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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21
SPEEDING OF MANKIND.

TT HAD, to come. With all our i'm
= provements in machinery, espe-
cially with the increase in speed from
the speed Of a first class express to
q first class aeroplane. 1t has been
certain that sooner or later man
would not be quick enough for the
$justments man has made to his en-
ivironment. The skill, accuracy and
qufckness with which almost any one
Of us now lodges across a street
where automobiles threaten him would
have made crossing Broadway q gem
GRAFTON ago 9 leisurely stroll. Indeed,
1t is hard to believe what our elders
tell us Of the dangers Of that thor
oughfare before even electric cars had
invaded the domain Of the horse.
5 I The newest experiment Is to be
electrifying children. a schoolroom
In New York Is to be filled with waves
Of electricity that the effect Of the
current on pupils and teacher may De
observed. It Is said that q schoolroom
In Sweden 50 treated showed remark
able results in the growth OF the
pupils DR.. Nikola Tesla, wizard
sof the mechanical world, Is sponsor.
Tor the trial to be made In New Z ork.
He expects remarkable growth physi-
cally and mentally. III :I "; I, a 81. f
That many new things will be dis
covered is to be expected: that We
shall learn to improve mans physical
makeup il new ways Is not incredi-
Bile. u may be that the wonders OF
the coming age which will correspond
with the 'wond ers already discovered
are to. he of tn % Kind. Whatever il
s.really for the good % man Wall Sc.
swelc o1ne. 81 We dict that stn the
future mo-, COX back Wit, more
Iand more Ion 1ns the al 81. Il sttr
.pls 81 & 3 'lzs,t &
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21
NO BOSS RIDING THERE.

1t anyone takes any stock in Col. Roosevelt s
charges that Governor Wilson is boss ridden let
him see what happened at Syracuse Thursday There
Governor Wilson showed, not only that he was not
and would not be boss ridden but that he was sharp
enough to see when the bosses were trying their
hands at the riding game, and wise enough to fool
them But the friend of Finn, and Woodruff
and my good friend' Quay, and Aldrich and Can
non and the diner with Cox will probably fail to
mention that little incident.
Governor Wilson went to the New York state
far at Syracuse at the invitation of the fair mana
gers to meet the people. While there an attempt
was made to get him to sit at meat with Murphy
and the other Tammany bosses. No sooner did the
governor see the trick than he gracefully and
teously escaped. Did it without making any grand
stand Lorimer plays.
But the scheming bosses of Tammany were not
through. They had card or two left them So
when photographer asked the Democratic candi-
date to pose for him. and the genial governor smi]
1ngy consented, he found that as the artist focused
his camera Murphy and Dix stepped to his side
and as smllngy he stepped back and left his place
in the picture blank.
Then he let some Of those fair managers know
what ne thought OF men who would ask him to their
falr on one pretext and then try to mix him up with
Tammany.
Tammany may get mad at Governor Wilson for
that. And Murphy may break upon him the walls
OF his wrath. But the people will see in it all
man unafrald, a man who not only is Embossed but
who IS smart enough to see the gloved hand of the
bosses and refuse to grasp it. Tammany 3 anger will
be his strength Finn friends attacks will fail to-
touch man proved worthy
The people want that kind of a man. one who
can and will see and turn the tricks Of the BOSSES
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21
JUDICIAL CONSISTENCY.

Judge Carr, Of Philadelphia, was SO displeased
with the verdict Of jury that in gust of momen-
tary passion he dismissed the whole lot and ordered
new panel. --..,.. 49,. -:
Judge Carr is strongly opposed to the recall of
judges. He fears lest popular majority might not
approve OF some judicial decision and recall the
judge without taking time to cody consider the
matter. =
There are other judges equally consistent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

of some future decade will be a real
return to what we are won't to call
living with nature. Meanwhile let us
wait with interest for the results OF
electrifytng the school children.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

Resident Of This Planet and NIartian
i Have Interesting Exchange.
om the San Franciscol star:

