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is important to cut alfalfa at exactly
the right time, and that neglect may
result in the dying out of the plants.
Usually the alfalfa begins to bloom
about the time it is ready to cut, but
we must not depend on the blossom
to tell us when to cut. Watch the
basal shoots
There are always more or less
shoots starting on alfalfa and a little
experience is necessary to know just
exactly when is the best time to
cut.
When there are great many new
shoots and these have grown to one
and a half or two inches high, then
we should cut at once. If we cut ear
lier we will have taken off the first
crop before the newa came on and so
lost some growing time. We want
to keep the alfalfa crop working all
the time so as to get as many cuttings
and as large a yield as possible.
If we cut late, the mower is apt to
clip of the heads of the new shoots.
Alfalfa grows from the end of the
shoot as a fern does, and if we in
jure the second growth by clipping
off the heads, the next crop will have
to start over by growing an entirely
new set of shoots. If the cutting is
delayed too long, until the plant be-
gins to go to seed, the vigor of the
plant is gone just as it is in any plant
where seed is allowed to ripen.
We must also be careful not to cut
too late in the fall but to leave a
growth of six or eight inches high.
This holds the snow, protects the
roots, and serves as a preventive
against the heaving Of the ground
caused by alternate freezing and thaw-
ing. Heaving loosens the roots and
they are apt to be killed by exposure,
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made of the yolks of the eggs. Serve
cold.
Prune Whip.-Stew half a pound
of prunes until soft, then set aside
to cool after draining of the liquor.
When perfectly cold chop very fine.
Beat the whites Of six eggs to
close firm meringue, add six table
spoonfuls of sugar and add the prunes.
Bake half an hour in a deep Duttered
dish, covered for 20 minutes SO that
the souff1e has risen to its full height.
Send to the table Immediately with
sauce made Of a cupful Of whipped
cream, sweetened and favored
Rhubarb Pudding.-Roll out thin
piecrust and heap on cupful or two
of chopped rhubarb and half cupful
of raisins. Roll up and place in deep
dish. Add a cupful of brown sugar,
two tablespoonfuls Of butter and a
cupful of boiling water. Place in the
oven and bake an hour There will be
sauce enough to serve with the pud-
ding of the juice and sugar.
Date Pudding-Take a third of q
cupful of s0ftened butter, add half
cupful of sugar, one egg beaten,
cupful of milk, two and half cup
fuls of graham -four, three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder little salt and
a cupful of dates, cut fine Steam two
hours in a covered mold. A tube
mold is better.
Caramel Rice Pudding.-Wash a
cupful Of rice and cook it in salted
water Zone cupfuD until it is alb
sorbed. Add a quart of hot milk and
cook until the rice is soft; then add
two well-beaten eggs. Melt three
fourths of a cupful of sugar until
light brown; cover the bottom and
sides of a pudding dish with this cara
mel. Turn in the rice and cook in hot
water for half an hour. Turn upside
down on q serving dish and let stand
ten minutes and it will slip out easily.
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(By GRACE MARIAN SMITH9
In buying alfalfa seed it is well to
test it before planting. Examine it
first, and if there is a large percent
age of weed seeds or small withered
alfalfa seed, do not use it.
Your state experiment station will
tell you where you can get good seed.
Nurse crop.-Sometimes alfalfa is
seeded with nurse crop. The nurse
crop is supposed to keep the weeds
down. But the barley, or rye, or
oats or whatever is seeded with the
alfalfa will use moisture and plant
food which may be needed by the al
faIfa. 1t shades the young alfalfa
plants, aid when it is cut, the alfalfa
is suddenly exposed to the suns rays
which may cause the weak plants to
witker. The young alfalfa may be
trampled when cutting the nurse
crop. All these things should be
considered in deciding whether or not
to SOW with a nurse crop.
Care of Plot.-After the alfalfa is
well started it must be watched
closely the first year. If it turns yell
low or sickly looking, NOW it down
but don't become discouraged. The
roots are probably all right yet, and
if you give them a little help, they
may surprise you later by sending up
new shoots.
Alfalfa which turns yellow is usu-
ally in need Of lime, drainage, or bac-
terra, or all three. When alfalfa turns
yellow it should be moved at once.
Take good care of the baby plant and
when it is a little older it will be
strong enough to fight it's own bat
ties.
Ha~yesting.-Now about the time
to harvest. Experience proves that it
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COLONY HOUSE PLAN
QUITE SATISFACTORY
Much More Adapted to Needs of
Young Chicks Than the Old
Fashioned BroodeF.

