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Cuba's flag is also red, white and blue,
sat tile itar looks a little lonesome.
"Spain Has Perfect Confidence." reads
headline. So bad tbe man who bought
SB gold brick.
Tte Richmond Dispatch remarks sad
nri "War 1 again raging In our midst'
IwHceatloo, probably.
Meantime America Is learning
hole lot of geography which It never
expected to bare any use for.
Baarels of money are remotely gug-
tested In the Idea of selling a load of
captured staves as a sailors' prize.
fe what salvage le a bicyclist entitled
wko discovers a young woman whose
bicycle ha broken down and tows her
kit pert
Only by a roundabout way of reason
tag eaa It be shown that feeding tbe
reeessBantndos falls to the Secretary
sf the Interior.
enlisting, when a volunteer
himself as a man-of-war It is
' to break a bottle of whis
ky w the circumstance.
peace ultimately settles oa
Cuba let's hope the worst thin that
her divide the island Is that almost
i Institution, tbe trocba.
Ik bicycle dealers say that tbe de
warart for tandems far exceeds the sup
ply. Beware of tbe rival who la pro
rlded with one of these things.
The cake walk has struck London
WHS whirlwind success. Thus kind
Providence has furnished an American
for the English handshake.
x certain Russian province bus
and wives are chosen by tbe
ehaace drawing of a lottery ticket In
this country tbe lottery ticket is not
The Duke of Wellington said the
tpamleh were no fighters, and it's sus
pected be knew wore of this business
than i that later peerage authority, tbe
Marquis of Queensberry.
The sensation of blue," we are told,
-probably makes appeal to tbe ideas of
Bttttode, profundity, vastaess." When
ate is combined with red and white,
a sat rlcan minds are conscious of tbe
saaae ideas.
California preacher while asleep
aha other night was choked to death
kp a mouse which ran down hie throat
Why wouldn't K be a good plan for that
fiosnlnle to work a twelve-hour turn at
: his mouth shut?
Virginia lawyer, who evidently
m to "set hie trap so as to catch 'em
or going," advertises In bla
paper: "I shall appear for the
cunoa oeoceiorth in ail cases
hit I am not previously retained by
she defense."
Aaaerlcan sense of humor was lrre-
kstfMy tickled by the details of tbe
aptare of tbe big steamer Panama,
ss siting tour fourteen-pound guns
sat carrying a crew of seventy-four, by
she little lighthouse tender Mangrove,
ting two six-pound guns and car
ryksg thirteen men. There la such a
skhsg aa Yankee impudence, and It Is a
i delight to Yankees, anyway.
Au account agree that tbe Spaniards
hi tka battle of Manila fought bravely
assf wail, but they were facing an im-
task. Capt Xlahan. tbe eml-
st naval lutbority, well says: "It
ft guns. It Isn't armor plate, M Isn't
i that win In a naval flgiht, but men.
tka American men In physique.
' of endurance, markmanship and
courage are superior to Spanish
' That tsUs tbe whole story of
Tka ktnf C Abyssinia one seised a
i Oapt, Campbell and put Mm la
Campbell was a British
His Immediate release was
I and King Theodora refused.
I ttted oat aa army at once and,
It 000 miles over morass and
. broke down the gates of tbe
I bora Capt. Campbell home
hi safety. It cost valuable lives and
of money to protect and save
i sat British ssbjsct, but It Is such
i this that sal. to make a nation
Tk sribe giver t even more guilty
tarn the bribe taker and ht should be
sasato to feel tbe butt end of tbe law.
Ba hi BBjMJly a man who bas had the
adytagoB of wealth and education,
whfeh only aggravate bis guilt and
k offense. He deserves the
1 penalty because tbe moral and
tBtsSeetaal eukivatloa ha has received
bla to flad his way through
parpUiidea. Tbe source of cor-
Is the Baa who eorrapts. And
I be paaJshed mora swiftly and
tka sua who la ear-
mi the strong srgnmeats of tka
Board of I no, a try to eosBbet
of the dostrvetloB of the
kf torpedo or sabnarbM
at beea the datai that after tbe
o dead flak wars fooad la
harbor. Apropos of tkh) ar-
a writer who witnessed the
,. ( rr"t aaaaiartBO eiplostoa arsr
-rr' Cttt far tka Nsaawal of Bell
t ff to Ktw Tark harbor la MM
;r tr farwaiw m tao
x
ore I'f high cI -lonives Were tmicl;. .
otf ut a hiii'li' presture of the button ai
a ix.lnt which as a nuted fi-!;i'
ground, there was no appearance ol
dead fihh after the affair was over.
