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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
EXPLOSIVES.
Best Way to Destroy Gunpowder and
NitrogIycerin.

Best Way to Destroy Gunpowder and
NitrogIycerin.
The best way to destroy ordinary
black gunpowder is to throw it into
stream under conditions that prevent
any harm coming to human beings or
animals through the dissolving Of the
saltpetcr. If no suitable stream Is
available, the gunpowder may be stir
red with water in tubs, or the dry gun
powder may be poured out on the
ground in Il long thin line and ignited
with fuse at one end.
To destroy dynamite cartridges the
paper wrappings should be carefully
removed, the bare cartridges laid in
row with their ends In contact and the
first cartridge ignited with a fuse with
out Il cap. Even with these precau-
lions a simultaneous explosion of the
entire mass may occur, so that It Is
wise to retire to q safe distance The
row of cartridges should be laid paral-
lei with the wind and ignited at the
leeward end, so that the flame will be
driven away from the mass.
Frozen dynamite should be handled
with special care, as its combustion is
peculiarly liable to assume an explo-
sive character. A small quantity of
dynamite may be destroyed by throw
ing 1t in very small bits into an open
fire, or the cartridges may be exploded
one by one in the open air with fuses
and caps.
Dynamite should never be thrown
into water, as the nitroglycerln which
it contains remains undissolved and
capable Of doing mischief Other ex-
plosives which contain nitroglycerin
should be treated in the same way as
dynamite.
Ammonium nitrate explosives may
be thrown In small fragments into an
open fire or If they do not contain nj
troglycerin may be destroyed by means
Of water Explosive caps should be ex-
ploded singly with pieces Of fuse.-Sci-
entific American.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
HELPFUL JOHNNY.

Ne Thought He Was Doing Great
Thing In Cutting Out the Appendix.
WOHNNY loved his papa, there was
II no doubt about that. and one
morning after he had listened to
a long disquisition from the author Of
his being addressed to his elders on
the general uselessness of the vermi-
form appendix, ending up with the
broad statement that he hoped he'd
see the day when every appendix In
creation was cut out. the little boy re-
solved upon an agreeable surprise for
his daddy. He worked in secret Tor
several days and then sprang 1t.
"See what have done for you, dad
dy," he said. leading the wondering
father into the library and showing
him a neat pile Of many pages which
he had accumulated. "I've cut the APP
pendix out OF every book in this IL
brary."
1t was then that words failed, and
Johnny's fathers vocabulary made a
general assignment for the benefit OF
its creditors.-J John Kendrick Bangs In
Judge.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
w. T. U. L. National Officers.

The recent convention Of the Ma
tional Women's Trades Union league,
held at Chicago, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chica-
go; first vice president, Mrs. Mary K.
O'Sullivan Of Boston; second vice presi-
dent, Miss Melinda Scott of New York
city; seeretary-treasurer. Mrs. d. W.
Kneffler of st. Louis. Mrs. Robins Is
sister of Miss Mary e. Dreier OF
Montague terrace. Brooklyn, who Is
president of the Women's Trades Un-
ion league of Greater New York ana
delegate to the Brooklyn Central La
Dor union.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17

uId * iN.a.~Nss
tive control intended to prevent their
exploitation in their weakness by the
economically powerful employer on be-
half of an intelligent and unthlnking
community Until the advent Of the
factory system women were at home
in the industrial world. They prob
ably worked as much and as intensely
as they do now. but they worked so
as to adjust their industrial activities
to their maternal privileges and their
social and family life The rigdity Of
factory life prevents this, and the
problem is really one of controlling the
factory system so as to benefit by its
economies. allow women to share in
the productive activity of society as
they have always done and at the
same time save them and their chill
dren alive. 1t is another phase of the
difficult task of mastering instead of
being mastered by the machine"
The eleven recommendations follow
The eight hour day
Elimination of night work.
Protected machinery.
Sanitary workshops.
Separate toilet rooms.
Seats for women and permission Tor
their use when the work allows.
Prohibition of employment Of pregnant
women two months before and two
months after childbirth.
Pensions for working mothers during
the lying-in period.
An increased number of women factory
inspectors based on the percentage OF
women workers in the state.
That the state department OF health be
urged to appoint as health inspectors wo'
! men physicians, whose duty shall be tc
visit all workshops where women and
children are employed. to examine into
the physical condition of the workers
A legal minimum wage In sweateo
| trades.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
AVERTED A DUEL.
The Soft Answer That Was Returned
to the Challenge.

