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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08
Fine Sapphires Found.

BUTTE, Mont, March IA special
to the Miner from Ft Benton SAYS
great excitement exists over the dis
covery at Highwood, Of an extensive
deposit of what experts class cs sap
phires. The stone when cut possesses
a brilliant hue of the character of the
Yogo sapphire variety, but more
smoky.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08
SALE OF CURI0S.
Heirlooms at Battle Abbey Did Not
Bring High Prices.

LONDON, Mar. 1.-The much talked
Of sale of valuable and interesting
Battle Abbey heirlooms, formerly the
property of the late Duchess Of Cleve-
land, has been opened.
The sale naturally attracted con-
siderable crowd but the prices which
some of the lots brought did not quite
come up to expectations, 90 pieces re-
alizing little more than $4,000.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08

Patronize only Union Restaurants.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08
VIEWS Are VARIED
INDUSTRIAL PEACE CONFERENCE
COMES IN FOR CRITICISM.

Labor Organizations Have Both
Praised and Criticized 1T. Fear
That the 'LiOn and the Lamb
Have Lain Down TOgether"-
First Trial OF the Conference Has
Proven Satisfactory.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08
LABOR SUPPORTS ALL.
GREATEST DAYLIGHT STORE.

The Meat Cutters Journal tells a
story Of three professional men sitting
at the top Of ladder leaning against a
house while workingman stood at the
bottom holding it from slipping. On
being asked who they were, one said:
II am lawyer; plead for the people,
Another said: I am a teacher; I pray
for and educate the people, The third
said :'I am an actor; I amuse the peo-
pie" Turning to the workingman the
questioner asked: well, who are you
down there at the bottom?" "Ah,"
was the answer. II am an employe; I
support the others and keep them from
falling"
Patronize only Union Restaurants.
Look for the Union Restaurant Card
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1902-03-08
RIGHT ABOUT FACE
REMARKABLE CHANGE IN SENTI.
MENT TOWARD TRADE UNIONS.

Are Not SO AntaEOnixtic
to Organized LabOr-EmplOyers
Feel a Little More Kindly to I'm
ion Workingmen-Rig to Or
but Surely.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
Points About n Good Horse.

There are some points which are val
liable in horses of every description.
The head should be propOrtionately
large and we'll set on. The lower jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
to enable the head to form an angle
with the neck, which gives it free mo-
ton and graceful carriage and pre-
vents it bearing too heavily on the
hand. The eye should be large, a little
prominent and the eyelid fine and thin.
The ear should be small and erect and
quick in motion. The lop ear indicates
dullness and stubbornness. When too
far back, there is a disposition TO mis-
chief
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

A lady of high position once ven
tured to demonstrate with Worth, the
Partisan milliner, because he had
charged her G12O pounds for a ball
dress.
1.-THE material" she said, could be
bought for 600, and surely the work Of
making up would be well paid with f5
more"
MADAME" replied the milliner in his
lofticst manner go to NJ. MeissOnier.
the painter, and say to him: Here is
a canvas. value a shilling, and here are
colors, value I shllings. Paint me a
picture with these colors on that can
vas and | will pay YOU one and three
pence. What will he say? He will
say, Madame. that is no payment for
an artist | say more. l say, if you
think my terms too high, pay me moth
ing and keep the robe. Art does not
descend to the pettiness of the hig-
gler."-London Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

"IIop. hop! hop" shouted little Hen
ry as he was playing in a field near the
wood.
Hop! hop! hopw came an echo in re-
ply.
who's there" asked Henry, for he
had never heard an echo before.
who's there" replied the echo.
Foolish fellow" cried Henry at the
top of his voice.
Foolish fellow was the reply from
the wood. At this Henry got very an
CRY and called out many ugly names.
The voice from the wood repeated
every word. Henry could not tell who
it was speaking from the wood, so he
ran home and told his father that a
boy hidden in the wood had called him
bad Names
"Ah, Henry, you have heard nothing
but the echo of your own words. The
bad names came first from your own
lips. Had you used kind and gentle
words you would have had kind and
gentle words in return.
Remember that kind words bring
back kind echoes. "A. l.. X, Primary
Education.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

