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widow, don't know which displaying a
worn piece Of paper), about the third
year after that Here's what II says:
I'VE hat yust hat hell bad time. savin'
yer presence, and Ay slkai skip for tjiens
Of clImit to guide piess Ay gnow IN Bad
Lands. Lawyer faller sell mine fer 10
tousan to vidder. an thin. bad cess to
him, sells It agin to Pete FER '12oos an git
stifkit OF sheriff an say hae keep dem
fer fees, an Ay knox him In fess an
take stifkit. Haze say hae tell mae spine
bane, o K all tenn, an .thrittened to jug
Pete, an the back Of me hand and the
sole Of me fut to the likes of him. savin'
yer presence, an Fader Mangan call me
big towhead chump an kant lern catty
kisnus an marry me to vidder. an Pete,
God bliss him, promised to raise the fam
fly In Holy Church, but no faller gnow
dem tines Bfour hand, an Ay tank We
yare till stiflxit bane ripe an Mine belong
vidder an Ay bane GENERAL Manager an
yu pit Boss Wit guide yob in Yune or Yuly
next. your truely. an may the BLESSED
Saints purtect ye. Peter Peterson
.;P. s.. Vidder Brady mae vie git skar
an sine stiflxit fer Brady to lawyer faller
like dam fool woman trik an sattle Wit
him but Ay tink dat legyerkin bane bad
all sem an yump TO Bad Lands II We
dodge injunction you're friend. Pete"
So they got married.
Well. this hunger sleuthed me out when
was prospecting alone next summer.
Hello, BILL" said he, abrupt-like.
Cook a double supply OF bacon"
Sure" said. Got any eating to-
bacco. Lungy?"
BILL" said he. after We had fed our
respective faces, did you ever wonder
why that Swede received such prompt
recognition without controversy for his
absent patellar refiex?'
Never wonder about anything else, 4"
said 1. 'why?''
1T was this way" said he. THE crowd
that robbed Sile Wilson found they had
sold too much stock. and quit mining
ore to run il down SO they could buy II
back. Some big holders rung on, and
they had to make the play strong. So
they went broke for fair. and let Brady S
widow and Pete and a lot Of others get
judgments. and they bought up the certi-
1cates of sale. Dye see?''
kind Of" said I. It'll come to me
all right"
1T was a stock market harvest of
DEATH" said Lungy.- The judgments
were to wipe out all the stock. This
cOnvinces me that the vein Is hidden and
not lost, as you said"
81 thought I mentioned the fact" said
I, that Brady showed me the ore
chute
That's why I'm here said he. 'I
want you to find Pete Peterson for me-"
"why?' ] said.
Because" answered Addison, Hes
got the junior certificate"
Cline me the grips and pass words, -
I demanded, "the secret work OF the
order may clear II up
LISTEN said he. Each certificate
calls for a deed to the mine the day tt's
n year old: but the younger can redeem
from the older by paying them on-the
second from the first, the third from the
second. and so on
kind OF rotation pool" said I, with
Pete's claim as ball fifteen?"
Yes" said he: only the mine itself
has the last chance. But they think they
know that Pete won't turn up, and they
gamble on stealing the mine with the
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CoOpyrisht by the Bobbs-Merin Company
It narrows a man to stick around in
enc place. You broaden out more pam
watching the cars go by Tor years.
I've been everywhere from Alpha, III,
to Omega, Okla. and peeked over most
OF the jumping-on places; and Iowa Is
not the whole works at all. That's why
I'm here now. Good quiet State to moss
over in; but no life, Me for the noun
tains where the stealing is good yet, and
a man with genius can be q millionaire,
was in one big deal once-the Golden
Fountain Mine. Pete Peterson and
worked In the Golden Fountain and
boarded with Brady, pit boss. Ever
hear of psychic power? medium told
me once that have 1t, and that's why
folks tell me their secrets. The second
day Brady told me the mine was being
wrecked.
How do you known" said /.
They're mimi bird's-eye porphyryr"
said Brady, ''pudtendin' they've lost the
lode"
Maybe they have" said /.
Not them" replied Brady. who never
had had any culture. II can show you
the vein broad's a road an rich as
puddn"
didn't care a whoop,, as long as
they paid regular; but Brady worried
about the widows and orphans that had
stock. I said I had no widows and Or
phans contracting insomnia for me, and
he admitted he hadn't. But he said a
man couldn't tell what he might &C.
