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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

,Machinists' strike in Denver has. been
satisfactorily adjusted.
Button makers have sent out notice
that they have adapted label.
It Is reported that Samuel Gomper rs
will soon start on an organization tour
through tht West.
Trouble brewing along the lakes. The
vessel owners declare they will McKin-
leyize wages; workers won't accept.
Wage reductions have been reinforced
in mills in Youngstown and Clevelar d,
o. and New Castle and Beaver Falls,
Pa.
Debs is lecturing to good audiences in
Michigan.-Herbert Casson has left
Rusksn colony for tour through Ohio.
Thomas Hickey is in Ohio speaking to
fair crowds. .'.,-
The shoeworkers of Massachusetts,
garment workers of New York, and tex
tile workers of Georgia are stillsstrug-
Cling against powerful capitalistic COM
bines and their prosperity" fdoses.
A machine has been invented which
will turn out 100000 matches day.
A new type settingsmachine that will do
twice the work of the ,Mergenthalers
will be put on the market this summer.
An immense international labor meet
ing will be held in London, on March s.,
for the purpose of agitating for universal
peace and International fraternity and
solidarity as opposed to imperial piracy
and colonial buccaneering which is now
the slogan of all capitalisticSrulers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

It seems highly probable that
the state of Colorado will have
the honor and distinction of be-
ing the first state in the Union
to be controlled by those who
produce wealth. The legislat-
ure now in session has seven
teen members who hold up-to-
date cards III labor unions, and
if they do their duty, the day
may be not distant when some
respect will be paid those who
produce wealth by those who
manipulate and consume$ssit
without giving to society a just
equivalent in return.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
.VORACiOUS .LETTEE ROBINS.

Each Required Fourteen Yards Of
Angleworms Every Day.
A would be philanthcopist relates his
experiences trying to play mother to a
nest of little robins, which had by some
accident been deprived of their rightful
mothers care. He diligently set to
work digging angleworms. and sup
posed that he was fulfilling his whole
duty, when one Of the poor little songs
tiers died. Upon examination of the
body, which was reduced to skin and
bone, the foster parent came to the con-
clusion that it must have died Of starv-
alton. s.,e'. .... .s.:!>* - 5f..
Deeply grieved at his shortcoming,
he redoubled his efforts, determined to
at least save the other two. It was not
long, however, before q second one died,
evidently Of the same malady. The good
man. then, resolved that, whatever the
third. one died of, it should not be
starvation, and took off his coat and
went to work in earnest. He kept on
with the angleworm diet until he found
that his one little bird was consuming
from II 10 10 yards OF angleWorms
day. This was too much for his pa
thence, and he proceeded to substitute
the more easily managed diet of bread
and milk and other delicacies, which
were. however, not nearly SO much to
Miss Robins taste. .5~.
Wanting to discover whether he had
been catering to a family of abnormal
appetites, our friend took to watching
the methods of real mother bird and
found that che fed her young every two
minutes. He then consulted the learned
books upon birds and discovered that
II yards OF worms a day, with meals
every two minutes, is the average rate
of feeding fedgelings He has therefore
decided that he does not care to take
up raising birds by hand as a business.
Boston Transcript. -,z,s-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Rev. Myron Reed, the preach
er, the teacher, the friend of all
humanity, died last week at his
home in Denver, Col. Denver's
loss is the whole worlds loss,
for Myron Reed was known to
, us all. From the time that this
man stood before the richest
congregation in the city of
Denver and openly espoused
the, cause of the striking
miners of Bull Hill, and refused
to retract sentence or word,
he has been loved and revered
by all believers of justice and
humanity. For this act, the
worshippers of the mammon
of unrighteousness. who sought
to fool the Almighty by build
ing churches in His name,
huddled together and took
counsel of their fears. Myron
Reed was stripped of his raj
ment and cast out of the temple.
But "Man proposes and God
disposes." The spotless life of
this apostle of the Almighty,
his Spartan courage, and his
matches fidelity to the truth,
excited the admiration of men,
and there gathered about him
a band of admirers, of rich and
poor, of the exalted and the
lowly from all lands and of all
tongues, who held up his hands,
and were faithful even unto
DEATH"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Improving Nails.

