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R1S —Hn» i* ' te tracer < «f a tetter; dante lor lM« TLaa Is ta tale al love « jraed aat.il. coOtac Use ra <nurrmld-eyei ar-rj-at. f drove n* dept: draUac ! uc» lata (le tear* of a _ reraa lover Matter w * tte peocrva* ad a ^azloa Vurt. *at *» a auifiitf laeart g. -Cb* tear. 1 »»•* a» a email an t«aa» rf tad aa* set lafert Ita U4 l!»l« *tt •!.» paasaoas love aaiks tea-k. •as— al tea* 'ten e la#f> baad» over fte budr at aa tasarvai etrtta la ttm toeve a as eg ployed at the 'Ant'- -as* dn lav in a aalirvooic na» i Man* Ma«r*n» antes a Pans •teeraspated aft, cd tpe V* York World ($te »»i regarded aa a moot tvteton eatplwree pul e ad te attire of n rise- r-s elar aad piiartuaJ1 * aapetrutc far Mr K aa* Uovr ' t«te. ace pnatiosaifd a small ta ftef. tie a.tnd cd ttei added U> ter sa**"» raided T.dd Iraars. ar atetet f «»» a rear—ta Pans a lib eral ttetisoe lar a vaae ttaa Aad Mane bad Imte’ depr-otett epos Iter kear raiutueo Pad dees \<*x inked aid cr pteCerred tetiaucte ruaattettics, ■Us If&e Used poUe lino ta a Beat HaJ i art VoMaao sad »«rker» ad ilvri < tte rtpuar^s of Per taisad ea> »d Per freedom •arfctac tars* Utfitr did tbey dream 'Pat :» ber wdefi* t|»rme ctse stout off tbsr •/ vaiit* Per very bear* vat !a htastf.te' «■ Mane aa» out ttea a Immmtf *ei. aad reerataly ber iittw M*aae »a* aid la te deepsse-f. but , That r eM vis wrote a letter, the first of hundreds upon hundreds of tampBoe* letter*, done with a pea dipped in venom; evil letters, all of •hem r*vsteritt the jutpc .urines of a j— lo— soul—jealous of not one in drt >dual. Hut ud all who had tasted cd the happiness denied her. Rerr-aired C'csuspected T • ser f to the Eaten of her fel !«» marker* TVy sett to contented h- tan-.s of ha®-*: wives And m her - r stiey wets they scattered distrust and mi *et y Never ma» Var> suspected of I f»rntt ail this trouble Who would ' u*je«t the uemure. silent muenar of thirty mho never varied Use routine «f her existence * Truly was Marie . . ...... jjj, of the Magus.ns du loot* *fce old mail content with her 1<< leading a placid life undis • -rimd l- domestic annoyances Ijt *e d.d her m.trid understand Marie Hsrirecte and never did it read mhat lei nd iier 1!’* e gray eye* match -tg ior Lease matching, but ever in valr. At last a nsn came Into Marie •’■curette* life, hut oh. he canse ms* a irt’> may and lie tarried so ' ■ e a time* Any girl in the Maga d - !i>nr* exce*.; Marie Hour ett* mi'ii her le v- starved heart, would Lave* understood the situatio:. and *<nt him gay It on his may Hut not Marie' Her hear* leaped and »• ed to leec ot ti«at which never was ■•ffeted T: > man* name was Itoudieux He was a furniture manu'aclurer who aamenmes catne to make purc hase* at the »h<jf' where Marie worked Also -j* wa* -ve year* Maries Junior, a g- debotmalr Parisian youth in *e-r.-h ot adient -.res partic -iarly of &• t*rr « **«* F“»t E>t -s Ojt Her Heart in Lonelineaa. as laser • to «<a Ukf after 4a? •to seset to aal into tor surk aioo* N«to alter «*te ato* rams laa* U Ito)«»sl Warns* Aaaoctatea Pwto|» alto aKto bar* {<*»• 4 as ItttJOktoto i4ahtj aft a irito* her uaxtocat Bat Man* traa aea S:i» ia tto mwM X» •atut hnSM lus at tier k*r*..te** si the rmqta eaa at her Wa <4 bs tart loaf *» ea«? iff tit* tto* I err bfao4 la bar "to* atoa a«rM ottor snrto •n to ftoa Magaait.a 4a l.serr* la i4a? teal, tto totrutu: rfoe ■»! -toee 'to **i<u rice **4 Snail? ’aka -to* l*?sran for tto ties bus* ejakaf ax fk* kan4 (to •Uri a* mac ka4 rw Itooel a rto* Ah. there ■ as a armkie: B* ciaac*4 at tor almr Actotor *nu* Is her far* aoraerr-4 The* tto* lmpiarahi* mir ror »Wa*c ter • Bitter hair the heart la :M<: be first t* gar making pur faaee* Of Mar e, smiling upon her as a maa »•!! mb»-B in sear< L of the best or hla iioiet when shopping Grad ual*.' the smiles became pleasant morns and one evening being, as me ■4 be! < re. a young man set upon adventures, be asked Mane to meet turn at a cafe There mere other trysts at other cafes, but all of the most in n^ent sort Marie mas not seeking adien'ure. act she. and mben young Isiudieti discovered this fact he slipped out of tier Ufe quietly, un e'en f ..iy and mithout any scene or re* rtrr.natumw In fact. It came so naturally this parting, that M Dou dieu* promptly proceeded to forget the adventure mbicb had resulted In— ! toothing Roused Demon of Jealousy. •'i* *° Marie" Sbe had come so near quafling the cup of love that sbe bevame more and more embittered wilt -a* to passing day From the love she bad never felt nor aroused she b;;;!t the hideous phantom that was destined to lead her into dangerous paths. And yet the world saw only a quiet, unpretentious old maid going to and from her work! Six months passed and there came to M IX>udieux's desk a letter signed "Larenauden.