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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

branch out in all directions. and where
each leaf joins the stalk suckers sprout
out. he ave to be pulled off again
ana again that all Of the trength Of
the plant may go into the leaf, and for
the same reason the top is cut off. in
ofoer that the plant may not go to seed.
Every plant has to be examined night
and morning, to see that worms and
insects are not eating it. Man is by no
means the only thing that likes a
mouthful of tobacco. There are ont
worms, who attack the plants. f1eas and
beetles chew at it. and grasshoppers
and crfckets are fond Of its Juice. The
Morst enemy, however, is the horn
worm, or tobacco worm. This comes
from a moth, which can lay a thousand
eggs a night. The eggs are not bigger
tnan mustard seeds, and they hatch In
a rev hours into worms of the thick
ness OF a horse hair, and about one
sixteenth Of an inch long. They at
once begin to eat tobacco, and within
a week or so they are more than an
inch In length and as big aroun as
your little finger. A full-grown worm
VIII eat up a tobacco leaf in a night
and II not watched they will destroy
the CROP"
CURING THE WEED.
How is the crop harvested?" I
asked.
This is done when the leaves begin
to turn yellow. Some farmers strip The
leaves from the stalk and string them
on wires. Others cut off the stalks and
string them on sticks, which are stuck
In the ground. They are then carried
to the tobacco barns and hung up to be
cured. These barns are closed houses.
Each has a set of fiues and pipes In If
so that it can be heated, and by a Their
mometer the temperature is kept just
at the right point till the tobacco is
cured. This requires days and nights
Of firing, and the tobacco must be
watched steadily during this time.
When the tobacco is cured all the mois-
ture has been dried out of it. It has
turned yellow, and 1t is ready to be
prepared for the market. It has to be
sprinkled to make the leaves soft, that
they may be stripped from the stalk
and sorted. Different parts Of the
plants go into different piles. The
leaves nearest the ground are placed
in class, those ext higher in an
other, and SO OF to the top. Then a
half dozen or more leaves are tied to-
gether by wrapping another leaf about
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
FREE TO EVERY MAN.
THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREAT
MENT
Which Cured HIM After Everything
Else Failed.

Painful diseases are bad enough. but
when a man Is slowly wasting away
with nervous weakness, the mental
f~orebodings are ten times worse than
n most severe pain. There is no let
up to the mental suffering day or night.
Sleep is almost impossible and under
such a strain men are scarcely respon-
sible for what they do. For years the
writer rolled and tossed on the troubled
sea OF Sexual weakness until 1t was a.
question whether he had not better
take a dose of poison and thus end all
his rOubleS. But providential inspira-
ton came to his aid in the shape Of q
combination Of medicines that not only
completely restored the general health.
but enlarged his weak, emaciated parts
to natural size and vigor, and he now
declares that any man who will take
the trouble to send his name and adj
dress may have the method of this
wonderful treatment free. Now when
1 say free 1 mean absolutely without
cost, because 1 want every weakened
man to get the benefit of my expert
ence.
I am not a philanthropist, nor do /
pose as an enthusiast, but there are
thousands of men suffering the mental
tortures of weakened manhood who
would be cured at once could they bur
get such a remedy as the one that
cured me. Do not try to study out how
1 can afford to pay the few postage
stamps necessary to mail the informa-
ton, but send for it, and learn that
there are a few things on earth that
although they cost nothing to get they
are worth a fortune to some men and
mean a lifetime Of happiness to most
of us. Write TO Thomas Slater, Box
1913. Kalamazoo, Mich, and the in
formation will be mailed in a plain
sealed envelope.
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at the top it lies in great piles as big
as h~aystacks, and containing hundreds
OF thousands of pounds. The tobacco
machines cut the leaves into bits, and
separate the stems and the dust from
h stuff saved for smoking. After the
tobacco is cut it is favored by squirt
ing a mixture Of what smelled much
Ike rum and some favoring extracts
over it. This is done with a hose. I
remember as l saw the gallons of arc
matte spirit flying in streams over a
big stack of tobacco the story Of the
Ir1shman and the plum pudding came
back to me-. Pat had had his first
taste OF n pudding, and was smacking
MS lips over the rum dressing. "Och!'
said he. what an illigant pudding il
would be If IT was livery bit dressing"
FOR THE CIGARETTE FIEND
The same tobacco as that for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

