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ing railroad from Jeddah to Mecca. II
they do, it will probably pay well, for
the travel is enormous Twenty-Five years
ago there were more than 10000 Moham-
medans, who came annually by sea to
make their way over the sands to Mecca
and Medina. They are probably half
again as many more today and the rail-
road will so reduce the cost of the trip
that the number of worshipers will be
greatly increased. Indeed, the day may
come when some Mohammedan tourist
agent will be selling to pilgrims from
ali parts of the Mohammedan world round
trip tickets to the birthplace of the
prophet, including admission to the
Kaaba and also to Medina, where Mo-
manned died. The sultan is already
building a line southwark from Damascus
10 Mecca. 500 miles of the road being
already completed and it is expected that
it will reach Medina in 1909 and Mecca
early in 1910 There is now a line from
Beirut to Damascus, and one will be able
to start in at that port in tho western
Mediterranean and go to Damascus, Jeru-
salem and Mecca without change of cars
The Mecca line is being built by Turkish
soldiers under the supervision of a Ger
man civil engineer, and the cost is be-
ing in part betrayed by the voluntary
contributions of Mohammedans in all
parts of the world.
When these railroads are completed
there may be chance for Christians
to visit the holy city. All who have been
there in the past have had to go in dis
/ guse, and the man who would attempt
ii today takes his life in his hand. The
railroad will be differed by Mohamme-
dams, and it is doubtful whether they
will take Christians as passengers. They
will have to cater to the pilgrims, as It
is from them that their traffic must
come.
In the meantime, without wishing to act
as did the fox who called the grapes sour
l do not believe there is much to see in
Mecca after all. The town lies in a hot
sand valley watered for the most of the
year by few braekish wells and some
cisterns. The best water comes in from
Arafat through a little aqueduct and it
y sold at high prices by a water trust at
the head of which is the governor of the
city.
Mecca all told. has only about $4,000
inhabitants. 1t fills the valley and runs
of dark stone, built in one, two and three
stories. They stand close to the streets.
There are no pavements; it is often dusty
and it takes all the holiness of the sur
roundings to maks life agreeable,
The kaaba.
The most important place in Mecca is
the sacred mosque, and the most i'm
a cube-shaped stone building which lies
this building at about five feet from the
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way. 1t has two short railways which
connect it with the Abyssinian hills and
which comprise altogether about As miles
of track. The road is TO be continued to
the town of Asmara, near which some
gold mines have been opened.
1 am told that the Italians have re-
Gently built telegraph line from their
port to the capital of Abyssinia and that
they are trying to increase their trade
with that country. They are shipping
considerable salt, which, strange to say,
is SO relished by the Abyssinians that it
brings more than sugar and takes much
the same place among them as candy and
tobacco with us. The average Abyssinian
carries a stick of rock salt with him
and takes a suck of it between whiles
If he meets a friend he asks him to take
lick of his salt stick and his friend
brings out his own individual stick and
they take lick about. 1t is just as it
was with snuff in the days of sour fore
fathers when every one offered his
friends pinch of his choice macaboy.
The Port of Mecca.
I reret that I shall not be able to stop
at Jeddah the port of Mecca, to which 1
have already referred. 1t is one of the
most interesting places on the Red sea
and 100000 or more pilgrims pass through
it every year. While at Omdurman. a few
weeks ago, L saw something like l4uU
Mohammendans who were going by the
new railroad across the Nubian desert to
Port Sudan where they expected to get
ship for Jeddah. Some of them had been
10 years on the way and their religious
enthusiasm had not waned. They started
out upon camels from the borders of
Timbuktu and had been forced to sell
their camels for food After that they had
