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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17
Preparing for Convention.

President James Short and Secretary
w. j. Spencer are preparing for the
convention Of the Building Trades de-
partment, which will go into session
when the federation convention ends.
Delegates to the Building Trades de-
partment report over 100000 members.
Biennial conventions will be urged
hereafter.
Wesley Russell. secretary treasurer
of the Commercial Telegraph piers ,
union, has appealed to this convention
for aid in organizing commercial
photographers all over the United
States He Is pointing out TO the dele
gates the history of the warfare that
The telegraph companies have waged
against the Commercial Telegraphers
union and has won many supporters.
The commercial telegraphers are pio-
neers in the labor movement They
were first organized in 1864 and for
nearly fifty years have been obliged
20 struggle to advance against terrible
opposition. They were obliged TO en-
gage in strikes in defense Of their
rights in 1870, 1853 and 1907.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17
LONDON LIKELY TO
= TAKE STREET TRANS
Special Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to Tho Tribune.
LONDON. Nov. 16.-During the great
railroad strikes the question of nation
aljzing the railroads of Great Britain.
which, like tho railroads OF the United
States. are now owned by private compa-
nies, was repeatedly raised and there is
now a possibility that as an experiment
in that Erection tho municipal authorl-
ties OF London or perhaps the state may
tal1e-over all the transport facilities OF
London, surface and underground.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17
The Doctors Answer
On Health and
Beauty Questions
BY DR.. LEWIS BAKER.

The questions answered below are gem
cTal in character: tho symptoms or dis
coscI arc given and The answers VIII up-
ply to any case Of similar mn turc.
These Wishing further advice, frec. may
address DIR. Lewis Baker. College Bldg,
College F.llwood Sts.. Dayton OHIO, en-
closing self addressed. stamped envelope
Ter reply. Full name and address must be
given but. only initials OF iictitoUs name
will be used in my answers. The pre-
sCriptiona can be lllcd at any we'll
stocked drug store. Any druggist can
ordrl OF MhClNsalrr.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17
SAVE TIME AND TROUBLE

Looking at all the vacant places in
town. Find the homo or office that
You need by advertising in tho Want
Ads. They are time savers. trouble
Yeducers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17

JUSTRITE COAL. all kinds, care
fully screened. Alliance Coal Co., II
Main street, Phone Was. 1443.
(AdTortinsnenO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-17
Such Misery Causing Makeshlfts Are
the Ruptured Mans Worst Enemies

Depending on elas-
tic or spring truss
-liko shown above
is little less than
slow suicide. Such
contraptionS are al
most sure TO short
eli your life.
It's hard to make
them hold, even
when drawn so
flOht tlnof tnn,S
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-12

science reused herself. feebly. for II
had been long time since occasion
had necessitated her presence.
Ryanne narrowed his eyes, carefully
balancing the possibilities. Say, one
thousand pounds. 1t is like giving il
away. But when the devil drives, you
know. 1t is beyond any set price; II
Is worth what any collector is willing
to pay for 1t. believe l know the
kind Of l!an you are, Mr.. Jones. and
that is why, when learned you were
In Cairo, came directly to you. You
would never sell this rug. No. You
would become like miser over hia
gold. You would keep it with your
emeralds Il have heard about them,
too); draw the curtains, lock the
doors, whenever you looked at It. Eth I
You would love 1t for its own sake,
and not because 1t is worth so many
thousand pounds. You are sailing In
few days; that will help. The Pasha
is in Constantinople. and 1t will be
three or four weeks before he hears OF
the theft, or the COST" with certain
grimness.
you haven't killed any one?" whis.
pered George.
Il don't know; perhaps. Christian.
ity against paganism; the Occidental
conscience permits It," Ryanne made
a. gesture to indicate that he would
submit to whatever moral arraignment
Mr.. Jones deemed advisable to make.
But George made none. He rose
hastily. sought his knife and, without
so much as by your leave, slashed the
Irvine, flung aside the paper, and threw
the rug across tho counterpart. II
was the Yhiordes. There was not the
slightest doubt in his mind. He had
heard 1t described. he had seen a
photograph Of 1t, he knew its history
and, most vital Of all, he owned a
good copy Of It.
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5tIT 1911 - BoeB5 -f1ERRILL coNRANY .
COPYRIGHT

