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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

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They have unveiled a monument 70
the father of baseball in New York.
but the game will need, one
Cleveland Leader.
While golf is Mr.. Taft's favorite
sport, he recognizes that he is Presi-
lent of all the people. He went to a
ball game the other day.-Kansas City
Journal. x
1t is said that President Taft fears
he is a baseball hoodoo. But as far
as the Washington club is concerned.
he is only one Modoo in many thou
sands.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Englishmen who object to the Ian
guage employed by baseball writer's
have too little knowledge Of the game
to know that If they want to attract
any attention they must reserve their
critical energies for the umpire
Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
Brother and Sister Drowned.

While canoeing in the Genesee
River, at Rochester, N. Y, J. Louis
Minges, % years old, and his sister.
Carrie Minges, 80 years old, were
drowned by the capsizing of their
boat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
wounded by Son: Stays Wife.

wOunIcI by Son; SInys VIC.
August PoOs, a jeweler at 1854 South
Broadway, St. Louis, killed his wife
at his home. after he had been fatally
wounded by his son. The tragedy fol-
lowed a family quarrel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
pixSinx ID the Canal.

Ut inc SAno
The Gatun dam is at it again. But
we decline to get scared.-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
1t won't be Congressman Rainey's
fault if the canal isn't finished on
time. He is making desperate digs at
it.-Atlanta Constitution.
The canal is going to cost a few mil
lions more than we expected it to, but
what are a few millions between
oceans?-CIeueland
The Panama canal will now be JUS
titled in expecting a Yale lock.--In-
d~ianapolis Star.
Still. the Panama canal can be built
on the level without being built on
the sea level.-Arkansas Gazette.
King Peter md the 100000.
King Peter wants $4,000 a year to
give up the crown Of Servia. Looks
to us like a bargain for Servia.-Au-
gusta Chronicle.
King Peter agrees to resign II given
$4,000 in spot cash, which shows tina
kings are as human as the rest OF uA
milwaukee, Sentinel
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
The swaying skyscraper.

Through the chance Of perfect ad-
1ustment in the way OF balance, OF
row OF large photographs that
GAng on q wall o. an office building
down town the clerks in the place
lave a good deal 0: quiet amusement
with persons who visit the place for
the first time. Owing to this bal
ance the pictures are easily sway
ed by the wind that blows through
the open windows and since the Of
ice force goes In for fresh air the
year round The pictures are never
still. The joke lies IN catching the
Lorrifed expression on the faces Of
the callers when they get a sight Of
the swinging frames. Then It is al
ways explained with due solemnity. IL
the boss Is not around that the sway
Ing Of the frames is due to the oscil-
lation OF the structure. 1t usually
takes some time for the object Of the
Joke to see the point Meanwhile hs
has suffered considerable shock.-
n. 7. World.
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odd South American Animals.

Many curious animals haunt the
marshy parts IS uth America ncTIn
OF the pampas. Frogs big and feTo-
cious. given to making vicious
springs when closely approached; the
sapybara. a cavy ''contented with
the bulk of q sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike tapir are
frequently seen. A'Cng the forest
margins troops of peccaries are often
met with, occasionally the jaguar
sometimes the puma, likewise that
toothless curiosity. the great ant
bear, long in claw. long nosed and
remarkably long tonEued. A famil-
lar object Is the great jabiru, a stOrk
with a preference for the desolate
lagoons, where It may often be OBJ
served statuesque on one leg and
wrapped IN prOspection.-Scotsman.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
The GingkO Tree.

Studies by Miss NJ. c. Slopes of the
fossil nora Of Scotland have shown
that the gingkO or maidenhaiT, tree,
. native Of Japan and China. which
Is cultivated in Europe and this coun-
Try on account of it's remarkable fol-
iags, belongs to an extremely anc-
lent family, OF whic4. it is now, ap-
parently. the last surviving repre-
sentative. At one time 1t seems to
have been widely spread. A singu-
lar fact is that the fossil specimens
Of the gingko, found In the rock beds
Of the Inferior OOlite series, at Bro
"a, Scotland, are so similar to the
Hving trees that st first sight no diff
ference is apparent. Only an ex-
animation OF the structure of the
sells reveals 8 Variation.-Youth's
Companion
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A LOAF OF BREAD PUT IN TWO
COFFINS.
Half Buried with Wife, Husbands
Crave Now Contains Other Part.

