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OATS-259 Blu. Per Acre.

That is the sworn 10 yield Of Theodor,
iiarme., Lewis Co., Wash, had from
Salzer = ReiuNenated White Bonanza oat,
and won a handsome 10 acre farm. Othel
big yields are lIl bus. llo bus, l03 bus.
rte, had by farmers scattered Throughout
the u. $.
Salzer's Pedigree Barley, Flax. Corn
Oats, Wheat, Potatoes, Grasses and Glow
ers are famous the world over for theil
purity and tremendous yielding qualities
We are easily the largest growers of farm
seeds in the world.
Our catalog bristling with seed truth
free for the asking. or send Zoe in stampl
and receive 10 packages. Of farm seed nov
velous oats. together with big catalog
John \. Salzrr Seed Co. lsa South 9Th st.
La Crosse, Wis,
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Jewels Rise In Price From 20 10 Is
Per Cent. in Nine Months-
Will Go Higher.

London.-Buy your jewelry for the
coronation now. for in a short time II
will cost you more.
Every kind of precious stone. with
the exception of the ruby and opal.
has risen In price from 20 to % per
cent. during the last nine months.
The reason for the rise is" we'll
known jeweler said recently. that
the Americans have recovered from
their recent slump and are buying
every fine Jewel they can lay their
hands on.
AT the present moment we are
paying from Is to 30 per cent. more
for diamonds. Consequently. a stone
costing El00 a year ago cannot be
bought now for less than Gl25 or
c130
"Sapphires have risen 20 to 80 per
cent. and the other stones. with the
exception OF rubies and opais. are
correspondingly higher. The artif-
cial stones keep the prices down.
Opais went out OF fashion after Queen
yictoria died.
Finding that the precious stones
are 30 much higher In price. people
are buying the semi-precious stones.
such as the amethyst. topaz. peridot.
tourmaline and green garnet. As q
result. these stones. which a few
years ago could be had for n to 80.
are now worth E2 to f2 los
Comparing the prices Of stones to-
day With those Of ten years ago. the
percentages Of rises are very much
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
HEN SELECTS FERTILE EGGS
leshorn Chicken OF Fine Pedigree and
Remarkable Nature Casts Out
"unhatchabie."

Johnstown. N. Y.-Giles Freeman, q
farm hand employed fy Eddie Hale,
owns a brown leghorn hen of fine pedi.
gree and a remarkable nature.
Before he bought the fowl from
Hale. Freeman noticed whenever the
hen was put on a new setting she
would kick soseral eggs from the
nest.
Marking these eggs and placing
them under other setting hens. Free
man found not one would hstcI. The
remaining eggs invariably brought
forth chickens.
Tired of buying setting eggs for a
hen to scatter over the moor. Hale
sold the fowl to Freeman. He chris
tened her Minerva.
Freeman now uses her only to sort
worthless eggs from the settings ri
farmers who come for miles to have
the bird pass Judgment on their a.
sorted eeaa
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Jacob Wendell. Jr., who plays the
part Of the dog In Maeterlinck's dra
ma. was dining in restaurant recent
ly when a man, recognizing him as the
actor. approached and said:
Pardon me. but you take the part
of the dog In The Blue Bird do you
not? or course. you don't know IT,
but I can really bark lots more like
a dog than you"
well. you see." answered Wendell
Il had to learn. Success Magazine.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
MAKING A NURSE OF FATHER
Boston Baby Association Plans to
Have Male Parent Aid In Bring
Ing Up Infants.

Boston.-A new and novel plan has
been set on foot by the Boston Asso-
citation for the Care OF the Baby and
Its Food. whereby the father as well
as the mother is to be given careful
and concise instruction as to what is
for the best interests tn the upbring.
ing OF the child and the care of the
mother.
This departure. after much expe-
rience In mother Instruction. has been
deemed as one of the essentials In
perfecting the knowledge among the
poor concerning the health OF the
child.
The fathers are to be got hold OF
through the mothers who apply at the
different milk stations.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
a Dry Wash.

Representative Livingston of Geor.
eia, who. disguised at the bathtub de-
bate In the house recently. proposed
that little money might be made BY
renting the bath tubs out. said recent,
iy. apropos of this subject:
We are now a good deal like Bin
Spriggins on a zero morning.
Bills valet entered his bedroom
one January morning and said with q
shiver:
~'wia you take your bath hot or
cold. SIR
THANK you.' said Bill: I'll take II
for granted"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
His Head Was Hard.

