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ceiling into bower of roses orchids, and smilax.
Schindel descended the stairs and glided, rather
than walked, the waXed hardwood floor to
window overhung by network of leaves and flowers
His short gides unsteady, like unSk1lful
skater making his way across frozen lake. When
he opened the window broad shaft OF sunlight ac-
companied the rush of morning air into the room.
The light the tops of piles of red and white roses
that were heaped on the floor waiting to be hung
The strong clear revealed the figure of the man,
his shoulders slightly stopped they fell on the
smooth gray hair that dropped in SOFT siken strands
down the back of his head and made it glsten like
plate of polished silver the bright light also accen-
tuated the heavy lines that furrowed Schindels
snooth-shaven face
The workmen engrossed in their labors aimed
went weaving the fragrant lacework, unmindful OF
his presence Schndel's gaze rested on the unfold
ing beauties of the landscape before him.
In the distance, the long, undulating lines of the
Jersey hills spangled green, embraced the skyline
from the foot of the hills rolled wide level stretch
of land which terminated abruptly at the upper edge
of the Palisades the lines of which rose bold and
rigid from the shimmering bank of the Hudson.
I IKE compact shadow Schndel stood in the open
- window, his eyes trying to penetrate the hazy
outline of the distant hills when the rustic of skirts
brought him out of his abstraction and he turned
Elsa " he said in SURPRISE noting his wife close to
him. you are up early to-day"
Who else is there to look after things If dont!
she snapped If didn't have stick for husband,
l shouldn't have to get up so early! Mrs Schlndel
surveyed the somber garb of her husband, the
black suit black bow tie. its loose ends dropping
the blackstrped soft shirt and the black fedora hat
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now on the top rung OF the
ladder of achievement; that
he was bulging with an over
abundance of the worlds
goods. The castle did more.
1t sent forth a message of
envy to the less fortunate
ones who had known Schin-
del in the early days; to
those who had come over
here with him, and were
still struggling. 1t urged
them to struggle harder. to
fight more iercely, to climb
ever higher; for if the lum-
bering Schindel had climbed
to the top, why shouldn't
they?
How could they know of
the fires that were burning
in his heart? By all the
outward tokens, he ought to
be happy-and contented.
Plainly, the one way to still
envy is to rise to equality
of station.
But Schindel felt the
flames that threatened to
consume him. The new
splendors in which he moved
aroused in him no pride
of ownership; the embla-
zoned luxuries of his sur
roundings spelled-solitude
He was alone in a crowd
an elegant, polished, silk
garbed, shimmering crowd,
veneered with the glittering
tinsel of wealth, moving in
a scented atmosphere of re-
preston in which he was a
strange, intruding personal
ity, an alien by birth and
breeding.
AS the human units in
the swirling maelstrom be-
low envied him, SO he envied
them. And there were mo-
ments when a longing, an
inpelling desire, to go back
among those above whom
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Mrs Schindel No" she answered vehemently
q he is not coming He has not been asked. We are
not going to be Inundated because OF your fancy;
because-yes l can read it in your heart-because
YOU think he and Rose would make good match"
Il only thought :" Schindel said it would be nice
to ask the of my old friendof old friend-to
come.
ITO be humiliated'' exclaimed the wife. It's
bad enough to bring you among people who are SO
much above YOU You are bad enough but to bring
Emil Schmitt here-l suppose you are too thick to
see how ridiculous it is.
Why are you ashamed of him? : he asked Why
is he so different from the OtherS!
Mrs Schindel looked scornfully at her husband.
For the same reason l ashamed of you, she
replied Il am getting more ashamed of you every
day
THE words cut deep, like the swift thrust of
ber Schindel felt singing sensation, as If
coil of flame had shot through him. His head
burned his feet became heavy; he felt his heart
sink, like leaden weight. He could not frame re-
ply SO he went to his and sat on the edge OF his
bed his head buried in his hands.
Thoughts rushed through his mind; but the ideas
were confused and he could not grasp them. The
world seemed to be slipping from under his feet and
he felt himself being pressed into the background.
Vague shadows fitted before him. he could barely
see their outline Only thing stood out clear in
the dark background of his mind. They were
ashamed of him
It was long time before Schindel's mind was
cleared of the tumble of disconnected thoughts with
which it was strewn When he began to see clearly
again he felt agony of heart he had never known
before "They are ashamed of me before their new
friendsl" he exclaimed in the bitterness of his dis
tress.
