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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20
D1ath Rate of Miners.

y compilation made from the
official government reports Show
that 2O9l men We're killed in the
coal mines OF the United States
during the year 1895, while 1892
were injured more or less seriously.
says Il. w. Parker. About one
half Of the men killed left widows.
and about 2.00 children left father
less. The death rate was 3.553.
while for every 115. 900 tons Of
coal mined life was snutfed ont.
And yet on top of all this the
Morning News wants Deputy Mine
Inspector. William WARNER fired
because he is doing his sworn duty
and is trying to protect the lives OF
the miners.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20
EXTRA PAY DAY
Granted the Employees of the Paint
Greek Collerry Opesations.

The Paint Creek Galleries Co.
have made arrangements to have
an extra pay day in order to give
their employees an opportunity to
do some holiday shopping. The
men will be paid on Saturday. De
cember -, and many of them will
be enabled to visit this city and
make purchases which otherwise
they could not have done. The
request for the extra pay day was
made by the men through District
President Nugant, and because Of
the harmonious relations existing it
was readily granted by the com
pany.
Several thousand dollars Will he
paid out as the employees include
those at the Paint Creek, Mucklow.
Standard, Wacomah, Banner. Nor
ton, Nuctolls, Tomsburg. Green
Castle and Hickory Camp opera
lions.
This viii be the third pay da,
in this month for this company and
their action in the matter is great
~ appreciated by their employees.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20
FAV0RS UNION LABOR.

Rather a Sensational story is pub
iished concerning foremost dip
lomat Of Europe Edward VII.
While he was Prince OF Wales. it
is said, he took no pains to conceal
his sympathy With the cause of
trades unioniSn, and now that he
is king he viii permit no work to
be done which is to be paid for out
of the royal purse which has not
received the sanction of organized
labor.
In other words, King Edward,
by preference o. uecessity,s sis a
trades-unionist, not only passiyely.
but actively, for he has informed
the lord chamberlain that il any
case were brought to his notice OF
a firm, already employed by the
royal household. declining to
recognize trades unions and TO pay
union rates to its men. he would
at once take steps to rescind the
contract.
When King Edward was heir to
the throne it is said that often
when it was thought he was giving
up his time to the pursuit OF
pleasure he was actually engaged
in the study al first hand Of the
problems of the poor, and that in
the course Of these investigations
he acquired The conviction that the
principle Of trades unionism was
one which would rebound to the
weil-belng of the workingman.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20

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semi monthly seSSion ~ NJ : -, -
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visitor in the city IN. 6rst ~ I 49,
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VAL demand AN increase in wages
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l hesecret2ries OF the local unions
VII confer q favor on this Paper il
tncy VIII send III u list. Of tlle
ohiSeis elected for The ensuing term
ana other local news of interest.
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chase OF union label products and
what part in the purchase OF unfair
goods? Take an inventory.
w hen making purchases for the
mondays don't forget to patronizes
our advertisers. BY so doing you
VIII impress the merchant that tnes
Argus IS the medium through
men your trade may BE secured.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20

hat part Of yonr wages. earned
the past week under union conai-
uons, have you spent III the pur4
chase OF union-label products, ana
what part in The purchase Of unfair
goods! Take an inventory.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-12-20

The Tailors Union met III regular,
semi, monthly session on Monday
evening at Assembly Hail.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
RELATED OF WRITERS.

Some one offered to send G. Bernard
Shaw box of game, but he replied
that he would rather die than live at
the price of bloodshed. So the anxious
donor offered flowers. Surely you
must be fond of flowers, Mr. Shaw"
$50 am of children" he replied, "but
/ don't cut off their heads and stick
them in pots about the room"
Chance, it is said, turned the atten-
ton of young Stephen Phillips to tbs
writing of verse. He had a long ILL
ness and became much bored in the
course of it. "a loved voice." reciting
at his bedside the strains of Coleridge's
"Christabel," inspired in him the spirit
Of emulation. He spent six years on
the stage, and ought certainly to have
learned the dramatist's craft. AS for
the poet's-no!
George Meredith, the English novel
list, was suffering from a broken leg,
but that did not prevent him from vot-
ing in the recent English elections.
He was driven three miles to the polls
in donkey chaise decorated with lib
eral colors. A number of friends lift
ed him tenderly out, sheet was placed
round him and in this way he was car
ried bodily to the poll box. On return
ing to mis- carriage Mr. Meredith was
loudly cheered by large crowd.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
SHOULD A HORSE
Be CLIPPED (?
CLIPPING IN THE EARLY SPRING
RECOMMENDED BY LEADING
VETERINARIANS.
All Thinking Men Readily Recognize
Its Advantages.

