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TIE LABOR WORLD.
THERE were 6258 strikes in 1891.
WATcHmAKING here employs 5000.
INDIA men servants get 50 month

THERE were 6S5S strikes In 1901.
MATCHMAKING here employs 5000.
INDIA men servants get 50 month
The labor outlook is dull in England.
QUEEN V1croa1As chief cook receives
$350D year.
THE window glass blower doesnot work in
July or August.
ITALY has a cooperative association OF
agricultural laborers.
THE theatres in London. England, regular
ly employ over IL, 900 people.
EIGHT THOUSAND people are employed in
the Woolwich Englandl Arsenal.
NEW YORK painters declare that varnlsh.
;no is a part OF their work and not a distinct
trade.
BosroN boilermakers. iron shipbuilders
and machinists will demand nine hours on
May1.
IT took forty men thrae months to make
the drawings of the EiRel Tower, farls,
France.
MORE than 1Oo,OoO,00O Chinese are en-
gagged either directly or indirectly in the tea
industry.
New YORK bricklayers and ironworkers
have sent money to the striking printers In
Germany.
In $500 a carriers wages were six cents a
day, while workmen were paid hVe cents
day for working in the fields.
The effort of q street railway company IN
Indianapolis Ind, to collect fares from It's
employees except when tsey were on duSy,
resulted in q strike.
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IRRIGATION IN MONTANA.
Statistics Gathered by the United
States Census Bureau.

States Census Bureau.
The United States Census Bureau issued
from Washington bulletin upon the sub
ject of irrigation in Montana. It is shown
that in that State there are 37e6 farms that
are irrigated out of total number Of 5684.
The total area of land upon which crops
were raised by irragation L the census year
ending May 81, 1890, was $50. $50 acres, in
addition to which there were approximately
NJ, ,0O0 acres irrigated for grazing purposes.
The average size Of the irrigated farms,
or, more strictly, Of irrigated portions OF
farms on which crops were raised, is ninety.
five acres. The average first cost Of
water right is "A 63 per acre and the aver
age cost Of preparing the soil for
cultivation, including the purchase price
Of the land, in s9.54 per acre. The
average present value OF the irrigated land
OF the State, including buildings, ETC., is re-
porte as $40 so per acre, showing an ap-
parent profit, less cost of buildings, OF S35.33
per acre. The average annual cost OF water
Is ninety-five cents per acre, which,
deducted from the average annual value
OF products per acre. leaves an average
annual return OK $12.G1 per acre.
In this investigation the Census Ofice has
restricted itself to lantl on which crops were
actually rai3ed by irrigation during the year
1880. Farms and stock ranches irrigated
merely for grazing purposes are not taken
into account except q statement as to their
approximate area.
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SALT ON ONIONS.

While salt cannot be considered in the
way of a fertilizer for plants, it is often
indirectly great benefit, as it destroys
insects, hastens the decomposition of
vegetable matter and aids in the reten-
ton of moisture in the soil. Salt is also
destructive to many species of fungi,
rust, smut and mildew, but it must al
ways be applied in small quantities, be.
cause destructive to most plants, espec-
tally while in their active or grow
ing stages. Ifapplied at the rate of from
four to six bushels per acre to onion land
just previous to sowing the seed, we
think it will prove highly beneficial in
preventing rust and destroying the Larvae
of insects in the ud.-American
Agriculturist.
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ANTHRACITE COAL.

The Year Just Closed the Largest in
the History of the Trade.
The official statistics Of the anthracite coal
production for 1891, just made public at
Philadelphia, Fenn., show the shipments
from the mines for the year to have been
A.448, 1886 tons.
Tho year was the greatest in the history OF
the trade and the production exceeded that
Of 1890 by 4, 592, l6l tons.
The product IN the different districts was:
Sohuyikill, 12, 74l, ,25y tons: Lehigh, 6.3S7, S3S
tons; Wyoming, 81, s23. 2s9 tons.
These figures do not include coal consumed
at or about the mines, which consumption
probably amounts to 100000 tons an
nually.
The total production Of anthracite ccal
since the Lehigh Coat AMI Navigation Com
pany began to market it has been 7s3,6l4-
"a tons.
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4 ROYAL FUNERAL.
Obsequies of the Late Duke of
Clarence and AYOndale.
Impressive Ceremonies at Sand
ringham and Windsor.

