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The present address of J. B. Keller, formerly a member of Division 71 is desired by the Grand Secretary. His last address was Brighton, Mass. Later he was living in Chicago, address unknown, and it is inferred that he went from Chicago to North Dakota and is supposed to be farming. Also the present address of Geo. Rigney, recently employed by the Tonopah R. R. Co. at Tonopah, Nev. Any person knowing the address of the men mentioned will confer a favor by advising the Grand Secretary of the same.

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"The Man of the Hour" is the title of an interesting novel by Octave Thanet. The hero of the story is the son of an American captain of industry, who inherits from his mother, a Russian princess, some very high ideals and a wonderful attachment for and belief in his fellowman. Bitter experiences shatter some of his theories and destroy some of his allusions. He is cast into the vortex of the struggle for existence in American commercialism, but by his sterling integrity, indomitable pluck and moral courage carves out signal success. His experiences in and with labor unions, and the refreshing character of Business Agent Bates, make the story especially interesting to members of labor unions. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Co., of Indianapolis.

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Brother Edwin C. Madden, who is an active member of Division No. 1, B. of L. E., and who has been Third Assistant Postmaster-General for upwards of six years, is considering the establishment of a monthly magazine under the title, "Madden's Magazine. It will be of a general character like Munsey's, McClure's, Harper's, etc., but will have some features not found in any one of those publications. Under the postal laws and regulations, magazine rates, which are necessary to the publication coming into existence, can not be secured without a good list of subscribers, and Brother Madden is depending upon the Brothers in the railroad organizations for support in this particular. The magazine will be well worth the price of subscription, which is one dollar a year, if it contains but a part of the features contemplated. Brother Madden's proposition is worthy of the support he asks.

Sixty Weeks for $1.75.

The new subscriber to the Youth's Companion for 1906 who at once sends the subscription price, $1.75, will receive free all the remaining issues of the paper for 1905. These issues will contain nearly 50 complete stories, besides the opening chapters of Grace S. Richmond's serial, The Churchills' Latch-String," a sequel to her story of "The Second Violin," which appeared in the early weeks of this year. Madame Sembrich will contribute an article on "Sovereigns I Have Sung To," and there will be three stories by May Roberts Clark under the title, "Tales of a Pawnee Hero."

These will give a foretaste of the good things in store for 1906, full illustrated announcement of which will be sent to any address free with sample copies of the paper.

New subscribers will also receive a gift of the Companion's "Minutemen" Calendar for 1906, lithographed in twelve colors and gold. The Youth's Companion, 144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass. ༦

The supreme court of Nevada recently handed down a decision upholding the constitutionality of the eighthour law. The law was passed by the last legislature and was contested by several of the large mine-owners.

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A resolution favoring the exclusion from the United States of Japanese and Corean laborers was adopted by the annual convention of the International Elevator Constructors' Union, at Boston, Mass., recently.

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New York City is making extensive preparations to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River, by a permanent exposition to be opened in 1909. It is proposed to spend $60,000,000 on grounds and buildings to accommodate this permanent exposition. It will be a combination of parks and halls and will group all that is in the plant gardens and museums of the cities of Europe. It is a bold project, but there is no reason why it should not be achieved. It will make New York famous above all cities and will add to our national luster. The second world's fair was held in the Crystal Palace in New York. These fairs have grown to their final proportions in the St. Louis Exposition. The time in which they may be seen does not justify the expense. If this permanent exposition be opened it will mean that there will be no more temporary efforts of that kind, and nations will in the future rival each other in the splendor and completeness of such permanent expositions.

Justice Smith, of the Illinois Appellate Court, in an opinion handed down at Chicago, Franklin Union No. 4, fined three members of that organization $100 each and sentenced them to thirty days' imprisonment for violation of an injunction secured by the Chicago Typothetæ. ་

The University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., is anxious to complete a file of the Railway Conductor. The following are lacking: 1884-February, March, April, May, June, August, November; 1885January, February, April, May, October, December. Any one having any of these, who is willing to part with them, will confer a great favor by either sending them to Cedar Rapids or to the University, Columbia, Mo.

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Organized labor will watch with much interest the outcome of the following: The Jersey City Printing Company has brought suit for $100,000 damages against Typographical Union No, 94 and Kenneth Forbes, Allan Ball and Forrest A. Rice, its officers. The summons is returnable at Trenton Oct. 10.

The company's employes ceased work about two months ago because their demand for an eight-hour day was not granted. Nonunion men were employed in their places, but the company alleges they were enticed away by the three defendants and other members of the union.

"A case with which I was connected a few years ago," said Frederick Trevor Hill, the lawyer and novelist, "involved some large corporate mortgages, and frequent references were made by the lawyers on both sides to the 'ten-milliondollar mortgage,' and the twenty-milliondollar bond issue.

"Finally, one of the jurors, a little German barber, couldn't stand it any longer, and raised his hand. 'Mr. Judge,' he expostulated, 'if der lawyers will please say von dollar ven dey means a million dollars, dot would make me understands besser. Dose millions! Ach! Gott! dey confuses me!' '-Exchange.

'You tell me I have overdrawn my account $500. Well, I know it. So what is the necessity of bothering me about it? Why not trust me as I do you? Do I go to you when I have money in your institution, and shout, "You have $500 of mine. Such statements are superfluous either way.'"-Exchange.

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An exchange says that "alcohol will remove stains from summer clothes." The exchange is right. It will also remove the summer clothes, also the summer, also the spring, the autumn and the winter clothes, not only from the one who drinks it, but from the wife and family as well. It will also remove the household furniture, the eatables from the pantry, the smiles from the face of his wife, the laugh from the innocent lips of his children, and the happiness out of his home. As a remover of things alcohol has no equal. Temperance Cause.

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One of the most wonderful things Mother Nature does is to teach her children how to accomplish things with means and appliances that seem entirely inadequate for the purpose. A bird will build an intricate and beautiful nest with no better tool than her beak (birds no not use their claws for this purpose) a caterpillar can shape a symmetrical cocoon, and bees the sharp-angled cells of their combs. These are familiar instances of this, but by no means as wonderful as those shown in the work of some sea animals that live in shells.From Nature and Science" in "St. Nicholas."