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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
4 DOCTORS HOBBY.
EhcrC Was - Queer Twist to the End
of PEBBLES Experiments.

There was a British physician named
Robert PEBBLES who created a sensation
in London and Edinburgh several wears
ago by his insstent coavinc of athletes
for the privilege of studying their bodies
after death
PEBBLES had been experimenting with
the muscles and hal arrived at what
his associates termed fantastic notion
that some sort of operation could be
performed on the leg Of the human
runner so that his speed could be in
creased Leapers and hioh jumpers
were his hobby and in the corrs" of
five years it was cStiwated that l,c had
examined the leo muscles of nearly a
thousand men. maxim" comparisous with
the runninp and capin" muscles Of the
frog the deer the greyhound and other
animals.
PEBBLES was man of means, and
after he had succeeded in inducing half
dozen athletes of reputation to will
him their legs" the attention OF sur
geons was attracted, They took the
matter under consideration at one Of
their quarterly meetings and warned
PEBBLES they would have him committed
to a sanitarium If he continued his
strange pursuit. PEBBLES 1cficd them,
and thev had a commission appointed,
While his sanitv was being tested Pee
bles died. In his will he bedueathed his
brain to the commission.-ENchange.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
OYSTERS ARE NOW DRINKING
HEAVILY.
Whole Blue Point Family Grows
Stout as IL Result of Return
to Old Habits.

Sayvillc, l.. 1.-The Blue Point oyster.
whose whole family, addicted to drink
ing and unable to get anything to drink,
grew small and feeble last season, is re-
ported to be fat and in splendid fettle
right now by oystermen and others who
get a precarious living from the deep
in this neighborhood.
Those who know the oysters we'll
enough to approach them in their beds
declare that they are rapidly loosing
their shape and becoming stout to the
point of clumsiness as a result of the
heavy rainfall Of the last few days
The fresh water freshens up the salt
water of the oyster beds and Loudoir
generally, and the oysters themselves
surrounded by something fit to drink,
revert to their old ways and wax fat and
tempting.
1t is predicted that when the general
shipping season begins on August Is, the
Blue Point family will rise 10 the oc-
casion and make up for the loss in pres
tige which followed the dry season of
last year.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

Service to issue an order for the aboli-
ton of the common drinking cup in in
terstate railway coaches.
And now comes warning from the
same alert guardian of the national
health against the probably danger of
tuberculosis from the glasses used at
soda water fountains, around which per-
sons of all ages and conditions gather in
large numbers all over the country. 1t
requires but superficial observation to
discover the perfunctory manner of
cleansing soda water glasses upon the
rims Of which lingering lips afford ample
opportunity for depositing tubercle and
other bacilli. Drinking through straws
does not diminish but rather increases
the danger by reason of deposit of the
fluid from their distal ends after its
having passed through the mouth.
1t may be noticed that it is the practice
at most soda water fountains to rinse
each glass in standing water which is
not changed until its unclcan appearance
demands it. To prevent infection from
this fascinating habit of the American
people, the sanitary authorities should is
sue stringent regulations for cleansing
soda water glasses with soap and hot
water, followed by forciblc rinsing un-
der a running stream of water, as is
done i'll restaurants and hotels.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Turning the Tnblcs.

Turning the tables" in the sense OF
bringing a countcrchargc against an ac-
cuscr has a classic origin In the days
OF Augustus lmpcrator a regular craze
seized the men Of Rome 10 compete
with one another for the possession Of
the costliost specimens OF certain de
scription OF table made for the most
part OF Mauritanian wood inlad with
ivory" "mcnsarum insana,' or table
mania, as Pliny called it, They were
sold at most cxtrayapant prices When
the men accused the ladies Of sumptuary
extravaganza the latter naturally rctort-
ed by reference to the money squandercd
b. their lords on these tables and so
turned the tables ON them by throw
ing them mctaphorically in their teeth,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Why Not Make Free
Trip to Frisco Fair

