Cut off that cough with 112 Expectorant —^ prevent pneumonia^ — |P bronchitis and consumption. e wor^s Standard Throat and Lung Get it of your druggist and keep it always ready in the house. LITHE MILL WORKERS TRUE TALES TOLD BY CHILD f'-AVES UNDER OATH TO THE ANTHRACITE STRIKE COM MISSION. There Little Girls Stood All Night In t'-e Midst of Dangerous. Whirling Machinery For a Mere Pittance, and All This Under a Law That Experi ence Has Proved Inefficient. Conditions surrounding child labor in Pennsylvania have been such that the State has become a gathering place tor factories that rely upon cheap la bor. no matter how obtained, for great profits. Particularly true is this of the slik ami woolen factories that have drained the. schools of the anthracite and bi tuminous coal regions of thousands of children. For these little ones, the bill which has been framed and modi fied under the supervision of the Penn sylvania Child Labor Committee will be a means of rescue and a permanent safeguard against future imposition. The character of work that has been required from these children of the mining regions is best told in the offi tial notes of testimony given before the Anthracite Strike Commission in Hi i anton, Dec. 15, 1902. Following are excerpts from that evidence: Theresa McDermott called to the stand: How old are you? Eleven past. Are you working anywhere? Yes, sir. in the silk mill. Here in Kcfanton? No. sir, up in Dunmore. How 1 ng have you worked there? About four months. Days or nights? Days. What time do you go to work? We start at seven o'clock in the morning. What time do you stop at. night? Fix o'clock. What do you do there? I learned reeling. Stand up or sit down? Stand up. What do you get a week? About $2. Have you been to school? Yes. sir. How far did you get in the readers? Third reader. Annie Denko called: How old are you? Thirteen. Where do you work? In the silk mill. l>o you work f.-i's or nights? Nights. What time do you goto work? I start to work at half-past six. How long do you work? Twelve hours. You are about thirteen hours alto gether going and coming to the mill and working? Yes. sir. You go home at half-past six in the morning? Yes. sir. Winter and summer? Winter and summer. How long have you worked there? 1 am working here over a year. Do you stand up or sit down? Stand up all night. What do you do? I t,wist. Do you stop in the middle of the night to eat? We have half an hour. How much do you get ? I get five cents and a half an hour. For twelve hours or ten? We work twelve hours. The Chairman (Judge Gray)— What is the law in this state about working !n textile factories, do you know. Mr. 112 Torrey? Mr. Torrey—No. I do not. The Chairman Anv law about work Try The News Item Job Office Once. IFine Printing ''' We Print To Please. Here is a Genuine Bargain "PPQTTI nn^-Mnr $ The Reliable Hawthorne V-/A Culll wyCJJell dlUl Nobody —not even a manufacturer ever made The Hawthorne is Identical with the cream separator WBiwß'm t* a prices so low on Standard High Grade Sepai ators as that received the Gold Medal at the St. Louis Exposition »/■ 11 0 : we are quoting now. last year, in competition with the world. The expert Hna . ri, I 0l!r 1 Hawthorne Cream Separator, with a judges acknowledged it to be the best skimmer in the ■ caj:. /of 250 lt»s. of milk an hour, guaranteed in world: easily cleaned; sure to be sweet: safe, and j IP iS*Jb,S * *** every way. we now sell you at $36.00. It is superior easy to operate. Our dairy manager has made tests with BSbpJI <df'L-• '\ y~SL to any other make. the Hawthorne that show it to leave less than one one- A./A Our No. 2 Hawthorne, capacity 350 lbs, of milk an hundredth of one per cent of butter fat in the skim irsilk T IT hour, we sell at $45.00. If it does not satisfy you. send In December, and even do better than this during the ■ k" - ifjSij Jit back. summer. It will skim closer than any other separator JGrSM. iSk Anc * cur ' V,CI ' Hawthorne, capacity 500 lbs. of at ajiy price, and is. in reality, the same separator, only milk an hour, for ssi 50. sold by us under another name, that is usually sold for Either size will be sent you on approval and for you $65.00 (for No. 1), $85.00 (for No. 2), and SIOO.OC '° ' es< anc ' "-y. and " " does not prove to be the very (for No. 3). 