Twenty.four hundred at cards. and to
lose it like tyro! Wallace has taught
me all he knows, but I'm BOBBY.
Twenty.four hundred, firms money.
It's a failing of mine. the firing money.
But. damn it all, can't cheat a man
at cards; I'd rather cut his throat"
He found his pipe. and a careful
search Of the corners of his coat-pock.
cts revealed a meager pipeful Of to-
be- eco. He picked out the little balls
Of wool. the ground.coffee, the cloves,
and pushed the charge home into the
crusted bowl Of his briar.
ITO the devil with economyl A
pint Of burgundy and q perfecto II
they hale US to Jail for 1t. I'm dead
tired. I've seen three corners In hell
In the past two months. I'm going as
far as four sovereigns will take me.
Fortune Chedsoye." His blue
eyes became less hard and his mouth
less defiant. Il repeat, the heart
should be nothing but pump. 9th.
erwise It gets in the way, becomes an
obstruction, bottomless pit. WILL
power, that's the ticket. l can face a
lion without an extra beat, I can face
the various countenances Of death
without an additional flutter; and yet,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-12
CHAPTER Nv.
An Old Acquaintance,

That faculty which decides on the
lawlessness of our actions; SO the
noted etymologist described oon.
science. IT fell to another distin-
guished intellect to add that con-
science makes towards Of us all. Az.
Bhe may be overcome at times, side.
tracked for any special desire that de.
mands clear way; but she's after us.
fast enough, with that battered red
lantern Of hers. which. brought down
from all tongues crisply into our own,
reads-"Don't do it," She herself Ia
not wholly without cunning. She rare
ly stands boldly upon the track to flag
ns as we come. She realizes that she
might be permanently ditched. No; 1t
Is far safer to run after us and cptch
US. A dispersion. perhaps, but mora
pertlnently an application.
Temptation then no longer at his
shoulder, George began to have
uualms. little chaps. who started buz.
ling into his moral ears with all that
maddening, interminable drone which
makes one marvel however do school
teachers survive their first terms.
Among these qualms there was none
that pleaded for tho desolate Turk or
his minions whose carelessness had
made the theft possible. For all George
cared. the Moslem might grind his
forehead In the soulless sand and
make the air palpitate with his plants
to Allah. No. The disturbance was
due to the fact that never before had
he been Willingly the purchaser of
stolen goods. He never tried to gloze
over the subtle distinction between
knowing and suspecting; and II he had
been variously suspicious in regard to
certain past bargains. conscience had
found no sizeable wedge for her de.
.murrers. The Yhiordes was confessed
Iy stolen.
He paused, with his hand upon the
door-knob of his room. II he didn't
keep the rug, 1t would fall into the
hands Of collector less scrupulous.
To return It to the Pasha at Bagdad
would be pure folly, and thankless. 1t
was one Of the most beautiful weav.
lngs In existence. 1t was as priceless
In its way as any Raphael in the vati.
can. And he desired its possession in.
tensely. Why not? Insidious phrase!
Was 1t not better that the world
should see and learn what a wonderful
craft the making Of rare rug had
been, than to allow 1t to return to the
Bordid chamber of harem, to newt.
able ruin? As Ryanne said, what the
deuce was fanatical Turk or Arab
TO him?
Against these specious arguments in
favor Of becoming the adventurer's
abettor and accomplish, there was
first the possible stain of blood. The
man agreed that he had come away
from Bagdad in doubt. George did
not like the thought of blood. Still.
he had collected q hundred emeralds,
not one Of which was without its red
record. Again, II he carried the rug
home with his other purchases, he
could pull 1t through tho customs only
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this was the essence or Ire ne coveted.
He smiled at the thought and the sure
knowledge that he was not the only
wolf in the fold. Ay, and who among
these dainty Red Riding Hoods might
be fooled by vulpine grandmother
Truth, when a fellow winnowed it all
down to a handful, there were only
fools and rogues. If one was a fool,
the rogue got you, and he in turn de-
voured himself.
He held his glass toward the table
lamp, moved it slowly to and fro un-
der his nose, epicureanly; then he
slipped the wine. Something like! 1t
ran across his tongue and down his
throat in tingling fire. nectarious; and
he went half way to Olympus, to the
feet of the gods. For weeks he had
lived in the vilest haunts, in desperate
straits, his life N his open hands; and
now once more he had crawled from
the depths to the outer crust of the
world. It did not matter that he was
destined to so down into the depths
again; so long as the spark burned
he was going to crawl back each time
Damnable lucki He could have lived
like prince. Twenty-four hundred
and all in two nights, a steady stream
Of gold into the pockets of men whom
he could have cheated with consum
mate ease, and didn't. A fine wolf
whose predatory instincts were still
rtveted to that obsolete thing called
conscience!
conscience? Roti Let us 70,
once be frank and write It down al
caution, as fear Of publicity, anything
but the white guardian-angel Of the
Immortality of the soul. Heap up the
gold, Apollyon; heap it up. higher and
higher, till not squeak of that still
small voice that once awoke the char
in the Old Testament can ever again
be heard. Now, no more retrospection
Horace; no more analysis; the vita
question SINNERS down to. this: II
Percival Algernon balks. how far will
four sovereigns go?"
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Against temptation that was robust

