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A Wonderful Photograph,
In n certain secluded little village in
Urittany thero lived, some years ago,
nti hot) itst peasant woman, known ns
"La Veuve Yvonne." Hho happened
ouo day to hoar soino of her neigh
lor speaking of tln wonderful powers
of photography. With absorbed at
tontioti sho listened tin they told her
how tlmt ly incius of thin wonderful
ni t wore produced ou paper, in tlio
spaeo of a in i mi to, not only stars and
trees, landscapes ntid building", but
(ho caprice of tlio neii, the phenomena
of tlio sky mul the. most transient ex
prcssiniis on tho human face.
"Wonderful indeed !" she) ex
claimed, clasping her bands; ami af
ter a moment's patiso, sho demanded
ingcrly: "Whoro aro tho bost of
tbeso iimrvelotn pictures to bo seen?"
"In Turin," wns tho reply. "Why,
do yon ask, Mero Yvonne?"
"Never mind," finid she, nodding
her heml thoughtfully. "I have an
idea. Yoa will see."
The widow's mind was strong and
simple; it did not take long to "make
up." Without staying to deliberate,
without listening to tho advices and
warnings that besieged her ou every
side, ntid without confiding to anyone
the olij 'Ct of her jouruoy, she paeked
up a few necessaries, ami uno lino
morning, rich with tho savings of
many industrious yearn, and armed
with a written character from tho
farmer by whom she hud been em
ployed, sho set olT alouu for Paris,
She arrived iu the great capital,
with her scarlet petticoat, her white
neckerchief, her largo cap and her
lioncKt face. It was a big pluco she
saw, mue.li larger than she hail expect
ed; very brilliant, ami busy, aud be
wildering, bnt, though BHtoui.shud.sbo
was not a bit dismayed. She traversed
tho interminable boulevards with the
nonchalance of a born l'arisiau, giving
no sort of attention to the city "lions,"
paying no hoed t its inouiiuieuU aod
museums, its parks und garden, its
gayetiea and fetes, having in bur hon
est bond but a siuglo idea, uumely.tbe
power of photography.
Directly sho arrived sho inquired:
"Who is tho bunt photographer?"
Opinion differed ; somo told her Ir
win, others Balomun, uthora 1'riiuk,
Oustuve Levy, Iter tin I.
"lint which of all these," asked the
lamo, "is most successful iu portraits
sf children?"
In reply sho was furnished with the
address of a curtain clever artist,
whose name I am not at liberty to re
cord, and to whoso studio sjo at ouoo
hastened.
"Everybody says, monsieur," she
began, "that your likenesses of chil
dren areadmirablc."
"Everybody is very kind," roplied
the photographer smiling.
"That yon take them in the most
graceful and natural attitudes," re
sumed the dame, "and that they are
ao lifelike that they almost seem to
speak,"
"if I have nttuincd any uuusuul
skill in this branch of my art, nia
duuie," he replied, "it is probably be
cause I have worked una ainoro. I
love the little rogues. It is pure
pleasure to me to perpetuate their
iunooent smiles und graces. I have,
moreover, plenty of little subjects of
my own to practice upon. Bee here."
lie opcucd tho door, called, aud tho
next moment half a dozen merry chil
dren, of ages vurying from three to
twelve, riiHhod into tho room uud
crowded round his knees.
"You may imagine," ho continued,
smiling, "(hat it is not always au easy
mutter to roduoe these fidgety littlo
customers to tho neoossury immobil
ity it requires a little tact anil a good
tleul of patience. It is a child, I pre.
11 ui-o, madamu, whoso portrait you
wisn ittKour
"Yes, monsieur, it is aohild; but
lie will not trouble you with restless-
uuhs," replied Duma Yvonuo, shaking
her bond; "ho will bo neither potu
hint nor rebellious, tho poor little
love. . Good reason why he is"
"Yes?" said thu artist, iutorroga
tively, stroking the forehead of bis
youngest child us she paused.
''Hois doad!" said D.iine Yvonne,
gravely.
At theso startling words, tittered in
a voico In which approaching sobs be
trayed themselves, the photographer
felt distressed and ashamed of his own
egotism. He felt ho must linro bit
terly reuowed the mother's grief in
exhibiting to her these fair children
and caressing them before her eyes.
