T— a - BUBBLES ON THE STREAM. See the bubbles as they float on the stream, They are men! You are there and moving swiftly on your way; I behold you pass, and then Find myself a peaceful eddy, and I stay There and dream. See the bubbles bursting ere they start; See the bubbles that have troubles as Each is some one’s cotinterpart, they go: Each is doomed to weal or woe, Some are carried with the some are dashed To destruction on the shores; some at? dashed By the water, which is Fate, And the bubble that is great Oft is whirled around forever in some] dark, secluded pool, While there's many a little fool Of a bubble that goes floating smoothly past, Ah, the bubbles are but men—some are! tossed Fiercely out are lost; Some are cast In the stream And at last Whether justly or unjustly it has got Far away from where it started forth or | not | Each frail bubble has to burst and dis- | appear— | Where they sparkle now and gleam Others shall appear again: The bubbles stream. They are men, -S. E. Herald. current; | against obstructions and] where all is clear come and go upon the Kiser, Record- { The Squire's Romance, BY T. POPPPPIEVDHDPRE HIDE D RRRVRRRRERPRREEPRELRRVREPRY F. Hop-Picking was always a g at Pendexter Farm Iway den haze hung ils quivering veil; the bland air was soft, subtle fragrance of wild ripening in the woods, and wi dead tree wall it a vantage ground stivery of clematis wave a lovely garland, and the masses of golden rod and ; fringed asters held up their cluster dazzling bloom. And merry voices echoed from night, Will Pendexter of silver-green leafage behind his back, might of Boaz the ancie princely Boaz sta ficlds and giving glance and pls-sant word “Isn't he handsome?” Morgan, Dix to Miss daughter. F was a pale little incipient coug! Far over the hi grapes wherever Or rudqce tone the aisles his hands have inded one in story narvest ny “anny an recommended a fortnight Morgan, consumption, Miss died of and year on princig daughters visi “And all turned gray! never married?’ “Pon’t you gan, sagely. “1 can a dexter,” “Oh then- sd all s} HE 488 RHS ago.” averred Mis fying fingers fiever lean pale green s ne 1 Years the clusters of was before Pendexter He was only a por yong fas mer then, with his own living to make and this was a beautiful gir] who was spending the summer here. And they were engaged and all—and the night before the wedding <he ran away with an Italian, one Count Caprivi. who was singing on the New York stage.” Fanny drew a long breath “And what become said. ! “Oh, they went to Italy, where the! count expected to succeed to large es- | tates. and I suppose they are there now, Fanny looked with secret awe at the ruddy face and magnificent height of Will Pendexter, as he sauntered down | the green aisles of waving tendrils and tremulous leaves, and almost wondered | very them?” ¢ Oo she | to hear him ask Mahala Bently about! her baby in the off-hand, ordinary lan- | guage of every-day life, and give lame Billy Bartlett “Good-day,” just as if there had been no Countess Caprivi in the world. : But Fanny Dix was but a girl yet; | and did not know how twenty years will bridge over the darkest gulf in a Luman life. There is no scar that willl not heal in twenty years: there is not a| grave on which grass will not grow | aye, and daisies bloom—in twenty years “I do not know that we can take an- other hand, Simpson,” wid Squire Pen- dexter, meditatively. “The field is crowded already.” “What I thought exactly, «ir,” said the overseer, respectfully. “But this ‘ere is a pretty young slip of a girl, with a feeble mother dragging along on her arm. And a man don’t like to say ‘no’ to such! So I thought I'd just speak to you before—. “Where are they?” said the squire, rubbing the gold knob of his walking cane against his nose, and Simpson knew that the cause of the forlorn strangers was safe enough. “Mother, don't fret; here comes the gentleman now,” said a clear, soft-toned voice, and Squire Pendexter found him. self looking into a pair of wistful, deep blue orbs—orbs that belonged to a slight, beautiful girl dressed in faded fabric and worn shoes, who was lean- ing against the well-curb, for. while Simpson had been gone on his errand of inquiry, she had drawn a bucket of clear, cold water out of the sparkling depths of the well, and given her mother a drink out of the silver-bound gourd which always hung there. “Sir,” with- out a moment's hesitaticn, “might 1 have a job of work in your hop fields? We have come from the city—mother and I-—there’'s no living to be picked up there, and my mother is ailing, and we thought the smell of the hops might do her good. Please, sir, we'd work cheap, if only we might slecp in the barn