Most people, eveu those of consider
able musical culture, will Ve surprised
to learn from a recent English IwM.k oi
"A Croatian Composer" that Haydt;
must le placed In the list with Ziugar
elli, Goldniark. K. von Suppo, Tarriril,
ttumniei, uragonettl and others as a
Croatian composer. A Slavonic uiel
ody, it is claimed, runs through hi
works and his new biographer or com
meutator is at great pains to pick out
the fragments of Croatian folk-song
which the author of "The Creation'
and tbe Austrian national hymn united.
modified or adapted In his works. Aus
tria is a babel of nationalities aud here
tofore bas received credit under its own
name for Its men of genius. If each
of Its principalities aud separate peo
ples is now to come forward am
claim its own after the manner of
Croatia iu Mr. Iladdow's Ixok uothin
will be left for the nation at large.
A man who owned a bicycle, mode
ltfiU. worth $125 when new. tried re
cently to trade it at an agency. To hi
disgust he was offered $5. Finally, the
bicycle was given to a boy on conditio!
that he should take it away. Tbe lad
gave it one look and left-wtthout the
bicycle. Something had happened, for
In five years the wheel had depreciated
In value $125. Something, too, bas hap
peued to the bicycle industry. Within
leas than ten years after the Inrrodue
tion of tbe safety bicycle Us manufac
ture assumed enormous proportions.
"Everybody rides." From 8,000 to 10,
000 wheels are now used in some cities
Of 50,000 inhabitants. Notwlthstend
tag this extraordinary business oppor
tunity scores of manufacturers have
lately become bankrupt, most of them
makers of cheap, flimsy goods; yet not
all the companies which have become
seriously embarrassed can be so char
acterlred.. One company, making a eel
ebrated wheel, is in a receiver's bands.
although in one of its last prosperous
years it cleared almost half a million
dollars to profits. Tbe reason is obvious.
Under the regime of high prices there
was extravagance of management by
makers that could ill afford It 4n ex
pensive agencies, ornamental advertis
ing, lomr guarantees. Then hundreds
of new factories were opened, and the
market became glutted. The leading
makers maintained their old price,
thus inviting extra competition, and
last year tbe break came later tban it
should have come If the trade was not
to be demoralized. The one-hundred-dollar
wheel fell to seventy-five dollars,
after the season was well advanced.
yet thousands of bicycles remained
unsold when the season closed. This
year extravagances have been lopped
off, department stores are more used
as selling agents, and prices have been
till further reduced, although the' most
nicely finished chain wheels still sell for
fifty or seventy-five dollars. Tbe bi
cycle Industry Is now in a state of
transition, and the makers who have
urrived the "golden age" are com
ing; down to a hard, business level.
During the debates on Cuba there
were several striking outbursts of hiss
ing and applause from the occupants
of the galleries. In the British Parlia
ment no such demonstrations are al
lowed. Congress does not repress ap
plause so rigidly. Even in the Kenan
applause In the galleries generally
leads to no more serious consiHjueuce
than a warning from the presiding of
ficer that If the demonstration should
occur again tbe galleries will be clear
ed. Toe House of Representatives
owing to Its large membership and cer
tain customs which it bas always tol
eratedla a noiey body; and applause
In Its galleries causes less disturbance
than in tbe more sedate and quiet Sen
ate. Nevertheless the House also has
a rale against disorder In the galleries,
aad tbe Speaker bas the power, which
ho rarely exercises, to expel tbe occu
pants. He usually prefers to warn the
people to keep silent which, during ex
citing debates, may prove as effective
as a timid schoolma'am's "don'ta."
Tbe main reason why there should be
no demonstration in the galleries is
that tbe legislators, who represent tbe
whole country, should not be subject
to emotional Influences from without
working directly upon their physical
senses. Tbe effect of applause or hisses
upon an orator Is great. Often a man's
cool judgment rosy be biased by the
attitude of those who listen to bis
speech. Applause, Indeed, Is so dear
to some members that they are often
charged with "speaking to the gal
leries," like aa actor In a cheap play.
