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United labor bulletin., 1913-11-08
CHAPTER n.
on the stroke Of ,he Hour.

A perpetual mien of impassivity
which effectively repulsed advances
or familiarities on the part of the
strangers and persons whom he dis.
liked. was perhaps Rudolph Van Vech.
tens most noticeable Physical char
acteristic: for an impassive face. and
the ease OF manner which customarily
accompanies it. is due to one of two
things; Either a set OF Sympathetic
emotions that are sadly atrophied. or
else an acquired self-control so habit.
ual that every genuine feeling is per
fectly masked. In either case habit is
not long in asserting itself. And it
has been shown that Mr.. Rudolph Van
Vechten was capable OF being startled
and astonished.
On the present occasion. therefore.
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shfoses and green epectacies!" he
voiced In astonishment. You! Out
Of bed this time of day? Sunday. tool"
He hurried to his friends side and exr
amined him critically.
Seen doctor yet? You'd better. If
you're not able I'll go fetch old Pottle
sleeps here, you know"
These remarks were ignored.
Draw up chair" was the response
mo. not that etuffy one; it makes
NE perspire only to look at 1.-THE will
low rocker"
Tom did precisely as he was direct
ed. "Well?" he grunted, eyeing Van
Vechten with concern that was only
half simulated. But in a moment he
felt his gaze impelled to follow his
friends.
Whats up?" he demanded. staring
hard-even belligerently-at the silent
House of Mystery.
Van Vechten listleesly consulted his
watch, stif1ed yawn, and then said:
twenty-five minutes to twelve. I'll
lay you a hundred that while the
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-08
presently remarked. wonder who it

presently remarked. wonder who 1t
can be?"
What was learned during the word
less, curious inspection was about all
the information respecting Number
1913 that was to be vouchsafed dur
ing the succeeding months. During
that time it was scarcely possible that
any person could have come or gone
within the eighteen hours that are the
liveliest of the twenty-four, without
attracting somebody's attention at the
Powhatan. For as the weeks passed,
and the shades remained down by
day, and the windows dark by night.
curiosity grew apace; the house be-
came more and more fruitful topic OF
speculation; and with its secret front
constantly staring one in the face. the
least sign of life or activity must have
been noted.
Why should anybody want to main
tain such persistent, unnatural eeclu-
sion?
Inquiry at the estates office build
ing was productive of no enlighten-
ment. Considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced in gaining access to the
manager; then he at once denied Num-
ber 1876 occupancy. Whereupon
Tom Phinney felt that the Powhatan's
committee was not being treated with
the Difference which 1t unquestionably
deserved.
See here" he said, humping the
desk under the managers nose; your
confounded house is situated right
hn CT ha nxx,h af a N
club"
For the first time the managers
eye contained a CLEAN of interest. He
interrupted.
Isn't Mr.. Percy Bonner on your
house committee?" he inquired.
Yes. he is" returned Tom, not re.
ceding in the least from his determined
stand. He waited a moment, but as
the CLEAN died in the managers eye,
proceeded.
Our body is select, you must be
aware. and we are proud of the quiet
respectability of our neighborhood.
There's enough influence in our mem
bership to run out anything OF shady
nature-we won't stand for it, in
short"
ne manager dtA-lONltuEtu lut JUS
tice of this ultimatum. but merely
said: IF you see IT hear anything
wrong. run 'em out; don't care"
I'VE have right to know who our
neighbors are" insisted Tom.
Inquire OF them" said the mana
ger; Il can't tell you"
DO you mean to say you don't
know ?"-incredulously.
Just that. The present tenant new
er applied TO us at all-have never
seen him. in fact. Occupancy of the
house was arranged in quite another
manner. Really, gentlemen. that is al
am at liberty to tell YOU
And the Powhatan's committee wa.
bowed politely out.
1t was not for nothing that tbs
house was called the House of Mys
terry.
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Brain and Boards.

The ancient Babylonians displayed
their superior intelligence by refusing
to wear boards. but the Assyrians let
them grow wild. The Jews all wore
boards. as they were forbidden to mar
them. The Tartars waged n long war
with the Persians, declaring them in
fidels, because they would not cut
their boards. after the custom of the
Tartars. Which proves that the Tar
tars were Il brainy tribe.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-08
WACHITA FROM BIG RIVER
BY e. EckMAN.