From the San Francisco star:
Recently y met q man from Mara
He was much 4 interested In the earth
ana 10 lnhab anti some -
respects. 3, 3, satd can
zach sb,,t on1 sof thaH
m ! ~ 1 : 4 ~!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

That women are compelled to work in many &C.
equations longer hours for bare living that the
organized mechanics in the skilled trades is dark
dot on our boosted civilization and danger to
the physical and mental development Of the rising
generation It is one of the most important issues
on which organized labor should concentrate ita
energy and efforts. A shorter work day has q ten
dency to raise wages and to promote organization,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21
MIR. 1sMAY's DELAYED RESIGNATION.

: N.Y. 4SnnAX DELAYED RESIGNATION.
j. Bruce lsmay, president of the company that
owned the lost Titanic, who saw to it that he was
saved in the wreck of the gigantic steamer has re-
signed his position. =.
The resignation is unfortunately late He most
gracefully could have rendered it by going down
with the ship which would not have raced into the
destructive iceberg had he but spoken the word j;
but as he chose not to resign in that manner. the
next most graceful thing he could have done would
have been to have sent in the resignation from the
first point reached whence cable message conld
have been dispatched ~s>
OF course Mr.. 1smays resignation would have
been considered acceptable at any time but it should
not nave been sent in so late by several months.
The opponents Of organized labor, masqueradine
hs trends, are attempting to stigmatize the hard
work Of lobbying and pleading for labor lers,.t;o
\ as begging for favors n Any act not il harmony
Wath ther patent medicine and ). bs
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

8 The trades Union movement in France thon ph
still in it's infancy has repudiated thesleadershp of
the doctrnaire, and of the parliamentarian- the
philosopher and the politician In this respect It
has much II common with the policy outlined by
the American Federation Of Labor. '
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

One who decides matters by his friendships, his
epmIles 81 his not 4 ft persou for
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

Ohos new constitution was adopted BY about
40 per cent Of the voters How the so per cent that
stayed at home ,will howl the new order doesn't
suit them. z. S. 1900
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-09-21

The "frigidometer' is q new invention Il enahla
vessels to detect icebergs. Some booms would have
been saved much suffering if they had had them
along. a.. ' 600 D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14

From the Detroit Free Press.
 There is on Lake Muskegon, so long as the ice lasts each winter, village or over 100 shanties that never stays in one place more than a day at a time. These shanties are occupied by the bluegill fish ermen of Michigan, and when the hsh move the fishermen follow them. Each time move is made a hole by 3 three must be cut through the ice, and as the ice where the shanties stand IS is not an easy task.
 After the hole is cut the chopped Ice has to be scooped out of the water with the hands, to leave the hole entirely free to sight the fish when they come in for the decoy, which dangles into the water from a string attached to the roof Of the shanty. Inside the shanty is pitch dark ness and the fisherman sits catwise inside, manipulating the string with the decoy in the manner which he thinks is the most certain to bring results. The spear is waiting slantwise of the hole in the ice ready for big. lightning thrust into the water.
 A big, white bone button. with red yarn taSSle, IS used as uecoy, UT d wooden fish with tin fins and tail, made by the fisherman, and six to eight inches long. It dangles from the end of the string, which drops to a depth of three to four feet into the water, and the fisher man twirls the string in such d manner that the fish swims about in a surprisingly lifelike manner. These decoys are good lure and engender many a scrap between the glls, black bass and grass pike.
 In the blue gill fishing season as many as 700 or 800 pounds of the gills are speared almost daily. Besides the gills, mulets, croppies. grass pike and bull heads are taken, and still fishing for perch is also carried on.
 The fishermen at blue gill shantytown have the runways of the fish pretty well lined out, and the shanties hover over these from the beginning of the spearing season until the ice breaks up in April. To attract the attention of the fish they tap on the ice, not loudly, but gently, which gives a peculiar vibration to the ice and draws the fish in from the center of the lake shoreward, where they fall under the spear of the fishermen in the shantieS,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
The Mexican Situation

