TO
Labor Council Will Plan Free Na
tional Labor Exchange.
AT WASHINGTON THIS MONTH.
With Branches In All Large Cities,
Great Country Wide Bureau Would
Assist Employer as Well as Em
ployeeShould Relieve Laborers'
Distress, 8ays Secretary Straus.
A great national labor exchange,
free alike to employer and employee,
with branches In all the large cities of
the country, Is one of the results to be
sought by the council of labor that
will meet In Washington this mouth at
the suggestion of Secretary Straus of
the department of commerce and la
bor. Mr. Straus Is now In correspond
enco with E. II. Gary of the United
States Steel corporation nnd other
large employers of labor throughout
the country, and plans or the conven
tion are rapidly being formed. Tho
date has not been set for the meeting,
but It will probably be held In the last
week of the month.
"The most important of the subjects
to bo taken up," says Secretary Straus,
"is perhaps that of the unemployed.
How to give work to men out of work
when there Is no work In sight Is a se
rious problem, but by no means an un
solvable one.
"Suppose we take the case of a tin
ner in New York," Mr. Straus contin
ued, "who has just lost his job be
cause work In his particular line has
given out. He tramps the streets for
several days and Qnds other tinners
Is the samo predicament. After he
has convinced himself that there Is
nothing for him to do In the big city
ho applies to the bureau of Information
of the department of commerce and
labor which in the meantime has
been perfected and enlarged to the
proportions to which we hope to see
It grow and makes his wants known
there. The man in charge of the in
formation of workmen wanted takes
down his big book nnd looks over the
pages. He finds that 1,000 tinners aro
wanted in Seattle to work on the build
ings of the Alaska and Yukon exposi
tion, that four or five hundred sheet
metal workers arc needed In Chicago,
St. Louis nnd Denver and that 3,000
men can find employment in the great
fruit orchards and vineyards of Cali
fornia, all at first class wages. 'I'd
like to take a job out In Seattle,' the
tinner says, 'but how am I to et
there?' 'Wo can send you out thero
for $12.50, and the fare will be taken
out of your first week's wages, the
man at tho bureau tells him. So tho
thing Is done. The worklcss man goes
west and finds his work, nnd tho help
less employer In Seattle finds bis help.
We hope to be able to make such ar
rangements with the railroads that re
duced rates may be obtained for men
who are going after work, and by the
establishment of offices in the various
big cities of the country the scope of
the work may be extended to prac
tically cover tho whole United Stales.
"When the wants of tho employer
and the employee can be made thor
oughly known to each other," Mr
Straus continued, "as soon as their
wonts occur a great share of the dis
tress among the laboring classes will
disappear. Judge Gary of the Steel
corporation has written mo a letter
netting forth his views on the matter,
and I have written him. I am also In
correspondence with other prominent
men on tho same subject. Messrs.
Powderly nnd Kecfe of the Immigra
tion service and Donnelly of the gov
ernment printing ofilco nro in corre
spondence with tho principal l.tfwr
representatives of the country, and
the views of all men interested In tho
good of tho worklngman's cause will
bo given opportunity for expression at
the convention."
Since July 1, when tho bureau of In
formation of the department of com
merce and labor was established, work
for 2,512 men has been found. This
record, brought up to Dee. 10, Is con
sidered very gratifying when the fact
is taken into consideration that (he
scope of tho bureau Is still extremely
limited and Its operations nro practi
cally unknown to the grent mass f
worklngmen and only partly under
stood by tho employers.
Talking Postal Card Coming.
Tbo talking postal card Is the Inven
tion of a French engineer and has be
come ho popular In that country that
tho American rights have been se
cured, and tho device will bo placed
In the cltlwi of the United States. The
person wishing to send a talking post
al card to a friend enters the booth
and talks into a machlno that records
the words on the specially prepared
postal card. When tho recipient re
ceives the card a hundred or a thou
sand miles nway he or perhaps she
takes tho card to tho nearest postal
booth and inserts It In a machine
which talks tho message It contains.
Tho record on tho postal card Is Inde
structible, nnd the exact voice of the
sender Is heard.
Longest Tunnel For Russia.
Russia Is on the cvo of undertaking
tho construction of tho longest and
most difficult tunnel cutting In tho
world. It will bo twenty-one versts
or more than fourteen miles long, ex
ceeding In length by two miles the
lmplon tunnel, at present the longest
In history. The Russian tunnel Is to
be cut between Vladikavkaz and Tlflls,
In the mountains of northern Cau
casus. It Is estimated that the tunnel
Trill cost 130,000,000 and that the work
vrlll take ten years.
DON'T BE TOO CLEVER.
Men Fight Shy of the Intellectual Wo
man. Why are bo many clever girls un
married? Is It because the mere man
has his own conceit and naturally
docs not wish to be overridden by his
wife? Perhaps he wants people to
consult his opinion and not appeal to
his wife for everything.
Then, too, a man does not fancy the
possession of a clever wife In his
home. Of that abode he must be th.
chief head, and for n wife to bo con
tinually thrusting her cleverness down
bis throat would bo very unplcaslng
to the average husband.
