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NO MORE STRIKES.
Machfnists Told to Settle Differences
with Employers by Arbitration.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The strike Of the machiDists at the East
Pittsburg works of the Westinghouse Ma
chine Company has been officially declared
off and orders have been sent out from
headquarters of the International Associa-
ton of Macfinists to the different district
lodges in the country to settle all existing
strikes as speedily possible.
The order is in the form of a secret cir
cular addressed to business agents organ
izers and executive officers, which is signed
by President James O'Connel In IL he de-
clares that while he is not a calamity
bowler present indications are not very
favorable for the iron and steel industries
Wage reductions are threatened in vari-
Gus quarters and prospects are not partic-
ularly bright for employment during the
winter months While the machine shops
of the country. according to the latest re-
ports, have good supply of orders on the
books. there is an uncertainty and members
are advised to arrange all differences by
arbitration
liz IL is Impossible TO adjust the disputes in
this manner the international officers are
10 be promptly notified and strikes are not
TO be resorted TO unless sanctioned by the
highest authority in the association. Pres
ident O'Connell warns the members to look
out for detectives who have been assigned to
the duty OF joining the machinists organ
ization for the purpose OF betraying secrets.
No new members, ne advises, should be
taken in until u careful examination has
been made Of their application.
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with the cid of a hatpin. declared the prop

with the aid of hatpin. declared the prop
er score to be 120.
81 imagine that to be just about right"
said the short-sighted little woman, and,
marking down these figures on her card.
she handed her score in at headquarters.
Headquarters" consisted OF two men whose
services lad been enlisted for the after
noon, their duty being to look over all of
the scoreicards and straighten everything
out-a tremendous task, since only one or
two out CT each dozen scores were figured
correctly
Just befpre the general counting UP by the
experts began one of the men stepped forth
into the riddle of the room and announced
that dollar had been found on the floor
under table. He requested that the loser
of the money Please make herself known.
Almost simultaneously every woman in the
room opened her handbag and peered into
it, and then, much to the astonishment Of
the man who had made. the announcement,
FIVE of the ladies of the tournament came
forward to lay claim to the dollar.
MY dear ladies, 1 didn't find So the
man CRIED, as he saw them coming.
But each one insisted that she had lost
dollar and that the money found under the
table must surely be that dollar.
What sort of a dollar was it?" asked
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assembly reminding one OF the never-to-be-
forgotten croquet party in "Aice's Adven-
lures in Wonderland" when the Queen, the
white rabbit and others were searching for
the hedgehogs that were made to represent
the balls with the fiamlngoes that were used
as the mallets.
But at last all OF the women were seated
in their proper places and soon death
like silence fell upon the big room, broken
only by the systematic signals incidental
to the game-such as II pass" 'I'll order
1t up" I'll go it alone" I'll assist" and
so forth, and the occasional f1ip-fip and
shuffie-shuffie of the pasteboards. And then,
as the playing of "hand' was concluded,
and the deal went to another contestant
there would arise babble of voices, for at
every table there seemed to be at least one
woman who insisted upon rehashing the
"hand" all over again and explaining how
1t would have turned out otherwise IL Mrs.
So-and-so had only played such-and-such a
card instead of the one she did play"
At one table within earshot of the unin-
vited guest, a sharp-featured little woman
was pointing out the lamentable blunder
that had just been made by her partner.
The opposing couple cared not a rap to hear
the play analysed. since they had won the
trick" and the poor offending partner, who
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Vignettes of An Inland City

