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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
MECHANISM OF HUMAN HEART
Average Rapidly Of Cardiac Pulsa.
ton Of Adult Male IL About
70 Beats Per Minute.

In the human subject the average
rapidity of the cardiac pulsation OF
an adult male is about 20 beats per
minute. These beats are more fire.
Quent as rule in young children and
in women, and there are variations,
within certain limits, in particular
persons owing to peculiarities of or.
ganization. 1t would not necessarily
be an abnormal sign to find in some
particular individuals the habitual fire.
,Quency of the hearts action from 50
to IS or from 20 individuals the
habitual frequency Of the hearts
action is slower and more powerful
in fully developed and muscular or
CARNATIONS and more rapid and
feebler in those of slighter form.
In animals the range is from 25 to
45 In the cold blooded and so upward
in the warm blooded. except in the
case of horse, which has very
slow heart beat, only 40 strokes q
minute. The pulsations of men and
all animals differ with the sea level
also. The work of healthy human
heart has been shown to be equal to
the feat of raising five tons four hun.
dredweight one foot per hour. or LIS
tons in "a hours.
A curious calculation has been made
by Dr. Richardson, giving the work OF
the heart in mileage. Presuming that
the blood was thrown out of the heart
at each pulsation in the proportion OF
SO strokes per minute and at the as.
sumed force of nine feet, the mileage
Of the blood through the body might
be taken as 207 yards per minute
seven miles per hour, 1853 miles pei
day, 61,320 miles per year, or $3.50,
$50 miles in lifetime, "a years. The
number of beats of the heart in the
same long life would reach the grand
total of ~, 1863, 1860
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

is done by frightening them with
smoke. When smoke is driven into
hive through the entrance the bees
at once begin filing themselves with
honey
But with them, as with human be-
ings, it is the most experienced which
are slowest to take fright, so when
the old bees are all at home it is more
difficult and takes more time to com
pei them all to fill themselves.
For this reason it is much safer to
handle bees during the warmest part
of the day, or at a time when the
greater part of the old bees are in
the field.
The bees which compose a swarm
are usually filled with honey for the
journey which they expect to take and
they are harmless unless crushed or
very much irritated by the anger of
others and the smell of the poison.
1t is not absolutely necessary to
smoke the colony of bees till all the
bees fill themselves with honey in or
der to handle them safely, but 1t Is
certainly the safest method.
An expert may open hive without
smoke and without danger and may
handle the combs and return them to
the hive without getting single sting
by being quiet, steady and fearless.
1t is fact that the fearless apiarist
may often be entirely unframed while
| others a rod away may be stung by
the very bees which his manipulations
| anger.
His quiet, determined demeanor is
his safeguard, while the uninitiated
strike a; the angry bees until they are
stung.
When you wish to open hive of
bees IL you wish to be perfectly safe,
arm yourself with smoker, cover
| your head with a veih and step boldly
| to the front of the hive; send the
smoke through the opening for half
| minute, then stop and repeat the OPP
Grafton after another half minute, or
until they make steady hum, which
will show that they have given up the
desire to fight
Then open the hive, smoke gently
and you may-iift the combs one after
another.
Many people have kept bees but did
not succeed on account of the worm
moth. but worms very rarely, if ever,
destroy a colony of bees in normal
condition.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
IMITATION JAcK-o'-LANTERN
Talking Pumpkin Answers Questions
and Cracks Jokes at Recent Eiee-
1rical Exhibition.

The Illustration shows figure
which attracted considerable atten-
ton at recent electrical exhibition.
1t consisted of life-size imitation
jack-oIlantern mounted on three large
glass pillars cemented at either end
to brown porcelain high tension insu-
lators.
AT specified times during the day
the pumpkin would break the silence
and answer questions and crack jokes
with the mystified spectators who in
variably gathered around his en-
closure
The secret of the device lay in an
especially designed photograph placed
inside the hollow head and connected
to a distant operator by concealed
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
EREE4!sLa
Akssaz9lEyIDlT11g
zgEA= &a-
Conducted BIZ the National Womans
(yb,Ix+san Temneranca IJnion
BRYAN STANDS BY HIS GUNS
Secretary Of State Serves Nothing but
Grape Juice and Mineral Waters
at Functions.

