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The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15
GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED
Unless Discharged Clerks Are Rein
stated by New York Central.

Kankakee, Ill-Threat of a general
strike of all clerks employed by the
New York Central Lines was made Mon
day unless two local clerks, discharged,
are reinstated II. w. Reivers, one of
the discharged men, is president of the
local union of Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks.
c. b. Harris. of indianapolis, General
Chairman of the union, telegraphed to
Reivers that he will call a sympathetic
strike on the entire system if necessary.
There are between 60 and 70 clerks
who have runs on the New York Cen
trail Lines between Chicago and Cincin-
natl. They report to the Superintendent
of the Railway Mail Service at Cincin
natl
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15
Secretary Gets Raise.

The report of the Committee on OF
ilccrs approved the report and recon-
mcndations of the president especially
that the salary of the sccrctary-treas-
urcr be increased from 500 to $50 per
anum. and that the Executive Board
be empowered to engage whenever nee
csSary an organizer if the finances al
lowed and conditions required such ac-
ton.
The report of the Legislative Com
mittec also was approved. and it was
urged that the members of that body
use their efforts to have any laws en-
acted which would benefit the workmcn
i'll general and especially cndcavor to
enact a law separating the Bureau of
Agriculture and Statistics from the
Commission of Labor, and make the
departments separate and distinct.
Approval was also given the report
OF the Auditing Committee which gave
in detail the expenditures and receipts
OF the Federation for the past year and
showed a balance of Sj6l.jj.
\ rising vote OF thanks was rendered
the press of Louisville by the delegates
Immediately preceding the adjournment.
\ majority Of the delegates attended
the federation ball given last night at
the Gait House, which ended the 1913
convention. Several hundred people
were present at this function, which was
arranged by NJ. l.. Goldsmith, OF the
Post-oflicc Clerks Union, chairman of
the Entertainment Committee.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15
FOREIGN AGENTS BLAMED
BY Chicago Manufactures for Strike
at MunitiOn Plant.

Chicago-Worll at the Edwards Valve
Manufacturing Company, in East Chi
cago, was at standstill today.
The striking employees say that wage
conditions are alone responsible for the
disagreement, and deny that interests
opposed to munition making have fo-
mented trouble.
The company for some time has been
making shell castings, and President
Olaf F. Oleson laid the trouble with
the workers to what he described as the
secret work of agents opposed to muni-
ton making for the allies
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15
SMOKE
SONADA
"QuaIi' y Only"
M. IBOLD
CIGARS
LIABILITY BOARD
LOSES ITS CASE
Supreme Court UphOlds Action of
Cleveland Court.

Columbus Ohio.-The Supreme court
Tuesday refused to uphold the Cuyahoga
county courts IN allowing to Sam Po-
lice $1,000 from the State insurance fund
for a double rupture sustained when in
the employ of the Union Rolling mill,
contributor to the State fund The
State Industrial commission allowed Po-
lice only $3.50 for medical expenses,
holding that merely an old injury was
reopened.
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ate demand for the products of said
association and by doing so aid in or
ganizing the various non-union steel cen
ters of the country.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-01-15

Remember hattcrs' day January 27,
and the sacred duty to give the wages Of
an hour's labor of that day to relieve the
Danbury hatters, the victims of the
greed of labor's enemies and the perver-
sion Of the law.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-25

There was onthing to do but to
build a small house on the 40 acres
and she and an old man servant of
the family try to wrest living from
the unfrUitful soil.
ROyd did not see Salina before she
moved. He was civil engineer and,
she learned, was employed by the
development company She took
heart of hope. He could not have
entirely forgotten her and in his
business duties would be likely to be
at times in the neighborhoOd and
come to see her.
Salina heard from him indirectly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-25

"You Are a Smart, Capable Woman"
An old neighbor visited her, who had
met Royal down the valley.
''He asked about you, Mrs. Bur-
gess," the informant told her. "He
was surprised when l informed him
of your grand move. He. looked Sc
rious. Robbed her, Ell? and she is
quite poor I'm going to call on her
when I work down the valley on my
surveyors trip? say, Mrs. Burgess,
that would have been sure match
for you if you had stayed at River
ton, wouldn't it,"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-25