If the Mexican rebels can bate the United States into intervention in that unhappy country they will certainly do so. They are using every effort to arouse the jingo spirit along the bor- der of the western states, and 1t IS hard to see just what it will profit them ultimately if they are success ful in their efforts.
 There are many Americans finan- cially interested in the mining indus tries of Sonora and other Mexican states who would be glad to see this country get control of that section and restore order, and they are no doubt lending much sympathy, if nothing more, to the systematic campaign to force Uncle Sam to butt in. But fur ther than adopting vigorous policy, backed with action if necessary, for the protection of American citizens, this government should go slow.
 Intervention in Mexico would be ex- pensive both in lives and money, and commercial interests would be no ex- cuse for the wilful waste of either. Mexico is rich country which, under proper government, will develop rap idly, and the people there should be given the time and the opportunity to reap the reward of their own ef- forts. A closer commercial relation ship between the two countries, which can be brought about by the tearing down of the tariff walls, will be a greater help to everybody concerned than intervention, provided Mexicans can, in reasonable time, settle their internal difficulties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
Have Moved to cuIlman

D. c. Behrens and his daughter, Mrs F. w. Rainbow, and her children, are going to make Cullman their home. few weeks ago they bought residence in the city of Cullman. MT. Behrens has been stopping at the Florence for the past two days and will leave for Gull man today.
 Mir Behrens is one of Birmingham s oldest and most respected German set tiers. He has been here more than 50 years. His daughter was born in house near his more recent home on Twelfth street
 "Yes, I think Cullman has great tu- ture" said MT. Behrens. When l hrst came here I could see that Birmingham had a great future. Its growth has been remarkable, and 1t will grow at more rapid rate from this time on. AS to Cullman, 1t will, before many years, De- come one of the large cities of the state
 Mr. Behrens will engage in the real estate business in Cullman, but will also continue in the commission business, and will look after his Birmingham customers the same as formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
THE CITY OF BERLIN
Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentlnel.
 The city of Berlin covers an area of 2O,- GOO acres and the sewage farms owned and conducted by the municipality cover an area twice the size The sewage dis posal problem has nowhere reached the development as is found in Berlin. The city will ultimately sell this land at great profit and then turn to some biological method of meeting the problem or secure more land and go on with the work of land reclamation in connection with the disposal of the city's accumulations. The prevailing mode of disposing of sewage by pouring it into streams is exceedingly vasteful. It represents so much nitrogen which has been extracted from the soil, and which ought, by right, to be returned to the soil. If 1t could be advantageously used if would represent value of about s2oo, ,oOo, GOO a year to England alone. This however. is distributed over quantity of GOO COG, 900 tons. Sewage is so complex in it's nature that the recovery of it's chem- ,cal constituents would be almost a hope less task That, however, is no reason why some method should not be devised of utilizing it as fertilizer. Farmers have endeavored to use the sludge as a fertilizer; but that is not always prac- ticable, partly because of the chemical character of tine sludge and partly be- cause of the farmers distance from the dumping ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
TAPPED SHIPPERS ON THE HEAL

From Harper's Weekly
 One John Rudge is on record as having beoeathed to the parish of Trysull, In Shropshire, England, 20 shillings year to be paid to "a poor man" employed to go about church in summer to keep people awake.
 At another English church, that of Acton in Cheshire, it was the practice during the middle of the last century TOT one of the church wardens to proceed through the church during service with huge wand in his hand. wherewith, IT any one of the congregation were ob- served asleep, he was instantly awakened by tap on the head.
 In Warwickshire a similar custom pre- vailed A warden bearing stout wand, shaped like a hay fork at the end, stepped stealthily up and down the nave and the aisles. and whenever he saw an individual asleep he touched him so effectively that
 the nap was broken-this being sometimes
 accomplished by the application of the fork to the nape of the neck.
 A more playful method obtained in an- other church. The beadle went about dur ing service, carrying a long staff. to one end of which was attached fox S brush and to the other a knob. With the former he gently tickled the faces of
 the women sleepers, while with the knob he bestowed sharp rap on the hears Of
 men offenders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
Health and Efficiency

