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f . THB BOBDS-MERKILL COMPANY
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John turned out the light , and while
3 . Chey waited for 'the elevator to come up
for them Warry jingled the coins and
t keys in his ! pockets before he blurted :
rl 3 ' ! "I say , John , I'm an underbred , low I
person , and am not worthy to be called
f. . thy friend , and you may hate me all you
sl f ' ; [ f like , but one thing I'd like to - know. Did
fihe say anything about me when you
I ij passed us this afternoon - make any com
; ment or anything ? You know I despise
II myself for asking , but - "
: ; I \ Saxton laughed quietly.
! . "Yes , she did ; but I , don't know that
'I ' S . I ought to tell you. Itwas really en-
; : I couraging. She said , ' Iiss Margrave
't has a lot of style ; 'don't yeu think so ? ' "
i j . \'Is that all ? " demanded Raridan , step-
; ping into the car.
"That's all. ) ) It wasn't very much ; but
r , i it was the way she said it ; and as she
f said it she brushed a fly from the horse
! j with the whip , and she did it very care-
' 1 1 fully. 1 " .
) - , In the corridor below they met Whea-
' t ; ton coming out of the side door of the
r I' s bank. He had been at work , he said.
f I ' j Raridan asked him to go with them to
i , ' I { the club for a game of billiards , but he
'j ! I I pleaded weariness and said he was going
} 1 ! to bed.
J j The three men walked up Varney street
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vl ! I' together. They were men of widely dif
1 I
,1 . ferent antecedents and qualities. Cir-
. I .I : ' -cuinstances , in themselves natural and
, J ' I Ii harmless ! , had brought : them together. The
'j , I I " lives of all three were to be influenced .
I , , < by the weakness of one. and one woman's
'
( J : life ' was to be profoundly affected by con-
: ' I 1 i tact with all of them. It is not ordained
J' , for us to know whether those we touch
41 ' t \ hands with , and even break bread with ,
i f I . from day to day , are to bring us good or
, evil. The electric light reveals nothing
. I , : : " in tie sibyl's book which was not dis-
T , ( I closed of old to those who pondered the
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"I I mysteries by starlight and rushlight.
! ' Wheaton left them at the club door and
I I t , - went on to The Bachelors' , which was
!
; : ' only a step farther up the street.
11 I I "How do you like Wheaton by this
time ? " asked Raridan , as they entered
; the club.
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1 ' "I hardly know how to answer that , "
: 1 Saxtor answered. "lie's treated me well
'
. L ) ; enough. It seems to me I'm always try-
i 'i ' i ing to find some reason for not liking him ,
I h . but I can't put my hand on anything
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" tangible. "
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i , 1 r t ' \1 \ ( ! "That's the .J" ' ' " said Raridan , '
l hanging up his coat in the billiard room.
t : . 1 "He's rigid , some way. There's no let-go
' . .f'I I in him. I guess the law' allows us to
r ' 'J1 dislike some : people just on general prin ,
I 'I ciples , and Tim likes himself so well that
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! you aid I don't matter. "
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" CHAPTER IX.
. - 'After. the interim of quiet that Lent
! 1 always brings in Clarkson , the spring
I came swiftly. There was a renewal of
social activities which ran from dances
, I and teas into outdoor gatherings. Evelyn
I had enjoyed to the full her experience at
1 home. She had plunged into the frivoli
" ties of th ; town with a zest that was a
11 trifle emphasized through her wish to
I . scape any charge of being pedantic or
Iill I - Hiterary. She was glad that she had gone 3
ill ) to college , but she did not wish this fact olw
, III I f ' .of her life to be the haunting ghost of olhi
Jier days ; and by the end of the winter hi
-she Jolt that she had pretty effectually hicl
: . laid it. cl
clof
I \ I In June Mr. : Porter began discussing ofh
, : -summer . plans with Evelyn. He elimi- h
,
i mated himself ] from them ; he could not trbe
. be
; l . : get away , he said. But there was Grant
i - to be considered. The boy was at school stw
in New Hampshire , and Evelyn protested w
I ; . that it was not wise to subject him to a
the : intense heat'of a Clarkson summer. sliM ]
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' 'The : first hot wave sent Porter to bed
' vwith a trifling illness , and his doctor took nc
; t&tj opportunity to look him oy.er and tell IInr '
i Juim that it was imperative for him to nr
1 I - rest. - Thompson came home 1 from Arizona re (
cli ]
to spend the summer. He and Wheaton f
la
i , were certainly equal to the care of the D
bank so they urged Porter , and he finally
i yielded. Evelyn ] found a hotel on the
Massachusetts Xrth.Shore which sound-
. of
' ed well in the circulars , and her father
I , th
agreed to it. When they reached Orchard
' ab 1
i . Lane he . liked it b'ettcr than he had ex- ter
pected. Every night he sat down with te
cipher telegrams , and constructed from wl
Thompson's statistics the day's business
de [
f in the bank. He received daily from New dewi
wi
York the closing quotations on the shares
se
interested in and he walked
. he was , as bo
.f , the long hotel verandas he effected a to
transmigration of spirit which put him
It
i 1 back in his swivel chair in the Clarkson ItWJ
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f , . National.