The funeral of Prince Albert Victor, eldest
son of the Prince of Wales who died at
Sandringaam Hall, took place in London
and Windsor, England. The funeral cere-
monies commenced at Sandringham Non-
don, Parish Church, where the body had
been lying since the day after the Princes
death. The religious services there were
confined to the members of the Royal Family
and to the household Of the Prince of Wales.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and her
daughters, the Princess Louise, the Ouch
ess OF Fife, the Princess Victoria and the
Princess Maud, were present. Prince George
of Wales. the heir presumptive since the
death of his brother is looking quite delicate,
as did also the Princess Victoria May OF
Teck. we're also there.
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MURDERED HIS BETROTHED.

Inexplicable Crime of a German
Scientist-His Suicide Follows.
DR.. Bredmann, director Of the chemical
laboratory in the University of Berlin, Ger
many, killed his betrothed, Margarethe
Meyer, and then committed suicide.
DR.. Bredermann was forty-two years old,
while the girl to whom he was engaged to
be married and who has now met her death
at his hands, was only eighteen years Of age.
No motive can be conjectured which would
have led to the commission of the double
crime.
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A TERRIBLE REVENGE.

The Rival of a Shopkeeper and His
Family Bunred to Death.
A peasant, who formerly kept a shop in
the Government of Toola, Russia, became 50
poor that he begged for assistance from
rival in trade, whose success had caused his
ruin by attracting away customers. The
rival refuse to listen to the appeal There
upon the one that had lost his business de-
termined upon terrible revenge.
He procured large quantity OF Kerosene
family lived. Whey it was dark he drenched
the dwelling with kerosene and set it on fire.
The flames made rapid Roadway, and as the
incendiary had deliberately barred the only
way of escape, tho inmates Of the house,
three women aud seven children, were
burned to death.
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Foreign.

cOrclShs
TIE band OF revolutionists who were for.
titled In a mill at Ascension, Mexico. sur
rendered to Mexican troops The leader
escaped. ....
THE Bishop Of Chichester, England, has
ordered the clergy Of his diocese to offer
especial prayers for the abatement OF the
prevailing epidemic Of influenza.
ANARCHISTS attacked Bornes, Spain. and
were repulsed only after considerable fight
ing and repeated cavalry charges. Many
arrests have been made.
RANDOLPH ROGERS, the distinguished
American sculptor, died at Rome, Italy. He
was born in New York sixty-nlne years ago.
DR. LArNF1EsA has been elected PRESIDENT
of Guatemala. Manuel A. Saboria, a
Guatemalan exile in this country, will be
made Secretary Of the Treasury.
PRINCE ABBAs was formally installed at
Cairo, Egypt, as the new Khedive. The
English feet welcomed him to Alexandria.
Everywhere he is greeted with enthusiastic
evidences Of goodwill. His dignifed bea-
ing created good impression.
A HUNDRED men were entombed for six
hours in burning mine in Scotland, but
were finally rescued.
THE prevalence of influenza led to the
abandoament Of the plan for public pro.
cesson in London, England, on the arrival
there Of the Duke Of Clarencss body.
THERE has been fighting at Kallasdash,
Persia, arising from a revolt fomented by
Persian priests on the tobacco question. The
local troops were defeated by the insurgents
eighty soldiers and 200 rebels being killed
and more than one hundred wounded
In the French Chamber Of Deputies at
Paris Minister Constans struck Deputy in
the face; in the resulting disorder there were
several personal encounters and at least
two duels were arranged.
The mail steamer John Elder was wrecked
in toe Straits Of Magellan; among her pas
sengers were several refugees, who escaped
from Valparaiso through the assistance Of
the American Legation. They will be re-
turned to Chile
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NINE KILLED.
A Train HUNS Into a Sleighing Party
With This Result.

