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their contractors still adhere to the sweating shop
system. by which not only the workmen are op.
pressed and exploited. but also smali-poI ana
other contagious diseases are spread Throughout
the country.
District Assembly 40 X. OF l., resolved yes
terday to notify ex-General Master workman
PowderlJ that certain statements made by HIN In
his letter accepting an invitation to speak AT
the Rapid Transit meeting on June 2. on Union
Square. rejecting upon General Master Workman
J. n. Sovereign and Prof. Daniel De Leon. were
considered to be inappropriate by the District
yet. II Mr.. Powderly will conseut to speak on
June 2 he is welcome to do so.
There was a protracted debate at yesterday
meeting Of the Central Labor Union over a set
OF resolutions presented by Delegate Brunswick
calling upon all the central labor bodies In this
city to unite into one organization and to drop
their petty grievances against one another. This
body was nearly equally divided on the question
as to whether the resolutions should be adopted.
Those opposing the resolutions were led by Dele.
gates Weismann and Steele, who said II would
never do to submit to the Socialists In the Cen
trial Labor Federation who didn't want harmony,
unless the Central Labor Union first Joined the
Socialist Labor party. The resolutions were voted
down. A committee OF Delegates Arthur Bruins
wick. william J. o'Brien. James r. Bell, Henry
wcismnnn, John S. Steele, Harry white and
Edward Conklin was elected to look into the
proposed harmony scheme and report back at the
next meeting.
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"Ugh! cried a voice behind him.
you Goth! You vandal! You will steal
my flowers. will you? Look out for your
images"
The handle OF the umbrella caught the
handle Of the basket. The boy, rescuing
his property, with a cry. stood face to
| zee with the white-halred store model.
She looked at him a~ttentively and mo-
toned him before her to the house.
Let me see your goods" she said.
How the steps and floors creaked! Mer-
RVS eyes were busy as he unpacked his
casts.
There are nice rooms in Blocker
street." he observed, "and'-he paused
a moment as he slowly looked at the
ragged walls-'clea1 ones"
His patroness smiled.
Can you be alone there?" she asked.
N one viii trouble me here day or
night. People are afraid the house will
fall"
She stamped upon the floor to let him
feel It shake n hear the echoes
through the silent room. He looked at
her in awe.
II am no coward. am II" she said,
smiling and showing dimples in her
cheeks.
The hoy's face changed: 1t Redeemed
his sleepy eyes flashed; he fairly
CRASHED his teeth.
"Amerigo Nonni's not a coward
either he cried. Then his face paled,
and he clutched a chair as II he would
have fallen.
II am hungry" he said.
And l." she said. taking from a
handbag a small bottle and pushing II
towards him. That was my lunch. but
you may make your supper on a."
Merry drew out the cork. smelled the
contents and put the bottle Oh the table.
untasted.
MY father drinks" he said quietly.
The woman's face flushed.
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basket 10 the ground and lifted his boot
to the stranger. The soldier put out his
hand to push the boy aside. On one finger
Merry saw the counterpart OF the ring he
had Just cast.
You are a spy he cried. II know
you by your ring. She says you are a
blue-coated coward"
Ere the astonished man could speak
Merry's trembling fingers had drawn
from his basket the plaster impress of
the womln's hand with the ring upon 1t.
Whose hand Is that?" the soldier
asked in n strange dry voice.
"a brave, gray-coated soldiers" the
boy cried.
And why is the hand ready to clasp
something? Does 1t want the mate of
the ring"
Merry looked up perplexed,
Take this and ask" the soldier said,
drawing OF his ring.
Merry was afraid He did not want to
lose his new friend esteem. Suppose
she should greet him in anger? II
seemed as though her anger could be
great, she was so brave.
You had better go yourself" he an
swered.
The man turned up the child's face
gently.
You forget l am a coward" he said.
What good would 1t do?"
at might make two soldiers happy for
ever and even"
well. | will come close behind"
Merry left his basket In ST Christie
piers care.