The small outdoor brooder is prac-
ticalIy a thing of the past and it is
well that it is so, for they were both
unreliable and inconvenient to attend
to, especially in stormy weather. 1t
costs but little more to build a cheap
colony house and equip it with either
adaptable or portable hover, or better
still, the colony brooder stove, than
it did formerly to purchase an out
door brooder that would really give
reasonable satisfaction. The colony
house plan is much more satisfactory
and the investment can be made use
Of the year around. Clean the brood
er frequently End use plenty Of dis
infectant.
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ToRTURING SKIN TROUBLES
That Itch, Burn and Disfisure Healed
by Cutieura. Trial Free.

Battle with plenty of Cuticura Soap
and hot water to cleanse and purify.
Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Oint-
ment to soothe and heal. This stops
itching instantly, clears away pimples,
removes dandruff and scalp irritations,
and heals red, rough, sore hands.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold verywhere.-Adv
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In Doubt.

Did | understand you to say that
Colonel Jagsby is prominent prohibit
tionist?"
Well, ! notice he always sits close
to the front of the platform wheh
there is a prohibition rally, but don't
know whether that is due 20 a passion
for publicity or the workings Of an
aroused conscience
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Car Conductors Hope.

Il hope" said the car conductor
pensively, after taking the names OF
the people who saw the lady lose her
balance, that women will vote, and
that they'll have political party Of
their own and a convention and plat
form"
And then what?'
And that they'll advocate capital
punishment for anybody who gets off
the platform backward. Washington
Star
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N.A1. 1n~4 ~:eQ
-urks Care Little for STAGE

At Kadi Keui, the ancient Chalce
don, is situated the one and only
Turkish theater in or near Constan-
tinople, a rickety. wooden construc-
ton capable of accommodating how
ever, a large number of onlookers.
Performances are witnessed only by
men. are given three times a week,
and take place in broad daylight
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Rescue Doc From Wreck.

Members Of the Eagle Harbor coast
guard rescued from lifecraft Of the
steamer S. r. Kirby the pet bulldog
of Capt David Girardin. who was lost
with is of his crew when the vessel
sank of Keweenaw point. Lake Su-
perior
The dog. half wild from his long
exposure, sprang from the surfboat as
soon as it reached shore and disap
peared into the woods.
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Small eirI,s Commitment.

We had recently remodeled our
home, making it into bungalow style,
having a long, almost steep roof, with
bungalow windows in it. A little girl
came up to my husband one day and
said to him: "My, you've made your
house over, haven't you? 1t looks aw.
fully cute. It looks just like a barn,
doesn't it?'-Chicago Tribune.
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Rnnst In Nests.

Some hens acquire the habit of re-
naming in the nest boxes at night, in
stead of being on the roost. They foul
the nests, and when other hens go to
laying, the eggs become dirty. You
should see that such hens are kept out
Of the boxes.
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sive silos a cheap, but serviceable one
can be built.
DO not let that anticipated bumper
crop of corn stalks go to waste this
fall. Remember that forty per cent
of the food value of the corn plant is
in the stalk. Put it into the silo. The
farmer who does it will thank himself
many times when the cold and stormy
winter weather comes. If the cows
could speak they, too, would say
Thank you'"
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According to Precedent.

Now. this is the sort of musical
comedy l enjoy
"Yes?"
$50 far there hasn't been single
reference to dear old Broadway"
"Umph! Just you wait. The come
dian is supposed to be capering now
on an island in the South sea. but
he'll get back to Broadway before the
show is over somehow or other"
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Nothing Relieves Tender, Aching Feet
like hot foot bath with Johnson's Foot
Soap. Composed of Borax, Bran and
Iodine. At Druggists or sent postpaid
for 25c by Thos Gill Soap Co., I'll
Kent Ave-, Brooklyn, N Y Adv.
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Use Plenty of Seed.

