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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1912.
The Omaha daily Bee
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AUGUST CIRCULATION.
v: 50,229
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, ss.
- i Dwighjt Williams, circulation- managei
of The. Bee Publishing company, being
. duly sworn, says that the average dally
" circulation for the month of August. i'Jli,
waa 60.229. D WIGHT WILLIAMS
, i . . , . Circulation Manager.
' Subscribed . In my presence and sworn
to before me this 2d day-of September,
lMi.v. -.-.- , - ROBERT HUNTER, .
fSeaL) ... Notary Public.
Sabacrtbere tearing the city
temporarily shoald . have Tke
Bet snile4 to then, i Address
wtll bechanced as often as as
cjsiste4.t; ;-. ;,,,...!"..
Xew Reeor Established. '-''
When In June," 1910, the ninth annual
convention of the . International ' Stereo
typera and Electrotype n" Union ' of
North - America , waa entertained In
Omaha by Sterotypers' union No. 24,
Good Idea Pijsh it Along.
' ins commercial club announces
Its purpose to take greater part In
municipal artairs than . heretofore,
and that tbe appointment, of some
kind of - a- permanent conference
committee to act with the city com
misBioners is proDaoie. this is a
good Idea which should be pushed the local organisation established a new
along, lor tbe suggestions and ad- record and took its place in tbe front
vice of the business Interests of the rnk wlth th ,tron'e"t among the many
rUv Mtrnnf fall tr Ka a k.T,-ei. m
I Thaa nwm f 1 eihawfl hwws )ia Hs Im
the municipal authorities. . i ,m th.t 0mAh. hmA mmla fnr
The Idea, however, is a good one, this convention was a complete surprise.
not only for the Commercial club, bt arrangements for the entertainment
but for other civic organizations - tn " wer
. . . . , . - i umuiif, "lira ine prasiuen
- . I DolnteO all ' members of No. 24 a com.
, . , . . I
ana activities tnai come in Close con- mlttee , of the whole. Bubeotnmittees
tact with tbe municipal government, were appointed and work:was begun at
The new organization of retail deal- once upon " undertaking that was no
m tnr ...mnii. ha. v 8m'" for the membership to covor
ers, fos example, has a right to have ,uf,P,nP .v,
Its wishes consulted through, a. com How splendidly it was carried thfougn
mlttee just , as have the Improve-1 Is now a matter ef hfstory.
ment clubs, the labor . unions, the There were in attendance upon this
Real Estate ethane and oth.. c"'n bot Afty-flve delegates, w)th
" ' thMr W(UM m rA ' .ki.l -, .. ,1 . . -
v-ji mi i i jyoiiij-Jivo
.mumr UUui. x ue omy we spot, vlshors and their wives. The tSrokram
it strikes us, is the lack of an or-1 was elaborate, and so successfully car.
ganUation in Omaha of home owners rlcd out tntt it was the unanimous rx
and taxpayers covering the whole rteaion ot th uet that the .ix days
iw ..... nt Jn 0mba constituted the nu-st
,ct luo l" deilightful convention neriod n
nicipal problems from the broadest joyed by the international body, in the
possible standpoint, and at the same accomplishment of this signal ,-ucotss
time to. Insist. on strict economy. aDout l-m w" fPnt' wlich shows
The way to make a citv rovern- 1 management was economical
' I Without belmr tiarslmnnl mist anrl shth
uni.u jBi.uu.in w puDuo uoeas is sum was so well invested that its re-
through constant conferences be-1 turns are bound to be perpetual.
tween the officials and represents-1 The out0nie of this event waa so erai-
STEREOTYPIES AND ELECTEOTYPESS
By Louis Connony, President of the Omaha Local. ;
tives of all the different civic units.
'iFifst registration day today.
With what political' party do you
wish to afflriatef Speak up truth
'fully now. , "
, 4 Only i eleven men' were killed in
- the model steel mills at Gary in Au
gust.. Must have been a dull month
, there., .' '..