The porpoises killed in winter are
the latest and produce most oil. The
largest size measure about feet in
length, 5 feet in girth and weigh abort
BOO pounds. Such a porpoise yields
from six to seven gallons of Oil. The
blubber Of big porpoise weighs about
100 pounds and is one and half inches
thick in summer and two In winter.
The jaws of the porpolse yield SUI
perior quality Of oil. When hung up
In the sun, it readily drips away into
cans provided for the purpose, the
quantity of oil thus procured, how
ever, being not more than half a pint
10 the jaw. The oil from the blubber
gives an excellent light and is in de-
mand along the coast for lighthouse
use. 1t has no offensive odor.
Porpoise shooting is followed at all
seasons and in all kinds of weather.
On a calm summers day the porpOise
may be heard blowing a mile or two
away. If you wound a porpoise and
there are any sharks around, the shark
Is very apt to share your booty with
you even if he doesn't devOur it in toto.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

A Philadelphia man thought he
would be more successful than his
wife in securing servants. SO he cut
out number of advertisements from
the ''situations wanted" column of a
newspaper and started out in cab to
visit the various addresses. The first
place he stopped at was in front of a
little house in a narrow street, from
which cook had advertised. He saw
her and was favorably impressed.
Il am looking for good cook" he
said.
"Sure, an don't OF know it, ex-
claimed the cook. "Oi only left your
house yestiGday"
He made a hasty and undignified re-
treat and decided to allow his wife to
continue in her direction of the house
hold affairs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
She Ind lmDrONed.

The Princess Charlotte, daughter of
George ~, was a young woman Of
great spirit and originality. One day
one of her teachers CHANGED to enter
the room when the princess was revli-
ing one Of her attendant ladies in great
wrath, and, after giving her lecture
on hasty speech, he presented her with
book on the subject.
a few days later he found her still
more furious and using language even
more violent. Il am sorry to find your
royal highne5s In such passion" said
he. Your royal highness has not read
the book | gave you"
II did, my lord" cried she tempestu-
ously. Il both read it and pro1ted by
1t. Otherw sc l should have scratched
her eyes outw
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
A Curious Boat,

According to a Chinese legend, there
lived in Canton 200 years before Christ
an artist named Lin Kao Poung, who
won an immortal reputation owing to
the fact that he was able to fashion
out of bean pod a boat, complete
with rudder. sails, mast and all other
necessary appurtenances. Moreover,
on the exterior of the boat We're en-
graved various maXims by Confucius
For this masterpiece, it is said, the
Emperor Isl Fou paid him 1000 taels.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
TRANSPOSED CITIES.
An Amusing and Instructive Game
to Play mt Recess.

Here is q game which will help you
wonderfully with your geography les
sons and which, besides being hard
enough to make you sharpen your wits
to their keenest edge, is just heaps of
fun. 1t will help you to remember the
ly remarkable way, and when you win
the game you can pride yourself upon
being pretty near the head of your
class in geography.
The game may be played by either
boys or girls or both, but there should
not be more than six players, or the
game will be too long for your recess
time. Each player must write on the
blackboard some one or two words that
when the letters are changed around
will spell the name of some city. Aft
er this word or words must be written
the name of the state in which that
city is situated. For instance, some
one might write Tory, New York. OF
course that would be Troy, New York,
when the letters are properly arrang-
Nb' ooIhc Ollc clSc IIlSHl NIlle COD
Not, Massachusetts. When the letters
of these words are transposed, they
would read Boston, Massachusetts.
When all the players have written
on the board, then each one tries to
solve the meaning of what the others
have written. Each must write his
answers down on a piece of paper
without telling any one else what they
are, and when all have finished then
each one writes on the board the cor
rect answers to his or her words after
the words he or she has written be-
fore
Now comes the scoring. You score
two points for every one of the words
that you solve correctly, but you are
minus one point for every one that you
make a mistake on-that is, every time
you guess wrong one point is taken
away from your score. If any one
should give the wrong state after the
word that, when changed, is the name
of his city, that one is minus two
points. Then all points are reckoned,
and the one with the largest score
wins that game. You will have time
for two or three games before recess
is over.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
why Did They Abandon Pompeii.


