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TEACHING WILD INDIANS.
In 1892 the "Hcfror" school was
Imilt in Oklahoma Territory, nmong
colony of Cheyeunes and Arapahoes,
connidoretl among the wildest, moot
dackward nnd non-progresnive of nil
the Indiana. FortuuntelT, says the
Chicago lleenrd, the Hnjiorintendent
of the new school Mr. John Heger
had already gained their confidence in
Another eopacity, no thnt when they
were asked, to put their children in
school they said thnt tlipy would an
soon an they were weaned, And they
onrried thin out liternlly.
Mnny incidents nre told illustrating
the splendid work whioh has nlrondy
lieeu accomplished directly nnd in
directly by the school, for ofton the
influence in the oommunity is equal
to the actnnl nmount of education
within the school walls.
'J'VrErl OF INDIAN STUDENTS.
One of the girl pupils who entered
the school when it opened hnn hnd
quito a remarkable record. Having
no previous education and leaving hor
really savage home for tho llrnt time,
' she has demonstrated what education
is doing and will do for the red man.
There is a system in nearly all the
4 lovernment Indian schools by which
' those pupils who are both industrious
nnd frugal may earn money in the
Hawing room, on the farm or in some
one of the school's other industrial de
partments. Of course this must be
outside of their regular work. This
young girl, after tuking a regular
, course as o scholar, was judged capa
ble of receiving a salaried position. In
, the course of a short time she lllled
not one, but several, nnd worked in
the sewing room besides. Out of her
savings she bought a wagon, harness,
teuui, organ, bedroom set nnd a sow
ing machine, nil in view of hor pros
pective marriage to a young Indian to
whom she was engaged, nnd when
they were married sho took cnongh
-pavings with her to build a home!
All this was aceomrdishod in three
years' time.
LIVING ANIMALS FOR JEWELRY.
Upw Fashion In Paris Dies Live Tortoises
For Ornaments.
The new "living jewelry" is nil tho
rage in Paris. In a show window of a
prominent jeweler on the Rne Roynle
there are a number of tiny living tor
toises imbedded in jewels and crawl
ing about oh plush cushions.
The tortoises are from one-third to
one-half of an inch long without the
Lead. Their shells are covered with
an ornament of filigree gold in whioh
is set a number of precious stones.
The little animals are in no way in
commoded by their ornunients. To
NIW LIVING 9EWBLBY. '
the shell is attached a tiny gold chain
that can be pinnod on the corsage by
surety pin ,
I The illustration represent! one of
these ornaments. It is a tortoise eov
oredwith a fine trellis work of rod
diamonds and brilliants in . Louis
Vninzo style. Boms art ornamented
(SIR.
with lirillinnts and rubies, others
with turquoises nnd emeralds. In
some the stones are net in tho shape
of a monogram.
When not exhibited on their plnnh
background in the shop windows the
nr.imnl nre allowed to crawl aronnd
in a little doll garden in the store,
which , is planted with renl shrubs
and ha a riifltlo bridge and gravel
walks.
HUGE CLOBE FOR PARIS EXPOSITION
To Measure Flghty-four Feet In Illume
tcr, nnd Will Slowly Revolve.
The great globe which is to be the
feature of the Paris Exposition is now
nearly completed. Elevators nnd
stairways will run to nine tiers or
floors, from each of which a section of
tho globe can be seen. It will thus be
possible to follow tho equatorial cir
cles nnd-make a thorough Htudy of tho
earth's surface
Tho globe in being built by T. Ttnd
dimnn Johnson on a scale of 1 in 500,
000 of the actual sizo of the earth, or
roughly, one-eighth of an inch to the
milo. It will measure eighty-four feet
in diameter, and have a surface area
of 22,000. Home idea of the vnstnoss
of the work is conveyed by tho fnot
thnt if tho material composing tho cov
ering were unrolled it would form a
band one foot in width and four miles
iu length. In order that the globe
GREAT GLOBE FOIl
may be properly inspected it will be
surrounded by a circular wall, round
whioh will run a series of galleries.