Human betterment should be the end and aim of all government. It has not thus far been so in this coun- try where privilege and favor have been grabbed by the few at the eX- pense of the many.
 We must do better. We must ever remember that prevention is better than cure. There are European coun- tries that have cut the typhoid deaths far below the rate prevailing in this country, and the consumption rate has been cut down one-half while re- duction of 25 per cent is the best we have been able to accomplish.
 Every state should turn its ener- gies and money and trained skill to battles with typhoid, consumption, malaria and hookworm. All these de- vastating diseases are preventable to . great degree. Typhoid can be abolished by inoculation; malaria goes when the anophele mosquito does, and hookworm is readily conquered by thymol. Tuberculosis is a more diff ficult problem, but it, too, can be con- quered by giving all a chance to live better and to be better nourished. Pauperism brings disease, and each and every community should study the means of reducing and even abolish ing it. England and Germany are do- ing this, and we have much to learn from other countries. There is no issue so important as human better ment, and all true progress lies in that direction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14

ton to modern ideas, modern comforts and modern luxuries.
 China, with it's teeming population, is getting ready for great material triumphs, and will soon rival in every respect, it's great neighbor. There IS mighty awakening in China. Dr. Sun Vat Sen is a statesman in the best modern sense. He is a man of constructive views and high integrity.
 The undermining of the orient opens magnicifent opportunities for the rest of the world. The far east and the United States should be mutually helpful. There will be an enormous exchange of trade in the next few years, and the more modern thatthese populous ancient nations become, the more beneficent will be their influence over all Asia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14

of Paris as a pleasure resort. and years ago, when Cincinnati was the chief city in Ohio, before it gave precedence to Cleveland, some of it's ambitious news paper writers declared 1t to be the Paris of America" But the witty 1eorge D. Prentice, who then dominated Kentucky journalism. insisted that if there were any Paris in the makeup of the Queen City, 1t was plaster of paris. and that settled the matter.
 There can never be in the United States real Paris of America until we shall get ranks and orders of nobility, and that will only be when our republic shall de- velop into a grand imperial nation. Under a newly acquired emperor a titled class would follow as a matter of course, and the easiest way to get it would be to sell the titles. Ten million collars would buy a dul1edom, s5,000.000 the tite of count. and s1,o00.00o that of baron. In the be- ginnings of old world nobility titles were granted by the sovereign for eminent ser vices, but when such a system is started in great country like ours the simplest way would be to establish an arstocracy of wealth.
 Until then our great metropolitan cities will never be more than mere centers of business and capital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
SHE OBEYED

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 Mrs. Nugsby is without a servant again." said the woman In the first floor fiat to her neighbor across the hall.
 Well, did you ever! I never hear of any one who changed so often as she does. Whats the trouble this time?"
 T think it's the result of a little dialogue overheard yesterday. I heard Mrs. N. call impatiently. Nora. drop everything at once and come here.'"
 "'Yes, ma'am,' was the answer, in pleasant tones that surprised me. for Nora and her mistress had been fight ing like two cats all the time. Then I heard a vail: Nora, what's that baby crying for now? cried Mrs. N, and Nora, with wicked giggle. replied Well, think it's because I dropped him. a'am."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
A FINICKY WIFE

