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20 II1D QMAIlA DAILY BBB : SUNDAY , APRIL 0 , 19G. M A + a ttw , t' ttlla db db e11/ two L / A + ale aAa tl4e da - ' . 4c THE a a. 1n1 Q A sTORY oV 177r L a Affair r' I' , C , IL1K1 1 AUGII r cv"cv'c crrrcrcrcrcrty-'cv'cw c't ( v-v 'crcrcrct' crcrcf- Ir'T 'rmmYm17" " " ( ( 'up ' ) rgbmrd , 1AL by the Aulhur. ) Nct runny days afto' the battle of Lexington - ton , that heroic fight which told the soldlets of King Geurgo that the colonies Intcudcd to waist to limo blttcr end , a small vessel tniglit have bccn seen riding the waves not far frcm the New lingland coact. Thin vvns nothing snsplclo s about mho vessel , but those on shore understood that It w as a 1lrltish sloop which had been srnt to that particular part of the coast for tlio putose of suppressing the spirit of "re bellian ' which w'as rleing rapidly there , VaddyVlnks Ifarbor , as the landing town was called , ran down to the beach in a long line of slraggl'ng houses inhabited mostly by fishermen who at mho time were away from honie , but their wives and children kept things snug In the place. Totrarl night the suspicious craft crept cloeer to the vlllago and at lust baldly came to anchor just outsh1 time hnrbcr. A boat pompous came ashore In dcnlcit Items fficerk rather the home of ( ho htad selectman , ILram Greene. A number of boys anti gIr took the rlfleerm , who mill a i ( necessary t ° escorted to the , ami v1ien he hnd eIm1t the door behnd the Hite watchers drew off to dlscne. In low tunes the purport of the vIt. A few minutes later the cfficer emerged from the house and was rowed back to hls vessel. A TRAITOR iN TOWN , Then It w as that the cause of his visit ) caked out fur ) ifram Greene said that the otilcer had made a demand for the liberty pale which stood at one mihd of the mail rtreet of Paddy-Winks for a mast as ( lie male one of time Seagull , tyro vessel in the harbor , was badly in neat of repair. For suio ( line , or ever since the news frrin Lrxingteu , a new flag had floated from ( tie top of the pole and the bnys of Paddy- } Virks had resolved In secret conclave that it 5111)111(1 not ho pulled down under my cir- o nslances , " } Chat right has iram Greene to say who shall tuite the liberty pole ? " o Icd n buy of 15 , time son of the minister of the little coast town. " 11 ° says ho is the head sclectmami of Paddy-finks , but does that give hliu that authority ? " "Whether it dues or not , Cccll , he has told Captain MacDonald of the British sloop that the pole may be cut down and taken away tonoriosv , " nnswered one of the other brys , who had heard Mr. Greene's decision frcm his own lips. " 1 say we are not Americans If we let the liberty pole be used as a mast from w9teh will scat a British hag , " cried } Vlley Wray , "Illiaui Greene ( cans a little to the king's cause , front what I heard liiu say the other day ' ) mile he talked about the tight at Concord brhlge. lie may land the polo aver to the llrlti5li captain , but for lima I say that it shall never become the Seagull's mast. " An outburst of applause followed tlds declaration - laration and the boys cheered till they were compelled to slop by the appearance of a citizen known to have Tory sympathies , "Not n word VU Adam Bhjr gels omit of the way , " said Wiley , dropp'ng his voice tea a whisper. "llo'11 report our treason to Mr. Greene , if not to Captain Macdonald and that migli ( spoI ! time plans 1 have in view , " Time boys began to talk about other matters - ters and kept it up until the tory dlsap- penred in Hiram Greene's liouce. "Gone to congratulate Illram for giving away ( ho ibcrty ! pole , exclaimed Cecil. "What a pity it Is that such meddleaone peo1)e hike Adam Blair can't be prevailed up a to immigrate from Paddy-Winlms. " Thz little party adjourned to the hone of R'ReyVray where they retired to the attic lit up by several tallow dips. From the little window in one end of the house could be seen the harbor with the trhn sloop restng ! there like a seagull asleep on time ator. A CONSPIRACY. The toys took a long look at her , seeing sane 1'ghts o ° her deck and now and then a flitting figure. The audacious captain had come to anchor right lit the harbor , and the flag of England floated from time masthead - head iii defiance and with apparent tr : umpb. "When will they come for the pole ? " inquired - quired Cecil , m'Mr. Greene saW they would be here quite early , no the Seagull is to sail in the after- ncen. They w.ll probably take the polo on board amid -prepare it in some other harbor. Mr. Greene seemed to take