Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 301, 6 September 1909 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SFN-TELEGRAM, MONDAT, SEPTEMBER 6, 1909.

The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram Published and ownei by the PALLADIUM PRINTING CO. Issued T days each week, evening and Sunday morning. Office Corner North 9th and A street. Home Phone 1121. RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Ka4ol G. Leeds. . . .ManaglaK Editor. Cbarlea M. Horcaa Nuig. W. IU Ponodatoae ..Kewi Editor. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS. In Richmond $5.00 per year (In advance) or 10c per week. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS. One year. In advance 15.00 Six months, In advance 2.60 One month. In advance .45 RURAL ROUTES. One year. In advance $2.50 Six months. In advance 1.50 One month. In advance 25 Address changed as often as desired: both new and old addresses must be tTlven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be srlven for a specified term: nam will not be entered until payment is received. Entered at Richmond, Indiana, post office as second class mail matter. mm mmw'w imi "J Th Association el Aaasricats (New York City) baa MaertlBedtotlMalremUtlea: tottttoixMtatttoa. Oaly Ue lUaraa el in it mn an by the Association. ONCE AGAIN And so it happened. The first really serious automobile accident Yesterday we commended the care ful driving of our many motor owners the same day there was a hideous example of what happens when there is a machine which is not under control. It is true that the owner of the machine was not a Richmond man but there are some drivers still in Richmond who might have done the thing. There is no way to prevent death and serious accident except by careful driving. AND THE ONLY WAY TO drive Carefully is to have the machine under control. Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets are the most dangerous crossings in Richmond. This is true because the buildings are built up to the corner so that there is no possibility of seeing what is coming. People are unconsciously careful in the built up districts. In the outskirts where the same conditions are present, the danger is even greater at the street crossings. Suggestions have been made that at all corners the horn should be blown. This is not so necessary as that the speed ordinances be obeyed. There is ample provision for corners in the terms of the speed ordinance. All there is to say is to repeat: HAVE YOUR MACHINE UNDER CONTROL. Hems Gathered in From Far and Near A Bigger and Better Chicago. From the Providence Journal. Chicago now estimates its population at two and a half millions. What is more to the point is that the great city on Lake Michigan is becoming more attractive, as well as increasing in size, with its remarkable park system, lake front reclamation, libraries and museums. Those who scoff at Chicago merely because they think it a heterogeneous mass of disagreeable tendencies, do it scant justice. It Is far from toeing an ideal city, but what American community can lay claim to such a distinction? And in the midst of its rush and whirl it is finding time to devote to its esthetic and intellectual needs as too few of its contemporaries are doing. The next ten years will work a marked change in this respect If - present plans are carried consistently forward. Work for Prisoners. From the Providence Bulletin. Humane treatment of prisoners is cne of the chief needs of our system of dealing with crime. We" are still almost wholly concerned in the detection and punishment of criminals; as a peopl or a nation we have little regard for their physical or moral welfare. How lacking we are in charity for those who have broken the laws of society Is shown in the alarming spread of insanity among the Inmates of the Riverside penitentiary near Pittsburg. Because of lack of work, the result of the laws of Pennsylvania which limit employment to the space inside prison walls and restrict the use of machinery even there, melancholia is prevalent and insanity is attacking large numbers. Treat the Cow Well. From the St Louis Star. The gentle cow at last is coming into her own. Appreciative of baths, teeth cleanliness and other innovations for her comfort, she responds with additional quarts of milk.' We know of few animals more deserving of good treatment than the cow. A happy and contented bossy means optimistic butter, smiling cheese and sunny cream. The Superannuated Preacher. From the Duluth Herald. . The average preacher who la worn out after his life's labors in the vineyard of the Lord appears too often to ' be treated by the churches about as ; capital treats its worn-out workmen ' .v'"v . V sj." v .-.