4hkS AAOSutk.
Details Of the sleighing accident which oc.
cured few nights ago at the Sarah street
crossing of the Wabash Railroad, in st.
Louis, Mo-, give the number killed as nine
and eleven seriously injured.
The party was composed Of twenty-five
members Of social organization who were
out for an evenings drive and were struck
by a special train chartered by local Le-
gion Of Honor lodge.
The train was moving at the rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour, with the tender
ahead, the engineer being unable to see the
party until fairly upon them.
Two Of the horses were killed and the oc.
cupants of the sleigh thrown in every direc-
ton.
The dead and injured were promptly at
tended TO- all being conveyed to the depot
by the train and from there sent to the
morgde and hospital.
All the dead but one have been identified.
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DUST BATHS FOR HENS.

Wherever coal is burned, and it is in
one stove at least in most farmers homes
in winter, there need be no lack of ma
terial for dust bath for hens. Finely
sifted coal ashes piled in heaps on the
henhouse floor will enable hens to dis.
pose of vermin just as they do in summer
by rolling in freshly plowed land.-Bos-
ton Cultiyator. ~,
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HE Is no whole man who does not
know how to earn a blameless live
lihood. Society is barbarous until
every industrious man can get his liv-
ing without dishonest customs.
Every man Is a consumer, and ought
to be a producer. He fails to make
his place good in the world unless he
not only pays his debt but also adds
something to the commonwealth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03
BEE MOTHS.

Bee moths are scavengers. They eat
up unprotected combs. Keep your
colonies in good shape aud the bees will
keep out the moths. As soon as they
get weak and have more combs than they
can protect, then the moth worm has q
chance. Italians are more energetic in
repelling moths than common black bees,
though the latter if strong and in good
health are able to protect themselves from
real damage, though the hive may con-
tain few worms.-New England Far
mer.
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MEXICANS KILLED.
Texas Rangers Have q Desperate Bat
tie With Ore Thieves.

News has come from Shafter, Texas, OF
a battle between detachment OF Cap
tain Jones's ranger company under Sergeant
Hughes and band of Me1icans who
were stealing ore from the Presidio
mine. Sergeant Hughes caught the thieves
IN the act and called on them to surrender.
The demand was answered by yolley from
rifles. Hughes and his men replied and the
thieves fed, leaving three Of their number
dead. One Of the dead is a brother OF An
tonic Carrasco, who assassinated deputy
sheriff six months ago.
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FIGHTING IN DAHOMEY.

a Native FORCE hepuISeu Uy rFeHCH
Garrison, 25O Being Killed.
The steamer Thibet, from the west coast
Of Africa, brings intelligence Of further
troubles between the French and the Da-
homans. The steamer reports that
a force of 1000 Dahomans made an
attack upon Kotonou The French garrison
made gallant Defence and the fighting
lasted for three hours. Finally the French
troops made a sortie, an the attaching
party fed, leaving 25O OF taeir dea on the
field. The French loss was three killed and
ten wounded.
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A SPELL Of la grippe is not so bad
when it is spelled simply grip.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-02-03
three, but so much depends upon COM
dition Of plants, their age, and the way
in which they are handled, that gem

three. but so much depends upon con-.
dition of plants, their age, and the way
in which they are handled, that gem
civilizations cannot be made upon the SUBJ
ject. " Z g
Single-Stem Training-Single stem
training of tomatoes gave twice as much
yield per square foot as ordinary culture,
somewhat earlier results, and it greatly
decreased injury from rot. The system
is to be recommended for early market
or choice trade or for home use.
Rot-Upright and open training tends
to decrease injury from rot; and such
training gallowso of more easy and thorough
applications Of fungicides when spraying
is necessary. .5l ~ & tls s.
Fertilizipg-Very heavy fertilizing
with stable manures or concentrated fer
tilizers has uniformly increased yield in
our experiments, although the common
opinion is to the contrary. But irorder
that fertiIizing shall produce early fruits,
the food material must be quickly avail
able. If stable manure is desired, only
the most thoroughly disintegrated part
should be used. Nitrate of soda Is
good tomato fertilizer on soils contain
ing abundance of potash and phosphoric
acid, but like other Incomplete fertilizers
it has little value when used alone on
poor soils. Nitrate OF soda appears tc
give heaviest yield when used N two or
three applications, but in this latitude IT.
should not be applied later than the first
Of August, else It prolongs growth too
late. e Z, = Y 81 z ~
Very early setting Of stockY plants ID
the field, even Ia dark and raw weather,
augmented earliness and productiyeness
in 1890. This year the same results were
obtained except that there was some gain
in earliness from very early setting The'
tomato can endure much more uncon-.
genial weather when set 10 the field than
is commonly supposed. EARLY setting ON
well prepared land therefore appears TO {
be adyisable.-Vick' . Magazine. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
BASE BALLS BY THE MILLION.
Made by Girls Ont of Rubber Yarn and
Hor-ehide.