delight in tek log the womneu of his gift ; but Amity Grimm , the little old cripple at the head of time street , actually shook her fist in his face and asked him if he wouldn't soon receive a connnisslon In the king's army. "Good far Aunty Grlntm ; creil , several of the boys , clapping tber ! hands , "She'd make a better tnidier than half a dozen ] ) tram Greenes. But what's time plan , } Vlley ? " m oil more } Vilcy'Vray looked toward the 6oap ; and then lurne.i to his friends , "Time liberty polo must not become the Seagull's mnsti" ho said with resolution. "Of course not , " " 1Vo'vo settled that question , but it's not the most important ammo. The captain of the sloop Ilan men enough to cut down the polo and convey it by force to his decks. " "That is true , Wiley. They far outnumber - ber us. "iVo can't afford to resist the cutting down I t y n t" I N Yt y 'r , / - 1 IJ L/ / ate'K K , la m CIIE CAPTAIN GOES TO IIIRAM ORREN. of the polo In opetm daylight for time act would place all of us under arrest and subject - ject us all fo a geed many indignities. " "Captula Macdonald has Scotch blood in Ids veins and lid la just resolpt ° enough to punish any resistance with the severest " said Cecil , uteane , y "Now for ( I" plan , " and } VUey , Wrayca ne closer to his young companloni. ' "lYo can find a good quantity of jtifljOW der , " ho went on , "We won't need any bullets , " "You don't intend to meet Captain Muc donald with blank eatridges , 11'tley ? " "Exactly , mil to beat Ida with lhemi We can get limo powder , I say , and a good auger will do time rent In our ) lands , " The boys looked at their leader as it they did not quite catch Ida meaning , but ll'iley did not keep then Ivmmg In doubt , "At a certala hour we wtU meet about the I bert' pole , 1 will fetch the auger , also seine fuses whlcb i shall make between now and then. I must depend on you boys for the powder , lVe will blow up the pole to prevent it from becoming the mast of a ilritish ship , " "Good ! 7'he very thing , " and the boys applatidyad vigorously , "it couldn't be a better - ter idea. Why , a little powder wlll forever prtrent time pole doing duly for the king limit we will have to watch , Hiram Greene or Adam Dlair may guard the polo to- night. " "f lmnrdly tiduk they will. They are the euly men in Paddyi'tmiks just now , amid they Won't tuspcct the aoumen or boys of any evil designs against the surrendered liberty pole , " "If they do , however , they may wish they had never guarded n flag stuff in daddy Winks , " "That they any , but no blood le to be shed. It len't ntoes'arv , " put iii } Vlley } Pray. The young conspirators adjourned after a few minutes more of conveaatlon and went their several ways down limo street , of l'addy. Winks. SAVING TIE 1'OLR , Tme , night tvaa quite darn and without a moon , which m rendered tine tow lights visible the more distinct , The Seagull rested safely in the harbor and now- and then sounds which told that the seamen were making merry came from ( lie aloap , Illram Greene and Main Illnlr had clipped to the pier and a beat huad taken them ( ft to the 51001) , where , in tlic raptain's cabin , they were enjoying themselves and drinking toasts to limo king and corfustou to the nice of Bunker 11111 and Lcxingtvn. It was a niory party , tar time cabin lad been decorated by the sailums m anticipation of the visit , and Captain Macdonald , potly and red-faced , lad donned a new uniform , which t gave him an imposing nppearauce , l'adtly-Yluhs wan a Puritan-like town in some of its ways mid one of time ordinances said that all young people ) order a certain ago nhould not be permitted on time streets after 9 o'clock at night This was a law which hail broil rigidly enforced , but for once it was on the cave of wholesale frac- ture. It w'as the silent hour of midnight when some youthful figures came together about ground rent'lmalf way to Its tip and forever ruined as a sloop's mast So much was Hiram Green dlelikcd by the women and children of faddy Vinks that ho mild not hero hunt for the offenders , though Captain Macdonald threatened to set are to the coast town , an act of vandalism he never carried out , The "Liberty Pole League , " as the boys called themselves after their night' exploit , became a ( anions organizaton ! during time revolution , and the "battle of t'addy1'inks" was but time opening event in a series In which they were engaged during the days that tried the souls of men. And faddy-Vinks was proud of its heroes , 1't'N LOST\'G ItAGUS. 