The globe itself will revolve slowly,
thus permitting the spectator to view
every part.
Every place of any note will be
given and all towns of 6000 inhabi
tants, while larger towns will be
marked aooording to scale. Various
colors will be employed to distinguish
between sea and land, forest aud des
ert, while every zone will have a dif
ferent shade.
Underground Sanitation.
It is deolared in London that the
health of employes on the Under
ground Railway is better than on any
line in England. The atmosphere is
said to bave positively onred eases of
quinsy and bronchitis and to have
benefited people with lung troubles.
Cost of a Cavalryman.
The eost of maintaining a eevalry
soldier and horse in the British army
is about f 000 per annum.
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.BEST-PAID WOMAN OFFICIAL-
MIm Mary Kirk (JeM SIROO a Tear Fo
Translating Portngnesn.
The highest salary drawn by any
women clerk in Uncle Hnm's employ
is $1800 per annum, which is paid to
MIX MAItY Kllllt
Miss Mary Kirk, translator of Portu
guese in the Ilureaii of American Re
publics at Washington. Merit is re
sponsible for Miss Kirk's distinction.
She was born in Philadelphia, and,
after graduating at Hwarthmore Col
lege, she went to Brazil to become
professor of languages in a girls' col
lego nt Rio Janeiro. Kho returned to
the United States as translator for the
llrazilian Minister at Washington, and
lately assnmcjl her present position.
Tli- IH-t or Ostriches.
The omnivorous qualities of tho
ostrich havo hnrdly been exaggerated.
It swallows oranges, small turtles,
fowls, kitten nnd bones. Mr,
Schreiner tolls of one swallowing also
a box of peaches, tennis balls, neveral
ynrdfl of fencing wiro nnd half a dozen
cartridges One followed the work
men and picked up the wire as they
cut it. Most frequently tho ostrich
does not follow each dainty separately,
but collects several in its throat and
then swallows them all nt once. Home
times ,it is strangled. Its windpipe
is then cut, the obstacle taken out,
and the wound sewed up, when ull
goes well again. Household Words,
The (Mil Allien 1 1 mine Milt KlnmlK.
The old Alden bouno at Duxbnry,
Muss., built in Kin!), still stands, ap
parently as solid as whon John and
1'rincilln Alden occupied it. Further
more, there lives therein n veritable
Priscilla Mull ins Alden, a lassie of
cloven yearn, who is tho ninth genera
tion from the original Priscilla Mul
litis, who became Prisoilla Alden.
There are many others of the direct
descendants of the original Pilgrims
living thereabouts to-day.
Has Killed Mare Tl.an 400O Deer.
Jeff Watts, tho king of deer killers
in the Ozark country of Missonri, ha
gone with a party of his Webster
County friends on n hunting trip to
the Leatherwood Mountains in Arkan
sas. Watts had over 4000 deer to his
scoro sevoral years ago. He is one of
tho most successful hunters in the
Union.
TABIS EXPOSITION.
I'tillilng Seaweed.
Norway is utilizing seaweed for the
production of glue, starch and aoap
after the extraction of the iodino the
weed contains. A sizing for paper ia
also procured by the process. The
glue, or rather the acid precipitate
which forms it, is, whon refined, an
excellent substitute for gum arabiu,
lie Kpoke From Experience,
"Colonel Fiegel, do you think there
is auy money in horse racing?"
"Yea, indeed I All mine is." New
York Times.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Grooming the Horse,
The farm horse ought to have plenty
of grooming, bnt the onrry-oomb
ought not to do very much. The most
work in grooming shonld be after the
day's work is done. His legs and feet
ought to have special care. Clean hit
feet ont thoronghly eaoh evening. An
pld broom will .do good work in this.
Sive a good rubbing over the whole
ody with a wisp of straw, working
briskly on his legs and feet. Keep
the fetlooks trimmed closely and per
ectly free from mud and dunt when in
the stable.
