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ing in a corner of one of the corridors had been partly destroyed, presumably, he reported, by some vandal who had made his way into the building in a manner unknown. The mystery of the missing films and destroyed cameras might have remained unsolved to this day had not one of the staff of the in- stitution, one morning a week later, heard hiss emanate from a clothes closet near where he was working. He listened close ly, and presently heard the sound re- peated. He investigated and, in the cioset found gopher in the act of gnaw- ing at a pair of rubber boots. The gopher in question had been presented to the museum several months before, and had been kept in the department of taxi dermy, where he had become a general pet, and had been made comfortable in big box filled with earth. Investiga- tion disclosed the fact that the gopher had quietly gnawed a hole in one side of the box, and that, during the night, he had been in the habit of leaving the department of taxidermy and of roaming at will about the halls. On the next day the gopher died of nitrate-of-silve pois- oning, resulting from his meal of films The holes in the two expensive cameras were examined, and this havoc, too, was found to have been wrought by the little animal who had atoned for his crimes by death.
 No chronicle of this sort would be com plete without notice of "The Case of tho Strange Pickpocket." A few years ago the police received several complains from visitors to the Bronx Geological gardens, in New York, to the effect that while
 watching the animals, their pockets had
 been picked of small articles. Watch was
 kept, and the culprit was finally dis
 covered in the person of Jake" one of
 the monkeys belonging to the zoo. "Jake."
 who has since been sold to an animal trainer, was in the habit of waiting until spectator came up close to the monkey | cage, when he would reach out his hand and pick the inqusitive persons coat | pocket,
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THE BAREFOOT BOY

By John Greenleaf Whittier. Blessings on the little man,
 Barefoot boy with cheeks of tan! With thy turned up pantaloons And thy merry whistled tunes; With thy red lips, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brims jaunty grace; I was once a barefoot boy.
 Oh, for boyhood's painless play, Sleep that wakes in laughing day, Health that mocks the doctors rules, Of the wild bees morning chase, Of the wild flowers time and place, How the tortoise bears his shell, How the woodchuck digs his cell How the robin feeds her young. How the orioles nest Is hung,
 Where the whitest lilies blow,
 Where the freshest berries grow; Where the ground nut trails its vine. Where the wood grape's clusters shine, Of the black wasp's cunning way. Masons of his walls of clay.
 Oh. for boyhood's time of June,
 Crowding years in one brief moon, When all things I heard or saw
 Me. their master, waited for.
 was rich in flowers and trees. IIumming birds and honey bees;
 For my sport the squirrel played,
 Piled the shouted mole his spade. Laughed the brook for my delight. Through the day and through the nigl whispering at the garden wall. Talked with me from fall to fall. Mine the sand-rimned pickerel pond, Mine the walnut slopes beyond. Mine on bending orchard trees. Apples of Hesperides. t3R
 I was monarch; pomp and joy,
 Waiiea on the barefoot boyl
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Passenger Traffic Manager Hardwick

Samuel H. Hardwick, passenger traffic manager of the Southern railway, who accompanied President Finley and a party of capitalists to Birmingham this week. looks better than usual. It can be truthfully said of him that he grows younger with years. MT. Hardwick is a frequent visitor of Birmingham. and no one is more enthusiastic over the pro- gres sof Alabama than he. Once a citi- zen of Birmingham, he is thoroughly fa- miliar with this district.
 q was prophet of Birmingham in the early days.' said MT. Hardwick, and I am glad to see my predictions being full filled. Twenty years ago I saw that Bir- mingham had a splendid future, but this city has surpassed all my expectations.
 Friends of Mir. Hardwick remarked this week that he looked younger even than he did when he was working here as pas senger agent in the years gone by.
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REFLECTIONs OT A nACHELoR