9onie of the ) flub , ( inlr'i'hc'se ilny' Ill yds Cut at 'Platt's , There is , in limo zoological gardens in hoe- ( Ion , a bud whose aviary is constantly surrounded - rounded by groups of children , shouting with laughter amid vigorously applauding , as it they were witnessing the performance of some favorite play-actor , comedian or pan tomimist , instead of time antics of a rather comt.morplace looking fowl , neither as remarkable - markable ter shape or plumage as many another - other about hint. It , lmowevor , you were to join one of these groups of spectators and watch his actions , I feel sure you wend acknowledge him to be tunny as ally human being , or monkey you ever saw. lie lmas such an old-fashioned , highl- shculd ° rcd , learned look when you first see hlm that you cannot help respecting hum , much as it hie was really and trill ) the wise old professor he looks to be ; a Oo'mnatt professor , perhaps , such as you have seen pictures of , a professor in a gmay dressing gown , with his hands behind - hind hlum and his lead mil bong red uoso thrust forward and nodding at every step , as he stalks solemnly about , wrapped In silent meditation , 7'ho dignity and seriousness of his gait and expression , indeed , ba something that must be scen to be appreciated , tin lutist also time snddennoss with which all this , h ms stately , formal amid decorous deportment hIsnpptnrs. All al once hia sleepy companions , dozing - ing on their percieca ) or meditatively dressing - ing their feathers and pluuing themselves , awake to time fact ttmt they have n feathered terror amongst them , and that the httherto tmnebrusivo kagu , whom they lmnd ( ounl no particular occasion to notice before - fore , has , apparently , gone mad , } Vlth wide open beak and outspread wings , within a sudden - den devehopment of an onmtnous and most preposterous crest , where , ono was to be seen before , and a harsh rattling noise lie ruches at limo frightened inmates of the t II I' ' , I I' ' I , , I l , i1 t i I I' I1 { t I M i + wl > ill i ! I- r U ) 1 s w l iyl , I I I MI . , I a f I , t S 1 I II- , \4) ) . . u ) t. : i ' L4 utl/ lmin : , a ' FOUR BOYS STAYED AT TIE POLE. ' the doomed liberty pole. These figures talked in whlepers and one said : "I had.rYtme trouble finding the auger , but hero It is how about the powder ? " Several powder horns were silently produced - duced and Wiley Wray continued : " } 1'o will bore four holes deep into the foot of the pole anti act the fum' alight. It nnlst be on time side which is not visible from time deck of time Seagull , whicht lies in the harbor straight out from Limo street. " "That's it. Sonic of us must watch , " Two of the boys were sent out as sentinels , while the' otters , four In number , huddled close to the pole. Slgrals of danger had been agree ) upon and in a few minutes the auger In the hands of Wiley Wray was at work. ' Minutes seemed hours to the boy patriots of PaddyYlnks harbor , and all anxiously looked toward the harbor , expecting at any moment to discover that their plans had been unearthed and would be frustrated. Not a word was spoken durng ; time work of the auger , and when Wiley rested he took a powder horn from the hands of the nearest boy. Four holes had been bored into mho wood of the flagpole , which towered fifty-nine feet above them , and was as straight as a Pepuod arrow , A little channel connected these holes , so that coo fuse would tgnito the powder in all , am ) at last Wiley plugged the last one , leaving in one the fuse hid hind prepared. "Ready , now ; ho whispered , "I have the tinder box here and will strike the light. " The boys drew off , ) caving ! dm he time nlWdlo of the street , at the liberty pole , They could not t'eo his figure for the darkness , and they awaited with beating hearts the spark Ito drew from hia amts and communicated to the fuse. Mould it burn ? Perhmaps time plan might fall after all and the cherished old flag-polo fall 'into that imands of the enemy and carry his flag in American waters , Suddenly the eyes of time boys were glad- dered by a leaping spark and all held tmetr breath , Wiley appeared among them. "It is burning , " said ito , eagerly , "The fuse works nicely , Now come , " All bounded away and entered a luouso not far prom time attic from wham ( ) they cculd Icok toward the spot where the pole stoat "It burns ! It burns ! " cried Wiley. "Ste the spark is creeping over the ground toward the pole , But it is out ) } Vale I'll run back anti relight it. " lie ran to the door , but one of the boys pulled him back. "There are voices of the pier , " said Ccclt "cu ) yonder are Illram