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”'"nxrs ENDED The STRIKE. '”
A Combination Against striking Miner;
Which They Could Not. mam. _‘
"Not one of the biggest, but one of
the most stubborn strikes that ever oc-
curred in the Pennsylvania coal re-
gions," said a. former mining engineer,
“was ended by rats. The rats that in-
fest foal mines are 'of enormous size
and as ravenous as they are big. The.
miners not only tolerate them, but
stand in awe of them, for it .is a firm
.belief with the coal miner that these
rats can foretell disaster and give
warning to the miners of their danger
by‘ scurrying out of the threatened mine
'in droves in ample time to .enable the
miners to make their escape also. So
careful are the workmen of these great
. hungry rats that it is not an uncom-
mon sight to see a miner feeding half
a dozen or more from his dinner pail.
They sometimes become so tame that
they will climb on a miner’s lap as he
sits at his underground meal and crowd
around him to receive such portions of
his meal 'as he cares to toss to them.
“These rats never leave the mines so
long as work is going'on. The food of
the mine mules is kept in the. mines, '
and on this the rats largely subsist.
They smarm about when the mules are
eating, and sometimes the mules have
to fight the rats-to save their meal.
Often scores of dead rats will be found
in a mule’s stall in the mines where
they have been trampled to death in
efforts to secure a portion of the mule’s
feed. When a mine lies idle any length
of time and the mules are taken out,
the rats abandon it and become a. great
pest in the mining villages.
“The strike I refer to was caused by
the refusal of a mine boss to reinstate
a. miner he had, discharged. The men
quit work. The mine owners declared
they would let grass grow and choke
the mouth of the slope before they
would» give in to the men, and the men
swore that they would cut the grass
and eat it, if necessary. before they
would yield their point. The mules
were taken from the mine and turned
out to pasture. The rats, being thus de-
prived of their sustenance, abandoned
the mine and took up their quarters - .
about the miners’ shanties, where they
soon became a terror to the families.
The strike'continued,, and the supplies
of the men beéame‘eghausted'. Miners:
at neighboring collieries who Were at,
work responded to the requests of their
striking brothers for aid and sent two
wagon loadsof provisions and supplieu
of various kinds. These were taken in
charge bye. committee appointed for
the purpose, and were stored in a build-
ing, from which they-were to be dis-
tributed to the neediest of the miners.
The very first night the supplies were
in thebuilding it was raided by a
horde of rats, and everything was de-
voured or carried away.
ent loads of provisions were contribu-
ted by the sympathetic working miners,
but it was impossible tosave morethan
one third of them from the rats. Some
of the miners kept cows at that time,
there being plenty of free .pasturage,
but scon-after the strike began the
cows began to fall short in their yield
of milk. This was a mystery until one
morning a miner discovered half a doz-
en big rats sucking'the milk from his
cow as she lay on the ground compla.
cently chewing her cud. These. combi-
nations against them at last forced the
miners to weaken, and they, were com-
pelled by and by to resume work on
such terms as they could obtain, abso-_
lutely beaten'by thedevouring horde of .
rats.
BANANAuRAISlNG‘i‘N COSTARICA’.
The Average Yield ls Thirty Bunches a
Month from Each Manznnn.’ '
By timing «the plan-ting,
plantation may be made to yield fruit
constantly throughout the entire year.
The average yield is thirty bunches
a month from each manzana, which
would be at the rate or from fifteen
to eighteen bunches a month from an
acre. There is no expense for trans-
portation, for the men carry them to
the railroad nearby, and the present
market price for each bunch, at the
railroad, is from 20 to 30 cents, gold.
Atythe rate, then. of say,25 cents, gold,
a bunch, and 'a yield of thirty bunches
a month from each manzana, the
amount received annually for the pro-
duct of. each manzana would be $90.
