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FOR THE SANDWICH NEwlfcF THE EARTH LIKE A FAMCAKE, N3T 1JXF. CHOICE ASSORTMENT CF DAINTYj TIT-BITS. I I rmr i Pittsburg, Pa. All tin great indo pi'ndmt steel companies have boon producing iron to their utmost capaei ty, but have been compelled to so into 1 lie open market for additional sup plies, and of the 1 ,000.000 tons placed under contract iu September about 400,000 tons was steel-making iron, 220,000 tons being standard liessenicr. The United States Steel corporation, according to preliminary figures, pro duced 1,112.000 tons of pig iron last month, and it may be noted hero that the steel ingot production of the cor poration is estimated at 1. "10,000 tons during the same time, indicating a large conRiiniptou of M.eel scrap, as the corporation has not purchased any outside pig metal. Manila, P. 1. Thirty-six leaders of the striking cigar makers were ar rested here charged with criminal conspiracy. This action i.-i tin result of the unionized cigar makers striking for higher wages after the new tariff law went into effect. Several serious tiots have taken place. The complaint on which the leaders were arrested Includes a recitation of the alleged blood pact that was signed by the strikers. This was an oath all were required to take stating that If they betrayed the cause their brothers had the right to kill them without re sponsibility to the authorities. Clevelond, O The reports of the of ficers to the O. F. of L., convention showed that the organization had ex perienced wonderful growth dur ing the past year. Secretary Thomas' books demonstrated the fact thnt there was an increase of 197 local unions in the Federation, making a total of 401!. with a member ship of over 40,000. The income was $:!T3 and expenses $2,ti!i:!. with a balance of nearly $1,200 on hand. The federation is also in close touch with about 2.001) local unions in Ohio, ex clusive of the railway organizations. Pittsburg, Pa. Interest in finished steel products continues to be center ed in heavy section rails, contractu for which have just been placed call ing for 118,000 tons, including 23,000 tons additional for the St. Paul rail road, which, it is understood, has placed contracts in all for 100,000 tons. : The new contracts include 70.000 tons for another western line calling for 65,000 tons of llessemer and 13,000 tons of open hearth rails. The At lantic Coast line has ordered 13,000 tons additional of open hearth raiis. Iirussels, Pelgitim. According to the last industrial census of Helgium, taken in October, lS'.tt, there were em ployed in industry, trade and com merce 270,000 women and 083,000 men. Of the women, 70,000 were home work ers, viz., 50,000 employed in lace and tulle making, 8,000 in other textile trades, 8,500 in tailoring, etc., 3.500 in glove making, 2,500 in straw plaiting, 3,600 In various industries. New York. The New York state branch of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Meat Cutters and Hutchers has a membership of 17,000, against 3,000 last year, a gain of 14,000. In Greater New York alone the member ship of the organization was In creased by 11,000. The treasury con tains the neat balance of $28,000. Berlin, Germany. In Germany the percentage of unemployment for June Is returned as 2.8, which is Rlightly better than June, 1908, though twice that of June, 1907. The lowest per centage of unemployment is that shown by the Miners' union (110,018 members), which was 0.1 per cent. Washington. The automobile chauf feurs have organized a chauffers' pro tective association. The new organi zation has sick benefits, and its policy will be to expel from its ranks any chauffeur convicted of Joy-riding. The action of the chauffeurs is in line with a movement already launched in sev eral other cities in the east. Pittsburg, Pa. During the year end ed September 1, 1909, the Uulted Mine Workers were involved in between thirty and forty strikes, two-thirds of which they won. The number of per sons Involved ranged from :0i) to 600. The cost of strikes during the year is estimated at more than $472,000. Copenhagen, Denmark. There are now 51 central or national unions In the Federation of Danish Trades un ions, with 1,214 local branches, besides ten local societies; the total member ship Is estimated to be about 100,000. Washington. In the canton of Schvyz, Switzerland, In the dangerous trades apprentices