ON DISTANT SHORES. On distant shores I fix mine cyes: My Heart's desire anear them lies, Waste, worthless, are hand; For in that distant Are better the things at other land "tis beyond surmise, I strive, I strain, I sacrifice My life, my love, to gain the prize, Until, behold, at length I stand - On distant shores. Ah, sorry, sickening surprise! In vain I strive to realize That now 1 tread the strand; And, looking back, mand, “Why left ye that fair Paradise On distant shores. -— Truman Roberts Heart doth de- AAO BPDPSPPLVPPPPPTPIICIPPIP $A LUCKY MISTAKE. $% ¥ ——— 3% V BY ALVAH MILTON KERR. » HEDDHE SHHSHEHSHHE SIDED ¥ | RREEREZERERERIRERIRREIERNER | I taught Tommy Sands the art of telegraphy, and obtained for him his first position, that of night operator at Sturgess. He held the position just twelve hours, then came back to me discharged, but happy. The reason for this was that Tommy, like some other people, valued his life more than did a working position. Viewed as an individual, fairly capable. ner in railroad station competent enough, bu happens, the duties of his position ap- parently doubled the very hour saw him attempt the work of the office. When he left his home charge at Sturgess, 1 par teularly ad- monished him to keep cool, for much in railroading depends on normal pres- ence of mind; but, of course, a lad of eighteen cannot reasonably be ex- pected to remain quite much a master of himself as an older man, and Tommy, upon his introduction to the office at Sturgess really met troubles enough to try a veteran. In the first place, he had everything to do at the station. All the items in- cluded in the comprehensive term “ev- erything” cannot be specified here, but some of them may be mentioned. He had to watch the wires and telegrams, sell tickets and baggage, throw the mail-pouch the doorway of the mail-car passenger-train arrived, unload and load express and This latter is a very disconcerting task when a man is new to a station and really doesn’t know what he is talking about. Of course Sturgess was not a large place, and ordinarily the Sturgess night operator, particularly tomed to the work, did duties very exacting. But with Tommy that night it was different; he unfor- tunately struck a rush of business and through it a very odd experience. When Tommy arrived to begin his work it was raining in the Elk River valley, softly at times, then again generously that it roared on tin station-roof and made the lamp- lighted platform look like an expanse of boiling glass. In these moments of exuberant downpour, up and down the valley, graph armatures tered senselessly. Even when the sluice-gates of the sky seemed no more than fine drizzling far-off light- ning sent its snapping sighs wires, interfering with sion of orders and messages. But of course no operator who real izes the responsibil cuts out his instrument lightning unless the fire is absolutely could not well time of most the despatcher called him th ters of an hour before the Mail was due, at ten oc work, he as station to take | sO into when the answer questions. when accus- not find his the hunder and the jumped and sieves, the transr ity of on a fa . ' play Oo! celestis dangerous, cut out his dur danger that night, cloe | i i ders. Tommy. The omnibus from the prin- cipal hotel brought a load of passeng- ers. Among them were three “drum- mers,” two of whom were of the ex- acting, hectoring sort, with a large quantity of excess baggage. Tommy weighed the trunks, which were huge and heavy, in order to determine the excess, and the drummers protested and tormented him with abuse while he made out the excess-slips. Then in rushed a rain-wet wedding party, laughing and screaming and throwing rice, and filling the waiting- room to suffocation. The bridegroom was so excited he could hardly tell where he was going, and was a long time fumbling about his clothes in quest of money with which to pay for the tickets, while the bride clung to his arm and laughed and squeaked, as she vainly tried to ward off the flying rice. During the uproar a gray old farmer and his wife pushed through the crowd to the ticket window. They were going to Duluth, and Tommy found it quite impossible to allay their nervousness with suffic- ient information. The confusion and the perplexing demands upon him augmented his na- tural anxiety until his scalp prickled and his cheeks flushed with excitement. Tommy was half conscious that his mind was not working normally in the general confusion, and the near ap- proach of the moment when the East- ern Mail was due quickened both the general clamor and his own nervous ness. On account of the rain, the bag- gage, which filled two trucks, had necessarily to he left under cover until the last moment, and the young oper ator was wondering with alarm if he should be able to get it out of the baggage-rocm and to the train in