The contractor's usual charge for run-
ning the plantation, covering all ex-
penses, being $40 a manzana, it leaves
a pretty good profit. Stories are often
told of the bunches of bananas which
have to be thrown overboard because
they spoil while the ships are on their
way to Northern ports, but asp. mat-1
ter of fact these are usually much ex-
aggerated—New York Tribunefl
A Natural Bridge in Utah.
The greatest known natural bridge
in the world has just been discovered
in Utah, within, four miles of the little
town of Moab, in Grand county; If
the‘vspectator has ever'seen' the natural
limestone bridge of Rockbridge county,
‘Va., he will likely make comparisons
that will greatly dwarf the latter, for
it is only a little more than one- -third.
the size of the Utah bridge. The Vir-
ginia structure, 'if- placed beneath the
Utah arch, would appear at remark-
ably pooradvan‘tage. .The Utah bridge
while about the same height as the one
in Virginia—200 feet—is wider'and has
a. thickness of 75 feet, while the same
measurement on the Virginia arch in
Then the span of the Utah
bridge, from abutment to abixtment, is
250 feet, while that of the Virginia
structure measures only 93 feet. —Bos-
ton Herald.
The Difference.
“Why are some Statues made, life
size and Some herdic size?" '
' "A life ‘s‘ize statue represents a man
as big as he was. and a heroic-size}
. _ statue represents him as big as he
thought he was. "—-Chicago Recbrd-
Four differw
a banana
RAPID FIRINeer-ms.
Capable of One Hundred Bull’s Eyes in
Sixteen Seconds.
Some of t_1e new ordnance of the
Navy Department can be adapted to
effective use on land aerwe ell as: on. sea...
A number of the lighter rifles are pro-
vided ‘Ilth carriages for field use in
addition to the regulation stationary
rest. All are of the latest andE most
improved makes. - '
The special distinguishing feature of
all Hote'hkiss g-uIn-s is the square
breech. The rapid—firing navy guns of
the Execs-limes type- to 'be used by the
auxiliary cruisers comprise all calibres-
from one poundens tit-31' six—inch, on 1100--
pounders. The six pounders throw pro-
jec'tiles With an initial velocity of 1,830
feet a second, capable of penetrating
three-inch steel plates; The effective
fighting range of, the gun 11s ~2,0(30
yards.
The colt auto-martin g'Uli“‘ilS construct-
ed for the use of; any kind of rifle am-
' muni’tion, is particularly adapted to
the needs of army or navy, and can be
fitted to the various mounts suitable
for the service. The light weight of the
gun and its compact size make it e3-
peci-a.‘.ly suitable (when mount-ed on
tripod) for use by cavalry or infantry,
Where the matter of transportation is
always an import-amt factor, especial-
ly in rough countries where car'ying
must be done on pack saddles.
The gun can be fitted to the differ-
ent kinds of carriages, including those
for the service of the, cavalry and in-
fantry; also on a. parapet mount, for
fortification purposes, and on cone,
I bulwark and landing carriages special-
iy adapted for naval purposes.
of it"
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This gun weighs about forty pounds,
and with its simplicity, compactness
and fine adjustment can be easily han-
dled by one man, and every hot used
wist accuracy. ‘
In a recent test made to demonstrate
the durability of its working parts, r8.-
pid‘ity of action and non-liability of
fouling, 8,000 rounds were fired, the
gun going through this whole test
without a hitch or showing any wear
or weakness.
dred consecutive hits were made in
sixteen seconds, demonstrating that
the gun, besides being durable and of
'1apid action, is also; most accurate.
HELPING ABOU'“ THE. HOUSE.
_t‘ere’s One Man Who Had ,About the
Right Ideas.
The helpfulness of ,a good ,man when
it comes to assistance in domestic af-
fairs, is apt to be very much like that
of Mr. Barker, whose exploit is nar-
rated bellow:
His wife had asked him to hang a
picture she had purchased for the par-_
.‘lorfand he had said that he would do
it “in a jiffy."
