SARA = Bellefonte, Pa., August 7, 1903. BL SBMS OR SERRA ss. Destiny. “The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small,” : So soft and slow the great wheels go, they scarcely move at all ; Bat the souls of men fall into them and are powdered into dust, = And while in the dust grow the passion flowers —Love and Hope and Trust. : —Selected. THE COUNTRY OF IDEALIZATION. “If you are thinking,’’ said Lee New- berry, impressively, ‘‘of accepting Tom- my Raymond, take the advice plus the ex- perience of an old friend, and don’t com- mit such a faux pas !"’ . Riette Townsend lay back among the rose cushions and smiled vaguely. ‘Oh, my dear, don’t I’ Lee went on. ‘“When one crosses the matrimonial border the Country of Idealization pales away. I know all about it; you see I married Tony, and Tony is good, but where, where are my illusions? Dissolved in a miss of com- monplaces. I made a mistake. I should: have invited Tony down off his pedestal a bis after the honeymoon,but I let him stay on it until it gradually crnmbled under his feet.” Riette smiled jestingly. ‘‘How do you know that your pedestal is still intact ? Perhaps Tony—— 1! ‘Perhaps. Life is so full of the com- monplace when lived side by side, that there is no room for pedestals !’’ Riette Townsend had accepted an invita- tion to stop with the Newberrys for as many weeks as she could spare from her social calendar, and as it was her first visit since Lee Newberry’s marriage, two years ago, it was an event to them both. They went upstairs together, Riette ad- miring all the way. The guest-room was a bower of rose and green, with the per- meating sweetness of summer wrested from the hot-house to create an indoor June. Riette buried her face in the cluster of daffodils on the dressing-table. : ‘My favorite flowers ! How dear of you to think of them ‘ Lee blushed an uncomfortable red. *‘It was Tony,”’ she said, frankly; ‘‘he remem. bered |” The moment was awkward for both : Tony's former infatuation for Riette was a subject upon which neither bad ever spoken to the other. Riette had often secretly wondered whether Tony Newberry bad married her bess friend from pigne—or the ‘‘other thing;’’ and as she fingered the yel- low petals of the daffodils the question again arose. Two hours later she entered the fire-lit library, and Tony, from the depths of an alluring chair, rose to greet her. ‘This 4s good, Riette,”’ he said, cordially, leaning down to her: ‘‘but you don’t deserve a welcome, you’ve treated us so shabbily since our marriage. I bad an idea a maid of honor was bound to stand by oneall the days of her life—sort of a sponsor in bap- tism, you know !”’ Riette laughed softly. ‘‘I plead guilty,”’ she admitted. ‘‘I am a deserter.’’ Lee was putting last tonches to the din- ner table, and the murmur of laughter from the library floated in to her. She stopped pulling the saffronitis into a yel- low shower. ‘‘Suppose,’’ she said,thought-. fully, “lit was Riette, instead of me I" Then she gave the flower-bowl a little push and straightened a silver candle. ‘Come in, you two,’ she called, gayly; “dinner was announced ages ago !’’ From her end of the table Lee studied Riette with critical admiration. She had always acknowledged the latter's beauty, but tonight there was a more compelling attraction. Tony’s interest was manifest. Lee felt piqued; a shy reserve enveloped - her, throwing Riette’s ‘vivacity into more brilliant contrast. Dinner over, they adjourned to the den, ‘where a low fire. glowed on the hearth, steeping the room in a rose-colored dusk. Riette went to the piano and. her fingers slipped softly over tae keys. There was an alluring sweetness ‘about her that brought a little stab to Lee’s heart, and she felt a wild sense of irritation as Riette’s pretty, trivial voice trilled through the room. She was relieved when Riette rose from the piano, pleading fatigue. “Do come up with me, dear; Tony doesn’t want us; we’ll.give him a chance to go ont.” { *'Oh, Tony’s a confirmed hearth-cat !"? ‘‘He is the soul of domesticity,’’ agreed Tony, mildly. = : : During the fortnight which followed, Lee Newberry did not derive that satistac- tion from her friend’s visit which she’ had anticipated. Riette irritated her continual- ly; her vivaoity, her unconscious coquetry, her very prettiness were all separate ag- gravations. One evening as they sat over the rem- nants of desert, Tony enjoying his after- dinner cigar, Lee suddenly announced ' her intention of going out. : Riette’s vivaciousraillery of Tony ceased for a moment. ‘Again tonight? My dear, you’re becoming afflicted with a so- cial St. Vitus’s dance I!” ; “Nonsense ! : the Landreths are giving a box-party and they want me to chaperon.”’ Tony protested ‘hotly, but to no avail. Riette smiled, and pnshed the ash-receiver in his direction, ‘You must pay the pen- alty of marrying a popular wife, Tony !”’ Lee was annoyed; she had begun to hate Riefte’s easy familiarity with Tony. “I’ve no doubt you can amuse each other in’ my absence !'” she said, abruptly, and push- ing her finger-bowl from her, she - rose and left the room. - Riette looked at Tony across the pink oandle-shades, with'a" slight ‘elevation of Bel eyebrows. iv of Jue La ony, man-like, was perplexed; he s ped drawing patterns on. the ae sxop with his nut-pick, and glanced interroga- tively at Riette, ‘What on earth— 1” he exclaimed. ; ha Half an hour later he put his wife in the Landreth carriage and returned to the den, where Riette was embroidering marvellous rosebuds on a piece of ‘white linen. Tony wondered how women made such beatiful trash with Sheif teh fingers. fide utd tas it occurred fo yon what an awful fool I am, Riette ?”’ : : “Not exactly; why 27 : “Why? ' Isn’t a'man rather an ass who can’t keep a woman’s affection a bit over the honeymoon 2?” 45 ABNEY ‘Ordinarily; yes—bns this is different.” Riette dropped her - embroidery-frame. ~ {*Once upon.a time,’’ she eaid, irrelevant. “‘there was a girl who was a Dreamer ly, of Dreams. She dwelt in a land which she called the Country of Idealization. One day someone crossed the border of this country and came into her life. She didn’t call this someone a man, she called him a Prince, and she put him on a golden chair ‘the theatre, it is’'im RRL LR RS IT heart. Now this someone didn’t belong on a throne, he belo: in the busy work-a- day world, and when, like a man, he got His sudden desertion of the golden chair hurt her; she did not realize that he could still live inthe throne-room; “without sit-- ting inertly on pe lazy, golden chair she had set up for him. As it was she felt that her ideals were shattered; she tore down the golden - chair and looked the throne- room, and all because she did not under- stand that Love needs no ideahzing, but that Love idealizes the commonest object. Perhaps some day she will come out of the illusive country, and then—"’ ‘‘Perhaps she will,”’ said Tony, vaguely, ‘but how 2"? : / Riette looked thoughs¢ful, buta smile curved her lips. © “There is'the little green god 2"! she suggested, softly. ' ‘‘He might beckon her ous. I tell you, Tony,couldn’s you pretend a bit of interest in me?’’ sat up in his chair with a jerk. :4Do you think that would— !"’ i. #1 -think so, Tony.” ‘Nothing further was said on the subject until the click of a latoch-key in the hall- door announced Lee's return. As she en- tered the room, the scene in the soft fire-lit circle mes her eyes. ' Tony and Rietve had ‘evidently been enjoying their evening ! Whether Lee had taken an overdose of black coffee at the supper which followed possible to surmise; sufficient to state that she lay with wide, ‘sleepless eyes far into the morning, and that her tired brain circled round one ab- sorbing subject : Tony and Riette—Riette and Tony. “They say there is nothing like a man’s first love !'’ she told herself, miserably. Could it be that the old flame was reviving? But she had been so sure of Tony. She recalled Riette’s carelessly suggestive ‘‘How do you know that your pedestal is still intact? ‘Perhaps Tony-- !"’ A sense of hatred of Riette took possession of her; pretty, trivial Riette--perhaps Tony--! She told herself her jealousy was ‘an jgnoble thing, and she tried to strangle it, but it clung to her tenaciously. © It was in this state of affairs that the two women, having dined en fete a fete, were sitting over the library fire, Riette staring gloomily into the bright embers, and Lee making a pretence of reading. There was a sudden ring of ‘the bell, and a moment Inter a maid entered with a white envelope and an acoompanying package. Lee in- stalled her name in the black leather de- livery book, and glanced at the envelope. It was her husband’s writing and somehow his erratio e’s and y’s had never seemed so strangely dear to her before. “Dear Lee,’ she read. ‘‘Am sorry to be detained downtown on business. Good luck to you at the Harveys’ ! I send some violets to go with the black gown. Affeo. “A. V.N. “P.8. Will call for you if I get home in time to put on dress-clothes.”’ Lee put the letter in its envelope and opening the tinted box she drew out a mammoth bunch of violets. ‘‘Tony will not be home till late,”’ she said, laconical- ly, thrusting her nose into the purple glory. ‘‘You won’t change your mind and go to the Harveys’ ?’ “I don’t think so, dear; I’m so tired.’’ “Oh!” Lee was ashamed of the faint suspicion which flashed across her at Ri- ette’s refnsal. She rose and went upstairs o.put the finishing touches to her toilet. She felt an unaccustomed throb at her heart as she fastened Tony’s violets in the bodice of her gown, then she went into her husband’s dressing-room and. got out his dress-clothes, and for a moment her cheek pressed the lapel of his coat with as much sentiment as a ix) whose illusions had not been ‘‘dissolved in a mist of common- and catching np her wraps ran downstairs. When the carriage bad taken Lee away, Riette, left to her own devices, turned the light low and made herself comfortable on the bear-rug before the fire. Everything was conducive fo sleep, the moving shad- ows on the wall, the fire spitting scarlet sparks, and the drowsy ‘monotone, of. the clock. She was not conscious of having succumbed, however, until a familiar voice awakened her. { Adar of w “Ob, Tony, are you in?” she said, sleepily. 4 .*'Yes, but I am seriously considering be- ing ‘out’ again. I wrote Lee I'd go to the Harveys’ for her. It’s so late, though, I'm afraid she’s already on the way home.’ | - Riette glanced at the clock. = ‘‘Of course she is. Sit down instead and I'll sing you into a nice cat-nap.’’ She went to the piano and ran softly - through a’ drowsy lullaby. . ‘‘Here’sa warranted anodyne !” Tony get up and leaned over the piano, and Riette’s fingers strayed from the slum- ber song into weird, fanciful harmonies. A laintive, Eastern love-cry floated into the usky room, finding harbor in the shadows. The hall-door opened, but neither heard is. Tony was absorbed in the music; Ri- ette’s voice had never touched him ‘before; now it had the echoing melody of a harp- string, thrilling the words with throbbing sweetness. Suddenly her fingers left the keys with a'quiok staccato movement; and something bebind him made Tony turn'kis head. Lee stood in the doorway, her face white and tired.’ ‘The scene seemed to her significant; Riette singing as she had never sung before, and Tony leaning over the piano with a look in his eyes that cut Lee like a knife, Seah THInhy Si Hoa Gaye En ‘With a quick glance of concern, Tony went to her. “What ‘is ‘it, dear ? What makes you look so fagged?"! a © She moved away from him." ‘‘Nothing,"’ she said, shortly: MADERA BEG GUEITY + “I'm sorry I got home too late to go for you, as I promised. SLIELLANE TT AE - “Did you?” ' There was an expression of quiet scorn ou her face as she turned and went upstairs, © iv cio da vieasl GvEg Si - When her door had insured her against intrusion, ehe dropped ‘wearily into the nearest chair. It had come to this, then-- he loved Riette. ‘She pulled 'nnconscious- ly at the faded petals of the violets. As she recalled his note the dull, aching sensa- tion left her, and a swift resentment took its place.’ So his promise was merely a blind !' He had not intended keeping it— and Riette? They had both deceived her. She laughed harshly, and‘ rose from her cobair; the little purple flowers falling at her feet; in a ‘moment 'she had 'orushe them under the heel of her sl . Tt ‘was a melodramatic gesture played to the Ei lery of her wounded pride; then she did a very ordinary and human thing; plucking up ‘the trampled ‘flowers, ‘she leaned her Sheek against the forlorn ‘nosegay and iy 8 8 orlarn- egay ant In an instant of illumination it flashed over her what she had Jost; she had been Ta reaching out after impossible stars, miss- places.” She blushed at her foolishness, | RE RO I RRS SRR PO and set him in the throne-room in her | ing, in her up-turned gaze, the tender flowers growing in clusters at her fees, The ountry of agealization sto Tey to ‘her awaken eg; ool lL, u Satistying, an. off his golden chair. and came down so do | real, like ¢ itter on a the little commonplace things, the Dreamer | stage. It was just the things she had awoke with a shook to find that affer all | scorned, the dear commonplaces of lite, he was ‘only # man.’ The Conntry of | which make the world a swees and whole- Idealization is such a glittering ,Dlnce that ome place. She no longer accused her i dazzles the eyes; one gets a false valu-|{h , or Riette; with a dittlgnol she ation of objects, and the poor Dreamer | acknowledged that the fault lay with her- could not see that to ‘be only a man’ was a | self. LAT much finer shing than to be ‘only a Prince.’ | Below-staire Riette and Tony were facing each other. The moment hig wife had left the room, Tony had started up; then he roned-to-Riette. ‘She thinks I've lied to her 1”¢ hesaid, slowly." . ' | 1 [ J Riette’s fair head drooped,and her hands bung limply at ber sides. ~~ ~~ “I must go to her, poor little girl,’’ he continued, tenderly. ‘‘How could she think I could care—’! He stopped short. Riette laughed ; there was a broken ring in is. i Tony flushed. ‘‘I beg your pardon. I didn’t intend that. I was only wondering how it was possible for Lee to doubt me.’’ *“Yes—I know 1” He extended his hand. ‘‘You’ve been awfully good to me, Riette. You’ve show me what I had to fear was non-ex- istent, the love of my wife !"’ denly she smiled up at him with her old viyacity. ‘Tell me how diplomatic I am, why don’t yon? to—to unearth such— such mysteries I’ Her face was white, ‘and her hand fluttered in his. She stood still after he had left her,look- ing beyond her with unseeingeyes. ‘‘Was it foolish to call her out of the Country of Idealization ?”’ she questioned, vaguely. —By Amelia Hamilton MoAllister, in Everybody's Magazine. The Codfishers of Newfoundland, The isolation of this people does not ap- pear so appealingly in the bald statement that in the remoter parts they use spin- nieg-wheels and hand-looms, cure the sick with charms, never saw a brick or a horse, ‘have faith’ in mermaids, sing the west country ballads of the sixteenth century, and argue, like enough, that hell is or is not at the centre of the earth, as it appears in the simple case of the maid of Punch Bowl Harbor, who came into the surgery one raw, black June night with a gust of wet wind, “I’m Tim Hodd’s maid, zur,”’ she gasp- ed, ‘‘an’ I’m just come from the Punch Bowl in the bait skiff.” She stood with her back against the door, one hand still on the knob and the other shading her eyes—a slender girl with a shawl thrown over her head,and now drip- ping. Wisps of wet hair clung to her fore- ead, and rain drops lay in the flushed hollows of her cheeks. ‘‘And what’s the matter with you?’’ the doctor asked sympathetically. But he did not need to ask—the flush and gasp told the story quite well ‘enough: she was dying of consumption. its sid 1 le lights is floatin’ zur,”’ she answer- e “Your lights ?”’ “*Ay, zar,’’ laying a hand on her chess. *‘They’re floating wonderful. I’ve been tryin’ t’ kape un down, zur; but ’tis noa use.’’ The dcotor raised his eyebrows. What had the maid been doing to keep her lungs in place, he wondered. ! ‘I’ve been taking shot, gur, &’ weight un down,’ she wens on; ‘‘but, zur,”’ with a sigh, ‘‘’tis noa use, at all. An’ Jim Roth’s my man,’’ she added, hurriedly. “Pm + be married to un when he comes np from the Labrador. Does you think, zur—?’ She paused—in embarrassment, = per- haps; for it may be that it" was the great -hope of this maid, as it ‘is the hope of all the mother of sons. “Ay 9” ‘said the doctor. “that you can cure me afore the Labrador fleet comes hoame ?’’—Norman Duncan in the World's Work, . : Boodlers Sentenced. Flue Citizens of 8t. Louis to go to the Penitentiary. : They were Members of the Municipal Legislature and were Convicted of Bribery— Sold Franchises to Rallway. ! .: Judge Ryan of St. Louis, has passed sen- tence on five members of the House of Delegates, four of whom were convicted of ‘bribery and one of perjury in connection with municipal franchise deals. Follow- ing are those sentenced : riya . John A, Sheridan, bribery in connection with suburban street railway deal, five years; 'T.’ Edward Albright, bribery, suburban deal, five years; Jerry J. Han- nigan, bribery; suburban deal, five years; Louis Decker, perjury, suburban deal, four years; Emil Hartman, bribery, city light- ing bill six years. © : : ~All filed appeal bonds in the sum of $10,- 000 each. i ails Railroad Accidents In 1903. 800 Persons Killed and 2,854 Injured In the First Three Months. i SORE wl A bulletin issued by the interstate com- merce commission on the railroad acei- dents in the United States, for the last three months ending March 31s¢, 1903, 2,854 injured in train accidents. Other kinds of accidents, eluding those sustain- ed by employes while at work and by pas- sengers getting on and off cars, eto., bring the total number of cosualties up to 827 killed and 11,481 injured. In one eol- Jision Apass DRE. ate killed, and in a collision of two freight trains 12 emplo were killed. = BI ime ar P di i ‘Many items'in the’ tabulation ' show an apparent increase as compared with = simi- lar items in the preceeding bulletin, but this is partly explained by the fact that the commission now secures more complete returns of accidents ‘than have heretofore been made by the railroad companies. The total number of collisions and derail- ments was 2,831, of which 1,650 were col- lisions and 1,181 derailments.’ There were 291 collisions and 125 derailments affect- ing passenger trains, The damage to cars, engines and roadway. by these accidents mounted fo $2,151,046 ' Weak Eyes Are Caused By Teeth. Statement Made at State Dentist's Convention. An interesting - pes «entitled ‘‘Gold Blindness,’ was read by L. Webster Fox, M. D., of Philadelphia, at the last session of the recent State Dental society in Read- ing. © He said that blindness often has its source in the extracting of a tooth. The medinm by which the teeth, eyes and ears are connected is the fifth nerve. Eye dis- eases are often cured by treatment be- ing applied to ‘the teeth. This is also true vice versa. The teeth are often affect- ed by a strained eye, and dentists often have trouble in such cases to find the cause of the trouble. ““Yes—the love of your wife!” Sud-. true Newfoundland women, to live to be. ‘‘Does you think, zur,’” she