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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
DULUTH HEIGHTS BRIEFS,

Mr.. j, E. Spangler is still i'll.
Mr.. Anton Garrett, Orange street is
i'll.
Mr.. Frank Heating is out Of town on
a business trip.
Otto Hogan the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hogan has been i'll.
Miss Abbie Fox visited friends on the
Heights this week.
Mr.. John Balmmer and family have
taken their residence on the Heights.
Mr.: Balmmer occupies the house Mr..
Stubb's family lived in.
Several young ladies intend to give
a dance at the Fire hall on March 9Th.
Mr.. Milton Stubs and family left
the Heights this week to resume their
residence down town.
The infant son of Mrs. William Cook
Of Myrtle street has been i'll for sew
eral days.
The Embroidery club met at the res
tdence Of Mrs. Rosenaw on Twenty
first avenue west Thursday afternoon
The Highland Euchre. club was en-
tertained by Mr.. and Mrs. JohnHogan
Tuesday evening. >..<.s-..,.. 49,, 49,.
The Ladies' Aid society met With
Mrs. John Tomlin .5of 1873 West Pal
metto street Friday afternoon: "
The: junior fire department under the
supervision of Mr.. A.; A. Bruno: held
it's weekly gathering as usual.
Many people from the Heights at
tended the Ski tournament Sunday at
Chester Creek
The young folks will meet with Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Perrott of Palmetto street
Friday evening, March first.
Mrs. Southergreen of the Hoag farm
Is slowly recovering. Mrs. Souther-
green has been ill with dropsy for
osrne time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Wilson enter
tanned the young folks Of the Heights
Friday evening. A very delightful time
was spent by all.
The American Benefit society held
it's meeting Wednesday evening. Mr.,
c. A. McEwen and Mr.. Roy Hard were
Initiated into the fraternity.
MIR. and Mrs. w. Tomlin and Mr.. and
! Mrs. VIM. McEwen attended the BAN
| quet given on Washington's birthday
by the Masons.
John Robertson came in from his
camp on the Brooks scanlon road
Wednesday. He returned Thursday
morning.
The annual congregational meeting
Of the Highland church which was to
have been held Wednesday evening in
the church was postponed on: the &C.
count Of the storm.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
Ex-PRlNTER PREDICTS
END OF LONG FIGHT,

An ex-member Of Duluth Typo
graphical union said to the Labor
World the other day: II have been
watching with considerable interest the
fight between the Typos and the Ty-
pothetae and am pleased to see that
outside of the victory they have OBJ
tanned over the Teapot" they have
cause to congratulate themselves in
having convinced them that the princi-
pie of eight hours was not practi-
cally admitted In the signing of the
scale for-such hours with the Press
mems Union. With a great flourish
of ttunpets they announced about a.
year ago that they would not submit
to any more closed shop agreements
but at the first opportunity they ran
II wonder what our friend John
Christie thinks OF the DEAL: If rumors
are true he is very tired Of his rats
I do not think that the Pressmen's
agreement, IS quite as strong as it
might be- but: the Teapot had the op-
portunity to make the: same kind of
an agreement in regard to hours at
their Niagara Convention but rejected
it with scorn. Il, Z -: ..-
liam not in the business now but
I have never lost my interest in the
welfare Of my union and cannot help
but admire. the sacrifices the members
have made in lighting this question to
such, q satisfactory conclusion. I am
inclined to think that as far as the
printing trade Is concerned that there
is peace n sight Tor i 9 great number, 81
years. ~ s, '@ }. l. i,1-=
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
Smoke: CLUB ROOM
uaion Label Five Cent CIGARS.
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Distributors.
NEW FEDERATION.

