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Nome industrial worker., 1908-10-30
COLDS THE THING '

Under this heading the editor ial writer in recent issue of the Nugget, points out that in good times or bad gold js. the panacea for all the ills of the commercial and financial world that during the present panic Gall the com mercial metals, wanting the sus- taining arm of gold. fell in de mand and fell in price.9 -His climax capper was: "Some emi. nently respectable sheets talked of a plethora of gold. .Arrant nonsense There never has yet been and never will be panic in the world while there is a plenti- tude of gold. There was much gold, but not enough"
 It is to be presumed that the author of this remarkable flow of reason attributes the cause of the present financial depression :" to falling off of the supply of gold. As he says there "never has yet been and never will be a panic in the world while there is a plentitude of gold," he must also attribute the panios of 1873, 1885, and 1893 to the same cause.
 A workingman of very ordi- nary intelligence, evenif he were not able to express himself in
Nome industrial worker., 1908-10-30
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

The smoother the politician is, tte rougher the worker has it.
 The special train in which Taft is touring the country has been christened the Injunction Spec. ial by an eastern editor.
 Taftand the "Injunction Spec ial" will not visit California. They had better not; Debs and the "Red Special got there first.
 It matters little what laws are enacted in opposition to "preda. tory wealth" so long as the friends of predatory wealth are entrusted with the enforcement of the law.
 What difference is there be. tween Taft and Wall street and Bryan and Mammany Take your choice and get the same green goods.
 If the democrats are so much opposed to child labor, why is the solid south cursed with more child slavery than any other part of the country?
 Taft and Bryan are talking much and saying nothing. There is but one vital issue in this cam paign-Socialism versus Capital. ism-and that is wire too hot for capitalist politicians to tackle
 Of course the socialist party is not a factor in this campaign When Debs' meetings run from 4,O00 to 5000 inside the halls where he speaks at nights, and these people pay twenty five cents to hear socialism discussed, while the old parties have not been able to get crowd except by hiring bands and paraders at so much per, of course socialism is not a factor ? And in 1912 we will elect a president. At pres ent each old party is accusing the other of being socialists to injure each other; next campaign they will be claiming that they are socialists to get votes. Now watch our smoke.
Nome industrial worker., 1908-10-30
What this, you gods? Why

What this, you gods? Why,
 this
 Will lug your priests and servants from
 your sides; Pluck stout mems pillows from be-
 heath their heads; This yellow slave
 Will knit and break religions; bless
 the accurs'd:
 Make;the hoar lelrosy ador'd ;.place
 .thieves, .. z- And give them 1itle, knee and appro-
 bation,
 With senators on the bench this is it, That makes the wappn'd widow wed again:
 Come damned earth, Thou common whore of mankind"
 "The cry for gold, the demand for gold, and the search for gold,' will undoubtedly continue as long as the present system is in vogue, and the poverty of the masses, the cheapness of human life, and the grinding into profit of the bodies and souls of little children will also continue until the cruel, race destroying sys. tenn is overthrown.
 When the cooperative com. monwealth is ushered in,. the search for gold as a.useful metal will continue. but it will be robbed of it's power to enslave and make criminals of human beings.
 Gold at present is the tyranni cal ruler. When socialism is triumphant it will, be. relegated to it's rightsul position as slave.
Nome industrial worker., 1908-10-30
rounded phrases and mouth fill