The Labor Advocate has decided to
give its friends the opportunity to make
some of the most pleasurable trips to be
taken III this country, and at no expense
to themselves.
Would you like to make the trip to
the American Federation of Labor meet
ing in San Francisco next fall?
Would you like to go to the meeting
of the Ohio State Federation at Mans
field, Ohio?
The trip to San Francisco will be made
at the time when the great Panama Ex-
position is in full swing at the time
when all the nations of the world will
have their exhibits fully completed, and
when the crowds will be at their largest
and the city of the Golden Gate in its
most gala attire.
The opportunity seldom has been Of
fered to the person of moderate means
to take such trip without cost to himself.
This trip means liberal education; it
means that you may see all the wonders
of modern times, meet and mnge with
the peoples of all countries see the
greatest works Of art; the most wonder
full buildings and electrical effects ever
shown; the Chicago and the st. Louis
Fairs were as the first steamboat that
ran up the Hudson as compared with the
present-day transatlantic ocean grey
hounds when viewed with what San
Francisco will offer to the world this
year.
The trip to Mansfield, O., while of
lesser Importance, also has manifold ad-
vantages. Mansfield is modern little
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Figure 1t Out.

A beggar boy asked an old gentle
man in the street for sXpence
What will you do with it if give
you one?" asked the old gentleman.
Turn it into ninepence quick" re-
piled the boy.
"How?"
Give me the sixpence and I'll soon
show you"
The boy got the money, darted off to
a bakers shop and bought a three penny
loaf, with which he returned to the old
gentleman and handed him back 3 pen
nes.
''How's this? You said you would
make the sixpence into ninepence.'
so | have. The bakers got three
pence, you've got threepence, and I've
got three penny loaf. That's nine
pence. e."-Peason's Weekly
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

With reference to the modern treat
ment of prisoners Of war, il is interest
ing to recall the views which r. l..
Stevenson in his novel, "St Ives puts
into the mouth of French prisoner of
war in Ednburg castle, which was
turned into military prison in the time
of Napoleon, He saws: "Therc is a
out in ridiculous uniform and, as it were,
to brand in mass, not only conVicts, but
military prisoners and even the children
in charity schools. | think some NAL
pnant genius had found his masterpiece
Of irony in the dress which we were
condemned to wcar-iackct, waistcoat
and trousers OF sulphur or mustard
yellow and shirt of blue and white
stripe cotton. n."-london Standard
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
The Alarm Clock Cure.

A writer in the Farm and Fircsidc
declares that the surest cure for broody
hens IS an alarm clock. He says
Some years ago was endeavoring
to break up sitting hen, but my ef-
forts were in vain. Old Yallcr con-
tnued to sit. Finally took a small
alarm clock and set it so it would go
off in a few minutes. | placed it in
one corner of her nest and watched
1t went off. And so did Old Yaller
She left the nest and stood dazeI for
one Mortified instant and then, with one
shril squawk, she ran out of the hen
house and flew over the park fence and
began to hunt for bugs in the grass.
"She not only stopped sitting, but she
stopped cluckine, and in a short time
began to lay. ! have since tried this
method on more than 100 broody liens
with complete success
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

One of the most remarkable cases Of
suicide was that OF the king Of Falaha
on the west coast OF Africa.
The king was attacked by Moham-
medan force, and, finding resistance
impossible, he assembled his family and
principal officers and after addressing
them and intimatng his determination
never to accept Nlohammedanism and
inviting those who lid not agree with
him to go away, he applied LIGHT to
a large quantity of gunpowdcr collected
for the purpose and blew into atoms
the palace and all who were III it.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

city, nesting in one of the most beautiful
valleys in the world A week there will
give you an outing, free from the smoke
and CRIME of a great city, chance to
get back to the country" and see the
likeness of the old-home town.
Do you want to take one of these
trips?
This is how you can do it without cost
to yourself:
Popularity Contest.
The one obtaining the greatest number
of votes will receive railroad ticket
over any line he may choose, sleeping car
fare and $50 in cash to pay his incidental
expenses.
The one receiving the second highest
number of votes will receive his railroad
fare to and from Mansfield, O., and $35
in cash.
To the person receiving the third high
est number of votes will be given the
same railroad facilities and $25 in cash.
To the contestant getting the fourth
highest number of ballots there will be
given the same railroad facilities and SIS
in cash
Does this sound good to you?
Then this is the way to obtain for
yourself or your friends these coveted
privileges:
Come to Room "a, Thoms Building,
Main and Fifth streets, and the details
will be explained 1t will not cost you
cent to inquire, and it may mean one
of the most profitable and pleasurabe
events of your life.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
An Interesting Talk.

