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THE MONTANA PLAINDEALER Vol. 111 Published Weekly by The Montana Plaindealer Company. B. B. BASS, . . . EDITOR. Description $2.00 per year, Strictly in Ad. Use. Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class matter April 12, at the Post Office at Helena, Montana, at the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Press all Communications to The Montana Plaindealer, 19 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. PEACE! ROSPERITY! NION!!! While the Treasure State is being a great fight on one man it is violating the law they err. a proprietor of the Capital Music Hall has as much right to date the law as the score or one of places that are running the Open. gambling to the detriment of fitness in Helena as no one but professional gamblers are ing the money. to be consistent the fight could be made on the generalness that prevails in Helat this time. THE PROGRESS CLUB The Progress Club made good on a vengeance in assisting a church in caring for their victims during conference week, the grand climax was the in which they managed the future on Friday night when the most successful entertainment given in the city was pulled and the club was highly commated on the way that they things. And in the nick of the club treasury was emptied to aid and assist one of the doctors to this conference who is taken sick and died in our city. The club assisted in caring for and sending the body me and if this organization continues to do what it has it is stained to be one of the greatest actors for good in the entire northwest. Those who cried from the housetop that Helena would be able to care for the Puget Sound Conference; Now speak only in whispers. Bishop Grant who was with is last week is one of the greatest men of our race and has been a great factor in its prog- Conference has come and gone. It was indeed a strenuous week to the church goers and even to the city; but the fondest hope of all has been realized, and Helena has been equal to the occasion; in dall the visitors left singing raises to her for the way in which they were entertained, Wide open gambling is a good thin for the professional gamblers and it seems as though they mean to play it to a finish while they can, and the masses are the ones to suffer. Col. Marte Good smiles serene and the Capital Music Hall still runs. Only a few more days of vacation and the young American will be back in their various places of learning. The session of the Business league just held in Louisville was in every was a success and shows the race on the high way of progress along all lines and that their annual meeting has been a potent factor for the success of the race. While the police power should enforce the law, there is a power higher up; is that power also in conspiracy with the law breakers. REVIVING OLD ISSUES A correspondent in a recent issue of The Star (name forgotten) defends the policy and propriety of placing Gen. Robert E. Lee as Virginia's choice in the Hall of Fame in Washington. These are the fellows who always set up the whine and sometimes the howl that we are waving the bloody shirt—that we refuse to let bygones be bygones. I charge that they are persistently thrusting something under our noses which we are obliged to smell and which is unpleasant and often insulting. Then if we protest they cry that we are reviving the old war feeling. They the fellows who will not let by-gones be by-gones. They talk and write as if the world began with reconstruction of the rebel states. They conveniently forget al that provoked reconstruction, made it necessary and justified it. Bad as it was it was a bad alternative or a worse one. Who made it necessary? The South was offered a much milder reconstruction than they had to take later and refused it, and time has shown that it ought to have been far more severe than it was. After the rebel armies surrendered the rebels rushed back to Congress and proposed to do with their votes what they had failed to do with their guns. They said if we are not out of the Union, we are in it. If we are in it, we are entitled to representation in Congress. The North said: "Not so fast. Some guarantees must be given that you will act in good faith." "We decline to give them. Now let us see you reconstruct us." said the South. I guess they did see it. With their sullen insolence they provoked the patience of the North, and Negro governments were organized which soon did what was necessary. Some rebels who had the good sense to reconstruct themselves advised this and aided in it. The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were legally adopted, and it was thought that the rebels had been sufficiently reconstructed. Then the North became divided on the great financial policy. The South however, did little but pout and sulk about a reconstruction which they had provoked, and took their dirty spite out on the Negrose who had helped to whip them. Of course the Negroes were ignorant. It had long been a penitentiary offense to educate them in the South. But they had been more loyal to a government that had oppressed them than had Robert E. Lee to a government that had educated him and given him all the employment he ever had. Now the rebel spirit looms up in Virginia, and Le is chosen to fill the scpace in the Hall of Fame allotted to Virginia. Jefferson Davis is chosen by Mississippi to ornament a great battleship named in honor of that state and built by the United States. Virginia could not honor Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration of Independence and helped to found a government which Lee tried to destroy. After Virginia became a partisan to slavery the Declaration of Independence, declaring all men free and equal, did not sound well in slave-driving ears. Lee would suit them better and give the man opportunity to offend the North. Mrs. Johnson and deserve much credit for her in which the culinary was run. Mrs. Schuman who has visitor here for some time last Tuesday it is said to husband. Rev. Sims being the son of conference was left care for Rev. Smith the ence could not have so better man as he faithfie for his charge even unto The Plaindealer man acquainted with the R Owen who accompa Benedict Arnold gave the best part of his life to the American cause, but at last he deserted to the British, and thereby became a traitor, and has been so held ever since. Lee gave the best part of life to the service of the United States, but deserted to the rebellion; now he is to be recognized—but it would be more pleasing to Virginia, that he was not. There is as much propriety in Connecticut offering Benedict Arnold to the Hall of Fame as for Virginia to offer Lee. The first battle where Lee commanded was at Harper's Ferry, where he fought John Brown. Virginia hanged John Brown for tason. Now she offers Lee, a bigger traitor, as a patriot. Lee was born in Virginia, but he belonged to the nation. He deserted, not to Virginia, but to the rebel Confederacy. Gen. Winfield Scott was also born in Virginia, but he belonged to the nation and stayed with it. Virginia does not remember him kindly. Yet we have writers and speakers who assert that the South is as loyal to the government as is the North. Where are their eyes and ears? The monument to the brute Wirz is no greater impropriety than the offering of Lee and Davis in connection with all the circumstances. The Star editor is eminently right in his comments following the letter in question, and I second his motion. John T. Campbell in The Star, Indianapolis, Ind., August 10, 1909. ECHOES OF THE CONFERENCE Rev. Donohue looked as good to Helena by some as Helena looked good to him. H. J. Baker was the agent and was equal to the occasion of making it pleasant for the Bishop and visitors. It was impossible to hold back the Progress Club and they carried everything before it. The conference denounced Sister Bettie Johnson who is well known throughout this section as a church beggar. Rev. J. C. C. Owens presiding elder of the Colorado Conference who is accompanying the Bishop and assisting him in holding the Puget Sound and California conferences, is one of the old warhorses of the A. M. E. Church, he has kept abreast of the times and served some of the best charges in the connection. