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Who Didos HIs Time
\ \ ti'lmo hides his time , and day hy day
laces defeat fall patiently \ .
Atilt lifts mirthful ' ' ,
a roundelay to
however poor his fOI'IIIII'H ho ; ' . . :1
lie will not fail III IIIIY qualm ' ,
Of Ilovcrlr- the paltry t \ lilli' , .ft { tl
It will 'IOW : golden III hlH { alum ,
Who hides his lillie
Who hides Ills Iln1l'-lw IUHII' ( ! the sweet
Of honey III the ImlleHI tear ;
And though he fares with slowest feet
Joy rllllH to meet him , drawing near ;
The bids are hcrnlllH of his catuse : ;
And 11I10 ) ' ' ' ' ,
, a lIe\'I'I'-clllllll I'hymn
The roadsides hloolll In his applause : : ,
Who bides his tlIIIC.
Who hideR his limo , and ) fevers not
III the hot race that IHIIIU achieves ,
Bhull wear cool-wl'l'athcd laurel wrought
With crimson berries In the leaves :
AIIII ho shall reign II goodly ) < IIIg' .
AIIII sway his hllllel 0'1' every clime ,
With Ieuce"I'lt 1111 his signet ring / ,
Who bides his time.
-James 'hllcomh Itllcy .
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NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
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Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
New Orleans has nineteen labor
unions whose membershll are colored
men. They have a combined mem-
bl\rshlp of 11,000.
The general headquarters of the
Carriage ! and Wagon \Vorl\Crs' Union
are to lJo removed from New York
City to Chicago , arlll the entire execu- .
tlvo board are to be Chicago mem- '
hers.
President Moffatt or the United Bat-
tors' union and Vice President James
Woods of the Clgarmalccrs' Interna-
tional union are the fraternal delegates .
gates elected lJy the A. F. of L. to
next summer's British trades con.
grells.
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A report ts currant that Andrew
.Carnegie Is planning to present to the
labor unions of the United States a
handsome Hall of Labor , to bo erected
In New York mill mode led along the
lines of the Palace of Peace recently
presented to The IIalIe. {
The bollermaleer3 employcd at the
elm worles of the American Locomotive .
tlvo company , in Scranton , Pa , are on
strike In sympathy with the strikers
of the Erie Railroad boiler shops at
Susquehanna , because the American
company Is repairing Eric engines.
The 1900 census gives the number
wageworlwrs In the United States
as 28,285,02 , IBvldel1 as follows :
Professional , 1 , 6-1,737 ; trade and
transportation , 4,778,2:13 : ; domestic
and personal service , ,691.746 ; manufacturing .
facturng ! , 7,122.987 ; agricultural pursuits .
suits , 10.-138,919.
Recent advertisements In Denver ,
Col. , and other Western papers called
for 25,000 skilled men In 100 different
trades , applicants to agree to work In
open shops. This Is understood to lJe
a move on the part of the CItizens'
alliance of Colorado In Its campaign
against unionism and time closed shop
There Is a movement on foot to have
the clgarmalters , garment workers ,
hatter , shirt waist and laundry workers .
ers anti hoot and shoe Workers join
hands and each subscribe an equal
amount and keep ! several label agitators -
tors on the mad , visiting trade unions
and other organizations advocating
these lalJols.
An act recently passed by time house
of representatives of Rhode Island
prescribes a fine of $350 to $500 , or
. Imprisonment for three to six mouths ,
or both , against any employer or corporation .
poratlon attempting to prevent working -
ins people from belonging to a labor
organization as a condition of new or
continued omployment.
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The Outlook contains an article lJy
Slason Thompson on "Violence In La-
bor Conflicts , " which presents soma
statistics on the loss of life and physical .
cal injuries due to this cause. He
slve : a table by states showing that
during : the period between Jan. 1.
1902 , and June 30 , 904 ] , there were
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killed In strikes 180 persons , Injured
ln51 , antI anestc1\ \ , : t3.
At a recent conference of the employing .
ploylng IH'lnters and representatives
of New York ' '
'l'nlOgraphlcal Union , a
new wage scale for the job branch
.was negotiated which gives I\n increase .
crease of $1.50 a week and makes the
scale $21. Machine operators were
advanced to $23. A. proportionate increase .
crease In overtime pay was granted to
apply also to apprentices In their last :
year.
Chicago 'l'nwgmphlcal Union , Local .
cal No IG , has offered prizes to its
apprentices for the best composition
and makeup worle. The test consists
In printing , without instruction , a business .
ness card for a physician , giving m'eat-
donce , otIlce hours , telephone number ,
etc" , and the proofs to ho submitted
before .1 an. 1. Three prizes are offered .
fcred , as follows : First , $5 ; second ,
$ :1 : ; third , $2.