Other members, too, noting the effect
of Certain opinions upon tbe people
in the galleries may be misled as to
their popularity or unpopularity among
tae people of tbe land. If such an In
fluence can be exercised on Congress,
even somewbst remotely, by tbe few
persons who happen to be In tbe gal
series, the millions who never go to
Washington, and wbo really are the
people, are placed at a disadvantage.
So it Is only just to tbe whole country
that such demonstrations be forbidden.
AD historian of tbe French revolu
tion, which was accompanied by fright
ful excesses and many foreign wars.
agree mat real injury was done to
France In tbe days of the convention,
aad tbe constituent and legislative as
semblies, by the Influence of the tur
bulent Parisians wbo crowded the gal
leries during tbe moat Important de
liberations of those bodies. Tbe mem
ory of that time bas deeply affected
parliamentary practice.
A month never seeuia a long to a
woman as whea she pots down a maga
aloe and realises that it will be a whole
month before she eea g with the
aaattaaed story.
HIE TORIES Uij' lu;s!.
1-HEY ARE AS AVARICIOUS AS IN
THE PAoT.
to Time of War Anrrira'i Wealthy
Clumra Have Ala;a t-tood t-o't-My
with tbe I uemit-a of Trim Coiinir;,
kndTbia VearlaNo r.ce plioa.
Kothchitd Imnnaf Inflnrnre. '
It Is fittin? that the first righteous
war fought between two profit nations
In more than a century should 1 bit-
terly opposed by wealth. It Is consist-
ent that those who own four-fifths of
the property in this country should
ineer at a war having as Its object the
treeing of "a few mulattoes' and ex
ictlug vengeance for the murder of 20(3
sailors, "most of whom were Irish or
foreigners."
Wealth ever bas opposed armed re
sistance to tyranny or forceful revolu
tion for liberty. Whn wealth goes to
war. It is for markets and territory.
Almost without an exception the rich
men of the American colonies sided I
with the English crown and raised
Tory regiments to fight the farmers
ind workmen who attained our Aaieri- j
eau Independence. Thej wined and
lined the British oncers In New York. 1
l'hey contributed money to Import Hes
sian sellers. In the war of LSI 2 the
pond net of the wealthy was even more
Infamous. They were guilty of trea
ion. At the dictation of the bankers.
merchants and traders Massachusetts
and other New England colonies met
in convention at Hartford and praeti
rally seceded. They opened negotia
lions with the British and Invited the
occupation or Boston and other sea
ports. They refused to pay war taxes
or to send their quota of men. As
result the United States was disgjace-
tuuy wnippeo in tne war or lsiz, in
pile of what the scboolbooks say to
tbe contrary. We did not win a land
battle until after tbe war was over.
England did not concede a point at is
lue. Her troops burned our national
capital and laid waste our territory. It
waa a shameful record, and the rich
men of the day were to blame for our
national disgrace. They welcomed de
feat aa the price of peace and profits.
Read any standard history aud see if
this statement Is not correct. v
Tbe wealthy opposed the freeing of
the slaves or auy curtailment of the
"rights of slave rwners." They mob
bed and banged abolitionists. When
the Southern States seceded, tbey beg
ged the President to let tbem go In
peace. Tbey raved against the Income
tax. Tbey urged other countries toUn-
terfere. When they found that tbe war
was a reality, they set about plunder
Ing the trwisury and the people with a
succes which is a martar ot history.
In the present trouble they Instinc
tively allied themselves with tbe Span
ish monarchy. Tbey declared NaaVat
Cuba and che Cuban peuple "betohgld
to Spain. They excused De Lome whan
be lusulted McKlnley. They Insisted
that the dat motion of the Maine was
an accident. When It waa shown to be
an external explosion, tney said tbe
Cubans did ft Tbey argued that the
moat to be expected from Sjwiu was a
money Indemnity. Their tapers, col
lege professors and preachers sounded
a note of American cowardice more de
praved than that of the Toryism of
1770 or the poltroonery of 1M2-4. The
weak McKiuiey cringed before them.
The W;ilie House became a branch f
floe of Wall street. United States Sen
ators, wlib their pockets bulgiug with
stocks, wnU.i for peace and denounc
ed the honost loyalty of the people as
tbe "jingoism of tramps aud paupers."
In tbe meantime they were unloading
stocks. Tbe weeks dragged along,
with American dead rotting in Havana
harbor and 1.000 Cubans starved each
reek. Tbe nation was ablaze with In
dignation. McKlnley was being forced
Into war, but be waited until those
stocks were unloaded and tbe threat
ened Wall street slump In "Insecuri
ties" was averted. .
