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te aste^j-r lis if #4* te V1 Mf,: f. i' •K II tt ,7" *Ai1 "i-! *M •A, THE LABOR WORLD. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. A continuation of The Hustler. 1Dulnth Cltlzou, Duluth Press and Mountain Iron Manitou. Office: 35 Woodbridge Bldg., Duluth. Telephone, 400—3 rings. Printing Plant: 1915 w- Superior St. Telephone, 376. (SUBSCRIPTION: One year, in advance, $1-00 Six Months, Three motftbs, "2j Single copies, 5 cents. Advertising rates made known on application. ^(TRADES (°.T1T°)COU N OIL] SABRIE G. AKIN, Editor and Publisher. 'Letters and articles relating to the social problem are solicited. Entered at the postofflce at Duluth, Minn., an second class matter. Emil Zola is a socialist and that is the reason the French government is prosecuting him. He is a man of much wealth and stands one of the foremost literary men of the •world. Some ignorant person will denounce socialism be cause, he says, it will not pay brains enough. But brains like Zola's are not afraid that it will not get justice under socialism. The trial of Sheriff Martin, of Lattimer fame, opened in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 1. The action of the authorities, how ever, in allowing the case to come to trial, was not caused by their desire for justice. "The action was prompted," say dispatches, "by the reports made to ,Austria, Italy and Germany, which governments will demand indemnities." Just wait for this free and glo rious government of ours to demand damages for its citi zens. The evidence in the Latimer massacre investigation with remarkable consistency con tinues to show that the killing was the most cold blooded and unnecessary of the many offt ,'cial slaughters that have dis graced the American plutoc racy. Pennsylvania has been /the theater of more of these -massacres than any other two states in^ the union, and if, with all the evidence before it, public opinion does not com ipel the severest punishment of these law-clad assassins, the l^ves of workingmen in that state hereafter will be less val uable than a masterless cur. It takes an incident like the De Lome letter to remind the average citizen how far the civilized world has wandered from the Washington stand ard of "I can't tell a lie." The coming hero will be the man who, as a boy, "couldn't tell the truth." Diplomacy now days consists entirely in tell ing falsehoods without excit ing suspicion, on one side, and on the other in finding out by the methods of the sneak and I the eavesdropper what the other fellow really thinks. "All's fair in love and war," says the old saw, and to make the proverb fit our day, we should add, "and all is either love or war." The' Maine disaster is an other'of the terrible calamities that appall the civilized world and show how feeble is man's grasp on the forces of nature once he loses control of their logical relation. In the ab sence of certain information as to its cause conjecture would be foolish, but it does seeni to the lay mind that this contin ued construction of war engines which experience proves are dangerous to none so much as to their own operators, is worse than nonsense. The govern ments of the world are a good deal like small children playing with fire. They may think they are having lots of fun, but the Lord only knows what they won't do to themselves. V*asL *:"b George C. Findley, who has been employed on the editorial staff of the LABOR WORLD for the past year and a half, leaves for the Klondike the latter part of next week. Mr. Findley is a member of the Typographical union and a delegate to the Trades Assembly. In the de parture of Mr. Findley, the la bor cause in Duluth loses a substantial and thoroughly conscientious worker. He is a man who has a lofty idea of right and follows it to the letter. Mr. Findley has many friends in Duluth who regret to see him go and hope the change will prove a beneficial one. The LABOR WORLD loses a faithrful and capable employe and our best wishes go with him in his new field. The Labor World congratu lates the management of the Industrial Bazaar upon the success of its undertaking. We also greet the patrons of the Industrial Bazaar and hope that they may not only find an hour's pleasure, but that their minds may broaden with a more comprehensive understanding of the import ance of labor in the building up and maintenance of our