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CHURCH FOR LABOR. The Congregational Brotherhood Asks Equal Rights For All. I’tu in fisli uiyself. uinl once in awhile 1 find it necessary to the busi ness to go where the Ush I sell are caught. One autumn 1 went to a village Children ofteu unintentionally make on the const where most everybouy between neigh lore and was either a fisherman or belonged to misi a>.-i' a fisherman's family. 1 felt at home frleii Is. tint It is wt .<> not io attach too among them, for that was the way I much luipcrtan. e to the t iles they started—fishing. Although it was late bring i: ■. for their fancies curry them in the autumn, I used to go out with av.ay ami b-yoml the realms of fact. the men whenever the weather admit In n iielghborbix <1 where there are ti a'i> < hlidlen W Is well to eliminate ted their going themselves. There was a pair of sweethearts, i their opi*iloiis of one another. They Jim Parker and Susie Dale. I used to ( are laraely e.mtrolled by prejudice, like to wutch them when they wefe likes .-mil dislilms founded on nothing. Ths. n.c.lier who gives ear to the tales together. They seemed to forget that there was any one else in the town. of het own chilli about some little But that's the ease with most lovers. | playmate sli mid first stop and think *t Oue day I was down at the pier when out carefully before she demands an Jim was bringing his boat to shore— I explanation or shows auger Ste> he was a fisherman like the rest- with should not always take It fur grant d a load of fish. He was at the tiller | that her child Is truthful aial the when he caught sight of Susie stand neighbor’s little one untruthful. It is ing on the pier, and it was refreshing perfectly right that every mother to see the smile thut lit up his manly should have confidence In her own off- face. I turned for a glance at Susie, | spring, and she should not let them and she, too, wore a very happy ex know if she does doubt them, but they pression. Then for the first time 1 no must bo sure that their children have ticed a young man standing near me not allowed their imaginations, sensi looking at Jlui. 1 never saw such a tiveness and prejudice jo color tlieir malignant expression ou a man’s face reports lu my life. it is perfectly true that many moth Wondering what was the matter be ers do not know their own children. tween them. 1 made inquiries and They may be perfectly obedient and learned that the fellow was Jack Hug gins. who had kept company with Su respectful at home, and when they go sie before she became "Ugaged to Jim out from home, where parental author Indeed. Susie cast off from Huggins ity is not enforced, they may show before she “looked ou to Parker. Ev another -side to their nature and lie erybody said It was a good move for disobedient, unpleasant and imperti Susie, since Jack Huggins was a J nent to others. The parents never see mighty poor stick. Indeed, it was said them in such moods aud cannot suspect the change in their conduct Neverthe he’d had trouble .with the law. One day I was on the beach looking less it I; not an infrequent occurrence, -at the wa'-es roll in and break on the more’s the pity! Therefore the wise mother will shut beach. It was ugly outside—Just the sort of day that a person would rather her ears to tales borne by her children look at the waves from the shore than aud treat them as Jokes to be laughed be rolling on them. Susie came down at rather than as serious matters to be and looked out on the waters anxious taken up aud noticed. Lifelong friendships have been Jeop iy ardized because foolish parents have She didn’t need to tell me that het treated as serious matters tlie differ lover was out there and she was wor ences aud animosities of the little ones. ried about him. Presently a boat came rolling around a point about two miles Bedtime For Children. out. and it was evident that something Sunset should be the time for every was the matter. There was nothing up but the jib. and the boat was low in child under eight years of age. When the water. Every time she went into the chickens go to roost and twilight the trough -of the sea it seemed as if begins to deepen the country baby’s head begin to droop, and lie is ready she would never come up again. I heard Susie give a cry of alarm. : for his cot. The more nervous town and. going to her. though I had no ac- j baby, who lias nothing for an example qualutance with her, 1 asked her about except the suu aud who at any rate the boat. She told me hurriedly I on rainy days is used to twilight at through tears that It was Parker’s mosphere at midday, seldom wishes boat, was an old bulk not calculated to go to bed with the chickens. If be lives in an apartment lie must to stand such weather, and it was plain from the way it dragged that it hear drifting down the ball the tan talizing voices of bis elders at dinner, was sinking. Casting a glance at the pier. I saw and the smell of savory things from a sloop rigged fishing smack anchored the kitchen greets bis nostrils. But. within the breakwater, and Jim Hug hard as it must seem, tlie city mother gtns was ou her. doing some sort of must have even more rigid rules about bedtime than the country mother. Her fixing. “I’ll take that boat.” I said to Susie, child