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THE CALM THAT COMES AT EVENING.
-
There's a calm that comes at evening,
: ing,
When the weary day Is o'er,
That was soothing as the lullaby
Our mothers sang of yore;
And though the day be dreary,
I can just forget it all,
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shado=s fall.
1 can see my sweetheart's signal
From her waving window blinds;
I can feel her perfumed presence
Wafted to me en the winds:
When I hush my heart to hear her,
I ean almost understand
Her sweet welcome in the wimple
Of the wind-wave from her hand.
When she laughs it's like the music
Of the ripples on the rills,
And her hreath is like the fragrance
Of the flowers that deck the hills,
And though the day be dreary,
1 ean just ferget it all
In the calm that comes at evening,
When the twilight shadows fall
- Sy! Warman.
fil Man of Muster.
By Dsn O'Cenneil.
One moist and windy morning io
January, when passing ® frame build
ing on Ellis street, where a large
force of carpenters were at work
swinging on giddy scaffolds many feet
from thé ground, I observed a tall
and unusually thin man seated a
pile of lumber, watching with the ut-
most intentness the workmen, With
the instinct of the newspaper reporter
ever seeking information, I asked him
to whom the building belonged and
what it was intended for. believi
that he was the architect, or possibly
the contractor.
“1 do not know, sir. 1
in the city,” he replied,
singular harshoess.
“l beg your pardcn, I thought
might be the architect,” 1 said: “you
seem to take an interest in the work.”
“Not in the work, but in the
men,” he rejoined, with a grin,
made his small, mean face
Httle red eves absolutely diabolical
“Then possibly you are yourself a
carpenter,” 1 continyed; “a fine trade
~the carpenter and mason are, to my
mind, the noblest of mechan
fes; they the creators, rather
the instruments that carry out the in
spiration of the architect.”
“They do not interest me In that
way.” sald the stranger. shuffling
the lumber pile and moving off, a pal
pable hint that he required no more
of my conversation.
This incident left no
my memory, for, although I
ly passed the new building
to my office, I saw no more
eyed man.
One fine Sunday, attracted by
announcement of a balloon
at Baker's Beach, 1 strolled
that picturesque curve in the harbors
entrance. As the aeronant hold
of the parachute and gave the word to
Jet go. I saw the stranger. The ex-
pression on face ne in
tense, and, 1 might malignant
concentration. His eyes were fixed
on the bespangled figure of the arhlete
with a ferocity which not alone aston
ished me, but me a decid
edly uncomfortable feeling. that |
involuntarily stepped from beside him.
“I am all right, and away we gol”
erled the aeronaut, and the crowd
cheered as the graceful sphere sailed
skyward. Under and over the bar the
seronaut tumbled, now holding on
with one arm. now clinging with his
toes, still leaving the dull earth far-
ther behind him every moment.
“By Heavens!
He's not nervy unless
parachute should collapse.
be all right, and there
whole bone in his body.”
This peculiar speech was uttered by
the mysterious stranger who, in the
forward movement of the crowd, was
again at my ebow. Determined to
discover the source of this ordinary
display of malignity, I said
“It seems, sir, you do not fee! well
disposed toward our friend who is now
tumbling in mid-air. Is he an enemy
of yours or a rival professional?”
“He is neither. | come here, as
every one else, yourself included,
young man, hoping that be will fall i
am candid enough to say so,
presume you are hypocrite enough to
declare that you hope he will descend
in safety.”
on
ng
ger
am a siras
in a voice of
yon
orders
are or
off
impression on
frequent.
on my way
of the red
ascension
Out to
took
his was « of
Say,
gave such
unless the
Then we'll
won't be
reg
a
heart,” I replied warmly: “why, no
one but a flend incarnate would wish
that yonder daring fellow might come
to grief.”
The stranger smiled,
was sardonic enovgh
the head of a grimace.
“l have met you before’ he
“one morning on Ellis street, I re
member your face now. Come,
rather companionable this eveniog.
