THE COMPLAIN (ERS. Sos, So A little dog bayed at the moon one night, But the moon didn’t seem to care; ‘And other dogs heard the little dog bay, And, smiling, each trotted upon his | way, Thinking, “What a fool is there!” A man sat down and grumbled at fate, But fate didn't seem to care; i | i ground “under thelr feet, the twain started upon their ramble, With buoyant steps they breasted the “Hog's Back,” from which favor. ite vantage ground a splendid view could be “Yeu, there's the dear old Alice, Towers,” “where I should be living say, And, scoffing, each passed and pursued his way, Saying, “What a fool is there. -Chicago News. THE MIDDY'S CAPTIVE “RBlubbering won't do any good: yon bad better report the matter to Cap tain Wilson at once,” sald the navigat ing liectenant of her majesty's Trinmph, as be gazed quizzingly down at the chubby-faced midshipman who stood in such comical dismay before his superior officer. “Come with me; I'm going to his stateroom now,” the speaker added, not unkindly, as he noted the lad's evident distress. “I'm not blubbering, and 1 don’t care if he does stop my leave!” indignantly responded the youngster, drawing him self up to his full height. “What Is it, Stuart?’ inquired the captain, as the twain entered his cabin. “1 merely wish to say that are ready to get under way whenever you please, sir: but Robson has a report te make,” said the Heutenant, “Not seasick yet, | hope?” Captain Wilson, iromeally. listening.” “Please, sir, First bolted! He ran off while we ping the soft tack-—1 mean the incoherently stammered Robson, “The ‘First Lord’ bolted wi soft tack!” exelaimed Wilson in fohment. “What does he Staart? Who's the ‘First Lord? raving maniac?” Lieut, that th we ejaculated “Well, I'm he's ship bread!” it's the Lord: were the aston © tl § mean, Is the boy a Stuart e cadet, boat sent ashore to ship pros lost one o man but bearing, feet i tie answeri wio was at lengt nothing And off the vouth | hits said about rlough.” threw re EIIOWS his Ww andes r to that pleasant country home rey, all its attend da int from: whieh be had been one long year. And if dream faces conjured un which all should not cause undue surpri The usual ur arrest of the deserter were of no ava His description was circulated by the police the all the majesty of the law invoked to the runaway, but the man disappeared pletely the earth had opened and swallowed him up. He was strange nature, mised but little panions, and had evidently pled a far superior situation in life. There was one person, who did not forget the runaway. Robson often in imagination ran the scoundrel to earth. Little did Charley Robson as at the commencement deferred leave lounged class smoker on his way how under what Cunmstances lie would of his melodrama, “And have come home, Alice will be able to resume her interrupted country walks.” said the mother of the youthful sallor next morning. “Bat of course.” added she, addressing the girl, “Charlie has ‘not heard of your latest admirer. [ don't know whether the girl's nerves are out of order.” con- tinued Mrs. Robson, “but she declares that a strange man has been following her about during the last few weeks, although no one .else has caught glimpse of him.” “1 shan’t be afraid of any while Charlie is with me” the maiden. “In proof of which, shall convoy me for a walk now.” And Alice Westerne buoyantly danced | off to array herself for the proposed | Janut. The eyes of the mother and son fol lowed the girl with a wistful look as ghe qguitted the room. as only thoug h in Sur with attractions, ated for Tes 1) OF thes among ii Separ : ip there was oie eclipsed others, the Se steps taken to sv throughout country, and capture as con as if of a reserved com: O00 i¥ % th Hi With fis once however, imagine bis long a first Guilford strange clr meet the villain of in to he SOON, or you responded him?" “No! will be. queried the latter, Doubtless Sir Richard died a “You've found another home, whis- “and other parents.” “1 know that, dear,” responded the girl, “But you cannot hmagine what it feels lke to have one’s birth place and to Only to think I cannot even visit beenuse he died in | far away outlandish place!” with returning vivacity, she ad- “Don’t you remember that day in your school holidays when we walk. ed over there and rembled through tho How we thought there the hall, and ran all back home without Then, was a ghost in the three miles once stopping?” “1 should just think I did,” sald the young officer. “You caught a chill through being overheated, and the gov. ernor sald he would make a sailor of me for being such an idiot.” “You wouldn't be afraid now?” ied] the girl “No fear!” laughed her companion, “Life on a man-of-war soon knocks all the fear of spooks out of a man.” “lat us pay