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The Festival of Work On this day of the Festival of Labor there Bhould be something of the Thanksgiving spirit In Its celebration. At least In Richmond. For there has never been a serious strike nor a serious panic to mar the conditions here. And no one can deny that both are unhealthy symptoms. The very fact that so many men own their own houses is the outgrowth of this very satisfactory condition. We are not bothered by the uncertainty of capital or the restlessness of labor. Magazine articles have been appearing lately proclaiming the age of the "steady Job." Richmond has been operating on that plan ever since the beginning of things. Laboring men do not have the experience of waking up on the morrow to find the institution that they work for laying off men simply because the business has been mismanaged in the office, and nothing short of a vast national disturbance makes any mark on Richmond business. On the other hand employers do not lie awake at night for fear that some wandering walking delegate will rouse his men into unjuBt action. If there ever Is a strike in Richmond of any consequence it will mean that conditions have seriously changed for the worse.

The introduction of cheap labor should always be a danger signal to both employees and employers. Richmond's freedom from trouble up to this time when practically every other place in the country has suffered from the foolish struggle between capital and labor has been due to the high intelligence and thrift of the employes and the wisdom of employers. To bring in ignorant and shiftless men would spoil the work of a century.

We venture the assertion that there are few places where there is the absence of what is called class hatred that there is here in Richmond. Indiana. That this is so is simply an indication of the education and the intelligence of workmen. There is nothing of the Continental idea of hatred of capital and property simply because in most cases there is a well founded hope of bettering conditions. AVhen a man knows that he can eventually own his own home as many men do he does not unreasoningly condemn those who own property. And if the time ever cornea when the thrifty man cannot save enough to buy his home the day will be sorry for Richmond employers.

And now we come to what should be of the greatest interest to worklngmen as well as their employers In this city. These are, good government taxes and public welfare. Where no man has a chance to own property and a chance to live in comfort he will not be much interested in good government, nor in the tax rate, nor in the building up of the city. He will vote for the demagog who tells him he will do impossible things and not Poubt that main's honesty; he will not mind much if the taxes soar for he reasons that he has no property; he will not care whether the town enlarges its business interests nor whether conditions are changed in other ways because he will imagine that they are for some other person's benefit, and not his own. But when he owns a house when he is married and has children of his own then he does care very much about the moral condition of the town; he cares whether there will be a chance for his sons; he cares very much whether corruption has raised the tax rate. The fact that Richmond is a morally sound town, that there is little or no corruption in office that the public service corporations are held in check that the things like the Fall Festival which are building up Richmond's future have general support these things are due to the good labor conditions here and fundamentally to the good feeling between employers and their employes.

And so it is not without reason , that every one in the whole town, (no matter what his part in the scheme of things may be) should be glad on this Festival' of Labor that there Is nothing rotten at the core. Everything works in. a circle in any community and there is not one thing which' could escape from harm if there were any serious change for the worse in labor conditions. There is nothing which would not be improved if the labor conditions could be improved on.

cast into the scrapheap to shift for themselves., "But efforts for better things are being made. Alaska Needs Coal. From the Kansas City Times. Naturally there is much indignation over the Alaska coal scandal. If there is one thing Alaska needs more than another, it is coal. TWINKLES (By Philander Johnson) An Entirely Selfish Theorist. "Do you believe in the theory of reincarnation?" asked the serious girl. "You mean to ask if I think we'll keep coming back to this earth again and again?' rejoined the flippant young man. "Yes." "I have my doubts about it. The creditors may all come back, but we debtors are apt to go wandering along to other planets if we can possibly arrange it" Avoiding the Capital Letter. "What's the matter with your early education," said the friend. "In this letter you wrote me you use a little "i" for the first person, singular!" "I did it on purpose," was the answer. "There is no telling these days, when the alienists may be on your trail. I want to avoid anything which in the slightest degree looks like exaggerated ego." A Free Ride. As this earth swiftly travels its way We passengers gayly declare It's a comfort to know that we may Stay on without payment of fare. "De man dat's intirely satisfied wif hlsse'f," said Uncle Eben, "ain ginerally so good natured an easy to please when it comes to other folks." Nature at Her Worst. "You must enjoy seeing nature in all its beauty?" said the boarder. "Well," answered Farmer Corntossel, "I hear you folks talkin" "bout the beauty of nature, an I try to git enthusiastic with you. But I want to tell you that viewin nature on a winter mornin before sun-up is a good deal like seein the women folks at breakfast afore they git their hair out o curl papers." ; Had to Go to Work. He blossomed awhile in his glory. The monarch of all the hotel, Like the hero serene of a story He played his part briefly, but well. Correct from his head wear, so natty. Clear down to his footgear of tan. Obliging and graceful and chatty Oh, where Is the Summer Young Man? . The summer girl's gay transformation