- reproaching him for unfaithfulness to the little blonde friend of two years back. Ah, more than one little blond friend had crossed the gay Parisian's path in those youthful days How could he dream which one had written the let ter? He did not worry* If he had worried—perhaps—but it may have been Fate! She wrote again, warning him of the price of forgetting a woman he had once wooed, advising him to se cure a divorce. But he tossed these anonymous letters, like their prede cessors. into the fire. Finally, she boldly signed her name. Doudieux. mystified at first, reads the name over and over, and finally re calls the little shop girl of the Maga sms du Louvre. Really, it is all too absurd. Xot for six years has he seen that Impossible young jierson. Of course, there is but one thing to do. ignore her and her letters. Makes Open Threat. Put this is not so easy. Marie fol low s up her letter with a personal - all. She comes again and again Her demands are more insistent, her vords more violent- Finally she an nounces with bitterness which should airy its hideous warning—"If ever any cue made me miserable. I would poison him. It would not be diffi colt " That is abominable. Never come •o see me again." is M. Poudieux's stern response. And the now prominently respect able husband returns to his home, dismissing Marie from his mind. But Marie, though unseen, is still very much in his life. And Marie is plot Ting, contriving, scheming. Ic November M. Doudieux receives a basket of mussels, sent, according to its tag. from an old friend. M ' I.Aru. of Caen For several years the two friends have not corresponded, an i M. Doudieux turns suddenly alarmed, turns suspicious just in time to save his life. He communicates »i;h M I-arue and learns that the mussels were not sent by his friend. The gift is taken to the city labora ’ory Fa, h mussel is found to contain enough arsenic to kill a man. Now it is time for M Doudieux to summon the police. They trace the parcel to a messenger office in the Hue St. Petersburg, where it was left by Marie Bourette Marie Bourette's apartment is searched and yields np all sorts of poisons, in papers, bottles and boxes, treatises on The adminis tration of poisons. . and scraps of anonymous letters, hideous thoughts which only an abnormal mind could conceive And. caught In the web of circum stantial evidence. Marie Bourette faces trial for murdering a man who has never crossed her path. All through that trial she denies every allegation, every statement made by every witness She has an answer for every question hurled at her by the presiding justice. That these answers • on’radicted each other matters noth icg to her. And always she smiles, smiles, 'he broad, placid, empty smile which for years has cloaked the riot ing of the blood beneath her calm exterior. She is fat now. writh the pasty fatness of oncoming old age Her small eyes seem lost in he; pudgy cheeks, her tip-tilted nose is coarse, her mouth is a perpetual smile. At the End of It All. Life imprisonment at hard labor Is the sentence, and 100.000 francs are awarded to the heirs of her victim. 