THE LASY PACE. It In "womanlike," we know. Yet when we pick lip a book iVe read but a page or so. Then we take a qirtet look At the last page at the end i Anil we fear ni wild alarm That the subtle plot may send. If "he" has "her" in hit arms. Then we start to read again; Chuckle at the hero' tvoe, I 'At hi atruggles all in vain ; ' Laniih berause he never know i That the damsel young and fair. I Who hi vow of love ha spurned ilWill be meekly waiting there When the final page i turned. And the villain all hi fun Would be rendered tint and spoiled; All hi schemes, so well begun. Would be very tamely foiled If he knew the ecret, too Knew the truth his heart to daunt; What the heroine would do, How she'd tell him to "Avauntl" Oftan when the hero seem Just, about to leave the race ' (Think his hope are idle dream. And the odd too great to face; Or the heroine, when he Wanders 'round, full of despair, We turn to the end, and see I How it wind up happy there. , Father's rage or mother' scorn; Scheming, shrewd adventures; Make the hero, all forlorn. And it's ticklish, you'll confess. ' Hut wc inwardly advise: "Cheer up! This will oon he past," For the last page make n wie There he murmurs: "Mine at last!" Chicago Tribune. SH SH S A TAILOR-MADE SUIT. 8 the stilt bad to be selected Instanter I was late to busi ness Persls spread all the pieces out over the couch by the window. ".Now which do you think Is the hest?" she queried, excitedly. 1 I took a intuitu I survey of Persia' type of beauty. i "This," I usscrted. picking It tip. I )rlde myself upon beiug a quick und lecurate Judge of harmony hi colora tion. f "Do you?" commented IVrsls, doubt fully. "How about this?" mid she held Another against her throat, t "Pretty good, too," I agreed. I liked U better than mine. "Or this here's a perfect dream:" So It was. I admitted (to myself) that Pet-sis' taste was, after all, the juporlor. , "Any of the three will do," I sug gested. . "But which Is the most becoming?" Ihe persisted. "The last yes, I should say the last," hazarded, critically. '," "It's $3.50 a yard the most expen sive in the whole lot," she aunounced. triumphantly., (I might have foreseen that such pould be the case. lit "The one yon chose the first one, I mean is only she added. r I Inspected the tags and made a tfls- fcovery. jj "But the $3 one Is only forty-eight nches wide and the $3.."o one is fifty- two inches!" I exclaimed. "How many tarda less of the fifty-two-lnch stuff Would yon have to get than of the torty -eight-inch?" "It is such a little difference that I'd Jiave to order just the same of either," the avowed. "Six yards." f "Of course not; then what's the sense la having different widths'' I correct ed, out of my masculine practicalness. ''Lets see." I demonstrated upon paper for a moment. "Six yards forty eight inches wide would be 288 inches bt width for $18; six yards of the fifty two-inch stuff, at $3.50, would be 312 laches for $21. Here's twenty-four ex )tra inches for which you're paying at the rate of $3.50 a yard. Five and n half yards of the fifty-two-lnch stuff tnake 2811 inches of width, and the dif- Terence between this and six yards of the forty-elght-lneu stuff is only two nches! Those two inches could easily be saved, somehow, and you therefore (would be paying $10.25 for n stilt pat tern of the $3.50 cloth, whereas you (would have to pay only $1.25 less for a ult of tne $3 cloth! see? f Persls looked puzzled even bewil dered. She is not a good hand at rapid figuring. ,t "But but a few Inches of width don't fcount in a suit pattern," she responded. The length is what we go by." "Then you say that Just us many Strips forty-eight inches wide are used of the tailor a fifty-two inches wide?'1 I questioned, aghast. ft "Certainly," she replied i'l reflected that among a woman's curvy and baggy effects when attired Tor inspection twenty-four inches might, after all, be very hundily ex' ptnded. J "You know the cloth has to be cut Into and gored so, to fit the form Where" attempted Persls, further. "But I thought you were going to bave pleats," I Interrupted, spying a flaw in ber garment. "Of course. If b'ou're to have the gored suit, then understand. I figured with an eye to pleats." 