whis ered, shows there were 300 persons killed and |. An Old Bank Closed. The Doylestown National Seized by the Treasury Department. Stock Speculations by Officers and Some of the Patrons of the Bank Cause Impair- “ment of its Funds. Weld } ; The Doylestown National bank of Doyles- tcwn, Pa., has been closed by the sol ner troller of the currency. Bat amin! 5 Schofield Eo been appointed re- ceiver. - “The report of the condition of the bank at the close of the business June 9th, 1903, shows its resources and liabilities at that ‘time to have been as follows: Resources © Loans and discounts; $936,- 322; U. 8. bonds to secure circulation, $79,000; stocks, securities, claims, ete., $178,538; banking house, furniture and fixtures; $49,000; other real ' estate owned, $14,293; due from banks, $37,809; cash re- sources, $120,421; redemption fund, $3.- 500; total, $1,409,885. i : Liabilities : Capital, $105,000; surplus and undivided profits, $136,460; circula- tion, $67,610; due to banks, $80,592; de- posits, $980,222; notes and bills redis- counted, $40,000; total, $1,409,885. THE TOWN SURPRISED. The following notice was posted on the door of the Doylestown National bank last Thursday : ci *“This bank closed and in the hands of the controller of the currency.” ' (Signed) : “T. B. KANE, Deputy Controller of the Currency, ‘J. W. BCHOFIELD, ‘‘National bank examiner.’ The posting of the notice caused con- siderable excitement in the town, as the deposits of the institution are large. ‘The bank examiners had been working on the books for two days past, but no statement had been issued either by them or the officers of she bank. George P. Brock is cashier of the bank. The eapital stock of the bank ‘was $105,- 000 and the last report to the controller showed : 1 Surplus and profits, $131,780; deposits, over $1,000,000; loans and discounts and stock and securities, $1,051,360. The bank is one of the oldest in the state. Its Philadelphia correspondents are the Philadelphia National bank and the First National bank. The former bas been its agent for fifty years and the latter for thirty years. Bank Examiner Schofield telegraphed the Philadelphia banks to make no remittances to the Doylestown bank today. The president of the bank is Henry Lear, a prominent lawyer and candidate for judge on the Republican ticket. : ‘“The losses,’’ said Deputy Controller Kane today, ‘‘will absorb the entire sur- plus and capital stock of the bank. In other words, the total loss will amount to $215,000, and it devolves upon the .direc- tors and stockholders to make up this de- fioiency.’’ : Francis L. Worthington, a director, said : ‘‘“The president and cashier ran things to suit themselves. - They had no right to do so. They ought to have consulted the board of directors, and this tronble would have been avoided. No one suspected any- thing wrong. Our stock has been increas- ing in value,advancing $35 a share to $153. I suppose I will lose all through misman- agement of the officers. I understand there was some speculation—Consolidated Lake Superior, I believe, and in that stock most of the money may have been sunk.’’ George B. Broek, cashier, declined to re- ply to the accusations of Mr. Worthington, saying : “‘Our investments did not turn out as well as we expeoted.’’ The statement issued by the controller of the currency says that the failure of the bank was brought about by speculations in stocks on the part of officers and a number of customers of the bank. Pr he ‘Recently a branch for saving small sums had been added to the bank’s business. The bank was financing several business enterprises in Doylestown and for a time these may suffer embarrassment. This afternoon Receiver Schofield ex- onerated the clerks in the employ of the bank from all blame in connection with the failure, and he informed them that as far as the government was concerned their connection with the bank ended today. © Nob the slightest ‘intimation had been given that the bank was net iu the: best of condition. Deposits were received up to she closing hour. On Sunday night Deputy Controller Kane and J. W. Schofield ar- rived for 'a government inspection ‘of the bank and on Monday morning their work began. : ; (Ay ; Friday afternoon when their ex- amination ended, they announced to the cashier that they would be compelled to order the bank closed. ... . 