with their dresses; others never could wear
blue-''the color was so unbecoming TO
them" And then there were those in the
assembly who would not make a choice
until they ascertained what sort OF strings
certain other women selected. so that they
might govern their selections accordingly.
You may just pass me by for the pres
ent" one elderly woman said to the girl who
was standing in front of her with a tray.
ct wouldn't for the world run the risk of
having TO play with Mrs. b. There
waltz She has taken a pink string. I'll
take pink one, too, though goodness knows
pink is the last color earth for me Ia
wear. 1 can no more wear pink than
can fy.'
Then came hustling and busting and
general confusion as the ladies sought the
respective tables at which they were to
begin the tournament and the partners with
whom they were to play. There was a
chorus of Where Is table two, couple one?'
and Where is table eight, couple two?"
and (which IS the head table?' and like
inquiries. the uproar and actions of the
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just lay around and thought about Seems
like he must have been an awful triiin
sort Of character. Anybody that's contented
to sit on a pumpkin" she shifted, "just so
longs they can have 1t to themselves, amt
no need to worry for fear they might be
crowded on velvet cushion. There's al
ways plenty others in this world that don't
mind crowdin'" She glanced at the open
book. "Buildin' shanty any human man
ought to've been ashamed to live in, and
layin' round CROWN beans because they'd
take care OF themselves, and goin' without
yeast because he could fill his stomach with
little less trouble. Humphi''
The hostess felt an hysterical inclination
to laugh, notwithstanding the chill of dis
enlargement that began to creep like unto
boar frost about the opening petals of her
mission. 1t a blow i'm itself to find
that any one could hold themselves proof
against the pleasures of Walden. Her own
Walden, moreover, that she had bracketed
because she loved 1t particularly in places.
BEST thing 1 can say for it, so far as 1
see," went on the other frankly, sis that 1t
amt sentimental-that is. you understand,
In personal way
La broke in the jolly old lady, "senti-
ment's healthy! That amt a mite in a
books favor that l see. l like sentiment
myself. Specially in young folks. Comes
just as natural as Shawn to a young man,
or as curtin her hair to a girl. Look
at Jemima Jones's GIRL she giggled,
shown already. an she amt sixteen by
five months. Cold creamin' her face for
freckles every night. and worryin' over the
Sha ma Of no 70
when the boys come home from school.
mind met Why"
I The hostess arose. Was this Reading
anc Mutual Improvement Club, or was it
the same old weekly sewing and I-tell-it-
among ourselves-but- it-mustn't go any fur
Their meeting?
II have an edition of Eliot that I think
will interest Miss Clara" she said weakly
by way Of apology, as she rose. Half way
TO the bookcase she paused in front of a
pretty girl in a pink silk waist. 1anked on
one side by tired-looking little woman in
brown, upon the other by sour-looking old
lady.
How do you do, Mrs. j." she greeted
cheerily the tired-looking little woman in
brown How have you made Roadway
with your reading?''
The tired-looking little woman folded her
hands nervously in her lap. Evidently they
felt as Ill at ease as they looked, it was
so unnatural for them to be at ease.
NO" she answered sharply, 81 amt.
amt read mite! Johnny brought home the
measles Tuesday-that is, they showed. and
every child chick OF them as red as pinles
Wednesday Minnie felt that il wasn't right
for her to stay and help me any longer, with
little brothers and sisters Of her own at
home, and the babys at the cross age. Ma
says it's temper, but don't know-think it S
the measles workin' on him. Poor little
dear. l know / feel sometimes just as
cross as he acts" She rolled pair of
brown eyes up, and the pinched. tired mouth
beneath smiled. Don't seem like / had
much time to read" she added
II should say not" silently commented
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stories sort of funny? They never somehow
seem to hit off with what you expect to
find inside. Bob says he read In The Com
panion' that he kept whole lot of them
curious odds and ends in box on his desk,
and when he wrote a piece he went and
fshed out slip of paper and clapped 1t on
without reading it till after. Bob's most
likely fooling, but it does sorter seem like
you could trade them headings around, and
they'd read just as fit. don't it?"
The plump little woman smiled, and the
hostess smiled back politely. The woman
OF the mission was silently turning over in
her mind the very best way to bring the
mind of the plump little woman into the
literary fold.
but speaking of headings" went on the
other, puts right in mind of Bob.
Bob's head. you know" and the plump lit
tie woman smiled at her little joke. but her
face clouded quickly with the troubles OF
the head dearest. I'm terribly afraid Bob's
gone and inherited them meegrins of his
father. There he Is at home this blessed
minute with his head rammed into the sofy
cushion, cross as a bear and two sticks
wrapped into one. Though why they call
them 'meegrins' is more than understand,
for certainly there amt no GRIMM around
the house when John he gets one Of them.
He just bangs If Bob's noisy, or the baby
takes a fancy to make drum out of the
washpan. John he says 1t feels just like
one-half of his head was in a cider press
Just one more turn and his head would be
squoze to jelly"
There was beginning to be faint sus-
picion of irritation underlying the polite
smile on the face of the late editor of her
alma mater. Evidently the fold was not
yet for the mind of the plump little woman.
She would take her energies elsewhere.
With a hastily rakcd-up receipt of much
water and little food for the sufferings of
Bob. she rose and crossed the room. Two
women sat by the window. evidently mother
and daughter The daughter was prim. a
square-shouldered type of village spinster-
hood. clad soldidly in black. The elder lady
was jolly, white haired. of rotund proper
lions and easily tickled risibilities, the lat
ter trait perhaps not altogether admirable
in the eyes of her daughter.
The hostess looked and smiled with quick
recognition upon a green-bound volume laid
square across the knees of the younger
lady.
''Throeau?" she asked pleasantly How
do you like him, Miss Clara?"
The owner OF the knees hesitated. but the
jolly old lady answered for her promptly
Clara" she said, says so far as she
makes out that he wasn't much better than
any other tramp-oniy that he writ about
what he see"
Her daughter broke in sarcasticalIy: mot
so much what he saw ma. half, as what he
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their owners, it seemed. One player even
wore peculiar earring-just one-that had
belonged to her fathers aunt's mother-in-
law, and which was warranted to act as
mascot at all times. Some of the ladies re-
fused TO keep the score, as they had learned
through experience that good luck deserted
them when they had anything to do with
the counters, while others raped their
knuckles on the table when taking their
seats, as this action helped to keep off the
hoodoos that were lurking about.
And so the afternoon passed. At last the
final game was played, and when it was
finished each woman present began count
ing up her complete score-a very difficult
thing for most of them to do, even when
they were fortunate enough to possess lead
pencils. Some of them used pins and
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1EE was the minister's only daugh-
ter. She was just home from col
lege. and her spirit was oppressed
I$$&&zI with her mission every leisure
- moment OF the long, empty. drag
cling days She wasn't altogether sure yet
Just what her mission was. but its form
was. as one might expect. the norr'al out
come OF her editorship OF her alma matters
college paper. Already she had established
a reading circle composed of good house
wives-who understood the technicalities Of
matchmaking. alas. far better than they
ever would the technicalities OF Brown
ing-a village belle or two, and at least one
other young college woman. Only the other
college woman was particularly distracted
with the standing village problem Of help
there being in no free American hamlet of
the size such thing as a resident hired
GIRL" stin the other college woman had
sympathies. and sympathy at present was a
highly valuable attribute in the eyes OF the
young woman with the mission.
She was striving earnestly and conscien-
tiosly to elevate in a literary way, the
feminine minds OF the village. The main
obstacle she found was that seemed
TO be aware OF any pressing need of elevat-
ing Each family took at least one weekly
paper. most of them a magazine or two,
and the village could boast fully a thousand
books of more or less standard matter. But
the college woman was vitality aware OF the
dearth where riches might be instead. and
! she strove like Joan of old, in her chosen
field.
She was obliged to own that the first
meeting had proved rather chaotic. This
second was held In her own pleasant library,
and she came into the roomful OF talking
women gayly. Tall. slender. unexplainably
stylish in her new tailored suit. tailored. as
every woman there knew. by the village
seanistress. who usually succeeded In CIV
ing her customers Mt in the tailored way
that must suggest 10 the rural mind a
husk-filled pillow in an evergenerous slip.
Her cleercut features were 1T with INTEL
lectuaf enthusiasm. and her greeting here
and there bespoke the kindly intention of
her mission.
woman. the sweet-tempered other half OF
the village grocer. hardware merchant,
dealer N agricultural supplies. all in one.
'.Your topic was Ruskin. Mrs. V, was 1t
not?'' she asked. How have you made
headway?'
The plump little woman folded her plump
little hands deliberately together and
smiled She liked the minister's daughter.
every one did. and the Reading Club was a
new village diversion.
''Noue much" she answered, Ito be real
frank. been reading the Sesame and
Lilies and i think it's real Interesting,
only. Amt them headings he puts on his
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ole College Girl and Her Mission