Dine with me. I am almost a perfect
but
doing a lonesome man a favor If you
fccept my invitation”
1 consented, overcoming the repug-
nance I felt for the sake of knowing
more about this person, who was evi
dently a man of mystery. He named
an address on Pine street, the hour
seven, and lifting his hat, with an
agreeable, almost amiable air,of which
1 could not believe his hard, grim fen-
sures capable, we parted until that
hour.
While dressing for dinner I was full
about my strange ac
tance. His name he had not giv.
‘en me, nor had he mentioned whether
a married man or a bachelr.
ing house, Ilowever, at ten minutes
to the hour of dining, I rung the bell
of & large, old-fashioned house, dingy
and neglected-looking to a degree, A
Japanese servant admitted me, and 1
found my host seaied in a handsomeiy
furnished parlor. He was in evening
dress, so 1 at once decided that we
were not to be without ladles’ soci
ety,
“You must pardon me,” Ire sald
courteously, “for my neglect to give
vou my name, I am such a hermit
that I have almost forgotten the con-
ventionalities, I am Albert le Mour,
an American, born of French parents,
a traveler, a citizen of the world
here to-day and away to-morrow—with
but one desire in life, which [ fear
may never be fulfilled.”
I handed him my card, and the Jap-
anese announced dinner, The dining
room into which Le Mour ushered me
was even more luxuriously furnished
than the other apartment. [I perceived
that the table. on which was an abund
ance of rich plate and crystal, was set
i but for two.
The diuner was a most elaborate
| one, and the wines of rare excellence,
{ My host displayed
{ tlon that astonished me. He ceased to
be the saturnine individual I hadaccos-
{ted at the balloon ascension in the
| morning. He wg3 genial,
{of anecdote and comment upon tue
| great people of this country and Eu
| rope—persoual experiences indicating
an extensive and exclusive associa-
tion.
When
following
bottle of very
set on the table,
“Pray. Mr
| impertinent
meant yom
this
wish
was removed,
English fashion, and =
choice Burgundy was
I ventured to say,
i.e Mour,
if 1
after the cloth
the
inquire if you really
remarks at Baker's Beach
morning. Surely you could
that aeronaut should meet
with a violent and horrible death?”
In a the light, genial
pression Mour's face
tightly set
his
the
inoment
of Le
A dark frown,
evil gli
eves, rep
air he
ex
chang
and an
small, forbidding
the pleasant, friendly
arrival
and his
‘for years my
fo see men die
ips,
*
iv
i
in
eplaced
hin
iz
ad
friend.”
worn since my
“My he said,
was harsh and guttural,
quest in life has been
violent deaths. I suppose 1 am a
a morbid beast. thirst
ing for the blood of his kind, Granted
I am all Then on nature the
blame. But that passion in my breas:
and more dominant than
love of woman sensualist;
the roue who sees woman only an
of lust: or the thirst for
liquor in the inebriate, who will sa«
rifice eversthing to appetite for
drink. It has supplapted every other
desire. It has nprooted and taken the
place of every other mmbition. I have
die on the scaffold by the
have sto platform of
to the viet
voles
moral mouster,
these,
is greater
in the
in
instrument 0
©
His
seen wen
He, 1
t]
fier
wl on the
guillotine so close im
eral
been
siren
clothes have
his blond I
sAarre
Batt
spatt
have in Spain
ite crush the spinal cord, and
in Russia the the skin. until
th
1 a t .
Knout tay
ie quivering heart was exposed
to mie are the sources of
and most intense
not to
hese things
Ree nes
Why, I
atise
the pleasure
tell yon
know But 1 do
are, andi that the ap
very year I have
2 bullet received on
field of Gravelotte, went,
to for France Germany,
but to see men But I have never
yet fall from a great
height, I have spent days
watching buildings up. and the
workmen creep like flies from plank to
plank. It has misfortune to
be absent when accidents
curred. and I have gnashed my teeth
with disappointment when I read how
narrowly I have missed this crowning
quest of my life.”
and I confess 1 felt de.
cidedly uncomfortable, i realized
that, however sane Le Mour might be
on other matters, on this business he
{was a raving maniac. 1 made an in
ward resolve that he could not tempt
nie to see the upper apartments of his
house, whatever the inducements he
taffered. The working of his savage
face, the foam upon his compressed
itps, the clenching of his muscular
hands, and the atmosphere of blood
with which he seemed
destroyed the bouquet of the Burgup.
ldy and urged me to get away from
this morbid lunatic as quickly as pos
sible,
“I sincerely hope he has seen some
one stabbed to death.” 1 though:®,
“else he may experiment on me before
IT leave.”