pipe is used for cigarettes. There are
immense cigarette factories at Rich
mono, Va, at Durham, N. c., and in
many Southern cities. Cigarettes are
made almost altogether by machines
which are manipulated by white girls.
This is the only branch of tobacco
making | have seen which Is not run
almost entirely by negro labor. The
managers Of the different establish
ments tell me that they consider their
colored help the best help in the world,
and that it is both efficient and steady.
The tobacco area Of the United States
is increasing. We are producing bet
ter tobacco than ever before, and our
shipments Of cigarettes to foreign
countries are enormous. We now send
trem by the million to China and ia
pan, n American cigarettes are
smoked in every part of the world.
Frank G. Carpenter.
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report of the auditing board received
indicated all accounts in exceIlent
shape, and the ance of the union in
healthy condition. Action on several
applications for membership was de-
ferred for one month.
AS per Instructions of the last con-
Vent1on Of the State Federation Of
Labor, Secretary Hammond has SUBJ
united to all affiliated unions the reso-
luton ~indorsing the government own
efships OF all means Of production, and
the cooperative commonwealth on
Wnlch they are expected to take q vote
the result of which will serve as the
Instructions of the unions delegation 10
the next convention.
The horseshoers union has elected
Nels Larson delegate to the State
Federation OF Labor convention in De-
cember.
The Trades and Labor assembly will
nold another open session Friday even
ing.
Fargo feeders and job pressmen are
organizing a union.
The executive board of the Allied
Printing Trades council will meet next
Thursday evening.
committees from the bookbinders'
union and the printing trades council
interested in securing RECOGNITION of
the bindery girls union at the hands
OF the employers, met with q similar
committee from the girls organization
last evening to make the necessary
preparations for submitting their re-
quest to the employers.
Mr.. Michael Raphael, travelling lect-
urer of the New York cigarmakers'
union. Is in the city in the interest of
the blue label. He especially desires
to contradict the statement that the
Kerls, Wertheim & Schiller concern
of New York has ununionized its es-
Establishment. This company agreed to
operate under union conditions with
the exception Of paying the bill of
prices to which the union could not
agree. Mr.. Raphael will address the
union label league Tuesday evening.
The cigarmakers' union will hold q
special meeting tomorrow evening to
vote on the amendments to the inter
national constitution proposed by the
recent convention.
The boot and shoe workers union
enlisted a class Of fourteen new mem
bers Friday evening.
Owing to q misunderstanding as to
the terms of arbitration the printers
trouble in Winnipeg has reopened and
the men are now out.
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IN LABOR'S REALM.
\

tine McCraith, of the Federation. will
assist in the formation Of the new
BODY. 1t Is probable that the princinaJ
nsht Will be made on the eligibility of
delegates, as there is a growing senti-
ment IN of barring salaried off,
GERS and walking delegates.
me AIDES and Labor Assembly. one
OF the central organizations interested.
mas already dissolved, turning over its
eHects to a representative of the Fed
Grafton.
The strike Of the London cabmen "a
spreading rapidly. There are now / 400
CAP drivers out, and the number is fast
increasing. The drivers struck against
the operation of a system by which
only privileged cabs are allowed to
soilclt passengers at the railway sta
items.
Since the formation Of a union label
League has been undertaken, discus
slons on union labels have become
quite popular in the various union
meetings. Aside from the transaction
OF routine business the entire session
or the German printers union las
sunday was taken up in that way.
The consideration Of trade difficulties
occupied the attention Of h theatrical
stage employees union Thursday even
ing. This organization is endeavoring
to establish union conditions in the sew
eral play houses OF the city and a
number Of conferences between repre-
sentatives Of the union and the houses
have already been held.
G. c. Collins, Robert Jardin and
Frank Jelineck have been elected dele
gates to the label league by the typo
graphical union. 7. F. Thomas and P.
j. Geraghty, delegates to the recent in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Maj. Edward Sconeld, who has been elected
governor OF Wisconsin, is a product Of the
farm and the printers case. He is ffty-four
years old. His life up to the time he was
thirteen was passed on his fathers farm in
pennsylvania. His schooling was had during
do on "the place. Before he was fourteen
he became a printers "devil' in a newspaper
Office. and in time became a setter of type.
He followed that line Of life until the war
came, and then he enlisted on the first call
for troops. He was made lieutenant at Fred
ericksburg, and then a captain. In May,
1854, he was captured by the rebels and spent
a year in the prisons of the Confederates at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
Beware of O~intnacnts for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten
fold TO the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. j. Cheney &c Co. To-
ledo. O., contains no mercury. and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally, and made in Toledo.
Ohio, by F. j.. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c per bot
tie.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
ASSEMBLY HALLS BULLETIN.
Meetings to BE Held by Organized
Labor This Week.