Gradually Schindel became aware of his surround
ngs again but the furnishings of the room, all spick
and span, the woodwork highly polished, the uphol
stored chairs and neatly carved desk did not relieve
his melancholy. Everything seemed part OF the
order of things except the old portrait OF George
Washington which hung in the old wooden frame,
draped with the American coors. That same pic
ture had ornamented the wall of his first home, after
his marriage twenty-five years before. What hal
lowed memories it recalled
Another connecting link with the old life Schindel
found when he opened the bottom drawer OF the
dresser There was the faded green uniform ie wore
on Schutzenfest DAYS He took it out and tried on
the trousers with their broad blue stripes then he
put on the coat and brushed the dust off the gold
spangled epaulets On the shoulders He surveyed
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in the form Of castle with four turrets and
guardhouses that served the servants quarters
armorial bearings were carved above the doors, and
a broad esplanade stretched in the foreground.
garlsh structure 1t was; but it served its pur-
pose. 1t stood as the outward symbol of Heinrich
Schindels success From its commanding eminence
it told that the German immigrant boy who had
come over here thirty live years ago perched
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of those who are going to
be here, who come to the
house now. / feel SO much
alone when they're here!
| can't understand them.
And when l think of to-
night, l think of the old
friends, l ask myself what
will they say. They'll
say, We were good enough
for Schindel when he was
poor, now he is rich and
gives fine parties. he don't
know us any more. :"
You talk like a fool,
Schindel!" the wife said.
You want to be like
Posener, maybe? He is
rich; yet look where he is.
lust where he was twenty
years ago,-in the same
surroundings! He is with
the old friends, and what
is he? The same Posener
he always was. Could his
children move in such So
ciety as our Rose moves
in, Could Kaiser, or Ros-
enblatt, or Wagner move
in our set? Yet they
have made money. Be
proud that you are away
from them! l am
TT was useless to argue
l with Mrs. Schindel; he
had learned that long ago.
So he left her and went
outside. Slowly. as if in
deep thought, he walked
about the grounds of his
home and surveyed the
mansion he had built 1t
was in the form of a cast
guardhouses that served Z
armorial bearings were car
a broad esplanade stretche
x~c.-..L .%~.@%~@ - -,
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By Max MARGIN
Drawings by Armand Both

ON the head of the stairs, Heinrich
Schindel, dressed in snug fitting
suit of black, in which he felt i'll
at ease and compressed, cast a
comprehensive glance over the long
drawing room in his new home on
Riverside Drive. He noted the air
of busy preparation about the place,
the decorators and florists combin-
ing their talents in transforming the
heavy papered walls and frescoed
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IlC lICld III IllS lidlio- LIN
you dress for a funeral to-
day!" she asked.
Schindel did not reply.
You stand there like an
undertaken" the wife con-
tinued. Here we are get
ting ready for Roses COM
ing out party tonight, and
YOU look as if you had lost
your last friend!" Mrs.
Schindel stamped her foot
irnpulsively. This ought
to be the happiest day of
your life. I'm quivering
with excitement, and you
look as if you weren't con-
cerned with all this, as if 1t
didn't mean anything at all
to you'll
1T means much to me,
very much" the husband
responded softly; !" it means
great deal to me to sec
you and Rose happy"
Why do you wear such
a long face, them" the wife
demanded. Why do you
look as if you expect some
great misfortune?"
I'm trying to be happy"
Schindel answered. Il
ought to be happy; but |
can't help feeling-I can't
help wishing that We had a
different party. with some
of our old friends"
The old friends again."
Mrs. Schindel interrupted.
You think of them when
you ought to think Of us,
of Rose and me; of what
this means to us!"
Il do think of you and
Rose: everything | do is
for you," he answered. 1t
isn't that I'm not happy
because of the party-be-
cause our Rose is going to
have a great affair. It's Of
the others I'm thinking, =
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he had climbed possessed
him. Such a longing was
within him now. He felt
its urging; but he could
not respond; for an un-
yielding leash of affection
held him to his present
environment.
A blind devotion to his
wife and daughter that
lid been the driving force
Of his entire manhood
made him follow them
into a social sea in which
he drifted helplessly.
Above the heaving and
tossing of the .billows he
could see dimly that those
in whom his whole life was
centered were drifting ever
farther from him; that the
ties that bound them to
him were becoming weaker
and weaker. An aching
void was growing in the
heart of the old German
a void that aroused the
yearning to move again
among his old comrades.