“You will pardon me.” he said. with
jan attempt to recover his former man
per, “if 1 have startled and shocked
{you. But I am done now. Won't you
| step upstairs and have some coffee? |
{ have some curios from many lands }
would like to show you”
“Nothing would give me greater
| pleasure,” ‘I replied hurriedly:
| you must excnse me this evening, A
Journalist has his night obligations,
{ you know. So now 1 must regretfully
bid you good evening.”
We parted pleasantly enough, but
when the door clanged behind me 1
felt like 8 mau who had escapad from
a tiger's don
Ten days afterward I read the fol
lowing in a morning paper:
Unprovoked Attempt at Murder -
Violent and Shocking Death of the
Would-Be Assassin.—Shortly before
noon yesterday, a strange man asked
and obtained permission from the con.
tractor of the new building, now in
process of erection on Post street, to
Inspect the upper floor. He ascended
the ladders, and walking out on one
of the malin stringers, spoke pleasantly
to a carpenter employed on the build.
ing. Buddenly snd without any pos
sible reason he flung himself upon the
workman, and endeavored to hurl him
from the beam. Tis wan, though ta:
do
I d
4 3
that thes
PIreRIT Ie
3x Og uot
know
petite
in my body
increases «
now
the
fiot
where 1
Herlst
silat
or
tile,
man
though
seen a
or
=0
been my
those oe
He ceased,
1
*
ken unawares, fought desperately for
his life, ealling loudly for assistance
the meanwhile, Folled in his blood
thrsty attempt. the stranger, with
loud yell aud clasping his hanaas above
his head, sprapg from the timbers,
and his head striking a beam in his
descent, was lifeless before he reach-
ed the ground. The body was taken
to the morgue, and in the pocket wns a
ecard, Albert Le Mour, No. Pine
street. An attack of murderous mania
is the only reasonable explanation of
this tragie occurrence, — Waverly
SQUIRE LEATHER'S BOY,
Proof Positive That Hezekiah Was a Chip of
the Old Block.
“Speaking of the boy who used his
sister's tooth brush to paint his double.
ripper sled, and forgot to wash out the
paint before be returned it to her
room.” observed the Major, “reminds
me that you never can tell what a
boy will do. There was old 'S8quire
Leathers’ boy Hezekiah-—the "Squire
thought he couldn't depend on him,
but he found he could.
‘Squire Leathers had a fine water.
patel, of which he vias very
But he annually lost a good
melons through the raids
tramps and predatory peérsons,
At last he mad, and vowed
would protect his own interests, So
he loaded up his shotgun pretty near
many or
other
got he
10
boy
him out
The
SOINK,
head
rebuked him
lie un
of
amd sent
night
objections
got ii
afraid.
told that
bear prout
Leathers and pushed him out
might. Then went
ling to bed.
saving th:
the boy
Hezekiah,
stand guard one
made
the
he
and
that
some 10
"‘Bauire into his
was He
roundly.
wort
was
name
into the
him
hy to the
'‘Bquire
half
was
the gram
Ia
it he
- to make a tarnal
Jonas,’
he's a
‘No:
wife,
‘But
after family
afraid to pull
'Bguire went
melon pateh, Heze
hind a
“Tain’t
fool of yourself,
‘I admit it “Admit
gays the "Squire,
a fool," says his
SAVS "Squire
He takes
you
1nd
into the
necessary
says his wife
admit
‘Mebbe 1 am.”
that
your
the boy's a
coward,
I'll
igger.’
doors and
kiah
burdock
strange
through
he's
the
show
ont
“ Corner
game, The
a tte
gttent
was in op
waiting for
figure attracted
+} and
Le
doubting
sO
his
darkness, he gave
The
into
for ti
uctions I
jol
the
thie je fi
Jumped
murder,
barrel
ten feet
amd ran
Kiah's In
make
father
parent
ledd
Heze
been to
the an Bow
the fence,
“ty nd
hie let his wo
a clean
have
}, RO
ral
other barrel
+1
settled the Lie
and
for ths
renuark
"Bauire
io
listening
the bouse amd sent
meanwhile
to the ¢
0
nte weasion from |
wife
propr
ng and
was
fed it used
dutiful
always
to test that
ue Leathers
Bazar,
Our Second Satellite.
