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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Class Day and Commencement speak
ers Chosen.

Tie y class have chosen the following
class day officers: President, r. Fletch-
or Andrews; orator. Charles Macdonald;
historian, Miss Hazel Weeks; prophet
Miss Helen Daniels; marshal, Berna I'd
WhalenL
The commencement speakers will he as
:"llows Martip G, Sillman. The Spir-
it Of Corporations: Fredericl: S Wheel
or, THE Cuban Revolution" Edward
Zero, The Administration Of Theodore
Roosevelt; Miss Dorothy Hill, Samuel
dc Champlain and the Lake; Miss
T.m.ly ilulburd, Books MS Friends:
Miss Gladys Smith, "Self-Culture"; Mis-.
Marjorie Perry, who Is My Neishbor?"
Ralph W. Simonds, industrial Educa-
ton"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

with sheets OF stic+y hy paper fastened
around their legs, :he sticky side out
to :atch the feas upon their ankles.
For those who have no husky janl-
tors willing to assume this role, take
out of doors all rugs. curtains. bed
ding, drapcries or anything into which
the insects may creep and hide. Shake
and beat aNi leave to air while the
floors of the rooms are ceansed. Sweep
the rooms and burn the dust collected
at once Wash the floors with hot soap
suds to which carbolic acid has been add
ed. Finish the treatment by spraying
with insect powder or inject carbolic
water into all cracks and crevices
Washing Pussy and Fido with car
bolic soap. while not complete pre-
ventive OF feas is discourager.
FOR COCK REACHES AND WATER
BUGS
II You have not rooted objections to
kitchen, you can write fns to reaches
and water bugs. The toads are said TO
be clearly In their habits and not given
to wandering about the house. II you
| object to them, however, naptha or
wor.., shlves, stationary tubs and crew
| ices where these bugs do congregate
will dispose OF them. also hot alum
| water, one pound dissolved In three pints
boiling water. sprayed or applied with
an old paint brush, above all, there must
be scrupulous cleanliness. No uncover
ed food left to tempt them. no greasy
sinks and smelly" dish cloths. no wet
oil ut I'll, trt4
and dark places.
ANTS IN THE HOUSE.
An old Brooklyn housekeeper is au-
thority for the statement that ants Of
any sort can be routed by the free use
Of air shaked lime. Sprinkle freely in
the places they frequent and they will
leave at once. A Missouri remedy for
ants consists In mixing little tartar
emetic with an equal quantity of pow
dered sugar Put in a saucer, mo!sten
with water to a cream and place where
ants are troublesome. II the water dries
away add more. This Is said TO be un-
falling
Garden ants can he driven away by
sprnklng ashes saturated with coal oil
about their haunts Another good way
IS to locate their nests. place quick lime
at the mouth and wash II down with boil
ing hot water.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

Sister Bessie came running home from
the church bazaar in breathess excite
ment
"Oh. mamma" she painted. BILLY met
with an accident down at the bazaar"
Dear me-" sighed the mother. What
mischief is he In now? l declare he's a
bitter pill"
'Oh, hut he won't be so bitter now
He's sugar-coated. He just fell into the
tub OF soft molasses tafry."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

Dyspepsia is our national ailment.
Burdock Blood Bi'ters is the national
cure for It, II strengthens stomach
membranes, promotes flow Of digestive
juices, purifies the blood, builds you
10.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
UNCLE EBEN SAYS:

TITS true when the OIL cats ava!
the little mice will sport an play. but
one or more gifts taken in when the oil
cat shows ND ag'in." Boston Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06

particularly to baseball enthusiasts. Nov
ing pictures will be displayed behind It's
din illustrating historical Incidents an
showing the faces Of all the presidents
Another part will show - reduction
n Niagara Falls with real wa,.r the coli
or of which will be changed by means
of electric lights. The most rcmarknhl
thing about this clock is its small
Standing in its case it Is only twelr
feet high. four feet wide and twenty-nin
inches deep. that is only little large,
than the old-fashoned grandfather
clock. The mechanism and case will con
tain in addition to n piece Of wood from
every state In the Union. go feet Of
electrical wiring and 40 electrical con
nections Altogether II will display more
lines OF activity than any other clock
in the world
A PROFITABLE IDEA.
The modest commission Of one-tenth 4
one per cent. amounting to 1854 900. Is
the demand contained in q bill just re
ceved by Comptroller Metz from a man
who claims that he originated the idea
of lenghenng Manhattan Island by fiji
ing in the waterway between tine Battel.'
and Governors Island. The value Of the
real estate which would thus be added ID
that which now exists. would according
TO the man with the idea. amount to
slS4 600 eco. Hence, as he explains. his
bill to the city. While the idea in ques
ton may appear TO be visionary there is
evidence to the contrary. When frs
presented to previous mayors by its or
isinator. It was merely laughed rat
them, but the Introduction al Albany CT
bill providing for n com Mission TO in
vestgate the proposition hns now
brought IT into the field Of possibilities
In view Of this senatorial activity til
man who first evolved the project Is an
xious to realize On It's value. and accord
| ingly has billed the city for the s1s4, o<
in question.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
REMARKABLE CLOCK.

