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4 Labor Storn-Center.
Scientific american.

The city of Pittsourg may Just now be re-
garded as occupying the position of labor
storm center. Southwest, at Cumberland,
Nd, the coal miners have for five months
been engaged in a strike against a reduction
of fifteen cents per ton in mining coal; south
east, and at The gates Of the city. the miners
in the famous Pan Handle gas coal region,
have been idle since April LIST, striking
against reduction Of one-half cent per
bushel; northeast, the miners are disturbed
aud incliued to strike for an increase Of ff-
teen cents per ton; west, the miners of the
Hooking Valley, o., region are striking
against e reduction Of ten cents per ton.
Worse than all the great lion mills of The
west aud northwest, after a brief stoppsge,
through strikes among the iIon workers,
have started up agreeing To pay their men the
scale Of prices (which shall be fixed at Pitts
burg" This makes Of the latter city the
battle ground Of the existing iron strike.
Since June lst, ali army Of 10000 Idle iron
workers have been upon the streets Of Pitts
burg, and her proverbially smoky atmosphere
has given place to one as clear as New York
or Brooklyn possesses. In Pittsburg are the
main offices and headquarters Of the most
powerful labor organizations in the world.
The Amalgarnated Association Of Iron and
Steel Workers includes operatives In nearly
every iron aud steel mill from Maine to the
Rocky Mountains, and possesses member
ship Of at least $1,000. The knights of La
bor, with membership Of from 1900 to
10000, comprises all manner OF Industries
other than iron and steel; The Miners As
sociat on possesses 1900 members, all coal
miners. In addition, there are the telegI aph-
ers, the glass workers, and other trades
uuions, whose largest membership is found
in the same city. Ii is the demand of the
iron puddlcrs-members Of the first named
organization--for fifty cents advance per ton
| in their wages, which brought about the ex-
isting iron workers strike, y disturbance In
! which both sides seem AZ trm today as they
did nearly t~o months ago. The varied
episodes of these strikes, as noted In aud
about Pittsburg, would, IN the hands Of q
! second Charles Reade, furnish abundant ma.
I teriAl for volume surprising In interest
that writer's "Put Yoursolf in his Plaee."
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Its Fathers Complexion.

Mr.. Blanket sat looking At the baby with .
wistful, far-of look in his eyes, trying 70
think of the usual idiotic, unmeaning and
unmeant thing that people say about babies,
and at last, In spasm of originality, re-
marked that "tbe oaby had Its fathers com
plexion." Then all sat and looked at the
rich cardinal hues that made the wIinkled
countenance Of the unconscious infant glow
like mountain sunset, and nobody said any
thing until feeble voice from an adjoining
room said:
'.It good thing the baby has It naturally,
then, as 1t required about fifteen years steady
practice, aud the cooperation Of three scien-
tifc clubs and i've political campaigns 10 &C
quire It,"
Then sad, quiet smile stole over the room
again, only broken by the hard breathing Of
the baby's father looking at the thermome-
ter to see what time it was, while Mr.. Blan-
ket, feeling that he could add nothing to
what had already been said, stole down the
stairs, softly whispering to himself about
some old fool; but the company couldn't
catch the name, and the company dldn't
know what he meant.
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SHERIDANiS RIDE.
it's u Peaceful Trip into the Yellowstone
Country.
Omaha Herald. Algltst Il

Omaha BeFdid, August II
Lieutenant GeneI al Sheridan and his party
arrived Wednesday morning from Chicago
in two special cars of the Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha railway, over the
Rock Island road. The parry comprised,
beside General Sheridan, General Sacket,
inspector general; General Anson Stager,
ex superinteudent of the Western Union
Telegraph Company; General Strong, presi-
dent Of the PestIgo Company; Captain
Rhodes, president Of the Calumet Iron and
Steel Works; Colonel Sheridan and Captain
Clark. of the Lieutenant Generals staff;
Mr. John Mccullough, the actor, and Direc-
tor Hebcr Il. Bishop, Of the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis aud Omaha railway,
whose guests the party are while on train,
and who In turn becomes their guest wien
the train is left aud the tourists go overland.
In response to a question from the Her
AIDS representative as to The objects Of their
trip, General Sheridan SAID
alt is somewhat of pleasure trip. 1t
| arso opens up the country. Our trip to the
Big Horn was what opened upthst country"
He added that they would come back by the
| Northern Pacific route, which would be new
| to them.
General Sheridan, who is exceedingly pop
ular with the officers in this division. received
many calls in the time that his special cars
Law here. He also drove out some distance,
while Mccullough went up town to see
friends. They left on the noon train, bound
for Fort Wasbakie, the Yellowstone and Big
Horn regions. What with General Sheri-
dams social qualities, McCullough's powers
of entertaining, and General Stager's accom-
plshments with cards, they are assured of g
| jolly time.
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WHY WE LAUGH.