guilty of such display of eco- homie ignorance as is shown in the editorial in question. What a poor opinion the management 'ofa daily paper must have of the reading public, when it permits such shallow and illogical reason ing to appear in the columns of it's paper. We'are not sure whether the management of tie Nugget considers it good policy in the interests of it's owners, to follow the example set by the church during the middle ages, and endeavor to keep the people ignorant of the true cause of the
 injustice which is their portion under the present system, or whether the genius holding down the editorial chair never imbibed any idea of economics outside of what he learned at Sunday school.
 As long as our present system of government is in existence, all the gold sc1ttered through the universe, if it were available in fcoin today, would not prevent q panic, or make the lot of the
 wa ge worker one iota easier. As lon" as surplus value, the por- tion of his product which the laborer has to turn over to the owners of the tools with which he works, exists, thus permitting, the few 10 obtain possession of more and more of the necessities of life, and dispose of them for all the public can be forced to pay, no amount of gold can ward off the inevitable panic.
 The fact that the laborer re. ceives only enough to buy back a portion of what he has produc- ed, makes inevita ble what is mis
 takenly termed "overproduc. tiop.' The mills, factories and other: industries after several years steadyproduction, find that they have on hand more goods than can be disposed of. The Fopening up of foreign markets finally comes to an end, and the only remedy they can think of is l to close down until the goods
 they have on hand can be dis
 posed of. The closing down of
 the mills and factories means the unemployment of millions of workers throughout the country, mot only those wno were employ ed by these mills and factories,
 but also those working for the great, transportation companies, tand those at, work in the mines and smelters. A state of panic ensues. Tho wage workers, who were only able to make a living when at work, have no gold (medium of exchange) with which to purchase the goods on hand and thus put -an end to the "undefconsumption and the panic, and the capitalists and bankers, who have the gold, are not going to purchase these goods unless they can dispose of them at a profit.
 If one of our Nome citizens were to find gold to the value of hundreds of millions, the finding of this gold would neither pre- vent nor overcome panic, for beyond the qualification of his
 personal desires he would, with
 this newly acquired gold, make only such investments as would yield him profit. This would but serve to continue the topsy- f'turvey system.o production we now have, and, far from prevent ing panic, would be potent means of precipitating one.
 r Under this system gold, be. ing the principal medium of exchange, is recognized as the most desirable form of wealth. xv,:Al :A .,ar.xx1,:, :~, %lo =, n kor
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

Then I was asked a few questions and
1 answered truthfully or not as the
inspiration took me.
1t is a fact that every time 1 spoke
the truth no extraordinary motion was
visible in the needle, but every time
fell from grace there was that vir-
tuous, diabolical thing tagging mildly
the assurance of my shortcomings.
Il believe" said, when 1t was over,
but now for the explanation"
1T is as simple as can be-" DR..
Abrams assured me. THE hands are
slipped over the electrodes and a cur
rent of electricity is sent through them.
The needle shows the amount of the
emotional sensation produced upon the
brain. The machine and it's uses are not
new, but have never been developed
along this line until recently. Almost
every doctor uses a galvanometer in
his daily practice, but it was not un-
til 1890 that Tarchikoff tried using it
in cases of incipient insanity and hys-
terra. He advanced as an explanation
for its marvels the theory that the de-
hection of the needle was caused by the
stimulation of the sense organs.
Later on. Viennese doctor working
along this line advanced another theory.
He claimed that the disturbance was
caused by a vasomotor change in the
capillary circulation, as that produced
in blushing. This theory was not at
all satisfactory, because when the hands
were bound so that ne blood could flow
through them the result was the same.
1T came down to just one solution,
which has proved to be the right one.
When you put your hands on the elec-
trodes and sit at ease, you feel prac-
tically no emotion whatever When
you answer questions without the effort
to deceive, you are still at ease: but,
the moment you make an effort to hide
the truth, emotions are aroused that
influence the whole body and cause the
sweat glands to momentarily cease
their function. You have observed how
nervousness Will parch the mouth and
produce excessive perspiration in other
parts of the body. Well this emotion
is Immediately transferred to the gal
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
A New Profession

n GIRL living in suburb of a large
~ city is patrOnized by a growing
circle of overtaxed home makers as a
professional cleaner. She works on
the contract plan. managing either the
cleaning of an entire house. as in the
spring or fall, or of a single room or
suite at any time in the year. She en-
cages men and women to do the heavy
work, but gives them close supervision.
The contractor is responsible for pic
lures and bric-a-brac, and the lady
of the house" is relieved from all care.
She does not even need to be at home
while the work is in progress. The
professional cleaner makes a study OF
the best methods and appliances and
makes all necessary arrangements. For
example. if rugs are to be cleaned by
the pneumatic process it is she who
secures the apparatus, with the men to
run it, and personally directs the
work.-Good Housekeeping.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
Keep Your Horse Healthy