From fluffs unto furs is well known; She still is the pet of the nation, Each season she claims as her own. But that other career so high-flying Seems ended e'er scarce it began. And the chill winds are mournfully sighing, "Oh, where is the Summer Young Man?" i

TO HOLD A SESSION The advisory boards of the different townships of the county will meet with the different trustees and township assessors tomorrow and fix the township tax levies. The Wayne township advisory board will meet with township trustee Howarth at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Howarth announced that it was not probable that the township tax levy would be lowered any and that he did not expect it would be increased. However the township has been to considerable expense as several new school houses have been either erected or repaired. BOARD HAS MEETING The county commissioners at their session this morning allowed a long list of claims and granted a liquor license to William Haberkern,- who operates a wholesale establishment between Fifth and Sixth streets on Main. C. E. Wiley, president of the board, also stated that the commissioners would try and call out a few of their original asked for appropriations, in order to substitute an appropriation for a county insane ward. MAKE SCHOOL PLANS Two rooms , in the residence of George Cook, at Middleboro, have been rented by township trustee Howarth for the purpose of holding school there until the new school building is completed. Mr. Howarth expects that the buil2ing will be finished in two weeks' time. The teachers and pupils of the school are preparing to hold dedicatory exercises at the time of its completion. "This is an age of Invention. remarked the bumptious philosopher. "Then. said his friend, -"maybe yoa can concoct a new excuse for me to give my wife for not going borne to dinner tonight" Whereat the punctured philosopher subsided. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

LABOR INJLO TIMES. Workers That Fed the People of Ancient Rome.