1 Marie's small estate amounts to 70. <>••0 francs. Mme. Godard will have it all. And Marie Bourette. at forty, goes to face her sentence of life im prisonment at hard labor, still starved for love. The trial has been the criminal sen sation of the year in Paris, not so much because of the prominence of the victim, M Godard, but because of the curious psychology developed by the cross-examination of the murder ess Hers was not revenge. Her crime did not spring from jealousy of an individual, but from jealousy of all who had tasted happiness. She did not love Doudieux. He bad never prolessed to love her. But he repre sented the one man who had come :nto her life, the one man who might have given her the happiness she saw all around her. And because he had not. because her heart was starved and no hand fed it. she plotted the unhappiness and the death of all who had tasted the Joy that was de nied to her. Delicate Irony. Vakart. the great Viennese painter, was taciturn to a fault. It Is related of him that once at a dinner party he sat next to Mme. Gallmeyer for a whole hour without uttering a syllab le. when bis fair neighbor playfully nudged him with her elbow and said: ■ Tome. Herr con Makart. let ua change the conversation “ FRENCH RACE SEEKS DOOMED <t gp * ** ■i*m - ♦ *"'y - s.r in» -►r-ft ta Vest tf Ymmr On : w o»-»: - • Vja of tfee iYmweto «<» raafnuats n Fur at iwt a genera >M tfee *"«*d? 4-eiUto U W» tttlb raw a Prta* fear tm tfee ta!k «f Mrwh(»u (fen H »a- upinil •« uxvm sap t*lml iktwmi' is' :fce sa few* as tfee ret ura* sfeemed -fes’ tu l»er« it tfee pdwluiia serr at Wart ttmumrnrr No fla* rttr pa|i a:arfc antatua •» a flood until Itor tvflin are tuudrt mater ar does (tor Ioann ifht af natural rewoarocs ei rim f be Mnp of the people uatil aw of tfee UPtoer has bees eat and west of ’fee mtteeai mesHfe abaorferd kf pr.ia'» «ow« la tfee i-sma af France fte demon Is blr>adp si ——at aa article la the SWtru$«fnam say* Fruit laj* doom I, jpeT tfer esresa af Unis over drsif feat asefe d err r said. «rf birtt* li is impossible to regard th » as is isolated phenomenon It is pan of a logical sequence. By iSbO the population of France will hare ‘alien :i <0P where It was in 'I*'-** indeed, some drastic ef [ Iona are made to encourage larger fair! • i- History has never yet seen a naiion selfconsciously set Itself to uitiJUgfy t;s numbers The French bai^ no ambition to make a good cen sus showing They never colonized fur i; c sal.. ,4 colonizing, but only lor tb. glory of <onquest. Save for a few • vpmnsiucists of the Delcasse tyie. »ey *-Hd gladly abandon all tn*-.r foreign possession* and live hap b<l> «itbin the borders of tbeir beaut i I’e Fru»* It is only a question of years when I net China ceases to be Fre-mb TNy dneid on their na fioaal thrift to make them not only the r« bent hat the most contented of peoples. They make a virtue of thrift jaat as we make a virtue of hustling And thrift is L::hng their population. Tbe worst of race su---.de is that it is such a pleasant dea'h ~As long as we lest, they say. are shad be pros terouf s:«I as tor the dtatruet ion at our rate, ihe French will not be the sufferers thereby, because they will be dead " But the rest of humanity * ul suffer by the loss of the wittiest, most artistic ar.d most liberty-loving Pwpie in the world. The Frenchman ■a a slave neither to monarchv nor 'o money nor to social conventions and that is more than we can sav oven lor ourselves What a bore it W‘U * in A D to find all the shopkeepers in the Rue de la Paix talking German, aid the Richard * rauss ol the day conducting at the Opera Gomique and every pathway in the Hois marked "Gang Verboteu" by a German park commissioner. Hot Box Alarm. ' novel alarm for hot bearings con mms of a small tube and bulb con tain mg mercury, so arranged that rise of the mercury with temperature closes an electric bell circuit and at tracts the attention of the attendant The apparatus is attached to the bear ing ton a box two inches square. When many bearings are being watched tn ordinary electric bell imlicaior can U* used _ 3DD FISH FROM THE DEPTHS Strange Marine Forms Brought Up With Deep Sea Cable Sunk for Ten Years. Strange monsters the like or which hare seldom been seen by man wore dragged from a depth of S.500 feet by the crew of the cable ship Burnside when they repaired the Alaska cable off Mt. St Elias last month. The Burnside is moored at Its buoy in Elliott bay after two months of re pairing and relaying the cables of the * - - - ■ - r 5v army s cur l t»r5 «fh board were a -score of b> c<- Basks filled with alcohol. In them Boated srratire shayes which it was hard to believe were onee lit nc rr*-tl«rc» Balts of red hair which looked like tousled human heads proved upon