COOP ventilation and cleanliness are
" two of the most important items in
keeping a horse healthy; the stable.
though warm. should never become
stuffy. and there should always be free
cross ventilation provided at the high
est possible point to carry OF the ris-
ing foul air. AS soon as the horse is
fed in the morning the clean bedding
should be raked up against the sides
of the stall. the soiled part removed
and the floor left bare and exposed all
day TO dry and sweeten; in box. IL
the clean litter be well raked and
turned over, it may be left. 1t is well
to have a head stall worn always in
a box, as it gives instant control AZ
the horse is wanted in a hurry. In
case of illness or injury beyond your
powers of diagnosis do not delay OBJ
tanning skilled veterinary advice Sub
urban Life.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

vanometer needle and the result is per-
fectly apparent.
81 was intensely interested while in
India to note a most primitive and
successful application of this scien-
tifc fact, among the native Hindu
judges. One day 1 happened into
native courtroom where three men, ar
rested for the theft of some article,
were up for trial There was no espe-
cial evidence in the case that would
implicate one any more than another,
yet only one could possibly be guilty.
1t was a most difficult problem and
would have dismayed most men. Not
SO the Hindu judge. He had some dry
rice brought and gave handful to each
of the prisoners, ordering it to be put
into their mouths. Then some business
not bearing upon the case was trans
acted, so that the minds of the three
might have a chance for work. In a
few moments the rice was ordered to
be removed from the suspects mouths
and placed before the Judge. Two of
the mouthfuls were wet with saliva and
the third was as dry as bone There
was no further room for doubt. Fear
of detection had dried up the guilty
mans glands, while those of the in
nocent pair, although nervously af-
fected, had no consciousness of guilt to
affect the bodily functions"
Then is every one a human confess
sional in himself before this dreadful
machine?" 1 asked, just slightly ter
rorized.
Every one" DR.. Abrams laughed
TT would be bad for universal use,
wouldn't it?"
"Horrible!' 1 said with feeling
But it doesn't take the galvanometer
to ferret out ones foibles. Each man
and woman in every attitude they as
sumo announce to the trained eye Just
what beauties or defects lie within.
They Are betrayed by another thing
/ want to tell you about and that is
the 'subconscious mind. The little
galvanometer has done much toward
establishing the place of subconscious
mind in modern medicine. 1t is useless
to say that the mind does not influence
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

the body and the life. Every word you
sight you see is telegraphed to your
subconscious mind and goes toward the
making of some certain emotion in your
physical makeup. Do you know, in
nine cases out of ten of nervous dis
eases l find that the cause for the
gotten apparently, that the subcon-
scious mind has carried away and
boards up for future use. In such cases
l use the galvanometer to locate the
emotion, or else employ what has re-
Gently become useful in incipient in
sanity and nervousness-the "associa-
ton of ideas investigation.
"Old fashioned medical practitioners
used to say In nervous diseases, never
arouse the emotions. or, In other woros,
let sleeping dogs lie.' That idea is OBJ
solete. Nowadays, when a patient
comes to a physician apparently suf-
fering from some disease of the per-
vous system the doctor Immediately tries
to ascertain the cause. When this is
done he induces the patient to talk
about his symptoms, real or imaginary,
and permits his imagined ailment to
be dangled before his eyes until it be-
comes so familiar bugaboo as to be
almost a breeder of contempt Insanity
has been checked in this way in many
instances, and nervous wrecks abso-
lutely cured by familiarizing them with
the emotions that, stored up by the SUBJ
jective mind, were objects of terror.
This association of ideas investiga-
ton is remarkable, and will be, I am
sure, one of the chief ways of detecting
guilt in criminals in the near future.
1t is very simple Every word that you
use or hear produces some emotion and
takes It's place in a picture photo
graphed on your brain. DIR. Gross of
Prag has used this fact most success
fully to detect consciousness of guilt
in criminals, and has never reported
1t to have failed.
"A set of words, so or so, are placed
before the examining physician. The
patient to be tested is directed to listen
attentively to the doctor and when a
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