Greene and Adam Blair and I bear , too , the volcea of British sailors ; ' A GLORIOUS SUCCESS , Fite boys of faddy-Winks stood mule amid nlotiodess at time 'attte window , but all at once WUey shouted cult again , "It is not out. Lookt look ! Time pole is doomall The powder is flashing how , There ! " There cameo to their ears at this mouuont time dull roar of an exploslon and the ground about limo liberty polo was illuudnated for a suond , The Illumination was succeeded by a crash which sounded Ifim a blast of victory to the boys amid then nil bt'eame still again. For sc tie ( line there was no movement in time loft , then limo tueit of men was heard and voices sounded in the street below , "It , was the palmi time young rascals did it. ' ( ho boys heard Adana Blair' exclahn , "They have thwarted you and Captain Mac- dcnaW , Illram , " 1'II ferret them out , I'll see that I'rn obeyed and that when I turn a liberty pole over to the king's captain it is delivered In goad condltlon. " better than thin one is In , i ) mope. Look , ' SplendidC" erl dnVileWray " 4 } Wray to hie aam- panlons , "The next ( line Captan Macdonald ' w 'httt a least his will not depend on his frtend'ltitalu Greene for It , It's a victory for freedomn'IboYAx and not a drop if blood was shed , we'll cahillthe.battle oh' @edjl- 11'inka. Liberty foreverlP t"1 l 'flue boys cheered feebly but exultasi time attic and after some tune all al ppw Quietly to their homes. Thu next , morning the peoplo.ofw' Wlnki saw the liberty polo lyloft ca b' , J aviary , he drives them frantically , aqualung , shrieking and flapping la every direction ; he chases and upsets them , and Is not satisfied until , master of the field , he alone remains on the ground and every one of his coin- panlonu are clinging in mortal terror to the upmcot wires of the great cage. this satisfaction at this achievement Is evident , his enjoyment of it unbounded , lie runs , prances and skips about In the most undignifletl fasldon , and , finally , taking time tip end of a wing or tall feather in time tip entl of his beak , he indulges in high stepping , light , fantastic waltz that is absurd and pre. peuterous beyond description. His performance - ance generally winds up with picking up a stray loather , there are sure to be plenty lost in the burly-burly lie has caused , tossing it up In the air , chasing , catching It and tossing it up In the air again until 1 e is tired or has worked off his flow of spirits. Occasionally , imotvever , he varies this performance - formance by sticking his bill deep in the ground , standing on his head , flapping his wings and flourishing his long red legs wildly In the faces of the spectators , whenever never fall to greet the performance with shrieks of Immghter. Certainly such another amusing bird does not exist , unless it is a sort of second conin of the kagu , time shadow bird or Scopus umbrella - brella of Africa , that plays in pretty much time same way. _ J , CARTER BEARD , I'LUCICY NINE-YIAII OLU BOY , Saved Ills iimby Slsler front the Cltmlehre of a ) lour , James , the 9-year-old son of Mr , and Mrs , Henry Gregereon of Olga , Minn. , Is the hereof of the hour on account of having saved huh baby sister from time clutches of a hunry bear , and then , with ids father's rifle , killing - ing the animal , The Gregersons reside a tow miles from Olga , and on Friday left James to keep bouse and care for the baby white they did some shopping. During the afternoon the boar made Its apcamnco at the ) louse , driving Jameo frcm the rooms where the baby lay. The bey recovered hla nerve in a few moments , and on returning to time room was horrifled to see the bear clawing at time bed clothing on the crib where the baby was lylimg , With a cryof terror the boy , without a moment's hesitation , dashed into time room past the aatcnlshed bear , and , catching time Infan ) In his arms , tnado a race for the door , reaching it just ahead of the now angry brute , Closing the door , James deposited the child In a place of mfety , anti , returning to the hmouee by time back way , secured his father's rifle. Polnt- leg the muzzle through the window of the raour in tvhlch the hear was caged , he fired several bullets Into the aniutal'a body , } Vhen Mr , and Mrs. Gregerson retnrmetl , an hour later , they found Jones hiding in the barn with , the baby , while Limo hear lay dead upon the floor of time house , Beyond a fume' scratches limo baby was unhurt. I'IIA'P'1'IW Ilia ' 1'111'5 YOti\'US'1'I It $ , Teacher-Why did Joshua cause the sun to stand still ? Tomnty-1 guess it