ninteenth century civiliza tion, and that, at the same time, they may also be in spired with a more perfect ap precision of the innate dignity that attaches to honest toil You can catch a glimpse of the processes at which work ingmen spend many weary hours you can get some idea of the toil, of the intelligence of the painstaking and faith fulness which are a necessary part of the competent working man equipment and we trust that you will be inspired with •that higher appreciation that is the forerunner in every land and age of both material and social development. You can see that labor's efforts and labor's ideals tend to promote the general welfare that its skill and enthusiast# is at the foundation of industrial and commercial success, and if among the new ideas that may come to you you may also be gin to understand that pros perity, labor's development, labor's welfare is not inimical to the prosperity, the develop ment, the welfare of the whole country, its object will have been attained and the manage ment of this Exposition will feel fully repaid for their labors. A Plea for the Union Label. We ask that you support the UNIOH LABEL, And make its humane virtues manifest By lifting up, so far as you are able. Your fellow men, by tryanny oppressed. We offer you a simple method, neighbor We ask for neither alms, nor sacrifice But only that you sanction honest, labor By purchasing the goods with this device. This signet guarantees to every buyer The product is the work of Union men, Whose daily wage and mode of life is higher Than that of those who. in hovel pen, Toil for a pittance, and with faces eager Pray for relief from the bondage worse than death, From sweatshops where the very air is meagre, And ^tenches come to stifle every breath. It lies' with you to keep from such condition Yonr fellow men, who striving to be free. Issued the Label as a mute petition For those they love and at) humanity. If ybu be heedless of these brare seceders, In after years you surely must atone, For history proves that bondagefor the pleaders, In time will bring enslavement for your own. You rob yourselves while stinting those that labor. For they but take what little pay can buy. You limit trade by limiting your neighbor, And when you're poor you curse and wonder why. Production all depends on our consumption— Consumption on our wages, you'll agree— And it requires but very little gumption. To bring liboift a fair prosperity. When we would build we start with the founda tion. The workingman is such, and as they fall. So bends and sways, and finally falls the nation, Until the ruin of avarice .e.overs all. "God helps the man who helps himself" my brother. But here's a higher version, good and true: "God helps the loan who bravely helps another," And does by him as he would have him do. We ask that you support the UNION LABEL. And wake its humane rirtues manifest By titling dp, so far as you ure able, Your fellow men, by tyranny oppressed. We offer yon a simple method, neiehbor We ask for neither alms nor sacrifice, But only that yon sanction honest labor Bv purchasing the croods with this device. —Ellis B. Harris, West Superior, Wis. Noiueuciature of the The Roman year originally fcegan with March, and September, .October, November and December were the prop er names for the last tour months, as the year, had bat ten. When January and February were added, however, the names became entirely inappropriate, but nevertheless have by general custom been retained in spite of the error im olied.. 5 LABOR'S B1C SHOW. [Continued from first page.] manent institution, Thursday evening Supt. Denfeld delivered the address of the evening from the stage? being introduced by President McEwen. Mr. Denfeld's sub ject was Education's Relation to Labor, and his address was well received. The musical entertainment was provided by Miss Palmer and Miss White who were also given an en thusiastic reception. BAZAAR NOTES. Thursday evening's attendance reached almost two thousand. The match factory at the bazaar, con trary to a somewhat natural presump tion, is not a matrimonial bureau. The plumbers' booth, among other things pertaining to their trade, possess es a counterpart of one of the Mosaic miraculous manifentations in a pile of wood that burns continually "and yet is not consumed." The boilermakers' booth contains an excellent portrait of that sturdy advo cate of fair