The receiving teller-the last woman at
the sewing society Hd,ckeye.
This is the season for caterpillar and ice
cream. Serve on separate dishes.-LoWeH
Citizen.
Taking things as they come is not so very
distressing. II Is parting with them as they
go that cuts one TO the soul.
Up In Missouri they are just beginning to
break themselves of the habit of holding up
their hands every time a stranger enters the
car.
"Infuential citizen 2" said the Deadwood
man of his friend ~ should say he is! Why
he's the surest shot with revolver in the
town."
When the old man came In, dropped
down beside the cradle and began crying,
Rock and rye, baby" she knew what was
the matter.
A Springfield Republican man has discov-
cred Leadvile church In which Is conspic-
uously displayed the legend: "Please do not
shoot at the organist: he does his best"
The Steuheuville Herald has an article
headed Shall We Fly?" We have not had
time to read the article, but we advise the
editor to stay at home and brazen 1t cut,
whatever 1t Is.
Arabi Bey has been confiscatng all hors-
es he could lay his hands on. This Is the
first intimatIon we have had that Arab was
irving to establish a stable government
TeTdS SitinqS.
An exchange says, "a new fashion which
has been set at Newport, aud ought TO be-
come popular every here, is the abolition of
the check rein" We always thought all the
fashion at Ne port was due to the check
reign.
Only 1872 ont Of 200 exchanges looked over
yesterday ouIained the sentence: 'The war
cloud darkens in the East" The other eight
journals had to hold it over on account Of
being presented with watermelons.-Free
Press.
NO." said Mrs. Pshawdee, ~ don't think
my daughter will he a good pianist; she
doesn't at all depreciate Beethoven's soona-
tiers or sympathies, and cares altogether 100
much for the cheap and populous music."-
Music and Drama.
The United States Fish Commissioner has
recently placed Ia the rivers Of Arkansas and
Texas 1900 600 shad. This statement may
he believed. It's not the number of fish they
put into river, but the number they take
out that men lie about.
There is a movement on foot among sum.
mer resort landlords to build lsrser rooms
for their guests. II is actually expected that
| by another year some of the rooms will be
| big enough for man to change his shirt IN
without having 10 stick his arms and head
out Of the window.
"Nothing," said all impatient husband
$50 reminds me of Balaam aud his ass as tw,
women stopping in church and obstruc;ins
the way to indulge In their everlasting talk. ,
But YOU forget, my DEAR" returned his wife
meekly, "that II was the augel who stopped
the way, and Balaam and his ass who com
planned of It,"
When Dumas was on his death bed ant
his end rapidly approaching, his faithful ser
want, who adOred his master, was sObbiu:
audibly in corner Of the chamber. Tun
ing toward the spot, his eyes dimmed in th'
death struggle, Dumas family uttered, "D'
not weep, my friend; If want anything vi
there, III ring for you"
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Illustrated Correspondence Ne,c NORTH West.
At the present time NJ. de Lesseps is in
Egypt, anxiously guarding the interests of
the Suez canal. Heis understood 20 have
engaged the promise of Arab Pasha that he
will not be party to its damage or de-
struction, aud has published Oh behalf of the
a great number Of Bedouin chiefs that they
will destroy the canal unless the British re-
tire from the occupation of Egypt. The
strength of this declaration lies in the fact
that other natiohs beside the British have all
interest in the canal. While that of the
United Kingdom is the greatest, theirs is not
less real because inferior III magnitude. On
other the hand, Englamds defense of the
canal against the Bedouns would be service
rendered to all the leading commercial coun-
tries, and il may be doubted whether the
canal is really in danger of destruction with
such force at hand as that representing
several nations interested in Its safety, now
In Egypt and in Egyptian waters. n. de
Lesseps's anxiety for the safety Of the canal !,
the greatest work Of his life, is natural, but
II may be questioned whether his essentially
unfriendly attitude toward England is the
right one TO take in order to ensure it.
Ferdinand de Lesseps was born at Ver-
sailles in 1906, the son Of Jean Baptiste Bar.
thelemi, Baron de Lesseps. When twenty
years old he was appointed attaehe to the
| French Consulate la Lisbon. He was after
ward engaged in the Commercial Depart.
ment of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In
1928 he was attache to the Consul General
at Tunis, and In 1881 was made Consul te
Alexandria. In his thirty-ffth year he wa:
made Consul at Rotterdam, and in 1880 ne
gotiated in behalf of French commerce with
the Spanish government. The same year hi
was transferred TO the Consulate at BARGE
Iona. In 1914 he returned again to Alexan
dria, but was speedily reappointed to BARGE
Iona. French Minister at the court Of Ma
drid In the last days Of the reign Of Loui'
Philippe, he returned TO Paris after the rev
olution in which that monarch fell, and wa!
sent by the Republican Government to rep
resent France at Rome, then under agovern
ment headed by Mazzini. His commission
TO negotiate for the construction of the Sue,
canal was given in 1854, but not until 1885,
was the Compagnie International formed 70
this purpose. The years between then ant
1864 were spent in collecting money for hi
great project and in the overcoming of othel
difficulties than the financial one; but II
July, 1864. the flnal and favorable decision
Of Napoleon Ill was gained and work OF
the canal fairly begun. 1t was opened Il
1869, the year witnessing the completion o
perhaps the greatest piece Of engineering o
modern times and the highest triumph of tn
interchangeable man who had constructed It
NJ. de Lesseps Is we'll preserved old man
good-looking, and fascinating In discourse
He has visited the United States, aud is per
sonally acquainted with many OF our publi
men. ..
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Ragged Edge of dangerous Fashion.
ondon Medical Netos.

