—————————— AN EXPLANATION, If you'll make a diagnosis when you're feeling sad and dreary, As you would with any disease, If you'll simply question sclence as to why you're glum and weary And everything seems dull and {ll at ease, Perhaps you will discover, after de- vious calculations, The cause of all these which appall, And you'll smile as you reflect, spite of various irritations, That it's nothing but the weather after all. everyday symptoms You'll find a sigh denoting sorrow nor contrition. A tear drop’s not indicative of care, They are products of the meteorologi- cal condition Of extra moisture that Is in the air. Bo perhaps it's not in reason fortun®'s chance to be reviliag, to vow life's is small, For when the sun again ve wil It's nothing Lut all. store of happiness Or again, after weather Washington Star, Radaatadaq@ aaa 4qaaaqcsadan Spoiling An Egyptian, LEB E EEG ARRRAna8 POOP OORI OOOO EINGE BD w SPORE OE 83 3 bw. EEPPErRERER ERE EE REE REER and in were tattered face was eyes was still a and ragged been HE tramp was torn, and his flamed, and his bleary, but : soiled there wneath his And that heart had When he came limping heart | coat. by k up to the farmhouse that morning the farmer looked farme master as if awaitin tle the stran And then come to the door with voi his and b meat and told him of the apple gentle-faced won indness, at him askance, and ti Yis r's dog had er dowl the a soft story the mother whos regarded, an brol throat that for a quite impossible to eat. finally disposed of the a cup of water from tl the ancient well he dered a little brook that flowed in the that skirted the orchard, and bat his face and hands an stra bis tangled Lair. Then he to the house and rapping a azked the gentle-faced had any work he “Art still f soft voice, “I'm il he drew his head. “I have a chro: out my welcom ils 3 mt aon hed ightened could tt and read the “What I gave recompense. But about take the spade t well box y flower bed The tramp replaced found the spade and set to work And while he the sound through the pines at the h saw a horse and light wagon stop in front of the farmhouse. Presently a man came up the pathway, a man of light build, with bright eyes and heavy black mustache. He dressed in a rather extreme style, and even the tramp was once tleman himself that not a gentlemawu. Presently the farmer, busy In the barn, was summoned to the house by his wife's call. Nearly a half-hour later the tramp heard loud within. $m It was the volce of the farmer that was raised, “You got that note by a scoundrel trick!” he eried. “Your partner asked me to sign an order for ten bushels of Belgian oats and now you say I signed a note—a note for §700! God! man, it would ruin me to pay it!" “It's for value received all right rnough,” sald the stranger in a cool, even voice, “I don't know anything about your signing it, but the signa ture Is yours and that's all we care to know. If you refuse payment, we will simply have to sue and sell you out.” The tramp Hstening at the window could hear the farmer pacing heavily up and down the room. And Le thought that he heard the farmer's wife sobbing, “I'll sce a lawyer,” sald the farmer, doggedly, desiring hat and earnest onder here.” and heard looking was working he 1 : ie of wheels, an i Use corner, a was who a gen this knew was voloes him, and he'll tell you fast enough that there's no help for you. No, my man, you are in for it. Better sell something and settle.” “I'll see a lawyer,” groaned the far mer, “Very well,” sald the stranger. “We are disposed to be as lenignt as possi ble. Bee your lawyer, and if you are not willing to pay up promptly when I come for satisfaction day after to morrow, at this hour, why, we will have to commence sult. Good day.” The tramp heard the door open, and, peering through the vines saw the stranger walking leisurely down the pathway. Then he turned and rapped at the door. There were tears in her Ayes as the farmer's wife opened It. reconsidered my willingness to spade up your flower Ded. There's your | spade.” | And before she could reply he had | turned and was walking quickly along | the lane that led to the woods, As | soon as he was out