At period when newspaper discus
sions were rather vapid, despite the ac-
credited appearance of the sea serpent
and the arrival of the large potato,
Max Nordau in an Austrian journal
propounded a problem that should lead
to useful inquiry:
Why was it that the inhabitants of
Pompeii did not return to their homes
after the destruction of the city?
OF the 10000 inhabitants a few hun
dreds at most seem to have lost their
lives. The eruption of Vesuvius lasted
only a few days. The deposit of lava
and ashes was not very thick. The
houses might have been easily repaired.
Many of them stand to this day. They
were beautiful houses, many of them,
richly appointed and containing valu-
ables of great price. Had the Pom
peiians no love of home, or We're they
too superstitious, or did their terror at
the eruption make them believe the
disaster might come again?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Certain crceds seem to monopolize
certain industries. Practically all
British manufacturers of cocoa, for
example are Quakers. Then. in Lon
don at any rate, very large percent
age of cigar merchants and all the
best known manufacturers of Christ
mas cards are Jews. Whenever
Welshman comes to London to seek his
fortune it is long odds on his making a
pile either in the Diapers or drug
store business. Irshmen. probably
owing to the fact that they lack the
money making instinct, flock to jour-
nalism.-LOndon Taller.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
Drinking Winter In the Navy

For many years after the close of the
civil war water was not generally dis
titled in vessels of the navy except on
long voyages. Later on medical statis-
tics showed that in ships where dis
titled water only was used there was
almost an entire freedom from dysen-
terry and enteric fevers, while these dis
orders We're more or less common in
vessels that used water purchased in
different ports. Gradually the prac-
tice of distilling water for drinking
shore water is seldom purchased, the
distilling plants of our ships being am
pie for all demands.-Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

The earliest mention of wheels in
the Bible is in Exodus xiv, %. when
the chariot wheels of the Egyptians
were taken off by the Lord. But char
lots are mentioned in Genesis xii, 43.
But there We're older nations than the
Egyptians. The Chaldeans used char
lots, and the Greeks-IIomers poems
date from about 900 r. Chad char
lots at the siege of Troy, 1900 b. @.
Probably in reality the wheel is about
as early a piece of machinery as any
now existing. OF course it has been
developed, but the bicycle wheel of to-
day is a lineal descendant of the sec
ton of n log of wood used by the ag-
ricultural peoples thousands of years
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14


Unless the coat is made with fly front
the notched piece along the front of the
outside of the Jacket is simply turned
in and stitched with the lining or fac
ing. Lining is used only for the wool
fabrics. The seams to these are felled
neatly, and the facing which forms the
revers is the only doubled portion. The
hens to the sleeves and the bottom Of
the washable coats are stitched several
times around to give them solidity, and
they do not require any stiffening be-
yond that.
The pattern has eleven pieces-viz,
two fronts, one back, two facing and
two collar pieces and two upper and
two under sleeve pieces.
When the paper pattern is drafted,
try it to the figure, and if it is right cut
it along the chalk marks, being very
careful that the nap runs down. The
fronts are cut along the selvage and
the back so that the fold comes direct
ly in the center
The facing is to be cut from the
edge of the remaining piece, leaving
the semicircular piece in the middle
for the under part of the sleeves. The
uppers, facing, ETC., will come out Of
the remainder. Cut piece of linen
canvas an inch narrower than the fac
ing. Catstitch it to the facing and
basic it to the outside on the wrong
side. Then sew it, turn it and basic it
very firmly After this sew up the I'M
der arm parts and shoulders and press
the seams apart with a hot iron.
The lining is to be sewed up in the
same way and basted around the arm
hole and closely around the bottom,
after which the hem is turned up and
basted to tile whole, outside and lin
ing. The neck is then closely basted
and the collar sewed to the outside,
first pressed fat, and then hemmed
down neatly to the lining. The collar
is really cut in four pieces, the centers
being first sewed, and to the under
ones is quilted piece Of the canvas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
HOMEMADE DRESSES.
HOW TO MAKE A NATTY DRIVING OR
WALKING COAT.

