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JULY4 1776 JOYCE'S DECLARATION Of INDEPENDENCE Ow, isn't that pliA lovely:" A merry group of girls were chatter - juig on the liw: of ( ~ Miss Floyd's Acad emy for Girls on a bright morning in June. School was just over, and they were planning great things for the Fourth of July. when liss Floyd held her commentc-c m went exercises. "Of - cours". we'll wear white for the -exercises." said pretty Jlune Winthrop. "But I rather think we can have whait we !ike for the reception in the even ing. I shall coax jw-mmla into getting Me that pink chiffon-indeed I shall." "Ill have the erep de chine I told you of," declared Laura Dean, a gypsy -beaty of sixteen. "Do you remember that Miss Floyd -asked us not to huy expensive -dresses?" 11eulah Wilson reminded them. "She said she didn't wish .Joyce Harwood and Kathleen Hunt to feel euncomforta bie." June tossed her head. --.i really cannot dress down to .\!ss Floyd's charity pupils. I don't think up to our standards of dress." - Beulah Wilson was rich, and her pro -test had been1 made solely on behalf of 'her friend JToyce. who could with the utmost ditficulty present a neat and efresh appearance. -BWue for you, June; leive the pink Wfr me,." cried Laura. "Do have pale -green. Beulah." "I shall have a new white lawn for the Fourth," replied Beulah, firmly. "I think it's absurd to have two dresses .fo~r -what is, after all, one occasion." ~ Here comes Joyce and Kathleen." remarkedi June. "We'e talking of our commencement, drosses. Joyce." -T1he words were not without malice. Both Joyce and .Kathleen had made June fee! small in the classroom., '~ tink my dress is bought," re plied Kathleen, a tall girl of lifteen, with a pretty, irresolute fa'ce. She; looked1 wistfully at her questioner's dainty lawn, inset with lace, her rich ribbons and gold buttons. She could not have imagined greater bliss than possessing such things herself. "For the exercises, yes," said Laura. 'But we mean to wear colors in the evening." Kathleen almost turned pale. "You will have two new dresses for commencemient?" she gasped. in alarm. She turned to Joyce-strong. beauti ful Joyce. whom no one ever snubbed -or put down, and whose clear, dark eyes were now fixed. in some contempt, upon Junie and Laura. "Shall you not get twos" persisted June. "Oh, if you do--" began Kathleen. .belplessly. .Joyce had not spoke.n. The whole question seemed very triv'ial to her. Not that she did not care for pretty things. but just now her thoughts were with her sick mother. "This is an important occasion," -struck in Laiura. returning to the charge. ".\irss Floyd's two imarried :sisters will be' here, an~d she w~' Iillat everything and eve?rybody at their bes.. They amre so wvealthy." "And alone in the world -widowvs and childless." remarked Joyce. "I seems to me wealth is not of much good uni der such circumstances. Come. Kathie." "What shall we do?" asked Kathleen, when they were alone. "Do?" inqluired Joyee, vaguely. "About the Fourth." samid Kathleen. "My lawn cost just fifteen cents a yard. and I can't have anmy lace. How I hate to be so poor." "Kathie." said her friend, earne'stly. "don't care about it. I'm not even go JtJLY 4,Z 190 6 x~*8 -From Collier's Weekly. ing to have a new lawn-only my last s~wmer's let down. I don't intend to worry about It. I was sorry not to hear you speak more decidedly about the two dresses. You know you can't have two." "I did wonder, for a minute. if mother wouldn't let me have her wed ding dress made over," hesitated the the other. "She never goes anywhere hardly. and so doesn't need it as I do." Joyce's dark eyes flashed. "And you would make her going out at all quite impossible by taking her ouly good dress?" she cried, indignant ly. Then. softening in a moment, she added, "No, dear, don't do that." They reached Joyce's own home at that point, and Joyce went in without waiting for a reply. "3Iother, carling," she called softly. as she entered the darkened room, "is your head better? Did I wake you?" Mrs. Harwood smiled faintly. "You did not wake me-I was listen ing for your steps." she answered. "Did Mrs. Jones come in?" went 3n Joyce. Yes," was the reply. "But. my child, she must not come again. We cannot afford her. And this is so near the end of the term. You will soon he at home." Joyce did not answer at once. She went into the kitchen and soon re turned with a slice of golden brown toast and a cup of fragrant tea. "Now, try this," she said, coaxingly. 