must be adequate ly Insured against accident by the master. The Hague. Holland's statesmen are discussing the suppression of in dustries carried on In the workers' miserable homes. Portland, Ore. The Mulders' union Is engaged In a movement to obtain legislation that will abolish the manu facture of stoves in the state peniten tiary. Laramie, Wyo. A state federation, comprising In Its membership about (1,000 miners, was organized recently in Wyoming. New York. The membership of the Retail Clerks' International grew front 5,000 to 50,000 between 1898 and 1909. Wichita, Kan. A new union of blacksmiths was formed here recently. " Kansas City," Mo. This city Is jusf nntmiiuHuH a labor lemph.;' . Indianapolis, lnd. An article In the ltrleklayer and Mason, the official maga zine of the Pricklayorss' and Masons' International union, shows the wages received by bricklayers and masons in live of the cities of Germany in 1908 and as far back as 1 ST 1 . It shows that in 190S the highest wages of the five cities, $1.71 u day, was paid In Hamburg, while the next was $1.01, in Herlin. Next came Nuernberg, with $1.31, and then Dresden, with a daily wage of $1.20, and Quedlinburg, with a daily wage of $1. In 1S71, however, the wages iu Iterlin and Hamburg were tied for first place, being 71 cents. In Dresden, the wages were 58 cents a day, in Nuernberg 53 cents, and in Quedlinburg 48 cents. There was no advance in daily wages in 190S over 1907 at Herlin or Hamburg, but an advane,! of two cents a day at Dresden, seven cents at Nuernberg and live cents at Quedlinburg. Pittsburg. Pa. The Republic Iron and Steel Company has otlicially an nounced important extensions. An open hearth steel plant of six fiu-ton furnaces will be built at Youngstown, making 20,000 to 25,000 tons of steel Ingots monthly, and there will be a blooming mill and continuous mill. The company now has a Pessemor steel plant making about 40,000 tons of steel ingots monthly. The new plant will increase the steel capacity of the company about 40 per cent, to 1,000, 000 steel ingots annually. A fourth blast furnace will be added to the Ha zelton group at Youngstown to make about 150,000, tons of pig iron and open hearth steel. This will give the company about 1,250,000 tons of pig iron north and south. Manchester, Eng. The employers and work people connected with the engineering trade in this district have arrived at an agreement which will se cure three years' immunity from wage disputes. The employers at a c nlor ence agreed to withdraw a demand for a reduction of wages If the trade unions would accept the present wages for the next live years. At a subsequent conference the employers agreed to accept a three-years' agree ment on the same terms if the men's representatives would urge its ac ceptance on the union. Chicago Northwestern railroad or ganizations will unite to form a branch of the railway department of the American Federation of Labor. T. F. Richardson of Chicago, secretary treasurer of the general organization, has sent out the call for a convention of representatives of ten different crafts employed by the railroads cen tering in St. Paul and Minneapolis, to be held at St. Paul, beginning No vember 1. Homestead, Pa. Ground was bro ken for the construction of four new open hearth furnaces for the Carnegie Steel Company's works to cost approx imately $1,500,000. The purpose of thus Increasing the capacity is to sup ply steel for a new plate mill which is also to be erected this fall for roll ing smaller sized plates, and nlso to supply steel for the enlarged steel car wheel plant.' Orange, N. J. There was great re joicing among the striking employes of the hat factories here and In New ark when it was nnnounced that the strikers of the K. V. Connett factories were to go back to work, and that the union label was to be retained. About 900 men and 400 women, all of whom have been on strike since January 15 last, are affected by the order. Kansas City, Mo. The convention of the International Stereotypers' and Eleetrotypers' union, which met here recently, ratified an agreement with the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' union that no combina tion pressmen and stereotypers should be recognized in the unions in the future. London, Eng. A recapitulation of the benefits of all kinds paid by the Amelgamated Society of Hritish En gineers during the 58 years In which benefits of