To go back, Schindel
knew, meant to sever the
remaining ties between
him and his wife and
daughter. Only an up
heaval of his entire nature
could bring that about. As
yet he realized but vaguely
the widening gulf between
him and them, "a gulf un-
spanned by any bridge of
love or natural affection.
ELSA" Schindel asked
meekly when he re-
turned from his walk, is
Schmitt's boy, Emil, COM
ing tonight"
The thought of Emil at
the ball kindled the ire of
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sUPERSTITIONs OF RULERS

Many noted people have been seri-
ously Inconvenience and worried by
silly superstitions. President M}cKin-
ley often declined to make public en-
gagements and postponed signing pub
lie documents on Friday. Bismarck
had such a generation for the number
three that he divided his work, his du-
ties, everything possible, into three
parts. He, associated everything he
could with that number, because to
him it was lucky one.
Queen Victoria had a great fear of
the cat as an i'll omen. It is said that
Queen Alexandra and other members
Of the royal family, while found of
cats, never dared to bring one to the
palace or anywhere that Queen VIC
toria happened to be staying.
A beautiful Persian kitten was once
presented to- her by a little girl whom
she loved very dearly, but it was never
taken into the Queens apartments.
Lord Roberts will decline any in
citation if he finds that there is
4 ss;;lack cat in the house to which he
NJ! invited. Ellen Terry's fear Of the
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cat is so great that she would never
allow pne in any theatre where she
was playing. She says that? several
times in her: career black cats made
their way upon the. stage at rehear-:
sails and the plays under rehearsal
always proved failures. :".<. : 81,
The Gar of Russia does not dare
to rise in the morning without having
upon his finger a ring in which is inn
bedded bit of the true cross He
once stopped train on journey
when he discovered that he had for
gotten this ring and sent messenger
on special train back to st. Peters,
burg for it. The German emperor is
superstitious about doing anything Of
Importance on Friday, and he always
postpones an engagement that has
been made for him for that day, if
possible
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-08
EARLY SYMPTOMS OF -.
PULMONARY DISEASE
Th, due Re ard to Which May
BE the M tns Of Averting
Fah1 Results.

Any Of the following symptoms
should lead one to consult his physi-
clan and have his lungs examined and
sputun1 (spit) tested:
l. A cough lasting a month, except
whooping cough.
2. Poor appetite Especially in the
morning), and indigestion, loss of
weight and strength, and pallor (gen-
orally "run down.")
8. Hoarseness, lasting several
weeks.
4. Splitting, especially in the morn
Ing.
S. Night sweats.
s. Splitting blood.
Z. Fever in the afternoon, shown
by flushed face and tired feeling.
Any, several, or all of these symp-
toms coming after a severe cold,
grippe, bronchitis, whooping cough,
measles, typhoid fever, or any other
acute disease, may indicate tubercu-
losis.
Two or three or more examinations
should be made. The germs may not
be found the first time the sputum is
examined and it is a very difficult
u1sedSo ~ o'e6Alose e'eH IN physical
examination.
Too much publicity cannot be given
to Knowledge of this kind, which may
be the means of saving untold sorrow
and suffering, and thousands of lives
besides.
The board Of health of every COM
munity in the state should endeavor
to convey this life-saving information
to every citizen within it's reach, and
its Importance should not be over
looked by any one interested in the
preventive work of the anti tubercu-
losis campaign.
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LAC0NICS FROM PEN
OF HENRY GEORGE

with natural opportunities thus
free to labor; with capital and i'm
provements exempt from tax, and ex-
change released from restrictions, the
spectacle of willing men unable to
turn their labor into the things they
are suffering for would become i'm
possible; the recurring paroxysms
which paralyze industry would cease;
every wheel Of production would be-
set in motion; demand would keep
pace With supply, and supply with
demand; trade would increase: in
every direction, and wealth augment
on every: hand" = 80" z".~: - =
Book TX, Chap. 1, pages ABS and 4s7,
Progress and Poverty. 49, -
"Give labor free field and its full
earnings; take for the benefit of the
whole community that fund which.
the growth of the community creates,
and want and the fear of want would
be gone. The springs Of production
would be set free, and the enormous
increase of wealth would give the
poorest ample. comfort. Men would
no more worry about finding employ:
ment than they worry about finding:
air to breathe; they need have mo
more care about physical necessities
than do the lilies of the field., = ~
Book I, Chap. Nv, page 459, Progress
and Poverty, 49, ~
"This, and this alone, contend for
that he who makes should have:
that he whos saves should enjoy. I
ask in behalf Of the poor nothing
whatever that properly belongs to the
rich" IL
Chap. TX, page Sc, Social Problems
"A civilization is possible. i'm which
the poorest could have all the COM
forts and conveniences now enjoyed
fby the rich; in which prisons and
almshouses would be needless, and
charitable societies unthought of.