MANY TRADES ORGANIZED. Nearly All the Freed men of the Working Classes Were Members of Unions. Bread Bakers Among the First to Organize. The method of making and baklDg bread in ancient times seems to have differed very little from our modern methods. But the grinding of grain, which uowadays bus been relegated to the machine process, was done In past ages by beating it into flour or meal with a pestle. This was the work of the bread bakers union, members of which were engaged in supplying the people of Rome, rich and poor, with the three kinds of bread consumed in those days, it is held that the bread bakers were among tbe first of the ancient lowiy to organize, their union dating back, according to the authorities, 700 years before tbe Christian era. Nor la the important business of feeding the many mouths of antique Rome can tbe butchers be left out of account The pasture lands were taken on shares from the government by cattle breeders. For tbe use of tbe land they paid a stipulated sum to tbe Roman taxgatherers. who were also thoroughly organized. But. strange to say, in the Inscriptions found thus far no mention is made of any other butchers' union than that of the suarli. or pork butchers, who prepared the moat for the poorer classes of this great capital of antiquity. Granier In his great contribution to sociology, "Histoire des Classes Ouvrieres" (History of the Laboring Classes), clears this mystery away by suggesting that the pork butchers conducted tbe whole of tbe butcher business, but sufficient evidence on this point is lacking. On tbe other hand, renowned archaeologists, like Gruter, Donati and Orelli. have proved conclusively that there were unions of men who foddered the stock and of haymakers and mowers who prepared the fodder. It is believed that these unions worked in conjunction with the butchers. The labors of Orelli have broaght to light the fact that a union of fishermen had many members at Rome, Ostla and Fisae. on the sea. and at the mouths of the rivers. Their business must have been extensive since fish was a delicacy greatly relished by the Romans and is mentioned frequently by the Latin authors in their accounts of tbe lavish banquets of tbe time. Besides these ancient organized fishermen, there were unions whose function it was to pack the tlsh in barrels, casks and packages. Likewise engaged In helping to victual tbe population of the Rome of old were the fruit purveyors' unions, which were of various sorts. Ward speaks of a curious inscription found at Rome telling that a man of the name of Julius Epopbra. a former cabinetmaker, had given up his trade to become an apple vender and that by the assistance of bis wife, Helen, he made a living by keeping an apple stand near the Roman circus. To pass on rapidly, numerous other anions, much tbe same kind as those already mentioned, were in evidence at this remote era. But different from any of the others was the union of huntsmen, who are supposed now to have furnished the tables of the nobles with the products of the chase and with food denied to the lowly. It has been concluded from inscriptions on stone slabs that some of these hunters' unions were formed by slaves who escaped into the wildernesses of Italy and supported themselves by the fortunes of the chase, and that still others were formed by gladiators who, weary of risking their lives in the arenas and the amphitheaters in deadly combat against one another and the wild beasts, sought the more friendly wildernesses. Other inscriptions state that there was a union among certain of the gladiators for tbe purpose of undertaking remote journeys, officially sanctioned, to capture the great wild beasts, wolves, bears, tigers and leopards that in the time of the emperors so often spilled human blocd on the sands of the arena. It must be kept in mind that all these unionists were freedmen, whose chartered organizations existed according to the law. I. K. Friedman in Chicago News. Finances of the Carpenters. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners' International union's financial statement for June shows receipts of $43,627.23. Death and disability payments aggregating 523.374.50 were paid. The balance in the general fund July 1 was $3ol ,090.72. LABOR NOTES. The Women's Trades Union league will hold a national convention in Chicago in September. The marine engineers have a total membership on the coasts, lakes and rivers of the United States of 11,000. Washington. D. C will have the eighteenth annual convention of the Theatrical Stage Employes of North America in 1010. The convection of the Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers" International union will be held In Boston the week beginning Sept 13 The new 100.000 headquarters building of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners was recently dedicated at Indianapolis by Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor. Greek Letter Frets. Miami university Is distinguished as being the mother of college fraternities as well as of great men the fraternities of Beta Tbeta Pi. Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. known as the "great triumvirate, having originated there. The first was founded in 1S39. the second in 1S48 and the third about 1855. There are only a few older than these, and the first mentioned two have each 15.000 alumni scattered all over the country. All three have erected memorials at their alma mater-Argonaut.

Business Review of The Past Week by Henry Clews

New York Sept 6. The stock market has been taking the rest cure, which was much needed after the late collapse in the Harriman issues. The suspension of business for three successive days also induced further quietness. It is perfectly evident that for the time being at least the spirit of the bulls has been impaired. Their leader and magician has withdrawn, probably to never again resume hfs former active command. No longer can the mysteries conjured up in Mr. Harriman's influence be used to manipulate the stock market; and hereafter his specialties will be obliged to sell more strictly upon their merits, a condition that will be wholesome and will contribute to financial stability. Upon the whole it Is highly fortunate that the market is relieved of the baneful effects of wild speculations Probably Mr. Harriman never intended that his plans should have the peculiar Influence upon the public mind which they did; yet his dominating and arbitrary personality appealed to the imagination and completely hypnotized the unthinking class, so that his securities readily became the basis of wild and hazardous orgies In the speculative arena; and while Mr. Harriman's great speculative transactions proved successful, thanks largely to good fortune, the effect was dangerously inflammatory upon individuals of a speculative disposition. Happily the fever which these operations induced Is nov subsiding, and the market is settling down into saner and safer conditions. Whatever of merit there happens to be in Mr. Harriman's great schemes will remain, and on such it is to be sincerely hoped that he will be able to carry th'em to completion. If not, however, there is no reason to suppose but that competent successors will appear who will safeguard the future ot the entire system! Concerning the market as a whole, reckless speculation has received a much needed check. Trading is still largely confined to professionals and big operators, the public having persistently refused to take the offered bait. This last failure to arouse a speculative furore in order to enable the big holders to dispose of their surplus stocks at large profits is very significant. It shows that not only has the average operator had his eyes opened to the real situation, but that the ordinary investor is also upon his guard. In reality there is a great plethora of funds seeking investments. This is shown not only by heavy bank deposits, but also by the promptness with" which desirable new issues are absorbed. Meanwhile prices of all active Stock; Exchange securities are still held upon an abnormally high basis, and in view of the prospects of