Men fight shy of the clever girl as a
wife, and, after all, surely In many
rases It Is her own fault. You can be
clever without obtruding your views
upon other people. They will find out
your attainments for themselves with
out your indirectly telling them of
your wonderful stores of knowledge,
But It Is not fair to confuse the would
bo blnestocktng with the girl who has
taken up some special line and tried tn
perfect herself In that direction only.
Thus, to sum up In a nutshell, it is
only tho obtrusively all around clover
girl that finds herself outside the pale
nf love's domain.
The clever girl falls to attract men
In her home life. A womanly woman
Is n man's Ideal, and the girl who can
take a servant's place In the kitchen
or look after the little ones In the
nurse's absence appeals far more to a
man than the woman who could take
the chair at n scientific meeting.
So be warned, and If you want to
crown your life with tho greatest of
nil happiness a man's love don't let
him know that you are overclever.
STAND FOR CARDS.
A Modern Adaptation of an Old Time
Stand.
This Is an era of revivals, dress, fur
nishings and furniture being modeled
upon favorite designs of bygone days.
In the line of simple furniture there
nro charming little copies of old world
I A NEW OLD STAND.
' powder stands, and one example by u
) foreign manufacturer Is here pictured.
special reaturo being tuc nowi or nne
ware set In tho top and intended for
enrds or flowers. A bit of bric-a-brac
may bo advantageously displayed on
j the two tiny shelves underneath.
PHILOSOPHY OF WOMEN.
It Is what wo will to will, not what wo
will,
That makes us what we are.
Thero Is no death but that which we do
brine
Upon ourselves while yet wo seem to live,
Amelia Rives (Princess Troubetzkoy.)
When pain grows sharp and sickness
rages
The greatest love of life appears.
Mrs. Thralo.
Space Is against thee It can part;
Time Is against thee It can chill;
I Words they but render half the heart:
i Deeds they are poor to our rich will.
. Jean Ingelow.
I We speak of saints and enthusiasts
I for good as If some special gifts were
made to them tn middle age which are
' withheld from other men. Is it not
i rather that some few souls keep alive
' tho lamp of zeal and high desire
1 which God lights for most of wi while
life Is young. Mrs. Ewlng.
1 Tho most popular people during the
last decade of tho nineteenth century
were the people who had had Influenza
and ho could discuss It In all its vari
i ous stages, but whose recorded tein-
peraturo had nlways kept one degree
lower than tho temperature of those
with whom they conversed. There Is
a subtle flattery In a slight inferiority
of temperature which even sanctified
human nature cannot resist.
The common lot Is tho best thing
that this llfo has to offer, and, luckily
for us, tho best of us are fit for noth
ing better, since there Is nothing bet
ter this side of heaven. Ellen Thor
neycroft Fowler.
When Tired
Don't grit your teeth and work
harder. Ease up a little.
Don't talk any more than you can
help. Talking takes vitality.
LIo down In a dark place, If only for
fifteen minutes.
Don't read anything In which you
are not Interested.
Don't feel that everything must bo
dono In ono day. There are 301 more.
Realize that It Is better to leave
things undone than overdo yourself.
Avoid people and 'their woes at that
time. Seek some one frivolous.
Don't try to Improve yourself. Give
your mind a rest.
And don't forget that a little lemon
Juice In cold water In the morning Is a
great help.
.NT.
General Antolne Simon and His Tur
bulent Island Republic.
The coup by which General Antolne
Simon, with 8,000 troops at his back,
gained tho presidency of Haiti urns
not the work of o moment or a day.
When the two chambers of tho
Haitian congress met In Joint assem
bly and elected him the successor of
Nord Alexis without ono dissenting
voice It was tho culmination of a
scheme which originated several years
previously. It is now 105 years Blnce
Haiti threw off the rule of France,
and It has had many rulers In that
time. Generally the man who could
rally the most soldiers to bis sup
port has won the presidency. It was
In 1002 thut Nord Alexis won It In
that way. But he had not been living
''r"cw"'5
PRESIDENT ANTOINB SIMON OF HAITI.
six months In the executive palace at
Port au Prince before General Simon
had plans under way, it is said, to be
come bis successor. Rather more cau
tious than some of the other Haitians
of ambition, General Simon kept his
ambitions under cover until he could
bo nssured of sufficient disaffection
and restlessness on the part of tbc
ncmy to enable him to strike.
And that Is the way things have al
ways gone In the Island between Porto
Rico and Cuba. The usual period
which a schemer for the presidency
can count upon Is eighteen months. A
peaceable rule of greater length Is not
to be dreamed of. There arc minis
ters of state and ministers of war
especially the latt'er to say nothing
of exiled presidents and ministers of
war, who must bo given consideration.
Of the score of presidents, so called,
which naltl has had, sixteen have
been deposed by violence.
MRS. PHILIP SNOWDEN.
Handsome Woman Who Is One of tne
Loaders of the Suffragettes.