In planting vegetables use enough
seed to be sure of a good stand. If
later the plants require thinning this
is preferable to the inconvenience and
delay of making a second or third
sowing.
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De CuIIINdteu as WdHy
plain dishes may ba
made most appetizing by
a fitting sauce.
Drawn Butter Sauce
Cook together a table
spoonful Of butter and a
tablespoonful of flour un-
til brown and dry. Add
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Mr.. Poster Is unkind.

Does your niece sing?" THAT is
what she calls it," replied old p G.
Poster Il don't know why. Judge.
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Wasting Humus.

Our soils are running short in
humus. And still We are burning
straw! Straw will keep up the humus
content of the soil if spread over the
farm and alIc we'd to rot
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Nothinu Gained.

I've been working here nine years.
Mr.. Grabcoin. Don't you think it is
about time for me to get raise?"
Il do, indeed. Mr.. Jobson.''
Thank you, sir
Il will raise your salary 81 a week
and that amount will be deducted each
week for our employers protective
fund. Birmingham Age-Herald
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Like the ProdiaaI Son.

A young wife demonstrated with her
husband, a dissipated spendthrift, on
his conduct
Love" said he. Il am like the
prodigal son; 1 shall reform by and
by"
81 will be like the Prodigal son,
too" she replied, for l shall arise
and go to my father "-Exchange
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n xnI1 nR ANY ERIRNn

Suffer with Rheumatism or Neuriiis, acute oil
chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheuma
tism-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful boob
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. jesse A
Case, Dept C. W., Brockton, Mass.-Adv.
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Don't Mix Eggs.

Don't mix stale eggs from any
source with the fresh eggs unless you
are willing to receive stale-egs prices
sor the ~frnic lot
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FITS, EPILEPSY. FALLING SICKNESS
stopped Quickly. Fifty years Ct u,ninteTTruPtsd
lasting results LARGE TRIAL Hottie FREE. DIR.
KLINE COMPANY, Red Bank, N. J.-Adv
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Character must stand behind and back
up everything-the sermon. the poem,
the picture. the play None of them is
worth a straw without it.-J. G.. Hol-
land
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Probably a sympathetic tear comes
as near being a panacea for all fem
mime troubles as anything on the mar
ket
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Two medicinal preparations are be-
ing made from hog brains by Danish
company.
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starch. mixed with a
cupful Of fruit Juice;
cook until clear, add
sugar to taste and fold
in the beaten whites of
three eggs; cook two or
three minutes to set the
eggs. then add a pinch
of salt and pour into a
wet mold to cool. Serve
with a oustard Saucp
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Men are probably more forgetful
than women because they haven't so
much gossip to keep them in prac-
tice.
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Same Old Game.

What are you doing now, Jim?"
Amy easy mark / can come across
baltimore American.
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North Carolina has led the states
in the production of mica for several
years
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Find TetrabeIodon,s Bones.

A fossil declared by scientists to be
the lower iawbone of the prehistoric
tetrabclodol. one OF the earliest spe-
.cies Of elephant Of which there is any
record was on exhibition here.
Ii was found in nearby Gine.-Ba-
ker (Ore) Dispatch to Portland Ore
gonian.
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DIFFERENT SAUCES.

The art Of making and serving an
appropriate sauce is one which should
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A Distinction.

DO you read all the war news,
Jibway?".
No, indeed"
Don't you care about keeping up
with the bloody struggle in Europe?''
"Of course do. What I meant
was that l merely read all the war
news printed in the papers,
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THE
X 4KIFCHEN
EzE-zCABINE 7 Il
Whene'er a noble deed is wrought
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.
-Longfeliow.
DAINTY PuDDINGs.

Boil a cupful of water and pour
INTO it six tablespoonful Of corn
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There's considerable difference be-
tween a kicker and a knocker.
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A bride always thinks her husband
clever because he married her.
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A rem lEkBLE
STATEMENT
Mrs.SheIdonS Spent $500 for
Treatment Without Dene-
Fit. FinallyMade Well by
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Veg
etable Compound.