"On and play un tho balcony," lie
whispered hastily; and, as they passed
through the door, he kissed them ten
derly, but softly, lest bis visitor
should hear. Then, returning to bis
sent near her, ho said, with great gen
tleness:
"As the littlo child of whom yon
speak is dead, it is, I conclude, a pos
thumous portrait you wish to have
taken tho picture of the littlo creut
ure whoso soul has iled, lying iu bis
whito bod, a crown of whito rosos on
liis colorless forehead. It will be a
painful tank to me; but to oblige you,
miidamc, I shall bo hnppy, if you will
givo mo your address, to proceed ns
soon as possiblo to your residence."
Damu Y'vonno drew from hor pocket
largo red nnd bluo handkerchief.
with which, quite simply, sho wiped
her tearful eyes.
"Thank yon, monsieur," she said ;
"but I need not givo you so much
trouble. Sly child has been dead six
years."
The photographer looked stupefied.
"You hnve theu, n I ready, a portrait
of your son 1" he said, after a pause
"a pniutiug, perhaps, that you wish
photographed?"
" painting of him I?" exchiimod
Damu Yvonne. Mou diou, no I or
why should I linvo come all the way
from Brittany? I havo no sort of
relio or remembrnuco of my sweet
angel's funu ; it is tho hope of obtain
ing one that has indneed tno to take
this long journey."
Thu photographer started to his feet
iu utter amazement.
"Wbatiuadiiine!" he exclaimed ;"and
do you imagine that without tho ori
ginal, without another portrait, with
out any sort of indication or guide, I
can produuo a likeness of a child who
died six years ago?"
"What, monsieur!" cried Dnme
Yvonne, in her turn, "do yon mean
to any that it is impossible? Peoplo
vaunt on every side the prodigies, the
miracles of photography; boast that
it surprises the sea in the mysterious
movements of its waves, and the sky
iu the rapid flight of its clouds, and
renders accurately tho most intricate
tracery of tho highest buildings and
monument; uud cannot it cannot
the art that aecumplishes these marvels
reproduce a vestige, a Bouveiiir,' a
shadow of my son? Cannot it givo
ever so imperfect a resemblance of
bur child to a dosuluto mother,
who '
.Sobs broke the sontonce. Dame
Yvonno could say no more.
Now hero was a great griof to oon
bo lo and the honor of a great inven
tion to defend. The kiud-hoartod
photographer did not wish tho simple
pousaut to return to her Breton vil"
lago disappointed, ao be reflectod a
while.
"Madame," be suid thoughtfully,
"nothing is absolutely impossible."
"Ah," sho cried quickly, "then yon
can give me a portrait of my darliug?"
"Perhaps," suid he.
"Though he has been dead six
years?" she asked.
"Who know?" ho said. "I will try
at any rato."
"Oodbloss yon, inoiiBieur yon and
your family if you accomplish this
good action, "cxelai mod Damu Y'vonno,
trumulously. "What can I do to bolp
you? Ia there anything necessary for
"You uuvo preserved the clothes of
the child you havo lost?" he asked.
"Preserved them?" she echoed; "I
would no more part with thum than u
church would relinquish its sacred
relics. I have the very little gar
ments, still us good as new, iu which I
dressed him the last time ho rau chas
ing the butterflies in tho green Heidi."
"Sond them to mo directly," said
the artist,
"You shall havo them in tin hour,
monsieur," sho replied.
"Good," suid he. "Only three
more questions, Whut wus tho color
of his hair?"
"Ooldun," she replied.
"How old was be?" continued thu
photographer.
, "Five years," wus the reply.
"Wus ho suflloiontly advanced iu in
telligence to Lave auy souse of U'li
gum to be pious?" he asked.
"Pionsl Ah, ciell the poor little
angel 1 ho was always at prsyors,"re
plied the widow ; "at night, before he
went to rest, at the foot of bis little
bed; iu the morning, when ha rose,
before the image of our blessed Lord
that hung on his bedroom wall"
"That is enough," said the photog
rapher, rising. "Whon science and
piety work band iu hand in a oommon
catiso we may hope for success. I
have ao strong a wish to aid you, ma
dame, that I do not doubt that I shall
iiud a way. Adieu I Aurevoirt"
The clothes were sent, the work was
begun, nnd two days afterward Dame
Y'vonno received the first proof of tho
portrait. Sho uttered aery of joy.
"It is he I" she exclaimed. "I know
him again! It is my son 1 See! there
is the littlo vest with the silver but
tons tho littlo trousers I made- with
my own bands; thero are bis little
arms, his tiny fingers, bis long golden
hair falling over his shoulder. Oh,
yes, it is it is my littlo child! Oil,
monsieur, bow much I owo yon!"