At a recent meeting in New York In
the Interest of woman suffrage and
under the auspices of the Collegiate
Woman Suffrage league of Now York
State a message was read from the
noted English advocate of woman's
rights, Mrs. Philip Snowden, accepting
an Invitation to become honorary vice
MRS. PHIIiIP SNOWDEN.
president of the league. Mrs. Snow
den has been conspicuous in the recent
doings of the Suffragettes In England
and Is not only a woman of brains,
but also one of beauty. Mrs. Snowden
was Miss Ethel Annakin, daughter of
Richard Annakin of Harrogate, and
she married Philip Snowden, M. P., in
1005. Mr. Snowden is one of the lead
ers of the Socialist party In the house
of commons and Is author, Journalist
nnd lecturer.
Out With "Uncle Joe."
Several members of tho present
house of representatives arc not on
speaking terms with Uncle Joe Can
non. Among them Is Victor MurdocU
of Kansas, who has been telling In n
current magazine for several months
the hardships and difficulties against
which a member must contend who Is
not on friendly relations with the czar
who wields the gavel. Representative
Burton Is another man who has not
truckled to Undo Joe. It Is doubtful
If Burton's Insubordination has cost
him anything, however, because he
commands so much Influence In the
house on his own account.
Family Discipline.
"So you are going to send your
youngest boy to colleger
'Tea," answered Parmer Corntossel.
"Be! too big for me to handle In the
wood shed, and I guess I'll have to
hare him hated." Washington Star.
NEW HAITIA
1
ilassaKS
Young Folks
i I
WHAT THE COLD DOES.
Effects of Low Temperatures on Met
als and Water.
Now that the cold weather Is here
everything is getting smaller. The Iron
bridge you walk over Isn't ns big ns it
was last Fourth of July, nnd the knife
that you sharpen your pencil with has
shrunk, though so slightly that you
would need a mlcroscopo to see the
difference. If you live near a big Iron
bridge you can find the place that the
builders have allowed for this shrink-
I age. It Is an arrangement of overlap
ping Iron plates. If the bridge were
made solid It would break or get out
of shape ns the seasons changed.
You can see a metal expand quite
quickly If you like by holding your
finger over the bulb of n thermometer.
Mercury, or quicksilver, expands nnd
contracts more than other liquids, and
that is why we use it in thermome
ters. Besides, it docs not freeze unless
It 13 very, very cold.
The strange thing about water Is
that ns It gets colder It contracts like
most things, but ns soon ns It freezes
It cxpnnds again. If you fill a tumbler
of water full to the very brim and set
It out to freeze you will find that when
It has frozen solid the Ice extends
above the rim of tho glass. Only If
you make this experiment use an old
tumbler or glass, for It may possibly
crack.
It Is a very good thing that water
does expand when It freezes, for that
makes It light, so that It floats. If It
were heavy and sank, our lakes and
streams, would get frozen solid in whi
ter, and it would take n long series of
warm summer days to melt them
again, and all the fish would be killed.
Philadelphia Record.
DUCK UNDER THE WATER.
An Old English Game That Is Full of
Life and Motion.
In playing this game each child
chooses a partner and they form in
couples, standing one pair before an
other till a loug line Is made. Each
couple holds a handkerchief between
them as high as they can, to form au
arch. The couple at the foot of the
line run through the arch, stopping
Just beyond the last couple standing at
the head. There they stand still and
hold up their handkerchief, thus form
lug another arch. This Is repeated by
every couple left at the foot In suc
cession, so that there are always the
entno number of arches. The Hue may
be straight or curved or In a circle,
according to fancy or the space in
which the game is played.
This game is very pretty, with its
quick motions and changing arches.
It Is an English game, played In
Northamptonshire. Formerly in tho
northern part of the county even
married women played it on May day
under the May garland which was
hung from chimney to chimney across
the village street.
III News Travels Fast.
A Pretty Superstition.
Among the superstitious of the Sen
eca Indians Is or was a beautiful ono
connected with the death of a maiden.
When this occurred', they Imprisoned a
young bird and kept It so until It be
gan to try Its powers of song, and
then, loading It with caresses and
messages, they set It free over her
grave In the belief that It would not
fold Its wings or close Its eyes until It
had flown to tho spirit land and deliv
ered its burden of affection to the
loved one.
Game of Rhapsodies.
Hare ypur guests seat themselves In
a circle. Distribute paper and pencils
and when all nro ready read the last
word of each lino of a chosen poem.
The others must write a line ending
with that word, and when the poems
nro complete each must read her own.
Some funny verses come to light.
A Minute at Panama.
Everjfctwo minutes a ton of coal Is
burnedup at Panama, every minute
twelve carloads of rock and gravel
are torn from tho earth, every hour
1,000 pounds of dynamite are exploded
In mountain and Jungle, every minute
$124 Is spent for labor. Putnam's
Magazine.
The Bitter End.
The teacher was drilling her little
pupils In the meaning of words nnd
requested them to form sentences con
taining the words "bitter end." Di
rectly a little girl submitted this:
"The dog chased the cat under the
plana nnd bit. her .end."
Youth's Companion.
I .
H. O. HAND, President.
W. B. HOLMES, Vice Pres.
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