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'I In August Warry Raridan appeared tin
; c suddenly and threw himself into the gaie- no
ties of the place for a fortnight. Mr.
Porter asked him to sit at their table tu
1 and marveled at the way Evelyn snubbed . '
. W
I him , even to the extent of running away up
" for three days with some friends who
me
_ " had a yacht . and who carried her to New- we
j . . . . for dance. her
, 3 port a During absence hat :
1' . Warry made all the other girls about the ch :
, ' ' . . . , place happy ; they were sure that "that tui :
' Miss Porter" was treating him shabbily
lot
no
1 . , , , , ; " " ' . . and their hearts ) went out to him. War- vie
! k' ry sulked when Evelyn returned : and they tei
1-- e _ r had an interview between dances at a
na
' . night hop.
i : Saturday the
- " , ; .ne sought for recognition as a lover ; gei ;
a fbe had npt praised the efforts he had _ or
" " fceen : making to win her approval by dili- lesk
sf' "cu'e at his office ; he took care to call vho
'i ; : lier a 1 : t'1i iion t ' ; bis changed habits. Che
= ' : . ' ' ' "lint , Evelyn , I am doing . differently. It
! I : * know that I wasted myself for years ha :
. . , : : ' , . that I'm a kind of joke and e"er ' -
tf ! so every- $9 ,
; , ' ? . . ( body , . ; lausbs about me. But I want to as.
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lnow-l want to feel that Tm doing it
for you ! Don't you know that would
help me ' and steady me ? Won't you let
it i he for you ? " lie came close to her
and stood with his arms folded , but slid
drew away from- him with a despairing
gesture.
"Oh , Warry , " she cried , wearily , "you
poor , foolish boy ! Don't you know that
you must do all things for yourself ? "
"Yes , " he returned eagerly. "I know
that ; I understand perfectly ; but if you'd
only let me feel that you wanted it - "
"I want you to succeed , but you will .
never do it for any one , if you don't do it :
for yourself. "
He went home by an early train next
morning to receive Saxton's consolation
and to turn again to his law books. Mar
grave , on behalf of the Transcontinental ,
had * offered to compromise the case of
the ( \ poor widow whose clothes linen had
been interfered with ; but Raridan reject-
ed this tender. He needed something on
which to vent his mad spirits. and ! he
gave his thought to devising means of
transferring the widow's cause to the
federal court. The removal of causes
from State to federal courts was , Warry
frequently said , one of the best things
he did. "
Porter's vacation was not altogether
wasted. As he lounged about and phi-
losophized to the Bostonians on "r est-
ern business conditions , his restless mind
took hold of a new project. It was sug-
gested to him by the inquiries of a Bos-
ton banker , who owned a considerable
amount of Clarkson Traction bonds and
stock which he was anxious to sell. Por-
ter gave a discouraging account of the
company , whose history he knew thor-
oughly. The Traction Company had been
organized in the boom days and its stock
had * been inflated in keeping with the
prevailing spirit of the time. It was
first equipped with the cable system in
deference to the Clarkson hills , but later
the company made the introduction of
the trolley an excuse for a reorganization
of its finances with an even more gen-
erous inflation. The panic then descend-
ed any wrought a diminution of rev-
enue ; the company was unable to make
the repairs which constantly became nec-
essary , and the local management fell
into the hands of a series of corrupt di-
rectorates.
