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The Washington herald., 1909-10-31
'He had married pretty doll from the factory"

why should I DO it?" was my re-
"why. you see, ma'am, everything IS
awful dear. Ny brother tells me rents
are going Up dreadful"
True. But that Affects me- - not
you"
she was slightly staggered. but raj
lied.
And there's coal. ma'a-n, It's rising
every day"
Y have reason 10 know that. What
difference can II make TO you? I pay
for heating and lighting my house.
Bat Il costs so much 10 live! Dd
you know, you can't get pork chops
they used 20 be IL"
Again, I can see that I am thS
poorer for the rise IN meat. But you
get as good board as when prices
were down. You don't have to pay
She made a mai stand: AT eny
rate. ma'am. I paid cents q yard
more for Bingham dress lasI week
than l ever did before
Six months later she married man-
young enough TO be hsT son, who
drinks hard. She has now. for the
first time, practical demonstration OF
the increased cost Of living.
il IS not strange. I repeat, that those
whose own the income is not should
care little how fast IL goes. The
responsibility and the suffering are
ours. Ours. too. is the duty OF lessen
ing the suffering BY every intelligent
and honest means
We cannot look FOR help 20 our
hireliags. That IS clear. The prodtEal
son merely stated an iron fact when
he bemoaned himself that IN his
fathers house the hired servants had
abundance and 70 spare
SO ancient and so well established IS
the principle that we are ready 70
rank II among natural laws.
7 incline 20 the suspicion that one
uarecorded- reason FOR Sarah's hard
dealing with the bondwomsn Hasar
was that the latter squandered the
barbaric abundance or the wealthy
patriarCh's tent
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Winnipeg Exposition.

From the Rochester Post Express.
Winnipeg is planning a worlds fair for
1912, TO commemorate the exploratIo of
Thomas Douglas. fifth Earl OF Selkirk.
who hundred years ago founded what
is now the metropolis Of the Canadian
West This is an excellent idea FOR Win
nipeg. and. incidentally. for Canada. for
our neighbors in the north have not as
yet got into the worlds fair habit Win
nipeg is in the heart Of q very rich grain
belt; it Is a prosperous. fiourishinR civ.
1t is a railroad center, and its people are
enterprising and progressive. In fact. tha
Winnipegians may be called the Yankees
OF the Northwest, and II they put their
shoulder to the exposition wheel It viii
DO some turning. Incidentally the AmerI-
cans can view tho project calmly and I'M
partially. We have had enough exposi-
tons on this side Of the line and It is de-
voutly 10 be hoped that the Americans
WIN not indulge in any more big shows
Tor Vt least a hundred years-say IN 2Ooa
the centenary OF the discovery OF the
north pole.
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sNnszn. has<a~H

It's first stretch INTO the RIFLE. saws thu
I Philadelphia Public Ledger
This arises from the fact that the Dan
uoe Is subject TO serious leakage. Just
before it crosses the frontier OF wurttem-
berg. where it breaks through the swa-
bian Jura, the greater part Of the water
in the river disappears through clefts n
the rock For hundreds OF years this
escape OF water has been increasing and
at present the river Immediately below
lmmerdingen is Almost dry IN sumner.
! For long time it was mystery whittier
the Danube escaped. but experiments
made thirty years ago proved that the
/ water again reached the surface twelve
klometers away. where It was the source
or the river AaCh which flows into the
Lake OF Constance near the point where
/ the Rhine issues from the lake.
7 This natural freak, which IS stated TO
/ have no parallel on earth, IS entirely TO
the advantage of the Grand Duchy OF
Baden. as the Aach runs through its ter
ritory, whereas the dried-up part OF the
Danube lies in the territory Of WIrtteun-
berg The Wurttemberg government has.
IN vain tried 20 get the Baden govern
ment TO wall up the clefts through which
the Danube escapes. but without effect. a.
the diminution which must result IN the
volume Of the Aach would cause Baden.
considerable loss.
Owing TO the discovery OF vet a second
strange freak Of nature. the situation has
now suddenly changed II has been DIS
covered that the Danube, after Il has re-
covered its loss Of water In Wurttembere-.
territory, IS subject TO another great leak
age. near Fridingen, and that the water
which escapes runs underground for
twenty kilometers, and, like the first
leakage, also runs into the Aach and
thence into the Rhine. Experiments made
by sailing and cOloring the water have
proved this beyond dispute The people
OF Wurttemberg are reiOiced BY this dis
coyery. Their government now declares
TO the government Of Baden that unless n
stops the leakage on Baden territory the
leakage on Wurttemberg territory VIII
also be stopped. 50 that IN any case the
Aach must lose much OF fits water. and
the lood Of the Danube be increased.
Meanwhile. local men Of science are
puzzling their heads as 10 where exactlv
run the thirty-two kilometers OF under
ground Danube. The probability is thar
the river runs through tremendous caves
and grottOes. DR.. Won Uslar. n local
''landrat." is attempting TO solve the
problem by means Of a divinlng rod.
Possession OF the Rhine itself. as re-
corded in history has been many times
sought by rival nations Now the Danuba
Is a factor.
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LIVE II YEARS UNDERGROUND.
Brood - of SO-chIIed LOcusts Grow
ing Under Our Feet


