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• Kissed Cousin; Husband Hits Innocent “Bysitter”
NEW YORK.—Title—"When George
Kisses His Cousin.”
Place—West Hide Police Court.
Skitters in the Skit- Georgo Alex
ius, conductor of n’n Eighth avenue
Burfnce car. Mrs. Albert Waskum,
cousin of Georgo. Mr. Albert Was
kum, Indignant husband. Abraham
Jacoevisky, "(he innocent bysitter.”
Magistrate, court attendants, police
men, lawyers, rowdies and newspaper
men.
Mrs. Waskum—We got on the car
at Eighth avenue and Thirty-seventh
street to go to our apartment in Cen
tral Park West.
Her Lawyer—Was the car crowd
ed?
A. Yes.
Q, When did you first realize that
the conductor was your cousin?
A. Not until he kissed me.
Q. When had you previously seen
him?
A. Three years before, at our home
In Kansas.
Q. When he kiss; d you what hap
pened?
A. Things happened so fast 1 can
scarcely describe them. Mr. Waskum,
sitting next to me, suddenly turned
and saw the conductor kissing me.
Q. What did he do?
A. He rose from liis seat, drew bad;
his list and struck.
Q. I)ld he hit your cousin?
A. No. George saw him draw back,
and when the blow came he dodged
It got Mr. Visky there on the eye with
the mourning band around it.
Mr. Jacosvisky (in a whisper to
.court attendant)—Don’t let. her call
me Visky. Don’t let addition of in
sult be added to Injury.
Court Attendant—Silence and shut
up.
Her Lawyer—Proceed with your
story.
Mrs. Waskum—You see, Albert
didn’t know George and George didn’t
know Albert. He hadn’t seen us get
on together, and, not knowing Albert
was my husband, George struck back
at him.
Q. Did he hit him?
A. No. Mr. Visky, having been hit
once, naturally got up. He stood up
in time to get George’B blow there on
the other eye with the mourning band
around it.
Mr. Jacosvisky—Indeed I did. I
couldn't get out nohow.
Court Attendant—Shut up and si
lence.
Mi's. Waskum—There was quite a
fight. Reminded me of a suffrage
election in Kansas. Women stood up
and screamed, and I tried to sepa
rate George and Albert, so I could
properly introduce them.
The Magistrate—Call the complain
ant.
Mr. Jacosvisky—I’m the complain
ant. Look at my eyes. I had ’em
arrested while they was getting in
troduced. I was the innocent by
sitter. I get all the blows.
Mr. Waskum—We apologized to
him after it was all over.
The Magistrate—Case dismissed;
next.
Panhandling De Luxe Newest Blow to Tradition
PITTSBURGH, PA.—"Panhandling
de Luxe" is the title of a brochure
a certain ambitious young reporter is
seriously considering publishing. At
the same time, the student of soci
ology or the uplift-of-humanity enthu
siast might have received a terrible
wallop to some of his cherished illus
ions had he been strolling downtown
last, night. Here's the way it hap
pened :
The reporter felt a discreet touch
on the shoulder as ho dashed madly
Into a downtown hotel at the entrance
with the wicker door, under which
people’s feet cau ha seen'.
“Say, bo, me ai#9 me pard just got
in on a freight from Cleveland. VVe
ain’t had a bite tu eat and we're wait
in’ till the railroad yards open up tu
get us a job.”
* ‘‘What the—say, where'd you collect
that make-up?" demanded the aston
ished molder of public opinion.
“You’re no bum; you just stepped out
of that taxi and haven’t wakened up
from the night before at the club
yet*
“Now, say, bo," defended the youth.
“Yu Bee, we ain’t no dirty bums. We
travel clean, see? Me and me spar
ring pardner just come out o’ that
swell boardin’ factory there, get It?
I says to a bell-hop, I says, we got to
unwrap this package of soot. So he
1- ids us to the washroom, we strips
down to the belt and goes through
the motions just like them guys that’s
playin’ four bucks a day for a brass
bed and a hunting scene on the wall
“See this here hair cut?” continued
the lecturer. He exhibited a nicely
trimmed dome, correctly moulded
about the ears. “We gets that In the
free chairs in the College for Barbers
in Cleveland.