Say said the soldier. be sure you
say l viii come all the way-all the way
If she wants me-"
He saw the boy go In the old house
and a light spring up in the room where
Merry had been before. Happy bambinsl
His new friends first kiss was for the
ring, but her second was for the mes
senger. Teslderiy as Blanca could have
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The world has had in all Just 10 decisive
battles.
But every man has in his lifetime moro deci-
sive battles than this.
The important epochs IN mans life that settle
for him wealth, position, and often life itself.
come without warning.
Weakness. indecision and lack Of nerve force
ut these turning points Is fatal. In long and
doubtful sickness. when life itself trembles In
the balance, 4 little moro strength and power of
resistance to disease makes the difference be-
tween life and death.
Thin people, with depleted, diseased blood.
run big risks. Careful men and women all over
the country are building up their systems and
storing the nerve centres with energy now 1t IL
spring. They are taking that remarkable blood
purifier and nerve food, Paine's celery com
pound.
1t cannot be repeated too often that the blood
Is the fountain. that supplies every part of the
body. II this life-giving medium, lacks vigor
and richness, nerves. brain, heart. kidneys ana
lungs Immediately suffer. The weakest spot
Will give way first.
II you find yourself growing thin. nervous,
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should say"
But why. signora?"
He hid his colors and stole from the
enemy"
What did he steal. signora?"
"Me. My regiment was gray-coated. ="
Merry pondered awhile in his slow
way, then showed his white teeth. smil-
ing.
signoraH"
didn't look me up"
Merry was busy with his cast. II
will take this to MartinellI." he said,
land fill 1t with plaster-so-and when
it is hard l will knock this all away,
and there will be the cast. VIII you
trust me, ]signora?"
Yes, she trusted him and gave him all
the flowers in her poor little garden.
lie gracefully touched her hand to his
forehead and lips. She assured him
that act indeed proved him to be no
coward, even IL he could not fight and
kick like his father. She was glad his
coat was not blue, but gray, like her
dress,
He went away, smiling, with his
basket of images on his head and her
image in his min as she stood in the
light OF the rising moon her gray dress
and white hair standing out like "a cary
ing against the old gray house,
Take care OF yourself, Merry Non
sense" she had said. Take a long nap
In the morning for you weak back
n plenty OF sweets for your cough"
He was thinking ne would like to cut
down that hlue-coated coward before her
eyes, when he turned a corner and came
against a soldier on his tired way homo
from the days long duties,
Look out. b~lockheadg" the latter cried
irritably.
All his fathers blood boiled up In Mer-
rvs veins. Like = fash. he slipped his
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Don't say I dot" she cried. THAT is
medicine. That is all l have to pull
me through the day-all that many a
store girl has, with a bite OF bread"
Cant o fight without it?" the boy
asked. my father can't fight without
whiskey. He's nice then. But he can
get 1t always. Nv left him for Marti-
nelli."
The woman shuddered as II some
coarseness of her own were pressed
home pom her. She threw the bottle
out OF the window.
You are a brave boy" she said, and
offered Merry bread from the closet.
81 must have the money for other
things" she continued. but can fight
right well on no food at all"
Her pleasant smile showed itself again
as she fingered the casts. Merry Nonni
ate her supper very unsratefully. she
thought. However, at the last bite he
said, II will make you casts for moth
Ing If you send me to buy a little
plaster" She looked up.
"Of your hands, he added.
1t was not long till the plaster had
been bought and Merry had well soaped
her beautiful left hand, folding its nm
gers round a piece OF cloth as II 1t held
something and covered It with LIQUID
plaster. Then, as she awaited the hard
ening process. she told him she would
draw and draw that hand TIL one day
he would see 1t In a great picture. He
must never tell he saw 1t first in a store.
II will be my own captain then" she
said.