any kind have been paid shows that a total of $10,727,905 has been expended in the work. London, Eng. The proposal to amalgamate all the engineering trade unions in Great Britain is rapidly gaining ground among the members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and kindred organizations. Hoston. At the convention of the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' as sociation recently it was decided to increase the per capita tax from 25 cents to 30 cents a month. Concord, N. IL The city council has voted for the weekly pay law for city laborers, extra pay for overtime work, and preference given to Ameri can citizens. Minneapolis, Minn. Another new union has been admitted to the list of Minneapolis locals, and gives promise of becoming one of the largest and strongest. It Is the Twin City Cement Workers' union. Minneapolis, Minn. Members of the Minneapolis Carpenters' union have started a movement to obtain a site and erect n building of their own. Sharon, Pa. The Mercer works of the American Sheet and Tin Plata Company have resumed operation af ter two years' Idleness. Dallas, Tex. The Iron Mulders' union baa been reorganized. As x x .'v Itlf r-.a.-fr.'..-art Lady Blount, whose picture is given in the center of the picture, says it Is Impossible for either Cook or Peary to have reached the North Pole, believ ing the earth Is flat like a pancake, and not round like an orange. The pho tograph was taken by a special camera at a distance of six miles. The two white dots and the cross represent the screen and the reflection in the water below It. Lady Blount claims that if the earth were round the bottom of the screen, at a distance of six miles, should have been nearly 20 feet below the line of vision, and as the whole screen and its reflection in the water were observed and photographed no curvature can possibly exist. JidpFdRlFEipi Col. Harbord of Constabulary Praises Islanders' Ways. Mohonk Conference Told Majority of Natives Wish Only Knowledge and to Be Let Alone Few Want Home-Rule. Mohonk Lake, N. Y. There is a bright industrial future for the Fili pino, according to Col. J. G. llarbord, assistant director of tho Philippine constabulary, author of a paper which was read before the Lake Mohonk con ference of Friends of the Indian and Other Dependent Peoples. Col. llarbord paid a high trlbuto to the Filipino people, dwelling on their politeness, their devotion to homo and family and their unlimited hospitality. He declared that tho great major Uy of Filipinos are tho poor villagers toiling and enduring In good seasons and bnd with unquestioning acques cence in conditions as they are, ask ing only to be lot alone and to en Joy a reasonable measure of pros perity. Tho great majority Is little Inter ested in politics. Only a small edu cated minority clamor for office or In dependence, thereby giving the im pression that the people generally de sire self-government. Col. llarbord considers that In the universal desire of tho Filipino for ed ucation is to bo found tho ultimate so lution of the Filipino problem, and that while at present possibly too much of tliis education is along pro fessional channels, It does not follow that the Filipinos' alleged Indolence bars them from an Industrial future. He ascribes the difficulty experi enced by whites in managing Filipino labor to the lack of tact in not yield ing to certain immemorial customs of the Filipinos regarding hours of labor and other small details. Like the American, the Filipino clings to that to which he has been accustomed, and to command his la bor tho wise employer will not at tempt to force on him tho customs of America. Col. llarbord expressed the belief that much can be accomplished by Flnpino labor under right con ditions. "Education in the English lan guage," said tho colonel, "the constant travel between the Islands and Amer ica, with hundreds of Filipino students returning after several years of the most impressionable period of their lives spent In our country, must in a few years very noticeably nftect the character of the Filipino people. "Their really admirable qualities will endure, and some sterner attri butes, including great stability, will he added. The commercial prosperity now believed to be dawning wll! great ly modify the Filipino's views of bis own welfare. "Their best friends have faith that when they are some day fitted for popular self-government they