There had been much litigation , and
some of the Eastern bondholders had
threatened a receivership ; but the local
stockholders made plausible excuses for
the default of interest when approached
amicably , and when menaced grew in-
solent and promised trouble if an attempt
were made to deprive them of power. A
secretary and a treasurer under one ad-
ministration had connived to appropriate
a large share of the- daily cash receipts ,
and before they left the office they de
stroyed or concealed the books and rec-
ords of the company. The effect of this
was to create a mystery : as to the dis-
tribution of the bonds and the stock.
When Porter came home from his sum-
mer vacation , the newspapers were de-
manding that steps be taken to declare
the Traction franchise forfeit. , But the
franchise had been renewed lately and
had twenty years to run. This extension
had been procured by the element in con-
trol , and the foreign bondholders , biding ,
their time , were glad to avail themselves '
of the political skill of the local officers.
Porter had been casually ; ; asked by his I
Boston friend whether there was any lo ;
cal market for the stock or bonds ; and ,
he had answered that there was not ; that I
the holders of shares in Clarkson kept (
what they had because they could no
longer sell to one another and that they
were only waiting for the larger outside
bondholders . . and - sharejiolders : to assert
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themselves. t Porter had ' it tc
ridden down to
Boston with his brother banker ; : and when .
they parted it was with an understand-
ing that the Bostonian was to collect for
Porter the Clarkson Traction securities :1
that : were held by New England banks , .
a considerable amount , Porter knew ; I
and he went home'with t
with a well-formed
plan of 1. I 'ying the control of the com-
panj' Times were improving and he 11
had faith in Clarkson's w
future ; he did
not believe in it so nwisily as Timothy ein
Margrave : did ; but he knew the resources n
of the tributary country , and he had , to ,
what all successful business men must a
have , an alert imagination. v
It was not necessary for Porter to dis w
close ' the fact of his purchases to tho kr
officers of the Traction Company , whom to (
he knew to be corrupt and vicious ; the to V
transfer of ownership on the company's ( l
books made no difference , as . the original Wi '
stock books had been ' ' es
destroyed fact t
which , had become public property through sto
legal effort to levy on the holdings of a
shareholder in the interest of a creditor.
Moreover , if he could help it , Porter
never told any one about anything he" did. '
He even had several dummies in whose SO'
names he frequently held securities and
real estate. One of these was Peckham , a loi
clerk in the office of Feuton , Porter's
lawyer.
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CHAPTER X.
ict.
"
" Wheaton had not long been an officer .
E the bank before he
began to be aware
that there was considerable } mystery
about Porter's . outside transactions. Por- 1 > 1
: r : occasionally perused with much in-
terest ; several small memorandum book
"
svhich he kept carefully locked in his "o
lesk. : The president often wrote letters .nu '
tvith his own hand and copied them , himhI
self ! after bank hours , in a private letter- ire
book. Wheaton was naturally curious as St
what these outside interests might be.
: had piqued him to find that while he
tvas cashier of the band he was not con-
sulted in its larger transactions. ; and lalf
that of Porter's personal affairs he knew mi
aothing.
One afternoon shortly after Porter's re0"
iwe
urn : from the East , Wheaton , who was
waiting for some letters to sign , picked so.
I a bundle of checks from the desk of
Ie of the individual bookkeepers. They
vere Porter's personal checks Peckham"o
at day been paid and were now being do ,
harged ; to his private account. Wheaton
urned them over mechanically ; it was ibly
t very long since he. had been an indi- _
'idual bookkeeper himself ; he had en-
ered innumerable checks bearing Porter's
tame without giving them a thought. As
i ! slips of paper passed through his fin- I'n
ers , he accounted for them in one way
another and put them back on the
yol
.
sk , face down , as a man always does .
10 has been trained as a bank clerk. .ax
le last of them he held and studied. .
was a check made payable to Peck-
' " c ity I ,
In , Fenton's "clerk. The amount was
.mm.OO-too large to be accounted for for
a payment for services ; for P kham. ng
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was an elderly failure , at the law aha ,
ran errands to thcjcourts for Fenton and
sometimes took charge of small collection
matters for the bank.