In the days of Henry Clay, Ken
lucky farmer sent a servant to LeXing-
ton with a note for the president of a
he said to his master:
II met Marse Henry Clay in the bank
and had conversation with him.
Indeed And on what topic did you
and Mr.. Clay converse" inquired the
master with interest.
The darky removed his hat and made
sweeping bow. * Says Mr..
Clay to me-" u And another
very low bow. "And the same to Mr..
Clay."-Everybodys.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
WHERE THE DAY CHANGES.
The International Date Line i'm the
Pacific Ocean.

a great many people cannot see why
when a man crosses the International
date line in the Pacific ocean if he goes
toward the east he loses a day and if
toward the west he gains day-that
is if it, say, happens to be Tuesday just
this side if he crosses to the west it
will be Monday. The distance he may
have actually gone need be only a few
feet, but it is true nevertheless. he
actual time may be only a seconds diff
ference.
To understand this remember that
we go from Monday to Tuesday at l2
o'clock at night-jump Immediately
from one day to another. Consider also
that if man could travel toward the
east as fast as the earth rotatcs and if
he started at midday, with the sun
directly overhead, he would 90 COM
rletely round the earth in no solar time
at all, for the sun would always be Just
over his head and to him it would be
l2 o'clock all the time if he measured
time by the position OF the sun Tie
would not experience any night at all
and SO would have wenty-four hours
of sunlight But it has actually taken
him twcnty-four hours to get around
so the time when he reached his startino
place again would be IL o'clock noon all
right, but would be day later than
when he started.
So it can be readily seen that some
meridian on the earths surface must be
picked out as the starting point of 2
new day, and the chosen one lies almost
entirely in the Pacific ocean.-Evcry
/ Week.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
MIR. Wise Guy.

Mr.. Wise Guy sat beside the road
watching his chauffeur doctor pune
youthful calf passed.
"Wherc'd you get the calf, Rube?"
Mr.. Wise Guy inquired impudently.
the reply.
And Mr.. Wise Guy was mean enough
to threaten to fire the chauffeur for
laughing ng-Indianapolis News.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
For Nature Students.

The young author, rcadino a fake an
imal story to the attentive editor, said ;
'Whcrcupon the woodchucl laughed
softly to himself"
"Ah" remarked the editor, 81 suppose
he indulecd in woodchucke! Chi
capo News
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Vanity.

THAT man says he wants his picture
to look perfectly natural, said the pho
topraphcr's assistant. =,
Make it as handsome as, possible,
replied the proprietor.
But he insists that he doesn't want
the picture to flatter him
"Ilc won't think it fatters him. Hell
think that at last somebody has man,
aged to catch the way he really looks.
Chicago News.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
4 SIndc of Doubt.

What do YOU think Of my pradua-
tion cssav?" asked the Young e,an.
Fine replied his father "Onlv Tw
afraid lot of reonlc are eoino to he
bashful about offrrino plair waocS to y
man whose intellect is SO wrch above
the average. WASHINGTON Star.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Girl With II Conscience.

Two little girls walking through a
field we're afraid of COW. Said one
of them, Let's 90 riaht on and act
as if we were not afraid at all. But
wouldn't that he dccciving the COW p
the other little girl cNpostulated.-
Christian Herald.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
\ Domestic Tilt.