1' "Bo I am going to bave the pleats put the cloth bat to be gored, basu' itr ( I went to business. Womenare funny (creatures, l When I came borne at noon, appar fently Persia was still just aa I bad left per, rapturously gloating over the ar ray of samples, but In the Interval of Buy absence she bad moved, for she (bad employed a tailor. He was th (first one whom she bad Interviewed upon ber previous rounds. UN"Ue say that I bave a fine figure for lb new-style coats, and that because jof that, you know be will charge me Ubut $25 Instead of $30, for be expects that I'll be good advertisement for aim. , Very few women, be says, ca Mook so well as I in tbe latest exclusive , model" bragged Persia, flustrated. AXben iou'4 better order Ui (3.S0 A goods," I proposed, carried nwa, by the excitement of the moment. I have," responded Persls. "When do you think they'll get here?'' Oh. dear! It was. the samples nil over ngnln. And wneii muuiy me much-badgered express agent produced the package be banged It down as though to say: "Thank heaven!" Persls proudl.fr bore It to the tailor's, anif started forthwith the continuous comedy of "Persls and the Tailor," and the continuous tragedy of "Persls and I." May be I was unreasonable. I bad had Persls a year and n half all to my self, and may be It wns selfish In me to begrudge her to the. tailor. Neverthe less, about that tailor's operations was n systematic singleness of purpose that ground upon mc mightily, I never could get ahead of him. Al though I telephoned (ever so unexpect edly, I thought, to nil save myself) and broached to Persia a drive right away, she always answered sweetly, but au noyed: "That would be lovely, dear but I have to go to the tailor's." Or else she already was there, and I rang ber up In vain. That tailor seemed to know! When I arrived for lunch and found no Persls, 'twas a foregone Conclusion where she was, and I needed not her breathless Information when later she came hurrying In that the tailor hud "kept her." The tailor cut Into our evenings, for IVi'sis went early to bed, and 1 sat melancholy and alone. "Oh, It's such h Job to be fitted'." complained Persls, yet I could see that sher was glorifying in the program. "I shall be so glad when I'm done with the tailor!" protested Persls; yet not for worlds would she hnve cur tailed Ills attentions. Persls was an angel, but she also was a woman. Old she grow Impatient with the tail or because be kept her waiting, he dwelt upon the exquisite success that he was enabled to make of the suit, owing solely to her peculiarly artistic proportions a ud she went away in spired! "It's going to be a dream! she as. sured me, radiant. "The style is the directoire, and I look stunning! He says that not many women can weur the directolres!" When Is it to be finished?" I In quired. "To-morrow!" answered Persls. ITiey'll send it up in the morning, ve had my last fitting. Oh, Dick, It's dream !" "Persls," I addressed her as moder ately as I could under the stress of the great news. "I am glad. I have calcu lated," und I pulled out my memoran dum book, "that, including to-day s trip, you have made eighteen visits to the tailor, averaging a mile und a hulf euch, horizontally, and about sixty feet, vertically. That Is to say, your rips laid eud to end. would reach from here twenty-seven miles into the coun try, nnd up Into the nlr almost a quur ter of a utile. You have been with the ullor thlrty-slx hours and thinking of 111 in two weeks, and It's time you gave your husband another Inning. Wei- oino back, darling. "How do you like it?" bubbled Per sis, meeting me at the door the suc ceeding noon. I gazed nt the trim, rustl.v, stately little figure, whose eyes and smile and blushes were of old, hut whose garb was u new acquaintance. "How do you like it?" laughed Per sis. strutting like a pouter pigeon. "I do!" I declared. ' Doesn't It lit, though!" exulted Per. sis. turning lor me to see. It certainly does nt last," I ad' mitted. "Have you come to stay?" "My! But the women will be green with envy!" said Persls. So will tlie men!" said t Edwin I. Sablu, in What-to Eat. muting Without Types. There nre three companies) in New York and Brooklyn that are about to put on the market devices for prlntlug without types. One Is capitalized at $10,000,1)00. The process is us simple as a-b-c, To begin with, u typewriter with the standard keyboard is used to set up" the copy, not in letters, but in perforations in un endless strip of paper. The completed tape looks some. what like the music used in uutoinii tons that play the piano. The strip of paper Is passed through a machine which prints, with Justification, sheet after sheet of matter of the required size a book page or a newspaper. Im presslous of this printed stuff are then made upon aluminium or zinc plates as thin as ordinary sheet iron, which are placed with equal facility upon both the bed-and-pluteu and the