Secretary of State William Jennings
Bryan and Mrs. Bryan have the cour-
age Of their convictions. When, soon
after March A., 1t was reported that
the capital city would be under white
ribbon regime" some doubted. But
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan's first dinner to
the diplomatic corps gave cheering
assurance that total abstinence prin-
ciples would rule in state department
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of international
importance--as well as in Inequalities
Of less notable character Instead OF
wines and liquors, grape juice au
naturel and mineral waters were
served; instead of champagne, red
sparkling fruit punch, which dubbed
and fixed.
The innovation caused such wide,
and not always accurate, comment
that Mr.. Bryan gave to the public an
explanatory statement.
This was the first dinner" he said,
which we have given to members OF
the diplomatic corps and therefore the
first time when we came into conflict
with the social custom of serving wine
at dinner.
The seven other ambassadors then
in the city and their ladies were in
vited to meet Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce, and as all the gentlemen guests
were from foreign countries thought
| 1t proper to explain to them the reason
| for our failure to conform to what
| seems to have been customary in this
matter
| Believing that the issue should De
met frankly in the beginning, / told
them when we sat down to the table
| that Mrs. Bryan and / had been tee
totalers from our youth, as were our
| parents before us, and had never
i served liquor at our table; that when
the president was kind enough to ten
der me the portfolio of state, I asked
him whether our failure to serve wine
| would be any embarrassment to the
administration. and that he generously
left the matter to our discretion.
4 suggested that / thought it unfair
to assume that those coming to US
from abroad would judge us harshly
or be unwilling to tolerate the main
tenance Of a traditional custom, and
expressed the hope that our friend
ship would be made so apparent to
them and our hospitality so cordial
that they would overlook this weak
ness in us, If they regarded it as a
| weakness.
My remarks were applauded by the
company. We never spent a more
enjoyable evening.
That is all there is to the matter,
and we can consider the incident
closed, and the custom established so
far as we are concerned"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
Mabel Scores a Point

One rainy afternoon, when the lit
tie ones were obliged to stay indoors,
Bonnie and Mabel were making such
a racket that father, who was trying
to read, called out:
What in the world are you young
tiers doing?"
''Playin'," replied Mabel.
Play what?" called father, who in
sists on having the children carefully
pronounce their ''ings."
~Playin'," repeated Mabel
''Play-IN?"
Yes. sir replied the little girl;
mamma says it is too wet for us to
go out. P-Yotngstown Telegram
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

square piece of land He had already
planted one-fourth, as shown in
drawing, and is DESTROYS of dividing
the remainder into four fields, all of
equal size and shape How will he
do it?
The drawing shows how the farmer
divided the land outside the piece in
the upper left hand corner so as to
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
LIQUOR Makes Murderers.

Mr.. Berry, the late hangman of Eng
land. was reported while ago to
have said: You ask me If intoxi-
cants have much to do with feeding
the gallows- tell you have never
hanged a teetotaler, nor remember
one ever being hanged. and in all the
500 executions / have beer connected
with. nineteen out of twenty have
been through drink
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
What Temperance arlnn..

More OF good than we can tell:
More to buy with, more to sell;
More OF comfort, less of care:
More to eat and more to wear.
Happier homes with faces brighter;
All our burdens rendered lighter;
Conscience clean and minds much strong
err.
Debts much shorter. purses longer:
Hopes that drive away all sorrow:
And something laid up for tomorrow.
The w. c. T. u. Messenger
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
NOVEL LITTLE ROCKET TRICF
Spectacular Effect Is Obtained by
Forcing Two Matches Into Box
and Lighting Another

A simple little trick affording some
spectacular effect is that of forcing
two matches horizontally between the
sides of the box and the sheath. A
third match is wedged firmly between
their two extremities It is request
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
The Rocket Trick.

ed that the latter be extracted with
out being touched. By applying a
fame to the middle it will be found to
shoot off smartly into the air. AS
the match thus removed takes the
form of miniature rocket, it is ad-
visable to direct it into the fireplace
by holding the box at the opposite
end
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

wires. Fine, tightly drawn conductors
passed in vertical lines through tiny
holes in the insulators and pillars and
concealed grooves in the table legs
TO the floor below
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
obIlaations.