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Osborne received a royal welcome back to Helena while here he was a prime favorite and our people reluctantly gave him up. Rev. Tolliver made an excellent report for Butte having only been there since June. Mrs. Johnson and Robinson deserve much credit for the manner in which the culinary department was run. Mrs. Schuman who has been a visitor here for some time left last Tuesday it is said to join her husband. Rev. Sims being the single man of conference was left over to care for Rev. Smith the conference could not have selected a better man as he faithfully cared for his charge even unto the end. The Plaindealer man is well acquainted with the Rev. C. C. Owen who accompanied the Bishop here. We having worked together in the Sun-flower state. He is one of the warhorses of Afro Methodism keeps abreast of the times and has served some of the best charges in the connection. He is at present presiding elder of the Colorado conference. Mrs. Clara Howard was much in evidence and was of much assistance to the church workers during the week. ANACONDA NOTES The baseball team Brownies of this city had a contest last Sunday with the cracker-jack team of Butte the score was 11 to 6 in favor of Anaconda. Mrs. Carney Wallace after three months of hospital is improving. Rev. Galleard is very much pleased with his church in Anaconda and its success. Mr. W. T. Holbert the oldest colored man in Anaconda died last week with Brights disease at the age of 80 years. He was highly respected by al who knew him. The other article sent in for us to publish, we are sorry that we cannot publish an article which in any way reflects on another. RESOLUTIONS WHEREAS, Divine Providence, has removed from our midst the late Mrs. Carrie Jones, wife of the Honorable John G. Jones our esteemed fellow citizen and member of the D. A. Straker Bar Association. AND WHEREAS, her life has been one of the highest type of Christian womanhood, and the mose worthy example for the women of our City. BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the members of the D. A. Straker Bar Association of Chicago, mourn with our fellow member his deep and sad affliction in the death of his wife. Mrs. Jones was a most estimable character, faithful wife and devoted much of her time and means in a quiet and unostentatious way towards assisting the needy and distressed, and especially in her efforts towards dmaking happy and cheering the lives of the unfortunate and lowly. RESOLVED, that we extend to the breaved husband, relatives and friends of the deceased our most sincere and heartfelt sympathy in this, their hour of extreme sadness, always remembering that 'There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He cuts the bearded grain at a breath, RESOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions to be sent to the husband and family of the deceased. The New York Helena, Mont. Headpuarters Trunks Suit Cases And Bags TRUNKS SUIT CASES AND TRAVELLING If you remember our assortment of these articles larger, and the prices lower than you can get elsewhere. Come and see. The comparison will cost you nothing. Take elevator to second floor. TREASURE BOX BAGS Suit Case A splendid Trunk, metal bound, metal bottom, linen lined, good lock, heavy straps; $12.50 value for ..... $10.00 3-ply Veneer Trunk canvas covered, linen lined straps, locks and catches ..... $16.00 $9.00 Ladies' Sole Leather Cases 24-inch, nicely lined, large poeket on lid. ..... $6.75 $10.00 Sole Leather Cases; Sale price... $8.50 E. G. Alexander, Chairman J. E. White S. A. T. Watkins Louis B. Anderson C. J. Waring Arthur H. Simms T. A. Maxwell Hale G. Parker Committee Suit Case W. W. Johnson, President. Henry M. Porter, Secretary. YE OLD INN AT MISSOULA What is unquestionably the finest cafe in all Montana is Ye Old Inn Cafe at Missoula on Front Street. Our good friend Lee Phillips is responsible for this write up as he took us through the different departments etc. The furnishings are rich and the service unexcelled. Frank J. Pierce the proprietor is one of Missoulas leading business men who at al times stands for the progress of Missoula and is ready to aid and assist any laudable undertaking for the uplift of the people. Lee Philips who is well and favorably known by almost every one in this section, is nicely located at Missoula and doing a nice business. His are are only turkish baths in the city and are destined to become very popular. Both Lee and Mrs. Phillips do all in their power to make it pleasant for three friends who happen to come to Missoula. THE PLAINDEALER WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY The lady wants to get something published in this column. It was said that the ministry had spoiled several good farm hands. possier or cra vacation, of these article esislarger, o car get elsewhere.Come will cost you nothing. or. TRUNKS TRUNKS $20.00 Black Enamel Trunk heavy steel bumpers fiber bound metal bottom, good look, catches, heavy straps, linen lined ... $17.50 $15.00 Sole Lether Suit Case, linen lined shirt fold in lid, brass lock and catches a swell case Sale price ..... $12.50 $8.00 Sole Leather Cases, good lock and catches, linen lined Sale price ..... $6.50 Someone is on lonely while A. P. is away. Wesly has got so young of late. J. D. H. is on the anxious seat at this time. The party who wants us to roast some one don't make themselves known. M. O. J. was so alert during the conference. The Billings contingent failed to make good with their charges against a preacher at the conference. More of our people do not realize the advantages of the Western University. The gent and lady were so disappointed in seeing their friends board the last can on last Wednesday night. The Plaindealer directory is so long being published. The announcement of weekly dances should not meet with favor. The pencil pushers which met at Kansas City this week and of which we are treasurer have our best wishes and it is only on account of our health that we are no there. In six week having lost 65 lb. Precluded our taking any long journey at this even to bring the money. TIMELY ARTICLE ON LABOR ISSUE We have had so many requests for copies of the Plaindealer containing out recent article on the labor issue that we will reproduce the same. And in due respects to friend Rivers do not care to be charged with pilfering news as we did credit the article to Miners Magazine, not konwing that the Col. Statesman had re- Continued on Page Four THE HOME AND ITS MISTRESS SOME SHORT PARTY DRESSES. Perhaps, after having learned to make the plain shirtwaist and the simple gingham dress, there is no easier road to progress for the home dressmaker than the way of the party dress. The short dancing frock, in especial, offers untold advantages for the inexperienced and conceals but few pitfalls. The neck, to begin with, is bare, and so, too, are the arms, which The Widow a Good Wife. Recent statistics indicate that the popularity of the widow is waning; but should this be the case she can most certainly afford to be generous for her reputed charm has almost be come proverbial. There are many instances of the second marriage of widows, and it is noticeable that the husband in such cases frequently happens to be the younger of the two. This is not extraordinary, for women invariably remain young longer than men, and a woman who has encountered the exceedingly enlightening experience of married life knows exactly how to deal with a man. She is intuitive and can instantly diagnose his mood. If he appears worried and distrait, she is tactfully quiet and sympathetic. She does not force his confidence, because she realizes quiet well that he will probably tell her everything later on. When necessary a widow is more entertaining than a young girl. Her knowledge of life has made her interesting; her experience has sharpened her intellect, and she knows exactly what to say upon each occasion. As a hostess she is usually perfect. Her previous knowledge of married life has necessitated the acquirement of culinary art, and she realizes that a dainty, well-served dinner appeals to a man's soul quite as much as mere beauty of figure. But she is careful Perhaps, after having learned to m shirtwaist and the simple gingham dress easier road to progress for the home on the way of the party