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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-01-01
A Child's Recollection of Christmas.

Friends, we'll do remember, it was many
years ago,
In the chill month sf sfDecemter, " hen the
mercury was low;
The frost was on the housetop, the snow
was on the hill,
The Ice had spanned the river, and was
resting on the rill.
was sitting by the freside, the fire was
burning bright;
was thinking of the evening that was
bringing Christmas night;
was thinking OF the lowly shed that
brought the Christmas King,
And the Christmas anthems that the hor-
aid angels sing.
When close upon my memory there came
q scene Of pain
A scone, I hope, my eyes and ears will
never know again.
A group Of little children gathered round
their mothers knee;
Each child imploring: "Dsar mamma,
will Christmas come to me?'
They had not any clothing. their poor
rags grown thin and old,
They had not any fireing, their small em-
bsrs burned low and cold;
And food was In the cupboard, but very
scanty bread
The children's mother weeping, the chil-
dren's father dead.
I heard her cay, my little ones, I cannot
tell you Why.
IlErt In Dlakr ty,Ak
Christ will pass us by.
1t was not always 90 with US before your
father died."
She stopped and kissed their faces,
then the little children cried.
She dried her eyes, and calmly said:
"There's somewhere In tho sky
A place that God calls heaven! where His
people never cry!
Where children are not hungry, and they
never feel the cold,
The walls are built Of Jasper, and the
streets are Ginning gold;
Where gifts and toys are abundantly
acattered everywhere;
IT'S Summer in December, and Ii always
Christmas therer'
could not help the heart-beats that fius-
tered at my side;
I seemed to feel their SORROW, my own
eyes warmed and cried.
said: ''You ahall not hunger while L
aave food to spare;
or light aud warmth that have, you,
too, shall have your share.
I'm but little child, know; bu, hen
cannot see
Why can't do some good since God has
been 80 good to me-"
shared with chose dear children. Well!
never saw such 10y,
AS lighted up the features OF each little
girl and boy.
Their mother kissed us all around, and
told me while she smiled
That Christ had come to earth again, even
as little child.
Now this December evening, while the
frost is in tho air.
can hear tho joy-bells ringing OF Christ
mas everywhere;
And angels whisper low to me, that
neither you nor I
Must aee child eglected-thinking
Christ had passed It by.
For God. who gave us good things, Is the
God who takes away,
And Christ, who gave uo Christmas, is
the Christ Of every day:
And no one Sc moro noiy than another In
His eight;
For all are Gods own children Oh this
blessed Christmas night.
ANGEL MESSAGE.
Dear little girl, Christ hath cent His an
gels unto thee,
Saying: "Kindness to little child Is
kindness unto me;
You shall not faint. 0r hunger, nor feel
the piercing cold
In days when men and women grow sor-
rowfnl and old.
And Christmas Ewes shall bless thee
through many happy year,
Then Christmas days forever, when life
i is ended here" =
-REBECCA REAvES LEE,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

