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NEW LABOR LAW As lt Passed the House on Last Thursday Morning IN PLACE OF OLD LAW Which lins Deon Declared Unconstitu tional By Doth F?deral mid State Courts-It Has Been Designed to Stand tho Test of tho Courts and to Regulato tho Labor on the Farms. Besides killing thc prohibition hill the House Thursday acted OU another vory niportiint measure, passing to third reading without debato tho hill ' prepared hy tho judiciary committee providng a labor contract system to take tho place of tho law declare \ unconstitutional hy both F?deral and Stato courts. The full text of tin? bill as it passed thc House as fol lows: Section 1. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to render him personal service of any kind, and shall thereafter fraudulent ly, or with malicious Intent to Injure bis employer, fail or refuse lo rea der such service? as agreed upon, shall bo doomed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 2. That any person who Khali hereafter contract lo secure from nnoth?r personal service of any kind and io compensate him there for. ami shall thereafter fraudulent ly, or willi malicious luton! to in jure his employee, fall or refuse to Yscure such service or to make com pensation ns agreed upon shall he Seemed gull:y of a misdemeanor, Section 3. That the failure of either party lo such cont rael lo per form the oh)?calions assumed l>y him hereunder, without sufllclcni causo and to tho Injury o? tho other, shall bo prima face evidence, in prosecu tions under sections 1 and ~ thal ho violated such contract frauden M'y and With malicious intent lo injure tho other party. Section 4. That any person who Shall horoafter contract with another to render personal service of any BOrvlCO agreed upon, snail ne uuuui od guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of the fact that the employed enter ed into tho contract, without silfll Cient causo to the injury of tho em ployer, shall be prima lacie evidence Of tho offence herein described and declared a misdemeanor Section 6. That any person who Khali horoafter contract with anoth er to receive from him personal ser vico of any kind, to compensate him therefor and to make advances to bim and shall thereafter fraudulent ly and with intent to injure the employee secure the 1)0110flt of such Borvieo in whole or in part, and with like intent fall or refuse to make tho compensation or advances agreed upon, shall he deemed guilty of n misdemeanor. Proof of tho fact that the employer entered Into the con tract, received the benefit of the employee's service, in whole or iii pari, ami failed to make the compen sation or advances agreed upon, with out sufficient cause, lo the injury of the employer, shall be prima lacie evi dence of the offense herein described and declared a misdemeanor. Section ti. Tin? contrails referred to in this act. may bo either verbal or In writing; if in writing they must be OXOClltod With the formalities re quired by section 355 of the ?od?, A. I)., I !H>L': if verbal, they must he .witnessed by at least two disinler ?'-'ed wp tte .-?".: ami tho Corms of the .servie?' ct i il i I acted foi' miisl liol exceed one year. Section 7. That lipon conviction in a (aunt of com pet cut jurisdiction of any person charged with any vio lation of this act, tho person SO con victed shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, or by imprison ment not exceed in;-. 30 days for Oneil offense. Section x. Thal (his act is not in tended and shall liol be construed to protect any of tho parlies lo, or pim isn the violator of, any contract or mailor connected therewith, where the inducement or consid?ration of Bindi ?'ont rael, ls money or other thin,"; of value advanced to the em ployee prior lo the actual commence ment of service thereunder All mich contracts ure horoby prohibited and declared null and void. Section 0. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be mid tho same aro hereby repealed. Section 10. That this act ahall go into effect Immediately upon ap proval hy tho governor. 