and have a bit of something to cat between whiles I" “I don't want you to work cheap,” said the squire, assuming an aspect of unwonted gruffness to cover the sym- vathetic thrill in his voice, “I never grudged money's worth for good, honest | As for the barn, my housekeeper can put you up in of the vaca back chambers over kitchen, and | i I one the ter Farm.” “Pendexter Farm!” The woman, who had been mos:y cattle trough. sitting on | slowly lifted | sunbonnet. “Where are we, sora? we come? I knew a man or once, Who" “Yes,” said the squire, start at the first contralto voice, "It ! To think that have brought us together ail these years!” I'he pale woman clutched at h strong arm. “Let us go, Isora,"” we have made a mistake.’ shawl. Quick. Let n “But, mother, why?” who scarcely as yet ¢ " “Don't y Whither have | named Pen i who had given | of was I, fate tha | Clara | should sound agam after | struggled to her daughter's er said this byplay. gentleman says? here, and food flown again! over!” “1 tell said sort YW | and shelter. Mother You 1t « of wild 1G, Fe uN ¥ said We must “Clara,” assuming the child is right. You don't from my door?” Clara looked “Have you forgive ie the direction Let by; 1 sents Bas no n self, brawl years, able world. ‘Clara.” ad finished i anished, “Clara,” day, “that girl of ; eVEer you we “1 know it.” said Mme And as she spoke th of jealousy struck sharply heart. Yet was it not that Squire Pendexter And in her room that night Clara quered it. “He will marry Isora.,” she told her- self. "Isora is beautiful. and he is in the nrime of life. It is as it should be. While II am only a wreck, waiting on the shore of time for the usual billow God bless God bless my sweet- And God grant that they his noble heart! The squire came to Madame Caprivi the next day with rather an embarrassed face. “It is coming.” thought Clara: “Clara,” said he, “I've a question to She held out her hand with a smile. “Ask it then, freely,” she said gra- ciously, “Should T be making a fool of myself, if, at my age. I were to marry 7" “You would be doing the most proper and natural thing in the world.” Clara answered, still smiling. although her heart seemed to stand still within her. “Then, by Jove, I'l risk it.” said the squire, jubilantly. “Clara, will you have me? Shall we begin our disjointed lives over again, my girl?" Madame Caprivi grew pale, then red. “Halloo!” said Squire Pendexter “have 1 spoken tno abruptly, Have FOr “No,” said Clara, faintly, “But—tnt I thought it was Isora that you loved” “Then you thought wrong,” said the squire, briskly. “I have never loved any woman but you, Clara, and 1 never shall” So they were married quietly, and the autumn of life shines softly over them as the veiled sunlight hangs its golden haze over the picked hop fields of Pen. dexter Farm. And poor Clara is content at loch NOT A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. Vegetables Crown in Artificial Light Are a Failure, The valuable scientific experiments in forcing plant growth by means of the stimulating influence ot artificial light, produced bytheelectric light, have failed of commercial realization. Undoubtedly increased plant growth resulted, but the advantage even in the early maturing of hot-house vegetable crops did not prove alluring to the practical truckster, In a scies of experiments extending over the last five years these results have been duplicated by the uie of in- gas lights. Nothing could more completely prove the effectiveness of the stimulation on the plant growths of lettuce, radishes, spinach, tomatoes, sugar beets and seeding cabbage than these investigations. In the experiments upon 12 crops were under observation, embracing in all 10,000 plants, in which the effect of the light under different conditions was tried in all possible combinations. The lights throughout the experiments were alter; ed in positions from time to time in or- counteract, candescent lettuce alone der to overcome, or the pos- and that local differences of light. It sible influence of temprature was found the young plants from an artificial light only the plants occupiel and t1 Lae using period the permanent greenhouse bench was the most of forcing tuce commercial scale. In general eae of the use plants matarcd i fruit exposed to the st influ. successiul method let- on a found, as ir Lioh Hghts, it was Of arc that the Age Or when { artificial | lettuce plants stim nights lated by artificial 46 weighed O68 1.2 1s grown weighed only of nearly 39 per increased op growth SUsSCeDt eight tg rdinary lighting MODERN COAT OF MAIL it Was Found on a Dead Chinaman in California frirrvyp rOoTme thited Captain Schie had fo Hight », and was brougn i : Ww brougin