. A referendum vote is being taken
among the various employees II CON
nected with the metal trades upon,
the subject Of organizing an independ-
emit federation as q means for united
action in all disputes with employers.
The trades embraced in the proposed
movement are the molders, boiler
makers, stationary engineers, metal;
polishers, buffers, platers, blacksmiths
helpers and electrical workers. With
this combination, in case Of a strike,
In any particular branch, the enti1e5
list would be interested Id the en-;
torcement OF It's demand. 1T is esti-s
mated that this alliance would am-;;
brace s. membership Of several hunl-
sdred thousand
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
ALUMNI WEE7iN0
At LOWELL SCHOOL

Miss Alice Couklin, president of the
Lowell School Alumni called a meeting
Thursday evening to draw up a. con-
stitution for the association
Last June's banqu ct and dance
were a great success and the coming
event is looked forward to by all who
have the credentials emitting them to
membership. This years class is to be
a very small one as compared to the
class Of previous years, but never the
less with the aid of the old timers the
June affair will be as successful as the
one last year.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
HIS AMBITI0N

F&ther-My son, do you know that
mrt Of the rich men Of today began
poor? Small Son-Yes, sir. Father
And yet, instead Of saving your PEN
MES, you spend them. Small Son.
Yes sir. When I start out I want tn
begin poor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
HER DIVORCE PORTION,

From the New York Press: @
Mrs. Jones Just got divorce from
her husband for throwing salad In her
face" said one. i H;sS1 j. z .&s 4 ..,5 .E
did q abe get alimony. : asked the
other
;5 d replied the tirst. sshe got the
salad.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
CLASSIFIED ADS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or lady ia
travel for mercantile house Of large
sbfoad to suit. II Desirable the be
home may be used as headuuarters.
Weekly salary Of $1,000 per year
and expenses. Address, Jos. A. Alex
ander., Duluth, MINI.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02
MANS LOVE Fob WOMAN

If man loves woman for her
looks he will love her for five years
IT he loves her mind he will love her
for ten years. And If he loves her WAYS
he will love her forever" And every
woman believes when she marries that
her lover loves her ways.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02

IL MI. Union Man otity your print
or that. the Bell Phone 10 Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-02

Mr.. Union Man - sotify Il your rental
agent that the Bell Phone III Unfair.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10

Of the spineless forms in general.
Others are native and may or may not
he cultivated. OF the first group the
peon may speak collectively as man
sas or tame forms, but he has names
for all of the varieties which are
grown in his orchards as well as for
the wild ones of the mountains.
To say that any of the forms are
cultivated as W. think Of cultivation
in this country, however, is a gross
error. They are rarely ever cultivated.
Cuttings are put into the ground and
surrounded by a fence to protect them
from animal depredations. Aside from
this they get little or no cultivation
1t is common for the peon TO get a
large portion of his living during the
tuna .cason from the plants as they
stand in the field. a iuiso part of the
crop Is therefore consumed directly
from the plants.
The solid matter In the fruit is
about an average OF that found in
other fruits. Like all other fruits the
amount Of solids differs for the diff.
ferent varieties, amounting to from
5.33 to 11,6O.
1t is seldom that one a get any
idea of the amount of boiling and
evaporating to which the tuna Juice
is subjected by talking to the men
who make the queso. Fortunately,
in 1906, an opportunity vas had to
visit Los Campos in season. Through
the kindness of Senior Enrique Guerra
a day was spent at the queso factory.
At six o'clock in the morning of the
day spent at the factory the kettles
were charged with 65 gallons of the
juice of tuna cardona, a portion OF
which had been seeded the night be.
fore. A brisk fire was started at the
same time of wood of the same species
of prickly pear. During the day %
gallons more of the juice were added
as evaporation proceeded. The eyap.
Grafton was carried on very slowly
and somewhat %irregularly until eight
o'clock in the evening. But little at.
tention was paid to the kettle until
| toward evening, when the juice was
constantly stirred. The juice was So.
cured from $50 gallons of peeled tunas
from which the rind had been com,
pletely removed, the shrinkage in
seeding being very largely due to the
bulky seed. The melcocha which
was kneaded into queso the mex day
measured IL gallons and weighed 1870
pounds,
a very distinctive feature of the
markets of the different cities OF The
highland region of Mexico is the
space or booths assigned to the sale
of the tunas. The business Is general.
ly carried on by the poorer population
in the most simple and primitive way,
Not that the poor are the only ones
who eat them, but they are eaten
more extensively by the poorer class
than any other. One of III illustra,
tons gives a good idea of the appear.
ance of the tuna markets.
BY far the greater amount of fruit
Is sold unpeeled. This Is especially
true during the season when fruits
are not abundant, for less waste at
tends it.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
FARMERS IN CLOVER
PASSING YEAR A PROSPEROUS
ONE FOR THEM
Earnings Promise to be More Thar
St,ooo,ooo,oo over tooe-con.
sumption More Than Keeps
Pace With Production.