s.HoW MANY BASE BALLS ARE USED
IL up in the United States in a year?"
How 10 you expect me to answer a question
Ike that said the base ball manager to a STAR
reporter. Somewhere up in the hundreds OF
thousands, should judge. Nearly all of them
are made in Philadelphia and Natick. Mass. Two
great concerns in those cities turn them out and
other firms buy from them, printing their own
Trademarks on ths covers. All the L. ague
clubs get their balls for nothing, the advertise
meut they give 70 brand bv using it being
considered an equivalent This is an import
ant Item. i.a,mu ch a. half dozen base balls
are often Lost or destroyed in single game"
How are base bal, made?'
They are made by girls. II you will dissect
a base ball YOU vail find that It's internal struc-
tCre Is quite elaborate. Around a spherical
core % the best rubber is carefully wrapped "a
certain amount OF warn. When the bah has
thus grown 20 about two-thirds of the size il is
20 De leather cover j. stitched on with
needle aud waxet thread. Then more warn is
wound upon IL until IL IS found to turn the
scales At precisely the right point Finally the
outer cover Of hOrschide Is Rewn on, aud the
ball, after being stamped and again weighed,
TO make sure that il Is just five ounces is
wrapped IN tiE!oIl and put INTO a pasteboard box
l0r market"
There were No such base balls in old times"
NO. the base ball I; today was not invented
until 1875. And BY tine way, the inventor
never got a cent for his PATENT TWENTY wears
ago base ball made with a core Of leather
strips one ounce in weight wrapped with warn
and covered. This WAS found too lively, and so
a little sphere Of nodded rubber OF finest quail
ity was substituted for a core. The trouble
with ball thus made was that IL could not be
depended upon for any given degree Of elias
ITCHY. No two balls would be Just alike in this
respect. however carefully they were con-
structed, and each particular ball varied from
day TO day. according as the weather was dry or
damp. The inner cover now employed has the
effect Of regulating the elasticity OF the ball. at
the same time keeping it compact and in shape
Cheap base balls are made of poor yarn and
rubber scraps pressed into q pulp. the lowest
grade being composed OF nothing more than
melted remnants of rubber shoes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

onto the V. which Is fastened in front. The
edge Of the cape is ornamented by ruche Of
sc.lloped cloth The collars are edged with
black velvet The cloth ' Is trimmed with
velvet ornaments, which are sewn on. You
viii observe that 10 has no dangling ribbons.
That 10 . within already bygone. II Il doubtful
n under any circumstances the fashion Of a
brace Of ribbons or al long rope Of beads de-
pending from the point Of the bodice In the
back 10 graceful Possibly when the ribbon OF
bead rope floats OF on the descending wave Of
the train IL looks wen. but when tie train is
hsid up and close around the knees and when,
~ often happens. the rope Of beads escapes and
hangs alone and fOrlorn from the prominent
drspery above, when 1t floats all by itself
IN the breeze and the observer getting
profile view Of the wearer sees daylight be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
SOCIAL CALLS IN SIAM.
Small Talk INDUCED in by European Ladies
and the Inmates of the Harem.