didn't agree with his watch , ' , J nmmy , do you get along well at school now ? " 'Yes , I've got big 'fluff to write troy own excuses , " Teacher-what is taxidermy ? Johnulo-I guiesa 1 knots' , teacher , Teacher-Wet , Jobn- mie , Johnnlo-It's putting town carpets' , "l'aw' , " asked Tomnmy Tucker , "if a man steals a horse it is larceny ? " "Yes , " replied Mr , Tucker , "Ant If be steals two it's blg- atn't " " amity , It" Mmmna-You know , Johnny , when nmam ma whips her little boy sine does it for his i osvn good , Johnny-Mamma , I wish you didn't lhhtk quite so mucii of lime , "Wlmat are you crying tor , chJd ? " "hole hurt me , " "flow , pray ? " " 1 was going to I hilt hia with my list , when h ° ducked his head and my fist lilt time wall" Willie ( wltlm a wry face-Mamrna ) , did Ilene ° Lord stake quinine ? hlamnma-I presume ho ° did , Wilke-Yell , ft waum't the Lord that put that awful taste In It , and I'll bet 1 know w lie It wasl v Lucy'-Manna , may I go over there to the t bridge ? Mamma-Why do you want to go over there , dear ? Lucy-Oh , I just want to gargle my feet in Ibe brook. A lady teacher In one of the Maine schools , y 1n trying to explain ( lie meaning of the word ty , Illustrated it by walk ng across the i . When she asked the class ( o tell Imor , bo aaked elme nearly tainted when a r r tte foot of the clasp shouted ; "Dow. 4 . r6t. A STA TIS T ,1G I li13 1 IZlC11TI0 A Fallaoions Oonolnsion Aaaucoa from Official Data , CORRECTION BY 'COMMISSIONER WRIGIIT .lpporlontnsnb of the Value of Ihit' Product of ) arbor-Det'I' lolls of Cuurls Atreetltta' 11'urkinc- nieu-.Lulus ) rirl 'et'a , lion. Carroll D. } Vrigltl , chief of time io. pariucnt of Labor , In an Introductory note to the March Bulletln , corrects a current Ilen as follows : "During the past two o + three years a statement pnrporting to give time relation of wages to cost of production , or the proportion of labor cost to time whole cost , has bran going the romnds of limo press. Thus statement - ment has generally been ht time following form , " 1Ir , Carroll D , Wright , the national labor statistician , hmaa figured out that the average rate of wages per year paid tit the United States is $317 , amid the average product of each laimrer is valued at $1SSS. This gives the employer 82,2 per cent , while the man tt1mo dues the work and produces limo results is allowed a paltry 17,8 per cent , hr spite of our boasted free country anti ltigh wages the fact remains that ( lie proportion - portion of the proceeds of his labor paid to the Amerlcau tvorkingumn is smaller by far than that paid to any other wnrittugntnn in any civilized or unch'ilized country on the globe , ' "Sonethncs the article varies iii Its statement - ment both ht percentages quota ) aumd in other essential fenturea , but usnaliy conforms very closely to time foregoing cx tract , which has been taken literally trout one of time newspapers in which It appeared. Plme protninence given to this statement men - rants its notice him time Bulletii. Ordinarily it is not our purpose to use its ptgea for current Itento , but time figures quoted and the statement that they are spot ) Ife authority' of time commissioner of labor make this case mm exception. The figures themselves are hum the malt correct ; they reiato mnre particularly - ticularly to the census of 1850 than to any other collection of data. An unaly'nls of limo Ilgures and time facts underlying lhenu shows time fallacy of the conclusion drawn from tlmen , 'if the aggregate wages paid him time mitanm- faclurhmg and mechanical industries of the United States , as shown by the census of 1850 , be divided by time total number of ent- ployes to wham the wages were paid , the quotient twill be 317 , thustieterninhug time average wages paid to the entioyes him the nmanufacturlug fluid nmeclmanical Industries of time country as $317. Dlvitilug the aggregate value of all the products of ntanufncturbrg and nmechanlcal Imlustrles by the number of employes engaged therein , the quotient is 1,965 , showing that time average product per euploye was $ LG65 , Now , $347 Is 17.7 pe cemmt of the gross value of the per capita prcduct , as stated , leaving a balance , of course , of 82.1 per cent , or $1G18 , which the originator o6 the ctatement quoted above assumes goes to the employer. The 82.3 per cent of the total product , or $1G18 per capita , covers all expenses of production , cast of materials , tmulseellaneous items , profit , leterloratlon , Interest-everything , in fact , wlmch ! can be countal as cost of production other than wages. Taking