Upward of 81 600, 0O0, 900 more than
fast year will be the American farm
ers' earnings in 1907. Farm produc.
lions this year will be about 10 per
cent less In quantity than In 1906.
which was the bumper season, but
the crops of 1907 will fully equal the
average yield for five years prior to
last season.
The preliminary review Of the crops
OF the year published by the Ameri.
can Agriculturist, also emphasizes
that, because of the decreased guam
tity and increased price, the leading
staples this season will net over $500,
900, 900 more to the farmers than last
year, while their total gains may be
almost twice as great.
AS the vast Industrial prosperity Of
the last fifteen years has been based
upon the agricultural revival which
characterized 1S93.97, the American
Agriculturist predicts an even better
era Of good times 10Y than in the re-
cent past because Of these marvellous
gains in agriculture. 1t says:
The farmer was never in so heal.
thy Il position as he Is today--finan.
cially, socially, politically, mentally,
spiritually. The increase In the value
of his real estate has been prodigious,
lie owes less money than ever before.
lie has greater assets than yer
Again, the farmers wants are great.
er. He is in the market for more
and better breeding stock, farm i'm.
plements, household goods and other
merchandise. lie recognizes the ex.
ira profit that accrues from the use
OF better equipment and better meth.
DDS in his business and in his home
The wheat crop this year will up
proXimate 625, 600, 900 bushels, $50.
o 5000 less than last year. Corn prom,
ises to be within 5 per cent Of as much
as last year, and with but two or
three exceptions the biggest yield in
our history.
The yield of oats will be about ~
per cent less than last year. but there
will be nearly the usual quantity of
rye, barley. buckwheat, faxseed and
potatoes. The hay crop will exceed
last years a great deal. The American
Agriculturist says the cotton crop will
be well under IL, 900, 900 bales. Apples
will be much more plentiful than last
year. The increase In the value OF
these crops per unit OF measurement
makes the total value of each crop
this year considerably larger than last
season.
Consumption OF farm products more
than keeps pace with production. The
supply Of grain and cotton ia less per
capita for the two years than for the
corresponding period ten years back
Export demand promises to absorb al
fair prices every pound Of surplus
meat, grain, cotton. etc, that the
American people can spare. The grain
importing nations Of Europe have only
moderate crops, and must import
more food products than usual. It Is
important to note that the farmers
are getting good prices direct from
the harvest fields this year, whereas
ordinarily prices are low in autumn
and advance after the apple crops are
largely out of the farmers hands.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
New Works Highest BUILDING.

How high Is it," This question at
once directs thought to the Singer
building, in lower Broadway. The
question Is asked by thousands of per.
sons crossing from the Jersey shore,
It was asked the other day of a tall.
scholarly.looking man standing on the
upper dick Of one of the Pennsylvania
ferryboats. 81 do not know its exact
height" said the man addressed, but
this I give as an opinion, hat during
a heavy thunder shower the height OF
that building would make It entirely
possible for the sun to shine on the
roof while the lower stories are being
deluged by rain. The heavily laden
rain clouds are only about 500 feet
above the earth. while the lantern of
the new Singer building will be al.
most 900 feet high. The building will
tower high above the fog banks. |
venture to say, thus affording New
Workers one OF the features OF Swift
erland right at their doors.'--N
Y. Tribune,
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10

