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The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
CARRYING PIG IRON.
The Way Scientific Study Increased
Results and Wages.

The Way Scientific Study Increased
Results and Wages.
No work seems more simple, more
unlikely to be subject to scientific
study, than the art Of carrying pig
iron. This, however, has been sub
jected to the most careful scientific
study. Men at Bethlehem, Pa, were
loading pig iron on cars at the rate of
about twelve tons a day. Certain pig
handlers were given extra wages for
doing this work under special direc-
ton. An attempt was made to ascer-
tain the relation between the amount
Of horsepower which each man exert
ed and the fatigue which he incurred.
Long continued experiment furnished
a vast amount of information, but ap-
parently no law. Finally T. W. Tay-
lor, who was conducting the expert
ments. handed the data over to an
associate who was apt at mathemati-
cal problems. Very soon he reported
that he had discovered the law-that
fatigue varied in proportion to a GER
tain relation between the amount Of
load and the period Of Test-fOr exam
pie, man carrying a ninety-twO pound
pig had, in order to avoid fatigue, to
be at rest IS per cent of the time. The
discovery Of this law involved a great
amount of data, including certain phys
iological facts concerning the poison
Gus effects of waste tissue upon the
blood and difficult mathematic fOrmU-
la, including the plotting of curves.
As a result the pig handlers were di-
rected exactly how to lift and carry
their loads and when to rest, and the
amount of pig iron handled by each
man every day increased from twelve
and a half tons ~ fOrty-seyen. Of
course the men received a great ad-
vance in wages.-Ernest Hamlin Abb
bOtt in Outlook.
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MucIIaoe and Gum.

81 went into a stationer's shop in
London one day" said an American,
land said to the shop assistant:
DO you keep mUcilage?
No, sir the young man answered.
We try to take in all the papers, but
there are so many new ones coming
out Still, I can O,1nr mucilage for
you, sir. Which number did you
want?
'T learned afterward that I should
have asked for gum, They don't have
the word 'mucilage' over there in Eng
land.
'But an Englishman travelling on
one of our railways stopped a train
boy and said:
"'Have you got any gum?
mo; don't use it, boss the boy
replied in friendly fashion, but I can
let you have a chaw off this here
plug "-Washington - Star.
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lumber,

Mulligan, the contractor, put up a
church building. Dunn was building
inspector then and when he saw the
church he said, Pat. it isn't plumb"
That made Mr.. Mulligan pretty mad.
He climbed right up and began to take
measurements. Having squinted down
the plumb line in q dozen different
places, he was ready to report. There
was a ring of triumph in his voice.
''AIr. Dunn" he said, come and look
at it y'rself. Plumb, eh? BY tn piper
that played before Moses, it's more
than plumb Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
SEEING THE FAR EAST.
IL Should Be Viewed Through the BIZ
BILE and ARABIAN Nights"

IL Should Be Viewed Through the BIZ
BILE and ARABIAN Nights"
The best books on the east, as every
one knows, are the Bible and the Ara
bian Nights" and yet l found most
travellers were saturaing themselves
with snippity descriptions Of monu-
ments and places, with tablOids Of his
tory, with technical paragraphs on ar
chitecture and the ethnic religions,
with figures about the height of this
and the length of that or condensed
statistics of exports and imports and
the tonnage through the Suez canal
and dates about the PharaOhs and the
Mughals. No wonder they see nothing,
know nothing, enjoy nothing and come
home bringing a few expIetives, adjec-
tives and photographs which can be
had for a small price in either New
York or London.
The first thing to do in going to the
east is to turn your education out on
your desk so that you can get at the
bottom of it, and there you will find
the Bible and the Ara bian Nights"
and the odyssey" and 'Iliad" and
Virgil" and "Herodotus" and Keno
phon," and you will realize what a
fool you were not to have devoted
more time to them when you were
asked to do so. Guide books can get
you to the east, but they do not get
you inside. 1t is temperament, not
trains, that cOunts.-Price Collier in
Scribner's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
It Worked,

There are Il great many ways de-
vised for avoiding jury duty.
The story is told of a man who was
noted in the county because of the bad
ness of his son. Finding that there
was no way of escape from serving,
he had an obHging friend telegraph
him at the courthouse.
The telegram read, ''Your son is no
better" The judge was so amused at
the ingenuity that he let the man off
Judge.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
An Accomplished Linauist.