"Madame," said the photogrophnr,
"in presenting to you an imaj;e which
you recognize ns your son, who died
six years ago, I have accomplished a
miracle. Miracles aro not paid for."
For us the miracle is not diflleult to
explain. Nothing is so like, iu figure,
air and attitude, to a child of fivo
years old than another child of tho
same ngn. The photographer hud
merely placed before tho camera one
of his own children, drossod in tho
pretty ISrctou costume of tho dead
boy. He was represented kneeling ou
a cushion, his head bant, his faco hid
den by his hands, which wore raised
nnd clasped togethor iu tho noble at
titude of prayer.
Dame Yvonno returnod to Brittany.
She showed the portrait to every one
she kuow, and to all who would listen
she enlarged iu terms of reverence
and wouder on the marvelous power
of photography, which had produced
tho likeness of a boy who had been
dead six years. If any ono indis
creetly linked: "Dame Y'vonno, why
does your son hide his face thus iu his
hands?" she answered, much affected:
"You must bo a bad Christian not to
guess that, Tho poor angel, who is
in heaven, prays for bis mother, left
iu this world, bereaved und desolate."
Now Y'ork News.
QUAINT AMI CURIOUS.
There nrn ovor 2,000 miles of rail
ways iu operation in Japan.
Tho British Miut coined in 1800
23,000,000 moro pieces than during
1805,
Bulgaria has only seven high schools
for girls, with 5,1411 jiupils and 185
teachers.
St. Louis, Mo., is the largest street
car manufacturing city in tho world.
The output lust year was about 3,000
cars.
Tho aggregato woiglit of n family
living iu Van Buron Couuty.Michigan,
is ouo ton. It consists of a father and
mother and four children, ami when
they go to church together they nil ait
iu one pew.
The oldest tree of which thero is
authentic record is the Soma cypress
of Lombardy. It is known to havo
been iu existence in 43 B. C. There
are, however, many trues for which a
vastly greater antiquity is claimed
Sumo of tho Senogul baobabs are said
to be 5,000 years old
Florists and gardeners have found a
simple aud what is said to be au effect'
ive means of ridding their green
houses of devastating insects. To
bacco stems are pluoed on tho heating
pipes, and the beat brings out tho
odor of the tobacco, which destroys
the pests.
Being advised by a lawyer iu tho
lobby of a Lincoln (Neb.) hotel how
to fiud out how a cigar cutter on a
counter worked, a burlier belonging
to the hotel shop stuck his littlo linger
into the opening designed for tho end
of a cigar aud had tho tip dipped oil".
Thut was n funuy wedding that oc
curred iu Miysvillo, Kv., ruooutly.
Julius Bei'gaiig, aged 21 yoars, be
came smitten with "A nut" Hiniiuh
Curtis, aged 07 years, uud proposed,
Sho accepted uud two more souls were
mudo happy.
A funny wagor was made by a gun
tleman in Bangor, Me. Ho bet 5 tout
he could force six puople out of ten
to involuntarily yawn. He entered a
trolley cur, took a sunt, and iu u fow
minutes simulated a long and loud
yawu. Fonrteeu of tho 1!) peoplo
present followed his example.
Tho gift by Mrs. Harriet Maxwoll
Converse of New York of a vuluablo
collection of relies of the six nations
to tho New York Stato museum is an
nounced. The relics iuolu.lo tho Iro
quois Indian national wampum belts,
Mrs. Cotivurso is an Iroquois Indian
by adoptiou, aud' uU nit honorary
chief ol the tribe,
A FACTOIIYOF FEAR.
nrSAMITK-MAKKflS F. A CI Kit TO
OIIKV A fib sArRTY KCIiKS.
Making and Mixing the Terrible Fx
plosive 120,000 Pounds Turned
Out IMly-Shnntles In a
Jersey Wilderness.
"I ECENTLY the Cnbnn Junta,
I located in this oity, placed a
I lnrge order for dynnmito,
(Z variously estimnted at from
50,000 to 500,001) pounds, says a New
York correspondent. It was probably
nearer the former than the latter fig
ure, bnt even il it was the minimum
amount, it would be sufficient to tear
some pretty big holes in the Spanish
ranks, if properly applied.
