a News Happenings of Interest Gathered From All Sources Aiken John C. Bar Patents granted: Henry Pittsburg, roof structure; | rett, Washington, steam or hot watet heater; Charles H. Brown, Dubois cake or doughnut cutter; Charles A Daly, Carnot, air and gas mixer; Chris ian Filzer, Erie, hydrocarbon torch Elmer E. Kerns, Bradiord, gas and an regulating valve; James R. Klippel N. W. Jeffers and W. D. Bradford Pittsburg, automatic street railwa) switch: Willie S. Lechart, Bakersville yrench attachment; John E. Lewis late! for coating with tin; James B, McC alin Washington, telephone receiver holder Patrick McDonald, Larimer, four-way Francis McWilliams, Duquesne tube extractor; John Mehlferber, Pitts burg, folding baby carriage; Camille Mercader, Pittsburg, piling apparatus also making seamless tubes or hollow articles: Burton B. Messer, Washin ton. ice cream freezer; James E. Pat ton, Pittsburg, game board Penn Johns Pitts were granted Leadbeater, [hese sylvanians:—Thos. town, $12: George Hotchkiss, field, $12; Thomas J]. Baker, Newry $12; John Wilson Shields, Gilpin, $10 Lewis W. Feistel, New Salen, $8; God frey K. Biber, Charleryi, $10; Smith N Brown, Youngsville, $10; William ] McKee, Butler, $8; Peter Gensler, Blo serville, $8: Thaddeus B. Webb, Mii flintown, $12; Jacob Kohler, Bowmans lale, $12: Elizabeth Freeman, McKees port, $8: Ellen Baset, Corry, $38; Emil A. Keen, Shermansville, $8; Fred ). Dupont, Rockford, $8; C Gelnett, Dubois, $10; Willi vett, East Smithfield Weston, Port Rhodes, East Hall, Alleghen sson, Mapleton WwW Clark. Dubo xins, Petersbur Mt. Joy, $24; faven 88: C le, $8; Adelaide pensions verely beat branch herry tree 1e boy's back, it i leged, is covered with black anc stripes Rose Skolsky 0 Vears Keesport was found her home old, of dead in bed Charles Hastings, 54 year old, town { ] while 1 ha way te , P nip Avalon, fel Ross take a nd fractured 1 the ¢ rain at I onditior 15 Serious Harry Hend legheny July 4 snowball destroye was it blind William Rath, of Allegheny, died at the West Penn hospital as the result o a fall from a roof on December 2. Rotl was a roofer and was making repairs I'he clothing store of J. P. Lintner a Blairsville, was robbed of overcoats t« the value of $1%0 The 4-year-old-son of Emil Ander on, at New Castle, was scalded tc death by falling into a tub of boiling walter, A trolley car of the Pottsville Unior Fraction Company, running from Or wigsburg to Schuylkill Haven, left the rails and hung over the brink of a fit teen-foot embankment, blocking the tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway. There were but two passen gers, George Partz and John Holly both of Pottsville, with Conductor Thomas Burger, in the car at the time All three were badly bruised, and when they attempted to make their exit found it was impossible to open the doors COMMERCI:L REYILW Cereral Trade (ond'tions R. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly of Trade” says: “Despite the interruption of taking in ventorics and other disturbing element clusing of the old year past dull 3 vcentibl Consumers were were not perceptibly incidental to the the week nas been far from ‘essening purchases, while the approach of higher freight rates accelerated ship ment of goods. Transporting iacilitie rontinue utterly inadequate. New wage icales have become effective, largely ern hancing the purchasing power of the people. The new year opens with every pros pect of activity in al branches of business. thus far available for December show 2 gain of 7.7 per cent. nver 1901, not the coal exceptional Railway earnings withstanding heavy loss of traffic. “The question of higher freight rates complicated the situation regarding iron and steel, but new orders are conatant- ly coming forward. Quotations of all products in this indusutry are fully maintained, with a tendency toward still higher prices because of freights and fuel. The first advance is expected t« occur in wire nails, “No new features have developed in the footwear situation, prices remain ing firm and order full. Aside from a slight reaction in union backs the leather market is strong, hemlock sole receiving the additional support of exceptionally heavy exports to Eu rope. Domestic hides are dull, prices again declining. Textile mills are busy with only a hand to mouth home de mand for cotton goods, but export buy for China continues large arm products weakened as visible »s increased, and reports from the indicate that much more grain is for shipment than the railroads » Exports of corn are stead the week at Atlantic ushels were 347.193 bushels ir 4 year ago at, including 1,495,061 bush SAT al Ago, books and 3,775,20¢ 1,300 bush sls Inst vear “Wool tends upward, the mills continuing heav) numerous.” LATEST QUOTATIONS. Flour—Spring clear, $3 25a3.45; best Patent, $4.65; choice Family, $3.90 Whent— New York No 2 19¢; Philadelphia No 2, 76%a76 4¢; Baltimore No2 T74C.. Corn — New York No. 2. 