1 The news was conveyed to_ the board of directors who were in session at the time. The directors'concluded that events had to take their course, so that morning short- ly before 8 o'clock . notices were posted on the doors of the bank. bs aid Quickly the news spread throngh the town, causing a great sensation. ii Mr. Schofield was besieged by depositors and he quietly assured all that everything ossible would bedone to pay them in full. be bank numbered among its depositors hundreds’ of farmers, mechanics, women and children. yo mgiiatei sed ol Carrie Nation Fined. = For Selling Hatchets at Scranton’ Without Having | a Vender's ‘License. Carrie Nation was arrested in Scranton recently on’the charge of vending’ without a city license, and paid a fine of $10. - Bhe was engaged by the trolly company to give addresses at Nay Aug park. Mayor Connell declared that she would not be al- lowed ‘to speak in the park, and the" trolly company secured a vacant lot near the en- trance of the park and had: Carrie hold forth there. Fally 20,000 persone were at the park to attend the newsboys’ picnic and hear Mrs. Nation and they cheered her for smashing at the police for Jreventing her from going into the park. e police ro asked her for her license for selling her souvenir batohete. She didn’t bave one, and ‘was placed under arrest. Some one in the crowd told her ‘there was a city ordinance against prisoners heing carried in street cars, and Mrs, Nation re- fused to get aboard a car that had halted to take her to police headquarters, © Thir- teen policemen pulled, dragged, pushed and tugged to force her aboard the car, hut she braced herself firmly and fought fully two minutes before she was finally van- quished. = ; sad Jack] "The throng jeered the police, and every time Mrs. Nation would call out some con- demnation of the police force she was cheered to the echo. Some women in the orowd became so excitedly partisan ‘ that they oalled ont to the ‘men and boys to stone the police.” The car got under way before any violent demonstration broke forth “Mrs. Nation paid her fine under protest, and engaged a lawyer to take an appeal. _aineers are hot on the To Starve Out Convicts. That Is Hope of the Militia and Sheriff's Posse. Twelve of the convicts who escaped from ‘Folsom state prison in Califoinia are still at large in the hills, bat the sturdy mount- ‘ves. i ‘scene of last Mo t's battle to the ‘mining town of It is hoped that they can be surrounded and starved ous. Shots were exchanged with the convicts on Wednesday, but no one was wounded. When last heard from they were headed toward the. Greenwood. hills, eight miles -sontheast of Lotus. . : Yin T * “Georgetown, which is in the line of escape of the convicts; is unprotected ‘and the in- habitants of that place spent a sleepless night of terror. A request was sent to Company H, of the militia and the sheriff e for protection, but none of them could reach there during the night. A bandred armed meén gathered in and around the town of Lotus and all the roads leading toward Greenwood and Pilot Hill are closely guarded. The convicts ate known to have divided their forces in- to two parties of desperate ‘criminals, who are said to be in the hills north of the south fork of the American river. The hunted men are traveling alone, the prison guards they held as hostages having been released. They are shors of ammunition, and have no provisions. The hard chase which the militia and pursning posses gave them has told on their energies, as two of the convicts gave ous and were carried a mile'and a half by their companions.: ! Now that the prison guards are no longer with the fleeing conyicts the officers of the law have no fear of firing on the fugitives. "The ‘man hant has been followed on foot, on horseback and in private conveyances. The militia has done heroic work in push- ing the chase on foot and was close on the trail of the fleeing men for several hours on Wednesday. They beat through the brush and’ forded the North fork of the American river and ended their day’s search at Lotus. One of the striking features of the prison break was the brave behavior of the wom- en within the guard: lines. ‘Many of the officers are men of families and occupy cottages on the hill at the entrance to the ‘prison grounds. ; ' ‘Miss Wilkinson, sister of the warden, presides over the household, and she was the only woman in the residence at the west end of the large end of the stone pris- on. Her horror may be imagined when she was awakened at an early hour on the morning of the uprising by loud raps on her door by the Japanese servant, and the cries “Oh, Miss Wilkinson, please get up; they are killing your brother; they are cut- ting him to pieces in the captain’s office !”’ Miss © Wilkinson was self-possessed enough to direct the servant to go to the room of State Prison Director J. H. Wilkins, who was visiting the prison, and give him the alarm. - Mr. Wilkins arose bassily, bus before he or Miss Wilkinson could reach the front of the stone residence the bloody scene in the captain’s office had been enacted and her brother with the cap- tain of the guard and other officers, flanked by armed convicts, was being marched across the prison farm in the direction of Mormon bridge, a mile away. | Thescene of sotion bas shifted from the oh Lotus. Famine In Timber Trees, It will be but a few years before durable timber becomes very much dearer than it is at present, Good chestnut and white oak posts are worth now 15 cents each, and red ceder posts 20 cents apiece, undressed, and are hard: to get at that. Ten years from now the supply will be much less. No more profitable use of land can be made than to plant walnat, chestnut, oak, hickory, spruce, ash, maple, ‘poplar, wil low, locust and: other trees that havea value in the arts for their timber. Plant the rough land to trees. Theeucalyptus are now grown in the southwestern portion of our country more extensively than any other exotio forest tree. = These trees are originally from Australia; they are known there under the name of anti-fever trees, as by their ‘rapid growth and large amount of foliage they absorb the poisonous gases of the swamps, making the air pure and the climate healthy. In California, Kansas and Indiana tracts of land several thousand acres in area have been planted with seédlings ‘of the eucalyp- us rostrata for fuel, railroad ties and for windbreaks. On account of their rapid growth they make desirable shade trees for the dwelling and pasture lots. In many parts of the Sonthwest the encalypsusare utilized to advantage to furnish shade in pastures. If set along the fences and along the invigating ditches they can be made to protect the cattle in the pasture without at any time interfering with farm. work, Seedlings may be had from thenurserymen in 100 lots at 5 cents each. There are some thirty different varieties, and all of them are said to grow equally well in the Middle and Southern States. Plans the hillsides in forest trees and farm the low ground.— Baltimore American. : Mrs. Eddy Expresses Sympathy, ‘The sad, sudden announcement of the {decease of Pope Leo XIII:; touches the hearts and will move the pen of millions, The intellectual, moral, and religions energy of this illustrious Pontiff has moved the Church of Rome for a quarter of a ‘cen- tary. - The august ruler: of 250,000,000 human beings has now passed through the shadow of death into the great forever, e Court of the Vatican mourn him—bis relatives shed *‘the unavailing’ tear:’’ he'is the loved and lost of :many: millions. I sympathize with those who mourn; bus rejoice in knowing our dear God Somionts such with the blessed assarance that life is not lost, its influence remafns in the minds of men,and Divine Love holds itssubstance safe in the certainty of immortality. ‘‘In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” John, 1:4. SEL “ot r MARY BAKER G. EppYy.’ A Bargain, ns It was in the raspberry season, aad a freckled, barefcoted little girl in a torn blue calico gown came to the door of a country boarding house to sell some berries she bad gathered. gin soda’? 3 ‘‘How much are your berries?’’ asked the mistress of the house. : ea “They are fifteen cents a quart, ma’am. But,” she'added, in the same breath “it you don’t want them, you can have them for ten.” i srolan foie ‘* I don’t want them, so you may give me three quarts,’ replied the lady merrily. “= Woman's Home Companion.’ =o "1 Lis “Phat man, my dear, who courts Miss Sere Is rather fast they say.” fi { “He'll have to be quite fast or she Won't let him get away.” ~ Philadelphia Press. els of the fugiti- : Ug" batohed of small month black haw at the The State Department of Fisheries an- nounces complete success in the hatching of small mouth black bass at a cost very little greater than for ‘batching trout. A week ago there were nearly a million pouds at Corry, but unfortunately during an unusually heavy storm the ponds were flooded with surface water, the screens were broken and the majority of the little fish escaped out of the stream. It is al- ‘most hopeless to get them back, huta few however have been recovered. Although sucoess has heen achieved there will be no black bass for general distribution this year. : f : _ The success achieved hy Pennsylvania is considered by the DRpassuiens of Statistics as a triumph. © The United States has been experimenting for a number of years in the same direction and failing, though it suc- ceeded in raising large mouth black bass, but even they are at a much heavier cost than trout. The state of Michigan suc- ceeded in raising small mouth black bass but the process is said to entail consider- able cost. A Me a ; ‘Penneylvania’ has been experimenting nearly five years and until last year: uni- formly met with failure. Finally the way was accidentally discovered. The eggs of the small mouth black bass cannot be tak- en directly from the fish the same as ean be done in the case of brook trout, shad, pike, perch, white fish and some other species of fish that are propagated by fish culture, when all the experiments are made along the line of the natural spawning of fish. The Michigan method was tried by Pennsylvania but did not prove successful, the