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, Music of the Corn.
The grand armies ! or pence ere encamp-
IIIIt ullchl ,
There 18 no gent on lie spear , no blaze
on the shield ,
No flashing oC helmet , nor the gleaming
oC blade
For the shaft oC each weapon Is with
pearl inlaid
Their stnndnruR are 11I8t'nlnl with the
dew oC the dawn ,
I And growing In splendor with the b'TO\V-
lng' oC morn ,
And thero's music tar sweeter than the
clarion horn-
'Tis the lire-giving music or the rustling
corn
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now stately and majestic and graceful In
mien
Arc the soldiers or peace In their mantles
ot green.
O'or the brow or each soldier waves n
tall tasseled IIIIUI10-
An emblem or plenty IH the otrnw-nod-
dInK bloom
, From land ot the prairies and realms ot
the morn
They are coming , their arms brimming
with r.olilon corn ,
And there B music tar sweeter Ulan the :
hUnt mnn'8 horn-
"fill the IICo-glvlng music ot the rustling
corn
They ere marching ! abreast where the
dim skyline lcI-
The grand armies ot peace , born ot earth
and the skies
'Nenth their ribbons and pennons there
, are no ugly scara-
The trophies at victories , the red en-
signs ot war .
Breadbearera for the nations , more fruitful -
tul than trees
The tread or their legion Is lard across
, the wide seas ,
Keeping step to the music ot Plenty's
, full horn-
'Till the lire-giving musIc ot the ruslllng
corn.
Baltimore Sun
. NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
Steps are being taken to h
at Denver , Cole , a home for aged and
Indigent carpenters.
Hotel clerks In Plttsburg and Phila-
delphia are forming unions for their
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benefit and advancement.
The annual convention at the International -
ternational Union or Dill Posters and
Dnters occurs In Pitts\mrg \ , beginning
Dec. 3.
The headquarters of the European
Union at Transport Workers has been
. removed Cram London to Hamburg .
M. Jochade of Hamburg succeeds Ben
Tntett as secretary.
Boston asbestos workers' union has
joined the International union ot Heat ,
Frost and General Asbestos Workers
or America which has just been given
an International charter by the A. F " .
at L.
The 'carpenters , machinists : and the
metal polishers , buffers , platers and
brass workers Ul'O other international
unions which have Inaugurated now
and vigorous New England organizing
campaigns.
Bricklayers' and Masons' International -
. tlonal union convention will bo held
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at Ban FrancIsco Jun. 8 next . It IS
estimated that 600 delegates from aU
sections at the United States and Can-
ada will attend the sessions.
Hutchinson , Murphy & Co. , one of
the largest Boston firms , signed the
Svcurallve glass workers' agreement
yesterday ' , and their men return to
work to-morrow. The signature makes
' the union
the' fourth secured by
A. W. Wheeler of Lynn , internatIonal -
,
al vice-president at the Grocery and
Provision Clerls' union , opened his
office in Boston this week , and will de-
vote hilt entire time to organizing work
In Now England for his international
The National l\Iunufa.cturers' associ-
aUon will hold its annual cotwenUm
In New York city the last week In
November. Organized labor will wll'tch
the meeting for time new scheme of D.
'M. ' Parry for doing away with labor
unions
. Owing to thQ sharp demand for pig
iron which has recently sprung up
preparations are being made to ftart
up a number ot furnaces in Cleveland
and In the l\Iahonlng and Shcna.n1O
valley : that have been Idle for many
months.
The membership ot the ardor of
Rllliroad Telegraphers increased 542
In the month oC August and 712 In
September Secretary Quick of the organization -
ganization says an Increase of 1,21)4
members In a presidential year "Is
not so bad. "
Two hundred engineers , representIng -
Ing aU the brotherhoods of the NeVI
York Central system , met at Syra'
cuse and decided to co.operate with
the New York Central management
In the establishment of a pension system -
tem for old engineers.
All of the mills In Danielson , Wan-
ltegan l\Iooseup , Putnam , Orosvenor-
dale , Jewett City , Occuno and Baltic -
tic have started up on full time ,
giving employment to 10,000 operat-
ives Some of these mills have been
on short time for six months.
Canadian labor papers continue to
complain that steamship agencies , rail'
ways and land sharks are floating the
country with foreign labor , that there
are more men than jobs , and that
wages arc steadily declining. Demands -
mands arc made that the plutes cease
their unfair methods.
The officers and members ot the Boston -
ton lodges of machinists are still hopeful -
ful that n strong women's auxiliary
will be formed in that city. The meet-
Ings held thus far during the past
seven or eight . months have been far
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from encouragIng , but a renewed and
vigorous effort Is to bo Immediately
made , the women already becoming
more enthusiastic , and the prospects
of a strong organization at last appears .
to bo reasonably good.
Apparently 0. new field at labor has
just been opened for gIrls In the manufacture -
facturo of cut nails. After seeking
vainly to secure the services of enough
boys to operate Its nail machines , the
Chicago Steel Manufacturing company
at Now Castle , Ind , has fined the
vacancies with girls and reports much
satisfaction with the character or the
work which they are doiug. The company -
pany is producing from ! 300 to 400 kegs
at steel and Iron cut nails and about
2,500 agricultural shapes cla11y.
Seamen's international convention
will meet at San Francisco Dec. ' 6.