dress. The short in especial, offers untold advantages for encued and conceals but few pitfalls. T gin with, is bare, and so, too, are th not to neglect her own appearance, for she understands that men appreciate elegance as a whole, although they seldom grasp the meaning of detail. Then with regard to the care of the family exchequer, a widow's experience is invaluable. At the expense of much suffering, she has learned the value of money. She knows how and where to buy, and gets good value for her expenditure; and this in itself is a great consideration for a young man. But perhaps unselfishness is the keynote of the widow's success. She has learned that she is not the all-important factor of the marriage contract. She recognizes that domestic art is her sphere in life, and she appreciates the dignity of her position. In fact, she is a "womanly" woman, and, as a rule, decidedly deserves her popularity. Simple, But Effective. An excellent model for a good-looking, dressy chapeau. Its construction model for a good-look- au. Its construction is simple, but the effect is especially good. The hat is silver gray Neapo- ltan, trimmed with a crushed band of self-tone Louisle- ribon, and on the left side at the very bottom and partly is simple, but the effect is especially good. The hat is silver gray Neapolitan, trimmed with a crushed band of self-tone Louisine ribbon, and on the left side at the very bottom and partly resting on the hair is a bunch of delicate pink roses and foliage. Wooling Slumber. The weary woman who wishes to woo sleep successfully should try a scented slumber cushion. Cased in a dainty cover of washing silk, the contents vary from vegetable down scented with lavender to the aromatic hop. Other fillings may be substituted at will by those who have access to freshly grown sweet herbs. Lemon thyme, sweet grass, verbena, sweet-scented oak-leaf geranium and clover will all convey a delightful fragrance and can be constantly renewed. They should be slightly-pounded before they are placed in the cushion. Newly mown hay gives forth a welcome scent and forms a particularly good stuffing for a slumber cushion. The effect of --- cut out the natural enemy of all amateurs—the yoke with its collar, as well as the fitted cuff with its accurate fastenings. This absence of yoke and sleeve eliminates the most expensive part of the gown. Neither the shirred bodice nor the surplice shoulder drapery presents such difficulties as do the fitted bodices for daytime wear. the foregoing, intensified, if necessary, by a few drops of distilled essence of the same, will be much appreciated by the business woman as well as by the society belle. Fads and Fancier in Dress For the princess dresses one should have princess silips. In yokes the sun-ray plaitings are the thing just now. Jet bracelets seemingly cannot be too wide nor too heavy. Frocks of silks, crepe and other unlined materials are weighted down by broadcloth facings. A gay Beau Brummel frill at the throat transforms the tailored suit into something dainty and feminine. The Shantung suit is promising as much popularity as ever as soon as the summer weather actually sets in. The ugly little fish tail train has gone out. In its place is a short square train copied from mediaeval days. Some of the skirts are actually shirred upon the waistband. On the to make the plain dress, there is no dressmaker than short dancing frock, as for the inexperi- The neck, to be the arms, which cut out the natural with its collar, as curate fastenings. eliminates the most of the shirred bodice presents such difficult time wear. other hand, gowns equally smart are being turned out with the straightest of lines from bust to knee. With sleeveless evening frocks scarfs of tulle or chiffon are often worn, tied about the arm halfway between the shoulder and elbow. The individual linen pockets or bags worn with the summer gown are frequently fastened with cords drawn through embroidered eyelets. Black and white Syrian scarfs or Egyptian veils riveted with silver or gold are the most popular draperies worn afternoons and evenings. At one of the smartest church weddings of the season the bridal gown of white satin, made in scant directoire style, had side slashes in the skirt filled with flounces of old lace. To Improve the Complexion Oatmeal bags used frequently in the bath are very pleasant; they whiten the skin and impart a velvety softness, besides a delicate fragrance. Formula: Five pounds of oatmeal, one pound of powdered orris root, one pound of almond meal, one-half pound of powdered white castile soap. Keep in glass jars and fill little cheesecloth bags as needed. An Every-day Religion. An every-day religion—one that loves the duties of your common walk; one that makes an honest man; one that accomplishes an intellectual and moral growth on the subject; one that works in all weather and improves all opportunities, will best and most healthily promote the growth of a church and the power of the gospel. Health-Giving Sunshine. The hygienic and curative effects of sunshine have been found in the rays of the incandescent electric lamp by Miramaont de Laropuette, a French medical man. These rays increase the growth of plants, while destroying low forms like bacteria; and in men and other animals they cause marked stimulation of circulation and skin, increased sweating and cellular activity, and reduce pain. They may heat the air to 150 degrees. The light baths have a sedative action in pressure, and are particularly useful in chronic inflammation, the after effects of infectious disorders, for relieving the pain of neuralgia, and in rheumatism and gout. They promise advantage in obesity and the arterial breaking down of old age. Women Make Good Farmers Women Make Good Farmers. Mrs. George Cran, an English farmer, went to Canada to look into the work of women farmers in that country and thinks the prospects very bright for women in that work. She tells of one woman who in six years turned a wilderness into a remunerative farm, sixteen acres being in corn, six in alfalfa, with oats and barley and other things in the rest of her 600-acre farm. The woman has fifty hives of bees, seventy-five cows and sends all sorts of vegetables to market. She can have a husband, too, if she wants one, as she has had many "offers." Why Men Wear Transfers No living man of this age, says the Providence Journal, ever deliberately chose to "adopt trousers." He was forced into them, and all other eccentricities of dress by woman. In the very earliest sartorial experience of every man he is swathed in a queer natural enemy of all amateurs—the yoke as well as the fitted cuff with its ac- s. This absence of yoke and sleeve is most expensive part of the gown. Neither vice nor the surplice shoulder drapery faculties as do the fitted bodices for day- bundle of incoherent bandages by a woman. Later she puts him into cute little dresses so that the neighbors can't tell him from his little sister. Still later she cuts off his curls and puts him into knickerbockers, and he puts on "long pants" when she gives the word and not before. That is all that man has to do or ever had to do with wearing trousers. Woman forced him into them in the first place, and now he is afraid to wear anything else for fear of making a sensation MILLINERY One of the prettiest summer girls I know, who seemed to have a hat to match each dainty frock, let me into her secret the other day. Pulling out a big bandbox from under her bed she showed me her summer hats, just two in number. One was a handsome embroidered lingerie affair, and for this she had a bunch of several bows of various ribbons. These she took off and pinned on as needed. The other hat was—but perhaps you know the girl. She will not mind telling you another of her secrets. She found, when making a new hat, that it was difficult to determine whether a shape would be becoming. Therefore before purchasing the material she hopes to use, she covers a hat frame with colored muslin or crepe paper. This method practically solves all the main points to be considered. She learns the amount of silk or cloth necessary for the operation, for she carefully measures the paper or muslin with which she has experimented. She tests the trimmings in the same way, by adjusting ribbons and flowers in varying ways until she