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PULLED
Were The Union Plumbers
On Y. G. A. Building
The member of the Plumbers'
Union who were employed on the
new Y M. C. A. building were
pulled off the job Wednesday by
Mr. Wm. Lynn, general organizer
for that organization. The firm
having the contract is the Wagner
Plumbing Co., of Louisville, Ky.
and in that city they operate a
non-union shop. The Internation
al Plumbers and Steam Hitters Un
ion will not let union members
work for this firm on the Y. build
ing until they sign up with the
plumbers union of Louisville.
Blacksmith's Organize,
About twenty-fiive blacksmiths
throughout the city met Tuesday
night in Foresters ball and organ
ized the Blacksmiths union. Or
ganizer Chas. W. Koenig of the
International Union attended the
meeting and explained the benefits
of the organization to the men.
Machinists Meet,
Hamilton Lodge, No. 241, I. A.
of M. held a hummer meeting
Tuesday night and initiated about
thirty new members. Several more
applications were read and received
and the applicants will be initiated
at the next meeting.
Benjamin Eranklin Snow.
Benjamin Franklin Snow, died
at his home, 742 East avenue at
12:10 Saturday morning of general
debility at the age of 78 years 3
months and 12 days. He was an
employe of the Estate Stote com
pany and is survived by his te
reaved widow, 5 sons, Clifford,
Ernest, Henry, Edward aud Harry
Snow, aud a sistci, Mrs. Jenuie
Black of Cincinnati. The funeral
took place at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the house of morning,
Rev. Mr. Higganbotham officiat
ing. Interment, Greenwood cem
etery.
2o,ooo Underground Workers.
New York, S^pt. 12.—Accord
ing to the best obtainable statistics
about 20,000 persons in New York
City spend their entire working
hours beneath the surface of the
eaith. These figures include
3,800 employes on the two systems
of subway now in operation. They
include 4,000 men who are em
ployed digging the new subways.
The force will be more than
doubled in the near future. Also
included are the 1,200 men, most
of whom are working several hun
dred feet below the stieet sur
face, driving that wonderful aque
duct which is to carry throughout
the Isla id of Manhattan and over
into Long Island the waters that
are being brought down by siphon
from the Catskill Mountains.
Then there are more than 10,000
men and women who are employed
in more piivate enterprises that
take them constantly below the
street surface.
Labor Day Services.
Pittsburg, Sept. 12.—Over 1,000
persons attended the special Labor
Day services held Monday last in
St. Paul's Cathedral. The practice
of having special Labor Day ser
vices was instituted by Bishop J.
F. Regis Cauevin five years ago,
and the custom has beeu carried
out ever since. Its purpose is to af
ford the toilers an opportunity to
give tnanks for the blessings re
ceived during the last year. Work
men from a'l parts of the diocese
were in attendance at ine solema
high mass, which was celebrated
at 8 o'clock. Bishop Canevin was*
present at the services.
New clerks' Union*
El Paso, Texas., Sept. 12.— A
new Clerk's Union has been or
ganizsd in this city and a charter
received from the Retail Clerks'
International Protective Associa
tion. The new organization starts
with a total membership of 125 and
promises tc be one of the most
successful and progressive unions
in this city. Indications are that
a large percentage of the clerks
will soon be members of the organ
ization.
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Substantial Victory.
Flat River, Mo. Sept. 12.— Rod
ereck R. MacKinzie, Oiganizer
Western Federation of Labor,
writes as follows regarding the set
tlement made: To be brief about
it, I will simple say that we suc
ceeded in completely organizing
district. When the ^ork started
we had less than 5000 members. On
August 5 we took a strike \Tote,
which was carried by 3,234 for
and 38 against. At my suggestion
date of strike wa9 left in h^nds of
a committee representing the local
unions. But as every effort at
peaceable settlement had failed,
the men were called out on the
10th. Four thousand five hun
dred members of the Western fed
eration of Miners walked out like
one man, and within a few hours
of the »ime the strike went into
effect. Our demands were for a
50 cent increase in wages and rec
ognitiou of the union. After 11
days of strike and with every plaut
still closed down, and without, a
single deserter from our ranks, the
strike was settled on a basis of 25
cents increase in wages and satis
factory protection against discrim
ination for ©ne year. But the best
feature of it, in my est mation, is
that these 4,500 members of organ
ized labor return to work satisfied
and proud of their success, a thing
which encouraged me to hope that
the organizations here will at last
be permanent." The conditions
of the settlement are: First. An
increase of the wage scale of each
of the companies involved in this
strike shall be made for all classes
of labor employed by the companies
equal to Twenty Five Cents per
day for each of said employes
Second: Each company shall fill
with the Bard of Arbitration a
copy of its tabulated wage scale at
the amended rate and keep a copy
thereof pasted in its office. Third:
This wage scale to be in force one
year from date. Fourth: All em
ployes of the companies shall be
reinstated as speedily as conditions
will permit. No company shall
discriminate against any employe
on account of his affliction with any
organization, nor because his
service on any executive com
mittee.