conditions, Joseph Rufangue When the boys in this booth get their working clothes on they are said make more noise than any other gang in the hall. In the allied printing trades exhibit all the union job offices in the city are represented either by machinery, sample jobs or advertising matter, and from the way the crowd throngs thereabout the display is one of the most popular in the bazaar. On every side are heard congratula tiom and praise for the management of the bazaar. And no suggestion has been repeated oftener[or from more va ried sources than the hope that the labor bazaar may be made an annual mid-winter feature by organized labor After Bishop McGolrick's address Thursday evening a meeting of a num ber of labor representatives selected Misers. .Cobb and Lounsberry as a com mittee to take part in a meeting at the Bishop's residence for the purpose of issuing a directory of local manufactor iee with a view to booming home indue try. The ball by the Duluth City Band Thursday evening in the drill hall was another grand success. Over eight hun dred people were in attendance the balconies were crowded with spectators and there were nearly 200 couple on the floor. The full band of 30 pieces fur nished the music for the round dances while for the square, Flaaten's full or chestra officiated. It took the boye who have had chatge of the bazaar'arrangements about three days to get onto the big success they had scored. Duluth, heretofore, has never jhad an entertainment of any kind that sprung with such velocity into pub lie favor. And as organized labor is not afraid of tee muefa of a good thing, the manageeaeat 'has 'finally decided to con tinue another week. The labor bazaar is all right but for one thing. The printery is a fake. A Labor World reporter who carries a ty pographical card and a tie paas good over Any railroad in the country, and who alleged that he hadn't had any thing to eat for six weeks, struck the shop for a hand iSuit itb# other evening and didn't get it. Boys, you may fool the public, but the "profesh" '11 get on to you. The Bazaar News, issued at the exhib it of ithe allied printing trades council, is another popular feature of the expos ition. B, V- Ferguson's name appears as editor and C- J- Hector as business manager. The iKe#e ,is an all round hustling up-to-date j^ewfi^&per in minia ture, but its editorial bow in frk# initial number smashes all newspaper tradi^iona with iconoclastic hazuis, It is, we be lieve, the first journal in thfl. annals of newspaperdom that did Dot gome "to star" or "to fill a long felt want," CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. Having reached a decision to keep the bagaar open another week several new exhibits will be put in place. "Say, stranger," Bald a oaaujo an almanac agent out west, "I'll toko a tbousandof y^fljlmafficksif yer'll sell '©na to me cheap. "All right! All rightJ" almost shouted the agent, .jumping a$ the chance of bis lifie end wondering what in the world the *nan wanted with so many almanacs. "Yer see." continued the man, "I had one of yer almanicks last year &nd every time the almanick said thing I knew it would be the ,other way, so I raised a powerful .good crop. What I calculate on is ito distribute the almanicks through the country so the people will raise •their (crops by them, and I'll put in a wfoopper of a crop and go ag'in the •almanick. {Chen them folks will £p.ijl in their .qrpps and I'll have a igoofl Grojp an£ ^11 jit at my own •jaiQe." The agqnt ,cp(e nea^* .collapsing tthen, ibut sold the almanacs and heard ithe fa^eir .say: Muchj obleegied. I eypeqt tt9,make,myfor- tune ont at these.Jil t^e News. ORIGIN OF PINK LEMONADE. Hovrfta Thoughtful Circus Clown Met a Texas Emergency. "^Tltekorigin of pink lemonade," eaict ail old circus clown the other day, "-has long been shrouded in mystery, like some other beginnings in history. But here is the true story: In 185? I was traveling in the south with Jere Mabie's big show. I was doing a tumbling and acrobatic act in the ring and had not yet be gun to aspire to the cap and bells. One afternoon, just before the doors were opened, Mabie came to me in great distress and told me that the clown had 'jumped the show.' A cir cus without a clown would be a se rious affair anywhere, but in Texas in those days it meant destruction to our property and possibly bodily harm to ourselves. You see, those Texans didn't