The crinolette cannot be called the thin
edge Of the wedge of crinoline, out 1t may,
perhaps, be correctly described as the first
elevation on tile ascent of that mountain OF
absuIdiiy which was q nuisance twelve or
fifteen years ago. The crinolette Is simply .
ludicrous excrescence which gives an En-
glish lady the outlines Of a Hottentot and
must be highly inconvenient, being some :
thing In the nature Of q birdcage stuffed un-
der the dress and fixed In the region Of the
archaic hustle, but it does not In amy way
interfere with functional activity nor endan-
ger health. With crinoline, however, the
case is far differrnt. That was not only
social vexalion of the first magnitude, tending
10 The dissemination Of nervous irritation by
universal ruffling Of the temper and creation
of embarrassment, but IL was 4. disease and
danger to life. BY exposing the lower halt
of the body 10 currents Of cold air, it helped
TO set various disorders, and by spreading
out the infammable materials OF clothing In
sach way that They we're beyond control
and almost beyond cognizance, Ii kept up a
risk VI coufa ration whenever III open ire
place was approached.
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THE ROSARY OF Nay YEARS.
BY FATHER RYAN.

Some reckon their age by years,
Some measure their life by art
Bot some tell their days by the how Of their
tears,
And their life by the moans of their heart.
The dialS Of earth may show
The length, uot the depth, of ye arS;
Few or many they come-few or many they
But our time Is best measured by tears.
Ahi not BY the silver gray
That creeps through the sunni hair,
And not by the sefncS that we pass on our
way
Aud not by the furTews, the fingers Of care,
On the forehead aud face heavy made;
Not so do we coAht our yea :;
Not bv III. sun Of the ear fh--but the shade
Ol our souls. and the fall OF our tears.
For the young are ofitiu he old,
Though their brow be hri sht anil fair;
While their blood beat warm, their heart
lies cold
Der them the spring nme-but winter is
there.
And the old are ofrtiI nes young,
And their little hair j. thin and white;
And they sing in ago as in youth they sung
And they laugh for tn, 3ir cross was light.
But bead by bead tt.ey tell
The rosary Of my yeisrS;
From cross to a cross they lead-'tis we'll
And THEY'RE blessed with blessing of tears
Better a day Of str ife
Than century of sleep;
Give me instead of long stream of life,
The tempest aud Il ars Of the deep.
A thousand joys NAV foam
On the billows of all the years:
But never the fs ,am brings the brave barh
home
II reaches the ha'!en through tears.
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POETRY.
THOUGHTS OF THE DISCOURAGED
FARMER.

