A DAXGEEOUS TEADE. PERILS THAT BESET THE MAKING OF NITROGLYCERIN. HlMi I eea la the Hafaeter af Tata D(enu E-alaalve Tfce Care IXmt Baa to Be EirirUel la the Faclarlea. Nitroglycerin and It peculiarities are little known, even In loealitiea nhere It la made. Teople generally give It a wide berth, and even a less number know bow it is manufactured. rrolaMy In no place In the United States is tliere such a great amount of the explosive used as In the Indiana oilfield. Indiana has four nitroglycerin factories, and they are seldom visited by curious people. The explosive Is made from a compo sition of acids and glycerin. It Is gener ally pale yellow In color, and quite col orless when pure. It Is odorless, and fcas a sweet, pungent, aromatic flavor. If touched by one's tongue, or even brought Into contact with the skin. It will produce a severe headache. A Urge tank, called an agitator. Is where the fluid Is mixed, and the mixture is composed of equal parts of nitric and sulphuric add. Inside the tank are several paddles, like those of a churn, and it Is here that the real danger In the manufacture exists. The paddles are put In operation and a steady stream of sweet glycerin is turned into a vat until 2-"0 pounds are thoroughly mixed with the 1.500 pounds of acid. The chemicals coming in coutact pro duce an Intense heat, and In order to obviate the danger cold water Is run through p'pes encircling and running through the vat. At 80 degrees F. a red vapor, almost like fire, arises. If cutting off the supply of glycerin In the agitator does not lower the temper ature. It Is time to say farewell. Before 90 degrees are reached nothing but atoms of the structure and Its contents are left. In Its manufacture water Is used to food the workroom, since a drop fall ing on the floor might lead to an explo sion. Not a nail is to be found In the floor of the factory, and the visitor is cautioned not to drag bis feet. Those who make the dangerous fluid say that a Jar will not cause an explosion: that friction and fire are the only agencies by which It can be discharged. One may pour a barrel of nitroglycerin from a high building to a cement walk below and it will not explode, but a small quantity of It dropped from the same height In a can will blow the building down. A sharp concussion In stantly touches It off. Factories be come useless after a few years' opera tion and have to be destroyed. The timber becomes saturated with nitro glycerin and an explosion Is Imminent at any time. The average production of nitroglyc erin from 1.500 pounds of acid and 230 pounds of glycerin is about 150 quarts. About 1G0 quarts constitute an average shot for an Indiana oil well. While magazine explosions are not rare, the real cause of the blowing up never be comes known. Those who are close enough to see the cause always go up with the building. The average time for a shooter or nitroglycerin maker to remain in the business does not exceed five years. Ieath is instant, and no one has ever recovered from a nitro glycerin accident Bodies are torn to atoms no larger than bits of sausage. The wages of employees of the fac tories range from $125 to $150 a month. Colonel William A. Myers of Bolivar. N. Y was the man who made and ex ploded the first Kund of nitroglycerin In an oil .well. He built the first fac tory In the United States n-ar Titus ville. Ta, In 18(18. Up to that time powder had been used to torjedo oil wells. It was then that an explosive that could be discharged under water was found in nitroglycerin. Colonel Myers' father was a Philadelphia chemist and taught his son how to make It. The first well torpedoed was on Colo Bel Mills' lease, near Tltusville. and the charge consisted of only two pounds. Oil was worth ?D a barrel then, and a torjedo that would double the produc tion of a well was worth tlmost what the maker chose to ask for It. Colonel MJ-ers built 12 different factories In different parts of the oil regions from JSCS to 1S85, when he retired from the business. Only one of the original fac tories stands Intact today. Myers made several fortunes and spent his money like a prince, but. fortunately for biro, he still has a snug sum laid by. Well shooters spin great j arns of their experiences, and the stories are cf the hair raising order. Well shoot rrs generally are fatalists to a consid erable degree In their belief, and It la probably one reason why they do not fear the fluid. They state that when one would think It was the most dan gerous the explosive Is the safest. The smallest drop can be placed on an anvil and struck by the heaviest sledge hammer, and the hammer will ltound back over the shoulder of the striker, no matter how much be may try to hold It. Some claim that it will tear the arm off. but this is exaggera tion. Transporting the explosive from a msgazlne to a well is not as danger ous as timid people think, according to the shooters. It is transported In square cans such as are used for var nish. In preparing for shooting a well, a loug tin shell Is suspended in the tub ing, and the shooter pours the fluid in as If It was water. It Is not un usual for M0 quarts to be In a well Khooter's wagon on one trip. A slight leak In a can may