I Rran For Poultry,
Bran in excellent for poultry and
ne point in favor of bran is that it
Contains a ranch larger proportion oi
lime than any other cheap food derived
from grain, and as the shells of eggs
fro composed of lime it is essential
flint food rich in lime be provided. It
(nay be nrgod that the nns of oyster
Kiel Is will provide lime, bnt it will be
found thnt it in the lime in the food
that in most serviceable, because it is
In a form that can be better digested
and assimilated than carbonate of lime.
Clover in also rich in limo, and when
a inasn of cut clover and bran is givon
the fowls tliey will need no oyster
shells or other mineral matter as I
source from which to provide lime for
the shells of eggs. Do not forget that
in summer, however, the use of all
kinds of foods should be made with
iudgmont. If the hens have a fret
range give no food at all as long at
Uiey nre laying, lint if they begin to
fall off let bran be a leading ingredient
of the foods allowed. In winter th
bran nnd clover in even more essen,
tin), ns the fowln cannot then seonrt
green food on the range. Farm News.
Angora floats.
The following was written for" the
Breeders' Gazette by J. R. Btandley,
of Taylor Comity, Iowa: Pnre-bred
Angorn goats arc scarce. For killing
lirnsh and wendn the grade goat is at
good as pure-bredn. Grades are pro
cured by usiug pure-bred bucks on
common goats. The first cross makes
but little hair about three-quarters
of a ponnd; the second cross about one
and a half to two ponudn; the third
cross about two to three pounds while
the fourth or fifth cross in for hair
nbont as good nn'pure-hredn. Anyone
desiring to make goat-breeding a busi.
nesn for profit should buy grade does
nnd puro-lired bucks nnd continno to
breed to pure-bred bucks. The An
gora goat-breeding liusinein is much
the snmo ns the cattle or hog business
ns regards blood. High-grade cows
or sown, if bled to fitllbloodod sires,
nre about ns good fas purn-breds for
beef or pork, but to breed to grnde
siren is to go backward instead of on
and up.
Tho pure-lived Angoru varies much
iu weight of lleeee, running all the
way from two and n half to ten pounds
per head. Of coin-so tlieso are ex
tremes. A good average fleece is four
to live pounds. The hair in at this
time worth about fifteen cents to forty
cents per pound this is f;rade hair;
pure-bred hnir is worth from twenty
five to forty omil.
Angorn goats mature about the fame
lime ns sheep nud rcquiro much the
name treatment. They breed about
the same tlio time of gestation is the
same. Tim weight for grown does is
about seventy to eighty pounds some
weigh more nud some less. High
grade wethers attain n woight of 1C0
pounds ofteu aud a bunch of choice
ones will clip seven to ten pounds of
hair on an average each.
The Angora goat in fleece pays nbont
twenty per cent, more than nbenpnnd
for glenning qualities there is no com
parison between them.
Angoras afid sheep do well together
nnd never cross breed. They do not
do well together in winter (the goats
fight tho sheep), but when at pasture
they are all right. The goats eat
leaves nnd weeds in preference to
grass, thus lemoving the shade nnd
improving thn pastures.
Angora goats are grown largely in
Southwestern Texas, iu JJew Mexico,
California nnd Oregon. There have
been about 10,000 distributed in Iowa
thin season.
The meat of the Angora is by many
thought to bo nioer than mutton. The
wethers or does if fat sell better than
sheep, for the reason that the meat is
equal nnd the pelt in worth much
more. Augora goat pelts taken in No
vember or December are worth from
31 to $2.fi0 each nud are being worth
more every year us people learn their :
nses.
Corn That Catches Cooua.
Eight or ten years or so ago there
was a lake near Morrilton covering
about 10,000 acres. When the big
floods came two years ago an opening
wi made by the surging waters which
carried off all the water of this lake
when the floods subsided. The bed
of the lake dried np and left the richest
soil the world ever saw. It is ten
feet deep, and nothing the River Kile
ever produoed could excel it.