cylinder presses. One of these typeless machines Is called tho "planograph" and another the "lithotype." I bave forgotten tho uume of the third. The principle of prlntlug from plates as smooth as glass Is this water and grease won't mix. The text is put ou In Ink, the basis of which Is grease. Enormous pressure Is used, the typewritten piece of paper being laid Uut upon the zinc pinto and placed under heavy rollers. In print lug, the Ink rollers puss over tho entire plate, but leave Ink only upon tho Inked impression, for the rest of the plate nil the spaces between the let ters Is covered with water from water roller, which abhors Ink. As muuy as 101,000 Impressions have been taken from one plate. Even the finest balr .Hues In illustration seem not to wear out. Victor Hiultb, in the New York Vress. Japan Fontlo Instincts. ' The poetic instincts of the natlv Japanese are very strong, and this fact is well exemplified by the many poetic names which be gives to bis futher- land. Just as we speak of Britain as tbe "Laud of the Free," the "Home land," the "Mother Country," so do the Japanese apply a poetic nomenclutur to their islund empire. Such titles ss "Country of the Suu," "Nest of the Bun," "Between Heaven and Earth,' "Southern Country of Brave Warriors, "Country pf Peaceful Shores," "Oouu try ltuled by the Blender Bstsord. "Princesses' Country," "Land of Great Oentlemen," "Honorable Country," aud others, are well knowu In Japanese C erary circles. Loudon St. James' Uv Mtte. - mfi9999999999999 AGRICULTURAL. Feeding; Itys to Hog. In feeding young hogs the rye may be fed either ground or soaked to growing hogs. It is not desirable to feed the whole grain dry. The better method of feeding Is to grind the rye and feed It as slop. As to which Is the more economical method, will de pend on the question of grinding. The man who (loon his own .sriiirtliig will find It more profitable to grind his rye nnd mix It with some corn and oats ground, feeding this combination as slop feed. Where It is necessary to pay for the grinding, the soaked grain will probably be more economical, ns soaking costs but little; twelve hours' soaking is sufficient. Ilye makes a splendid feed for growing pig. It should be free from the disease known as "ergot." ns rye which Is thus af fected Is poisonous to stock. .1. H. Skinner, in Indiana Farmer. , Improper Feeding of Horse. Much has been written concerning the short rations which many farmers use during the winter for their horses, because they do little work, but there s the other side of the question, the overfeeding and the Improper feediug, which is quite as bad in It effect ns scanty rations. Horses should be fed In accordance with the work required of them, although this does not signify that because a horse practically does no work during the winter his rations should consist of a pint of grain aud all the hay he will eat. Iinnroner feeding of liny Is exceedingly Injuri ous. In the ground feed that Is given horses not worked a great deal there should be but about one-third com or eveu one-quarter corn, oue-qiuirter bruu and one-half oats. The roughage of buy at a feed should be about the quantity lie will consume in three quarters of ou hour. Add a little oil meal to the grain ration once or twice week, exercise the horse daily, and when work Is given him regularly which will Increase ns spring druws neur, gradually increase the ration. The plan on which n horse should be wintered, if he is not worked a great deal, should be to give liim food enough to keep him In good condition and store away a little extra strength for the heavy farm work of spring, but not enough to make nhu fat or give Ithu indigestion. Feeding Sheep In Troughs. The design of a sheep trough illus trated this week Is one which has been found entirely satisfactory, all tilings considered; it Is some little trouble to make It, but Its superiority over tho average trough Is so great that the la bor spent in Its construction will be well spent. As shown, the trough is twelve feet long, sixteen inches wide, twenty-two inches high, tapered as shown. With the exception of the slats, which are one-half inch thick, and two and one-hulf inches wide, the trough is made of inch lumber. Tho sides, which nre nailed on the edge of the bottom, nre six Inches wide. The end pieces, or legs, nre three inches wide and extend six inches below the TBOUOH FOH 8HEEP, bottom of the trough as shown. These legs nre, of course, fastened securely to the trough after the latter is built and are Independent of the rack itself. The rack Is