'Why do YOU persist in propring your
feet up on the vcranda raling?" asked
Mrs. Cobblcs
81 suggest it's lust nv contrary ma
turc," answered Mr.. Cobbcs. THE YER
anda railing is one THING vow have never
been able to put where I can't find it
Birmingham Agc-iIerald
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Where it Would BE Eliminated

well, Aunt Dinah," asked the cooks
young mistress, are you going to have
the word obey eliminated from the
marriage ceremony"
mo, chile, amt" said Aunt Dnah,
"but | sho' am gwinter hab it done lin
tied from de matrimony." - Ladies
Home Journal
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

Proud Dad suppose in the course
Of time baby will he married, even as
we were Mamwa-Ncs, | suppose she II
throw herself away on some mani
phiadclphia Ledger
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

"A jokes a Joke, but did you cve~
make anybody lareh by pulling a chair
from under him?"
AT least it upsets his gravity BAL
timore American
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14

Youth comes but once in lifetime
therefore let MS so enjoy It as TO he
still young men we are old-Longfcl-
low.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Vest-Pocket
Jags Coming
Is Prediction

Will vest-pocket jags be sent through
out prohibition territory as the most con-
vcnient form of evading State laws?
Will the congealed tabloid form Of
drinking follow the natural stimulant
as being cheaper, safer and almost as
good if there is ever established pro-
hibtion territory where prohibition leg
slation really prohibits?
Here is news dispatch under London
date lire that has just appeared in Amer
lean newspapers:
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-08-14
Look to America.

American inventors face new op-
portunity to pluck laurcls from the fields
OF war. 1t started with the desire of
English women to contribute to the COM
fort of their soldiers in the trenches dur
ing the hot months.
Someone suggested that instead of
sending sweets, it would help if Tommy
were supplied with cooling drinks. An
enterprising firm promptly came upon
the market with lemonade tablets and
other cool drinks in tablet form need
ing only to be dropped into glass of
water. They were a success, and the
men at the front are being provided
with pill boxes full.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11

much effort and intelligence TO give
good values. The kind of advertising
is cumulative, the outcome of driving
certain idea into the public mind
day after day. A woman may read
advertisements for many weeks, and
not buy anything in a certain line,
simply because she is already supplied
with these goods.
All at once she concludes that she
must make a purchase. Her mind re-
verts TO the notices of that kind she
has been reading in her paper. The
man whose advertising she has seen
week after week or day after day is
the one that has made the impression
on her mind.
Slightly impressions govern trade.
IL is next TO impossible for man
who does not advertise TO convey the
idea that he is an enterprising dealer.
His townspeople will not push his
business for him if he is too slow to
push it for himself. The only way to
convince people that you have values,
is to tell to the public what you have
and let them Judge. The newspaper
will talk to hundreds of people while
you are explaining things to one.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
PERSISTENT IN ADVERTISING

The man who is starting in on an
advertising campaign frequently fails
10 appreciate the necessity of persist
ence. He is more apt to pay for a
big splurge for a few numbers and
then quit for a time. The general
trend Of advertising opinion is that a
smaller space used regularly pays
better
The results of advertising come in
one of two ways. A buyer may have
in mind some particular purchase
that it is desired to make at any
time. The newspaper is searched to
see what merchants are advertising in
that line. The most attractive of
ferings are noted in the memory. The
customer visits those stores. While
this is the kind of thing that happens
every day, it is not the whole result
or effect of advertising by any means.
Tho other result Is the creation Of
general impression that certain
merchant l. cntcrpri3ing aid Is using
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Impressions of Farmer on His First
Trip to the Metropolis.
BY Bird Glaspie