MrtA be did not recognize tbe Inde
pendence of the Cuban republic. Do
you know why? The papers have not
said much about that They have not
Cared. Here was where tbe agents of
tbe European bondholders, tbe Interna
tional pawnbrokers, were in evidence.
The hundreds of papers controlled by
tbe money power ridiculed the "so-called
Cuban republic." They said there
was nothing to recognize. They clamor
ed for Intervention without recogni
tion. Why? Because Rothschild or
dered tbem to do so.
The recognition of tbe Cuban repub
lic, with the almost absolute certainty
of the success of American arms.
would have practically Invalidated ail
Span tab bonds based on Cuban rev
enues. The big money lenders are
shrewd enough to know that Cuba Is
lost to Spain, but they want time la
which to dispose of Spanish bonds at
tbe highest possible prices. Tbey are
Bow selling them to Inflamed and pa
triotic Spaniards sad mercurial aad
sympathetic Frenchmen. The failure
to recognise the Cuban republic saved
millions to the Kothschads aad thear
associates.
Tbe Cuban republic has 00,000 men
nder anna QeorgfVasblagtoii never
commanded ao.OOOvfcen. When Ixrd
Corn wall is surrendered, tbe British
had lees than 30,000 soldiers Id this
country. Spain has had 20D.OOO In Cuba
aad bow has at least 130,000. And wo
cannot recognise the Cuban republic
er even concede tbe belligerency of die
Drare men under Gomes! Glance at
those figures aad then read McKlnWs
alleged reasons for withholding recog-
attloa.
one friends nrge that we should
hot go to war for the reason that tbe
anscrapulona rich of the conn try will
fh It of Billions by bond Issues, coo-
sract atraJa aad other schemes for I
That la sot good Ingle. The
j.e ij..n is v. a . it. and U
it loir dltv to helii ln'rV Ir w ..nlln.lv
p'MwiMe u rob a reM. f i a jxtl: tlini or to
I r?ln.h."rll?r fu,u,U- V M Ki"1'''
I "."11.1IHH1 issue iu,is. iiie peo
ple eau elect one who can ju-Mly repu-
ulate llieiii. If mor,-? mnii.-y ihnnIcI.
the government caji iss.ie it. The.
gm'iilai-k was co(1 cntu;li in lIi r.
and it is good i-noujfh to whip St,uln
with.
-Minions or men have bad tbtfr eyes
oi'tiel since hostilitk-s with Spain be-
Cain. rnwt:.!.. tk..e. ...... - i.i. .,-,.
i , , .
me marge madi! asaimt Uiose la
, places of hich restK)iisil,iiHv. They did
not believe there 'was such a thins aa
I the money power They had faith In
j what the big papers told them. Many
idols have, been shattered. Things
which were obscure now stajid in a
strong, clear light AVe have a better
understanding of American plutocracy.
We can see It as it ivally is, a cowardly,
cringing Toryism, clutching at Its dol
lars and fondly hoping that some com
bination of European monarchies will
.ntcrvene. Another and a bolder
branch of It Is plotting for a gold bond
lamie and attempting under cover of
tbe war excitement to put through
such a plan of currency reform a will
take the "government out of tbe bank
ing bustne." Another is work'ag to
secure the lasint, e of bonds with
which to buy Cubi. which was McKln
ley's plan until the Sloine was destroy
ed and war made Imperative. With
these people the dollar Is the only con
sideration. If war can be averted,
they are for peace and profits; If war Is
Inevitable, they are for bonds aud cou
pons. They will gauge a victory by Its
effect on wheat or a doeat by iu ef
fect on stocks.
It Is impossible to forecast or esti
mate far-reaching results which may
come from this war. It la safe to pre
diet the dawnfall of the Spanish mon
archy and the establishment of a re
public. If Germany Interferes, bis
tory will be made. Tbe plain, common
liberty-loving people of America are
fighting a war for human liberty and
human progress, and unless tbe signs
of the times are wrong H is well for
American Tories and European monar
chies to keep quiet. If Austria or Ger
many raises a hand to help Siwln, the
close of the war will find a Europe
with but one monarchy Russia.
Spain should be dispossessed of ber
American possessions. Cuba should be
a free republic. This war will accom
push these results. It Is a forward
step. It hastens tbe dawning of tbe
new time. New Time.