Merry was gently removing her hand
from the plaster as she spoke, and he
noticed In the mould the well defined
copy Of the seal ring upon her wedding
finger, She followed his look from the
mould to her hand and opened the seal.
"Ahr" aid the boy. There's a brave
soldierg'
] There's q b~lue-coated coward, you
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women and filters were at the win
dows. His eyes rested on one whose
graceful figure had won her position as
a model for the display of draperies.
Her face was young, but her hair was
white, with a lingering of gold among
its fine silver tresses. Merry looked a
moment, then trudged on.
Evening found him In the upper part
of the city. He had offered his wares
throughout a great studio building with
no success. Hungry and tired, he
turned his steps towards the river to
rest by its edge. He passed through a
half built street and came upon a relic
of former days, a house left from
colonial times.
The fanlight above its door that had
once reflected light and hospitality was
shattered. The steps that had known
the tread of gallants and the swish OF
silken trains were propped and crooked.
The white paint OF the walls was signi.
fed by gray streaks among great
gashes, the glistening knocker OF the
door by nail holes and the shadow of
a lions head and bit. The house stood
on a high lot, with rubbish heaped
around its dusty trees and real estate
signs.
derry put his basket down and leaned
against the broken wall. Above him
stood the battered gatepost, surmounted
Oy a sorry copy from an old Venetian
palace OF a statue Of st. Christopher.
Merry's eyes were fixed long on the
figures. He sighed as he wished vaguely
TO" such a strong supporting arm as thu
saints. His pale. patient face did not
change except to flush as the evening
air made him cough. His eyes followed
a feeble vine from the statue to the
ground and spied a patch OF tended earth
and nowe's. He mounted a step or two
Of the terrace and eagerly stretched his
arm to pluck a yellow tulip. An UNI
brella struck his shoulder.
The evening world., 1894-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS.

The information telegrnphed from
Chicago. that Jim Hall and Steve
O'Donnell rave been matched to night
six rounds in that city on une 16 or
Is. Is quite interesting. Unless the men
have had a quarrel lately. their meeting
should be about as exciting as a Quaker
love-feast. They are remarkably clever
boxers, and II the match Is on the level
the contest should be worth going some
close friends so long that It Is more
likely that they are fishing for some
easy money.
Peter -Maher hardly deserves 1t, but
he will have another chance to retrieve
his reputation and his fortunes. II he
swings on Godfrey at the Casino, Bos-
ton, tonight, and odd Chocolate goes
out. life will be easy for the big Irish
man MO for IS so s1w nor months rs. to some, but 1t +
negro will wear out the white man and
hang another scalp to his well-filled
Rev. John l.. Scudder has made a
strong bid for popularity among the BIZ
cyclists. In his sermon yesterday in the
wheel as a noble invention, destined
to do ~incalculable benefit to the Ameri.
can. public, and announced that he had
made Arrangements to check" all the
~ SiSo VI Iiosr pcIsOilS WIZ llldut The
wheels a church-going machine.
while we DO not encourage Sunday rid
who use wheels on Sunday to ride this
way and enjoy the service of this sane.
tuary. The Tabernacle takes a specia
interest. in wheelmen. suppose ths
reason is that we have so many wheel
men and w~heel-women of our own-ovel
$50, I believe. at present. There is one
way in which. the Sunday bicycle has
benefited the churches. 1t has taught us
that II we expect young people to attend
the sanctuary we must make the ser
vices thoroughly interesting. The min.
lister must have something to say ant
say 1t in a manner calculated to keer
people awake. In this age Of Sunday
newspapers. Sunday bicycles and Sunday
concerts. the church will have to brighter
soon the pews will be empty. This age
has no use for platitudinarians in thu
whether we like 1t or not, and we mus
meet It,"
The
idea ia by no means new, having beef
introduced by an English dominic som,
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without appetite-loot out. You are starving
some important organ through inappropriate
nutrition.