exhibition by sheriff of Marysville, Yuba’ Coun. is attending the Forcsters : i longed mder The coat pounds and is about thirty-eight ad that a man of development would carry for any length of time. It is made like a sleeveless ‘ack- et, and is long enough to cover a por - tion of the lower limbs and the arms half way the eibow Its history most interesting. Several years ago the authorities of Yuba County received word that a meeting of the Highbinders {Chinese cut-throats and blackmailers) was to be held, and they surprised the yellow-skinned plotters in a cabin, Ths lights were put out a: the sheriff ol his deputies approached, and a desperate battle ensued. The Chinese were cap. tured, and from the body of a dead Chinaman the coat of mail was taken it being beneath an ordinary biocuse, The Chinaman had died from a bullet wound in the head. In the room were found a number of balls which had flat- tened against the coat of mail.—Balti- more American, 1 care to f Le is A Military Orthography. A British soldier, who is at this mo. ment serving in South Africa, recently sent a letter to the war office contain ing a word that baffled the imagination of every clerk and official to whom the puzzle was submitted. The mysterious word was spelled “yie.” It was re- peated several times, and seemed, in deed, to be the main subject of his com- munication, At length it occurred to one of the clerks to consult the hall porter—a grizzled veteran quite unham- pered by board school accomplishments, “Can.you tell us the meaning of this word, Simpson?” asked the brilliant cler “1 should think T could,” replied the veteran, with minl contempt. “Y. fe spells wife, of course. What else could it spell, sir?" The King. ow FOILED THE SLEUTHS. — When They Thought They Had Their Man He Sprung His Came “In this day of almost universal ex- tradition treaties,” said an old Federal official, “it is next to impossible for a fugative from justice to find a spot be- vond the reach of a warrant. But only a few years ago there were plenty of places of refuge, and the officers use? to have some peculiar experiences in trying to decoy shy birds over the dan ger line. One of the funniest things of that kind that ever happened took place at Niagara Falls, when was still a haven for embezzlers. A white line across the middle of the old suspension bridge was supposed to indi- cate the boundary between the two cour tries and the bank looters who had taken up their residence on the other side seemed moved by some irrestibic fascination to stroll frequently in that direction. They would come as near as possible to the fatal mark, and more than one foolhardy individual has been yanked across by detectives who were lurking on the other side. to . get of . 1 coiony g my story, the time | a man named Patterson, president of the runaway have in mind was who had beca f a hig savings bank some- in the Northwest aud who decamped with all the visible as he victims of the defalcation were ually sore, and, instead of letting the as hopeless when the fugitive nadian soil, they quietly raiseq for expense money, hired a he best detectives they could them to bring Patterson them one at 3 where finally sets. | uns i. +f 1. oR, if 11 LOOK fen vears to d Ne ine lay their gether, and a month or ined un on the " 13 ia eid} nea up on th anaqian sige cashiers get ac win his con. a char lwo runaway s+ Was to man, watch ce {0 ris difhculi hy ) excellen old Patterson Mr supposed spaaded and rapid sail, Lidl y i nis own, ith pleasin and peered Wirse rush man was anybody 1o sight i for kidnapping, a stroll to would the ia have 18, mipletely deserted otway and sa ide lanced arou ast was om each : of we're said one ms lapels; but we'll have to case, yo ne gel u'll irop bovs, 1 several SCYCTa weeks the temptation I 1a JTIse before cme rRency eye v { hunderation ‘run for hour $3. nan Making Artificial Woods. A process has just been patented for making a8 1o hogany innutate suct and ro of his machine, to reproduce the appear. ance of quartered oak, curly birdseye maple, or practically anjtiing else that grows in the forest, so perfectly as to deceive the trained eyes. Obvious- ly such an achievement should be of high commercial value, inasmuch as the more expensive woods are luxuries within reach only of people of means, the rarest of them coming from distant tropical countries. The process does not reproduce the texture of woods, but merely their ap- pearance. The pulp is thrown upon a cylinder by an air blast projected through a number of pipes, and an ir- regular distribution of the particles is obtained by various devices, such as varying the intensity of the blast and causing the pipes to vibrate. In this