New Scale For Engineers.
South Chicago, Sept 12.—Steam
Engineers' Union No. 115, has just
negotiated a new scale with several
of the large elevator companies of
this city running for a period of
four ye^rs, which will bring about
a gradual reduction in working
time to eight hours at the expira
tion of t!"e agreement. It provides
for eight hours and forty five min
utes the first year eight hours
and thirty minutes, the second
year: eight hours and fifteen min
utes the third and eight hours for
the fourth year. The engineers
previously worked
twelve
horrs
a day, seven davs a week, the
rate of $65 aud $70 a month. The
new agreement brings the salaries
of the engineeers up to $100 and
$130 per month, twenty-six work
iug days. The agreement also
provides for double time for Sun
days and holidays.
Abolish Whip.
Brazil, Ind., Sept.
12.—The gen
eral manager for the Park County
Coal Company's model mine has
issued orders that all the drivers
in the employ of the company shall
do away with their whips. Drivers
who are unable to get desired re
suits without the use of the ''black
snake" are to be replaced by those
who can persuade the beasts to
work without goading S nce the
new order has gone irto effect it is
stated that the mules give greater
service. Approximately 1,700 tons
of coal are hauled to the bottom of
the shaft by the twenty-four mules
in the mine.
Wants Uovernment Plant.
Washington, Sept. 12.—Repre
sentative Britten of Illinois, intro
dueed a bill to appropriate $7,000
000 for a government armor plant
to be operated by the Navy
Department. His idea is to break
what he calls "the trust now con
trolling the armor plate situatio
in this country." He contends
that a government plant should
turn out 10,000 tons a year at not
exceeding $314 a ton. Representa
tive Gregg of Texas, a member of
the Naval Affairs Committee, in
troduced a resolution to have a
committee of five Representatives
investigate th« so-called armor
plate trust.
WORLD or LABOR
Kthelbert Stewart, of Illinois,
has been appointed by Secretary of
Labor Wilson as chief clerk of the
Bureau of Labor. Mr. Stewart
succeeds G. W. W. Hanger, who
was recently appointed by the Pres
ident as a member of the new Bard
of Mediation and conciliation.
A strike and lockout which has
beeu in progress at Kansas City
for the last seven w eks, involving
the Building Trades Council, the
Bricklayers' Union and the Build
ing Contractors' Associatiou, has
been ended. The Building Trades
Council comes out of the struggle
in splendid shape in fact, the
Council is more effective now than
ever before in the history of the
movement. The contest occured
over the Bricklayers attempting to
extend their jurisdiction over work
which has for years been conceded
to other organizations.
The official call has been issued
by the Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada for the Twenty ninth
annual session, which will convene
in Montreal, Province of Quebec,
on Morning, September 22. Among
the questions to be discussed will
be the repeal of the present Alien
Labor law and the enforcement of
the monetary clause of the immi
gration laws all the year round:
the consideration of the proposed
eight-hour bill rmendments io the
proposed eight-hom bill, amend
ments to the Industrial Disputes
and Investigation Act semi-month
ly payment of wages on all rail
ways, as well as considering the
old age pensious and pensions for
widows and children in Canada,
now pending before a special com
mittee of the Dominion Parliament.
The Senatorial investigation of
the West Virginia situation has
been so effective that peace has
been restored in the coal fields of
Cabin Creek, Paint Creek and part
of the New River district. Martial
law has been withdrawn civn law
has been restored and mine work
ers are free to purchase where they
please. An average of 10 per edit
increase in wages has been allowed.
