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The Thrcshold.
For n hundred .e111s 01' metro
I hr"11 gUllrdl'd well this tlo'r.
It Itl tines of IWIIl'O and quieter
Or III days of W/II' tool riot ,
Never falllllH In lay tlllty ,
'Vlwthl'r fllllilioll , wealth and beauty
Ruled this house , or poverty
Walked III squalor over 1110 ,
I stood watch , it nil lOW , alone ,
I rculllin Il WOIllOllt tltolle
Many wllIlorll' silent IInoW.
Many IIUII1111Cr1l' hen ted glow
Came anti / went , 1111I1 In their pride
generations grew and dial ,
I frolll ernelln to the grave /
Haw thelll JlIIIY. 111111 love , and slave ,
Saw them go , that / 1101IHctI 11I0 O'eI' ,
00 where others went before :
But forgotten IIIHI alone ,
I remain Il WOI'llOlIl atone.
Now the house III bare of life
No more sorrow. Joy , 01' strife I
Echo front each HloOIII willi '
For lie house 111 doomed to fllll- I'
Doomed to till , 1111 all things must ,
'I'hnl Ill'\ raised of earth lull dust :
Fall , IIH 1If.l0 I1IUllt O'l'l' give ! WilY
Au that youth mllY have Its tlny-
1In\'o its tlay for mlno III tlOllc-
Sec , I lun Il lJl'olwlI stone !
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MEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
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Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
The ol ht-hour law of time state or '
Washington has been declared conati-
tullonal br the courts of that tltato
Trade unionism's highest aim Is to
elevate the working class , not to force
It downward-Brlcl" , Tile and Terra
Cotta 'Worlwrs' Journal.
Recently published ) census figure :
show that every fifth child between
the ages of ten and fifteen In the Unit
cd States Is a breadwlnnor
The striking mill girls of Fall River
1\Iass" , have been appealed to by the
'Vol1lan's Trade Unhw League of Boston -
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ton to engage In household work In
that cltr.
None ot the Chicago building trade
unions whose agreements expire this
spring ) . excepting the ( steam IIIC ) ) and
holler coverers , will ask for an in
crease In wngcs.
A series ot lectures on the preven.
tlon ot tuberculosis , under the auspices .
plces of the Visiting Nurses' Association .
tlon , before various labor unions , has
been inaugurated at Chicago.
'rho Canadian Pacific railway officials .
clals annoullco that they have come
to nn amicable agreement with the
Order ot Railway Telegraphers , which
desired certain changes In the sched-
ule.
ule.The .
The t ado unions of Germany In
HI03 , embraced 887,698 members , with
n fund on hand aggregating $3,000
_ _ _ 000. It Is expected that by the end
o this year the membership will be
fully one million.
A report Is current that Andrew
Carnegie Is planning to present to the
labor ] unions of the United States a
handsome hall of tabor , to bo erected
in Now York and modeled along the
lines of the Palace of Peace recently I
presented ta Time Hngue.
The headquarters of the International .
tlona ] Carriage and Wagon 1\la\ers' ]
Union have been removed to Chicago
from New Yorl\ Charles L. Baus
linn of Chicago has recently been
reelected ] general secretary , and Wil
Ham McPherson , general organizer.
The Wall Street Journal which can
hardly bo accused of prejudice lu favor
of organized tabor , says that D M.
Parry "Is doing the cause he advo-
cates more harm than good , and that i
the labor unions might help them- ;
selves by contributing to 1\11' Parr"s
campaign expenses. "
International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants' Union has taken a referendum .
erendum vote on the question of establishing -
tabllshlng a permanent home for thE' '
organization In some centrally locate !
cltr. Boston , Chicago and Indiana .
oils are candidates for the honor tll
entertain the pressmen.
A recent cooperative enterprise utl-
ertn.ken lu I I1roJt : Britain 15 the wOI'k i
, ,
Ing of a slate quarry located ] near the
well known quarries of Lord POndl1
ismVales. . The principal ) labor organ
Izatlon.i of the country have sui
scribed to the capital , all of whlcl'
amounting to $127,000 , has come fron
Limo lInlons
Norway has founded a bank fo :
worldngmen' order to assist them It :
buying homes of their own Money h
loaned at the rate of 31 and I per
cent , and the ' OI'\'ower Is given forty
two years In which to pay It back
The total cost of the house must no
exceed $800 and the area of land mu
not he more than five acres
'fhe United l'tiueVorlcers arc , nu
lI1erlcally , the strongest suhordtnut'
union afl1l11uted with the A. F ; , of l
The United Brotherhood of Carpenter :
and Jotters Is second , timid the Broth
orhood of TeamsterR Is tJllrd. Accord
lug to the report ) of the A. I ; ' . of L.
a. gala of 900 per ) cent has been math
In the Retail Clerics' organizations
Commissioner Charles P. Nelli 0
time anthracite commission has fixer
the selling price of anthracite coal a
$4.85 at tide water for the month 0
November , lIe awards time mlnel's , 01
this basis , all increase of 7 per con
In wages over the wageR fixed by tin
strike cOl11mlsHlo\J. This Is In accord
lIIce with the sliding scale agreement
The advisability of enforcing tht
Saturday half-holleln is being considered
-Ildered ! hy the building trades of Clevc
land. The agitation was begun sever
.1 : months ago aunt has gl'aduall
spread through nil the local organlza
lions ( , Reports indicate that the pro
posed demAnd will he indorsed by t
large majority of the men employed It
the hul1ll1ng' 111'1\lstry.
