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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

address TO college boys, said:
While ! am on this subject
might as we'll say another thing:
Do not think hal you have got to
smoke in order TO look like 4 col
lege man. A cigar or a pipe in the
mouth of a youth does not make
him look like a college man or
any other kind of a man. 1t mere
ly makes him look absurd, that
is all. And if there is ever a
time on earth when you do not
need tobacco it is while you are
in college. And Of course, you
will not disgrace yourself by.drink-
ing. There is absolutely nothing
in il. Be honest with that mother
who is at home praying for
you and never begin it. That's
the thing-never begin il. In a
word, be a man; and you will be
very little of a man, very little in
deed, if you have got TO resort TO
tobacco and liquor"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04
Proper Securitfea.

Jinks-Johnson wants to borrow f10
from me. Do you think he is good for
that amount? Binks-Yes, with proper
securities.
"What securities would you sug-
gestf"
"A chain and paddock, q pair of
handouts and a dog. That would be
enough to hold him."-London Mail.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

The Professor-Now, suppose you had
been called to see a patient with hys-
tercs, some one. for instance, who had
started laughing and found 1t impossi-
bic to stop. what would you do? Doc
tor-Amputate his funny b~one.-Illus-
trated Bits.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

A Boston firm offered a prize OF
$3.50 for the best answe TO the
question, What constitutes sue
cess?" A Kansas woman won
the award with the following:
He has achieved success who
has lived well, laughed .often and
loved much: who has gained the
respect of intelligent men and the
love of little children; who has
filled his niche and accomplished
his task; who has left the world
better than he found it, whether
by an improved poppy, a perfect
poem or a rescued soul; who has
never lacked appreciation OF earth, s
beauty or failed to express it; who
has always looked for the best in
others and given the best he had;
whose life was an inspiration;
whose memory a benediction.'
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THOUGHTS
Without
Thinking
BY n. o. BRANES

SldIIllo " AColIIOtlOil bSoItSo "a
beautiful name and the official
residence of Kissick, Patriotic In
structor of the Grand Army of the
Republic, says Golfers. 1t has
what Carbonate, Kansas, has not
and what every town needs-a
rest room" where farmers wives
may stay while their husbands are
indulging in man-talk. Mrs. Ella
w. Peattie, who crowns a success
full literary career by painstaking-
ly reading these editorials, thus
writes of a glimpse she had of this
beneficent chamber when she
happened 10 be in Oskaloosa one
hot spring day: Il wandered
about the town for 10 admire
and so CHANGED to observe that the
farm women turned into the base
ment of the City Hall. The place
was a rest room think | went
down a step or two into a beauti-
fully clean whitewashed room.
There was a rug on the cement
floor, and there were muslin cur
tains at the window. Half a dozen
rockers and several other easy
chairs were in this room; the table
was spread with the latest maya
zines and the local papers; there
we're a few shelves of books on
the wall, and some more than
agreeable pictures and a clock
which was really keeping time.
Out of this room opened an apart
ment supplied with three long
tables, twenty Or more dining
chairs, and a sofa. The tables
were covered with clean news
papers. and on them were spread
the luncheons which the farm
women had taken from their
baskets. Opening out of the
sitting-room was a large toilet,
generously supplied with clean
fowls, soap, combs, etc. A
motherly woman presided over
these rooms, and supplied me
with a drink of water, a fan, and
some excellent information" The
rest room" idea in Oskaloosa
originated with the woman's club
of the place. A delegation had
visited the town council and Sc
cured an appropriation and the
attractive basement rooms. Il
do not know the division of ex-
p~ense," writes Mrs. Peattie, but,
between the cllb and the council,
the matron had her wage, the place
was heated. supplied with litera-
ture, growing plants, and clean
linen, and not only the farm women,
but the girls from the telephone
Office, and the stenographers from
the city Offices, and the clerks from
the shops, had their place of meet
ing. Here they could enjoy that
sociability which is needed for the
Christian digestion of a meal and
refresh themselves. The pictures
were reproductions of master
pieces. The books were good
enough for the best to read. The
cradle was dainty enough for any
body's baby. 1t gave me, a
sojourner, a very friendly feeling.
1t not only rested my body, but,
what was much more to the point,
it warmed the cookies of my heart.
! fancy that the women's clubs,
which have, ~andsrealize that they
have, too little connection with
reality, often, would be only too
glad to have such an honest, dis
interested, practical piece Of work
to do, if only the idea occurred to
them. Its a piece of benefcence
Of a distinctly feminine order.
And any town could have its rest
room-any town with merchants
who want the trade the women
bring"
Senator Beyeridce. il a.recent
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