Daughter Difficult Graft Literary
Taste
Of Abour Books By F. Fox
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Street Railway Curves
IEnd of the se4es.l
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Crossings
in Me- Latkl, Put
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re was the minister's only daugh-
ter. She was just home from coll
lege. and her spirit was oppressed
with her mission every leisure
moment of the long. empty. drag
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= AFTERNOON at a woman-s
euchre party Is an excellent
place 10 study the gentler sex
at its worst. at other social
gatherings you viii see your fell
iow-creatures of the feminine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13
Lifetime Work of the Hea,t.

From the Southern California Practitioner
The human heart is practically a force
pump about six inches in length and four
inches in diameter. 1t beats seventy times
per minute, 1900 times per hour, 1000, so
times per day and SO, 1872 eco times per year.
and 1915. 40, 0oO-say, two thousand five
hundred and seventy-five million four hum
dred and forty thousand-tmes in seventy
years. which is mans appointed three
score years and ten" At each of these
beats it forces 2h ounces of blood through
the system, 175 ounces per minute, 65SA
pounds per hour, or 71s tons per day All
the blood of the body, which Is about thfr-
ty pounds, passes through the heart every
three minutes. This little organ pumps
every day what is equal to lifting 122 tons
one foot high or one ton I'D feet high-that
is, one ton to the top of a forty-yard raiil
chimney, or sixteen persons weighing liz
pounds each to the same height. During
the seventy years of a mans life this mar
velous little pump without single mo-
ments rest, night or day, discharges the
enormous quantity of 49, $50 tons Of blood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13
IN ALBAY PROVINCE
GOV. BETS REPORTS CONTIN-
UANCE OF PROSPERITY.
Good Effect Of Compelling the Use of
Wheels With Wider Tread on
the New High Road.

