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TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SDN
rthorEIKC of OroIKhton Unltm'ty 8ay'
it it the Grandest Sight on Earth.
PLANS FOR OBSERVING IT SCIENTIFICALLY
Grandeur of (lir Phenomenon, It Piitli
nnil Diirnllcin MrllKHlM nf (II,.
, rvntliin I'miiiirrntril
nnil KtiiIiiIuciI.
A total ccllpso of tho sun In, without ex
ception, tho most magnificent phenomenon
that Jt In given to man to witness. It In
truly a sight that It Id worth a Journey
around tho world to nee.
While tho outer positions of the solar disk
nro being obncurol by the advancing moon,
nnd even after three-fourths or more of tho
un'n light havo been thus Intercepted, noth
ing peculiar Is notlred by nn Inexperienced
observer, because this diminution of light
might equally well bo the effect of massing
clouds. When, however, tho moon has nd
vanced ho far that only a thin crescent re
trains of tho once glorious orb of day, tho
Minllght beglnn to appear of an ashen eolor.
Komethlng unusual and unnatural corned
over tho nspoct of nature. Animals become
puzzled, fowls rctlro to rest nnd all naturo
eroms to pause In presence of the great
Xiortont. The sunlight now diminishes
rapidly, something llko an Impenetrable
black cloud comes earthward over tho land
Beapo with tho Hpeetl of a cnnnonball, nnd
tin instant Inter wo aro enveloped In dark-
noss. The Ktnra shine out nn at night, and.
in plnco of tho sun's waning crescent, wo
see misponded In midair an enormous black
ball tho moon tho geometrical solidity of
'which Is mor,t Impressive. Around about it
on all sides is that superb nnd magnificent
excrescence called tho corona, which, i like a
halo of glory about the head of a saint, Is
brilliant with nmeato and srnrlet light. It
encircles tho tnooK llko a close ring, tntcr
npersed with pearly points resembling enr
ftunclm and geniH. lloyond these there
Issue delicate and fading filaments of light,
like a bursting mass of fireworks, In the
midst of which aro dark rifts and streams of
light of such surpassing beauty that no
nrtlat'n brush, no photographic opiate can
iiver portray to those who hnvo not seen It
the entrancing loveliness of that sublime
phenomenon.
And yet the time nllowcd for this, tho
grandest sight vouchsafed to mortal man, is
Very brief. In n moment It is gone. Tho
r.olar crescent bursts forth anew, the land
ncnpo recoverH Its light and color, animals
nwako and naturo ngaln pursues hor wonted
course.
Sulnr 1'ollpne Are lliire.
Tho rarity of a total ecllpso of the sun
Is In keeping with ll beauty. A total solar
ecllpso occurs somewhero upon the earth
tihout once In two years. As. however, a
polar ecllpso Is ween as a total one. only over
ii very narrow path upon tho earth's surface,
this sight may bo seen at a fixed locality
nnly once In about 300 yearn. liven In a
country as largo as ours, the last total solar
ecllpso was visible only in its northwestern
extremity, In California nnd Oregon. Jnnuary
3. 18S9. Tho present one, visible .May 28,
3900, declines to tho southeastern end of the
country, while tho following total solar
eclipse, vlolble Juno 8, 1!H8, will be more
centrally visible in our country.
Duration ii f ii n Kellpup.
Tho duration of a total nol.ir ecllpso Ifl
mother .motive, If such were needed, to
make uh vrlzo H observation highly, Tho
longest possible duration of a totnl solar
eclipse Is l(i than eight mlnuten. Ordi
narily It Js very much lens, so much so that
Iiangley says that "an nstronomer who
nhould devote thirty years oxcluolvely to
(the subject, never missing an eclipse In
whatovcr quarter of the globo It occurred,
would In that time havo secured, In all.
nomothlng like three-quarters of nn hour for
observation." And Todd tells us that "the
(treat total eclipses of 195.1 and 1973 will
xceed seven nilnuteo In duration, the long
tl for 1,000 years!"
J'nlh of l'renent Totnl Solnr Kollim-.