This year Mills and Ualley have a
crop of corn on about 1,000 acres ol
this land. They sowed the corn
broadcast like wheat, and scores oi
"shoots" are also loaded down.
"It ia the most remarkable corn
crop ever produced in the world," de
clared Professor Coz, and to make the
story even inor interesting, he ended
it by declaring that a "oooa" wai
oaught between the stalks, and, being
nnable to extricate itself because they
were so thick, was killed by those
who came upon it. Little Rook (Ark.)
Democrat.
A Worklngman's Dote).
Another large hotel ia to be erected
in London. It ia proposed to put up
a workingman'a hotel that will accom
modate 800 boarders at two cents a
night. It is expected to pay five per
eent. 'to the shareholders. Chioago
Chroniole.
KEYSTONE STATE HEWS CONDENSED
NECK BROKEN.
Sort ant Rider Killed at Raw Castle by aa
Electric Car.
Plutnmer Simpson, of Conltown, wu
Instantly killed by an electric enr the
other night at New Cnntlo. Ho hail
been attending church with Kllsaboth
Smith, nml on their wny home the horni
lightened, breaking- the buggy no
badly thnt It hnd to be abandoned.
Minn Smith went home with a neighbor,
and Simpson started to ride the home,
lust ns a ear came tip behind, the horse
lumped on tho track, wan struck and
Instantly killed. Hlmpnon wan thrown
on the track and hnd hln neck broken,
lie waa 23 yearn old.
The following pension wore granted
Inst week: Charles Lineman, .Fern,
l Marlon, IB; Frank Nicholas, Krle, $10;
W. R. Martin, Allegheny, Iff: Jnmen S.
Duncan, Seneca. Venango, Iff; Levi J.
Miller, Heaver Falls, 8; William Hmlth,
Pittsburg, $6; Israel W. Stern, Riddles
Cross Rondn, llutler, IB; James C.
Kershnor, Hunbury. tti; Fhllamler
dates Oli-ndli Meadvlllo, Crawford, $1
to :i(l; Charle Powell, t'orry, 16 to $S;
Harriet Hprague, Kendall Creek, Me
Kean, $8; lnilnila M. Hrown, I'lnttea,
Frio. I2; minor of William McMlllln.
Chewton, Lawrence, 110; Sarah K.
Cinten, Mcailvllle. H; Mary C. McCart
ney. Thomas. Wu-shlngton, $S; Kllxa
IMinklo, Washington, JH; Charlotte
heck, Ht. Thoman, Franklin, IS; Chaun
cey Lawrence, Conneautvllle, $12;
Isaac Hhlmer, Altoona, I0; John Klaus,
HoUllem' home, Kile, fi; Henry I.
Oraysnn, Clarion, ID; Adnm Itlble,
fllrard, $12; Charles II. Mntteon. Fox
burg, $12: Charbn II. drove, Ilniwns
Unle, I: Knll N. Honk, Knergy, Iff; Wil
liam H. Jackson, Krle, $:t0; Susan
Illnck, I'lttslleld, $R; Laura N. Itrewer,
l'unxsutnwney, $12; John C. tlreen,
(iibsonton, Westmoreland, $6; William
Anderson, Wilklnsburg, $6; Harvey Me
Klm. Wampum, $H; William Crannton,
Allegheny, $G; James McClarren, 8ol
tllern1 home, Krle, $12; Richard W.
Jones, Kraddock. $; William Lloyd,
New lli lghton, $; William T. Nlel. Ho
mer City, IB; Patrick Donahoe, Plttn
burg, $S; John Slater. Ktnn $10; Martin
P. Stewart, Klennrn, Jefferson, $K;
lleoige Hnrgent, Marietta, Iff; Michael
Frnvel, lllnnchard. Center, $; William
C. Sutton, Franklin, $ff to $H; Henry B.
!cll, N'rrrace, Huntingdon, $S to $12;
Kllxnheth Meatier, Ford City, $8; Kmma
Trimble, New Castle, $12; Mexican war
widow, Martha Colrner, Pottsville, $x;
.Ionian A. Klnter, Klpplo. Illalr. $ff;
Henry M. You, Duncansvllle, Itlnlr,
!8; John Walker, llutler, $12: Thomas
Hlley, Punxnutnwney, $8; William II.
