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ing about 10:30. AS l ascended the
stairs a young girl, maybe Is years
old, was in advance of me. The great
portal opened, one Of the matrons
embraced that girl, clasping her in an
affectionate motherly hug.
They have wonderful system in
New York. After registering l was
taken downstairs, stripped and given
bath. My clothes were placed in a
bag and taken to the fumigating
room. After the bath got clean
under clothing. AS I stood with the
others who had entered with me, a
man entered with bucket and pad
die. Sticking the paddle in the
bucket he then gave me a swat on the
head. What is that, I asked, taken
somewhat by surprise. 'Germicide,'
he replied, 'that'll kill EN- ALL" He
was going to swipe me again when I
demonstrated. One paddleful is
enough. Better kill 'em ALL he ex-
claimed, laconically. The municipal
lodging-house at New York accommo-
dates 1000 men and fifty women. 1t
is an excellent place ard splendid
example to every city in the country.
How different is this sort of treat
ment than that found meted out
to the unfortunates at the Helping
Hand mission in Kansas City. There
remember poor lad suffering from
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inf1ammatory rheumatism in bad form.
The first cry of the city authorities
against these lodging-houses is the
great expense, yet they think nothing
of adding hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the cost of constructing
other municipal buildings for no other
purpose than making them ornamen.
tai.
Is it not strange how we human
beings would prefer to pay taxes for
the support of criminals in the peni-
tentiaries rather than take a cheaper
means to prevent the making of
criminals?
Every man who walks the streets
unemployed is looked upon as a
vagrant or suspicious character of
some sort. tell you that 80 per cent
OF those unemployed men are honest.
I know it from experience. Do not
take the estimate of the police depart
ment. The police department is look
ing for criminals. With the police.
every beggar is suspect
Twice 1 have been arrested while
wearing my disguise and was thrown
in Jail. I do not know whether you
understand what bullpen is. They
are dungeons, located generally in the
middle of the Jail building. Into these
they herd the vagrants, the criminals
and the suspects of both sexes"
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ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE HOUSE,

The latest development in automo-
billing for pleasure is the construction
of real house on wheels. The ma
chine shown in the photograph con-
tains comfortable sleeping accommo-
dations for four people, kitchen with
a small coal range, and a combined din.
Ing and living room. On the top are
plenty of seats for lounging in pleas
ant weather. Mr. Charles Fletcher of
London, England, and his family lived
In this machine last spring and sum-
mer, during a tour which covered a
large part of the continent of Europe
Touring in this way, one Is quite inde-
pendent of hotels and may live with
more than gypsy freedom, going wher-
ever the condition of the roads will
permit.
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where he slept, he directed me to
the brickyards on the edge of the
city. Arriving there, l found it to be
also a tile making plant, with many
fiery kilns in operation. The en-
ployes were cleaning out the fire for
the evening. I approached one of
them and asked where a fellow could
find place to sleep. He led me
to kiln, the fire of which had been
raked out short time before. I'm
there" he replied, grufly, yet kindly
enough, pointing to the interior of
the kiln, which was still warm. I
looked in. There on the floor of the
kiln were at least fifty men, sprawled
out. I entered. Some of them were
asleep. No one spoke to me. tried
to sleep, but could not because of the
heat. Every little while I crawled
to the opening for air. 1 was deter
mined to stick it out.
That experience was one of my
first and strongest arguments for a
municipal lodging house. In the
morning we were aroused early by
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SPENDS TWO YEARS AS TRAMP
STUDYING WORTHY LNEMPLOYE
BY EDWIN A. BROWN.

need of a clearinghouse for the city's
poor and reminded him that the law
provided for the erection of some sort
OF shelter for the homeless. He ad-
mitted knowledge of the law, but
said he thought such a place would
only encourage idleness.
I told him did not think that
all the homeless human beings walk
ing the streets of Denver were i'm.
posters.
To carry out my plans I obtained
an outfit of shabby clothing, includ-
ing overalls, with the idea of appear
ing as man out of work for some
time. Then I went into the lower
end of the city and began scraping
acquaintances. My shabby clothing
was the badge that brought condolences
and began to get facts. Every un-
fortunate that I met l asked, Where
do you sleep?" What I learned will
be convincing argument for the
erection in every city of municipal
lodging-house.
One night, asking passing hobo
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A CAR THAT CARRIES ITS OWN
TRACK.