Tho approaching total eclipse of the sun
of May 28, 1900, will be vlslblo In the lTnlted
fttatcs on a lino drawn from New Orleans to
Norfolk in Virginia. Tho average width
of this iath will bo flfty-flvo miles. De
fore entering tho United States- this line of
totality erodes Mexico centrally nnd after
leaving Norfolk It pauses over tho Atlantic
ocean and runs through Portugal, Spain,
iAlglors and Kgypt to the Rod sea, Outsldo
of thin central path the sun will lie but
jiartlally eclipsed nnd n such will be seen
throughout the wholo of North America nnd
Jluropo, tho northern hnlf of Africa and tho
north Atlantic ocean. Tho duration of
totality will vary from sovonty-slx seconds
lit Now prleans to 10.1 seconds1 nt Norfolk.
In Omaha tho ecllpso will only be n par
itlal one, 70 per cent of tho sun's dlametor
(being obscured at tho maximum phase. The
computed tlmo of tho beginning at the
Crclghton University observatory Is six
hours, forty-llvo minutes, live seconds a. m.
and of tho end eight boms, fifty minutes,
ithlrty-two peconds a. m., central or city
time. Hut tho director of the obwrvntory,
Father Hlgge. will not bo thero to observe It.
lie will go to the central lino in (leorgla
Htnl observe tho total phase.
4rtlriitllle Vnlne of Siilnr Tnlnl KcMpse
Tho aclentlllc uses to which a total solar
ocllpse Is devoted are numerous and Im
portant. The win's light Is so Intensely
(brilliant that oven tho smallest vlslblo por
tion of the solar disk blinds our eye.s to Its
environs. It Is only when the entire disk
Is covered by tho moon that the sun's fainter
tmrroundlngs. the prominences and tho
norona, bevoino visible. Tho prominence or
protuberances are these brilliant carbuncles
peon close to the lunar orb. They are erup
tions, mainly of hydrogen gas, from the solar
surface. Very llttlo could bo known of them
until bookyer and Janson In ISfiS simul
taneously discovered a method of seeing nnd
measuring them npnrt from times of eclipse.
No corrrvpondlng method has hcon dlscov-
nred of photographing or swing the corona
nervations. Thefo data show that the '
chances of cloudy as against clear weather
nre only ono to threo on the const, while
they aro ono to six In the Interior of the
country. With this knowledge at hand
astronomers will prefer the Interior sta
tions, but they will aMo occupy the coait
stations in order not to rely too securely
Upon what appears to be tho moro prob
able. Willi I Astronomer Will Do,
Tho work to be done during a total solar
ocilpo depends upon the instrumental outfit
of tho astronomrr nnd upon the particular
object he may have In view.
1. If no outfit nt nil Is available, not oen
a telescopo or an opera glass, vuluable work
may be done In observing the moan's sbadow
bands. Tho moon's shadow Is borderiM by
diffraction bands of alternate light and
shado which nre visible on any white back
ground nnd last about a mlnuto before and
after totality. Tho government pamphlet
abovo mentioned siiggwt placing n white
shitt upon tho ground, nnd determ.nlng by
Its means the direction and the number of
tho bands that cross It as well as their
width. Tho na'nro of there- shadow bands
Is not well understood, and, observations
nre called for upon this point.
2. Amateurs with no outfit but a common
watch may do very useful work in noting
tho duration of the total phase. tfuoh ob
servation will be of cnpoclal value when
made at short dletnnces from the border
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lines of totality, where the total phase
will last but a few seconds, because at these
placeei thu moon's disk does not cover that
of tho sun centrally, but, owing to Its
slightly larger size nnd Its excentrlc po
sition, Is bnrely ubl to produce tho phe
nomenon of totality. A slight displace- !
niont of the moon's position would causo !
a great difference In tho duration of the !
total phai), and hence tho observation of
this duration will give us a better knowi- (
edge of the moon's position, a knDwiedge
which nt tho present day Is still lacking ,
In perfection. ,
3. Naked eye drawings of the corona,
whllo considered almost valueless when
mndo by u single person attempting to ,
draw tho whole corona, may be very use- 1
ful and instructive when made by a party
of four or more, each of whom limits him- .