One Of the insect marvels f. the life
story Of the cicada, commonly and err
roneously called the seventeen year To-
Gust. The famous brood TWENTY-FIVE an
peered In the summer OF 1902. II ex-
tended over a territory from Long Island
west 10 Wisconsin and south 10 Georgia
NO harm is done by these insects. ex-
cept that the females lay their eggs IN
punches In the soft twigs OF trees. But
II does not hurt q tree 20 lose a gOodlv
number Of It's twigs once IN seventeen
years. The next visitation Of these In
sects Is due IN 1919.
1t Is interesting to note that brood
twenty-five has a generation Of young
sters developing right under our feet.
says Country Life IN America. They are
seven years old this year and have ten
years yet to grow before they come TO
light as winged adult insects.
The life story Of a generation begins
when the females flock 10 the treetons
and lay their egg masses in the twirs.
In few weeks the eggs hatch and the
rat, antlike larvae wrIggle out and tau
to the ground Immediately they burrov
below the surface and establish them
selves each alone in a little chamber
near the root Of some plant.
IN the years ot inactive life that follow
the insects feed from numus-possibly
also on sap from rootlets. The front
legs are developed into tools like cutting
Jaws Ior burrowing and getting food.
The Insects molts its skin five times
during its life underground. These
changes occur during the second. fourth
eleventh and fifteenth years. When tbe
seventeenth year is reached ambition OF
new sort is born The creature. now
pupa, crawls to the surface Of the
ground, sometimes celebrating the great
day by building a chimney OF earth and
crawling out Of this special exit into the
open for the final mott.
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Doctors and Their Dues.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Few communities ever realize how
much they owe the doctors-and few
people who do realize how much they
owe ever pay up. II every doctor could
collect HIS full fee for all the work he
does each could have his own automo-
bile and town and country houses. But
the doctor goes along his way and I'M
complainingly bears the sorrows, bur-
dens, and distresses OF a large part OF
the population. He knows that he Is
"a very present help in time OF trouble;"
he knows that he is performing q very
real and practical service to humanity.
and that is one Of the greatest rewards
OF profession that receives more honor
and appreciation than it does material
compensation.
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Gated strenuously for forty years. the
doctrine that every girl should be
taught some specific business by which
she could maintain herself II need de-
manded. I believe, and maintain yet
more warmly that the acquisition OF
this knowledge should not hinder her
from learning what no woman can at
ford not to KNOW how 10 order her
own house Alright In every depart
ment- In a nttle work 10 which / re
ferred last week, ''The Distractions Of
Martha" I tried 10 show that mere
theoretical knowledge OF cookery and
marketing IS as sounding brass and a
tiDkling cymbal IN the march OF
everyday living and doing.
What an important part the study OF
practical economy plays in this daily
walk I have striven 70 show In this
series. What a frlghtfui leak IN house
hold expenses Is made by intrusting the
management OF materials. the Urepara-
ton OF food Gnd the disposition OF left
overs 70 one VINO is. at the best, inoif-
ferent 70 her employers interests 1
could not tell in full were 70 write on
until strength and space fail me.
Bridget has a heavy hand with but
ter" Yet her cake and pudcings ara not
a whit superior 70 those her mistress
makes vixen Bridget IS of on her vaca-
ton or busy with the washing. although
one-half OF the butter goes into tha COM
position Of the sweet. Thekla throws
Into the swill pail the sour milk that
would make enough cottage cheese for
luncheon. Dinah never heerd O. no
body eatin' cold cornbread." and losses
II to the chickens. Her mistress always
and everywhere nominRlD would have
toasted and served II, hot and crisp ana
sweet. for breakfast.
And so on. ad inhnttum and ad nau-
seam 20 the employer who cannot by
using every effort accommodate a non
elastic income 10 the rising prices.
Then you would Danish hired girls
from the home sntirelyg' l am asked
an sorely tempted 10 answer IN the bold
Affirmative. when tide Of experiences
and memories sUrges in upon me. For
they. OF al our laborinE classes. suffer
the least from the general Increase in
prices and the stand-stiil OF salaries.
Let me illustrate:
A cook who had been with me three
years. and had her wages raised twice
IN that time. asked tentatively. what
I thought OF giving her a third raise
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THE AMERICAN INDIANA RECED.
ING RACE.