The curious automobile shown in
the photograph, which carries with it
its own track, is designed for use in
the rougher parts of the United States
where roads are either altogether miss.
Ing or are practically impossible dur
ing large part of each year. The
track consists of a number of heavy
feet, linked together to form an endless
chain. This chain is revolved by the
sprocket wheel shown near the rear
OF the photograph. With this machine
great weights can be carried over the
toughest ground. It will even go up
and down the sides Of an extremely
steep ravine and makes nothing of or
dinary ruts and mud holes. A number
Of these strange automobiles are in
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use in the undeveloped regions of the
northwest.
new LINK BETWEEN SCIENCE
AND BUSINESS.

Out at the University Of Kansas they
have taken step which seems to be
the last link needed to bind together
science and business. In the big
chemical laboratory of the university
eight or nine post graduate students
are already at work, each of them try
ing to solve some problem which
means fortune to the business man
or corporation directly interested. The
young man shown in the photograph,
for instance, is spending three years
in the study Of the chemistry of bread.
During this time he is supported by
fund appropriated by the National AS
sociation Of Master Bakers. Another
student is working to mud a better
enamel for lining the inside Of steel
bath-tubs. His scholarship of $1,000
a year is paid by large corporation,
which will be directly benefited by
his work. These post graduate students
will also be paid certain per cent. of
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ened by the pounding Of the knock
ers in the neighborhood Of my hotel.
I timed one man for ten minutes be-
fore fell asleep. Probably he had
neglected to fee the 'portero,' or else
the keeper of the gate was drunk, as
he frequently is. These 'porteros'
usually sleep curled up in blanket
just inside the door, on the stones
with which every interior courtyard
and entrance is paved, and all of them
have colds. Yet it is q position much
sought after, and the gate keeper
ranks highest among the servants
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physician's Mean Trick.

A doctor was one day stopped in tho
streets by one Of his woman patients
whose malady was purely imaginary.
The doctor, who was known for his
intolerance Of and nonsympathy with
such invalids, after listening some
what impatiently to the woman's de-
tailed account of all her feelings and
symptoms, told her to shut her eyes
and put out her tongue. She prompt
ly did so. On opening her eyes in a
few seconds the doctor was nowhere
to be seen, and the woman awoke to
the fact that he had left her standing
by herself in busy thoroughfare with
her eyes shut and her tongue hanging
out.
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eUReANk's sPINELEss CACTUS.

The spineless cactus is one of the
Wizard Burbank's recent productions
which holds out promise of great fu-
ture usefulness. It can be grown, of
course, in the most arid deserts, and,
the spines eliminated, it will furnish,
when properly prepared, very nourish.
Ing forage for cattle and horses. Fur
ther experiments are now under way
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I'm coming. Finally the small door
in the center of the big one will be
unbarred and you step inside. Then,
if you don't want to sleep in the park
the next night you are kept out late,
you give the 'portero,' as the keeper
of the gate is called, a piece of silver.
Between IL and midnight the fee is
10 cents. From II on until morning
the gratuity-regulated by custom
steadily increases. Beween / and 3 it
is from rs to 40 cents, and after 3 it is
half a dollar.
Many night have been awak-
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Defined.

OSnnS0e
"Say, pop, what's civil service?"
"Eh? It's an act governing tho
service in the department, the Gus.
toms, the postal. the government print
ing"
"But, dad, what does it mean?"
Mean? 1t means where a busy man
rushes into the postof1ce to buy some
stamps, falls in line, waits an hour
and 20 minutes before reaching the
window-then, after rendering hun.
dred-dollar bill. hears the tallow-faced
clerk murmur pleasantly:
wholesale stamps at the next win.
dow, please!' e!'"-Bohemian.
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KNOW NAUGHT OF LATCHKEYS

