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Show AIR of the World, of General Interest to the Worker Chicago. Official announcement is made that a pension system will be put into effect the beginning of next year for all officials and employes of the Kock Island system. The pension system w ill be under the management of a board, and in connection with the system the Kock Island has established an age limit which shall govern original employment. No inexperienced person more than 45 years of age will be taken into the service of the company. No pension Is to be less than $20 a month and none more than $ 50 a month. All officials and employcR who have reached the age of 75 years must retire, and the employes who Hre in the operating service may he retired at 85 years of age. In order to be entitled to a pension an employe must hare been continuously in the service for 20 years. 1 Vtill Hirer, il Mass. The profit-sharin- s s paper-hanger- penditures $356,000. London, Fng. Fighting against the In all opposition of men workers trades and many other almost odds, the women of Great ltritain have formed an organization known as the Womans Trade Union league, with which 201.709 women were affiliated in 1907. Reform in the truck end "living in" systems, under which women were treated unfairly hy payment in goods and lodging inand few stead of money, bett'-- wn strikes are some of the things the womens organizations have necoin-plishewhile they have gained representation In the Trade Union congress, which represents the entire labor class of Great ltritain. Carbondalp, Pa. Nineteen employes of the Delaware ft Hudson railroad shops were discharged because they weigh less than l.O pounds, and It is expected others under this weight will lose their positions. The men declare that on order recently has been issued from the headquarters at Albany for the discharge of all shop employes who weigh less than 150 pounds or are over 45 years of age. The weight limit is Baid to have been fixed owing to the Idea that a mature man weighing less than 150 pounds does not possess the physical strength to permit him to do a normal mans daily work. Philadelphia. The John B. Stetson Hat Company gave $100,000 to its employes. To each of the 1.191 girls there were given a box of candy and a pair of gloves. To men who have families, 1,964 turkeys were given. To those who are In need of homes and had shown thrift were presented 348 shares of building and loan association stock at $450 a share. The gifts Included 65 gold watches and 67 gold chains and fobs. With the of the new year, more than employes find that they have an Increase of ten per cent In their wages. New York. The New York city street car employes, who have been unorganized for years, are now being organized by the Amalgamated Associations of Street and Electrical Railway Employes. Boston. Considerable progress Is being made in the formation of a new Hebrew Custom Tailors union in this unsur-inountab- le r 4.-6- two-thir- city. Ottawa, Canada. Twenty-si- x rail44 In- Pittsburg. Without any suggestion from the workmen, the Master Guilders association of this city voted unanimously to increase the wages of cariHnters from $:i.50 to $1 per (lav. The Increase goes into effect on April 15 next. The date was set because the opening of the spring season sill see spring contracts well under way. and the masters want to prepare all builders fur the Bdvance. The master builders Maid the advance was granted to the carpenters because of the friendly spirit shown by the workmen, and more so because of ilie increased of living. The present scale expires April 15. The carN-n-terwork eight hours a day, and the Inccutcd wage rate is for an eight-hou- r day. New York. Hopes of the striking shirtwaist girls for a settlement of their difficulties with their employers tlir.iugh arbitration and for obtaining, of the by such means, recognition union were shattered by I. 15. Hyman, president of tlie waist anil dress manuMe informed facturers organization. John Mitchell and .Morris Hillquii. the strikers' representatives, that the manufacturers will never sign any union agreements. Negotiations have been broken off and the 8,fK girls are still on strike. Some of the girls, however, are reported lo be preparing to reiiiru to work under old conditions. it is expected hundreds of girls will light to the last. Poston. On September 30. 19(19. out of an aggregate membership of representing 797 unions reporting to the Massachusetts bureau of statistics, 5.451, or 4. SO ier tent., were reported idle. There has been a decrease in the amount of unemploy-uien- t of 1.56 per cent., as compared wT.li t lie returns for June 30. 1909. and of 5.S2 per cent, ns compered with the returns for September 30, 1ipS. Nashville, Tenn. A committee from Ilf Nashville Trades and Labor Council recently organized the city employment bureau, with Mayor Howe as chairman. The Idea of the organization is lo get a movement started between the mayor and the Trades and Labor Council, and do everything possible to get men work who are not able to obtain positions themselves. Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine Workers federation has issued an invitation to the organized workers of South America for a congress of South American trade unions, to he held in this city on April 39, 19H). a number of national organizations, among them Brazilian, have accepted. It Is cxMcted that a delegation from the A. F. of I,, will" also attend. London. Eng. The Weavers and Texiile Workers union in Great lrl-taiIs taking up the question of halftime labor, and is seeking the- support of nil organized bodies In an effort lo nholfsh it nltngcihcr. Dradior-- is still the principal place in Yorkshire for , the and will probably continue to be until (he legislature puts an end to It. Samuel Gompors, Washington. president of the American Federation of Labor, publishes n vigorous editorial in the Federal ionist againt both the action of the Supreme court of the Distrfrt of Columbia and tlie recommendation in. President Tafts message to congress with reference to the necessity for notice and hearing before injunction writs are granted. Washington. Recent derisions by the National Board of the A. F. L. Building Trades' department gives the jurisdiction to the bridge and structural Iron workers over the fabrication, erection and placing of steel and iron used in reinforced concrete and cement construction. The Marble Workers' union is given jurisdiction over slate trades. lend, S. D. The executive committee of the Lead and Central City unions of the Western Federation of Miners called out all union watchmen and others employed by the Home-stakCompany. This order affects about 250 men. who have been allowed to work since the lockout by the mine management. Toronto, Canada. The profits of the Toronto Labor Temple Company for the first three months of the cup rent year amounted to $1,000, and prospects are that this will be increased during the second quarter. The unions that own stock will receive a dividend thereon. Ottawa, Canada. Eleven Industrial disputes, affecting 68 firms and 4.361 employes, took place In Canada during October. Oakland, Cal. Bakery wagon drivers have voted to affiliate with the State Federation of Labor. Washington. Membera of the house committee on interstate end foreign commerce believe the prospect for amending the Sherman anti-trulaw, under which the Supreme court of the United States, In the celebrated Danbury case, held that labor organization come within the law aa applied to restraint of trade are anything but bright. leading lawyers In tha house and senate say that the Sherman law. hr it now stands, is as near perfect as a law ran be fashioned, and to amend it would upset the business of corporations engaged In interstate s fortieth dividend was paid lo the operatives of th-Bourne mills. Tin rale is four per rent, on the total wages earned hy the operatives for the last six months of the year. In July, 3 per rent, was paid. The late George A. C'linro was the founder of the plan to pay a certain percentage of the profits earned by the mill hands. The scheme was put Into effect in 1889, and only once has a dividend been omitted during the strike of 1304. To secure a dividend an employe must perform faithful and continuous service for six months before the declaration deof the diiidciiil. The dividend clared intuiii a payment to the operatives of about $15,000. Hoslon- .- 12. Frank Meorhouse, president of I'.ostnn Inint'-runion 11. was elected a ddegide of the A. H. of L. 1i.v the international convention at Cinwhich completed its cinnati recently. The convention decided that wherever an A. r. of I,. building trades section exists the In cals of painters, decorators and of the jurisdiction must affiliate wiih It. During the past four years the international lias paid $350,000 in death benefits and for wives funerals. The new system will require at least 40 per cent, of the entire per capita tax. It was stated that during the past four years the international receipts were $3,250,009 and the ex- KPinl-anniii- 139,-14- n - J half-timer- way employes were killed and jured In Canada In October. Butte, Mont Striking switchmen who returned to work a week ago of quit again. This was the result lo-rswitchmen by the warnings given labor union committees. Severs! mines closed, throwing hundreds out nf work. Traffic in the freight yards is paralyzed. Francisco San San Francisco. Steam Fitters union has appointed n rominittee to kiok after the men of Its trad' employed si Marp Island and endeavor to obtain for them the wage paid throughout the state, which is f i so n day. The pay st the yard commercM Is only $1.16. e st OLD STORY For Have Years People Many Dreamed of Wonderful Things to Bo Dons by Balloons. World of Labor News from All Parts NAVIGATION As far back as 1844 the American public were led to believe that the Atlantic had been crossed in a balloon. On May 28 In that year the New York Sun published a detailed account of an aerial voyage from Liverpool to Charleston, which purported to have been accomplished by the steering balloon Victoria in a period of 75 hours from land to land. Fiv9 columns were devoted to the description of ihe journey and to a scientific account of the balloon, of which a woodcut was given, and an air of verisimilitude was added by a list of eight passengers, one of the names mentioned being that of Harrison