To prevent an ingrowing nail strip
of cotton should be worked between the
nail and the flesh, left large enough to
cover the entire nail A piece Of cotton
is then twisted into long roll and
placed on the other side Of the nail
groove over the sound skin. The space
between is filled with lead nitrate,
:heaped up and the larger piece of cot
ton folded over it. with more cotton
outside held in place with a moist
bandage. This dressing is renewed ev-
cry day. and in two or three the exu-
berance is reduced until the edge of the
nail can be seen. and cotton inserted
between it and the flesh beneath. when
the nitrate can be discontinued.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Sara Bernhard, the we'll
known actress, in an interview
in Rome, says the naturalistic
school of drama will prove
successful in the long run. ave
have to reckon with the rapid
progress of the socialistic move
ment, which impels all men
to cast their glances on the
miseries of our proletarian fell
lowmen. For everybody, in a
measure, is guilty of the suf-
ferings of his fel1owmen."
Bernhardt is at present star
ring in the European capitals
in a labor play.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Farmer Sinclair.

John Sutherland Sinclair is farmer
in North Dakota. His farm is called
Berriedale farm. In the book of the
peerage Mr.. Sinclair is put down as Earl
of Caithness, Lord Berriedale and a
baronet of Nova Scotia. All the castles
and vast estates which his ancestors
owned have shrunk to the North Dakota
farm. The earldom of Caithness once
embraced all the northern part Of. Scot
land, from sea to sea. and the Sinclairs
were earls of Orkney too.-Milwaukee
Wisconsin, :.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
The "Terrfer."

i A document known by the name Of a
''terrier" is supposed to be kept at ev-
cry old parish church setting forth the
sources of the income of the benefce-
especially glebe lands; hence the deriva-
ton from the Latin "terra." Ignorance
of this purely technical term led a
clergyman into curious mistake. he
was sporting parson and had just
been appointed to his first living. Dur
ing the early days Of his incumbency
he received a form from the bishop
which he was required to fill up
Among the questions asked was. "Do
you keep a terrier
''No," wrote the cleric in reply,
''but I have two well bred pointers, and
your lordship is welcome to one if you
care to have It, ST James Gazette.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Show Your Best Qualities.

Honesty does not require us to hang
our oil paintings faced to the wall in
order that our friends may see that
they are made on coarse canvas. 1t is
right to appear always at our best
Give the world your brightest thoughts,
your most courteous speech, the out
come of your kindest impulses and
purest motives, no matter if you are
conscious that these things are above
your ordinary level God made the
flowers show their colors, not their
dull, fbrous matter; to load the air
with their odors, not with the rank
ness of their ap.-Homiletic Review.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
IrYinx Didn't Read.

Sir Henry Irving appeared at the
Theater Royal, Edinburgh, in 1857,
and two years later he went to Linlith-
gov to give a reading there. He was
delighted to see his name in big letters
on the posters on arriving in the town.
He went to the hall, but there was no
crowd therein fact, the caretaker had
not arrived, having forgotten all about
the reading. Irving went in search Of
him, and things we're got ready; $3.50
o'clock arrived, but no one came to the
hall-not even small boy. In recalling
the incident Sir Henry was wont to
say, II never slept better than I did
that night"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
DYED DIAMONDS.
Yellow Stones Can Be Made to Look
Like Gems of the First Wafer.

