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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-09-25
SIGNS. Of THE*TIMES
The People Hooded and Hum
bugged by Place.Hunting
Politicians.
Brann, tho Student of SOci0l-
ogy, Says the,Patience Limit
of the People Is Near.

"God help the rich! the poor can beg, y
appears to be the motto of those eco
nomic pollywogs and political pewees to
whom an inscrutable providence has
given control of this government. And
perhaps the saying is not SO foolish as
one might at first imagine; for history
has bad habit of repeating itself, and
the day may not be distant when the
rich will have more occasion for pity
than the poor. To the careful student
of sociology there are many and unmis-
taxable signs that we are rapidly near
ing the patience limit of the common
people-that the hour draws on apace
when they will decline to be longer hoo
dooed and humbugged by fake panaceas
for poverty cooked up by place-hunting
politicians. And then? Well, strange
things have happened when the toiling
millions became maddened by misery
and frantic with hope deferred. Condi-
tions in France during the closing years
of last century were not materially
different from those existing in America
today:-it was greedy and impudent
aristocracy VS.. patient and long suffer
ing people, and when the latter could
endure their privations no longer the
former went to the wall, and there was
little left of them but hide and hair.
Deprived of property and imprisoned,
guillotined and trampled beneath the
iron-shod feet of people they had
learned to dispise:--one would imagine
after this terrible rebuke, written in fire
and blood, the lily-handed few would
never again tempt the murderous wrath
of the "many-headed monster;;" but the
curse of greed, the lust for gain. the
thirst for power, blinds men to danger
and drives them on to their doom.
Hold yourself down a moment. my
ultra conservative friend, until I can
work the idea into you that am not an
"anarchist," or any of those dreadful
things that fit like monstrous night.
mares thro the sterterous dreams of
multi -miIlionaires, and terrify the wax
ing hours of those who humbly serve in
the house of Dives and board them
selves. Let us understand each other.
I am not of the army of vicious idlers
who rail at those who by industry and
frug ality have become rich. l only re-
gret that their honest prosperity is the
exception to the rule. There is a third
of a century of hard work behind me,
and while not man of wealth my in
come is sufficient for my wants. Now
what are you, that look into your leather
spectacles and see only the rose pictures
painted there by the aristocrats? In
ninety.and- nine cases out of hundred
you are pitiful hanger-on to the be-
drabbled skirts of a pseudo do-respectabil-
ity, echoing parrot-like the ideas ;of the
plutocrat, and conforming the honest
workingman who cannot conceal his
poverty. It is by the aid of such as
you thet the plutocracy retains it's pow.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-09-25
ARM0R PLATE PLANT.
Council Requested TO ApprOpri-
ate $500 in Bringing
Plant Here.
Cast Iron Pipe Made in Ala
bama for Force Main From
Reservoir.

sided at Monday evening
council meeting. The session
was enlivened by none of tn
customary spats withou
which some people think tn
city fathers cannot do business
and considering the amount O
business disposed. of the ses
sion ended remarkably early.
The city attorney made al
exhaustive report on the for
feited tax sale law in which ht
instanced it's workings in :
number of cases and recon
mended that measures be
speedily taken for it's repeal
Fortunately, he said, no sales
can be made before May, 1899
so that there is time to- correct
the laws error before it's nefar.
ious provisions take effect.
The fire commissioners be.
came again the object of the
councils sarcasm because OF
their alleged failure to carry
out the councils instructions
to sell surplus horses at public
sale. It was declared that the
commissioners were trying to
make the sale through sealed
bids instead. The matter was
referred to the fire committee.
A number of protests were
filed against the reduplication
of the gas and water COM
pany's plant. A number of
miscellaneous bills were re-
ferred, and water-works ,esti-
mates were allowed to the
Hugo Iron works, the Carroll
Porter company and P. Nc
Donald.
Mr.. T. w. Hugo was intro
duced and made vigorous ap-
peal for an appropriation to Sc
cure a visit to Duluth from the
congressional commission now
about to investigate the loca-
ton Of a government armor
plate plant. For this purpose
$500 appropriation was asked
from the city. After consider
able discussion in which the
request was opposed by Alder
men Sang and Jefferson the re-
quest was referred to the COM
mittee on auditing and finance.
There were some anticipa-
tons of trouble over the. let
ting of the contract for. water
mains from the reservoir to
Fifteenth avenue east and
Fourth street. The relative
merits of cast iron and steel
pipe have come up heretofore
in numerous discussions, but
on this occasion the aldermen
were all on one side, except
Duren, who still stood by the
steel pipe. A representative
of the boiler makers union had
labored with several of the al
dermen on the question, but as
the cast iron pipe was few
hundred dollars cheaper the
arguments of the union that
the steel pipe would give en-
ploym ent to much home labor
proved of no effect. Engle &
Osman got the contract at $780,
250.30. The pipe will be made
in Alabama. Alderman Rich
ardson moved to reject all bids
and readvertise but it received
no second and the motion to
confirm was adopted by vote
of II to 1.
T. An ordinance calculated to
forfeit the Prindle gas fran
chise was introduced and re-
ferred, and after discussion
over the payment in city or
ders Of part of Porter Bros
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-09-25