dissection to be a strarc-' kind of deep water crab. Flesh colored round masses were found rlirrnc to the cable by minute tentacles. One crea ture was shaped like the diahlo toy. narrow in the middle with bi« coo cave white disks at either end by which it catches hold of any object. Mar*her strarr" mmr:ar crearfre U < hayed Hk* an octopus but ta* at iout two de*en *e*larte* Instead of etcbt Many 10614 rl-r.cn;* 'o the cable, but they were ikoucht loo common to preserve \\ tiie section* of tt- cable jwilied up for Inspection were found core red several feet deep with atrat** plants asd animal life, j-a meed. black l» stead of areen. >poncrs and aen urchins podoalM^rd Prr.b*ft the aw—*T. creature found on the cable was a Cesh ct-iored ash not more than four fee*. Son*. w-fcieb was socnd aneeloped it th« of a txe|i octopus. \\ hen bro-urtt to the surface *s body warn «woUeh like a bnlkx* Dr J E. Mal -*y. the shfp's surpeoc ate *'**►» .ised :t_ sa-d be believed the Csa »M cooked by tie hok! of tb* octopus. The section of cab1*- upca erstch aft •Ms stranpe afe »is (bond toad bean loan 1# years at a dep-» of a cnle and a taif. The specKnens which >>T» heee presetted are to be handed crer to the SciiTtseaian institution for scientific study.--Seattle Pcst-In rellleencer. IS IT APPEARED TO HER Mrs. Oelrichs Evidently Didn’t Think Much of Mr. B ank's Earning Capacity. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs. the best drevsed woman in Newport, criticized very pertinently, at a recent dinner, the new dinner gowns of Paquin an-i Cdot These clinging and filmy gowns are rhiefiy remarkable tor the V-shaped back that they possess- The V—it is incredible, but it is true—opens all the way down to the waist line At a sal* performance In Parts given by the Metropolitan Opera conpany of New York—the most successful perform ance Paris ever saw, ar.d one whereat S40.000 was gained for the Pluvioae victims—many of the beautiful Ameri cans in the }<d orcbes'ra seats wore these daring gowns, and now at New port they are often to Ik* seen. Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one w!»h as tounded eyes at a dirner. and her neighbor said: "Isn’t that new gown of Mrs. Blank's a dream? Old Mr. Blank Is so de rot-d They U7 that eTerythla* he makes an*** «a hi* wife's hack M*m Oelrtcfc*. fcer eye Bled oh the m>w >. terrible v. «wd *Ith a aml> ‘ Well, he Blilt be Staking eery lit tle. then “ Practical Watc**"»- • What the little girl with the IS cents | !a p* r.nie* wanted *» tome red rtfc : bon of a particular shade for her —oth er She knew the shade, bat she cofllda't explain It and all she could say was. It wasn't that. no. nor that: fc was tie* per than that, acd sot so deep as that, and so oh The miss: '.a was looking hopeless when suddenly she darted from thw shop and seized a passng gentle man by the hand. Win you please come Into this shop with me'" she asked innocently Certainly my cntckahiddy' te re plied. if I can be of any use. What _* ltT“ The little girl replied cot. b-t led the wondering stranger to the courter. "There, miss'" she said. triampasB* ly "Mother wants same ribbon thw color of this gentleman's nose. Divining Rod 200 Years Old. VVinsiow W F56rtd of Medford. Mass., owns a metallic divining rod brought from England more than two hundred years ago by one of his an cestors. The rod. says Mr. Fifieid. has been used successfully all over New England and in the western mining districts. It is attached to whalebone bandies 12 Inches long and weighs two ounces. The handles have inscriptions on them which are almost obliterated by age. The person who brought the rod to America was Isaac Greenleaf. who set tled in Massachusetts. The rod became famous as a finder of water. After mark.ng the place of many springs the rod was used in California. Colorado ind North Carolina for locating by gten in quest of gold mines and other met als. One jewson who used it with par ticular success was a blind man. In whose hands the rod is said to have done marvels. A Strong Preacher. The minister's eight-year-old daugh ter was returning with her parents from church, where the district super intendent had that coming occupied the pulpit. "Oh. father," asked the little gir!. her face alive with enthusiasm. ' don't you think Brother C. is a Tery strong preacher? I do." Gratified by this evidence of un usual intelligence on the part of his offspring, the minister eagerly in quired into her reasons for her state ment. "Oh." replied the little miss, artless ly. "didn't you see how the dust rose when he stamped his feet?"