Balloons Will be Great Aid To the Speed of Railroads

Washington, D. C. Sept. 6. To increase speed and lessen work, German engineers will combine the principles of aerial locomotion with electric motive power. In a report to the State Department Consul Norton at Chemnitz says: "Engineers in Germany have taken up the problem of introducing the buoyant principle into railroad construction, and the first project in this line to enlist capital in its support is that of a well known engineer of Marburg. This is practically a combination of the essential elements of the dirigible and the electric railroads cars supported by the buoyancy of a balloon and motive power transmitted by an electric cable, the latter being the only feature of an ordinary electric road that is retained. "The supporting balloon is cylindrical in shape, of semi-rigid construction, 200 feet long and thirty-three feet in diameter. It rests lightly against cables on either side, channeled wheels CIGAn u.n.rrcnS UPHELD. Arbitrators Decide In Favor of Union Wages and Conditions. President Samuel (jumpers of tbe A. F. of I... Jobu Mitchell, national secretary of the arbitratiou board of the Civic federation, and Edward A. F1loce of Boston, tbe arbitrators appointed at tbe time of tte temporary adjustment of tbe strike of tbe Cigar Factory Strippers' union at the H. Traiser shops a year ago last May. have just rendered their decision. Tbe strike bad been to maintain tbe union's wage rate from any reduction and also to prevent the sending of stock to be stripped to a nonunion factory In New York in violatiou of an alleged prevl ous agreement on that question and caused an Interest of natioual extent owing to the question involved. Tbe arbitrators are unauimous in granting tbe union its claims on wage and working rules and regarding treatment of stock. Mr. Kilene gives a minority opinion as regards the right of having stock treated wherever de sired. On that point Mr. Filene says: "The situation presents itself to roe ia this way. 1 may justly say rbar the union may justly claim an aware of a living wage withiu Its jurisdiction, and to tbe manufacturer that be shall not have work done In this jurisdiction unless be pays such a wage. Bat tbe manufacturer must have the right to move all of his factory to another state and to manufacture part of his output there should be feel so inclined. 1 believe, however, that tbe union has tbe right to follow bits to such states and endeavor to organize the operatives there so as to compel him to pay union wages there. Concluding. Mr. Filene says: -May L In conclusion, point out another situation which. If remedied, might furnish a solution of tbe question at Issue. It might be satisfactory to tbe Strippers union, and it seems to me desirable and just. It would come If the Cigarmakers union would refuse to give Its label to any cigars excepting those tbe tobacco in whkrh, was always strto-

firmer money, no excessive bull movement is likely to prove successful unless based upon the assurance of larger dividend returns. Stockholders are now looking for better returns and corporation managers are already beginning to feel this demand. It need hardly be recalled that recent advances have been mainly confined to stocks in which larger dividends were either imminent or had been declared. In many cases, however, dividend increases have been amply discounted, and buyers generally are thoroughly imbued with the idea that the market i3 too high, though still supported bv those who have or will have plenty of securities to sell. In the business outlook there Is less enthusiasm than two or three weeks ago, immediately after settlement of the tariff. This is probably due to failure of extravagant expectations t materialize: also to deterioration ia the corn and cotton crops which took place in August. The yield of both these great staples will now fall below earlier expectations. The corn crop may still favor us with the biggest yield on record; but a somewhat serious deficiency is practically certain In cotton owing to prolonged drouth in the Southwest, and this cannot but have a retarding effect upon sections where the shortest is greatest. Some compensation will be derived by the high price of cotton, but prosperity in