word is called out to him answer i'm
mediately just what he thought about
in connection with 1t on the instant.
For instance, the doctor will say hat; /;
the patient answers head or hand
finger The association is perfectly
apparent. Now, when a word arises
that produces some emotion the rush of
ideas IS sohstrong that the patient can
not Immediately state his thought. This
is called a complex II this complex
Is analyzed the whole sensation 1t has
produced is re-enacted by the patient
and detected by the doctor. A complex
usually causes the patient to stumble.
stammer and finally to use up more
than twice the 10 seconds allowed for
the association of ideas.
"One case where 1t was of use in dis
covering consciousness Of guilt was
that Of young chap that I heard
about. A merchant had had quite a
sum of money taken from drawer in
his desk, and, a1though/all signs point
ed to his nephew as the person who
had stolen it, the uncle hesitated to ac-
cuse the boy. The lad was, however,
Induced to undergo the association of
ideas test on the pretext that his men
tality was to be tested. A physician.
who was friend of the persons inter-
ested, conducted the examination. A
list of words was prepared, plentifully
sprinkled with unobtrusive words bear
ing on the matter in hand Over every
one of them, such as drawer
money spend and the like. the boy
became confused and was silent. After
ward, when the principle of the list
was explained to him and his record
shown, he could do little else than con-
fess
There is no limit to the wonders of
the subjective mind 1t can lead per-
sons a merry dance that is practically
unnecessary and. while blessing, may
prove something much worse. I re-
member two cases where 1t was used
and worked upon to good advantage.
One was the case of a man suffering
from insomnia. He complained fear
fully of sleeplessness and finally gave
him some powders for the relief Of his
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

malady. At the same time I also pre-
scribed purgative for him. The morn
ing after prescribing the medicine
called on him.
Those sleeping powders are Won
ders. DOCTOR he said. I never had a
better nights rest
Imagine my amusement WHEN upon
inquiry I found that he had taken the
purgative for the sleeping draft. He
goes on to this day taking his sleep
ing powders and resting easily after
them.
The other was the case of a young
girl who had two scalp tumors to be
removed. = She was made ready for the
operation and the cone for the chloro-
form was placed over her head. There
was some delay In getting the anes-
thetic, but the patient. blissfuIly igno-
rant, imagined that she was being
anesthetized. and in a few seconds
called out, I'm going off, And she
did. Without drop of chloroform she
had succeeded in so influencing her
mind that the operation was easily per-
formed without the use of the drug,
while the patient remained properly
unconscious.
You know what the poet says:
Some of your hurts you have cured.
And the deepest you still survive;
But what torments of grief you endured
From the Ills that never arrivedr'
THAT class of patients afflicted by
imaginary ideas-1deopaths' have
named them-can only be reached by
some such. device as the galvanometer.
They have become so imbued with their
symptoms, half Imaginary. that it takes
some such device as that to help the
physician locate and extract the one
latent grain of truth at the base of
their sufferings.
Did you ever notice after a noted
person has. passed away and the symp-
toms. development and results of his
fatal disease have been duly chronicled.
how a wave of similar illness sweeps
over the country? Why. 1 have dozens
of people come here at such a time and
describe minutely the details of their
illnesses like President Clevelands or
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
Candle Shades Easily Made.

I OVELY candle shades are easily
l. made from folded paper; dainty
wall paper Is pretty for these. or water
color paper decorated by hand with
small flowers. To make the shade, fold
an eighth inch square OF paper corner
to corner four times. Cut of one inch
of the pointed end and open the paper.
Now go over the creases. folding those
at the corners outward. making each
alternate crease outward Thus shaped
the little shade Is ready to slip over
the shade holder.-De elineators
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