Quire. Soon after. a load of stulls broke
loose, knocking Pete Peterson numb,
and in the crash Brady accumulated a
widow. 1t was thought quite odd, after
what he'd said.
The union gave him a funeral, and
then we were all rounded up by a law
yer that insisted on being a pa1ibearer
and riding with the mourners, he and
Brady had been such dear friends. The
widow never heard of him; but unless he
was deaf to Brady, why did he cry over
the bier, and pass out his cards, and say
ned make the mine sweat for this? 1t
didn't seem reasonable, and the widow
signed papers while he held in his grief
Then We found he had awful bad luck
losing friends. A lot of them had been
killed or hurt, and he was suing COM
panies to beat tours. We were going
over our evidence, and another bunch
was there with a doctor examining to
see how badly they were ruined.
Beautiful injury said the lawyer.
humping a husky Hun on the leg. mo
patellar reflex, Spine ruined. Beautiful!
Wen make EN- sweat for this
He surely was a specialist in corpor-
ate perspiration. 1 asked what the pa
telIar reflex was, and the doc had Pete
sit And cross his legs. and explained.
Mr.. Peterson" sad he, has a normal
spine. When I concuss the limb here,
the foot will kick forward involuntariIy.
But in case of spinal injury, It will not.
Now observeI'
He whacked Pete's shin with a rubber
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GROWTH OF MOVING ~
PICTURE INDUSTRY
SHOWN IN VIENNA

the primitive devices made OF wood from
which sixty feet OF film were rolled by
hand twenty years ago, and which were
regarded as the wonder OF the century
by the people all over the earth And
the cheapest OF those instruments in
those days cost 5000.
Now there are films several miles long.
and the best of apparatus costs less than
the original primitive one, which is
looked upon by visitors as an antedelu-
Wan product.
The exposition demonstrates the re-
markable change in mimic acting. I'M
folded by the invention OF moving pic
lures. 1t gives statistics, too, that are
highly interesting. Just to give a few
figures:
The international film industry pro-
duces annually S75,OOO,OOO feet of film,
which are thrown upon the canvases of
12,0OO theaters, with a personnel Of 120. 900
employees, and are viewed by ZOO. 0o0, 600
people. The Oldest firm. Pathe Freres,
who in 1886 employed only 80 men, now
employs more than 1000 people in the
production OF films that grew from $4,000
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Farm Labor in America
ShOwS Steady Decrease
George K Holmes, Chief of Production and Dis.
tribution Bureau, Department of Agri-
culture, Makes Annual Report.

Farm labor in this country has pre-
scented the problem of a diminishing
supply, relative to the population. since
the days of original settlement. 1t is
the old familiar feature of the indus
trial nations of the world" says George
K. Holmes, chief OF the Division of
Production and Distribution of the De-
partment of Agriculture, in a report
on Farm Labor" to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
Holmes, this problem was almost en-
tfreIy confined to the quantity of the
supply, but, in the last decade or two,
# has assumed a new phase in which
not only the amount Of farm labor,
relatively. has declined, but the quail
ity has either declined or failed in an
important degree to keep pace with
the need for labor, more skill and more
intelligence"
rollers of the Soil.
Mr.. Holmes enters into ? discussion
of the percentages of persons engaged
in agriculture, forest work, and fish
ing, relatively to the whole population.
The reason for grouping these employ
ments is that they represent the classes
of industry which have to do with
original production from soil. wood
lands and water Of the food supplies
and building material of the world.
BY q rough comparison he arrives at
the conclusion that the percentage
standing for these three groups of oc-
equations is 35.9 per cent for the
United States: for Germany. 35.2 per
cent; for France, AIS per cent; for the
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Both parties kept still." replied
Lungy. whats the answer, BillT'
Both got the same guilty secret.
said I. "and they've got It the worst.
They know where Pete Is. So viii We II
We follow their spoor."
We pelted on right brisk after them.
The draw got to be a canyon. with
grassy sheep-nibbled bottom. and we
knew we were close to somewhere. At
last. rolling to US around bend, came
tide Of remarks. rising and swelling to
the point OF rough-house and riot.
The widow said l. "She knows me.
You go in, Lungy, and put up stall to
keep 'em from seeing Pete alone first"'
/ crept up close. The widow was call
ling the Jsckleg everything that a perfect
lady as she was, you know. could lay
her tongue to, and he trying to blast q
crack In the oratory to slip a word into.