The Soft Answer That Was Returned
to the Challenge.
Mrs. Minnie Walter Myers. in her
Romance and Realism of the South
ern Gulf Coast" gives an account of
one of the last challenges to a duel
| which occurred in Louisiana. The af-
fair was between NJ. Marigny, who be
longed to one of the oldest families of
Louisiana, and a Mr.. Humble, a sturdy
ex-blacksmth of Georgia, who had be.
come man Of political consequence.
Mr. Marigny took offense at some re-
marks of the Georgian and sent him q
challenge The big ex-blacksmith was
honplused.
Il know nothing about this dueling
him"
You must" said his friend. NO
gentleman can refuse"
Il am not gentleman" replied the
honest son of Georgia. Il am only a
blacksmith"
But you will be ruined if you do not
fight" urged his friends. you will
nave the choice or weapons, and you
can choose so as to give yourself an
equal chance with your adversary"
The giant asked time in which to
consider the question and ended by ac-
cepting. He sent the following reply
to NJ. Marigny:
Il accept, and in the exercise of my
privilege stipulate that the duel shall
take place in Lake Pontchartrain, in
six feet of water, sledge hammers to
be used as weapons"
NJ. Marigny was about FIVE feet
eight inches In height, and his adver-
sary was seven feet. The conceit of
the Georgian so pleased NJ. Marigny.
who could appreciate joke as well as
perpetrate one, that he declared him
self satisfied, and the duel did not take
place.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
PROVED HIS SPELLING.
An Incident In the Career Of Stephen
A. Douglas.

y. douglas,
An amusing incident occurred In Nc
Lean county, ILL.,, at the first court
which Stephen A. Douglas, the famous
politician. attended after his election
as prosecuting attorney. There were
many indictments to be drawn, writes
Professor Allen Johnson in his life Of
Douglas. and the new prosecuting at
torney in his haste wrote the name of
the county Mclean instead of Mclean
His professional brethren were greatly
amused Mt this evidence Of inexperi
ence and made merry over the blunder
Finally John T. Stuart, subsequently
Douglas political rival, moved that all
the indictments be Quashed. Judge
Logan looked at the discounted youth
and asked what he had to say to sup
port the indictments.
Smarting under the gibes Of Stuart,
Douglas replied obstinately that he
bad nothing to say, as he supposed the
court would not Quash the indictments
until the point had been proved. This
answer caused more merriment, but
the judge decided that the court could
not rule upon the matter until the pre-
Else spelling in the statute creating the
eounty had been ascertained.
No one doubted what the result
would be, but at least Douglas had the
satisfaction of causing his critics some
delay for the statutes had to be pro
cured from an adjoining county.
To he establishment Of court and
bar and OF Douglas himself it appeared
that he had spelled the name correct
ly. To the indescribable chagrin of
the learned Stuart the court promptly
sustained all the indictments. The
young attorney was IN high feather
and made the most of his triumph.
The incident taught him a useful les
son-henceforth he would admit moth
ing and require his opponents to prove
everything that bore upon the case in
hand
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17

lures are to he from two to i've rooms
each, and the purpose is to rent each
room at $l4 year. The present plans
contemplate the construction of from
200 to 400 apartments, to contain ap-
proximately from 5000 to 10000
rooms.
Only laborers or salaried employees,
with families, whose annual earnings
do not exceed $500, or If without fam
lilies $500, are to be admitted as ten.
ants.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
WOMEN UNI0NISTS.
Will Seek Legislative Aid In Securing
Better Conditions.