And they reared golden image
In the grandest of their marts,
And the incense that assembled
Rose from ruined homes and hearts.
And the one word that the image
Uttered day and night was "Give!"
Till the people only answered,
Grant us work that we may live,'
But the rulers babbled, "Business,"
| AS they reveled at their ease,
And they locked up natures storehous,
And to thieves consigned the keys.
And the wolves of want went prowling
Round the cabins of the poor,
While the toilers starved and perished
On the highway and the moor,
For the few claimed all the increase
From the ocean, soil and air
Precious stones and gems and metals,
Flocks and grain and fruitage rare. =.
Bishops feasted at the palace,
Christ sat hungry at the gate,
Mammon held the sway of Haman
In the halls Of court and state,
Priest and scholar bowed in homage
To the one malign control
That in church and school demanded
Prostitution of the soul.
Still the multitude paid tribute
To the miser in his den,
Still the Shylock knife was sharpened
For the flesh and blood of men;
Crafty minds, like human spiders,
Weaving traps for human flies,
Yelled with webs of legal pretense-
Things that all mon knew we're lies.
And the victims fell by millions
Under land and chattel bond,
Driven from Gods soil like lepers
By the usurers magic wand,
Till the army of the homeless
Gathered like rising flood,
And the cry went up at midnight.
"Give us bread or give us bloodv
And the gathering food climbed higher,
Till it struck the palace door
And awoke the royal sleepers
With it's wild, devouring roar.
There are tigers in the jungle
That delight in human prey,
But tiercer tiger crouches
In starving man at bay.
And the rulers and the robbers,
Though they quailed with inward
dread,
Answered back in bold derision,
"Give them blood instead of bread!''
And I saw the moon blush crimson,
And beneath the weird eclipse
Sat and rode scarlet woman,
With a sneer upon her lips.
There was gathering of the legions
At the mandate of their queen,
And the flashing of a million
Blades lit up the awful scene,
And million starving toilers
Fell like blighted stalks of grain
In that horrid midnight harvest,
BY their sons and brothers slain.
There are crimes that stir with horror
Saints and angels round the throne,
And whose judgments can be meted
By the courts of God alone.
And I saw the kingdom sinking
At the scarlet woman's feet,
And her splendid cities plunging
Like tempest foundered feet.
Mountain ranges met and melted,
And above the fiery tomb
Two great oceans swung together
Like the closing gates of doom.
And heard voice proclaiming
Down the solemn aisles of space,
"He who Stays starving brother
Smites his Maker in the face"
r. james G. Clark.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
BRAZELLE N HIS LABORATORY.


eyes to his words and have printed
what they heard. But those obstinate
scientists even refused to believe it
when they read it in the papers.
Mr.. Brazelle is an American. He is
also an engineer and an inventor He
has made many astonishing inventions.
True, most of them have somehow or
other refused to work, but fate was ever
unkind to inventors He discovered a
new process for extracting aluminium
from clay by cheap process, and he
organized company and sold $500
worth of stock. A plant was established,
but there was a stitch somewhere in his
plans. The furnace has been pulled
down and the stock can now be bought
very cheap.
But according to Mr.. Brazelle he has
been having better luck lately. Given a
lump of clay and enough electricity,
and he can make gold, uranium, zorium
or any other old thing. He explains
that he has not yet advanced far enough
in his work to produce precious metals
at a profit, but he expects to do this
very soon. 1t may be only a coincidence,
but Conan Doyle once wrote a story
about man who did just about what
Mr.. Brazelle claims to have done. Mr..
Doyle, however, was dealing with fic-
tion, while Mr.. Brazelle deals only with
fact. He says so himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
A MODERN ALCHEMIST.
Benjamin Brazelle Makes Gold Out OF
Common Clay, So He Says.