Ii Is a common belief that the ne
gro's head is hard, capable of with
standing almost any blow.
The following story told by a promi-
'nent young dentist Of DanyiIle, ILL.,.
would seem to indicate something Of
the kind anyhow. Two negro men
were employed on tearing down a
three-story brick building. One ne
gro was on top of the building taking
OF the bricks and sliding them down
a narrow wooden chute to the ground.
some thirty feet below, where the
other was picking them up and piling
them.
When this latter negro was stoop-
ing over to pick up brick the former
accidentally let one fall. striking him
directly on the head.
Instead of its killing him. he merely
looked up. without rising. and said.
What you dom thar. niger. you
make me bite my tongue."-The Cir
Gle.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
Whites Food Kills Eskimos.

Chicago.-The Eskimos of Alaska
are fast becoming extinct. according
to David Johnson Elliott. former gov,
eminent educator. who has spent the
last twenty years In Alaska educating
that race and investigating gold min.
ing companies.
The natives are passing away rap.
idly" he said in an address before
the Hawkeye Fellowship club. They
can't live on the white mans food,
chiefly because they cannot cook II.
The children die OF indigestion"
Mr.. Elliott claims the honor of be.
ing the first white man to md gold In
Anvil creek. near Nome.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
Chicagoans Are to Be Taught
How to Play.
Professor Chubb Of University Of New
York Says Children Are Losing
True Spirit Of Youth and Get.
ting Into Adult Mays.

Chicago.-Prof. Percivai Chubb of
New York university and head Of the
department of English and pageants
In the Ethical Culture school of New
York. lectured here the other night
under the auspices of the Chicago
Ethical society. He sought to give i'm
petus to the Playground association Of
Chicago and to other agencies which
are attempting to teach children and
grown people how to play. for he de-
clares that It is a lost art.
The old-time play spirit has been
almost entirely forgotten" he said.
Children do not know how to amuse
themselves. They no longer play
games at parties: they don't indulge
In puppet shows and MINISTRIES.
The Sunday comic papers are
among the chief offenders against
children. In the schools. for example.
We work to develop a certain stand
ard OF literary and aesthetic tastes in
children. Constantly. In school and
out Of school. the Sunday supplement
works against any educative efforts.
In place OF better qualities. in the
trough OF the comic sheets children
learn smartness. vulgarity. money
tricks and irreverence.
Besides establishing bad habits OF
taste the Sunday supplements make
for . 'scatter-brain' state of mind
among children. The habit Of sus-
tanned attention is lost / for one
would prohibit these papers to chill
dren until they are sixteen years old
The whole environment OF the child
Is that Of the adult. On the streets.
for example. the advertisements greet
him. Some Of them suggest that,
child as he Is, one brand of whisky
would be good for him. Another sign
suggests that II he has a headache by
drinking certain preparations the ache
will be cured.
Advertisements take the place Of
the old criers. We have forbidden the
noise Of one as a nuisance. but the
appeal Of the more recent method is
just a. loud. Just as ugly rs the older
street cries. The whole glaring. blink
ting system tends to lower the stand.
ards Of things. Children become
precocious-aduits before their time.
The same state OF affairs is true
Wh1n you come TO the amusements of
children. They are all adult amuse-
ments. The theaters. the songs. the
gutter ditties and the ragtime. evea
the moving pictures which have I'm
proved In tone. present things unilt
for children. don't mean necessarily
immoral things. but ideas which are
not intended for children.
Il would urge q system OF festivals
and pageants In which schools and
settlements should unite. At Hull
House chidren's plays are given
weekly. Already dancing Is becom-
ing . fad in New York. and In Chi
caso. also. I suppose Dances to some
extent fall short because In them
selves alone they do not carry any
great idea. This Is what the pageant
accomplishes. The pageant recalls
old-folk arts. old songs. dances. and
gives them place In an artistic and
aesthetic culture.
Il am opposed to the idea that edu-
cation II for work alone. am In
favor Of an education for leisure. Un-
der the modern system Of Industrial
organisation. u q mans so',l 70 to b
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
BUY GEMS FOR CORONA TON

greater. Emeralds today are fetch
Ing prices then undreamt OF. A fine
stone would have been worth flOl
then would cost E300 now.
Pearls. Queen Mary's fayorite
stone. also fetch enhanced prices.
Some Of the finer specimens are four
times the price they were ten years
ago"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
The Human Heart