what do you think Of my daughters
execution IN the pianor'
GOOD name for 1t, for she certainly
does murder the time Baltimore
American.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

Many Waterfowl people know
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-07-04

Senator Beveridge, IN asrecent
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
A Setback for Swanton.

Collector OF Customs z. II. Darling has
returned from trip to Washington. on
which he cleared up the doubt with which
the people OF Swanton viewed his con-
struction OF recent order from the treas
ury department changing the port OF
entry over the old Canada Atlantic from
SwaDton to st. Adams. Mr.. Darling read
the order to mean that all freight going
beyond was included, while the Swanton
people thought that the order only meant
such freight as held st. Adams as its final
destination.
Collector Darling says that he found
that the department intended that the Or
der should be construed as he had con-
strued ii. The Swanton people, acting
through their board OF trade, will ask the
Vermont delegation to use its influence
with the treasury department to procure
recall OF the or der. In effect, the order as
II stands would tend to greatly lessen the
Importance OF the town as port OF entry
and reduce the number Of customs en-
ployees there.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
able to attend the gathering.

Frank Van Camp OF indianapolis, Ind,
president of the great Van Camp Packing
Co., was in st. Adams Thursday for an in
spection OF the big condensed milk plant.
owned by his company, which was opened
April 1. Mr.. Van Camp expressed him.
self as being very much pleased with the
plant and its prospects, and assured the
people that II they would stock up their
farms with more and better cows he would
guarantee to take all the milk they could
produce at the highest market rates and
build another plant to double the capacity
OF the present one. Working under heavy
disadvantages, the company did pretty
well the first month, turning out 1000
cases OF four dozen esch. Twelve tons OF
milk are now being put up daily and the
output will rapidly increase until the
plant reaches its capacity OF 20 tons day.
Fifty hands are being regularly employed
and this number will be materially in
creased shortly.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
Mahan Confesses His Crime.

Alfred Mahan, who was arrested in
North Bennington, charged with murder
ing his little niece, Ethel, has made a full
confession. His nerves were in shattered
state from long continued drinking. He
broke down ana told all the horrible de-
tails of how he killed the child. He said
no assault was attempted, but liberties
were taken with the little ones pers IN,
and, fearing she would tell, he drew a
razor from his pocket and cut her throat.
He then disposed OF the body where it was
found.
He said he had been drinking hard.
His confession was committed to writing
and verified by him. He said he felt bet
ter after telling the story.
There is said to be insanity and degen-
eracy in the Mahan family. a brother
has been taken to the asylum since the
tragedy, as people were afraid of him. He
had been there before.
For several days Mahan refused to eat
and declared that he was going to commit
suicide by starving himself to death.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
How to Mix Fertilizers at Home.

To any farmer who will write us, men,
tioning this paper, we will send free, post
paid, several formulas for making a first
class fertilizer at home, together with the
cost OF the ingredients, directions for mix
ing, etc.
The Vermont Experiment Station in it's
bulletin No. 116 has the following to say
with reference to the value OF home mixed
fertilizers as compared with the ordinary
commercial brands:--"On every account,
however, financial, educational, agricul-
and hon e. mix, il one uses ton or more !"
All up-to-date farmers should be inter-
ested in the subject OF home mixed fertili-
zers and we are in position to help them.
Address, CARROLL s. PAGE, Hyde Park,
VI
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is best for
women and children. Its mild action and
pleasant taste make 1t preferable to violent
purgatives, such as pills, tablets, etc. Get
the booklet and a sample OF Orino at II. A.
Leonard's, Randolph, V. A. Grants, Beth
Ell, z. L. Blacks, South Royalton, and all
druggists elsewhere.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-05-09
Ask for Aliens Foot-Esse, A Powder.