self to an aswlgned portion. I
I. These drawings of the corona in
crease in value If a telescopo Is used and
tho draughtsman conflncn himself to a pre- t
determined iirt or streamer. Of course, j
experience and practice In rapid sketching
aro essential requisites to a scientific draw
ing. f. Tho most general method, however,
will bo to photograph the corona. Tho
science of solar ocllpso photography has
made considerable advances, and an am
ateur can scarcely do nny useful work
unless ho makit) an especial study of the
subject and profit by tho experiences of
others. Succesbful ecllpso photographers
know thoroughly how to regulate tho
aperture und the focal longth of tho
camera, as well na tho sensitizing nnd back
ing of the plate, tho tlmo of exposure,
the time and manner of developing, nnd
mnny othor drtallH, In order to brlnr out
a desired feature of the corona. They
know that, on account of the great In
equality In tho light, one plato cannot re
produce tho -wholu corona, but they must
either make many exposures of variable '
durations and then construct a composite
photograph from all of these, or else pre
pare their plato In sections for the in
dividual patio of the corona it is to secure.
With Immcnm labor and skill most ad
mirable photographs of the corona have
been mado In former eclipses nnd It Is hoped
that those of tho present eclipse will sur
paos them all.
fi. The spectroscope Is the Instrument
from which tho most valuable Information
Is expected, it Is to determlno the posi
tion of a certain green line In the spectrum
of the corona, which up to tho present Is the
only ono that has ever been Identified with
tho line of any terrestrial substance. Tho
unknown element causing this lino Is
provisionally called coronlum, nnd may dis
close Its Identity during this eclipse, in the
samo way that helium nnd other substances
have dono In former eclipses.
7. Photometric observations of tho corona
and of Its various parts will be another task
to be performed during tho coming eclipse.
This Is dono moro accurately by photography
and requires a special outfit.
8. The beat radiation of the corona -will
ongngo tho nttentlon of other astronomers
and Important Information Is expected on
this point from tho present eclipse.
9. All mientlflo astronomers will have at
least one observer In their party whnso duty
It will bo to nnto tho beginning and end of
the total ecllpso an well as of Its partial
phases with tho utmost accuracy. To render
these observations of value to science In
giving us a Doner khowitor i ""
position and motion, the latitude and longi
tude of tho place of observation must be
determined by many nights' work boforo or
after tho ecllrse.
10. There nre a few astronomers who will
not observe tho sun nt nil when It Is totally
eclipsed, but seize the ndvantago offered by
tho datkness to devote their attention to
other phenomena which can be seen only
during that time The first of these Is tho
discovery of planets called Intra-Mercurlal,
because their orbits lie Inside tho orbit of
Mercury, which are always so near tho Run
that his light prevents our seeing them nt
nil times outsldo of a total eclipse. The
evlstenro of some of these bodies Is
suspected, nnd two grent astronomers claim
ro
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Big special sale of
Sample Furniture
The best furniture on earth is brought with
in the reach of all. This week we quote prices
where cost is not even a consideration, it's
to dispose of several hundred sample pieces
when we have but one article of a kind and
want to sell it quick. If we can show it to
you the sale is made.
$29
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We predict
a killing
a killing of all prices on furniture values
as wo mean to beat all sale records.
OvPt 7CC Ha,nl lM'ec09 1' furniture
UVCl - to bo sold at once.
Goods from every department will bo put on
sale Monday morning at
"Strangely Cheap" Prices.
Solid oak
Sideboards
with French
bevel glasp, exactly like cut
400 Oak Sideboards K 7 C
only
S01 Oak Sideboards ry ELf
was $20.00
30 Sideboards
11 Buffets
14 China Closets
are included in this sale.
No. 89 Folding Bed
has three drawers below a
fine writing desk and ward
robe on side with 18x40 bevel
glass solid oak polished the
regular price is 46.
$30 Combination
Beds
$30 Wardrobe Beds
only
Several others on sale.
$20
$19
Terms of sale strictly cash.
No goods exchanged or returned, everything is sold for im
mediate delivery and every article is here and exactly as
advertised.
No. 122i Chamber Suits
$30
Fine quartered oak, highly
polished, with 'J'Jx40 French
bevel glass, tho regular price
is -18.00.
A good 3-piecc swell UllO
frame chamber suit Lp-
17 othor suits included in
this sale.