walked from oasis to oasis working for
money to carry them onward In that
party there were so many that the Eng
lish government officials had to divide
them up into patches and send on a train
load or so at a time. The road saved
them several hundred miles OF camel
riding or walking and it will probably
be a great pilgramage route in the fu-
ture.
At present the pilgrims come to Jeddah
from all parts of North Africa and from
the eastern coast of the Mediterranean
sea. They also come from India and
Southern Arabia, and Jeddah takes her
toll from each of them. The people live
by fleeing the devotees. The town is
full of hotels and it is noted for its
discomforts. 1t has a bad water supply
and after each big rain there is an
epidemic of fever. All who land in Jed
dab go on foot from there to Mecca.
The distance is So miles and guide is
required.
The British are now talking of build
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years ago. has now several thousand peo-
pie, and it grows like one of the mush-
room settlements of the Canadian west.
! The British government is erecting great
docks and harbor buildings 1t has put
up lighthouses and built a postoffice,
quarters for the government officials and
schools. Many lots are being sold and
residences are going up. The settlers are
chiefly Europeans. the most of whom
come from Italy and Greece.
The harbor of Port Sudan is shaped
like leaf. 1t is 200 feet deep and well
protected from the sea outside. There are
now steamers twice a week from there TO
Suez and Alden. The ships start at Suez.
go to Port Sudan, and then south around
the west coast of the Red sea, and re-
turn, calling at some of the portston the
east coast. The ships are of the Egyptian
Khedevial line. They are said to be COM
Portable.
AT present one of the great needs of that
port is a hotel There are no accom-
modations for travellers, and some of the
steamship companies will not sell tick
cts to Khartum via the Red sea on this
account.
1t takes 26 hours to go by rail from Port
Sudan to Khartum. Sleeping cars will be
put on the railroad this year, and there
will probably be considerable travel as
are furnished at the port
Already many freight steamers are call
ing at the port, and in a short time the
bulk of the freight for Central Africa and
the upper Nile will go that way.
Italian Africa.
have been making some inquiries
about the italian possessions on the west
coast of the Red sea. They have colony
known as Eritrea, which begins, about
$50 miles south of Suakim and runs down
almost to the Strait of Bab-el-mandeb. 1t
is not wide, and it terminates a little
back of the coast where the Abyssian
hills begin. 1t is only few years since
the Italians tried to include in Eritrea a
large part of Abyssinia and failed, owing
to the bravery of King Menelik. The
land they have now is of small value.
There are only a few tracts that can be
irrigated and the exports are nothing.
The strip is inhabited by nomads, who
raise camels, oxen. sheep and goats. The
| pasturage is scanty and the shepherds
move about from place to place with
| their stock. Some of the tribes live In
| tents made of mating, and their wants
| are simple to an extreme.
Massawa.
The chief Italian port is Massawa. 1t
| is a little town situated on a coral island
| and joined to the mainland by cause
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His Emnlover.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Benjamin f. Butler of Massachusetts,
was a tireless worker when he started on
anything. He and his secretary, Clancy,
oftentimes sat in the library until al
most daylight when the general wanted
to finish up anything.
During the night sessions of the senate
toward a close of Congress, a senator
called on General Butler one morning
at o'clock. The same senator called
again when the senate adjourned the
following morning at daybreak and found
the general and Clancy still at work.
Don't you ever stop?" tho senator
asked.
mo" General Butler said. "Satan finds
some mischief still for idle hands to do"
General. l never knew before Just who
my employer was" Clancy said. bow
ing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-05
Persistence of the Russian Police.