EngIewood, III. while going
through the Change of Life suffered
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Compound made her well, SC took it and
now / am just as well as l ever was. /
cannot understand why women don't
see how much pain and suffering they
would escape by taking your medicine:
/ cannot praise it enough for it saved
my life and kept me from the Insane
Hospital. Mrs. E. SHELDON, 5657 S.
Halsted St., Englewood, III.
Physicians undoubtedly did their best,
battled with this case steadily and could
do no more, but often the most scientific
treatment is surpassed by the medicinal
properties of the good old fashioned
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If any complication exists 10
pays to write the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co, Lynn, MaSSss
for special free advice.
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w ANAA AAN~AAAe@s-AANo3 LA
vousness, flashes Of
heat, and / suffered
so much l did not
know what l was
doing at times. !
spent $500 on doc
tors and not one did
me any good. One
day a lady called at
my house and said
she had been as sick
as l was atone time,
and Lydia E. Pink
ho1o9u UannfohIA
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with great success, and the state shops
are everywhere being patronized. AS
many as 1000 customers are served
daily in some Of the shops, where the
meats are sold at prices far below that
sold in the private shops.
State Goes Into Business.
The Queensland government has
also gone into the meat business as
regards finding the stock for supply
ing the shops. For this purpose large
cattle ranches have been bought, ana
the government rear their own stock
on these ranches. So .s~ zz..S .5,s.
The latest purchase Of the govern
ment has been the purchase Of q large
run called the Mount Hutton ranch,
with over 10000 head Of cattle. at $35
per head. That the deal is q good
one Is shown by the fact that today
the same cattle are being sold in the
open market at $85 a head. SO that
the government, on this deal. has.
made q clear profit Of 100000. S.
It is because Of purchases like this.
that the Queensland government is
able to sell its meat at prices SO per
cent under the prices Of private meat:
markets.
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At the same time, the blood and
waste will run along canals through
a series of deodorizing vessels which
reduce the smells to moisture-the
blood being conserved for use, while
the waste goes on it's way to- the
sewers. -
The smells meanwhile will be
treated by furnaces, after which they
will be guaranteed quite harmless. The
blood will travel by, special gravita-
ton canals and pumped into reser-
voirs to be dried, and. in turn, made
into fertilizers, 'opening up quite a
new industry for New South Wales
Electric wires Of low current will
be used to drive the cattle to the
death chambers, where they will be
killed by knock on the frontal bone
of the head, instead of the old methods
of spearing. them. After the brute il
dispatched, the carcass will be tilted
mechanically on platforms to enable
it to be easily handled, after which 1t
will move by the aid Of mechanical
devices so that It can be handled easily
in the various points Of treatment.
The death chamber are lined with
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the mutton house being five stories
high. while the beef house is six
stories high.
Have Large Capacity.
-, The export works alone, in work.
ing year Of 800 days, will be able to
turn out 100000 carcassses of NUT
ton and 10000 carcassess Of beef.
The daily slaughtering capacity for
home use will be 1900 beef, Is, 900
mutton, 1.4oo veal, and 1900 pork
carcasses.
In the sale yards provision is made
for $4,000 sheep and lambs, 5000 cat
tie. 1000 calves. and 5000 pigs. In
addition there will be eahomes for $50
dogs, and swimming baths, and dry
Ing sheds for cattle and other car
cases. g-. - ~ .ls-~. ,..
The administrative offices cover
three acres of land, and are a hand
some set Of buildings, with gardens,
lawns, telegraph, sale press, and tele-
phone offices, refrebhment rooms and
workshops. SO thai, at q cost Of 81.
500, ,ooo,. We are have the very best
In abattoirs. sssss .:j =G s5s s3s
The, sociali.inns 4 81 tho meat industry ,
IN the stats 6 sueensland Is meeting
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STATE0WNED ABAIT0lRS SOLVE PURE MEAT and LABOR PR0BIE