I he concern that secured this order
hns made lots of dynamite for the
Cubans in tho past twenty months; it
also supplies the needs of Uncle Sam
whenever he is in want of anything in
this line. For a long time it was kept
bnsv turning out 20,000 pounds of the
stuff a day for the contractors at work
on the Chicago canal. In a yenr it
turns ont enough of the explosives to
almost blow the earth into smither
eens. It would seem that a concern which
does nil this would be an imposing
affair, with a fnctory, or series of fac
tories, with numberless acres of tie or
space, tint it is just the reverse, nnu
a stranger conld stand in the very cen
tre of the dynamite factory nnd not
recognize it as such.
Dynamite is a peculiar commodity,
and it is manufactured nnder peonlinr
conditions. Uncertainty is the ruling
thing about dynamite, and this dom
inating feature permeates the whole
establishment. Tho fuotory is located
at Oibbstown, N. J., a place so small,
nnd in a section of the State so sparse
ly settled that the outside world would
never hnve heard of its existenoc, per
haps, were it not for tho dynamite.
Its remoteness from everyihing was
tho reason of the factory being lo
cated there. A branch railroad runs
into the property connecting with the
principal railroads and the Delaware
liiver. By these means the commodity
is shipped through the country and
to the neaports.
The fnctory spreads over a miln of
swnmp land nnd is nothing more than
three score of wooden hniluings, one
story in heieht, nnd not very securely
bnilt. For the most part they look
for all the world like the run-down
cabins of the Sontb and are just
about as handsome. They have one
modern appliance, however, nnd that
is an attachment for depriving light
ning of its powers.
None of theno shanties are very
close to tbo other. Plenty of opeu
spneo is a necessity when tetis of
thousands of pounds of dynamite are
always lying around. Commercial
prudence accounts for the cheap nnd
scattering look of the factory. Ex
perience has taught the owners that a
single big building would be a rash
enterprise. Explosions occnr onco in
while no matter how carefully they
are guarded against, and it is an easy
matter to replace the shanty.
A more potent reason is the protec
tion it affords to the work people.
Were all the business concentrated in
WOMKX MAKtNII ('A PS.
ono building uud an explosiou to occur
in auy one department, the shock
would cause instantaneous upheuvuls
throughout the buildiug, killiug or
maiming every ouo in the place.
Several huudred peoplo are employed
in the factory, including a dossou
women. Eueh uud every one ot them
realizes tho danger of their calliug.und
they exercise the greatest caution iu
performing their work. There are cer
tuin rules formulated by tbo company
whioh they must obey, and this they
re only too glad to do. One is that no
) matches, firearms or explosive! of any
HUMBLE ABODE OF THE DIOfSEST DYNAMITE FACTORY.
kind mnst be carried on the person.
Another is that no iron or steel pegs ean
be worn in the shoes. Wooden pegs
aro permissible, because ther ere safe.
Ftr.MXO rARTBtnop
This latter rnle was formulated some
years ago, after one of tho workmen
bad stepped on a tiny piece of dyna
mite, the nails of his shoes causing it
to explode. Tho shock caused quite a
quantity of the stnIT on one of the
work tables to go off, the shanty wns
blown tip and there wore some fatali
ties among the workmen.
There is no neod of employing
special mon to see that the precau
tionary rules are observed, as every
workmnn is a spy npon his neighbors,
for he knows that his safety depends
qnito as mnou upon the others as
upon himself.
Dynamite is principally a mixture
of snlphurio aoid, Chile saltpeter and
boxwood sawdust. There aro a good
many other things which enter into
its composition, and before it takes
the shape of the finished cartridge it
passes through a vnnety of bands.
There is one thing that the dynamite
worker is thankiul for, aud that is his
job will never be usurped by machin
erv.
Nearly a dozen of the shanties are
chemical bouses. I bey are callod
"safety buildings" nnd are used for
the storage ot the many acids which
help to make dynamite what it is.
One of the initiatorv stages of tho
cartridges is "cooking" of the dyna
mite gelatine. The prodnot of the
cook is nitro-glyoerine. Many acids
nre poured into a big leaden tub, tbo
most conspiouous feature of which is
a thermometer like a hawk, nnd chilled
water is added from time to time to
keep the temperature ot the mixture
down. Should it evince a sudden de
sire to rise thore ia nothing for all
hands to do but run.
After all the acids have been added
the mixture is allowed to stand, and
then nitro-glycerine comes to the top
like cream in milk. It is skimmed off
and carried to another house, where
it is mixed with the prepared law
material, principally sawdust.