Such a civilization waits only for the
| social intelligence that will adapt
means to ends.' ~. +.
Chapter I, page 8, Social Problems.
| The, single tax in short would call
| upon men to contribute to the public
revenues, not in proportion to- what
| they produce Or accumulate, but in
proportion to the value Of the natural
opportunities they hold. It would com
pei them to pay just as much for
| holding land idle as for putting it to
its fullest use. = s.-.s.< =. - &
| ~ Single Tax Platform.
american citizenship confers no
right to American SOIL The first and
most essential rights OF. mantle
rights Of life, liberty and pursuit Of
happiness-are denied here as COM
pletely as in England. And the same
results must follow"
Chapter *, page 1o4, Social Prob
r. lens. !, - +.
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MUST STAND UP
FOR THEIR RIGHTS

1 cannot forget that the laboring
class must, like any other, stand up
for it's own rights, or be content to
see them trampled underfoot; and
that the strength given it by organiza-
ton, superinduced' upon members, is
its only effectual defense against the
unchecked tyranny of capital, eager
for profit and reckless Of others
rights. The power developed by COM
bination may be abused, like any
other power, but labor is helpless and
a prey without it.-Horace Greeley.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
It takes almost as much money TO
send a boy through college as it does
to support him afterward.
mans idea of patriotism is think
ing he could run the government bet
ter than those who are elected to do
it.
A girl sleeps with a love letter un-
der her pillow so she won't be, able to
sleep for wanting to get up and read
it again.
If woman can't worry about any,
thing else, she can about whether she
is going to like the baby's wife when
it grows up and gets married.
One of the most convincing things
about widow is how, having had all
her faith in man shattered by one, she
can have it so perfectly for all the
others of his race.
The most awful thing to tine average
man about being cast away alone on
a desert island is he would have no.
body to lie to. -
The queerest thing about women's
fashions is how they can shift their
waist from around their knees and
hang it to their shoulder blades.
There's no way man can help his
wife to enjoy herself when she is hav-
ing good cry as to tell her to go
tight OH uOlHg lL-Ne" Ork "PreSS.,
The reason men like to spend
money as if they could afford it is
they can't. !. T.
The difference beween a man and "a
woman is she likes to sand before a
mirror openly; he on the sly },~Es2"-,
What a girl likes about love let
ter Is how she wants to keep reading
it over after she knows it by heart. .
The man who has to bolt his break
fast in the suburbs can blame his wife
because the train will be on time to
make MIN miss It, 'Tf 4@i
There's nothing makes a woman feel
SO neglected by her husband as for
him not to let her buy his necktiesszs
The reason woman brags about
how smart her husband is in business
Is 1t kind of helps her to believe he fs.
The man who wants to put on q
girls rubbers tor her before they are
married thinks she ought want.sto
put I. on his goloshes for him after
they are. !. E22 1T II s $g 81 8
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-05-08
DEMAND EIGHT HOURS
AND ANNUAL VACATION
New York Postal Clerks Seek
Relief From Over Taxing and
Burdensome Conditions.

The New York postal clerks are out
for the establishment Of the eight
hourday-or at any rate, the forty
eight hour week-with an annual va
cation and an increase Of pay.
The New York Evening Call COM
ments editorially on the postal clerks
demand as follows:
They ought to get it.
