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Putnam patriot., 1913-05-02
Moscow Survivors.


 That soidiers-once they escape the risks of war-are long lived is shown by Russia's finding four or five sur yiyors of the Moscow campaign. the centennial of which is now being eele- brated.
 These veterans must be HIS years old. at least. unless small boys were enlisted in those days.
 After the 20 years of war Of the Napoleonic era. of the Ss marshals of France. as survived Of the 10 who were gone, only two died of disease; three fell in battle. one was drowned. one was assasstns;eG, one was sui- eide and two were executed.
 The survivors reached an average age of fs years. 10 of them dying as octogenarians
 Many other generals have reached extreme old age. Marshal de Riche- lieu was s4 years old when he died in 1Tss.~ Two years before his death he married girl of Is, who was able to say to Napoleon III. in 1862: Sir. Louis XIV asked of my hushand"-
 She was then ss years old and lived two years longer.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-02

sAs questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject Of building. for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience Editor Author and Manufacturer. ha is. without doubt. the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries fn William A. Radfnrd No. IFS West Jackson boulevard. Chicago. I'll. and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
 The rooms Tn this house are old fashioned in regard to size. as there are only five. and they use up the available space in building q feet wide by 43 feet long. without measnr- ing the front porch. The design Is at- tracsiVe. and it Is very easy to build house Of this style For a family there are rooms enough. and they will suit those persons who feel cramped in rooms Of smaller size. 4 dining room Is by 23 feet Is unusual. except in the very largest houses; and kitchen that Is Il feet inches by l5 feet also Is unusual This arrange ment of dining room and kitchen Is well adapted to farm houses. where kitchen and pantry space is sn object There Is only one chimney. but the chimney has three nnes. There Is economy in building a chimney like this but not every house is designed so that the kitchen chimney will an sWer for cooking and also for the fre- place and heating the house.
 This style Of house. moreover. Is very good for a comfortable summer home, and there are more such houses being built every year. both al summer resorts and ia farm districts A good many people are obliged to live in the eify 10 the winter time. but they like to get out into the country as soon as Fpring opens They usually have good deal of company to meals. and this Is another reason why dining room of this size Is preferred. For such purpose house must be built Slthoat a cellar-whleh will save Ieod deal in first cost The range in inc kitchen and the fireplace in the lining room will answer for heating intil severe cold weather comes lats n the fall. Where fireplace heat Is depended upon. good big room is nee issarg so that the heat may be gently Infused instead of burning ones face.
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-02
From Itl

Native-Judge. how do you like our lake front?
 Visltor-oh. the view from 1t ,s splendidl
Putnam patriot., 1913-05-02

filter need not be expensive or bother some. A hogshead partly filled with sand. charcoal and gravel stones in layers. makes one of the best filters, and it Is one Of the cheapest But you cannot use it year after year without emptying and re-filling. When the premises are fixed up early in the spring. it is the time to empty out the old altering material and put in new. clean stun. The tank should be clean ed out at the same time. and the whole water system put in thorough repair. It will then so along for an other year with very little attention.
 IL Is great nuisance to keep house In the country without a satisfactory water supply. IL Is astonishing to sec
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
UNREST ON new RIVER.

The trend Of news coming from
New River the past week indicate
that the miners are dissatisfied with
the present scale and working condi-
tons. Certain officers OF the u. NJ.
W. of A. forced the New River miners
into their present agreement against
the wishes of the majority. Now
that the miners Of Paint and Cabin
Creeks have Tepndiated all agreement
similar 10 that now prevailing on New
River and have wrung from their en-
blowers a few valuable concessions, it
is but natural that the IriCked miners
of New River are angry and restless.
No agreement should be signed here
that does not place the miners oS
West Virginia on a par with the min
erS of any state in the Union.
Nothing definite has developed as
We 60 10 press.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
G. g. @. Clerks to Strike?

In resnonSe TO an alleged systematic
attempt on the part OF the T. q w.
officials to smash the clerks organlza-
ton a vote is now being taken on the
entire system. The summary dis
missal of several local clerks VINO
had joined the union gives color TO
the charge of discrimination.
The capitalists of West Virginia
seem to be on a state wide strike
against the right to organize and TINS
should be met by preparations Tor a
a state wide strike in defense OF that
right.
All that the clerks will find
necessary will be TO ef1ectuaIly
withdraw their labor power and
stag of the job. In that event some
u? tie chappes who are now loating
NJ the summer resorts would have to
~ to work, and that would be per
feclIv distressing. don't you know.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
SUBSCRIBING THE PRESS.