Directions For Cutting the Garment
without the Aid of Purchased
Pattern - Back to he All In One
Piece.
copyright, 1902, by American Press Asso-
ciation.1
This coat can be buttoned in single
breasted style or it can be made with
a fly front. For the amateur dress
maker it would probably be easier
to have buttons, as it requires great
should. Pocket lids are set on for APP
pearance only.
To cut this garment when no pattern
is available, take measure with a
tapelne and a pencil and mark out
the dimensions on a piece of rather
stiff wrapping paper, beginning with
the front This is to be along the
straight edge of the paper. The meas
ure will be probably twenty inches
from the throat to the bottom. Then
measure three inches back from the
front edges and extend the line to
twenty-four inches in length from OPP
posite the lower end of the first line.
This line is even with the first at the
bottom and four inches higher at the
top. The top is sloped out, following
the outline Of crosses on the diagram,
as it forms the neck. The length of the
shoulder is measured and sloped to the
figure, remembering that this particu
lar coat has very square shoulders.
The under arm seams can be readily
understood and measured to reach the
bottom of the coat without making
any departure from the straight line
of the bottom.
The back is cut in one piece, the GEN.
ter coming just to the fold in the cloth.
The notch cut out in the front edges
is to turn in to form the necessary
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Military officials at Manila have adj
vlsed the war department of their war
fare upon the rats of that town. The
authorities, on the recommendation of
surgeons, have set aside $500, and
that sum will be utilized in an effort to
eXterminate the vermin. There was
much discussion of the manner in
which the money could be used most
pro1ltably, and it was decided that it
would be most effective to eXpend it
in the form Of a bounty offered to
whoever was able to kill a rat. The
young Filipino boys have hailed the
prize fund with every manifestation of
joy, and already there is a steady drain
being made upon the allotment by the
youth of the town, who are bringing in
their evidences of spoil. 1t is estimated
that fully 100000 rats will be captured
in this way.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
DRUMMERS IN THE BEURS.
How the Boys of Amsterdam obtain
ed n Remarkable Privilege.

