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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

I wasn't praying | was WorkInr
drew of every drop OF cider and car.
lied it out to the drain. 1t nigh, =.
cone for vinegar, but couldn't tnse
9ay chances whit having it In the
house, on account OF my boy. Won ssc
Toward moraing Jim reused IN
a.,d felt awfully; told me how IL han.
pened. and all had buried his father
and sisters years before, but this WAX
the hardest time | ever had. for. YOU
geo. had myself to blame Tor 1t.
Some women from tho village had
driven UP here some months before.
and asked me 10 Join htclr society.
but they had cider in their pledge.
and YOU see we old fashioned people
always made cider and thought We
tIust: besides. kinder felt they were
mmdlng my business. Jim knew how
! laughed about 1t. and he said. You
ought TO have offered them some OF
your cider and told them it was
good temp eralce drlnk-that moth
er's cider wouldn't hurt anybody.
II had been getting slack about
praying, you see; but that night. after
| had caught jim in such a plight, /
reckon | caught up and 1 made some
good promises to God if He would
save my boy.
Bright and early next morning the
little fellow came round and brought
his brother.
- thought YOU might want some
help. and ! brought Jim 1o0g cause
he's sorry bout II. too
What did my Jim do but cry when
he saw the little fellows. and the
Youngest one went and climbed mp In
his lap and put his arms round Jim'S
neck and kissed him.
You are jim and ! am jim. too.
and Bob says We can join the League
together VIII your and he kissed
him again.
Well. YOU could do any thing with
my Jim after that, Those two boys
kept coming and il is a long walk ior
10 me. He's all right. and | am get.
ting them ready TO start-the two
Jims. Miss Nelson-thats our teach
cr-says she guesses they viii be the
long and the short OF it-onc so big
and the other so little, but l have got
them both in
That's what YOU saw the starting
of to be Legioners. and Jim winks
and says. The Temperancers got
some recruits for sure when they got
yoa and me. mother, and we are In
for life. Bob says ] am going TO
let him show me off to the meeting
Friday night. and 1 have got him to
leave out about your clder-that's too
had on Won | think
That's like Jim always so kind.
but, all the same. | shall tell tho
women. when / 90 to join The union,
and may be someone else will bench,
by my sorrowful experience. You
rec. cider is made all through our
farming country, and people do moi
-e2lize the danger, But, perhaps. II
they could only be made TO see the
frequent grave results OF Just cider.
many might be persuaded to join the
recruits along with the two Jim's."
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03

ExcelleIcy be officially recognized to,
night?"
And still he insists?" inquired Star.
va angrily.
AS only the stubborn English can
insist He Is outside the door at this
moment He has sent me to you. not
to ask permission, but to announce
his coming. He refuses to 20 away
until he has seen his Excellency. IL
the door Is not opened in five minutes
he will call the manager OF the hotei. p"
His name?"
1 am giving you his card"
Captain Reginald Forbes" read
Madame de Varnier. well, we Will
admit this Captain Forbes"
[ listened to this dialogue with a
treDidatlon that deprived me of power
to think or act That fatal indecision
which. on certainly one occasion. had
already brought its tragic penalty
again seized me. The crisis impend
ing might leave in it's wake conse-
quences too grave to be thought Of
might leave me a man dlsgraced and
liable to the extreme penalty of the
law, And yet l lay still, in a night
mare of lndeclsion and inaction II
was the same numbness of will that
had paraly2ed me on the Stralecg
Pass. Heaven grant that the conse.
quences now be not as disastrous,
heard the click of a revolver. Then
Captain Forbes was admitted to the
salon.
Where Is Sir Mortimer Brett?" he
demanded harshly. Il must see him
without further delay. May ask who
you are. sir?"
THE physician of his Excellency,
replied Starya, bowling Ho was no
longer attempting to deny that / WAS
Sir Mortimer Brett Sir Mortimer
is seriously i'll. ! refuse to permit
him TO be disturbed. | have brought
him here TO Vitznau, hoping that the
old surroundings may induce him to
sleep. II is a nervous disorder that
has prostrated Sir Mortimer. lie has
suffered terribly from insomnia. There
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cicrge. But the man was persi,- snt.
AT last. at signal from Madame de
WARMER, he was admitted TO the room.
The presence OF Madame de WARMER
startled him. For the first time she
spoke.
My dear man. be discreet Behold
me a woman, and at this hour of the
night in a gentleman's apartment Is
not that a reason that you exercise
your dIscretIon?".
1t was cleverly done, her pertuba-
tion and distraction She made her
appeal dramatically, her hands clasped
In her anxiety
Madam is mistaken. If she thinks
am not discreet" protested the little
man. III it were possible / would
shield madam. But he stands without,
In the hall, this stubborn Engllshman.
Madam can save her reputation only
by retreaung to the bedroom. Have
no fear. | shall not betray madam"
1t was time for me to beat hasty
retreat. But my curiosity still held
me.
Have / not told you,' fiercely IN
terrupted DR.. Starva. that il is rot
his Excellency who is here with
madam? 1t is a Mr.. Haddon. and
madam is his nurse and 1 am his
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
PLEASANT TIME.