The proposed improvement will be
opposed, of course, on the ground that
it would add to the cost of the postal
system, which is already being run at
a loss. The postal deficit-it is hard
ly necessary for us to say, it has SO
often been pointed QUITS not due to
the overpayment of the men who do
the work, nor to excessively low
charges for carrying letters and other
mail matter. It is due to the exorbi-
tant compensation allowed by the gov
eminent to the railway and steamship
is carried. - -
The workers OF every trade will
wish the postal clerks success-even Of
those trades which are far worse off
than they. They hours and wages of
the postal clerks are now better than
the average for the working class as a
whole, but they are much below what
the average for the working class
ought to be. in view Of the immense
Improvement in machinery and meth
DDS Of doing work which the last gen
erations have brought, andn almost
the whole benefit from which has
gone to the propertied classes. :: Y
The working class, fortunately, is
getting bewond the stage where the
men Of each trade think only of them
selves and act only for their own ad-
vantage. It is coming to he realized
that every improvement in the condi-
tions of, any one group Of workers is,
to- some extent a afctor in the i'm
provement of conditions for the whole
working class. The laborers and fac
tory hands who work longer hours
than do the postal clerks, work fol-
less wages, and have less steady en-
ployment, will nevertheless count it
q vistory for their whole class II the
postal clerkswin their demands. :
It is TO- rthe postal clerks to see
that: they, reciprocate this loyal spirit
II the i'll paid laborers ana factory
Operatives owe them support. as they
Tao. doubly do they owe support Ito
those less fortunate workers III their
struggle tor shorter yvorkday, higher
wages, and greater security Ia their
jobs. I=fs
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CO
FOR GYM EXERCISES
Duluth Ministers Decide to Form:
a,Class to Develop More Mus
cular Christianity.
Punching the Bag May Aid il
Punching the Hearts Of
81 Obdurate Sinners.
Muscular Christianity will be the

Muscular Christianity. will be the
popular thing from now on. : -
i The ministers of the gospel are go
ing to form q gymnasium class, and
confidently expect to be able, within a
short time, to show the business mems
classes and the other citizens, who
take exercise at the Y. M. c. A. gym
how the bars should be properly hurd-
led, and how the bag should be cor
rectly punched. II r.
Theology, the need Of money to have
the church redecorated and the growth
OF the auxiliary societies, will he laid
aside when the preachers pei their
buds and get into action on the floor.
Methodism and Lutheranism will
don the boxing gloves for healthful,
friendly combats, and the Baptist and
Congregationalists will vie with each
other for the supremacy in the active
game Of hand ball. T.
Rev. J. A. McGaughey- suggested
the gymnasium class proposition to the
members Of the Duluth Ministerial as
ISOLATION, at the regular meeting of
the. organization at the Y. M. C. A.
recently and 1t met with instan-
taneous approval. So as soon as the
members make arrangements and get
together, the clergymen will begin
their exercises on the gym floor, and
from the swimming tank will come
ministerial cries of 80 deep!"-
"gurgle, gurgle, gurgle"-and "come
on in, the waters fine"
Besides discussing things gymnastic
the Ministerial association elected Of
ficers for the year today. Rev. j. S.
Kirtley, pastor Of the First Baptist
church, was elected president; Rev
,, John W. Powell of Bndion M. E.
church, vice president, and Rev. j. A
McGaughey, religious director Of the
Y. M. c. A., secretary and treasurer
c. w. Arnold Of Minneapolis, an
agitator against objectionable adver-
tisements,'' gave a. brief address to
the association
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KUGLER'S DRUG STORE
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Mr.. E. M. Treadway has succeeded
to the ownership of the drug store
formerly known as the Kugler Drug
Store. Mr.. Treadway is a thoroughly
skillful, up to date, and competent
pharmacist, and is prepared to give
his patrons the most reliable service.
He has completely overhauled the
store and has largely replenished the
stock by an entirely new consignment
of drugs.
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FRIDAY NOT SO BAD.

sssst.*$ FRIDAY NOT SO BAD. -.
Moscow was burned on FRIDAY.
Washington was born on Friday.
Shakespeare was born on Friday.
America was discovered on Friday.
Richmond was evacuated on Friday.
s. the Bastile was destroyed on Friday.
81 The sMayflower'' was landed on
Friday.
queen Victoria was married on Fri
day. SIS SIS
king Charles was sbeheaded on.
Friday. & s s.
Fort sumter was bombarded on FRI
SdaX. go
Napoleon Boneparte was born On:
Friday. 81 ]. ~. .sss
Friday 4 s
Tho battel o. MarenEo was fought
on Friday. 5lss|
The battle sof Bunker Hill was
fought on Friday. sssss
SIS Joan q. Are wass burned At the stsies
on rtday.
The battle st New orlea IS was
t6ught on Friday
me peclaration IS Independencs|