. " tTbose- letter carriers who have
moie 'work' are 'alfio to have more
, pay,' jlfcn, ought to '. equalize the
burden. f ,, . tI ., .,,
Tellers Will, Figg-er,
Out of the kindness of his heart
the: blill moose 'polltlfcal weather which win appeal especially to the crafta-
rorecaster for Nebraska has taken men of kindred and allied trades.
nently satisfactory, not only to the mem-
mers of the International and local un
ions, but to the business men and citizens
of Omaha, that It will bt of general In
terest to relate some of the early his
tory,' trials and , tribulations of No. 24.
us early into his confidence by glv- First stereotyping punt.
ing out advance returns of the No
vember election, which he says will
show as follows: . ,
Roosevelt ............100,000
Wilson ..........,..,.........'.,., 76,00('
Taft , 60,000
Far be it from us at this time to
hot
the
the
I . Havlhf 4 made good on his
wave and his showers, will
weather- man - please pass
" "co'ole?" . : v
Omaha Is now among the progres
sive cities equipped for automobile
-ftBeri)fr,'8qm day we will also
., hVe:street' carineiaLtrains, '.
4 Wrtek"V)h 4c to peddle
- tr.caenT.ana Mcoien. mere ;W snoot
f P.algii said Ho
-Yba weataer.man-.'.keeps on telling
us that we still . have a deficiency
of rainfall since March 1. Here' is
where-a deficiency must be better
than a surplus. ;"v
Germany Is also agitated oyer the
high cost of food, and with: cause if
quoted prices are reliable. Fifty-six
cents a pound for beefsteak' makes
Omaha figures look cheap.;?; r'
Chicago is bragging now 1 that it
has 2,326,400 Inhabitants, based, on
directory count. Sounds pretty.big.
But when bragging, why Btop f6r 4a
couple of hundred thousand?
AU real progresa in this country
during the last half century bas,
been . made under republican rule,
and advance Is only possible by. close,
adherence to republican policies. , '
. President Taft is getting :. some
bouquets along with the. brickbats
these days, showing that his 'efforts
as executive are appreciated by a
lot of people who are raot politicians.
It is probably news to "Boss"
Flian to be told that he! is an Ideal
ist" with "no thougbbof personal
return" for tlme. and -money 4e voted
to politics. But he' will not deny
the allegation. ? , ' ;
' Half the coal piined' In the United
States is wasted by reason of poor
burning devices, says an expert . of
the government.,. But it all has to
be paid for by somebody, so the coal
man does not worry. ,
Ormsby McHarg was the man .. on
whom Roosevelt originally depended
to push through the fake contests
for seats In the Chicago convention,
so it Is not to be wondered at that
he admits the hollo wness of the bull
moose pretensions. , ,, .'.'... .
Te Conwiiercjalyclub: should jnpt
;bevalonet' ia iteef forts td 'inducethe
nestmeat of home money in Omaha
enterprises. Money made in Omaha
might yery well be reinvested here,
to.tfce advantage, both of the indi
vidual and the community. ?
One might get the impression
r,om his Btatements that Senator
'.T(ilnT! dos-; 'not llke .Governor
BJeae,..were t jiot for tbe. fact thaV
tip- '.lWra Ahrith Tinnlnpfiit hv
South. Carolina democrats at the
same primary." t. , ,. '.;-.
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If our distinguished , hydraulic
Water boarders had only ' let the
writer company build that second
supply water main under their
standing offer to do so, they would
bave avoided aH. this trouble over
whicn street ihe main, should come
down. ' '
The first newspaper stereotyping at
tempted In this city was on The Bee, when
It occupied its old quarters at S14 Farnam
street. This was In August, 1885. ; A man
named Curtis, from Detroit, was 1 the
first stereotypes and I was his helper,
It was a new business, but Indifferently
matte a counter prediction. We failure of it. Mike Buckley came shortly
would npt even call attention to the afterward, taking Curtis' place in Sep
fact that four years ago Taft had tember or October, and was followed by
127,600;. and -Bryan lJiioOO, alto- Mart Mack 'rom Chic0, W-"'HeraM
ih orb ftAn I "Ul " stereotyping tn , ana tney naa
' uua'vvv' ' V the same trouble there.
o,uuu more tnaa in nun m,evwr A et Louis man was the first swreo-
accounts'" for. It is of no consequence typer on the Herald; I forget his name,
that this forecast appropriates from but he did not .last long, and was sue
the democratic column Ks.OOn for by Martin Mack, and be In turn
was succeeded by John Feeney. under
wIiaaV ! hairan mil AnnintlKhtn ' Tn
to come from the republican column. January, Uffl, the Evening World Insulted
tj-nere for a meeting in the stereotyp
ing room of The Bee the week following.