Before the reporter was led out of
his third paroxysm he was gently told
that he had delivered up 17 cents, his
police badge, and two theater passes.
I Gary’s “Clean Face” Prize Winner Backslides
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WT«f TH'
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elf dimin'
VACATION ?
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CHICAGO.—The flaming rod neck
tie which used to cast a crimson
reflection on the much scrubbed chin
of Andy Hatrack, the Gary schoolboy
who won the cleanliness champion
ship of his town, no longer casts a
roseate glow on the Hatrack chin.
One reason for this is that, as a Chi
cago judge recently remarked apropos
of dirty faces on growing boys, 'dirt
casts no reflection.” Another reason
its that the necktie is no longer red
Yes. freedom has marked an awful
change In or rather on Andy and un
lesa ho falls into the lake or a wash
itnb before Miss Laura Knaggs. his
teacher, returns from her vacation,
she will not recognize the pupil who
won a red necktie and world-wide
fame in the clean face contest in the
Gary schools.
Since school let out Andy has gone
from bad to worse. With the depart
ure of Miss Knaggs he erased the
word soap from his vocabulary and
he remembers water only in connec
tion with thirst.
And the necktie! Alas, all the
brightness went out of its life with
the departure of Miss Knaggs. It
first became spotted, then striped,
then a plaid and finally the whole de
sign was lost under a layer of dark
brown which now has turned black.
When asked what he was going to
do when his teacher got babk, Andy
grinned through the grime and dis
played a nickel proudly stored away
in the only pocket without holes in
his clothes.
Tm savin' that ’til the day before
school starts,” he said. "Then I’m
goiij' ter buy a cake o' soap.”
Jasper Buys Half of a Skyscraper for $39
CINCINNATI. O.—Jasper Johnson of
Slate Creek. Tenn., brought a load
of peaches to town the other day. The
Saturday afternoon trade netted hint
just $51 for the fruit. He bought his
wife a new calico gown and the kids
•ome shoes and decided to spend Sun
day In the city. He knows better now.
With the air of a man who Is de
'termined to see all that is to be seen
.and to understand it well, he stood
.on the opposite side of the street and
gased at the 34-story skyscraper of
an insurance company. While Jhsper
wan thinking how it stood all over
the court house down home, a neatly
dressed stranger clipped up quietly
(beside him and began to laud the new
building.
“Gee.” he ruminated, "It's tough to
own half of that swell building and
bare to sell it for a song just be
cause I have to go to Philadelphia and 1
will have to hike it If I don't get
some money somewhere.”
It was a downhearted tale of a
|busted financier that Jasper heard.
The Slate Creek peach grower did a
rapid-fire calculation and then timo
rously offered to take the stranger’s
share of the building off hlB hands
for $39—the total of his roll.
The stranger hesitated to take ad
vantage of his new-found friend, not
that the building was not worth a
thousand times as much, he said, but
he didn’t like to impose on good na
ture. Jasper told him not to worry
about that end of the bargain. Then
the neatly dressed one reluctantly
made out a "deed” for on^half of
Hie skyscraper, handed it to Jasper,
took the money and made himself
scarce
OF INTEREST TO
WORLffSWORKERS
Brief Chronicle of Incidents of
Importance in the Immedi
ate Past.
CINCINNATI GETS NEXT MEET
International Brotherhood of Station
ary Firemen Chooses Officers and
Selects Ohio City for 1914 Con
vention — Labor Trouble
at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, Pa. — Cincinnati was
chosen for the next convention and
officers were elected by the Interna
tional Brotherhood of Stationary Fire
men. A committee composed of James
McGuire of Chicago, N. A. James of
Washington, D. C., and S. L. Silverna
gle of Cincinnati was appointed to re
vise the constitution of the organiza
tion. Officers were elected as fol
lows. President, Timothy Healey,
New York; first vice-president, N. A.