The capitalist press being class
press is Of necessity subsidized and
controlled by the class that owns it.
The lobby hearings now taking
place before the Senate Committee in
Washington. have brought to light the
fact that the sugar trust carried a
page Of literature in 700 newspapers
furnished by the American Press
Association at q tremendous expense
But what does the cnpense amount
TO when the trust can, by raising the
price fraction, make it up in a day
or perhaps an hour?
The point is that 700 newspapers
were subsidized by the sugar trust,
carrying leading arguments against
free sugar and otherwise prostitutine
the columns of the papers they had
subsidized to defeat legislation adverse
to their interests and to pepetuate
their power to rob the people.
1t is needless to say that there is
no Socialist paper among those subsi-
died by the sugar trust. The 700
papers that carried page each of
literature directed against the tariff
reduction were all capitalist papers,
many Of them of the reform variety
which are opposed to Socialism, but
willing 10 60 one eye on it and a step
At q time.
And yet the Senate Committee has
not succeeded in the discovery of any
lobby in Or about the national capital!
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
Wilson's Ideas on Mexico

On Wednesday President Wilson
read his message on the Mexican
situation to both branches of Congress
in person. The message marks a
complete failure of American and
European fnanciers tG embroil AmerI-
ca in war with Mexico.
Tile message and current news
! dispatches reveal the fact that ire
mendouS influence has been brought
from home and abroad to bear upon
! the American government and people
in order to stir up the necessary war
spirit.
But in vain. The time has past
: when the workers OF one nation can
be plunged into Il bloody murderous
war with the workinGclass of another
simply 10 serve the interests of the
money gang.
The American workers are willing
TO defend their honor. but they are
TOO intelligent 10 be led to believe
| that their honor lies in crushing the
ambitions and hopes of the wretched
poems Of Mexico.
Americans might spill their blood
upon the sands of Mexico to free the
poems: but to ask them to do il in de-
! Tense of Hearst. Morgan. Rockefeller
and the Catholic church. is too raw
and ridiculous.
To the Socialist and radical press
! is this enliGhtment due The admins
tration at Washington acted wisely
and we'll when it needed public opin-
ion among the great American work
! ngclaSs and refused to turn the dogs
Of war loose at the command Of Wall
street and European capitalists
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
Labor War In Colorado.

A violent phase of the class war n
America has broken out in the lead
mining camps Of Colorado.
With the mine owners importing
gunner. thugs and Baldwin-Felts
detectives from West Virginia, the
Western Federation Of Minert is con-
fronted with a real war.
One man has already been murder
ed in the streets of Trinidad, Colorado,
by Baldwin-Felts thugs while the
miners are everywhere arming TO pro-
tect themselves. This is but part of
a nationwide attempt TO crush labor
ORGANIZATIONS in America.
But in the Western Federation of
Miners they have foe worthy of
their steel. These revolutionary
class conscious workers are Industrial
" organized. They strike as one
man. and before such an organization
the midnight assassin. the hired thug
and the tin horn are powerless. On
until the fight comrades. the entire
American working class is watching
you and relying on you TO carry the
flag of emancipation little closer to
the final goal
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
CLASS RTRUGGLE At
STUEBENVILLE, OHIO,

The city authorities of Stuebenville
Ohio, who poured volleys Of hot lead
into q crowd of strikers who were pro-
testing against the importation OF
hired thugs and strike-breakers afford
another striking example Of what
may be expected of Republican and
Democratic government. The union
men in that crowd got just whnt they
voted for. But shoot on, Masters
the blood of the strikers is the seed
of the Revolution.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
Progressive Woman.

Every woman who desires to keep
abreast of the progress Of her sex
should be a subscriber to The Pro-
gressive Woman. monthly gazine
devoted to the economic and political
interests of women. The subscription
price is soc per year, in Csc in clubs
of four. Sample copies on request.
Address, Progressive Woman Publish
ing Co.. 5445 Drexel avenue, Chicago.
III.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

The survival of the fttest is the
scientific song that regulates the uni
verse and pushes things along; and
in the worlds class struggle there
isn't any doubt but the idle. useless
class will some day peter out; this
means that only useful folks will
finally survive, because 10 other
class is fit to feed and keep alive.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
Current Comment.

President Wilson could have saved
time and carfare by sending Mr.. Lind.
special envoy, to Wall St. instead Of
to Mexico. There is where Mexican
revolutions are born.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Workingmen, the year round, pay
dues. attend meetings, and strike
against their employers; and on cleo
ton day they hand over the places
of political power to the employing
class and yell themselves hoarse cele-
brating their clevernesS. What?
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

We should never forget what the
APPEAL has done for our state
movement. The Rip-Saw also proved
a good friend. And we must stand
by our state Socialist papers. Take
subs, comrades; get these papers
widely circulated. We have the
best lot Of Socialist papers published
in any state.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH.
S. c. WEATHERLY.