A few days later , in the course of busi
ness , he asked Porter what disposition
he should make of an application for a
loan from a country customer. Porter
rang for the past correspondence with
their client and threw several
, \ letters to
, Wheaton for his information. Wheaton
read them and called the stenographer to
dictate the answer which Porter had in-
dicated should be made. He held the
client's last letter in his hand , and in
concluding turned it over into the wire
I
basket which stood on his desk. As it
fell face downwards his eye caught some
figures on the back , and he picked it up
thinking that they might relate to tha
letter. The memorandum was in Por
ter's large , uneven , hand and read :
303
33
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. . ' " . . ' " . 909 : . ,
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The result of the multiplication WAS
identical with the amount of Peckham's
check. Again the figures held his atten-
tion. Local securities were quoted daily
in the newspapers , and he examined the
list for that day. There was no quota-
tion of thirty-three on anything ; the
nearest approach was Glarkson ] Traction
Company at thirty-five. The check which
had interested him had been dated three
days before , and he looked back to the
quotation list for that date. Traction
was given at thirty-three. Wheaton was
pleased by the discovery ; it was a fair
assumption that Porter was bqying } , shares
of Clarkson Traction ; he would hardly
be buying foreign securities through
Peckham. The stock had advanced two
points since it had been purchased , and
this , too , was interesting. Clearly , Por-
, ter knew what he was about-he had a
refutation for knowing ; and if Clarkson
Traction was a good thing for the presi .
dent to pick up quietly , why was it not
a good thing for the cashier ? He waited
a day ; Traction went to thirty-six. Then
he called after banking hours , at the of _
fice of a real estate dealer who also dealt
in local stocks and bonds on a small
scale. He chose this man because he was
not a customer of the bank and had
never had any transactions with the bank
or with Porter , so far as Wheaton knew.
His name was Burton , and he welcomed
Wheaton cordially. He was alone in
his office , and after an interchange of
courtesies , Wheaton came directly to the
point of his errand.
"Some friends of mine in the country
own a small amount of Traction stock ;
they've written me to gnd out what its
prospects are. Of course in the bank we
know in a general way ' about it , but I
suppose you handle such things and r
want to get good advice for my friends. "
"Well , the truth is , " said Burton , flat-
tered by this appeal , "the bottom was
pretty well gone out of it , but it's spruc , j
ing up a little just now. If the char-
ter's knocked out it is only worth so
much a pound as old paper ; but if the ,
right people get hold of it the newspa
pers will let up , and there's a big thing
in it. How much do your friends own ? "
,
"I don't know exactly , " said Wheaton , .
evenly ; "I think not a great deal. Who '
are buying just now ? I notice that it I
has been advancing for several da 's : !
Some one seems to be forcing up the l
price. " : :
"Nobody in particular , that is , nobody i
that : I know of. I asked Billy Barnes , t
the : secretary , the other day what was
going on. He must know who the certifi il i
cates : are made out to ; but he winked i
and gave : me the laugh. You know irat
at
, a
Barnes . He don't cough up very easy ; atg
and he looks wise when he doesn't know g
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anything.
"No ; ; Barnes has the reputation of be- thPi
ir-g pretty close-mouthed , " replied Whea . Pi
ton. in
"If your friends want to sell , bring in
the : shares and I'll see what I can da
with them ' said Burton. "The outsid- b
ers are sure to act soon. This spurt right s ,
now < may have nothing back of it. Thg !
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town's full of gossip about the companj
and it ought to send the price down.A
Your friend Porter's a smooth one. H , \ ! thw
was in once , a long time ago , but hE w
knew when to get out all right. " Wliea- prWi
ton laughed with Burton at this tribute Wi
? Porter's sagacity , but he laughed
discreetly. lIe did not forget that he
ru
was si bank officer and dignity was an : bi
essential in the business , as he under biW
. W
stood : it.
( To hE continued. )
Cause for Grief.
Tall Actor Ah , RUdoips , ' why : that Or
OrUi
sad expression } ? * ' Ui
Short Actor-I cannot help it , me
ord. I die in the first act.
Tall Actor - Oh , it might be worse.
Short Actor-It couldn't be. Then
a real chicken dinner in the second E.
t.
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A Plea for the Verities.
"Do you : resent the caricatures thej
SF
mblish of corporation kings ? "
"No , " answered' Mr. Dustin , Stax ;
'only I wish they would be a little RI
nore consistent , and not make ] us look
w jolly fat men , when most of us
'e ' ( fighting dyspepsia. " - Washington
Star. : ;
ch :
Our Betters.
The ! : Cust Il1er-I say , d'ye know you : no
lJf poisoned me with those beastly
hat
nushrooms I had here last week ?
A Mysterious Whisper Then you m :
rhe
, 'e me sixpense , 'Erbert. I told yei
. -The Sketch. OC
Digging Holes.
