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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
Ma,I.,ie, for WAGE earnsrs.

According 10 the 1905 bulletin OF
the Bureau Of Labor. which covers
the question OF wages and hours 81
workers from 1890 10 1904 inclusi ye
,hs wage Increase has not averaged
.tyes J per cent per year
W. increase In the number Of en-.
Moves from 1880 through 1904 was
3ls Der cent. while wages for the
period Increased only 1861 per cent.
Hours were reduced but IS per cent
Wages increased bat 90 per cent In
1904 over 1908. IN iS94.j wages were
1875 lower than Ia 1904
During 1894 the number Of employ
ed reached the lowest figure. or 9ii
per cent OF the average number EN-
plcyed during the period covered by
fifteen years In 1904 the percentage
reached 1851
In 1890 wages per hour We're 0.3 per
cent higher than the average wages
per hour paid during the succeeding
ten years The lowest point reached
was In 1894. when wages dropped %
per cent below the average for the
period.
Wages began ia increase gradually.
but not rapidly. after 1897 During
that year there had been a slight de-
cline. During 1904 the wages were
~ per cent higher than the average
for the tenyear period % lS90-99
The report shows that the weekly
earnings OF Individual employees were
10 per cent higher in 1890 than the
average weekly earnings for the sue
ceeding ten years The weekly earn
ings Ia 1904 were III per cent higher
han In 1890 it.3 per cent higher than
in 1891. las per cent higher than Ia
1884. the lowest period p per cent
higher than In 1902 aud or per cent
lower than In 1908
Direct comparison between confi-
lions OF the wage workers in 1903 and
1904 shows that In the latter year the
total number of employees decreased
oG per cent. the hours OF labor De-.
creased O7 per cent. wages per hour
increased 06 per cent weekly earn.
ings per omploye decreased o. per
cent the wages of one hour would
purchase o. per cent less food. and
che earnings 20 employe In week
would purchase 10 per cent less food
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
substitute, for Tobacco.

Sailors on long cruises sometimes
exhaust their tobacco. Thence untold
misery and many ingenious efforts
10 create a tobacco substitute.
Tea and coffee make the best tobac-
co substitutes They smoke freely in
pipe or cigarette. and their taste and
aroma are not unpleasant. But they
burn the mouth and rack the nerves.
Ropeyarn-the untwisted parts OF
a rope and oakum--is smoked by sail
ors as a last resort. Bark. peeled from
the hoops Of salt beef and pork bar.
rels is also smoked when the limit Is
reached
These things smoke abominably and
The black fumes that they give forth
from the sailors mouths are always
accompanied by oaths and lmpreca.
tioas Yet many a desperate sailor
has smoked them in the hope OF ap.
reaslng his tobacco hunger.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
Beneath Her.

Mrs. Hicks-But why didn't you
buy the material II you liked Il?
Mrs. Nuritch-The salesman said II
was domestic dress goods.
Mrs. Hicks-Well?
Mrs. Nuritch-You don't suppose I'd
wear anything meant Tor domestics.
DO you?
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
Perhaps the Time viii Come.

vlsitor-who Is the benevolent look.
Ing convict with the bald head and
side whiskersg
Warden-That's Steel. the notorious
bank wrecker. who got away with
three millions. He's in for life
And the gaunt one next 10 himg-
He's only a ninety day-er-held
mp a man at night and robbed him Of
s. to get food for his starving family"
Puck.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS or INTEREST
General Matters Affecting the Welfare
Of the Workers.