time, The twelve TOW d Eastern Mail proved to be minutes late and the plied Tommy with all annoving questions. At the when the Mail was due by the despatcher called Tommy, flew to the ke The pay-car was com- ing up the with the attachea; icy Were in a and the de their meeting from Sumner, mome schedule, directors’ hurry with the Mail station cast, point the first Tess, throbbed to hold noise in that he mstrument, he cop- the Mail Tommy's heart ied the for orders. ihe room was ly read the dizzying lest He y correctly; mstruactions so great could hard- checking receive the order besides there was that needed his immediate attention. it seemed he could not wait, When he had repeated the order despatcher, the official “0. K."” seemed ’ 14 r. i should not as 50 : else to the 1 came so espatcher began gv Sumner orders to ‘'ommy indor hold began { the ers dow, their ages from arms, Father in staggered but was sud- s if the earth Eastern came a bat. happening. how sen | mad ne carry him, flew, leaped up rear steps for the conductor. coated official by He found the blue the locomotive. “The pay-car's coming from Sum- ner! I got orders for you! on the siding quick!” Jim Dwyer, the engineer, was get- ting up from the fuel deck, looking dazed and strange. pale and streaked banked-up coal in conductor himself lever and put th turn. Tommy cried. Soot against the tender. drivers on the back high seat and rubbed his forehead like one just waking from sleep. “What happened, Andy?” “Where are we?” “Lightning struck the wire and hit the engine somehow, too! We are wanted for orders back at the depot,’ said the conductor. “I'll run her back; guess you're hurt.” “1 feel kind of queer all over. Some- thing seemed to hit me here at the back of my head. But I'll be all right in a minute, | guess,” said Dwyer. Tommy jumped off with them at the station and ran into the office. telegraph table was splintered and thrown away from the wall, The in- struments were torn apart and por- tions of them were fused and melted. A glance revealed what the boy had escaped. Had he been at the table getting the train's order, or reporting it. he would have met instant death. His error, strangely, had proved a marvel of good fortune, The conductor looked at Tommy's white face with a softening light in his own. “lI guess God must be taking care of blundering children like you,” he said. He turned to the engineer. “Jim, how did you come to shut off steam?” he asked. “1 don't know,” replied the engineer, still rubbing his head. “I had hold of the throttle-lever, and 1 suppose the shock must have made me grip and he said. and that shut her off. or whatever it was, knocked seat,” Cera 4} nales were graph- \ and broken %. a tie gt fell upon jerk the lever, The blow, me off the Eight tel have been ity found to by thi where slit ound the almost op electric seeking great bolt Dwvyer's engine had ite the point of obviously the the wire. been Wroed kage, the engine force, greatest iron of tri the day and racted clee Tommy brought operator to 1 by wire got hing a old relay, they t without much went ition, and pat and attaching an pay delay, but, of home discharged. Afterward he went into his father’s and ultimately became a partner business, Twelve hours of rail- he often averred, were quite him.—~Youth's Compan car ou course, Tommy store, in the roading, sufficient for * THE NEWLY ’ MARRIED. A Quarre! That Pegan in an Unexpected Manner. They had been had just He was morning and she three weeks commenced hou 10 followed married and ekeep- town one him to the wrapped ying: think it pos when ing. starting door. They had their arms round Was you can ever come cked, more,” never quar- Good-by, vid-by. you Oh, Artificial! Asbestos. oth asbestos tutes ashes 08 cannot be imitated i there are many wiacere ure 1s us text dis- As asbestos is practic ily sili cate of magnesia, its produ ICHon, In some shape or other, ought not to be difficult The first experiments were made with soluble soda silicate and sulphate The latter is tos expensive, however. But the natural sulphate, which can be obtained at low cost at Strassfurt, the kieserit, will do I. Borntraeger dissolves this miner- al in hot water and precipitates it with soda silicate, washes the gelatinous pre- cipitate and brings it into filter presses It is then calcined, which process lasts about 12 hours, in a furnace yielding two hundredweight of dry silicate. This product is ground until it forms a very light, very fine white powder. Two parts of this powder are mixed with one part of coarse paper pulp of peat pulp, and the mass is dried under com- pression. The resulting product is a good substitute for asbestos, and can be prepared at a remunerative rate, ir some countries in any case, the The American Duchess’ Way, At one of the big bazaars which have been such a feature of the past season an ill-bred