"a horse is a valuable asset. and
should receive the best care possible,
He should be we'll fed, comfortably
stabbed, carefully groomed and clipped
in the early spring. If he receives
these attentions he will work well
and improve In value. A horse lives
under artificial conditions. In his
wild state he required none of these
attentions, for he was able to look
out for himself The domesticated
animal, being worked under condi-
tons that are in themselves artificial,
must be kept in condition for such
work.
The clipping of horse in the early
spring Is now conceded by all the
leading veterinarians to be s essen
tial to horses we'll being as shoeing
him or giving him a comfortable bed
10 lie on. Farmers in England and
France have been clipping their
horses for many years, and American
farmers are not slow TO realize its
advantages. A clipped horse dries
out rapidly after a hard days work.
and will rest comfortably and be re-
freshed for the work the following
day. An unclipped horse is liable TO
catch the heaves, pneumonia ard all
sorts Of colds, rheumatism, etc. More
especially is this so in the early
spring. when his hair is long and he
is soft" If worked hard he will per-
spire freely and the moisture will be
held by his long hair, and the food
that should go to nourish him will be
used to replenish the heat that is be-
ing constantly taken from his body
by the mass of cold wet hair. IL
clipped, the perspiration will evapor-
ate almost as soon as secreted, and
when put in the stable he rests COM
fortably and his food does him good.
Some years ago Buffalo street car
company tested the value of clipping
In the following manner: They own
ed 500 horses, and $50 of these were
clipped early in the spring and $50
were not clipped. A careful record
was kept of results and it was found
that Of the $50 unclipped horses 1913
were afflicted with coughs and pneu-
monia, while of the $50 clipped not
OhS CdoC vi SIChlcSS was T6pOTl6Q.
A man would not expect to enjoy
very good health if he did hard man
ual work clothed with heavy under
wear, heavy suit and a fur overcoat,
and after perspiring freely, as he
naturally would go to sleep without
removing same. 1t is just as ridicu-
lous to expect horse to be in perfect
health if worked under the same con-
ditions.
If you would get the best returns
from your investment in your horse.
treat him right, and be sure and
clip him in the early spring A first
class Housekeeping machine can be
bought at almost any hardware store
for less than s7.O0.-Horse Review,
Dec. 5th, 1905.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
LMi5JLene Crosby

Thousands Of American women, how.
ever. have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs these periods of their terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, of 313 Charlton
Street, East Savannah, Ga, writes:
"Lydia E. Pinkham'svegetable Compound
is true friend to woman. 1t has been of
great benefit to me, curing me of irregular
and painful periods when everything else had
failed, and gladly recommend it to other
suffering women"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Tor hatulence), displacement
of organs, Inflammation or liberation,
that bearing-down feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia E. Pinbham's Vegetable Com
pouxzd, and then write to Mrs Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free ad-
vice. She is daughter-in-law of Lydia
e. Pinkham and for twenty-five years
has been advising women free of
charge Thousands have been cured
by SO doing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
BROKEN EGGS STILL EGGS.
Appraiser Holds That They Must Be
Levied Upon Though Sold to
Consumer by the Gallon.

New York.-General Appraiser
Waite, for the board of general ap-
praisers, has just handed down a de-
cision overruling the protest of L. E.
Spencer against the assessment of
duty by the collector at Detroit at five
cents dozen upon an importation OF
eggs from which the shells had been
removed. The decision says:
1T seems that in handling eggs for
expectation from Canada many of
them are cracked or broken. From
these shells they are removed. and
are imported into the United States
and sold by the gallon. and are used
the same way as any eggs would be
used, by bakers and confectioners.
mo change whatever is made In
the condition of the eggs except that
the shell is removed. We think eggN
would remain eggs whether sold by
the bushel, gallon, or by the dozen.
Hence our conclusion is that the as
aessment by the collector was right"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
He broke OF when he saw that she

He broke OF when he saw that she
was no longer listening to him. There
was stir in the forward vestibule,
and the porter came in with hand
bag. At his heels was man with q
rough weather boxcoat; youngish
man, clean shaven and wind tanned to
a healthy bronze, with an eager face
and alert eyes that made an instant
inventory of the car and its compile
ment of passengers. So much Ormsby
saw. Then Penelope stood up in her
place to greet the new conner.
why, Mr.. Kent" she exclaimed
care you really going on with us?
How nice of you!"
Elinor turned coolly upon her seat
mate, self-possession once more firmly
seated in the saddle
Did you know Mr.. Kent was going
to board the train here?" she asked
abruptly.
do you mean the gentleman Pene-
lope has waylaid? l haven't the
pleasure of his acquaintance. Will you
introduce u.s."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
BEAT ROLL AT 8o3 BUR!ALS
Veteran of Civil War. Still Hale and
Hearty, Holds Record of Serv-
ice at the Grave

EastOn, Pa.-William Trumbore, OF
this city, has made a remarkable rec
ord as a drummer at the funerals of
veterans of the civil war Up to rate
he has sounded the muffied roll at the
funerals of S93 fellow comrades, be-
x.ides u Sons of Veterans.
When the civil war broke cut Trum-
bore enlisted in the Fourth regiment,
New Jersey volunteers. serving under
Gen. Phil Kearney, and later under
Gen. A. ]. Smith. In 1862 he went our
with the Twenty eighth Pennsylvania
regiment in the emergency call for the
suppression of troubles in central
Pennsylvania.
Trumbore was honorably discharged
from the army with a sergeant's rank.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
THE EDITOR
Explains How to Keep Up Mental
and Physical vigor.

