The labor world., 1897-11-20

OtAc1 WOIu Will Luem was rubber
According to them, every one whose
picture hung there. every pitcher, Gus.
pidore, vase, bottle, cat and dog had a
rubber neck. They wore extremity
high collars themselves.
INIT" also is no spring chicken, Just
hatched. I am student of dialects,
and hence do not object to slang. Per-
haps l use it myself, one in while. be-
cause it is fashionable. But, like the
man who drinks Hun, a Ii va or, I want
some new form of torture. Couldn't t
Edison be induced to give up his idea of
electric connections with the moon. and
help us out, oy inventiug some new
slang phrases?
We have some bright newspaper men
in this town, but have got scoop on
them all. Not ono of them has attempt
ed to explain the presence of so many
women with kodaks around the city hall.
OF course, the mayor is an attractive
man, and so is Tom Bryan; but the real
mustard plaster which draws is our hot
city council. I am the first TO discover
that we have more beauty in the make
up of the municipal legislature now
than Duluth ever had before They
may have been trifle blind to the in
terests of Duluth in keeping those visit
ing congressman away. But. though
they may be bit stingy with the city's
money, they spare no pains or personal
expense to make themselves look pretty.
Now that we have beautiful council,
perhaps may hope to see here estab-
lished the first Board of B-auty. This
may be new one' on some of you, but
it doesn't need testing to prove that it
would be a good thing. A Board of
Beauty to work in line with the board
of public works and the park board and
the board of health. A Board of Beauty
would abolish great many unsightly
sights. While Nature and H. G. Helm
are working themselves down to skin
and bone to make Duluth presentable,
other forces are toiling to disfgure her.
A Board Of Beauty would please the cit
izens by prohibiting the painting of the
town red, yellow and blue with brewery
and plug tobacco advertisements. The
pruning knife could be applied to num-
erous other monstrosities. How would
it affect the newspapers? 1t would put
money in their purses. Then why
should not all legitimate journals help
this proposition along? I don't want
any credit for starting it. I am only
here for my health. NJ
I am no Mother Shipton, but have
made many prophesies which have come
to pass. And I prophesy that some OF
those monster sign boards, like that one
on the Point OF Rocks, are going to be
blown down and kill somebody. ~
I was amused at Canada, the other
day. Canada got excited because the
United States wanted to move a battle
ship into the great lakes, and Canada
kicked on furnishing canal privileges.
I wish to say to Canada that she. need
not feel alarmed. The days when the
United States fought with other coun.
tries are past. Remember our war be-
tween the blue and the gray-al Amer
leans? Remember the murder of Capt.
Fry by Spaniards-followed by indigna.
ton meetings all over this country?
Remember the strike-war in II? Re.
member the war which caused the un-
necessary death of Custer? We robbed
cheated, starved and crowded the In.
dians, because they were ours #..
Remember the Malta war at New Or.
leans, and how our statesmen" licked
tho dust? Remember Homestead? Re.
member the number of times we have
backed down in disputes with foreign
powers since our own delightful "war OF
the rebellion" as we affectionately term
it? Notice the ''armories," some of them
built like forts, that are going up in all
our cities? If it means war, it means
war against citizens of the. United
States. Canada need not worry-unless
she wants to annex.
A bacteriologist connected with the
San Francisco board of health has dis
covered the bacilli of tuberculosis in a
cigar made by Chinese cigar rollers.
This is not hard to understand, if you
have ever seen a Chinaman work at the
trade. When he wishes to moisten the
heap of tobacco in front of him. he will
fill his mouth with water and blow it
out in the form of spray upon the to-
bacco leaves. Any disease which he
may have in his system may be thus
eaailv communicated tn smolxaro IF