'ft best crecm separator you ever heard of, you can return We will gladly send you a full description of the j " at cur '"P® O36, and no ' be out one penny. Hawthorne; or wo will send you for free examination mat IwtfJWe have sold thousands of Hawthorne Cream Sep- either size you desire, without advance deposit of any f® K YyEgjjMffML " arators —ut higher prices than we now offer them— ktnd, if you follow our directions in "Paragraph 3" on Jff and all have given perfect satisfaction. page 3of our No. 73 Catalogue. But the best plan ii V You will find former prices at which we have been ,0 send the cash with your order, get and use the K?p- Jf Jfff selling Hawthornes on page 77 of our No. 73 Catalogue, arator, and then decide as to Its merits. If you'll take Sff asfollows: No. 1. $43.75 i now $36 00c No. 2. $63.75 your money back for it after you've used it. you can MO.I NO.S (now $45.00); No. 3. $75.00 (now $51.50). We have have it for the asking. l T i.UlU{(UlllCl y VV ai U Ijr LU. large order in anticipation of your wants, and in buying doing without, now, or for putting up with an inferior Michigan Avenue. Madison by ?"* V ° secuied a cou " machine any longer. Send in your order today and and Wathintfton Streets cession in price, which we gvre yon. have the separator to use at once. io ing ar njgnt: Mr. McCarthy—No. no law about working at night. By the Chairman: Would you rather goto school? We can't; I have togo to work. Would you rather work in the mill than to live out at service? 1 would rather live out at service than go to the mill. Commissioner Parker—Would you rather goto school than goto the mill? Yes. sir. The Chairman —I think the father ought to be seen. Mr. Torrey. and the employers, too. There is no use .in disguising the fact that it may be a ne cessity, but there must be many cases in which the fathers allow this and give their own consent to coin the flesh and blood of their children into money to help their income when there is no absolute necessity for it. It is an I outrage. j Helen Sissak called: How old are you? Eleven years, past. v Where do t you work? I work ir. Dunmore in the Cambria Silk Mills. How long have you worked there? One year. i Do you work days or nights? Nights, j How many hours? What time do you jgo there and what time do you get i back? I go at half-past six and leave i the mill at half-past six in the morn | ing. How far do you live from the mill? ! About a mile from tin- mill: takes half I an hour to get to the mill. | What do you do in the mill? Carry i bobbins. i Carry them from one place to an ! other? No; *ne bobbin gets empty ; and T take the empty bobbin off rhe | frame and clean the bobbin and put it ! fin a board. I Do you stand up all night or sit I down? I have to walk around to get ! the bobbins and sit down and clean j them. How long have you worked nights? j ' One year. ! Always worked nights? Yes. How much dc you get? Three cents ! j an hour. Have you a certificate of your age \ as required by law. or don't they re- j ' quire certificates? Yes, they won't : permit us in the mills unless you hav# j ! n certificate. Hnnlril n I'rw I'olntem. It is barely possible that Mr. Bryan's | 1 object in calling on the president last j i Saturday was to obtain a few pointers ; as to the most effectual method of re i organizing the Democratic party.—Chi i eago Tribune. ' " THE GRANGE Conducted by J. W.DARROW, ITrt* irtrrupondont Nm Vor<i SUitt Ora nflr MRS. SARAH G. BAIRD. OuJy Woman Who Ever I'osl tiikit of MitNter of \ny Stale (iriuiKf. Mrs. Sarah CJ. Raird of Minnesota, the only woman who has held the office of master of a state grange, is one of the strongest women in an order that encourages the women in every way to take places on the level with men. I'mler her leadership the grange in her own state has prospered, and the state shows greater activity in grange work than for years. It is needless to say that Mrs. Itaird is a magnificent speak er, a fine presiding officer and a strong worker in every way. She is in the M /* . V / • : : .#•*. '*• >J. Iff ! 1 -\- -^\ , < "- *.l '; ; '■ "' ! A 1 MRS. SAliAil G UAIItD. j ninth year of her mastership of the 1 utate grange. George \V. l'aird is «;:te keeiH'f of the national jrniug."'