= y y y
THE GOOD FRIEND ="
BY Jessie Ethel Sherwin
= = = =
Willis Strong, specious swindling
land agent, thought he had turned
a particularly clever trick when he
induced Mrs. SaIina Burgess, two
years a widow, to invest nearly all
she had, some $4,000, in 40 acres of
land.
A great company had been formed
to develop the Pearl river district.
Numerous land spectators rushed in
to buy up what tracts they could,
counting on the prestige of the really
reputable men behind the company
to sell anything and everything lin
ing the river at any prepOsterous
price they might charge.
Salina, fair, 80, venturesOme, had
bought the 40 acres without seeing
it. When she did see it she realized
she had been swindled and sat down
on a rock and cried. It was enough !
to make angels weep! The 40 acres
was located on barren stretch of
rock where the river turned. There !
were patches of soil here and there,
but in the main it was bare as a Him |
alayan plateau.
"And l sold the small but coy
home at Riverton for this" she !
sobbed, desoIately. And I've got to
live here, for 1 have no other posses
sion on earthr
Then, too, Mr.. Royd," she added. |
why have 1 thrown my chance |
away"
A memory of Bernard Royd was a
tender spot with Salina. She had |
been forced by a scheming mother,
now dead, to marry Robert Burgess,
when her heart longed for Bernard |
Royd., After she had become a !
widow the old friendly acquaintance
was resumed. Salina made no denial |
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between its legS-both signs of fear. His faithful guardian, with low growl- Ing that was almost whine, looked steadily into the rustling foliage of a water-oal1 some thirty feet away.
 At first Joe saw nothing to alarm him, but soon he caught sight of a tail like that of an enormous cat beating back and forth among the leaves in manner startlingly sug- gestive of explosive anger. The boy remembered to have heard the hunt CTS say that the tail of a panther was wont to move in that way when the beast was crouching for a spring.
 She smelt my blood and is after me," thought Joe.
 Forgetting his sprained ankle, the boy clutched his gun and sprang up, but staggered across only a few feet of ground before he dropped to his knees in an agony of. pain. On sec ing his master stir, the dog showed more spirit, putting on a bold front and barking wildly.
 This seemed to put an end to the suspense, for almost at once the great cat, snarling fiercely, tore through the branches surrounding her and de- scended toward her prey, striking the earth within a few feet of the dog.
 Joe managed to raise his gun and take aim, but before he pulled the trigger the panther had leaped again and engaged the dog at close quar- ters To shoot then was to endanger friend as well as foe, and the boy hesitated. Fearing that buck-sh ot would not serve anyhow and that the faithful dog was his only protection, the boy crawled further away, looking back over his shoulder to watch the fierce struggle between the two beasts, with never a moments let-up in such harsh growing and snarling as he had never heard in all his life.
 The contending animals, fast in each others grip, rapidly drew nearer, tearing up grass and brush as they came The panther was much the stronger of the two as well as armed with great knife-like claws. Appar- entity her object was to shake off the dog in order to reach the boy, her real intended prey, and the chances were that she could not be held back and would succeed.
 Realizing this, Joe again sprang to hlS feet, put agaln the pain was un- bearable. He tottered, fell in faint and lay still. When consciousness re- turned, which was almost at once, the horrid din bombarded his ears as before, as he opened his eyes the panther made a resistless rush in his direction, arriving within perhaps five feet of him, together with the persistent dog which still refused to be shaken off.
 Joe thought his days were num-
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A Methuselah Doll