Ilarinan, McAllisteinville, Juniata, Iff;
Charles Hauso, Soldiers' home, Kile,
$10; Henry llrewer. Soldiers' home,
Krle. IS; William llrannan, Patterson,
J tin lata. 110; Isaac Haiighman, Mt.
Union, Huntingdon, ; Williim ft.
firllllth, Phllljwhtirg, Center. $X; Chris
tian liheln, Allegheny, $fi; William
Slmw, Stewarts Station, Westmore
land, $.H; Thomas Porter, Connellsvllle,
?i; H. Ienn, Canan, Johnstown. $12;
Thomas Jervls, Kbensburg, $0; Clark
Mc.Connell, New Ilrlghton, Heaver, $8;
John U. Rosa, Sharpsvllle. Iff; Augustus
fl. Wlnslow, Wlnslow, Jefferson, IS to
$12: William O. Arter, Corry, $12; John
Hurnworth, Ohio I'yle, $14; Klixaneth
lutes, Altoona, $8; Margaret H. pot
ter, Wilklnsburg, IS; Mary S. Ilalilwln,
Hector, Potter, $12; Hester Hohwein,
Komerset. $K; Kllen Fair. Johnstown,
$8; Amnmlu, A. Murray, Punxnutaw
ney, $8.
Michael Rabnr, of TUrmlngham. sev
eral nillun north of Altoona, was the
victim of a during hold-up and attempt
ed murder Tuesday night. He had been
at Kittanlng Point and wan walking
home when he wan stopped by three
nv?n nt the point of revolvers. One of
the highwaymen fired two shots nt him.
Italior threw hln hands up when the
shots were tired, nnd the hulli-ln. in
Head of crashing Into his brain, lodged
one In each hand. The desperadoes then
knocked him to the ground. Hln pock
ets were searched and IS, all that he
had, wan taken. The rolibern then fled.
Itabor wan brought to tho hospital.
Martin Cooley, nn employee of the
Canonsburg Coal Company, left a few
days ago for hi former home In Paris,
France, where he will spend nix months
with hln friends. Mr. Cooley wns di
vorced from hln wifi in the French
capital before coming to America nev
eral yearn ago, and now returns to re
marry her, and both will reach Canons
burg next summer.
W. H. Walker of Butler has sold to
,T. O. MeKlnney of the South Penn Oil
Company, Midland division, a property
on the old Troutman field, Hutler coun
ty, for :!21,000. Tho property connistn
of the J. I. Campbell farm, with nix
producing wells and the Robert Harper
farm, with four producing wells, and
known an the Campbell and Iman prop
erties. Oeorge R. Kohlnmin, aged 62, a prom
inent resident of Franklin, fell dead the
other morning while leaning over the
cradle In which his grandchild slept,
Ho was born In Philadelphia Hnd nerv
ed in tho United States nuvy from ISf.S
until the close of the civil war. His
mother. Mrs. Klizabeth Sommern, in a
resident of Pittsburg.
Mine Inspector O. M. Williams of the
Third anthracite district, at Wllken
barre, reported the tutal number of tons
of coal mined In the district during 1i9i
as 7.448,4I"..13. The total number of per
sons employed wan 25,;i0. There were
sixty fatal accidents nnd 'Ml non-fatal.
A human lll'e wan lost for every 124, 14U
tons of coal mined.
Mm. Harriet Walters, alias Harriet
Lee, of PottBVille, colored, wan taken
to Philadelphia recently, having failed
to furnish $1,000 bail, after a hearing
before Cnlted States Commissioner C.