National association OF steam and
h1t water filters and helpers has re-
moved Dos national office from New
Haven 90 Chicago
The Chicago Federation az Ialof
has iudo-sed The plan of organizing
ward clubs 90 advance the sale OF
union labeled articles
The Fall River tMassl Manufactur.
crs Association announced per
cent increase in the wages Of cotton
mill operatives and prontsharing
y plan taking eject on oct %.
The convention of the 4. r. OF L..
which is 90 begin November 10 az
Iittsburg Is the silver jubilee conyen.
zion. the federation having been form.
"a IN Pittsburg twenty-five years ago.
70 now represents more than 5000 600
age earners of every section OF the
country.
W Moses ~ Leeds and d. Gilmore
az NewCasile-on.Tyne. who are to be
the fraternal delegates Of the British
trades congress 90 the big A. r. Of l..
convention az Pittsburg next month.
Lave sent word that they will visit
t,veral eastern cities before their re-.
turn home.
The Massachusetts state conven.
lion. A. =. of L.. voted 10 establish an
.pnice IN PIttsneld. handled socialism
kDthout gloves Endorsed the civic
liberation. and decided upon the leg |
siativC requests 10 be made next year |
IN the interests Of the organized wage /
workers OF the state
The Crowell Publishing Company
" Springfield lll.. now engaged In
q controversy with the printers and
Iclcctrotypers ON the eighthou day
proposition, have eniolned the print.
crs from placing pickcts about their
liant aud to-day appealed 10 Judge
Kunkle To issue similar order
AGAINST the striking elcciroypcrs
Biuminous miners throughout the
Unified States are 20 demand the
restitution OF lhe vase sale next
spring 10 tie rates paid before the
general reduction accepted from The
operators nearly tvo years ago. The
demand viii adcct the soft coal min.
ems In every state in which the coal
operators have been dealing with the
United Mlneworkcrs OF America.
The strike of Russian railroad en-.
nloyes assumed q serious aspect when,
N.th the three great trunk lines out Of
Moscow completely tied up aud The
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

n you had annually sIQO0.0O0 or SC
to spare and wanted 10 balance your
account with the world by giving Il
away. how would you 90 about the
task
or the many hundred men and
women In the United States whose
fortunes aspire toward seven. eight.
and nine figures. several notable ones
have put this question seriously TO
themselves. and have answered II by
going as gravely about the business
Of giving away money wisely as they
vent about its accumulation. And a
mighty business Il has become. this
business Of philanthropy. when Il h.
remembered that in America-the do
main of the dollar no more than of
the helping hand upward OF $50 .000
900 a year b. given away. Of which
shining Niagara Sio000000 rise IN
New York and empty thence into the
Overwhelming sea Of want.
Spacious az are these figures. II T.
prOphesied by the Charity Organiza.
lion Society that the mighty stream
will be swollen beyond the average
this year. sequential TO several cloud
bursting donations made by individual
persons. But how. 10 repeat. do our
men OF millions give away their
money? First handed and as the
mood strikes them. or methOdically?
Methodically. in word. and with
such painstaking care that many call
but few are chosen as objects Of
wholesale charity
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
A Maker OF Fiah,s.

"Slr." remarked the sanctimonlors
traveller. you appear 20 be one WIN
Is making the good fight.
well" replied the man n clerical
black. I'm sometimes accused OF
making the good and bad one eight.
I'm a whisky distiller."
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
candld.

Guest-Now. waiter. want a FIRST.
class dinner What would you advised
Waiter-First class In every re.
Epect. sir2
Guest-Yes. indeed.
waiter-well, sir. Id advise you 10
20 some place else.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
wlIlino - a. oenerou..

Johnny" said his mother. don't
you know II is wicked TO nurture hate
in your breast? You ought 10 20 10
Willie Penrose and tell him you for.
give him"
I'm goln' to, just as soon as get
him licked"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
The Neglected Husband.

What makes you so blue?" inqulr.
~ the first new woman al the club.
MY fathor-ln.law has como 70 stay
with as" replied the other. "and Hen
~ and he sit al their knitting all day
long and cry about my treatment Of
Henry."
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
One on Pop.

willie-what's the matter with
papa's eyes. mamma?
Mamma-Nothlng that | know Of.
Willie.
willie-well. heard him tell Mr..
Jones that be had TO have an eye
opener every morning.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
The Future Fire.

You look happy. old man" said
jerks.
Il am" replied Goodman. Il have
Just renewed the best and cheapest
fire insurance a man could possibly
have In this world"
You don't say?"
Yes. just paid my pew rent
Catholic Standard and Times.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
Never Too Old.

when Is a woman too old 20 flrt"
"My boy. ! have known a woman.
when on her deathbed. 10 firt With
the attending physician"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