TLOVE my dolly even if it is old"
 said Polly to her aunt, to whom . she was showing it off. You see
 my Grandmother gave 1t to me ages and ages ago, when I was hardly born, and I have played with it ever since"
 And how old are you now?" asked her aunt.
 Seven on my next birthday. Then Mamma is going to get me new one that is made of bisque, and can open and shut it's eyes"
 Let me look at your dolly again." said the aunt, q would not call it very old. Six years is a short time. Don't you think so, dear?"
 Laura Stokes had her doll just week when she broke it. and Mary, her cousins doll, lost an eye and leg before the month was over. I'm considered a careful little mother" said Polly with pride in her voice.
 What would you say if I told you that I saw a doll that was over two thousand years old?" asked the aunt.
 Polly didn't say anything, she just gasped.
 The aunt went on: "Yes it was at least as old as that, and it came all the way from Egypt"
 Where did you see 1t?" asked Polly.
 "In the British Museum In London.
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wouldn't muss it and-and-"
 That will dol" Mamma was speak ing in that awful tone that always frightened Dorothy so. This is dis. obedience, and as a punishment you will come straight home from school tomorrow and stay in the house the remainder of the afternoon instead of playing with Rose and Mary, I should not tell you a Sleepytime Tale tonight-since you don't deserve 1t but-well, I shall tell one which seems to be very much to the point And dare say you will understand
 Mamma drew up the low rocker by the side of the bed, and Dorothy, g much subdued little girl, pulled the covers close up under her chin and lay very still-listening.
 "Grown-ups you know" said Mamma, have a saying that murder will out which means that if one per son kills another and thinks his ac, will not be known he is mistaken sometime, some day the whole world will know that he did it. And people have come to use that saying so that they mean anything that is done se- cretly will eventually be found out
 Now, you, Dorothy, put on your best petticoat this afternoon-and no doubt you thought I wouldn't know because it would be hidden by your dress - but you forgot that I would undress you tonight and discover it!
 Always, my little daughter, that Is true. I remember, when your Uncle Will and your Aunt Helen were young that they did something they had been forbidden to do and thought Mamma-your Grandma, you know wouldn't find it out. But she did
 Tt was a few days after Christmas
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February 8, 1809-Birth of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
 February 8, 1811-Birth of Horace Greedy.
 February A. 1S99-Hostilities begun in the Philippines.
 February 6, 1756-Birth of Aaron Burr.
 February 6, 17SS-Massachuset admitted to the Union.
 February 6, 1S3S-Birth of Sir Henry Irving.
 February z, 1S12-Birth of Charles Dickens.
 February ', 1so4-Great fire in Baltimore.
 February s, 1S1s-Birth of John Ruskin.
 February 8, 1S20-Birth of William T. Sherman.
 February 8, 1S2S-Birth of Jules Verne.
 February g, 1773-Birth of William H. Harrison.
 February 10. 1775-Birth of Charles Lamb.
 February II, 1914-The first direct wireless between U. s. and Germany. February II, 1S47--Birth of Thos A. Edison.
 February 12, 1s0s-Birth of Abra- ham Lincoln.
 February 12, 1909 - Birth of Charles Darwin.
 February 12, 1S51-Gold discovered tn Australia.
 February IA. - Saint Valentines s Day.
 February IA. 1s5s-Oregon admit ted to the Union.
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bered, yet, strange to say, his nerves steadied and his head cleared. Rising to his knees, he lifted his gun and watched his chance. The fiercely struggling and snarling beasts came nearer still, now the panther and now the dog turning back to Joe.
 Suddenly, with @ coolness that he afterward wondered at, the boy leaned forward and, seizing the opportunity as it came, put the very muzzle of his gun against the neck of his enemy and pulled the trigger.
 As the report reverberated through the woods, the panther leaped high in the air, wrestling herself away at last from the grip of the dogs strong descend directly upon him, and as he shrank away, giving himself up for lost his senses failed him once more and oblivion followed.
 When he revived and looked around the panther lay still on one side of him, and the dog, cruelty wounded, struggled feebly with low whining on the other. A large section of the partners neck had been literally torn out by the discharge of the gun at close quarters and there could be no question that life was extinct Assured of this and fearing that the dog could not survive, Joe put an arm around his faithful savior's neck and wept, longing to hear the welcome sound of friends coming across the island to his aid.
 It was thus that boy and dog were found when little Tim led three of the returned hunters and the cook to the spot.
 A brush stretcher was hastily con- structed and Joe was placed upon it, but he refused to be borne to camp until the wounded dog had been laid on it also at his side.
 wed better hunt around this island tomorrow" said one of the astonished hunters aside. That boy gets more sport right here than we do on our long trips"
 It pleased Joe greatly to overhear this, but his satisfaction was not com plete until, after a careful examina- ton of the torn dog at camp he was assured that his faithful friend would recover.
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Ground Hog Day
. UESDAY, February End, is
 Ground Hog Day 2 The story of the Ground Hne