IT dislike" said Lungy, TO disturb
privacy; but We want your man to show
US the way
who the devil are your said the
sheriff.
my name" began Lungy. 4.
WHATEVER Il is, sorr," said the widow,
its a betther name nor his you shpake
to-the black far-down, afther taking me
man and LAWN me shtarve wild me bah
bies he robbed iv what the coort give!
But as long as I've a tongue in me hid to
hould. yen not know where he's hid"
And Just then down behind me comes
Pete on a fair-sized cayuse branded with
double X.
Dat bane you, BiII?" said he casual
like. You most skar me-
I tagged him back piece and told
him the Jackleg was there. He ran. and
I had TO rope him.
You're nervous, Pete" said J. helping
him up. Whats the matter?'
Dis blame getaway biz" he said.
''bane purity touch on faIlar. Ay listen
an yump all TEN nights
How about going back for the miner
I asked.
Dat bane guide yoke" he grInned. "Ay
got guide flock an plainly range hare, an
Ay stay, Ay tank. Yu kill lawyer fallar,
Bill. an take half whole shooting
MATCH
Got that certificate?' I asked.
It was all worn raw at the folds. but
he had II. The Jackleg had an assign
ment all ready on the back, and I wrote
AddIson's name in, and made Pete sign
it.
Now" said I. well take care OF Mr..
Jackleg. and you'll get something for
this, but don't know what. Don't ever
come belly-aching around saying we've
bunked you after Lungy has put his
good money and COPIED the mine These
men want this paper. not you. Prob
ably they've got no warrant. Brace up
and stand pat
So we walked around bold as brass. The
widow was dangling a Skandy-looking
kid over her shoulder by one foot, and
Analysing the parentage OF Jacklegs
Lungy was grinning, but the sheriff s
face was shut down.
"Ah. Mr.. Peterson said the lawyer.
And our old and dear friend William
Smoke. too. ] thought I recognized you
this morning! And now. please excuse
our old and dear friend. Mr.. Peterson,
for a moments consultation"
Dis bane guide pless," said Pete.
Crack ahead"
This is a private matter, gentlemen"
said Jackleg.
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farm labor has been diverted from the
farm. The movement OF farm labor TO
town and city, and to industry and trans
portation, is to be accounted for quite
as much by the student of Psychology
as by the Student of economics. To
the farm laborer who has been in the
city little II at all. there is a glamour
in city life which has a powerful inf1u-
ence upon his volition. The case Is
similar to that of the boy who runs
away from home to hunt Indians. When
this Is Joined to the greater nominal
rate OF wages that can be earned In the
city, the combin nation OF a little reason
ing with a good deal Of imagination is
likely to rob the farmer of his hired
man.
In a comparison of the average wages
paid to farm laborers 1t is shown that
the earnings of such men and women
have steadily Increased since lSoo In
1893 the average stood at 1888 month.
It had increased to s15.5l in 1900, and
stands to-day at about 81. This has
been brought about by competition be-
tween agricultural and other employ
ments, and the flow of labor away from
the farm. To retain his labor the farmer
must put up the rate Of wages.
Reason for, Living Cost.
Mr.. Holmes enumerates this as one of
the chief causes of the increased cost OF
farm products in recent years, saying
that one Of the important things on the
farm is to produce commodities the prices
Of which are high enough to sustain
competitive wages. Mr.. HolEaes goes into
the question of the increased cost of pro-
duction on the farm and mentions the
advance in the maintenance OF the farm
house, the cost of machiery necessary to
carry on agricultural operations, and all
the varied equipment Of the modern
farm. It all costs money. and more
money each year as the prices of COM
medities mount higher and higher.
In general outlook for the future of
farm life Mr.. Holmes says:
The farmer would not need to get his
labor from the cities II he could hold the
country population to the soil, and the
recognition of the Importance Of re-
tanning the children ON the. farm and OF
keeping country labor from migrating
to cities is governing most Of the work
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at don't understand-" said he.
The law department must be connect
,ed In series with the mine machinery, y
said I, land shuts on with the same
switch. Do we get this on foul?"
''oh. nothing fouir' said he. Default
you see"
mo show-up at ringside." said I; % tc
o.? How about bets?'