When Andrew Carnegie is at home
a frequent caller az the great Ninety.
FIRST street mansion Is the former
head OF the United States Steel cor.
poration. As often as otherwise the
subject under friendly discussion at
such times Is the welldirected giving
~ money! matter In which their
views do not always coincide Per.
haps. as occasionally happens. the
argument has waxed warm over their
respective theories. and host and
guest will. for the sake Of harmony.
adjourn to the music room. the former
leading the way 10 the immense pipe
organ before which the latter. a mas.
ter of the instrument will seat him,
self What shall be the tune? He 10
whom the question Is addressed. hav-
ing dropped into a chair In front OF
the fireplace smiles without answer.
ing and such a mundane thing as
money Is presently forgotten In the
thrilling Scotch melodies that thunder
through the great house. or are mon.
ey and It's wise distribution forgotten
by the bowed figure sitting so quietly
before the FIRE Only ne himself-the
greatest giver OF them all-may an.
swer as he gazes abstractedly into
the glowing Goals. dreaming, dream
ing. dreaming New York Times.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
WEI 5Aoe. : scs!rE TETl

fast over. he sought the library and
wrote out a check for the amount ask.
ed. Handing Il 10 his wife he eau.
toned her 70 get the check cashed
herself and 10 give the actual mon
ey Instead Of any paper with his name
written thereon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

. NAAHh'A NAfAf0Ns
Asked To name the best-wisest-
phllanthropists Of his acquaintance. a
manager 81 the Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Association Of New York. who
has spent twenty years In gathering
and distributing large sums toward
charity. promptly mentioned Jacob n.
Schin. James Speyer. and Morris X
Jessup. This classification was con
fined 10 general charitable and phllan
thropic donations made In the most
iudicious manner. OF the trio. the
head Of Kuhn. Loeb a Co. was de.
clared a model philanthropist as de-
fined by his generosity. the way in
which Il Is performed. and his admir-
able discrimination
His methods Of giving are simple
and impersonal and are rarely stud
led long He is easily approached on
behalf 81 charity and seldom fails 10
respond when the object Is a worthy
one. This same charity manager in
stanced an experience he had had In
calling on Mr.. Schih IN behalf Of a
person whose name began with the
letter T.. a secretary went 10 a cabi
net and extracted package Of indL
yidual reports an beginning with the
leiter-records OF hundreds Of cases
relieved by him According 10 his
means. Jacob Schln ls credited with
giving more 20 charity. az least 10
more causes than any other man lly.
ing
II Darius o. Mills. whose hotels are
among the most successful charitable
institutions In existence. has "a gov.
erning motto In his philanthropies.
10 is probably a wish 10 help those
" no wish 10 help themselves. on the
other hand. Charles NJ. Schwab. whose
name Is connected with no greatly ad.
4 ertised charities. gives literally. and
without asking questions. 10 such
needy persons as come under his eve.
His magnificent mansion. now ap-
preaching completion In this city. will
II is announced. revert 10 [
he city as an art gallery or hospital /
Meanwhile Il is no uncommon sight |
10 see the president OF the Bethlehem
Steel company slip a shining gold !
'oin TO a mendicant. as in fact. he |
IS said 10 carry hahitually a number
II such coins for that specific pur.
pose.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26
TO MAKE YOU SMILE
wlTTIclsms DONE UP IN SMALL
PARCELS.
Poor Mar Saved from Much Worry
Little Willie Gives Pop A~sy-wn
Johnny Put or Forgiveness Of III
Enern/-cAndid.
No Escape for Him.

NO" cried the trsgedIan. 4 have
Mt been In the town for twenty years"
Then you think they have forgot
ten your Hamlet" said the nrst low
comedian.
The eminent heavy shook his griz.
zled head.
There are some things that can
never be forgotten" he mournfully
replied III the oldest inhabitsnt
failed to recognize my sadly altered
features. doubt not that the very
egg stains on the grimy walls would
cry out and betray me-"
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

But" protested the crooked capt.
iallst. you were a positive that you
could get our bill tfOugh the legisIs-
ture."
Il know ! was" growled the lobby
ist. but couldn't touch the members
al all"
why. you insisted that they all
had their price"
Exactly. and they all held out for
II and wouldn't consider mine
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

Miss Helen Gould. with the intelli-
gent assistance Of Miss Elizabeth Alt
man. annually dlsburses 100000 In
charity. Probably Miss Gould sup
ports directly and indirectly more
charities than any person living This
is conceded by the Charity Organlza
ton Society While IL does not mean
that she gives away such sums as are
recorded OF the Rockefeller and Car
negie charities. on the best authority
her donations annually reach Eve hun
dred ar more benehciaries, very few
OF whom are aware OF even the exis-
fence OF Miss Altman Yet 10 her
most OF them may return thanks
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