—Judge. The Counterfft Seuthereer. Of coarse, there are many counter feit*. A most amusing Imitation is one that often passes for the typical southerner in Sew York T>U satchel mouthed braggart infests the cafes and d-mands attention by his abusing tte waiter for offending his deiicate sense of honor “I hate a nigger, auh." he loudly proclaims, which is a senti ment that one never h-ar« from those to the manner born. He haunts the theaters and parades the streets, s.nce it is poor fun to practise his gentility in private. He wears a wide black hat. mounts the table and veils whenever tue band piays a southern melody. Such a pre tentious caricature would be harmless enough, but for the ridicule he brings upon the south. Unfortunately, popu lar authors seem to accept him at face value and exploit his; in novels or {lays where a “southerner' is a nec essary part of the stag^ machinery — Everybody's Magazine. Wasted Sa*ca»e-. The Philadelphia mili dealers who recently raised the price of their proiuct tc nine certs a quart and the* lowered it again to eight appear to have been the subjects of a great deal of unjust censure. They auncurred at the time of the raise that milk could not be sold at eight cents with out loss. Finding that the consumers would not pay the new price, however, they are continuing to sell at the old. -hereby qualifying as genuine philan thropists. Every purchaser of milk a: eight cents a quart will doubtless hereafter feel that he is an object of . charity. Hoo dwinKing Clergymen When a small clique of men put up a scheme to harness the clergy of America and Induce the ministers to. in turn "hitch up” the members of the churches, we should ali take notice. They couldn't harness the preachers In a bad cause except by deceiving tbem. Ministers of the gospel are essen tially and fundamentally honest but. like all men who work for the public good, they are at limes mislead by false statements. Trust them when they have exact truth to speak from. Now for the story which should in terest every one for we are all either receivers of wages or we pav to wage earners and the freedom of each in iiriduaf is at issue. In various papers the following statement has been printed. Read it carefully at least twice. "Interest in Labor Sunday. “Labor Sunday—the Sunday preced ing I^abor day—will be observed gen erally this year and in future years throughout the United States. This because of the American Federation 5>f Labor declaration for the observ ance of that day. The numerous let ters recently received at American Federation of I^abor headquarters from ministers is an assurance that interest In the idea of giving special attention to the cause of labor from the pulpit one day in the twelve months is widespread. Our readers are urged to try to bring about an un derstanding In their respective dis tricts with representatives of the church so that ministers will make addresses that may attract trade union ists to the churches in large numbers for the day Ministers should say what they think on the occasion in order that their trade union hearers may put the right estimate as to where the church stands on the question of the organization of labor The more the subject is discussed the better will it be for labor Union ethics are sound —American Fedemtionist " Observe that “Labor Union” men "are urged" to Induce ministers to make addresses that will attract trade unionists to the churches “for the dav.'' "Ministers should say.” etc.. and winds up with “Union ethics are sound:” observe the hidden threat. This Is clipped from the Azirriru* Fedemtionist the organ of Sam Gom pers. et al. This clipping has been sent lo pa pers throughout the country and the Typographical Union men In the news paper offices Instructed to "urge” that It be printed. That Is one of the ways of the "ma chine.” It looks harmless so the papers print