did you learn any French while you
were in Paris?' asked Bildad, meeting
Slithers shortly after his return from
Europe.
'Oh, little" said Slithers. "Not 50
very much, though. I got so I could
say cigarette in French"
"Goodv said Bildad. What is ciga-
rette in French?"
Cigarette" said Slithers.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
Every Woman Can Have That Glory If She Wishes It

This YOU long, beautiful hair
hat need not be put the dresser retiring Do want
to D
hc Scalp Specialist Of DENVER Colo, who astonishing the with
My own hair my best advertisement With these hair
had
years What did for my hair doing for hn and
viii Matchless
treatment stops falling hair breaking Off cures
danduf
harsh; thick
bulbs, kink wonderful
Do in hair gyer
all by Write 7
booklet OF INFORMATION of
do
personal history of hair and
All mail promptly answered when Accent
the
length
IKE them made the The T. D. Preparation
Perkins, sole agent
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
A Coal Soldier

A French grenadier who was exas-
perated at some injustice that had
been done him by a field marshal
pointed his pistol at the marshal and
pulled the trigger, but it did not 90
off. Without moving a muscle the
veteran cried, -Four days in the cells
for keeping your arms in a bad stateg
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
Taking Away From the subisot.

When Frederick Robertson of Brigh-
ton, the great preacher who had writ
ten much about Tennyson's poems and
for whom the poet had a high regard,
first called upon him, 'I felt" said
Tennyson, ''as if he had come to pluck
out the heart of my mystery, so talk
ed to him about nothing but beer"
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Where the Joke Mas.

"ATl the publishers in the country
have turned my song down"
"Cheer up. Think what laugh you
have got on the fellow you stole the
music from!'-TOledo Blade.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02

Some people seem to think it is use
less to do right unless a crowd hap
pens to be present-Chicago Record
Herald.
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As II Innnressed Him

"How about the Nile? Great, eh?"
Eyes. AS l remember it took up
several pages in the guidebook =
Washington Herald.
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This Tells The Story COPYRIGHTED March 2Itb, 10
Woman, Stop, wait, Listen, Read
1880 West 35th Avenue, Denver, Colo.

Madam T. D. Perkins, of Denver Colo. who spent years
of the in
the hair and scalp No how dark skin IS Madam
natchless
ng beaung and growing the hair will hair there
i others have failed Have written her? and hair
her today
write and address plain Don't
unless you
L a long hair S glory to her-I Cor HIS
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02

raining Of young men and women
in successful operation.
Training. This department is
of Y. M. c. A. and Y. w. c. A.
OeaconesSes, and for Home and
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02

o. Department Of Literary Training
= Department of Industries.
g. Extension Home Classes.
There special scholarships for deserving young men and
women IN the Departments of Theology and Religious Training
Ihe next Summer School and Chautauqua will open July g.
For further information and catalogue address
PRESIDENT JAMES E. SHEPARD.
Durham, n. c.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02

Mr.. Joseph H. Jones has the finest
cigar and news stand in the city. The
Bee is on sale there.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02
Fosters DYE WOIkS

FOSTERS DYE AND CLEANING
WORKS.
(You Street, between nth and 18th
Streets, Northwest)
Business and Display Office.
nth and You Streets, Northwest
CALL AND INSPECT OUR
WORK.
Ladies suits a specially.
suits cleaned, pressed
and sponged.
Gloves cleaned.
All goods look like new when they
leave our works
FOSTERS DYE WORKS.
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Offers superior advantages for the
in many departments of work.
The following Departments ar,
1. Department Of Religious
especially for the training
Secretaries. Settlement workers,
Foreign Missionaries.
?. Department of Theology.
8. Commercial Department.
4. Literary Department.
:. Department of Music.
The Washington bee., 1911-12-02

For Rent.
Very desirable furnished and unfur-
nished rooms TO rent.
Tt 1917 New Jewsey Ave. N. w.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Soldiers and Sailors Home.