FROM Iesll1eS Weekly.
The persistence with which the Rus
sian police follow up a revoutionist is
illustrated in the case of Nicholas
Tschaikovsky, who, a short time ago,
was arrested at st. Petersburg Tschaik-
ovsky was the founder of the first revo-
'lutionary circle in st. Petersburg. during
the reign of Emperor Alexander II. He
was arrested in 1875 and was to have been
sent to Siberia, but he escaped and went
to England. where he had lived ever
since, aiding the patriots as well as he
could from such a distance. Some months
ago he visited the United States in the
interest of the patriotic movement in
Russia. After his return to England he
became convinced that it was his duty to
return to Russia to work for the cause.
He entered the Cars domains well dis
guised. as he supposed. but it seems that
he had been logged by government spies
all the way from London, and as soon
as he crossed the Russian border he
was taken into custody. 1t is feared that
he will now either be put to death or
exciled to Siberia The old patriots mis-
fortune has excited pity for him among
all friends of liberty.
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By Frank G. Carpenter


ground. is the black meteorite which the
Mohammendans say was once a part of
the Gates of Paradise. When Adam was
cast out, this stone fell with him and it
dropped down near Mecca. At that time
it was of a beautiful white color, but It
is now turned to jet, having been black
ened by the kisses of sinners. Every pill
grim who comes to Mecca presses his
lips TO 1T again and again, imagining that
as he does so his sins go out of him into
the stone. and his soul becomes as pure
as it was when he was a baby. There
are several hundred thousand pilgrims
who perform this kissing act every sea-
son, so that the holy stone of the Kaaba
gets its millions of kisses every year.
What a load of sin 1t must carry?
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-10-01
ltaly's New Labor Law.

'nder the law promulgated this wear
bN lttlEs persons of either sex under.
twelve years of age cannot engage in
bulldll@ operations. outside work of
any kind. in mines or tunnels nor in
industrial establishments.
Persons from twelve to fifteen can.
not be employed i'll any la Dor more
Ilan eleven hours n day while fe-
males of any age are limited to twelve
hours
In addition. the labor of women and
children must he interrupted daily by
one or several hours of repose
Appliances are also insisted upon in
me way of proper safeguards in eat
ing rooms, dorInitorieS lavatorieS tot
let rooms. etc. and night work is for
hidden for all females and all males
under fifteen years.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-10-01
IS
DEPRIVED
OF Rights Guaranteed to Every
Citizen Under Constitution
BY Injunction Abuse Heaped Upon
Them by the Political Grafters
and Crooks Who are Controlled
by Criminal Trusts.

,Fhe agitation against the abuse
Of the Injunction by the federal
and state courts has reached
national dimensions. 1t has be-
come the liveliest issue OF. the day,
and is bound to overshadow all DO:
Iitical Issues which are placed be
fore the American people within
the next five weeks.
The trades unions of America,
regardless of political affiliation,
are deeply interested in this issue.
In every strike of any magnitude
employers have restored TO the
Injunction as a means of init.
mldation and as q means to de-
prlFe labor of rights guaranteed to
every other citizen. Against this
inequality before the law the
trades unions have protested and
will continue to protest. and use
all Legitimate means at their com
mand to remove.
The Judges and courts, however.
both federal and state, are not in
talllDle, Ielther are they divine
They are human and liable to err.
Some have graduated. from the
school of the political ward heller
and trickster: others have been in
the pay of corporations and trusts.
They are no. endeavoring to i'm
press the public by wearing a silk
gown and the mask of dignity In
some respects they are only or
binary lawyers, having paid more
attention to politics than to the
practice Of law.
The attempt OF the shyster po-
liticians and the Van Cleave bunch
to becloud the minds Of the people
concerning the honesty and fair
ness of all the courts and Judges is
mere buncOmb, calculated to de-
ceive the unthinking and imbecilc.
In the matter OF issuing in
functions in labor disputes the
courts. both federal and state.
with Il few honorable exceptions,
have been absolutely unfair, dis
regarding the bill of rights guar
anteed by the Constitution.
Against this fragrant usurpation
of power Of some of,the judges the
trades unions are determined to
fight until Congress and the state
legislatures pass remedial legis-
lation which will be effective and
simply Justice. - Cigar makers
Journal. r&s
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The Writ of Injunction.