has attained the best combination. American Home Monthly. ```markdown ``` number of women studying in institutions for higher education would be quite half the tale of men, while coeducational institutions would be facing the danger of being swamped by the horde of women clamoring for admission? Taking Oberlin, the first coeducational institution, and, therefore, the best for such comparison, one finds the number of graduates divided into 1,415 men against 1,631 women. Women now outnumber the men in various other Western universities, and Stanford has had arbitrarily to limit the number of women admitted lest it should be overwhelmed. In the East, Tufts College has been forced to decide on the segregation of its women, after the fashion of Harvard, for they are pouring in so fast as to upset the men's department. So to the music of June a new note has been added, the sound, light yet solemn, of thousands of girlish feet marching down the college aisle and across the commencement stage and out into the great wide world. It was thoughtful of the rose to choose the same month as this fine flower of civilization—broad-minded, too, for she faces a serious rival. The sweet girl graduate holds the center of the stage, and if poets have not begun to rhapsodize over her it is merely because the statistician has not yet finished with her. It is not easy to figure out that more than 50 per cent of college women marry, and it is a hard struggle to get that far. Some colleges have pretty full figures, as Bryn Mawr and Smith. Since 1879 out of 967 students at Bryn Mawr 224 have married. Out of 3,854 students at Smith 1,236 married. MARY. OL. OF 3,854 students at Smith, 1,258 married. Dr. Mary Robert Smith, who studied for the American statistical Association, drew the conclusion that the average age of marriage would be between 26 and 27 years, or two years later than for non-college women. The average age at graduation is probably about 22. If one goes back five years to look at the figures, the number of marriages does not show up very well. Being generous and going back ten years, one gets 50 per cent in Smith, less in Bryn Mawr. Dr. Smith made a careful and important study, but one is inclined to think from these figures that college girls, in the East, at any rate, must marry rather later than the age she gave. Prof. C. F. Emerick, writing in the current Political Science Quarterly, remarks that the marriage rate for Vassar women jumped from 53.5 per cent for those at 40 years of age to about 63 per cent for those at 47. Cupid is not always, apparently, a hasty boy. Why women colleges should be so "touchy" on the subject of matrimony it is not easy to understand. There is certainly no disgrace in remaining unmarried and doing a share of the world's work in ways other than domestic. Although she marries later and probably marries less than other women of her class, the college woman has nearly as many children. She has more, in proportion to the number of years she is married. But this is not It is about the span of a lifetime ago—71 years—since Miss Zerulah Porter marched through Oberlin College and came out at the other end with a head full of 'ologles and 'isms. It was recognized as an epoch-making event, and every living soul on the continent had his or her pet theory as to the consequences that must ensue. Among all the sages who must have discussed the matter with indignation or delight or amusement, was there even one who foretold what has really begun to happen; who prophesied that in this year of grace, 1909, the number of women studying in institute education would be quite half the tale of educational institutions would be facing being swamped by the horde of women admission? Taking Oberlin, the first coeducation and, therefore, the best for such compulsory number of graduates divided into 1,631 women. Women now outnumbered other Western universities, and are arbitrarily to limit the number of women it should be overwhelmed. In the East has been forced to decide on the sex women, after the fashion of Harvard, firing in so fast as to upset the men's desire. So to the music of June a new note to the sound, light yet solemn, of thousand marching down the college aisle and movement stage and out into the great was thoughtful of the rose to choose as this fine flower of civilization—brief for she faces a serious rival. The swain holds the center of the stage, and if you gun to rhapsodize over her it is merely tistician has not yet finished with her. It is not easy to figure out that most of college women marry, and it is not to get that far. Some colleges have pre- as Bryn Mawr and Smith. Since 1879 out of 967 students at Bryn married. Out of 3,854 students at Smith. Dr. Mary Robert Smith, who studied can statistical Association, drew the average age of marriage would be 27 years, or two years later than for men. The average age at graduation is pre- If one goes back five years to look at the number of marriages does not show up ing generous and going back ten years per cent in Smith, less in Bryn Mawr made a careful and important study, but to think from these figures that college East, at any rate, must marry rather late she gave. Prof. C. F. Emerick, writing Political Science Quarterly, remarks that rate for Vassar women jumped from 53 those at 40 years of age to about 63 per at 47. Cupid is not always, apparently. Why women colleges should be so "subject of matrimony it is not easy to unite is certainly no disgrace in remaining doing a share of the world's work in w domestic. Although she marries later and probably than other women of her class, the college nearly as many children. She has more to the number of years she is married. Science AND Invention It takes 13.82 cubic feet of air to weigh a pound. Electric power is used on 2,286 miles of street railways in Great Britain to 148 miles operated by other means. Probably the world's swifest battle- ship is the British Bellerophon, which recently made 25 1/4 knots in an official trial. The total pig iron production of the United States last year was 15,936,018 long tons as against 25,781,361 tons in 1907. Recent additions to the French army's field equipment were several automobile refrigerators for the transportation of fresh meat. Up to a certain point exposure to radium rays stimulates the germination of seeds, but if that point be passed the growth is atopped. Ivory which has become yellow may be bleached by dipping it in soapy water several times and exposing it to sunlight after each dipping. A new instrument for use when stropping razors includes a guide which prevents the blade slipping and injuring itself or the strop. A match box containing a cigar cutter, which clips off the end of a cigar when the box is closed, is the recent invention of a New York man. The clock of the tower of Columbia University, New York, is said to be one of the most accurate in the world, varying but six seconds a year. Prof. C. Davidson points out that the great Messina earthquake had three saying a great deal, for she does not come of a class given to raising a quiver-full. Dr. Smith's comparison of college women with their non-college relatives went to show that neither had an average of quite two living children, with the college woman a trifle below the average of the other, on account of her later marriage. Emerging from the thicket of figures and contradictions which surrounds the marriage of the girl graduate, there arises another difficulty, but happily a less perplexing one. If she decides not to enter the state of matrimony and rear a small but admirable family, what happens to her? How does she earn a living? In the old days a well-bred and well-educated woman could teach, and she could do nothing else. Nowadays while many professions are open to her, she still chooses this career in preference to any other, although the proportion of graduates it claims is not so large as formerly. The lines of work opened up by modern sociology are attracting a great many. Such professions will doubtless soon begin to rival teaching, and professors of economics in women's colleges bear this imprint. Turning again to the admirable statistics of Bryan Mawr, one finds that 145 students are teaching. Deducting the number of graduates without occupation, there are left about 450 who earn a