Drearily the hours passed. and the
noise of the storm was only broken
United labor bulletin., 1913-11-08
Geological Question.

NooIoSISdI VluestIoH.
What animals do we find In the
daily papers?
The gnus (news).
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howls of preda-
tory beasts.
1t was after
midnight W h e n
Mrs. II o Id n e s s
heard the door
shake as though
some t hi n g b a d
fallen against it.
Opening it quick
ly she found her
son John upon his
knees, reaching
for the latch; and
in his arms, half
held and half
dragged, was the
form of a young
Indian girl.
By a strong eff
fort he staggered
to his feet and
drew the girl into
the middle of the
room. Then he
sank utterly ex-
hausted upon the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

its invaders. The innkeeper had
beaten the best generals of
Europe.
But Napoleon did not relish the
idea Of being beaten by a lot Of
mountaineers armed with clubs
and scythe blades, so right after
his surprising victory at Wag-
ram he sent Marshal Lerebre into
Tyrol with 10000 men. Again Ho-
fer was ready for them: and
again the veterans Of France.
the victors of Lodi. Marengo.
Austerlitz and Wagram went
down before the peasants of the
Land in the Mountains.
But the triumph was brief. Two
months later a large Bavarian
army entered TyroI. Austria was
indisposed or unable TO helm.
and the bravesJ struggle for free
dom that was ever made came 10
a bitter end. Hofer was declared
an outlaw and price was put on
his head. We will meet again
before long for Tyrol will not
perish" he said TO his followers
as De was about TO Zee 10 the
mountains. Captured at last. Ho-
L-r was sho1 go death on th-
morning ot February -. 1910.
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=: Andreas HOfer

y NE hundred and four years
" ago three men standing ia
the shadow of a great rock
in ,he PoSseysr Valley TyroI re-
reatcd together the words, An is
ready. For GOD and our country"
And three days Iater-ApHl 10,
lSoe-great fires. blazing out into
the darkness that lay upon the
mountain tops. proclaimed the be-
ginning OF the Tyrolese Revolu-
ton.
The mssJer-sp spirit OF ,hs revolu-
tiou was Hofer the hotel keeper
of Innsbruck. and in order to APP
preciate what Hofer did it will be
necessary Jo briefly sketch the
events which led up to his bril-
liant work.
I'm 1897 Napoleon sent an army
into Tyrol under Joubert. which
was badly defeated by the Tyro-
lgSe peasants at Spinges and
Eoser.
On 1883 gams Mes~.na- who was
HerI>eu @" pieces $40 Fs'5EIreh. AIS
Jaubest Had been at Spiug-~ ami
Eo-,u. ami again .a.ra MAS a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
TheWonderful Nature of Dreams and Dream
Prophecies Is Still a Puzzle to Scientists

The books are full of most inter-
esting instances which seem to
lend support to this view.
Take the case of the unfortu-
nate Major Andre, who was
hanged as a spy by the order of
Washington. Before Major An
DIRE set sail for America he went
to visit a Miss Seward in Der
byshire. She presented him to
two of her friends, a poet named
Newton and a clergyman named
Cunningham When Newton saw
the stranger he started and turned
pale. The cause Of his sudden
emotion came out after the Major
had departed. Mr. Newton, the
very night before, had had a
dream. which he had Immediately
related To the clergyman. He
thought he was in strange for
est through which he saw a horse
man passing i'm haste. Suddenly
three men started out of a thicket
and arrested the horseman New
ton was so much interested by the
prisoners face and felt so much
sympathy for him that he awoke
greatly disturbed. Presently he
fell asleep again. and the same
person now appeared to him, sur
rounded by a crowd of people. and
was led to a gallows. where he
was hanged. When Major An
DIRE was presented to Newton he
instantly recognized the man of
his dream. Not long afterward
occurred the historic arrest of An
Dire in the woods at Tarrytown,
followed by his execution at
Tappan.
Take the case Of DR.. Harvey.
the celebrated discoverer of the
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THE TOLL is HEAVY.