James, Washington, D. C.; second
vice-president, Arthur Weaver, San
Francisco, Cal.; third vice president,
J. B. Cunningham, Boston; fourth
vice-president, P. J. Himon, Millenock.
Me.; fifth vice-president, A. H. Wood
ward, Toronto, Canada; sixth vice
president, P. L. Finch, Minneapolis,
Minn; seventh vice-president, L. E.
Sperouse, Wheeling, W. Va.; secre
tary and treasurer, C. L. Shapp,
Omaha, Neb.
Pittsburgh. Pa.—An acute situation
in the building trades developed here
when a strike of laborers tied up
work on three large business build
ings. They were joined by other
workmen, 'and the demands of the
men were met by the announcement
that master builders would lock out
all union men and suspend operations
on structures. The laborers, who
were working on a department store,
demanded 28 1-8 cents an hour. 31-8
cents more than has ever been paid
for the same labor in Pittsburgh.
The demand was refused and the
hoisting engineers joined them In
sympathy Many other branches of
the building trades were affected, the
strike spreading to other buildings.
Philadelphia.—Alexander Fleisher,
executive secretary of the Public
Charities association, appealed to
John Price Jackson, state commis
sioner of labor, to intervene in the
cloak and suit makers’ strike. Mr.
Fleisher called attention in his letter
to the harm the strike was doing
both to the industry and to the work
ers. He recommended that the pro
tocal system now in use in New York
and in other cities should be intro
duced here. There are about 3.000
men and women on strike. This
marks the end of the fifth week of
the strike.
Nashville, Tenn.—Just before he an
nounced adjournment of the Interna
tional Typographical union here-Presi
dent James l^ynch replied to Vice
President Duncan’s plea for peace in
the printers’ organization. "Our or
ganization is not a peace society or a
pink tea,” he said. "We will always
have dissension ns long as there are
wage earners. We will get peace
quickest by fighting for what we think
is right.” The committee on ailied
trades reported favorably on the sug
gestion for close affiliation of all the
trades’ union printing field.
Nanaimo, B. C.—Warrants for the
arrest of more than 100 miners impli
cated in the disturbances here and at
Extension were issued. Burning and
looting occurred in cntnatown at
South Wellington. No one was in
jured, and the property damage was
slight, 150 men with rapid fire guns
left here for South Wellington. At
Extension another attempt was made
to fire a mine. Manager Cunningham’s
residence was wrecked in the recent
rioting there. Cunningham, it is re
ported, escaped on a locomotive.
Indianapolis.—The question of
transferring the national headquarters
of the Journeymen Tailors' union
from Bloomington, 111., to Indianap
olis has been left to a referendum
vote of the members. The question
was brought up at the annual conven
tion of the union recently held in that
city, and the delegate from Indianap
olis presented an invitation from the
local union and civic organizations to
bring the general offices here. The
local members believe that the change
will be made in the near future.
San Francisco.—For the first time in
forty years, the Order of Railway Con
ductors, the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers and Firemen are
presenting a united front in their ne
gotiations with the Southern Pacific
company. Thus far, it was said, the
most important result has been the
solidification of the four great unions,
and the willingness of the company
to agree that their contentions shall be
received equally.
Leith, Scotland.—The dock strike
which has been in effect here five
weeks, during which much property
was destroyed and many persons
hurt, was settled. Soldiers have- been
on guard since the strike began.
Fall River, Mass.—The seven cot
ton mills of the Fall River Iron works,
which have been shut down since
early in May, resumed operations
August 25.
Swansea, Wales.—American and
German competition have paralyzed
the Welsn tin plate industry Almost
one hundred mills have already shut
dawn.
Indianapolis—The members of tbs
Bricklayers’ and Masons’ union. No.
3, in Indianapolis, have cast their vote
on the question of applying for mem
bership in the American Federation of
Labor, and have voted nearly unani
mously against the proposition. One
hundred and thirty votes were cast,
with 127 against and only three in
favor of the affiliation Several votes
on the question have been taken by
the general organization and defeat
ed each time. The general officers of
the international, the headquarters of
which are situated in this city, have
expressed themselves as favoriitg the
affiliation and were of the opinion
that this time the vote might carry.