will be drawn by ties that will bind Into a choice of a relation with the United States like that of Australia or Can ada to the remainder of the Ilrltlsh empire, not desiring separation, and realizing that Independence, no mat ter how near or how remote, would bo disastrous." CONDUCTOR OVER 46 YEARS Interesting Story of Pennsylvanlan Whose Only Accident Wat When He Quit. Pellefonte, pa. Announcement has been mnde by tho Pennsylvania Iinil road Company that within a few 4 f - .B',.,1!i, 4 Si weeks the venerable railroad conduc tor, Allison llnupt. will be placed upon the retired list at the age limit of 70 years, and thereby hangs a very In teresting story. Allison llaupt was born In Miles burg, near here, and his younger life was spent tlier? and in Pellefonto. When the building of the Paid Eagle Valley railroad was started in lin early sixties Mr. llaupt went to work on the line as a common laborer. Ills assiduous attention to duty won for lil tn promotion and when the lino was completed from Tyrone to Pellefonto he was placed in charge ns conductor and ran the first train over tho line, 4G years ago. When the road was completed through to Lock Haven ho was given a regular run and continued as a reg ular conductor until some seven or eight years ago, when he decided to retire on his own hook. In nil that time he had never had a serious wreck or an accident to himself and he declared he did not want to tempt the fates too far. Consequently he retired and opened a grocery store in Tyrone, but he had been at the business but a few months w hen one day a sugar barrel fell upon him. breaking his leg and laying him up for several months. That was enough of storekeeping for him. and as soon as he got well he applied to the railroad company to reinstate him as conductor, which It did, and he has been on the road ever since and has not had another accident. He Is one of the best known con ductors on the entire Pennsylvania system, nnd one of the most cour teous and well liked and the general public will deeply regret his retirement. MmMM Jl;L ill il I'A Find Rare Indian Relics Skeletons of Fifty-Seven Neutral Na tives Have Been Unearthed on Grand Island. Putfalo, N. Y. Lulled by the distant roar of Niagara and decked In some of the choicest treasures that red men have ev-r carried to the happy hunting grounds, 57 Neutral Indians men, women nnd babies have slept thrse 200 yetr3 on tho northern tip of Grand island, close to the running river. Recently spado struck bone, men from the Pu.Talo Society of Nta ural Sciences maio cautious, search ing excavations, and today the mu seum of the society i able to show beneath glass cases thi finest collec tion of Indian carvings, tools and per sonal trinkets that have yt been un earthed in this part of the country. The burying ground, which is lo cated on the farm of John Van Son, at the head of the Pulp toom, Is an evident adjunct of the big Indian vil lage which was discovered two years ago In the immediate neighborhood by Dr. De Ceu and Frederick Houghton, both of the Society of Natural Sciences. Accordingly when workmen during the summer reported the dis covery of human bones tho others knew the nature of tho find. W. S. Rryant at 6nce took posses sion of the place In the name of the society and succeeded In unearthing tho first complete skeleton. Dr. De Ceu and Mr. Houghton continued the work, the latter spending more than a month on the spot, supervising the work of excavation. Some red queen of Sheba was among the sleepers. Her personal treasures occupy about five square feet In the show cases devoted to the collection, .'Mid are of unesiial value Jersey's "Perpetual Coroners" Fcoled Cach Other on Birthday Anniversary. Trenton. N. J. "My brother sat for my suit and I sat for his, and we were both surprised when each of us re ceived for a birthday present the very same suit of clothes that we sat for, thinking it was for the other fellow." That Is how Coroner D. V. Power described the manner In which he and his twin brother, John K. D. Power, celebrated the sixty third anniversary of their birth. John has been cor oner of Mercer county as frequently as the law would allow since he came of voting age, but Just at present, the law having required him to lay off for a term, his brother Dan has the job, merely for the sake of keeping It iu the family. The Power twins are so diminutive In stature, so sunny of countenance