The heart 10 . wonderful double pump, through he
setion Of which the blood stream Il kept sweeping
round and round through the body the rate II
miles On hour. "Remember this, that our bodies
will not stand the strain Of over.work without food
pure blood any than the engine run smooth
~ without OIL" After many ysars Of study in the
sctive practice q medicine, DR.. R. w. Pierce found
that when the stomach was out Of order, the blood
impure and there were symptoms Of general break.
down. tonic made Of the Glyceric extract Of cestaa
roots the best corrective. This be called
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
Ready With Proof.

An earnest preacher in Georgia. who
has a custom OF telling the Lord all
the news In his prayers. recently be.
gan petition for help against the
progress Of wickedness In his town
with the statement:
% thou great Jehovah. crime Is On
the increase. II is becoming more
prevalent daily. can prove IL to you
by statistics. "-Everybody's Magazine.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Literary Atmonphere

MARK Twain was not widely read
man. How do you suppose he ever
managed To turn out so much good
Stun"
Il don't know. unless IL was because
he smoked so much"
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REVIVE LOST ART

saved. he must fall back on his leisure
hours. We must educate him for this.
We must create or draw out new ca.
pacities for enjoyment so that he can
fall back on himself"
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Simple, Rather,

He-You are the only woman ever
loved.
She-Do you expec! me tn believe
that7
He do. swear II Is true.
She-Then believe you. Any man
who would expect woman To believe
that cannot have been much In tho
company of women.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

We know nothing better for Piles than
TASKS Ointment. IL almost invariably
gives quick relief and often effects cures
In obstinate cases. Ask your druggist.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Tightness across the chest means a cold
on the lungs. That's the danger signal.
Cure that cold with liamlins Wizard Oil
before il runs into Consumption or Pncu.
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DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery

bel without alcohol
sssinste the food thereby
sstesdsd with excessive
Dr. Pssoss Connea Sense Medical Adviser rssss
Tor the Feneh closhbouad
T. v. Pissee. No. 663 Main Street. BuGao N. Y.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

He who cannot do Kindness without
a brass band Ia not SO scrupulous
about his other dealings.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
Doctors Said
Health Gone


MT. B. W.
d. b a rnes,
ex : Sheriff
Of Warren
c o y n { y.
T e nnessee,
In . letter
from Nc
Min n vile.
7 e n nessee.
writes:
Il \ a d
{ h e o Q {
{ r o U b 10
Q n d h q d
tn e e doc
tors treating
m e. A l
failed to do
m e q n y
3 God, and
DR. Onounced
my health
gone. Icon-
Clud Cd IA
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24
LADIES CAN WEAR AgOES

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot. Ease.
the antiseptic powder Ia be shaken into the
shoes II makes tight nee shoes feel EASY
As,nsS ssksfisssss For Free trial package, ad-
dress Allen 8. Olmsted, lie Roy. n. Y.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Your working power depends upon your
health, Garfield Tea corrects disorders Of
liver, kidneys. stomach and bowels.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

We pay high prices for Hides and
Furs. Sell Guns and traps cheap NJ
w. Hide q Fur Co. Minnea polls, MINI
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Magnify your personal rights and
wrongs.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Garfield Tea cannot but commend itself
To those desiring a laxative. simple. pure.
mild. potent aud health giving.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

A man may go up when you kick
him, but you cannot claim credit for
kindness.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

DR.. J. n. RiN0LAUe (speeiaIist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Fargo, N. ..
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

A good homo ID the best exposition
of heaven.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Nothing ages q woman faster than
the struggle to keep young.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

The recording angel may take more
interest In your day book than In
your hymn book
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

Stella-Is her coat Persian lamb.
Bella-No: Podunk mutton. Judge
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
TOO HAVE
THEIR TRIBULATIONS
Questions Are as Pre-
valent in Australia as in This
Country.