$47 Mahoganv Side- Ulri
board " kpJVJ
$33 Golden Oak t1 Q
China Closet ..M5-
3G Odd Diners, O
up from O
$53 Turkish Leather
Rockers 4OHr
$38 Chevel Glass, Q
21x54 ipiO
Every style of furniture
mado is represented in this
sale there is sure to be some
thing you will want and we
know you cannot resist our
prices
Seems a pity to sell
good furniture so cheap.
No. 272i Office Desk
4 -ft G-in long a line desk
made of line quartered
oak well made and fin
ished and was never sold for less than $43 Same
desk 5 feet long, $20; was $4(5. We havo but ono
each you want to be the lucky fellow. ftSVut,
$36
No. 2610 Oak Dining
Chair full box seat
$1.50
No. 2956 Chairs
they were $3.25
$2.00
81 styles in Dining Chairs
are on sale.
SOo up in t?olid oak.
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Dewey & Stone Furniture Company,
1115-1117
Farnam Street
Omaha.
Our store will be open Monday evening, May 21st, to accommodate those who cannot attend the sale during tho day.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
Waird Bproslatioa of Dr. Etn, a German
Soientiit, on tho Snbjiot.
HOW DO MEN "DROP OUT OF SIGHT?'
Tlicro Arr "Void Plncen In ihr I.n
mlulf rrniin Kthrr," llr Sa), lit
Which NolklllK Cnn Orcur
A (irucnomr 'Jhrory,
to hnvo Rpen thi'iii. hut tholr observation
require ciintlnnallon.
11. A (lormnrt nstronomer will measure
tbe brlKhtnetB of the plnnet Mercury, whlcli
will lo clrno to the win, and thus enlarge
our knowledge of Its physical constitution.
Ililliiil'llini'i- of Hie I'lii'niiiiienoii.
From tho rthovo-raentloned methods and
objects of olervntlon It Is isnsy to undor
stnnd thu Importance which astronomers nt
tnch to a total eclipse of the- sun and why
no much oxper.no Is Incurred to solvo these
pmblems. Wo ralfiht add other points to our
In full sunllKht, although many nnd most I
Ingentoun devices have been used to that
end. Hrnrp HKironoiiuTH nre forced to tnaUe
iisn of evory total ecllpso to imcertnln tho
nun' physical condition. They wish to know
liat tho corona Ib. what cauns It. does It
change, does It ohanne rapidly like tho prom
lnencus. Is there nny casual connection be
tweon tho corona nnd the prominences or
nun pol?
l"rr inirnl loim t rononirrn llnvr MiiiIp.
In onlor to use their precloiiH 70 or 105
Feconds of totality to full advantage Ameri
can njtrouomen Imvo made olnborato prei- . AotMli Xmt thc30 would bo too technical
nmtlons. I Ajj tj,e inrg0 observatories of our country,
First of nil, the path of the total ecllpso, ,,, of tho Bmoier ones, will send
that I. tho course of IU central and bor- ' tliolr reprcaontatlves armed with all possible
ner iiih-p, iiu ' n upon a map implements of oWrvatlon. It would bo un-
nf the United Staten, with the utmost pre- falr to mention names, as tho published
cllon, nnd sutllclent numerical d.vU hnvo stlJ ro admitted to bo very defective,
been furnished to enable astronomers u j.verj. pn,fe;eor of astronomy that can get
locnto their Instruments at the most nd- ..111 , on the central lino. For It
antageoiis points. Our governmont astrono. . k nl.0 lrcflHon to a noble causo to bo
... ivoV, ( n n u i 1 . . ...
iuuib i ... ' 'u" t-LHiui. wiuingiy nbsent. rne universal interest,
committee of the Astronomical nnd Astro. ; tll0 preparatory and eubsequent labor, thu
ph)slcal Society of Amorlcu. have also Is-( lnrK0 gUmK 0f money devoted by unlverst
mied pamphlets nnd clrculnr of useful In- te and Individuals to the study of an
formation Inviting especially co-ordinaio ovont which can cnlnrge only our specu-
obKervatlons. Astronomical perlollcals itlve knowlelge. and, ns far ns we can see
have discussed this eclipse for months, and at prrsent, cannot possibly, In any con
all tho accumulated experience of the ablest celvablo way, affect our bodily comfort or
men of the world Is freely given to our pecuniary advantages, nro certainly con
Astronomers nnd amateurs In order to in- vlnclng proofs, even for the pessimist, that
rtuco them to mane oraervauona mat will intellect still sways tho human race nud
bo of future value to science. j ti,at intellectual pleoxmro and tho knowledge
Secondly, the government ban also es- of the aecrotn of naturo are Judgeil to bo
tabllshed spoclnl wtntJier obkorvors on and . superior to the quest of riches.
rear tho ontlro path, who furnish us with WILLIAM F RIUGK, S J
data extending over threo years of ob- i . Crclghton University Observatory.