Editor The Georgian:
Commenting on the cartoon ap-
pearing in The Georgian April 3.
in which is shown a little girl
having met death in front of a
flying train, would say that
title reading like this suggests it
self TO me. A Victim. Speed
is the slogan of the age; prog
resS the WatchWord, and results
the demand of every active indi-
vidual or organization. Advance
meut. like every other product
of brains. nerve force and energy
has its price. The toll is heavy.
This tragedy of the railroad L.
nor common 10 The highway oT
steel alone. bur is being enacted
daily AZ ever! department VI
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Letters From The Georgian's Readers

mans work and tells us 10 SIC
reproof that the force a.r
work ana we must pref
safeguard th, weak as Wei. as +
strong or Unsuspecting Nali- l'
Messing the forces around as
the service of mankind.
W. :. A\DEh-' ~
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came AusterlitZ. with the Treaty
of Pressburg. by which Tyrol was
taken from the Hapsburgs and
divided between France and Ba-
varia.
And then il was that Andrcas
Hofer resolved TO free his beloved
country from the foreign rule.
For five years he worked in pre-
pairing himself for his difficult
task.
on the morning OF the eleventh
Hofer found himself at the head
Of 5000 peasants and he imme-
diately attacked the enemy AZ
Innsbruck. Being reinforced the
next morning. he captured the
city the French and Bavarian
soldiers being no match for his
patriots armed with heavily butt
ed muSkets. broad knives. scythe
blades attached TO slaves. and
bludgeons cut from the thickets
Of the mountain side.
I'm less than four days Hofer
and his peasants had defeated the
French and Bavarians and found
iu their hands 1&- oiigsls.s eco
men, three standards. i've pieces
OF artillery ana 5000 t.--a~. Fy
the END ut April Ty.oI oa> Tree "
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circulation of the blood. When he
was a young man he set out from
London to go TO Padua, in Italy
the seat of the famous university
where he wished to study. When
he got to Dover the Governor re-
fused to let him enter his pack
ct to cross the channel, but de-
clined to give any reason. The
next day news arrived at Dover
that the packet had been lost.
with every soul on board. Then
the Governor explained his
strange conduct He said that he
had had a dream, of overwhelm-
ing force, in which he was for
hidden to allow a young man.
whose face appeared to him, to
enter the boat. When Harvey
presented himself the Governor
recognized the face seen in his
dream.
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CARE OF THE TEETH.

Editor The Georgian:
I wish 10 commend YOU i2T
editorial i'm Tuesdays H,'
relative to the care of ODD.
IL is lust right and every
should read H. ] have
made my children Hll
attention to the condition
teeth and they are a'I #-
as cam ne. gnjoy a. l.
tvrigiS. MhS. =.
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A man is a failure
who is unable to
make a living for
himself and those
who are depend
ent upon him.


N DO you think l have :,
made a success or a fail
ure of life? 1 am a poor man,
who works hard for a small sal
airy. / have never been able to
make much money or to give my
family the Injuries of life. Some
times they have not even had the
comforts. But my home, although
it has always been shabby, has
been filled with peace and love
and happiness.
81 had a wife whom l adored
and who, am sure. never regret
ted marrying me, although from
her wedding day to the day Of her
death her lot was the hard one of
poor mans wife.
After her mothers death my
eldest daughter then only 10, took
her mothers place, and has filled
it splendidly ever since, growing
into noble and capable woman
hood. My other children-there
are five of them-are fine little
chaps-healthy hardy and intelli-
gent-and when they see their old
dad coming they swarm over him
with yells of delight, for he's their
best pal and the one who helps
them in their work and play.
Il Shall End Humbly."
But I'm not one of the men
who know how to make money, or
get on in the world. I began life
humbly, and / shall end it humbly,
and when ! see other people who
have been more successful than
some of them old friends who
began on the same level as my
self i'm my boyhood-I wonder il
l am not failure. Then l look
at my children and think that l
have got a right to score some
thing to my account, after all.
What do you say? Am / a fail
ure or a success"
It all depends upon how you
rate success. If you think that
the dollar mark is the high-water
mark of human achievement, then
you are a failure. But, judging
by the same standard, you would
be in pretty good company. Any
grating police lieutenant could
have given Abraham Lincoln
points ON how to become a sue
cessful money maker. And thou
sands OF other great statesmen
have died poor. although they had
in their possession knowledge of
legislation that was to be enacted
that would have made them mill
lions had they been successful
politicians
A man is a failure vino can not
make a living for himself and
those dependent upon him. But
this living does not include dia-
mond tiaras and limousines and
imported gowns. It means just
ordinary food and clothes and
lodging. enough to insure a de-
cent independence. Beyond that
the making of money is no critic
rion of the real success of a life.
That consists in doing some
thing for your fellow creatures,
not in doing something to them,
and the real failures are those
who. at the end of their lives.
have nothing 10 show but a lit
tie pile of metal and a little
bunch of printed paper both
worthless at the judgment bar.
Of course. the success that pro-
claims itself by the honking of
automobile horns and the rustic
of silks is of the spectacular kind
that catches the public eve. but
the man who is successful as
money maker has the narrowest
success in the world because he
is nearly always a failure at ey-
erything else.
He's a failure as a neighbor be-
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Science Does Not Know.

