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Prisoners and Captives By H. S. MERRIMAN C H A P T E R V.— (Continued.) The idler« in the shipping office at Tower liill were treated on the following morning to a strange sight. According to formula, the brokers of the Martial had Indicated to the shipping authorities their desire to pay off the crew of the vessel Shortly before the hour named a number of women began to assemble. Some were dressed respectably, others were of the lowest class that Ixtndon produces; but all made some attempt at mourning. One or two wore their crape weeds with that Incomprehensible feminine pride in such habiliment which shows itself in all grades of society, while others were clad In black— rusty, Ul-fitting, evidently bar- rowed. A common sorrow, a mutual in terest, served as introduction among these ladies, and they talked eagerly together. Scraps of conversation floated over the black bonnets. One had loot her husband, another her son, a third only her brother. “ Ain’t he come yet?” they asked one another at Intervals. “ The «urvlvor-—Mm that brought 'er ’ome with his own hands. I wanter ask him about my man— about hia end.” A t last a hansom cab turned the cor ner of the Minoriea and pulled up noisily on the noisy stones. Claud Tyara threw open the doors and stepped out. He had come to be paid off; he was the crew of the Martial. In a moment he was surrounded by the women, every one clamoring for news of her dead sailor. The broker’s clerk, an observant youth, noticed that during the half hour that followed Tyara never re ferred to his log-book, but answered each question unerringly frqm memory. He gave details, dates and particulars with out hesitation or doubt. It waq perhaps owing to a knowledge of the commercial value of a good'memory that the young clerk made note of these details. He was not observant enough to take account of the finer shades of manner, of the in finite tact with which the survivor of the crew treated the women folk of his late comrades. He did not detect the subtle art by which noise were sent away re joicing over the dogged, dauntless courage of their husbands; he was only conscious of a feeling of admiration for this man who, hitherto, had hardly noticed him. But he failed to discern that the difficult task was accomplished unconsciously. He did not realise that Claud Tyars possess ed a gift which is only second to genius in worldly value— the gift of unobtrusive ly ruling hts fellow men. As Tyara drove away from the ship ping office he saw the street news vend ers displaying their posters with the words, “ A Wonderful Story of the Sea” printed in sensational type. C j“ Hang i t ! ” he muttered, with a vexed laugh, “ I never counted on a notoriety of this sort.” Presently he bought an evening paper and read of the exploits of ’’Captain” Tyars with a singular lack o f pride. When Mr. Lowell, the owner of the Martial, offered him the command of the ship the same afternoon he gravely and politely declined it. With the ship-owner, as with Lieut. Grace, Tyars appeared quite blind to the necessity of an expla nation, and none was asked. So ended the incident Of the Martial. Ita direct bearing upon the life of Claud Tyars would aeem to terminate at the aame moment; but indirectly the experi ence thus acquired influenced his career, formed to some extent his character, and led— as all things great and small lead ua— to the end. C H A P T E R V I. In the meantime Lieut. Grace had re ceived at the hands of his father and sister a warm welcome. Without announcement of any descrip tion he made his way from the Ackniralty to Brook street and knocked at his fath er’s door. He found the old gentleman and Miss Helen Grace engaged in the consumption of afternoon tea. ’’Osw in!” exclaimed the old admiral. “ I thought you were on the African coast.” Helen Grace was a young lady not much given to exclamatory expressions of -feeling. She rose from the low chair she habitually occupied and kissed her brother. Then she turned his face to ward the light by the collar of his coat. “ Have you been invalided home?” she asked. “ No.” "B ut the Foam Is out there still,” put In the Admiral, eager to show his inti mate knowledge of official matters. “ Yes. I came home on a derelict. A fine, big ship without a crew. A ll dead of yellow fever except one. I am glad that be was picked out by Providence to survive." "W h y?” inquired Helen. “ Because I like him.” “ What was he, an officer?” asked the Admiral. “ Second mate, holding a captain’s cer tificate. I have asked him to dinner to morrow night.” “ Oh I” murmured Helen, doubtfully. “ With bis dog— the other survivor.” “ A h !’’ said Helen in a more interested tone. “ Do they know how to behave themselves?" “ I think so— both of them,” Was the reply. "Although we did not dress for dinner on board the Martial. “ It seems to me,” observed the A d miral, with an easy chuckle, ‘th a t you did not devote much time at all to the question of toilet.” “ No,” replied Grace, frankly. “ We were a shady crew. You see, there were only ten of us to navigate a thousand- ton ship full rigged. We had no time for personal adornment. You will see all about It in. the evening paper. I brought one with me on purpose. May I have some tea, Helen? It Is months since I have seen such an article as bread and butter.” The girl hastened to supply his wants, performing her duties with a daft sure ness o f touch where maidens are not dolls. While Grace was performing won ders among the dainties supplied to him, his father read aloud the details of his deeds upon the high seas, and Helen listened with a faint smile of pride upon her refined face. « “ And this man,” she Inquired, when the paragraph had been duly digested— “ the man you have asked to dinner— what is be like?” The naval officer helped himself to a limp slice of bread and butter with great thoughtfulness. “ That Is Just the difficulty, my dear,” he replied. “ I cannot tell you what he is like, because I don't know. I do not understand him— that is the long and abort of It. He Is above me.” “ I suppose,” suggested the Admiral, who held the keener study oft human nature In some contempt, “ that he Is merely a rough sailor man— a merchant captajn?” “ No, he is hardly that. I want you,” continued the lieutenant, after a pause, turning to his sister, “ to Judge for your self, so will not tell you what I think about him.” “ Then he la interesting?” “ Yes, I think you will And him inter esting.” Helen was already seeking In her mind how things could be made easy and com fortable for the unpolished hero whom her brother had so unceremoniously in troduced into the house. “ Agnes W inter was coming to-morrow to dine, bnt she can be put off,” she ob served, carelessly. “ Agnes Winter— why should she be put off? Let her come, by all means.” The little man’s manner was perhaps too Indifferent to be either natural or polite. He was either unconsciously rude or exaggerating an Indifference he did not feel. Helen, however, continued her re marks without appearing to notice any thing. “ Would you not,” she inquired, while replacing in Its vase a flower that had be come displaced, “ rather have him quite alone— when we are by ourselves, I mean?" “ Oh, no. He Is all right. I f he is good enough for you, he is good enough for Agnes Winter.” “ Has he got a suit of dress clothes?” asked the Admiral, with a blunt laugh. Lieut. Grace let his hand fall heavily upon 'U s thigh with a gesture of mock regret. > “ I quite forgot to ask him,” he ex claimed, dramatically. “ There is some mystery attached to this person," laughed Helen. H er laugh ter was a little prolonged In order that her father, whose duller sense of humor sometimes failed to follow his son’s fan cy, might comprehend that this was a joke. “ Well,” said the old gentleman, thrust ing his hands deeply Into his pockets, “ I like a man to come to my table in a claw-hammer coat.” I C H A P T E R V II . Helen’s eyes rested for a moment on her brother’s face. W ith an almost im perceptible movement of lid and eyebrow he reassured her. “ W hat -time is dinner? I told him to come at 7 o’clock,” said he, holding out his cup for more tea. “ That is right,” answered Helen. “ You would have done better,” said the Admiral, still unpacified, “ to have given the man a dinner at your club.” “ O h !” replied hia son, serenely, “ I wanted you and Helen to make his ac quaintance ; besides, I could* not have In vited Muggins to the club.” “ Muggins!” growled the old gentleman, interrogatively. “The dog.” “ A h ! Is he a presentable sort of fel low, then, that you want your sister to meet him?” “ The dog?” Inquired Grace, with much innocence. “ No,” laughed his father, despite him self ; “ the man— Tyre, or Sidon, or what ever his name is.” “ Tyars. Yes; I think so. Tyars is distinctly presentable, or else I would not have suggested his coming to dine with Helen— and Agnes Winter.” Helen had moved away toward the window, and was now leaning against the folded and old-fashioned shutter. She turned and looked at her brother as he spoke, with that gentle, womanly scru tiny. Like her brother, Helen Grace favored to some extent a gravity of demeanor when in repose, and her face was of that refined type which possesses a great mo bility. Some faces ¿here are which seem to have brought from old times a recol lection of gay knights, full of poetry and full of fight; of troubadours and patient women. Oswin and Helen Grace were of this mold. In profile the chiseling of either face was perfect, for Helen was but a refined