living. Of this number 145 is a high percentage. The percentage is not, however, keeping up to quite this level. Forty-five girls are put down as "paid philanthropists." As one of this number observed, this is a dreadful name to call anybody, but it indicates the tendency of college women to turn toward social work of one kind or another. Physicians come next with 12, and the profession of private secretary counts 11. This latter work is attracting more girls than formerly. Lawyers are four in number. On the side of art 17 girls have taken up music as a career and three chose art. Other occupations include photography, inn-keeping, managing a shop, bookbinding, illustrating, hand weaving, trained nursing, wood carving, millinery, jewelry work, journalism and library work. Several are deans of colleges; there is an agent in a government office and a title searcher in a law office. The census of 1900 showed among women workers 50 astronomers, 100 architects, 40 civil engineers and 30 mechanical and electrical engineers. These cannot be traced to their respective colleges, but no doubt they have degrees to their account, as have also the 3,000 women clergymen. It would seem that the college woman, married or unmarried, gets a good deal out of life. Unmarried, she has an interesting profession. Married, she has a healthy child and a statistical fraction of another healthy one. Three-fifths of this child and a fraction is a boy. What more could the heart of a woman desire? Of course she marries late, but civilization brings that to pass all over the world. The world has wagged considerably since the days of Romeo and Juliet. centers of maximum disturbance, the greatest being under the Strait of Messina, and the other two near Palma and Monteleone in Italy. On other occasions some of these centers have been successively active, but this time they were simultaneously in action. This appears to indicate some deep-seated connection between them. The total area disturbed by the Messina earthquake was about 150,000 square miles. In the San Francisco earthquake the disturbed area covered more than 1,000,000 square miles. Commenting on the recent announcement of the discovery of a "new rival of radium," called radio-thor, and to which wonderful properties are said to have been ascribed by its discoverer, Dr. Bailey, of Chicago, Frederick Soddy remarks that the description of this substance bears an obvious resemblance to radio-thorium, which has been well known for some time. The cheapness of the new substance is exploited, but radio-thorium can be obtained from the thorium salts which are manufactured by the ton in the Welshbach mantle industry, and ProfessorRutherford long ago suggested that it might serve as a cheap and effective substitute for radium for many purposes. Thorium produces mesothorium, and from meso-thorium comes forth radio-thorium. Its activity is not permanent, like that of radium, but it would last for many years, and for most purposes would be as valuable as radium. Just as the British Association for the Advancement of Science has accepted invitations to hold sessions in Canada and South Africa, so the American association bearing a similar name is now seriously considering the advisability of accepting the invitation of Hawaii to meet in 1910 in those islands. At its recent Baltimore meet- ing the association reaffirmed the resolution adopted at Chicago in 1907 to the effect that it is desirable to go to Hawaii. "Keen delight" is said to be expressed in Hawaii over the prospect that the invitation will be accepted, and the wonderful attractions of the islands for scientific visitors are set forth—their great volcanoes, their tropical vegetation, their wealth of animal and vegetable life, their ethnological offerings. The association is sounding its members on the subject, with the prospect that there will be a strong sentiment in favor of the project. Not Always What They Seem. Professor and Mrs. Hadley were on a train bound for New York, where Yale's president was to speak before a national convention. He made use of the hour and twenty minutes he spent in the train by rehearsing his speech in a low voice, using his hands to emphasize certain passages. A kindly matron who was sitting directly behind Mr. and Mrs. Hadley, and who had been watching and listening, leaned forward, and, tapping Mrs. Hadley on the shoulder, said feelingly, "You have my sincere sympathy, my poor woman; I have one just like him at home."—Success Magazine. Large Precarious Also Less Precarious Also. Scott—So Rawson has become a preacher. Last time I saw him he was in doubt whether to be that or a lawyer. I wonder what decided him. Mott—He probably recalled the saying that it is easier to preach than to practice.—Boston Transcript. A man who thinks more of a dollar than he does of his self-respect is insult-proof. A circle of friends is nice to have round. M. M. For The Children Tea, says an eastern legend, first brought balm to man long ago in the fifth century, A. D., when the son of a powerful Indian rajah first stepped from his boat onto the shores of China. The young man was possessed of a desire to live in religious solitude. His food was to be the nuts and roots and herbs of the forest; his drink, the cool-running water of the streams. Among his strict vows was one that he would never thereafter close his eyes. But so great was his exhaustion that he fell asleep in spite of himself when he reached the shade of the row of trees that bordered the coast. And great was his sorrow when he awoke. To punish himself for having broken the vow, he slashed off his eyelids with his knife, and cast them onto the ground. The next day he chanced to pass by the spot where he had succumbed MODEL YOUNG There was a young mother who lived in a whirl, A very young mother, yes, quite a small girl; She'd so many babies—all daughters, save one— She knew not what to do with them under the sun! to sleep. What was his surprise to see, in the spot where he had thrown his eyelids down, a strange bush growing. Radma tasted the leaves. He found them deliciously fragrant. Then to his joy, he learned that by simply chewing these leaves he could readily keep awake, no matter how great his fatigue. And this quality of stimulation from sleepiness tea has always retained, the legend concludes Wild Dogs of the East. In. Constantinople and other cities of the east, wild dogs, gaunt, ravenous, mangy and insolent, are permitted to prowl about the streets in formidable packs. A favorite haunt of the beasts a few years ago was the Little Field of the Dead, a cemetery in Pera, Turkey. Here they gathered by the hundreds, and basked in the sun and howled and fought, sometimes among themselves, always with intruders. They seemed to regard the grewsome graveyard as their special estate. Occasionally the easy-going authorities would be moved, by frequent recurrence of outrages on the part of the wild dogs, to order soldiers to capture packs of them. The brutes thus taken were driven aboard a ship and transported to a barren island in the Sea of Marmora. For in the east they do not believe in slaying dogs, even if it becomes impossible for people to live in the same neighborhood with them. Three days' provisions were provided for the animals on the island. And always they were accompanied by a Mullah, or a priest, who before making the return journey, preached to the canine congregation a long sermon on the duties of resignation and religious fortitude. A Test of Strength. Perhaps you do not know how strong you are in some ways. Here is a trick which will show you that you have more strength in your arms than you may have supposed: Hold your hands straight in front of you, with the palms toward you, and the middle fingers of each hand just touching each other. Then ask some one to pull your hands apart. You will be surprised to find that a much bigger, stronger person than you will probably not be able to pull your hands away from each other. Flossy Feather. Having procured a small flossy feather, the players in this game sit in a circle as closely together as possible. One of the party then throws the feather as high as possible into the air, and it is the duty of all the players to prevent it from alighting on them by blowing at it whenever it comes their direction. Any player