built by nailing the sluts one foot apurt ou pieces three inches wide nnd twelve indies long, and are then hinged to the sides of the trough so that they rest ou the edges of the trough when closed. Two hinges on each side (strap hinges, of course.) will be sufficient. At about the middle of the rucks a bent hasp is fastened so that when the racks are in place they may be held so by turning the hasp to the other side over u Btaple nnd hold ing it In place with a bit of wood. In this arrangement either rack may be let down aud the trough thus tilled from either side. Indianapolis News. Two Mlstukns. It Is a mistake to allow co'.ts nnd calves to remain out In wood or field through winter storm and cold with no other shelter than a fence corner or tree trunk. Hardening them, some farmers call it. . It surely Is a case of the survival of the fittest If they sur vive It and do well. The bony, scrag gy colt and calf brought up lu tho spring may live out its allotted time in spite of such usage, but it Is at a loss. If you trust to the mercy of nature, she asks pay for it In shortened days or stunted growth. The other day, passing a largo field, I saw one louely calf. Its buck parts to the storm, cov ered with snow, shivering In the fence comer. Not a shed or straw stack in sight. And I thought of the proverb concerning the merciful man. Stock should never be turned Into corn stalk or wood pasture lu winter without hav ing something provided In the way of shelter, which they can reach In stormy weather. Better not sell off all the straw to tbe stuwbourd, and uso it in covering rude sheds for cattle and other stock. Our cattle are now fur removed from their wild aucestry and do not bear cold nnd exposure well. Again, it is a second mistake to confine horses and cattle too closely. They re quire plenty of fresh air. Tbe stables and cow sbeds should be as warm as possible to make them, but they should be provided with good ventil ators. Cows standing in a close atmos phere, laden with tbe poisonous ex halations from their owu bodies, pass that poison back again to diseased lungs and milk. Borne exposure to tbe cold and fresh air Is. necessary for tbe wejl being of tbe cow. It Is a tcalc that shows up quickly in ber appear ,once. You can kill or weaken your stock by lack or care, and societimes you csn weaken them by too much care.- Ida Sbepler, la Tbe EpUomUt, Chute For Orals. In a great ninny farm barns tlie feed. Ing grain Is kept on the upper floor, aud all that is fed out is carried down In one way or another. An American Agriculturist writer has a barn nr runged thus nnd with no suitable space In the basement for a grain bin. As a way out of the dltilculty he put 111 some grain chutes to run from the bins above, ns shown In the accompanying cut. In some cases the chute could lit nllowed to drop directly from the bit) above without any Joints, ruder few circumstances will a chute with less than half pitch be satisfactory. Oats will run through such a pitch with lit tle difficulty. Wheat or rye will follow even a less slant, but with bulky stuff like ground feed there is considerable danger of clogging. The Interior of the chute ought not to be less than six inches square six by eight would be even better. The In terior should be free from all obstruc tions. The hopper shaped device Just A GRAIN CHUTE. under the bin Is quite necessary with outs and ground feed to give greater headway. The cut-off (A) Is an ordin ary draw supported by two cleats on either side. An extension is also made to the rear board of the chute so that It projects about half on inch outward, thus giving chance for holding a bug if necessary. Connecticut Farmer. practical Farm Dairying, Thinking, perhaps, the experience of a "common" farmer with u common herd would be interesting as well as Instructive, I submit this: During the year ended April 1, 1!I03, our herd ttver aged n trifle over 300 pounds of butter euch. We sold the sume nt twenty -two cents net. During the last year we sold part of the cows. At the present time I am milking four October cows, which make nu average of forty-two pounds a week. It would be somewhat dlllleult to average them to April 1, but I am confident the four will make 400 pounds each next year. The cows are common Jerseys. Not one is regis tered. No two are alike, nor Is there one which could compete in the show ring. In fact, they nre what Mr. Pack would call "scrubs." They are stabled in a rather cold up ground stable, confined in stanchions, und let out twice a day for water nnd put back Immediately, except