Mamma Johnny, you're a naughty
boy. You can just go to bed without
any supper.
Small Son Well, mother, what
about that medicine I've got to take
after meals ? Life.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

In the eastern part of the United
States are many farms keeping from
ione to several thousand hens and de-
voted exclusively to the production OF
poultry and eggs for the market.
The use of any breed on such farms
should be good witness of it's utility.
The tabulation of the breeds used on
such plants as are known to the
writer give the following results:
White Wyandottas occupy first
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

It is said there is always an anti
dote to be found growing close to a
poison. This is certainly so in life. Ii
we looked about us with intent. we
should find examples eyerywhere.-
Sarah Grand.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
Care Of paupers.

What ridiculous policy to license q
man to, make paupers and then tax
yourself to care for these pauDers
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01
HARD PUZZLE FOR A FARMER
Illustrations Show How Square Piee1
Of Land Was Divided Into Four
Different Fields.
square

Materials required "A square
piece of cardboard
Problem to be solyed-A farmer has
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-07-01

place, being used on about twice as
many plants as any other one breed.
Single-comb White Leghorns. Barred
Plymouth Rocks and White Plymouth
Rocks follow next In order. Rhode
Island Reds. Light Brahmas, Bun,
Wyandottes. Buff Plymouth Rocks!
Brown Leghorns and Black sMinorcas
are the other breeds in use. Leghorns.
Minorcas and Rhode Island Reds are
used on the egg farms
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
Michael ]. Long

WHEREAS, the hand of death
having claimed one of our Oldest
members, Michael J Long, on Sun
day, January 13, 1:05 m, be it
RESOLVED Hamilton Typograph-
ical Union No. 300, wishes to ex-
press its sympathy and condolences
to the sorrowing family and to re-
cord its appreciation of the great
worth to organized labor of our de-
ceased brother, who for the past
nineteen years was valued and
honored member of our union of
which he was a charter member,
be worked at the case up to within
one month of his demise, be it fur
ther
RESOLVED, that copy of these
resolutions be spread on our min
utes, sent to the Typographical
Journal and the Press.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
THE MINIMUM WAGE.
Some Objections to Its Economic Value
Voiced by Trade Unionist.

Some Objections to Its Economic Value
Voiced by Trade Unionist.
Some labor leaders do not regard an
established minimum wage as an eco
nomic benefit. They view 1t with dis
trust. Not long ago the subject was
discussed at a luncheon in San Fran
cisco. Several professors from the
University of California favored the
minimum wage In the presence OF a
large number Of society leaders and
clubwomen who had indorsed a bill
providing for it's establishment the
opposite stand was taken by Miss
Sarah S. Hagan. secretary Of the San
Francisco Labor temple. and by Wal
ter Macarthur, secretary of the Sailors
union of the Pacific The latter said:
'One of our objections to the mini
mum wage Is that 1t is likely to lead
to the establishment of a minimum
that would become in effect a maxi
mum and thus establish tendency to
lower the wages as already establish
ed at a point higher than the legal
minimum Experience in the labor
movement in all countries is that the
wage rates fixed by the union, which
are In all cases minimum rates. are In
all cases regarded by employers as
maximum rates.
''It is apparent that the minimum
wage law which should fix the mini
mum at the point lower than the mini
mum established by the organized
workers would tend to lower wages In
the aggregate rather than increase
them. 1t appears that the determine
tion of this minimum wage rate is to
be based upon the standard Of living,
which standard is to be determined by
a wage commission. | need hardly
say that such method is impractical.
A perusa of the Massachusetts law
shows quite clearly that 1t cannot eff
feet anything material or practical.
THE only minimum wage laws l
have any knowledge of which are at
all effective are enacted In Australia
and New Zealand under the compul-
sorry arbitration system. These laws
dIS eueSlINS USCduS6 tHty CuAAy Will
them penalties OF fine and imprison-
ment for violation. Many unions and
individual members of unions have re.
Gently been fined for violation of the
wage awards in these countries, and q
large number of trade unionists are at
this moment in prison. We should be
warned by these experiences in other
quarters against entering upon expert
ments which are likely to prove disap-
pointing on the one hand and on the
other to be harmful in proportion as
they are made effective"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
Street Car Men Get Adxanos.