"Not all the digging up for garden it de
lone in the back yard. my
"No. One has to dig up consider- $9 ;
Ij- at the seed and hardware stores. " cai :
lesk
-Kansas City Times.
any
True Affection. ho
He - And you don't dislike me caust A
] poor , do you , Sadie ? coi
She - Why , Eddie , I couldn't love ma
J any more if your father owned a wii
imdy store. lea
brl
Consumers of meat in New York '
r are paying about 11 per cent more hat
. their food than they did one year inf
° I . . , , . rith !
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i i UNITED STATES SENATt
GOST IS$1,859 $ , , 000
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Expenditures for Last Year Include
Nearly Every Article in Large
Department Store.
' .
ARMY IS CARRIED ON PAY ROLL
Supplies , Repairs , furniture , Sal-
aries , Mileage and Other Things
Eat Up Nation's Cash.
; .
Washington correspondence- :
. . . .
- 11 cost the United , ,
i ! States $1,859,189.77"
to maintain the
& 1 I senate and sena
. ' - - torial dignity last
. . ; . . ,
- and included
' , year ,
or Ii B
/f1' ; / h-J'\.rL. : ' , . . , - . in the list of ex- .
= . - : . . . , . ; ; : penditures are
nn u RF. A i f - every item which
, . goes to make up
. . : ; : ; ; :
-
T
r I ; : . : the stock of a com
rl .u I plete department
I . . . : 1 store.
' ' , , -4. ! . . . . . . . . . . . . " ' 1" . Lithia water and
l1Uiill1 ! ! i ! t ! ! 1 - .
. t II ' ! ' ' alcohol , vaseline
: ,
r ryl ! ! : : . .1 1 'l'i . ,
II . ' I , . . " and quinine , bi
< to . .1fifl' ill , J U cycles , liver tablets ,
horses , hair tonic , typewriters , towels
and mahogany furniture are only a ,
few of the items which are paid for
out of the ample fund provided for the
senate.
There is , a salary list which is only
exceeded by a few of the multimillion-
dollar corporations. Pages , messeng-
ers , police , clerks , private secretaries
and other minor officials make up an
tirmy of retainers who draw good
money from the government.
Repairs of all kinds , the libra'r ,
the senate stable , stationery , mileage ,
expenses of junketing committees and
many other things draw from the sen
ate bank balance in the course of a
year.
$ 19 , OO for Encli Senator.
The entire expense averaged $19,500
to each senator , and will be larger
this year when the increased salary is
'
figured in.
The senate's pin money pays for
all the telegrams senators send and
the replies. It supplies ice without
tlsi
stint ; one month's bill , that for De
cember < , having been $248.58. It pro :
vides \ apollinaris , white rock and other
special ] waters.
The miscellany fund buys type
writers and , bicycles , horses , wagons ,
and , maybe : , an auto or two , although
none are found listed In1 the classified
accounts. No senator was ever seen
upon a bicycle. There are bicycle mes
sengers , however , and the senate , be-
ing a big-hearted institution , , gives
the necessary machine.
From Jan. 1 to 31 , 1908 , Ida Bam-
iley received $122.10 for washing and
ironing 407 dozen towels for the sen
ateIn the same month A. L. Ford
got ; $79.80 for washing and ironing
206 ( dozen towels. During the same
thirty-one days Edith A. Washington
profited to the sum of $66.60 for wash
ing and ironing 222 dozen towels.
Pays for Funerals. '
At the death of a senator the senate
bears all the expense of the funeral ,
sends a committee to attend and pro
.
vides a handsome floral testimonial.
All of which swells the expenses of
the "greatest legislative body in the e
world. < " In 1908 this source of outgo
proved unusually large , because there
were eight deaths in the year. si ! :
The cost of a funeral to the senate siF
runs in the vicinity of $5,000. One \v
bill totaled in this wise : .