VIII seek Legislative Nio w SeSu"'S
Better Conditions.
At the recent session of the National
Women's Trade Union league at Chi
cago a program for future legislative
enactment was unanimously adopted.
The legislative program, divided into
eleven heads, is prefaced by the state
ment that the problem confronting the
league is large, not only because near
" 100000 women are engaged in
gainful occupations, but because it Is
evident that the enduring remedy for
present ills is larger liberty to enter
new vocations, to acquire training, to
be freed from customary limitations
shutting them into small number of
i'll paid employments, while the imme-
dia+a ramadv annears to be a legisla-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
Printers, WAGES In Hungary.

President Gompers found on his
visit to Hungary that 90 per cent OF
the men and women engaged in the
printing trades were organized. A low
wage scale generally prevails, the min
imum pay for day work being 81 per
week. although on the average the
wages reach little more than So
Typographical Journal.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
LABOR BRIEFS.

Is the hatters' union label In your
hat?
The Cutting Die and Cutter Makers
union pays a death benefit of SIS.
The American Federation of Labor
has l,O4O commissioned organizers in
the field.
Van Cleave says he is a friend Of
labor. That's why he increased the
hours of the metal polishers. in st.
Louis.
The trust contends for the suprem-
acy of property rights-proft-and the
workers contend for fair living con-
ditjons-bread.- James Duncan.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17

is made of piece ) by by three
eighths inches. The catch is 8 10y by
three-eighths inches.
Bore Il one inch hole for Il: handle
three inches from the edge Of the
door. Push the handle through tbs
hole and mark on 1t the thickness OF
the door Then bore in tie handle a
three-eighths inch hc'H for the lltch
Then assemble the parts according tn
the finished figure. Which shows the
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
MunicIpaI Homes For Workmen.

The municipality of Genoa. Italy, Is
constructing two immense buildings,
each to contain seventy-two apart
ments. termed popular houses" for
the purpose of providing suitable living
quarters for the workmen OF the city.
As Il is an impossibflity to expand the
building area of Genoa, every availa-
BILE site being already occupied. there
has been a constant increase OF rentals
on all classes of property.
The apartments In the new suuc-
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
An UnsociaI Pedant.

"At Trinity, Cambridge, the great
DR.. Whewell was the incarnation or
masterful unsociability," says MIR.
Tollemache In his "reminiscences. "A
Trinity friend told me in the hfties
that Whewelps evening parties went
by the name Of 'perpendiculars' be-
cause the undergraduates were expect
ed to remain standing all the time
though he himself sat down whenever
he chose. 1t is also related that, being
shortsighted, he inspected each man
In turn at unpleasantly close quarters.
and 1t was a high crime for any one
to speak until he was spoken to. On
one occasion under the trying scrutiny
an unwary freshman remarked that
the weather was fine. Sir replied the
pedant, are you not aware that II you
have any communication to make to
the master of your college you should
make 1t through your tutorF"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
For Nonunionists TO Consider.

If the organization of only a part of
the wageworkers has proved Of so
much benefit, an organization of the
whole mass would prove of immeas-
urable benetit.-Carpenter.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
i arm ano
Garden
DOOR LATCH FOR THE HOME
A Simple Design Which Can Be Eco
nomicaIIy Constructed

nomicaIIy Constructed.
A homemade door latch may be con
structed of three pieces of oak or 9th
err good hard wood For the handle
use a piece Of 8 by , by l inches
Shape fattish knob on one enc
three inches long. Work down the rest
so as to pass through a one inch au
ger hole. Shape Il knob IN the other
end by fiattening the sides. The latch
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
Chorus of Union Women.

The union working women or Bos-
ton have organized chorus to sing
the songs of labor. 1t has fifty mem
bers and Is being constantly increased
from the ranks of the women and girls
who belong to the various trades un'
ions Of that city. Competent instruct
org are training the chorus.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17

Nothing but union made tobacco at
the Labor Temple cigar stand.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17
LATCH IN PLACE.

latch thrown back. A little peg may
be used to keep the latch from falling
down when the door is open.
The design is very simple, and. be.
sides being serviceable. such latch
can be made very economically.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-12-17

False and Spacious Doctrine That
Trades Unionism Resents-Based on
Greed and Desire to Profit at HUI
manitys Expense.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Habit From the Dungeon.