on pleas, tint days, when they are given an hour's ruu. Their feed consists of plenty of good oat straw and timothy hay twice u day, and shredded corn fodder or chaff at noon. The grain ra tion Is four quarts of whole oats and bran mixed and four quarts of buck wheat rinds once u day. They nre watered nt a trough from which the Ice has been removed beforehand. They have no ensilage or summer grain; are well bedded, but never cur ried. They nre treated kindly, hut is no sense ure they under different con ditions than nre, or should be, in reach of every fanner. We try to have them dry through September. While I ful ly agree that cows will do better with scientific surroundings nnd better breeding, still there is better money for the plain farmer with n common herd of full blooded Ayrshire, but the scrub cow is where we got the start to do so, and, in defense of this much abused beust, will say that many a one with a reasonable chance would surprise the fellows with the high, priced, fancies. Leo Hathaway, In Tribune-Farmer. ml roultry Notes, See that there is vigor and activity lu the male bird. Changing hens to new quarters Is npt to check their laying. It Is best to cook cut clover hay and then mix it hot with ground grain. Even if the chickens do belong to the wife, you should help her with the heavy work. Exposing fowls to heavy wind storms Is as dangerous to their health as is rainy weather. Crowded roosts at night will bring colds to tho flock about as quickly us unythlng we know of. Heavy forcing will no doubt Increase tho egg yield, but It will cripple the stiimluu of future generations. Sifted coal ashes should bo spread, several times a week, upon the drop, ping boards.. Never use wood ushes. Feed the morning mash before giv ing water, to drink. It is a mistake to allow n fowl to become chilled by drinking cold wuter while tho crop U empty. It is a very easy matter to Improve the farm flock, and now Is the piopct time to look over the tlock and select a few of the very best pullets und mute them up with the best cockerel upon the farm. They can be confined in a wire netting yurd adjacent to a por tion of the poultry bouse. The use of the lead pencil in putting down In black and white the number of eggs and fowls produced and tho price received for them is a good way to change tbe mistaken belief that bens dp not pay for their feed. A rec ord should be kept of the fowls aud eggs consumed for family use. - This Is tbe season when many farm, ers are moving from one locality to an. other. Changing bens from one place to another is a good way to cause them to stop laying. They may bo coaxed to resume operations sooner tnan they would otherwise by changing their diet. Give something new and they, will cemt to thair meals with atl.spp. New York City. The demand for fancy waists seem ever to increase. This one, designed by May Muntnti, Is equally well adapted to the odd bodice FANCY WAIST. and to the entire gown und to a vnvlc ty of materials, but in the case of the model makes part of a costume of vio let crepe tie Chine, with a tucked yoke, full front and cuffs of chiffon in u lighter shade and trimming of ecru lace. The shlrrlngs of waist and sleeves are arranged on continuous lines that give the fashionable breadth of figure and the garniture over the shoulders provides the drooping line without which no waist is quite up to date. The waist is made over n fitted lin ing on which the yoke nnd front nnd various parts of the waist are ar ranged. The waist proper nnd the sleeves are shirred and the closing is tunde invisibly nt the left shoulder seam and benentti the left front. The sleeves are wide and full above the fl LATE DEJIQN BT HflT MflNTON. 9 1 1 y-- deep cuffs but shirred to fit the upper arm snugly. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is three and seven eighth yards twenty-one inches wide, three yards twenty-seven inches wide, or one and three-quarter yards forty four Inches wide, with ono yurd of chiffon, one-half yard of nil-over lace aud four aud one-quarter yards ot up plique to make us Illustrated. Milrt Waists still Morn. As Is customary at the beginning of every season, the positive announce ment Is made that shirt waists are no longer fashionable, and that every skirt must have a waist to match; yet,' struuge to say, the shops uro full of the most fascinating designs for shirt waists, and seamstresses a fid dressmakers alike are busy making blouses. The truth of. the matter is that the shirt waist Is an nliMilutely essential garment, and can no more be dispensed with