Members of the Ogden Trades and
Labor Assembly were treated to A
pleasant surprise in the reception of
an invitation TO attend a smoker given
on Wednesday evening by the Carpeu-
ter's Union. A very pleasing and in
teresting program was rendered In
cluding short and instructive speeches
by several members Of the Trades
Assembly and others. when the an
nouncement came that Supper is now
ready in the dining car" to which
After indulGing I'm d delightful feast OF
the material things Of life. the flow of
soul and feast OF intellect" was in
dulged in for more than an hour, when
three cheers was proposed for the
toastmaster. w. S. Flewelling and
his union. after which 1t was unani-
mously voted that all had enjoyed tho
evening as one of the green spots
an oasis in the desert in the midst
of the trials and turmoils OF life,
We think that such occasions as this
arc far too infrequent. We believe
that there should be steps taken look
ing to the formation of a social club for
union men where they could meet
together for pleasure and literary pur,
poses away from the grind of regular
business. We hope to see something
of the kind undertaken in the near
future. We think 1t would create much
enthusiasm and be very instructive
What do you say. boys? lets try.
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T E NJ P z r a N C z
ID z p a r I ri z n 7
CONDUCTED BIZ w. Q. t. u.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
MRS. u. WAY.

What's the matter; don't you Ike
it, asked
Yes, marin. I like 1T well enough,
but I'm a Lesioner
"A what, What are htey? Are
they all as small as you are?
Nom, I'm bout the smallest. but
! Shant be when jim ioins-thats my
little brother. who is only waiting for
his new clothes.
Well. what's that to do with
cider?' | asked.
Why, we swear off bout cider and
all drunk things, you see.
Folks don't get drunk ON cider
unless they drink lot; and no one
need be silly enough to do that told
him
Well. our teacher says this is
drunken town, and all along with the
cider. There is fellow down to your
gate who can hardly stand up; and
when ! said, You are most drunk,
hG only laughed and said, Mothers
cider did it"
L turned TO see what he meant,
and there was my jim, standing out
In the rain-a big. strapplng fellow.
going on twenty, and all I've got in
the world! May be YOU think / stop
ped for the rain and mud! NO, in.
deed / ran and caught him Just as
he was slipping down to the ground.
| put my arms around him and the
little fellow helped me to get him into
the house; and then he Went down TO
the floor, and / on my knees beside
him.
oh. jim my boy I cried. and he
Just laughed in a silly way.
Is he Your Jim. and is he drunk
on Your cider? My! | should think
YOU would cry
And what that little youngster said
vas Just right. II struck me all In
a heap, I deserved it all oh. you
can't tell me anything about suner-
ing. Jim slept like log, and when
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"Your Exesencyl" He Said Gently "Your ExceIIenev,.