In Mexico you would think, being so
near this country, that the American
latchkey would be common. But even
in the finest hotels in the capital the
big doors are closed at II o'clock, and
to gain admittance after that hour you
have to pound on them with the
great knockers that hang outside.
After five minutes you hear sleepy
grunt within, then some mutterings
and the Spanish word which means
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tween 10000 and $4,000 In other
words, one out of every SO people in
the United States-counting men, wom-
en- and children-was killed or injured
by accident. In addition to this great
economic loss hundreds of thousands
of people suffered from illness directly
due to the conditions under which they
work. In Europe much more progress
has been made in the direction of SAFE
guarding the lives and the health of
employees in industrial institutions
The photograph shows an air strainer
which is used in Germany by workmen
employed in polishing brass and in 9TH
er pursuits where the air is filled with
flying metallic fragments. The glasses
shown serve to protect the eyes from
the same danger.
THE TRAVELLING RooTLEss cAc-
TUS.
The curious round object shown in
the photograph is rootless cactus,
native of the great California des-
ert. For eight or nine months in the
year, in the shape of fattened globe,
the plant is blown about the fiat sandy
floor of the desert by the winds which
sweep fiercely in from the ocean.
When the first cloudburst breaks over
the desert in the spring, the dried-up
cactus sends out a perfect network of
thread-like roots, often spreading over
a circle whose radius is ten feet. From
these roots spring small shoots each
Of which becames cactus like the
mother plant. The young plants suck
the life out of the parent. When the
few weeks of the rainy season are
over the roots dry up and In the place
of one there are perhaps 100 little balls
left to be tossed about over the desert
floor, some of them travelling 40 or
so miles from the spot where they first
appeared.
Copyright, 1909. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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Exceptions.

Exceptions.
"You don't have to be enthusiastic
to succeed in some things" said tbs
clearinghouse philosopher; Il once
saw a man achieve a speed of mile
minute sliding down a mountain
side, without the slightest effort on
his part and without having had any
ambition to do It"
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BASKET WILLOWS THE new
FARM CROP.

Willows for use in making baskets
are new farm crop which the depart
ment Of agriculture is doing its best
to introduce in this country. At pres
ent vast quantities Of basket willows
are imported from France and Ger
many, but already large plantations
have been established in western New
York, Indiana and the vicinity Of Balti-
more. On single acre Of rich. WELL
drained bottom land. as many as $4,000
plants may be set out, and II tended
with the same care given to other
crops, the net result may we'll exceed
that of any other acre of the farm
Cuttings Of the variety of willow
which has proved most successful may
be obtained from the department of ag-
riculture in Washington.
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Sending Photographs bu
Wireless

Not content with sending wireless
messages for hundreds of miles
through the ether, Mr.. Hans Knudson,
a Danish engineer, has recently per-
fected an electrical appliance by means
of which actual photographs may be
sent through the air without wires and
reproduced with great fidelity at re-
ceiying station hundreds or even thou
sands Of miles away. The photograph
shown at the left is the small piece Of
apparatus which sends the photograph,
and on the right is reproduced a pho
tograph of King Edward VII. of Eng
land, which was actually sent by Knud-
sons apparatus, and reproduced 100
miles away, the whole process occu-
pying only IL minutes.
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Wonderful.

wonderful.
"This 10 a remarkable world" ex.
claimed O'Brien. Il was walking down
the street this morning and l met q
man I hadn't seen for about twelve
years."
Eyes," rejoined Murphy, 1T is re-
Darkable world. Just had an expert.
once much like that myself. l was
walking down the street not ten min.
utes ago and I met two men-two,
mind you-that I'd never met BEFORE"
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European Countries and Latin Ameri-
ca All Without This Great
American Convenience. i.

I'm glad to be back in the land Of
the latchkey," said mining engineer
who had been in Mexico for the past
year. TN France, Spain, Italy and
throughout Latin America there is a
servs~:t in every house and hotel
whose business it IL to open the door.
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Relics Of First American House.
Two bricks from the first brick
house erected on the American con.
tinent are on exhibition in the flag
and relic room in the Ohio state.
house.. They are from the house built
at Jamestown Island, Va, by Gov
Richard Kemp. of that colony n lesa
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ALWAYS a Wav

Nu"dy8 a way.
"The cook has furnished rather
small portions" said the hostess. "The
woman guests won't eat much, but
how about the men?"
I'LL circulate around and nominate
each of 'em to make an after-dinner
speech" responded the host. THAT
will effectually kill of their appe-
tites."
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Prosecutors Buried Alive.