The seamen's delegates to the A. F.
at L. arc going to demand that the
international longshoremen's union
cease chartering unions ot tug boat '
men , marine engineers , firemen , cools ,
etc , which come under the jurisdic'
tlon of the seamen. The fight now on
for several years is to po brought tea
a crisis and positive decision
A. Ii' at L. executive ' council will
meet In Chicago Nov. 9 , and immediately l
ately after Its session there starts to
Francisco where the annual con
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venllon of the A. F. or L. will begin 1U
session Nov 14. The executive board ,
with a portion ot Wo national office :
force , will have a special car and be
in session practically all the way to
San Francisco The train to which the
car is to be attached is a special one
from Chicago , and already 200 eastern .
ern delegates " have engaged passage
on It.
Notice was posted at the cotton
mills of the Hope compay in the
village of Hope and Pltenix R. i. , thai
beginning Monday , full time would
be resumed. The mills , which em-
ploy about 450 hands , have been running -
ning four days a week since early in
the summer on account of unsatisfactory -
tory conditions in the cotton market
The Lonsdale company , employing
about 3,500 hands and opera tung tex-
tile mills In Lonsdale , Ashton and
other points in the Blackstone valley ,
also posted notices of , the resumption
at a full-timo schedule Mnnday
The dispute between the union
cigar makers of England and the 1m.
penal Tobacco Trust continues , and
the union men are still out
TREE HAS RAPID GROWTH.
Strangely Grafted , It Bids Fair to
Break Records '
D. J. Bates at 'North Scituate , Mass. ,
has a curiosity growing on his grounds
near the famous "Bound brook , " the
dividing line between Plymouth and
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Norfolk counties , also 'the towns of
CohasRet and Scituate.
Last winter a thrIfty apple tree , one
inch In diameter , was girdled by mice ,
such small animals close to
or some ,
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the soil , to all appearances killing It.
May 1 of thIs year 1\1r. Dates cut the
tree off about two Inches above
ground and grafted it with a three-
Inch scion from one at Its own
branches , In the way of an experiment " ,
with little expectation that it" would
live , but It immediately began to
thrive and grew with surprising en-
ergy , until It now measures seventy-
five Inches in height. It has on several -
oral occasions grown three-quarters of
an inch In a sIngle cIn . .
Time little tree is rIsing as straight as
the proverbial bean pole , and though
only about as large round ns a man's
finger , it has been leaved out
Mr. , Bates , who Is greatly Interested
In its future , Is carefully guarding 1l
against possible accident , with thO intention -
tention of seeing what a few 'ears'
growth will develop in the strangely
grafted tree .
Mussels Found In Old Wall.
While workmen were demolishing
an old wall between Hill street and
Hunter street , Kirkcnldy , Scotland ,
the other day , they found two live
mussels in the center of the wall , and
at a part about two feet above the
ground. One of the shellfish was
pierced by a pick , but the other was
preserved intact. The wall is supposed .
posed to bo about a hundred years
old , and was In excellent preserva-
tion. The wall Is not near the shore ,
and no holes were observed whereby
the mussels , which were fully two
inches long , could have got Into the
building .
South Sea Song Book.
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This curious object from the Mar-
quesag islands , is neither an Idol nor
a doll , but a sort of notebook-or knot
book-of songs and stories which are .
suggested in some mysterious way by
the knotted cords at which it Is made
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Life of Brilliant Russian a Sacrifice t.
Official Dilatoriness f
Vassll Youishldn , a brilliant gradu-
ate ot Moscow University , has just
died there In poverty at the age at
60 , and the story at his life , which
was ruined by the policy of the cen- , . . .If
sor's department , has attracted great
sympathy and Interest. Twenty-three
years ago Yaruoshldn wrote a work
on physiology , embodying a number
or remarkable discoveries he had
made. His scientific friends pronounced - ' l
nounced It epoch-making. The manu- . '
scrIpt went to the censor In 18'13.
Again and again the author applied
for permission to prInt , and for the
return of his manuscript. He accumu-
lated a drawer full or' ' formal replies , i
saying that the matter would receive
attention. Soured and disappointed ,
1\1. Yarulshldn never undertook other ,
worlc. On the very morning at the
funeral a packet of manuscript arrived -
rived nt the house where he died ,
with the stereotyped approval of the
censor expressed in a formal note. t
Dog's Sagacity Saved Train '
A dog with u red danger signal between -
tween his teeth stopped 0. Lehigh Val-
Icy passenger train near Mt. Carmel ,
Pa. , the other day. Tile dog's master ,
Bernard Dougherty , died the previous "
day , and at daybreak , the dog , not seeing
Ing him about the house , started for
the railroad. He had often done so . t
before. Doughertr , who was a track- I
walker , had taught his dog to carry 4
the fiag. The dog entered a shanty
and , procurIng a flag , proceeded along , '
the track in search of Doughert
When the train anroached the dog ;
stood with the flag ' in his mouth and 1
the absence or the watchman was uis- fi
covered
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that loops and looks like a doughnut
Is on the summer estate or ex-Senator
W. W. Towle at Fry burg , Me. The
child , gazing through the hole , Is little
Betty Towlo The tree has presented
the same appearance for more than
ninety years '
Kitten Aroused Dog's Jealousy.
A curious Instance of a dog's intelli
gent jealousy Is reported from Llani-
shen.
A happy family there consisted of a
lady , a cat , 0. kitten , and a Yorkshire
terrier All four were on excellent
terms until the terrier took umbrage1 \
at attentions which Us mistress to- !
stowed upon the kitten.
The terrier straightway began to
dig a hole In the garden , and finished
Its task to its satisfaction In three
days
Then the kitten disappeared. A
search was made , and as the terrier
was seen patting down the earth over
the hole which it bad refilled , the Boll
was removed , and the kitten was
found to have been burled alive.
The dog was punished , but it took
the kitten to the grave again , and tile " " , - _ '
following day took It to a ditch and
left It there.-London Dally Expre.
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