE the Book Agent.
SCOT books?" snapped the diminutive
guard at the threshold of the big Office.
Eyes, young man; l have books" re-
sponded the woman with the portfolio.
Just step aside. I'm going in to see
your employer"
"Afore yer goes" said the boy, still
covering the sill, 81 wants to tell yer
dat de boss just upset his ink. He amt
in no lovin mood"
ooh, he will listen to my demonstra-
ton"
Maybe he will, but I wants to tell
yer dat he just got a telephone call say
in dat burglars had carried off de walu-
bles of his house,"
"Still p
"Den de news just came dat his trot-
ter u away an smashed up de trap an
coachman."
''That is very bad, but
"Just afore yer come a young fellar
rushes in an tells de boss dat his naph-
tina launch has been fired by tramps."
II sympathize with him, and may
be-
DE boss goes to look ut his watch an
finds de handspring broken"
"Gracious! But
"Den comes de news dat S az 2 stock
has dropped 20 points. DE boss finds
dat mice has gnawed up his new insur-
nee calendar. De glue upsets on a
thousand stamps"
Terrible! YETI
"But wait! Just as you comes up
stairs de boss asks over de telephone
whether it's Il boy or girl. Somebody
says twins and"-
But the book agent had vanished,
The boss came out and patted the boy
on the head.
"Patsy. you are a brick! Take the
rest of the afternoon off. Here's fare
to Lincoln park.'-Chicago News.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
HOUSEWIVES IN A TRUST.
Some Pennsylvania Women Form
Strnnr vInton Arnin.t S~crvnnt.-

Some Pennsylvania Women Form q
Strong Union Against Servants.
The women of Germantown and
Chestnut Hill. where wealth and So
ciety reside, have formed the "House-
wives Association of Germantown and
Chestnut HILL" says a Philadelphia
dispatch to the New York World. The
association has issued q touching ap-
peal for ''united effort to improve con-
ditions."
1t a y in the communication: ".The
servant, or help. question has reached
such o state IS to serious un-
easiness and anxiety to every one in
terested in it and. above all, to the
housekeeper. The conditions are al
most incredible. We have arrived at a
point where we pay to poor help the
same wages as to good help, where a
servant working for two or three per-
sons is paid as much as one who is
employed by a family Of six, eight or
more members. What is still worse,
servants often change their places
without the slightest provocation.
"In no other business do we find such
unnatural conditions.
"Our purpose is to call upon the head
of every household of Germantown
and Chestnut Hill to combine in action
for the preservation of their interests.
the protection of their homes and the
suppression of all excrescences in this
field which make it more and more diff
ficult to keep house and make this
heavy burden heavier still.
"What we want is to get good help
for our good money. to protect the
good servants against the competition
of the bad ones, to reward the faith
full and to force the others to mend
their ways or to turn to other occupa-
tions by making it impossible for them
to secure employment in our homes"
An Office has been opened, and in 1t
the secretary. Reinhold w. Myer, adj
justs matters between madam and
maid. A yearly contribution fee of So
is paid by each member. After that
service Is free for the year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10

b. Of A.. Y.-Brotherhood of American
Yeomen. No. ss7, meets first and third Thurs
day of each. month at. 1: O.: Q. +. Hall.
Visiting members cordially invited.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
PLAN TO FILL CHURCHES.


Rev. Dr. Hillis ravors national Half
Holiday on Saturday For Resting.
The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills. pas
tor Of Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
spoke the other night before the New
Haven Congregational club on 1.-THE
New Problem Of the Church and the
Ministry"
He called attention to the feet that
the church services are very slimly at
tended nowadays. but that the time is
coming when there will be q revulsion
Of feeling, and the churches will he
once more filled. He favored a nation
al half holiday on Saturday as a means
to bring back the people to the church,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10

40. P.-Ancient Order Pyramids meets
In /. O.lO. F. Hall ON the first and third Fri
day evenings of each month. Visiting Pyra-
mids cordially invited to meet with us.