After the Introduction Of these bills
the committee OF the whole passed on
second reading the short appropria.
ton and Allen bill admitting veteran
Confederates to the State Soldiers
and Sailors Home.
The following bills also were intro
duced.
By Dowd-Directing the state treas
urer to repay sl5O.0OO and interest to
the internal improvement fund.
by Hurd-Three bills appropriatinS
money for the expenses OF the coal
mine inspectors office. creating seven
coal mine districts. each under depu'
ty inspector. and creating coal mine
rescue stations.
BY Old-To hold stockholders OF
mining companies responsible for the
debts OF the company.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
SYNOPSIS.

lawrence Rlakeiey. lawyer. goes to
Bronson case to get the deposition Of
John Gilmore. millionaire. In the latter's
home he Is attracted by a picture of
young girl. whom the millionaire explains
Is his granddaughter. A lady requests
Biakeley to buy her Pullman ticket. He
gives her lower eleven and retains lower
fen. He nnds DRUNKEN man IL lower
Ykns In lower seven and finds his clothes
10 found murdered. Circumstantial evi-
dence points to both Blakeley and the
unknown man who had exchanged clothes
with him. Blakeley becomes interested
In a girl in blue. The train is wrecked
They 60 to the Carter place for break
fast. The girl proves to be Alison West.
his partners sweetheart. Her peculiar
actions mystify the lawyer. She drops
her geld bag and Blakeley puts u in his
pocket Blakcley returns home He finds
that he Is under surveillance. Moving
pictures of the train taken Just before the
from the train with his stolen grip.
Blakeley learns that n man named Sui
Ivan lenpcd from the train near N
and sprained his ankle. He stayed some
time at the Carter place. While making
irquiries at Carter's, Rlnkeley finds All
son and kisses her. Mrs. Conway. the
woman for whom Blakeley bought the
with him for the forged notes, not know
ing that they are missing. An amateur
detective thinks he has found Sullivan.
Blakeiey and the amateur detective no
to the home of Sullivan's sister to In
restigate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
$3.50 RECIPE CURES
WEAK KIDNEYS, FREE
RELIEVES URINARY AND KIDNEY
TROUBLES, BAckAcHE, STRAIN
ING, DWELLING, ETC.
stops Pain In the Bladder, Kidneys
and Back.

Wouldn't It bo nice within n wcck or 80
to begin to say goodbye forever to tho
scnlding, dribbinE. straining, or too fro
quent passage of urine: tho forehead and
tho back of tho-hcad aches: tho stitches
and pains In the back: the growing mus
clio weakness. spots before the eyes: yell
low skin: sluggish bowels: swollen eye
IDS or ankles; leg cramps: unnatural
short breath: sleepiessness and tho de-
spondencyf
I have a recipe for these troubles that
you can depend on. and II you want to
mako n QUICK RECOVERY. you ought
to write and get u copy Of It. Many .
doctor would charge you saoo Just for
writing this prescription. but i have II
and will be glad to send II TO you entire
ly free. Just drop mo q limo like this:
DR.. A. z. Robinson. K-.A Luck Building.
Detroit. Mich. and l will send It by re-
turn mail In plain envelope. A. you will
sec when you got II. this recipe contains
only pure, harmless remedies. but II has
great healing and pain -conaucring power.
II will quickly show Its power once you
use Il, so i think you had better see what
II Is without delay. will send you .
copy frce-you can use It and cure your
self at home
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
A Corner in Candles.

AS an example Of trusts and monop-
olies prevalent even In that early day
it may be mentioned that In 1850 ono
benjamin Crabb obtained the exclus-
I've right to make sperm candles in
Massachusetts, for IA years.
A year later, however. factory was
started in Providence. R l., and with
In tho decade there were eight fac
tories in New England and ono in
PHILADELPHIA Their output greatly re-
duced the price Of candles. which not
long before sold for five shillings
pound. In those days s1.25 was worth
fully three times as much as 1t Is now.
Prom tho Designer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Protection Of Coal Miners.

The three coal mine disasters which
occurred in Colorado during the last
year. resulting in the death OF about
800 miners. have resulted In proposed
legislation to obtain better inspection
OF coal mines. Representative Joseph
Hurd of Boulder introduced bill la
the House providing for the division
OF the state into seven coal mining
inspection districts. The bill provides
for the appointment Of four additional
deputy coal mine inspectors. one fer
each proposed district OF the state.
As proposed in a second bill the
mine inspection department OF the
state would consist Of chief inspec
tor. seven deputies instead OF four. a
clerk and stenographer. The salary
OF the state mine inspector would be
$4,000 a year and that Of the deputies
$4,000 year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
CHAPTER xxiiI.-con,inued.