Benjamin BrazelIe Makes Gold Out OF
Common Clay, So He Says.
The ancients went out of the alchemy
business several centuries ago. but Mr..
Benjamin Brazelle of st. Louis has re-
vived it. He is such an alchemist as the
world has never seen before. One of the
least of the wonderful things he has
done is the making of gold out of COM
mon clay. But that is mere bagatelle.
He has not only produced gold and sill
yer and all of the other 75 primary
metals known to science, but he has
turned out 5 others which no one ever
saw or heard of before, and he has only
begun.
Several well known scientific men
have been found who will not believe
that Mr.. Brazelle has done these things,
but scientists were always skeptical.
Mr.. Brazelle himself says he has. and
the st. Louis newspaper reporters have
listened with open ears and bulging
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
MoUNTHOLYOKE COLLEGE.

New Buildings Soon to Rise In Place of
Those Destroyed by Fire.
The buildings of Mount Holyoke col
1ege at South Hadley, Mass, which
were destroyed by fire last September
are being rapidly replaced by new ones
Of most substantial construction and at
tractive appearance. The flames spared
the newer buildings. and in the some
what cramped quarters which these
afford the regular work of the present
term is being carried on. but the dormi-
tories, which constituted the historic
old pile that was burned, are still lack
ing, and many of the young women are
boarding at distances of two and three
miles from the college, Drawing the
rigors of New England winter rather
than give up their classes.
Early in the spring work will be be-
gun on four new dormitories and a
handsome large structure which is to be
known as the administration building.
The latter will be the most important
of the group of new buildings which is
to rise from the ashes of the old. It will
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16


contain, besides the offices, a chapel and
large audience hall 1t will be about
$50 feet long and 100 feet deep and
will be entirely of brown stone. By
next September it is expected the new
buildings will be ready for occupancy.
This is to mark new era in the his
tory of this famous institution which
SO many American women regard with
an affection rarely bestowed on an alma
mater When Mount Holyoke college
celebrated its first anniversary 60 years
ago, so pupils were under the care of
Miss Mary Lyon, its noble founder. As
one of the pioneer advocates of higher
education for women she was ridiculed
and misunderstood. But she lived down
all opposition and in a few years saw a
great change in public sentiment. The
great middle class, for whom she was
laboring, appreciated her efforts.
In 1841 SO many were the students
who asked for admittance that wing
was added to the original building. In
1853 another extension was built, and
a few years later third wing made the
quadrangle complete. From this build
ing were graduated thousands of young
women, and not one of them heard of
its destruction but with deep regret.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
IA ANTS, RENTS, SIT
UATIONS, REAL
ESTATE, AUC-
. y TION SALES AND
OTHER CLASSIFIED AID
VERTISEMENTS
SITUATIONS wANTE0-FREE.

Are you in need OF work? If so, you
at liberty to use these columns tor
assistance in that direction Whle enAS
notice appears the State Journal Will pup
Iish free on Saturday. Monday and Iues-
day. for Topeka Kansas people, all
notices of SITUATIONS Wanted, not to
exceed five lines. thirty-five words, IN
length provided that all advertisements
of that nature are handed in previous to
20 O'Clock Saturday morning: also on
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. all
advertising of this class handed in by 10
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
No advertisements of this nature to be
started except on Saturdays and We'd
nesdays. No obligation is incurred on the
part of the advertiser. No worthy and
needy man or woman need hesitate to
take advantage of this offer. No one In
business having employment Is ex-
pected to take advantage of it, but all
others are invited to avail themselves
freely.
The Topeka State Journal guarantees
every day it is printed. to give local
circulation by far more than all otner
Danies combined. This makes this paper
the cheapest. as well as the best, daily
medium in Topeka. the class4hed aoVeT-
1isements below costing but
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
WANTED-HELP

Wy TANTED-Imnnedi ediately, sewing girls,
w and apprentices at Miss Carson's, 1O4
East Seventh street.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
Bacteria In Butter.