Everything is all right" said he, look.
ing as worried. Wen sell the mine, and
make the Judgments"
And get the Golden Fountain said
I ION an Irish pit boss and q swede''
spinner"
Certainly" said he. 'ff they don't re,
deem"
"show me- said I: I'm from Mis-.
souri,! It's too easy to be square. She
won't PAM"
Date bane hellufa pile money fr vid.
DER" said Pete when we were alone
Ten thousan' fr Brady, an twelf II
spine! Ay git yob work. fr her in miner
you wild Scandinavian said !
that's your spinner
Mae spinner he grinned. "Ay gasi
not! Dat leg yerkin' bane only Evidence
Dat spine bane vidder'sr'
couldn't make him see that il wa
his personal spine, and the locomotol
must be attacking. He smiled his foo
smile and brought things to comfort
Mrs. Brady's last days. But she knew
and took him to Father Mangan. and
Pete commenced studying the cate.
chism against the time OF death: but q
didn't take. The circuit between tht
Swedenwegian intellect and the Irish
plan OF salvation looks like it's ground
ed and don't do business.
One night the lawyer asked me e
tell "the Peterson as he called them
that some New Yorker had stuck an In,
PREVENTION or mandamus into the cylin.
der and stopped the courts selling ma
nhInery. I'VE may be delayed a year oil
So" said he. Pete had gone to the wild.
ow's with a patent washbosrd that wa!
easy on the spine, and single-footed up
too. And there was that yellow-mus
tacher Norsky holding the widow on hi,
lap, bridging the chasm between races In
great shape. He fiinched some. and hi.
neck got redder, but she fielded her posi-
ton In big league form, and held heI
base.
"Bein' as the poor man is not long II
this wicked world" sid she, AN sucf
n thrue man. swearin' as the Eyer want.
ed. thought whole the crather stays
wild US
Sure" said 1. "Congrats! When,
the merger?
1ey. Shyb Eete.
The nuptials," said l. The broom.
stick jumping"
The widow got up and explained thai
the espousals were hung up till Pete
could pass his exams with Father Man
gan
Marriage" said she. as a sacrilege
and not lightly REQUIRED. oh, :he thrials
Of young wildly. what wild Swedes. and
her sowl. an the childer that may be-
Gwan wild yes, ye divvle ye"'
Now there was a plot for a painter
the widow thinking Pete on the blink
spinally. and he soothing her last days
all on account Of a patellar reflex that
an ambulance chaser took advantage Of
and the courts full OF quo warrantoei
and things to keep the Jackleg from
selling listed mine. with hoisting work.
and chlorination tanks,
got this letter from Pete, or the
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hammer, but Pete never kicked. His
foot hung loose like, not doing blamed
thing that the doc said It would IL his
spine was in repair. The doc was plumb
dumbfounded.
Most remarkable case OF volitionai
control" he began.
'Volitional your grandmother" yells
the lawyer Mr.. Peterson IL ruined alsoi
He was stricken prone in the same neg
ligent accident that killed dear Mr..
Brady! He Is doomed A few months OF
progressive induration Of the spinal cord,
and breaking up of the multipoiar cells,
and-death, friend. DEATH!
The widow began TO whimper, and the
lawyer grabbed Pete's hand and bursted
into tears-Pete, being q Swede, never
opened his face.
but" said the lawyer cheering up,
well make them sweat for this. Shall
we not vindicate the right Of the work.
ingman to protection. Mr.. Peterson
"Yu bait" said Pete. "Ay bane guide
Republican"
And vindicate his right" went on the
lawyer, Ito safe tools and conditions of
employment
"Ay tank we windicate," said Pete.
'.Nobly saidT' said the lawyer. and
hoped to II making agreements for con-
tingent fees and other himfams. 1t was
wonderful how sort Of patriotic and I'M
selfish and religious and cagey he always
was.
We quit the Golden Fountain, and
got some assessment work for Sile Will
son. Pete wouldn't go. He was sort of
hanging around the widow, but bis
brains were so sluggish that I don't be-
lieve he knew why. I picked up man
named Lungy to help. Sile's daughter
Lucy kept house for Sile in camp. and
in two days she was calling Lungy Mr..
Addison" and reproaching me for string
ing a stranger that had seen better days
and had a bum lung and was used to
dressing for dinner. I told her 1 most
always allowed to wear something at
that meal myself. and she snapped my
head of. He was a nice fellow for a
lunger.
when 1 had to go and testify in the
Brady and Peterson cases against the
Golden Fountain, old Sile was willing.