Don Mariana Torlonia, OF the ia.
nous ducal family of T~orlonia. In
Rome. praised American cigars at a
dinner in New York.
Our Italian cigars are not SO good"
he said. They are made by the gov.
eminent. They are as long and thin
as a lead pencil, and they have a
straw in the middle; otherwise they
would not draw. You light these Itdl.
ian cigars of ours over a lamp, a spe.
cialiy-made cigar lamp hat burns
with a strong flame. The lighting re.
quires from three to five minutes.
These cigars, for all the trouble they
take, are poor. l gave n to an
American in Rome one morning. He
put 1t in his pocket and said he
would smoke 1t later.
II met him again that night at the
Cafe Nazionale. in the Corso.
We'll I said, how did you like my
cigar?'
"'Oh, 1t was excellent said he. i
enjoyed 1t immensely. had It boiled
for my dinner with some corned
beef"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
MOST TERRIBLE OF DEATHS.
Spiders Bite Probably the Worst
Known TO Scientists.

What is the most terrible death In
the world? The following are a few
Of the most terrible known to mortal
man, but as to which Of those given
Is the worst II would probably be hard
to say.
One Of the most agonizing deaths
known Is caused by a small black
spider half the size Of a pea. 1t lives
in Peru and South Australia, but a
few specimens have reached Europe
and America in ship loads of lumber.
Not long ago a dock laborer while I'M
loading a vessel in the Victoria docks
felt one upon his hand. This death.
dealer dug it's fangs deep into the
mans flesh, and as soon as The poison
began to work he tainted with pain
He was dead In three days. This
Spiders venom scorches up the blood
vessels and spreads through all the
tissues. causing the most fearful ag'
ony a human being can have to bear.
The worst Of It is that the victim
lives at least two days. The spider
Is generally known as the "specky."
When a man who knows what the
bite becomes the victim he
generally blows out his brains.
Another fearful death is caused by
eating a grain called "bhat." This
sometimes gets mixed with rice, which
It resembles. The plant grows in the
far east, aud a few grains Of 1t will
drive a person into a state Of violent
mania. The victim becomes drowsy
at first and afterwards hilarious; then
he goes raving mad, tears himself to
pieces with his fingers and bites
mouthfuls out of his flesh This grain
is found only in the remotest parts
Of the east, but both white men and
natives are killed by It occasionally,
for the plant grows In with the rice
crops, and there Is no way of telling
them apart. except when the grain Is
dried 1t comes out in a sort Of brick.
red color.
There is a South American plant, or
vine, called the "knotter," which fas-
tens about any living thing that
comes within reach, twining its long
tentacles about a man as n deviltish
might. These tentacles scar and
burn into the flesh like white-hot
wires. and the victim is dragged into
the heart of the foliage, and his life
slowly drained as the spider sucks
the blood of the fly. Those who have
strong instincts of cruelty, sometimes
force a dog or other animal into the
grip of the "knotter' to watch the
effects, which are too horrible to de
sorlhe in detail.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
Beauty Of inequality.

The beauty as well as the happiness
of the universe requires inequality.
Equal lines, smooth surfaces, and
eternal plains have no beauty. We
must have hill and dale, mountain and
valley, sea and land. suns of all mag
nitudes, worlds of all sizes. minds OF
all dimensions, and persons and faces
OF divers casts and colors, to consti.
tute a beautiful and happy world. We
must have sexes, conditions and cir
cumstances-empires, nations and
families-diversltles in person, mind,
manners, in order to the communities
tion and reception OF happiness,
Hence, our numerous and various
wants are not only incentives to ac.
ton, but sources of pleasure, both sim
pie and complex-physical, intellectu'
al and moral.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10

In a recently published work a nat
uralist gives some interesting facts
concerning the playtime Of animals.
The bear is supposed by many to be
a rather solemn animal, but he is
given to pranks at times, and even
INDUCES in antics that closely re
semble games played by children.
The naturalist observed three cubs
repeatedly playing a game very much
like tag. A cub would chase the 9th.
ers, until he cuffed one with his paw
then the one hit took up the chase.
1t may be that the writer's magma
ton put more system into the play
than actually was there. However,
bears in geological gardens have been
known to turn somersaults, and they
take to dancing so readily that 1t is
easy TO train them to take certain
steps.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
Tunnel Canal for France.