This city Is soon to acquire the most
remarkable clock in the world. and this
in spite of the famous time pieces in
European cathedrals which perform in
all sorts Of ways in addition to giving the
time of day. 1t would take a theatrica
troupe. however to go through all tn
features which will be combined in Faith
er Knickerbocker's new and unique time
piece shortly to be installed. The feature
incidental to its other activities, which
would make a good-sized circus side
show. One of the most remarkable feat
ures Of the clock Is that by the use OF
a barometer, u hydrometer, n thermome.
ter and a compass 1t will give hourly
automatic weather predictions day in
advarce, a feature calculated to appeal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
HOME MADE FLY POTION.

pepper and a tablespoonful brown SUI
gar. Put IN saucer. darken the room
save one window and In that set the
saucer contains the mixture.
TO SAFEGUARD THE FAMILY FROM
THE FLY PAPER
Fly paper is good in its place; but
that is not affixed to any ones gar
nlents rash enough TO sit down upon
II. nor yet TIE cats back To safe
guard the fly paper as much as pos
sible. lay when opened on n newspaper
folded in two or three thcknesses 70
an inch larger dimensions than the ny
paper all round. Fold the surplus over
like a frame and fasten down just at
the ed e Of the sticky portion OF the
ny paper. This weights II down so that
it does not fly away at every breath OF
wind and at the same time enables one
to handle II without sticking the fingers
In this shape It may be pinned ur
against the wall II desired, If by any
chance, anything that should not. gets
affixed to the fly paper, apply vasellne
freely until its hold is loosened.
THE AGILE FLEA UNDER SUsPI-
.CION :
The agile flea Is also under suspicion
of contributing To the dissemination Of
disease, Immigrants from the slums OF
European cities frequently bring or
their persons say the immigration of
icals, heas that are perfect hot bed.
of contagious diseases. Dogs, cats ant
| rats have each their own particular
brand Of feas, which they distribute
with catholic impartialty The rat hef
| Is the purveyor Of the frightful buboni'
plague The fur Of the raccoon Is ais
said to be n favorite trusting spot 70
| heas. fact that may initiate agains
tie Taft boom in pets, Where hous
becomes badly infected with adult Meas
it Is hard matter to disiodge them. No
| every one can afford to try the Cornel
University method, OF engaging stalwar
janitors to patrol the infected region
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-05-06
ANTS IN THE HOUSE.
BILLY's PREDICAMENT.

EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
JOHN MITCHELL URGES
ACTORS TO UNIONIZE;
Says They Should Organize and A.
-fiIiate With tho American Fedora
ton Of Labor,

NEW YORK, March 11.-The bring
ing Of all the actors Of the United
States into a Irrational organization
which could affiliate itself with the
American Federation of Labor and
secure whatever benefits accrue from
concerted action was urged here to-
night by john Mitchell, the we'll
known. labor leader, at a meeting of
members of the Actors Society of
America, the Actors Church Alliance,
the Actors Union, the Vaudeville
Comedy club, the White Rate of
America and a number of other asso-
Citations of actors, called for the pur-
pose Of protesting against alleged
abuses Of which they claim to be vic
| Tins at the hands Of theatrical agents.
The actors adjourned after passing
resolutions endorsing bill to be in
troduced in the legislature tomorrow
by Assembly1nan .Voss, limiting the
commission to be pal dto theatrical
agents by actors to five per cent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
THE AB( )R ()RLD