of sight of the {| house he broke Into a run. Just be- | fore he entered the woods he looked | over his shoulder and saw the strang- er leisurely driving along the road be- | low. { The tramp knew that the road over i to the left to cross the little ravine, { and then wound around the woods to | the right in a long curve. He knew he | had plenty of time to cut across and reach the road before the stranger and his deliberate horse arrived. | The tramp familiar with human de- ception in many forms, knew all about the particular system of swindling of which the farmer was the victim, It an easy game when played by a clever sharper on an unsuspecting and unsophisticated countryman. All it tongue, a little business mission and a substitut Then 1 came the confederate with wus required was a glib fl: led fatter, ed sheet of paper, ia preten: in due time bold front and the fatal note, » tramp was lurking by the road- man in the light wagon He lounged out in the high as the came up. ' he sald. up figure suddenly: and at his borse's mt?" he eried. “It's your name,” laughed the tramp “Bill Bill Sutherland, called the Gopher. How are you, Bill?’ “What do you mean?’ he snarled. “I don't know you.” “Glad of that, Bill" bond. “Three years of tramping does change a But 1 and sometimes said the vaza ma Kuow that's enough.” “What do you want? “BIL” little assist 1 ii. you i + ie 1 said t ramp, “I want a ance. You might not it, but I'm hard up.” He S800 as Le think 1 ¢ to ie slde of toodd with « had come hand on the “Is th force The thier tie ross he whip bond shrieke rith pain and next instant had grappled and with a remarkable of strength the stranger show rom the wagon to the and hurl ground. ry ut Fase growled, s tramp. Now go into road.” He fi: stra the close the into behind light ilowed ax ger backed the wagon the highway, “T'H Kill you for this,” one snarled, “Don’t trouble yourself,” tramp. “Just climb and start your horse the despoiled sald the into the wagon I'll sew you off Step lively, please.” And he flourished the revolver. The stranger obeyed tramp a look that was meant malevolent, and the tramp with a smile. Then he touched horse with the whip and drove away The vagabond watched until a curve in the road hid him from sight. and then he darted into the He gave the woods Presently he recrossed the ravine and then he paused. He slipped the re- volver into an Inner pocket and then er's book. A moment or two later he knocked at the farmer's door. It was opened by the farmer's wife. Her eyes were still red with weep: ing. “Thee hear again?’ she sald. “Yes,” replied the tramp. “I've come back to pay you for that dinner.” | He pressed a little forward, and she | ga ve way before him and he passed | into the house, At the window sat the farmer, with i his head bowed over a huge volume { that lay open across his knees. He looked up, wondering, as the tramp entered. The vagabond raised his hand to his hat, and then remembered, and let the hand fall again, “I'm glad to see a little fire In your fireplace,” he sald, “because I want to add to it.” He moved a 1itTle nearer the window, “See, dear lady,” he softly sald, “here Is your pay. Look, but don’t touch it.” Impelled by his earnest manner, the woman came closer and glanced at the slip of paper he opened before her eyes, “Father! she gasped. The old man started gnd arose with the book In his arms, note! Le cvied. Wh get It?" “1 spoiled an Egyptian,” laughed the tramp. “It tells about the { there,” and he pointed to the big book. “Now watch me.” ly to the fireplace and held up the note | sumed, [ “Thank Ged!” murmured man, with a sigh of relief, “Thee has been hurt,” the old cried head!” “There, you see the debt is won't ask fer a receipt. You'll troubled no more. Good-by.” be breath. “No,” stay. me, and I wouldn't have him see me { here” “And sald the tramp. “I why hast thou done this great service the old lady asked, “You Kind-to me,” sald the tramp very softly: “and you made me think Good-by.” And hie was He hur and fOr us? were of my mother, ie o the brook in the wounded head, again for the woods the prayers of that dear old ried down ¢ bathed ted ravine his Lit sald as he glance at the Plain Dealer. backward Cleveland nhouse ABOUT DILATORY WOMEN. They Are Sometimes Rendered Prompt by Masculine Visitors, and town re'’s an of this Mede-and-Persian-li It is, the occa haughty young who Iu made a for his own walt, no more than Young woman. at a house he and looks at the the drawing again and again, hour has stern m 18 % ke law observance never to matter what Ite 1 : i 1IUS Rion, utes for a alls his watch a im when he © Kes out nters an ihject, mninine friend 3 wails » finally cam found Monsieur deeply interested He then dye do” good-hy" not at book. Arose and “ are going?’ agha : ARBertog had ples here take ches to her toll whisg of the hen that the fi are lecture rendered the german later than it W red, thea a) rst ruined, the un CO “er Ro the Ot concert £1 4 rst part of the intelligible and that mences half an hour shonid At catching trains and boats the dila tory sex nevertheless unusually adept It i by who are fond of gathering such statistics that One woman misses a {rain to about ten men. Madame, however oblivious she may be in other matters, if in & said those of time station bright and twenty minutes to spare early and with Whether this proves that the sex is selfish or mere ly that it Is, in the language of the ti “long headed,” a question ines, iu consideration. Kansas City Jour for nal How Horses Rest. “Have you ever noticed.” Germantown veterinarian the other day, “that every horse left standing by a curbstone for any length of tims Invarigbly turns around so as to place | his forefeet on the sidewalk? He al ways does it if the road on which he asked a er direction. This shows that the horse i great deal of plain, commen | He will not allow himself to | would be a great deal less sickness in the world than there is at present, | When a thoughtless driver leaves his | horse standing on a slope or at an! augle of the street, all the animal's welght is thrown upon one side, caus. ing strain, and if Jeft long enough painful exhaustion, Twenty minutes of such an ordeal will fatigue a horse more than a whole day's travel. But when he is able to plant his forefeet on the curbstone it gives him a bettor plant and adjusts his weight more equably. Many of the muscnlar ail ments from which horses suffer are brought upon them by being contfhu ally obliged to stand by the gutter side on streets which slope decidedly. A good driver will always seck tv rest his horse on a level when possi ble." Philadelphia Record. An industrious man and a cabbage manage to get a-head. The best way to kill time is by hard work. The alr is so clear in Zululand that objects seven miles away can be dis tinctly seen by starlight, Germany has the advantage of the United States in the export of hair and wigs. In fact she almost entirely sup- plies this country with the commodi- ties named. statisticians that Kausas figure estimate seems absurdly inade- Lon. in- iurke's Peerage, he The editor of don, says that receives more than he does United States gland. from the from En Two thousand tons American rails recently arr England. . iy the They The British Government gone ing in town halls of En , by means and patriotic 2 711% if army Hf moving photogr music, illustration culated to cal make desire 1:18 become soldiers his day of extraor of combina ner, when it wradventor made th if caused solely bites of the therefore, mosquitoes T i : mpios ve fe Govern upon it Why nent, as taken self ' oO its protect a fair and equable plan the travelers wi it not be upply th me It is no trivi the street electric River, can there is every reason to expect that electricity may mitted almost any distance. ists who have deplored the waste of the force of ocean waves may look forward to the time when that force will turn mill machinery, run street cars, light the streets and other wise serve the needs of remote com- munities. Indeed, an Invention has been patented for collecting the power of the waves, On the Juba turbine wheels are used to generate the power, which Is transmitted by means of a copper cable six-tenths of an inch thick. al achievement to run of Oakland, Cal. by generated on the Juba distant SN Cars power 140 be done 5 miles ince