be touched off by friction and explode the entire load. If It should explode In the center of a town, every building would be reduced instantly to debris. I jjianapolls Jour nal.' A Happy TbouRlM. The spontaneous and happy wit of the late Isaac II. Bromley, for many years a writer of New York Tribune leaders, is recalled by the ?xmple be low: One day In The Tribune office the veteran journalist Charley T. Congdun was talking of the delightful reading he had found In Bayle's Dictionary cud remarked that if he were ever In Jail he would be quite contented with tLat book. "Of course you would. said Brom ley. "If you had Bayle. you could get out." Celt lac Oat af a Corner. "What a iiesmtiful lonnger "Tes. That's a birthday present from my husband. He always gives me a present thai costs him as many dollars as I am years old." "That's nice of him. It reconciles cne to growing old. By the way. 1 have a lounge at home like that but Hot nearly as fine, and we paid $3S I jr It" "Is that all? This this didn't cost nearly as much as that" Chicago Tribune. A sfa-erate Maa. "How much is this soap a cake?" "Take two for 15 cents." "Two? I)o you thiuk I buy soap by the wholesale?" Fliegende Blatter. No trait of character is more valuM to a woman than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be happy without It. It Is like the flowers that spring up In our pathway, reviv ing and cheering us. The curiosity of others enables some men to make a good living. Chicago News. The famous fogs of Newfoundland are only found as a rule on the eat and south coasts and on the "banks, being caused by the meeting of the erctlc current with the jrulf stream. The interior In summer is described as a most delightful climate, resem Lting that of the south of France. FIGS GO TO COURT. A ad rran the float Effective Wlt- rufi la a Daaiaae Salt. Ac English solicitor was defending a frnit broker In an action brought for the recovery of $10.1. the price "paid for a consignment of Cgs which the plain tiff declared to be unfit for human food. The defense alleged that although moderately discolored by salt water, a the plaintiff knew when be bought them, the Cgs were perfectly whole some. The figs were In court. The plaintiff, a coster, who conduct ed Lis own cose, was skillfully cross examined. The trial was obviously go ing against him. and once or twice be retorted so hotly that the Judge threat ened to commit him for contempt At length the coster grew desperate and. turning to the opposing counsel, hoarse and perspiring, he 6ald: "Look here, guv'nor, you say them Cgs are good to eat and I say they ain't That's all there Is between us. ain't It? Now. s'elp me. If youll eat two of them figs and yon ain't tick Immediately afterward IU lose my case." The Judge at once sa tr the propriety of this suggestion and asked the law yer what be proposed to do. "Your honor Is trying this case, not I." was the reply. "No. no! The offer Is made to you. said t'je Judge. A hurried consultation took place. Counsel suggested that It was the so licitor's duty to submit to the experi ment The solicitor refused. The bro ker himself was then asked if be would risk It "What will happen to me If I don't?" said he. "You'll lose the case," replied both his legal advisers. "Then." said he hurriedly, "lose the case, lose the case!" And so he did. Youth's Companion. " BOTTOMLESS HOLES. Pits la the Transvaal Wkaae Depths lave !ot Di Fathomed. I'D uear the course of the little river of Malmani there is a strange round hole in the rocks a few yards in diain ter descending perpendicularly down to the unknown. In that hole there is nothing. It is empty. The neighbors eny a stone droped Into it Is never heard or again. These good people, though, are uot given to throwing in many, even when the protecting par son is there on his rounds. They grave ly suspect a too free Indulgence might prove an annoyance, to an Irritable personage whom they would rather not see on their level In that part of the world aud whose visits in auger they would le loath to receive. Though this hole Is empty, there Is another, somewhat larger, close to it which Is not empty. This other Is full of water almost up to the brim, and It has upou it a floating Island of grass which shifts from side to side with ev ery change of the wind. To And further examples of the same sort of herliage It Is necessary to go COO miles north ward, welt Into the hot districts In the tropics. Boers say of this second pit they have endeavored to sound It using 12 dozen rawhide thongs (rein.