Omaha has had abundant examples at
tho "mysterious disappearance" of late.
Within tho last three months fully n, dozen
persona havo "dropped out of sight," or
"gono up In thin air," and In some In
stances, according to newspaper reports.
"tho ground has opened nnd swallowed;
them," To bo surn, In moat enBcn, tho
non est mnn has had the Indelicacy to
turn up sound nnd well within a fow days
to contradict tho stories clrculatil about
him nud Interrupt proceodlngs to "sottlo"
his eeftate. Hut for this It would seem
probable that the city Is pasnlng through an
Interstellar pacu which might appropri
ately be termed a "mysterious disappear
ance bolt,"
On tho other hand, every memory Is
stored with Instances of people having
disappeared never to return. Mauy of
those wore) persons well-to-do, obviously
sound In mind, and, bo far as known,
pleasantly situated. Tho motives which
prompt such to withdraw from tho usual
theater of tholr activity aro not obvious;
tho means thoy employ In leaving a largo
city wherein ar thousands who at lciu,t
"know them by tight," and yet leavo no
trail behind, nro equally ols:uro. Henco,
the term, "mysterious disappearance."
which has been used so much of lato that
It has becomo hackneyed.
In connection with this subject It U, per
tinent to note tho belief of Dr. Hern of
I.elpslc not by way of explanation, unless
one choost) to take) It so but on accuint
of Its Intrinsic Interest as a singular specu
lation. Tbls distinguished scientist tins ex
pounded his views In a book ontltled
"Versch-wlden und Seine Thuorlo," which
has attractwl some attention In tho United
Btates, and especially on the 1'aclflc coast,
wbore a writer named Ambrose Were has
translated and amplified part of It for tuo
In a book of short stories recently pub
llshed by him. In thl work Ur Hern ro
fers to a "non-Kuclldenn space," which Is
diKcrlhud as "a space which has moro di
mensions than length, breadth and thick
ness a spaco In which It would be po-wlblo
to tie a knot In an endless cord nnd turn a
rubber ball Inside out without 'solution of
Ub continuity,' or, In other words, without
breaking or cracking It."
Void Sunee I" lllile World.
Dr. Hern believe) that In the visible world
there aro void spacoa vacua, and some
thing moro holoj, as It were, through
which animate und Inanimate objects may
fall Into tho Invisible world and bo econ
and heard no more, Tho theory Is some
thing llko thlsi b'paco is pervaded by
lumlnlforous ether, which Is n material
thing as much n substance an air or
water, though almost Infinitely more at
tenuated, All force, all forms of energy
must be propagated In this; every process
must (ako place In It which takes placo
at all. nut ho assumes that cavities exist
In thin otherwlso universal mcillum as
envnrns exist In the earth, or cells In a
Swiss cheese.
In such a cavity thero would be abso
lutely nothing. It would bo such a vacuum
as cannot bo artificially produced, for If
tho air Is pumped from a rocclver thero
still remains tho lumlnlforous ether.
Through ono of theso cavities light could
not pare, for thero would be nothing to
bear It. Sound could not proceed from
It; nothing could bo frit In It. It would
not have n single ono of tho conditions
necessary to tho fiction of any of our
sens. In such a old. In short, nothing
whatever could occur. Tho learned doctor
puts It concisely thus:
"A man Inclosed In Biich a cloaot could
neither hco nor bo seen; neither hear nor bo
heard; neither feel nor bo felt; nelthr llvo
nor die, for both llfo nnd death aro
processes which cnn t.iko placo only whero
thero Is force, and In empty spaco no forco
can exist."