H. Woltjen, to await trial before the
United States Dlf trlct Court on charges
of making false claims to uecure a pen
sion. Frederick Bardsley, of Pleasant Val
ley, was killed at Irwin last week by
the Uniontown express. He wan going
to Stewarts, and got off a train be
cause It did not stop at hln destination.
He started to walk and slipped an he
was getting out of the way of the train
that struck him.
A few days ago Mrs. Joseph Havice,
of New Castle, an apparently healthy
woman, had a premonition of death.
She told members of the family that
she was convinced that she had only
a short time to live. Friduy night
she dropo-d. a'!. the wan S7 years
old
Frank Murray, ttgeu 1. or Umirsvuie,
committed suicide the other night by
ahuotlng himself in the heed. He wan
..... . .......I, on.t H.in.lunl fi,.,..iu
Commissioner Neul Murray Is his uncle.
Fir In the six-story building occu
pied by Blumenthul Bro wholensla
clothiers, at Philadelphia, the other
night caused $75,000 loss: Insured.
Mistaking a can of powder for an old
ami useless box, John Burkholder of
Mt. Pleasant threw it In the tire and
was badly burned.
David H. Johnson, of Oreenwood
township, waa caught under falling
timber and instantly killed a few days
ago.
CONGRESS.
Sentts.
Washington, 1. C. Feb. 7. An
amendment of more than ordinary Im
portance and significance at thin time
wnn proposed In the nenate by Mr.
Morgan of Alabama to the resolution
offered a few dayn ago by Mr. White of
California. Mr. White's renolutlon de
clared thnt It wnn the right of the peo
ple of Hawaii to maintain their own
form of government and the United
Platen ought In no wise to Interfere
With It. Mr. Morgan's amendment pro
vides distinctly for the annexation of
the Hawaiian Islands, declaring that
the present government hnn a right to
make mich cession to thin country, (
Washington, Feb. 8. In the senate1
Penator Cannon Introduced a red-hot
Cuban resolution calling on Prenldent
McKlnley to notify Spain that unless
the war In the Island wan ended by
March 4, ISitR, the United Staten gov
ernment would on thnt date recognize
the belligerency nf the Cubans. Mason,
bf Illinois, followed with a much hotter
resolution, reciting thnt war In Cuba
wan brutal, that women and children
were being murdered and that disease
and starvation exist everywhere In the
unfortunate Island. It concluded by In
sisting that the United Staten should
Interfere to protect American Interests
and restore pence and prosperity to the
Island by stopping the war. Both reso
lutions went over until to-morrow,
when Cannon ami Mason will each ad
dress the senate.
Washington. Feb. 9. For more than
three hours the Senate chamber rang
with eloquent appeals In behalf of the
Cuban Insurgents. Announced speech
es were delivered by Mr. Cannon, of
Utah, and Mr. Mason, of Illinois, In ad
vocacy of the adoption of resolutions.
On motion of Mr. Hale, the renolutlon
wnn referred to the committee on for
eign relations.
Washington, Feb. 10. Tn the Course
of discussion of nn amendment to
pending Indian measure offered by Mr.
Thurston, agninst which a point of or
der wan made by Mr. Allison, In the
Senate, Mr. Allen (Neb.) made a sharp
attack upon tho speaker of the House,
of Representatives. Ho declared that
It wan Impossible to secure the passage
through the House of mnny meritori
ous measures because one man stood at
the entrance of the caverns Into which
proposed legislation wan duiT"d end
would permit nothing to be done about
that of which he did not approve. Hi
nnld thnt "In the other end of the capl
tol this one mon stands for 328, and
his bold, unwarranted, undignified ac
tlon was a disgrace to tho Congress
and to the American people."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. Considera
tion of the Indian appropriation hill
was resumed by the nenate, and after
being amended to some extent the
measure wnn passed. Tho most Im
portant amendment to the bill wan
thnt offered by Mr. Pettlgrew (8. D.I
The bill cnrrlen nearly s,O00,0O0. .