-.i tied end to end. a line. say. of 200 fathoms, with a big stone as sinker, but without striking bottom. The sinker and line. at the lowest were pulled sharply away to the side, as If a strong current were coursing below. Upon that they ceased to Investigate further. You see. they were meddling in things which didn't concern them aud risking en counters with powers beet left alone. So how deep it may be we do not know yet Some day a bolder spirit may tea us. Cincinnati Enquirer. Ilia Moilnl Lanebeona. "The ordering of my luncheon used to be a great nuisance." said a lawyer yesterday. -I would go Into a cafe. perhaps pretty hungry, but two or tree minutes' study of the huge menu would put me In an uncertain, lrrita Me mood, and no matter what I'd order I wouldn't enjoy It on account of the thought that I mlg'it have ordered something different and barter. It was like going into a public library to read. With so many books there. It is im Iossible to sit down and read one book coutcntcOly. as you can at home. But uow I have an arrangement that makes my luncheon a joy. I said to my wait er one day: " 'What I eat here at noon costs me, on the average. $1.25, and my average tip to you is 20 cents. Now you ought to know what a nice luncheon is better than I do. so I make you this proposal: Serve me every day a lunch of my usual number of courses, and whatever under $1.25 it costs you can keep.' "The waiter Jumped at that He brings me every day now a better meal than I would think of ordering myself, and he makes from 20 to 30 cents by keeping down the price. It Is a splen did scheme, and I wonder why I never thought of it before." Philadelphia Record. Ther Deat Kaew Serves. Those who know the Chinese best have been particularly struck with their abset.ee of nervus. The foreigner iidgcts. the native sits still: balmy sleep, especially In hot weather, will resist the foreigner's sweetest wooing, while to the native lying on a heap of stones or across the bars of a wbeel barw she comes as a matter of course; we need constant change and variety, they would find contentment and rest on the treadmill. "It would lie easy." says Mr. Smith, "to raise la China an army of 1.000,000 men nay. 10.000.000 tested by com petitive examination as to their capaci ty to go to sleep across three wheel barrows, with heads downward, like a spider, their mouths wide open and a fly Insider From which it Is evident, says The North China Herald, that In a crusade aga'ust n;;lse v.e can hope for no as sistance from our native fellow town men. bat instead a great amount of vis Inertiae, if not positive opposition. Worse Off Thea tie Taoect. Sliudholt-WelL I'm $L"0 worse off than I was yesterday morning. Itiugus How's Hint? Shadbult I was held up by footpads on my way home last night and rob betL Dingus I'm sorry for you, old man. But they didn't get the j." I liorrowrd uf you U-rore you started home, any how. FhadlNilt That' so. I forgot thnt I'm $55 worse ofT than I was yesterday morning. Chicago Tribune. Cnaeeded rrlaea. "This HJattK Ajar l.iu is a li.in.i some one." said the tombstone man "It Is Just what I want." ai. i. tsIJov;-. -He never stun a iluor in all our 'narrled life without being told." lndlauaHI!s Journal. In Iiattle rod uniforms attract th. eye most readily, aud 12 men wearlnj that eolor are killi-l to ; lu ri8e green, or 0 in blue or 5 la either brown, blue gray or f.riy. Pleasure Is very seldom found where It Is sought Our brightest I. later oi gladness a? commonly kindled by un expected iark Johnson. Ilia Repertory. "What have you U-en playing during I jour present tourT "We played 'llainlet and 'King Lenr on the stage." answered Mr. Stonalng toa Barnes. I "Were there no comedies in your ' repertory?" "Only one. Wh.-n we came to count OP the bo; offioe receipts. It was usually 'ilech Ado About Nothing.' Wash ington Star. HEAT FR03I THE SUN. HOW LITTLE OF IT WE GET 18 ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF. c-areely Oae San be am la Two Ta aaad lllllloca Aliarhta I eea This Earth A Pea Pirtare of the Aetaal Ceaditioa of the Fiery Orh. The sun Is for the most part simply wasting his heat flinging away the golden rays that are the life of the world with a recklessness beside which all human waste is mere parsimony. It is almost beyond belief. Scarcely one sunbeam in 2,000,000,000 alights upon the earth, and allowing for the whole solar system not more than ope In ioo.000,000 ever hiu anything, bo far as we can ascertain. ' Sir Kobert Ball's comment on this waste of the sun's heat is: Suppose a man with an income of $1,000,000 a year. He spends for useful purpose 1 cent and throws the rest away. His wastefulness is no greater than that which this old prodigal the sun has practiced for untold ages. The untold amount of heat which thus leaks away through the cracks In the sky cannot be expressed by figures. It is only by considering what It might do that we can get any conception of !t This Is probably the most striking Illustration, and Is given by an eminent astronomer: Suppose a solid shaft of Ice two miles square to be extended like a brldgo across the gulf which separates the earth from the sun. If a track were laid on its surface aa express train running at full speed would require more than 150 years to traverse It Yet, If the whole heat of the sun were turn' ed upon It for a single second It would be melted, and in a few seconds more all. even to the railroad iron, wouid drift away as vapor. But what is the source of this beat that Cows Into space as the gulf stream pours Into the Atlantic, warm- In" the earth and other planets like lit tle Islands In lts'course? What keeps on the supply? ' If the sun were merely a white hot ball, gradually cooling, our grandchil dren would Indeed get a chill: or. rather, neither they nor we would ever have seen the sun. The final frost would have fallen long