COPYRIGHTED BY ElEyn z w.keaslA DC. u ,so
We came from afar. nom a distant i,n8
We came from across a mighty dse,
Away to the West, and It's hard sea sand
Away where the star its wills kesn
We long no. for the ls7d We lsftt
we long not for SIS sorrowinr uo,,
Love We this land, and It's mountain clan
Love We the fertile fields We SOW
For here we've lived for mary year,
tcr many moons have passed Us BIZ.
And many have been the fallen tear.
That we have shed without a CIV.
We loved the storm. The stars al nirbt
We loved the tempest, its chilling Blast
The beasts Of prey. and tho eagles fight
Aua 1he waters where our nets were cast
We roved the forest. the beaten s.rpnd
We climbed the dazzling snow-cnpr,.d r,aaL
Above the clouds We loved 70 stand
But no mans land we'd e'er seek.
In peace lived we Of an old. old race.
IN peace free as tho driven snow.
I'll white man did rs disgrace
And the seed Of evil amonr "a Eox
He drove US from our fair. fair land:
BE robbed US Of all We cherished.
AnQ, now, nowhere earth 70 stand.
We cry 70 God Ger we are persisted.
Back throush the misty. misty years.
Back to the days that long have fed.
Linger still the undried tears
In sacred memory Of our dead.
Fsrowelll farewell. to thee. o Land
Farewell! farewell! forever more.
We've made our last and final stand
And now Wen seek another shore.
Care we not for thy civilization.
Care We not for thy nations disgrace;
Warn we Of thy condemnation.
In the fading sunset Of our nce.
God has given to thee a nation:
God has given TO thee a land;
But he win save us-His creation
In the hollow q HIS hand.
ELWYN Z. WAKEFIELD.
Washington, D. c.. October. lsoa
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TT I were required to indicate the
chief source Of wastefulness in the
average American household. 1
should say. without hesitation,
The Hired Domestic"
The reason thereof is patent II Is
older than the Christian era. Whose
own the sheep are not" The principle
% preservation informs human mo-
tive. IL would be folly 70 expect the
hireLng 20 take as good care OF our
possessions as we do. This Is especially
true in - country where she Is a reC-
ognized nomad. here today and nobody
knows whela tomorrow. a high order
OF consclentiOTSness Is needed 10 move
one TO absolute 7delty TO neighbor and
employer. And the antecedents OF our
paid employee do not tend TO the Gull
tivation OF the finer virtues
FOrbear We. then. TO tnrow the blame
OF eXtravagant mismanagL rnent OF our
property and finances upon .he foreign
peasant or the descendant o. an en-
shaved race whom We have promoted to
a place upon our domestic staff
The monumental fact stands fast chat
she is the most expensive of modern
Injuries. A stranger 10 the response
bilities or the property owner. she knows
little and cares less for the value OF
what has cost the employer more money
than she has ever seen In her Nfe
How could Il be otherwise2 A pearl
10 q child is no more than a glass bead.
Old family silver weighs less in the
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GREAT TRADE IN TOYS.
Millions of Dollars Worth Imported
Every Year.


over S5oOOO.OO0 worth Of toys have
been imported into the United State dur
ing the last ten years. During the same
period something like 100000 worth OF
toys were exported.
During the last fiscal year the high
water mark has been reached in so far
as export trade In toys Is concerned.
The total value Of exported toys during
that time has for the first time exceeded
100000
The value Of toys imported has fallen
somewhat since 1908, when the total value
Of imported toys was S7.250OOO. This year.
according to the Independent, the ng-
ures were 100000 in round numbers.
Toy manufactures in the United States
had investments in plants and in stock
Of less than $1,OO0,OOO in 1850. In 1905
such investments had grown to S475O,O O0
The value OF importations of toy me--
chandise has in the meantime shown a
constantly increasing trend Trade in
toys has largely been developed during
the last ten or a dozen years
Toys are very largely made In Ger
many" That IS TO say. Germany Is by
far the largest source OF supply IN the
United States. The little German town
Of Sonneberg, in the Duchy Of Sake
Meiningen on the Rothen, is perhaps the
largest toy manufacturing center. In
addition 20 its summer resort business Il
has been credited with the annual pro-
duction Of some 100000 toy units, having
IN aggregate value Of $4O00.o00
Nuremberg and certain other sister
cities are also to be reckoned with as
toy makers The value OF toys imported
into the United States from Germany IN
1903 was S6.500O0O, out OF total of s..
600 imported that year. Some of the other
toy contributing countries in 1905 fur
nished toys valued as follows: France.
SlS0.472: Austria-Hungary, sl79417; Japan.
S177,72o; Belgium, Ssl,55l. and the United
Kingdom SCI 725
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THE fourth of a series of arti-
cles on the necessities for
economy in the time of high
prices is presented today. Previous
articles were: a Stubborn Fact
written with a view to awakening
housekeepers to the present neces-
sity for economies; Economy in
Buying" and Economy in Cook
cry"
Marion Harland viii welcome let
tiers and suggestions from readers
of these articles. Every idea may
be a help to some one who wants
help.
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A Necessary Evil.