From the New York Press.
 A farmer seems to think the Lord ought to want to be in partnership with him.
 A man doesn't have to be taught how tc fall in love; he has to be taught how tc stay in love
 One woman out of a thousand knows enough not to get married; still she does it if she gets the chance.
 A man might save money by not having any foolish extravagances, but it would only be for the rest of the family who had The reason woman can believe in hel husband Is she knows so much better that anybody else how much he doesn't de serve It.
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A BIT PREMATURE

From the May LippincOtts.
 Old Jake La Rue was a very crusty man. full of gouty aches due to age and overeating. He lost patience with his physician one day because the latter did not make enough fuss over the pain his patient suffered.
 Doctor" he thundered, you don't un- derstand! You don't seem to grasp the case! You talk as though there were nothing the matter with me, whereas am suffering the torments of the damned!'
 What, already?" aueried the doctor' III apparent amazement.
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LITTLE HARRY PUZZLED

Just above the buffet in the dining-roonl of Richmond house there hangs a huge finely mounted antlered head. This trophy of the owners hunting prowess Is fas- tened so firmly to the wall that the glis- tenng neck seems to be coming right out through the plaster.
 When little boy from the city saw this decoration for the first time, he eyed Il with considerable curiosity and very evi- dent uneasiness. It looked almost toe lifelike for comfort
 Finally the youngster asked to be ex- cused and slipped from his chair. going into the next room He returned to the dining-room flushed with embarrassment
 What's the matter, Harry" asked his host
 q wanted to see," explained the child sheepishly, If that animals legs were really as long as that, or if he were stand
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so that the white-horse sign of luck is probably buried for good. Per haps a white motor car will eventually come to be considered the equivalent o! white horse by the red-headed girl oi superstitionists. In the meantime they should, in order to be on the safe side carry rabbits foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

The middies at Annapolis are now en- dcavoring to unsnub the young lady whom they lad offended. The Secretary of the Navy requires it of them, and it serves tlen, right.
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"There is every reason to believe" says the Mobile Register, that MT. Under wood is prepared to acquit himself well of the great responsibilities that have been placed upon him.
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SUCH A FINE TOWN

From the Columbia State.
 That legislators should run away from Nashville can be explained, but why to Birmingham?
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IT OFTEN HAPPENS.

A poet once a sonnet wrote,
 The critics damned him roundly. His fame's worldwide today. we note, While theirs is sleeping soundly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

The small boy who lives in city where in the springtime he has to choose from a circus, a ball game and fishing trip his rest cure is sorely perplexed.
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London Is old and exceedingly enterpris- ing. It is building dock to accommo- date ships 1000 feet long. and the world has no such ship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28
SIMPLE REASON

From Puck.
 Mrs. Highup-Your husband has changed so that didn't recognize him.
 Mrs. Blase-It isn't that. I've changed husbands. . -l.,. -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Forty per cent of the 16,000 lawyers in New York are pushed to the wall by the high cost of living. So says the New York County Lawyers association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Some states are proposing a license for drinking men. It would then be a pun ishable offense to sell a drink to man
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The reactionaries are convinced that they cannot work Senator Works of Call fornia. He is treading in the footsteps Of the redoubtable I.aFollette
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Andrew Carnegie might have died poor if he had handed over to the Carnegie Trust company all the money 1t wanted.
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Ex-Mayor Mcclellan is to teach politics at Princeton, having accepted professor ship there. This Is better than one-night stands on a chautauqua circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

The innocence of the Chicagos accused lumbermen is something marvellous, and yet Banquo Lorimer will not down"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

President Diaz can retire in an eighth term with pennant honors.
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Washington is full of spring fever and no traces of war fever have been dis covered there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Up north they begin 10 fear it will snow on the Fourth of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Senator John Sharp Williams Is camp ing on the trails of the lame duck com missions, and he proposes to smoke them out
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SUREST THING YOU KNOW!