way the kncts and grain of the natural woods are said to be counterfeited with surprising success. Artificial woods of this kind are avail. able for use as veneers, the employment of which is so extensive at the present time. Nearly all of the imported natur. al woods are sold as veneers, They are cut in extremely thin slices, because they are too costly to be used solidly. Mahogany, rosewood, curly ash, figured birch, satinwood and Circassian walnui are most in demand, and veneers made from them bring from three cents to ten cents a foot. Some veneers are worth twenty cénte a foot, though mere shavings, and a single log of a rare wood is sometimes valued at as much as $2,000, Doubtless a principal use is expected to be found for the counterfeit mahog- any and other woods mm the making of furniture. Philadelphia Post. In Switzerland ‘watches are being made in the design of a skull, the lower jaw of the cranium being hinged at the he el. 17. 8 spring LATEST HAPPENINGS ALL OVER THE STATE. Liability Denied Because a Man's False Teeth Caused His Death. PENSIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIANS. Governor Stone Fixes the Date for Four Mur derers to Hang Herd of lafected Cattle Killed— Friends Advise Shaffer to End the Controversy With Mitchell Telephone Com- pany Completes Deal. These pensions were pranted Penn- sylvanians: Wm, B, Kistler, Johnstown, $6; George Frasier, Pittsburg, $6; John Dindinger, Zelisnople, $8: Aaron Stitzel, Mt. Holly Springs, $10; Samuel L Montgomery, Pittsburg, $10: Ida J Northrup, Westfield, $12: Jane Aungst, Greensburg, $4; Mary E. Wheeler, Mo- nongahela, $8; Samuel Klingensmith, Hites, $6; Charles FE Gladding, Altus, 1. Long, Pittsburg, $12; Andrew J. Bis- srsfield, $17; Anna Reilly, Redman The Reading Iron Company volun idilsrs’ wea ddiers ton Jack Jowe, of South Bethichem his right foot and badly cut ting his knee, Two-year-old Clarence Gott, of Gott, of Chester who struck by a trolley car while play died at the Chester hospital, son city, was ng, A peculiar disease which skill of the local phy afflicted many children of ‘or the last few weeks the mux. baffled has Coatesville One physician caused by jul icians disease id a0 erated While Jack Breen, of Arnot tempting to force his way into the dwelling of O. V. Elliot, at Mansfield he was thrown from the house by Dee was at 1 falling down a flight of steps to a stone walk, received in s which resulted in his Archibald 14s uri death Beck, a 16-year-old died from the conse smoked ci began sm The r¢ of the respiratory in his being unable to breathe ghen 3 of having years, He Jacob Sweigert, a brie was fatally shot at Charles Saul and Cha Was trying a Beil Lighty weapon i ed. The laying a {f th and while my el sali Genial to sell . Was af struck SWeITert Ww Sweigert, wi vey ory nn the mnt nent on the opp caster, fell rious internal injuries The girls w ts Pa Kays, cl teeth becomin Kavs was the | Casu: 14s not Albert ( throat the ula d3i€ are , alias Wright, 1" - Allegheny The brothers id John Bidd! will be hange« Dec for kill Po - liceman who tried to arrest them for The other murderers are John Lutz, condemned to be hanged in Lu zerne county for the murder of a friend, and William Allen, alias Pleas Turbin, who shot and killed Hiram McMullen in Fayette county. They will be hang- on 12 Thirteen head of cattle owned by Wil- liam C. Allen, of Warminster, which upon the ground that they were afflicted with tuberculosis, were killed. A post-mortem cxamination, conducted by Drs. Collum and Wilson, showed that the disease had reached an advanced stage. The controversy between President T J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Associa- tion, and President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, and John Mitchell, president of the United Mineworkers, may be dropped. Mr. Shaffer has asked President Simon Burns to represent him if the dispute is to be investigated, and Mr. Burns has agreed to do so. Mr. Shaffer has been advised to drop the matter. The shareholders of the Pennsylvania Telephone Company, at a mecting in Harrisburg, arranged to issue §1,144.400 worth of stock to take over the Central Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply Company, a company which has had offices at Williamspori. The transier will be made October 1 and the business of the company will thereafter be direct ed from Harrisburg, The Lancaster board of health organ ized by electing Dr. M. W. Raub secre. tary and Jacob L. Brunner health offi- cer. board directed Dr. Raub to visit all schools in the interest of en- forcing vaccination, Helen Oates, a 14-months old child of Thomas Oates, of Pottstown, fell into a cesspool and was killed. fhicer