Convicts who were forced to drag
about a ball and chain at the galleys
could often be detected when released
by their habit of trailing one foot
after the other. John Boyle OReily
condemned to convict life in Australia
for his Fenian sympathies, had also in
after years a habit which told like
sad story. One who knows him said
When walking abstractedly and me-
chanically he always went a short dis
lance and then retraced his steps. no
matter how wide a stretch he had be-
fore him. 1t was always three PAGES
forward. turn and three PAGES back.
exactly like the restless turning of a
lion in cage. One day l asked him.
Boyle, what was the length of your
cell when you were in prison-how
many paces?"
"Three." he said. "Why do you ask
Because when you are absentmind-
ed you always walk three PAGES for
ward and then retrace your steps"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
A Practical pemonstrstion.

"The best way to study nature is to
go right to it,
Il suppose So"
ooh, l know it. l was once disposed
to doubt the industry Of the ant Of
which so much is said
"And you learned betterF
81 did. had a controversy with a
naturalist over the question, and
thought l had him beaten until he gave
me a demonstration"
'Took you out and showed you the
ants at work, did he?"
''Well, not exactly that, but he took
me along on one Of his scientific eXpe-
ditiOns and then maliciously pitched
my tent over an ant hill. BY the time
/ discovered what was happening the
conviction was forced upon me that
ants are really and truly industrious.
They are small, but they made me
move, and some Of them went right
along with us to the next camping
place"-New York Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
MAN IN ISOLATION.
He IL Of Little Consequences and Is q
Barrier to Progress.

He IL Of Little Consequences and Is 3
Barrier to Progress.
1t is not an easy thing for man to
separate himself from the thought aud
activity and purpose of the community
in which be lives and to pursue an
isolated. disconnected and selfish part.
He can't do it, indeed, and if he tries
it he will only reduce himself to a
cipher or stumbling block. The com
munity will get on somehow, for it
must, but If it has many members
Of this kind it will be dull. heavy and
unprogressive.
Man in isolation is of little conse-
quence. next to nothing. His associa-
ton with others, the inspiration he re-
ceives from others. draw out his own
powers. The state" to this day. as
Plato conceived it, remains "a product
of mind" Out Of the action and inter-
action of currents of mind, affected
and even directed by variant views or
opinions, comes the whole progress of
man, of society. of the human race.
We want what Burke described as
that action and counteraction which
in the natural and political world. from
the reciprocal struggle of discordant
powers, draw out the harmony of the
universe"
The most isolated man cannot sepa-
rate himself from the situation he lives
in If such isolation were general @"
could be general it would be the mega
tion of civilization.-Portland Orego-
nian.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
A Lesson In Physiology.

The school superintendent was in
the habit of dropping in to the differ
ent class rooms and demanding re-
cita of lessons from the pupils. One
day her active mind hit upon physiol-
ogy as the study for examination.
1t happened that the teacher did
herself not like the study Of the hui
man anatomy and therefore had not
drilled her scholars as she should have
done. But the little girl to whom the
first question was put so bewidered
the superintendent and made her lose
her patience that there were no more
questions of a similar nature asked.
Tell me" said the superintendent,
what a skeleton is"
The little girl thought for a short
time.
"A skeleton?" she asked, "A skele-
ton? Why. skeleton is man with
his insides out and his outsides off,
New York Times
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
TAPA CLOTH.
Attire Of the Native Hawaiians Before
Civilization Arrived.

Attire Of the Native Hawaiians Before
Civilization Arrived.
The paper mulberry tree (BrOusso-
meta papyrifera) is the source of the
mamous "tapa cloth" of the POlynesian
islands This is a natural tissue and is
derived from the inner bark and after
being torn off in strips is scraped with
shells and beaten with a mallet until it
resembles a soft, flexible paper. The
Individual strips are united by over
tapping the edges and beating the
Abers together until large pieces Of the
tissue are formed.
1t is said that before Hawaii was
swept with the wave of civilization
men and women were dressed in this
natural bark cloth 'tapa" or KAPPA
The dress Of the women consists Of
the pau" or wrapper, composed Of
Eve thicknesses Of tapa, about four
yards in length by three in width,
passed several times around the waist
and extending below the knee. The
dress of the men was the "malO," or
girdle about foot in width and sew
eral yards long. A "kikel," or mantle
six feet square. was sometimes worn
by both sexes. In former years these
natural cloths were sometimes bleach
ed to snowy whiteness or were dyed in
colors and even printed or ornamented
usually in checks or squares. 49, EX-
change
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Wanted Them Lahslsd.