Half Buried with Wife, Husbands
Grave Now Contains Other Part.
BrookIyn.-Adolph Raad, who
formerly lived at No. 10 Luquer
street, was buried in Greenwood
Cemetery, the coffin containing one
half Of loaf of rye bread, the other
half Of which had been buried with
Mrs. Raad four years ago. The aged
couple were born in Ludenbach, Ger
many. They purchased a farm in
what is now Flatbush, and as the
city gradually encroached upon their
farm land they cut it up and sold it
until they we're soon able to retire
comfortably.
There is an old German custom
of making a wish whenever fresh
loaf Of bread is cut On Septem-
Der 7, 1904, Mrs. Raad had just
made the customary wish, and was
about to cut loaf when she dropped
dead. The husband cut the loaf and
put half in his wifes coffin. The
etheD half was preserved In tin
box, the neighbOTs having been in"
structed to put it in his cof1n.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Some Valuable StOn }

The Emperor Francis JosF III owns
the Florentine, which has a. event
full history. To the King of Portugal
belongs the Star of tho South, valued
at G3,O00,0O0; while in the Russian
'sceptre is the OrloT which once
adorned a Brahmin idol, says Home
Chat.
Such stones as these are so large
that they are practically unstable.
No one person is rich enough to pur-
chase them. Again the expense Of
cutting is enormous. The Cullinan
diamond will require at least $4,000
to be spent on it for this alone. Even
then, the gem now 1924 carats, will
weigh some 1900 carats, while the
sections cut away will themselves
form valuable stones, ranging from
twenty carats downward.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
For Pressing Platte. skirts.

Plated Skirts Whicn have been
washed are difficult to press. Time
and expense may be saved by having
ths work done after the following
method, which Is TO -0Olen skirts
e pecialIy: Before the skiT has be-
come badly creased or runpled run
q basting thread. using short. even
stitches, down lhe entire ength Of
each crease which marks the folds
Of the plaits. BY this means, after
the skirt has been washed, the pro-
.oer location of each lest can read
liz be determined. and the pressing
done successfully.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
THE WINDOW SILL MIRROR
Rarely Seen In New York But Plenta.
tiful in Philadelphia.

Every once in a while you see one
Of them in New York but not often
They're commoner in Brooklyn,
but are nowhere seen in the pro-
fusion that you find them in Phila-
delphia. Meaning of course, those
mirror devices people have on the
sills of the second floor windows to
give a tip on who is coming up the
street or down the street, or more
important. who is at the front door.
They strike the average observer as
rather provincial in idea because he
thinks instinctively of the shut in
person who's only pleasure is in see
ing who's on the street. But
they're very helpful in telling when
a caller is getting near, so that the
woman of the house has time to
make a hurried toilet and be calmly
waiting in her very best when the
visitor comes in. Also they give =
chance to sound the Mt at home
warning to the servants. New York
Sun.
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ooUNrERFEErERs' NEW SCHEME
How the Smooth Demonstrators Gets
/, His Victims Coin.

"One of the latest schemes Of the
counterfeit money swindlers is TO
show guillible people a machine with
which they can print for themselves
large size bills, initiative Of Govern
ment currency" said Capt. s. F.
Rhodes, formerly OF the secret ser
vice. This money producing ma
chine has a smooth demOnstrator
who will, after getting a prospective
victim interested, turn the crank and
grind out a $40 note. which, it is
needless to say, is genuine. The
Vicim shows the bill to a bank cash
fer, and hears It pronounced good,
and his mercenaTy nature being
aroused, he sees visions Of gigantic
wealth, and hands over to Mr.. Sharp
er $500, or at least $3.50, for the
instrument that is going to make him
Rockefeller. It is needless to say
that the subsequent specimens turn
ssd out are such miserable imItatians
That they would hardly fool a blind
man, bat the ignoTamus is In q place
where he can't make a roar for his
lost money.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Singing Pigeons

The queer Chinese change pigeons
into song-birds by fastening whistles
to their breasts. The wind of their
fight then causes a wierd and plain
tive music that is seldom siIenced in
the pigeon-haunted cities of Pekin
and Canton. The Belgians, great
pigeonvfyeTs, fasten whistles be-
meath the wings of the valuable rae
ing carriers, asserting that the shrill
noise is a sure protection against
hawks and other birds of prey. AS
a similar protection, reeds, emitting
an odd wailing sound, are fixed to
the tall feathers of the Dispatch
bearing pigeons of the German army.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
RaIzac In Church Pew.