and so good nntured of disposition thnt no one would suspect that they had passed the three score mark. The birthday surprise was pn pared by Daniel's daughter, who got her father to be measured for a stylish suit, of clothes, which she told liiui were to he her Uncle John's birthday present. Then she pit lit r Uncle John to be measured for a sutt of clot lies which she told him were to be her father's birthday present. As a matter of fact, each was measured for bis own suit of clothes, but that wouldn't have made any difference, for the I lower brothers, are Identical In size ns well ns loks, and either suit would lit either man. GIRL TWINS SEE THE W0RLC Daughters of Chlcagoan Arrive at New York After Exceedingly Exciting European Trip. New York. Twin daughters of Adolphus Prandt of Chicago nro on the way home after having touched at this port on the steamship Neckar. The Misses Prandt, who are 21! years old, lelt Chlengn In June with ther father's blessing and a substantial let ter of credit for a tour of Europe un escorted. They inspected the Orninn war ships at Wllhclmshnven, but their re ally exciting adventures began when they reached n point within a few hundred rods of the summit of the Jungfrau. They Intended to go to the lop of the famous glacier, but were dissuaded when told that four had lost their lives only the day before. From Switzerland they went to Italy, where they had experiences with beggars, who, seeing that the girls were unescorted, annoyed the American twins and hastened their departure for Spain. Iu Pareidolia the Misses Prandt bad friends, who In vited them to par.s some time with tiiem. l no gins Had enjoyed one quiet night of their trip with their Pnrcelona friends when tho rioting began nnd the house had to be bnrri ended. They saw the torch applied to a monastery the second evening of their Parcelona visit nnd underwent a week of terror in the Spnnlsh city. As soon as possible they mado their way north and boarded the Neckar. Newspapers and Meals. Elklns, W. Va. Mayor Wees has clamped tho lid on tight and resur rected blue laws that will bo applied to prevent tho snlo on Sunday of cl gars, tobacco, candy ningazlnes and .anything else except newspapers and meals. News stands will be allowed a reasonable time at noon Sunday to dispose of their papers, but the news paper venders, claiming there Is little money in Sunday papers, are discuss ing the advisability of closing their stores entirely. Drug stores will bo allowed to compound prescriptions, but It will be Imposiblo hereafter to obtain anything else on Sunday ex cept a newspaper or a ineul. from the Indian pulnt of view. woman greatly respected or feared she must have been, or she would not. have been given the honor of carrying with her to the grave so many valu aides. GROWN MAN DIES OF CROUP He Laughed When Disease Developed and Refused to Summon Medical Assistance. Pittsburg, Pa. An attack of croup was fatal to 44 year-old Mlko Garllac clo, an Italian laborer, who died at his home, 65 Washington street. Ho slowly strangled to death rather thai call a physician. Garllacclo laughed when croup com mon to children developed a few days ago after he caught cold. Although he grew worse,, he refused to let any one call a doctor, saying he would soon be better. Then his condition became so serl ous thnt he was gasping for breath and his friends summoned Dr. L. C Paollne. Ho found tho mnn slowly strangling as his throat swelled shut and ordered Garllacclo sent to a hos pltal. Ueforo the ambulnnce arrived he was dead. Bad for Champagne. Paris. There Is a prospect that tho year 1 909 will be one of the worst years experienced in the champagne industry, both In amount of yield and the quality. Khelms agents say that should there be -an Increase In eon sumption there will be a consldernbli shortage In the supply of fine wines as the present year Is the third In sue cession of poor vintages. Although the Picnic Season Is Over, Housekeepers Will Find Suggcs- f tions Here to Be cf Great j Value. ' Olive S :.ul i( hi s. Slono and pound to a p:i:.t two dozen largn' olives or pimiilas and blend into it nj mall cupful of mayonnaise dressing. Putter thin slices of Kialiam orbrowtii bread, spread with the tilling am) form! o.nulwh lies. As the sandwiches aro made pile them together compact lyj trim olT the crust wiih a sharp knife a lid cut into halves. I'.aked Pean Sanilw it lies. Mash