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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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king.
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battle of Prague.
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lution o f Venus.
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ished.
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sailles. Marked beginning of French
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cure to United States free naviga
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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.
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1887— Osman Digna, Mahdi warrior, cap
tured by Arabs.
1800— Oklahoma organized as a terri
tory.
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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.