Couldn't see you," I maintained; ;
II can't see you now. And your sense
of contiguity didn't tell you about that
flower crock"
In the end. Of course. he consented
to go with me. He was very lame. and
helped him around to the open win.
dow. He was full Of moral courage.
the little man; It was only the phys
ical in him that quailed. And as we
groped along. he insisted on going
through the window first.
'Tf It is a trap" he whispered. Il
re two arms to your one. and. be-
sNes, as I said before. life holds much
for you. AS for me, the government
would merely lose an Indifferent EN-.
ploye."
When he found was going first
he was rather hurt. but did not wait
for his protests. swung my feet
over the sill and dropped. I made a
clutch at the window frame with my
good hand when I found no floor un.
der my feet, but was too late.
dropped probably ten feet and landed
with a crash that seemed to split my
eardrums. / was thoroughly shaken.
but in some miraculous way the band.
aged arm had escaped injury.
For heavens sake" Hotchkiss was
calling from above. have you broken
your back?"
NO" I returned. as steadily as
could. merely driven It up through
my skull. This Is q staircase. I'm COM
ing up to open another window
1t was eerie work, but I accom-
plished 1t finally. discovering. not with
out mishap. a room filled with more
tables than I had ever dreamed of,
tables that seemed to waylay and
strike at me. When had got q win
dow open, Hotel hkiss crawled through,
and we were at last under shelter.
Our first thought was for a light.
The same laborious investigation that
had landed US where we were, re-
yealed that the house was lighted by
electricity. and that the plant was not
in operation. BY accident / stumbled
across a tabouret with smoking ma
terials, and found q half dozen match
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Investigate irrigation Waters.

A bill was introduced by Representa-
tives l.. A. Hollenbeck Of Chaffee and
George II. Slater of Park county pro-
viding for an appropriation of $4,000
to investigate the Arkansas river and
the Arkansas River valley. from the
headwaters to Pueblo. and OF the
South Platte river from the headwa-
tiers to Denver. with reference to the
effect OF the diversion and use OF the
waters for the purposes OF irrigation
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
CHAPTER XIV.
His Wife's Father.

Jumped up and seized the fire
tongs. The cats wall had reused
Hotchkiss. who was wide-awake at
once He took in my offensive attitude,
the tongs. the direction OF my gaze,
and needed nothing more. As he
picked up the candle and darted out
into the hall. followed him. He made
directly for the staircase, and part
way up he turned on to the right
through n small door. We were on
the gallery itself: below us the fire
cleaned cheerfully. the cat was not
in sight. There was no sign OF my
ghostly visitant, but as we stood there
the Bokhara rug. without warning.
slid over the railing and fell to the
floor below.
Man or woman?" Hotchkiss In
quired In his most professional tone.
"Neither-that is, I don't know. /
didn't notice anything but the eyes,"
I muttered. They were looking a
hole in me. II you'd seen that cat
you would realize my state of mind.
That was traditional graveyard
yowl."
Il don't think you saw anything at
ALL" he lied cheerfully. you dozed
of. and the rest is the natural result
Of a meal on a buffet car
Nevertheless. he examined the Box.
hara carefully when we went down.
and when finally went to sleep he
was reading the only book in sight
"Elwell on Bridge" The first rays OF
daylight were coming mistily into the
room when he reused me. He had
his finger on his lips. and he whis-
pered sibilantly while I tried to draw
on my distorted boots.
81 think we have him." he said tri-
umphantly. I've been looking around
some. and l can tell you this much
Just before we came in through the
window last night. another man came.
only-he did not drop. as you did
He swung over to the stair railing.
and then down. The rail Is scratched.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Drastic Liability Bill.

Drastic measures to insure the liza
bility Of an employer in case Of the
death or injury of one his employees
have been urged in bills introduced.
hut none OF them have been so sweep
ing in their conception as n bill intro
duced by Representative Charles J.
Leftwich OF Pueblo. The provisions In
the bill places all the burden Of proof
iu case OF an accident on the en-
ployer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Augmentation Bill.

A short" term appropriation bill
for the payment OF salaries In ths
executive legislative and judicial de-
partments OF the state government:
was passed In the House: $30G.aG5.7'
is made for the payment Of salaries
from Dec. !. 1910. to March 81. 1871:
The per diem and mileage OF the mem.
bers Of the Eighteenth General AS
sembly. clerks. sergeants-at-arms and
pages are provided for in an appro-
priatIon OF $4,000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
Bank Guaranty Bill.

