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The Raymer enterprise., 1913-05-08
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George Percival Algernon Jones. Vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company Of New York, thirsting for
romance, 10 In Cairo on business trip.
horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
cairo with a carefully guarded bundle.
prdes rug which he admits having stolen
From pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
MAJOR Callahan and later 10 introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
pc mad loaned lbo pounds at Monte Carlo
some months previously, and who turns
0rs Chedsoye and Fortune to polo
yame. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Eheosoye appears to be engaged In some
myotsrious enterprise unknown to the
F1Iaushter; Ryanne interests Jones in the
United Romance and Adventure COM
pany. concern which for price will
arrange any kind Of an adventure to or
eer; Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother. Major
Eauahan. Wallace and Ryanne. as the
R!an risky enterprise involving Jones.
Eyanns makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
1is intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Shedsoye declares she will not permit It.
tans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
sor nome. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
New York. in Jones name. tina, he Is
renting house In New York to some
friends. Mahomed. keeper Of the holy
carpet. 10 on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
purchase OF the rug. Mahomed accosts
kyanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
euggests the abduction Of the New York
merchant a. q means Of securing its re.
turn: Turn: The rug disappears from Jones'
Wnen the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
Iegs purporting to be from Ryanne ask
!pS hsr 70 meet him In q secluded place
mat evening. Jones receives message
bsf the same evening. Jones Is carried
on Into the desert by Mahomed and his
sooompucee after desperate fight He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
~ capuyes. the former Is badly battered
sao,.SSss. .Sa sSson'siogs Rynnne .ecSver. con.
captivity. reveals to him the fact that
9ahomed intends to get vengeance on
h!m through the girl. Fortune acknowl-
edgss that she stole the rug from Jones'
!oom. She offers to return Il to Mahomed
homed agrees to liberate Fortune and one
pr the men in return for the rug. A cour-
lsr 10 sent to Cairo for the rug, but re-
turns with the information that Mrs.
Chedsoye and her brother have sailed for
S New York. Fortune spnrns offered tree
oom which does not include her two com.
panions. The caravan continues the Jour-
hey tvwArd Bagdad. Ryanne tells Jones
that Mrs. Chedsoye Is the most adroit
kmusgler Of the age. and II overheard by
Fortune. The three captiyes are rescued
by Henry Ackermann. who II Ia charge
pf carpet caravan. Mahomed escapes.
Nm. Chedsoye discovers the absence Of
Fortune and leaves for New York. taking
shs girls belongings with her. Through
forged letters Mrs. Chedsoye. the major
and thair accomplices take possession Of
vonAs' New York home.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-05-08
CHAPTER XVIII.
Tho Man Who Didn't Care.