A nine-hour day has been estab
lished. The check off system will
be put into operation. Check
weighmen have been arranged for,
and complete recognition of the
United Mine Workers of America
secured. The main issue, namely,
that of the abolition of the Baldwin
and other private guards, has been
settled to the entire satisfaction of
the Mine Workers. Governor Hat
field has enforced the order of the
Legislature of the State against a
continuation of the old "guard"
system. As a result of agreement,
40,00u miners became part of the
United Mine Workers' Union
Predicts Public Ownership.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 12
The feature of the session of the
conference of Governors was an
address by Gov. Edward F. Duune
of Illinois who spoke on the
"Growth of Public Control of Util
ities" His address was an exten
sive treatise on the development of
the plant in the various States of
Union, more paiticularly since 1005
when the movement began to show
itself in definite form. "The ten
dency is plainly in the direction of
the control of public utilities," he
said. "The movement is advanc
ing by leaps and bounds, and I be
lieve that within a few years there
will not be a State which has not a
public utility commission, erapow
ered by law to control the service
and the sales of the corporations of
the State. In concluding he took
up public ownership and operation
of utilities as the only alternative
in the case of failure of public con
trol. "If the control shall fail, as
I believe it will not, he said then
the only alternative left is public
ownership and operation of util
ities."
Strike For Eight Hour Day.
Vancouver, B. C. Sept. 12. Dis
content with long hours of labor,
which has existed for some time
past among the workers of the
Western Ladies' and Misses Suit
and Cloak Company, came to a
head when the whole of the tailors
pressers, and a considerable pro
portion of the experienced tailor
esses refused to return to work un
til their demand for an eight-hour
day was granted. A fully attend
ed and enthusiastic meeting of the
strikers was at once held at *he La
bor Temple, at which plans were
made for giving publicity to the
dispute.
101 RANCH.
The full blooded Indians have at
last become indignant and appealed
to the Government for projection.
This uoble nation of true Ameri
cans have requested the Govern
ment to prohibit so called wild west
shows from exhibiting as Indians
those who are not. They have
asked that the race be not humil
ated by shows exhioiting people
who are not Indians and whose
parents have not been but who are
the result or inter-marriage with
the white people. Recently a del
egation of Indians waited on Presi
dent Taft and desired that he take
immediate steps to preveni the hu
miliation of the real Indian by the
exhibiting of white men disguised
as Indians and half breeds who
have no right to be classed as the
true Indian as they existed and do
exist. Mr. Edward Arlington who
with the Miller Brothers is owner
of the 101 Ranch Real Wild West
Show presented the Indian repre
sentatives to the President who
listened attentively through an in
terpreter to their complaiut and
at the conclusion of the session en
tertained them socially. He prom
ised to interest the Department of
Indian Affairs in the matter.
Later in a published interv:ew
Mr. Arlington said: 'It is de
plorable that the demand for west
em shows has been the carse for
dishonest showmen to embark in
what they advertise as wild west
shows and seek patronage by ex
hibiting characters that are foreign
to the true western type. It is not
enly ai imposition on the people
who admire the Indian and the
western people but a disagreeable
reflection on those people. Toe
101 Ranch Real Wild We^t Show
is the only true western outfit now
touring the couutry and if you will
look up the homes of the others
you will find that their homes are
all iu the eastern country. The
home of the 101 Ranch Real Wild
West Show i$ on the great 101
Ranch at Bliis, Oklahoma and it is
from this ranch that the western
characters are secured. They are
to the manner born You cannot
find fault with the Indians because
they object to being represented
by people other than the Indian
They are a proud race and feel
keenly attempts to represent their
race by others than true representa
tives. They have no use for the
half breeds and will not associate
with them. That is why we only
have the Simon pure Indians with
us. "The 101 Ranch, the only
show coming to Hamilton this
year endorsed by organ.zed labor,
will be here Saturday, September
13, for two performances, afternoon
and night at Walnut and East Ave
Reserved seats, show day at Rad
cliffe Drug )mpanv's store.
Organized labor should patronize
it.
Why Stop The Investigation?
Washington, Sept. 12.—A reso
lution calling upon the Attorney
General to stop at once all pro
ceedings against the United States
Steel Corporations, under the Sher
man anti-trust law, was introduced
in the House by Representative
Jefferson M. Levy of New York
The resolution recites that the
Steel Corporation is a good trust
and that is a beneficent influ
euce in the cosmogony of the na
tion. It refers to the fact that the
corporation has distributed in
wages no less than $1,575,000,000
and that since it came into being
there have been not only extensive
improvements in the quality of
American steel, but material re
duction in the price of the corpora
tion's product. It does not, how
ever, recite the story of the long
hours of its employes, seven days
a week, low wages, and large divi
dends.
Suit against The Reading.