Poes Money Make the Man?
A Chicago paper says: If money Is
the measure of manhood, William K
Vaftderhflt Is tbe greatest man in the
United States.
By a shrewd manipulation of stocks,
by being on tbe luidc and immensely
rich to begin with. Vanderbllt has
cleared a profit of $23,000,000 within a
few months. This la a great achieve
ment. It represents the labor of one
Hasloton coal miner for 2.000 years.
It represents the labor of Admiral
Dewey for 6,000 years.
It represents tbe labor of President
McKlnley for 500 years.
Is William K. Vanderbllt, therefore
a greater man than Admiral Iewey or
the President of the United States?
Rich men are trying to get control of
this government. Tbe money power
struck the first blow against the su
premacy of the people In 1S73. when It
secured by secret and dishonorable
methods the demonetization of silver.
But the exigencies of the present
have called a Dewey Into action. He
has made the nation respected and
feared by all tbe powers of the earth.
what bas Vanderbllt done? He has
made a profit of $25,000,000 In less than
a year. Do the people desire to honor
such men aa Vanderbllt higher than
such men as Dewey? Is it money or
Is it men that deserves honor from this
nation?
How can our Chicago contemporary
propound such a query? Are not the
facts before It? And what Is It doing
to remedy this condition? Absolutely
nothing. If the past achievements of
tbe party to which It professedly be
longs, are to be counted in the balance
against it Tbe remedy for a condi
tion which makes the fortune of a Van
derbllt a possibility, is not to be found
In free silver. And what else does tho
said paper, or the party to which It be
longs, stand for? Tbe fortunes of tbe
VanderbUta have been made in depre
datory railroad speculations; In their
ability to combine to exploit the pro
ducer and rob him of tho profits of bis
labor through excessive freight and
passenger rates. In Mr. Vaaderbllt's
sbllHy to do this lies his great power,
and tbe Chicago man has tbe hardi
hood to offer the pitiful issue of free
silver as a remedy for aa acknowledged
great era Who is Dewey great for?
For bis master, Vanderbllt! The rich
men of the country are not trying to
get control of tbe government; tbey are
already la undisputed possession, and
have beea for years, and tbe first blow
they struck antedated the demonetisa
tion of silver many years. It was when
the fathers incorporated In the const!
tion the BagUsh Idea of property
rights, and gave the rich a federal ju
diciary, holding office for life to coo
strtie tbe coastltattoa hi their Interest,
and an srmy to hack ap toe finding of
tbe judiciary. The People's party Is
prepared to abolish the evil by abolish
ing the cause. What la the Chicago pa
per prepared la et-ftoutbern Mer
cury. Harvest Tisss fee the Traete.
Now Is the time, while the cyaa of
the people aat fixed aa tke aiap la fol
lowing the whersaboata of oar aaaad
ron la foreign watara, lor tka true ts
get la their lae work. At all htsaea.
bat never more so tkaa whea tke peo
ple are excited over political or aortal
events, are there persona lying low, as
It a era, to flU their own pock eta, dor-
If ,' i ho jMirrd i'iitn!. in 6
over the list of trimii-l unl'lrs v.i
(honxht nothing had Uon f.-raorteii;
but It seems that the njanufa'-tiirers of
knit good had yet to be hmd from
Plain have lieeu formed to conoli K'
ull the luterest.i now eiicnued in thl;
liisine. Wirb a capital of :;o.o"0,
fX the prire and j til y of kntl p.nxls
will s.Miii 1 reuJj.t .1 afui the ni.us
n.r of the Hitin.t.ir,! i.ll aud s.iyit
, niouopolii.-T-vuti.'tl Cury.
j
V.'t,r T, It
What rlyht have t!i" bondholder and
money-changers 1o control the govern
melita of the United States and Eu
rope? The right of purchase and bri
bory.
Io the money power resort to bri
bery and corruption? We make no
charges, but answer the question by In
quiring for what purpose did they
spend f20.000.OW in thu campaign of
IN Hi.
Could they not spend that money
honestly to secure the election of a
President of the United States? We
are compelled to answer that question
by asking still another. Could a lltl
gant in a contested case involving mill
Ions honestly spend fl00,0o0 Iu a Jury
room while the Jury was deliberating
upon the verdict? It seems to us that
It would be as ensy to do ihat as li
would be to honestly spend $20,000,000
In a Presidential election.