A New Jersey editor writes:
"A long indulgence in improver food
brought on a condition of nervous dys-
pepsia, nearly three years ago, SO se-
we're that had to quit work entirely.
l put myself on strict regimen Of
Grape-Nuts food, with plenty of out
door exercise and in few months found
my stomach so far restored that the
process Of digestion gave me pleasure in
stead Of distress.
1t also built up my strength 30 that I
was able to resume my business, which
is onerous, as not only edit my own
paper but also do a great deal of ON.
side writing.
Il find that the Grape-Nuts diet en-
ables me to write with greater yisor
than ever before, and without the feel
Ing OF brain-fag with which used to be
troubled. As to bodily vigor-I can ana
do walk miles every day without fatigue
"a few squares used to weary me be-
fore I began to live on Grape-Nuts,
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich.
There's reason. Read the little book.
xhe Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
said something that made him think

said something that made him think
he ought to try. But it's no use. 1t
was only little summer idyl, and we
have both outlived it,
She was still gazing steadfastly up
on the wall of outer darkness when
the porter began to make down the
berths and Penelope came over to sit
in the opposite seat.
we are on our own railroad now,
aren't WEI" she asked, with purpose
full lack-interest. "And-let me see
isn't Mr.. Kent at some little town we
pass through"
1T is a city" said Elinor. AND
the name is CASTOR"
Il remember now," Penelope re-
joined. Il wonder if we shall see
him."
1T is most unlikely. He does not
know we are coming, and he wouldn't
be looking for u.s.
Penelope's fine eyes clouded At
times Elinor's thought-processes were
as plain as print to the younger sis.
ter; at other times they were not
Il should think the least we could
do would be to let him know" she
ventured. Does anybody know what
time the train passes Gaston?'
AT 7:15 tomorrow evening"" was
the unguarded reply; and Penelope
drew her own conclusions from the
ready answer and the folded time
table in Elinor's lap.
We'll, why don't you send him a
wire? I'm sure l should
why should I?' said Elinor, warily.
ooh, don't know; any other young
woman of his acquaintance would, /
fancy. 1 have half a mind to do it
myself. l like him, if you don't care
for him any more"
Thus Penelope; and little while
afterward, finding herself in the Ii
brary compartment with blanks and
pen and ink convenient and nothing
better to do, she impulsively made the
threat good in a ten-word message to
Kent
IF he should happen to drop in I'M
expectedly it will give Ellie the shock
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

Of her life" she unused; and the tele-
gram was struggled into the hands of
the porter to be sent as occasion Of
fered.
Those who knew Mr.. Brookes Ormsby
best were wont to say that the world
OF action, world lusting avidly for
resourceful men, had lost the chance
OF acquiring a promising leader when
he was born heir to the Ormsby mil
lions. Be that as it may, he made the
most OF such opportunities for the
exercising of his gift as came to one
for whom the long purse leveled most
barriers; had been making the most
OF the present Lacquer of a woman's
heart-a citadel whose capitulation
was not to be comprised by mere
money-might, he would have said
Up to the final day of the long
westward flight all things had gone
we'll with him. True. Elinor had not
thawed visibly, but she had been toll
Grant; Penelope had amused herself
at no ones expense save her own
boon for which Ormsby did not fail
to be duly thankful; and Mrs. Brent
wood had contributed her mite by
keeping hands off,
But at the dining-car luncheon on the
last days run, Penelope, languishing
at a table for two with an unrespons-
i've Ormsby for vis-a-vis, made sly
mention of the possible recrudescence
of one David Kent at place called
CASTOR; this merely to note the effect
upon an unresponsive table-mate.
In Penelope's observings there was
no effect perceptible., Ormsby said
"Ah?" ands asked if she would have
more of the salad. But later, in a
contemplative half-hour with his pine
in the smoking compartment, he let
the scrap of information sink in and
take root.
Hitherto Kent had been little more
than name to him; a name he had
never heard on Elinor's lips. But if
love be blind in the teens and TWEEN
ties, it is more than apt to have a
keen gift of insight in the thirties
and beyond. Hence, by the time Orms-
by had come to the second filling of
DAS RARSb AO Aao PACSCQ lO6StuSI UllS
OF half-forgotten gossip about the
Croydon summer, curious little reti-
cences on Elinor's part, vague hints
let fall by Mrs. Brentwood; enough
to enable him to chart the rock on
which his love-argosy was drifting,
and to name it-David Kent
Now to well-knit man Of the
worldwide happens to be a heaven
born diplomatist into the bargain-to
be forewarned is to be doubly armed.
At the end Of the half-hour of studious
solitude in the smoking-room, Orms-
by had pricked out his course on the
chart to boat's-length; had trimmed
his sails to the minutest starting OF
sheet A glance at his watch and
another at the timetable gave him
the length of his respite. Six hours
there were: and a dining-car dinner
interviewed. Those six hours. and the
dinner. he decided. must win or lose
the race.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
AN UNCONSCIOUS sENEFAcToR