When the coalition has been effected
the result is loose dynamite, looking
for all the world like brown sugar. It
is conveyed fo another bnilding.called
the pack honse.where it is started into
the cartridges. The loose dynamite is
placed in a dampened trough on a
dump table, and the men fill the long
narrow tubes with tho stuff, usin
woodon scoops. (J rent care is taken
that none of it drops on the Hoor, as
a happening ot that kind might bo the
preliminary of a big disaster. In this
room the cartridges are paeked for
shipment. The women in the fuotory
are employed in a littlo houso given
over to making tho paper cups for thu
cartridges. As there is no danger
about this work, machinery is em
ployed to somo extent, and as a result
only a dozen women are employed.
As little finished dynamito is kept
on the ground as possible. Stock is
never maintained. The dyuamite is
shipped oil' as rapidly as it is made
into cartridges, und the burden of
watching it passes on to others.
During 189(1 tbo big Anaconda cop
per mine, in Montana, earned a protit
of $1,000,000, the output in that year
being 107,000,000 pounds of copper,
nearly 500,000 ounces ot silver and
about 15,000 ounces of gold. More
than 31,000,000 wus spent ou improve
ments. '
Colorado College, at Colorado
Spring, hiissuooeeded in raising au
endowment fund of 8200,000, anil its
future is now reasonably assured. Dr.
D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, gave the
handsome sum ot $50,000 towards the
uudertakiug.
A favorable report was made in the
Texus Legislature on a bill making
tho payment of the poll tax a qualitt
cation for tuffroge.
CONGRESSIONAL
Important Msssnrss tinder Coniidrtlon
ia Bth Homes.
filsT HAT.
Th hnmn enllerleg were throngni with
Vloitors nil ilay. tint ths ernwils wltncm
nothing lieyoml tlm dullest of routln mst
ters until Hi" laM half-hour of thn scsvion,
when tlm lilll to nriihltilt ths trnnmlf Ion or
detailed nenoiints of prize, lights by mnil or
teKrntih wss hroiiKlit up. 'J tils led to a very
lively skirmish In wiiipii pri::e iiKmiriif was
denounced en sll nldes snd the ndvoeates of
ths till J Insisted that the "sickening details"
should l siipfrened in ths Internet of good
morals. Hut the Mil met with mnst strenuous
opposition on ths ground thst It would tend
to estahlish a censorship of ths pre.
In tlm Henstn the lilKtre-t ot i olumws bill
wns pswrnd enriy In the day. Ths nnvnl bill
brouuht out s hot content on the Dries of
armor pinto nnd the enislillpment of a gov
ernment faetorjr. Th senate committer had
recommended a niatlmum pries or ?lw wr
ton for armor. Mr. handier endeavored to
hnvo tho pries fined at :W0. I he hill was
laid aside nt i M p. m. for na executive ses
sion.
f,2n n y.
In ths lfoUf tlm hill to prohibit ths trnns
mlosiou of tlm detailed report of priz
fights wss called up by Mr. Aldrlch, who
spoxs ngaiiit thn "sickening details" with
which tlis pspers teem. .Mr. .Morse advo
cated the pamgc ths tiiil ' n a protec
tion to ths youth of the country."
The fcntiirc, of ths IIoiiko eon to-dny
was ths ilcfnnsx of Congressman .lohn Ial
re of Justice. Ocori;". Hiilni ngainst Impu
tation cii-t upon the hitter's character by
Messrs. McMlllln nnd Diiarniond soma time,
ago.
Tho Hon linnnimoiisly voted that Mr.
lllaek. of (icrirnia, whoso sent wm contested
by Thomas K. VVatson, tho hits i'opulist
cnndldato for vice-president, was entitled to
ths sent.
After a brief dicuslon of the armor platn
claus'i of thn naval bill thn spciikcr nppolnt
ed Messrs. itoiitello i Itep., Me. ), ltoblnson,
( llej.., I'ii. i and 4'iunmings, iltep., N. V.i
conferees on the naval bill, to whom the bill
ws then given.
Hie Senate to-day passed tho resolution to
firevent the Introduction of contagious sod
nfsctloii diseases Into the t'nited Htate.
The conllrmntion In the Hnate of thirty
one nominations of presidential postmasters
I expected to ho unavailing so tar as sbout
five-sixths of them sro concerned. The fil
ing of a bond Is a prerequisite of the Issnnnca
of commission, snd this ean not be done be
fore March 4.
LAST DAY.
In order to save time, the resiling of yes
erday's Journal wns dispensed with.