Tho Man Who Didn't Care.
It was the first Of February when
Ackermann's caravan drew into the
ancient city Of Damascus. That part
Of the caravan deserted by Mahomed
put out for Cairo Immediately they
struck the regular camel.way. For.
tune. George and Ryanne were In
pitiable condition, heart and body
weary. in rage and tatters. George,
now that the haven was assured.
dropped his forced buoyancy. his prat.
tle. his tests. He had done all NOR.
tal man could to keep up the spirits
o( his co-unfortunates; and he saw
that most Of the time. he had wasted
bis talents. Ryanne. sullen and mo-
rose, often told him to shut up"
which wasn't exhilarating. And For
tune viewed his attempts without
sensing them and frequently looked at
him without seeing him. Now. all this
was not particularly comforting to the
man who loved her and was doing
what he could to tighten the dreari.
ness Of the journey. He made allow.
ances. however; besides suffering un.
usual privations. Fortune had had
fnghtful mental shock. A girl of her
depth Of character could not be ex.
pscted to rise Immediately to the old
level. Sometimes. while gathered
about the evening fire. he would look
up to and her sad eyes staring at him,
and II mattered not II he stared In re-
turn: kind Of clairvoyance blurred
Nsibilues. for she was generally look.
Ing into her garden at Mentone and
wondering when this horrible dream
would pass. Subjects for converse.
don were exhausted In no time. Dig
- he might. George could find moth.
Ing nsw: and often he recounted the
same tale twice Of an evening. Sar.
6onio laughter from Ryanne.
Acksrmann had given them up a.
hopeless. He was strong. vain, dom.
ansering man. kindly at heart, how.
svsr. but impatient. When he told a
story. be demanded the attention Of
Ill; 30, when Ryanne yawned before
bis eyes. and George drew pictures In
ths sand. and the girl fell asleep with
her head upon her knees. he drew
Oh abruptly and left them to their
own devices. He had crossed and re.
crossed the silences so often that he
vas no longer capable Of Judging &C.
suratsly another mans mental pro-
csssss. That they had had q strange
and numbing experience he readily
understood; but now that they we're
out OF dursss and headed for The
coast. he saw no reason why thsy
should not act like human beings.
They still put up the small teut for
Jortuns. but the rest Of them slept
spon the sand. under the starr. Once.
osorys awoks as the dawn was eild.
ing the east. Silhoustted against the
sly he saw Fortune. She was stand.
sng straisht. her hands pressed st her
ssdss. her head tilted back tanss
etatuds. He did not know II, but
~ vI asking God why thass thar
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was he. There used to be a rhyme
about 1t. but have forgotten that.
Anyhow. there you. are. feel that
am concedlng point in regard to
the money. 1t is contrary to the laws
and bylaws Of the United Romance
and Adventure Company to refund.
Still. l intend to hold myself to It.
With hale affection,
"RYANNE."
What do you think Of that?" de-
manded George hotly. 81 never did
a good action in my life that wasn't
served Ill. I'm q soft duffer. II there
ever was one."
II shall never be ungrateful for
your kindness to me-"
"Oh. hang It! You're different:
you're not like any other woman in
the world" he blurted; and immedi-
ately was seized with a mild species
Of fright.
Fortune stirred her coffee and DELI
cately scooped up the swirllng circles
Of foam.
"Old maids call that money" he
said understandlngly. eager to cover
up his boldness. my mother used
to tell me that there were lots OF
wonders In tea.cup."
Tell me about your mother" y
To him 1t was q theme never lack
Ing In new expressions. When he
spoke of his mother, 1t altered tho
clear and boylsh note in his voice:
It became subdued. reverent. He
would never be aught than gulleless:
1t was not In his nature to divine any
thing save his own impulses While
he thought he was pleasing her each
tender recollection. each praise. was
in fact nail added to her crucilxion,
selfimposed. However. she never
lowered her eyes. but kept them
brayely directed into his. In the midst
OF one OF his panegyrics he caught
sight Of his watch which he had
placed at the side Of his plate.
by Jove! quarter TO nine. I've
got an errand or two to do, and
there's no need OF your running your
feet of on my account. I'll be back
quarter after" He dug into his
pocket and counted out fifty pounds
In paper and gold. "You keep this
til get back"
She pushed It aside. half rising
from her chair. F...
Fortune, listen. Hereafter I am
George. your brother George; and ]
do not want you ever to question any
action Of mine. am leaving this
money In case some accident befell
me. You never can tell" He took
her hand and firmly pressed II down
upon the money. ''In half an hour.
sister. I'll be back. You did not thinh
that I was going to run away?"
NO"
DO you understand now?"
YES"
While he was gone she remained
seated at the table. She made little
pyramids OF the gold. divided the even
dates from tho odd. ARRANGED Maltese
crosses and circles and stars.
Pity. pity! Well. why should she re
bel against II? Was It not more than
she had had hitherto! What should
she do' She closed her eyes. She
would trouble her tired brain no more
about the future TIL they reached
Naples. She would let this one weeb
drift her how II would.
tTo BE coNTINuED)
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Everybody says. Go up hishssis
to the man who ia getting there
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
BE A FOE TO FEAR.
II Never Won a Cause or Battle No
Built Railroad.