than a coat or skirt. In n handsome costume It Is not so fashloiiuble to have a waist of different material from the skirt, but, none the less, with the coat and skirt there nre many occasions when a cloth waist. In fact, one of any muterlul excepting lace or linen, silk or satin. Is most uu comfortuble to wear under the cont and when tbe smart separate waist U the ouly correct style. Harper's Bazur. Fancy Y'rlnnulnjs. Fancy trimmings, as well as but tous, will be a feature of tbe early spring frocks, as well as various em broMeiics. A good many graduated bunds of tnft'eta, sntln and velvet wll, also be used. In some cases these bands nre very smart, but on the other hand they nre apt to acceuluate any tendency to stoutness. These band of sntln ribbon are most useful where renovations tire concerned; for In stance, in order to lengthen a frock n new flounce may be added beneath a bund, nnd all of lis who patronize the .cleaner realize that some tilings must shrink a little. ewet Muterlnl For Stock. The newest materials for stocks are cross-stltehed canvas, mummy canvas and. coarse linen, with Itusslan nnd Hungarian embroidery effects lu the vivid national colors. A Revolution In I. are. Last year one couldn't get Inees coarse enough. The thing-was perhaps overdone, which accounts for the rev olution in favor of more dainty, fra gile trimming-'. A Caprice ot Fahlnn. Only n gathered cap in lieu of n sleeve Is another of fashion's caprice for summer dress gowns, reviving au old-time n ode. A Quaint F.fl'ei-r. Many evenings gowns have bor rowed that quaint old fashion of open ing over it gay petticoat in front. Clrrtllnr Skirt. Kiii! skirts, that nre confined over the hips, yet take soft and graceful folds below, make the latest shown This May Mnntou one is circular and Is urrnnged lu small lucks at the up per portiou .that give a yoke effect, but Is left plain ut the front, so avoid ing unbecoming fullness. The model Is made of tan-colored foulard fig ured with brown nnd white and is trimmed w'lh folds of the muterlnl stitched with silk, but all the fash ionable clinging materials are admir able nnd trimming cun be applique of uny sort. Both skirt und folds ure circular nnd the latter are chaped to fit smoothly over the foundation, which can be tucked nt tlie upper edge ns illustrat ed or arranged In gathers us preferred. The quantity of material required Ct.-lCCbaH HKlHT. for the medium slsc Js ten yards twen. ty-oue inches vide. cfght yards twen-I;,--seven inches witto, or five and one. bait yards forty-four lucho wide. . THE KEYSTONE STATE r Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in Short Order. Dr. S. R. Maison, county inspector for the State Board of Health, mad the following statement relative to tho smallpox situation in Clifton Heights: ' The town will in all probabilities be visited by an epidemic, and unless fcotne action is taken it will prove very serious. Four houses arc quarantined and only two watchmen arc employ ed. I have advocated the removal of patients to a contagious disease hos pital, but the health authorities have tirt acted on the matter. Unless the. authorities take stricter methods in suppressing the disease the State Board of Health will act nt once." Within a few days the United States Steel Corporation will close its option (or its May supply of pig iron. The price at which the option was sc :urcd, $tj a ton, makes the iron a Dargain at the present. In all about i.S.ooo tons will be needed next month. It will be purchased from the liessc licr Furnace Association and one ot :o independent valley merchant furn ice operators. P. M. Sharles, of West Chester, ha ttiven $4.S0J to the managers of tlm Chester County Hospital for the con tlruction of two receiving rooms and s fireproof elevator and stairway at the institution. It is doubtful whether State Trcas nrer Harris will take the Judges' sal ary mandamus case to the Supreme Court. His term will expire on tbe first Monday in May. and while lie ha not decided what he will do. it i predicted he will not appeal higher, but honor the warrants for the sala ries of all Judges under the new law nd at the same time pay warrants of those he refused who asked for the increase on February I. It is not ex pected that Mr. Harris' successor, Mr. Mathues, will raise the question. General orders were issued from the headquarters of the National Guard af Pennsylvania announcing; that the division encampment will be held at Gettysburg July 2,)-.lo. An order was ulso issued announcing that the sea son for rille practice was opened on