The woman who had left a vol
ame OF Balzac in the church pew on
prayer meeting night felt { little bit
ashamed when she asked for the
book, but the sexton assured her she
need not feel that way. Many
things are left in the church." he
ssid, "and some of them are a whole
lot less respectable than BalzaC. At
ter each service the pews yield =
strange grlst OF forgotten or dis
earIed articles"
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
MADE TO ENTOG8 A TA3TAR GIRL
Austrian Mason Goes Insane After =
Horror Among Caucasus Tribe.

Horror Among Caucasus Tribe.
Odessa.-Peter Kavulitch, an Aus
trian mason, went mad here as the
result Of brooding over being forced
to wall up the daughter Of the chief.
tain Of e Tartar tribe in the Caucasus
Ia a living tomb. He was kidnapped
in Baku q month ago, taken blind
folded into the mountains, compelled
to build the wall around the girl
and then was turned loose outside
BaRu. For a week he led a party
Of soldiers in vain attempt to find
the girl.
The girl was condemned to death
in the tomb because she eloped with
one of her fathers servants. She
was engaged to the son Of wealthy
Tartar, and all preparations had
been made for the wedding. She
vas caught with the servant after a
two days chase. and was tried at
family council. 1t was decided 10
build a wall around her and leave
her to her fate. Kavulitch was kid
mapped, and he was taken into the
fountains to hnd the whole tribe
drawn up to witness the living burial
of the girl.
The man protested against the
work, but his life was threatened
unless he obeyed. The girl was tied
hand and foot to a stake. She i'm
DIored mercy, but her cries were un-
needed. A circle was drawn around
her, and the mason was made to fol-
low II with q wall two feet thick.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
A Clever Rear.

A noted ethnologist observed in
Vienna & bear deliberately making
with his paw, current in some wa
ter which was close to the bars Of his
cage so as to draw a piece of float
tng bread within his reach. These
.rfions of the bear could hardly be
attributed to instinct or inherited
habit, as they would be of little use
to an animal In a state Of nature.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
The LangHa 0es.

According to Mulhall's estimates
100000 persons speak English,
and 84,000,O00 German. Russian
is spoken by upwards of 85,O0O,OO0,
but these numbers are far exceeded
by the 36O,OO0,00O to 40O,0OO,OOO
Chinese and 140,OO0,OOO or more
Hindustani
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
OuiU TcothpiCIEs.

The largest quill toothpick fac
J.. - Ir the world is near Paris, here
thara IA an annual product of co.
an0 600 auills. The factory was
started to make quill pens. but when
tbess vent out of general use 1t was
converted into a toothpick mill.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
IR- BaIIinger, Prop 343 w I4th st New York City

v-~.iHq's head, and a small opening
was made for air, so that her suf-
ferlngs might be prolonged. AS
soon as his work was finished Kavu
Itch wss blindfolded again. He was
set at liberty with 100 roubles in his
n ket. He came to Odessa and
went mad in the street. He was
taken to a hospital in a straitjacket.
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4 Fine Distinction.

While q small boy was fishing one
Sunday morning he accidentally lost
his foothold and tumbled into the
creek. AS an old man on the bank
was helping him out, he said: How
did you come to fall into the river,
my little MANI" 4 didn't come to
fall into the river. I came to fish, ="
replied the boy.-The Argonaut.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
For the KnOCkpF.

A new method by which the audi
ance at a theatre can show its ap-
proval or disapproval of a play with
out disturbing the performance is
being introduced by the Italian dTa-
matist, TTaveTsi. Before leaving the
theatre every person is to drop a
ticket into one of three boxes mark
ed good" i" Indifferent" and bad"
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Shoe FIYt

You can put a mat in front of
every plate but you can't make a fly
wipe his feet before he walks on
your food. The only safe course
with regard to the fly is to exclude
him from the house.
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A Heavy Penalty

The London Express mentions the
case of a private whe for failing to
recognize and salute his officer was
condemned to march past and sa-
Lutte a barrack pump for two hours
each day for a week.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Trade Unions in Germany.