Then and there .waa . organised Stereo
typera amt-Electrotypers' union Ko. it,
with the following members: if.' J. Buck-
i ley, S. I Rowsee,' 'Oeorse Raoolev. . T.
8. Oranvilie," MattheW Reiner, James
Black, sr., C. U Hawklnson, Samuel C.
t rey, Louis Connolly, John Volanta and
K H. Hawkfnson.
At thig time we surrendered the old
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C9MP&LEO fKOM BE TlhtS
SEPT. 8.
Thirty Venrs Ag
The feast day of the patroness of the
cathedral was celebrated by the unveiling
of an o'.I portrait of St- Philomena, the
mass being conducted by Rev. Father
diction of the International Typograph
ical Union.' This charter was destroyed
by fire in Labor Temple hall In March,
1S, and a new one was granted, which
we worked under until the organization
of ; the ' International Stereotypers Jand
Electrotypers" union in 190J. ' ?
Previous to July,-1897. we were practi
oally , a union In name only: " V do not
recall one instance where our working
conditions were Improved, or any effort
put forth to Improve them. 4 We had ho
regular scale, and were working unrea
sonably long hours. , But on the above
date, new life was put Into the organi
sation, the membership became enthusi
astic, active, and the result was shown
in our later progress. At the meeting
held July 1, 1897, the following scale waa
aaopted ' by unanimous vote: Newspaper
stereotypers" wages shall not be less than
US per week; for Job stereotypers not
less than Ji8 per week, for electrotype
molders not less than $21 per week; elec
trotype finishers not less than $30 per
week. ' This scale was accepted by em
ployers, and went into effect thirty days
later, ,.-', . -? ' .- ; .
Advance la Wages.
In March, : 190&, a scale callina- for u
per day for newspaper stereotvDers and
eight hours per day, or night, was sub
mitted to tke publishers, and on April Si
1903. the committee reported - that the
managers of The Bee, World-Herald and
News had verbally agreed to the "scale
as submitted. Two years later an effort
was made to Increase the scAle for news-'
and Cleary, with sermon by Rev. F. F.
McCarthy. '
Crelghton college will reopen with these
officers and faculty? President, Rev. T.
H. Miles, a. J.; vice-president. Rev. T.
13. Leason, S. J., and Messrs. J. F.
Bergen, 8, J. Gartland, S. J.; F.vMo
Kenna, Ed A. O'Brien,. Ed Owens and
Pr. M. J. O'Rourke. , ,
J. B. - Kitchen, formerly, with the Pa-,
clfle house, fit. Joseph, .has come to
Omaha to make It his permanent resi
dence. ... , -V .
The pews for the Baptist church have
arrived. They are of red oak trimmed in
black walnut.. ...';'.
Hon. Simeon Bloom has returned from
the east..--,., y - , ; .
-John A. Crelghton was an east bound
passenger.
Annie1 Glacomlnl goes to Notre .Dame,
Maryland,, .to pursue her studies.
Miss , Alen M.- WlUlama, principal of
Cass - street school, has , returned from
Colorado,-where she spent the summer,
Mrs.- Mackey has returned to her home
In Bt. Louis, after spending the summer
wtth her oarents. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Vv Jones.' r:- ''. . '
Twenty Years Ago-- : .
The republican committee met and com'
pleted arrangements for the city primar
ies. In the absence of Chairman Smith,
T. K. SudboroUgh presided.
Mrs.' B; Sllloway, proprietor of the Mur
rav hotel, was presented by the employes
with a silk umbtella and alligator sain
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People Talked;About
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paper stereotypers to $3.60 per day,, and I'grip In token of the fourth anniversary of
.! .ra a ,naii ror overtime. This was her oronrletorshlp.
the bull mooser, leaving only 44,000
It II of no consequence either' that
he gives the colonel in 191S (only
100,000 votes, when - In 1904 he
polled 138,500, or 88,600; more.
Conceding Taft 60,000 votes while
asserting that' 90 per cent .of the
republican in Nebraska are against
him, is of course no' more paradoxi
cal. . ,' .
But we know of no . law in this
state that prevents "fellers" ' from
"figurln," ' " '"' f ' ."'.-'
j-.--. .Wiftllf the Gain,,r.