The vote was ordered by the general
officers about a month ago.
St. Louis—Notice of the provisions
of the Missouri nine-hour law, regulat
ing and limiting the hours of employ
ment ef women and girls, is being sent
by Chief Factory Inspector A. Sidney
Johnston to all owners and operators
of mechanical and mercantile estab
lishments, factories, laundries, hotels,
restaurants and places of amusement,
and of all persons or corporations en
gaged in anv express transportation or
public utilifles business and to com
mon carriers.
Calumet, Mich.—The copper mine
strikers held a public funeral in Calu
met for two of their number killed in
the fight at the Champion mine be
tween deputy sheriffs and strikers.
A special train brought the bodies to
Calumet and strikers came from all
parts of the district. A great proces
sion was held and speeches made.
The strikers insist the two men were
murdered.
Cleveland, O.—The' threatened
strike of 1,600 stationary engineers of
Cleveland came to naught when
per cent, received the wage increases
demanded. Some employers failed to
accede to the demands and a hun
dred men walked out, many of them
returning to work later wnen em
ployers notified them they would pay
the minimum of 35 cents an hour
asked.
San Francisco.—C. W. Hanger, a
member of the national board of medi
ation and conciliation, who came west
recently to attempt the adjustment of
differences between the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company and its locomo
tive and train crews, announced that
a compromise had been effected that
fully satisfied all parties to the contro
versy and averted the threatened
strike.
Flat River, Mo.—All the mines in St.
Francois county lead belt were closed
on account of the strike of 5,000 mem
bers of the Western Federation of Mi
ners. The pumps, however, were run
ning. No attes^pt, it is said, will be
made to break the strike. The compa
nies have agreed to advance wages 15
cents a day, but the miners ask a 60
cent increase and recognition of the
union.
Denver, Colo.—Gov. E. M. Ammons
prepared to exert all the influence of
the administration to avert a strike of
coal miners in Colorado, New Mexico
and Utah. Frank J. Hayes, interna
tional vice-president of the United
Mine Workers of America, said he has
full authority to call .a strike. It
would affect 20,000 men.
Washington. — Indefinite postpone
ment of the continued investigation of
conditions in the Paint and Cabin
Creeks mine districts of West Virginia
was announced. The senate commit
tee having this matter in charge is
anxious to devote its attention to the
currency and tariff bills. Reports from
the mining regions announced the res
titution of law and order and of satis
factory concessions to the miners.
Chicago.—Employes of the Aurora,
Elgin & Chicago railroad accepted the
offer of the company of an immediate
advance of two centjs per hour and a
further advance of two cents in 1914.
George Golden, business agent of the
i-'acKing House itamsiers union, wno
rejected the offer of arbitration made
by the packing companies, said it
would be voted upon by the union.
St. Paul, Minn.—Negotiations which
have been pending Between the tele
graph operators of the Northern Paci
fic railway and the officials of the
road concerning demands for higher
wages and better working conditions
were adjusted satisfactorily. The tele
graphers gained an increase in salary
and a reduction of hours.
Melbourne.—The Australian wage
board haB fixed the minimum wage of
the women workers in the boot and
shoe trade and who have been in the
trade four years at $6.20 per week of
48 hours. The minimum wage of wo
men working at treadle machines,
with hot wax, is fixed at $8.
Hamburg, Germany.—The strike in
the shipbuilding industry here and at
Stetin and Kiel, which had been in
progress for a month, has been offi
cially declared off. The walkout was
ordered against the wishes of the ex
ecutive committee of the workers'
union and wjs a complete failure.
St. Louis.—Judge William L. Cham
bers, United States commissioner of
mediation, brought about a written
agreement between the St. Louis &
Southwestern (Cotton Belt) Railway
company and the representatives of
union labor on its and allied lines said
to be satisfactory to both parties.
Peoria, 111.—Four hundred members
of the Building Trades council re
turned to work after a strike of three
days. The new agreement makes
slight concessions to the workers.