, Labor organizations which contrib-
toed to the Colorado strike fund have
been furnished a statement of the receipts -
ceipts and disbursements of the I"'IIHI
by Secretary W. D. lIal'wood of mho
Western Federation of Miners. The
donations received from sources outside -
side of the local unions of the federn-
tlon amounted to $15.1,699.22. The
amount disbursed for nine months end-
tug Sept. :10 : Is :155,874.72. :
The General Federation of Trades ,
time , financial organization of Great
Britain , seem : : to he growing very
well despite bad Industrial conditions
The federation has a memlJershlp now
or 425,000 , with $500.000 In the gen
oral l treasury , while the affiliated mma-
t10nal unions have a total of $9,000-
000 ) In their individual treasuries. At
the recent conference Pete Curran' '
\ \ as I'e-elected president , and Isaac
Mitchell : secretary of the federation.
Following the lead of the Telluride
operators , It Is announced that all the I
milling plants In time Ouray ( Cole )
district will adopt an olght-hour lJasls.
The O\ll'ay mine managers are now .
malting arrangements preparatory to
the change. 'fhe adoption oC the
tight.hour In the mills of the latter
city are hastened lJy the fact that mill
nmen were leaving there and goIng to
'l'cllurlde to take advantage of qlC
shorter workday now prevailing at
that Illace.
An assessment of -$1 per man has
been laid upon the entire membership
of the International Association of 1\1a.
chlnlsts to raise a fund In aid of the
members of the organization who arc
on strike against the Santa Fe Rail.
way Company. The Santa Fo strike ,
though a comparatively quiet affair ,
has been one : ' of the mot : stubbornly
contested of lalJOI"s recent lJnttles.
Only members of time maehlnlsts'
union arc on strike , the trainmen and
engineers not being hl\'olved.
Twent ' -tlvo hlllopcndent special or
Ilpr clothing firms of Chicago signed
an agreement with the Garment \\Torli.
OJ's' Union to pay the union scale to
their 5,000 enmployes . All the conditions .
tions In force the last year will ho ob
served lJy the employers until Jan. 1 ,
1906 , and they will use the union label
011 their products. Time unions gaining .
Ing the agreement have 10,000 other
members on strike In fort . .three concerns -
corns In the National Wholesale Clothing .
Ing Manufacturers' Association.
TIme American Sheet and Tin Plate
company have started tlmirtyseven tin
plate ml1ls. But seven of the 242
mills are now hllo. or time idle mills
five are at Sharon Pa. , and two at
1'lnrtln's Ferry Ohio. These likely
will be gt l9ibg before the end ot' the
week and for the first time in the history .
tory of the company 01' its predecessor .
ser , the American Tin Plate company ,
every mill will 11e In full operation.
The mills resuming were at Andcl"
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son , Ind : Elwood , Ind ; NcIensing .
ton , Pa. , and Conncilsvtlie , Pr.
'I'he joint trade agreem lt fH the
only means of preserving ! ittdimstrlal
peace and the great , CtlriHH'utions of
the country must sit time pace In such
matle1'll : " Such was the sentiment
voiced ! : hy Francis I. . . . HoblJlns , president .
dent of time PlttslJurg Coal company ,
at a recent banquet In Plttsburg. Time
circumstances under which the declaration .
atlon was made adds to its significance .
cance , because the men to whom It
was made were the mine managers ,
the superintendents and the 01llclal8
of the great company which 1\11' Rob'
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bins reprcsents.
Presldonts Keller of the City Letter
Carrlors' union and Cunningham 01
the Rural Letter Carriers' association
have been removed from omcc "for
cause" hy Postmaster General 'nne.
The dismissal Is the result of an investigation -
vestigation of charges of InsulJordlna-
t'.on t , of being absent from duty with-
tut leave , and oC violation of the Pres-
Ident's order of lan. :11 : , 11:102 : , prohib-
Iting individual 01' organized attempts
of government omployes to influence
legislation or to solicit Increase of
pay. The matter may finally lJo
lJrought to the attention of the Presi-
dont.
Striking machinists who have been
arrested for alleged acts of violence
are to sue time Emplo 'ers' Association
of Chicago on the charge of false 1\1'-
rest. This information was made pub-
lic lJy .1. J. Koppler , business agent of
the union , who Issued un open letter
addressed to the employers and entitled -
tled "Who Is time Agitator ? " "Papers
are being prepared , " the pamphlet
says , "In forty.elght cases to lJe
brought shortly In which every member .
bel' of the employer8' association will
bo joined as defendants for recovery
of punitive damages for false Impris-
onment.