The first attempt in an estimate of
bacteria in butter was made in Munich
in 1891. 1t was found that there are
about 2, 900, 900 in grain.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-03-16
Five Cents a Line,
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THE following newspaper. book and an frj0o JOB
are solicited to place their work with
these firms:
The Topeka State Journal.
The Topeka Capital.
The Topeka Mail and Breeze.
The Kansas Farmer.
The Advocate.
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Kansas Printing Co
Hall & O'Donald Lithographing CO.
G. W. Douglass.
Topeka Printing Co.
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The Medical Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17

a Frenchman, the accordion (as an In,
strument of music) to German resi-
dent Of Vienna, fresco pointingito an
Italian. the clarinet to q German resi-
dent Of Leipsic, stereotypirg to .
Freedman, the telescope to Holland
er, the thermometer to Calico, An Ital-
ian. the velocipede (the torerunner Of
the bicycle) to a German. and the print,
ing press to Dutchmal. But it doea
not appear that in any Of these inven-
tons teither in originating or perfect.
ing them) any Spaniard took prom
inent part or, indeed. any part what
ever.
In modern inventions, as the records
OF the patent Office establish, Americans
stand not only at the head. but % far
ahead Of the people Of other countries
as to render unnecessary any comparf
son In all mechanical con tTivances, and
especially those used in manufactures
or in improved and progressive agricul-
tural operations, Americans stand first,
and ct the foot Of the list, among civil
lized nations, are the Spaniards- In
the Sixteenth century, Seville alone had
10000 silk looms; there are now only
1000 in all Spain. Spain is the only
European country In which manufacture
ing industry has gone backward during
the last hah century-N. Y. Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17
HONORABLeS IN MAINE.
Distinctions Made in On1ciaI Titles b,
Pine Tree State Esiouette,

Distinctions Made in Official Titles by
Pine Tree State Etiquette.
There is a form of official etiquette
in the correspondence which goes out
from the secretary of states Office
which is unlike that followed in any OF
the New England states. According
to the rulings of the secretary-and he
is simply carrying out the traditions of
his predecessors since Maine became a
state in 1S2o-the judges of the supreme
and superior courts, the members of the
governors council, the senator's, the
heads of all the departments and the
mayors of Names cities have their mail
addressed to them with the word "Hon-
orable" prefixed to the name in every
case, while the members Of the house of
representatives, the judges of the mu.
nicipal courts in the cities-whose sal
aries in some cases exceed that paid to
the goveTnor-and all minor officehold-
term esquire" following their names.
AS for the governor, he is always adj
dressed az Ellis Excellency."
Other New England states-Massa-
chusetts and New Hampshire in partic-
ular-are more liberal in the distribu-
ton of titles, for they prefix Hon
orable" to municipal judges, repre-
sentatives and aldermen in the various
cities. 1t is probable that Maine is the
only state where a municipal judge can
be addressed verbally as "Your Honor"
but is not entitled to the prefix of "Ths
Honorable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17
HE WANTED STAMPS.
Country Merchant Knew How to Keep Up
His Stock.

Country Merchant Knew How to Keep Up
His Stock.
81 obtained a peculiar order from a
Kentucky storekeeper," said cigar
:-lesman to a Washington Star reporter.
II left the railroad to work some in
terror towns, and stopped at the coun-
try stores en- route. At one of these
places L found man whom the COM
mercial agencies gave good rating,
and who acted as postmaster as well as
storekeeper. 1 handed him my card,
and he said:
Thar ain't but one thing that yo'
kin sell me-"
What IS that?' I inquired.
"'Yo' kin sell me bout $50 with O.
stamps, envelopes an postal l1yards.'
Why, you can get them from the
government
NO, L KANT. Yo' see they won't
credit me. l hev ter sell stamps an put
'em on peoples bills. but tn govern
ment won't let me hev none 'thout send
in tn money. Tain't right, O. cose, fer
I'm good, they orter know tibet. But
| amt got stamp nor a kyard in tn
Office an no way ter git none. I'll hev
to buy 'em somewhars'
After becoming convinced Of the
mans solvency, I sold him a line of
stamps, stamped envelopes and postal
cards, to be shipped with bill Of
cigars"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17
THE AMERICAN FAMILY.
Statistics Of tho Families and Homes Of
.- Massachusetts,.