From the Gadsden Journal.
 Brmingham's triumvirate is making good.
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In Illinois they are singing a song of jaclSpots, pockets full of dough.
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A baldheaded Indian takes away all the romance connected with Poor Lo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Eva Tanguay had tempermental tam trum and had to pay s54o for jabbing a hatpin Into a stage hand.
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Mayor Harrison is 51 years old and he has grown son whose name is also Car ter Harrison.
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THE FAIRY TALES OF SCIENCE

Mexico's favorite game at present is the armistice.
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Mexico should straighten up and try to be republic in fact as we'll as in name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

April Is on the homestretch and the drug stores are pushing the sale of cam phor balls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

When the Daughters of the Revolution adjourned 1t was really an armistice for a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-28

Gov. Woodrow Wilson's talking tour in the west will be the event of the year.
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ALL A MISTAKE.

"No matter what happens, he never gets upset"
 T was positive he owned an automo- bile''
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All towns, Birmingham included, love the home team best when it is win ming.
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Always remember that the home team can't win all the time unless Trough pitches.
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A BRIEF REPENTANCE.

A BRIEF REPENTAN He looked not on the wine when 1t was
 red
 That is, he looked not on the wine for
 long; But gulped it down. Result, an aching
 head And consciousness of having done a g wrong. Remorse called up a still accusing voice, Which smote him hard redoubling all
 his pain, Until at last he had no other choice Than to cry out, 'I never will again Become a beast, however great my
 thirst"
 Alas how frail are mortals here below! But yestere'en he drank like one accurst And doth this morning sound the deeps
 of woe.
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TAKEN UNAWARES.

TAKEN UNAWARES. T don't object to being whipped" Said wicked little Tommy Poodle. Iris true the teacher up tripped And laughed to. see him bump his
 noodle. "I have no fear. The blows will fall-- Ahem.-just where my pants arc Come hither, Tom'-the teachers call And thereupon he curtly added, Hold out your hand" The rule, up-
 raised, e With stinging force ere long descended Poor Tommy, standing hurt, amazed, His chubby palm all undefended. Withheld his tears, his lowered eyes Kept firmly fixed upon the floor. Then muttered he in sad surprise You always whipped behind, before"
 A MISUNDERSTANDI How is my bump of combativeness, professor"
 MI"
 1T say, how is my bump of combative- ness?"
 "Nn"
 Have I a bump of combativeness, or have I not?''
 You have not!'
 "That's what I wanted you to say in the first place."
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 May Lippincotts. aN REVOLT. Cause Mrs. Biff Put on such airs, Her husband kicked The cat downstairs, And rushing out, He loudly swore, To neighbors round, "pll work no more To buy that dame Glad rags, in which To get the name Of being richr' Thuswise he spoke And fled away. Twas not a. joke He went to stay.
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A GRISLY JOKE.

Some people have gruesome idea of what constitutes humor." "Well?'
 1T once heard of chap who congratu- lated a hangman on his snappy work"
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A FALSE ALARM

A FALSE AkARM. Poor Binks has been taken to the hos pital."
 "What's the trouble?" Appendicitis"
 Then he may pull through. I was afraid he had gotten into an argument about prohibition" PAUL COOK.
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SOON SET RIGHT.

A Kansas newspaper correspondent writes:
 "I saw young man the other day that took, from his dress and swagger, to be the pampered son of some pilfering pluto crat. But my guess we'nt ker-wallop when I was told that he was just one of those thousands who are singing the latest, Molly, Come Wade in the Slush, and nickel circuit "
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OUT OF THE QUESTION

'. OUT OF THE QUESTION.
 Triton bought his wife set of china and she was speechless with delight"
 "Pshaw! I'm too poor to buy my wife q set of china every day.,
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NoToRIETY.

q wonder why it is that so many erotic books are written these days by women? ?"
 Maybe it's because those women pre- fer the vulgar stares of the multitude to the love and respect of chosen few.''
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

ing on something in the next room. "' May Lippincotts. A
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05

ought to understand its injustice,
and the evil effects such reckless
charges have upon the rising
generation, whose minds are
poisoned. by these false accusa-
tions, and whose political life will
thereby be naturally forced to a
lower plane. The Labor World
is not infalible but it never yet
took. any stock in the practice Of
accusing public officers of graft,
simply because they were public
officers, but. when we do come in
TO contact with crookedness and
unworthy action we generally
have something to say We, how
ever, much prefer to take the
optimistic view.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05
SOURCE OF CARNEGIE's
WEALTH.