1 CONGKKSSMAN Tawney, chairman of the committee on appropriations, warna his etd legues they must face a peficit of $1 lH.OOO.OOO in tho revenues .f the government. Where! oh where! n is Republican prosperity gone? CARE OF THE TEETH. How to Bruah Them Properly and Save Dentists' Bills. To havo pretty, strong teeth ls, or should bo, an important matter to all women, amt if through DOglOCt as s child discolorations and filling P.re In evidence tho problem ls n dil".cn i nw\ Of .ni tin; rulen .? ?d iogr.?.iiio.! .? ? down by oxperb? and uti tho po.vdent nud wnwhes on tho market or to ho mudo ut homo nono is no important ns regular car?. If a child has beon brought up to brush her teeth regular ly and often and continues to do so. she would need nothing hut clear wa ter to have "pearls" ol' which novelists dis? ant. Hut acids more or less harm less and bleaches are expected in lat er years to make up for lack of at tention In the past and often in thc present. Astonishingly few persons know how to brush their tooth. This may seem n remarkable statemeid, hut one tuny demonstrate lt tho next time a brush ls used. It ls rubbed across tin' tooth Instead of up and down, and a ino incut's thought will show that rubbing across will clear the middle or Hat sur face, but the edges or curves are left absolutely untouched, runs an article In the Now York Telegram. Tho ino tlon should always Ix? from the ginns clown to tho lips on the upper jaw and from thc gums up on Hie lower. I n this way, and this way only, are parti cles removed from between Hie teeth and the whole surface gone over. Add ed to this denial lloss should be used soft coarse silk thal is drawn ba? k ami forth between th?' teeth at th.- base, bringing out obstructions loo M..all or too far in for any brush lo reach. Floss should I"" used aller euell meal and al ways at night. Many a dentist's bill would be saved In this way. How to Buy Good Bnnr lac. When you aro buj in:; hannans uoVer pur? hie ? thc lon:; Ililli ohos unless you waul fruit which will pucker your mouth. No mailor how well ripened thoo thin b.inaiias ari", they will ;.i ways be found Ind li sour and acrid rills ls because the bunch containing them was packed too soon. Tho ba nana grows faster nt lirsl in length. When il has reached Its fullest devel opinent In that direction lt suddenly begins lo swell and in a few days wi'' double lis girth, ll ls at the ? ml of Ibis timo that the banana is ripened naturally, ami the effort of tile banana importer ls to have the fruit picked ut the last moment and yoi before Ibo last ripening has progressed even enough t?> lingo ibo bright green of Hie Hull willi yellow. A difference of 1 wonly-four hours on Hie trees at lill? Him- will make a difference ?II the Weigh I of the fruit, perhaps LT. per cent, and nil Hie difference In Its final . '.<.. jipd ibo or gasoline will keep them clean. .>...... the Washington Star. Evening slip pers in pastel shade- of kid or in silk or sn tin muy be readily cleaned with an erasure known ?is art gum that ls used by illustrator;. Of course, either naphtha or gasoline will clean these soiled slippers. Those made of bronze leather, gilt >>r gold cloth must be care fully handled to prevent tarnishing lind should be painted with a liquid bronze or gobi ns soon as they begin to look ?lull. W hen touched with this brightener lt ls best to have the Blip pera flliod over trees; then the cloth or kid will not only keep free from wrinkles, but the correct shape will bo retained. How to Roncw Smelling Salts. Smell i uti salts can be made to last for years If frosh spirits aro poured over (he balls of salt from time to time, so as to keep up the original strength of tho mixture, Many peo ple use spirits of ammonia la this connect lon, but a still mote powerful Speciiic may be found In a coin 1)1 tmtlon of this spirit with ?di of luvender, In the proportion of two paris of Hu- for llior to one ol' (he hiller, says Woman's Lifo. In procuring the ammonia, how ever, care must be taken to avoid choosing aromatic spirits ol' ammonia In error, the witter which it contains preventing lt from amalgamating with Hie oil. How to VVcifjll Wobei.t Oca'CS. To WOigll without scales remember that ten eggs weigh! one pound; soft butter the size of au egg weighs one ounce; one oint A sugar weighs twelve ounces; OHO qua ri Hour weighs one pound; one phil brown sugar weighs thirteen ounces; two teacups (level) granulated sugar weigh one pound; two teacups (wadi heaped) A sugar weigh one p?.lind; two teac ups soft bub ter weigh one pound; one pint liquid Weigh om- pound; one i>ini chopped meat Weighs one pound. How to M a ko Icing. When making boiled hing for cake, lifter beating the whites ?d' the eggs and bolling Hu? sugar and waler to what you think ls (he looper coiisisl ency, or until lt forms a hair when dropped from n spoon, pour (he sirup, lillie by little, Into the beulen whiles, beatlug thoroughly. Thon place (he Btewpan back on the stove, repealing this process nulli all of tho sirup lins boon used. How to MaUo fHinwborry Meringue Cook one quart of nt ra wherries In rt cupful of water, wash will and strain through coarse cheesecloth; add a cup ful of HUgnr mid boll again until lt ls almost ready to turn to Jelly; then put n layer of bread In a bowl, pour on tho hot sirup ?nd servo Ice cold with sweetened whipped cream. vf?PANESE FINE ARMY SURGERY. Effective Discipline Better Maintained When Surgeon la An Officer. Major Seaman Bald that tho Sur geon (Jouerai of tho army should bo at le:*Kt a major gen mat. Without ra??k -nd prestige he said tho medical ;.. -. -, o...in/ .. ml.I ho r.i"...