58c: Phila delphia No. 2.50X%ablc;Baltimors No. 2, Blic Onts—New York No 2. 4le, 2. 88M0; Phila delpbia No Baltimore No 2 40) Hay—No. 1 timothy. $17.50a18.00; No. 2 timothy, $16.50a17.70: No. 3 othy $14.50a15.50 Green Fruits and Vegatables per brl, fancy $2 75@3 25; fair to good per brl, 150a%2 50; Cabbages, Do mestic, per ton. $7.00a8.00. Celery, per 15@30c; Eggplants, native, per 100, $1 50@2 00; Grapes, basket, 12a16¢ Lettuce, native, per bu box $1 00c@1 5 Marviand and Pennsylva nia yellow, per bu, 65@70¢ Potatoes, White, per ba 60a85c; Mary land and Pennsylvania, per bu 60a6ic New Yorl per bri $2 26a2.00 Jutter, Separator, 30allc; cream, 28a2%9¢; prints, 1.1b 31a32¢; Rolls 2.1b, 30a3lc; Dairy pts. Md., Pa., Va ‘ Dies Rae. tim 1 «ADDI Apples GOZ Onions, bu 63a; sweets, ney Giathere Eggs, Fresh laid dozen, 20a2bi40 Cheese, Large, 60-1b, 13al13Xe; me dium, 36-1b, 18a13%; picunics, 23.1b 135al3e. Live Poultry, Hens, 1lallic; ole roosters, each 25a30c; Turkeys, 13al4 Ducks, 11al2¢ Hides, Heavy steers, association and salters, late kill, 60-1bs and up, close s« lection, 12)al2’{c; cows and light steer: Sadie. Provisions and Hog Products — Bulk clear rib sides, 10)e¢; bulk shoulders 103¢c; bulk bellies, 11}4c; bulk ham butts 10}4¢c; bacon clear rib sides, 105{¢; bacor shoulders, 11X¢; sugar-cuted breasts 18% ¢; sugar-cured shoulders, 11} sugar-cured California hams, 10c hams canvassed or uncanvased, 12 lbs and under, 14%¢; refined lard tierces, bris and 50 Ib cans, gross, llc; refined lard half-barrels and new tubs, lle. per egg, Live Stock. Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 15a200 lower, ood to prime steers $5 40a6 40; medion 2 Thad 00; stockers and feeders §2 4 ad 40; cows, $1 H0ad 60; heifers $2 004 4 75; Texas-fed steers $3 76a 5.00 Hogs Mixed and butchers $4 50a6 20; good t choice, heavy $6 40a6 75; Sheep, sheep and lambs slow to lower; good to choioe whethers $4 00a4 40; oriies shoe) $4 25a4 00. East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice $5 75ab 90; prime $5 40aD 60. Hogs pritee heavy $6 60ab 65, mediams $6 D0, wavy Yorkers $6 3006 50. Sheep steady, Best wethers $4 00a4 20 culls and com wou $1 50a2 00; choice lambs $5 ¢0ad #5 LABOR AND INDUSTRY Cigarmakers at Dodge county, Wis will organize a union, Boot and shoe workers at Omaha Neb., have formed a union. Female house servants from $15 to $20 a month Africa. Steamfitters at Buffalo, N. Y., will re command in South April 1. Trades unions at Everett, Wash. cost of $4,000. It is estimated that non-union men by a train they kicked the glass out of seyeral windows and made their escape | Employes of the Memphis (Tenn) street railway company have secured an advance ol one cent an hour. No child, young girl or woman car be employed more than 60 hours a week in Canada, and she law is strictly en forced. It is pure. It is gentle, It is pleasant. It is efficacious. produces. 1QS 13 Garfield's Nomination. At the Republican national conven tion in 1880 the Blaine Half-Breeds (to ute the nomenclature of the day) and the Grant Stalwarts, 306 in number, bugged each other In a death grapple. They crushed each other and Garfield scampered off with the nomination for When leaving Wash ington to attend the convention as leader of the Sherman delegates field was asked by John Tucker firginia ‘Whom are going nirate? Gari + to have loved Ran. Tucke far asunder in politics, but theré wove and affection Einship between the the Obhloan around po red gn It president Gar Randolph you said were Were Thay and intellectual Virgirian and Garfleid put his Tucker's shoulders ‘Keep your syes on me” And was. Garfield hecane President and Rialne took the ze retarysbhip of state, "to keep his hand on the helm’ his friends sald. “To watch the Peru vian guano beds his enemies re plied. — Washington Letter to Rich mond (Va) Times arm and whis Book of Comfort for Mourners. Quite a = wccessful bu saring obituary albums Das built up by a New York man He iness by "r i oe been has 1.600 dally nowspapers from dif cities of the country, and clipe Then he aiives to ferent from them obituary notices approaches BUTVIVIEE Te el ¢ I not bus } prepared letters of received they Ww from these fixed pric everything ftuary clipping s 5 cents and ards Ww Ma Kay prepared are 10 nas from the no husband There were over 6.000 clippings about him. Sam ugl D Babcock and Bert Reiss were also subjects for voluminous albums ents two or ‘* My mother was troubled with consumption for many years. At last she was given up to die. Then she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was speedily cured.’ D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y. No matter how hard your cough or how long you have had it, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is the best thing you can take. It’s too risky to wait until you have consump- tion. If you are coughin today, get a bottle o Cherry Pectoral at once. Three sizes : 2c, Sic, $1. All druggists. Consult your doctor. If he says take It, then do as he says. If he tells you not to taka it, then don't takes It. He knows, Leave It with him, We are willing, J.C, AYER CO, Lowell, Mass, a . A A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in the fertilizer spells quality | / ! and quantity in the har / vest. Write uz and we will send you, Jree, by next mail, our money winning THE RAILROADS OF AUSTRALIA | There Seems to Be Something Wrong With the System. long ago the state rallway au Melbourne, Australia, had to investigate a case of a guard's leav g his van, walking along the foot pilates clambering up the engine, and making a the iriver gpeed now inquiring dent. In this forgot to fix the coup and the #ignal was given the steamed out of the station by IeAVIing rarriag sd and passen gers in the lurch Guard, stationmas ter, porters and spectators yelled, but without effect. The engine ran for siz was 4 that it nothing behind it. The most dis feature of the inc signal warning Not thorities in furious assault train going at They are ¢ £) w 3 § nic notiier curious ind upon the full all the while ase Hogs ‘rain some between the engine When the engine itself niles before it discovered jent was passed rece several boxer ving any iake trout lays € 006 and the whitefish a The average egge each season Lreater number There are more things done withoot motive in this world than are dreamed of by the police department Many 1ilddiren Ave Mek y SERMONS TO THE PURITANS. Thought Themselves Wronged If the Preaching Was Not Long. At Lorimer hall, Tremont temple, Monday evening, at the monthly meet ing of the Congregational club, Leop H. Vincent spoke on "Kings of the Colonial Pulpit,” giving a history of the Mather family and their habits He sald the Puritans were always craving for learning and wisdom, and that they had no sooner landed in America than they began making books. The continual studiousness | of the Puritans, said Mr. Vincent, is | what makes New England today the | great hive of books and authors. Be sides studying the Puritans spent their spare time in persecuting here tice and drinking strong drinks, but | tke only habit of the three that has | clung to their descendants is reading. The sermons were long winded, and in an hour the minister usually only got started: An old record says “Mr. Hooker preached two hours and seventeen minutes while not feeling well. How long he would have talk ed if he was In good health! A Har vard student wrote of a minister that preached to the students: “He preached two hours, and much to out regret, he had to stop” The people | pald to hear sermons on the tacit | condition that the preacher would speak a certain length of time. The audience would look at the sandglass | to see that they got their money's worth, i Mr. Vincent said Cotton Mather | was probably the smartest boy in the fomily, and at the age of eighteen he had received his degree from his own father, Richard, President of Har vard. The subject of his thesis was “Hebrew, Vowel Points are Divine io | Origin.” A A HB AR All are pure, All are delicately blended. Louisville, Ky. BY a aia sl ALA, 3 Nhs SA 7 \ ah TE ~' aed rE Hazarding a Guess. Ne ay ry How's This” We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure F.J. Cmexxy & Cs Toledo, O We, the undersigned, have known FF. J Che ribe last 10 years, and beijeve per porable lo all business transactions nd financially able to carry out any obliga un made by their firm West & Tavax Wholesale Druggists Tooled Obie Warowwes, Biman Manvix Wh gists, Tolado, Oli Hall's Caturrh Cure is taken internally asl. ing directly upon the biood and mucous sur faces of Lhe systex Price, 6c. per bottle Sold Ly all Druggists. Testimonials free Hall's Pamily Plils are the best Props tart iv } Ia jennie Drug jeepan the River Thames, in meervators have determined { $270,000 on dredging the In order to Ergiand, the to expend a sum we FITS permanently cured No fits or ness after first 4 s use of Dr. Kine Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottieand treatine Dr. BH Kuixg, 18d. 98] Arch St. Phila. Pa ervons # Great fres AIWavs Tan wishes she were a man Piso’s Cure cannot be a8 a cough cure. J, W Avenue, NX. Minneapolis : na O'Barex, 322 Third Minn, Jan. 6, 130) olprints in the sands of time will bx f date when we get aenal navigation Backs Purxax Olid Sofas, dyed with of Chairs, etc., can bw FaverLess Dyxs gota 2 welcome back CLO0 0000000000000 OOS00OGL COOODO0O0CQ TOOT O00 The ldea of Coid. Maurice Grau teils a story about a gheriff from Dawson City, who crossed with him from Europe recently. A smoking cabin group was discussing the eccentricities of the American ci mate, This was resented by the She i yn nderstand he remarked why persist laiking against their own countr It gives persons on very wrong impression 1 went | was asked about the intense cold in the Klondil contradicted ft. of course CONOLLCULOVVOLOT ST. 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