Chairman Stanley of the House
Steel Investigation Committee has
put into the record copy of the
agreement entered into in 1900 by
the steel plate manufacturers of
the United States. These are the
benevolent gentlemen who arm
ored our warships so that we
could repel any foreign foe. -
The agreement shows that ter
rltory and output were appor-
toned so that one firm could not
enter the field of another or pro-
duce plates in excess Of a
stipulated amount. The firm that
violated this agreement was fined
SO much per pound, and the fine
was distributed among the other
companies.
Phe Carnegie Steel company re-
. ceived 1925 per cent of all such
Il lines, for at that period TIE Car
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05
OPPOSED TO REFORMS.

The Ohio State Board of Com
merce at Columbus has passed a
resolution calling on the business
organizations Of the state to take
action against the incorporation
OF the initiative and referendum
in the new constitution.
1t is not likely that such a re-
solution expresses the real senti-
ments of more than very small
percentage Of the business men of
Columbus and that small per-
centage is probably mainly COM
posed of what is popularity called
big Business the kind that
depends directly or Indirectly on
special privilege in some form or
other.
1t is not probable that the
legitimate business men of the
state want to antagonize the in
terests Of farmers and laboring
men as we'll as their own, for the
sake Of predatory interests.
If they allow themselves to be
bamboozled or frightened into
such a course they will have only
themselves to blame when thew
lind trusts and monopolies push
ing them toward bankruptcy.
The fact that this so-called
business. men s. movement is
being engineered by Allen Ripley
Foote, professional heller of pub
lie service monopolies, is enough
to condemn it.
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negie company was il q position
to.sdo consid erable debating, and
] II never hesitated. Thus Car
negie,. who vas head Of affairs,
not only receiyed profits from the
mills he controlled, but he also
received q share Of any increased
profits his rivals might obtain.
Business concerns do not will
ingly give up il any Of their profits,
and that they did 50 to Carnegie
was merely because they feared
reprisal. He levied tribute and
they knew they would have to
pay: or 60 out of business. ! -. =
j. He educated them in some of
the finer points Of capitalism, just
as surely as he educated the pro-
jecters of the Steel Trust when he
took such an enormous proportion
of the bonds. 49,, 1T: -. !. a -.s..s-
. Since that time, having retired
from business, he has been more
active than ever as a philanthropy
list, giving church organs, help
ing schools and founding hbrar-
les. But the ! whole enormous
amount of wealth he commands
was accumulated through villain
Gus methods Exchange.
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C0NCEALING FACTS.

A few weeks ago the Associat-
ed Press informed the country
that a Texas Court had declared
the Initiative, Referendum and
Recall unconstitutional. Such
papers as the Philadelphia Tele-
graph, owned by q member Of
John Wanamaker's family, could
not say enough: in praise Of the
decision. IF the Associated Press
sent out that item Of. news the pa
pers being served by it must have
overlooked the matter. Papers
like those of the Scripps- McRae
League = having independent
sources Of newszgetting seem to
be the only ones that were in:
formed. II !,
This is only one Of many in
stances which show the danger
Of private monopoly Of telegraph
lines. ss>. 5a..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05
VALUE OF KINDNESS.