-v .J uiuuico lite iM^i.e^v aud dti.v.piiu, necessary for oi?eetlvo sorvlco. A lack of auch rank and prestige was tho curso of tho British medical sor vico, which, In his opinion, ls aa fur behind thc Juponose lu tho Amur ic. n. Major Seaman relates his observa tions of tho medical sorvlco of the .?ap??ese army darin.'1; tho Manchurian campaign, lie sahl: - "Wo are mit to he compared with ib" Japaneso hi medical and sanitary Organisation. 'They havo a medical director ol their army who ranks us i lieutenant general. They havo six oilicers who rank as major generals. Pl i y have une who ranks as a brig ad ?or general with every 20,000 nun il) ibo lino, and they have the power lo mi force their orders. I was ut hiroshima last summer when l),,S(??i 'nen wore brought from tho front. Ul ilia! number only 34 died. Tho vast majority of (beni got well and were returned to the front. There were 1,106 brought to Tokio i great many stretcher cases and of (hal number not a single man (Pod, although they were shot in almost every possible way. Six of them had bullets through tho brain in diffe; nit directions. Nine had bullets through lh"ir..chests. Six had bullets through their abdomen, tho point of e.it and entrance being discernible In rill cases. And He y all got well. That was because tin y were fed on h ration ?hat ls a rational ration, and thoy di i not have their systems loaded with mic acid and oilier clements l.ll?il excite in Jammal ion after injury and ea list; deal h. "It is much too early to suiilbll statistical proof, but from careful ob servation I veuturo to predict the records of tho Japanese hospitals will show a larc," reduction in the per centage of mortality from casualties, especially in penetrating wounds of Ibo skull, Chest and abdomen, and in juries to oss??llS structures; indeed, of evi ry variety of wounds except per haps those Of the spinal cord, when coi n pa rod wMth the statistics of former wars - New York Herald. Oricjin of the Dindly Yellow Peril. The discovery of yellow fever, ac lording io a student ol the disease in this city, dales back to tho first years of the discovery of America, when I no dlsi i :?. broke out among tho ::;]< rS of Columbus in San Domingo, tu: Ut--1 authentic account is of .courge, which attacked 4S.O0O out ol 57,000, 8,000 dying in a few months. One of tim worst epidemics Which has ever ravaged tho United State occurred in 185:5 and extended adorn the A Haut ic coant through all the Southern states and QS far north a Rhode Island. Ono hundred and twenty-five thousand persons wore stvuken. mon? (bau 20,00u ?lying o' th? disease. A peculiarity of tho germ of yellow fever is tba' il may be carried lon:' distances and preserve its vitality foi months. During the epidemic of ls m ('adi/, there was an Instance ol' tb A native fleeing from tho Infected eily went to his villa in Medina. S, tlOnln, .and there died of the disoasi on his arrival. Th?! bouse was Imme li ll dy closed and the following yen tho articles of clothing and furn I tim were sold to a dealer in jun h. lb . Heil nf yellow fever in a fow day: ind lae epidemic which followed wa. directly triicod to Ibis case. The Infected trunk of a man who had died in lin? Harbados of the dis ease was tho beginning of th?; oui bleak in Philadelphia in 171!. The effei ls of this man. a Mr. Hine, ham, were anni out from the place where ho ?lied and Hie germs lind enoiigh vilnliiy in thom tynon 'lc trunk was unpacked lo lead lo a <'i. asl rous Outbreak. Individu ils of ai: ? en l rac ; are attacked, ll w s immun", but. this is found to b . u mista! " 'The negro ls not as susccp lible as the while man. but be is by rio un sus ONOhipt. <>ne attack, as a lalle, seems to render the victim Ithhnine for life, though tho lin rilimlty may he lost hy a prolong - I Blay in a nert horn ?l?mate Yolio? fever i.i ;t h..i weather disease, boin j: mn?I prevalent In June. July and August. One or two frosts may ai re: i nh .'P'd hile, though it may re appear' on the return of warm weat her. A workman on the Siberian rall Wa) was aceidoninily locked in a refriger ator Oni' and waa afterward fe.uni dead imagining that ho was