Washington, Sept., 12.—The
long expected Federal prosecution
of the Reading Railway Company
as a coal trust was began this week
by the bringing of a suit against
that road and its immediate allies
in coal minning operations,
large number of coal roads operat
ing in Pennsylvania and interstate
commerce will be included in the
prosecutions. The suit was brought
in Philadelphia early in the week
The bill of complaints has been
completed and will be taken to
Philadelphia by Federic R. Cou
dert, of New York, the special at
torney to represent the Depart
•f Jttstiee.
FACTS ABOUT BABIES.
Some Tha^Surprtsed and On* That
Pleased the Professor.
"I never knew before I had one,**
said the professor of physics to his
bachelor assistant, 'just how closely
our science could be upplied to a baby.
I have been astounded at the following
true conclusions:
As two similar bodies vary in weight
as the cubes of their dimensions, I find
that a baby two feet long should weigh
just about one-six teen th of a man five
feet high: also that, as the surfaces of.
two similar bodies vary as the square
of their dimensions, a baby as before
would have about one-sixth the sur
face of the man. So the extent of sur
face proportional to weight, in the baby
is vastly greater than in the adult In
fact, a square foot of the baby's skin
would shield just one-third the sub*
stance of what a square foot would on
an adult.
"Arguing from this and knowing
that the rate of cooling of a solid de
pends on the extent of surface, I found
that a baby got cold quicker or warm
juicker when exposed to a fire than a
man: also, as any living body is high
er in temperature than the surrounding
air and has to lose heat continually
the rate of loss depending on the sur
face—it Is readily seen that a baby, in
order to keep up normal temperature,
has to furnish more heat In proportion
to Its weight than man, and therefore
has to eat more In proportion to its
weight than man. To prove that a
baby gives out an enormous amount
of heat, keep the heat from escaping
by wrapping a heavy blanket around
it. In a half an hour the temperature
under the cover will be almost unbear
able to the hand, and the baby will be
found covered with sweat
"The same knotty problem comes up
when the baby is bathed. You know
yourself how cool you feel when you
bathe in a cold room in warm water,
but In very little of it, so that most of
your wet body is out of the water on
account of the heat of your body being
taken to evaporate the water? The
baby suffers much worse on account
of that same big proportion of surface,
"But I And one encouraging thing in
this peculiar geometrical problem of
the human form. I find that If a dress
is made for my little daughter two
feet high and one for her mother five
feet high, it takes only one-sixth the
cloth to do It, although the dresses
were made In exactly the same style.
—Lawrence Hodges in Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Big and Little 8Hips.
Speaking of the problem of unslnka
ble ships, the New York Commercial
says:
"Few people outside of practical
shipbuilders and navigators understand
the difference between a large vessel
and a small one In point of structural
strength. The strongest vessel that
floats in the water is a common row
boat. One can take an ordinary row
boat and carry it by the ends or it can
rest on cleats under each end without
breaking in the middle. But the
strongest man-of-war or ocean liner
that floats today would break in two
If subjected to a similar strain- The
larger a vessel the weaker it becomes
in this respect, and for this reason
many apparently good ideas which
work out well In model form have fail
ed utterly when applied to large ves
sels."
Billions of Beans.
"Beans —what do you know about
beans, even in New England?" writes
an American from Manchuria. "Come
to Dairen and see the bean mills which
turn out (5o.000.000 pounds of bean oil
In a year and over 10.000,000 bean
cakes, weighing about sixty-five pounds
each. Some beans! The bean cake,
from which the oil has been extracted,
goes for the most part to Japan, which
country received last year about nine
tenths of the product. Japan also toot
over 100.000 tous of beans in natural
form. Some beans!"—New York Trib
une.
Champion Mean Man.
"My husband is a very mean man
about some things," complained the
wife to the woman around the corner.
"He has a deaf ear, and every time I
try to call him down he acts as If he
didn't hear me."
"That's certainly provoking." said the
neighbor. "But one of bis ears Is good.
Why don't you talk into that?"
"He won't tell me which It Is," wall'
ed the wife.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Honest Child.
"Since you worked your examples so
nicely," said the pretty teacher, "I
shall give you a kiss."
•'Teacher, I didn't know there was to
be a reward," responded the honest
urchin. "It's only fair to tell you that
my big brother did them sums."—Pitts
burgh Post
Took Her Time.
"Thought you were going away to
day."
"Couldn't buy a ticket"
"Nonsense. The ticket office is nev
er closed."