Yellow Stones Can Be Made to Look
Like Gems of the First Water.
''There are tricks in every trade has
grown to be an adage, and this proverb
holds especially good with regard to the
jewelry trade, which for "ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain" fair
ly takes the palm for roguery.
Although great deal of capital, time
and labor have been devoted to counter
feiting the diamond, very little success
has been obtained from fraudulent
point of view, as the diamond possesses
extraordinary qualities Of hardness
and brilliancy, with which no imi-
tation, up to now, can attempt to vie.
''Paste" of all kinds can be tested by
means Of sharp steel file, which
scratches it's surface.
A method of successful imposition
with diamonds. has, however, been dis
covered, and the originator of this swim
die actually defrauded the pawnbrokers
of London alone in one year of upward
of $4,000
The general public, as well as jewel
ers, are aware that diamonds Of yell
lowish tinge, or, as they are called in
the trade, ''straws," are worth very lit
tle Large stones of this color, even
when weighing from 10 to 100 carats,
are quite common and will only fetch
in the market from SIS to $40 per carat,
the value, of course, increasing in ratio
with weight. Diamonds Of the same
weight, if Of the first water, or perfect
ly colorless, would be worth. from five
to ten times as much.
The methods of the individual refer
red to were as follows: He purchased a
quantity of ''yellow' stones, and then
by simple yet ingenious process sue
ceeded in imparting to them an evanes-
cent purity of color. This was done by
procuring two ordinary glasses, a kettle
packet Of mauve dye.
The ''yellow" diamond, which was
perhaps set in gold ring or pin, was
merely dipped in the glass containing
the dye, and then in clean boiling wa
ter half a dozen times, and allowed to
dry, when it presented all the appear
ance. even to the eye Of an expert, Of q
magnificent stone of the first water.
y The next move was to place the ring
on the finger, and the we'll dressed dia-
mond dyer would sally forth, enter a
pawnbroker's and pledge the ring for at
least three times its worth. Within IL
hours, however, tho effects of the dye
would have disappeared, and the pawn
broker could only wonder what on
earth was wrong with hiseyes when he
advanced so much money on such a yell
low stone.
Fortunately. owing to the magnitude
Of this individuals operations, the
fraud was discovered, and now pawn
brokers. if they are suspicious Of dia-
mond' color, immerse it in nitric acid,
which destroys any dye that may be
present without in any way injuring
the stone. london Mail. I ..5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
PEOPLE WHO GAMBLE.
Chinese and italians Especially Adj
dicted to Games of Chance.

Chinese and Italians Especially Adj
dicted to Games of Chance.
Of all the nations of the earth who
gamble-and they all do it more or less
the Chinese come in an easy first
Superstition and the gambling mania
go in double harness, and while the
mandarins fly kites to decide what
should be done about Wei-Hai-Wei and
Talien-Wan the humber Celestials gam
bic for dear life to pass the time away.
''The Chinese play night and day,
says a traveller, ''till they have lost all
they are worth, and then they usually
go and hang themselves" from which
it would appear that the yellow danger
is not so formidable after all.
The Chinese laborers in the United
States squander their earnings in q
game called "white pigeons ticket. "
White, by the way, is the unlucky color
for the gamer and the lucky one for
the keeper Of the gaming house. These
gentry keep orange peel in box, be-
ieving that it will bring them luck.
The Italians are no less superstitious,
and they gamble persistently, the poor
people especially, in the government
lotteries. Everything has number; a
cat, dog, gondola, and the ..'Libro
del Sogno' lotto players oracle
will tell you what the number is and
the rules for interpreting the appear
ances in dreams. Visitors to Venice,
which has always been a stronghold of
gambling, may have seen the declara-
ton Of the winning figures from the
Campanile of St. Mark s-the silent,
eager crowd gathered in the square and
the group of officials gathered round
the boy with the bandaged eyes who
draws the numbers from the cage.
There is d story told in Venice Of a
madman who hailed gondolier from
the window of the madhouse on the is
land to tell him the numbers he had
dreamed. The man put his money on
them and won, and from that day to
this the gondoliers go near the window
as they pass in the hope that the mad
man will call again. The story is true.
-London Chronicle. 49,,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Sold Tickets On Him.

