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HARBING Your Feet. ; Pnclett'slisInfecUnL! CUMta ni I - j r a rrr. jPilce 25c tt Dreg S om. Price 15c. tt Pfg Stores. ORGANIZATION. EDUCATION. ELEVATION. Vol. III. Raleigh. North Carolina, January 30. 1904. No. 4 Your Feet, i Fictetti Disinfectant rgiM Blistered, Son ind Offenslie rmrr THE ERo CURE FOR SMALL POX. Stld To Be u Unfailing as Ftte and Con quers In Every Instance. I herewith append a recipe which ha- been used to my knowledge in hundred! of cases It will prevent or cureimall pox. though the pitttngs are filling. When Jenner discovered cow por in England, the world of science hurled an avalanche of fame upon his head, but when the most scientific school of medicine in the world that of Paris published this recipe as a solid panacea for small pox, it passed unheeded. It is as un failing as fate, and conquers in every instance It is harmless when taken by a well person. It will also cure scarlet fever. Here is the recipe as I have used it. and cured my children of scarlet fever : here it is as I have used it to cure small pox. when learn ed physicians said the patient must die. it cured: Sulphate zinc, one grain ; fox glove (digitalis) one grain; half a teaspoonful of sugar ; mix with two tablespo msful of water. When thoroughly mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a spoonful every hour. Either disease will disapp-ar in twelve hours. F jr a child, smaller doses, ac cording to a ifi. If counties would c mpel their phy sicians to use this, there would be no need of pest houses. If you value ad vice and experience, use this for that terrible disease Ex. IN POVERTY AND S.UMS- ONLY UNIONS IMPROVE THEM. . Mr. Jacob A. Riis, a specialist in "slums," is amazed and horri fied by those of Washington. They are the worst he ever saw, and he has so declared to the Senate and House Committees on the Dis trict of Columbia. What is the cure ? Congress, which has power to act, will be asked no doubt to clear away the foul rookeries so unfit for human beings to live in and replace them with better tenements. That is always the remedy proposed in such cases. It commends itself to the ordinary mind as practical and immediate. So it is asto any particular slum. Much admirable work of the kind has been accomplished in New York. There are locali ties here where now we have ex cellent houses and small parks that so many years ago were dis graced by tumble down buildings and disease-breeding, unspeakable squalor, But in New York, as in other great cities where the "problem of housing the poor" attracts the attention of the philanthropic, it is f und that the people who are unhoused by the cleaning out of a slum are not the ones who be- mine the tenants of the better structures that arise. The reason for this is that the evicted people cannot afford ; to pay the higher rent which the improved inhabitations can com mand. They scatter to other slums or start a new one. Of course where charity inter venes and a lower rent than the law of supply and demand en ables the landlord to exact is charged the result is different. But charity can do little in this direction relatively to the; mass of the poor. Anything done on a large scale to better a slum neighborhood must be done on business principles to be effective. The percentage of landlords who are also philanthropists is hardly large enough to be considered as a factor in the problem of "housing the poor." Every great city in the new as well as the old world will continue to have slums while the cause which produces slums remains in existence. That is as self evident a proposition as that two and two make four. What is that cause ? Poverty. Peop!e do not live in slums because they like to, but because , they have to. Workers of the Riis class do good undoubtedly. They do con tribute toward establishing a bet- ter standard, which helps to cate the poor into a larger con- ception of what the phrase "nec-' essanes of life" means and with the enlorgement of the concep-' tion comes the demand for better , shelter, better food, better cloth ing and better chances for their children. But these workers do some harm, too, since, as a rule, they shy away from the consider- I ation of causes and concern them- selves only with effects, to which they apply the palliative of charity. They seldom alarm "in- vested interests" ana are usuany - on the best of terms with the r . i .1 a . pronters oy tne system upon whose consequences they benevo- """J1 the almoners of the kind-hearted rich. They are amiable and con scientious men and women, but neither they nor the sympathetic people who open their purses to them are ever likely to make much headway against the curse of poverty, which is responsible for the slums. In the Metropolitan Magazine some months ago Mr. Leroy M. Scott descrioed the labors of the college settlements and other agencies, volunteer and official, which strive to make life happier on New York's east side. He gave full credit for what had been done, and no one could read his report without sharing his respect for the workers in the cause of ameliorating the lot of the pack ed population of the tenements. But he added this, which is pro foundly significant as a contribu tion to the solution of the "prob lem of housing the poor." "Quite different "in character from the foregoing forces and ex erting a greater influence than any of them for the betterment of east side conditions is the great force which proceeds from the or ganization of people into trades unions. Whatever he may think of certain practices of trades un ions, no fair man can deny that they, more than any other single movement, have been responsible for the improvement that has taken place in the condition of workingmen in recent years. On the east side, as elsewhere, condi tions are better in consequence of the organization of labor. Wages are higher, hours of work are shorter, the environment of work is better, and these improved con ditions, which immediately affect the bread-winner, also immediate ly affect the family and home." . In other words, the toilers are doing .incomparably more .