The next semi-annual session Of the
Minnesota. state Federation Of Labor
will be held in this city on Sunday, Dec.
IL. All organizations are invited to
be represented by delegates. The basis
Of representation is n delegate for
each % members or major fraction
thereof, but no local organization shall
be entitled to more than five delegates.
The ven Of the Federation comes
from the collection of seni-annual dues
of 81 per delegate, and an utilization
fee Of 81 from each organization on it's
entrance.
The call for the convention, which Is
addressed to all the labor organizations
Of he state, says: r.
The chief work of the federation 50 far
has been to guard the interests of the wage
workers before the legislature of the state.
That this work was well performed before the
last legislature and was Of great value to
all the labor organizations in the state, and
was indeed vital is now known by all who
have given the matter attention So well
were our interests looked after that persons
and organizations outside our lines sought our
aid for measures in which they were inter-
ested. Next winter comes another legislative
session. There are yet many matters of con-
Germ to the working class which need adjust
ment, and there is quite as much danger
W AO0NAAO as CCbts 1hlo Adh0S
the coming session of the federation a most
Important one. AS its membership has grown
and the number Of delegates at its conventions
mas increased of late, its influence has de-
yeloped proportionately. Your union has an
interest in this matter which 1t cannot afford
to neglect: You should be we'll represented.
in order that your needs may be considered
and in order that you may have a right to
the federation's efficient aid.
The sixteenth annual convention Of
the American Federation OF Labor will
be held in Odd Fellows Temple, Cincin-
natl, O., on Monday morning, Dec. IA,
1896.
The headquarters during the session
will he in the Dennison hotel, where
arrangements have been made for the
accommodation Of delegates. The call,
which is signed by h secretary and
president of the Federation, earnestly
urges all affiliated organizations to be
fully represented at the Cincinnati con-
vention in the hope that 1t may mark
an %eventful epoch in the onward march
of our movement for the great cause
Of labor.
The National Brewery Workers union
has just scored a victory in a contest
of four years. standing with Fisher
Bros, maltsters, Of Buffalo, N. Y, as
a result aof which eighteen other estab-
lisEments are nionize and the union
gains 400 members.
The Iron Molders' Union of America
has paid out in relief benefits since
Jan. 1, 1896, $29, $50 and has now a bal
anee of $1S,777 in the treasury. Since
the adoption of a system of higher dues
n the payment of benefits in July,
1895. it's membership has increased T.
000.
The meeting to organize a new central
labor body In Chicago under the ban-
ner of h American Federation of La
Dor will be held Monday, Nov. 8. Presi-
den Samuel Gompers, Vice President
P. j. Mcclure and Secretary Angus
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

ternational convention at Colorado
Springs. submitted their report. Be
sides the matter already mentioned
in this department the convention de-
cided to levy a fifty-cent per capita as
sessment for he purpose OF establish
ing a hospital annex to the home; Gre
ated h Office Of fourth vice president.
who will be the head Of the electro
typers, maiiers and newspaper writer's
unions; decided that after Jan. 1, 1897,
machine operators must assume abso-
lutte control oyer machines, t the ex-
clusion of machinists; referred q prop
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
spindle. an Gcrmany.

The number of spindles in Germany's wool
en- industries went up from 1.6e9, 759 in 1851
or these 1000, COO spin worsted. and 2,oOa, COO
earded yarn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Danville, Anderson, Charleston and other
places. as the enemy was driven from point
to point. On March 5, 1866. he was paroled
and liberated. When he came out of prison
he was, like many of his compatriots, reduced
to a mere skeleton. His sufferings had been
terrible. On his release he was Commissioned
a major for gallant conduct at the battle Of
after the war and took the position of fore
man OF a lumber company at Oconto. The
growth OF his business interests is the growth
OF the lumber industry in the Northwest. He
Is now one Of the leading manufacturers Of
Northern Wisconsin. He is a safe, consery-
alive business man, and he should make a
strong, creditable governor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