If every action ought to have a
purpose, inquiry is' Justified as to
thy end of automobile road racing.
Generally, efforts' .are . directed at
curbing the mania v.for speed, but
yiese events must; nve tne effect, If
they.1: have1 a!ny, of i stimulating' the
sire to "burn ur the . rnad:" tt la
easy; to understand the eiroUement
that, attends the. spectacle' of 'half-a-
dosren men' in high power 'Machines,
recklessiy1 defying disaster in a mad
competition, abHt ' wblen "jthe excite
ment calms down, what has been ac
complished ? -, Xt has.'v been proven
that, given a -. maohlne of sufficient
pow; (apd adrlver;:"unmindful of
other, consequences', jh at an entirely
useless'' aumber ; of ; miles Vpw. hour
mayibe jtniintainld; lrlbther' condi
tions fWiavobJ&'r':.';. ,'.' .' ,
X But'1 ..the': automobile-, industry Is
gainer In nothing. ; Some of the -big
makers 'decline to longeritake part
in -the aeeB,b.eeanMv.tliey con
tribute, nothing to the development
Of the machine, and ' therefore are
of no practical benefit. Those who
persist In it profess to find the ques
tionable advertisement It affords suf
ficiently profitable to warrant the
expense. . ; V: "v :
With' the governrnent i officially
denouncing the "speed mania" ' as
responsible for a, very large percent
age of disasters on railways, and
moralists finding it in many ways
chargeable; with loss of lite and
great destruction of property, are
we. not continually Inviting calamity
when we contribute in any degree
to. a'sport" whose most" direct in
fluence is to'fonter the miflness for
speed that Is becoming a feal na
tional menacet Automobile, makers
could do much toward making their
treat industry humaritarian.as well
as utilitarian by disbanding the rac
ing teams that now represent them.
t Any way, Gmaha'beat Lincoln, to It
In erecting a monument to "-the
martyr president, even though . the
statue on the grounds of the old ter
ritorial capltol here is not quite eo
pretentious as the one Just unveiled
on the state house ground .there. ,
New York City ha lost $3,000 a
'day on lt municipal ferry plant for
the last seven years.- This Js Just a
trifle ahead of ; Omaha! experience
with Its water plant, but Omaha has
not .had the water plant that, long
yet. ." v-'., : .', .:: .:''
Judging from the pbotographs,
the only thing still needed for that
Lincoln monument Just unveiled Is
a new state house for a background
. Well, we will hear from Vermont
in due time.
a stereotyping plant with M. J. Keliey as
stereotyper. In January or February,
1887, the Republican put In a stereotyping
plant, with a man by the name of Kelley
as stereotyper, who was succeeded by S.
L.'RoWsee.. . . ; '
It was in the spring of 1887 that the
Stereotypers and Electrotypers' union of
Omaha was first organised, under a char
ter of the International Typographical
union, . as Pressmen, Stereotypers and
Electrotypers' union No. 32, with a mem
bership of twelve pressmen and "eight
stereotypers and , electrotypers. n There
were at this Urns 1 Omaha four news-
papenrrualng .Webb .uresses ana .employ
ing stereotypers: The Herald, publishing
a morning edition, John. Feeney, stereo
typer, Edward McGrath, helper; The Bee,
publishing morning and evening editions,
M. J. Buckley and Edward Egan, stereo
typers, Charles Watson,' helper; the Be
publican, publishing a morning edition,
8. L. Rowiee, stereotyper', V J- Dunn,
helper; the Evening World, publishing
an evening edition,' M. J. Kelley, stereo
typer, Louis Connolly, helper. ; '
When O. M. Hitchcock two years later
bought the Herald and merged It with
the Evening World, publishing morning
and evening editions of the World-Herald,
one stereotyper was deposed. In 1890 the.
Republican suspended publication, tnus
leaving but two newspapers (Th Bee and
the World-Herald) employing . stereo
typers, the work of these double-headers
bein performed by one crew each. A
new Job shop, started that year, took care
of the stereotyping foree of the old Re
publican. On the morning edition of the
newspaper we reported to work at mid
night and worked about four hours. This
was on an eight. page paper, requiring
from eight' to sixteen plates, and in the
vent of a twelve-page paper the stereo- j
typing' crew was called an hour earlier.