miniature of her brother; and in smiling their gray eyes lighted up with the self-same soft merriment. As she stood in the soft sunlight look ing sideways toward her brother her ten derness was visible. These two were the only children of a dead mother, who if she had never quite understood her hus band had at all events possessed the pow er of loving her children. Oswin Grace had left home early, as all naval men must, and during the-short spells allowed to him by a grateful country as recrea tion he had not learned to know his sis ter very well— not well enough to forget that be owed to her the respect due to all women. The two men now started a conversa tion upon very nautical matters, employ ing such technical terms and waxing so interested that Helen sought a chair near the window and settled down to listen with respectful silence. When the Ad miral had left the room Oswin crossed the floor and stood beside his sister, his scrutinising glance cast downward. “ How is Agnes W inter?" he asked. “ She is very well. Did those flowers remind you of her?” “ Ye-ea,” be replied, slowly. T wonder why?” “ Because she arranged them, I sup pose,” suggested the girl, looking up sud denly, as if struck at the possibility of her idea being of some weight. “ Perhaps so. She is not engaged yet?” Helen threaded a needle with some care and stooped over her work. “ N o ; she Is just the same as ever. A l ways busy, always happy, always a fa vorite. But— one never hears the slight est rumor of an engagement, or even a flirtation.” “ While,” added Grace, airily, ‘her dear friend flirts here and flirts there, but 1 keeps clear of the serious part o f It all with equal skill.” "W hich friend?” Inquired Helen, In nocently. “ Yourself.” I “ O h ! I have my duties. Papa could not © get on without me. Besides, I never flirt. Marriage and love and all that, my broth er, have much more to do with conven ience than is generally supposed.” “ Indeed?” he inquired with flue sar casm. “ Y e a ; I have studied the question. You may know more about the slave trade than I do, because you have had superior advantages in that direction; but I also have had advantages, and from personal observation beg to state that in nine cases out of ten convenience is the source of love— in the tenth case It is propinquity." “ Thank you,” be said, fervently. T will make a mental note of your observa tions, and when I marry a plain and stupid heiress perhaps you will withdraw them.” $be ignored his pleasantry. “ I often wonder,” he said, thoughtfully, “ why somebody or other does not fall in love with Agnes Winter.” P o t a t o C a t t i n g T a b le . A fter a pause he put forward a sug When one has a large area to plant gestion. - ' ~ ~ , to potatoes the work o f cutting the “ Because she will not let them, per seed tubers In the ordinary way la not haps.” Inconsiderable. One who Is handy can “ That may be so; but surely a sensible readily make the seed cutter here de man does not whit to be allowed.” “ The question,” he answered, with scribed and save considerable time In mock gravity, “ is rather beyond me. It preparing the seed fo r planting. Build Is hard to say what a sensible man would a-table about three feet deep and six do, because in such matters no rule can feet wide, setting on It legs so It w ill be laid down defining where sense begins stand about twenty-nve inches from and foolishness ends. The man who got the .floor, Just high enough so the av Agnes Winter would be sensible, however erage man can get his knees under it he did It.” comfortably when sitting down. Have Presently the girl went to dress for dinner, leaving her brother standing at a back to the table a foot high, with the window, whistling softly beneath his sides cut so that at the front end they w ill be not more than six inches high. breath. A sim ilar board Is run down the cen ter, thus making a table at which two C H A P T E R V III. I f there had been any doubts enter can work. In the side pieces, about tained or discussed as to the presenta- three inches from the end that is open, bility of Claud Tyars in polite circles, the front end, cut a hole eight Inches these were destined to an instant re long. A basket Is set under this hole, moval when that individual entered the on the floor, and the cut tubers are drawing room of No. 105 Brook street. . His dress. If It erred at all, did so on passed through the hole Into the bas- the side of a too scrupulous, adherence to the latest dictates of society. His man ners were those of a traveled and expe rienced gentleman. That is to say, he was polite without eagerness, pleasant without gush, semi-interested, semi-indlf- ferentr------------ - ——— - — ——- Oswin Grace advanced to meet him with a quick glance of- satisfaction at hia • i t I L - r irreproachable get-up, which Tyars show « ! *•— 4 r e c T — ■» ed no signs of having detected. 