Thomas Harrison IL the proprietor of the
famous Harrison farms. of North Dakota. He
holds the Office OF notary public. and 10 Coroner
OF Trail County. He writes from Blanchard.
North Dakota:
"Two years ago, when the grip was prevalent
In this country, / suffered very much from this
trouble. The disease fingered with me until II
developed into catarrh Of the head. For this
loathsone trouble ! tiled many remedies adyer-
tised for catarrh without any permanent relief,
and, while spending the winter of 9n-93 IN Los
Angeles, | was treated by a specialist without
any better results. Seeing Paine's celery com
POUND advertised, tried It, not eIpectine
cured. / used one bottle as DIRECTED. and was
entirely and permanently cured. This was over
six months ago. and I have not experienced a
return of any OF the symptoms, though I have
been exposed to the i%uc1ement weather In .NortL
Dakota. and have not caurht the least cold III.
catarrh / would have, had cold after cold all
winter. ] viii ,heerfully answer any inquiries
as to the correctness OF my statements: Many
around here are using the compound on the
strength of my recommendation. 1t makes
leoDle WE'LL"
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given II. she pressed 1t on the boys pale
forehead and forced him, with all Q
mothers care, to rest upon her bed.
It'll I come" she said, pushing back
his hal. and leaving hin wrapped In
warm cov-ring, smiling as Blanca had
lone in her last sleep, with flowers in
his hand as Bianca would have placed
them If he had died before her.
Which OF the two, so long divided.
came ''all the way?" Neither could have
told. The statue OF st. Christopher could
not, ever with miraculous hearing. for
they wandered far away from him. the
gray and the blue close together. Only
out.
, TT was my fault"
/ mo; it was all mine"
81 was afraid"-
and r.
ITO think of all these years-so
near
at Is not too late. This is the true
beginning Of our lives"
1t was the true beginning Of another.
The daily journals of that years slst Of
May had among their headings. "An OLD
Landmark Gone" "a Decoration Day
Burial" &C., for the tattered house fell
within the hour that the regular occu-
pant left II. 1t was a matter OF con
graduation. the papers said. that nc lives
were lost but n that could be spared
a homeless vagrant. who had taken
shelter there,
That SANDER was redeemed when the
same journals todd on the next years
Decoration Day Of the visit OF q soidier
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Labor Union yesterday that Mr.. J. W. Sullivan,
Of Typographical Union No. 6, would present the
four proposed labor amendments to the Constitu-
tion at to-day's session OF the Constitutional Con-
vention in Albany. The proposed four amend
ments are In favor of a system OF initiative and
referendum legislation, home rule In cities, an
law.
A committee, composed OF representatives OF
the Central Labor Federation, District Assembly
~, Local Assembly IL and one OF the State Com
missioners of Mediation and Arbitration, Is pre-
pairing a statement by which the large clothing
manufacturers in this city are to be shown that
The evening world., 1894-05-28
RELEASE OF ASH BARRELS.
After Tomorrow They Can II
Placed on the Curb Line.

Orders will be issued to the police to-
morrow to permit householders to place
ash barrels on the curb line hereafter.
the Board of Health having decided Ia
amend the Sanitary Code to that effect.
The rule at present requires that gar
bage receptacles shall be kept within the
building line.
Occupants of tenement-houses com
planned Of the nuisance under their win
Ing a benefit, was a menace to health
House owners appealed to Alderman
Muh, OF the Eighteenth District. who
interested himself in the matter and in
duced the Board OF Health to make thu
desired change, but not without diff,
Guilty, as President Wilson, Or. Edison
and STRENGTHENING Commissioner An.
drews were opposed to the scheme al
first.
The evening world., 1894-05-28
Ex-Detective Bnyer Gets "A Place.

Civil Justice George Roesch has appointed
Etienne Bayer as janltor Of the Fourth Dis
trIct Court in place NJ Nicholas EberhRrd, re-
moved. Bayer is a retired police detective on half
pay. His salary as Janitor will be 81, 900 a year.