hoing slowly fro'/.en m death, ho had record ed his sufferings witt? "S piece of chalk on tho floor, TV yiornluro In tho car had not fal . w?low 50 degrees Fa li rea h ol I throughout the join ney. There in au establishment In Prim ants where prnve digging ls taught, and it has been decided thal nil Sox tons In Belgium must br graduates of thia academy, Banana skins aro In demand in lOngland, particularly nt hotels, for tho cleaning of boots. A man who la satiation with his Job novor roaches thc lop of tho ln?lder. Tho Kurl Wants Money. A few days ugo another rich American woman gave herself to an impoverished prince of Hungary in exchange for his effete title.J ust before the new bride sailed for her foreign home, Miss Alice Thaw, another rich woman, who had given ) . rf If "eil. I-", titi Yoo ? ul?, in txciiungv.- lui iilb Lille a iew years ago, caine back to this country thoroughly disgusted with the bad bargain she had made in trusting herself and money in the keeping of a fortune hunting nobleman of the old world. This once deluded wo man has gone back to her girlhood home with all the romance? knocked out of her by thc brutality of the man she sold herself to, and she is seeking a divorce. Now comes the news that the Thaws have been notified by attor neys for the Karl of Yarmouth that the latter will demand a settlement financially before submitting to a divorce, as he holds a paper signed by his wife before her marriage which will give him the right to col lect heav ?ly of her fortune. The paper is an agreement that all her fortune ..-hail pass to the house of the Karl in the event of her dying childless. The Earl seeks to recover the modest sum from h\a wife's family of one million dollars for having marrie d their daughter and giving her the chance of bceaming his hanker. The story goes thal on the occasion of the Karl's marriage to Miss Thaw that her brother Harry, on finding that the Earl had sont his sister, as a wedding present a loving cup of gold hurled (he cup through the window and threatened (?i kill a servant who would have re turned it to the house. Then Mrs. Thaw brought peace by thr< at? nit g to have Harry's income cut off for five years if he n ade another < (Tort to interfere with preparations, which the family had made to mar ry a real live Karl into tlie family. Tillman Scored Them, Senator Tillman sci nd a good point against the administratif n and thc administration leaders recently when he called attention to the slavery that exists in thc Philippines rieht under the noi-e (f United States officials. Mr. Tillman went on to say H at tia Republican party had dc ri\t<! pri?t gloi'j and power fri m the al olition i ? i.a\i i v in this country, 1 ut in the Phili) i :T.? ; where nothing is to l e gained 1 y a similar policy the adn inistratit n al lows a c< nd it ion of inv< luntary ser vitude to go <-n fri ni dav to day un certain ruler over lhere a stated salary each year. The Sinne Ohl Trick. Former Senator Chandler has ad vised the negroes lo join i ri send ing uninstructed delegations to the Republican national convention that cannot be manipulated by the Ad ministration. When ('handler help ed to count out Tilden hy manipulat ing the darkeys of thirty two yi ara ago he showed himself adept at tho business and the modern negroes nitty follow his advice, if there is "anything in it." It is said that Ihc colored delegates from the South are easily bought, but the great trouble is to keep them bought, as they have thc tricky way of selling out over and over again. l'utile Trust [lusting, The snit in thc federal four's to annul the charter of the Standard Oil Ti ust, goes over thc same ground that resulted in that big line. Trust I Histing conducted by such gentle means will see most of us quite old before anything practical n< accom plished. Whynot I ry to prosecute liock?feller ?nul thu other Trust magnates under the Criminal section of thc anti trvtat law? One dose of that kind of trust busting would be more effectual than all the talk and hhister of a (hon. and U?OSOVClts. Rut it is a safe bet that the Republi can President Aili nevei lry it. Tun National Hoard of Trade is evidently controlled by the Repub licans, for at the annual banquet at Washington only Republicans were invited to make speeches and those were of the standpat order. IN Chicago last week Mrs. Oswald Walsh, while walking along the street, one evening, was caught by two negro men and dragged through an alley and robbed of $100. She was left unconscious and gagged with a dirty hankerchief on thc street where she lay in a mound of snow until seen by a neighbor. Of