There was certain master Of fox
hounds in one of the English shires
who was greatly angered by the awk-
wardness of one of the gentlemen who
invariably rode over the hounds. At
one Of the meets the NJ. f. II. rode up
to the awkward hunter and in the most
chilling tones said. M SO-and-so.
there are two dogs in the pack today.
Snap and Tntters. which | am espe-
cially fond of. aud would esteem it
favor If you would avoid killing
or manning them with your horses
hoofs." Certainly, my dear fellow
replied Mr.. SO-and-so; but. as do not
know them. will you be kind enough Ia
put tags on them for NEE
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
SUBMARINE RIVERS.
Cold Water Currents Flowing Along
the Deep Sea Bottom.

Cold Water Currents Flowing Along
the Deep Sea Bottom.
The bottom currents of seas and
oceans. such as those which possibly
bring amber to our shores. are strange
ly disposed. The seigneur Of Sark some
fifty years ago was shipwrecked in his
yacht near the island of Guernsey. He
lost among other things. a well fas-
tened, strongly made chest containing
silver plate. 1t was found year later
in deep water off the coast of Norway
and restored to him.
In the really deep sea over a thou
sand fathoms down there are well
marked broad currents which may be
described as rivers Of very cold water
(only degrees or so above freezing
point. They flow along the deep sea
bottom and are sharply marked off
from the warmer waters above and to
the side. Their inhabitants are differ
ent from those of the warmer water.
They are due to the melting of the
polar ice. the cold water so formed
sinking at once owing to its greater
density below the warmer water Of
the surface currents.
These deep currents originate in both
the arctic and antarctic regions.-Sir
Ray Lancaster in London Telegraph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
! THE FIRST CHOICE.
. II Was Right, Too, Because the 5ravest
Are the Tenderest.

Are the Tenderest.
Some years ago the excursion steam
or returning from Alaska to Seattle
dislocated its propeller in dreary
portion of the inner passage and came
40 a forced stop. For two days the
vessels engineers aud machinists Ia
bored to repair the break, but without
success. Two of the boats were man
ned and dispatched for aid to Vic
aoria, 800 miles away. In the mean
zine It was discovered that the ships
stores were not abundant Alarm bred
a. the minds of pessimistic passen-
gers, and the contagion spread. Star
walton might assail the vessel before
help arrived.
A former California official took il
on himself to reassure his timid com
panions, but his effort was not per-
fectly adapted TO raise dropping spir-
St.. In fact, his closing sentences but
added TO the gloom. LET us be brave
ne said. IF the worst comes and that
dread necessity which in such misad-
ventures has met others must be faced
by us, let US remember that it is good
30 die that our friends may live. The
one or more that may be sacrificed
will be consoled by that thought"
There was a moments silence, awful
IN its intensity, then a cheerful voice
was heard "You should be taken
FIRST, Governor Booth. You know the
bravest are the tenderest." And even
abe terror stricken smiled once more
San Francisco ArgOnaut.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
An Athletic Game.

The cobbler's shop in small village
was filled with old men and young
man. the young man being a good
football player. Naturally the CONVEX
sation drifted TO the game Of foot
ball.
The young man turned to one of the
old men and asked him if he had ever
played the game. The veteran thought
fully blew a cloud Of tobacco smoke
from his lips and replied:
NAY, lad. I've never played at none
O them athletic games 'cept dOminos.'
London Mail.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-10-07
Fathers Revenge.

Here is a telegram from papa"
says the clipping bride. HE says for
us TO cone right home and live with
him and mamma
II didn't think he would he so vim
dictive as al that" signs the clipping
hridegroon.-Ne York Life