'Oh, mother mine. I do wvish you'd con sent to my giving up school and getting some work." 'THO MAS JEIiFFERSON. "We will see after the Fourth," said Ms. Harwood. "Now, dear, get your own luncheon while I take a nap." * * * * * * * The Fourth of July dawned as that historic day should dawn-showing a cloudless sky, a blazing sun. Miss Floyd was in a pleasant tiutter of ex citement. Her sisters, Mrs. Danes ford and Mrs. Jerome, sat beside her near the platform- She felt very proud of her school. The girls were charming in their snowy frocks as they sat, looking like white winged birds, on the platform. "That is a lovely child at'the end of the front row," said Mrs. Danesford suddenly. "WVho is she?" "That is Kathleen Hunt," replied Miss Floyd. "And the dark one next her' is Joyce Hlarwood. They must both work soon, for their mothers are widows and poor. I have given them their schooling and hope to start them in some way."' The exercIses passed off delightfully, and after them the parents and other "grown ups" enjoyed the lawn tea. 1-ut the girls hurried home to change Itheir dresses or freshen up for thei evening reception. It was a little a fter dusk. The dim streets grew ever and again muomen tarily brilliant with the light of Rloman candles or the radiance of Catherine wheels. The cheerful "pop" of count less firecrackers resounded through the The recepticn was in full swing when Mrs. Danesford sought a moment's rest and quiet in the breakfast room. A screen had been pushed near an openl window, and she sat down be hind it. She had dete'rmined to take Katheen Hunt home with her, if shi would conme, as reader and companion, She would offer the widowed mother a cotte neif her own magnlieeni mansion cu the banks of the Hudson The daughter should be hers by day Ithe real mother's by night. "Try it." Mrs. Jerome had said. "I :e plan succeeds I may try the other.' A group of girls, mnerry, ehattering ~oked ino the room. A torn skir seemied to have' beenx the cause of thieil cmingn. Mrs. Da:nesfor'd did not move thinking the~y wouldI go out in a moc ment. demanded June. "Her hlast summer onc-, and darned, at that." Kathleen's looked about ten cents yard," added Laura. "If they're i poor as that comes to they have r business here." She stopped abruptly. Mrs. Dane: ford thought at first that they had see her behind the screen, but the silen( was caused by the entrance of Joy and Kathleen. "We couifdn't help hearing you," r< marked Joyce. "You have no right to decide th:1 we are poor because we don't dress a you do," said Kathleen. "Some peopl think it in bad taste to dress much b( fore you come out." Mrs. Danesford could see them all Joyce and Kathleen, in their ;babb frocks, contrasting so painfully wit the chiffons and crepe de chines of th others. But Joyce stood, erect an proud, her eyes aglow. Laura an June looked at them coolly. "I fully admit it was no business a n1ine," replied June icily. "You are right-it is no business o yours," here struck in Joyce. "An( for my part, it does not matter to in at all that you should know we a poor, very poor. Pover0y is no dih grace. This is the Fourth of July, she went on, her color rising. "It i the anniversary of the day when - fathers shook off unjust and gallin; bondage. Let us. Kathleen." she sai if1i to her friend, "shake off an allegianc to a lie. No, we do not dress like thi. from choice. We prefer crepe di chines to ten-cent lawns. But, not t( have every dress in New York. woul( I care as much for such things as yoi do!" Her eyes blazed upon the girls il front of her. "Nor choose my friend. by the amount of their drygoods' bills No, poverty is no disgrace, and wealti you have not earned no merit,. ni honor, except as it is well and nobl3 spent." "What a Fourth of July oration!' sneered Laura. "It's a pity none of th( .uests can hear yon." "One of them has." said Mrs. Danes. ford, coming forward. She pnt hel hand on Joyce's shoulder. "Come witl me, my dear. I want a little talk witl you and my sister." * * * * * * * Joyce and her mother are very happy in the little cottage ("part of your sal ary, my dlear," Mrs. Danesford had said) by the waters of the noble Bud son. Kathleen never knew how neal that dainty home came to being hers, nor did Joyce ever learn that she owed it to her "Declaration of Independ ence."