- for themselves) than all the philan- thropists.., .A&the American, said at th time in commenting upon j Mr. Scott's article, the unreflect ing and selfish class who sneer at trades unions or rage at them when they exert their power have but to do a little real thinking in order to come into the knowledge that the labor organizations are do"? a mighty work, not only for their own members, but for the country. The wotkingman who does not belong to one of them is blind to his own interests, anl aJl others who are hostile to edu-.em demonstrate bv thtir hos- tihty that they are too narrow to comprehend what is going on in and what is best for this demo- cratic republic-New York Amer ican. "ONLY A PRiNTiR" "He is on'y a printer." the stippn'ticr remarlr Such ot a Ar ;n a rirrle nf aristocracy coldish quality. Earl of Stanhope ? Who was the He was only 'a prjnten what Edward William was Prince and Prince Napoleon? Proud to call them j printers. The zar of Ru s; the Crown Prince of ' Russia and th Duke 0f Battem- berg were printerS) and the Em- peror ot China worked in peror private printing office almost every day. William Caxton, the lather or .Unglish literature, was a practical printer. What were J. P. Morris, N. P. Willis, James Parker, Horace Greeley, Charles Dickens, James Buchanan, Simon Cameron, Schuyler Colfax? Printers all, and practical ones. Mark Twain, Amos J Cummings, Bret Harte, William Dean How- ells. Toel Chandler Harris, and Ople P. Read were plain practica printers, as were Artemus Ward, Petroleum V. Nasby, and Sut Lovingood, Senator Plumb, of Kansas, and James J. Hogg, ex Governor of Texas, were all prin ters, and the leader of science and philosophy in his day made it his boast that he was a "jour" printer. In fact, thousands of the most brilliant minds in this country are to be found in large cities and towns. It is not every one that can be a printer - brains are absolutely necessary. Cen tury Magazine. THEY KNEW HER. Edith I believe he only mar ried her for her money. Edna Well, he certainly has earned it. A GREATER GRIEVANCE. Sambo Cole Dat gal done in sult me ; done tole me I wuz brack as de ace ob spades. Rastus Darke - Sho ! Dat's on'y half as bad as she insulted me. She done tole me I wuz brack as de deuce. CONCERNED. "This year," said Mr. Biggie- son, "we are going to sve up at least one-third of my income." "Have you decided yet what people are to go without their pay .?.''. his wife asked. ; The printers ot Alanta are gradually getting over their trou ble, btit the endtis; not yet. The outlook is bright for victory. ;:Qi ORGANIZER IN THE FIELD. American Federation of labor to Organize Southern California. (Special Correspondence.) Los Angeles, Cal , Jan. 26. At the recent Boston conven tion of the American F ederation of Labor a resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of an organizer for Southern Cali fornia During the past week President Gompers appointed James A. Gray to this positic n. Mr. Gray served four terms as president of the Council of Labor, and also as president pf the Car penters' Union here the largest labor organization in Southern California. As President Gom pers and Mr. Gray both realized the necessity of offsetting the malignant influence of the Times, the appointment of Gray means that the fight against the Times will be carried to every town and village in the southern portion of the Stale, as the work of thor ough organization will begin im mediately. The Times is the open and avowed organ of the Employers' Association (or Citi zens' Alliance) and this fact alone, aside from its being non union from cellar to garret, is I sufficient reason for every union to give it battle. Anti-Los Angeles Times com mittees all over the country are writing letters to and working on auvertisers in the Times, and ad after ad. is dropping out. Have you an Anti-Times Committee in your town? If not, drop a letter to Arthur A. Hay, 33 -332 Wilson Block, Los Angeles. Cal., and get a printed list of advertisers who areopposed to organized labor. PRETH GIRLS ARRESTFD Justice Titswell, of Aurora, 111., and thirty pretty girls are in a quandary. Last week they were arrested for unlawful assemblage. They were admitted to bail, but on Saturday their bondsmen sur rendered them to the court. The justice gazed at the bevy of girls before him for a moment, and then rising from his seat, grabbed his hat and overcoat and rushed out of the door into the street. The justice says it is his duty to send the thirty girls to jail, but he does not believe that would be right. It is said the justice will not hold court for several days. The girls do not know whether they are still under ar rest or have been discharged, and the justice has refused to enlight en them. ....MIR BITTEN BY RAT. At Evansville, Ind., on January 21, William Fisher, of that city, who travels for a Chicago house, was bitten on the lips by a large rat while asleep at Hawesville, Ky. His lips are badly swollen and blood poisoning is threatened. To deprive others of their right to use the earth is to commit a ciime inferior only in wickedness to the crime, of taking away their lives or personal liberties. Her bert Spencer., ..., ; -. . , r -. Call for the Union Label.. : : v WASH RGTON LETTER- (From Oor Regular orref poodent ) Washington, D. C, January 26, 1904 All appearances indicate that the people of the United States are in a very amiable mood and regard with equanimity, mingled with a certaiu amount of curiosity, the word-war of politicians now being waged in the forum and the press, regarding the pros pects and intentions of possible Presidential candidates The list is too long for recapitulation. As the President says : "Mr. Han na has a right to be a candidate if he chooses.