Ir
made
Hamburg
we are Lt
Dr
Gera
me
the observat
Waltemath
eRrih
by
our
companied in wandering
satellite
content
one we Dave
but
utterly
wall
heen 10 ol ove,
Altbough It seems
that we
end of
recognition of
second moon,
that numerons observations,
utterly pascientific and vague
from ti to been made
recording passage of an unknown
dark body across the sun's disc,
These observat
time back collated by Dr.
and from the facts thus
gether he has evolved theory of
of a small moon hitherto
having a diameter of
with a volume 123
that of 100,
times jess
to til
for
of ths
Have
teenth
the
should
nine
the
century
existence
we remmemier
mostly. it
yet must
ig true,
have me time
the
ng were some short
Waltemath
br
the
oat 10
Xistenon
unrecognized.
440 miles,
tives smaller than
and a mass eighty
In announcing his theory Dr. Walle
tlie »
sOne
the
across the sun's dise for a date early
in February Inst, and curiously enough
he has since had his prediction con
firmed from more than one quarter
He has received letters from China,
where three German officers In the
Chinese service observed the phenom
from Welsbaden and other
in Germany. These confirma
observations may, of course,
theories
be
London Clhreni
A Filteen-to-One Chance.
An amusing story is told of a patient
one of our London hospitals in
whom the sporting instinct was well
developed, Hix ward was visited,
the usual course, by the surgeon, with
a retinne of fifteon students. The sar.
geon described minutely the nature
and extent of the disease from whish
the patient was suffering, then, turn-
ing to the first of the students, Lo
asked:
“Now, Mr. Bawyer, would yon ops
rate Ia this case?’
“No, sir, 1 think net.”
One after another the fifteen stud.
ents gave the same negative answer
to the question.
“Well, gentlemen,” said the surgeon,
“I'm sorry to inform you that you are
all wrong. I'm going to operate.”
“Not If i knows it, mister,” said the
invalid. “Fifteen to one agin it. No
chances 'Ere, miss, give me ny Logs
~I'm oil." Tit-Bits.
Ca
¥
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS,
TWO LITTLE BOYS
A little bad boy with a little eross face
Came slowly downstairs in the
morning,
Of fun and good nature he showed
not a trace;
He fretted and cried without warn-
ing
He'd not touch his breakfast; he'd not
go and play;
If you spoke, he just answered by
enarling;
He feased his pet kitten;
long day
He really was ‘‘nobody’s darling. *
and all the
A little good boy,
face,
Came down
singing;
And indoors and out and all over the
place
His laughter and music went ring-
ing.
He ran graudpa’s errands;
be shared
With Sue: and he
thimble.
To do what was asked he ssemed al-
ways prepared,
And in doing it equally nimble.
with a listle bright’
in the morning-time,
These two little boys, who are wholly
unlike,
Though they live in one house, are
not brothers,
That good little lad and that bad little
tyke
Have not
mothers;
jut there are two tempers to only one
boy,
And one is, indeed, hh a sad one
That when with the good one he brings
us all joy
We ask, ‘Has he really a bad one ?”
-F. IR. Batchelder.
two kind fathers and
Ble
MUBICAL GUESSING GAME,
A good g for a small
evening eulertainment causes consid-
erable fun. Each guest be
asked to wear something representing
the name of a piece of vocal or instru-
mental a prize
the one guessing the Iarges ‘
To out the
prizes might be
of a book of songs unmental
music, and as booby prizes a little
music-box or tov drum or violin might
offered. ,
Hessing gaine
should
music, to be given to
t number,
iea the
the way
carry fnusiIeal i
PY iy
sOmeIug In
Or inst:
be
PIG AND THE
GOOK
Be
A FABLE,
A little pig once
he nsed to root
good
ber of choice
The demand
had a field wherein
up the ground with a
deal of industry and raise a nu
for
m
vegetables
for greens beir
he had not mach ditfieulty in dispos-
ing stock in trade from year to
year, and in time nequired some little
reputation as a market
tine
market.
ng good,
of his
gardener,
season, however, there ap-
nd He
no one seetued
was or care to find
pecuiiag
it for
to knew what
out by trying.