a cupful of baked beans, add a, tea spoonful of chopped parsley, n, tca-j spoonful of onion juice and a Utile pre pared mustard. Season to tasto witlij salt and while popper. Putter wit I to, bread on tho loaf, cul Into thin slice:v and spread with the tilling. Trim oit tlie crusts and cut Into shapes. UiiilKcr and Nut Samlv. it lie:-!. Cut up very fine one part of preserved; V,!nger to two pails of nuts, iiiolsteiil wliii syrup of the Kinder or with Ihiclci cream ami spread lie'wiin lic.on of White lil'ead. Nut Sandwiches. Chop line English walnuts, add enough mayonnaisoj dressing to niaki a paste ."ml spreadi between thin slices of wheal, bread. J Dill and Ham Sandw h lies Cut thliil slices of rye. or gralmni bread, butter, evenly and lay between them two thin slices of lean ham and thliv slices of dill pickle cut the long way. I'lineuio ami steal tsanu wanes. i Take any cold meat, grind ti cupful,' add a dozen chopped pimentos, season! with pepper and salt and spread bo-t tween thin slices of graham bread. Ham Sandwiches. Chop very flno some lean cold ham, mix and spread between slices of white bread cut thill and haltered. Cucumber Sandwiches. Chop a cit uniher line, place In a cloth and squeeze out all moisture, then mix it wilh mayonnaise dressing ami spread on a lettuce leaf between btit tercd slices of bread. Anchovy Sandwiches. Hub tho oiks of hard boiled egg.i to a paste, moisten with soft butter and season with anehnvy essence. Spread tho mixture between slices ()f bread thinly buttered. ' ' Prown Itread Sandwi. lies. Prowiv bread to he used for sandwiches .hould bo Hf'vmied in a square tin or In one pound baking powder cans.' Spread willi butter, cut thin nnd put between the slices layers of chopped peanuts creamed with inayonnalsy or equal quantities of soft cheese ntul English walnuts. The Housekeeper. : Corn Cutlets. Corn cutlets may be made by boil ing 10 ears of corn for 20 minutes, cutting from tho cobs and running through the meat chopper, with small green pepper without seeds and two hard-boiled eggs; add n cup of bread crumbs, salt, pepper and enough sweet cream to moisten them so they, can be handled; Hour the hands, mold Into cutlet form, dip In crumbs when, cold, then In egg, then In crumbs, anil let them dry; fry two at a timo lu a wire basket and serve on watercress. Rigolette a I'Espagnol. This Creole dish Is admirable for luncheon, or when served ns a dinner entree. An earthenwnre dish is half filled with ripe peeled tomatoes. Cover theHO with two green peppers cut into halves. Add a pinch of cayenne pep per, a teaspootiful of sugar and two gills of cream. After tho dish has baked until dorfe, eggs nro broken on top, and the dish set in tho oven till they are dellcutely poached. Tho rig olette Is served on buttered slices of toast. Marrow Bone Soup. Take marrow from bones and placo in a bowl of cold water. Let stand ;i few minutes and then press the blood from marrow with a fork and beat un til creamy. Season marrow with pep per, salt, nutmeg and thyme; chop smnll onion nnd parsley. Add threo slices of bread which has been soaked in cold water, and enough cracker crumbs so that It can be rolled in balls the size of a walnut. Put Into soup 15 minutes before serving. English Salad Pickle. ' Peel and slice six good sized cu cumbers and three onions. Cover with half a nip of salt ami let stand, well pressed down, over night. In thu morning throw away the liquor, add two teaspoons of celery seed, half an ounce of mustard seed, five ounces of salad oil and a pint of cold cider vine gar. This makes a delic ious plcklo ready to eat In 4S hours, though tho longer It Is kept In air tight jars thu better it becomes. Magnesia for Laces. Magnesia in the form of either pow der or cuke is the best dry cleanser for laces. It should be sifted on tho parts to ho cleaned nnd the garment then laid away in a drawer for a couple of days, after which it may ho shaken out. The same treatment 1m generally effective In removing Ico cream stains from delicate fabrics. Date and AppSe Pie. Line a pie plate with a good crust, fill It with a mixture of chopped dates and apples, sprinkle over half a tea spoonful of cinnamon and half n cup ful of stwar; cover with n top crust, and bake si bout half an li.mr In a good oven. Serve hot. or cold, with nr without cream and sugar. In tho spring rhubarb may be pleasingly suhntlUstod for the apple part of 'Jil.i phi.