In the case OF Russell Sage aims
and the man seem widely divergent.
He Is the last person to whom one
would look for an item not nominated
In the bond But his wife Is diligcnt
In doing good. She is an active mem.
Der OF several boards for charitable
work, and concerns herself with many
individual cases. Breakfast and bust.
ness-charitable business-are daily
combined In the Sage household BY
he reading Of such mail as reaches
here on the early morning delivery
One morning recently. according 10
A family acquaintance. a letter arriy.
cd from a charity organization sorely
In need OF $4,000 Mrs Sage read the
letter aloud. and having previously In.
iuired into the object for which the
money was intended explained q to
her husband in detail. ending with a
suggestion that they give the money
Mr.. SAGE said nothing But, break.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-26

Miss Altman probably receives So.
600 year. and considering her re-
sE9nsibility and the amount OF work
she manages 10 accomplish. she earns
her salary For Miss Altman Is the
examining and directing energy OF
nearly an the endowments and dOna-
lions made by Miss Gould She IL IS
Who reads the thousands Of begging
letters directed 20 her employer only
one in "A hundred of which ever passes
beyond the secretary. Consequently
the fate OF nearly every applicant may
Dee said TO rest with Miss Altman. a
favorable word from her means gener-
ally the granting Of an appeal and
very often her disapproyal OF the feas-
iblliiy OF a proposed beneyolence is
It's death warrant so FAR as aid from
this source Is concerned
Miss Altman is a Vassar graduate.
and first met her present employer
some seven years ago when Miss
Gould was visiting the college. Since
then she has been an active agent In
giving away nearly 100000 Every
check signed by Miss Gould Is made
out by her secretary.
Some days an average OF two BUN
dred begging letters are received and
read by this busy almoner. and an as
sameness chaucterizes
most OF them. Were she given TO
talking you might believe with her
that there are only a few primal tales
NJ woe in the world. and upon those
the changes are rung over and over
again In the same key by thousands Of
charity applicants. In view OF which.
Il Is by no means surprising that a
large percentage Of such letters are !
20 the ample waste baskets |
Awaiting their reception on both sides |
u her desk During one week recent
" Miss Gould-or rather her secretary |
received applications for sums OF
money aggregating nearly 100000
In the case OF Russell Sage aims
md the man seem widely divergent
ic Is the last person to whom one
would look for an item not nominated
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-16
A Continual Strain.

Many men and women are constantly
subjected to what they commonly term
"a continual strain" because of some
financial or family trouble. 1t wears
and distresses them both mentally and
physically, affecting their nerves badly
and bringing on liver and kidney all
ments, with the attendant evils of consti-
patton, loss of appetite, sleeplessness,
low vitality and dependency. They
cannot, as a rule, get rid Of this "con-
tinual strain" but they can remedy it's
health destroying effects by taking fire.
quent doses of Green's August Flower 1t
tones up the liver, stimulates the kid
neys, insures healthy bodily functions,
gives vim and spirit to ones whole be-
ing. and eventually dispels the physical
or mental distress caused by that "con-
tinual strain" Trial bottle OF August
Flower, 25c: regular size, 75c.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-16
Cures Old Sores.

Westmorland, Kans. May 5, 1902:
Ballard, Snow Liniment Co. Your Snow
Liniment cured an old sore on the side
of my chin that was supposed to be q
cancer. The sore was stubborn and
would not yield to treatment, until [
tried Snow Liniment, which did the work
in short order My sister, Mrs. Sophia
]. Carson, Allensville, Mitfin Co. Pa has
a sore and mistrusts that it is a cancer
Please send her soc bottle. Sold by
McCroskey and Bros.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-16
For Sale.

rs feet front on Main street opposite
new Busse store, has fair dwelling. Price
$35 per front foot. H. w. GOFF.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-16

j. B. Brown puts up the best pumps
and windmills in the worldx
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1905-06-16

DR.. Bucks Celery, Sarsaparilla and
Dandelion for the blood and liver. Sold
only at The Elk Drug Store.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-02-09
Two Women cremated.