Washington undertaker , em-
'
n
balming , casket , carriages ,
C
hearse , removing and pack- bi
ing flowers , etc. . . . . . . . . . . . $ 722.50
Dne floral wreath . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Undertaker at home' town , ir.a
hearse , carriages , transpor- a
te
tation of flowers , twelve
L
and
pairs of gloves , use
transportation of chairs. . . - 286.15
Expenses of B. W. Layton , . of
who managed the funeral re ,
arrangements . for the sen- t . _ ir
ate / . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' ' 80.40 tl
Special train , tickets of party
back to their homes , private "c :
Pullmans , 'commls arr. : . . . . 3,176.431
Reimbursement of Senator TVw
Frazier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.7.5 tr
tJti
ti
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,341.23
The "use and transportation of tr
hairs to and from church , " above 28 :
loted , , j&ost : $129. A
When a senate committee decides
ce
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lesks ; cost $264. Two smaller mahog- - asw
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9S. ! Fourteen hamogany armchairs :
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ame to $215. Two ditto revolving
sk ! chairs cost $34.30. One" mahog- -
J. bookcase is billed at $370. A maPI
gany ; fite case was obtained for $160. pa :
committee i table took $230 out of the the
ontingent fund. Such other items as aot
nahogany typewriter chairs , two vo
irindow seats , one mahogany and
eatherette screen and more file : cases md
nought the total to $1,856.90. ha :
These were bought in 1907. Since to :
toW
it time the new ssnate office buildw
.has been opened. It is provided th :
th new furnishings ? throughout. CO
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. Doesn't Use Wires.
Lighting by ; electricity without the
use of wires was successfully accom
plished by Dr. Frederick H. Millener
at the Electrical Exposition at the
Omaha Auditorium. The doctor -is
with the Union Pacific as experimental
electrician and is working on a "cab
wireless signal for tthe control of
trains.
One year ago In the Union Pacific
shops in Omaha Dr. Millener con
structed an electric truck to travel
about the yards by wireless. This
truck is started by wireless and goes
four speeds ahead and four speeds
back without any power other than
the wireless. By an apparatus some
what similar to that used with the
truck the switch at the Omaha Audi
torium is opened and closed.
The lighting of the Auditorium is
something that is beyond the power of
any person to explain. Through the
courtesy of Colonel Glassford at Fort
Omaha the wireless apparatus there is
put in operation. Then at the AudI-
torium , six miles away by an instru-
ment constructed by Dr. Millener , the
electric waves are gathered , brought
into the Auditorium , where after the
electric power from the lighting plant
has been cut out they pass to the
switchboard and out over the wires
and through the hundreds of lamps.
WIVES WANTED.
Homes in the Northwest Awaiting
2,000 of Them.
There are fully 2,000 healthy and
fairly well-to-do young bachelors in
the inland empire , taking in parts of
eastern Washington and Oregon ,
northern Idaho , western Montana and
southwestern British Columbia. They
want wives. , That is , if they can find
the right ones. All of them are good-
hearted , kind , affectionate and capa-
ble of real love. They say so in ( let- !
ters to Levi Grant Monroe , secretary
of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce ,
who became interested in the
move
ment when Rev. D. D. Vaughn of Chi-
cago announced that more than 200
girls belonging to his congregation
would marry "honest men who can
make ! clean money. " .
While Mr. Monroe has no desire to
figure as Cupid's messenger , he will ,
however , forward the bachelors' let-
ters to Rev. Dr. Vaughn at Chicago , '
in the hope that the girls may find
their ideal men , as described in
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sponses ! : to the Chicago minister's cir-
culars. Mr. Monroe said this is not
to le taken to mp9.n that girls in cities
and towns in eastern , middle western ,
southern and Pacific Coast States or
any part of Canada are barred.
"Nothing of the kind , " he added.
"The bachelors are here ; there are
2,000 of them , and they want wives. "
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Naples ( Italy ) bakers are on strikt I
and bread famine is imminent. 1
Under the law of France , passed in , J
1881 , trade unions have the right tq
strike if they register as labor or.
ganizations. t
The attempts of the French govern
ment to compel the elementary teach.
ers ! : to withdraw from the trades coun- "
cils : has failed.
The Scottish Coal Mine Owners' As ,
sociation ; has lodged with the Miners'
Federation ! a claim for a reduction in \
wages of 12 } per cent.
Winnipeg ( Manitoba ) electric street
railway offers an increase : of 1 per
cent : ( an hour to employes who have
been twentj--five years in their service.
A new union of drug mixers and
makers has been organized in Minne I
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polis ] , Minn. , and will receive a char-
ter from the American Federation of
j
Labor.
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The eight-hour work day assessment
f the bookbinders' union has
been
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reduced to 1 % per cent for men workE
ing at the trade , and abolished as to a i
the ! : bindery women.