Many persons have asked for fuller
information az to the actual earnings
OF the miners Of the anthracite region
under normal conditions II appears
that on account Of conflicting state
ments in regard to the earnings Of
miners a great deal Of confusion has
arisen In the public mind. Many think
the miners are forced to work for star
walton wages, While others are equally
sure that the men earn big wages and
that there is no justification whatever
o. The strike 10 clear ny this contro-
yersy by reference to actual record II
both important ana interesting.
II should be borne IN mind at the out
set that less than one-quarter Of all
the persons employed In the production
Of anthracite coal are actual miners
according TO the official figures OF the
Pennsylvania state bureau Of mines
last year the total number OF employees
vas lil 500 Of whom $4,000 were EN-
poyed inside the mines and $500 out
eide OF the $1,000 workers within the
mines. 36,5 800 wete actual miners, 2iO)O
we're helpers and 100000 we're drivers.
The remainder were door boys, timber
iden, laborers, etc
II viii thus be seen that the miners
and their helpers together make up an
army Of about 10000 workers. or about
a. per cent Of the whole force. These
Ga 600 men IN round numbers are not
paid by the day week on month, They
are paid according TO the amount Of
coal produced. The miners lcertliieat.
"a as such under the mining laws Of
Pennsylvania are really contract
workers that Is to say, they under
tqke to remove coal from the veins at
"a much per colllery car paying their
own helpers who 90 the loading, ana
buying their powler and oil and pay
ing for the sharpening Of tools, etc,
As rule the miner does yery little
work with pick and shovel. lie Is the
skilled workman who undertakes the
responsibility Of handling explosives
n dangerous calling. He must know
his business thoroughly Hence the
provision Of the Pennsylvania law that
every certlflcated miner must have had
az least two years experience In the
mines. After a helper has had three
years experience he may undergo an
examination and receive certificate
AZ a miner. The miner goes into the
colllery Mt IN the morning He drills
holes I'm the vein in the breast to
which the mine bose has assigned him,
charges II with powder, adjusts hl,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

II Is true that wages were inoreas. ,
10 per cent in October, 1900, AT Tho az
OF the strike OF that year. The isrys.
given above are for the first fnn,
months Of this year, when the aysra : /,
number OF days worked was a lltne
above the average. The cost OF llyinp
has increased fully 10 per cent slncs
the advance in 1900. II Is true ths,
most Of the families in the anthracI,,
field get along fairly well at the wneia
now paid, and few save money, Rn,
In nearly every case where money /,
put by in the savings bank 1t viii ~
found that father and sons are an
working, the former in the mines ami
tho latter as drivers, door boys or
site plckers In the breakers, while Ne
Girls, II there are any, work in the slll,
mills. the wooden mills or the shoos :
Waiter Wellman in Chicago Record.
iie"nld,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
fields 4. Miners preparing for winter g. Miner and his

Whether or not the~ are high wages
or low wages, the reader may conclude
for himself. one fact he should be'r
In mind, and this Is that SO far as in
side men are concerned their work is
hazardous and also injurious to health.
Miners break down comparatively
carly in life, as the gases and foul air
which they breathe bring on what is
known as miners asthma All
through the coal region one may see
men suffering from this aflllction, Tho
laen employed on the breakers at $1.s0
day are In many instances broken
down miners who cannot endure the
air In the mines, but who can do boys
work, picking the slate out of the coal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
/ YOU HAVE PAIN IN YOUR BIQ
Do Not be Deceived. You Hayr
Kidney Trouble, and You Do
Not Need a Physician to
Tell You So.

Let US give you a piece OF adylcal
Pain In the back is an almost infanh,
sign OF kidney disease; surer sign /,
he condition Of your urine. II you hay,
Il pain In the back then look TO the con
ldltion Of your urine. 1t Ia easily donA
Take a glass tumbler and iii il wlti
urine, after II has stood a hours. n /
has a sediment II II Is milky or cloudy
II II Is pale or discolored striney n,
ropy your kidneys and bladder are 4
a dangerous condition and need lnlrne,
diate attention, or the consequences
may prove fatal.
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorlte Rem,
edy Is the one medicine that reall
cures all diseases OF the kidneys, llyeF
bladder and blood, rheumatism Av.l
persia and chronic constipation and n,
VIII take you but a short trial TO con,
vince your self Of its wonderful cura.
tive power.
G. +. Sammer Of No. 400 Tloga street
Syracuse n. Y. In recent lette,
says.
II was afflicted for years WITH
severe pains IN my back and kidneys
tried many doctors and many nedl.
eines' but got no relief; for over iva
years ] scarcely had a good nlght,
rest on account OF backache In a mos,
distressing form. | bought n bottla
OF DIR. David Kennedy's FavorIte
Remedy and commenced to use n
ana ! must say | never imagined I
should find such wonderful cure
why | feel like a youns man again
In spite Of my 80 years"
"Al druggists sell Dr. David Ken
nedy's Fayorite Remedy IN the
30 CENT SIZE and the regular 500
size bottles"
Sample botile-eaoa9h for trial. free By ba,l
Dr. David Kennedy Corporation Rondout, ny.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