another visit, then!” A sharp walk soon brought the twain to the rusty of Westerne Towers, “How dreary it looks!” “I wonder if that scullery still unfastened Charley tried, and to his surprise the sash slipped up without difficulty. “it's iL case gentlemen first this time, said through the aper ture, tomboy. If you're pot eciareful you'll tear your dress. The than Tubi quer. lodge -gntes said the girl. window in of he, gy stepping pe along, bigger the or- window's fio hole of a brig.” The sefety, ment negotiated in r they wandered through iweb festoone wl of the once-palat Ascending to ial re i carelessly Cag heing togethe $ the col rons sidence, Robson #4 second story, threw door f 1 roo which open fn faced the landing 1 unexpect ed sight ing before wood fire was an elderiy man, con pinant turn sinjously which West lad as if undecided i. Then e¢ of Alice, » oRguizing man her He WH and eyes, his captive, fRicning ho was "OF pon red antagonist the OH dogged features and he mut persistently txteps of late, his own etl a softer expression “It is Kismet!” of addressing uscular a pause breathless silence ex-sailor, his captive, said: “You are not so m your father in his youth, young fellow. The Charley Robson th at I knew would never have allowed an old man to get the better of him: but iet that pass and the erux of the matter. You to arrest me for deserting from Very well, you shall, if you to after hearing what i have ans Was Cotiie 10 want the navy. «till wish fo say.” Releasing the grip upon his would-be captor, elder man, in a strangely cultured volee, addressed his auditors. “Years ago,” said he, “1 was known and respected in this peighbdrhood, a man of substance, and a member of the dipfomatic corps. Unfortunately, io my official capacity, I became embroil ed in a quarrel with a political oppo. nent, and, 88 Was more common even fifteen years ago, the result was I had the or being dishonored, “Not to make a long story, sary and our seconds jourpeyed to Guildford with me late one night, in. tending to settle our differences at day- morning. With the courtesy that such affairs demand. ed 1 offered the whole party hospitality | for the night. “From the moment my head touched | next morning my mind was but judge of my howgor when, to rise, 1 found the bed belonging to myself. was a murderer!” “And father’s sad history 7’ queried the lad, “Yes. We have decided not to say anything to her until she is of age, un- less some cotitingency should arise, such as your obtaining a sublieuten. fancy, and being of the same mind as you are now." Robson colored at toe hint delicately conveyed by his mother, and so well understood by himself. To see thelr only son mated to their ward was the dearest wish of Admiral and Mrs, Robson, yet they had the good sense to restrain the mpetuosity of the youthful couple until both arrived at years of maturity, vo ¥ 11. WT sure to follow, was simply thet | committed the terri I had been subject to attacks of som- pambnlism. Hastily caressing my in fant daughter, the only pledge left me by my departed wife, 1 left the honse like a felon and fled the conntry, and it was hunger for a glimpse of my dear child's face that hax worked my un doing. My faithful secretary connived at my eseape, and subsequently sent me the news of the charge of wilful murder against Sir Richard Westerne, Yes. You will be able to deliver up to justice a more important person than the deserter West. My devoted retain. assisted me at Sue i A SO He I ASAI IE “He was a villain, 8ir Richard!” eried Hobson, in wild exeitement, “It was he himself who killed Lord Marcus and artfully foisted the blame upon you in order that you should not discover his defaleations. My father possesses his The sudden revulsion of feeling was Tot. tering to the nearest chair, he buried Lis face in Wis toll-worn hands. Silence reigned In the room for a few intense Then Sir Richard, feeling a looked Hy Cyes, Charley heard a trem. softly as he stole “Daddy, dear,” Powerful friends at the admiralty glossed over the delinquencies of seaman West, and Sir Richard Westerne once more assumed his pro. per rank and station, As time wore on, and the vividness of his past mis. about the matter; the rare occasions that he saw tain young officer, would, much amusement of his daughter, extreme terror and cry in affected dis may: “He has come for me at last” When few years later a very excited with a golden circlet a oer. soe youth, burst unceremoniously into the room, he was greetid by the old joke, and in response biushingly replied: “i'l let you off this time if you will give me Allee as a hostage.” And a willing them his blessing, same as the seemed to be sacrifice, Richard gave KITCHENER'S NERVE. He Demanded Twenty dive Thousand Dol- lars from Lord