The dispute between the Chicago
street car companies and the employ
ees was settled few days ago when
the arbitration board made its award
Judge Carter OF the supreme court and
Herbert Fleming, representing the com
panies, signed the report to which
Judge Kickham Seaman dissented. By
the terms OF the award the men receive
an increase in wages approximattng
$500,000 a year. In the scale of in
creases the arbitration board came
nearer to the offers of the company
than the demands OF the men, the In
crease being cents instead of 5 cents,
as demanded over the present scale,
Changes In working conditions are
made, the men being forced to surren-
der some of their demands, while 9TH
ers they made were granted.
Neither the men nor the companies
were entirely satisfied with the terms
Of the settlement International Pres
ident W. D. Mahon of the car mems
union termed it a crushing defeat"
while Mr.. Fleming said the companies
had given in to more than he desired,
but the compromise was reached in
efforts to retain peace.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02

of the Central Labor union III the La.
Dor lyceum. The committee 10 its re
port stated that the mother superior
OF the institution had declined to re
ceiVe further work from the struck
firm until notified officially that the
strike had been adjusted; hence the
charge of unfairness against the man
agement Of the house was unintention-
ally untrue.
Within an hour after receipt of the
notification that work from a struck
firm was being handled by the institu-
lions inmates. the committee finds a
message was returned stating that ali
such work would cease until a settle
ment of the dispute had been arrang-
ed. While it is unwise, the committee
concludes. to make harsh charges or
take hasty action before all the facts
are in, nevertheless the young women
were in a sense justified in placing the
institution in the poor light they did
before the members Of the Central La
Dor union. but with all the facts at
hand it is clear that there has scarcely
ever been SO prompt and emphatic an
example of good will and of hearty Co
operation as that shown by the sisters
The ready desire to extend assist
ance in this case is a striking proof
that labor's age long cry for justice
has penetrated even clustered walls
and brought forth a response that viii
surely serve to open other ears long
deaf to our appeal.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
TRADES COUNCIL

The Cooperative Trades and La
Dor Council met Tuesday night
with large attendance. President
John Few presided over the meet
ing.
The credentials of Chas. Murphy
to represent Typographical Union
No. 290 were read and delegate
seated.
The communication from Allied
Printing Trades Council of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, stating that there would
soon be on the market cigar pouch
es bearing the union label, was re-
ceived ard turned over to the
cigar makers delegate.
A communication from the girl
employees of the Boston Telephone
company was received and com
piled with.
A communication was received
from the labor unions in Richmond,
California, asking working men to
stay away from that state as work
is slack and men are out OF work.
Received and ordered published in
the Press.
An appeal was received from the
Mercer County Central Labor
Union of Trenton, N. ]. The same
was received and delegates Instruct
ed to report back to organizations.
The Relief Committee reported
that they have designed an appeal
and have submitted same to the A.
F. of l., for their approval.
The Horse Shoers Committee re-
ported that George Krucker the
Main and c streets horse shoer has
signed up with the Horse Shoers
Union and is now running strict
ly union shop. The report was re-
ceived and committee continued.
The Convention Committee re-
ported that they met last Sunday
morning and decided to get out new
combination tickets. These tickets
will be a different color and they
will be exchanged for the ones pre-
vi)usly issued.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
Little Bits.