GeTmany's trades unions number
about 2,215,000 members, which is
25 per cent of the total strength of
the labor organizations of the civil
lied world.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
LARGE Annie Tree-

What Is reported to be the larg-
est apple tree in the United States
is at SOuthington, Conn. It yields
30 bushels.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Irish Linen

The linen industry is the greatest
manufacturing industry Ireland pos
sesses. There is invested in it some
thing like Els, 100000, and it gives
employment to 10000 people.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Bounties for Rabbits.

Australia in 10 years paid out
S5,S88,015 In bounties for rabbits
at the rate OF 25 cents each.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24

Worry is one of the most fruitful
causes of consumption.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
Fish Candles

The fish candles Of Alaska are be-
ing sent over the world in quantities
as curiosities.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24

The average woman carries so
miles of hair on her head.
The Washington bee., 1909-07-24
A Beautiful Hair Dressing and
Tonic for the Hair!
Read what Madam Robinson, the Famous Black Patti
Queen of the Opera, says of KinI<-ine

YorkC Dea Sir Il
and i
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JOHN ]. MANNING.
See. Treas, Shirt, Waist and Laundry
Workers Intl. Union.

On Monday, September 9Th, will be
celebrated labor's holiday, and un-
doubtedly at the many gatherings of
labors hosts the subject that will be
generally considered is the attitude of
our courts and their decisions on the
Injunction, as applied particularly in
labor disputes While there is no
question that subject of such impor-
tance should receive the utmost con
sideration at our hands, still this ques-
ton should not be permitted to com
pletely over shadow the very vital one
of child labor
On the day we celebrate" there will
be approximately l,000O00 men parad-
ing in honor of the achievements of or
ganized labor, but how many of the pa
raiders will give any thought to the
100000 children under IA years of age
that are employed in the mines, mills,
and factories of our country, to say
nothing of the thousands in the Sweat
shops" whose very life blood is disposed
of by ignorant parents to INSCRIPTIONS
employers for scarcely enough money To
keep body and soul together?
Is it generally realized that if these
100000 children were stood shoulder to
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EVERETT UNIONS PROSPEROUS

Taking everything into consideration
the unions of this city have every rea-
sons to be proud of the showing they
have made in the past twelve months.
1t is matter of history that finan-
cial panics are disastrous to unions.
When work is scarce and men plentiful
employers of labor often take advantage
of the gmtted labor market to force
wages down and hours up, and many
men lose their courage, particularly
when there are hungry mouths to feed
and nothing in the larder. 1t is not
that they do not realize the Importance
of organization but that they cannot re-
sist the Establishments of the avaricious
employer when food and shelter are Of
fered as the rccompense for deserting
their organization. Each succeeding
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to he unfounded In the face of an at
tempt upon the part of some persons
to split the ranks of the building trades
department. it has more than held its
own and there is no more unfair work
being done in the city this summer than
in normal months. Some of the unions
have won an increase in wages and
working conditions none have suffered
the reverse. \ gratifying feature Of
the situation during the past year has
been the general good feeling on the
part of the majority of Everett's citi
zcns towards the unions. To the stal-
wart character and good citizenship of
the rank and file of labor is due this
pleasant condition of affairs. Organized
labor of Everett has truly much to be
thankful for ON this Labor Day and
rosy future to look forward to.
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panic has taught its lesson, however,
md the working people are learning to
hold to their union through all ad
versity. This fact has been amply dem
onstrated by the splendid manner in
which union men resisted all attempted
wage reductions during the forced panic
of 1907 and 1908, and the unions of Ev-
crctt came through in creditablc shape
with the loss of very little, if any in
point of membership and working con
ditions. There are about thirty unions
in the city and not a dead one in the
lot. Many unions have made distinct
advance. 1t was feared for awhile that
the influx of eastern laborcrs due to
the Seattle fair, might, in measure.
upset conditions, particularly in the
building trades line, but this fear proved
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Labor Day Symposium