X Ground Hog Day
 ~ The story of the Ground Hog
 seeing his shadow on February End comes to us from a very old su- perstition. It is believed the Scandi- navians first gave thought to it on their church holiday Candlemas when the hedge hog was supposed to wake up from his long winters nap He would crawl out of his hiding place and look around. If the sun cast his shadow on the ground he would get scared and run back to his hole and sleep on for six more weeks, but if he did not see his shadow he would smile right then and there on the world and give the signal for spring to begin.
 Hundreds of years ago the people actually believed in this and other su- perstitions equally foolish, but we know better. When the second of February comes we say, if the sun should be shining, "the Ground Hog will see his shadow today, so prepare for six more weeks of winter weather" and then we laugh at our foolishness and forget all about the hog and the weather But in olden times the farmer would put his confi- ience in the little animal and plant his seed according to his staying or hiding.
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ble adventure while with a
 hunting party in the great
 Okefinokee Swamp of Southern
 Georgia. He and his little brother Tim had been allowed to go as far as the first island, reached by a nar- row strip of land from the mainland, and it was understood that they were to remain in care of the cook at the permanent camp, conf1ning their ex- cursions to the high and dry area of the immediate neighborhood.
 But Joe was an adventurous boy and one day he determined to make circuit of the entire island in the hope of getting a shot at deer. He reluctantly consented for little Tim to accompany him and, unknown to the cook, they set forth on the ex- tensive excursion.
 To follow the rim of the island, as proposed, was no easy task, the course being extremely difficult. It was often necessary to advance higher up the slope or descend almost into the flooded swamp in order to avoid tangled masses of brambles, dense clumps of fan-palmettos. and bogs or marshes.
 The island was about two miles long by about one mile wide, the distance all the way around being fully six miles or even more. And so when they had toiled down one side and up the other, arriving within perhaps a mile of camp, it was nearing mid afternoon and little Tim was very tired as well as ravenously hungry. Joe suffered in the same way, but proudly declined to admit it. He consented, however, to give up the hunt and "cut across" the island to camp. It was then that an accident
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February Is, 1564-Galileo Galilei was born.
 February 15, 1898 - Battleship Maine blown up.
 February IT, 1S15-Treaty of Ghent ratified.
 February 20, 1S15-"Constitution (Old Ironsides) defeated two British ships.
 February 20. 1s2s-Birth of Joseph Jefferson.
 February 20, 1ss5-Cuban revolt began.
 February 22. 1732-Birth of George Washington.
 February 22. 1S19-Birth of James R. Lowell.
 February 23, 16S5-Birth of George Frederick Handel.
 February 26, 1S02-Birth of Victor Marie Hugo.
 February 27, 1S07-Birth of Henry W. Longfellow.
 Jewel for February is the Amethyst, which stands for Sincerity.
 Flower is the Primrose, the senti- ment of which is early youth.
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and queen, but she was dead and there was nothing to do but to bury her Now the style in those far-off days was to wrap the bodies of royal per sonages in soft cloths, and they used some medicine to preserve the bodies. This little Princess was treated in this way and her doll was wrapped up with her. Not so very long ago some of our travellers came across the tomb of the little Princess and her family, and they opened the box in which the child had been buried. There they found the little wooden doll still nestling in it's little mistress arms"
 q guess maybe my doll isn't so old, after all.'' said Polly, picking the dilapidated doll from the floor and
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befell him.
 He ripped and fell over a log, striking the side of his head against Q sharp snag. He was at first slightly stunned and his wound bled freely. What was. much more serious, he sprained his ankle as he fell and found it impossible to walk without unbearable pain. After trying re- peatedly, he became quite faint and was forced to lie down.
 Tim, you'd better run to camp and tell them,'' he said breathlessly.
 q will if I don't get lost" said the little fellow, fright in his eyes.
 "Ill show you how to go and you can't miss it.''
 Joe raised himself on his arm, gave
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The last time visited that wonderful place I saw it nestling in one of the glass cases. It was made of wood and was a cute little piece of cary ing"
 Tell me more about if, please begged Polly, always eager for real story.
 T asked the guide all about it." said the aunt smiling, for I knew a certain little lady would want to know all about this Methuselah dolly. II belonged to little Egyptian princess, and 1 dare say she loved it as much as you love that old thing" One lay the dear little princess was taken i'll, and while the best doctors in the kingdom were called in, the poor child died, Great was the grief of the king
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$ $OURpUzZLE EOOQNER
PUNCTUATION PUZZLE.