On Sunday Issues we began work at T
o'clock, and on a few occasions it was
7 o'clock in the morning before the starter
was out. , 1
Era of Long Honrs.
In SJ new mall trains were put on,
which necessitated an early edition, whin
we reported at I p. m. This meant four
hour additional time, and no extra pay,
though I believe there was an additional
man allowed on each paper. In those
days foremen received from $20 to $30 per
week of seven days, and other help from
$13 to til for the same period. No over
time waa paid for. 4
In the spring of 1890 the pressmen, with
whom we had worked tn harmony up to
that time, voted to surrender the charter
and connect themselves with the Inter.
national Printing Pressmen's union. The
stereotypers, by a clever ruse, secured
the charter, and continued, in connection
with the three pressmen who remained
loyal to us, to hold our meetings from
time to time, but always under the old
charter, which was seeJously guarded. It
was an uphill fight, but we were deter
mined, to keep the old union In existence,
having eleven members. We added to our
membership by initiation and card, six
teen pressmen and seven stereotypers and
electrotypers In the ensuing three years,
averaging from twelve to fourteen mem
bers. There was inevitably more or less
strife and rancor between the two rival
organisations, all of which has happily
long since given way to an era of har
mony and good fueling.
Beginning with 18S3, there was a period
of lose of membership.to No. U, by aus
lienslon and withdrawals, which in three
years reduced our , number of .members
In good standing to seven-four stereo
typers 'and three . pressmen. Then an
agreement was reached between the In
ternational Typographical union and the
International Printing Perssmen's union,
whereby the cards of our pressmen were
accepted by the. International Printing
Pressmen's union, ;and on -January 12.
1SH the three remaining pressmen with
drew their1 cards, leaving but four stereo
typers, M. J. Buckley, George Rappley,
S. L. Rowiee and Lout Connolly!, at
that, time employed on the St Joseph
tiasette. .' ..'
Formatloa et JSew-.l'nIoal, .
We Immediately formed ourselves Into
a- committee of four, and Issued a call
to all Omaha stereotypers and electro-
bitterly fought, and finally compromised
at tS.25 per day and 50 cents per hour for
overtime, on one year verbal contract
with the newspapers.
In May, 1906, a new scale for Job stereo
typers was put into effect. S3 per day of
nine hours work, instead of 118 per week.
In October. 1908, a scale was presented,
the same asked for in 1305, and after a
few. conferences with the publishers, we
wertj given our first written contract by
a.1!" publishers In Omaha, Council Bluffs
and South Omaha, with a single exception,
who paid the-scale, but on a verbal con
tract This accomplishment was a source
of great satisfaction, being regarded as
acknowledgment on the part of our em
ployers that we had proven our right to
recognition as a labor union.
In 1910' another scale committee was
appointed as our contract with the pub-
Ushers was about to expire.. .The follow.
Ing contract was signed: ' Journeymen
shall apt. be paid less than 13.76 per day
or night, and beginning January, 1913, not
less than $4 per day. Eight conseoutlv
hours shall constitute a day's or night's
work, and time and a half for overtime.
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Improved Conditions.
., While, wages have .been Improving, con
ditions have also been gradually and
steadily bettered. . The. stereotyping busl
nes. has made .wonderful strides in: even
the.Jaat three , years, by .reason ot new
machinery now being manufactured, so
that where formerly the work- was so
hard as to be, literally slavish,' it is now
not only easier, but the. work is done
better, as for instance in the case of the
auto-shaver, pump, casting boxes and
compressed air steam-tables inaUlled by
The Bee, the pump boxes put in by the
News, and the seml-aiitoplate and pump-
boxes put In by the World-Herald. Then,
too, the' rooms are more sanitary, the
hours more tolerable, and the whole "sur
roundings' and conditions invite the work-
er's "best efforts.' .,' ,
, The Omaha union Is today a 100 per tent
organisation every -stereotyper &nt elac
trotyper In the city Is on Its rolls. It has
now thirty-three members, all in .. good
standing, with an average attendance at
meetings of , .twenty-five. , We have ,lrt
our local, treasury about 130 per capita,
loaned out at, interest, and . we resei-v It
for the. benefit of the membership. No
member of the local union In good stand
ing need patronise the loan sharks, as
he can get $25 by applying to the secretary
and treasurer, and not to exceed M. by
the consent of the executive board. Our
dues never exceed $1 per moutn. In the
twenty-five years, of our existence w
have -Never had a strike. 1 1 whatever
Way considered, No. 24, from the date at
Its last charter may be reajarded as hav
ing achieVed complete success. ; Most of
the members own their own homes, and
are as happy, and contented as any t'asi
of wage Workers in Omaha. . r
Rev. and Mrs. W. Franklin Smith were
hn. tmm oleasant visit to Illinois;
Dr. George L. Miller was In Salt Lake
lookine after business affairs. . '
,1,. Copland, a grocer at 3213 California
street, was badly bitten by a dog at, a
house at Thirtieth and California and re
ported the matter to the police.