It is good to be celebrity. and it Is
sometimes profitable merely to recog-
nize one. While Chauncey NJ. Depew
was at the Omaha exposition, says the
New York Times, he and President
Galloway of the New, York Central
CHANGED to go into booth on the Mid
way Plaisance.
It was tame entertainment, and
there was only meager attendance
when Mr.. Depew and Mr.. Galloway
entered. Their stay would have been
very brief except for the fact that they
had scarcely taken their seats before
there began steady importing of peo-
pie, which continued until the small
auditorium was crowded.
Taking this extraordinary increase Of
spectators as an indication that some
thing of an interesting nature was
about to be disclosed the two New
Workers concluded to sit it out. Half
an hours waiting failed to reward their
patient expectancy, however, and Mr..
Galloway suggested that they move on.
Just then ex-Secretary of Agriculture
j. Sterling Morton pushed his way
through the crowd and, extending his
hand to Mr.. Depew, exclaimed:
"Well, DR.. Depew, SO you are really
herel I thought that barker was ly'
ing"
''What do you mean?" inquired Mr..
Depew
''Why, the barker. for this show il
standing outside and inviting the crowd
to step up lively and pay 10 cents fo1
the privilege of seeing the great ani
only Chauncey M. Depew. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
GOOD MONEY! 0RBAD NEWS
Paid to Learn That Sight Would
: ''e" Leave Him In Six Months.

! Leave Him In Six Months.
= Somehow it made me feel bad, this
happening that I am about to relate. I
was in the Office of an oculist, one Of
the leading men in his profession in
Pittsburg. A big, strong and healthy
looking man entered. His appearance
indicated that he had many years Of life
before him. He was well dressed. keen
ly intelligent and of pleasant counte-
nance. .. .
doctor he said, my eyes have
been troubling me, and I would like
you to make an examination of them
and treat them. ~
After few preliminary questions the
doctor told him to strip himself to the
waist. He took off his clothes and stood
there, magnificent specimen Of man
hood. The doctor examined him, pay
ing particular attention to his back, for
reason of which I know nothing.
Having finished, he said: !
''Put en- your clothes. I can do moth
ing for. you. Your sight may last six
months. but no longer. Treatment will
do no good. Blindness is sure to come. ;"
"What's the matter, doctor?" he
asked quietly, with faint tremor in
his voice. :.
The doctor told him in technical Ian
guage and then explained that the trou-
BILE came from the wasting Of nerve
leading from the spine.
"What's your bill, doctor?' asked
the man when he got his clothes on.
Give dollars, 3" replied the doctor.
He paid it and left the Office without
another word In the fullness Of life he
walked out into the blessed light Of day,
doomed within six months to darkness
until death. It was an incident to the
doctor; to me it was tragedy.-Pitts-
burg News.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
MormOnism.

The good wife looked at her mending
basket and sighed IF she hadn' t seen
them there she wouldn't have believed
her husband could have worn holes in
20 many pairs Of socks in 50 short 9
time 1913
= There are occasions, she said at,
last, :.when I am almost ready to be-
ieve that it would bea good thing for
man to be q Mormon. = = II
Ii Then she went at the job she would
willingly have shared with = few other
wives Chicago Post.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Its Natural Effect.

GLOW many of these sheep got out
of here?" asked the angry farmer.
81 don't know" replied the new
hired man, rubbing his eyes. "After
I'd watched five or six Of 'em jump
over the fence I seemed to lose the
count. That always puts me to Sleep"
Chicago Tribune ~.-'.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
He Was Explicit.

An ex-soldier who had lost leg in
the war and was tired waiting for his
pension wrote to headquarters at Wash
ington:
EFF you won't send me my pension,
won't you please send me a wooden leg,
SOS kin git about? The leg lost wuz
8 bowleg on the left side an had three
corns on the three little toes. So, now,
you can't go wrong in maxim new
one. ''-Atlanta Constitution.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Mea,6>Dre.s In LONDON,

!. IN London the female make up has
mo significance whatever. All kinds Of
men ranking anywhere above CLOVER
class, = however, have their frock coats
and tall hats. a tailor made frock coat
is not 8 luxury! in London. ~;
Take it inthe United States, and a
man wishes to attire himself in tho ex-
treme Of what the British call latter
noon wear, "1tnust be willing to spend
money. Compare the prices Of Sun
day outfit IT,; -. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

A New York judge has decid-
ed that a child is worth only
ST, and that no larger sum need
be paid by any corporation that
kills one.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
Romance Versus Reality.