Against temptation that was robust
and energetic and alluring (like the
man who insists upon Jour having a
drink when you want It and ought not
to have it). what chance had con.
science, grown innocuous in the long
period OF the young mans good be.
havior7 Collectors are always honest
before and after that moment arrives
when they want something desperate.
~; and George was no more sanity
than his kind. And how deep Ryanne
and his confederntes had delved into
human nature. how we'll they could
read and Judge 1t, was made manifest
In this moment Of Georges moral re.
lapse.
Bagdad. the jinns. sinbad, the Thou.
sand and One Nights. Alibaba and the
Forty Thieves; George was transport.
ed mentally to that magic city, sand.
Ing between the Tigris and the Eu.
pirates, In all its white glory Of q
thousand years gone. Ryanne, the
room and Its furnishings, all had van.
ished. all save the exquisite fabric pat.
termed out Of wool and cotton and
knotted with that mingling love and
skill and patience tho world knows no
more. lie let his hand stray over It,
How many knees had pressed its thick
yet plant substance? How many
strange scenes had it mutely wit.
messed. scenes Of beauty, Of terror? It
shone under the light like the hide Of
healthy hound.
The nerves Of smoker are general
~ made apparent by the rapidly Of
his exhalations. These two, In the
several minutes, had filled the room
with thick. blue haze; and through
this the elder man eyed the younger.
The sign Of the wolf cleaned In his
eyes, but without animosity, modified
as 1t was by the half.friendly. half.
cynical smile.
I'll risk It," said George finally.
having stepped of the magical carpet.
as 1t were. Il can't give you a thou
sand pounds tonight. l can give YOU
three hundred. and tho balance tomor.
row, between ten and eleven, Il,
Cooks"
THAT will be agreeable to mo-"
George passed over all the available
cash he had, rolled up the treasure and
tucked 1t under his arm. That some
where in tho world was a true be
lever. waiting and beating his breast
and calling down from Allah curses
upon the giaour. the dog Of an in1del,
who had done this thing, disturbed
George not In the least.
Il say" as he opened the door, "you
must tell me all about the adventure,
1t must have been Il thriller"
1T was" replied Ryanne "Tho
story will keep. Later, II you care to
hear It,"
"of course" added George, moved
by discretionary thought. this trans.
action Is just between you and me-"
you may lay odds on that" heart.
lily. well. good night. See you at
Coca in the morning."
Good night" George passed down
the corridor to the adjoining room.
And now. bangl goes Pandora's box.
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nyanne solemnly detached q cuff
and rolled up his sleeve. The bare
muscular arm was SCARED by two
long, ugly knife-wounds, scarcely
healed. Next he drew up trousers
leg, disclosing battered shin. And
there's another on my shoulderblade,
the closest call ever had. A man
who takes his life in his hands, az I
have done. merits some reward. Mr..
Jones. I'll be frank with you. I am q
kind Of derelict. Since was boy, I
+ have hated the humdrum Of offices,
Of shops. I wanted to be my own man.
to go and come as I pleased. To do
this and live meant precarious ex.
ploits. This rug represents one Of
them. am telling you the family
secret; am showing you the skele-
ton in the closet. confldentially. I
stole that rug; and when l say that
the seven labors Of our old friend
Hercules were simple diversions COM
pared, youM recognize the difficulties
I had to overcome. You know some
thing Of the Oriental -.1ind. hand.
led the job alone. I may not be out
Of the Jungle yet"
George listened entranced. He could
readily construct the scenes through
which this adventurer had gone; the
watchful nights, the untiring patience,
the thirst, the hunger. the heat. And
yet. he could hardly believe. He was
tr1fie skeptical. Many a rogue had
mado the mistake of playing Georges
age against his experience. He had
made some serious blunders in the
early stages Of tho business. how
ever; and everybody, to gain some
thing in the end, must los, something
at the start.
If that rug is the one have in
mind, you certainly have stolen 1t.
And II It's copy. Ill tell you quickly
enough"
That's fair. And that's why"
Ryanne declared. II wanted you to,
look at it. To me. considering what L
have gone through to get 1t. to me, it.
is the genuine carpet. To your expert
eye 1t may be only fine copy. know
AAAb uAuCl, tLtI TdiS rugs anu p6lUI.
ings have many copies, and that some
one Is being hooked, sold, bamboozled,
sandbagged, every day In the week If
this Is the real article. want you to
take 1t off my hands," the adventurer
finished pleasantly.
There will be hue and cry"
mo doubt Of it."
"And the DEVILS own job to get It
out OF Egypt" These were set phrases
Of the expert, preliminaries to bar.
gaining. Zone might as we'll carry
round stolen elephant" ".
But man who is as familiar with
the game as you are would have little
difficulty. Your integrity is an estab.
lished fact, on both sides of the water.
You could take 1t to New York as a
copy, and no appraiser would know
the difference. It's worth the attempt,
I'd take 1t to New York myself, but
you see, am flat broke. Come; what
do you or I care about a son.of-a-gun
of q Turk, drolly.
what do you want for 1t, suppos.
ing It's genuine?" Georges throat was
dry and his voice harsh. His con.
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CHAPTER III.
Tho Holy YhIordes.