Rothschild. The day some ladies wrote Lord Kitchener that should give some thought to the well as to the boys of the Souda Thereupon the sirdar wrote the that when had got hix Gordon Co lege working well for the 1 would think of the giris. Then the characteristic addition that would other suggesting as rej He HIV HR that moment came he to call on these ladies for subs work. Kitehaer after ax Lord Roth And he dd pen s woul unt hild would start th RIOT in his Lord It ot hsehi Ren ner FR. asked what amount be wii hmeriin i Ive Hed Lord Rothschild, { want £25 000." bluntness, thousand dollars a little tal said hat it 1 Rothschild 3 nily aith of « gnless | get Lord MGTROY et Innch.” the generosity of the far Known indeed, as stand and was something than even the most generous of men would like nd that Lord Roths- child looked anger The news spre a through the room: face to wins generous is as well its We but a kind deliver messags this oT wns why surprise and horror were ob every went up to Kitchener to remonstratc, Wolseley at the head. They might as well have talked to the Egyptian sphinx. or 1 go! ‘sald Kitchener. He got the £25,000 with the result he had anticd pated-—four other multimillionaires iad to follow Lord Rothschild's exam: ple, and when subscription for the Gordon College was well started with 8125, 000, Destroying the Sources of Rubber. trade has been stimulated chiefly by | the use of pneumatic tires on bicycles, Severn! years ago it began to be evi dent that unless wasteful and de were discontinued the supply would diminish while the demand was in creasing. Government after Govern tefritory in order to give the plants time to multiply and recuperate. The Congo Free State has now gone a step further. In addition to its decree of 1802, still in foree, which made it a serious and punishable offence to Kill the rubber plant or to gather rabber in Any way except through incisions in the bark, it Is now made obligatory to plant at least 150 vines or trees for every ton of rubber collected. Ine fractions of the new decree are punish. able by fine up to £2,000, or imprison. ment. A Bureau of Control of Rubber Forests has been appointed to guard the rubber interests of the State and to enforce the decrees of 1802 and 1800, It ls necessary to kill the eamphor treo in order to get camphor, but it i* not necessary to kill any of the varieties of trees and vines that yield rubber to collect thelr jules; and yet this Inexcusably stupid and wasteful method has been employed in many countries with the result that rubber plants have been exterminated in hun. we A SS SI se NEWS POR THE FAIR SEX. ITEMS OF INTEREST ON ON NUMEROUS FEMI. NINE TOPICS, Gloves for Mourning Dress-~Accomplish, E. Willard-The Correct Veil, Etc, Gloves for Houraing Dress. Both dressed and undressed gloves are worn with mourning frocks, but the undressed finished kid Is perhaps moreappropriate, The keynote to dress ing Is simplicity, Avoid every gory that will call attention to a tume, a bonnet, a veil, or ever a pair of boots, HOCER- CN Accomplishments of Princesses. German Princesses are said to be good cooks and housekeepers, The Em press Augusta was a skilled dressmak- er. Some of the English are trained in the profession of nurs ing. The Princess of Wales is an ac. complished bookbinder. Queen Wilhel mina is sald be a good cook and laundress. For a total lack of inter in homely, old-fashioned pursuits, remained for the American girl show what really could be done in tl line, Princesses to ext 10 1k Statue of Frances E. Willard, Since the passing of the bill autl ing the expenditure of $H,000 ico erection of to the 1s Inte Willard, has been made ve the filled by favor fitting a statue Bory Frances E an effort to hia nn womnn of this movenu that 1 woman si and carve in feminine placed in Five ne under Willard They wel £ line £§ ore pe 3 gure fhe features 3 \ Worn whose work SO Strong yet Nia the cox BE. glon.” ry L:OvVernor of i The Correct Veil Covered Buttons liston and ery to do the in Americs ufactors covered butt ployed rang up and Wil And tus fad England woman tons of the world, Histon died worth = the with a veral millions of this bright New 's Bazar. wOuree wealth orig A Sensible Health Fad. have begun as wealth Women 3 ana sls unders: tres io outdoor wor 5 b kendow n society kL have had the cour half day's garden w vork regulary stated period. The result is very much in their favor than they Lad Improved circula- and digestion pies ge to persist in for a tion, rest have thrown nerves, sleepless nights and the hollow eves and worn face attend immortal powders, the paraphernalia of the tel let-table, The rosy health and whole. some strength of the average English woman is the onteome of her outdoor life and exercise Woman's Home