Through the great drought In till (
Pittsburg district 10,000 ] miners havt
heen thrown out or ' ' '
emplo'mcnt. 'l'Iu
Plttsburg Coal COl11pan sent out worn
that only the heads of families route
he given work now , and that work
men having no one depending on their
shoulll be lalll off. The married mer
will he given employment only part of
the time , the mines having to eurta
operations owing to lack of watOl'
Time National Alliance of Amalagfl
mated Painters , Decorators ant Pa
per Hangers , In session In New YOI'I
city , Is In favor of IImalgnll\atlng wltl
the Brotherhood of Palnlers. Actlor
looking to this end was taken when
1. commltteo was appointed to arrange
for a conference with the hrothm'hoor ;
to settle nil differences and bring
about amalgamation
Conciliation and educational meth
oils are being followed hy organized
labor In i\lInneRlIoliR In order to brim
about a better ullllerstandlng between
employers and emplo 'es , Public
meetings are being held from time tc
time at which speakers from the
various industrial and commercial
bodies are given an opportunity to
express their opinions ) freely.
An InHI\I'IIIH'l' scheme began by coal
miners In Illinois has reeeivee ] the In'
dorsemont of the United Mine Workers : -
ers of America. Every miner , by the
payment of 50 cents a month In addi-
ion to his dues as n. member of the
United Mine Workers , Is given a $500 I
insurance policy , payable ) upon death , !
while those paying 25 cents a month
are to receive a $250 pollc
Changes In time Michigan mining
law are being considered by representatives .
tatlves of Michigan operators and a
committee from the United Mine
Workers of America. The present law
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Is' ndt sUf1lclently comprehensive , It.
Is said , and provides for little else
than the appointment or an Inspector ,
whose ; ditty it Is to bather statistics.
One proposed change contemplates
more stringent regulations' rogardlng
the supply ot pure air in n1lnes.
TI.10:1SillJr1s : IIf idle \ men In 5out1R
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lhlcago were gIven employment one
ho day following New Year's. Time ,
\\0 largest mills of the Illinois Steel
: omJI\nr ) started , and the entire steel ]
Ilant , for the first time in months , is
I\Immlng wIth inlustry.Vith the
rig plant in full operation , the army
f steelworkers , normally numbering
0,000 , Is again busy. The returning
corkers found lower wages and more
\'ork. In some cases , It is said , the
'ut will amount to 40 per cent.
Twelve thousand bridge and struc-
ural ironworkers will strike May 1
unless a new road scale adopted br
ho executive hoard of the Bridge and
Itructural lI'onworltcrs' International ]
Inion Is accepted by time emplo'ers.
rhe hoard has divided the country
ute eight districts and fixed wages at
rom 35 : ; to 45 cents an hour on jobs
II\tslde of the cities Chicago Is In
ho seventh district and includes 1111.
'OIH , hllilana , Ohio ] , Missouri , Kansas ,
lInnesota and Michigan. Every man
writing In this district outside of time
Itles must receive 45 cents an hour. .
Union laborers were barred from
'te ' Inland Steel Company plant at
lid lana Harbor when the machinery
ms again set In operation .Tan. 1.
"he mills have been closed since last
uly , when :100 : men went out because
f a 40 per cent cut In wages. The
allowing notice was posted on the
mills : "Jan. 1 we will open our steel
sill and will employ 300 men under
pen ) shop scales No union men will
c accepted. Wages will ho paid com' I
lonsurato with the ability of each I
lan. The company desires a personal
Iltet'\'lew with each man who seees
1II1ployment. "
After nine months of the "open
hOI , " the firm of John G. 1\1l11er & .
' 0 , of Chicago , clothing manufactur-
rs . repudiated this principle ) of the
hlcllgo Emplo'el's' Association and
Igneel an agreement with the union ,
o\'ernlng 900 employes and granting
trlctly union shop ) conditions. Re-
enlly limo Coles Shoe Company ) also
handoned the "olJCn shop" conten-
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on and git . .ted to all Its shoeworlc-
rs union conditions A member of
he Clothing Worl\et's' Union sall1'
this [ ; firm could not make a profit
"om Its sales without the label. The
ahel : won back for us our union can-
Iltlons "
It Is pretty generally known ] to all
oncel'lled that on .Jan. I , 1996 , the
'Ight-hour workday will be demanded
n all printing concerns under the can-
1'01 of the Internatloual Typographi-
III Union. The officials of that organ-
mtlon ; are aware that the bosses are
reparlng to buck the unlon's demand
vhel'ever there Is It chance. Time
Jnlled 'l'nothetae of America Is send-
ng out n. circular letter accompanied
) y a blank \ . asking secretaries of the
rgalllimtion's local ] branches to sup
) Iy information as to the number of
union , non.unlon and doubtful compositors '
1)05Itor8 ; number of apprentices conS
netted and not connected with the
' 1I1lon , and number of union and nonunion .
union foremen employed ] in their jur-
sdlctton ! : ! Tim letter states that It Is
leedless to point out how valuable
his Information will be In both local ] ]
and national ) work , and asks that secretaries
.etal'lcs have their answers as nearly
correct as possible. This looks like :
preparing for war.