Trials, obstacles and complex pro-
tlems in the labor world are pretty
much the same the world over. Inn
petuous theorists can always prescribe
a solution. but .''one touch>. of ma
ture makes, the whole world kin"
and boundary lines, of countries con-
stitute no line of >demarcation. The
following resolution. has been adopted
by the Melbourne Trades and Labor
council: -.
Received, That the federal govern
ment be asked to amend section So
of the. arbitration act so as to give
power to the Industrial registerer to
refuse registration to any organiza-
ton which makes provisions in It's
rules to include a section Of an in
dustry of which industry an organiza-
ton has been registered or is about
to be registered"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
MOTHERS TRUE LOVE
WITH M'NAMARA BOYS
Mrs. Mcnamara Goes to Los An
geles to Give Cheer to Her
Prosecuted Sons.
Accepts the Hospitality rendered
Her BY the Wage Earning
Women Of Los Angeles.

A short time after the arrest Of the
Mcnamara boys the wage earning
women of Los Angeles sent SYM
pathic telegram to their aged mother
at Cincinnati, and at the same time
they asked that she come to Los
Angeles as their guest.
Mrs. Mcnamara answered the
telegram. It breathes the spirit Of
mother love and trust in her boys,
and reads as follows:
Dear Friends: In reply to your
telegram, must say am very thank
full to you all, and also very thank
full to you for the support and as
sistance you offered me, that 1 might
be with my two sons during their
trial.
II am very sorry to say, but it is
true, will have to accept said sup
port if I am to be with my sons as I
nope to be, very soon.
Il hear the trial is not going to be
delayed and I am glad of this for I
know my sons are innocent and will
be proven as such in their trial
'"The papers here stated that there
was to be a preliminary hearing to-
day, If so what did they do?
"Oh, this is awful to be so far away
from my sons with a. charge of this
kind against them, and know it is
all false, it's conspiracy.
II trust it will not take the judges
and jury long to find this out and
return a verdict Of not guilty, as the
world seems to have, for my boys.
. mo one knows what it is but a
mother to be in such an outrage as
this. - * @>5#~*s ii. $#, ~.
."All we can do is to trust in God
and pray. ~ .>@. = -" -: =
"As per you request to let you
know my experiences I have learned
that a ticket from Cincinnati to Los
Angeles costs $54.75, without meals
or berth. -, s.5"f +. =. ',]i$+'' -, =.
"As this is all for the present I will
close in thanking the working women
of Los Angeles. # .= !. h.#
Hoping to near some good news
very soon. I remain as ever your
loving friend, II I. z .i5 &. Il1.$ X
!. MRS. M'NAMARA, &.
1905 Quarry St., Cincinnati. Ohio.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
STONE CUTTERS ARE
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

CHICAGO, May 24.-The Journey
ney Stone Cutters Association Of
North America Is making splendid
progress this year; increases Of wages
having been gained by Is of it's unions
during the last four months. The
general average per hour throughout
the entire jurisdiction of this irgan-
izatioon is approximately so cents.
A raise of approximately six cents
per hour has been gained in Akron,
Ohio; Buffalo, N. Y: Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Indianapolis, Ind; Sandstone,
Mimi; Toledo, Ohio; Wheeling, w.
Va; Youngstown. Ohio; Calgary.
Canada; Nashville, Tenn; Port
Arthur, Ontario; Rochester, N. Y;
and Victoria. B. c.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
THE QUEER METHODS e.. Il
I Il .. ".s: OF BIG BUSINESS
Dividenrs for Stockholders on Wat
cred Stock No Increase for
! r. .. ~, Employees. .sS ttN.3; l .:jzs 81

Here is story Of high finance
and labor crushing. An automobile
company Of Detroit Increased its capt.
talization from $500, 900 to $1,000
600 by%smerely converting the board
OF directors and using q little ink,
not adding any real money ITO its
COT CO ffers.a q dividend OF 90 per cent
was then declared on the larger
( amount y 81 Then the workmen had the
5aE 9 y to ask for an increase IN
wages and and were b1untly II informed
! that the company could not afford
It. 4Another ompany Slt eclared q
dividend Of DO per cent, but declined
sto. listen o 4 commit tee 81 M ,orrknaeri
when l ~ they, asked 81 pay.s kll
this ha the tho
RIaliaion herr of con-
tented Yurk AraJ
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
HARD CRITICISM Of
i. WASHINGTON VA ING ILLS.
Congressman Berger Declares Dis
trict Of Columbia Govern
ment Us n-American. Is
Based on Graft Partnership
Where Real Estate Sharks
Get All the Profits.