Of course this Is going too far. Tho ma
terialists of tho great Iwitindlcss went, sur
rounded by a beneficent and matter-of-fact
nature, can't accept any such theory ns
that, and they wouldn't bellevo It If thoy
could. It offers Impcd-fect t-olace to those
who havo lost dear ones by tho dlsappcar
nnco route, Tho parents and friends of
Charlie ltoi-s, Henry J, Newman nnd
others of tho countless lout would not enro
to think of them aa hurmuniled by theso
awful conditions nnd doomed forovor to ho
oxlst. Hut it is a curious and Interesting
speculation, npropos of soveral local cur
rent events, and 1b given hero for what It
Is worth.
A Keen, l leiir llrnln.
Your best feelings, your poclal position
or business success depend largely on ths
perfect action of your Stomach and I.lver.
Dr. King's New I.lfo Tills glvo Increased
strength, a keen, clear brain, high nmbltlon.
A 25-ccnt box will mako you feel like a now
being. For sale by Kuhn & Co,
I.AIKIH AM) l.MH'.VniV.
A servant girls' union hns been organized
with a. membership of fyiu ut Copenhagen,
Denmark.
There are In tho 1'iilted Stiite today
nearly 1.400.000 union men, according- to the
most authentic sources of Information.
Labor organizations of Seattle nro oom
bntlng the Jnimui-so lnllux by fining mem
bers who pntronlzo establishments where
tho Jnps nro employed.
In Oermany 1.0C7.S3S acres were seeded to
sugar beets lust year. The yield was about
eleven and a quarter tons to the acre, and
tho sugar results 12.7 per cent.
The Amerlcnn people uro evidently very
fond of chocolate, for there aro about
l!.0t).firt pounds of tho commodity con
sumed in the United States annually.
Tho farm experiment of Now York Typo
graphical union has proved so successful,
and the number seeking work on tho land
la so great, that tho original holding Is
occupied with tillers.
Dr Sward Webb last week cabled from
I'arls that ho Intended to present as a
mark of his appreciation a check for $75 to
every dispatcher on the Adirondack & St.
I.nwrence railroad, of which ho Is a di
rector. By a referendum voto of the Intnrnn
tlonal Typographical Union It Is determined
to slreiiKthen the reserves of Its war chst
to the extent of ulmut $l50,0or) a yenr, tho
recent assessment levied bringing in this
amount.
It is estimated that tho Chicago strikes
havo suspended building operations amount.
Ing to over JW.oaj.OOO, und causrd a loss of
J,000,(XW In wages to 40,tfo skilled work
men. During the struggle flvo men have
been killed and 110 Injured.
Igleslas, a prominent labor leader of
Forto Rico, li.ts begun n movement look
lug to nfllllntlon with the labor organiza
tions of the United Stale, and eventually ,
to having representatives attend the meet- :
lug of the American Federation. j
Nathan nnd Herman Citron of New York.
miinufaeturers of shirt waists, discharged 1
William K. Orny. their engineer, because
he was called to serve ns a juror In the
supreme court Tho manufacturers weie '
greatly surprised to learn that this was '
against tho law anil have taken Gray back '
A report of tho Illinois free employment
nlllces for tho thirty-eight weeks since their
establishment shows that 3W anpllia
tlons for positions have been riled, and
that places have been found for
In that tlmo L".i,i62 requisitions for help
liavo been Hied. i
Saginaw, JIlcli., Is making extensive
preparations for the biennial convention
of tho Harbors' International union. Since
the passage of laws bv Michigan and othPr
states providing for licensing followers of
the tousorlal art. organization has been so I
rapid that barbers' unions are springing up
in mauy localities.
A well-equipped cotton mill, owned and
operated bv negroes, has Just been started
nt Concord, H. C. Tho mill contains n.fflW
spindles and 110 looms. The mill manage
ment recruited Its forces from tho agri
cultural colleges and other colored educa
tional Institutions, and pays a slight per
centage less than the regular rate prevail
ing In southern cotton mills.
Operators on linotype machines in Kng
llsh newspaper olllces havo been twitted at
their lack of speed us compared with the
American operator, nnd have been mak
ing nn Investigation which they eliilm
shows that the matrices for tho English
linotypes uro much "leaner" than those In
"use in America. The machines nre run at
a slow gauge of power, which the operator
Is not responsible for.
Tho bureau of labor statistics of Indiana
In Its latest bulletin gives returns of the
totnl membership of labor organizations In
that state. In addition to other valuable
Information concerning the wage workers.
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