upon whom it falls must pay a forfeit. First Monarch to Visit Paris Varieties Was Napoleon, L In connection with the fact that King Edward recently spent an evening at the Varieties Theater in Paris, a very interesting account is given of all the sovereigns who were in the past habitues of that house, the London Chronicle says. King Edward only followed an old tradition. The first to visit the hall of the new theater, just 102 years ago, namely, in 1807, was the Emperor Napoleon I. He was accompanied by the celebrated actor Talma, and at that time the theater was looked upon as a wonderful improvement. It was built in the midst of the garden adjoining the residence of the Duc de Montmorency, and Napoleon complimented the architect, Cellier. When, in the following year a number of theaters were suppressed because it was thought that there were too many of them in Paris, Napoleon spared the Varieties. Louis XVIII. and Charles X. also had a special fondness for the theater, and Potter, Brunet and Vernet, distinguished NG MOTHER. So she dressed and undressed them twelve times every day And kept them all neat through their work and their play. And every one said: "What a model young mother To know which is which and which one is the other!" members of its company at the time, were frequently called upon to play at court. But its chief patroness was the Duchesse de Berril, who went as often as three times a week to the plays there, and had two adjoining boxes on the balcony, which gave the name of the "court side" to that part of the theater. The plays given there, strangely enough, were often very satirical and did not spare even the court. However, as the criticisms were mostly harmless, they rather helped to keep up the great vogue of the theater. During the troubled periods of 1836 and 1848 the actors and actresses often had to make room for soldiers, who were sometimes massed inside the theater, and poured out into the boulevard from its doors to quell riots or noisy demonstrations. The political leaning of the theater, as a rule, was toward the Bonapartists, and it was no wonder, therefore, that Napoleon III, when he got into power, became one of its chief patrons. The prince-president was at all the premieres and frequently took a box, for which he invariably took 1,000 francs in advance. His box was always, as far as possible, away from the boards, to show that he came to see not only the actors but to enjoy the play. In 1867 he took all his royal guests who had come for the exposition to the Varieties. The presidents of the republic kept up this tradition, and M. Thiers, as well as Marshal MacMahon, were frequent visitors. The tradition was broken by M. Grevy, who, it is said, never went there during his term of office, but it was resumed by M. Loubet, who now and then took a box. Among the royalties who in recent times went to the Varieties when in Paris may be counted, besides King Edward, the King of the Belgians, King Oscar II. of Sweden, King Carlos of Portugal and the King of Greece. It Encouraged Him. "Kindness to such frauds," said Commissioner Hebberd, the expert of New York's department of charities, "does them harm. A magistrate was telling me about a case he had the other day—a 'drunk and disorderly.' "Last time you were here,' said the magistrate, severely, 'I let you off with a reprimand.' "Yes, yer honor,' said the prisoner. 'I guess that's why I'm here again. It sorter encouraged me.'" A man will confess to one bad habit for the purpose of hiding a dozen others. IN THE SCHOOLS. Interesting News Notes Pertaining to Educational Affairs. Alabama is to raise the standard of her normal school entrance requirements, says the New York Sun. The State Teachers' Association meeting in April was the largest ever, with more than 1,200 teachers registered. The Alabama State law provides that 30 cents out of every 65 levied for taxes must be spent for education. At the meeting manual training, together with industrial education, was much emphasized, says the Journal of Education of Boston. Congress refused United States Commissioner of Education Brown's request for $3,000 to study a certain phase of child life, but granted $15,000 for a scientific study of clams. In elementary schools 96 per cent of the children of the United States are in co-educational schools; in secondary schools the proportion for co-education is 95 per cent; of colleges and universities attended by men 68 per cent admit women. In the so-called "free high schools" of Illinois 5,965 Illinois students pay private tuition. Boston appropriates $100,000 this year for public playgrounds. An official report in Chicago as to relative cost of school buildings of the same general character makes this estimate: Chicago, 15; St. Louis, 19; New York, 23; Boston, 25. The chief causes of this difference are better buildings and better labor conditions. Both Indiana and Colorado turned down the propositions to multiply normal schools. In University Administration ex-President Eliot says: "The bread and butter motive should not prevail in a university's professional school to any greater extent than it should prevail in a college. In both departments it is reasonable for the individual student to keep in view the means of earning a livelihood, but in both alike the dominant motive should be the desire to be serviceable and to be well equipped to give and to enjoy effective service." Miami University, Ohio, has graduated one President of the United States, seven Governors of States, three cabinet officers, seven United States Senators, seven ambassadors twenty-four Congressmen, one Speaker of the House, thirty-one State Senators, sixty-five army officers, sixty-six Federal and State judges and thirty college presidents, though her total graduation list is less than 2,000. In three years San Diego, Cal., has erected three large school buildings at a cost of $482,000, one of them, a building of twenty rooms, being the finest grammar school building in California. There is also a high school costing $220,000, besides additions to two other buildings, doubling their capacity. Tulane University realized an endowment fund of $1,000,000 last year. Boston University, according to its new year book, has an attendance of 1,514 in all its departments. Of these 962 are men and 552 are women. The chief increases are in the college of liberal arts, the courses for teachers and the school of theology. THE JOINT SNAKE. Some Information from One Who Is Sure He Really Knows. Sure He Really Knows. This department probably has no business in the joint snake symposium now being conducted by the Lawrence Journal and Kansas City Star, but as neither the Journal nor the Star seems to know much about the reptile, we herewith tender some authoritative information. The joint snake is a crawling thing, varying in length from six to fifteen inches, and in its general appearance more nearly resembles a lizard than a snake. In color it is a full yellow, with minute stripes of pea green, and its skin is glazed and transparent, differing in that respect from all true members of the snake family. There is nothing in the theory that the joint snake files to pieces when hit with a stick, and that it afterward crawls about collecting and marshaling in their proper order the dismembered portions of its anatomy. This theory is as fictitious as one concerning the disposition of the hoop snake to take its tail in its mouth and go rolling about the country. As a matter of fact, the joint snake has but one joint, located at a point two-thirds the length of its body, measuring from the head. Any sort of rough treatment will dislocate this joint. A hard blow from a stick directed at the proper spot will do it. Or the two sections of the body may be separated by a simple twist of the wrist, which was esteemed the proper method when we were a boy. Dismemberment apparently causes the joint snake no trouble or inconvenience, and produces no wound or contusion. When released the head of the snake runs away and hides in the grass, its natural habit tat, leaving the caboose end to its own devices, and it does not come back later and pick up the dismembered fragment. Whether the joint snake dies as a result of the treatment or grows a new tail and lives happily ever after is a matter in controversy which has never been satisfactorily settled. The joint snake is perfectly harm less, being equipped with no weapon either of offense or defense. The writer, who was reared in a joint snake country, has carried them alive and wriggling in his pockets for hours a time, scaring the women by sudden releasing one in the house being en teemed a high form of sport and a superlative quip in his neighborhood.