ft ^ But! Let's lift the cover and look under. The hidden motive is as dangerous to the peace and liberty of the citi zens as a coiled rattlesnake In the grass Organization by workmen to peace fully and successfully present their side Is necessary and most commend able. _ There are such organizations now rapidly winning their way to pub'lc confidence without strikes, dynamite • or killing fellow workmen. (Some facts on this matter a little further jilong In this article.) We see here a demand on the min Isters of God. that theT endorse and help build up the strike-producing, box-rotting and violent American Fed eration of l.abor. Think of the man of God who teaches brotherly love being covertly ordered to praise and help get ne* members for an organization with a record for violence, crime and murder done by Its members the like of which the world has never seen. Think of the thousands of women made widows and the increasing thou sands of children left fatherless bv the pistol, club, dynamite and boot heel of members of this Ijibor Trust. Any one who recalls the countless murders done in the multitude of strikes iu the past few years will agree this is no exaggeration. Take Just one as ah illustration: There wer* so-je thirty men mur dered ard over 5000 bruised and r\vov-i in the Chicago teamster s —liu. There fs seldom a day passes but somewhere In our country from one to a score of our fellow men are assault ed or murdered by members of this band. Then remember the homes blown up or burned The families hounded, the rioting, burning of street cars, wrecking of trains and attempted or successful killing of passengers. The general disturbance of industry and the thousands of dollars forced from tax payers to pay extra police, sheriffs and militia to protect, even In a feeole way. the citizens from the mobs of members of the American Federation of I_abor Then you will realize why the great peace-loving majority of over £■> mil lion Americans protest against the growth of this crime-tainted organiza tion comprising perhaps one and one half million men. of which it is esti mated at least seven tenths are peace loving citizens and are members bv coercion and are not in sympathy with the three-tenths who hate gained con trol and force their methods. We find that a few designing men have seized control of the American Federation of I.abor. just as some shrewd capitalists have secured con trol of some railroads and other in terests and are now twisting and turn ing them into machines for personal profit and fame. These men cunningly plan to force workmen to join and pay °Z to 73 cents a month In fees. Various methods are used to “in duce" workmen to join. First, they talk of the “tyranny of capital" making slaves of workmen. Then they work up enthusiasm about the "brotherhood of man" and other talk which experience has shown excites the emotions of work men and they are induced to join and pay fees to the leaders. The 5000 workmen in Battle Creek are. as a rule, free from the dictates of the great Labor Trust and still get the highest wages in Michigan. If they had yielded to the smooth talk of the agents of the trust and joined, they would pay in fees from $1250.60 lo $3000.00 a month to the big trust and be subject to strike orders any time. Now they save that and put the money into homes and family com fort* But the managers of the American Federation of I.abor have worked hard and long to harness them. The trust has sent small bales of money and last winter IS “organizers" to tlk np Battle Creek. They hired halls, gave picture shows, smokers, etc., as an investment, looking to rich returns when they succeeded in har ing them tied hand and foot. But they failed snd the last of these “organizers" left Battle Creek on Mar 1st saying “it's no use." Tne workmen mew me recced or this great trust and formed their own association to protect their rights and also to protect them from the big Labor Trust In Philadelphia some 40PO indepen dent street car men. who malnlv had families, had their own union and re fused to Join the big trust, preferring to oe free to work or not as they pleased. But the trust planned to force them Into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike was ordered to compel the traction company to kick out these men and hire only 1-ahor Trust members. It was not a question of wages or hours hut to push the free men out of their positions where they were earn ing good money to support their fami lies The strike was ordered, not to raise wages cr reduce hours, remem ber. but solely to throw out members of an independent union and make place* only for Labor Trust members, and thus show the Independent men they could not earn a living unless tbev frst paid fees to the trust man agers Incidentally the people of Philadel phia mns: submit to no oar service, rioting afid bloodshed with millions in losses while these fee-hunting, noto rietv seeking trust leaders were teach ing the world that Industry cannot be carried on except by workmen who first bend the knee, bow the head and |>av fees How these men as strike leaders love to see tbvlr names In the aapen \ each morning: It’s meat and bread to their souls. Then think of the lordly power, and don't forget the steady flow of money squeezed from the workman s hard earned pay enevelope. Bat when these leaders “tie up" any industry no man can hold a job who refuses to pay fines even on trumped up charges, and steadily pay fees whatever they are. The workman is absolutely at the mercy of this band of men who have secured and hold control. Many and many an honest workman has raised his voice and appealed to his fellows to rise and throw off the yoke of Gompers. e: al. But. as one writes. “At every convention of the American Federation of Labor, strong opposition comes up but at the crit ical moment the impassioned orator appears and most dramatically puts the spot light on the leader and covers him with a mawkish film of martyr Jom and the emotional delegates yell in delight, forgetting the instructions of the peaceful workingmen at borne who desire to free themselves from the odium of membership under the great advocates of strike, boycott, vio lence and hate." So we see the unequalled insolence with which these trust leaders pro pose to 'induce” ministers to pull their chestnuts from the fire by preaching modern aggressive and vio lent labor trust methods. There is a better way to secure jus tice fcr workers, as.will appear furth er along. Just a little diversion here. 1 am charged with having first brought to the attention of the public some years ago. the name "Labor Trust." A trust is a combination of men or organizations for the purpose of sell ing their product at a profit and re stricting production to effect it. We will say a large Oil Company gathers in smaller ones and thus con trols production. The Labor Trust "gathers in” local trade organizations and thus has pow er to say how much work each man shall do. The Oil Company then fixes prices. The Labor Trust does likewise The OU Company may “use meth ods” to force an unwilling dealer to join. The Labor Trust men go further and slug the independent man if he tries to sell his labor without paying . fees and "obeying orders." Thev are both exactly alike in purpose, which, in both cases is entirely selfish to gain power and money for the leaders. Certain Labor Trust members do not hesitate to use violence, dvna miting of property, burning homes of independent men and even murder to force obedience. Th* Oi! Company doesn't go so far. Both am extremely dangerous to the welfare of people and communi ties. for power placed In the hands of a few men either representing Cap ital or Labor is almost always abused Mu the public suffers. Remember, reader, that your safety 1 lies in strenuous opposition to all ( trusts which try to ride over and dic tate to the people. Only by opposing their growth can you retain yOur personal liberty " .vow tc ministers The average congregation is made up of about >0 per cent, of free citi zens and much less than 10 per cent, of members of the Labor Trust The free citizen wants to hear words ! defending the rights and independence of the common man. free from the ar bitrary dictates of any self-seeking organiiat on either ot Capital or La bor. The merchant, lawyer, school teach er. docto*. clerk, farmer and work man rebels against any forcible stop ping of trains, boats, street ears, or