"No: but there was a girl at the win
low ahead of me."—Washington Her
aid.
Has a Great Field.
Hlgglns—Our old classmate. Whir
wire—how Is he getting along In litera
ture? He should be doing pretty well
He had so lively an imagination. Wig
gins—Oh, he's doing splendidly now
He's specializing in excuse* for ranr
ried men.—Chicago News.
The true way to conquer circum
stance* is to be a greater circumstance
rourseif Old Saxing.
At the Theater.
"What! You can't see anything
Didn't yon bring your opera glass with
you?"
"Yes, but I can't use It"
••Why?"
"Because I forgot my rings."—Lon
tfon Telegraph.
Sounds Better.
••It's all in the wa.v you
word
it."
"What do you mean?"
"A thing seems much more desirable
tfit'e popular priced that If it's cheap.
—Loalertlle CevsUr-Jeesml.
TaEY LOVE THEIR PAJAMAS.
Englishmen Said to Take a Delight In
Wearing Them Publicly.
Writing from South Africa about the
Bights to be seen in that country, E.
W. Howe in his monthly says:
The Only Show Coming En
dorsed by Organized Labor
On the line between Bnlawayo and
Salisbury there are a good many
towns, including one built around the
best gold mine in Rhodesia. And bow
the people turned out to see the train
come In! At one place we estimated
that there must have been 500 around
the station.
"Trains travel over the line only two
or three times a week, and people
seem to come from great distances In
the country to see the trains go by.
But between the stations there were
millions of acres of land as wild as it
was In the days of Adam.
'Early in the morning our English
passengers walked about in pajamas
when we stopped at stations. English
men love that sort of thlug. At Vic
toria falls they visited the Rain forest
in pajamas, and in Johannesburg I was
told that on Sundays and holidays pa-
Jamas are worn around houses and
fards until lunch time.
"Englishmen show their pajamas so
much that I cordially hate that partlc
olar form of nightdress. Englishmen
have the same passion for running
around In pajamas that American boys
have for running around in baseball
suits."
JUMPS THE EYE MAKES.
It 8ees an Object by Piecemeal and
Not at a la nee.
The eye does not take In an object
at a glance, but piecemeal. It follows
the outline of the object, but does so
by Jumping from point to point in an
Irregular manner, never twice alike.
In looking at a large circle, for In
stance, the movement is not regular,
the gaze passing from point to point
until a complete mental image of the
circle is formed, even though the per
son undergoing the tests starts at the
top of the circle and attempts to fol
low its outline all around back to the
starting place. Such ocular move
ments are so rapid that one Is not
aware of theui.
Proof of the irregular movement of
the eye may he provided, according to
the Optical Journal aud Review, by
means of the motion picture camera.
A small, briuht light is placed across
the room, and this forms a smail image
ion the cornea of the eye. As the eye
attempts to follow the curve of the
test object the motion picture camera
takes a rapid succession of views of
the eye arid its bright spot Then a
comparison of the resulting prints and
the position of the bright spots in each
shows the movements of the eyeball
in following the circle.
Old French In Official England.
One may not be ignoraut, perhaps,
that French, old French, remains as
the language used in certain royal
proclamations in England.
So when "the king's assent" Is giv
en before the throne in "the painted
chamber" the clerk cries In the lan
guage of our father, "Le roy le veult,
("the king so pleases"). If the bill
that he is asked to approve la a money
bill the clerk adds after a profound
obeisance, *'Th«- king thanks his good
subjects, accepts their benevolence and
is pleased." The proclamation on as
cending the throne is preceded by the
traditional call of the French heralds
of former times, "Oyez, oyez, oyez!"
Alas, that time has disfigured this
old world of our country, and today
the phlegmatic English heraid cries
thrice to the people: "'Oh, yes!
yes! Oh, yes!"~Crl de Paris.
RANCH REAL
WILD WEST
Exhibition Grounds, Walnut
and East Avenue. Reserved
Seats Show Day at Radcliffe's
HAMILTON OrDT 11
SATURDAY OLll. Id
Oh,
National Baths.
He was a gentleman who was in
Washington as a minister representing
Honduras. Diplomats, according to
the popular conception, never say the
wrong thing. They are believed to be
the delicacy of language and the
finesse of vocabulary. This particular
diplomat entered an uptown barber
shop in Washington and got a shave
after he had explained what he want
ed in words which were more full of
accent than of fluency.
"Now, sir," said the barber briskly
"can't we give you a Turkish bath."