But why waste time and space IN
proving what Is an ever present and
trettng sore in the houseWifely soul ?
Each Of as knows that her servants
cost her annually so much more than
their nominal wages that she dare not
allow herself 20 compute the amount in
calculating family expenses. Each OF
us recalls the calm satisfaction that per-
vaded her being when. during an inter-
regnum IN the domestic dynasty she
old her own work and wondered with
exceeding admiration az the way
things lasted moreover, how serv-
ants contrive TO consume so much time
IN performing the tasks she got out OF
the way in season 10 have whole hours
or the day for other OCCUPATIONS
Granted / hear the chorus from a
thousand fellow-sufferers But we can't
do without them. They are necessary
evils"
The object Of this sympathetic talk
Is 10 reason together among ourselves
as TO this necessity Let me premise
that reasoning and talk are not Intended
for women whose incomes are entirely
adequate to the expense OF keeping one.
Two or three or the evils" Nor yet for
those who have stated occupations and
professions sufficiently profitable 70
warrant RENTING homework 20 compe-
tent hlrelings. I have IN view-as usual
the Mighty Middle Glass. who must
watch the outlay OF every dollar and
make that dollar do the work Of 100
cents. aim especially 10 reach fam
lies where the daughters have sought
situations In Offices. shops and factories
leaving the mothers to the mercies OF
third-rate maids-of- all-work Call the
class. II you will, by the apt title we
learned last week from q clever maya
zine article. 1.-The halfway DOOR" The
fathers income provides house rent
food, fuel and plain clothing. Florence
an Gladys would dress better than The
family means warrant They are fond OF
a good time and don't fancy gallery
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included I'm the above, which Solomon
had in the mountains" II Kings. v Isl.
1t IS not known how many men We're
engaged in the actual building of the tenn
pie. There Is tradition that Solomon
was helped by demons" for which rea-
son not sound Of building operations
was heard in Jerusalem during the time
that the construction Of the temple
lasted.
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THE DANUBE-RHINE DISPUTE

A diplomatic dispute Of a kind without
precedent is engaging the politicians Of
Wurttemberg and Of the Grand Duchy Of
Baden. It arises from a freak OF nature
which IS also without precedent, the freak
consisting n the fact that the Danube.
though rising on the other side Of the
watershed, Is. nevertheless. proved to dis
charge the greater part Of the water in
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BUILDING OF SOLOMONS TEMPLE