is at a greater disadvantage hi the first place in not living where he “altd go nut and help him.” can breathe the purest air in the “Not that one,” she said. “You can’t midst of healing country sights and take that. Isn't there another?" sounds The distractions of city life “Not one in sight.” are so nunieroua anil so varied that I ran to the pier and got aboard the city bred children need more repose boat. Susie followed me. “Parker’s than children, in smaller town* or tlie out there in distress.” I said. “We | country. must go out and help him in." I never saw a man do a thing more Nail Biting. unwillingly in my life. Susie said she Nail biting is a very common habit would go too. I tried to dissuade het- among children and Is often the result on the ground that we might not get | of an extreirely nervous temperament. back ourselves. But she said that if It is a good plan to take such a child •Titn went down she w-anted to go to a doctor, who will probably give down too. him a good tonic to brace up the nerv This was more than Jim's rival could ous system. stand. And yet what he felt at the The child should also have pointed start was nothing to wliat he felt as out to him how ugly his nails and fin we were beating up'agaiust the wind, gers are getting Show him how to making for Parker’s swamping boat. keep Ills nails clean aud well trimmed It seemed as if the tempest stirred up and try to Induce him to take a pride all the frightful deviltry there was in In them. him. I saw it in his eye end was more A good plan is to Interest him in kin afraid of his wrecking our purpose dergarten work of some kind that will keep both his hands and brain em than of the storm. But. anxious as I was about what he ployed. If this Is done the chances are might do. I underrated what wn« in his that very soon tTie habit will disap mind. We were within a cable’s length pear. of the man we had come to succor, and. leaving the tiller with Huggins. I Mothers Should Remember— went forward to look out for meeting i If you waut the nursery to be healthy Parker's Loat, which was mighty near have In it as few unwashable things as possible. sinking. Nothing that pollutes the air (ani What did the villain do but try to upset us all. Giving the tiller a Jerk mals lu cages, soiled clothes, slop palls to leeward, he turned the sheet broad and such likei should ever l-emaln in a side against the wind I had nn oar in room in which children live. Tlie nursery tioor should never be my hand at the time with which to feud off. and. seeing the fiend’s pur washed on a wet day. It cannot be pofle, I made a few quick steps aft and properly dried when the atmosphere is hit him a crack over the head The damp, and sleeping or playing lu a blow knocked him senseless, anil the room not thoroughly dry Is a frequent boat righted But she was nearly bull cause of coughs, colds, bronchitis and full of water. Before Huggins got bis croup. bearings agaiu we had liiffyd up to Toys Should Be Washable. the leeward of Parker’s craft and he Do not let a little child play with toys sprang aboard of us. The stunned man came to himself just In time to j that cannot lie washed with soap and see Susie spring Into her lover’s arms. water A small child Is very likely to But at the moment another matter put Ills playthings Into or up to his diverted our attention A big wave month, and these playthings are often 1 came and our boat, being loailed with thrown by bls small majesty on to the water, dragged fu it fearfully. I sure floor, where the dust from the street i ly thought we were going down Bill is de|s» lt<d. either by breeres or from 1 she righted, aud when we looked for door* nd windows or by the feet of Jim Parker's lioat It was not to lie grow ti u irr- seen. Health Point. Putting our boat before the wind, Children's underclothing should ba we »tv-reeded tn riding the wares ami cha ugni at least twice a week Th* got her in la-hind the breakwater health of tlie skin ln*m-ti< ex the well Thea, tookiO* at Huggins. I said: tieiog ef the entire body, and to keep “You elt tiefore I brain you’” the skin in health scrupulous cha nil And he did That was the last that oess Is uecesaary was ever seen of him In those parts. At the recent congregational conven tion at Boston nuggestious for the lm- provemeut of labor conditions In the country were discussed. The labor suggestiou was made by the Cougregutiuual Brotherhood of America In the form of resolution* which advocate a participation b.v nl. 1’rotcstuul churches tn tin- practical Industrial problems of the country. The resolutions recommend that the churches ••must stand for equal rights and complete JuAlee for all men in ail stations of life." They advocate arbitration of labor disputes, the protectiou of workers from dangerous machinery, occupa tional diseases. Injuries and mortality, the abolition of child labor, such regu lations and conditions of toll for worn en as will safeguard the physical and moral welfare of the community, a liv ing wage as a minimum in every in dustry and the highest wages each in dustry can afford, the most equitable division of products of industries that can be ultimately devised and pro visions for workers whom old age lias rendered helpless to make a living and for those who are Incapacitated by