shoulder they would form line nearly
900 miles in length, reaching almost
from New York City to Chicago, and
that if they were to pass given point
at the rate of one each minute, it would
take three years and four months before
the last of them had passed?
Is it realized what IA crime is being
committed not only against these inno-
cent children in denying them the right
of a happy childhood, who should be
enjoying the benefit of the school
room and the play ground, instead of
the baneful influences of the workshop
and factory in consequence of which
many of them develop as moral anl
physical degenerates. This is against
the common good of our country and the
awful penalty that nature eventually
collects for crimes perpetrated against
children in their forced employment in
gainful occupations
Aside from the inhuman and un-
Christian aspect OF child labor, and con
sidering the purely economic phase Of
the situation, is it not reasonable to as
sumo that with the elimination of these
l,750,000 children from gainful occupa
tions, that at least l,000,00O of our vast
army of unemployed would be enabled
to find employment that would enable
them to care for those dependent upon
them, and as a natural consequence the
tendency would he to eliminate many
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of the periods of hard times that the
workers have to contend with to their
disadvantage.
The public press of the country is
prone to dilate from time to time on the
greatness, civilization, and Christianity
OF our people, when the truth is that
we are years behind the progressive
countries of the old world in many di-
rections, particularly IN the care of our
children as national asset, for in this
regard we rank with Russia, which alone
of the so-caled civilized countries of
Europe permits her children to work all
night at dangerous work, and it surely
is an awful indictment of our industrial
conditions when we realize that the
greatest republic the world has known
is no higher in the scale of humanity
and civilization than the most absolute
despotism of modern times.
Ii our people are to continue in the
enjoyment of the rights and liberties
guaranteed by the constitution they
must awake to the necessity of the per
petuotion of these blessings through 4
healthy, clean vigorous citizenship,
which can best be attained through the
abolition of the child labor evil and its
awful consequences, and the slogan of
all right-minded people should be,
take the children from the factories
and workshops and place them in the
schools"
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SPEAKER OF THE DAY

The subject of this sketch, the Hon.
William Blackman, of Spokane, is, per
haps the best known and best loved
of all the labor leaders of this state. In
his eight years service to the people
of the State of Washington as state
labor commissioner and as president of
the Washington State Federation he
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earned the confidence the holds
O and
although retired the
and
5 of
of
Billy Backman chief a
his OF
hearted a Monday
Evening star., 1909-08-21
Il KEN L
WM. III. SAUNDERS & CO.,
11UI T. st NV

WM. H. SAUNDERS & CO..
140l Il st. NV.
HOUSES.
1T4s NJ nw. f1r. .b$6J 90 6'i-36-3S Morton NV.
yIl | NV 1lr b. .6J. 90 6r. b.. ........... 25. 80
1000 Md av 11r,2bj100 2227 18th NV. 6r, b. %. so
l4OS Belmont. Or b35 10 $40 Col rd 6r. b. 90. so
$50 Sth ne. Or, b.. $50
HEATED APARTMENTS.
The Solano, 8 rooms and ba th. .......... a.. 80
The Solano rooms and bath. ......... 35. so
The Lrzon G rooms and ba tn. ........... 1000
The Luzon 6 rooms and bath ..-........ 81. 80
1TG6 S st. NV, 1st floor, Or. and bath. 800
1906 s st. NV. 4th floor. Or. and bath -. 800
The Nelson, rooms and bath. ........... $3.50
The Nelson, 4 rooms and bath. ........... 1000
The Nelson, rooms and bath. ........... 1000
j23 18th ST. NV. rooms and bath. ...... q. 80
FLATS.
1929 25h Or. b. so 1901 lst NV 5r, b. 20. 80
2304 14th NV, or, b.22. so 654 Orleans ne. Or
1917 3jth NV or b. 0.50l b. hw h....... 80
HOrSES-C0LORED.
S23k. 26th NV, 4r. and b......-........ b. 1880
1OSlI 18th ne. Ar. and b. dat. ......... $500
sos 25th NV. rooms and bath. ...... 1850
S25 26th st. NV. Ar. and h. (fatI. 1880
STORES.
1919 14th ST. $500
3421 NJ st. Observation-Disclosures. 1880
STABLES.
Rear oil ST., water. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100
Rear J2Oy 9th ST. NV. water 500
Rear 20 Pierce NV, water, stalls...... 800
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