The proposition has been again adj
vanced that the Freemasons Of the world
should rebuild solomon's Temple at Jeru-
salem. It is asserted that the matter of
concerted effort is being given serious
consideration in Boston. The Masonic or
der Is said 90 regard King Solomon as
the first grand master Of the craft. Gays
the Philadelphia Public Ledger
With the suggestion comes the remark
that the undertaking would be an enor-
nous one. and that It would cost a vast
amount Of money. This Is obviously true.
but we wonder whether those with whom
the scheme originated have really count
ed the cost, There is not only the ques-
ton OF ways and means to be considered.
The site originally occupied by the tenn
pie is now filed by the Harem-Esh-
Shereef, the Noble Sanctuary" which
20 the Moslems IS only less sacred than
Mecca and Medina, for Il is believed to
cover the rock that is regarded by them
as the center OF the earth. the place from
which Mahomet started when he visited
heaven. Therefore, II IS obvious that any
attempt 10 interfere with the present con-
dltion OF things would. possibly, bring
about a great religious war.
Solomon asked Hiram King OF Tyre. 10
help him in the construction of the tenn
pie, and desired HIM to send some Of his
subjects with his own to Mount Lebanon
20 cut down timber. "for the Sidonians
are more skillful than our people In cut
ting of wood" He also offered to pay
the woodcutters whatever price Hiram
hxed. Hiram replied that he would be
Gubservient TO Solomon in all the things
and have many large trees OF cedar and
them by sea in floats 20 the place ap-
pointed for them TO be delivered, Sc that
they might be taken to Jerusalem
In consideration of this service Solomon
sent Hiram annually 20OOO corr OF wheat,
the same Of barley. and as many baths"
OF oil and OF wine. The quantity Of
wheat and barley was each eqUI-
valent to 100000 gallons, or 200,o coo bush
els, while the quantity Of oil and wine
was each equivalent to 10000 gallons.
The latter would. therefore. be equal to
about $500 hogshesd.
Solomon raised a levy OF $1,000 men 70
cut timber They were divided Into three
shifts. Ten thousand went Il Mount
Lebanon for one month and vere two
months at home. There were 10000 men
who carried the stones, and there were
$1,000 stOnecutters in the mountains
These men had $500 foremen. Stonecut-
ters quarried enormous blocks several
cubits each way, for the foundations.
and fitted them together before they
were taken to Jerusalem. In this work
they were aided by workmen sent by HI
ram.
MEN EMPLOYED.
The Kings levy in Isreel....... 5000
CTen thousand were sent TO Leb-
anon for a month and brought
home for two months)
Bearers OF burdens............. 10000
Hewers In the mountains. $1,000
CFefSeeIs ..........-.............. $500 |
1Ss.scO
BUT there Is no special record OF the /
men Hmm flfrniEhcd r1nlnrr- thor ara
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keeping them safe at home
But that is another story" I wish
10 heaven II were less common
The farmers and mechanics wives of
former generation never dreamed Of
other domestic help than they had in
their sisters and daughters. Each family
was close corporation, az IL is now on
the European continent and n many
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"'our girls have higher ideals than hOusework'"

seats al the theater; and. above all. they
like 70 have money OF their very own
70 spend as they please, and no ques-
tons asked.
since began 20 reflect seriously upon
the subject Of this paper have made
II my business 10 collect data as 20 the
number OF young women engaged in
shops. Offices and mills who are eking
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RUNS AWAY SD TIME.
Chicago Ind Usually Returns and
Says He Grew Tired of Home.

Chicago. Oct so.-Raymoud Williams.
seven years old, known as the champion
lost boy. is missing FOR the eighty-third
time.
The lads mother has asked Chief OF
detectives Wood TO detail detectives to
find him.
since Raymond has been able 70 walk
ne has continued TO worry his mother and
the police by repeatedly running away
from home. He Is usually gone for two
or three days, and then returns to tell his
parents that he was tired OF staying at
home all the time"
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DIE FOUR HOURS APART.

Had Always Consulted Each Other
on Business Matters.
York, Pa, Oct 3o.-George owen. one OF
the best-known cattle dealers in Eastern
Pennsylvania and among York's Oldest
residents, IS dead OF old age. Mr.. owen
was lightweight years old.
Michael weist. another weu-known res
ident OF York. who died four hours be-
fore, was lifelong friend OF Mr.. owen.
They resided near each other and always
consulted each other in business transac-
lions.
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snfe So Fnr

From the Kansas City Journal
80 you don't guide hunting parties
any more?'
Nope" said the guide. Got tired OF
being mistook for deer"
How do you earn living now"
Guide fshin' parties So fer, nobody
amt mlBtook me fer q fish,
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Preparing for the Frnr.

Prom Pee Mele.
HotelkeepeT-Has the American gentle-
man made any remarks about his bill
yet
Waiter-Not yet; he Is looking FOR
some In his dictionary.
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MORNING CHIT-CHAT.

One OF the best ways TO get through tedious task
that know is to set yourself stents.
When was IN college earned some Of the money
Tor the extras one summer by going TO work IN an
Office.
The first task had given DO was the fling
OF some thousands of patents performance that was
absolutely tedious and endless
Al first worked blindly along just getting my
work done as fast as could letting It go at that
And as the work itself entirely embarrassing
was bored 20 death
Then somehow or other took to setting myself
stents, racing with myself
/ win get the C's done by tonight would
say, and that would be something 90 work for
Instead Of going listlasslr nhaad thrnu- 1919
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His Plan

Prom the Philadelphia Record
Blobbs-IH bring that girl to time vet.
Slobbs-What are you going TO do7
Blobbs-Carry her picture in nv watch.