The conference report on the liihtnct of
Columbia appropriation bill was present
ed ami explained by Mr Teller.
The conference report was sgrecd to snil
further conference ordered on the matter
still left open.
A further conference was ordered on the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
A' conference report was presented on the
bill to amend the laws relating to naviga
tion. When it wns read au Inquiry was mndn
by Mr. Allen (l'op., Neb. ), as to whether tho
bill now contained any of the Hogging
elHiines. Agreed to.
The bill for an International monetary
conference was taken up in the Senate, nnd
nfter two hours of debate the House amend
ment were agreed to without the formality
of a yen and nay vote.
Tim fortification appropriation bill was
passed early In tho day. The deilclcuey ap
propriation bill led to sn animated contro
versy over adding a number of claim, ag
gregating i.'iHT.'.iuO, under thn Bowman set.
An nmendmcnt covering the claims was
finally allotted.
PENNSYAVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Slareh 1. There wns a rnlher slim at
tendance at tho legislature when both house
met nt 9 o'clock to-night. A lot ot new bills
were again presented.
The senate reud a number of bills the first
snd second times. Home time was also used
up over a resolution to publish a book ou
poultry diseases. The resolution was de
feated. Msreh 1 The members of the House and
Senate seemed more interested today in get
ting to Washington for thn inauguration
than In getting down to legislation, lluriug
the en iro session tin-re ha boenn succession
of adjournments, nnd neither branch of tlm
Legislature has got in a full week's work. It
was agreed among thu lenders that tlm
House and Senate would adjourn tonight
until next Monday, nnd from that timo on
they will get down to Business.
Among other nets passed on third rending
was ono Hint gives a married woman living
separate ami apart from herhuland author
ity to convey and encumber real estate with
out the Joiner of her husband.
The Lnlinr World.
Pnns hns 310 toy factories.
Ourmany has 1,000,000 textile worker?.
Washington printers orgnntsad In 1815.
New York L'lis a Workmen's Politienl
League.
Honking Valley (Ohio) minors don't aver
age $5 a month
Canton, Ohio, has put the uuemployud nt
Improving ronds.
Wnges of Savannah city detectives were
reduced and one struck.
A Pontine. (Mich.) earrings factory is run
Ding twenty-tour hours a day.
Cleveland Italian laborers have organize 1
and will take a band in politics.
Employesof the Newark (S. J.) street rail
way were discharged for samliliug.
Many of tho cotton mills ot Canada in
tend to close down for three mouths.
Largo workrooms for unskilled female
labor have been opeuad in New York.
Brooklyn aitv authorities oppose the hill
requiring stationary engineer to be liceimeil.
Minimum pay of Erie Pnn.) painters
this year will he twenty-live cents uu hour.
Practically nluety-two per ount. ot lh
wag'i workers of Hu Paul, Minn., are union
ists. A New York baker's union ha decided to
raise a big fund for its unemployed mem
bers. An International congress to consider leg.
Islation tor thu working classes will meet iu
Uurliu, Germany.
The Brewers' National Union warned nil
workmen iu its ranks oi a threatened lock
out iu uud about New York.
Now York Central Labor Union will ann
sijer the scheme to have thu unemployed of
tho cities oolouine.l ou hilo publle lauds In
the West.
Superintendent Aldrldgo of the New York
Stato Department of Piihlin Work aKs that
li Iteun cents un hour bo llxed us the mini
mum for unskilled labor.
Thn horso clippers hnve joined thn bar
bers, the chiroiiuitisls, the uoru doctor and
the rest In demundlug that III" State shall
Insist ou a license uud uu examination.
The Bethlehem (l'cnn.) Iron Company an
nounced u geueral reduction of t-u per vent.
Iu the wages of steel workers, laborer uud
(iiriiaoeiucu. Nearly luuo employes are uf
feeted. Los Angeles, Cab, needs a larger police
force uud its newspaper suggest that Urn
salaries ot thu men should bu reduced from
ijiiiS to 70 a mouth. Ouo of them suggests
that there uro 100 able men iu thu city
willing to take sueh u Job at 1U.
Unemployed married members of t lie Min
neapolis I Minn.) Typographies! Ull.on re.
oeiva t7 a week uud single won .1.
Boston employs 37A0 laborers, who reeeiv.,
from J.0J to J.'.'0 u day, and a I'oiuiclL
uiuu wauls flfteeu cunts a day nddul lo tlio
pay of eaon employe, t