and the Inmates of the Harem.
From the New York SIM.
A French newspaper printed in Siam saws
that few more extraordinary incidents occur
than the visit Of European ladies to the
houses of native functionaries The editor re-
CARDS it as strange anomaly that the wives o.
Europeans should visit the so-called wives of
native officials, although, he says he can I'M
dcstand why the wives of cousuls should be
curious to enter the harems and sec life in
such places. 1t is not difficult to satisfy the
desire, but he cannot understand why Euro
pean women should submit to reciprocal
visits and continue social intercourse with
Siamese women, of whom he appears to enter
tain a poor opinion. Here are some speci-
mems which he says are fair samples of the
talk between European woman and the wife
Of one of the native ministers:
European Lady-"Ah, how glad I am to see
you. L have been longing to come for some
time, but have so many visits to make. How
is your dear husband. Mai Bump
Siamese Lady (scratching her bare legs as a
preamble -'.Very WELL think"
European Lady (astonished )-"How is that?'
Siamese Lady (coolly)-"He left some days
ago to see his first wife,
European Lady more and more astonished)-
ellis first wife? Well and you?"
siamese Lady-"Oh, l am only his sixth
wife"
European Lady-"But you have had three
children by Mai Bump
siamese Lady (sadly)-"Four, II you please,
but since the eldest has turned out badly we
don't speak Of her now. Since her master has
gone home she has run off with his bow"
European Lady-"And your second daugh-
ter?"
Siamese Lady-"We shall give her to a man
for hundred dollars dress and ornaments in
cluded. The bargain has almost been made &"
The conversation continues in that vein for
some time, and the editor is Of the opinion that
it is not very edifying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15
CHANCES IL MOURNING FASHIONS.

There are changes in the fashions Of mourn
ing costumes, as well as in Others but they are
slow and conservative. II is a curious fact
that brides and widows when they 90 to the
altar respectively for JOY and grief, are disin-
elined to depart very far from old usages In
dress. There Is some novelty however, in
mourning garb, and have sketched q toilet
worn by an exceedingly fashionable Young
widow AZ the funeral OF her husband. The
dress Is dull black. The skirt il cut on the bias,
as usual. Ii il lined with taiTeta and cut on
the bias each side on top. This bias must,
however. not be exaggerated, in order not to
make points at each eide % the skirt. The
bottom Of the skirt measures about three yards
and quarter. At the top it has the darts
necessary to make IL set we'll on the hips. and
kills.. The trimmings Of Grape are ornamented
With applications Of tbs wooden material, but
these may be dispensed with IL required. The
waist Is plain, and closed in the center with
duh buttons of imitation Grape A sort OF
corselet IN Grape is sewn this waist aud is
divided in the middle. 1t is advisable to line
the Grape with Organdie muslin in order to
sitter It. The Grape Is cut on the slope, and
the two sides are sewn back over the muslin
In sewing the corners great care must be taken,
Grape easily unTavels and gets drawn. The
best plan l. TO sew IL on a narrow ribbon, so az
to keep IL straight and smooth. The corselet
nav either extend from the two sides be
continued right around to the back, forming a
point BY Joining the ends Of Grape. The sleeves
are draped over tightly fitted lining. The bot
tom of the skirt is trimmed with band Of Grape.
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TRIED Suicide FOR LOVE.
And for Love of One of Her Own Sex st
That.

From tire London telegraph
Gentlemen have before now attempted 10
put end 10 a miserable existence because
ladies whom they desired TO wed had the
wretchedly bad taste to marry somebody else.
and ladies have been knowh to return the com
pliment in the case of gentlemen. But for one
lady to contemplate suicide because another
female is engaged to be married and to q total
stranger is something Of a new departure. The
strange case OF Leocadie Rhone, a young Bel
gian woman, and Miss Parkinson, which came
before Sir John Bridge at Bow street police
court, seems TO how that there is still some ro-
nance left in the world. Here are two maidens
who vowed solernnly to each other that if either
were 10 become engaged the other would at
once kill herself The arrangement appears
trIhe one-sided and, moreover, Is faulty be-
cause the punishment falls on the innocent
party.
The remarkable point about il Is that the
Belgian damsel-who at the age Of twenty-nins
ought to have got rid OF much Of the senti-
mentality OF youth-really took the seri-
ously. and on hearing of Miss Psrkinson's en-
gagement journeyed in hot haste from Brus-
sells with a loaded revolver in order 20 carry
out the fell design on her own life. Why rhe
troubled to come over 20 England at all Is not
apparent. few words of kindly advice from
the magistrate induced the too excitable Bel
gian to return TO her native shores, and also 10
promise not 10 do herself any harm. Evidently
her whole grievance that in accordance
with her vow she had neglected several good
offers of marriage. She had now better initiate
her English friend and neglect them no longer.
She viii find that there is q good deal Of ro-
nance TO be got out Of even 90 commonplace
an expedient as matrimony.