ed II Remarkable Privilege.
The boys of Amsterdam are happy
in the possession of a very curious
privilege which has been theirs for
nearly 800 years. During one week at
midsummer they gather every after
noon by hundreds and even thousands
in the Dam, the great square in the
center of the city, each boy with a
drum slung over his shoulder.
So soon as the business of the day Is
over in the Beurs, or Stock Exchange,
which faces the square, as many of the
boys as can crowd into the building
are allowed to go upon the floor of the
exchange, where for an hour or two
they march about, singing and beating
upon their drums.
The din is appalling, but the good
citizens of Amsterdam endure the rack
ct with characteristic placidity.
AS for the origin of this singular GUS
tom, it is said to date from the discov-
cry and discontinue of q Spanish plot
against the city in the year 1922. At
that time, after half century of war
fare, the Dutch republic mad forced
Spain to concede its independence, and
Amsterdam had become the chief COM
mercial city of the world.
But the Spaniards were very bitter
over the loss of their rich provinces in
the Netherlands, and in 1922 hostilitieS
between the two countries again broke
out.
One afternoon q party of boys play
ing in the Dam lost their ball in the
canal, which in those days skirted one
side of the square and ran directly I'M
der the Beurs. One of the boys clam
bered in among the piles on which the
building stood and found, instead Of
his ball, boat moorcd in a dark COR
ner and loaded to the gunwale with
boxes and barrels filled with gunpow-
der.
1t was evidently the purpose of the
Spanish consprators to blow up the
BeurS while it was crowded, as it was
every day. with the leading citizens of
Amsterdam.
The frightened boy at once hurried
TO the hurgesses of the town with his
SUI y, AhN 'ptillOtiN VI tAlJlDSlNt 70 w
quietly sunk in the canal and the dan
ger was over.
When the young hero of the occasion
was asked what reward he would have
for the service he had rendered the
city, he begged that, so long as there
was a Beurs in Amsterdam, the boys
might be allowed to make its floor
their playground during part of the
year in memory of the day when at
their games they We're the means of
saving the building from destruction.
The request was granted, and the Gus
tom has been carefully observed to this
day.
They are just finishing fine new
Beurs in Amsterdam, and some of the
members of the exchange have ad-
vised that the boys and their drums be
kept out of it altogether. But the
mere suggestion has stirred up such n
commotion among the worthy burghers
of the city that there appears to be no
danger of the repeal of the privilege.
1t is fortunate that tins is so, for
there would be many besides the boys
of Amsterdam to lament the disappear
ance of so quaint and interesting a sur
viyal of the past.-Youth's Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
Benefits of the Birch.

The cane should never be used as the
ordinary instrument of school punish
ment. A cane may possibly bring
about irreparable damage, and Gaming
on the hands is the most senseless and
cruel form of punishment imaginable.
The birch is the best implement of
punishment for small boys. First, 1t
hurts; secondly, If applied in reason,
It does no harrs,-London Lancet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

The outside is then put on and the
whole stitched and felled down. When
the collar is sewed fast, the all around
stitching is to be done.
The sleeves are to have the outside
seams sewed and pressed and the lin
ing basted firmly along. The hem, with
a small canvas along the bottom to
steady it, is sewed and stitched to
match and the inner seams sewed and
pressed and the silken lining felled
down and all pressed. A little canvas
around the armhole gives a square
shape. OLIVE HARPER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Timkins-Pd get married if l could
find Il sensible girl.
Simkins-I know a nice girl, but
don't think she wants to marry. At
least she refused me.
Timkins-By George, she must be
sensible girl! Introduce me, will you?
New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
A Question of Pride.

"She thinks she is entitled to a d.
vorce, but she won't seek it."
"Religious scruples, | suppose"
"No; family pride"
"IIow is that?"
"Shes afraid it would make genea-
logical tangle that would destroy the
value of the family tree for future
generations Chicago Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
Cow With a Dark.

Harry was sitting on the fence in
front of the house one day watching
some cows feeding when they beloved
very loud and long, as cows do some
times. Harry had never heard a COW
below before, and he jumped down
and ran into the house to his mother,
crying:
"Oh, mamma, there's cow out there
barking at another cOww
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14
WORKING "a HouRs A DAY.

There's no rest for those tireless little
workers-Dr. Kings New Life Pills.
Millions are always busy, curing Torpid
Liver, Jaundice, Billiousness, Fever and
Ague. They Danish Sick Headache,
drive out Marlaria. Never grippe or
weaken. Small, taste nice, work wonders.
Try them. 25c at w. III. Sheldon's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Strengthening for
the buttons and
buttonholes. The
pointed part
turns over for
the revers when
the collar is on.
The piece num-
bered 3 on the
diagram is the
ia Gin G for the
fronts, and they
also form the
facing to the re-
vers W hen the
I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Don't wash my face!" begged little Lou.
1T hurts where pussy scratched too!
Don't wash my hands; they're chapped.
you know.
cut that finger, too-oh, oh!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-03-14

Don't brush my hairl" sobbed little Lou.
II bumped my head today-boohoo!
"Oh. please do stop! That hurts! Dear
mel"
But this is how he came to tea
Frances +. Clark in Youths Compan-
ion.