MASSACHUSETTS.
As the family is the foundation of
the state any facts as to its progress and
its present condition as compared with
past years. is of general inter est Tn.
census of Massachusetts,, taken last
year. tie published reports of which are
now appearing, affords limited in.
sight into the subject in one state. II
gives the total number foccupied rooms
in the state and in each county, the
average number of looms occupied per
family and the average number of per
sons to a room, and a comparison of
these by cities and town. Tenement
houses are also treated in the same way.
Dwelling houses are enumerated &C
cording to the number OF stories and
the material of which they are built.
Families are also treated as to the mum.
Der of males and females in each and Q
comparison Of the area of the state in
respect to population in 1855 and 1895
Is added. ~~--.-
The total population of the state 10
given by the census as 2,5o0.1s3. the
number of families as 547 ,3s5 ard the
total number of rooms occupied In
dwelling houses as 2,5s6,3s5. This
would allow, $50 rooms TO each family
snd o.10 persons to each room. This
shows that :he population of Massa-
chusetts is not crowded. This seems TO
he true of the cities as of the towns, for
the former have 1,635. 167 of the state.
population, an average of FOG rooms
rooms per family and o.76 person. Per
room, while the towns have S64, tit
population. On average OF 7.o6 rooms
per family and 0.61 persons 10 a room
The greatest crowdirg ia found in the
manufacturing cities. Holyoke having
en- average Of 0.93 persons 10 a room,
Fall River o.s9. Chicopee o.s7 and Law
renee o.s3. and Gloucester. a fishing
village. has an average OF 0ss persons 20
each occupied room. All these are
ADORE the average in Boston. where,
the restricted limits
Of the city. The average number Of rooms
occupied By each family IS 5.eo and
the persons to ench room are 0.s0.
The effect OF the increase Of popuia,
ton on the average spenc 20 each per
SOD, family and dwelling in the state
can be gathered from the following
table. which gives 9 comparison be.
tween 1885 ana 1895:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17
The Best Data He Could Give.

Ihave friend who is connected with
one OF the large shoe stores of the city. A
day or two ago he was called to attend
20 the wants of customer, and his
first question brought out the fact
that the man wanted a pair of shoes.
OF course my friend next inquired the
size, and thereby hangs this tale. The
customer looked dunlfouTled for a
minute, but he was not TO be faxed by
such simple question. and finally he
blurted out:
"Wa'al. 1 don't know egzactly, but ]
wear a fifteen and half collar"
He did his best, but M friend was not
sufficiently posted in the relative pro-
norton of ones neck and feet, and SO
lad to make guess at the size required,
end try different pairs until he had
found the proper fit = Springfield
(Mass.) Union.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-17
HE SAID "POkE AND BEANS. +"
The Failure of q Georgia Elan to Pass
Himself on as Yankee.

The Failure OF q Georgia Elan to Pass
Himself on as Yankee.
Joe Cavan, who has had a whirlwind
experience in the south and west. said
to the crowd, in the presence of the
New York Sun reporter, in the same old
place, the uptown hotel:
My advice to you ell is, be natural.
Do not try to deceive people with your
affected talk or in your clothes. You
Will be certain to show the cloven foot
somewhere. 1 was at dinner once in
81. Louis. 1t was given by Gov. Marina
duke. Before we had given our orders,
for at a western dinner every man has
the privilege OF saying what he wants,
the governor asked one of his guests
where he hailed from. One was from
Tennessee, one from Illinois, one from
California. The east was not repre-
sented, so handed in my card from
Vermont. Just then the waiter passed
the bill OF fare, and my ruling passion
asserted Itself. Poke and beans, said
|, in my natural voice.
'Cavan," said the governor OF Mi>-
souri,, vehemently, you're from GeorCy.
No man from Vermont ever said poke
md beans" and your scheme OF pass
ng for Yankee, sub. is rcprehensible,
and viii cost you the wine
Il have sailed under my own colors
srs- since"