1t makes walking easy. Cures Corns, Bunions In
growing Nails, Swollen and Sweating feet. At all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't accept any
substitute. Sample FREE. Address, Alien s.
0lmstead, Leroy, N Y.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

effete policy of the so-called "open
shop" but, more properly speak
ing, the non-union shop, where it
is every man for himself and his
Satanic Majesty take the hindmost.
That is the policy of industrial
idiocy, injurious to all alike and
tending to tear down industry and
commerce as well as manhood.
citizenship, and character of our
people.
Not much longer in the Con
gressional and state, legislative, or
even in the judicial field will the
capitalist "NVar FUND.- avail,
particularly as against the effort of
organized labor and the people to
secure legislative relief and real
judicial justice.
The hide-bound Van Clcavc-
Parry Post aggregation may well
60 to, with their antiquated
methods and piclyunish 81, 800
600 "war fund.-
ORGANIZED LABOR Is HERE TO
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
NOTICE TO TAKE DEPosITIoIS

10 Margarctt Flood:
b.r S"ii,,t.' 1 hat on the 9TH day of S,,,..
-, a ~ l'S'. between the ioprs ~ "a p,enl'
/; nv o,ci"clS' p m. NJ the law on, y;
C.b,-i.. - ~ '"r, Esd. 6lils kanawbn So oi
and nrar wi! tSe The dispositions of MI, ir
in !, crt; 20 q. read in evidence in my Irbis
and StnF. of W Wt for the County Knn.,h in
dnnt. ~ tSafet Flood is dcf,.r-
tons sbniI my oiinSe the taking of said dc,,os;-
-. u iii h,,t be commenced. c,
tinua TrS, Aforesaid the same shah be c a.
Mt the s,,Ia ,iS 70 Gay or from tirue to tima
-i''' 'i'e same shall he completed i''' irs
T G.. NurrER, Sol ROBERT FLOOD
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
BOOM ALL THE LABELS.

The union label will never get
out of the ornamental and occupy
the practical stage until the men
that claim membership in the
union do their fellow workmen
justice by purchasing the pro-
ducts that bear the labels of the
craft that produce them.
What benefit does it do the
molder for you to buy a scab stove
and chew label tobacco or the
cigar maker to buy labeled shoes
and smoke trust cigars. In order
to accomplish results we should
boom the label of all crafts and be
satisfied with nothing that does
not bear the label of the craft max
ing that article. Only by a con-
slant demand for the label will be
able to compel the merchant to
handle label goods and whenever
we find one that tells you other
good are better, hand him lemon.
Some merchants ask more for the
same goods bearing the label than
for those without it. They are
nothing more than highwaymen
and you should shun them. They
are working shell game on you
and business man that will do
that will sell you inferior goods.
Hunt such men out and expose
them. That is the best remedy to
apply to them and it will gener-
ally effect radical cure.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
UNION AS A SAFETY VALVE.

The trade union should receive
encouragement, if for no other
reason, because its serves as a
social safety valve.
The workingman finds in it a
vent through which to make
known his wants and grievances.
1t serves as safe and sane
means of communication with his
employer in times of misundcr
standing.
Within its fold his mind is
broadcncd by fratcrnal and bust.
ness association with his fellow
men.
lie there learns from day to day
to obey the will of the majority.
In its sick benefits, death bene-
fits, and other practical charities
1T is his splendid school of brother
ly love.
Generally speaking, through its
discipline the workingman be,
comes better and more useful
citizen.
Certainly as 4 safety valve tho
trade union is Il success.
1t is not among the least of tn,
causes which are responsible 70,
our present prolonged prosperity
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

n well-fed, well-housed. we'll
clothed and well educated laboripp
man IS better for the merchant
better for the employer and better
for the nation than an underCcd
poorly-clad and ignorant laborinr
man. Organized labor believes so.
and is working to that end.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

An appropriate motto for the
telegraph companies, and one that
does full justice to the motives bv
which they are actuated would:
'frlVate profits first consideration
right or wrong; employees rights
end public interest not to be con
sldered, except so far as they con-
tribute to the main purpose
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
Notice to Take Dispositions.
To Julia F. Jolley--Take Notice.