If there were space. I could quote
hundreds Of similar instances.
which have all the appearance Of
being perfectly authenticated.
Science does not know yet how to
deal with such things.
Read the story of Swedenborg's
wonderful dreams: run through
the Bible and read of the warm
ing dreams which abound there:
recall the strange poem about
Kubla Khan which Coleridge
composed in dream, and you
will have an abundance of food
for thought and speculation. And
then, perhaps, you will look upon
your dreams with increased in
terest.
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Some philosophers assert that
the things which seem 10 us the
most real are in truth the most
Unreal,
Yet there is an intimate con-
ncCtion between dreams and wax
ing life. Many dreams are dis
tortod memories of actual occur
reuces. and many are suggested
by such occurrences. There is a
widespread belief that dreams are
often portents. or forewarnings.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

Is It better to dream or not TO
dream?
II you do NOT dream, your
hours of sleep are absolute va
cancies OF great empty chasms,
yawning, at regular intervals,
across the whole width OF your
life.
II you DO dream. the river Of
your life is divided between over
ground and underground pas
sages, and some persons find
those caverns. "measureless to
man." far more fascinating than
the others.
Ordinarily. however, people
think that dreamless sleep is 20
be preferred. on the supposition
that il is more restful and re-
freshing. But a German neu-
rologist. Or. :. Freude, holds the
opposite opinion. and, on the
basis of my own experience, 1 am
disposed TO agree with him.
II the dreams are pleasant,
says Dr. Freude. they are an
agreeable stimulus 20 the brain
cells. which remains after the
sleeper awakes. They have the
beneficial effect Of play which re
cuperates by the simple change of
occupation. Deep. dreamless
slumber. on the other hand. stu
pefies by its total relaxation,
and the awakening sleeper must
collect his energies and set them
going again
You Can Train Yourself.
No doubt much depends upon
peculiarities Of temperament, and
dreaming may he good for some
persons and bad for others. Even
Or. Freude would admit that un-
easy disturbing or terrifying
dreams usually have an lI ef-
feet, but then, he holds that in
general. dreams are of an agree
able nature. ana again ! think hc
is right.
For my own part. confess tnat
rather like. occasionally. "a
dalntiug. fear-breediug dream.
THEY are inspiring. too. when
you feel that you are passing
through them without any undue.
or diSgracefuI. exhibition Of sheer
fright You can train yourself to
face even a nightmare with a GER
tain degree Of moral courage.
which you viii recall with salts
faction. when the vision is gone
Thus terrifying dreams may be
made TO AFFORD a certain degree
OF that moral education which in
Naking life is only obtained by
those VINO pass through scenes Of
real peril and terror
Dreams, Dr. Freuds observes.
are normally the imaginary fulfil
ment Of desires and wishes that
lurk deep i'm the soul While the
dream lasts the control Of reason
is released In a dream one is
ma chaos. and in chaos nothing i~
rhaoue. because chaos knows ~
la- But what sly law aU. chaos
uur oppressed IDEAS. aua nsw ..a
"a -ay THAT Hu, s. .uy maI- r.al
sham ,le other.
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on boys 5 o
lmo tk ik econd cUn ne nOl o.
and wUthcs
dnnl the pino ururel o
Be Cmeac We
the Common eope his H 5
III. chnlga ling na aw,h
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By DOROTHY DIX.