Influence of the Trusts.
Trusts should lie taxed out of exist
enco. They prevent individual enter
prise aud throw business men Into
bankruptcy. Were these enemies to Indus-try
compelled to contribute theit
share to the war revenue? , Of course
not. Their Influence about the capltol
was too strong for the "p'-ople's" rep
resentatlves. and they decided to levj
till taxation upon the producers and
farmers.
A TMffcretice in Co.t.
Five hundred million of bonds at 8
per cent, will coet tbe people Jl.'iO.OoO,
000 b) Interest In ten years. I'tve hun
dred million of legal-tender notes would
have cost nothing. Tbey would be new
money wbhii would Immediately vi
talize business and uiajce times pros
perous. Between good and evil tli
goldltea, as usual, have chosen to do
the country the latter.
'Twill Cone Like Tidal Ware.
When tbe public mind becomes suf
flcieiitly educated to tbe bciieflls of dl
rect legislation, and It sees clearly thi
benefit which such a system would con
fer on the people, t.hre will I such
demand for It that no power on earil
can prevent its accomplishment Av
Farm ltecord.
Think.
Think: nothing else on earth can
save the bunuan race from kl ling eac
other off. In an effort of each to pre
serve himself, but thinking. It may 1m
bard work for some lazy fellows, bu
men must think or suffer. Ibor Kx
change Bulletin.
Read.
Read, for tinlens you do yon will noi
know how to save yourself and you
family from want and distress. Ia bo
Exchange Bulletin.
He Panae for a Hep! v.
Bonds! Bonds! Bonds! How man
of our readers au able to inveal
In
bonds?
Hcbuol that Itcgaii ai Noon,
"The Three It's at Circle City" b
tbe subject of a paper by Alius Arum
Kuicomer in tbe Century. The autbot
says: During the short whiter days I
would often be noon before ail th
children put in an appearance. When
I arrived, at 9 o'clock, It would eitbet
be dark, or brilliant moonlight. Smoke
might be seen bully rising from font
or five cabins oui of tbe four or five
hundred. I would light one lamp, and
wait. By 10 o'clock a few children
would straggle sleepily In, just as tlx
day began to dawn. By 11 o'clock
shortly after sunrise, tbe majority ol
the children were at school, some coin
Ing without tbelr breakfasts. By half
past twelve all who were coming thai
day - would nave appeared., It was
bard to get up before daylight on thos
cold, dark mornings. I often used to
wlah that I was one of the little girls.
so that I, too, might sleep until day
light No one In camp pretended to get
up early, unless there was some special
work on hand which must be done. As
I was going home to my lunch at noon
friends would sometimes call out tc
me: "Good-morning! Come In and havf
some break feat. We have fine moos
steak and hot cakes." On Saturdays
and Sundays I lived and slept as did
other people. Even when one did not
alt up later at night than ten or half
past, It required an effort to rise beort
daylight There is something la tin
atr and In the manner of life which
makes one sleepy. Aa tbe day length
ened the children came earlier t
school.
Alligator, seal, monkey, rhinoceros
elephant, morocco, suede, llaard, ply
and snakeekla sre only a few of th
hides taken for purses to carry tbe root
of all evil. Black, red, several blues
giten, gray, brown, white, lavendei
snd tsn sre tbe shades developed. -Philadelphia
Record.
Australia baa no orphan asylums
Every child wbo Is not supported tc
parents becomes s wsrd of the stab
aad is paid a pension for support am
placed In a private family, where boar
and clothes are provided.
Tbe longest word In tbe Enrllsh lan
guage ta"proentitransubtantiatlonist,'
a Jointed word of twenty-eight letten
TransnbstantlatlonalMeness" is th
aeit longest
Ohio has the largest number of co'
lege students. . 24.000; one-third c
whom are women.
Wt YlrtrlnU toil Mln'n-r.
The National Executive lioard of tbe
United Mine Workers of America has
Usued a circular Idler to labor organs
zatlons and Its friend calling atten
tion to the unfair production of the
West Virginia mines, whose operators
refused to lake part In the movement
establishing Joint mutual relations,
which conference met In Chicago in
January lant. where, by mutual airree
nieut, were fixed a uniform scale of
wages, hours of labor and other con
ditions for the different Htpes, that
were satisfactory to all purl I" and to
all interests. Tbe competitive coal
fields embraced In the agreement in
clude the States of Ohio, Western
Pennsylvania, Indiana aud Illinois.