II Never Won a Cause or Battle Nor
Built Railroad.
Was anything ever done by one who
was afraid:
Would Columbus have made his dis
covery of the new world if he bad
been burdened with dark foreiodings?
Would the gospel ever have been
preached to the remotest parts of the
world if the missionary had feared his
mission?
Would there have been United
States If the signers of the Declaration
of Independence had feared for their
lives, as well they might?
Would the railroads have crossed the
continent and pierced the desert and
would our captains Of industry have
had the courage of their convictions in
building our industries wonder of
the world for size. output and wages
If they had been timd while risking
millionsl
Was u battle ever won by general
who feared? Was ever great cause
indicated by one without strong
heart and undying hope? Was ever
prize secured by Il competitor who did
Not enter the race believing he must
and would win?
Is anything more contemplate than
cowardice? Is anything more noble
than courage? Is anything more child
ish than fear or anything sweeter than
confidence in an age of unrest, unrea-
son, suspicion and disturbance?
Let us turn from the dismal swamps
and lift up our eyes to the hills Let
hope inspire and courage strengthen
and the battle will be won.
This is the lesson to teach the chill
dren in our schools. to tell to the pa
tient toiler at his work to speak to the
anxious business man ut his desk. to
impress upon the preacher in his pull
pit and the counselor in the hall of leg
islation
And faint heart never won fair lady.
John A. Sleicher in Leslies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
CHEAP LABOR COSTLY.
Statistics Prove That Poorly Paid Toi
Is Usually Inefficient.


Is Usually inefficient.
Twenty years ago DR.. Schulze-Gaev-
ernitz published an analysis of the cot
ton industry of his own country and
England, and he showed that while six
or seven persons per 1000 spindles
We're employed in German spinning
mills, the number in English mills was
scarcely three. English wages were
higher than the German, but less than
half the number of persons were en-
ployed for a given amount Of machin-
cry Since then Germany has been
gaining rapidly on England in all forms
of production, but, then, German wages
have been increasing too.
Some Indian and Japanese statistics
have been published in recent years in
dicating the employment Of about
twenty-five persons per 1000 spindles
in India and about the same number
in Japan per shift the practice there
being to run the mills day and night.
This is three or four times the number
employed in Germany and eight times
the number employed in England
Such disparity in the number of
hands tends to wipe out all differences
in rates of pay.
Unfortunately, United States census
reports do not give separately the num-
ber of persons employed in spinning
and weaving cotton. All employees of
cotton mills are combined and the
number of persons employed to care
for ten looms, or 1000 spindles. is not
to be calculated. Hence, it is not pos
slble to make comparisons with the
other countries mentioned as to the
labor costs of production. The figures
given, however. are a fair indication
that cheap labor is often the most ex-
pensiye because Of its relative ineffi-
cheney.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24

ing TINT Bull is rrn .ti~al, unfnnwn to
The general public today. even ir eng
land
He doubles his troubles who bor.
rows tomorrow spanish Proverb
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24

A SIGN OF PROGRESS.
Labor Movement Has outerown Need
of Artificial Stimulants.

Labor Movement Has outerown Need
of Artificial Stimulants.
There was no parade Of workers in
Chicago on last Labor day, and the
Chicago Tribune had the following to
say about the discontinuance of ira
ditional custom:
The discarding Of the Labor day pa
rade in this city may he interpreted by
superficial observers as a waning of the
force and influence of labor. Yet the
reverse is the lesson to be drawn. 1t
shows the advance the labor move
ment has made in this country. The
road to progress leads over broken ira
ditions
When the labor movement in the
United States was young it needed
brass bands and snowy uniforms and
drills and marching to keep its follow
ers together-at times even to keep
their courage up. All of these artifi-
cial organization stimulants have been
outgrown by the working masses. To-
day the workers in every trade have
weekly and monthly journals which
give them lessons regularly not only
in organization, but in the economics
of their trade, of their home and their
shop. The labor literature of this
country is also doing extremely effec-
tive work in giving the masses a civic
education. With the aid Of these jour
nails the labor hosts of the United
States are gaining a deep insight into
the needs and the problems Of the ma
ton. The laboring man of today is
thinking as he has never done before.
He is coming into the vanguard of
American citizenship The discarding
of the Labor day parade is only one of
the many symptoms of his growing
mental breadth and independence.
Germany has always prided herself
upon the education of her working
masses education not as measured by
public school diplomas, but education
in citizenship. in civics. The German
workman is now having a close second
in the laboring man of America. Be
fore long he may be superseded.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
BERNARDO'S MONSTER.
Gigantic and Unique, Once the Glory
of the Medic Garden.