The little pig was about to destroy
the new vegetable
growth offered
amie, but
it
wien
one dav
8g In
shown the
a
looked for
Upon bet
oF
ing
goore in 0
ment's chat,
staff he said eagerly
“Why, that
people
SOe
is a salad much used by
with scrambled eggs,
folks who will bay all
fresh egy. I will lay some at
"
once,
This the goose proceeded to do, and
6 few days latter offered the salad and
took =a day
A few days later, when the egg
market happened to be dull, the goose
came again to the little pig, saying
that she bad a few eggs on hand
which, with salad, she thought might
be easily disposed of,
Oh,” says the little pig,
salad is all gone,
busily.
“Yes,” replied the goose, “‘but it
grows ery quickly, and if you will
root the bed up a little there will Le
plenty in a few days, and it willbe a
favor to me."’
*“*Sorry, indeed,” grunted the little
pig, without looking up,
time is pretty well occupied just now
in raising vegetables that sell on their
own merits,” and he continued grunt.
ing away to himself and rooting as the
poor goose walked sorrowfully away.
“but my
" and he rooted away
a litlls pig.
THE TOILET OF THR LOBSTER.
It has not happened to every one
to seed lobster cast his shell. Last
summer I had an opportanity of watch:
ing the process, says a writer in Fire-
side, I was staying for several woeks
in a secluded little village on the
south vonst, and one day, when the
only fisherman in the place returned
after taking up his ‘‘pots,”’ he flung
for sale or home. cosumption. The
prize was taken possession of by a
boy, who presented it to my impro-
vised aquarium, for which all the little
bows of the viiiage were enthusiastic
collectors. I kept the water well
aerated and devoted a great deal of
time and attention tomy varions live-
stock; and at last my reward came.
At the tims of his capture my lobster
had already begun to think about get
ting, a new suit, and asthe days went
the old shell became so small for
that he could no longer avoid dis-
oarding his ever tightening armor.
One morning, therefore, 1 el ny
lobster apparently in his last
“a lay on his x and rab d his
.- 8 convulsive Yai ther as if in in-
tune pain snd wriggled about
or jerked himself violently upward by
means of his tail. I suppose that
these actions had for their object the
loosening of the claws and limbs in
their sheaths, The rapid movements
somewhat disturbed the sand and
clouded the water, but as the patient
lay close to the glass I never entirely
lost sight of him, Nevertheless, I do
not quite understand how it all oe
entered, The throes edntinued for an
hour or more and efforts were appar-
entl¥ juade to burst the shell open
from within, but it was not until I saw
the lobvter had actually divested him-
self of luis head covering that I under-
stood what my guest was sbout. A
great deal more wriggling and strug-
gling followed, the lobster gra’ually
squeezed himself, as it were, out of
his suit of armor.
The operation looked as if it were
extremely painful and exhausting, but
The latter looked mneh
the smaller of the two and, save that
it might have been
mistaken for a live and healthy crust-
The orifice thr-
completely
But now the naked lobster
His colors were so bright as to sug-
he had the tender appearance of hu-
man flesh from which the skin had
just been removed. I took ont the
shell and found that my guest had got
rid not only of the major part of his
but alse of the lining of his
stomach, including his internal teeth
and of some of the bones of his thorax,
vel he seemed to be little the worse
for bis thorough turn-out. On my re
turn from luncheon, I touched him
and found that, althought quite
soft,
shell
out
of the approximate solidity of
oiled tissue paper.
I have omitted to mention one
rious
this particular
the lobster was given
without his le
I suppose, been acc
off by his original captor,
very quickly healed up, a hard, cal-
isting the end of the
joint. Tomy astonishment, when the
lobster worked himself out of his
, he appeared with a rudimentary
cu.
connected with
‘s toilet,
to me Was
which had
¥ wrencoc
cirgumstance
animal
ns § he
ft 1
ng claw,
lental
CATEOUR Sea
ener
shell
behind the shield. This claw grew
even more rapidly than the rest of the
body.