10 Juiia r. Jolley--Take Notice
- That on the 25th day of September, A.
-. 1907, between the hours Of Q o clock a.
III III. and O'Clock p. m, at the law Office of
/: q; Nutter, Esq, eo419 Kanawha street
III .ne Slty OF Charleston, Ksnewlia
county. West Virginia, 1 will take the
deposition of myself and others. to be
read Ill evidence in my behalf in certain
sur IN Chaneery now pending in tile Cir
Gun, court for the County of Kanawha
ana state of West Virginia, in which S.
Defendant.
II from any cause the taking Of said
oePositions shall not be commenced or
completed OH the day aforesaid, the same
snail be continued from day to day, or
rom TIME to time, at the same place, and
oetWeen the same hours, until the same
shall be completed.
T. G. NUTrER, Sol.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

Trades union always and every.
where stands for the highest grade
OF workmanship. The unions are
made up of skilled and efficient
"orkmen upon whom the necessity
Oh organization has been forced by
repeated encroachment of the EN-
ployeT.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

If the relations between all en-
ployers and the unions were ,s
friendly as they could be. were
employers willing to be governed
by the law of justice. industrial
conflict would be unheard of, and
peace, harmony and good would
everywhere abound.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
Order Of Publication

to-wit: ia N"'lhtN
Al I:ulcS held in th,. Clerks Otffr of rE,. tir
-uit Court OF ha'IIvha County W. W.
[ :, ON the first Monday IL. July. 1877.
Robert Flood Plaintiff.
Margaret Flood. Defendant , "
,Ih. object of this suit is to obtain a divorce
from tii'- bonus of rnatrirnonyi VI ~ K
~, niS ftiy cam" the Plaintiff Ipy his Atto,-r
EjIicn, mt M n" Def"ndai,it. i Il u :.
,I,, - ~ ms state. il i ordered thar sh.
N'liiih one month sift-r. The! first wi
49,. .i,i iiSr+nf ard do what i r,,.csS,,-y f.;
project ii'.r Interest IN this -flIr 80
t q. y UTTER Sol on i'kEf, Clerk
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W hatever organized labor has
accomplished, is now doing or
hopes to achieve. is told in the
labor papers of today. Do Won
read them in order to keep posted
on labor conditions?
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12
BIG REVIVAL NEEDED.

u.
and it bchoovcs all members of or
gained labor and their friends to
be up and doing in order to take
full advantage of the opportunity
and reap a full harvest. The
cheated term' has had Il tendency
TO produce enervation and indol.
encc in the ranks, but with cooler
nights and a more bracing condi-
ton of the atmosphere, we must
pull ourselves together and get
down to business.
While organized effort has pro-
duccd remarkable results and won
glorious victories in the face of the
most determined and uncrupulous
opposition yet we have met with
reverScS which must be retrieved,
and the only way to do it is to
close up the ranks and march in
solid phalanX against the enemy.
We are learning wisdom in the
hard school of experience. though
1T may be ever so slowly. One
great lesson is that we must keep
eVerlastingiy at it, and when we
receive Il knock out blow at the
hands of organized corporate greed
VIC must apply the remedies, catch
our wind and come again with re-
newed determination, strength
and energy, strengthing our de-
lenses against his onSlaughts and
attacking him ut points of least re-
sistance. Wherever our rights
have been denied us, and we have
been disorganizcd and crippled in
the conflict, our forces must be
rallied, recruits brought in and
the attack renewed, each blow be-
ing struck at the most vital part
OF the cnemy-his capacious
| pocket
True, we cannot bankrupt the
poSScSsorS of word of wealth
nut we can make them tired OF
seeing their enormous profits melt
away in truitlcsS contest with de-
termined freemen. who will not
stay whipped and cannot be con,
quered. When they find that they
must ada more millions annually
TO their enSlavcment fund in addi
ton to the many millions lost in
the interruption of their operations
1t Will have Il tencncy to cause them
to consider the point as to whctbe,
1t would not be better and chcape,
TO treat with the producers of all
wealth as free men and citizens
rather than continue the war for
their. enslavement.
Let us work and pray for a revi
val all along the lines-in the
mills, the mines, the big manu-
lacturering plants, and wherever
the right to organize has been
denied or the reasonable demands
OF the laborer refused. There is
need of earnest effort in Charleston
and throughout West Virginia. We
need to start the agitation now
Don't give the enemy too much
| time to recuperate. Let the local
unions take the matter up. carry it
to the Trades Assembly, and push
the work of organization to the
limit. The walls of our union
halls need retouching with bright
new charters, representing all lines
of labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