In the Demidoi1 garden ut Pratolino.
some eight or ten miles from Florence.
there still crouches the monster in
stone and stucco called the "Appen-
nino." once the glory of the famous
Medici garden. Some sixty or seventy
years ago the statue was more talked
of, but nowadays ii appears that few
folk know or care for such things. 1t
is good specimen of its style. and
reminder of its existence is just as
well. Its height. if erect. would be
about 100 feet, or say one-fourth the
height of st. Paul's cathedral. At the
back one can enter into rustic grottoeS
built into its interior. and from under
meath the hair of the head a cascade
may be made to flow forth at will over
the shoulders and body of the colossus.
creating a sparkling effect in the sun
shine
Buontalenti, the protege Of Cosimo
di Medici. who schemed this gigantic
thing in 1863 employed the best tai
ent available for the setting OF it up.
sculptors, masons. etc. and we are told
that its abnormal size led TO some of
the artists losing all sense of proper
ton and being rendered unfit for ordi-
nary work. one of them losing his rea-
son as a consequence of helping to
build the monster.
The audacity Of the conception is
worthy of the great genius. who. train
ed under the eye of Michelangelo,
hesitated at nothing. knowing that
the Medici money was at his back and
he had only to ask when daring idea
of his needed funds.
This famous boy Bernardo Buonta-
lenti) seems in his day to have out
shone the Admirable Crichton. being
painter. sculptor. architect engineer
and mechancan and much besldes.-
London Sphere.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
Morphine a Pain Producer

Morphine" says woman who was
morphine fiend and then saved her.
self. 'does not give pleasure. 1t ere
ates pain This is its ultimate and
positive effect. The pleasure it is sup
posed to produce is a mere temporary
effect is the first thrill of pain vibrat-
ing SO rapidly one does not recognize
it as such Let that be written in let
ters as tall as the mountains. Nor
phine is pain producer. Morphine is
a nerve destroyer 1t weakenS the will.
1t disrupts the foundations of the
mind. American Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
Chicauo Ennineers Lose.

The report of the board of arbitra-
tion hearing the differences between
the engineers and the officials of the
Belt line and the Chicago and West
ern Indiana railroads gives the rail-
roads almost a complete victory. The
report was filed in the United States
district court at Chicago. On the ques-
for more pay the board reported not
only were the roads justified in not
granting higher wages to the engi-
neers, but that the two roads already
were paying their engineers higher
wages than are four-fft Of the roads
whose Representatives We're placed on
the witness stand.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
FIX MINIMUM WAGE.
Women Toilers of Portland, Ore, Musa
Be Paid 1854 Per Week.

The first ruling to be rendered under
a compulsory minimum wage law in
the United States for adult women
workers was made recently by the Ore
gon industrial welfare commission The
ruling is as follows:
First.-It is prohibited to employ
women in manufacturing establish
ments in the city of Portland, Ore, for
more than nine hours in any day or
fifty-four hours in any week
Second.-The noon lunch period for
women employees in manufacturing es-
Establishments III Portland Ore, shall
not be less than forty-fve minutes in
length
Third.-It is prohibited to employ ex-
perienced adult women workers en-
gagged by time rate of payment In any
manufacturing establishment In Port
land, Ore, at q weekly wage of less
than $S.64 for a fifty-four- hour week.
any lesser amount being hereby de
elared inadequate to supply the neces-
sary cost of living to such women fac
tory workers and maintain them In
health.
The law under which the commission
was created and given its powers pro
yides penalty for conviction of viola
ton of the commissions ruling of a
fine Of not less than $25 nor more than
500 or Imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than ten days nor more
than three months, or by both fine aud
Imprisonment
Any employer who discharges or in
any other manner discriminates against
any employe because she has testified
or is about to testify, or because the
employer believes she is about to tes-
tify, in an investigation or proceeding
under the law shall be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of not less than $50 nor more than 500.
Any woman worker who is paid by
her employer less than the minimum
wage to which she is entitled under
the commissions ruling may recover in
civil action the full amount of the
minimum wage, less what she has al
ready been paid together with such at
torney's fees as may be allowed by the
court. Any agreement for her to work
at less than the established minimum
wage shall be no defense in such action
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
NEW JERSEY CONVlCTS.
No Longer to Be Employed as Com
Petitors of F-cc Labor.