A RATLROAD CAT.
Thousands of people have heard of
the railroad dog, which trave
tensively over the country and really
seems to know as much about trains
and time tables as a “atiroad conductor
but there is a at in Colorado
which, although not as famous as the
dog in question, is certainly as re-
markable in ita fondness of railroad
riding.
It was the pet of
gineer of a treight ymotive,
now it wompanies the engineer
every trip that he makes, When
train has to make a Jong wait at
tion the cat goes off in search of
returning the whistle
and at some of the junctions
where numerous trains meetit is quite
a pel
When ths engine is running the cat
sits in the cab or on the coal, and as
its fur is jet black its beauty
greatly impaired by
roundings,
Pussy must have traveled many
thousands of miles, for it has been
doing daty for several years, and has
never been known to miss a trip.
Is 80 ex-
does,
loc
ac on
the
% sia-
mice,
always when
sounds,
Stokers’ Work Healthy.
It ig a fact that the stokers on board
an ocean “liner,” provided the men
are in their hebits, syffer
scarcely at all from their arduous la
bork, A stoker works four hours
a stretof, and during that time the
temperature of his surroundings
varies from 120 to 160 degrees. One
stoker usually has four furnaces to at.
tend to, and while feeding one furnace
a man has to be extremely careful or
arm will be burned by the fur
pace behind him. As a rule, a man is
occupied about three minutes at each
furnace, and directly he has finished
he rushes to the air pipe and waits till
It Las
been found that the work is least in-
jurious to the men who are regularly
=Burlington Hawkeye,
Wit in the Sixty-Ninth,
One of the boys of the Sixty-ninth
steady
and taken to the guard house for be.
ing absent without leave. Upon be.
ing asked where he was by his cap
tain he gave the following reply:
“Of was over to the holf minit rigi-
ment, sor,”
The captain, being a son of Erin,
also replied:
“If youse'll tell me whare the holf
minit rigiment is OU'll relase yees”
The witty pisoner replied: “Over to
the Thorty-sicond rigiment, sor!” Fer.
nandina letter in Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
wa
Great Dates of the War,
The great dates of the war are easy
to fix In the mind:
February 15,
April 21
May 1.
July 1.
July 8
August 12
No one in the whole country needs
to be told what each stands for.
«New York Weekly.
The vineyards or aly Covel nearly
wight million Acre;
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
te
Latest News Gleaned from
Various Parts.
—
STABBED TO DEATH.
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Quarrel of Brothers-in Law Ends fn Trag-
ody at Bersnton—Charles Drew fliesks
Separaiion From His Second Wife to He-
marry His First One Welsh Mannfec-
turers Likely to ¥stabiish Tieplste
Plant Near Pittaburg.
Market street, North Scranton, was the
scene of a terrible tragedy. Thomas Gilil-
gan, of Beneca street, was stabbed to death,
it is alleged, by bis brother-in-law, Edward
Moran, For some tims past trouble bas
been breeding between the men over some
property in dispute, When Gilligan encoun-
tered Moran the dispute was renewed. Mo-
ran, »o he claims, made sn ineffectual at-
tempt to escape him, but Gilligan followed
him, He caught him st the gate leading to
Moran's residence, on Mziket street, In
the serimmage that ensued Gilligan was
stabbed in the breast, He died fifteen min-
utes later, Officer Baltery saw the men
struggiing vpon the ground snd rushed up
to separate the men. but, unfortuustely, he
was too late, Moran wus taken to the po-
iloe station, and was committed to the coun-
ty jall, Both men are married, Gilligan
having a wife and two children.