Tayer is a constituent OF Senator Dry Dollar
Sullivan and "Barney" Rourke.
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the game postponed from last Friday.
1t will be the fifth time these teams
have met. The New Yorks have won
three Of the four games played. The
hurricane finish which the B~ridegrooms
made Saturday is sufficient for q tip that
II IL no more Than a bet at evens that
New York repeats the trick this after
noon.
A baseball writer in Baltimore scents
a deal on foot between Managers Ward
and Hanlon. He hints at an exchange
of Meekin and Wilson for, Mullane, Inks
and Clark, OF the orioles. Manager
Ward may possibly be looking for some
real good thing, but he isn't crazy just
yet, and Meekin Is not for barter or ex-
change. that's certain.
Jack Doyle at present leads the New
Yorks in batting, with q percentage OF
40. George Davis has the next best
record.
Rusie pitches, probably, this afternoon,
with Kennedy as the Brooklyn puzzler
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MRS. WISsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
dren teething Is the family beneiactor. 25c. ~
The evening world., 1894-05-28

Rusie pitches, probably, this afternoo'
with Kennedy as the Brooklyn puzzle
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-23
Eccentric Diners in Paris Restaurants.

The Paris restaurants have wealth of
stories about eccentric diners. Prince
Soltykoff, according to the gossips, was
accustomed to consult the menus at two
of the most celebrated houses, choosing
that which had his favorite dishes. After
dining well he used to give the waiter in
structions to wake him in couple of
hours, whereupon he would drop into a
sound sleep, and hardly move until his
time was up.
The Duke of Brunswick was frequent
customer at the house which often secured
the princes patronage On one occasion,
it is said, a Russian committed suicide at
a table near where he was dining. The
nobeman consequently sent for the pro-
prietor and bitterly upbraided him for
allowing his digestion to be upset by So
tragic scenel
1t was in the same restaurant that a
number of gentlemen dined daily for forty
five years-a record which beats that Of
the Grand hotel, of indianapolis, the pro-
prietor of which says that he had boarder
who regularly paid his monthly bill for
sixteen years.--London Tit-Bits.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-23
EVERY SATURDAY IN SUMNER.
How the metropolitan Urchins Play Base
ball in Central Park.

How the Metropolitan Urchins Play Base
ball in Central Park.
It is said really bad play is as amusing
as really good one. The same is true of
baseball, for a league contest doesn't begin
to be as funny as the games in Central
park ON Saturday afternoon in summer.
A map and guide aren't necessary to the
scene of these contests. You 20 as far as
the dairy, and from that on you are guided
by the noise.
Presently one comes to common" on
which are innumerable small boys, all vio-
lently saying, "A-a-ahp
They are playing baseball, and a boy
can't play baseball without saying, "A-a
-ahW
"Ah-a-ahi OATS outr'
"Ah-a-ahi 'Taint neederr'
"Ah-a-ahl Yer crazy. 'Tis too. Didn't
ketch him out jis' den2"
"A-a-hl Wutsa matter witch yer? Yer
did not"
"A-a-hl Yer lier'
"A-a-h! IF you say dat agin I'll smash
yer. SeeS"
And so on.
No white rubber plates are allowed in the
park for the batter to tap, and there are no
bags at the different bases. The bases are
marked off with coats. There isn't any
greater racket when one of these make be-
lieve bags is stolen than when somebody
tries to bat out of his turn. The reason of
this is that every last drop of breath and
every rag of indignation is expended on
the fellow who has wrongfully picked up
the willow. There is nothing left for the
thief.