II was in this mood Of protest that 1
visited Dr. Albert Abrams. the noted
physician, who is using the disturbing
machine in his practice. He laughed
heartily when he heard my complaint
Il can hardly say that science has
gone so far as to make the use of the
lying machine universal" he said, but
some interesting Investigations and ex-
periments with It have proved most
successful. It is perfectly true that by
means of the galvanometer human
emotions can be plainly observed and
registered without the knowledge or
consent of the person tested. You see.
when you take the electrodes (Which
have been previously dampened) into
your hands and sit at ease, you feel
practically no emotion; when you an
sver truthfuHy such questions as shall
have been given to you. you feel no
emotion; but when you evade the truth
YOU cali into play physical and mental
functions that are at once registered
by the galvanometer.
The instrument used is the simple
clinical galvanometer provided with
TWO electrodes and a battery. About
every physician practicing in the field
OF nervous diseases has one. Should
vou ike to try it on yourself?"
Indeed. 1 woodland l made up my
mind that I would watch its diabol-
ical cunning. No mere galvanometer
should investigate the inward work
ings Of me.
was tod to sit at ease in my
chair. and the two electrodes were
slipped into the palms of my hands.
The needle showed a tiny detection, as
Is always the case when being used.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18


some person of that sort 1t is really
amusing.
"As a last word 1 will say to you 10
watch people whom you meet and note
the interesting. peculiar ways they
have of showing the workings of their
minds. Notice how people act when
they get into car. for instance. Some
are timid and retiring. some bold and
defiant of gIances. as far as outward
and visible signs go; some square
shoulders and some twitch their lips.
Each one is subconsciously giving to
the world the thoughts that are in the
deepest recesses of the mind and, if
one knew how. they could bring out
and analyze the emotion back of this.
By this means one familiar with the
methods of modern science could learn
every particular in the life of that per-
son. Oh, indeed. it is interesting. Man
is but an open book. after all, and all
who run may read if they only have
the key to the script.
Then you will reassure the public
that they may go on being diplomatic
when necessary without fear OF detec-
tion?" asked him in parting.
For a while longer" DR.. Abrams
said. only I would say be discreet'~
AS I went home I bethought me of
the old Scotchman whom the minister
was reproving for his frequent and in
eXcusable lies.
''Tamas. Tamas." said the minister.
what makes ye 50? Where got ye
the habit of lying?"
And Tamas said.
Lynn. Why. lyin's no a habit It's
a gift"
Indeed it is. But. may 1 ask. what
is the use of having a gift if some one
else is going to find out the latest and
unfailing method of making the genius
uncomfortable because of it?
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18
# YOU 0PEEKo THE
TRUTH, THE NEEDLE
ON THEI DIAL DOES
NOT MOVE
By Gertrude Gabbs ErIin

II
ior, came home from Sunday
school in a very detected frame of
mind.
When questioned as TO his despond-
ency he said: 7 have been thinking
If it's really so that God sits up in
heaven and sees all the bad things I
do and knows all the lies I tell. I'd
rather not live any more. There won't
be any fun left to have"
was strongly reminded of the small
boy the other day when I heard that
clever San Francisco physician has
very recently put into use a machine
for ascertaining beyond a shadow of
doubt whether the person to whom the
machine is attached is lying or telling
the truth.
, Lord, Lord, I thought Are we TO
have no pastimes left? Are we to be
reformed beyond the point of enjoy
ment? What with horseless carriages,
smOkeless powder. freless cookers.
foodless diets and dustless house clean
ings, where are we of this awfully en-
nghtened age going to land?
It is perfectly legitimate, right and
proper, grant for any one to minim-
ize the necessity for labor, but directly
and successfully to uproot ones secret
foibles-then I as a woman, realizing
some need for diplomacy" must OBJ
ject- Just think how embarrassing 1t
viii be to go to a tea or a dinner where
ones best efforts are called into end
less use, and after it is all over to find
that the hostess lie register" has been
publicly shaming one without his
knowledge. What will be the use Of
falling into raptures over Jane or
Mary's gown (Which you really think
is a "sight") when Jane or Mary's lit
tie pocket detective is registering your
words and tagging Jane or Mary not
to take in a word of the base hattery.
Where viii be the JOY of living when
your own little register is letting you
know that your friends think you a
fright in hat you have paid small
fortune for. and think monstrously be-
coming?
MOI MOI Heaven forbid that this
should be recorded as a twentieth cen
tury marvel I am not at all Of the
same mind as the gentle Scot who said:
20 wad some power the giftie gle US
To see oursefes as ithers see US"
Shatter not our delusions, squash not
our illusions, kind Providence.