Chicago.—Salary increases were
recently voted to all of the executive
officers of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen.
Calgary, Canada.—The Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, with 6,000 delegates, will meet
here in 1914.
Sheffield, Eng.—Car men have decid
ed to strike if the wages tor a
four-hour week are not r&iaed to
prevent hog cholera
Dead Animals Should Be Care
fully Examined for Disease.
If Conditions Indicating Infection Are
Recognized Early and Proper
Methods of Isolation Adopted
Spread May Be Averted.
(By F. M. HAYES.)
All farmers should either post
mortem every hog that dies under
circumstances at all suspicious or
have the work done by a competent
Insanitary Hog Pen and Wallow.
veterinarian who should bo able to
recognize any lesions indicating the
presence of an infectious disease in
the herd. These conditions* if recog
nized early and proper methods of
isolation instituted, might prevent the
general dissemination of the disease
throughout the herd.
In case of hog cholera the lesions
wm vary according to the course of
the disease, but the following are
usually present. Slight inflammation
of the bladder is shown by redness of
the lining; hemorrhagic spots on the
kidneys varying in size from the
point to the head of a pin. The kid
neys are often pale and light colored,
showing these black spots, but may be
dark and congested. The kidneys may
be thickly covered with these spots, or
possibly only a few of them may be
seen by stripping off the envelope of
the kidney. The kidneys sometimes
resemble a turkey egg in appearance.
The spleen is usually enlarged, con
gested, black and friable. Inflamma
tion of the intestines, more especially
the mucous membrane of the caecum,
the beginning of the large intestine,
often occurs. This inflammation may
be diffuse or in the form of ulcers,
depending upon whether the acute or
the chronic type of the disease exists.
The presence of button-shaped ulcers
Hog Sick With Cholera.
In the large intestines is the best indi
cation of chronic cholera.
The following gives the organs
which should be examined when hog
cholera is suspected. A description of
the appearance of the organs in cases
of cholera is given also. It must be
remembered that all of these post
mortem appearances may not be
found in one hog. Those in the skin,
large intestine, small intestine, spleen,
kidneys and lungs are the most diag
nostic.
Skin—Red or purple discoloration
along belly and between the hams.
Ulcers may appear and the skin crack
and ears slough.
Large intestines—External conges
tion and internal congestion with
hemorrhagic spots in the acute form,
and ulcers in chronic cholera.
Small intestines—External and In
ternal congestion. Sometimes hem
orrhagic spots. Seldom ulcers.
Kidneys—Pale or dark in color,
with reddish-black spots on the ex
ternal surface. May resemble a tur
key egg in appearance.
Spleen—Enlarged, black, friable.
Sometimes resembles black jam.
Liver—Seldom any visible changes.
May be enlarged and congested.
Stomach—Congestion on mucous
lining in varying degrees.
Bladder—Congestion and- spots on
mucous surface. .
Lymphatic glands—Varying degrees
of congestion, from pink to dark in
color.
Lungs—May be covered with spots
If red or brown color varying in size
from a pin head to a half dollar.
Complete hardening of parts of the
lung occurs. Pus may form, and ad
hesions to the chest will sometimes
take place.
Heart Sometimes shows small
areas of congestion of the base.
Ward Off Sickness.
When the fowl acts dumpish, has a
poor appetite, and seems generally
out of sorts, it is best to pen it up
for a few days and give a good physic
An ordinary family liver pill is excel
lent for this purpose. Such precaution
will generally ward off a serious spell
of sickness.
Butcher Gets Heifers.
The city man who keeps a good cow
nates to fool with calves and here is
an opportunity for dairymen to pick
up some good heifer calves. Usually
the butcher gets them.
Two Active Armies.