New York is a great state and New
York City is a crater The state has
located its reformatories, prisons and
poorhouses on islands and also its
metropolis. Whether there is any
significance in this fact, we can but
guess. New York was the original
home of the Indians and there are
some of them still there lifting scalps
especially is this true OF the portion
called Wall Street
The town is composed of several
million soles, a majority of them run
down at the heel, caused from dodg-
ing trucks and taxis. The city is
bounded on five sides by water and on
the other two by electric railways.
With cars whizzing along in the sub
way under your feet, surface cars
chasing you on the level, and elevated
cars rafting overhead, not to speak
of the heavy trucks and autos endeav-
oring to run you down, the noise Of
the city is like Bedlam broken loose,
while the man who successfully navi-
gates the streets stops on each corner
crossing to shake hands with himself
in congratulation over his safe voy-
age. Everything is hubbub, even the
water adding to the awful din. Why,
even the bay on the north side of the
island is called the North Sound. There
are sounds from around, sounds from
above and sounds from below. Where
the latter came from, we could but
guess, although they sounded like
Sherman's definition of war.
Speaking of that place, it must be
somewhere near, as we noticed the
passage way between Blackwell's and
the adjoining freckle on the bay was
called Hell's Gate. The student of
geography will notice that this pas
sageway points toward Wall Street,
where many who happen to get on the
wrong side of the market testify to
the correct location of the place. There
are no lakes of fire, but we heard a
number speak of men who had been
singed there.
People in New York live in stuffy,
dingy, dirty tenements, two and some
times as many as three rooms being
allotted to a family, and wonder how
the country folks manage to exist on
farm or in country town. Sunlight
and fresh air, and from all appear
ances soap, are unknown to them.
Of course, there is the exception to
this rule. The big 400, the poodle
loving, divorce-seeking, Col. Mann
supporting class battle in lavender
water or other scented stuff, an action
doubtless, necessary to take out the
odor of scandal which seems to have
permeated high life there One-half
the city wear bear skins and, for that
matter, the other half wear mostly
bare skins. 1t is a twofold joy for the
country man to visit New York: the
JOY of getting there and the JOY of
getting out again.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11

and his clothing afre Life was ex-
tinct.
The car had evidently run off the
edge of the bridge as it was entering
from the west. A little turn in the
road makes the exact position of the
bridge uncertain and this, coupled
with the darkness, is thought to have
been the reason for the accident. The
car ran Off the north side of the
bridge and plunged down the embank-
ment and turned completely over.
Mr.. Ruckman will be remembered
by Alma citizens, having lived on the
Post farm in Pine River township for
time.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY

Elijah Allen Becker, father of Her
bert Becker of this place, passed away
at his home in st. Louis Sunday. Oc-
tober 31st.
Heart failure was the cause of Mr..
Becker's death. He was 81 years and
one day old.
Elijah Allen Becker was born at
Piller Point, N. Y, October 30th, 1884.
When grown to manhood he removed
to Wisconsin, where, Oct. 18th, 1853,
he was united in marriage with Miss
Luanna DeWolf, at Easton.
In 1860 they removed to Michigan,
settling on section IL, Emerson town
ship, Gratiot county, where they lived
until 1883, when they moved to st.
Louis and have since made their home
there.
Mr.. Becker was one of the first set
tiers in Emerson township and the
last survivor of those hearty men who
fought and won the battle with the
savage wilderness. At the time he
went to Wisconsin there were no rail
roads and he made the trip by water,
tn -gh tie lakes.
He was a man of sturdy honesty
and great integrity, a character not
able among the many men of standing
in his day, and those who knew him
best were his staunchest friends and
most sincere mourners.
For over thirty years he had been a
valued member of the st. Louis bap-
fist church, serving many years as
deacon, which Office he most honorably
filled.
He was veteran of the Civil war
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
nd member of the local Post C. A

and a member of the local Post G. A.
r.
Besides the widow he leaves three
children, Herbert A. Becker, of Alma (;
Mrs. Libbie Bailey of Lowell; and
Mrs. Hattie Bailey of Breckenridge,
and Ia grandchildren, also three sis
ters, Mrs. Lydia Sheldon of Ithaca
Mrs. Elizabeth Cummings of Gilroy,
California; and Mrs. Lucenia Lambert
son, of Winona, Minnesota.
The funeral was held Wednesday at
one o'clock from the Baptist church,
Rev. F. +. Gainder officiating, and the
interment was made in the Brecken-
ridge cemetery.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
SIX LAKES RURAL CARRIER
CHARGED WITH OFFENCE

Frederick O'Brien, a rural carrier
of Six Lakes, was arrested one
day last week by a United States Of
ficer on the charge of having taken
$50 from a mail bag. The money was
the receipts of the Six Lakes post
Office and was being sent away. 1t
is alleged that the offense was COM
mitted on October 18th, while the mail
bag was on the station platform.
O'Brien was taken to Grand Rapids
for hearing and was held for trial in
the United States court. Bail was
fixed at $500, which he secured.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-11
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Display

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Makes
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