Peculiar Divorce Sulit,
A divoroe case with an interesting sequel
was commenced at Wilkes-Barre, Mrs, Allca
Drew appiylug for a divoree from her hus-
band, Charles Drew, of Pittston. As soon as
the divoros is secured it Iz understood Drew
will remarry bis first wile, from whom be
was divorced in 1896, Drew was the owger
of the Cocheo Knitting Mill at Farmisgton,
N. H., uot] about two years ago, when
| was destroyed by fire. It was at this mill
that he met Alles Pryant and, though be
had a wife and two children, be foil in love
{ with the girl and married her at Bomers-
| werth, N. HO A month ago Drew became
aud fearing he was golog to
Mre. Fannle MN.
it
{ suddenly il,
| die sent for his first wife,
{ Drew, pow residing at Providence, Bhe
came with ber two children. Drew asked
her forgiveness and a recopellintion ensued,
Wits No. 1 remained in P
days, was well treated by Drew's pre
spouse and did not leave untill Drew was out
j of danger aud recovering.
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New Tiaplate Plant.
of Bwan-
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pre-
liam Williams and two sons,
sea, Wales, the best-known tinplate
| Iacturers in the world, are said
{ paring to bulid a tinplate plant in the vicin-
ity of Pittsburg. During the first week of
| Beptember the Worcester and Upper Foret
Works, at Morristown, Wales, owned asd
| managed by Wililams and others, was soll
| at public sale, It comprised furnaces, steel
| and udapiate mills sad covered fony-live
acres, with a froutage on Swansea Canal
Mr. Willlamas' two sons ap-nt several mouths
in Pittsburg last Spring, securing options on
territory to build an extensive plant, The
plant they sold was the largest of its Kind io
the world.
De
Dared Death for Babes.
The house on the farm of former Naval
Officer, J. Marshall Wright, Has 0
Township, occupied by Stephen Smith, was
| completely destroyed by fire. Mr Smith
was away from bome and Mre. Smith had a
thrilling experience saving ber children.
She rushed through the flames and smoke
and rescued ber 1.year-oid baby, Her aid-
est son, Charles, assisted her and dropped
two of the children out of the window into
his mother's arms asd then jumped out
bimseil.
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Cost of Boarding Tramps.
For some years past the Sheriff of Cam-
' beriand county, owing to an order of court,
bas received from the Commissioners nine
cents a day for boarding each tramp or vag-
rant confined in the prison. An effort is
| now being made to have the rate increased,
! and the Grand Jury bas recommended that
| Judge Biddie make an order granting tbe
Sheriff twelve cents per day for boarding
ssob tramp instead of nine cents, the pres-
ent rate. The Grand Jury urges this on the
| ground that the Sheriff suffers hardship In
| boarding tramps at the nine-cent rate.
Want a Carfew Law.
The Ministers’ Association of Chambers.
burg bas adopted a curfew ordinance. The
ordinance is similar to that now im fore in
Leavenworth, Kan. and affects all children
gnder fifteen years, who must be in their
homes before nine o'clock in summer and
| eight o'clock in winter.
{ The churches of the town will urge the
borough council to pass the ordinance,
———
Back Broken in a Fight,
Mike Mutsaka, a Hungarian, had his back
broken in a fight at his bouses on Brewery
Hill, Wilkes-Barre. He bad a payday cele-
bration, at which a number of bis friends
with himsell got drunk and began fighting.
In the souffle Mutsaks was thrown from his
porch onto a picket fence and his back was
broken, He is ia a precarious condition,
Hat Cost Him a Foot,
Daniel Moyer, of Wilkes-Barre, aged 81,
while with an excursion en routes between
Mauch Obubk and Glen Onoke, lost bis ha
out of the car window. He alighted from
the train, get his hat and attempted to board
a freight train, He missed his bold, fell un-
der and lost his left leg above the ankie,
Gored by » Ball,
While William Ocker, residing about two
miles east of Shippensburg, was driving the
cattle from the fleid to the barn, a bull ate
tacked bim, throwing him to the ground,
and before he was rescued from the infurl-
sted animal two ribs were broken and his
uose fractured.
sn onmamssin I a
Only Onse on Record.
Through all his passionate pleadings
she sat absolutely unmoved. It was
tne first instance ever noted where a
woman sat thue who had secured pos-
session of a plarra rocker Cincinnati
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British Army Bifle Ts Complicated.
The British army rifle has eighty-
two component’parts, in the production
of which 925 machines are mploysd.
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