Two armies that are active day and
night now must be fought aU the
time. They are weeds and bugs
TIMELY NOTES OF SHEEp^B
Patience, Tact and perse IIS
Among Essential* |n
No use to go into sw^,, 'M
less you have patience, tacu'^'B
perseverance. 1 gr*B|
In selecting a sheep PasW
low, damp ground, because 1’ ,1«tK
not thrive on it. 6
Soil underlaid with limeEtoili H
sandstone make the
ground. 881 ih^H
Old meadows with a ^B
grasses are muT l„ rtl.r for^ •
than artificial n.-adows which
quently changed. Cttar9li^B
Sheep are probably mor6 dp.J»
and more easily affected bv «i^‘■1
changes than am other farm
The
U his whole flock e- affected befolB
begins to atu .• ;,t a cure bulVBt
every precaution to prev'nt
ease getting a feci hold. ®H|
No use trying !o make profit
sheep on very h priced land W
Rough, hilly land that hold n »E
makes the best snoop pastures
During the hor summer I
sheep often suffer from thg
clear, cold water. This shn„tJ
be supplied.
Marsh water will sooner or wjfl
cause disease in tin flock. It
ly abounds in parasites.
To stuff the tir-ck one week stimllE
it the next, is a . are way to p^, ■
very bad effects.
Men to whom all sheep look ilikB
will never succor:; in the businesi"BI
Every successful flockmaster 'tffli
know each Individual animal andl^B
something of its peculiarities.
Sow plenty of turnips for the Bh*B
this fall. One hundred head willc^B
eume an acre of Mirnips in about t*B
Some farmers, allow their sheep fcfl|
harvest the turnips, but this IseoirB
economy. Better pull them and ikjjK
them in the cellars and pits and tetfB^
as needed. B
Sheep thrive in the air and sunshlaB
and quickly pine and fall away
deprived of these essential element!. B
It is a great mistake to overlook
pasture as the sheep will lose the li|fl
ter part of the summer all they hmfl
gained while pasture was good. B
Better Iceep the ram in the paddoftfl
by himself out of sight of the eweifcB
the daytime, turning the ewes intothiB
ram’s paddock at night. fl
The male lambs should be docktdfl
and castrated when one week old, itfl
this age they suffer little and thifl
wounds quickly heal. fl
CORNER A FRACTIOUS ANIMJUB
Device Shown in Illustration Guirdifl
Against Injury of Stock and fl
Is Easily Made. fl
The following illustrated device wllfl
be found very convenient and eleefl
tive on the average farm. While *ifl
of course, like to (and do) keeponlifl
timate terms with most of the fanB
animals, there are times when all of fl
us have wished that we bad a con*fl
in the lot where we could hem someifB
the stock up and crowd right np uifl
catch them without any danger o(B
their becoming excited and jumpKfl
through or over the fence, saysawiifl
ter in Iowa Homestead. Take piecilB
of wood about two feet in lenithB
and talk them to the top of an or4B
nary fence, as shown in the Uluit»B
To Corner a Fractious Animil. 8
tion, having one on each post
rod or so out from the corn P*B
Next secure a piece of ordinary
wire from eighteen to tweniy ■
inches high, and tack it to thes #B
above the posts. When crow .B
Buch a corner, an animal is P .B
to quiet right down and .alio* B
to capture it, where, if it w
dinary fence, it might atte P ^8
through or over it, perhaps ■
damaging or fatally injuring
that the plan is not only °n0
ience and a saving of labor,
against the injury of stock an
to keep them more gentle an g
able. I
Hens During Moiting*
Hens cannot lay and alii
at tha same time. J* b8nil»*l
by some writers that the ^1
right through the mo1
This Is not so. A hen c t wheBt*fl
she if shedding her coat,
work of growing the 00 {00d D* fl
fully starts it requires all U>
strength to properly P0 9
function. I
, Watch for Insects. ^ j|
Watch the roses for ,n® ^ ,prtf |
either keep them Plckedi(Jg 0O88t|
with insecticides. Soap® d,be aP^l
good spray to get nd ^ &o*l
Use a clean soap tnai « |
chemicals. 1
Alfalfa Hajr forthe*k0*,^,al
Alfalfa hay furnishes th ^
of home-grown Protem’j~ent to
the most expensive si 1
dairy cow’s ration.