tho f1oly Yhlorde0.
George drank his burgundy perfume.
torily. Had it been astringent as the
native wine Of Corsica, he would not
have noticed it. The little nerves
that ran from his tongue to his brain
had temporarily lost the power of COM
munication. And all because of the
girl across the way. He couldn't keep
his eyes from wandering in her d.
rection. She faced him diagonally.
She ate but little, and when the elder
~ gentleman poured out for her q
glass of sauterne, she motioned it
aside, rested her chin upon her fold
ed hands, and stared not at but
through her vis.a.vis.
1t was a lovely head, topped with
coils Of lustrous, light brown hair;
an oval face, of white and rose and
ivory tones; scarlet lips, a small, reg
nlar nose, and chin the soft round
ness Of which hid the resolute lift to
1t. To these attributes of loneliness
was added a perfect form, the long,
flowing curves Of youth, not the abrupt
contours of maturity. George couldn't
recollect when he had been SO i'm
pressed by face. From the moment
she had stepped down from the car.
riage. his interest had been drawn,
and had grown to such dimensions
that when he entered the dining-room
his glance Immediately searched for
her table. What luck in finding her
across the way! He questioned If he
had ever seen her before. There was
something familiar; the delicate pro.
file stirred some sleeping memory but
did not wake it.
How to meet her, and when he did
meet her, how to interest her? If she
would only drop her handkerchief, her
purse, something to give him an ex.
cuse, an opening. All, he was certain
that this time the hydra-headed ono
should not overcome him. To gain
her attention and to hold 1t, he would
have faced lion, tiger, q wild-ele.
plant. To diagnose these symptoms
might not be fair to George Love
at first sight" reads we'll and sounds
well, but we hoary-headed philoso-
piers know that the phrase 10 only
poetfcal license.
Once, and only once, she looked in
his direction. It swept over him with
the chill of a winter wind that he
meant as much to her as q tree, a
fence, a meadow, as seen from the
window Of speeding railway train.
But this observation. transient as it
was. left with him the indellble i'm.
preston that her eyes were the sad.
dest he had ever seen. Why? Why
should young and beautiful girl have
eyes like that? It could not mean
physical weariness, else the face
would In some way have expressed It.
The elderly man appeared to do his
best to animate her; he was kindly
and courteous and by the gentle way
he laughed at intervals was trying to
Nblster up the situation with Jest or
two. The girl never SO much as smiled.
or shrugged her shoulders; she was as
responsive to these overtures as mar.
BILE would have been.
Georges romance gathered itself for
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-10-12
Everything Worth While Seemed to
Have Slipped Through His Fingers.