7* v The necessary introductions were made, and Tyars displayed the same per roa o u m ifQ potatoes . fect knowledge of social habits up to date. His bow was pure and simple, and k e t Th is is done so that by a move to the Admiral he offered his hand In a ment o f the hand the cut pieced" may calm, decisive way, which somewhat In be dropped Into the basket, rather than terfered with the old gentleman's digni have the cutter reach over or around fied coldness. “ I think,” said Helen at once, with a to drop the pieces, which would be characteristic desire to make things pleas- necessary i f the baskets were behind him or at the sides. T a ll baskets are ont, “ that we have met before.” She was looking up at Tyars, who, used generally, although the ordinary being very tall, stood a head higher than peach basket w ill answer the purpose. any one in the room, and In her eyes A shelf Is placed at the top o f the cut there was no speculation, no searching ting bench at the back, on which knives into the recesses of her memory. The re and any other tools needed In the work mark was without interrogative hesita tion. I t was the assertion of a fact well may be k ep t The idea is plainly shown the illustration. — Indianapolis known to her, and yet her color changed. in “ Yes," answered T yars; “ I had the H d w k pleasure o f dancing with you on several Good W o r d fa r O i I b m u . occasions at the Commemoration three | Th e Guinea fo w l may yet become a years ago.” very profitable branch o f farm poultry “ But you are not an Oxford man?” raising. Th e scarcity o f certain kinds put In Lieut. Grace. o f game which resemble in flavor the “ No.” He did not seem to think It worth Guinea, especially the Western prairie while mentioning that his name was on chicken and grouse, has led to a sub the books of the sister university. 0 stitution o f young Guineas on hotel and “ What a good memory you have, Mr. restaurant bills o f fare. Guineas o f T y a r s !” observed Miss Agnes Winter in about the broiler age, weighing about a smooth, soft voice. “ Perhaps yon can one pound and a h alf are o f an ex help mine. Have we met before? I know ceedingly fine, gamy flavor, and seem to your face.” He turned to her with a smile In which satisfy the consumer. In this w ay the there was no light of dawning recollec restaurants are able to dodge the game laws in certain States and serve “ pral- tion. “ Hardly,” he replied. “ But you were rle chicken” on the bill o f fa re at all sitting in the middle of the last row of seasons. Gamebouses are paying high the stalls at a performance of ‘Hamlet’ prices fo r young Guineas, and It would last autumn.” seem that large farm s might be (^ v o t •To ( » continued.* ed to them profitably w herever turkeys nod pheasants succeed. L o o k in g F o rw a rd . Leading Lady— W here Is my salary? Theatrical Manager— I ’m very sorry, but business has been bad this week, and the ghost Is uhable to walk. Leading L a ry — W ell, I must have my money or I'll q u it Theatrical Manager— Don’ t worry ; w e’ ll have all kinds o f money next week. W e play In a section o f the coun try where you are not known. C o lo u r Hom e fo r o “ Say,” growled the sporting editor, “ what do you mean by saying the light w eight boxer weighs 122 pounds?” “ W ell, that's what he weighed,” pro tested the new reporter. “ H e didn’t do anything o f the kind,” retorted the s. e. “ H e Tipped the scales.’ ” S ix W e e k « L ater. She (a fte r elopem ent)— I received a letter from papa to-day. He— W ell? She— H e writes that he had Just fin Ished making bis will. IJe— Did he remember us? She— Yes, Indeed. H e has left all his money to an asylum fo r hopeless Idiots. Saap fo r th e H ero . . “ Your play Is too commonplace,” said the manager, as he handed back the manuscript “Th ere la no anap to It” “ No sn ap!” echoed the author. “ Why, the hero marries an orphan girl with a million dollars In the last a c t ” H a n d le * tfca B o n es. M yer— Black tells me he has a broth er who Is a rattling good actor. Oyer— Th at’s a fa c t He’s one of the end men In a minstrel show. S tu rt th * P le a R ig h t . The man who starts off bis pigs on the corn ration about as soon as he can a fter they are weaned Is laying In a store o f trouble fo r himself later. There Is a trouble known to swlue raisers at. contracted stomach, which results from an Improper ration. Th e animal Is ap parently “ o ff Its feed,” but the fact Is, the ration has been so poorly balanced that the stomach has not grown with the growth o f the rest o f the body. I f the young pigs are to be allow ed n range they w ill do more or leas root ing, eating o f soli and sod; as this fa their nature, It w