I'D like to help stick the thieves"' he
Missed.
How did you know they were thieves?
asked I.
II located the claim said he. and
they stole it on a measly little balance
for machinery-confound them
We'll, they're stealing II again." said
I: and I explained the lost vein business.
They've pounded the str1'l away
down. said the Hunger I've it's a
good buy
Draw your 1en-twenty-five from
Sile,'' said and come with me and
buy it,
Il think I will CO." said he. And he
did. He was a nice fellow to travel with.
Well, the Golden Fountain was shut
down, and had no lawyer against US. II
was a funny hook-up. We proved about
stulIs. and got a judgment for the widow
for $4,000 Then we corraled another
jury and showed that Pete had no patel
lar reflex. and therefore no spine, and
got a shameful great verdict for him.
And all the time the Golden Fountain
never peeped, and Lungy Addison looked
on speeches.. Our lawyer was numb, II
was so easy.
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feet annually to the present production
Of 1T.oO0,OOo feet per year.
Receipts $500, 400, 900.
The annual receipts OF all moving pic
ture shows are estimated at 500, 900.
The piece lie resistance at the EXPOSE
ton is a perfected reporting cinemato-
graph" which shows upon canvas any
event three hours after its occurrence.
In these rooms, VIII ere the moving pic
ture industries of the whole world are
represented, may be seen the evidence
of the progressive work of the various ma
tons. France is found to be still the
leader in the production of films, with
America as a close competitor for second
place. Considerable work is done in Ger
many and Austria along the same lines.
while the northern countries, represented
by Denmark. are forging to the front
with astonishing rapidity.
1t is shown that great authors and
playrights are invading the new field
with their creations In every country.
One Of the best known German authors
Is represented with two Of his latest
works. THE Crazy Theresina'' and THE
Secret Of the Great Tenor" The field is
one Of unlimited possibilities.
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Centenarians of Europe

From the Savannah Morning NeWs
Statistics arranged in Germany show
that Europe has at present more than
1000 people who have passed the age
of 100 years. Bulgaria heads the list
with 3,SsS centenarians: Roumania and
Serria follow. with 1.704 and SO, re-
spectively. Among the other. nations
comes Spain, with 40 France, notwith-
standing its larger population, has but
2l3 centenarians. In Italy there are
only 1877, in Austria Hungary 113. in Eng
land 80, in Russia 50. in Germany IS,
in Norway 9, in Sweden 10, in Belgium
and in Denmark 2. A scientist. in
speaking OF these figures, says that
statistics from America. Canada and
Australia make a. much better showing
in proportion to the population than the
United States, where, he claims, the
nervous strain to get rich quick tends
considerably to shorten lives.
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by nation and States in behalf Of ag-
riculture.
THE old practice was to trust to the
printed page for the instruction OF the
farmer, but in the course OF time 1t
was found that this was poorly pro-
ductive OF results. Then followed the
farmers institute movement. which con-
sisted Of lectures, sometimes later with
practical demonstrations. In the mean
time the United States Department of
Agriculture and the experiment stations
got into more practical lines OF work
by means Of special advice in special
cases, formerly by mail and now by
personal visits; so that 1t has been dis
covered that the most successful pro-
motion of agricultural knowledge and
practice is caused by practical demon
stration under the observation OF the
farmers to be Instructed
Force of Trained Agents.
I'm 1904 the department inaugurated on
a small scale what is now known as Its
farmers cooperative demonstration
work" The initial efforts met with such
emphatic success that the work was
gradually increased until within four
years the whole cotton belt and many
outlying regions were covered by large
force OF trained field agents, all practi-
cal farmers These men are welding a
wonderful influence among the farmers
of the South to adopt better agricultural
methods and to use improved seed and
thus to increase their profits. In 1872
the movement was extended to the East
ern States.
Striking proof of the success of this
work is that the results have attracted
SO much attention that voluntary private
contributions toward its extension have
almost reached the total amount appro-
pristed by Congress for its maintenance.
Large districts which had been almost
deserted on account of the boil weevil
are now more prosperous than at any
time in their history, and many men who
have been renters are buying land and
raising cotton profitably as a result OF
better systems of management.
Closely related to this work are the
farm management Investigations Of the
department. consisting primarily of de-
tailed study OF the practices followed
on the most successful farms In we'll
defined communities and the application
OF adaptation OF these practices to other