The men in the mines worked an ay-
erage of 1871 days per month, and
earned an average Of Sis per
day or at the rate Of s39u per month
Here are included all the miners, al
the helpers, all the men actually con-
oerned In getting the coal out Of the
veins and into the open air.
The men outside the mines worked
an average Of 20% days per month, and
earned an average Of Sl.f per day, or
at the rate of 1906 per month,
All the employees Of the Reading Coal
company worked an average Of nine
teen days per month"; and earned an
average of $3.50 per day. or at the rate
Of $3.50 per month
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
DESERET EVEN
WEATHER f

Record at the loca
weather bureau for thu
at 6 a. m. today
Barometer reading Q
Inches. Temperature !
grees; maximum, 60;
mean. so, which is ]
norinll.
Excess of daily mt
since the first of the n
Excess OF daily mt
since January /, $50 dc
Precipitation since
month, "a inch. which
the normal.
Accumulated dehcIer
tion since Jan. /. 4.1i
FORECASTS TILL G
DAY.
Local forecast Tor 81
cinity:
Showers tonight and
or tonight.
For Utah; Forecast
Colo.):
Cloudy and unsettlt
night and Saturday, pl
cooler.
WEATHER CON
An area OF low pre-
western portion Of the
ter extending from {
coast southeastward
condition promises this
storm II has had In
Rain has fallen over c
da, southern Idaho, ca
kota, Minnesota and a
Gulf coast. Moorhead
during the last "a houl
Changes have geunerali
l.. IL, a
Sc
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
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IN the Jewish temple
education.
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Charles II. Bubb has b,
Seattle on charge Of fof
Is thought that he is
commanding officer at
the colonel has wired I
He Is said to have us
raised by forgerles &c
with hoping TO game en-
bring his wife on to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

Ladies' Literary Club
East, cor. Brigham sire
class commences Satun
m. Adults, Tuesday el
O'clock, October Is, 1870.
structions given. Send
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

with this as basis II is easy
to get at the average annual or
monthly earnings In Inc anthracite
region The men work an average vt
29l days per year, or seventeen days
per month In 20l days they can and
do produce all the coal which the com.
Ianles can sell at the prices which the
managers fix. It prices were lower the
public would consume more coal and
the miners would have greater NUM-
ber Of days work In the year But TAX.
Ing the conditions as they actually eN.
tst, seventeen days work per month,
The earnings figure out as follows
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

Dr. David Kennedy's Cherry Balsam
best for Colds Coughs, Consumption,
25c., 50c., sl.OO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

before the loader has finished his
task.
There Is great difference In the
We MS Some work easily ana others
with much difficulty There Is also
difference IN The skin Of men ThuS
1t happens that here and there miner
may earn 500 month or some such
figure He may have two leaders T'e
few miners who make such large earn
ings have the best breasts to WORK
In and are skillfu men, or course
those are the exceptional cases when
give rise to the reports that the MN
cis are able TO earn 81 or 81 a day
for as many hours work This Is
true Of few men, but the vast major
ity cannot do half 50 we'll. Everyone
will understand that Il IL the general
average which counts, not the exoep'
tlcnal cases
In the anthracite field wage condl.
lions vary according 10 the distric.
ana the mine There is no uniformity
rs 20 pay per car OF as TO size Of car,
liut there Is not much difference In the
average earnings Of the WORKERS mine
compared with mine or district with
district Again. there IL no absolute
Ndt'N WUifU Inv lillOflN are dDlt ~
ray their helpers. but In nearly AT
Instances the helpers are given exactly
one-thlrd OF the gross sum received for
The coal produced II a miner turns
ont coal for which The company pays
him S,5 one-third Of this or s25 goes
20 the helper In difficult workings one
helper may serve Two miners. The min.
cr must also pay for his powder ard
OIL and sharpening Of his tools at the
companies smilhies
In the report which he made to
Praiuent roosevelt. Labor Commits.
sloner Carroll u. Wright did not on his
own responsibility state what the aver
age earnings are IN the coal fields. But
he collated the evidence given by COM
pany managers bosses, miners and
others, ana there Is no substantial CON
lliet between these statementa They
ogfee that the following ngures fairly
represent the average daily earnings
Of The various classes OF labor through
CIT the region
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