-F'rances Harmer. 1EDINGADA I had a diary Christmas, Ard father 'laughed and said, "If you'll keep that till the Fourth of July Il'give you a dollar, Ned." Queer way to earn a dollar, But casy as a b c; So I put it in my seret box, Safe under lock and key. It's a pretty book-bright red leather And Spud Jones wants to swap. . He said he'd give me his two-blade knife And his second-best spinning top. But I'd rather have the dollar, So I put it away again; The pages are just as clean and white Not a bit of a spot or stain. Father asked me last Sunday. "Are you keeping that diary. Ned?" And when I said "Yes," he looked sur prised. "Well done, little son." be said. Fourh cmesa week from Tuesday, AndohI cn'thardly wait, For Spud's got a dollar, too, and so I tell you we'll celebrate! We're going to buy some pinwhgels, Those things that whiz round in rings Crackers, of course, like we always haves And whole heaps of other things Big Roman candles that send up stars All yellow and red andl blue Oh.'I just hope father'll want me to keep A diary next year, too! The Strenuous Life. /! Uncl Sams Pariotc Ceebrai afte Sam' Batlot Monmoutin di near Fort Montgomery, among tI Hudson Highlands, soon after the clot of the war. She was buried at Ca lise, Pa., where a handsome monume3 has been erected over her grave by tU patroitic citizens in the town. JUSTICE WAS swiFT Kidnapper Overhauled With a Commendable Haste e GOT LONG PENITENTIARY TERMI t In Less Than Twenty-Four Hours S the Man Who Abducted the Son of Charles Muth, a We.Ithy Phila delphian, is Arrested, Convictcd and Sent to the Penitei.tiary. e Phiiladelphia, Speci:d.-Twentv rears of hard labor in soliarv con finenent in the eastern penitentiary was the sientcnce pronouii.ed on Johin Joseph Kean, the abduc:or of little Freddie Mth. The el:oimity of the man's crime which had aroused the whole city, e stirred the offleers of the law to quick action. and the swiftness with Swhich jlstice moved has never been Sequailld iii this c)mmualiity. Kean r fell into the clutches o: the law bout the time the courts were cls I in'. Promptly at 10 o'clock he was - ph1o0ogi:ajhied and measu 'rM by the Bertillion methods. Twenty-five min utes later he had begn arraigned be fore Mag-istrate Eisei brooml and committed to court without bail. The 1raud jury quickly foun-l a tiue bill and at ]H:20 a. m.. lie was in the criminal court awaitinlg li turn to face Judge Sulzberger. Shortly af ter 12 o'cloek the judge passed sen tence upon him. and at 1:30 p. m. the greatest iron doors of the peni tentiarv closed behind 'im. In li quick Irip from liberty to tI e soli tuude of Cherry Hill, the institution which Dickens made fa-nous in his American notes by condemning its system of solitary coni nement. no friendly hand or voice was raised in the prisoner's behalf. If he be haves himself his seuter:ce. under the law. will be reduced to 12 years and :1 months. Tie court had the power 10 give him a life sentenee. Adams and Sawyer Conuvicted. Wilmington. Special.--Arthar Ad L' ms and Robert Sawyer. the nrrroes convited of mutiny on )oard the Per wind. on the 10th of Ias- October were recentiv senterd te be hanzed on the17th of Augunst by .iTdge Pur nel!. This is the second sentence. the ease being tnker to the United Stares Supreme Court which affirmed tie tindins of the District Court. Both meni derh;re their- inrnocenee and both make pathetic appenl for merc-. Henv Scott. another of the crew, .ts a5lso conldemniC-d to dTenth and wilT be hanged Jtuly Gth. It is probabIe that n effort wiF be m'rde to idce President Roosevedt to, commute the sentence of Sawyer and Adams to life imprisonment. Shopping Tour' Kills Man. P~hiladelphia. Spe cia l.