young man was heard to ex- press his admiration of a certain charm. ing lady serving at an adjoining stall “What do you bet I don’t go wand ask her name?” he demanded of his com- panion. Apparently the bet was taken up, for the bounder went staggering up and said with a smirk, “What might your name be, my pretty maid?” The fair unknown dropped a curtsey, and “The Duchess of Marlborough, sir,” she said, was the un<xpected reply, to the extreme discomfiture of the questioner, who slunk off precipitately. An Eng- lishwoman would probably have accord ed him silence and a freezing stare, with not a quarter of the crushing effect which attended the American Duchess’s EXCITING Fhe Anin al of the Desert Has More Vices Than the Mule, An officer who bas been some time in Egypt, has Zatory, lowing CAMEL TRAINING, residing where camel rid scieds the fol= of his ex- and useful that while the ng been oblig crniplion y i graphic des with that a I: "You periences miable can well around here imstruction 1s first arrived tremendous and on amiable tnima imagine there's a usual rid; When the untamed camels at our camp 1 heard a growling in front of the door, going out I saw one of these beasts led by his keeper, but walking with every expression of disgust both in his countenance and The man stopped (ditto camel) and attempted to tie the beast’s fore- legs together, when it reared, and, striking out with its forefeet, landed the keeper's stomach and head, sending him flying through space as if The man picked ditch with a hand the camel circu ng TING On. being along voice, an 5 hot out of aA cannon. himself out of the cach bruis i ed part, and which had ceased ro in charge by two oth er natives and led due ed {to never arimg, was and more , OF taken robust rather in f . mignt the r brought in are I am ha cre ean am even beginning _ ow . "pee affection. lhe Of Course She Was Pretty: every man an have cares to ng and ied ¢ owner of the paper wink- at them Finally she finished had attracted her Then scious of what she had been doing blushed and looked confused, was sensible enough to know that ab- minded act did not call for her to leave the car. Instead, she said to the adly article that and looked became con- She the interest she but her “l beg your pardon, sir. I guess I forgot what | was doing.” He raised his hat in acknowledge- ment of the apology, and after turning the page resumed his reading. The girl sat still until she reached her destina- ing noticed by the passengers who had smiled while she was reading the pa- per.—New York Times. Serpent in the Church, This snake lived in the church of G.'s first parish in Australia. Its hole was visible to the congregation, and it used to show its head to them at ser- wice time (during the sermon, prob- ably) and make them nervous. So it was sought to entice it to its destruc- tion with saucers of milk. The parson used to lay the bait over night and go to look for results in the morning. Al- ways the saucer was found empty, but for a long time the snake was not found. At last he saw it coiled asleep upan the white cloth laid over the chancel carpet, where the sun from the east window poured warmly down up- on it. So he hewed it in pieces before the altar, as Samuel hewed Agag—The Empire Review. The pedestrian used to have at least the satsifaction of stopping a bicycle rider and making him take equal chances in the mix-up. But he has no chmce whatever with an automobile. LATEST HAPPENINGS ALL OVER THE STATE. | Condensed Special Dispatches saind | Down for Rapid Reading. NEW LIST OF PENSIONS GRANTED. Pittsburg Prisoner's Death Sentence Commuted Pardon Granted a Lackewanna County Convict— Another Street Car at Scranion Badly Damaged by Dynamite Forty Labor ers Aroused From Sieep by Flames. These pensions were gr ranted Pennsyl vanians: Godfrey K. Biber, Allegheny, $8: Theodore J. Ballantine, Pittsburg $12; John K. Kelsey, Allegheny, $12 John C. Mark, New Alexander, $12; [heodore Robison, Mercersburg, $10; Maurice Dunbar, Phoenixville, $10; Car- oline Foy, Homestead, $28; Martha Mc Farland, ates ilie, $8; Catherine 1. Fer r Roch $8: Elizabeth J. Cherry leo $8. Elizabeth Crim, Shay, $8 Mary Reddick, Allegheny, $8; Geo Shotts, Irwin, ‘$8. Pennsylvania — Winfield S Birch, Pittsburg, $12; Norman G dy, Dagus Mines, $6; Michael Fitzer, Runville, $ Charles Richardson, Sarah E. Miller, Pit E. Cra Union Pierce, 3 18, TRE tia dun Judge Edw ards of Scranton, presiding, decided that the scl of Norristown has power to raise $5000 annually by taxation to maintain a Car negie library. Several citizens of the town had instituted proceedings to prevent Arnegie’s gift. Michael Nash was arrested in Scr ton charged with trying to wreck Buffalo express on the Lackawanna Rail road 1 y Plac ing an obstruction in a frog A I discovered the attempt Mrs. Carrie Cox, Franklin ship, Lycon ing