PUNCTUATION PUXZIE. Read this properly: There is a lady in the land With twenty nails on each hand. Five and twenty on hands and feet; This is true without deceit (Now place a comma after the words Nails and Five and read again)
 A HIDDEN KING. First in the path of Duty. First in the field of Art. Foremost in every virtue. Leading in Immortality. And ever ready for Devotion.
 PIED SENTENCE. LAL HTTA TILGTERS ST TON DGLO.
 AnsaUerS. A HIDDEN KING: DdUid. PIED SENTENCE: AU Is not gold that 0NtterS.'
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&A UDDENLY, in the very midst Of & undressing her small daughter, .N Mamma stopped. Why, Doro- thyi" she exclaimed, you put on your very best petticoat this aft ernoon-and I remember distinctly telling you to wear the plain onei"
 "Y es m," said Dorothy, hanging her head and trying to swallow hard enough to keep her heart from pop ping clear out of her throat-as ii threatened 10 do.
 Well, Dorothy" asked Mamma sternly.
 "'Deed, Mamma" the little girl hastened to explain, "I-I-Jes' thought I'd be careful and-and l
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The contending animals, fast in each others grip, rapidly drew nearer.

lHc COlICcHulllS dHAuidlS, IdSt HI CdSh
 others grip, rapidly drew nearer.
 directions, and then, as his brother started off, he fell back exhausted, closing his eyes. All was quiet eX- cept for the signing of the breeze in the high pine tops and the panting of the dog squatting near him. As long as he did not move the pain in his ankle was eased, and as the bleed ing wound on the side of his head troubled him but little, he grew drowsy and presently fell asleep.
 He was awakened some time later more by warning sense of danger than by certain slightly disturbing sounds. On opening his eyes, he found the dog standing close to him, he hair on it's back erect and it's tail
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Don't Watch the Clock

AVE you ever no- ticed while prac- ticing the piano how often you look at the clock, and wonder why the hands move so slowly? It is a mistake to watch a clock if you are a m b 1 t i o Il S and striving for success in any line.
 Don't be a time server! Our great Thomas Edison's advice to 8 young man who asked the inventor how to succeed was Don't watch the clock"
 When you are working keep your employer in your debt by doing a lit tie more or a little better work than is actually required. Remem- Der that you are working for some thing more than a stipulated sum for a certain number of hours.
 Sooner or later there will come a when you will get l,I
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H HEN man camel first be
 held " He ran away in fright; He thought he never had before
 Viewed such fearsome sight. He's such an awful looking cuss,'
 Said he. he must be dangerous" But finding he was not pursued
 With heavy hoof and hump. He halted and remarked again,
 Perhaps l am chump: Id better turn about and see
 If he will be afraid of me"
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day of reckoning when you will get your pay. Heed Edisons advice and don't watch the clock.
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"What would you say if I told you that I saw a doll that was over
 two thousand years old?"
 asked the aunt. straining it to her breast, "and even if she is I love her-yes almost as much as the Princess in Egypt loved hers"
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And so. approaching cautiously. And careful of his toes; Prepared to make a backward jump. He stroked the camel's nose; And found the animal as mild As if he were a gentle child. Then. when the beast was lying down He got upon his back. And found himself aboard ship Upon the deserts track; Like sailor on the ocean. Rode with undulating motion.
 ** ** Not size or form alone
 Count most in Natures plan: Tis the quality of spirit.
 Whether animal or man.,
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Joe s Great Adventure

~oURTEEN-year- old Joe Mead % ows happened upon a remarka-
 ble adventure while with a