cause he has taken advantage Il
his superior shrewdness to tbos
about him. The richest man H
the community is always the mos
hated man. He's a failure as
friend, because he has alwsyI
thought first of himself and bel
cause he distrusts everybody be
lieving everybody to be as selfsI
and self-seeking as he is. 1t i
the penalty of wealth that il II
friendless and lonely.
More Common Among Rich.
The very successful money|
maker is nearly always a failur|
as a husband. It takes all of HI
time and thought and interest d
accumulate a fortune, and he ha
no leisure in which to be symI
pathetic and tender to his wife.
Divorce is far more commoI
among the rich than it is almond
the poor, and there are probabj
no other women, as a class. Wild
are more unhappy than the poo1
rich women who are married d
our great financiers.
The men who are the most sucI
cessful financially are the greatesI
failures as fathers. I'm place q
personal affection and guidance
they give their children moneg
The result is disaster They raiss
up MASTERS and spenders, who ard
curse to themselves and a dis
grace to the parents that bora
them There is scarcely a rici
man who has not had TO pay a son
out of some shameful scrape o.
to buy a divorce for a daughter
The man who has given hi;
family nothing but money is I
failure as a husband and a fash
err The man who has made his
wife so happy that her heart sang
for joy all her days, and whose
children love and cling to him and
make of him their best friend, i
a success. no matter if they har.
only had bread and butter TO eat
instead Of cake and ale Such
man is a success as a citizen
because he has given TO his coun.
try boys and girls who grow u
into useful men and women
The most successful man q
woman is the one who has th'
most influence for good. and uh'
gives the greatest upiift 10 thos'
whose lives touch his or hers.
The most successful man
know is the one who viii leave D..
fortune to build memorial Ilbla'
ries or hospitals when ne is gone
because he paid his emp'oyee'
such good wages and found s.
much poverty to alleviate as
went along that he has never bel
able to accumulate much none.
In his old age he is comparatiyel
poor. and he sometimes says Z
me that he feels that he has besi
a failure.
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Example of Right Living.

Yet his life has been an exam
pie of right living to all abol
him.
Wherever he has gone he ha
carried hope and cheer, and give
fresh courage and inspiration
and his presence has been like
benediction upon every house p
entered. As husband, as ta-he
as son and brother. as friend an
neighbor, he has been true IN
tender. and stanch and -oE-
None has known him who has A-
been the better for it. Peace ia
followed i'm his footsteps and non
bloomed where he trod, and z
good that ne has accomp.isa64
not to be measured in terms
money. God alone can saIel.a.
that sum.
The real test of success l5 ~
what you have got. but the -
you nave done.
The evening world., 1913-02-22

American stage" before the University
OF california. Feb. d, william H. Crane
will tell OF his own observations during
his career OF more than half . century.
Lillian Russell. who Is on her way to
Chicago to-day. will tell tho beauties OF
the windy city How to Live 100 Years''
Monday and rub II In with kinemacolors.
''Salome" In moving pictures will be
put on at Wonderland Monday.
Pros dent- elect Wilson ana William "
McCombs were at the Knickerbockor
last night. and there were allusions to
them and cheers all through The sun
shine Girl"
Richard bennett mas not yet been able
to get the use OF \ theatre for Brisu1''
Damaged Goods" which he wants Il
| show TO doctors.
'"rhe Five Frankforters' win take tn
| place OF ''rhe Bridal Path" at the Th'r
y-ninth Street after another week. MAJ
Campbell will join blanche Ring on tour
| Dazzle has again hurt her knee. She !
at home nursing the precious membs
| In q plaster cast. and fears she ma
have to do so for weeks.
Evelyn Van Buren,. who played VIII
Nat GOODWIN. STR John Hare and ~
George Alexander. has published n novel
entitled 'Pippin." on her experience
looking for u Job In London.
The evening world., 1913-02-22
THIEF CLUBS GIRL
WHILE SHE KNEELS
ON FATHERS GRAVE
Blow on Head StunS Miss
Wahlers and RObber
Flees With Purse.

Miss Anna Wahiors left her homs. No.
81 Ditmars street Brooklyn. to visit
the grave OF her father in the Old
Lutheran Cemetery In Glendale. Queens.
Reaching the cemetery. she went A.
once 10 the grave. where she 'fell on
her knees and prayed fervently. ABOUT
other graves were.s fow persons. but
none OF them was near her.
Suddenly a man came from . dump
OF bushes. snsaked up To the praying
woman and felcd her with a blow with
q club, striking her on the back Of the
head.
Half insensible. Miss wahlers was I'M
able to make an cutlery nor get TO her
feet The man seized her purse. con-
t,ining only 81 and some keys. and
dashed on,
By this tine Miss wahlers had got "a
her feet and had a good look at IN,
roDber. She screamed. but no one mad,
after the THIEF and he escaped.
In describing her assailant Mis-
Wahlrrs said he WAS about thirty year
old. OF medium Duild ami had a German
cast OF features.