Ole Bill Snithers stood aroun'
Runnin' everybody down.
Used to stop his work to say
Things about folks out our way;
Used to make us all so mad
By the vexin' way he had
That we lived in mortal fear
OF his tongue-'twas that severe!
Jsed to do our level best
taisin' crops to beat the rest,
Cause Bill said, with many sheer,
Want no fus-class farmers here.
Tried the very best we knew
Fur to raise big cattle, too;
Hustled day an night to show
That Bill Smithers didn't know.
Bill KEEP bossin' people so
That he let his own work go.
Now bout all that he has got
Is mortgages; ard they're a lot.
But us folks he criticised
Prospered till you'd be surprised.
He was irritatin'; still,
We are much obliged to Bill.
Washington Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Not Old Are.

Weel. John, how are you to-day ?''
asked the Scottish minister. "Gey
weel, sir; gey weel," replied John, eau
tiously, "gin it wasna for the rheume-
tism in the right leg" "Ah, John,
there is no mistake you are getting old
like the rest OF US and cid age doesn't
come alone" "Auld age, sir" re-
turned john II won'er to hear We.
Aud age has naething tae dae wit.
Here's my ither leg jist as auld an it's
soond and soople yet. Chicago Daily
News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

The sum of 100000 marks has been
raised by the German army for the
Moltke monument in Berlin
There were 1885 fewer deaths in
London in 1905, ending with the Sat-
urday before Christmas, than for the
average of the last ten years.
An amateur society has been formed
for the diffusion Of the cult of the
bagpipe," not only in Scotland, but in
England. A set Of pipes costs from
$25 to $3.50, according to finish and
embellishments.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
FOREIGN FINANCIAL FACTS.

Manchester (EnglandD gasworks pro-
duced a net profit of s137,2s6 in the
year ending March 81.
The Bank of Spain holds 81 $40, OOO
more gold and S9.495.O0O more silver
than at this date in 1902
The Austro-Hungarian banks note
circulation is now SIG, l5O, 900 in excess
of year ago; its gold holdings. ST.
$4,000 higher.
Merchandise exports from France
during the first quarter of 1908, in
creased 81, 123, 200 over 1902, and i'm
ports $s,554. coo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
A Gratuitous Protest.

A Philadelphia commercial traveller
who was stranded in Georgia village,
sat on the porch of the small inn, pa
tiently awaiting the announcement of
dinner. At noon a darby appeared at
the door and rang a big hand-bell.
Immediately the "coon" dog, which
had been asleep in the sunshine,
awoke, raised his head toward the sky
and howled long and dolorously. The
darby stopped ringing the bell and
scowled at the dog. "Yo' shet up!"
he shouted. "Yo' dom hafta eat dis
dinnah! Sides, whar's yo' mammals,
dawg? "-Philadelp Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
Harmonious.

The Caller-Your art gallery is q
treat. This picture especially is de.
lightful; the values are so well bal.
anced.
Mr.. Porkham-That's right. Frame,
5000, picture same price.-Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

one WdS lOOhlnS at MIN leVol-eyeQ,
and he could have sworn that she was
never calmer or more self-possessed.
Il don't know why you want my
promise-or any woman's promise-on
such conditions" she said evenly.
But l do he insisted
The lights of town suburb were
fitting past the windows, and the mo-
notonous song of the tires was
drowned in the shril! crescendo of the
brakes. She turned from him suddenly
and laid her cheek against the CRATE
full cool of the window pane But when
he took her hand she did not withdraw
it.
rs it mine, Elinor?" he whispered.
"You see, I'm not asking much
is it worth taking-by itself?"
You make me very happy" he said
quietly; just then the train stopped
with jerk, and shutting hustle
of station platform noises fioated in
through the open deck transoms of the
car.
AS if the solution of continuity had
been call to arouse her, Elinor freed
her hand with a swift little wrench
and sat bolt upright in her corner.
This station-do you know the name
of it?" she asked. fighting hard for the
self control that usually came so
easily.
Ormsby consulted his watch.
Il am not quite sure It ought to
be"