spawning fish refusing to. occupy the device arranged for spawning beds. - The success was achieved by employing simplest methods possible namely: “The exact conditions demanded by the bass for spawning in a wild state and for living when not spawning. Ponds of irregular shape were constructed having a consider- able depth at the lower end and shoal at the upper end and the greater portion of thesides. Gravel was thickly laid over the bottom of the entire pond particularly in shoal portions. Water plants were in- troduced abundantly. = Four ' hundred mature bass were placed in these ponds last fall and were regularly fed on tadpoles, small frogs and minnows. It was found that abundant feeding was necessary to have fish spawn. Scanty fed fish would not properly ripen either eggs or milt. About the first of May the bass went into the shoal water, built their nests, laid and hatohed their eggs. ; The superintendent who has been so successful in the attempt to hatch the small mouth black bass is Wm. Baller, one of the family of well known fish cul- turists in this state all of whom are em- ployed by the department of Fisheries. The experiments for the last five years ‘were conducted under the direction and supervision of Commissioner Meehan. — —— ——We don’t want our milkman to use preservatives, yet there is one we use our- selves that is comparatively harmless, and will give body toa thin cream and make stand up for whipping. Dissolve half a cup of granulated sugar in three quarts of hot water. Add to this stone lime as big as your two fists. When it has slaked and settled pour off into a glass can and set away in a cool place for future use. By putting one teaspoonful ina pint of sweet cream, it will not only keep sweet, but will have a body like ripened cream, and will whip to perfection. One tea- spoonful added toa quart of milk will keep it sweet about twelve hours longer than usual. Put in a clean stone crock or earthen bowl to make. ' Physicians often prescribe both lime water and sugar in the milk used for children during hot weather, Person who must guard against the intro- duction of lime in the system may prefer to avoid cream . thus prepared.— Good Housekeeping. : |. United After 31 Years. After a separation of 31 years Mrs. Aleta McCullough has become united with her son John in a manner suggestive of the modern novel. ~~ “When but an infant the son was adopted by Mrs. Ellen Smith, of Plainfield, N. J. Mrs. Smith nursed the child tenderly, but did not conceal from him the fact that he had been adopted. He spent years in an i 1 pi to: finds bis mother, seeking her in several parts of the country. Ten months ago he arrived in New Bruns- wick, N. J., and sought work at the carpet weaving establishment owned by Mrs. Me- Cullongh. Recently: he: discovered that his employer, was his own mother and made known his identity to her. At first Mrs. McCullough refused to believe the relationship, but was finally convinced and has taken him into her household as her son. For a long period mother and son lived within 30 miles of each other without knowing it. 0: 34 {UAn' Aecldent Cured Her, Helpless Cripple Who Could Scarcely Speak Above !'a Whisper Falls Down Stalrs and Is Cured. Miss Alice Dane, of Passadena Cal., ap- parently a helpless cripple and deprived of perfect speech for many years, has sadden- ly had the use of her limbs and vocal pow- ers restored as the result of an acoident. Miss Dane had suffered from spinal trouble i to Hobllo shout on; Shuichey ~and could scarcely speak above a w TI. ‘While ascending the stairs at her home she fell and the last step struck against her chest. ‘Immediately the pain from ‘which she had suffered for many. years left and after being taken to a oot and lying there for a while, she got up and to the surprise of SvAy Bnet walked about without the aid of orn ‘Many physicians had treated the case unsuccessfully for year a. The Prodigal Son’s Father. i Sunday School . Teacher—Can you tell me the story of the Prodigal Son ? | Tommy—Ouet there wuz a rich butcher, BIN — a i \ i : Sunday School Teacher— What's that ? What has a butoher to do with the story ? Tommy—Dat wuz de guy’s father. He killed de calf. Xe i SEINE © —— i —The saddest accident about the Spanish-American war is that 30,000 ap- plications for pensions have already been made, of which 18,000 have been rejected. But the pension ‘attorney “will keep at it until he will have more names on the pension rolls than: were represented in the army which invaded Cuba and Porto Rico, Altoona Tribune. : § Shiai a . ! ——What is a grange? An excellent definition ' follows: **A" ‘lodge or local branch of the Order of the Patrons of Hus- baudry, an order designed to. promote the interests of farmers and to bring the pro- ducer and the consumer nearer together.’
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