the eleventh census-that for 1890-it is fomtd ( lint the value of the grass product per capita for the number of employes engaged it manuhmct i'- ing and rnechauical ul ° dustrres was $2,209 , and Limo average annual wages per oupioye , coum- puled for 1890 , as already' computed for 1SS0 , ens $115. The writer of time statouent quotee above would assume , for the elevcutim ceuaus , that while $115 was paid to labor , $1,769 wen to the employer , As a matter of fact , of th total product per capita , 20.18 per ceumt went to labor , 55,08 per cent for nmaterlals , and 21,71 per cent to miscellmieous expenees , salaries , . interest , profits , etc. "All atatenments like tluat quoted above are fallacious ii their applleatiomi , 1Vhlic lime ! lgrn es In themmselves are in time umahm fairly correct , and the percentages so , the balance , or 82,2 per cent , does not go to time employer - ployer , but , as shown , largely for raw ma- tends ; and of time amount paid for raw mmaterials the hulk goes to labor for their production. That the statement enmanates from the couunissioner of labar is an assumption - sumption without any authority. Front what sources the comparison with workingmen of other comttrles is secured Is not known , but the concluding statement in time quoted article Is undoubtedly as fallacious as time , one which gives to the employer 82.2 per cent of the value ot'the product" COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING LABOR , Time supreme court of Indiana , iii a decision upholding the validity of the mechanic's lien law , says : "It Is intimated that the law hampers the freedom of action of the propprty otvner ; flint he nay desire tote to pay time contractor in advance , or to pay hhn by an exchange of other property - erty for the erection of the buildings ; and that it may be an inconwenlenco , or Induce the contractor to bid higher for the work if payment is to be delayed for sixty days after limo work is done. These , however , are considerations - siderations flint should be addressed to the leglelaturo and not to the courts. Besides , it is to ho renmenmbered that without the right to a lien on the property laborers and , material men would in many cases have no security for their toll or the materials furnished - nished by them. The laborer is worthy of hiu ) mire , and the seller of goods ought td be paid for thenm. As the law' stands , nil par- Lieu are secured In their rights. Time owner , by seeing that laborers and material men are paid , or by keeping back for sixty days from the contractor sufilclent to make such payment , Is In no danger of having to pay twice for hls building ; while at time same time limo , tan whose labor or materials have gone into the building can look to the building itself , and to time ground upon which it stands , for his security. The property owner enjoys the benefit of this work amid of llde material , and it is but just tl.at he uhould be charged for at least sixty days with time responsibility of seeing that they are paid for , The Cumberland Glass Manufacturing coin- pany and John F , Perry were convicted before - fore the court of quarter sessions , Cumberland - land county , N. J of unlawful payments to enployes , it violation of the first section of an act approved March 12 , 1880 , entltlel , "An act to scure to workingmen Limo pay- nment of wages Jim lawful nmonoy. " The case was carried before the suprenmo court of mho stale , which decide ) , on November 7 , 1895 , that if a workingman agrees whim his employer - ployer to take pay for his tvork in part in nmer- chaudiue time merchandise ra furnished does not c ° nstituto i ground of set-off ; It is a pay went , and goes in diminution of the clalnt far work ; also , that such a bargain is ii violation o1 the Iir ° ; section of time act above referred to , 'rlmu court , however , retained time coca ( or Juluro consideratton as to time power of the legialature to prevent a workman - man trout contracting as to lime character of time conpomxalton to be given limn for his work , Time cupre ta court of Pennsylvania ih ° aided , on October' 7 , 1895 , In lime case of 1Slklns vs Pennsylvania Itairoad ) company , that a railroad company is respoasihlo for , juries suffered by one of Ito brakeuom : , through a defect In the steps of a fro ghat car , while acting as one of a crew sent to a shipper's yardam to shift cars preparatory to their being taken into time company's trains In time case of Hrrnann vs Litticliehml time aupreino court of California decided , on October 9 , 1695 , that u contract by