have much else to do, and so they found time to study the bills carefully. They insisted upon getting their full money's worth and wanted everything promised on the bills. Some of our best printing couldn't be put up in Texas at all, because, you know, there are things on circus posters which are beyond the possibility of fulfillment. We showmen look upon those pictures with the artist's eye, and we got to feeling sorry to think what the Tex ans were missing. "Well, to come to the point, I went into the ring as clown and made a hit. I kept it up for a couple of weeks, doing my other act as well, and all for one salary. "One morning I went to the man ager and told him that I would have to have some extra sequins if he wanted me to play clown any more. He answered that I was getting enough and if I wasn't satisfied I oould quit. He thought he had me there, for Texas was not the kind of country a man would enjoy being left in. But I was la youngster then and didn't mind taking chances. Be sides, I had saved about $40, and I felt rich. I quit the show right off, bought a couple of mules and an old covered wagon and had just enough left to invest in some peanuts, sug ar, tartaric acid and one lemon. Talk about good friends! Why, that one lemon stuck to me to the end. I fol lowed the circus with my wagon and pair, and every time the tents were pitched I would mount a box and sing out: "Here's yonr ice cold lemonade, Made in the shade By an old maid! Stick your finger in the glass. It'll freeze tight fast. The deeper you dip The sweeter it grows, Just like honey from a' rose. So good, so sweet, so sour, JJ'll give you joy for half ac hour! "The lepaonade sold splendidly, and I couldn't wait on the negroes fast enough. One day, while I was surrounded by a mob scrambling for the liquid refreshment, I noticed suddenly that my water supply had about run out. There were no wells or springs in sight, so I rushed into the big tent to get some water. The elephants had just been fed and watered, and all the tanks weije empty. In the excitement of the mo ment I invaded the (dressing tents. Fannie Jamieeon, the old time queen of bareback equestrianism, was standing in front of a tub, wringing out a pair of pink tights that she frjid been washing. The aniline dye fcfti stained the water a deep pink. I didn't etop ito ja.sk any questions, but grabbed the tuh a^d ran. As I mounted the box I threw some acid and the property lemoy aral called out to the customers to com§ up quickly and buy some fine 'straws (berry lemonade.' My sales were doubled that day, and since then no well regiu^ted ciifcus is without pink lemonade, "It's not easy to ge$ the better of showmen," continued tiie old clow^i. "They're pretty well up to the iricjsf of the average community and have jsl of their own. I was with the jfirststeamboat show that ever sailed (down the Mississippi, and it was al j#os$ swamped by !the jbijg licenses dei£a#ded whenever we landed. jPi pally at JMejmphi.s the thing culmi nated, The mepehjapts were up in arms against the show jhecaugie tjhey said we would take too much money away from the city. We were noti fied that no license would be issued that we would not be allowed to give ow show at the wharf. So we ^teamed out jpto the middle of the river, started our .calliope a-'piping jand had ,our little tug ply back and £ox«t$ between the shore and! jSteamhW* The idea of a circus on iboard of a .steamboat hit the Mem fpjbis people hard. That night we yr&re (Crowded to the guards, and Wg played thr^e 'midstream return gates' in the neighborhood within a week."—New York.Comm^^al. J&SS—J sjippp^e you thin*. 1'z: fool Cass—That's what troubles If your supposition is correct, then you area mindreader, and therefore you cannot be a fool, and yet—well, yo„y understand. Boston Tran script. "My wife can tell what time it is in the .middle of the night when it jis,pitch dark." "How does she do iti" "She makes me get up and .ttys clock. "—Chicago Reccr± •I Big Reduction Sale ON ALL Also op all First Corr?e First Ssrvsd. MEDORA. BY JOEL BENTON. [February 14.] I. One little maid across the street Seemed never of her glances chary, But when today we chanced to meet. And knew that date in February When birds and woods are wide awake And all the earth to spring Is turning, saw her smile—'twas no mistake— And onr two hearts with love were burn ing. n. A dimpled cheek, a soft