Governor Fielder of New Jersey re-
Gently refused to approve extension of
the contract OF the Crescent Garment
company for employment of conyicts
at the state prison at Trenton The
board of prison inspectors advised that
the extension be approved.
The governor, however. announced
that the state had decided upon a new
prison policy in the employment of in
mates of the various penal institutions.
Hereafter the prisoners will be EN-
ployed out of doors as much as possible
on state roads, on prison farm. where
supplies viii be raised and sold to the
various state institutions. and in a
quarry which will be purchased and
operated for the benefit of the state.
The product will be used in state road
work. Pending the working out of
the new system Governor Fielder be
lieves that employment can be found
for large number of men thrown out
of work by the closing of the contract.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
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PIONEER OF PROGRESS.

: Organized labor has offered
. more feasible solutions of the
: vexatious problems that confront
. the people than any other eco
nomic institution. The great is
. sues of today were born and
nurtured and raised in the trade
. union movement despite the fact
that political parties now claim
. them as their own.
The trade union movement is
. the most progressive, steadfast
and uncompromising champion
. of democracy of our day. With
out the watchful. tireless vigi-
. lance of this great movement
the progress and improvement of
. the world must have been much
slower and fraught with greater
. hardships and miseries on the
part of the mass of the people.
! Without the vigorous opposition
. to greed, SelfShness and vanity
engendered in the organizations
. of the toilers there is no prophet
: wise enough to tell us what the
. present condition of the people
must have been.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
TRADE UNION BRIEFS.


Members of the Laundry Workers
union have been assessed 81 to form a
strike fund
Bricklayers in New York city receive
" cents per hour They work forty
four hours per week.
A new trade union house of the
woodworkers OF Germany has recent
ly been completed at cost OF over
s250,0o0 at Berlin
The New York State Federation of
Labor adopted a resolution asking for
a law to provide for q minimum wage
scale of $15 per week.
Pearl button workers of New York
have secured recognition of the lnion,
nine hour workday and 10 per cent
increase in wages. They We're on
strike five months.
The arbitration board which is hear
ing the demands of trainmen and con-
ductors must make its award within
forty-five days after its first meeting,
which took place Sept. IL.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
LABOR'S CLEANING.

{ No sun ever set to rise no more.
I. No cloud appeared but passed
I. away.
! No storm ever ragged in rattle and
!. But left a calmer. peaceful day.
I. In skies that hang over Drawn and
!. brain
/. That build for state and cherished
: home.
/. The beautiful things of worth and
!. gain,
< Are clouds that hide the cleared
I dome.
t Should we rise and be brave when
Z the fight
+ Is for life, its pleasures and peace.
!. It's calm and comfort and sweet de-
+ light
{ Or waver while perils increase?
{ Nay. nay, for the strong and steady
/ and true
! Shall grasp the victory bright.
{ There is wrong in the reign of the
I When the many are in the right.
!. Ye OF toll face the foe in your steel.
: Lay down not on an arm of de-
8 fense
I. Struggle on for your homes and
!. their veal,
( And triumph be your recompense.
8 John B, Powell
!. !. = ). :. =, !. X !. \ \ !. ). J. ;. =
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
French Strike Statistics.

The French minister of labor has
Just published an instructive series of
strike statistics. In 1912 there were
100 strikes and 250,000 strikers, with
a loss Of :. 1888 ,333 working days. There
OF 100000 days. The figures show
that strikes on small scale are more
successful than the larger movements
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
Made an Enemy.

"Haye you ever placed yourself in
the hands OF a beauty doctor. Mrs.
Muggsworth
"Why do you ask me that?'
my husband wants me to go at
once"
Yes have been taking regular
treatments from one for the past
year"
Then think III not go 1t seems to
be useless San Francisco Call.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-10-24
John RulI the Musician,

Few but those who have studied mu-
sical history know that the name John
Bull was borne by one of the most IA
nous musicians of the sixteenth CEN
tury He was as famous harpsichord
player In his day as List was pian-
lat. but as composer he lacked tho
cfeatiye power OF List. the result be-
Morris tribune., 1913-01-24

Ny elevator. at Alberta will be
closed from Feb. LIST to March LIST.
Tickets may be cashed at the Alberta
State Bank or tie Stevens County
State Bank. G. H. Stewart.