physician. Tell this stubborn English
man that. imbecile.'
Monsieur will please be reasonable.
| cannot help using my eyes
Use them yourself If you will" des.
perately replied Starva but at least
you need not tell this Englishman the
truth"
1T Is impossible to deceive him"
persisted the concierge "All day he
has been waiting for his Excellency.
A quarter OF an hour ago he was
smoking In the garden below. He has
seen the light shining through the
shutters of his EXcellency's apartment
He knows that 1t is the apartment of
his EXcelIency"
You can tell him that you have
placed Mr.. Haddon in these rooms for
the night only" persuaded DR.. Starya
producing his pocketboOk
No. monsieur" replied the con.
cierge sorrowfully. his eyes on the
notes held toward him. 1t is impossi.
BILE. He will tell the manager and
shall lose my place"
Go 10 this Englishman." inter
rupted Madame de Varnier: demand
his business. Say that his Excellency
is Ill, very i'll. There have been DAYS
that he has not slept His physician
and his nurse have grave fears for his
life if he Is aroused To awaken him
is perhaps to bring on again a crisis
of the nerves. But as soon as he
awakes we Will summon the English.
man"
Il 60. the servant assented reluct.
antly. But it will be useless"
1 dared not await the result of his
errand. | returned deliberately to NV
bed, deliberately. so that might not
lose my breath. l was in a terrible
predicamcnt- To rescue myself from
1t / must make known my true identity
without an instant's delay. The
knowledge that | certainly should not
be believed made me hisitate. No; 7
had gone too far 10 retreat now. II
my strait proved absolutely desperate
and a confession was inevitable.
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UNION LABOR
DEP PARTMENT
Address all Communications to
w. NJ PIGGOTT, Editor.
158 Twenty-ffth Street.


which consisted really of saying that
they should not tell their constituents
that the product Of any firm was made
by scab labor; they were ordered con
fined in prison for an hitherto unheard
or length of time. according TO the
o1ense charged Now, compare the
two cases, the FIRST. caught red handed
In the violation Of a statutory law.
fined, and the people pays the fine.
Tho second, convicted of no crime in
the FIRST place, enjoined from publish
Ing the unfair list. which they ceased
to do. but convicted of contempt OF
court because they dared TO tell their
fellow workers OF the case and wlat
they were compelled TO do I'm an cdl-
tolial. in a speech, and through per
sonal and circular letters, were sent to
prison.
That may be law. and be thought
by some TO be good law, but we fail to
discover the least sembance of justice
therein. But possibly we are not sufH-
ciently yersod In legal Jurisprudence
to be competent Judge Our people
do not ask for nor expect favorS. nor
would they accept them; but we do
expect tnat courts. in rendering dec-
sions, VIII conform to truth and real
ity.' That they Will be guided by
practical conformity to the laws and
principles of rectitude," and meet out
TO every one his just due. fairly repre-
sentinS facts respecting merit or de
merit in strict conformity to right and
obligation, with impartiality, and not
In such plain conformity to the wishes
OF some defies the world has ever
seen. For be 1t remembered, brothers,
that according TO Judge WrightS de-
cision, If two of YOU should meet upon
the street, or any place else, and
should You conclude to not purchase
any article manufactured by a certain
h1m, you are in conspiracy in restraint
OF trade, and therefore in contempt Of
court, and are liable 20 arrest there
for; for according TO the decision hand
ed down, every firm has a property
right in every mans patronage, which
must not be interfered with This,
also, may be good (7) law, but we fail
to see the point We should, therefore.
be careful; because II is difficult to
guess just what contortions the law
VIII be called upon 10 elucidate next
o, justice' AS thou holdest thy scales
in thy hand, what wilt thou remove
from the one side or add to the other
to cause them TO exactly balance?
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piled. Can you read your notes?o was
question number two. ''You might trv
me, responded the young woman.
The trust magnate ignored the sugees.
tlon, We want a young woman who
is strictly honest" he said. There is
considerable money handled in the
office; much of il will pass through
the hands Of the person who gets this
vacant position. Are you honest?"
The bmntness Of the question some.
what Disconnected the candidate bnt
she finally replied: My honesty was
never questioned, sir" Several sec
onds elapsed. The magnate was gaz-
ing straight into the ewes of the Young
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
GETTING RECRUITS.
MISS FRIEDA DRESSED,