Hems.
Washington. I). C, Feb. 7 The house
passed the military academy appropri
ation bill with only one unimportant
amendment. The debate on the meas
ure was desultory and touched a va
riety of political topics. As passed the.
bill carried II.VI.Mrt. being $2.0:t2 les
than the amount carried by the current
law. The hill to limt the period fot
the refunding of the certificates of de
posits of lK7!i to December 31, 1839, was
passed.
Washington. Feb. 9. Mr. Sulxer
(l)cmocraf, New York) attempted tc
secure recognition for the Introduction
In open house of a resolution which,
artor reciting the contents of tho let
ter alleged to have been written by
Senor liepuy de Lome, and after al
leging that said letter wan an Insult to
this country, declared It to be the nenn
of the Hou" that the Spanish mlnintei
"lie given his pnnsport and sent homf
In disgrace." He was trut off by th
regular order.
Washington. Feb. 10. The House was
In n very bad temper and the whole
session was consumed In filibustering
against two bills of minor Importance.
On tho first bill presented Mr. Bailey
got the floor and yielded to Mr. Handy
(IJem., lel.).
THE LABOR WORLD.
England has 1,1)00,000 unionist.
New Vork street cleaners have a union.
Great Rrltainhas 1:1,300.000 wage earners.
Korean laborers get tlilrty-flve conts a
dny.
Thero are 25,000 unioo loeomotlvo Ore
men. Detroit niilldlng Trades Council pt)ys its
business agent t lH a week.
Kngllsli miners want Parliament to make
eight bourn a day's work Iu mines.
At Aui'klnad, Australia', ao employer who
did not give an employe n half holiday wan
fined .'.
A labor union at Kyoto, Japan, recently
nil ggested to employers that wages be cut
twenty por cent.
New York macaroni makers have organ
ized. They get sixty to seventy cents fot
sixteen hours' Work.
The Caledonian Railway, of flnotland,
has established a savings hank for Its em
ployes. It contains (2,500,000.
Fifteen hundred mechanics stood in linn
all night in lioston, waiting to register (ot
positions tn the city's employment.
Banksvilln (Penu.) miners established a
co-operative atom a year ago, and it has
already cleared t-1000. A department store
Is to lie erected.
Helena (Montana) tailors bave organ
ized. They complain that Eastern sweat
shop goods aru sold ttioro by drummers
who pay no taxes.
Ia New Vork City thero are 5001 clothing
shops and tii,500 workers, goventy-flvo per
cent, of whom aru Jews. Home aro puld
seven cents far making a pair of trousers.
The rjostoa Building Trades Council
will boycott la the future aoy politician
found patronizing either an guest or
through a purchiuud ticket certain places
of amuxemuut.
The question of making a general de
mand for the eight-hour day ou May 1 has
been submitted to a general referendum
vote of the members of the International
Bricklayers' t'nlon. Home of the delegates
advocated a dny of six hours.
At thn Instnnce of the Labor party the
Now Koutli Wains legislative fuutembly re
cently voted: "That iu the opinion of this
House all Government employes (servants,
of the liuilway Coramuuiiouors Included V
should not work more than forty-eight
bourn la any one week."
For the temporary relief of the unem
ployed during seasons of industrial dis
tress the Belgian Government has adopted
a plan which provides for feeding, lodging
aud clothing tho unfortunates, lu return
for work upon the streets, the garbage
dumps aud public Improvements.
Indians are employed as pickers In the
crnuberry bogs of Wisconsin. They ao
eept the wages without a murmur, but
they have their own Ideas about the length
of a working day. They do not begin work
until nine iu the morning, and "kuoukofT'i
procUuly at four la the afterooou.
A net of spiders' webs Is being manu
factured at the professional school at
Antananarivo, and will be used aa an
experimental covering for a navigable
buloon by Mr, Renard, the bead of tha
French military balloon school at Chal
ets. In only three caaea out of ten thft
sight Is equally food, tn each eye.