—E. House, in the Topeka Capital. The season for lemons never ends. FACTS IN TABLOID FORM. South America had newspapers as long ago as 1594. The city death rate is generally greater in winter than in summer. Australia has more unemployed area in proportion to population than any other country. Rhode Island received its name from what was supposed to be a resemblance in contour to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean. Mrs. Isabella McCosh, wife of the late president of Princeton University, has just celebrated her ninety-second birthday. J. W. Alexander has just finished a portrait of Mrs. McCosh, which he has given to the university. Among the 6,000,000 working women in this country there are nearly a million widows are nearly 800,000 married women whose husbands have failed to provide for them. Nearly 100,000 divorced women are among the wage earners. Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker and the newly formed Public Service League of Women, have made a successful fight against the ordinance which had been "sneaked through" the Denver board of aldermen to permit the feeding of brewery swill to milch cows. Mrs. Chapman Catt predicted in St. James' Hall on Monday that Woman's suffrage would come "as surely as the sun would rise on the morrow." It is only fair to explain that Mrs. Chapman Catt is from the United States, and has had no experience of our English sunrises.—London Globe. The Prussian government is to issue a loan, the proceeds of which are to be used for the construction and equipment of new branch line railroads. One line of the road is to have electric traction, for which $476,000 is set aside. The total amount to be expended under this loan bill is $55,753,000. Beans, bean cake and bean oil are the principal products of Manchuria. The prices of these during the last season have been higher than ever before, but how much of this is due to the ability of Japan, a gold standard country, to pay more in silver, because silver has been cheap, can not be positively stated. The Korean grass used in the manufacture of grass cloth is grown very thickly and is usually cut the second or third year after planting the roots. The grass reaches a height of four to five feet, and with a proper start and under favorable conditions yields, it is roughly estimated, about 8,000 pounds to an acre. Hitherto skulls of prehistoric men have been said to resemble those of great apes, but now comes a distinguished French anthropologist and declares that one which has recently been discovered is almost an exact replica of that of Bismarck. Does this mean that prehistoric men had superb cranial development, or it is a Gaelic fling at "M. le Bismarck?"—New York Tribune. Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini, superior-general of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, has just returned to this country from Brazil, where she recently opened a college for the higher education of women. This is the fifty-eighth institution established by the order in twenty-seven years. The institutions include colleges, schools, hospitals and orphan asylums. An electrically wired tablecloth, upon which ornamental electric light fixtures diffuse illumination the moment they are set down, is one of the latest and most interesting illuminating devices designed in England, says Popular Mechanics. To the uninitiated the ability to get a light by simply placing a fixture on the table is nothing less than extraordinary, but the explanation is simple. Recent exploration of the Athabasca-Mackenzie region shows that it contains many valuable fur-bearing animals, and it appears also to be the home of the last wild remnant of the American bison family. The herds of bison are not numerous, and they are being rapidly exterminated by wolves. The Canadian musk ox also inhabits this region, and in the spring, when the rivers and springs escape from the frost, great flocks of birds, including most of the migratory game birds of America, resort thither to breed. What might be called a tabloid watch has just been made by a watchmaker of Locle, Switzerland, says the London Globe. The thickness is said to be only three millimeters, so, a meter being only thirty-nine inches, one can estimate the thickness of the watch. Taking the case and a glass it is found the works occupy a space 1.9 millimeters. The spring is half a millimeter. What makes this achievement of the Locle watchmaker more extraordinary is that it is asserted that the watch keeps time, varying only five seconds in twenty-four hours. The Philadelphia Press has won the first round in its fight to abolish toll roads and toll gates in Pennsylvania. A legislative commission has been appointed to investigate the whole subject and report to the next legislature on the best means of getting rid of what the press calls a nulsance and a check on commercial progress of the State. 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The barefoot boy had carefully broken his fishing pole across his knee and tossed it into the stream. "What's the trouble?" asked the passing stranger. "Been fishing all afternoon. Did not get a bite. If I could have brought home a mess o' fish I might have squared it for shakin' that hoss an' plow." "But why did you break the fishing pole?" "I'm willing to take what's comin' to me, mister, but I don't see why I should save dad the trouble of cuttin' his own switch." "No one should drink water that hasn't been boiled for at least an hour." "You are a physician, I presume?" "None. Coal dealer." A CURE FOR FITS The Treatment Is to Accomplish What Science Has Been Strug- ging to Attain for Centuries The intense interest that has been man- tested throughout the country by the wom- derful cures that have risen is still accomplished lately, despite the still continues. It is re- ally surprising the vast number of people who have already been cured of fits and nervousness. 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Holter Hardware Co. Charley Matthews and L. Fore man made a trip to the dam and caught all the fish. The Manhattan Club management have consented to let out one night in a week for dancing the first dance will be given early next month. H. J. Baker after enjoying a vacation of more than two weeks has returned to his station at the Grandon while he was off the Plaindealer man enjoyed root beer with him at his splendid home on Breckenridge Street. The ladies who visited Mrs Lee and Mrs. Mason can surely say that the week which they spent in Helena was a strenuous one as the people vied with each other to make it pleasant for them. Carriage rides, mountain parties predominated although the various At Homes and receptions kept them going, Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Macon excelled in their capacity as hosts. Wm. Curtis is a new arrival in our city from Grand Junction, Colo. The Luzon saloon has changed hands Wm. Iroin having retired leaving Dave Gordon sole owner. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Weston are new arrivals in our city. Mrs. Marlowe returned from Butte this week where she visited her husband. Chas. Cole left last Saturday for Great Falls, Mont. L. V. Graye has departed from Seattle to Portland. Arthur Palmer who has been visiting for 2 weeks in Seattle will return Sunday. Mrs. Cora Johnson of 212 S. Ewing is on the sick list this week. Gus Mason (Raking You) says that he is no so sure of staying that he might make it at any minute. Miss Aressa York and Alma Bass wil leave early next month for Western University at Quindaro, Kans. ANDREW CAR ANDREW CARNEGIE SAYS ANDREW CARNEGIE SAYS A man who will not or cannot save money will never do anything else worth while." Carnegie is one of mauy successful men who depended on savings for a start. It is the ONLY way. We allow 4 per cent interest on deposits. Union Bank & Trust HELENA, MCNTANA. --- CUT UP BECAUSE HE WENT TO CHURCH Geo. Leach who is employed as a porter at a Main St. Barber Shop was carved up by his paramour Ella Parker, because he went to church, and between moans George said going to church was bad luck to him and he would not go again, this happened last Thursday eve, the doctor took 5 stitches on George's wounds and he will get well, Ella was in jail. Mr. Eldon Simmons of Mound City, Kans., arrived in Helena last Monday to reside with his sister Mrs. J. B. Bass. WAS PURELY A LOAN In our last issue we mentioned the fact of Mrs. F. A. Mitchell securing judgment against W. M. Holland for more than One Thousand dollars. We did not say what the suit was for. It was on a note held by Mrs. Mitchell for money which she had loaned Holland with accured interest. Hence this settles the theory of some of the wise-acres that she gave Holland money. It was a loan pure and simple and we publish this at this time for the purpose of letting the facts be known to all. Mrs. Mitchell loaned him money in good faith on what she thought was good security but has awakened to find that she was dead beat out of her money. BILLINGS NOTES The dedication of the church on the 3rd by Bishop Grant and the sermon at the M. E. Church in the evening attracted a large crowd. On the Fourth a reception was given Bishop Grant and Rev. J. C. C Owens at the residence of L. Somerville. After which the visitors were taken on a tour of the city. Bishop Grant was entertained at dinner while here by Mrs. B. B. Adams. Rev. Owens, Mr. and Mrs. Somerville were also present. Look out for the A. M. E. Church report this quarter. Yes Brother Somerville we got the money. Mrs. W. Browning and daughter, Mrs. Chas. Browning have returned from a thrip to Baltimore New York and Washington, D. C. They report having had a delightful trip. Mrs. Dave Knott and daughter of Great Falls visister Mrs. B. B. Adams during July. Mrs. S. Montgomery and Miss B. Moruson one of the teachers of St. Joe have also visited Mrs. Adams. Rev. T. L. Cotes returned from conference and left for Salt Lake where he will accept a charge. Thn Miss Palmers aud J. L. Ellis are goidg to put on a deuefit performance for Rev. Greenjea eext week, RNEGIE SAYS & Trust Co. MONTANA. Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal. Sub-Normal and State Normal Leading and Best Industrial School of the West Phones: Office Bell, West 1423; Residence, Bell West 15. LABOR ISSUE Con. from Page n should have given double credit arranged the same and that we Changing Issues. Political issues have decidedly changed within the past few years. All classes of citizens seem to realize it except the Negro. He still votes under the influence of 1863 and the abolition of slavery. Our people are apparently standing with their mack to the future, gazing in rapture at the fast-declining rays of a setting sun. The principles and isms of our early freedom have long since become history. New questions of public policy occupy the stage and we must face about and understand them. Over at Washington just now the spectacle of the House and Senate endeavoring to "revise the tariff downward" so as to take the wind out of Democratic sails, and yet keep it high enough to satisfy "the interests" and protect American Labor. And this is the kernel of the nut. In this "protection to American Labor" the Negro has no lot or interest. The colored orators sent out by the party bosses still tell the dolorous story of emancipation and Democratic hypocrisy. If it were possible to eliminate a few discredited fireeaters from the Democratic party, the best-trained Negro with a microscope could not find the line of difference between the two old parties on the race question. The race question only crops out, like the convenient ghost of the Witch of Endor, when called forth. The trust, the tariff and American labor is the absorbing topic at present and it behooves the Afro-American orators to get busy along these lines. The great struggle of tomorrow will be between labor, organized and unorganized, on the one hand, and combined capital on the other. A few years ago the world roared with laughter when Ignatius Donnelly in his "Caesar's Column" drew the dismal picture of the coming struggle. But those who have followed the trend of events can see the shadow of coming trouble. Where will the Negro be in the struggle? Organized Labor and the The struggle between labor and capital has been of long standing. Organized labor is centuries old. In its inception it knew no race; no creed; no nothing, but the betterment of the laboring class. In this day organized labor is for the uplift of the workingman, and has done much to make his arduous conditions more bearable. But it is no longer the all-inclusive organization of yore. It is for the laboring man—but more especially the white man. It is notorious that almost every labor union bars the Negro, and meagre are his chances for a place as an Western U QUINDARO THE GREAT EDUCATION KANSAS AND DEPARTMENTS: Theological, C and State Leading and Best H of the Courses Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal, including Plano, Organ and Harmony), Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. Shelton Fren Acting Pre Phones: Office Bell, West 14 apprentice. The union secures better hours, better wages, and strives to raise the standard of workmanship. To all these benefits the Negro is excluded. We know much of labor unions in the West. Out here almost every form of labor is organized and then federated. And from these unions, except hod-carriers, the Negro is barred. The Negro is a strong, sturdy laborer, possessing exceptional mental capacity and physical energy and endurance. Without the careful training of an apprenticeship, when given a chance, he soon acquires remarkable technical knowledge of any trade. The great mass of the Negroes are laborers. They are a very potential factor in the labor market. Where will they be in the coming struggle? Excluded from the unions, and hounded by the petty, spiteful hatred of ignorant labor elacquers, will they stand shoulder to shoulder with those "who toil in the heat of the day," or will they be forced to those "who toil not, neither do they spin"? Ignorant Prejudice. Elsewhere on this page we reproduce an editorial comment from the Miners' Magazine relating to the very recent decision of the Georgia Board of Arbitration in the case of railroads employing Negro firemen. It is a splendid rebuke to the carping prejudice of the labor union and a strong appeal to the manhood of the nation. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of Georgia protested against the employment of the Negro, and the railroad companies checked the question up to the State Board of Arbitration, and the board decided in favor of the Negro. And the howl goes on. If the labor unions of the nation were honest in their expressed desire to help the struggling laborer, they would demand and insist on the Negro firemen being paid the scale. Over in Wyoming a short time ago a Japanese construction company secured the contract for building the waterworks system. The vision of several thousand Japs flinging dirt and taking in the equivalent roused the ire of the "laboring classes" and a strong protest against the winners of the contract was made. Canada has removed some of the restrictions on Chinese immigration and the conditions confronting the clans of organized labor become daily more complex. And, where will the Negro be in the coming struggle? He's rising! An intelligent understanding of current questions is what our people need. They must turn from the contemplation of the sad-faced martyr and grapple with the present. The Negro must University O, KANSAS NAL INSTITUTION FOR O THE WEST College, Normal, Sub-Normal te Normal Industrial School West Advantages Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION For Terms, Prices and Inducements Offered write to ench, A. M., president 423; Residence, Bell West 15. CRAVENETTE Soft and Stiff Hats are the best. MART, SCHLAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHES GANS & KLEIN CO. ESTABLISHED1866 OYSTERS, FISH POUITRY FRUIT BUTTER & EGGS C. J. Bausch, Tinner TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WORK Stove and Furnace work a Specialty. 315 N. JACKSON ST. Helena, Mont. 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