elasticity Of the arteries ana gradually
Ehardens the tissues including the
BRAIN, 355ss M. N. ss q. s $s
Now there are two chief sources
from which this earthly matter is in
troduced into the. blood, bread, espe-
cially fine white bread, and hard
drinking water. J. The percentage OF
lime in bread = is large and white
bread is especially liable to. form con-
cret1ons Of lime in the lower intes-
tine Gotten inducing appendicitis),
which are absorbed into the blood and
deposited in ! the tissues, gradually
producing that dry and hardened con
dition Of the skin which is dis
tinguishing mark Of old age. -
The activity Of the brain is deter
mined largely by its; blood supply, and
when the arteries that supply it are
hardened by the deposit Of: mineral
matter it must become sluggish. Loss
of memory Of recent events is an in
variable accompaniment Of age; the
old live in the past. To live in the
future requires the vivid imagination
of youth with it's plastic brain. $3.50
The food -. experimenter who has
systematically varied mis- food for
considerable periods can bear witness
TO the fast that not only does he feel
different when living on different
foods, but his habits Of thought
changes.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
Nucla, Colo, Feb. %, 1909.
To the Editor of the Duluth Labor

Nucla, Colo, Feb. %, 1909.
To the Editor of the Duluth Labor
World, Duluth, Min.
Dear Sir: Among the rights Of in
dividuals is the right to life; and con-
it. All of these come from or by the
use of land, therefore everyone has an
equal right to the use Of land, If this
idea. was carried out practically, use
would be the only form of land tenure.
But our laws and customs deny these
rights. Large tracts Of land are held
for speculation, and others for private
incomes.
A mere handful of foreigners, a few
years ago owned 26,000,OOO acres Of
American soil. Enough land to give
100000 families farms of $50 acres
each. Allowing five to the family, it
would furnish homes for 100000 per-
sons; number which surpasses the
combined population Of five states
Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona and
Nevada.
The best method Of preventing fifty
six foreign individuals and corpora
tions from owning, a tract of land
almost as large as the state of Penn
sylvania; of stopping the payment OF
rent by American citizens to foreign
landlords; of destroying speculation
in land and establishing justice, equity
and Righteousness is to tax lani a
sum equal to the annual rent exclus-
i've of improvements.
Very truly yours,
GUNNAR NAUMANN,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
UNIONlSM IN. POMPEI.
By, c.. Osborne Ward.

By G.. Osborne Ward.
Who can doubt the veracity of
words inscribed on q tablet of marble,
scrawled upon wall, and having
been, perhaps, already: a hundred years
or more in use, and at last, in the
awful eruption at Vesuvius, at whose
feet it stood, overwhelmed, buried and
lost to view under a. thick stratum
of lava for 1907 years; then all at
once dug out, delivered and held up
to the gaze Of men now living, fresh
as though just from the cnisel Of the
artifex signorum who graved it for his
brother unionist? ',-< E.. ~
Yet there it stands, it's own monu-
ment for our blazing enlightenment to
declpher. ...... Freely translated the
inscription reads as follows: + =.
,"Ca) Phoebus, together with his
buyers, asks the people to vote for
Holcon, who was formerly president
of the union, and for G. @. Rufus
two men nominated by US. (Meaning
two OF our men.) E&~
"(b) Licinius Roman dominates and
calls for the ballots Of constituents in
favor Of julius Polybius for superin-
tendent OFFS public works. s.
r(c) The members Of the fisher
mans. union (nominate) make choice
Of sPopidius Rufus, for member OF the
board OF public works. r. 2 =Hs
"(dJ The international GOLD work
ers' association Of the city Of Pompeil
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13

pages, while the records Of evidence,
and the reports OF special investiga-
tors will, when printed, make more
than forty volumes. The report, or:
rather reports, for there are majority
and minority reports, contain $50.
Recommendations. ~, III. !. ~ :azs,s s.a
Lord George Hamilton, chairman OF
the commission, said In an interview.
today: nv .s... n.;.. z@.. e=gz
s.'The. serious feature of the report
is the deliberate statement that the;
conditions OF life in LONDON and other
bi gtowns. are such as to produce a
degenerate race, morally and physl-,
cally enfeebled.'' s.. s$
Some OF the most striking Of rec
Concentrations, in which both the
majority and minority agree, are the
abolition Of general work houses AMI
board Of public poor guardians; the
establishment Of separate trea tment
for the. aged, the weak and the able
bodied unemploye and for loafers;
the compulsory detention Of persistent
idlers for periods varying from six
months to three years; the institu-
ton Of labor exchanges ana the
Encouragement Or prevention Of caild
labor. sss. y 8
The house OF commons last night
was the scene Of a fierce debate on
the subject Of unemplo yment. "A mo-
ton TO condemn the government for
| the inadequacy OF It's proposals was
defeated, 205 to 10 81 after John Burns
| and Winston Churchill, speaking for
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
OPPORTUNITIES OF YOUTH.
BY Peyton4 Boswell.