“You must get me the cord and a
picture hook," he said to his wife, “and
tell theservant girl to run down cel-
lar and bring up the stepl‘adderand
earn; it into the parlor; and where’s
those two little screw thing- -a- -ma—jigs
that go into the back of the frame at
the sides to put the cord through?
Look them up for me; and I’ll' need the
gimlet to bore a. little hole for the
screws. 'S-omebody get the gimlet, or
maybe I can drive them in with the
hammer. Johnny, you run down cellar
and get the hammer.
"I don't know but a chair will be
better than a stepladder for me to
stand on. Somebody go out into the
kitchen and get me a chair. I don't
wan-t to s:and on one of the parlor
1._ ..~‘.
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1 -....: cord? Just measure off
a‘.' 91- the r':ht length and fasten it
'1 thcsc 11:.3 things at the sides.
. now, there’s your picture, all
in good silage, and, no fuss
swat it. The difference between us
- and you women is that when we
:12. \e an' thing to do we go go right
.1..e-ad and do it, and make no talk
about it.”—Youth’s Companion.-
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[119811 Nash the Gentleman.
There was Beau Nash—a much-ad-
mired person in :his day, when he ruled
from his throne in-the pump room in
Bath. Everything was in keeping.
There Twas a Queen Anne architecture,
and Queen Anne furniture, and Queen
Anne religion, and the Queen Anne
fashion in fine gentlemen. ' What a
curious piece of bric-a- brac this fine
gentleman was, to be sure! Art was
.as self complacent as if nature had
never been invented. He was not fit-
ted for any useful purpose under the
m,ental and undoubtedly very tex-
pensive. What multitudes of the baser
sun, but in his place was quite orna-
sort mus: be e.1:1:ic;'ee.. in furnishing
ti‘: e fine gentlemen with clothes! All
Bath admired the way in whi ch Beau
[Nash refused to pay for them. Once
when a vulsa r tradesman insisted on
payment, Nash compromised by lend-
ing him $20, which he did with the air
of a prince. So great was the impres-
" sion that he made upon his time, that
a statue was erected to'rhi’m, while he-
n'eath were placed the busts of two
mmor contemporaries, Pope and New-
I14“:
_S. M. Crothers. in Atlantic Monthly
At 200 yards for accuracy one hun-
l
ms! (1 G AIZ mm
CURRENT. COMMENT. I 'I
The laws of health, as well as those ,
of political economy, declare that con. L
victs should not be 'ept in idleness. A
few selfish men, who think they see-i
danger to their industries- ‘from con--
vicE competition, say they should.
nature in those
harps who, having
their wares should. be cinssified as
musical iusu'uuieuts..au1l. nor. toys,
wore confronted by, their own plea...
made when toys paid a lower duty.
than musical instruments. that they
should be rated as. toys.
km 01 late of dutf, in eitherc case...
noL-ody with an ear for
cal instrument.
It is a pleasure. to note- that: the
hustling propensity of the Buckeye is
not directed exclusively along, politi-
cal lines. Ohiomtas the. first state to
report troops ready for service under
the call of the president: and hers
were also the first volunteer troops. to
arrive at Chickamn-uga. Governor
Bushnell evidently does not devote all
his energies to the pleasant task of
fighting Senator Hanna; lie reserves
an appreciable. quantity for fighting
Spain.
The “American Siberia” has a new
chapter added, in the. leasinv of four
huudicd and thirt, men, women and
children pit'isoums at Albion, Florida,
to the four contractcus. making the
lowest bids. for them. These convicts
have been leased for a year, and for
that time they are the actual property
of the contractors. and may be sub-
leased by them. They will work in
the phosphate and turpentine camps
and at road making. The condition
of these camps whenever they have
been investigated rivals the horrors
that rend our souls when they are per-
petrated by other nations in foreign
lands.