course these were vicious, bad no groo sand they are good object les sons of that ciao? of negroes in the South. _ IT is said the Aldrich currency bill will pass the Senate with but little amendment and in the House, if necessary, debate will be cut off by a special rule. Subsidized Nowspnpcrg. Banker Walsh, who was one of the so-called Democrats that went over to the Republicans in 1896 as a defender of the national honor, when on the witness stand in Chica pro, where he was recently tried and convicicu of Laking other people's money to the tune of many millions, admitted that He was able to carry out many or his nefarious schemes through the medium of his newspa per, The Chicago Chronicle. Walsh also admitted on the stand that The Chronicle cost him about a hundred thousand dollars a month, and that it was worth that much to him as an instrument by which he was able to fool the people. I Walsh was recently convicted of Charges for which the penalty pre scribed by the law is several hun dred years confine ment at hard la bor in the penitentiary. He had been engaged in high financiering, during the course of which he han dled millions of dollars, and by vio lating the laws financially injured or robbed hundreds of victims. It has come to light thal as the owner of the now defunct newspaper he spent on it $100,000 a month over and above the paper's' income, and that he paid out this money not because he loved newsj aper work for he did none of it-but because he needed the paper lo get matters presented to the C hicago public. In commenting on the above the Augusta Herald says "many papers aro being published in various cities which do not have a Icgitirratc in come as large as? their expense ac count. This even people who are unacquainted with the newspaper business know. To operate a daily newspaper costs a great deal of money. A newspaper has no legiti mate income except what is derived from its subscription and advertis ing accounts.', Winn this income is not sufficient to meet the necessary expenses of getting out the paper, and yet it is continued to be publish ed, the difference is derived from other sources, This is i lain. Every body can understand that. Some body who is neither subscriber nor advertiser is putting in the money to keep'thc paper going." Let us hone that there are ne ne in the thought that executive officers, from tho President down, ought to confine themselves to the execution of the laws, and to such other natu a naturally come within their pro vince. Indeed, he said be would like to see the law changed .so that one ac cepting duty under the Government in aneXec utive department would be required to remain at his post and not give time to the advance ment of any political party. Senator Bacon's remarks were made along the line of argument that an executive officer becomes a non-partisan servant of all thc peo ple, and should serve all alike1, not interfering with their political af fairs. At the? annual dinner ed' the1 New York Har association e-x-Ambassa dor Joseph H. Choate regretted the tendency te) confuse the functions of the cxecutiye,judicial and legis lative department ?>f thc govern ment, and declared that this ten dency must be checked He we'iit so far as to say t at. if the Chief Executive, in Hu> adminis tration of laws, should secure evi dence that men violated laws, he- should employ that evidence in the interests of the people en- stop denouncing men whom he dare not name. 'flus attack on the- President is generally regarded as inspired by thc President's failure to institute proceedings against men and corpo rations frequently scored in White House interviews. We want te> warn these gentle men that thew are em dangerous ground. The? first thing you know Teddy will hpvc them both in the A nanais club. So they bad better lookout. United States Senator duggon hoimer is having good success in con trolling the patronage of Colorado, Trust magnates seem to still be wel comed at the White House. PRESIDENT Roosevelt held a con ference at the White House with Railroad men a few days since about amending the railroad rate law in their interests. The panic seems to have taken the ^tar~h out of Teddy, WAKEN YOUR SLEEPY FOOT. Sprained Ankle Followed Numb noss to Foot of George Wr ghi. It la not well to lot your foci, sloop. Wbonovor you experience that pocu llar numbness in tho lower extremities that presages a little nap for ibera, tal ) vigoro H methods il o ico to i r them Laci; io u akeiulnesb. ti >?jii do not you may regret your omission, us a young man from Syracuse who bas been stopping in tl. is city now docs. Tho young man