Mitchell county, North Carolina.
was the scene of tragedy last week
when two young prospectors were
buried alive in a mass of earth and
mica in an abandoned mica mine. The
discovery of their predicament was
due solely to the faithfulness of lit
tie dog, which stood guard for three
days at the mouth of the pit. One of
the entombed men, John English, was
still alive when reseuers came to the
shafts mouth in response to the yelp-
Ing Of English's dog. The mans face
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Burbank's Spineless Cactus
for Desert Crops
TO SAVE TEN THOUSAND LIVES.

Two million men and women en-
ployed in various industrial pursuits
met with more or less severe accidents
last year. During the same time the
number Of male workmen Is years of
age or over killed by accident was be-
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was all that was exposed. His arms
were pinioned by the mass of debris
that had buried him to the chin. His
companion was dead and English died
a few hours after he was dug out,
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Styles Freakishness.

Styles Freakishness.
II want to be dressed in the height
of fashion" said Mr.. Suddenroll.
I'LL see to it that your clothes fl
you perfectly" replied the tailor
But that's what I'm in doubt about.
Is it fashionable just now to have
your clothes fit?"
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- worthy uOIueleSS anu gain
a full understanding of their needs is
what have been doing for the last
two years.
A young man who accosted me
one night and asked for the price of
a meal took me for the first time
into the highways and byways of the
men who lack work.
This lad struck me as not being
common vagrant and I took him to a
restaurant and bought him meal.
He told me that he had come west
looking for work. undertook to veri-
fy his story and found it true. His
case caused me to think and it was
through him that l got my first in
centive to work for the erection of
a municipal lodging-house in Denver,
for which the law provided. l called
on Mayor Speer and told him of the
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A Non-Expert Opinion.
II say. Jim. what do they mean by
'fearsome' in this here game Of golf?"
Don't know, Dick, unless it's the
way some folks play"
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Car thai G. CarrieS It's Own Track

the extra profits which their discov-
cries may bring to the manufacturers
who adopt them. In many cases, also,
they will step directly from the univer-
sity into extremely responsible and
we'll paid positions.
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To Save Ten Thousand Lives

on the Burbank farms, in the direction
OF producing a cactus which will t=:-
nish an appetizing addition to the list
of vegetables edible by man.
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Not Worth the Time.
No man resolved to make the most
Of himself can spare time for personal
contention.-Lincoln.
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ESCENDING to the level of
the humblest member of the
great army of unemployed
that l might keenly suffer
the deprivations of the
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26

NhG DlS steer Nndn was toO UuSy
 with his great enterprises and
 his various future schemes to
 really study the boy. Had he studied him he was too shrewd not to have found out that Pinckney's aggressiveness was not backed by downright courage and that his faith fulness to his studies and his loyalty to his family were due wholly to self ish ambitions and not at all to grati- tude or love to his benefactor. As for Mrs. Durant, it had not been hard for Pinckney to fool her; gc9f looking. manly in appearance and with his in- graduating manners, he had completely and easily won the heart of the wom- an. Like many other busy men, Du- rant depended to great extent upon his wife's opinions of young people, so when she declared: Edward is ab- solutely the finest boy have ever known. He is just the sort of fellow that should love to have Frances marry when she grows up," Durant had taken the boys character for granted As for Frances, it would have been hard for her to tell just what she did think of Edward Pinck- ney.
 She was . baby when he first came to the house. so she could not remem- Der the time when she had not known him. At first she had looked on him as sort of big brother. Pinckney himself had been the one to undeceive her on this point. Even as boy he had outlined his plan in life. His future was too obvious for him not to see the plain and easy way. He would enter the steel works, apply himself to business, earn the commendation and then the respect and confidence of his employer and so finally pave the way for marrying Frances and in- heriting the business through her.
 To the scheming boy this seemed A simple plan. especially as he had so easily and quickly won Mrs. Durant over to his side. Frances he did not look on as serious obstacle. for he was shrewd enough to know that with his splendid start and opportunity for working on her sympathies he had everything in his favor The big brother attitude he knew was fatal. She must not look on him in that light. He must be the confidant, the friend, the guide. but not the big brother in any sense. This attitude he had care fully established while she was yet child He was always ready to go to any lengths to please her, and at first, with the trustfulness of young girl, she took everything he did at its face value Her mother, too. worked per haps urconsciously in Pinckney's
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26
TAKE IT IN TIME
Just as Scores of G.obe People Have
 W1a aitipo doaan 4 nov