Framed after the Texas measure a
bank guaranty bill was introduced in
the House by Representative o.
Otero. The bill is drawn according to
recommendations made by Gov. Shat
roth and is designed to protect both
the banks and the depositors. 1t gives
the bank the option of taking out an
indemnity or surety bond or Of sub
scribing to the guaranty fund.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03

es. The first one showed US the mag
nitude of the room we stood in. and
revealed also a brass candle-stick by
the open fireplace. q candle-stick al.
most four feet high. supporting a can.
die OF similar colossal proportions. II
was Hotchkiss who discovered that
1t had been recently lighted. He held
the match to It and peered at It over
his glasses.
within ten minutes" he announced
impressively. this candle has been
burning. Look at the wax! And the
wick! Both soft!"
Perhaps It's the damp weather."
ventured. moving little nearer to the
circle Of light. A gust OF wind came
in Just then. and the flame turned over
on its side and threatened demise.
There was something almost ridicu.
lous in the haste with which we put
down the window and nursed the
flicker to life.
The peculiarly ghostlike appearance
OF the room added to the uncanninees
Of the situation. The furniture was
swathed In white covers for the win
ter: even the pictures wore shrouds.
And in a niche between two windows
bust on a pedestal. similarly
wrapped. one arm extended under its
winding sheet. made most life-like
ghost. II any ghost can be life-like.
In the light OF the candle we sur
veyed each other. and We were OBJ
jscts for mirth. Hotchkiss was taking
OF his sodden shoes and preparing to
make himself comfortable, while I
hung my muddy raincoat over the
ghost in the corner. Thus habited. he
presented a rakish but distinctly more
comfortable appearance.
when these people built" Hotch.
kiss said. surveying the huge dimen.
sions OF the room. they must have
bought a mountain and built all over
1t. What a room,"
II seemed To be a living room, al
though Hotchkiss remarked that It
was much more like a dead one. II
was probably so feet long and rs feet
wide. 1t was very high, too. with q
domed ceiling, and gallery ran
around the entire room. about Is feet
above the floor. The candle light did
not penetrate beyond the dim out
lines Of the gallery rail, but / fancied
the wall there hung with smaller pic.
lures.
Hotchkiss had discovered a fire laid
in the enormous fireplace. and In a
few minutes we were steaming before
q cheerful blaze. Within the radius
of its light and heat. we were com.
Portable again. But the brightness
merely emphasized the gloom of the
ghostly corners. We talked In sub
dued tones. and I smoked a box Of
Russian cigarettes which I found in
a table drawer. We had decided to
stay all night, there being nothing
else to do. I suggested a game Of
double-dummy bridge. but did not
urge 1t when my companion asked II
It resembled euchre. Gradually. as
the ecclesiastical candle paied in the
freight, we grew drowsy. I drew a
divan into the cheerful area and
stretched myself out for sleep Hotch-
kiss. who said the pain In his leg
made him wakeful. sat wide-eyed by
the fire. smoking a pipe.
have no idea how much time had
passed when something threw itself
violently on my chest. I reused with
a start and leaped on my feet, and a
large Angora cat fell with a thump
to the floor. The IRE was still bright,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
An Invariab;e Assumption.

'Tt must be dreadful to have any OF
your relatives become involved In
scandal"
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. Tho
only possible compensation is the ex-
tent to which It causes you to be I'm
mediately written about As n member
OF the most exclusive society"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
For Protection Of Women.

A bill making 1t a felony to traffic
with the virtue of women was intro
duced In the House Of Representatives
by Mrs. Alma v. Lafferty. The law
on this subject passed by the last Gen.
eral Assembly has been found Of
doubtful constitutionality. Mrs. Laf-
ferty's bill provides for the repeal OF
the old law and covers the alleged
constitutional defects. It provides for
q penitentiary sentence for violators
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
For Four Years Term.

The bill introduced by Representa-
tive T. H. Proske OF Denver. making
the term OF office Of the governor and
other executive officers of the state
four years instead of two, was passed
and in spite of strong opposition OH
the part of several members a canvass
for the vote showed that forty-eight
members favored the bill while sixteen
opposed 1t.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
To Eeonomixe Space.

but why Is It that you always servo
toast with each slice stood up on
edge"
"Oh. I just got into the habit; you
knew we lived In fiat when We were
FIRST married.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
The Recall Amendment.

The recall constitutional amend
ment. as introduced by Representative
Skinner and Senator Tobin. provides
for a petition signed by twenty-five
per cent OF the voters.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-03
School Tax system.

That the present school tax system
fails to collect fUf the state Its proper
revenue is the opinion Of Representa-
tive a. p. Ardourel. who introduced
o corrective measure In the House.