D T.
know not if there be a God of love.
Who holds the deStnies of men within His hands.
know not if His eye of pity notes
The suffering millions in hundred lands.
know not if father-heart is torn
Because His children cry in direst need,
Or if His frown rests heavily on those
Who by the toll and blood of others feed.
know not if from out the various ills,
The tears the heart-aches of the present day
By His great wisdom He will bring good
A consumation just cannot say.
But we'll know that human greed is rife,
That all the world is one great battle field.
That business is another name for var
The law OF might has never been repeated.
know of men who toll and toilng StarVe;
know of women forced TO lives of shame,
OF children sacrificed in tender years
In vain attempt this Beast of greed to tame
And so because of what too we'll know
sometimes doubt where fain would believe;
My feeble faith must grope with blinded eyes
Lest it be slain by what those eyes perceive.
What matter then if faith or doubt prevail,
If priest or atheist true1 prophet be?
DUTY is clear and in calm accents speaks
Her urgent message unto you and me.
Let US no longer then in frutless search
In speculations vague seek after God
Nor longer let us erovel in the dust
And pray that He shall spare the Christening rod.
Methinks that if there be God above
He cannot help US save acclaim
The God within us and our battle wage
In eur own strength. in Justices name.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Jaiis are again becoming what they
have always been in great revolution
airy epocS-templeS Of liberty and
halls OF fame.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Workingmen who voted the Rep
Dem-Bull tickets find themselves
surrounded by Devil, the deep blue
sea, growing grocery bill and church
salvation.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Why should you be unable to find
work when you are willing to work
and your family needs the proceeds
of your toll?
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

The Socialists of this country have
saved America from a murderous
capitalistic war upon the Mexican
Workineclass Thue as gospel.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

The new street car franchise has
now been accepted by our friends Of
labor" commissioners and the Ameri-
can Railway Co., and still no right to
organize" clause What?
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Labor's propaganda is not directed
toward flags, but toward bread.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29
Electric
Shoe hospital

TO take care of cur in
creasing BUSINESS, we have
been compelled to add to
our already extensive line,
a couple Of new machines,
one OF which will nail the
soies OF.
These machines UW be INSTALL
ed in q couple of Deeks.
Come in aud see them in opere-
tor.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

Remember the Lyceum Course to
take it on. Any local can raise $5U
cash or 500 in subs for three Lecturers
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1913-08-29

1t is very sad for a striking man
to realize that his last ballot has re-
turned to him in the shape of bullet
but that's the game.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-09
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RAILROAD MANIPULATIONS.

Some CT these days the railroads
will discover that 1t is better to put
at least a pa, Of their surplus earn
ings In repairs CT their rolling stock
and rcad beds than in the pockets Of
onioers and directors hut it is u les.
son hard for some of the railroads to
learn,
The recent confession of Mellen, of
the n, Y, n. II. & Hartford road in
his startling article In the newspa-
pers concerning the methods OF some
Of the reads and these who capitalize
them and suck their life blood from
them TO few innocent and unforu.
nate stockholders as a legacy of their
own cupidity in allowing those higher
NJ 70 bankrupt the road, has attracted
" de attention, as it deserved to have
done. but MIR. Mellen stated no faces
that the public did not know but which
were denied by the corporations and
their newspapers.
Mr., Mellen, 1t will be recalled, was
president OF the ~ Y, n Ii. 4 II. rail-
road during the years in which Il fell
mto disrepute MS carrier and as a
money Garner. because Of It's axtraya.
SAINT expenditures aimed at creating a
monopoly of New England's land and
water transportation. He WAS depos.
cd some months ago and Howard Ell
hctt, then president OF the Northern
rac!ac, was called to take his place at
the head Of the New Maven system,
Nj, Mellen was retired from active
service on a salary or pension Of
$4,000 n year.
Refognng to the startling revelations
m, dc Ny Mg. Aercn. the ST. Louis Post
nsHatch enc OF the two OF the late
'u..acss Papers. makss some peril.
ueut q mmeats. He now" says the
pcstr lspa;eh, referring to Mellen,
declare he was the unwilling tool OF
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-09