While discussing paramount" issues
III the coming campaign. it should NOT
be forgotten that as early as 1903 it
was provided by congress that no
writ of injunction or temporary re.
strainng order should be granted in
any case without reasonable previous
notice to the adverse party or his at
torncy of the time and place of NOV
ing Tor the same" In the act Of 11o:,
r. was also provided by congress that
notice should be given by fedora
Judges before the issuance of ,pm,o-
rary restraining orders and iniunc-
tons. Under this law nllr national
Judges administered justice for more
than thrce-uuartcrS of Il century. In
49, 1t W:lS changed by emitting the
requirement OF notice. and since then
the abuses of the writ have crcDt in
which have really caused all the troll
bic and. indeed. has shaken the faith
or many people i'll the integrity of the
federal courts. - Typographical Jour
nal
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Be Coyai to tho ljpi,p

Regardless of any natter which may
arise in connection with the labor
movement of our country. al. wage
"arnerS should bear in mind that their
hrSt ana most important duty is TO be
faithful and loyal to the trades unions.
The organizations which have done 50
much to protect and advance their
material. moral and social conditions;
the organizations which have secured
Tor the toilers their brighter and bet
rer homes. the opportunities and the
development of Independence of char
a"ter and manhood: that have dis
PEELED the gloom and made the home
better and brighter.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-10-01
WHAT THE UNION
. LABEL STANDS FOR
AS Told to an Assembly of Laborers
by a Joplin. Missouri, Merchant
Union Men Read and Study.

''First. The union label is guide
post to labor.
Second. 1t points to the safe
way in buying.
''Third. 1t shows the wage
worker where to find friends
among employers.
Fourth. The man who de-
mands the label on clothing. hats,
shoes. cigars, bread. etc. knows
full well that he is not supporting
the weat-shop oppressor. but that
he IS assisting the wage worker to
secure a living wage for his work.
''Fitth, The union label is the
only lawful, humane and sure way
Of gaining for the toiler his lust
rights.
''SiXth. Men and women of this
country begin to realize that the
union label is the key to the arch
which will eventually do away
with strikes. lockouts. and boy
cots. and bring about lasting ill.,
du>trial peace and harmony.
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w cent Ollcr.
The Typographical union held
short but busy session last Satur-
day evening. Among the bust
ness transacted was the election of
the editor OF The Labor Argus as
delegate to the Clarksburg con
vention of the state Federation OF
Labor which ,convenes on, the ] 9th
OF this month
The Clerks Union should be
encouraged by the merchants Of
Charleston, for the reason that
they are affiliated with the A. +.
of l.. and thereby are. in close
touch with all unions Of this city,
and it is high times for the Clerks
to let their friends and the pur-
chasing public know why it is that
so few stores display the "Store
Card Of their grand union. They
should tell the public what that
card means, not only to their
organization, but to the welfare of
our city-morally financially and
every other way. They should let
the merchants know that they
need their assistance to build up
their. organization and in doing
this they can build up the mer
:hant-if he will ascertain the fact
that union men want label goods.
See that the union label is on
your purchases.
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FIGHTING FOR LIFE.
Why Organized Labor Is to Take an
Active Part In Politics.

Why Organized Labor Is to Take an
Active Part In Politics.
''For the first time in the history Of
the union labor movement the heads Of
the various organizations officially APP
pcarcd at the national political convcn-
lions and presented labors rights to
those hodieS.' says Frank 4. Kennedy
late candidate of the International
Typographical union for delegate to
the American Federation of Labor
For half century labor'S right to
organize has been conceded in this
country. but in the last few wears the
courts have applied their rulings so
that 1t Is now apparently impossible
for a union to exist without being in a
certain sense in contempt
Now organized labor has reached
the point where it must first go out and
fight for Its right to exist before any
great progress can be made This ac-
counts for the American Fedora ton
OF Labor and the railroad organiZa-
tons being forced to take an active
part III politics: also it established why
our labor leaders We're at Chicago and
Denver
The antitrust law instead of being
applied to unla trusts. is being
turned against labor. so there is moth
ing else for President Gompers and
the other leaders to do but to go out
and fight politically for the right to
exist. The courts have forced labor
INTO politics, and-the campaign prom
ises to be intensely interesting"
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Mr.. Subscriber get your neighbor
to subscribe for The Labor Argus
while we are making our special
60 cent offer.
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ESQ., 2ASsS 1ANs:S ;23S2lSekk]
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8 LOCAL NEWS. S
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The union label never appears
on the long ton.
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Patronize Fair Employers.