the South will be spotty, and some of the railroads will have much less corton to carry than usual. The lower prices realized for corn must also effect the West. Last year this crop was valued at l,nr.ooo,flOi and cotton at $7OtM0i.Oi-'. and it is now questionable whether either of these two crops will exceed in value the yield of 10S. It has been estimated that this year's agricultural products would reach the sum of fvS.noo.OOO.OOrt, compared witti $7.7OO.00O,0i last year. This figur still seems possible In view of the better yield and good prices for many other crops; but the too hopeful harvest expectations of a month ago have certainly been modified by last month's unfavorable weather conditions. In spite, however, of the toning down of extreme optimism, the business situation is very satisfactory: bank clearings in August were more than 30 per cent ahead of a year ago; trade is steadily increasing In volume; conditions are sound, and there is every prospect for continued expansion during the remainder of the year. At no time since the panic has the volume of trade been so large, and it is several years at least since the relations between production, consumption and credit have been as sound and satisfactory as they are today. attached to the framework of the balloon forming the contact, the cables being suspended at the proper height by towers. The passenger car is attached low. "A company is about to construct a line from the railway station in Marburg to Frauenberg, an elevation five miles distant and 1.200 feet above the town. The preliminary estimates show an initial cost of construction of $27,000 to 128,000 per mile for a double cable line. It is further estimated that the cost of maintenance and of transportation on such a line will not exceed 3 per cent of the corresponding expense on a railroad, through the avoidance of weight friction and serious wear of material. "It Is thought that a speed of 125 miles an hour can be attained, with practically complete avoidance of danger to the passengers and all danger to surface travel. The steepest grades in mountain regions are easily overcome." ped by union worsen; tnat is. tr they would come to an agreement witb tbe Strippers nnion by which tbe label would stand for union stripping as well as union making. The objec - tions to debarring tbe Traisers from having tbelr tobacco stripped else where would be overcome. At present they seem Insurmountable to me." Messrs. Gompers and Mitchell as tbe majority gie a decision on tbe plaee-of-bandling-Rtock question which virtually lays down a principle of organized labor on all such matters and one which would apply equally to Other cases of recent origin in New England. Tbey say: "There has been a unanimity of opinion In regard to tbe award of waces and most f the condl tions of the award. Differences of opinion have occurred, but over most of them the arbitrators have had n Jurisdiction. We have been constrain ed to tbe conclusion that, bavin? agreed to awnrd tbe schedule of wages, it would be devoid of any meaning did we decide that tbe work might b" performed by workers in any other city than Boston nnd particularly at lower rate." Boston Globe. Tins Frank K. Foster Fund. The trustee of the Frank K. Foster fond made their final report a few nays ago. The report Included tbe re ceipts and expenditure of both the funds of tbe Massachusetts state branch. American Federation of Labor, and tbe Boston Typographical union No. 13. The receipts of the Massachusetts state branch fund were S1.8C3.21 and of tbe Boston Typographical union fund $1,744.47. As a balance of $7021 of tbe typographical union fund was transferred to tbe -state branch fund in the closing of the typographical fund accounts the combined receipts of both funds were S&337.47. The expenditures from both funds were: McLean hospital, total payments from both funds. $838.73: funeral expenses. $232. and total payments to Mrs. Frank K. Foster. $2566.72. Those were tbe only items of expenditure, tbe trustees stating that there are mo expenses reported for collecting and conducting tbe fund,

BED IS MOST IMPORTANT. Article ef Furniture Upon WMeSi Generous Expenditure Is Wise. The bed is acknowledged to be the most Important article In the bouse by that law which declares that, no matter what a man's obligations to his debtors, his bed be may not be deprived of. A generous expenditure on that piece of furniture on which you spend a good third of a lifetime and on whose comfort your health so deeply depends is therefore more worth while than some women of limited Incomes would seem to realise. In choosing tbe mattress, to begin with. It Is well to kuow that moat hair mattresses for full slxed beds weigh forty pound. When tbe hair Is shorter they are sometimes made to weigh forty-nre pound. The cost of tbe mattress varies according to the quality of the hair used and the amount. The best balr is tbe pure South America a drawTjgs that is. long hair, very cr.rly and full of vitality, drawn from the tails and maues of South American horses, says Harper's Raxar. The prepared cotton felt mattresses are both sanitary and comfortable. They coat about $13. Tuey are Infinitely better than the poor quality hair mattresses. Cheaper than these and not comparing witb them in value are those made of ordinary cotton felt costing about $7.C0. still better than a poor hair; cotton and wool at $5, African filter with cotton top at $l-T0 and. least desirable of all, the excelsior with cotton top and bottom at $2.50. Neither the fiber nor the excelsior I comfortable, and the excelsior soon breaks and mats down very unevenly. In buying mattresses as well as box springs it Is well to remember that Imperial edges and fancy ticks, although attractive, add no real value to tbe mattress and Increase the price considerably. Divided mattresses for double beds cost 30 cents more than tbe single mattresses. , The best pillows are made of live geese feathers. The softest are made of lire geese feathers and down, but they are not tbe roost practical. Pillows made from duck feathers are not so good and much less expensive.