1t was all white. l carelessly picked them
with my finger nails. which made them
spread, and I soon discovered them on my
back. Ally back was covered With pirnolo;
and my face the same way At night
could hardly sleep on account Of tho burn
ing and itching sens,tion they caused. /
felt lIko q lot Of smal-sizcd crabs biting at
my back. | did not like to go Qua because
the pimplos caused disilguromsat
Seeing tho advertisement of Cuticura
Soap and Ointmont In ono of tho magazines
| sent for sample. At night I would put
the Cuticura Ointment on my face and back
and was pleased with the result. / bought
some Cuticura Soap and Ointment. and am
glad to DO able to say that an entirely
cured of pimpIes." (Signsd) Jno. o. OAR
lington, Jan. rs, 1913.
Cuticura Soap Csc. and Cuticura Ointment
soc. are sold everywhere. Liberal sample of
each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad-
dress postcard " Cuticura Dept r. Boston"
a6Men who shave and shampoo with Gu.
dcura Soap will find 1t best for skin and SCALP,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-09

tankers who wrecked the property by
pumping a vast amount Of water INTO
its securities and withheld money
needed TO modernize and maintain its
physical equipment. For serving as
the bankers tool he got sa.ary or
100000 year. He now says such sal
aries are excessive, an unjust charge
on the public for the service rendered.
And he predicts that public regulation
of privately owned railroads, neceggi-
tated by such misuse OF the priyas
owners control over these public high
ways OF commerce, will speedily pro-
duca government ownership. Although
be is an old man. he expects to live
to see the change made from priva;s
to public ownership and operation.
There is not the big money In rail.
roads there used to be-, he says.
There will not be any great opposi-
ton TO government ownership wien
the time comes, because private capl-
tai will find the field Improbable as
a result Of the too-strict regulation
Negotiations next step, limiting
still more closely the issuance of secu-
rifles, will make railroading even less
attractive to the bankers whom iIr
Mellen holds responsible for the
wrecking OF the New Haven-and, by
inference, CT other systems"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-09

State ~ Ohio City Of Toledo. Lscss County. S.
Frank J. CLsHsy makes oath that he : seaIoc
partner Of the firm OF 4. ]. Cheney & Co. do
Ing business In the City Of Toledo. County and
ftste sfOressid, and that said nrm Will pay
me sum 81 ONE NJ SDkEp DOLLAks fcr
cured by the use Of Halls Cstsrrh cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn 70 before me and subscribed IN my
presence, thIs 9Th day OF December. A. D.. 1856.
Seal. A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken Internally and
acts directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for testimonials,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-12-09
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT.

p iNiiONihb NUN ing Jothobh-
vile Times-Union Is OF interest:
This is the season when a man with
q giittering eye goes around among
employees who are figuring on how
many necessities can be bought, to
collect quarters and dollars that may
be heaped up to buy an acceptable
present for some man with a big sal
ary--a gift that may appear on cen
ter table to convince the world that
Somebody is dearly loved by a thou
sand employees who deny themselves
shoes or q dinner to make the show
ing! Let every employer declare he
VIII accept nothing OF the kind and
he will get the love that would not
20 into the cup or the silver pitcher.
This Is also the season when the
richman goes around to ask the shop
how much reduction they will give
MIN on his bill of $500 for Christmas
gifts. or course the shop is a fash,
1onablo one that is prepared for just
such customers cards guarantees
that only the best will be sent out and
the prices are marked up to meet just
such demands Soon this Generous
Giver will look upon his center-table
with care and compare what he has
received with the bill Just settled by
n check. Then you will hear that
Smiths present did not cost rs much
by $40 as mine to him." and mental
foto is made. 1t Is not that the OK.
change is not fair. but that the money
note runs through both, and so neitner
IS Christmas present in the true
sense. Each gets what he doesn't
want and adds to an accumulation
that grows with the years INTO some
thing to collect dust and to enlist the
services OF cleaner All Is right
except that they have not true rela.
ton TO Christmas or the Christmas
season,
There is no objection to giving In
recognition of time when God had
no thought Of putting value in god
coin on either what he gave or what
he hoped to receive In return. II is
only asked that no Christmas gift be
made that doesn't carry the Christ
pNtfgt nfith hot Of al
at this season we get rid or hypccry
sy and deny ourselves an thought
ct social obligations--tha we give
Tor the gifts sake and take up other
burdens at filter season.
10 you wear an S. p, u. G. society
hutton? 1t is not necessary that your
Hamc appear ON the rell OF the Ma
ional Society OF Protection against
Useless Giving If your heart is in it.
Are you beset by the fear that you
viii lose something valuable by refus.
Ing 20 give what you know you can't
aiiord TO somebody that doesn't need
it, Then answer the collector by say
ing: Il am Spug and have taken
OATH In New York rich people have
hired lawyers to protect the SpugS
from the consequences OF refusal 10
give-there is no need FOR protect ton
in the South and in Brunswick en-.
cloyers have always frowned uron
these collectors, but we want to say
that we stand with the Spugs and
hope public opinion will do so too
Make 1t a point of conscience to give
nothing at this season without the
proper spirit to go with it--be bad
if you must but don't do wrong at
Christmas tine when pretending TO
hsncr the day and the Child who
chose i 10 ccme to us.