Over $4,000, 900 is TO be expended
by the French government for the
construction of a tunnel canal Al
miles long, 20 feet wide and AZ feet
above the water level of the vaulted
roof to connect the port of Marseilles
more directly with the Rhone river.
The great width of this tunnel will
permit the passing Of two barges,
will be completely lighted by cleo
tricity and possess a small railroad
running along its side. This great
engineering feat is to be finished In
seven or eight years and will necssst.
tate the extraction of some 1859, 1893
cubic yards of rock and earth. The
great Simplon tunnel necessitated the
extraction of some 1,3S4,409 cubic
yards, thus making this new tunnel
the greatest work of its kind yet at.
tempted on the continent.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10

The prlckly pear of the American
and Australian, the Indian fig of the
Englishman, the Barbary fig of the
Frenchman, the tuna of the Spanish
American, and the higos chumbos of
the Spaniard Is a fruit concerning
which there are more varied beliefs,
contradictory opinions, and grades OF
appreciation than concerning any
known to us. The plant and its fruits
are subjected to both praise and
abuse.
While the Mexican prays that there
may be no rain when the plants are
in bloom that the fruit may set well
and produce a good crop Of tunas, the
legislative assemblies in some of the
Australian colonies pass laws looking
toward their eradication.
While the Australian governments
spend much money to eradicate the
weed some ranchmen find that it
can be fed to stock with profit.
While the southern Texan was m.
,i0ring the government in the early
nlneties to conduct Investigations
loOhlllS W lllt u illNhllbh VI III lNhlg
pear, shrewd cattlemen and ingenious
maChinists were devising means
whereby 1t could be Invested of its
Objectionable characteristics at small
expense and turned to a profitable
use.
While the minister of agriculture of
India pronounced against its use in
unqualified terms, 1t was found in this
country that it could play a profitable
role in both beef and dairy produc-
tion in at least one section of the
United States. While the South Afri.
can is said to revile its presence, the
poorest inhabitants of the Island of
Sicily are said TO largely subsist on
its fruit for three or four months each
year.
The average American travelling in
Mexico can see no value whatever in
the tremendous stretches of prickly
pear upon the plateau, but the native
peon grows these plants and similar
ones In his orchards and gives them
fully as careful attention as any plants
which he attempts to cultivate.
Enthusiastic magazine writer's
would revolutionize conditions in the
arid region by the establishment of
plantations of prickly pear without
spines, thus converting the most arid
deserts into p%opulous, prosperous
communities. Experience teaches,
however, that the spineless varieties
of cultivation are o hardly under
natural desert conditions; that all OF
the valuable ]spinelcss species which
produce either fruit or forage in
economic quantities require consider,
able precipitation at some time during
the year; and that economic species
maximum temperature of less than
ten degrees r. One exception to this
may be noted in the case of opuntia
arboresccns of Colorado; but the
amount of stock feed produced by
this species Is comparatively small
and its distribution limited,
Conservative judgment based upon
observation and experiment, on the
other hand, would pronounce many
species Of prickly pear TO be decidedly
susceptible to cultivation and highly
productive of both fruit and forage
under proper conditions Of tempera.
tuTe and moisture.
There are in Mexico many varieties
of prickly pear which are found only
in cultivation, This is especially true
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-10
Child MIsunderstood.

When Lord Elphiston was in Amer.
lea a couple Of years ago he was en-
~tertalned at dinner by a family the
head of which was to accompany his
lordship on his hunting trip through
the wilds OF the northwest. A child
of about five years, named Ethel, dur
ing the dinner was big-eyed and big
cared with wonderment-in fact, com
pletely overawed by the presence OF
the distinguished foreigner. Ethel
heard her mother and father now and
then say, "My lord this, and my lord
that" or viii you have some Of this,
my lord. or some of that" the dinner
being a purely informal one. Finally,
when the mother vas interested in the
conversation Of another guest. Ethel
noticed that MILFORD was gazing inter
estedly at q dish Of relish quite out Of
his reach. The child thought she saw a
chance to please Lord Elphiston. and
in n firm, clear voice, exclaimed:
Mama, God wants some pickles. -
San Francisco ArgOnaut.