Injury or illne«». The resolutions will tie talien up later by the national con vention. SHORTEST TROLLEY STRIKE. Union Two Days Old Bi inga Company to Terms. With a union only forty-eight hours old. conductors mid motornu n of the Riverside Traction company, operat ing between Camden and Trenton, won the shortest trolley strike on Tec ord in the state. Tlie union was formed on a Satur day night by Organizer Clarence O. Pratt of Philadelphia. The men held a secret meeting Monday night and decideii to declare a strike the next morning. Not a car was operated all day ou the forty mile stretch of road, but in the afternoon a committee of the men met C. Merrit Taylor prest- ¡ dent of the line, and reached an agree ment satisfactory to the strikers. JL A AA AAA AAA A A A , Wv ♦ ♦ ♦ - t BENEFITS HUMANITY. yhe trade union movement is an everyday practical gospel for the toiling masses of mankind, and its beneficent effects are re flected in benefits for all other classes. given as soon as the croup v , cough appcirs Chamberlain's Cough Remedy w’ll ward off an a’tack ol croup and prevents all daiigrt and cause of anxiety. Fhoustmh of mot hers use it sucvcssfnll v. S.»l I l»V C. Y. Lowe. BRIDGE At BF.ACI I Stoves, Ranges and I lealeis have in them so many excellen iff that they are now acknowledged the greatest sellers on the coast and they are growing in favor every year. We have the exclusive agency in Bandon for these household and other necessities, and ptices range exceedingly modest in either case. We are Agents for the TINNING AND PLUMBING A SPECIAL I V. Our Assortment ol Hardware, tinware and Tilget! fools is Must Compiete. Famous Baldwin Pianos S am S ays If you are contemplating buying a Piano, give us a call. The fellow who doesn’t feel the It costs you noth goodness of his own flooring is ing to examine them. a fellow with two wooden leg Prices $250 and up i Easy Terms GEO. W. MOORE LUMBER CO BANDON DRUG CO M. G. POHL, Optometerist IY1AK OF /MADOA BANDON Clarence Y. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. L. Kronenbr-rg. I’midr-nt. J. Di-ntiolm, President; F. J. Fahy, Cashier; Fntnk I lain, T. P. Manly. A general banking business transacted and customers given every accommodation con sistent with safe and conservative* banking CORRESPONDENTS: The American National Bank, of San Francisco, Calif: Loue O régon BANDON OKKGON Capital Stock $50,000 2d, 3d and 4th Saturdays at ♦ Hotel Gallier, Bandon, Ore. t THE HARDWARE MAN Merchants National Bank, Portland, Oregon; The Chase National Bank, of New York. Druggist and Apotiiecarij Is just in ruceipt of n new stock of Cannot Bo Explained. It has beeu proved beyond the ques tion of a doubt tha,t men cannot work with profit to themselves or their.em ployers more than eight hours a day. Yet big employers shut their eyes tightly to these scientific facts and fight the reduction of hours that mean more for them as well as their men as if they were fighting iuvasion of their homes The hatred and bitter ness with which some employers re sist to tne last the reasonable and Just demands of tlieir employees for shorter hours are one of the inexplicable things In social science.—Portland Labor Press. Drugs ari! Chemicals, Patent and Propiietary Preparations, Toilet Ar líeles. Drug Sundries, Perfumes, Brushes, Sponges, Soap, Nuts and Candies, Cigars. Tobaccos and C ig- arettes, Paints. Oils, Glass and Painter's Supplies. THE COQUILLE RIVER LIN E Strs. Fificld & Bandon Twin Screw, New and Fast A Great Clubbing Offer i Miners to Elect In December. Wages In Germany. Consul General Richard Guenther of Frankfort reports that the president of the local Prussian government dis trict-lias fixed the wages of ordinary I day laborers in Frankfort and suburbs ns follows: Male adults. 72.3 cents; fe male adults. GO cents; youthful males, 48 cents; youthful females. 33 3 cents. Labor Temple In San Francisco. The San Francisco Labor council has purchased a site SO by 115 feet for a labor temple, the price being $35.000. ' The. building will cost between $150.- 000 arid $175.000. XX A **? A t A A A A a AAA A A A A A “ T W AAA W W t -T V *r*r*r*r WW““ ♦ * » O THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. I ♦ : It is unfortunate that our sys tem of education, particularly In our public schools. Is such <• that the vast majority of cliil dren. even the sous and daugh o ters of the working class, de sire to become professional men o and women because they have an idea that such work is more genteel than that lu the trades, with the result that the profes sions are overcrowded with |>eo- ple who are unfitted for the oc cupations which they have se î lected us their life work. The next great tusk of our educa Í tional institutions Is so to <lig- nlfy ineebauieal labor tiiat it will appeal to the boys toccatine of the isjssibllfties In it for them. This will raise the arti san class to a higher and saner level and will give the efficient workingman the place in society to which be Is justly entitled. It will take away tlie false con ception. present even among workingmen. that to toil with one’s hands is to accept a me nial position.—Bev charle* Htel- ♦ z!e. : year____ _____ ___ _ - $10 00 & $7.50 Our interests are your interests. 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