They were standing otgether hand
in hand. one tiye-foot-hye. and tho
other-well, scarcely knee high a
snail boy in front was giving orders.
which were grayely obeyed As 1
came up. he said, Now, / am going
TO swear You in, and you viii have to
stick for sure, cause 'twouh be mean
to back out on your swear. and You
know YOU are in for life Look right
at me and hold up your hands and
say. i won't never drink no more
CIDER as long as l live, nor anything
else that's bad. / swear H.. You say
IT first Big Jim. and then, Little Jim.
YOU say It, Then I'll take your hands
and swear it with you and It VIII have
10 keep always. When ! take you to
the meeting they viii give me prize
for bringing two recruits; spose they
will say one is TOO old and the other
too young, but if I tell them how aw-
ful drunk YOU was. they VIII let you
go. | guess
Mover mind about the drunk. said
Zig Jim. nervously, lust say We are
twins and that You have sworn us in
that will settle it, | am sure"
Afterwards heard the story from
aunt Jane
He brought me a bundle from down
town she said, and be was such 4
lit of fellow TO do errands. Then he
took of his cap so cutely that should
certainly have asked him In To warm,
only his shoes were so muddy and the
iain dripped of his elbows SO
said; You stand under the shed a
minutes and I'll bring YOU 4 doughnut
ahd a cup of cider-for I had lust
drawn some. He said something as
turned away, but | did not hear
what. When 7 came hack. he took the
doughnuts, but not the cider.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The KINGS Mcssenaer.


a minute passed and the bedroom
door was again opened, Madame dc
Varnier and DR. Starva conyersed in
hurried whispers. the electric light
shining full on my face. moved about
restlessly but did not open my eyes
Presently the woman seated herself at
my bedside DR.. Starva left the room,
the door being slightly ajar.
/ could not resist the. temptation TO
half open my eyes. Madame de Var
nier was praying fervently. regarding
with passionate alteration jeweled
cross held before her eyes. A peremp-
tory knock at the door OF the drawing
room opening on the corridor put an
abrupt end to these devotions. which
seemed to me so incongruous. She
claspcd her hands she listened, rigid
with anxiety. 1t may be imagined that
! myself listened, scarcely less anX-
ious. Ii was the concierge again.
Here Is the Enslishman's card. He
says he is a kings messenger He
brings important dispatches He iu-
sists that were his Excellency at the
point of death he must none the less
place these dispatches in his hands to-
night"
But as his EXcellency's physician I
forbid it," replied DR.. Starva. with de-
termination.
And" entreated the woman gliding
to tho door can you not make him
understand how disagreeable 1t would
be for me TO be surprised in these
rooms and that it would annoy Sir
Mortimer beyond measured"
1T is useless, madam. Have ] not
told him that embarrassing circum-
stanceg make it impossible that his
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
MARTIN LUTHER ON
THE DRINK EVIL

at the time of the Reformation IL
the fifteenth century. tho curse ol
strong drink had already wrought
great havoc among the German peo
PIE. Martin Luther, who was such an
Cutspoken man on matters pertaining
to the real welfare of his people. had
something to say on this question that
is worthy Of repetition To this day
In his commentary on the one hundred
and first Psalm, he writes as follows;
Every country must have It's OWL
evil spirit Italy has hers. and Franco
hers. Our German demon must bt
the wine cask, and called drink be
cause his thirst can not be quenche(
by Immense drafts OF wine and beer
He has always caused and yet con
tinually causes, unspeakable injuries
disgrace, murder and all sorts of ca
lamities TO body and soul, whlcl
should deter lis from following aftel
him but YET drink remains {
mighty idol with the Germans"
In his "Tabletalk' Luther refers
to the beer question in the following
words:
Whoever first brewed beer has pre-
pared a pest for Germany l have
prayed to God that He would destroy
the whole brewing industry. l hay'
csten pronounced a curse upon the
brewer All Germany could live oil
the barley that Is spoiled and turned
into a curse by the brewer"
For four hundred years the valiant
rcformer's words have seemingly re-
NAMED unheeded by the German peo-
pie; but now, at last, they have be-
come thoroughly awakened on this
most important subject,-lnternation
al Good Templars.
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TRADE MARKS.
Sherlock Holmes Picks Out the Va.
catlonists and Labels Them.

Sherlock Holmes, seated on tho
BOARD walk, languidly injected a pint
of cocaine into his sunburnt arm.
My dear Watson" said the detect
I've. let us bcgulle an hour by picking
out the occupations Of those vacation
lists, In their cheap white flanneIs they
all think they look like miIlionaireS
but-ha, ha-what a deluslon!
There goes a waiter. Walters are 10
be told by the size Of their feet and
the soft. careful way they set them
down.
The man In the imitation Panama
hat Is tanner. His clear and ruddy
complexion gives him away The tan.
ming trade imparts to the face n pc
culariy healthy look Why shouldn't
it? What is good for dead skins must
be good for living ones.
She Is cook the stout, scarlet
lady getting weighed Her fre. Of
course. gave her that unmistakabld
color, but It was not the eating o
food that made her so fat No; cook
have notoriously poor appetites II
was the inhalation that hlled her out
Cooks inhale their fat That Is cheap
er for the mistress. isn't it?
The little. thin chap In the large
bathing suit is a groom All good
Grooms are small and bowlcgged. and
they all wear tight trousers and are
partial to brown.
Do you see. my dear Watson the
stately man whose overtures the girl
In white just repulscd? Well. he Is
an actor. The muscles In bis face
show It. Actors, you know, by the
practice OF expression. de-
yelop face muscles as marked as the
arm muscles OF baseball pitcher"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-03
THE FIFTIeTH WOMAN,