The spectators obligingly mark out the
foul lines.
mig" pitches hot ball and "Popeye'
Adams, who is at bat, smashes it right on
the corner of its jaw. The ball screams
and starts for Long Island City, but it is a
foul ball and so comes up against the head
of one of the bystanders. 1t makes noise
like plank falling off a wagon. The fell
low looks little silly and begins rubbing
his face, which begins to swell visibly. He
doesn't say anything
This is supposing he is "grown up"
If he be a small boy he wrinkles up his
face, draws in his breath about minute
and half and let's go of a yell that would
be deafening any place else, but is simply
unnoticed here, for the pitcher and the
catcher are standing very close together
and giving each other such looks as rival
cats do. They are snarling "A-a-hr' at
each other and promising to give the other
a poke in the eye.
You might go all over the green and
never see any dispute with the umpire
whom they call "de umpie," the letter ''r'
in New York dialect having tendency to
melt away.
The umpire is not to be treated with dis
respect, because empires don't grow on
every bush. He has to be coaxed.
'Hey, mistey, woncha empie faw us?"
"Wut's it woyth?"
The mercenary umpire wants pay fol
crying out, "Oong baw!" or ''strikep
The uniforms, if indeed it be allowabl,
to call duds uniforms no two suits o
4 which are alike, are canton flannel cap
and shirts, when they are anything.
While most of the boys in the park arr
on pleasure bent few turn an homes
penny by traffic. Some sell weak Lemonade
and Others peddle what they call "lossen
gers. New York World.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-23

NEW York. Aug. 29.-FLoUR-Dnll. easy,
freely offered.
WHEAT-Dull, %alc. lower, closing
steady: No 2 req, store and elevator
5Sc. afoat, 5S1la5SHc.; (. OBJ, 5S%a59Kc
ungraded red, ,50a59c.; Mol northern, 65%a
&C.,; options closed weak at 3sa5sc. under
yesterday, trading fairly active; De.
cember and September most active;
sales included No. 2 red, closing; August,
5Sc.; September, 595sc.; October, 59%c
December. &C.. May, 66Tc.
UoRN-Dull, easier; No. 2, 61c.; elevator,
G1a6l5sc. afoat; options advanced 3Sakc.,
declined 9Sa94c., closed weak at Aa%c.
under yesterday, with trading dull;
May and December most active; August,
NC; September, &c.,; October, 594c.
December, 57IGc.; May, 56Mc.
OATs-Active, firmer; options dull,
firmer; August, 33Tc; September, 341lc.
October, 35SSc.; No. white September
371Sc. spot prices, No 2. 33&c.; No.
whitce. 37kc.; No. 2 Chicago, 341Sa34%c.
No. 3, $780,; No. 3 white, 36hc; mixed west
ern, 3ia35c. white do, 36a43c.; white state,
36a43c.
BEEF-Quiet, dull; family, s1Oal2; ex
ira mess, SSaS 80.
BEEF HAMs-Quiet, firm, 1923.
TIERcED BEEF-Quiet, steady; city extra
India mess, Sl5a17.
CUT MEATs-Flrm, quiet; piCkled bellies
u pounds, SIC; picked shoulders, 6&a
6Bc.; picked hams, 1lSlal2c.; middles
nominal.
LARD = Quiet, steady: western steam
closed at $500; city, at 7Kc.; September
closed $500; refined, steady; continent
$3.50: South America, $780, compound
6Ha6Hc,
PoRK-Quiet, steady; mess, Sl5al52 q
extra, Sl3a13.5O.
BUTTER-Quiet, firm; state dairy, Al
S9Hc.; do creamery 1Sa24Kc.; western
dairy, l3s16c., do. creamery, i5a24kc.
do. factory, 13al5Nc; elgins, 241Sc.; imi
tation creamery, l5a1sc
CHEEsE-Fairly active; firm; state
large, 7%a9hsc.; fancy, 91Sc.; do. small
Say%c.; part skins, S1a6Hc.; full skins
2a8c.
EGGS - Steady; fair demand; stat
and Pennsylvania, lsc; ice house, IS,
l6c16.; western fresh, l611al7Nc.; do, pc
| case So. 00a3 so