From Youths Companion.
 Before justice, in small English town of the south coast, there appeared not long ago a wife who accused her hus band of assault and battery. The man admitted that he had seized her and thrown her down. perhaps roughly. yet not without making sure she would fall upon a soft place. But he had done so, he declared in defense of his person and his honor He was fireman, and she had tried to keep him from going properly appareled and equipped to a fire.
 The fire company of his village, he ex- plained was composed chiefly of volun- teers, whose uniforms were kept in their homes and kept in repair by their wives, task that no wife performed moro faithfully than his own; in fact, she was too careful of 1t. When a night alarm was given for a fire in the quarter be- tween the glue factory and the wharves, and he had Jumped up to dress, she had positively refused to allow him to put 1t on, declaring that smoke and cinders were bad enough but when 1t came to salt and glue and fish scales as well 1t was beyond all reason; his oldest trousers and a pea jacket were plenty good enough. He had remonstrated and she had vitu- perated.
 But I didn't lay a finger on her, your honor. not till she 'eaved a kittle at me ed when I grabbed for me boots," he protested, and then it come to me twas no less than a public Juty to chuck 'er on 'er bed where she couldn't hinterfere and what I sees to be my juty, I ups and does So I chucked er."
 Were ducking still the accepted pun ishment of vixenish wives, she might have been awarded poetic justice at the nozzle of a hose. AS it was, the case | ended amid general laughter, in the dis ! charge of the aggrieved husband, and q reprimand to the too careful wife. In our own country, and in commun-
 ty by no means rustic, little incident but few days ago proved that 1t is not only
 the better halves of fremen who can be
 too fincky. The irewagon, responding | to still alarm for chimney fire, was
 met by the son of the house, who eagerly
 snatched an extinguisner, while the fire men were unreeling the hose. But the
 eagle eye of the chief was upon him. Here, here.' he cried, authoritatvely. Don't meddle with that extnguisher, young man. Why, it's only just been pol ished!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
By Edward Everett.


 K ETHINKs see it now. that one NI solitary, adventurous vessel, the "A Mayfiower of a forlorn hope. freghted with the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea.
 I behold it pursuing, with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain. the tedious voy- age Suns rise and set, and weeks and months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep. but brings them not the sight of the wished for shore. I see them now, scantily supplied with provisions, crowded almost to suffocation in their illstored prison, delayed by claims, pursuing a cir cutous route and now, driven in fury before the raging tempest in their scarce ly seaworthy vessel. The awful voice of the storm howls through the rigging. The laboring masts seem straining from their base; the dismal sound of the pumps is heard; the ship leaps, as 1t were, madly from pillow to pillow; the ocean breaks, and settles with ingulfing floods over the floating deck, and beats with deadening weight against the staggering vessel.
 I see them escaped from these perils, pursuing their all but desperate under taking, and landed at last, after five months passage, on the icoclad rocks of Plymouth, weak and exhausted from the voyage, poorly armed, scantily pro visioned, depending on the charity of their shipmaster for a draught of beer on board, drinking nothing except water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-14
POLITICS IN CLAY'S TIME

From Youths Companion.
 American politics have always been marked by intense partisanship. The personalities exchanged during the presidential campaigns of so years ago, when Clay and Jackson were rivals, were quite as bitter as anything that passes between candidates and their supporters.
 In Daviess county, Kentucky, at the time when Henry Clay was running for the presidency against General Jack son, there lived plain, industrious farmer. He was an ardent politician, noted for his hospitality to Clay and his party. But his interest in politics did not make him indifferent to his wife's happiness. While in town one day he thought he would surprise the good woman by giving her set of new dishes. He selected an attractive pat tern, and as he was in hurry, did not examine the dishes closely, but had them packed and placed in his wagon
 His wife was delighted with the gift but no slight examination satisfied hei feminine curiosity. In turning over a dish she discovered on the under side a portrait of Henry Clay. Every piece was thus marked To tease her hus- band. she asked him the cause ,i his "sudden change of politics" "Change of poiitics'' shouted the husband, as excited as if he has beer charged with crime. What do yo, mean?"
 Thereupon she showed him the DOT trait on the china. As if he were rid ding himself of noxious thing. thu farmer gathered up every dish. and car rying them to the door, broke them into fragments on the stone steps. He pur chased another set of dishes in few days but not until he had made sure that there was no whig politicians DOT ..ott o, fhan