Members of organized labor must
not forget that the Supreme Court
has handed down decision which
declares it unlawful to boycott
They should also remember that
1T Is not only lawful, but eminently
proper for them to ignore their
enemies and buy the product of
their friends--the employers who
treat them square and pay living
wages. Union Leader.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-10-01

The Labor Argus is on the firing
line against all candidates who
are enemies to organized labor re.
gardless of their political atlili
ations. Our pen will drag no ball
and chain i'll this connection
Subscribe today and help US in the
first move to organize the "guard''
and peonage sections Of the state
and compel the plutes to comply
with the law.
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DON'T BE A FAULT FINDER.
Grumblins Never Helped Man t.
Overcome Obstacles


Overcome Obstacles
From the time YOU enter the work.
shop, store or Office where you are en-
ployed TO the time you leave it at the
close of your days work it is yo,ir
duty TO use Your time and attention
in such way as to be of the best
service possible TO your employer
During working hours your time be-
longs to the man for whom Won are
working, and time saved is money
earned. SO don't waste Your employ
er's time finding fault with Your Job.
the poor tools you have to work with.
etc
The man Who never met with obsta-
cles never lived. We all have our
troubles, always have had them and
SO long as we maintain our material
lives we Will have them and YOU, must
expect to have your share To gr,Im-
bic and worry about Your troubles is
TO make your way SO much the harder
Tf your employer happens TO give
you difficult piece of work to do
don't lose time kicking anl fussins
about 1t. hut go ahead and do the best
you can. The successful men are
those who know how to obey orders to
the best OF their ability without finding
fault. He who would command must
first learn to obey. And the obcdient
trustworthy employee is no, the man
who wastes his employers time by
Erumbling and finding fault with cir
cumStan"eS.
The ability t" do the right thing at
the right time with n willing hand is
Il talent: better than that, it is an art
and one than which there are few
more valuable. SO don't waste time
Grumbling nnd frcttinG over Your diff
hculties. but learn 10 keep your tongue
stiil and your hands busy doing the
right thing at the right time.-Joln
Mitchell
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See that the union label is on
your purchases.
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Special Stockholders Meeting.

A special meeting of the stock.
holders of the Burns Moore
Mining Il Tunnel Company will
be held at its office, room $50
Jackson Building, Denver, Colo.
RADIO, at ten O'Clock a. IN. on
October 18th, 1908, for the pur-
pose Of increasing the capital
stock Of the company from $3.50.
900, its present capitalization, to
900.
JOHN. NJ. SMALLER, Secretary.
10. / Ut.
Union talk may sound good. but
union action does good.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
GREAT COLLEGE
CONFERENCE TO
b. HELD IN OREGON

One of the most important gath
erings to be held on the Pacific coast
during 1909 will be the convention in
Portland of the Association OF Amer
ican Agricultural Colleges and Exper-
iment Stations, brought here through
the instrumentality of President w.
j. Kerr of the Oregon Agricultural
College. The American Association
of University Presidents, the Ameri-
can Association of Farmers Insti-
tute Workers, the Agronomic Soci-
ETY., and the Association of Agricul-
tural Chemists always hold their con-
ventions at the same place and time
rs the Association of Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations,
and will therefore be In Portland
also. Delegates to these meetings
comprise college and university pres
idents, directors of experiment sta
tions, experts in the different bureaus
OF the department of agriculture, and
other specialists, and an attendance
of between 1909 and 1900 is expect
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-25
ONE OF SALEM'S MODEL
DRUG STORES

Mr. J. c. Perry is a young man
who came to Salem about five years
ago and bought out DR.. Stones drug
store in the Murphy block. He has
built up one of the largest high-class
prescription trades ever established
in Salem and prldes himself on con-
ducting a model, up-to-date drug
store.
Since becoming proprietor he has
quadrupled the business. He carries
a full line of toilet and prescription
articles.
Mr.. Perry does not believe in mis-
representations or in advertising TO
deceive the public. He puts con-
science into his business and puts up
AL orders and prescriptions upon the
honor of a professional pharmacist.
His place OF business is at i15 South
Commercial street.