A well.lmown writer on trade union
subjects has been I doing some figuring
which ho used In the following manner -
ner : A conservative estimate of the
number of organized wage-earners and
time amount they eam n-amend of mmeces-
slty spend-shows In a truly startling
manner the tremendous : power they
could Wield If their wages were al-
W'Itys spent after they had given ! due
thought to their best intOJ'ests Tal
ing ; : the ' 2,250,000 members of trade
unions , nr.d basing their wages at
$1.50 per ll'1y for 300 days 1'1 the year ,
we find that this gives them n purchasing .
chasing strength of $1,012,500,000 per
year . This sum-so great thaI. It ls
ciltncult and well . ntglm ImllOf'slble to
appreciate its inlluence-If used to
par rent for homes built by union labor .
her and in purchasing the necesitles :
of life , that were manufacturer ! or
procured hy organized Workmen ,
would soon work a revolution In every
1r1llustry In the Inl1d.
United States Consul General P.
Dillingham , Auckland , New Zealand ,
has reported to this government a
new system of preventing railroad
collisions. Ho says : "An interesting
change has recently been made In the
signaling system In New ealand's
railway , which It Is thought will make
collisions absolutely Impossible. For
a long time , up to a recent date , what
Is known as the 'hloclt' system has
becr"'generally used , but time 'tahlel'
system has now been introduced. The
essential point In the new system
Is teat no engine driver Is allowed to
leave a station without a tablet In his
possession , anal the element of safety
rests on the fact that the machines
are so made that It Is impossible for
two of time tablets to lJo out at the
sane time. If a driver leaves Aucle-
land for Newmarket with a tablet
that tablet has to be deposited In the
machine at Newmarwt ] before another
tablet Is Issued allowing Il return
train to leave that station for Auckland
land and the electrical connection
between the two stations makes It 1m-
possible to extract a tablet from the
Auckland machine until the tablet has
been put Into the machine at New-
market. It Is claimed by railroad ex-
perts that under the new system two
trains cannot be on the same section
at once , so that the danger of cOli"
Si0\15 Is cnUrel done away with "
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BIRTHPLACE OF GREAT MAN.
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Humble Spot Where Mighty Mind
Was Given to the World.
Humble Is the birthplace of Carlyle .
lyle , simple and rugged , yet with little
suggestion that It had cradled one oC
the world's intellectual giants. The
road to achievement Is up a steep hill ; ,
and that Is the reason why nearly all
the world's big men were born amid
humble slllTolUllllngs. This Is time
working of a fixed law. We would lJe
surprised ! : : indeed were wo to he shown
n great place as the birthplace oC Car.
'at ' ifs : 1 : v
lyle , Shakespeare , or of our own Benjamin .
jamln Franldln. New Interest In Carlyle .
lyle 1 has been aroused recently hy the
publication of Frollde's letters , and
during the last rear lJr visitors to the
little hOllse The house Is au intellectual .
lectual shrine , for here was where a
great mind was given to the world.-
New York Herald.
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Horse Counts by Watching Eyes
Dr. Carl Stumpf , professor of psychology
chology at the University of Berlin
and a member of the Royal Academy
of Science , and two colleagues , Dr. C.
yon Hornbostel and Dr. O. Pfungst , ct
have ended months of experiments
with Von Osten's horse lIans.
'l'hoy find that the secret of the an-
Imal's replies Is in Its powers of oh-
sen'alion , which enable it to perceive
while it looks at its questioner the
instant It has reached a correct an-
swer. Thus they found the horse was 1
imitable to tap out a correct answer to
a question when the person putting It
did not know the answer , for exam-
pie : "How many persons are in the
group behind me ? "
The questioner not looking himself
did not know the number and Hans
was unable to give a correct reply ,
nor was ho able , when wearing blinders -
ers , to calculate or perform the sim-
plest counting. Stumpf does not doubt ,
the good faith of Von Osten and his °
assistants.
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The problem consists In putting all
the parts of the design together In
such a way that they make a vase of . -
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Stranger Than Fiction.
Harry Lehr attended a Newport
theater one evening wearing a bright
red tie with his evening clothes.
On Jan. 15 a son was born to 1\11' .
and Mrs. William Leroy of Louisville , i
Jr. , being their fifth boy born on that
day or that month since 1000. 'I
Frank Brooking of l\1acomb , III" , \
while tearing out a sparrow's nest .
found a $2 bill among the straw. With
this as rent money he put back the
bll'd's home and they are again living . 4
with him