CaDtaln T.: H. Russell Of Deadwood,
one of the . pioneers of that region, , was
in the city with his ion, George P. Rus
sell who , was about to matriculate at
Prlehton' college. ' - . '" '
Mrs. C. H. Frederick returned from a
summer spent in New Tork and Fnn.
sylvanla. , v: .,':". i.;
Ten Ypars AgO . .'-
' Rev. CvB. Tlngley of Blair delivered a
stirring address on home' missions at the
j.-.j-. .tm t.1 the BaDtlSls. .iov-
Ul(l.b ll.-v.. "O -
Williams Of Des Moines, the- newly ap
pointed secretary of the missionary as
sociation, spoke on the world-wide aspect
, i..in.: Re.- E. A. Russeii 01 uru,
...r f the Baptist Publication so.
- mh. ka. was one of . the
cieiy . v . t... ..
'm,.... Conrv of . La Porte,. Ind..
were visiting at the home of John Conry
on Pleroe street. Vs" " ' v -
sixty merchants of Nebraska and Iowa
reported at the Commercial club rooms
a a.resuit of '.the second ; day t the
fade excursion.
s -vhrf1 had struck in
reluctant obedience "to the uhloh's wder
issued by- Business Agent hick eleven
son, returned to work. '
-The. Real Estate exchange, on motion
'of F. D. Wead, appoipiea a in""1""
headed by W. H. Green, to report on
prospects ot haying the Nebraska Real
EelatS Dealers' association hold Its next
convention tn- Omah In December.
Echoes ot the Western Passenger as
eociatlon's rusade. against scalping were
heard locally in ' the form of protests
against the traffic in stockmen's passes.
! ! POIITICAI 'SIIAPSHOTS.
nw Tork Sun: Senator Lodge has un
covered a record of George Washington's
swearing at the senate. ,The father of his
country will soon be claimed as an orig
inal muckraker. .v .. .
Wall Street Journals Boms of the ..de
spised' -men of big business would like
to have the chanee of running this coun
try with an allowance of much less than
$1,000,000,000 a year.
Washington Poet: The surest way for a
newspaper correspondent to make a life
long enemy nowadays is for him to ask a
republican congressman how he stands on
the Roosevelt question. . . ;
8t Louis Republic: Th bull moose con
vention at Chicago made a profit of $474.
But nobody imagined that George Per
kins Would be connected with a propo
sition that didn't pay. "
Josephj ;t3." RSbln, who is In tne Tofflbs
awaiting sentence following his convic
tion for , the wrecking of th.e Northern
bank,-is said to have made another for-,
tune through speculation carried on while
a prisoner, ", --
George : F. Edmunds, who drafted the
Sherman antl-turst law twenty-two years
ago, Is quoted as expressing his belief
that . Roosevelt Should not be' entrusted
with its further application.. .
A man in Wlnfield. Kan., wrote to the
local paper: "It may be all right, but
it kind of galls me to see a duck who
has 'owed me $9.40 for six months sub
scribe $5 to the evangelist"
King George Is reported to, hare said
that the duchess of Roxeburghe. who
was Miss May Goelet of New Vork, is
me oest-reaa woman in England, "being
equal to the queen," which Is a. great
compliment, coming . from his : majesty.
The duchess can. follow his lead on any
subject he may suggest.