Proud of Senator Son.
Mrs. Ingeborg Nelson ] , mother ot the
Minnesota : . senator , has reached the
late twilight of life , having passed her
! JOtll birthday. She is good health
11111 spirits , however , and passes much
of her time in carding and spinning
wool , which she learned as a child In
the mountains of Nor'ay. The old
lady follows closely the career of her
distinguished son , who frequently vis-
Ifs her at her home In the village of
Deerfield , Wis. , twenty miles east of
Madison. The old Nelson homestead
there has been much improved by the
senator ; , who has taken great pains to
make It an up.ta-date farm.
New Monkey for "Zoo. "
The baby "Chego" just added to the
London Zoo was caught In the African
Gaboon , and is regarded by tural-
.sts ! at coming between a gorilla md :
a' c,1ltmpall .cue .
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Progress In Gardening. f
What an advance has taken ] place in l
gardening Is well Illustrated In the
difference in the yield per acre at on'
Ions in some gardens of to.day and
those of the od-tlmer. ] It used to be
considered that 600 bushels an acre
was a good crop , but not any longer.
A Michigan gardener Js credited with
a harvest ot 96G bushels this fall , but
in this dar of new and Improved
methods of culture the yield Is not j
remarkable ] , as 'le"k1s of even 1,200 -
bushels have been ecured. Many of
the large-rooted v : gotables : male the
most of their gr.C"r\.th during the cool I
months of the at. umn. Carrots , pars- .
nips and beets are of the number.
During the : surr. : tter their energies are , -J" . . . 1i
given to the growing of top in which
is stored a large amount of raw ma- i
terlal that Is prepared by the sun for
use later in the growth of the root. J ! '
When the top begins to ripen and die
It Is evidence , If the plant Is heaJtI ] .
that the foliage is being deprived of i
Its store anti that the root is profiting
therebr. For this reason such roots
should bo left ] in the ground till ] ] the top
Is dead , 01' as long no It is safe to
leave ] thorn Here Is an instance where ;
"haste makes ] waste. " Parsnips , one
might wonder when they stop grow-
Ing , or If they keep at it all ] ] winter.
What appear to be small ] ] roots In the
fall ] ] prove to be large fellows ] ] when
dug in the spl'Ing.
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Bees Carry Clipped Queen. ,
"I will give you the proof ot :1
statement I made two or three years
ago , namely : that sometimes , at a
swarming - time , bees do carry a -.fir
clipped queen , " remarks Gustave - "
Gross In the American Bee JournaJ.
"A friend ot mine hived a swarm
which on the next day , left the hive
and started for the woods ; he being t
present nt the time drove them back :
by throwing water on them. After a 4
while they came out again and then he
clipped the queen. But the next day - ,
they left ] for the woods : his family j
noted the direction they took , and ' 3
about a weee ] after he hunted them up t' '
cut the tree down and there was hia \
cUpped queen. At that time there
were no bees nearer than four miles
The tree ho cut clown was a quartet
of a mile from the 'ard.'I
"As I cUp all ] ] my queens whenever 'I
a swarm issues wino I am In the t
yard , I hasten to the hive In order ta
cage the queen , so ns to make sure ;
of her. It has twice happened that J 'j
did not see the queen , hut afterward ,
found her on my hat. . How did ShE 1
get there ?
"Severa ] times also I have seen the
queen come out last of all , one or twd
I bees bringing her out 'by the ear , ' S (
to sa ) ' . In such cases I have caught
her and put her in a cage. , But next
time It happens I shaH watch to see
what the bees do. "
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Limited Capital.
When one has had no experience he
should begin with the lowest 1'lale. If
the capita ] is small ] ] , It is better to rent
for a year or two than to buy. If one
buys he reduces his working capital ,
and should he be unsuccessful he ,
must stay on the farm until ] ho can
sell ] ] It , while If he rents he can return' ! .7
the farm to the owner , and leave. It
Is calmed ] that if one buys he can . .
when beginning get everything readY
for a permanent star , which is true
but that Is just what an inexperienced
person should not do. He should start
In a small way , and add to his capital
br increasing his flocks every year ,
so that br the time he has a large
number of Cows ] he will ] know much
more than when he began. . He , can
then take his fowls to a purchased
farm , and feel teat he has made a
good bcg1nnlnb'-"Farm and Fireside. - <
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