which an eunploya agrees'lu devote his whole ) line and servlhes to the Interest of leis employer s not broktn by doing a little work for other parties on holidays and at night , such work not resulting it damage to time employer - ployer ; also , that when a person performing abor at an ugmeed price and for a stated ince continued him time same employment after lie expiration of the term without a new } greened , it is presumed that the terns , f the original contract were continued , nil he original contract is adinissble ! as cv deiico n a suit by the enuployo ) o recover the sages earned since the expiration of time Imo covered thereby , } OtILtNIA'l'ION tNI ) Iti11US'rltY , = England digs 188,000,000 tons of coal early. T I'ennylvanla coal is exported to Germany n large quautltler. Razors are manufactured by machinery la J Gornany , Ayer :0,000 members pt the United Gar- L 'Syrnctiso ' ' S racttsef ) 1 . I ttoi. . ett . Bicycles - - Bl.G y C 1eS j , mSy14tC11SC face ) ' " "S't'mt itl a 'hid lit mu" N I I 1 , f iI Y N h I lc i fsr yuyt -j\\ 1 ( } I 1 I . ; Ct k + I + ' , ' 4 ' % It S ' ; , .t . 1 "t S nllM17/Q 7 Sw. . e " ' ' lll2cl' " Sy'I'aC11s : ; , t t tyl * flYh \ I I i 1 \ Grade Grade Wheels Wheels r e Give Most . Liberal Discount for Cash. 1Vc are golltg t' ) have a cash snio cm p 11ic ales c unnteneing , U'zmdt Aln'il Litli , luul rcdncu one stock mtnd still 'd 9 thou htumdlc only' 1 graded of w1ccld , ' reason for cuing this is to make room for a new line of 0 'E.JR . Bicycles , which we are going to put into rent service and make a specialty of renting wheels. We are going into the Bicycle Livery , and will rent nothing but first-class bicycles and new ones. We will do all kiilds of rcpairiiil ; , having the best equipped shop in Omaha We are going to handle a full line of Sundries and can give you anything you want. We buy and sell Second-Itamid Bicycles. Come to us when yo:1 : have a wheel to sell or when you want to buy one. S TOP TI-IIEF We are general agents for the Amer- ' Lean Wheelrnen's Protective Assoeia- . tion or Chicago and protect your wheel against theft for'$2,00 per year , 13,000 bicycles stolen last year in the United States , 8 bicycles reported stolen in Omaha within last two months. Can you afford to be without this protection for $2.00 per year when Sere give you a NEW BICYCLE FREE if yours is stolen ? DON'T fail to investigate this , Call and see the contracts , We are protecting wheels every clay , and wheels are being stolen every day. You are likely to be the next victim. Get an Invisible Bicycle Mud Guard. AKSARBEN CYCLE CO S Otis' Electric Lanz as for laic 'oleS amid Carriabges. 319 South 15th Street. We are Exclusive Agents for Terry's Bicycle Rack , went Workers' assoelaton are on strike throughout lime country. Time world's labor congress meets in Lan- don ill July , and organizatlots of all comr- tries will be represented. There are 21 , .18 pick miners in I'ennsyi- vmda , who mined 0,665,123 loins of coal at 60 cents , or an average for each miner of $186.30 for time year. An English trades union has refused to work with lumen who rWe to them work on bicycles on the ground that they have an unfair advantage in being able to work longer at the shop and yet get home at the saute the as those who walk. Time English adlniralty has just issued orders - ders abolishing subcontracting in any of its work performed for tlmu department ; the order - der also provides for the payment of the current union wages prevailing in time particular - ticular tr'adq. Ilorace Greeley , first president of New York Typograpluical union , in an address to workingmen , said : "I stand here , friends , to urge that a new leaf be turned over- that the labor class , Instead of idly and blindly waiting for better circumstances and better tinter , shall begin at once to consider and dletcuss the nmeans of controlling clrcunr otances and commanding limes , by study , calculation , foresight , union , " The bakers' bill , endorsed by the conven- tlon of time American Federatlctl of Labor , providing for sanitary , 11 nltl g the hours of .labor of the employes to ten per tiny , passed the assembly of the New York legislature by a unanimous vote. Time same bill Is now pauiing il the legislatures of five different states. The new brick , whether used In an outside wall or an inside partition , arc designed to tie ltemselves together in much a way ( hat the wall cannot ho sprung outward nor cracked , says time Scientific American , Upon both the upper and lower faces of the brick are recesses and projections or nipples , lime ulpples being ordinarily made to extend a slight distance above time piano of the margin - gin o limo brick. rintl time time plea on tha one end of the antler face of upper brick come between time nipples on llic' end of flue upper face of time lower brick , but there is sumcient space between the nipples to permit time brlckp to ho moved endw'Ise or sidewise , The cement or mortar in which tlm bricks are laid may he as deep or as shallow as desired , for when the margins of tlmo brick are brought in contact there is a sufficient quantlty of limo cementing material to fora a tie , 1VIiIN q'11id 'I'idACIIhItG1i'1'S ; , CIIOSS , Rochester Erprttts , cross anti timer brown Wheel se erchuts Ammd her Pencil collIes down on the desk with We ehilluns him class sits up straight in a tine , Aim it we had rulers Instead nt a spine ! It's scary to cough , and ft's ' not safe to grim- When the teacher gets cross and the dim. plea germ in. When the teacher gets cross time tables nil mix , Amid the ones and the sevens begin playing tricks ; The pluecs and minus is jest little smears where limo crybabies cry all their slates up with tears ; The Riggers won't add , mmd they net up like sin- when the teacher gets cross and time dimples - ples goes 1n. When the leacher gets cross lime readers gets bad , rho lines jingle round till time chllluns is sad , And Ihlllylrg puffs and gets red in time ince , As if ho and the leimson were running a rocol TIII she hollers out "Next" as slmamp as a pin - When the teacher gets cross and the dim. ) ) ! es goes in , ) gets good her smile is so rime tables gets straight and time readers guts right The pluses and minu'm conic trooping along , Anil liggers add up and stops being wrong , And w'o chlllune , would like ( but we dassett ) to shout , } 'hen time teacher gets good and the dim- pies comes out. Young men or old should not fall to read hos. Slater's advertlsemnent on page 11. l'cnlcs 1n JUlletln , The old-time Vukoners who stayed In uneal Ito long that the tirxt of the InYnn- ng rush reached the A'nskan ' metropolis eforo they started for thei'summer's ) work TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY. " The following is a translation of part of a sleech delivered in Switzer'lanfl , Novernber,1876 , b M. Edw. Favre-Perrot the chic Commissioner in the Swiss department and member o the International Jury on watches at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia , and is worth tlzc attention o every good American. It Gentlemen , here is what I have seen. I asked from the manager of the Waltham Company a watch of a certain 1 quality. He opened before me a big chest. I picked out a watch at random and fixed it to my chain. The manager 1 asked me to leave the watch with them for three or four days that they might regulate it. On the contrary , 1 said to him , I want to keep it just as it is to get an exact idea of your workmanship , I On arriving at Lode I showed this - watch to one of our first adjusters * ° who took it apart. At the end of several days he came to me and said literally : 1 I am astonished ; the result is incredible. You do not find a watch to compare with that in 50,000 of our make. ' This watch , l repeat to you , - " gentlemen , I myself took offhand from a large number , as I have said. One cart understand by this example how it is that an American watch should be preferred to a Swiss watch. " The watch movement M. Edw. Favre- Fer'ret pickedl out at random was a "RIVERSIDE , " and all that lac said o it r then , and a good deal more , is true to-day. Do not be misled or persuaded intoner paying nor c a Swiss ivatch which i not so OOfI as a "WALTHAM. " - Be sure that the name "Riverside" is engraved on the 1plate. For sale by y all retail Jjewelers. In time interior of en unusual anmi to them umveheotne evitienee of eastern civilization through time htroductlorr Into Juneau's A aetionnl currency of what time Mluiig Rce'rd scol ufulty culls limo 'lmutnblu penny piece. ' The Ytm oilers regard time silver uarler as the smallest national coinage , They despise dines and timink duo tickets in outrage on hutnanity. For time penny as coin they have n ° satisfactory vocabulary of denwtciatlou. They prefer rather to ticnounen time persons who use lt , and such denunciutlon usuuLy includes tutu eimllro genculogieni true of the unfortunate offender - fender , Thu emily roseiblo use a Yukoner hums for a penny Its to treasure it as a- + , curiosity. - - S - Cook's Inmpcrial Extra Dry Champagne ahould be in every household , It is pen featly pure tied naturally termeate ,