be Scien Who thinks of the United States as a large importer of agricultural pro- ducts? Will not the statement that its importations of foreign-grown pro- ducts exceed in value all its vast ex. ports of grain of every kind, includ- ing wheaten flour, by $170,000,000 ex- cite surprise? Such is nevertheless the fact. The United States Depart ment of Agriculture's report states the total value of the principal agricul tural imports for the year that ended June 30, 1900, at $420,130,288 Our combined exports of cotton and cer eals for the same period were valued at $403,000,000, using round figures. The total value of all our agricultural exports for that year was £844,616,530, so that the American people are buy- ‘ng very nearly balf ag much farm and plantation produce from foreigners as they are selling to them. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. General Trade Conditions. 3 rK Special) RR. G Trade’ main ’ } i i Dun's PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State. $1 iN, 2 Lote alted, : & ull Green salted iry hides, per 15a25¢c. Cali skins, green salted, GoaBoc. Sheepskins, Spring lambsking, 30a40¢ Poultry Market steady Quote: Hens, roc; old roosters, each, 25ajoc; spring chickens, 18a24c;: win- | ter, do, 2 to 2% Ibs, 16a18c. Ducks, | Sage. Geese, apiece, 30a40c. ! Live Stock. Chicago, 111.—Good to prime steers, $5.10a6.00; medium, $4.0025.00; cows, $28024.05; heifers, $2.80a4.00. Hogs, top, $3.05; mixed and butchers’ $5.63 Sheep, choice mixed, $4.14a 4.40; native lambs, $4.00a5.15; Western, $4.55a5.15. East Liberty, Pa Cattle steady: ex- tra $5.60a5.75;: prime $5.40a5.00; good $5.2525.1% Hogs steady; prime Reavy $5.00a5.05; best mediums $5.00; heavy Yorkers, $58s5a500; light Yorkers, $5.80a5.88; pigs $5.70a8.75; skips $4.235a 5.25; roughs $4.00a5.30. Sheep steady; best wethers $4.30a24.35; choice lambs $5.10a5.20; common to good $3.50a8.00; veal calves §$5.70a5.75. LABOR AND INDUSTRY the South's {sovatskins Q0a7 sc Live is 3 eC Louisville has largest soap factory. The postoffice clerks of Chicago have built up a flourishing union within the past year. ; The International Printing Press men's and Assistants’ Union has a membershrip of more thar, 20,000, and is well off financially. A colony of 100 negroes leit Knox. ville, Tenn., recently for Hawaii, under a contract to work three years on a sugar plantation, Chester Hospital Will End--Hallstones as Big as Eggs--Jersey Shore Visited by the Sever. est Storm in Many Years --Scven New Cases of Smalipox Discovered at Chester. A. Suter lLebanoa: | I. Leinbach. ( T. Rickards 3M. p- 17 eldest of Bethichem drank a large tity of ca acid ther in the Was a case of pr e, as shown by letters 1s person. The young man had acted strangely since he was stabbed in the chest ar ead by a highwayman here one night a year ago. The worst hailstorm in years passed and for a half hour hailstones If as big as eres fell to a depth of several inches making it nec to 1 walks. Trees were shovel stripped of leaves, birds killed YCArs, rbolic by his mo attic of the he a . 1 - meditated found on his i Le t 3 suiIcig faarly broken. The fruit in this locality » Nelie Bellas, 12 years of age. of Al river at Screiber's Mills. The boy was rapidly sinking when she ran out on a log and held him above water until assistance arrived. The boy was pulled out of the water by James Youss. Mrs. Michael Kovaleski was held up in a crowd on one of the main thor- oughiares of Pottsville and relieved of her pocket-boolk, which contained some large bills. A jarge quantity of mer- chandise was stolen last night from the Pennsylvania Railrbad freight station at White Haven Samuel Ecker, a farmer of North Coventry, Chester county, made an at- tempt to commit suicide. With a razor he cut his throat several times, inflicting wounds that may cause his death. He had beeh brooding over the recent death of a son-in-law, S Charters were fasted as State Department: Logan Valley Water Company, Glen Campbell: capital $1000, Barvard Oil Company, Warren, capital Seven new cases of smal i them in one family, were wo ~ od ¥ Chester, a follows by the a -
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