Companion, Old-Fashioned Bandboxer, When grandmamma was young and inveigled greatgrandpapa into the pur bly sent home from the milliner’s in a pasteboard bonnet receptacle of today with floral designs, As a rule, these and other old-fashionad flowers. Rome a motif, has whisked the accumulated dust of half a century from these orna- mental affairs and reinstated them in popular feminine favor. No beauntiful bonnet or hat is properly eased, accord: ing to the strict letter of the law of fad, unless deposited in one of the old: time beflowersd bandboxes, Many of the leading milliners are ex- hibiting them in connection with those flower embroidered aviaries and velvet, plume tipped towers of thelr art and creation, The carnations and roses are printed on fine, glossy paper, which has the effeci and appearance of water. ed silk, and the sight of the decorated box is well enlculated to subdue those tumultuous Piwtional outbreaks which Los accompanying bill for the box's inclos- ure. ~New York Herald, $15,000 Salary for a Chaperon. The Countess of Belkirk is the chap- eron of Pauline, the only daughter of and New York, Mrs, Astor, who died five Nince Mrs. death Miss Astor has been without any near woman relative as a companion. Now that she is old enough society, It becomes necessary her, and he was fortunate enough to secure the services of the Countess of Selkirk, he Countess is the widow of Inte Dunbar James Hamilton, sixth of relkirk., keeper of the great of Scotland, Bhe married him he was sisty-nine years of age, snd he died in 1855, leaving no chil dren. The Countess of Selkirk has a fine old country telmar, in Kirken. brightshire, and a town house in keley Square, London, Having but a modest Inconie and a great fondness for society, she is pleased to accept the position offered by Mr. Astor, with a salary of £15,000, a sum almost three thes as In that paid the Benn tors of the United States, In addition, Mr. Astor pays all of the specific ex- penses, The Countess has been deemed a desirable by Queen Victo When Princess Marie, sister of Prince ih entered spcie- iy nn few ye ‘ountess was her by ward the Hindu Princess Astor was ut Inst drawing-room held in Queen, house, ior wy. rae As cnaperon the ulup Bingh, hier £ rin ars since, t choke as a the whoxe Miss court at 1h 1 iM chaperon for Lueen, wis, resented I if fs all « thie ana the Countess social fune- of irk a about fifty Khe inte Sir 1 of an old « brepas ed her for the tie The han da me woman of # the daughter of the {irey-Egerton A iss great Ountess Rell is i Lilip de ‘hesl- T eful As doubt. Astor is a ne i if-reliant. Hy segs i il W Oo £213 Hished edi nd naturally 2 F i OF Hie SRM IEE) As Prop:r Thing is Skirts. Real Hf demand if modernti too fall of riinit a surrender of oon Eadoentie bari ke of bellev.ng that any fash. soon] thn GY DIPCeRE daily Hon sense utility ORE Artisti too rommeon to allow interferes with tates a cramped Iw alk he skirts flare in grad waves about the feet, grieidl for street v ground at nfessed they fal, and just es. front fut iy are frequently slightly trained, although a sufficient number barely touch to allow of refus. ing to do seavenger's work without the risk of being outre or pronounced, and of reserving greater length for indoor and spe gowns, where it is offer tive in the extreme. While tunics are much worn and are graceful upon tall, slender women, the plain sXirt either bound with braid or stitched as © finish still holds, and is even preferred for these gowns of steady use. The circu: lar flounce, while not new, i= seen, but the simple model is preferred and far more generally becoming, as fhe great. er number of women require all the of- TORT thi fst Le eared tall girlie who tower over their male friends, although apparently in. creasing in vumber, make the small far more often in fashion plates than in real life. ~The New Voice. Gleanings From the Shops, White velvet belts studded with steel beadings, Sailor tire of soft satin with prettily Pale-blue and cream-eilk muslins cov Sheer wash fabrics with swivel fig. ures in self or contrasting shades, Brightly colored «ilk and lisle hosiery in tasteful open patterns, Kilk and cotton mulls showing much drawn-work for summer dresses, Colored pigue skirts with white bands edged on either side with black braid, Entire waists made of heavy venise Ince, to be worn with light-weight cloth skirts, Short cloth capes showing rows of machine mitching. bands of satin or oo ana on THE KEYSTONE STATE, anem— News Gleaned from Various Parts. Latest ———— TRUST AFTER TRUST. mr Pittsburg Milling Company Will Probs- bly Enter #25,000,000 Combine—An- other Pittsbarg Woman Expires After Bwallowing s Nostrum—HKassisn Miner Killed by Tramps Other News, Melntyre's Flour Milling Trust, now in course