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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,
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Spoiling An Egyptian,
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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
’
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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
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