Have Slipped Through His Fingers.
here's girl who, when l see her or
think Of her, sends the pulse soaring
from seventy-seven up to eighty.four.
Bad business; besides, it's 80 infer
nally questionable. It's hard work
for a man to keep his balance 'twixt
the devil and the deep, blue sea; Clio
conda on one side and Fortune on the
other. Gioconda throws open windows
and doors at my approach; but For
tune locks and bars hers, nor knocks
ut mine. That's the way it always
goes.
IF man could only go back ten
years and take new start. Asst"
balling his fist at the reflection in the
mirror. "Snivel and whine over the
bed 4. your own making. You had
your opportunity, but you listened to
the popping Of champagne-corks, the
mutter of cards, the inane drivel of
chorus-ladies. You had decent col
lege record, too. Bah! What guile
less fool you were! You ran on, didn't
you, till you found your neck in the
loop at the end Of the rope? And
perhaps that soft-footed, estimable
brother of yours didn't yank it taut as
q hangman's? You heard the codicil;
into one ear and out the other. Even
then you had your chance; patience
tor two short years, and million. No,
. thousand times no. You knew what
you were about, empty-headed fool!
And today, two pennies for q dead
mans eyes,"
He dropped his fist dejectedly.
Where had the first step begun? And
where would be the last? In some
G<ab corner, possibly; drink, NOR
phine, or starvation; he'd never have
the courage to finish 1t with a bullet.
He was terribly bitter. Everything
worth while seemed to have slipped
through his fingers. his pleasure-lov-
Ing fingers.
Come. come. Horace; buck up.
Still the ruby kindles in the vine. No
turning back now. Well go on till we
come bang! against the wan. There
may be some good bouts between here
and there. wonder what Gioconda
would say II she knew why l was SO
eager for this gamer"
He went down to dinner, and they
gave him table in an obscure corner,
as subtle reminder that his style was
passe. He didn't care; he was hungry
and thirsty. He could see nearly every
one. even If only few could see him.
This was somewhat to his vantage. He
endeavored to pick out Percival Alger-
non; but there were too many high
collars, too many monocles. So he
contented himself with a mild philo-
sophical observance of the scene. The
murmur Of voices; rising as the wall
of the violins sank, sinking as the
wall rose; the tinkle Of glass and
china, the silver and linen, the pretty
women in their rustling gowns, the
delicate perfumes, the flash Of an
arm. th4selint Of polished shoulder:
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CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-02-16
School Notes

The second semester Of school be-
gan last Monday. The attendance is
good. Vaccination is causing very
little absence.
Architect White and Contractor
Lohrenz are giving the new building a
careful comparison with plans and
specifications before turning it over to
the school board. The building will
probably be ready for use next week.
This week a class is being organized
to teach bookkeeping, business forms
and office methods.
A class for beginners is being organ
lied. Pupils of six years or older who
have never attended school are eligible
to this class. Pupils desiring to enter
this class should enroll not later than
next week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-02-16
Eagle Creek

Mrs. P. w. VANDERBILT attended
church in town Sunday.
Mrs. Johnson, mother of Mrs. Ed
Woods; left for Spokane Monday.
Louis Lancaster spent Monday with
his sister, Mrs. VANDERBILT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson entertained
few Of their friends Monday evening
in honor of their fourth wedding ami
versary. A very pleasant evening was
spent. A dainty luncheon was served
at twelve o'clock. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Sharpe, Mr.. and
Mrs. P. w. VANDERBILT, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Sharpe, Louis Lancaster, Otto
Anderson, Ross Ramage, A. L. Mitch
ell, Misses Ruth and Mabelle Mitchell
and Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Anderson.
A. L. Mitchell made business trip
to Wenatchee this week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-02-16

Arrangements were made for the
transferring Of twenty-five of the prison.
ers at Walla Walla to the state reforma-
tory at a recent meeting held in
Olympia, when at the request of Gov.
Hay the heads of eleven of the state
institutions met to talk over plans for
running the departments on a more
economical basis. The state peniten-
tiary, the state reformatory, three hos
pitfalls for the insane, two soldiers
homes, the state training school, the
school for defective youth and the
school for the deaf and the blind were
represented. Gov. Hay is anxious that
the institutions make better showing
in the amount of expense of maintain
ing the different institutions, although
last year they were conducted more
economically than ever before.