The bureau of insular affairs, War De-
partment, has received the annual report of
Mr. A. U. Belts, governor of the province
of Albay for the year 1902, in which he
states:
1.-The year opened with everything in a
very peaceful and prosperous condition.
There have been two regular sessions of
the court of first instance held at the cap
ital during the past year, and it is crafty
ing to note the great confidence these peo-
pie display in the administration of justice.
High Road Completed.
1.-The road between Legaspi and Ligao.
which passes through the center of the
great hemp country was practically COM
pleted during the early part of the year.
The enormous traffic, however. passing over
this highway made it necessary, in order
to maintain it in payable condition, to elim{S
nate the Anticipated bull cart. The provfn-
cfal board therefore, prohibited their pass
ing over the road and made it obligatory
to use carts with modern wheels movable
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Saving to the People.

when these facts became evident, no
further argument was necessary to induce
the cart owners to purchase modern equip
age. 1t has been estimated that the saving
in the cost of transportation over this high
way in one year only. as contrasted with
former conditions, amounts to $4,000 To-
cal currency. This saving to the people of
the province has been effected in one year
through an expenditure. for the mainte-
nance of this highway of about s67, $50 local
currency. There has been imported into the
province during the past year about 5000
cart wheels of modern construction.
1.-The question of transportation still re-
mains one of the most important problems
to deal with in the province. The greater
portion of this year the average price for a
bull cart per day has been $40 local cur
rency, while the average cost of a CARO-
mata has been $50. The great demand for
transportation is for moving the hemp from
the interior down to the seaports and TAX
ing rice and merchandise from the ports
to the interior. There were shipped from
the port OF Legaspi this year about 344.270
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THE EVENING STAR.
PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
business Once, 18th Street and Pennsylvania AvsnsA
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8. Il. KAUFFMANN. President
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rs seconded mail matterl
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Rates Of advertising made known on application.
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Receipts From All Sources.

1.-The receipts of the provincial treasurer
from all sources for the year amounted to
$3.50 O95. 4S. local currency. OF this sum
S131 959S2 was returned to the municipaii-
ties, that being their portion of the general
tax and after deducting all sums for out
standing obligations and unfulflled con-
tracts there is a balance of $40, i3o.Il, local
currency, in the treasury.
1T is gratifying to note the great prog
ress that has been made in the educational
department of the province during the past
year. Numerous school buildings have
been erected in all parts of the province.
and some municipalities are deserving OF
special mention for the excellent u'idinss
constructed. There are in the province one
high school, thirty-eight schools directed by
American teachers in which English is
taught six parochial schools and about
700 private schools in which instruction -
given in Spanish and Bicol
1.-The best of feeling exists between the
natives and the American residents of Tire
province. and it is gratifying to note tho
readiness with which the people adopt new
ideas and modern customs.
This province opens wonderful field for
the introduction of American supplies and
implements. and 1t is sincerely hoped that
American manufacturers and merchants
will take advantage of these new markets"
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on the axle and with four-inch or greater
tread
These restrictions crippled the trans
portation facilities for a short time but
suitable wheels were quickly imported and
the inconvenience at first experienced was
readily compensated for, by not only the
preservation of the highways, but also by
the amount of cargo the carts were able to
carry.
To illustrate: 1t formerly required three
days for cart, drawn by three bulls. to
make trip over the full length of the
road, while with modern carts on the new
highway, the trip can now be made in one
day, using only two bulls and carrying 80
per cent more cargo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-13

How many canvassers
would it take to call on all
The Stars readers in a sim
gle day? About seven
thousand. A Star ad. is a
convasser at small cost.
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This great demand for transportation
and the excessively high price charged has
induced outside capital to bring into the
province modern traction engines. These
have an eighteen-inch tread while the cars
used in their trans have an eight-inch
tread causing therefore but little damage
to the highways. One of these engines has
been known to transport at one trip 2GO
piculs of hemp or an amount that would
require forty bull carts to transport. The
pressing demand for transportation has re-
suited in the establishment of stage lines.
and the introduction of bicycles and auto
mobiles which now running on the pub
lie highways. Four hundred of the former
have been imported into the province dur
ing the year.
The expectation of hemp from this prov
ince during the year has been In the neigh
borhood of SEQ 600 piculs, for which the peo-
pie were paid about ST., 800 600 local curren-
cy. The production of ylang-ylang for
the year just closed was valued at about
500 000, copra at 100000 and sinamay at
So 80 600.
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Geo. p. Newton,
Automobiles introduced.
BUILDER AND OWNER,
oIo 18th Street N. w. or
40 Rhode Island Ave. NV.
je13-3t'

piculs of hemp and 455,770 piculs of rice
entered the same port.
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pantry and kitchen on Ist floor bed TWO ( ELEGANT
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