The circular says that the joint mutual
relations recently established letweea
the coal operators ami the miners of
the ccnlrnl coal-prodm ing States have
already Improved the condition of the
mining community and have given
mivch life and stability to the coal in
dustry, which, if preserved, will not
only prove a great advantage to tboss
directly concerned, but also to the gen
eral public, and especially those en
gaged In manufacturing pursnits,
whose business am) occupation have
been so frequently Interrupted by the
occurrence of strikes and lockouts,
which cut off the source of supply and
forced large numlicrs of men lnto-4e-ness.
Previous to the hue strike of tho
mluers there were less than 20,000
members enrolled. Now they have
nearly SO.OOO.
Jap Are Importing,
At tlie Japanese consulate in New
York Olty It Is stated that the exports
of Iron, sleel and machinery from the
United States to Japan are Increasing
rapidly, supplementing similar pro
ducts formerly furnished by English
manufacturers. We also export large
quantities of raw cotton to the hustling
eastern nation, to be made into cloth
by Japanese manufacturers. In pre
vious years the cloth was Imported
from England. Opportunities are also
presented to extend our trade in paper
nd leether In the Japaui'se markets.
B ut L. K. Off) -era.
Tbi lilenntil convention of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Ktntinehrs, re
cently In siwdoh at St. 1onU, Mo., eject
ed officers as foOows: P. M. Arthur,
Grand Chief KngUiecr; . A. Kella,
First Grand Assistant Kjigltiwr. Mon
treal, Que.; J. C. Currle, Second .Crand,
Assistant Knglncer, Jersey Oity, N. J.;
J. C. Cow per, Third Assistant Kngl
ncer, Milwaukee, Win.; J. I). Collins,
Grand Guide, Atlanta, Ga and George
R. Oorlty. Grand Chaplain. Boston,
Mans. The next convention of the body
will be held iu Milwaukee in 1900.
Strike la Off.
Tbe strike of the Machine Stone
Workers' Union of New York Oity,
which has been on for ten weeks, was
declared off last week, and about 10,000
men In various building crafts return
ed to work on about 125 buildings. At
the same lime tbe strike of the Hoist
ing Engineers' Uuioti was also settled,
tbe engliicHS agreeing to leave the
Board of Walking Delegates, not JoId
any more sympathetic strikes, and
signing an agreement of five years at
(5 per day for eight hours" work.
Industrial Notea.
Roger McDermott, a union Iron mold
er, has presented the Western Federa
tion of miners a tract of thirty acres of
bind near Pueblo, Colo., upon which to
erect a home for aged and indigent
members.
The Brotherhood of RaUroad Car
Men of America, which was practically
destroyed by the A. R. U. strike in
1HW. is again in good working order
and prepared to carry on the work of
organizing tbe men In rbat particular
branch of railway service.
An experiment of a labor union teach
ing Its unemployed members bow to
make a living by truck fanning la now
In full possession of IViham Bay Park,
New York, where eighty unemployed
members of New York Tyimgraphh-al
Union, No. fl, arc at work. Tbe tract
of land allotted to the printer farmers
consists of 2G0 acres.
The first shipment of American steel
billets to Russia was made from Phila
delphia last week, by the Danish
steamer Kentucky. Tbe billets are
manufactured by tbe Carnegiea in com
petition with Kuropean steel firms.
and can lie landed in Ht. Petersburg at
a lower price per ton than any of the
foreign competitors named In their
bids.
The only saw mill In tbe world where
the machinery Is operated by com
pressed air is knated at Oronto, Maine,
and tbe water wheel and the air com
pretmor are below the floor of the mill,
with alo large storage tanks. Pises
lead the ah- to tbe various maohnea,
which, technically, are known as the
carriage, nigger, log loader, log-flipper,
band-log saw and two cut-off saws.
In tbe whole United States there are
to-day over 1 .000 paper mills at work.
whose united dally rapacity amounts
to over 13,000 tons of paper in twenty-
tour hours, or this total amount of
paper prodiyl- hU b, of course, falls
somewhat short of this figure by far
the largest tart Is manufactured from
wood, and not as waa formerly the
case snd as la evuti now popularly i im
posed, from rag a
The Japanese foot baa bean nral
for Its strength ami beauty. Japanese
can walk lucredible d lata no
, feel lag weary.