THE EMANCIPATED BEE A Story With a Mighty Good Suffra aattai Moral. A colony of bees Is a demonstration of the capabilities of the weaker sex. They manage everything and see to everything, and the most ardent opposer of tbe suffrage must admit that the work Is well done, that the hire Is a model of cleanliness and order and greatest wonder of all tbe large family of many hundred members live happily together. There Is no III will against the drones. They are boused and fed until tbe winter shortage of food makes such philanthropy Impossible. There Is no choice in the matter of this extermination, and no favor Is shown. It is a different matter to the swarming, which drives half tbe Inmates out of tbe blve to seek a new home. But of all tbe incidents la tbe lives of the bees that which stands out with terrible Insistence Is tbe death of the queen when she has reared her brood a death which seems a fitting termination to a life of royal despotism. It Is not a violent death; no sting la InMlotait And tip lie hilt rni4 of workers closes round her. " and In this living prison she "slowly dies. There are other things about bees quite as wonderful as tbelr rule of life. Their eyes reflect In a hundred facets many things which perhaps we cannot see. and those triple eyes set In tbe center of tbe forehead bave. It may be. a powerful vision more wonderful still. Bees may bear Sounds which are beyond our range of bearing with tbe same superabundance of a single sense. These endowments are no part of their powers of work, for the eyes of tbe drones are yet larger and more powerful than tbe eyes of tbe workers a necessary qualification, perhaps, for those who took on. Do they criticise tbe busy Marthas who toll around them, as Is oftcu the way of tbe Idle? If so. the workers bced them not, bat still go working on. Mrs. Taft's Log ef Travel. In Mrs. Taft's tally of miles she easily outstrips the wives of all other American presidents since that bis torlc day when Liberty bell rang out Us famous message from tbe town of Independence ball, savs Human Life. 1 ghe naa lu0cnllgbt nights on tbe broad waters of the Pacific from tbe bridge of that monster ship, tbe Minnesota; she has wstcbed tbe dirt fly at the big ditch down In tbe Panama country, and she has risked ber life on tbe Trans Ibex la railway In that 6,000 mile dash across tbe glgantfcwidth of Asia which tbe exar planned as a spectacular affair to catch tbe world's attention. She has fished In tbe royal lake at Asbilia. where tbe Taft party was quartered In one of the. mikado's palaces during Its Japanese visit; sbe bas danced tbe queer native rigodon In tbe Philippines; over tbe snows of St. Petersburg sbe bas bad. fur bundled, sleigh rides such as only Russia knows, and to beguile transatlantic hours sbe has played shnffleboard witb that gold braided gentleman, tbe captain, whose word Is Is w on the liner. . - On practically all of tbe missions as a popular peace envoy Mrs. Taft has accompanied ber husband. In tbe matter of distance this would mean more miles than one would .care to figure, for no American outside of the navy bas ever covered so much of the earth's surface In behalf of tbe government as tbe new president. To acquire a straight back remember to keep the abdomen la and the chest out. MASONIC CALENDAR. Monday, Sept. C Richmond Coramandery. No. 8, K. T, stated conclave. - Tuesday. Sept. 7. Richmond Lodge No. 136. F. & A- M-, stated meeting. Wednesday. Sept. 8 Webb Lodge. No. 24. F, ic A. M work in Fellowcraft degree. Friday. Sept. 10 King Sototaup's Chapter No. 4. R. A. M. 8tatsd l .... , - -.