rles Ply, of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was run down by an engine at Ashley and seriously in- The survivors of the Ninety-seventh Regiment, Ivania Volunteers, will hold their annual reunion at West Chester on October 26. : South Bethlehem Town Council has BD 0 pr A Le eople a ng election ues. people e borough indebt- edness $100,000 for sewerage purposes, COMMERCIAL REVIEW, General Trade Conditions. R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review of Trade” says: “Normal conditions have been fully restored in the distrie bition of merchandise, the placing of delayed orders stimulating the few lines that appeared to halt. One of the most gratifying features of the business sit- nation is the pronounced preference for the better grades of goods, clearly indi- cating the improved financial condition of consumers "Steadiness in quotations of corn at the present high level all that pros« ducers could desire. Shipments from the Atlantic for the week were 728,020 bushel against 1,500,018 last year and 2,954,477 two years ago. “Wheat 1s well sustained and still bet. ter prices are promised by the heavy export movement, which from all Unit- ed States ports week reached 5,208,413 bushels, flour included, against 3,557,482 last year and 4,005,302 in 1899 Western receipts 8,202,456 bushels exceed even the shipments im 1900 of 6,954.777 bushels “Failures for the week numbered 227 in the United States against 204 last year, and 31 in Canada against 18 last year.” Coast for the of liberal LA EST QUOTATIONS. Flour eI E51 Grade Extra, $2.95a3.10. Wheat 7374; Pi $4.60: High finnesota bakers delphia, No more, No Hay—No 3 timothy, les— Apples ; and Virgin cy, $1.60a1.75. Beets bunches $1.0021.50. Cab per 100 $1.50az.00; do State, ton $11.00a1200 Carrots-—Native, per bunch 134a2¢ Caulifiower—ILong Islanc or brl $2.50a3.00. : York State, per dozen stalk Corn Sugar, per dozen, berries—Cape Cod, Eggplants—Native, 20c, do, per 100 New York, per s-1b basket, Sallie; § 10ai1. Lettuce) 20825¢ na el box 6gayoc Pennsylvania, Ohio, plants— beans—Native Peaches—Eas OWS, 735200 ner pes 100 “rn Crale Celers tive Sayc per bil per bri per 5% 281.00 i Tf do, per s5-1b basket yellow sative 13 45a00 wen 3 $1.5021.635; 1 $1.50 No. 1 Hows No brl per ori, hal oer hr per In Pre 3 i = Products- Bulk VY; shoulders, and under belbes, n butts ear 13%; i breasts, Ibs and over, 13%5; uts, gf do, do, broad 10%%; do, 4 L hams 3a hams, 18 ibs 13 to 13! io, 12 ibs and over 1234; do, { La: skinned 13% canvassed and do, tenders ham pork cans 11%5¢; ew tubs 11%. Narrows, Wester: sets 140% pork 6. rehqaned do, do, hal Lard, in Dairy 24¢; 20321; do parreis 43a firsts, do, Sa L o : d gathered cream imitation 17a19; ladle, extra 13317; la dies, first 14315; choice Western rells 13216; fair to good 13a14; hali-pound creamery, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania 21223; do, rolls, 2-1b, do 200. Eggs—Western Maryland and Penan- sylvania. per Gozen 18 a1oc; Eastess Shore, Maryland and Virginia, per doz- efi 181219; Virginia, per dozen 18%a 19; West Virginia —ai8; Western 18%5a 19; Southern 1715218; guinea —@——; icehouse, closely candied 17a17V5c. Job- bing prices 14 to 1c higher. Cheese—New cheese, large, 60 Ibs 10% to rol4c: do, flats, 37 Ibs, 1034 to 1044; picnics, 23 Ibs, 1035 to 11. Hides—Heavy steers, association and salters, late kill, Go Ibs and up, clese selection, 10lZa118c; cows and light steers, gags. 20021 3 Live Steck. Chicago-—~Caitle—~Good to prime steers $6.00a6.45; stockers and feeders $2.2%524.30; cows $1.3024.75; heifers $2.00 24.75; canners $1.50a2.30; bulls $1.7%a 4.75; calves $3 ocab.50. Hogs—~Mixed and butchers’ $6.70a7.10; good to choice, heavy $6.Boay 20; rough, heavy $G.goa 6.75; light $6.452695. Sheep—Good to choice wethers 33.60a4.00; fair to cheice mixed $3.30a3.60; Western sheep $3.2%a 1.85; native lambs $3.00a5.00; Western lams $3.7524.75. East Liberty—Cattle steady: choice $3.7506.00: prime $5.50a3.70; good $5.20 23.50. Hogs—Slow and lower; prime heavies $7.28a7 30; assorted medmm $7.20a7.25 heavy Yorkers $7.1%a7.20: hight orkers. $7.00n730L grave Sie u7.00; pigs $6.50a6.80; skips $4.75a8.75: roughs 3 cab on Sheep steady: 3 wethers $3.80a4.00; culls and conmmon $1.25a2.25; yearlings $2504.25; veal calves $7.00a7.75. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Alaska has but twelve farms, Springfield, Mass, coal handlers won advance in wages. Denmark is said to be the best or- ganized country in the world Labor is so scarce at Hartford City, Ind, that common labor exacted $1.50 a day. i Paul mason tenders have with- drawn from the Building Trades Coun-
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