County, was charged with attempting to poison two children of William McFadden. A piece of dynamite fastened car track on Capouse avenue, Scra was run over and exploded b 6 o'clock other evenir og ured, but the car was badly Several similar atten have been made traction empl Select Cou equity the acceptance of ( 1 . i OWND-~ arrested of the was inj aged Ars f the menced pts 10 Ww since the strike com nassed VOCS Was resoiuntion He ra to offer 2 don that will perpetrator of directing ard of lead these rew x Board sig ife IMOriSGHTEN fe imprisonment George W whose case h —— The stricken 10 lot} leaving ung and money sumed. It is estimated that $1 savings of for vas destroyed the nen SeYera Yield ing to the requ Governor Stone 141, Biddle: brot near Pittsburg icy decic hers, was badly r the pur 1 ladelphia capitals large mill Isabella, the of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Allentown, died from while playing at a brush fire three-year burns sustained The Lancaster branch of the Woman's Needlework Guild of America distrib- uted 2107 garments among the Poor of that city. Annie Pareiska, aged 4 playing about a bonfire in when her clothing became she was burned to death Three rural delivery routes will be es- tablished in Spring City and vicinity on January 1 The stables at Lindenthrope race track were destroyed by fire, a lighted cig- arette, it is thought, causing the flame. The Chester Board of Trade appoint- ed a committee to aid in the endeavor to secure action in Congress in favor of a deeper channel for the Delaware river. Three negroes accused of many rob- beries in Lancaster county were arrest ed in Atglen, Chester county, after a fight with the constables. Plans submitted by A. A. Richter, a Lebanon architect, were accepted for the new Memorial Reformed Church to be erected in Washington for the con- gregation with which President Roose: velt worships. The Géneral Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church con- cluded its sessions in Pittsburg. The committee refused to recede from its position in making an 8 per cent. reduc- tion in appropriations to missions. Aged John Waterson was found dead in bed at his home in Chester, the dis covery being made by his daughter-in- law, who went to his room to call him. Death was due to apoplexy. Charters were issued by the State De- rtment to the following corporations: eystone Stable and Storage Co., Pitts ag, capital $ 33000; Eastern Warehouse Co., Philadel capital $10,000; The Lloyd Manufacturing Co. Pittsburg, Yapital $1,000; mbrella Specialty Co., Philadelphia, capital $10,000; The South Sharon Furniture and Supply Co.. South Sharon. capital S1oom, years, was Pattstown, ignited and com MERCIAL REVIEW. Srm——— Genera! Trade Conditions, weekly review of tory such i ational 1 fore i the ki marked and when in activity n 1900, higher. For- down by Mr. large domestic which as the tas h ( sively low pre- Cign markets prove Strength 1s pre the closin week Of on st 1.818.666 of gradual i ly 450, Year Nog LATEST QUOTATIONS. ~ Best Patent $460; pet brl, enn syl va- Cran- 00as. 50. Keif- 1.0041 25. 1.004 i 13. extra Ka to Ibs, 10Y2 to n . » 13C. ul 2 er On Blsage; fat, —aogc; do, small and poor Chickens—Hens, 7%4a8¢; do, old each, 2%5a30; voung, large, do, small, gag¥:; do, rough —a8. Ducks—Spring, 3 Ibs and over, —1oc; do, do, poor and small, gc; do, fancy, large, old, 10c; do, small Sac; do, mucovey and mongrel, gatoc. Geese— Western. each, 6oabsc. Guinea fowl, each, 15a20c. Pigeons—Old strong fivers, per pair, 20a2s5c; do, young, do, Cheese. —New 10? OAC. ; Pic Live Po do, young a to rosters, do. —aRise ; ind poor, Live Stock. Chicago. —Cattle—(ood 6.200685; poor to medium, stockers and feeders, $1.25a3.75; heifers $1.50a5.00; canners $1.25a2.25; bulls $20024.50; calves $200 as.25; Western steers $3.50a5.25. Hogs— today 45000 head, tomorrow ; 5¢ to 10¢ higher; mixed and butchers $5.50a5.95; good to choice, heavy, $5.70a6.10; rough to fair, heavy, $5.45a5.65: light $5255.75; bulk of sales $56za58s, East Liberty—Cattle steady: choice $5. 7506.00; prime $5.50a570; good $5.18 a5.40. Hogs steady; prime heavies $5.00 a0.00; heavy mediums $585a5.00; hight do, $5.75a580; heavy Yorkers $563a 570; light do, $560a565; pigs $5.50a 560; roughs $4.50a5.50. Sheep slow; best wethers $3.50a3.65; culls and com- mon $1o0mm200; yearlings $250a400; veal calves $6.5027.25. LABOR AND INDUSTRY Berlin has 35.000 unemployed. Paupers cost England $42000000 a to prime, $3.75a5.90; $200a4.00; cows ar. Coal is cheaper in China than any- where else in the world. It is said that Canada is soon to have her own mint. More than go per cent. of the vessels neing the Suez Canal navigate by night. Cotton growers have netted $400,000, ooo more for the past five crops (igor Top estimated) than for the previous ve. >
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