helpers union completed all arrange
ments for its first annual grand ball
which occurs at assembly hall next
Thursday evening. Excellent music
has been engaged and the members
assure all who come a pleasant even
ing.
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composed Of tobacco leaves packed I'D
for shipment almost as they came from
the farmer. Our tobacco crop comes
from nearly every state and territory
of the Union, and it is of a dozen or
more different kinds. Some is especial
ly fitted for export, some for plug, some
for fine cut, some for the different va
rieties Of smoking, and some for snuff.
L saw at Durham, N. c., yesterday a
snun factory, which makes large guam
titles or snuff for the snuff dipperS of
the South The tobacco is half rotted
and mixed with other ingredients before
II is ground into the titillating and
toothsome product so largely in de-
mand for rubbing with a chewed stick
against the teeth. 1t is packed in OK
In balls ranging in size from
lnat or your fist to that of your head,
and sold by the ounce or pound. There
Is a smoking tobacco made in Loui-
Slana, about fifty miles north of New
Orleans, known as the perique tobacco.
which is as black as your hat and
almost as strong as aqua FORTS. This
fs the finest tobacco made, for 1t is
cured in it's W juices, while other to-
bacco is mixed with all sorts of sweet
en1ng, and is sugared and sailed and
Favored to taste. The perique tobacco
is sold chiefly in New Orleans. Tt is
put up in rolls wrapped round with
cords. and is said to grow sweeter as
it grows older. 1t is very expensive,
n is too strong for those who are
not accustomed to use it. Smoking to-
bacco is grown almost everywhere. but
there is a great difference in the quail
ity and prices obtained. In the region
where [ am now writing the finest of
cigarette tobacco is produced, and hun
dreds OF millions Of the little white
papered observation-disclosures come from
the soil Of Virginia and the two Caro-
linas. The tobacco is mild, light and
yellow, and it las a high flavor.
HOW TOBACCO IS RAISED.
[ had an idea until I came here that
our tobacco was raised on big planta-
tons and l expected to find tobacco
feldS containing hundreds of acres.
The fact is that the most Of the crop
comes from garden patches, and thai
the fields are small. The farmers esti-
mate the size of their crop not bv the
acre, but by the hill. There are about
1000 hills to the acre, and the man who
has a half million hills of tobacco is a.
nabob. In the whole United States not
much more than half a million acres
are put in tobacco each year. The to-
bacco in most cases is but one of a
number of crops raised on a farm. 1t
IL, HoWeFeT, IKE wheat in the North, or
cotton further South, the money crop,
n the farmer depends upon 1t for his
ready cash. It is a very expensive
crop, and requires almost constant
labor from planting in the early spring
until about August Or September, when
it is cured for the market. 1 met at
Durham, Col. Walker, an old tobacco
planter, and now the leading buyer for
T. Of the biggest tobacco firms of the
world, and asked him to tell me in
simple language the story Of tobacco.
from the seed to the mouth Of the con-
sumner.
Said he: Tobacco is q king among
plants, and it requires royal treatment.
The seed is not bigger than mustard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The hack and cabmen's union has
appointed Martin Igo, j.. Godbout and
Charles Lick, delegates to the label
league. The cracker bakers union label
was indorsed. John Kripps, J.. Godbout
and M. Igo were constituted a COM
mittee to arrange for a dance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Four new members were initiated
and six applications for membership
received by the Musicians Protective
union at it's last meeting. Pending the
arrival Of q charter from the newly
formed federation of musicians a reg
ular meeting date will not be decided
On. The secretary was instructed to
have printed b constitution recently
adopted and the bill of prices.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Nominations for officers were made
by the toilors' union Monday evening
and a large meeting was had. Several
candidates for membership were mi
tiated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Walter A. Scott Lodge No. %. r. r.
It.. will give It's annual ball at knights
of Pythias hall on December /.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The tin. sheet iron and cornice
workers union will hold Its postponed
meeting ext Wednesday ~venin
when officers will be elected for the
ensuing term.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The union label league will meet
Tuesday evening to perfect organiza-
ton and hear reports from committees
appointed at the last meeting. No
tees have been m out to all dele
gates-elect and there should be a large
attendance.
At its meeting Wednesday evening
the bookbtnders union appointed a
committee to draft a memorial on the
death of G. Etchler, a member of the
union, which occurred recently.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

Five hundred and fourteen Of the
several railroad br~otherhoods now con
tribute to the support of the Home
for Aged and Disabled Railway EN-
ployes, located at Highland Park. ILL.,.
near Lake Michigan and eighty feet
above it. The home has now twenty
two inmates.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The pressfeeders' and Job pressmen's
union held a lengthy session Thursday
evening. considering alleged violations
OF union regulations by two offices. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

their stems, and In such bundles the
whole crop is carried to the market or
auctions, where it Is sold and the farm
er at once gets the cash for it. A thou
sand pounds to the acre would be q
vary good xioI1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

osit1on to elect officers by popular
vote to the executive council, and killed
the proposition to establish
in cities where difficulties exist.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The meeting to organize a new central
labor body in Chicago under the BAN
ner of the American Federation of La
Dor will be held Monday, Nov. 9. Presi-
dent Samuel Gompers, Vice President
P. j. Mcclure and Secretary Angus
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The iron Molders' Union of America
has paid out in relief benefits since
Jan. 1, 1895, $29, 5S6 and has now a bal.
anee Of $1S,777 in the treasury. Since
the adoption Of a system Of higher dues
and the payment of benefits in July
1895, it's membership has increased T.
O0G
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08

The National Brewery Workers union
has just scored a victory in a contest
of four years. standing with Fisher
Bros, maltsters, Of Buffalo, N. Y, as
a resultsof which eighteen other estab-
lisEments are unionized and the union
gains 400 members.