ZION'S SAVINGS BA
co. has half n million
In sums to suit borrowe
collateral at lowest mar
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

TELEGRAPH SCHOO
Night School. Practical
course; good positions
us. Si7 W. Fourth Sou
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
COMMERCIAL AM

Interest paid on 30
Armstrong, prest.. Byr
prest.. j. l.. Game. cash
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
THE STANDARD.

DO you have the
tionary in you
school room? II n
up to date. II Il
best edited, beet
bound. and mort
In all respects "a
For sale by De6e
Store.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

Iaborers, first class i, :. 1903 S2i
Laborers, second class. e.. A,% 2bJ
President Baer OF the Reading rail-
way submitted actual figures from the
hooks OF his company showing the
earnings OF all the II 500 employees dur
ing the months Of January February,
March and April, 1902 The summaries
given by Mr. Baer ate as follows:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

STATE OF UTAH
County Lake, S.
John James County Clerk and for Salt Lake,
In the state OF Utah do hereby certify foregoing a
ana correct copy OF the OF all
mated for the General Election Tuesday
1902 appears file my office
IN WITNESS WHEREOF 7 havp hereunto my
Seal) hand and affixed my official seal this 25th day
October A. d. 1909 -
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=
- =. .... -. County Clerk. :
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND CoNsTB FOR SALT LAKE CITY pcMc

Justice of the Peace.
Republican-Frank II, Clark,
Observation-Disclosures NJ. Nielsen.
SocIalist--Richard Pole.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
THF SEMI
WEEKLY Nj
the GREAT 4
or me IVES

y Issued Mondays sat
contains an the cream
Saturday News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

Rabbi Reynolds spea
IN the Jewish temple {,
education.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

"All druggists sell Dr. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy In the
30 CENT SIZE and the regular 81 90
size bottles"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
omeiet Cooked in a Hat.

Announce that you are about to
cook an omelet; then you break four
eggs in a hat, place the hat for a short
time over the flame of a candle, and
shortly afterward produce an omelet,
completely cooked and quite hot.
Some persons will be credulous
enough to believe that by the help of
certain ingredients you have been en-
abled to cook the omelet without fire,
but the secret of the trick is that the
omelet had been previously cooked
and placed in the hat, but could not
be seen. because the operator, when
breaking the eggs, placed it too high
for the spectators to observe the con-
tents The eggs were empty ones,
the contents having been previously
extracted by being drawn through q
small aperture; but to prevent the
company from suspecting this the
operator should, as if by accident, let
a full egg fall upon the table, which,
breaking, induces a belief that the
others are also full.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
Mans Right to Sleep.

A case which was heard in an Eng
'ish court the other day illustrates
the difficulties imposed by a civiliza-
don which compels us to live in close
proximity one to another. The de-
;endAnt could not sleep at night, and
therefore he kept a gramophone and
an "angeius" going in the small hours
% amuse him. The plaintiff, who was
/ neighbor was within sound of these
amusing instruments, and therefore
could not sleep. 1t was a dreadful
dilemma and it incidentally raises the
question of the right of one man to
amuse himself at the expense of his
fellows. Mr.. Justice jeff took the
right course, we think, by issuing an
injunction against the defendant
whereby he is forbidden to enjoy his
gramophone between the hours of ten
1T night and eight in the morning. The
necessary noises of civilization are
disturbing enough. But it would be
obviously unfair if every man afflicted
with insomnia should insist upon keep
ing the rest of the world awake for
his amusement.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
Example of Goodness.