ill not hurt them, but If they are placed where one does not wish the sod uprooted, then the ani mals must be ringed. I f middlings and ollraeal are Introduced with the corn ratlpn there w ill be considerably less trouble. Some o f the stock foods on the market have their greatest value to the swine raiser who does not feed a balanced ration and i f these stock foods can be obtained practically free from drugs or condiments, they are very valuable in such cases. C o lS K i l l e d W e e v il. In the cotton-growing season the farm er is prone to forget the many new facts, developed w ithin the past flve years, concerning the protection o f his prim ary crop against Insects. Th e lea f worm is easy enough. The boll worm succumbs to poison and machine gathering. Th e sharpshooter and cotton-square borer can be suc cessfully fought with parts green, ac cording to the best authorities. The boll w eevil must be studied . further before final results can be announced. Fortunately, the severe w inter Just past has put so many o f these pests out o f business that the cotton crop of Texas w ill be exempt from devastating attacks from that source this season.— Farm and Ranch. W ar« and C o ld W in t e rs . According to the director o f the weather bureau at the Missouri State University, the time may not be fa r distant when the United States weath er service can tell us at least six months In advance whether the win ter w ill be. warm or cold. I t has al ready been determined, be says, that there are great world eddies o f air sweeping around the globe which it Is thought cause the difference In our winters, and as soon as stations are established everyw here so th a t'th e progress o f these may be watched, the bureau w ill likely be able to give In form ation by the last o f September concerning the weather In January, February and March. ' C o ra M ark er. Runners o f this corn marker should be 2x6 Inches by 2 fe e t Th e side arm Is fastened to sled on a swivel, and Is pulled along b y attaching a rope to shoe and booked to singletree as shown. Th is arm Is made l f t x l f t Inches and $ Piers. Small houses built a fte r the follow ing description may be readily moved to any desired location on the farm. The house Is very Inexpensively con structed, consisting o f tw o large dry goods boxes; the ends o f the boxes are removed, the tops cut o ff on a slant and the edges o f the ends are fastened toegther w ith small cleats o f wood or straps o f Iro n ; these latter are better It A ll D e p e n d «. from the point o f strength. A cleat o f Mrs. Caller— Mrs. Gabbleton Is an hard wood covers the rough ends o f aw fu l talker and I used to think she the bends o f the floor six Inches wide. alw ays told the truth. A ll nualls are cin ch ed on the Inside Mrs. Ilom er— Aud now you think oth and all cracks between boards are bat erwise? tened. Th e door is cut In the end and Mrs. Caller— I certainly do: One can’t believe a word she says. Mrs. Homer— So she has begun to talk about you, has she? U n p r o fe s s io n a l. 0Pt\ MABKEB FOB COBB. 10V6 feet long, fo r rows 3 ^ feet a p a rt O f course this arm Is reversible. W i n t e r C h ic k e n «. Chickens can be hatched In the win ter months and profitably raised. You can batch them from S ep t' 1 until June 1. Other months are unprofitable. Chicks can endure cold weather better than extrem e h eat Disease, lice and mites alw ays come with summer months. Th e expense o f feeding is no greater in winter. Profits can be real ized from broods hatched In November, December and January. O f course, win ter chicks do not grow quite so fast, but they produce a heavier coat o f feathers. They grow more compact and solid i f hatched early in the win ter, and w ill be Just right fo r A pril and May, when the price is at the highest p oin t W h a t L im e D o e « fo r L a n d . Farmers often say that they do not need to use lime, because they use -*»> $ large quantities o f it In fertilize!;. Ground bone and other forms o f phos phate contain lime. W e cannot obtain phosphoric a d d In ordinary fertilizers without lime. Such farmers mistake m o v a b l e h o u s e f o b n os. the most necessary function o f lime in the soil. Air-slaked lime has a chem holes, eight Inches In diameter are cut ical action which sweetens the soil, In the upper front fo r ventilation. makes it more compact or sets free Small covers o f wood may be fastened other forms o f plant food. Th is is quite with screws so that they can be closed distinct from Its power to provide ac over the openings when the w eather Is tual food fo r the plants. The lime In very cold o r stormy. the bone or phosphate may In time serve as plant food, but the air-slaked B lo w t k ff O u t « S t u m p . T o remove a stump bore under It a lime is needed fo r the more Important * • slanting bole tw elve or eighteen Inches service. deep and use h alf a stick o f dynamite or a whole one I f the stump be large. I t la claimed by a New York farm er Adjust the fuse and fill the hole with dry sand. Use a tw o Inch augur fo r that wirewonna w ill not live In ground boring the bole. Th e stick o f dynamite where buckwheat la grown fo r tw o aea- under a large bowlder w ill usually aona and that potato land may ha break It up so that It can be moved cleared o f tbsee worma by grow ing buckwheat THE WEEKLY I ■ ¡■ R IA N J m AA/WS/VS/WVW 1402— Battle of Nlsbeth between English and Scotch forces. 