of formation is efideavoring to ab sorb the Plitsburg Milling Company, in its self a combine, with £1,000,000 capital, Bec. retary Forsyth, of the Pittsburg Milling Company, has returned from sa conference with Mr. Melotyre and the financiers of the consolidation, The meeting was beid at New York, Mr. Forsyth says that negotia~ tions are in progress. The Pittsburg eom-~ pany, which was formed a few weeks ago by the sovsolidation of the Iron City and Mar- shali-Kenpedy Milling Companies, Lins given the Mclotyre people a valustion on its plants, and this option was practically ae- cepted, it Is said. The trust, which has sp~ plied for 8 New Jersey charter, will be known as the United States Fiour Milling Company, It wiil be capitalized at $25,000,~ 000, and, with the Pitsburg property, will own twenty-one mills, with as output of 85 per cent. of the total production in the country. Mine Fire Spredds The old fire that has been smouldering in the Hill Farm Mine, Uniontown, since the disastrous explosion in 1500, ssd which broke through into the Mahoning Mine ad« jolnlog, is bafing the Ingenuity of the mine owners, The outbreak occurred last Friday Meantime the com- paoy bas had 125 men at work day and night fighting tho flames. They have se. cured large quantity of hose and gas pipe with which numerous strefms of water bave been plucged into the Lufning sections Rinoe this fire started io Hill Farm the Dun« bar Furpsece Company, which owns the mine, bus spent over a hundred thousand in thelr efforts to extinguish I. Toere have been two out the Ferguson Mine, south of Hill The flames had made such bead way Hill Farm was finally stan. inspectors, ithe acres of valuable Farm, many ug conl, Deadly Headaches Powder, Twenty minutes after Mre, Celia Butler, aged 25 years, swallowed a headache pow- agony, at her bome, Pittsburg. Her busband snd bought her some pow. mpl laiged of a bad bead. In a minutes afler taking one wder Mrs. Butler fell into convulsion be J. W, Brown arrived just as she ry ber last breath. He sald there was evidence ning, she frothed at Be «youd the headache, the woman in good health Ernest Stile], the drug. gist who sold the powder, was greatly per. turbed., He sald they were put on the mare ket by a firm, but had not bad much sale since Edna Price swallowed a died soon after. Mrs. if a series which have rg from the use of e powders, der, she died, in terrible i% Mercer Street lew poling and recently, similar powder and Butler's death Is one « resulted jately in Pitisbur preparations soid as headach Robbed and Mardered, While plodding along a lonely stretch of track on the Wheeling branch of the Balti- ore & Ohio Ralirosd, near Pialsburg, Jo- was robbed and murdered. Two negro tramps kilied bim alter a and tossed the body over a Eeten was a unknown pear Willock Station, With bim was Frank Daner, who succeeded his escape. The negroes carried Alter Daner regained his run away. Kemen's ander the trestle, Kemen then. to Yalusbie Cargo Burned. A freight car and its entire contents were burned up at the Landreth Siding, one mile above Biistol, The fire originated from a hot box aud was not discovered by the train eres until the flames were too far advanced to check, The train was stopped and the Liszing ear cut out and ron upon a siding to save further damage. The cargo, consisting of furniture, bleycles and paint, consigned to Princeton, N. J., Is a total loss, Infant Killed by Hatpin, The body of an infant girl was found by James Collins in the field at the corner of An sutopsy by Coroner Roberts disclosed the fact that the child had been stabbed to death, Eleven holes bad been punched ia the body, evidently with a» batpin. The ohild was evidently about a day old. Coro wer Roberts is haying an investigation, Hie Injuries. Canad Death. J. T. Kelley, aged 58 yours, who ts thought to be a resident of Middletown, died at the hospital, Harrisburg, irom injuries received by being struck by an engine on the Phila delphia & Reading Road, at Hummelstown. His skull was fractured. Burned by Gasoline Explosion. Joseph Kaoll, aged 60 years, a restaurant keoper of Harrisburg, was seriously and per- bape fatally burned by the explosion of a gasoline stove. The injured man inhaled Dames, In Briel The milkmen of Altoons have determ ined to begin a fight against the imposiag of an annual toll for peddilag milk about the street, George V., son of Calvin W. Booz, of Edgewood, near Yerdiey, mysteriously die- appeared from home, The lad is 15 yours of he Dradiord County Soldiers’ and Balls ors’ Eseampment , whist met at Towands, droided to hod the snpusi en~ eampment at Athens in"August, James Baud, of Allentown, entered suit ngainst the Central Raiiroad ot New Sutnep
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