The Summer winds is snufiin' round the
boomin' locus tree
And the clover in the pastur' is big day fer
the bees,
Aud they ben a-swiggin' honey, above board
on the sly,
Till they stutter in their buzzin', and stagger
a~ they fly
The flicker on the fence rail pears to Jest
spit on his wings
And roll up his feathers, by the sassy way he
sings;
Aud the hoss fly is a-whetting up his fore legs
for biz,
And the of mare is aswitchin all Of her tail
theyis.
You can hear the black birds iawiug as they
foller up the plow-
Oh! they're bound to git their breakfast, and
they're not a-carin' how;
So they quarrel in the furries, and they guar.
rel ON the wing
But they re praceabIer IN pot pies than any
other thing
Aud it's when git my shot gun drawed up
IN stiddy rest,
She's ~ full of tribuation as yellow jacket's
nest:
And a few shots before dinner, when the sun
is shinin' right,
Seems 10 kinder sorto sharpen up a feller's
appetite
rhey's ben a heap o rain, but the suns out
today
And III" clouds of the wet spell is all cleared
away,
And the woods is all the greener, and the
grass Is gre"ner still;
II may rain agin to-inorry, but don't think
il will
Some SAYS the crops is ruined, and the corn'S
drowndrd out,
And prophcsy the wheat will be n failure,
without doubt,
But the kind Providence that has never
failed us yet,
Will be on hands once more at the 1eventh
hour, bet!
Does the medder lark complain, rs he swings
high and dry
Through the waves Of the wind and the blue
of the sky?
Does the quail set up and whistle in disap'
pointed way,
Er hang his head in silence and sorrow al
the day
Is the chipmunkS health a-failin'? Does ht
walk or does he run?
Don't the huzzard< ooze around up there just
like they've alluS done?
Il they ANYTHING the matter with The roostert
lung. or voic"?
Ort mortal be complainin' when dumb ami
mal rejoice .
Then Jet us, one and all, be contented will
our lot.
The June i here this morning, and the sur
is shining hot.
Oh let ns till our hearts up with the glory o
the day,
And l,anish every doubt and care and sorrow
far away!
Whatever be our station, with Providence
for guide,
Such fine circumstances ort to make us salts
frl;
For the world is full of roses, and the rose'
full of dew,
And the dew l. full Of heavenly love tha
drips for me and YOU.
indianapolis Journal.
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SHREWD All SAY,
A Chinaman Who can Draw His Check for
S25O,OOO. a...-
Kansas Ctty Times.


All Say is a specimen, and good one, Of
what Chinaman can accomplish in this
country, where prudence, ability and thrift
are supplemented by a fair education. He
Is no mandarin of three, or even one but
ton, in his native land. He is self-made,
and has no reason to be ashamed of his
handiwork. When he first gazed on the
land Of gold from the deck Of an emigrant
ship, All Say had as little worldly wealth
and knowledge of the ways and wiles of the
"Melican man." AZ any Of his pauper COM
patriots. He began life in the usual humble
vocations which supply the wherewithal 10
keep the domestic chop sticks going. He had
. faculty of shrewd observation, though,
which soon taught him that If he could ap-
ply his really comprehensive intellect to the
solution Of the questions in American life,
and deduce correct result from them In an
American way, his Chinese industry and
economy would give him start In life which
his natural ability would successfully i'm
prove. Ah Say made Napoleonic stroke
he Americsnizsd himself, instead Of sur
rounding himself with Chinese atmosphere
In an American climate, as is the fashion of
the greater number of his conservative and,
ergo, stupid countrymen.
The opportunity came in the shape Of the
Central Pacific Railroad. That company had
need to employ thousands Of coolie laborers
in its construction. The management felt
that 1t would be Of Infinite advantage to
both parties TO have IN personal control OF
this large body of inen some ono man who
was Of their own race, language and religion,
and yet who was sufficiently enlightened, ,edu-
csted and liberal to act in concert with the
interests and other officers Of the road.
Where was such rare combination TO be
founda am no FIRM believer In the .mute,
inglorious Milton" theory, and nave noted
that place Is always vacant for practical
genius to earn Its bread and meat. Ah Says
light was under no bt,sheI. He was chosen
as superintendent a. yearly salary of $l2,-
600. His star Ia al I've zenith, and this Amer.
lean Chinamau can safely draw his chsck for
something over s25o,oo0. ega.isS
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WHY THE cows CAME LATE.
by JOHN HEyNToS.