1429— Siege of Orleans abandoned. 1487— Lambert, an Impostor, crowned at Dublin as Edward V I. 1494— Columbus discovered the Island o f Jamaica. 1502— Columbus sailed from Cadis In search of a passage to the South Sea. 1568— Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Loch Leven Castle. 1500— Siege of Paris begun by Henry IV . 1646— Charles I. surrendered to the Scots. 1657— Cromwell declined the title of king. 1682— William Penn published his frame of government for the colony - of Pennsylvania. 1724— Coronation o f Catherine, Empress - of Russia. v 1734— Treves taken by the French. 1745— Treaty concluded between France, Spain, Naples and Genoa. 1757— Prussians defeated Austrians at battle of Prague. 1707— Prof. Cassini discovered the revo lution o f Venus. 1770— American Congress declared Eng lish authority over the colonies abol ished. 1778— Battle between Americana and British at Bordentown. N. J. 1780— Opening of States-Generai at Ver sailles. Marked beginning of French Revolution. 1794— Postoffice Department established by United States Congress. 1795— Tax on wearing hair powder went into effect In England. 1804— Empire formed in France. 1808— Insurrection in Madrid, Spain. 1830— Treaty signed with Turkey to se cure to United States free naviga tion of the Black Sea. 1840— Tornado in Adams county, Missis sippi ; 100 killed; 91,000,000 In prop erty destroyed. 1842— Great fire j at Hamburg. Lasted three days. 1846— Gen. Taylor defeated the Mexi cans at Resaca de la Palma. 1853— New planet discovered by Prof. Lu th er... .City of Schiraa, Persia, destroyed by an earthquake. 1801— Secession of Tennessee from the Union. 1802— Battle of Williamsburg. 1863— Battle o f Chancellorsville, Va. 1871— Treaty o f Washington. 1875— Verdict o f acquittal ended Im peachment trial of President of Mex ico. 1882— Parnell, Dillon and* O’ Kelly r ^ leased irom imprisonment. « 1887— Osman Digna, Mahdi warrior, cap tured by Arabs. 1800— Oklahoma organized as a terri tory. * 1807— U. 8. Senate rejected treaty of ar bitration with Great Britain........ Universal Postal Congress assembled at Washington, D. C. 1808— China paid the last o f the war In demnity to Japan. 1005— Stehmer Falk wrecked off Lands E n d; 97 drowned. L a b o r Notes. A general advance in wages will be asked by the operatives in the cotton mills in several Massachusetts cities soon. An iron and steel company at Parry- vllle. Pa., has voluntarily raised the wages of its men 10 and 15 cents a day. Seventy-five men are affected. A contractor on the Western Pacific railroad In Butte county. Cal., has dis charged 700 Japanese laborers and em ployed whites in their places. The Carbondale (P a .) painters’ strike has been settled, the contractors agree ing to the men’s demands. Wages are now 92.75 a day, an increase of 25 cents. Members o f the local unions of the United Garment Workers of America have been asked to contribute to the fund for the union label agitation now under way in Chicago. American Federation of Labor organ isers expect to institute several new unions in Allentown, Pa., within the next few weeks. Seven applications for char ters arc now on the list. Organised labor of Seattle, Wash., will build and conduct a steam laundry as tha result of agitation against the present es tablishments, which work the help long hours and give poor pay. The referendum vote of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union was In favor of holding a general convention this year. Milwaukee, WIs., was selected as the place and June 18 as the date for beginning the session. The Australian federal Parliament has adopted the union label clause of the trademarks bill, under which trade unions may secure the protection of their labels. The debate on the proposition was the longest in the history of the Parliament. Contractors and builders In all parts of Lancaster county, Pa., declare that not, for tnaliy years, has there been such na tivity in building operations. Every avail able carpenter, mason, bricklayer and painter is at work, with the prospects bright for a continuance of steady em ployment during the entire summer and fall.