-' He is now ill with the grip, and will allow cir cumstances to choose for him. The voice of those who profess the Republican faith sings loud in the land for Roosevelt. Bryan is very industriously making speeches and pointing out what ought to be. Senator Gorman is quiet, watching to see which way the senatorial cat will jump in Mary' and. He will have an opportunity to indulge in a "heart to heart" talk win 11 he ad dresses the Legislature of Ken tucky The wind continues to plow "variable' as the scientific phrase is about Panama and the troublesome treaty. After ratifi cation a great calm will follow. Notwithstanding early optim istic predictions about the present session of Congress being devoted to economy, there is much pres sure being brought to bear in the search for the doors of the publie treasury. If all the proposed plans for spending money materi alize it will flow like water, and I he prosperity boom' will con tinue until after the election The Committee on Merchant Marine and Fishes says the American people rush lavishly into expenditure, even to pro moting air ships, and then they look about to see how money can be spent on other projects. Whether many of the employes of goverment in Washington are riding in carriages at the expense of the Goverment, and assuming plutocratic airs is a question Cou gress is investigating. Each Cabinet Minister has been asked to furnish a list of such employes and how many horses, carriages and footmen he keeps on public funds. The National Board of Trade in session in Washington the past week has made numerous recom mendations to Congress. It de sires to nave silver dollars ex- charged for gold when presented to the Treasury; it suggests that no more silver dollars be coined it wants one cent postage and a a parcels pos t ; it advocates the metric system and provision for a mercantile marine. The body of James Smithson philosopher and philanthropist was due to arrive in Washington today, under escort of Alexander Graham Bell, but the vesse from Genoa has not yet been re ported. Smithson was the ille gitimate son of Sir Hugh, fifth Duke of Northumberland. He was and agnostic. He spent his life in scientific experiments and j made valuable discoveries in chemistry and geology, for which he was chosen vice-president of the British Royal Society. He warmly sympathized with the American colonies, and sent a satirical letter to his cousin. F Hugh Percy, who, in command of a British regiment, fled from the farmers at Lexington, and who sheathed his bloodless sword and ran awav at the battle nf Bunker Hill Smithson was ambitious for fame and wrote in his diary, "The best blo.d of England flows in my veins ; on my father's side I am a North umberland, on my mother's I am related to kins : but it avails me not. My name shall live in the memory of men when the ti tles of Northumberland and Percy are extinct and forgotten." To thisend he sagaciously bequeathed lalf a million dollars to America, to found the Smithsonian Insti tution in Washington, "for the c -j increase and diffusion of know- edge among men." Americans are better acquainted with the appearance of the beautiful Nor man structure of red sandstone that bears his name than any other building in Washington except the Capitol. Smithson will be buried at Oak Hill Ceme tery, West Washington, where many of the illustrious dead re pose. A monument will be built in the Smithsonian grounds. There is much excitement in Washington today over the re port from France deeply impli cating Bunau-Vanlla, the min ister from Panama, in graft, rake off, and fraudulent practices in the plunder of the French canal company. He has been sharply questioned by the administration but is very reticent. The pure food bill has passed the house by a vote of 201 to 68. The word "willful" was stricken out, thus relieving the goveiment in case of a prosecution,' from the necessity of providingan intention to violate the law. The stand ards of purity are fixed, and adul terations defined. As Prof. Wiley of the Dept of Agriculture, is charged with performing all chemical work for the executive departments, and with the duty of inspecting all food nrodnrts and drugs, the public my expect to see his bureau grow to enor mous dimensions, with an army of chemists, inspectors, clerks and laborers. The bill is to po into effect Feb. 1, 1904. The Carnegie Institute, foun ded in Washington uy the great library builder, has now assets amounting to $10,101,500. A bill providing for the annex ation of , Panama to the United States, "the rights and property of Panama resting in the United States without reserve," was in troduced in the Senate Wednes day by Mr. Morgan. EX SMITH, 15 Cit Market, ' DRAtKR IN ' Fresh KeatsBeef Steak, Pork, Sausage : Chitterlings, Etc." ' We Glre Green Tiadlng Stamps,
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