Grim sou sunset burning,
Der the tree fringed hills;
Golden are the meadows,
Ruby fash the rills.
Quiet In the farmhouse,
Home the farmer hies;
But his wife Is watching,
Shading anxious eyes,
While she fingers with her pail beside the
barnyard gate,
Wondering why her Jenny and the cows
come home so late!
Jenny, brown eyed maiden,
Wandered down the lane;
That WAS ere the daylight
Had begun to wane.
Deeper grow the shadows;
ClrciiDg swallows cheep;
Katydids are calling;
Mists DER meadows ere sp
still the mother shades her eyes beside Il
barnyard gate,
And wonders where her Jenny and the cow
can be so late.
Loving sounds are falling.
Homeward now at lat
speckle, Bess aud Brindle
Through the gate have passed
Jennie, sweetly blushing,
Jeniir, grave and shy,
Takes the pals from mother,
Who stands silent by.
Not one word is spoken as that mother shrss
the gate,
But now she knows why Jenny and the cosss
came home SO late
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Sensations of ~ Blind Man
London Nature.

LOHuDN -NWufc'
An interesting account has been lately
furnished by NJ. Plateau, the eminent Bel
piau physicist (whu las been blind nearly
E,rtv years), Of the sensations he experiences
in his eyes. He has no sense of objective
light even when directing his eyes toward
the sun. But his visual field is always di-
vided into spaces, some of which are pret'y
bright, aud others sombre or nearly dark.
aud which merge into each other. Their
general tint alternatps, In time, between
gray and reddish. The relative arrange
ment of those different spaces is always the
same, but the intensity Of their tints varies.
The central space seems now rather bright,
| now very dark; abov. aud below, aud on the
| left TO he limits Of the field, there IS some
| times brightness, sotnei lines darkness, but
| on the right there is generally vertical
band, nearly black, and beyond this space
which is nearly always bright and reddish.
| These appearances follow all the movements
Of the eyes, which probably do not paiticl
| pate In the same way In tie tih's, but Nj.
Plateau cannot distinguish what belongs TO
one from what belongs TO the other. No
| c, injection Of the general tint with th. woik
of dip.s,jon II observed. The authority
states that he became blind through looking
| ixadly at the sun for some time, with view
To observing his after. sensations; IL was not
till about fourteen years after this that IN.
dammation Of the choorid set In. destroying
vision, but during the interval he often saw
colored and persistent halos of round flames,
ETC., aud he advises those who have such
vision to consult an experienced oculist.
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How George william Curtis Paid 500,
900 Debt.
J e1c York Tribune.


George William Curtis in 1855 became .
silent partner In the business firm OF DIX,
Edwards a. Co, the publishers Of Pmnun's
Monthly. lie invested $4,000 in the CON
cerir; but had no part In its management.
Two years later the firm failed, and Dit.
Curtis, through some informaliiy In draw
Ing up the articles Of partnership, was de-
clared To be legally responsible for portion
OF is debts. Many Of bis friends held that
he u as In no way bound beyond the $1,000
aud urged him TO test the question IN The
Courts. Mr.. Curtis refused, although h's
decision involved the assumption by him o'
4 debt ~ 100000. He surrendered all his
property. In sixteen years, by noss aidu'
aus labor, writing and iecturing, he paid ilie
FAST dollar Of the debt.
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TERGs--payahle Invariably L Advance.
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

]. Any one who takes paper regularly from the
Postofce-whethcr directed to his name or another's
or whether he has subscribed or notis responsible
for the payment.
?. II person orders his paper discontinued, he
must pay all arrearages, or the publisher will con-
tnue 10 send II until payment is made and collect the
whole amount, whether the paper Is taken from the
Office not.
3. The courts have decided that refusing 10 take
the newspapers periodicals from the Postofhce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is prinu
facie evidence OF intentional fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
another address at the option of the subscriber.
Remitances by draft, check money order, or regis
tered letter may Re sent at risk. All Postmasters
ars required to register letters on application.
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The Seat of War in Egypt.

The accompanying map gives the geo.
graphical position of Alexandria, Cairo, and
the Suez canal, and by its aid the reader will
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aBull Run Russell has gone to Egypt for
the LvAdon Times.
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