An experiment made last summer
on Staten Island demonstrated so well
the feasibility of destroying mosqui-
toes by the use of oil, that it is to be
repeated this year 011 a scale which
is expected to keep a large section of
the island completely free from 'the
pe sts. If this can be done in one
place. why not in another? It is u
very simple and by no means a costly
process. It is merely 'to. cover the
stagnant water in‘ the affected locality
with coal oil. 1 Crude oil or waste stuff
will do,‘ theouly requirement being
that it shall form a scum on the sur-
face of the pool, which will prevent
the eggs of the mosquitoes, which :are
always laid in stagnant writer, from
hatching. The odor of the oil is not
agreeable, but most persons womd
choose it in preference to the buzzing
and biting of the insects; and, besides,
in most cases,_.the water is at such a
distance from divellings that the odor
would not reach them. What makes
the scheme still more feasible is the
: fact that, unless carried by a stlong
breeze, mosquitoes seldom go more
than a few hundred feet from. the
place where they were hatched, so
that a merely local application of oil
will give immunity to that locality,
whether locations join In to make the
work general or not. If Staten Island
makes the plan successful on alarge
scale, it is probable that the 'New
Jersey resorts will soon take it up.
With its mosquitoes killed and its
railroads rendered dustless by the
same useful agent, New Jersey may
yet become an earthly paradise.
No better time than the present,
when Great Britain is showing so
many signs of an amicable disposition
toward this country, and' when this
country is likely to have so much need
of its friendship, could be taken for a
review of the dilferences between the
two powers with a view to their com-
plete adjustment. These differences
are caused almost entirely by our re-
lations with Canada. It happens that
the time fixed by the Paris award for
a revision of the seallug regulations
expires this year, and an exellent
opportunity is thus afforded for not
only readjusting the very unsatisfac
t01y condition of our relations with
regard to the seals, but also a number
of other matters in which our Govern
ment is at odds with that of Canada.
0111 government has already proposed
that the subject of the seal fishery be
taken up for revision, but the British
goveinment, while assenting to this
proposition, suggests that the other
matters in dispute be taken up and
disposed of 8.150. It is greatly to be
wished that this may be done, and
negotiations are now on foot looking
to the convening of a joint commission
to, provide for adjusting everything,
'either by legislation 'or treaty, at as
early 3 day as possible. ' There would
probably be no difficulty- in settling
all the troubles in 11. manner satisfac-
zm'y to both nations if ‘We hadpnli‘ A.
England to deal with, but Canada will
xercise a great; deal 'of influence A in
the matter, and she"is disposed to
take trouble. _H'owever, under, the
Eicumstanées, the imperial govern
of. would probably be willing to
misc :1 salutary amount of pre-
1,111. ive upon Canada. ' -
, ,versity.,.
1
tollege Boys Are Tried by the University
and Not thetiml'LCourt.
”QUEER JAlL 'I-foa sweep-rs.
At the ancient andjamous University
of Heidelberg a jail. is. maintained spec-
. iailly for the benefit; of the students,
' For all minor crimes. and misdemean:
--———-~-— - are they are tried and imprisoned, not
There was a great deal. of human:
importers of ions:
contended that.
by the civil authorities, but by the uni-
varsity.
The Hei-dieberg (Beacon; or university
prison, has been occupied by the most
famous men of Germany. While there
they alwa; s decorate the walls with
their names and in..o.ther ways, so that
their stay in jail‘ may be. permanently
j remembered. '
Naturally;
tllcv wished to get the benefit of the;
But "
harmony 1
would class the jeii'sllaitp as. a must--
Every reader. of‘Malrk Twain win re-
call his entertaining. description of the
place, and how hecontrived to visit it,
even unwittingly enlisting as his guide.
a “Herr Prof'essogf His. pretext was
to ’see a young friend who. had “got"
twenty-four ‘hours-andhad conveniently
arranged the day to. suit Mark—for the
German student convict goes. to prison
on the first suitableday after conviction
and sentence. If Thursday is not con-
venient he tells the officer sent to haul
him to jail that he will come on Friday,
or Saturday or Sunday, asthe case may
be. The‘oflicer never doubts-his word
and it is never broken.