when we were near Bentonville a
squad from the Twentieth Illinois was
sent across the country carrying i'm
portant dispatches" says a veteran.
They met the enemy's cavalry and
the few men deployed at once as they
would have deployed had they beer
supported by a full regiment. While
they engaged the enemy the officer in
command sat coolly on his horse strik-
ing matches. In every minute of that
skirmish he held a lighted match in
one hand and the dispatches in the
other. He was perfectly cool. He
knew just what he was going to do
and he was not in danger of making a
mistake. If his men we're surrounded
or captured he proposed to burn the
dispatches, and he had match ready
to burn them, but in the end the
Twentieth boys drove the enemy and
the dispatches were delivered. This
was only one example of the self-con-
tanned observation-disclosures that grew
upon the men with their experience in
an enemy's country in advance of the
army"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
CURE FOR CIGARETTE HABIT.


How = New England Mother Over
came 1t in Her Son.
The other day & wise New England
morher suddenly came upon her son
and heir, a youth of tender years, and
discovered he was INDUCING in q
cigarette.
my boy" she said, elf you must
smoke, why not be manly and smoke
a cigar? Come with me-" And she
led him into the house and bestowed
upon him a large, black fumer, and
brought him light, and sat down by
him while he enjoyed the fragrant
weed.
She was with him, too. when his
lower lip began to tremble and his
eyes to grow yellow, and a wave OF
chalky whiteness overspread his face.
Nice cigar, isn't it?' she said in
her pleasant way. $50 soothing and
restful and enjoyable. Don't you find
it so?"
The boy couldn't steady his voice
s,uff1 GENTLY to reply, but he forced
himself to take another pun, and
when his hand with the cigar in it
dropped he gave the smoldering thins
glance that expressed nothing but
the deepest loathing.
81 always like the looks of these
nice, large CIGARS" said his mother.
They seem So
"P-p-please DIDN'T, mother" gasped
The boy .I-I-think I'm g-g-going to
die"
And twenty minutes later he prom
ised in broken voice that he would
never again attempt to smoke until
she told him he was old enough to
begiu=Exchange.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
LETTER WAS ALL RIGHT.
How Clever Girl Answered Missive Of
Her BaShful Lover.

HOW Clever Girl answered MiSSivc VI
Her BashfuI Lover.
A bashful man courted a girl for
three years without daring to propose.
Finally, while he was visiting the
country he decided to propose by let
ter. He sent the missive, and for the
next two hours was one of the hap
pest men on earth. Then he began
to believe he had been precipitate,
and was assaulted with doubt.
That night he did not sleep. He
thought all sorts of things, and vainly
wished he could intercept the letter
before it reached her. But that was
manffestly impossible. 1t was not I'M
til the next morning that he received
an inspiration as he was passing a
telegraph office. Rushing in he seized
a form and nervously penned the fol-
lowing:
POSTED you wrong letter yesterday.
Please do not open, and deliver to me-
ON my return.
After that he breathed more freely.
That evening telegram was await
ng him at the hotel. 1t read:
No; you posted right letter. 1t was
about time
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-12-13
Nuggets from Manila.

A native named Rios, in Tayabas
province, styles himself the descend
ant of God. He will be a God-forsaken
hombre if the constabu1ary get hold
of him.
Rios. the self-stylsd descendant of
God, should be given an opportunity
to visit the home of his ancestor. Tay-
abas is not a fitting place for a man
of his illustrious descent
There was young man from Shang-
hal, who remarked, Il cannot see
What, with bloomin' club dues and the
high price of bues, those blokes in
Manila don't dali
The Cavite Chino who poured mol
ten brass into retort which was par
TALLY filled with water or nonalloying
material did not live to learn better,
but his fate should be a warning to
others who do not know that all ma
terial substances do not harmonic
with each other.-Manila Up. l. Free
dom.