A dispute is threatening in the tl
tltl
cabinet-making and joinery trade in tl
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Westphalia and Rhineland , Germany , a
where the Employers' Association is
trying to enforce a 5 par cent reducf
tion. h :
In Hungary tjiere is an estimated n
trade union membership of 130,000 or
S per cent of all the working people. ;
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Austria has nearly 500,000 , or 18 per tlVI
cent , while Italy , with its immense VIb
population , contains only 200,000 or 6
per cent.
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As regards wages , they are on the n
average 75 per . cent as high as in R
Prance as in England and 83 per cent G
; high in Germany as in England , Gtl
while the hours of work are 17 per 81
jent longer in France and 10 per cent
longer in Germany. - ac
The referendum vote taken in the n :
Plumbers' Union on the proposition to of
pay a funeral benefit to a member on tlw
l death of his wife was defeated , w
) t receiving the required two-thirds w
rote. , ent
iron workers fog
Structural employed in
Ld around Salt Lake City ; , Utah
aave struck for an advance from $4 ocr pr '
$4.50 a day. They assert that the
ivage scale in Salt Lake City is lower
han that in any other part of ths T :
jountry-
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"What kind of people are they - - - -
dned or common ? "
"Well , I'll tell you. : They had a wed-
ding anniversary last week , and he- ! "
gave her n crayon portrait of himself , /
and she gave him a mustache cup. : ' -
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Trial" " of a Chaperon.
Miss Majwne ( on vacation ) - O , auntI .
It's such a luxury : to have nothing to do
but just loll in a hammock . with my pre
cious Shelley or even the " " .icar of Wake-
field ! "
Elderly Relative Child , if I hear o !
any more such scandalous doings I shall
write to your mother. ! f'hiraso ; Tribune.
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Orf andies and lawns are shown in such
pretty robe designs , both simple and elab .
orate. The one sketched here . is quite
plain , and just the thing for morning wear.
Belt and sash are of the material. The
waist is finished with ' * German Val " , of
a good strong pattern that stands " tub
bing1" well.
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A Real Scare. .
"Being a manager , " said the saga-
cious observer , "you escape all the
terrors of stage fright. "
" ° : .4 , " answered the theater pro-
moter ; "my portion of the entertain
ment is to watch the receipts and ex
penditures. And I want to tell you "
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that box office fright is worse than.jt . ; I
stage fright.-Washington
Washington Star.
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Satisfactory.
Smith-I used to have a great deal
of trouble with my teeth , so I finally
had ! : them all extracted and an arti
ficial set put in.
Jones-And are they satisfactory ?
Smith-You bet . they are ! Why , I
can : almost eat with them.
Seemed to Aivalcen : : Memories. ; '
Tommy-Paw , what is three card
monte ?
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Mr. Tucker-It's the most diabolical ,
infernal swindle that ever anybody-er
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some sort of gambling
game
with cards , I believe , Tommy.-c.hica- .
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WON'T MIX.
Bad Food and Good Health Won't
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The hu'man stomach stands much
abuse , but it won't return good health
if you give it bad food.
If you feed right you will feel right
for proper food and a good mind is
the : sure . . road to health.
"A year ago I became much.1 \ alarmed
about my health , for I began to suffe - - . - : - > : a
after each meal no matter how little 1 ,
ate , " says a Denver woman.
"I lost my appetite and the very
thought of food grew distasteful , with ,
the result that I was not nourished '
and got weak and thin.
" , M . home cares were very heavy
for < beside a large family of my own I
aave also to look ; out for an aged'
mot her. 1
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There was no one to shoul-
3er my household burdens
, and come '
what might I
must bear them , and
Lhis thought nearly drove me frantic
arhen I realized that
my health was
areaking ' : down.
"I read an article In
the
paper
ibout some one with trouble just like
nine being cured
on Grape-Nuts food
md acting on this suggestion I gave 1' '
frape-Nuts a trial. The
first dish ot
b.is delicious food
proved that I had t
truck the right thing.
"My
uncomfortable
feelings In stom-
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tch ( and brain t
Ty
disappeared as If
by
Lagic i and in an y '
TStLTia facredlWr
: short
space
E time 1
WaS
L V again myself. Since
hen I have gained
' 12 pounds in
.eight through ?
. a summer of hard !
work and
It realize I am a very diff . .
woman , aU due to the ' ' ,
lod , Grape- uts. " . splend ( !
"There's a Reason. "
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famous , little book \ \
The Road to . .
Wellville " ;
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above letter ?
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