Life has no smooth roads for
any Of us. Our senses are dulled
by deceptive allurements, our i'm
aginations misled by the false
glare Of fame, our reason deceived
by the things which lead us into
temptation and our footsteps
lured from the narrow path of
common sense, but with it all,
with our sufferings, with our pri-
vations and with our poverty,
there is one thing we can all be
and that is, kind. Kindness is
the greatest of all human bless
ings, and one Of the best
lubricants for making easy our
passing over life's rugged way.
1t elevates us above the common
herd Of humanity and gives our
lives, humble as they may be, a
brace they could never otherwise
possess.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05

It will be pleasure to all our peo-
pie to learn that salesman so we'll
and favorably known as Mr.. G. A..
Turning, is now with the Twin Ports
Clothing Company at 406-407 West
Superior street. -, :.a r
Mr.. Turning was head-salesman for
Charles Ericsson for period of about
twenty years, and no doubt his
former friends will continue to bestow
upon him a goodly share of patronage.
The Twin Ports Clothing Company
carries an enormous stock of mems
clothing, furnishing = goods, hats,
shoes, in short everything in the
wearing line that enters into the
equipment of a first-class mercantile
establishment. The store Is doing a
large business, because the manage
iment makes a specially of, giving
every customer entire satisfaction in
the matter of quality and price. Sat
isfied customers are stores best as
sets. The Twin Ports Clothing Com
pany's store act upon the principle Of
once q customer always a customer. Il
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05
NEW OHIO CONSTITUTION.

1.-The most important task that
confronts the people Of Ohio just
now in connection with the new
constitution, is to pick the right
kind of men to 60 to Columbus,'
says the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Quite right: The right kind of
men to send are men who can be
depended upon to frame a con-
stitution which will not be a.
burglars tool in the hands of pre-
datory interests. That is not
what the Times-Star means by
fright kind of men, but that is
the only kind that ought to be
sent nevertheless.
There is a very easy way to de-
termine whether: a candidate
answers that description, If he
unequivocally favors the initiative
and referendum in proper form
then he is the right kind Of man.
The man who says he favors
these measures with an '<if'' or
'*bpt'' =: added thereto, : is not the
right kind of: man. Il such::a man.
may be sincere. 1hut the chances
are that he is not. The chances
are that he is only trying an old
thread-bare political trick.
The man who refuses to clearly
state his position may at once be
safely a. classed as a crook. The
man who says he is opposed to
these measures admits that he is
opposed to popular rule. No one
who belongs to the class that he
wants to debar from voting on
measures in which they are in
terested should vote for him.
If the Ohio people wants to
know what class of men to avoid
let them read Lynn Haines' &C.
count Of the Minnesota legislature
of 1911. It would be an eye
opener for the voters.
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RECIPROCITY IN CANADA.

1t appears from the daily pa
pers that Premier Laurier has de-
cided to put reciprocity squarely
up to the voters Of Canada.
Parliament will be dissolved
a new election held for members
of the commons. If the liberals
are returned again, by a big vote,
as Laurier thinks they will be,
it means that the reciprocity bill
will pass by December and be-
come active Immediately. It can t
go into effect until Canada acts
on it. as the United States did
recently.
The only complication of the is
sue is that western Canada has
increased largely in population
and is entitled to about twenty
more members, but won't get
them because the election will be
held before the redistribution.
Each party will try to throw the
blame for this on the other, but
the west is strong for reciprocity.
The lower house-the commons
decides things over here. The
ministry-''t the government lis
chosen from the commons. The
senate is composed Of appointees
for life, has little real voice, al
though it talks considerably to
empty galleries.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-05
RECALL OF JUDGES.

ANY one opposed to the recall
Of judges should be invited to
take a good look at the actions of
one Dan Thew Wright, once a
ienchman Of Boss Cox of Cincin-
natl. now federal judge in the
District of Columbia, by grace of
Joseph B. Foraker, retired United
States Senator from the Standard
Oil Company.
The 1nan who can not be con-
vinced by thai would be loyal
suppcrt':: of the Gar if he lived
in Russia.