J. P. Morgan, It Is told, adopted 'an
ingenious way of securing a'captain for
the Corsair. He inquired of the captains
of some of the White Star liners for a
list of competent first and second of
ficers. When these were furnished he
asked for their previous month's wine
cards, and the one' having 'the lowest
wine charge against him was chosen-
Boldly defying the high cost of living
and the "morning after" ieellng, Alder
man Frank J. Dotsler, devoured nine and
a. quarter pounds of steak- and nineteen
rolls, washed down with eleven cups, of
coffee, at a beef-eating contest on Long
Island. Holy smoke, think what would
happen if Dotsler . exercised his appetite
at an inland clam bake. . ,
Miss Blanche. H. Coffin of Nantucket,
is said to be the' youngest state official
in Massachusetts. Miss Coffin had just
celebrated her seventeenth birthday when
she Was appointed town Weigher by the
board of selectmen' and placed in Charge
of the own scales. Miss : Coffin is a
graduate of the Nantucket" High- school
and a daughter of a former keeper of the'
life-saving .station- at Coakata. ' ' - I
TOLD DT ITJU.
you are sun a oacneiorr .
"Yea." , - '
," "Whyt" -. t,',' ; ' ...
"I'm waiting for equal suffrage. Before
she votea-Cleveland Plain Dealer. -s.
"fou never go to banquets.with your
husbaod?" -.- .y - "
"No. I am always afraid that they'll
ask him to make a speech."
"And he can't make one?". '
"That's It, exactly. But if he were asked
I Just know he'd get up and try. "-Detroit
Free. Press. ' :v.' .
"What reason have you to think that
my campaign contribution was grate
fully receded" a'ked Mr. Dustin Btaks.
"The fact," replied the secretary, ''""that
the gentleman immediately - came back
for more." Washington Star:
The city editor looked over the manu
script the caller had handed himif
'-'If I run this item, madam,:', he .ald,
"I shall have to ue the blue pencil on
about nine-tenths of it" ' - - n
"Oh, that's too much trouble!" she ex
claimed. "Let me have it again, and
I'll . write It all with a blue pencil."
Chicago Tribune. ... -
THE SODA CLERK.
i
behold
, Atlanta Georgian.
Whenever I am anxious to
chao at work
I stand and watch the movement of the
soda-water clerk.
Especially In summer, when the tem
perature is high .
And people swarm up to him and im-
, -j petuously-:cry:, .ffW.,;. ;..vi
sody-draw
me a
"Gimme a choe'lit
lemon lime -
Gee, but hl dump Is crowded been
here an awful time--- ,.,.
Couple o' sassaperlillas-strob'ry colllg
.Ice' , x ' '
Say, on the level, Llsle, isn't "Verniller
- nice : f,-'.
Got enny maple walnut here you are,
over here . , . . '
No, I don't want no banana, told you I
: 'said root beer-' -'V
Wbadd'l y' have: try coffee-eay, this
ain 1 orangeaae, - . , . -,
Don't talk, to me, young feller-I know
4 how, the drink is mad?;. ;.- 4 . 1
' ""' ' ' - .... . -. , ' I:." '.
And thus they keep on coming, with in-.
sistent, nrtSK aemana. :
The soda clerk keeps moving, a he works
, with either hand. -He's.
fast enough in winter, but the sum
mer makes him fly. . " '.''
It's then he demonstrates the' hand Is
faster than the eye.:; v
Wliy Women Are Not JR1CH. .
Msa is millionaire saaay times oref ia the poeeession oi blood cell. W
on is not quite so rioa,ior scientists awn proves that the normal man has five mil
lion the woman only fear and a ban million to a eubio millimetre si blood.
A decrease m number oi red blood oorpecke sod penen "looks peJe '-m
Cict,b aaaemic, tbe Mood dee not get tae right food snd probably the stomach is
disordered. . ;, ' '.''r r f ,
,w ;Dr. R. V. Pierce found. years age tkat glyceric extract of golden seal snd
Oregon grape' roots, Queen's root and Wcodroot with black oherrrbark, would help
. the assimilatioo of the food in the ctomacfa, eecreot liver ills and In Nature's own
way increase tbe led Mood oorpwecese. iws meoinne ne
caBed Dr. Pierce) GoHea Medioei Discovery.; By e imi
tating the food eaten lm eystesa is ftOurUhed and the blood
takes en a rum red eolar, Nerreasness is only ' the ery
ef.tite starved nerve for food," and when the nerve ere
fed ea rich ted bioed the pemea leeees those' irritable feel
iaglleenwell et night and is refreshed tbe morahig.