ls George I*. Wright, son of chief of Police Wright of Syracuse. Ho caine to the city to start work as a chainman on tho sur vey of tho lino of the propo:*o(l burg?! canal, and with a friend went to tho Majestic last ovening. During tho pro? gross of the play he sat with one toot resting across the other leg. When tim curtain foll at tho end of the hunt act, he arose lo go out with his friend. As the foot was placed on the floor and received tho weight of his body ho felt a sharp pain and had to sit down. He Wfc* assisted out, and Dr. DOH las was seen, ile gave tho Information that tho tendons ol' tho Toot and nnklo wore badly sprained and ho would bo Incapacitated from work for som? time.-Uti a Observer. Cats and Shells. A lady who was In Port Arthur dur. lng tho bombardments ordered by Admiral Togo bas described tho curi ous effect it produced on cats by tho cannonade. "I was at my window (lur ing each bombardment," she has re lated, "hut only through Ibo day. be cause at night I did not dare stir out of bed. In front of me there was a little roof on which five or six cats of tho neighborhood collected. fCach timo lhere was a bombardment tho eels duly arrived, am!, huvng observed them, I on Ibo second occasion pro ceeded to watch them. With my fam ily wo pu ?sod the Lours looking at them. At bach gunshot tho cits arel.ed their backs and stiffened their !? ? . and seemed both t> n ibed and fl . an?s. 't hen when a hissing sholl arrived it rave tho signal for n fright ful hattie. They jumped al each other, ni ng like tigers, and seemed to hold eui li other responsible for what was tal lng place. Tho effect was KO com ical wo could not help laughing, al though tho occasion did not inspire ga; ely. After having fought tho cats retired for awdiile, as though bewild ered, bul as soon as the bombardment commenced again they went through tb? same business. Mach timo it was always tho same. '-St., .lams Ua/.etto. TALES OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE. Sarah Mnrnhnrdt has had what is probably tho greatest oxpoi lenee of all tragediennes iii tho simulation of suicide. Hor death by s di adminis tered poison total up roughly to 10, DOO:shn has iumned Into tho sconlo ono night a lady asked Mme. Bern hard! it' she really kept a coffin at. her houso in Paris. "Ccrtalnly,"answoro<J tho actress with a smile., "and so would you if you were tho morgue's most constant customer. While Secretary Hay was in the country one summer an important piece of official business was ponding and he arranged with Washington that any news thal might arrive about the maller should bo telegraphed to him in cipher. Day by day he waited, but no telegram came. One morning, hap pening to go to tho lonely little tele graph Office, ho said to tho operalor. "I snpposo you havo received no dis patch for mo?" "Why, yes sir," the operator replied, "there was a dis patch for you tho other day, but lt waa ul) twisted and confused. I couldn't mako head or tail to it so I didn't think it was any USO to send it up to you." As there is a law against burying within tho limits of Albany, N. Y" Bishop DoailO Of that city had a spec ial act of tho legislature passed io got pennis.-ion to be buried in tho cathed ral. His friends were worried whon they read its lexi. It began with tho usual verbiage. The ending was some, thing like this: "We do grant that Bishop DoailO be buried Within tho precincts of the city of Albany. Thia act to take off oct Immediately." His Heart Was Dlnck. A country sexton officiated al a fu noral (dad in a red waistcoat. At tlui conclusion of the obsequies the vicar gently remonstrated with the old grave-digger, saying: "Hebert, you should noi wear a red waistcoat at a funeral; you hurt tho feelings of tho mourners." Hoheit replied, placing !.,.; h..nd on bis breast, '.Well, what does il matter, sir, so long as the heart is black?" A Negro Trust Company. An evidence of what tho negro ls doing to botter his condition irt shown in Hie incorporal lon of the Ihvek citi zens' realty back and trust company. Which was formed at MuskogOo, Kan , willi a capital stock ot $50,000. All the officora and stockholders arc ne groes. Insurance on Joint of Meat. A Hirmlnghnm Insurance olfico re cently received a claim for compensa tion from a lady client for tho loni of a Joint of meat which wa? burn! In ibo oven. She Informed thom that tho loss wan duo to lire. Frigate With Skeleton Crew. An nneiont frigate with a skeleton crow on board, haB been discovered at. H&vrO, during dredging oporntiom* for a new channel. Sho was British and was sunk by tho fire of the French forts in 1769.