The fiftieth woman who had answer
81 The trust magnates advertisement
Tor q stenographer stood modestly at
me desk of the prospective employer
wondering secretly why the forty-nine
who had preceded her in the line had
gone away looking so downcast II did
seem as II one ont OF all that number
ought to have met the ordinary re-
auirements of business man The
trust magnats sighed as the candidate
,ank into the chair 10 which he mo-
uoned her. Experienced" he asked.
'harDly. Yes, sir" the candidate re.
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woman. "Forty-nine of them have just
told me the Same thing" he said slow
~ but | did not believe them" He
paused again and the girls hopes
sank. She really must have work
What would she do. she thought IL
THIS day passed. Her reverle was in
terrupted. DO YOU use face powder"
came from the man across the desk.
II beg Your pardon. sir" stammer-
ed the young woman. but don't be-
lleve l understood your question"
DO you use face POWDER the man re.
peated in the same firm manner.
Why-why. yes sir. do-that Is.
do sometimes. confessed the candl-
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date vaguely wondering what face
powder had to do with taking dicta;ion.
You may begin work at o'clock to-
morrow morning" said the trust mag
nate. shortly; the forty-nine who pre-.
ceded YOU confessed their honesty.
but denied using face powder. although
thelr races we're plastered especially
for the occasion. We want a truthful
Young woman
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should he believed as readily later 40
now. In the meantime chance might
favor me; and my ruse be not wholly
in vain.
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VIII Iavc Plenty Of Wafnr.

Whom New York cIty's Catskln
aQueduct Is completed the city will
have water enough for a population of
100000, without any cause for aDx-
lety.
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open Enemy Least Dangerous.
Better an open enemy than a false
lriend.-Spanish proverb.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
MAIN NAVAL STATION
TO BE AT PEARL HARBoR

Washington, Nov. 13.-The presi-
dent has approved the recommendation
of the joint army and navy board for
making Pearl Harbor, in the Hawaiian
Islands, the great naval station in the
Pacific. In doing this it was consid-
cred that a temporary naval station
only would be constructed at Olonga-
pc, and that the proposed improve
ments in Manila harbor would be
abandoned. This would leave the pro-
lection of the Philippines to the army
The determination to minimize the
Notifications in the Philippine Islands
and to make Pearl Harbor a great
naval station was not, it is explained,
because of any intention to withdraw
American control from the Philip
pines. It was purely strategical, it
was said.
For years fierce controversy has
been waged as to whether the princi-
pal fortification in the Philippines
should be located at Olongapo or Ca
wife. The naval officers favored Olon'
gapo, and the army Manila bay.
The big floating dry dock, Dewey, IS
now at Olongapo, and under the pres
ent plan will be retained there.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
LOW COLONIST RATES
BRING MANY SETTLERS.

Portland, Or, Nov. 13.-Low one
way colonist rates to the Pacific Coast
from the East brought thousands of
new settlers to Oregon and Washing
ton during the month ending Oct. Is.
The o. R. & N. company has compiled
the total brought on that line alone
and finds no less than 1854 new-com-
ers were passengers on the o. R. &
N. trains to the two States, and found
permanent homes here. The Hill lines
added very heavily to this figure, so
that on the whole the two States have
a large addition of citizens from the
coming of the colonists.
The o. R. & N. passenger depart
ment reports that this years travel
of the colonist class is heavier than
for a similar period of last season, al
though the total of newcomers is less
because the colonist season was short
er. 1t was expected that because of
the attractive railroad rates to the Sc
attic fair, colonist business would fall
off somewhat this year over former
fall movements of this kind. But the
actual figures indicate that the tide of
travel from the East is setting toward
the two States stronger than ever.