Just as Scores of Globe People Have.
 Waiting doesn t pay.
 If you neglect the aching back,
 Urinary troubles, diabetes, surely fol low.
 Deans Kidney Pills relieve backache,
 Cure every kidney ill.
 Many people in this locality recom- mend Doan s Kidney Pills.
 Here's one case:
 Mrs. J. Hurst, 501 w. Washington street, Phoenix, Ariz, says: ''I had a constant, dull ache in the small of my back for long time and while it was not severe, it was bad enough to make me miserable. I often went to bed with back ache and got up in the morning with the misery still clinging to me. There was also weakness across my loins that made it difficult for me to stoop and if did bend over, I became very dizzy. The kidney secretions were too frequent in passage, causing me much annoyance and I was bothered by swelling of my limbs, in fact, my whole system was run down. About a year ago l proeure'. supply of Doan s Kidney Pills at Adams Pharmacy and the use of two boxes disposed of the backache and all fault with my kidneys. | cannot say too much in praise of Doan s Kidney Pills"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26
HAMLET

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 Ballard s Heroine is acknowledged to be the, perfect liver regulator. If you re blue and out of sorts, get bot tie today. A positive cure for bilious headache, Constipation, Chills and Fever and all liver complaints. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26
Copyright 1908 by Frederic Thompson All Right, Reserved

son of friend, George Durant, who had committed suicide after ruining himself on Wall street, Edward Pinck- ney when mere boy had been taken into the household of the steel mil lionaire. Durant had sent the boy to the best schools in the country. Boy though he was, Pinckney had appre. ciated the opportunity given him. He had studied hard. finally graduating from one of the best institutions at the top of his chss. Then his bene- factor had placed him immediately in the works. Durant had no son, and to him Edward Plnckney, with his in- born tact, his aggressiveness and his splendid mind, seemed just the kind of son he would have liked to have.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26
GLOBE LABOR UNION DIRECTORY

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
 Branch American Federaton of Labor-Meets and fourth Mondays in Union Labor hall D. F. H. Myers, secretary; M. F. smith, treasurer
 CARPENTERS AND JoINERs Local Union Mo- 1030 United Jon of America Meets each Thursday 73O S. H. Wood president; F. w. Tenbrook financial secre- tary; J. M. Bell, treasurer.
 Globe Miners Union No O. w. F. every Tuesday at D. m Michael J. O'Conno, president H. Page secretary; r. J. Nipple, special organizer. - Globe Typographical Union No se Sunday each month at in Unionn Labor hall G. Oliver pres, ident Carl F. Hodswoth secretary. Store and once Employees Union night each month in Carpenters ha at 73O T. Wright presi. dent; T. E. Collins,
 BARBERs Jouneymn Barbers America Meet. last Tuesday in each month at s30 Newport shop Sol Flora, rresldent Otto Perdue, secretary
 BARTENDERs Bartenders International League and third Thursdays in Union E. Fox president M L. Perry, secretary treasurer.
 PAINTERS oi Painters Decorators NO zi! Meets each Tuesday night hall R Alken president; A. F. Ese presiden A. Clark See retary " " - -' wy INTERNATIONAL UNION STEAM ENGINEERS ro cal Mo- 290-Meets first third Monday at 73O D. m in each month at Labor Union street James Mclean, president; William Ross, secretary
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-26
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 Price 25c, soc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.