Anyonewish. to employ union
carpenters or desiring further in
formation concerning any carpen-
ters will call on Chas. L. Davis at
Trades Council Hall, corner Sec
oud and Court streets, second floor.
He can give you the latest informa-
ton.
The local Painters, perhangers
aud Decorators Union have, up to
now, distributed about 500 TO their
members who suffered in the recent
flood. The money was sent here
by the International Brotherhood
OF Painters and Paperhangers and
Decorators Union.
The two local union bands again
gave their band concert in front of
the Court House Thursday night.
The boys did real we'll and deserve
thanks from the citizens of Hamil-
ton.
Business Agent John Doyle of
the Machinists, was in Hamilton
Wednesday morning. John came
down from Middletown where he
attended an important meeting of
the machinists. He left later for
his home town, Cincinnati.
International President Kirby of
the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Jeiners of America, was in
the city Friday and Saturday. Mr..
Kirbey came here to assist the car
penters financially and otherwise.
Charles Atherton, International
Secretary of the Metal Polishers,
was a Hamilton visitor last week.
He attended the local Polishers
Union meeting and left check for
the food sufferers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02
A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.
Employer Expresses Sympathy For
Workers In Poetic Meter.

The recent garment makers strike
had one unexpected result. says the
New York Times. 1t moved an under
wear manufacturer to poetry. and at a
dinner at the Hotel Martinique. held
by the board of directors of the Cotton
Garment Manufacturers of New York,
Dudley ID Sicher OF D. E. Sicher &
Co., the manufacturing poet, formally
dedicated his lyric product to the as
socation and, moreover, read Ii aloud
in the hope of inspiring, as he said,
the members to recognize their obliga-
tions and responsibilities toward their
employees. The poem Is entitled "The
Dawn of a Better Day" Here ara
some of the stanzas:
Do we purchase toll at the lowest rate,
AS we buy our cloth and thread9
Do our workers labor long and late
For the price Of their daily bread
Va gloomy lofts, where shadows frown;
In foul, unwholesome air,
I'LL want and WEAKNESS drag them down,
Where-we neither know nor carer
If such things be they must pass away
Ere we hail the dawn of a better day.
Let US wipe the slate OF the bitter score,
Let US turn the blotted page
And grant that We owe our workers more
Than the dole Of a living wage"
They give US more than their time and
skill
In the health and strength they spend
And earn the right to the kindly will
And helpful hand OF friend.
We must give them more than the coin
we pay
Ere we hail the dawn of better day.
II this light that leads as shall not dim
They will see ere the course is run
| That the workers veal and the veal OF
him
/ Who owns the shops are one.
| Then each shall have his rightful gain
| Ungrudged and great and small
Shall give their best of hand and brain
For the good Of each and all.
And Wen stand together, come what may.
In the brighter dawn of q better day,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02

The full crew" bin, against which
the railroads made their hardest fight
In the Missouri legislature, passed the
house by vote of 10 to 13. 1t passed
the senate by a large vote also
A wage scale proposed by the Stone
PAYERS Helpers union of $40 a month
for PAYERS and $50 for rammers, as
payment from the city, was indorsed
by the st Louis Central Labor union
The officials Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners have voluntarily mailed
to all affiliated unions nm appeal for
financial assistance in behalf Of Clar
ence S Darrow. now facing thiro
trial at Los Angeles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-05-02

which we near so much was the rule.
and the employer dealt with the indi-
vidual and gave him what he pleased.
The trade union idea has supplanted
this, protecting the wage and securing
uplift for the many, to the advantage
Of society generally. We could not re
turn to the individualism Of which my
friend Mr. Hugo often speaks In pub
lie without taking step backward. A
trend Of the times has been and is to
collectiyism
Labor unionism Is not perfection.
The movement Is new, green and un-
tried In many ways. We have a great
many religious beliefs; the same dis
cussion as tor the best denomination
takes place every day. each hour The
same differences Of opinion exist re
garding the trade union Men of vary
ing minds differ as to the best form
But the trade union movement is not
made up OF picked men. physically or
mentally. It must necessarily accept
men Of all caibers, of all creeds and
OF all nationalities No other organiza
ton is subject to the same cosmopoli
tan character Of membership or to the
same variety of opinions. We are not
selected risks; we are from the hum
blest worker to the most skilled in the
trade 1t is not strange, then, that we
should have imperfectons. For this
reason the trade union movement
should be encouraged If labor maps out
safe and sane policy in dealing with
Industrial issues.