. and he and Mis. Baird are charter members of Minnehaha plunge, which was or ganized twenty-eight years ago and lias never become dormant. Mr. l'.aird Is master of Minnehaha grange. Speak ing of his work, he says; "Our work in the subordinate grange is now principally along educational lines. Our members have the greatest faith in the Order and have clung to its principles during all the years of our organization. We now see the ben ell ts of organization as never before, and we are enjoying to the fullest the social and educational advantages of our work. We have a well equipped hall and everything necessary to make our iv-fotines a success." [PATENTS^IS ► ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY i j ► Notice in ,4 Inventive Age " ■§ BK BH BR < • ► Book "How to obtain Patents" | |||ili 4 £ Charges moderate. No fee till patent is secured, j [ Letters 6trictlv confidential. Address. ] 112 E. G. SIGGERS. Patent Lawyer. Washington. 0. C.J DYSPEPTICIDE . The greatest aid to DIGESTION- Severe! Nervous Trouble and Dyspepsia. u No Sleep for Weeks Because of Pain. Dr. Miles* Nervine Gave Back My Health. ! Dyspepsia nearly always arises from a tie • | i angement of the nerves. When the stomach j | s n< t well the ei tie M :>t». ni sutlers. I n •lipati n, tad hreath, sour Momach, frequent \ . heudui i e.-, hihou.-ness, cUwi)l lead to ter« i rible <. on •< nuf-nce.s it not treated in time. ! ! Or. Mtic»' Nervine is a s| ecilic for nervous ; S dyspepsia ami all nervous diseases. • "Mv health was misrrable for years, due to j -evere nervous trouble aiul dyspepsia. 1 j had not been able to sleep for weeks at a j time without being awakened with pains in j my chest and stomach. My limbs felt tired, j 1 was unable to do my house work without feeling crmpletelv worn out. The doctors j failed to relieve n.e, and after taking an end- j less amount of the r medicines I began tak- | ing Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver I'ilK. 1 obtained relief ■* from the first bottle of Nervine, was able to sleep better than I ha I l.t years. My stom- j ach began to gain strength and 1 felt better I in rnanv wa\s. 1 have taken twelve bottles | of Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills in the • pa>t thr e years but have not taken anv of late as 1 have not le't the need of it. fgo j about my work an entirely different woman j and have recommended them to ever so i many people, fam a great believer in Dr. i Miles' Nerve and I lver Pills, I have them on hand all the tim"*. 1 feel very grateful for | the Dr. Miles Remedies."' — MRS. J. \Y. WHIT MAN, Mechanic Falls, Me. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book en Nervous and Meant Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lnd. The New A Brand New idea in Ro dewing lyiaeliines J : pric 1 C! "de" in ° Ur nr w We arc the very a- /'. W usual, to otter the p..-..pic tu.- /.'■ ' . . very latest improved and new- •' '• ■ ,. 112 - - est type Sewing Ma; • cl " !ne at a low price. Near J ■ before has a Rotary Machine %!..* . ' heep „,u. .if—.;.,, V.., V' S $ to $75. Our low jjnees will |§ fr\ astonish y«ui. The extreme /{rSL^^ high prices of the past on f* i j£ Rotary machines must give jo jf| ifflf/ \ II way before us, and noweyery MjMJ . Mp#®! Shipped On woman can possess her heart's * »tv If'W | desire, the latest, simplest and .l |g 90 Days* best sewing machine made. .<• |j(.% !,< rtf S If you have ever seen a Rotary f* j Trial. War type machine, you have l.mgcd \ /i% : L 10i ranted for to possess one. And now we \t| . - have so equipped our factory \ - 4 atermot Ml as to produce an abundance of \- M Yparc the very Highest Type K-tarv = || 1 ears sewing machine ever offered at any price. Rotary construction (see illustration below) is mechanical perfection. It is the only radical change in sewing machines iu twenty years. Superior to all other sew ing ma hinc.s, whatever the name it bears, or the price it costs, is our Damascus Grand Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine Among its many benefits to the operator are: Highest speed; noiseless; ea iest to operate; double thread lock . , ... .. stitch; no twisting of thread; bobbin case easily removable; tension automat- ' r ' J ically sell'-adjustin .', for difference in length of stitch and thickness of goods; Mi' 't '■4' o j feed absolutely positive and most reliable known; tension release automatic; •'i ''' "JP face plate removable without screw