At the recent child labor conference
in Chicago one speaker pointed out
that the good old American doctrine
that every American boy has a chance
to become president of the United
States has become obsolete. This OBJ
servation is a pertinent one, even
though it be belated f(for the chances
of American boys have been crushed
ever since the modern industrial sys-
TEN reached its full development.)
Let us look at the conditions that
confront the American boy who is
leaving school In the year 1909, grant
Ing, Of course, that he has been so
fortunate as to escape the blithing
influences Of child labor and has had
the ordinary American schooling.
If the lad enters; business life he
will succeed only provided he has
within him the native shrewdness and
tact to enable min to get the better
of his fellow man in the game whose
stakes are dollars and cents.
If he enters the law (granting that
his parents are able to pay for his
four years Of Instruction. his rise
will be slow and mis- .emolunlent poor
unless he evinces the shrewdness, nee
essary to enable him to become great
corporation lawyer, in which case he
will earn big fees. by, helping his
clients to break Or evade the law.
The same sordid conditions confront
the youth who enters almost every
other walk of life.> A poor environ
ment, verify, for the making of a Lin
coin!
And yet the American boy is taught
the same old platitudes about his
blessed American opportunities. He
enters upon the task of making his
living with a lot Of vain ideals in his
head, which either permanently be-
fuddle him or which it takes years
to outlive.. !. i: ....t
Why not tell the American boy the
truth about the Industrial society in
which he lives, even though it make
a. rebel Of him?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
FOOD 'NFLyENcEsaTAoueHr.

a curious related i s,ub5!s;ists between
food land thought. It 1ssl1terally true
that food influences thought. The Diff
ference between the tiger and the
horse is, very largely. the difference
in their foods Yet you could not make
Jap of en- Eskimo by feeding him
on rice and beans. The gorilla, a.
strict vegetarian, is no less fierce when
attacked than the tiger that lives on
blood, The, dog is butt wolf that
has learned to think mans thoughts,
to a degree, as the nobleman has
learned to think Gods thoughts.
It is said that a man is as old
as his arteries, and this is literally
true. It is physiological fact that
some are as old at 80 as others at
go. as the condition Of the arteries
distinctly indicates. =
The question may naturally be
raised here: What is old age? We
do not hesitate to say thkt certain
person Is old when we see That his
frame is stiff, his skin dry and hard,
the roseate hue gone from his cheek,
and the sparkle from his eye. Now
what causes this condition and how
can it be delayed, if not overcome?
The hardening of the frame, of all
the tissues, including the arteries, is
due to the deposit in the tissues of
mineral matter taken in the food and
drink, absorbed into the blood and
gradually deposited much as earthly
matter is deposited in a tea-kettle OF
slime or .Dboyqrchght shr shr shrd]
slime and earth in city water pipes
This mineral matter, chiefly phosphate
and carbonate of lime, destroys the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
fvePyDOdy'S Column.
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Labor World aun.

demand for members Of the. board of
public works, Cuspis Pansa.''s-.,. .~..s >.
This is all very simple and. homely,
but 1t must be clear=.to everyone that
such talk was confined to: those who
We're federated together and intimate
ly acquainted with, one another; not
that we would arbitrarily construe
the vernacular Of g. Roman municipal
town, but there is a! peculiarly quaint
air Of familiarity which savors so re-
markably Of what is taking place in
the unions of our own cities and towns
that it seems like mirroring of" the
ancient upon: modern brotnerhoods.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
WAR SHALL NEVER -.
AGAIN CURSE EARTH