Burlington, N. C., Special.-News
has reached here from Tony, Caswell
county, 20 miles north Of Burlington,
Of the burning Of the home Of Mrs.
Sarah A. Florence, mother Of Mr.. A.
6. Florence, of the mercantile firm Of
Florence & Walker, Of this place, in
which Mrs. Florence and her daughter,
Miss Bette Florence, we're burned to
death.
The fire was discovered about 1
o'clock in the afternoon and an alarm
given. Upon the arrival of neighbors
Miss Florence, who was in the yard at
that time, ran into the house, when
the walls gave way, eltombing the two
women. The charred body Of Miss
Florence was taken from the ruins,
but that. Of Mrs. Florence was burned
to ashes. Two hundred and seventeen
dollars in gold coin was taken from the
ruins.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-02-09
SPORTING BREvITIES.

Walter Christie won tine fifiy mile
automobile race in Florida in IN. lin
| 20 1-5s.
Morris Wood, champion skater. Won
the half-mile race on Verona Lake In
I'm. 81 2-5s.
W. X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. was elected
commodore of the Seawanhaka-C -Corir-
THAN Yacht Club.
The Van CortianGts and the Thistles
won in the semi-final round for the
Dewar Curling Cup.
Guy Lyman, of the New York A. G.
Won the two handicap skating races AZ
/ West New York Field.
+, Charles S. Ross carried off the honors
in the automobile ces on the Ormond-
Daytona Beach, Florida.
Columbia defeated Company K OF
the Seventh Regiment, in a hockey
game by score of TO /, in New York
City.
Irving School defeated Columbia IN
the opening game for the interscholas-
tic hockey championships by a seors
of to /.
F. Howell, of Albany, y. Y. won
the final round in tho handicap golf
tournament at PinehLrst TO" the Berk-
shire Cups.
The Crescent A. C.'s hockey team de-
feated the Wanderers by goals to !
at the Clermon. Avenue Rink, in
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Lucien Mcrignac, the worlds cham
pion fereer, gave an exhibition with
the foils in the Grand Central Palaces
New York City.
The Drub and the George, Of the
North Shrewsbury, won the first Ice
yacht race for the championship pen
nant Of the North and South Shreu&
bury Rivers.
Mike Bowerman, the Kentucky
horseman, is credited with saying that
really good brood mares in all sorts are
scarcer Just now in the United State1
than he has ever known them to be.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-02-09
No Compulsory Education.

The house by a decisive vote killed
the compulsory education bill. While
hours have been spent in debate on
other matters of far less serious i'm
port, the members Of the house seemed
unwilling to discuss this measure. In
less than an hour 1t was numbered
among the good which lie buried in the
archives of the house. Those who
voted in favor of striking out the en-
acting clause-and thus to kill tie bill
were: Speaker Smith and RetE Eesen-
tatives Audrey, Ashley. Baker. Ba&en-
tine, Banks. Beamguard. Bradhan,
Brant, Brantley, Browning, Callison,
Clifton, Cloy, Colcock, Cothran, Doar,
Dukes, Earhardt. Epting, L. B. Ethe-
redge, E. ]. Etheredge. Faust, Ford,
Foster, Fraser, Cause, Graham. d. l.
Green. Hamlin, Harrison, Harley,
Hemphill, ]. E. Herbert, Higgins, kir-
ven, LaFitte, Laney, Lawson. Lester,
Lomax, McCants, Massey. Miller, Nor
rison. Nance, Parker. Prince, Pyatt,
Rawlinson, Richardson. Seabrook, Shell
don, Stoll, Strong. Tribble, Werner. ].
J. Watson, Webb, Whatley and VIM
berly. Those who favored the bill and
voted nay on the motion were: Messrs.
Arnold, Bass, Brice, Bruce, Cutler,
Davis, DesChamps, DeVore, Edwards
Frost, CASTOR, ]. P. Gibson, w. j. Glib
son, Gray, w. Med. Green, Gyles, Hall.
D. o. Herbert, Hayward, Hutto
keenan,, Kirby, Little, Lyon. McColl
McFaddin. McMaster, Laban Mauldin
I'll. Mauldin, Moses, Nicholson, Otis
Patterson, Pittman, Pollock. Poston
Riley, Sanders, Sellers, Sinkler, Spivey
Taylor, Toole, Turner, NJ. W. Walker
]. NJ. Walker, and Yeldell.