-Johm G~nm, 47 vears old, of Port Riichmond, went on ~a shopping tour wi.:h his wife Fri day. From one store to another they went and from one counter to are other until Glenn began to wilt. He stood up under the st:rain until they reached home in tne erening, and then he said he was feehirg so ill that he would go out to see a doetor. He fell unconscioums in tho street andl died of heart disease in th:e Eniscopal Hos pital. After lie had been gone thbout an hour his wife startedl out to hunt for him. When she learned at the Episcopal Hospital that he was dead. she, too. collapsed. Efficiency of Militia. Washington. Spec:ial.-The House assed the Senate bill to increase the efiiency of the militia, and to .im prove rifle practice. The bill carries an app~ropriation of two millions. The bill now goes to the President. To Improve Condition of Rlace. New York. Specie.l-The announete mnit was :ade of the formnt ion of at body to be knmownvi as th!e .-ommitt tee on impo vemntnt of iniduistrial con dition of the negro in New York. Its membership consists oi inegro) leaders here who are interested in the work fr their race in tLie South and who desirec to adlvance the intere-ts of 70.000 of the peoplhe in (Greater New York. 'A square i deal ini the matter of getting livelihood is held to be fuu dimetal."' declares the oflicial an nouncemenit. Witherspoon Found Guilty. Washington. Special. - Sderetary Bonaparte has completed his review of the case of Lieuttenamnt (Comumander Edward T. Witherspoon. navigatinug oeier of thme battleship Rhiode Islanid. -who was tried by~ courtc marshol im connection with t lie recenlt groumndinig of t11.hat vessel. Thet coutrt found. W ithrmspoo'n gui! y of the several ebarges. anid 51encned him tuo lose' in iimbmers in his grtade. :and to he pub lily repriiainded by the Secretanr of te Navy. * The Watson Bill. Washingtoni. Special.-The House committee on A ppropriat ions voted favorable report oin the Watson bill. authorizing an unual appropriation of $30.000 to pa.y thme travreling expen ses of the Pres'ident of the U~nited2 States and such guests as he may m vite. Chairman Tawney was author ized to call the bill up under a sums epension- of the rules and action w1 ee be secured.. it News Notes. eIn the investigation before the In terstate Conet iree Commission the( affairs of the berwind-Wmlte Coal Company were ventilatea. Prcesidenut Roo'evel t and Seceetar.' Hit cark ar'e sai to b ~ e r'eatly oi po5ed to c in al leged ruaices ., "obbery' inteIndian Aijprop'i THREATS Of RVOLUTION Daily Robberies Indicate State of I Growing Lawlessness and Anarchy. Crisis Feared. Great Number of Jews Horribly Mutilated and Bod ies Scattered. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The con stitution Democrats seem almost ready to throw in their lot with the Revolutionists. The Novo Vremya says the constitution Democrats have actually resolved to break with the Government, within a few days, but M. Struve. editor of the Osvobo jdneie informed the Associated Press that no decision had been taken. BakEries continue closed, the strik ers threatening to wreck the shops where attempts are made to bake bread. The strike of the bakers is to be followed in a few days by the butchers strike. News from the interior shows that the wave of the strike is spreading, but is too early to tell whether this movemen, which seems more spontan-. eous than organized, will precipitate a ersis. The usual number of robberies are repo'rted, emphasizing the tfrorwing lawlessnes3 and -anarchy in the coun try. The Government sems to fear a repetition of the November mutuny in. the Cronstadt fortress, where the sailors, marines, soldiers and work men are reported to be extremely tur bulent. Odessa, By Cable.-The Novesti of this city published a dispatch from its correspondent at Bialystock. say ing: "I personally counted 290 Jewish corpses, a great number of whieb were horribly mutilated. Only six Christians were killed. and eight wounded.' Conceal The News. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-No fresh news was received here from Bialy stock. It is evident that the authori ties will not allow desnatihes to be sent from the terror-stricken town. which is regarded as ample proof of the horror of the situation. Probably 2W0 Murdered. Bialystock, By Cable.