April l and will cloc on October .It. After a Coroner's Miry rendered a fcrdict that James Briscoe, of Ply mouth, came to his death through 'meningitis, the result of a blow ad ministered by Charles Jennings, of Norristown, the latter was arrested on :hc cliargo of murder. Briscoe died week alter he and Jennings quar relled in Norristown. Four children of Mr. and Mrs. William Burke were burned to death jt Sevastopol, a suburb of l'ittston. at t o'clock the other morning. The victims are Helen, aged 14 years; James, aged I J years; Mary, aged 8 years, and Michael, aged 6 years. The family retired at the usual hour 9t night, and about I o'clock A. M. Mrs. llurke was awakened by the crackling of flames. She awakened her husband and it was discovered that a wall of fire separated them from tlie two rear rooms occupied by tho children. The parents made several attempts to reach the children but failed, and were forced to jump from the second story window to escape death. After a service of three years in the Philippine Islands with the Twenty eighth Infantry, Sergeant Edward T, Fainter arrived at his home here to day, from San Francisco, where he spent three months in the Government hospital convalescing from several wounds received at the hands of the bolomcn of the islands. He bears on bis face a great scar eight inches long His right foot was nearly severed and his left arm rendered almo-t helpless, Alderman John 1". Donohue, ol Wilkes-Barre, noted as a thrasher ol wife-beaters, received word that be it one of four heirs to the large fortune of his uncle, John Jcfferis, of Ireland. Alderman Donobue will leave soon t-? attend to the settlement of the estate, which is believed to be worth about $JOOOOO. With her face cut and bleeding. Miss Richards, a 17-year-old girl who lives in Jeanesville, and who is a high school student, reported her ccapa from a negro assailant. Miss Rich ards had to pass a lonely spot on the road to Hailclou. Concealed bcliinc" a bush, the negro attempted to lass? Miss Richards and partly succeeded but after a desperate struggle slm escaped. Policemen arc now on the track 01 the negro. In a friendly sparring match, be tween Henry A. Thomas, of l'lrchrun ville, and Charles Goodman, of I'hoe mxvillc, the former was knocked down and his skuil fractured in coming in contact with the floor. He died at tint local hospital. Goodman was arrest ed, but released on the finding of a verdict of accidental death rendered by a coroner's jury. The two men were the best of friends. , Postmaster K. 11. Graves of Coates ville, informed the postal authorities at Philadelphia that Frank 11. Stevens, general clerk at the Coatsvillc post office is missing. Stevens, who is years of age, is a sou of William Stev ens, of West Brandywinc Township, lfc was a trusted employee of the post ollicc, where he had" a clerical position since July, iooj. He has a wife and two small children. It is said that several hundred dollars of th postal funds are missing. In court at Reading, Frank Ward luft, aged 17 years, convicted of cast ing an illegal ballot at the recent election, was sentenced by Judge FneJ lich to pay a fine of $.o and undergo six months' imprisonment,' while Jos eph Hays and Charles Fry, convicted of procuring Wardluff to vote fraudu lently, were sentenced to pay a fine of $J5 each and undergo an imprison ment .of nine months. An unidentified sailor in the United States navy was killed by a train at Morrisilec. Robbers broke into the United Brethren Church, Mechicsburg, aud Stole the contents of a charity box intended ior the poor of the town. At a conference between represen tatives of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and the Amalgamtec Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers, it was decided that the Amalgamated Association call a special conference to consider the proposition of the company to make a reduction of 20 per cent, in wages. - Tbe list of dead in connection with the Priceburg explosion is now ten, Miss Sophie Faulds having died in the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scran tog. The condition of Miss Martha Hcberbrand is so critical that her death may occur at any moment. The South Penn Oil Company's employees state that the company lost 100.000 barrels of oil during the March floods through the breaking of pipe lines and the wattling sway of - tsnks. The greatest loss was two miles west of Evans City, where the main pipe line was broken in several places. The loss amounted to fjoo.ooa
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