The romanticist speaks: A realist is
a man who takes his own vision Of the
world. as true and the visions Of all
other persons as false.
The realist speaks: The romanticist
is man who has forgotten the origin
and meaning of the nursery tales with
which his head is filled.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The farmers boy looks with scorn at
the city boy, who doesn't know which
the off horse and which the nigh horse
-Somerville Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The Duluth-superior Thea
trical Stage Employees will
give a masquerade ball and
cake walk at .Maryland**JIh hall
next Monday evening.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

You can buy a bunch Of violets on a
London street corner for 4 cents. It
costs sixpence to have a silk hat ironed
When it comes to tho mere making Of
personal front on small income, no
other city can offer such advantages a.
London. Chicago Record. 49,.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
OF No Avail.

prisoner, said the court, shave
you anything to say for yourself2'
"What's the. use?'' replied the cul-
prit; '.you guys wouldn t believe me. :"
-Philadelphia North American.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Many man loses a job trying to sup
port the dignity he thinks ought to go
with it.-ChicaRo Journal.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The Brotherhood of Boiler
makers and Iron Shipbui1ders
will meet Tuesday evening. q.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Entered at the postoftice at Duluth, Minn.' as
second class matter.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Opium is considered three times q!
deadly as alcohol t..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The first public bath in England for
hot bathing purposes was opened in
1879
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

Letters and articles relating to the soclai
problem are solicited.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money il it fails to cure. Csc.
The genuine has L. B. Q.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11
SUPERIOR.


Superior Typographical uni
on held regular meeting Sun
day afternoon and officers we're
nominated as follows:
President, O. N. Calef; Vice
Pres, P. J. McKeague, B. Mill
man; Financial Sec, J. O. Hall,
H. C. Ellison, E. H. Townsend;
Rec. Sec, Miss Van Anken,
Miss Scott; Treas, Miss Van
Anken, Miss Scott, F. A. Hicks
Executive committee, J. S.
Konkel, B. Millman, E. II.
Townsend, E. Thompson, P. J.
McKeague, J. 0. Hall, Q. N.
Calef, H. C. Jillson, S. II. Hig-
gins; Auditing committee, E.
Thompson, P. J. McKeague, E.
H. Townsend, J.. O. Hall, Miss
Scott, O. N. Calef; Delegates to
Assembly, J. O. Hall, O. N.
Calef, p. J. McKeague, E. H.
Townsend, E. Thompson, B.
Millman; Business Agent, P.
J. McKeague, J. S. Konkel;
Sergeant-at-Arms, A. Loner-
gan, Geo. Thomas, Zoe Lynch,
Frank Hurd, E.. H. Townsend,
Miss Scott.
The journeymen tailors met
Monday evening in the Ham
mond block.
The local Butchers union,
No. 43, has decided to give their
grand ball on the 18th of March
instead OF on Washington's
birthday as previously an
nounced.
Next Tuesday evening will
be the regular meeting, of the
Trades and Lsbor Assembly.
All committees will be appoint
ed by the president and other
important matters will come
before the meeting. All dele
gates are requested to be pres
ent, especially the officers as
they will be installed.
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A regular meeting of the bar
bers' union was held Tuesday
evening. ,..s + :-.......,s.s z
]: Ia. g. 4: - X: - Z. .s:@.~ II.
i. : The Drayowners 31net Friday
evening" SIS ., ts:s '5..~.s = I'D -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

American Line. 4,
Anchor Line. rE# II &. 4.
f.> .Cunard Line.
J, French Line.
~ a5s Hamburg-American Line.
b. Thingvalle Line.
i, .>..e,+ White Star Line.
Steamship tickets to Europe or any part
OF the world, by all lines. at the very
lowest possible rate. For tickets and full
information call upon or address Geo.
M. Smith. general agent Omaha road
"The Northwe stern Line 405 West SUI
perior street, Duluth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

SABRE G. AKIN, Editor and Publisher
THOMAS r. HILL, Associate Editor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The Packers and Nailers will
meet tomorrow afternoon in
Trades and Labor hall. =. = ~.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

The journeymen tailors met
Monday evening in the Ham
mOnd block.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1899-02-11

:: The DrayowI1ers, met Friday
evening" rfsS;: z:..... =. ,-:.. ..:5
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A regular meeting of the bar
bers' union was held Tuesday
evening. .:s. !; !. . r.. i. s.. 7.