-Quiet reigns throughout this devastated town. Fir ing was heard at midniht on the ont skirts of Bialystock, near the ceme tary but no further disorders have occurred. The total fiknres of easual ties are not available hat 70r bodies were buried. This is estimated to be less than half the total killed. Jewish estimates say that not le1 than 200 were killed. The number of wounded is enormOuz. Adjourned Out of 1Respeekb Washington, Speeial.-Mr. Bardlett, of Georgia. announced the death of his late colleagne, stating that he bad been a member of the House ne eighteen years. He offered mne ugtl resolutions whieh were agreed to .and Speaker Cannon annoneed the fol lowing committee to attend the fun eral:2dessrs. Bartlett, Georgia; Bur ton, Ohio; Binkhead,. Alabama; Griggs, Georgia; Sparkman,. Florida~ Bishop, Miehigan; Brantley,. Georgia;: Lawrence, Massachusettsl Adomsan, Georgia; Hardwick, Georgia; Bell, Georgia; Lewis, Georgia;. Clayton, Alabama; Davidson, Wisconsin; Bur gess, Texas. Tillman's Resolution. Washington, Special-Senator Till man again called up his resolution providing for an investiestion of the question of natiocal bank contribn tions to the political eamnaigns and also relative to the recent failure of the Chicago National Bank. He ad dressed the Senate on this subject. Drught and Flood Divide Northern China. Pekin, By Cable.-While the north er portion of the province of Chi Li is suffering the most severe drought since 1900, the southern extremity is experiencing serious floods, caused by. heavy rains. The Hankow-Pekin railroad for 30 miles. and several smaller structures of the line below Shntinfu. have been destroyed and trafie has been suspended since Fri day. Some weeks will be regni d to repair the line. Election in Staunton. Staunton, Special.-At the regular election S members were chosen -for the Board of Aldermen and 14 Com mon Councilmen. There was no op position to the Demnocratic primary nominess in the se~cond whrd, butin the Frst ward there were three inde pendent candidates. who received a small vote and nne elected. Five on Hand Car Killed By Train.. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special-A special to The Times from Cleveland. Ten., says that five p)ersons were killed in ~Polk county, when a hand ar on which they were riding was run down by a freight train. The accident happened on the new Ten nessee branch of the Louisville & Nashville Pvailroad. One of the men killed was named Womack. Only meage information can be obtained. $450,000 Fire in St. Paul. St. Paul. Minn.. Special.-The six. story Ryan Annex building was gut* ted by lire. The damage to building and stocks of occupants is $450,000. A. series of gas explosions prevented the firemeni from getting at the flames and caused the. blaze to) spreac thrnout the structure. Sevra tire. men wer :n 'by flin gvlass and .a w ere ov~ . ereeme .by h to a sokit Te ud thes eee to a horhomes THE STATE CAMPAIGN Columbia Man Announces His Can didacy and Will Support the Dis persary Refore.d. The State campaign opened this week at St. George Tuesday morning. There are in the field seven candidates for governor: Senator Richard 'I. MIanning of Sumter. Col. Jno. T. Sloan and Mr. Jno. J. 1e3Iahan of Colum bia. 1r. Joel E. Brmnson of Sumter, M1r. Alartin F. Ansel af Greenville, Mr. W. A. Edwards of Saluda county, Senator Cole L. Blease of Newberry. In addition to these there are many candidates for the other affices to be filled by the people. There will be about 35 candidates in the party, pro vided that the candidates for railroad commission show up as in former cam paigns. The campaign meetings will be attended by candidates for con gress, and solicitor also, this having been agreed upon by the State con veation. The latest candidate for governor to be aninu ced is Hon. John J. Me Mahan of Columbia. who will run on a dispensary platform. Mr. McMa ban was a member of the constitu tional.convention.from Richland coun ty and later served four years as State superintendent of education. The following was adopted as the itenerary: St. George, Tuesday, June 19th. Charleston, Wedhesday, June 20th. Walterboro, Thursday. Juue 21st. Beaufort,'Friday, June 2'2nd. Hampton, Saturday, June 23rd. Barnwell, Monday, Juie 25th. Bamberg, Tuesday, June 26th. Aiken, Wednesday. -June 27th. Edgefield, Thursday, June 2Sth. Saluda, Friday, 'June 29th. Lexington, Saturday, June 30th. Columbia, Monday, July 9th. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 10th. Sumter, Wednesday, July 11th. Maining, Thursday, July 12th. Monks Corner, Friday, July 13th. Georgetown, Saturday, July 14th. Kingstree, Monday, July 16th. Florence, Tuesday, July lii., Marion, Wednesday. July h. Conway, Friday, July 20th. Darlington. Saturday. July 21st. Bishopville, July 24th. Bennettsville, Tuesday, July 25th. Chesterfield, Thursday, July 26th. Camden, Frida,. July 27th. Lancaster, Saturday, July 28th. Chester, Mfonday, July 30th. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 31st. Yorkville, Wednesday, August 1st. Gaffney. Thursday, August 2nd. Spartanburg, Friday. August 3rd. Union, Saturdav. August 4th.. Newberry. Tuesday. August 'ith. Greenwood, Wednesday, August 8th Abbeville, Thursday, Auegust 9th. Anderson. Friday, August 10th. Wallralla, Saturday, Ar~gust 11th. Piekens, Monday, August 13th. Greenville. Tuesday, August 14th. Laurens, Wednesday, August 15th. The Pledge. The pledge of candidates for State officers is as follows: As a candidate for the office of.... .........in the Democratic pri mary election, to be held on the last Tuesday in August. 1906. I hereby pledge myself to abide the result of such primary and support the nomi nees thereof, and that -I am not, nor will I become, the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratie nomination. This the... .day of..... 190G Fldthe..day of...190& Chairman State Demoeratie Executi~s Committee. All pledges must be filed on or be fore 12 o'clock m. on the day pre ceding the (lay fixed by the State ex ecutive committee for the first eamn paign meeting. State Law. Gen. Jornes, the State chairman- has called the candidates' attention to the St~te law in the following letter: Headquarters of the State Demoeratie .Executive Committee. Columbia, :. C.......-.1A906. 70................. . .................~...s. C. Dear Sir: I he'r leave to call to vour attention der following act of the legislature,. approved Mareh 6, 1.906. regulatin.- primary eleetions in this State:' No. 47:3. An act making eertain of fences in primary eleetiorns misde meanors. and prescribirg penal ties therefor. Section 1. Be it enated by the rerc eral assemzblt of Southr Carolina' At or before every politiea? primary elec tion held by any pol'tieal party. or eanizaltion or associadton, for tlhe pur pose of choosing carrdidates for etliee, or the election of delegates to conven tions.. in this State. any person~ who shall. by threats or any other form of intimidation of b.v the payment. de liv-eiy or promise of money.. or other article of value, procure or offer, pro mise or* endeavor to .procure, another to vote for or against any particular candidate in such election, or who shall, for such consideration, offer to so vote. shall be guilty of a misde mennor. See. 2. Every candidate offering for election, uder the provisions of section 1. shall make the following pledge and file same with the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county in whichi he is a candidate. un less lie should be a can didate mn more thapi one conty. in which ease h'e shall [ile sdame wih the seeretary~ of state. befora he sh:all enter upo hi am paign . .1...0 th e'ounty o... :u or~ the omeepU~NSC0 of......hre inthuEneing votes, and that 1 shall a the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary election, render to the elerk of court or (sceretary of state as hereinbefore provided) under oath, an itemized statement of all moncys spent or provided by men durizng the campaign for campaign purpses up to that time, and I fur ther pledge that I will, immediately after the primary election or elections that I am a candidate in. render an item7zed statemeni. unlde oath, show ing all further moneyJ zpent or pro vided by men in said election: Pro vided. That a failure to comply with this provision shall render such elee. tion null and void, in so far as the candidate who fails to file the state ment herein required, but shall not effect the validity of the election of any candidate complying with this section: And provided further. That such itemized statement and pledge shall -be open to public inspection at all times. See. 3. That