The prison is up three flights of stairs
and is approached by a. _ passage as
richly decorated with 'the art works of
convicts as the celldtself. That apart-
ment is not roomy, but bigger than an
ordinary prison cell. It has an iron-
grat'ed window, asmall stove, two woo-
den 'chairs, two. old oak tables and a.
narrow wooden bedstead. The furni-
ture is profusely ornamented with
carvingrthe work of. languishing cap~
fives, who have placed on record their
names, armorial. bearings, their crimes
and thg dates. of. their imprisonment.
together with- quaint warnings and
denunciations. Walls and ceilings are
covered witlijportraits and legends ex-
. ecuted in colored chalk and ’in'soot the
prison candle. forming a. handy pen-
cil.
Academic criminal procedure in Hei-
delberg is curious. If. the. city police
apprehend a. student the captive snows
his matriculation card; He is‘ then
asked for his address and. set free, but
will heir more of the matter, for the
civil authorityreportahlm to the uni~
In. Heidelberg the, university
court try and pass. sentence, thewcivil
power taking no further concern with
the offense. . The. trial is very“: often
conducted in, the“ prisoners absence.
and he may have forgotten all about
his little ‘Outbreak, until the university
constable~appears to conduct him to
k World.
prisou.—New ‘ 1
' THE BLUE'AN‘D'THEeGRAY. “I
Confederate Oflicers Who Appreciated
the Power ol Darwin-Songs. 1 A
Just after the . surrender (of. Lee a.
number of Union officers were singing
glee and college songs intheir rooms
in Richmond. They very considerateiy
refrained from singlng patriotic songs,
because the Muse opposite was. occu-
pied by paroled Confederate;- officers.
Soon the landlady brought in a note
from the Confederatesasking permis-
sion to comeover and hear the singing.
Of course'it wasgranted and they were
delighted with’ the songs.
, “Excuse me; gentlemen". said the
Confederate officer in charge, “but we
would [like to hear some of yfiur war
songs. "
The Union officers then ‘gea'Ve them
with an unction “TheBattle CITY of
Freedom," the “Battle Hymn of the
Republic," and on through the; list. to
“The Star Spangled Banner,” the Com-
federates keeping time, as if they had
always marched to the music of the
Union. ‘ When the applause from the
gray uniformedveterans had subsided
a Confederate major said: '
“Gentlemen, if we'd had your songs
we’d have whipped you out of your
boots. Who wouldn’t march and fight
with such songs? We had nothing ex-
cept an alleged ‘Marseillaise,’ the ‘Bon-
the Blue Flag’ and ‘Dixie,’ all jigs and
nothing more.’ >
Turning to the Union general, he said:
“I shall never forget (the first time I
heard “Rally Round ,th‘fe‘ Flag; It; was
on a nasty nigh-t dufihgltineséven days'
battle of the Wild.erness.'.__ I was on
picket, when just beforefitapssome' fel~
low on -the-other SiderStruck up ' that
song; Scenothers joined in the chorus.
1111 it seemed {the whole Yankee army
was singing. Onset our menisang out:
‘Good heavens what are those fellows
made of? Here we .e licked Ethem six
days running, and on the seventh they
are singing ‘Rally Pound the Flag.’ I
am not. superstitious, but I tell you
that song sounded like the knell of
doom and my‘ heart went down into
my boots. " . 1
“Then the singing was over the Com
federate general shook hands with his
entertainers and said: .
.“Well, the time may come when we
can all sing ‘The Star" Spangled Ban—
ncr’, together.” -
It has comp and the blue and the
gray can march shoulder to shoulder
to the music of that famous song.—
Chicago Tribune. -
THE NEW_ MAN.
“ls your husband domesticated?" I:
“Be is our only domestic "
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