Subscribe for The Labor Angus.
GUY paper published in Kanawha
valley devoted to the Interests OF
organized labor.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

The laboring people are doing
their own thinking these DAYS. as
the politicians can testify. They
won't be fooled.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

w orklngmcn, as class. ,rn
hard to convence that they could
WELD an immense political powe,
if they would.
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THURSDAY. SEP. -, 1907.
GO TO-WITH WAR FUND.

'ehiiiilitCe Ihe labor organizations
OF our country we will say that if
they, through their "Manufactur-
ers' Association" were to raise
such fund to educate and discip-
line their own members to a recog-
milton of few of the funda mental
truths of modern economies the
money would be well expended
says the Federationist. The de-
claration of war on the trade I'M
IONS show lack of perception
which would be amusing were it
not saddcning.
Trade unions are the necessary
and inevitable outgrowth ofmodern
industrial conditions. They are
here quite as much by force of cir
cumstanccs as because the wage
workers themselves desire them
In fact the continuous work of the
large corps of organizers of the
American Federation of Labor is
partly due to the fact that thous-
ands of wagewOrkcIS have to be
taught the necessity and advan-
tagcS of protecting themselves by
organization. The employers in
the Manufacturers Association al
ready seem to be tolerably well
alive to their own interests. They
have organized, and instead of
frankly conceding that right to the
wage-workcr, they want to destroy
his organization so that they, in
organized force, may more easily
become masters of all they survey.
AT the recent meeting of the
Manufacturers Association where
it voted to raise the war fund, there
was no sign of the members having
advanced to any higher level of
good citizenship than that which
characterized them in tho past.
1t is well to bear in mind the
tactics of employers associations
They flourish in different sections
of the country under different
names, but we must judge them by
what they do.
Employers, often having moro
educational and social advantages
than wage-workers, might be ex.
pected to maintain at least as high
standard of morals, citizenship
and conduct. Do they9
Let us see. The Manufacturers
Association is never weary OF
abusing trade unions and mis-.
representing their attitude.
On the other hand, the unions
freely concede the right to en-.
ployers to organize and insist only
that the same right be accorded
the wage earners. We NAV add
that, accorded or contested. the
wage earners have organized to Il
great extent and will continue tn,
good work.
Organized labor has done much
for the working people to pro.
tect them from the avaricious,
greedy, and ignorant employer.
Organized labor has been so fair to
the lair minded and just employ
erS, 1T has brought such degree OF
sunshine to the homes and lives Of
the toilers, that it has come f.
stay. To stay: do you understand
Van Cleave, Parry. Post-To STAY,
Organized labor has thousands ot
written and verbal agreements
with-intelligent, f;airly-inclined en-
ployers, who recognize such agree.
ment-the joint bargian-as the
modern, progressive method of adj
Justment of the labor conditions OF
workmen. They could not be per.
suaded to go back to the old
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

Now is the time to renew your
subscription to The Labor Argus,
and get free copy of "The Pink
erton Labor Spy.''
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there's place for every man in
thls woodland some other guy
Is generally in it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

The advertisers in The Labor
Argus merit the patronage of every
man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

About the time the average man
succeeds in developing a theory it
eXplodes.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

After the first kiss the young
man kicks himself for having vast
ed so much time.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-09-12

The shoe store clerk is the only
man who knows the real size of
woman's foot.