Ainsworth, who was then at the height of his fame. At the end of ihe eighteenth century balloons were all the rage. Then, as now, enthusiasts predicted a time neiir at hand when war would either be an awful mutter of the annihilation of armies and fort hy Ixunha from above, or would cease altogether through the abolition of frontiers and the fusion of nations. Prophecy went even fun her. Canals and roads were to vanish and the space decupled by them to be restored to agrieulitin-- . And ships (if any still existed), when caught in a storm, would be grappled by the mast from balloons above and safely conveyed into lion, or even carried over mountain ranges. CURE FOR COLD IN THE HEAD Remedy Simply Is to Abstain from All Liquids for Period of One or Two Days. Paris physician, F. L. Homme, has recently announced a new cure for a cold In the head. In reality, Dr. Routine's cure Is said to have been A discovered 150 years ago by an English doctor named Wl'liatns. well known at the close of the eighteenth century. The remedy Is slmpIcity Itself. All one lias to do Is to abstain from all liquids during a period of 24 to 48 hours, sinning from the moment when the sufferer feds the first irritating symptoms of a cold in the head. Dread, li:h, vegetables, white meat and pudding may be eaten, but beverage should be taken in very small quantities, a spoonful of tea, coffee or milk in the morning and a small glass of water going to bed, or if possible not taken at all. It is not necessary to remain at home. The dry cure, in fact. Is more rapid and complete if the sufferer breathes in the open air. Dr. Steinberg. a Viennese authority, hRs modernized it by forbidding soup anil even the small quantity of tea or milk of Dr. Williams system. But he allows a small glass of wine and water during the day. Leslie's Weekly. A GOOD COUGH 61 MIXTURE. Home-Mad- e Remedy That Is Free from Opiatee and Harmful Drugs. tipis 111! An effettlve remedy that will usually break up a cold in twenty-fou- r hours, is easily made by mixing together In a large bottle two ounces of e of Virgin Oil Glycerine, a of Fine compound pure and eight ounces of pure Whisky. This mixture will cure any cough that Is curable, and Is not expensive as It makes enough to last the average family an d entire year. Virgin Oil of Fine pure la preitared only In the laboratories of ihe Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati, O. 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The old proverbs depend largely on the point of view. For Instance, you There is a certain banker and cant convince a mouse that a black broker, doing business not 100 miles cat brings good luck. from Wall street, whose health for some time ha not been all that hr Pettit's Eye Salve for Over 100 Years A Rare Appetite. could desire. Not long ago he was complaining to his brother, a New Frglamler. just then visiting new York, win it the latter, Hfter a careful survey of his brother's said: "What you need, old ntnn, Is plain country food, (ionic up to nty pnc in Massachusetts, and well soon set you up. This rich New York food too much for you. Takt breakfast, for instance. All I have cups of coffee, a bit of steal with a baked potato, some I'glit mul fins or a stack of griddle cakes, to getlicr with a lilt of water cress ot lettuce. What, do you have? For a moment the New Yorket gazed in hearty admiration nt lit: brother. "A cup of hot water and two slices of dry toast, he replied sober Iv. Rut, Jim, If you think a simple diet like yours will set me up,' why IlI'm perfectly willing to try it. lustrated Sunday Magazine. Why Women Are Deceitful. The soiling of a pinafore meanr greater trouble for a hab.v girl than the soiling of an overall Tor her broth er, and with the Injustice Is inrulcater the Idea that die is to be a mattei of first Importance In her life. Later when she goes to the drawing room she must look pretty, and be nice, and say sweet things for mamma', rriends; every effort Is put forth, it fact, to make her an arrant little hum bug. In the poorhouse It is worse. I is the small girl who learns all th subterfuges, all the deceits, all th lies, which a miserable wife too ofte uses as a shield against a tyrannies and cruel husband. T. P.s Weekly London. Handling Telephones. In bolding a telephone a persor naturally takes the transmitter In thi right hand and places the receiver tc the left ear with the other. In pas Ing the Instrument to another persoi. the hands should be crossed, thus ex tending the transmitter and receive! to the right and left hands, respective ly, and obviating the Inconvenient and possible breakage occasioned by the other person's attempt to change from both hands at the same time. Popular. Mechanics. Mature Fulfillment When he first grew up he always wanted people running after him. Did he gain his wish? Oh, yes; only the last time I heard of him the people who were running lifter blin were the police.' ha licen used for ciingcKtpd and inll.imcd eyes, u'lnevc film or rmn out the eyes. All druggi.Uur i luiva nl Ri ox., liullulo, N.l, One way to acqiifi'e a reputation for amill ility is to agree with every simpleton jou m et. IIWIS r.VIXKII.I.KR hna no wtli.Tiii. 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