"No-o-o!" replied the man from Hon
duras, with some hesitation. "You
see, I'm no—no Turk."—Popular Mags
zlne.
Plants and Eleotrioity.
The Idea of growing plants by elec
tricity has been referred to as the "last
cry" in gardening and floriculture but
as a matter of fact, the Idea is nearly
a couple of centuries old. As long ago
as 1747 electricity, as an aid to plant
cultivation, was advocated by a writer
In the old Gentleman's Magazine, who
mentioned the astounding results he
bad achieved from electrifying a myr
tle eevsaKisi —L—As*
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INSTINCT AND INTELLECT.
The Broad Difference Between the Aofee
of the Two Powers.
For many years it has been the cus
tom to think of instinct and intelli
gence as set over against each other.
The former represents the inherited re
actions of the animal the latter signi
fies those acts which the animal leams
In the course of its individual iife and
its power to learn in this fashion.
Instinctive acts are "perfect the very
first time," while intelligent acts are
slowly acquired. In so far as an ani
mal is dependent on lts^iHtin-'ts, It la
the victim of its ancestry and of Its
Immediate environment. In so far as
it is intelligent, it can adapt its en
vironment to Itself, can rise above lta
Immediate surroundings and act in the
light of a distant end to be accom
plished.
Instinct is blind as to the outcome
•f its action. Intelligence foresees and
modifies its behavior in the light of Its
foresight. The supreme example of In
stinct has been the wasp going through
an elaborate course of action to pro
vide food for ita yet unhatched off
spring, seeking out a particular species
of caterpillar, stinging every segment
Just enough to stun the animal, but not
kill it, and theu depositing the worm
at the bottom of its newly made nest
where it has laid its egg, covering up
the cell and then leaving, never to see
the larvae nor to live to do the same
act another season. The supremely In
telligent animal is man. possessing the
earth by the genius of his intellect-—
M. E. Haggerty In Atlantic Monthly.
BROKEN ENGLISH.
Wrestling Match a Frenchman Had
With One Little Verb.
He was a hard working and Intelli
gent Frenchman, but the verbs still
troubled him.
"Ah, yes, m'sieur, I saw Mrs. Brown
the other day." be said to an English
friend, "and she telled—I mean, told—
me that her school was soon to break
down."
'Break tip, surely?"
'Ah, yes, break up! Your verbs do
trouble me so yet! Break up—that
was It!"
"Why was she going to let her school
break up so early?"
"Because influenza had broken dowa
In it"
"Broken out. It is a bit puzzling.
Isn't it?"
"Broken out—ah, yes! And she la
going to leave the house in charge of
a caretaker, as she fears it might be
broken— How do I say that, pleaae?"
"Broken into, I expect."
"That Is it. Broken Into—by the
burglars."
"Is her son married yet?"
"No the engagement is broken in."
"Broken off. Oh, I hadn't heard of
that! Is she worried about It?"
"He only broke up the news to her
last week. Is that right?"
"No you should say Just 'broke'
there."
"Ah, veil I think I am nearly broke
myself by those verbs of yours!"
And he went sadly on his way.—
Pearson's Weekly.
Food and Its Flavor.
In a plea for better food in America
really pure food, better cooked—the
Journal of the American Medical Asso
ciation calls on doctors and nurse* to
make the su' Ject "of serious national
import" "We cook food for at least
four reasons," says the Journal, "to
sterilize It. to make it nutritious, to
render it more easily digestible and to
Improve or vary its flavor. The last
of these Is at least as Important as any
of the others. When the gustatory
nerves tingle in response to the stim
ulus of some rare condiment or aro
ma the saliva flows in joyous excite
ment and the digestive juices, by
whose benign influences food Is trans
formed into nourishment, respond In
salutary and fullest measure. The sim
ple and pleasant way to bring this
about is to pay proper attention to the
flavor of food."
A Rhythmical Criticism.
Professor Brander Matthews was
talking of certain past participles that
heve fallen into disuse, reports the
Washington Star.
The. pawt participle "gotten" has gone
out in England, although it still lingers
on with us. In England gotten is al
most ss obsolete as "pntten." In some
parts of Cumberland the villagers still
nse gotten and putten. and a teacher
once told me of a lesson on the past
participles wherein she gave her pu
pils an exercise to write on the black
board.
In the midst of the exercise an ur
chln began to laugh. She asked him
why he was laughing, and he an
swered:
"Joes put putteD where be
|iv* puttea put"
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