any violation of the provisions of this Act, shall be a mis demeanor; and any person, upon con viction thereof, shall beefined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or be irnprisoned a, hard labor for not less than one month nor more than six months, or both fine and imprison mrent, ii the discretion of the court. Opproved the 6th day of March. A. D. 1905. Very respectfully. Willie Jones, Chairman. Hon. 0. B. Martin filed his pledge as a candidate for reelection to the office of State superintendent of edu cation which he has held. for four ears. Mr. W. P. Pilooek of Chester eld has filed his pledge and has en tered the campaign against Congress mran Finley. NEWSY GLEANINGS. A Belgian doctor is prescribing hot air as a cure for many infirmities. Congress has now voted to buy a special vessel for the destruction of derelicts. The Cape to Cairo. Railway has now reached Brokenhill,. 2016 miles from Cape Town. Both parties in the Republic of Panama are appealing for American aid in the elections. General Greely has made' arrange mnents for the gradual withdrawal of troops from San Francisco. Germany is thd largest producer of potatoes in the world. growing ap high as 48.000.000 tons in one year. Republicans celebratd in Philadel phia the fiftieth annhersary of the first National Convention of the party. - The number of immigrants arriv ing at New York du;ring May was 120.951: at Eoston, 9OGG; at Balti more. 8708. The victrr of Captain Hobson i the fifth Alabama Diqtrict was wo by using President ' 'Roosevelt' greater navy policy as a slogan. Germany is bridinga' &onstrIate at Canton, China. ad when comple ed It will be the finest Governme buildingt of any Nation represente in that country. Threre are 104 .capitalists- in Ne York, the number of whose directo ships aggregate 2857. This is an a erage of more than twenty-seven,! eah man. Owing to Trntimely Tow tempe trre in -Japan. s=.riculture has -s feped further heavy damage. T loss on silkworms in theO Gifu trict is estimated at $500,090. The Department of Commerce. Labor reporcs that the foreign C mterce of the United States for fiscal year wilI probably be the. et in the 1-istory of the No THE LABOR WORLD. There is a great demand for, cultural laborers in Western tralia. A union ,of the Waltham, bleachery men has been orga' that city. Topngo-ganlada.. carriage wagd n maker went o a nie-hour day. Building trade w. . are w against going to outh Africa sech of' work. 'Ilie universal eight-hour~ sys has gone into force in New 2'eal Government railways. As late 'as 1835 Baltimore,. M weavers were working twelve a day for 65.-cents.~* An wnusual demand, far exceedin the' supply, exists for good earpe ters in Montreal, Canada.. Since March I5 more than 10(0 contract laborers have been depor ~y the Ellis !siand, New York, au thorities. Another new local union for Bos ton, Nass., is- that of the ear uphol sterers, which will soon be permta nently organized. Cheap labor advocates in th Transvaal, S. A.. are now again an tating for Indian coolies for railwa construction work. Siam is troubled by seareity of 1< bo. particularly because of the Chi nese irmigration restrictions a the ineffective labor laws. Paris letter-carriers recen struck for increased wages and G erunent recognition. of the' P iten's Union. Soldiers were used deliver the mails. R a sweeping injiunceo Ui States .Tudge J. V. Quarles forba the iron molders' unions' and hix one individual members from in a way interfering with the business the Allis-Chalmers Company. FOR DELICATE EMBROIDra A good suds should be mad warm water and soap, into which. embroidery it put, leaviag it to for ten or fifteen minutes, then squ in the hands, dipping it back agd in the water; do not rub; put it t another warm suds; never rubg' on the embroidery, and only on' pa't, if it is spotted; rinlse in c warm water; never u.se hot wat it will turn silk yellow, and nioth will restore it to its original. w' ness. Squeeze the water out (do wrig it) and hang in sun: while is still damp. press on felt or seve thicnsCS of blanket, with monZ ately hot iron. If there is m drawn work. it -may be necessry pn it cut to keep the shape. rem~ov he pins a fe at a time,~ as it is ing ressed. I: Ehoud be* pre