driver; take up is positive and auto / matic and handles properly any kind or size ui thread, silk, cotton or linen; round needle bar saves oil and wear; stitch regulator marks 6 to 3L' stitches lag raj 1" the inch; finest finish, nickeled, enameled and ornamented; high arm IS Fw| Mechanical construe- with ample room for the most bulky work; and many other exclusive IS MS tiu! ' °f the KOIARV features, making it the v most desirable and up to date machine, and the p^ L Snutti;. as us;-i1 on only one to buy. siW®ls2 I (l(M "InrT'ltn' 1 A clr Tic to sencl you by re,llrn f" 3l ' l a co Py thc finest Srwinp eTjM* l chide. See o«r J JSt AbK US Mat .„ ino ~„,o k aaJ nlustf . ted c;l ,alo gue . |ust out^F^ I SeWinq Machine Book. largest and most elaborate hook ot the kind ever issued in the world. About 40 pages, large I 1 ■ ... , 1 si/.e, 11 xl 4 inches, with large illustrations in two ruior lull and accurate descriptions of N I 1C nevvt ' st best in the new type R< -f.ir v and the other standard machines, at prices I - This Book is FREE j RIN I HI. »n,I M.M I„ ... .. 3^■f'iu /, !r( ; . S' \ 3*: ' 'if value to every woman, *!I r M c * Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago $ M A Low Down > I (1 Wagon at i Way Down Price St#el Wheels. Skeina. The test we can buy. E«sy on the team, easy to load, easy to buy. Has 4-Inch wide tire, cheater a better than a high-wheel wa • nything- hay. stock, fodder, grain. ma :ure. etc. It fits every faim purpose, fills every wagon need and outwears ar.y other made. Semi for Catalogue. Finest Wagon Book Ever Issued. ourWhitewater Reduced to tarf KJ tnd up for Wagon Catalogue and "Side by Side" Leaflet. Illustrating anddaacrtl - 1 eflnei• Wagons, and explaining the difference in sizes, weights, methods of bracing, tires equipment, etc.. between ours and others. We allow no concern to undersell us quality for qual ity. Most liberal offer and guaranty ever made. Send for book today. We ship quick. Write Montgomery CvCo. Michigan Ave., Karlison and Washington Sta. _____ CHICAGO —— PAIR 5A N S CAS or GASOLINE E N a I N E s. There are many, Gas and Gasoline Engines and ONE "FAIRBANKS" Some resemble it in construction, others in name BU'I THERE IS ONLY ONE FAIRBANKS ENGINE. Engines that excel! in quality and moderate in cost. ; Vertical from one to ten horse power. Horizontal three horse power up- THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY, 701 Arch St., Philadelphia. CHARLES L. WING, Agent, Laporte. •assissisi* hi cm ■' A Barry town, N.Y., Man's Exper;- s\ ia • ( | ence with Cal-cura Solvent. La V k- <v ? Or, David Kennedy's Wonderful New Medicina Fr»r rw 16 S Cured Him Promptly. Your Money Back •;°k^s h, c£ JplL*2sl " ltoo ' sNotc -e;__ Latest improreii s; i I m.,h V .... i 1 Constipation leads ta worse. Often it is tivutor. it<i)u».tibl<> u» itin. .. < | tbo cause of Hnpendieiti-. Always it leads 'T/T" ni " , l! > h " uM strongly braced frame, i: it d a not suit I 111,1 ,H ' oeglet •.•••!. nor should it be tempor send it backand w will p.> . Send for Implement List Mr. 0. S. Osterhondt, of Harrytowm, N. 20 to 40 per cent saving. Quick shipments, Was distressed with most libera) and satisfactory oiler ever mad'. const ipaliotl and kidliev trouble for four Di< - im- !!- , trk "\t;?'. me,lic rr w,th ;? ,t All Stei l Sulky Plow r. r $23.00 <, , V "i 5 ' ' 60-Tooth Steel bever liar. ,w . 8.65 Jv mied\ s ut<n nn dn me, used it, and began Disc Harrow 16.: T» to improve rapidly. All of Is old com- Corn Drill .?*"! plaints have disappeared and ho owes Steel Land IC.JO everything to Cftl-euva Solvent. Standard makes from Law Factor.. _ lf >.-ur .Insist dors „.,t have Cal.cum ,-H -f I . jfitu*'. .1- Wl ''t" to till' Cal-eura Company, in in p 'jO • Koiy'oiit, K. v.; Imt ask druggist tir&t. Guarantee: V■ -m chutist will return C«Wli i your money if Cal-eura fails to cure, and V 1V |XII |/ jf 'J lie Cal-cura Company will pity the driiß \J \ /"Wr Jt J-a K'«t. Hi niember, Cai-trurn S<i'lvent euri'ri .• *,C'j. • -' s ' uof all casrs <jt Kidney, Jiludder and Montgomery Ward & Co. Liver d..sonk^ Michigan Ave., Madison and Washington SU. i 'tuewte Your Howels Wtlh CttHfiu'cCh. CQXCAOC ■ii m■' C.uidy CutUartu-, cure constipation forever. »SX, ;sc. I' C C C. tail, druggist*refund uionuß
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