... . tiraM IbWH, IM M Wlrtl W
a elserderad stanaeh snd kver " wiMes Ma. Jaa. D. Lrvm.T, of Waib-
bum. Twm.. Root 1 Box St. AO or Maods tbeetbt I weald die and
tbe best abysidsas awve aae
an. I 1
Gotten Ifaaical Dtooevery.aad aeswed anek btaent from same. My
ease had ran w km. It had become se ebnoie Ha notkmc wenM
a aamanant mm. hot Dr. FVira'i teariihia has dtOhe maek far mi
I iWily nmamand H. I baartily aavise Ma eoe as a sprtaer tODle, and
I was advised to try Dr. Pierce's
At - --. - .111.. . fc . rW Mm Ij, MwlUlnMI WM '
JT. D. Lmt.7, Esq. jitmmm bare ran w ob that there la no chance to be cured.
Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser, 31 stamps to pcy for wrapping and mailing qalf.
lead; Th Perfect Summer
ONE TEASPOONTUL MAKES TWO CUPS.
' Published by the. Growers of India Tea.
.. THE BATTLE OF DUNBAR
By Eev. Thomas B. Gregory." -
Two hundred and sixty-two years ago Lord hath delivered
today September 8, 1630 Cromwell -and
his Ironside met the men of the heather
at Dunbar and gave them' the' beating
of their lives. That Scotchmen are brave
has been demonstrated upon a hundred
battlefields, but the drubbing that "Old
Noll' gave ' them at Dunbar : they can
never-forget . . -V
But Dunbar did the. Scotch a world of
good; and, moreover,, it was something
that they well deserved. It was a roost
righteous beating that they got n .that
memorable September day, 16&0. ,
Cromwell, One of the greatest men of
alt time. was as tolerant as he was
great, but he felt that toleration was a
game that It took two or more to piay
at. H was more than willing to reach
out the hand ot good will. to. any one
who was. disposed to meet him half way, -
but for the wouldrbe champions of In
tolerance he had no patience and but
little compassion. ,
.The Scotch, led on by their ranaticai
preachers, were trying to make every
body Presbyterians, , and not only v so, ,
but they were engaged in., the attempt
at making the people of England accept
a-klng that. they did not want. In their
majesty the English. , people . had risen
and brushed .away the Stuart dynasty,
with all of Its crimes, and now , the '
Scotch, were, trying by. force of arms, to
make them take that dynasty back. .
,Thls was more than Cromwell could .
stand. He would not become a Preaby
tertan. or anything else, against his will,
and as for accepUng Charles the Second, j
he would not listen , to It for a -moment
As Cromwell was wondering what to
do his quick eye detected a -certain move
ment on the part ot the enemy, and see
ing the ' advantage of It he threw-up i
his hands with the exclamation; "The
them into our
hands!" '
Instantly the Ironsides' were In mo
tion. "Let God arise, and let his enemies
be scattered!' shouted "Cromwell to
them, and in a little while it was ail
over with the heather folk: 'V " '"
It was a' wonderful, victory-on of the
most wonderful on record 10,000 prison
ers, 4,000 slain, 200 colors and sundarda,
15,000 stand ot arms, all "the artillery and
Cromwell's" loss less ; . than twenty-five
men. '. '
' It was a lesson - that Scotland never
forgot, and even the bigoted parsons
were led to feel that it would be a wise
thing on their part to forever desist from
the attempt at making Englishmen . into
Unwiltlng Presbyterians, and Squally un
willing supporters ot the Stuart dynasty.
The greatest thing in the world was at
stakehuman liberty and Cromwell "got
busy."- ''"V "'."' "
He entered Scotland on the E3d of July
with 11,000 of his "ironsides."; and on the
Sd of September found himself face to
face with Leslie's army at Dunbar. It
was the largest army that- Scotland had
ever mustered-37.000 strong, skirting the
amphitheater of ' hllla. Outnumbered
more than two to one, ; Cromwell was
never before in so critical a position.
There was no retreat Behind him was
the sea, in front of him was Usll and
the heath, a wilderness -ot, bog and
swamp the Lammermoor. ; ;
. .. He Didn't Mean It. '
Indianapolis Kewsv
After thinking it 'over ' Representative
Mann, author of the postoffice Sunday
Closing law, reaches the conclusion that
he didn't mean what he said. But. tt
course, this infrequently the case witn
lawmaking poUticlana. ' '
"OOD":
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