SO that every part of the carcas, from
the time it leaves the slaughter pen
till it is put into the butchers cart
for delivery, will be cleansed by the
same water as the people Of the state
use for drinking purposes. A huge
reservoir, having capacity of 10000
gallons, is erected to give enough
water for washing down the premises
as required, Two hundred railroad
cars will always be kept in reserve to
rush the offal away to the various
works for treatment, while they have
the latest things in railroads to ensure
quick dispatch Of such matter.
The greatest feature of the works
is the elimination OF handling. The
abattoirs are replete with every clever
device imaginable. AS case in point,
when the sheep are dispatched by the
executioner, their decapitated heads
run down ones chute and their
paunches down another, where op-
eratives. await to deal with them.
These chutes@ will be so arranged on
travellers, SO that the heads and
paunches will come along just quick
enough for the men to deal with them.
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white marble bricks to the height of
three feeet, while the floors are con-
creted, so that the last word in clean
liness becomes possible. -
Night Bright as Day.
The works will be lighted like sun
shine throughout the nights, and for
this purpose the largest electrical in
stallation in Australia is at the works.
The electric power house has a ca
pacity Of over $500 kilowatts. The
cooling chambers represent a stored
energy Of. $50 tons Of ice per "a
hours, and will vary according to the
times of the year.
The men will work under the best
possible conditions. Bathrooms, laun-
dries and change houses are a feature
Of the works. and it will be possible
for the men to go to work and return
from work in their Sunday best
clothes,s while at the works they will
wear clothes of Immaculate whfteness.
Huge by-product works have been
erected to deal with this new phase
Of the work, for it is the intention Of
the state that nothing Of commercial
use ID wasted. Special buildings to
deal with export trade are erected
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acres, which comprise the actual
abattoir premises, test grounds for the
cattle, and site for saleyards and rail-
way approaches. In the general get
up, Chicago has been emulated in
some respects.
We are going to deal with every
thing in the cattle, sheep and pigs,
except the squeal, for from the offal
and blood valuable fertilizers are to
be made, which will be sold at the
cheapest rate for developing the land.
With our abattoirs there will be no
noisome smells. Just as they will
use every part of the animal, so even
the gases will be imprisoned and
chemically handled. Railways will
convey the skins, hides, and so on, to
the various tanneries near the site,
where they will be turned into useful
articles.
Keep 1t Spic and Span.
One great feature about the new
works is the amount of room, while
another is the all-round provision that
is made for cleanliness. Water is laid
on almost every inch of the works,
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y BY FRANCIS AHERN.

ONEY. N. S. w., Aug. 10.-Cost-
inSover s7,5oo,ooo, the new South
Wales state-owned abattoirs, just op-
ened, represent the last word in the
industry Of killing meat for human
consumption.
Heavy though the expense may
seem, the offset is that the people of
this state have meat they consume
killed and distributed in the most
wholesome and hygienic way possible.
To give us the last word in this in
dustry the abattoirs of the world
have been ransacked in the search of
the latest and most approved methods
of dealing with the peoples meat sup
ply, and we can say that our works
represent the last word in slaughter
houses. Everything that has been in
stalled stands for cleanliness and
thoroughness.
Va. Covers 1900 Acres.
The scheme covers some 1900
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ACCIDENTS INCREASE.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. TO-
During the first six months of 1916
almost as many fatal accidents oc-
Cured in Pennsylvania's industries as
were reported during the entire 10
months Of the previous year, reports
Commissioner of Labor Jackson.
The causes for this increase are the
greater number of men employed at
high speed, the employment of
green hands," and the operation of
the workmen's compensation law,
which is bringing in full reports of
accidents. The state department of
labor and industry is conducting a
campaign to reduce this tremendous
waste Of the vital resources Of Penn
Svlvania
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SAYS STRIKERS ARE JUSTIFIED

W1LKES-BARRE, Pa, Aug. 10
State Commissioner of Labor and In
dustry Jackson has reiterated his for
nfer statement that motormen and
conductors Of this city were justified
In insisting that an arbitration award
be reopened, and which resulted in
the present strike, which has been
Waged for several months. .-.
The strikers, originally demanded
wage increases, and the matter was
referred to an arbitration board. Mr..
jackson served as chairman. The
boards award was based on a sliding
scale. The employees. representatives
protested against this decision, which
ignored the purpose ior which the
board was created. Later Mr.. Jack.
son accepted this viewpoint and re-
versed his decision, which the COM
pany refused to accept.
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"DETECTIVE' BURNS HELD.

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-William J..
Burns, the great detective" is held
in $1,000 bail on complaint of the dis
trict attorney, who charges this cham
pion of the law and order with having
unlawfully, wi1fully and without au-
thoritv" removed and divulged to
others certain letters, kilograms, prf-
"vate papers and copies thereof from
the offices of a law firm in this city.
In plain English, Burns is charged
with breaking into a lawyers office
and stealing letters and also tapping
telephone wires.