Socialists Can Weld Enough Influence
to Suppress Barbarity Of Rulers.
Mr.. George Allan England, So
cialist, and correspondent of the New
York Evening Call, says, among
other things, in recent article emit
tied some questions for Maxim, (in-
Ventor of the rifle silencer) this
that the wars you revel in the thought
OF, the wars of future butchery,
where innocents shall perish to make
markets, heap up profits and amass
fortunes, will never come to pass.
! Why not? Will will not the page OF
history once more be opened to the
bowling desolatton you describe? Not
because you or your masters are
grown humane; not because civiliza-
ton means anything to the worlds
rulers; not because THEY have adj
vanced beyond the stage Of mailed and
ravaging barbarism. No! But for
another and weightier reason.
For the reason that the worlds
workers, the Proletariat. the Disin-
herited themselves, fighters Of all
wars, victims of all ruin, are at last
Weakening to the truth. Are at last
bestirring themselves, passing the
| word from mouth to mouth, from
town to town, city to city, land to
land: mo War;"
For the reason that all over the
! world is growing, extending, knitting
itself ever more and more closely, a
MENUS of protest, of rebellion, Of abso-
Lutte determination no longer to be
racked and ruined by this savage
thing called War, under whatsoever
form.
For the reason that the working
class in it's on-striding development,
it's. irresistible evolution, has reached
at last the consciousness of it's own
power, its own interests, it's own su-
preme dominance of the situation; and
that this consciousness proclaims
PEACE.
For the reason that history never
truly repeats itself. That evolution
always Introduces new factors into
human relations. That today a new
thing has come into being--the inter-
national solidarity Of labor, Of. the
class that has always done the fight
ing, the bleeding, the losing, the suf-
fering, the dink.
For the reason that Socialism is
rising up in it's true civilization, it's
true humanity, against the barbarism
and the inhumanity of the worlds
rulers.
These are the reasons, these the
forces, which shall nullify your pro-
phecy, Maxim. These the invincible
obstacles, oh you kings, emperors,
war. lords, which shall humble you all!
The page Of history one more open
to barbarism = Never! For the hand
of Socialism has forever; closed THAT
chapter! Has forever torn that page
away. Is even now opening another
book-the book Of peace, and life, and
joy, and freedom-a better world, a
truer civilization, a universal human
! brotherhood!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
DR.. VAN .EEDEh SAYS
We LIVE ON THEFT
Dividends Are a Form of Usury,
Declares Scientist Before
Aristocratic Audience,

NEW YORK, March 4.-Dr. Fred
erick Van Eeden,. poet, journalist and
physician of Holland, who is now lee
turing in this country, delivered the
second ser1Vs of his discourses on "The
Happy Humanity" before the League
Of Political Education Thursday at the
Berkeley theater, 44th street, near
Fifth avenue.
. The lecturer is agitating for a CO.
operative commonwealth in which
men and women should be enabled to
l1Xe by the fruit Of their own labor.
To-Day, he said, we are living by theft,
robbery, extortion and usuary. DR..
Van Eeden does not preach Socialism,
which, according to him, is system
that may develop into an organized
tpolltlcal machine of an undesirable
nature. But his system Of co-opera-
ton does not imply state machinery,
and is to be composed of, people who
had voluntarily joined for the purpose
of Kidding themselves Of the uncom-
Portable feeling that comes with the
realization that one is exploiting his
fellow man.
you call yourselves Christians, but,
|if so, now can you reconcile your man
ner of living with the ideals you pre-
['tend to follow?" asked the lecturer,
He then proceeded to- explain that
dividends are gotten by, usury, a meth
cd Of money-making, strictly in viola
ton Of Christian principles.
Speaking Of rent the, doctor said
that there was nothing wrong with
the manner Of paying for dwelling,
I!but that he: does not: see why one in
fdividuar should be authorized to COL
lect this revenue which, by right,
should go to the community.
!; There were many women in the
audience who did, mot understand why
"honest"' capital should not be en-
titled to IAN honest" income. One
wanted to know how the "common-
wealth" will ever be. able to build
railroads without capital.
| DR.. Van Eeden explained that
workingnen, engineers, builders and
mechanics are really the ones who
build the railroads..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13
ENGINEERS AND DREDGE
IL WORKERS AT WINNIPEG

W1NNIPEEs,z Man, March 11.-An
important conference was held in this
city by the steam shovel engineers
and aredgemen of America. The
meeting was attended BY representa-
tives from all over the continent and
engineers from the construction work
on the Panama canal were present.
The head Of the organization, Presi-
dent Dolan, is here from Chicago. The
meeting is a very important one and
is expected to last several days. The
number Of men In the organization is
$4,000. Questions concerning working
conditions in the west are being
brought up and thoroughly discussed.