factories, ior the prosperity of the community is entirely dependent on steady continuance of these things Men don't like strikes, boycotts. In Jured workmen or burned cars and factories. A famous divine savs: "These men may hate capitalists but their hate for other laboring men burns like a flame eats like nitric acid, is malignant be yond all description ■ Then we remember cases of acid throwing, eyes gouged out. children pursued, women stripped, homes de stroyed. men murdered and the let. ong list of atrocities practised ~5y i-aber Trust members on other human be.ugs who cannot agree with the trust methods. Now for the better way. Workingmen are now organiring in the old fashioned trades union or “guild” way. a Si: ia ted with the Na tional Trades and Workers Associa tion whose constitution provides ar bitration of differences with agree ment for no strikes, boycott, picket ing or hateful coercion of any kind. This Trade Association has evolved from the experience of the pas: and is the highest order of Trades Union ism at the present day. Under its laws it is not possible for the Hod Carriers Union or the Street Sweepers Union to order the school teachers or locomotive engineers to quit work in a “sympathetic strike.” Ii any craft finds injustice. the""casi is presented to properly selected arbi trators. testimony taken and the case presented to the public through the press. Thereupon public opinion, that greatest of all powers, makes itself telt and curiously enough a fair settle ment is generally the result. There is no strike, no loss of wages, no loss to the community and yet the faithful workers get their just treat ment. There are many details which have been worked out by men skilled in labor matters. It will recompense any interested man to know these details which can be secured by a postal request for constitution and by-laws written to the National Trades and Workers As sociation. Kingman Block. Battle Creek. Mich. Reader, look carefully into this great question of the relations of Cap ital and Labor and its successful so lution. The new plan works and brings results for the members. I became so favorably impressed with the trustworthiness and practic ability of the leaders of this new la bor movement that i gave the Associ ation a sanitorium at Battle Creek worth about $400,000 and with about 300 rooms, to be used as a home for their old members and the helpless babies, sometimes made fatherless by the p stol. club or boot heel of some member of the violent “Labor Trust.” ^ Suppose you attend church Labor Sunday and hear what your minister has to say in defense of the safety and rights of the common, everyday man. Let me ask you to read again a por tion of one of my public articles print ed a few years ago. “The people of the world have giv en me money enough to spend in these talks through the papers in try ing to make better and safer condi uons lor the common people, whether the Postum business runs or not. Scores of letters have come to me from work-people and others, some from union men recounting their suf ferings from union domination and urging that their castj be laid before the public. « win not answer for us to only sympathise with the poor, the op pressed. those who haven't power enough to drive off tyrants and re sent oppression, we must help them tie the hands of the oppressors Amer icans must act. Some of my forebears in New Eng. land left comfortable homes, took with them the old Hint locks, slept on the ground in rain and frost hungry footsore and half clothed they grimly pushed on where the Eternal God of Human Liberty urged them. They wove for me and tor you a mantle of freedom, woven in a loom-where tbe shuttle* were cannon balls and bul lets and where swords were used to pick out the tangles ia the vam These old. sturdy grandads of oura stood by that loom until the mantlo ®ni*h*d- then sSa'Dcd with them life blood it was handed down to ua shall l refuse to bear it on bit sbbul lh<? ******* costs me * lev dollars, and are you cowards ioremn* ."’►vhid* r°ttrS becsus<‘ some IT1” *narcfc,sl - 1 have faith that the blood of 177S ct>urslng m your veins will ttrgu »ud call until you ratten kmerlcaus wUl Act " - > er,.-, —. ‘ ' **UST.