Victor L. Berger, the Socialist
member of the house Of representa-
tives. in a summary Of his views on
the government Of the District Of
Columbia hits hard at the real estate
Spectators Of the national capitol
This is what he; says:
The Summary. =, 3
In no other city in the country
maybe in no other city In the world
rs real estate speculation SO ram
pant as it is in Washington.
The form Of government of the Dis
trict of Columbia is absolutely I'M
American and undemocratic.
This grotesque circumstance (the
payment of half the expenses Of dis
trtct government by the United
States), Is at the foundation Of all the
evils Of the district government.
+ Sooner or later the people Of the
United Estates will wake up to the
fact that they are being buncoed out
of six or seven million dollars every
year. T. #r -
All the other ills Of the district are
more or less based upon graft part
nership with the United States gov
eminent. NJ #45sSs -....
There are miles OF streets and side
walks made for the benefit of real
estate speculatorB :, ~.
believe the government should
spend a few million dollars every
year in erecting model dwellings for
its employees and for working people.
1t is notorious fact that in certain
sections Of the city the working peo-
pie are neglected, while the north
west side, where the rich people are
living, has most ofTthe improvements.
The commissioners are clean and
honest men, but they are victims of
the system.
All the benefits. OF government sup
port go to a small crowd of real
estate dealers and land owners, while
the great masses have only so much
more to pay. #7@.
Except for few land owners and
shoddy aristocrats nobody gets any
benefit out of it (government sup
port). :@=..ssst'..'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27

kabee, ILL.,. have secured an increase
in wages. -
At Rock Island, ILL.,. the painters
secured Z cents per hour increase,
carpenters cents per hour; brick
layers, 10 cents per hour; plumbers
obtained Saturday half holiday, and
the hosting engineers secured in
crease of 16 cents per hour and
eight-nour, day. 3D. 49,. -.
. Electrical Workers and Painters OF
Bakersfield, CAL, have secured an
increase of SO cents per day.
The Lathers of St. Charles, ILL.,,
Macon, Ca. Hinsdale, ILL.,, and Twin
Falls, Idaho, have recently formed
local unions.
Twelve unions of Journeymen
Tailors nave secured an increase Of
10 per cent, and new local organ
liked in Bridgeport, Conn.
Tailors of Logansport, Ind, have
secured increase. 49,
At Pittsburg, Kansas, carpenters
secured an increase in wages from
37k to AN cents per hour.
Carpenters at Vicksburg. Miss, sue
cessfully withstood the effort to re-
duce wages. and are again at work
at the union scak.. =.
Electricians of White Plans. N. Y,
have just secured raise in wages
of rs cents per day.
Printers at Grand Forks, N. D.,
secured an increase in the municipal
water plant of IS per month. ~.
At Reading, Pa. brewery workers
got increase Of 81 per week. En-
gineers and firemen also secured 81
increase and eight-hour day. s
At Lorain. Ohio, stationary engin-
eerseers secured an Increase in the
municipal water plant of IS per
month.
The painters of Troy, N. Y, secured
an increase Of 20 cents per day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
MRS. CYRUS Il. MCCORMICK, FRIEND OF CHILDREN.

plans
wv IN Chicago for the latter half Cyrus McCor
vv mick offered to give $4,000 financial success
OF the undertaking Mrs Mccormick,
phlanhroptc
Ing revival services in her Campbe Moran
doing the preaching The
buted her means and time b the child
held New York held the tie exhiba
its
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-05-27
STREET RAILWAY CO.,
SETTLES WITH MEN
International Officers Reach Satisfac-
tory Agreement With Winnipeg
Company.

WINNIPEG, May PA settle
ment with the street railway COM
pany and division No. 80. Amalga-
Street and Electric railway men Of
this city, has been reached, and is
more satisfactory than was thought
possible. A schedule for one year
has been signed, which secures the
employees in all present regulations,
together with an increase of two cents
per hour. President Mahoon nego-
tiated the agreement
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