blue eye, A fignre like a wood born fairy, Long }ocba of hair that vagrant fly. A manner not too vain or airy, fiose lips that put the rose to blast), And do not lack the rose's sweetneM, Are hers. Words fall into a hush That try to paint her form's complete ness. in only know site has puc^ grace As prompts the passion of »loy/ej A beaming glow illumes her face That nowhere else can you discover. I wound my arm jetojotit hey? waist And found her welcome did pot And so .today the bliss we taste §o Jong prescribed for February. An Xowa Indian IJKI the poison erage. Undiluted alcpbol hard cider, Jamai ca ginger, bay rum, lemon extract pn*) perfumery are only a few among many beverages- on which the Indiana from the neighboring Omaha and Winnebago reservations are in the habit of celebrat ing their occasional visits to Sioux City. So far as known, howeyer, ^Tixn Hum phry, a thin, cadaverous red' faito ttf fihe Winnebago tribe, is the only one whe goes pjj sweet spiritb of niter drunkft. The pharmacist from whom im obtain ed the drug had no'idea of £Jie purjpbse to which his customer put it,' tJod" Indian injght have gone on indefinitely had the .whim ppb ^jr^ck him to change to another druggist 'Xfrs latter didn't understand ,when Humphry askejd fpr "piter jutes," an^ the investigation ^vbic^ followed tKHjght pat the actual f^cjtp in php ptqp. Jim was spejejdily returned ito the pemfr vation minus this osppj sppply of bis favorite poison. No attepipt will h? made to punish the dmggist from whom he obtained the drug, as the latter was ignorant of the use to which it was put. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Overcoats CHILDREN'S Suits Reefers. REA\EA\BER: We live up to wbat We Advertise. C. W. ERICSON, 219 W. Superior Street. THE CLOTHIER. I I MRS. LH. FISH & CO. 207 West Superior St. Bread—Delicious, moist and sweet. Doughnuts—Brown and good. Okies—Thekind children cry for. Cak S—Every kind- Angel food a specialty. Dinners—We are confident you will come again afterwards. Telephone 310. E. WEST, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 433 Chamber of Commerce BliJg. Duluth, Minn. I. Vaudevillany. "J saw Jones this morning," ggjtl the gentleman with the pea green whiskers, "witli an iitytul cut on his head that bis wife had given him. He was hurrying as fast he could to the"— "To the doctor?" interrupted the gentleman with the bald wig. "Jfaw to the barbers to have if* Wt Tight." The riotousness of the ensuing business was perhaps the most re alistic presented in any place of eq jertainmant at the price. —Cinciq !|ati Enquirer. Origin ot Popular Proverbs. author of "The Lover's Metal)' choly" (act 1, scene 1.). Although Bheridan's well known character, Mrs. Malaprop, did "own the soft impeachment" ("The Ri vals," act 5, scene 3), we must cred it Shakespeare with the origin of the saying tftaf'''goinp^isqtottto r.fpari Cr •V ni *v bv 1 Sam Weller ("Pickwick Papers'*) did not originate the expression "wheels within wheels," as many if fe'i] fflpppsed. Hp iwe4 it, truly^ fort thf idea is from the Bible (B^ekiel 10). Another Biblical expression, ^11$ which would hardly be recognized as such at first sight, is "the HMH of my teeth" (Job xix, 20). We ard r, indebted to Cervantes for the prov firp, "Honesty is the best policy" '(••PS*1 part2, ph&Ptef 33)» whitettfe farpiU^ ph?^. out diamond," is due to Fprd, th@ A vr 0US, go frequently AWTTWTE# to that estimable lady, AS he put* ib'^ these words in the mouth of Dog berry ("Much Ado Ahput Nothing,?? act 3, jscejne 5). Ben jpnsop of,» pwjw'.fy ftffl gift?., ler f' Hudibyas, i, capto 1, ppp 821) potty ''spell A rat, ari4 io TJHJ- per, pf "-^ve #^0^ Points of (Gpp0 ffuejtjan^," the truism "Better late thaq neyejr" i§ O The Weight* of Children, i(' The weights of children and their stature are topics of interest to mothers. Supposing at birth the Jjaby weighs 8 pounds, then its length should 1* fpot 8 inches iat 0 months, the length'is and its weight im pounds at ^eat £he length is 2 feet 5 inbh6s,'an4 ,the weighjt $4 pounds at X8months^ the length ^s 2 foejt 8 jL-2' ffal h6 weight 28 pounds j' at 2"ye^S has unpaged to 3 feejt in statnrp, and "jfcp 32 ppvpdg 'fnfftfgjft years tp 3 feet 4 pounds -V inches, anff 3^ 1-9 jj} weight at 4' years tijigi ptaturje $ ^eej: fnpb^ Wt: weight 41 pounds, and at 6 yearjitl^e height if 3 feet 8 inches and thg weight 45 pounds, ^New Vork X^edg' er.