ago. Nor can the heat be maintained by fire, as we understand the word such fire as warms ami now and then consumes our houses. If It were a globe of flaming coal It could have last ed but a few thousand years: It would have been burned to ashes long before we were born. All the coal on the earth would hardly keep the sun going for one-tenth of a second. A falling meteor gives out great beat. Just as a bullet Is heated when It strikes the target Some have conjec tured that a vast stream of these little hailstones raining upon the sun supplies Its fueL But if the whole mass of the moon were put Into a stone crusher, broken up and thrown against the sun. it would barely furnish heat for a sin gle year. And no such' weight could possibly approach the sun without our knowledge. ( : Yet In Its own chosen way. the sun really has its fires. With proper In struments we may see the red flames spouting from Its edge, sometimes to a height of 400.000 mUea-'hlgher than the moon floats above the earth. To some of them our world "would be uo more than a water drop falling from a fountain. ,' To gain any Idea of the almost Inex haustlble reservoir from which the sun draws Its heat we must first picture Its actual condition. - Matter there is in a state unlike anything evef seen upon earth. It is neither solid nor liquid nor in any familiar sense gaseous The sun is a boiling, seething, flaming mix ture of the gases or vapors of all the elements condensed by the tremendous queeie of solar gravity until It is thicker than pitch, and o hot that its vaporized Iron might be used for steam power If there were any boiler fit to hold It It has no definite surface, but shades away from this Incandescent paste, through leaping flames of blood red hydrogen to the faint streamers of the corona, as filmy as a comet's talk This writhing mass, heavier on the average than water and yet as un stable as air, does not even rotate like other orbs, but swirls around Its axis. In the terrific tension-of these gases is stored up the energy of the sun. As this escapes in gushes et heat they do not cool, but slowly contract. It Is quite possible that they even grow hot ter as they thus settle downward and compress themselves Into a denser fluid. A total shrinkage of 220 feet a year will account for the whole expenditure. and so small a change In the size of the disk could not be detected until It had been watched for thousands of years. This will go on until the substance of the sun ceases to be essentially gase ous. Then will come the beginning of the end. for from that time forth the actual temperature of Jibe sun will de cline, f ' This, however, will Tie In some far distant day. for careful scientists as sure ns that our race will eujoy un diminished sunshine for at least 3,000 years, and perhaps for twice 5.000. Then, while the sun slowly reddens and darkens, our earth will die. After that comes the night of ages. Charles Kclsey Gaines In New York World! Coata That La at a eatary. . To wear your grandfather's coat would not seem much of an honor, but to John Chinaman It Is the greatest felicity. Not only is the common look ing, shapeless blue blouse of his an cestor prized because U Is his ances tor's, but because of Its Intrinsic value. The clothing usually worn by the Chi nese is of the purest silk and costs any where from $100 to $250 a suit As a nation the Chinese object to wearing clothing of any other kind, and tcnturies of experiment have taught them how best to make up the costly caterpillar thread into the most dura ble form. On this account the Chinese dress, though of .purer material, has none of the sheen usually associated with silk, a peculiarity which has re sulted In the erroneous Ideas as to their on-position. All the garments are made In China and ere only exported for the personal use of Celestials In foreign countries. Owing to their cost however, they are only purchased at long Intervals. each garment being of so durable a character thnt they are handed down to the third and even the fourth gener ation. Wear appears to rather Improve them than otherwise, with kie result that the coat of the father or grandfa ther often has more Intrinsic value than the newer and less worn articles. Omaha World-Herald. The Walla Itaa Dtiri. The Irishman who went tin In the ho tel lift without knowing what It wa did not recover easily from the sur prise. He relates the story in this way: "I wlnt to the hotel, and, says I, Is Misther Smith In Y '. ' 'Yes."said the man with the antor cap. 'Will yex step In J So I steps Into the closet and nil tt a suddint he pulls the rope, and Its the truth I'ze telling yes-the walls of the building began running down to the cellar. " "Oeh. murther! savs I. Whnrn -. come of Bridget and the children which was left below there? "Says the so lor can man: 'Be a 1st. sorr. They'll be all richt when vex come down.' "Come down. Is It? says I. 'And It Is no closet at all, but a haythenish balloon, that yex got me in! "And wid that the walls stood stock still, and he opeued the door, cad there I was wid the roof Just over tny head! And. begorra, that's what saved me from going up to the bevies Intlre'T" Irish IadopcEdcct ' 8H00TIN0QUT THE LIGHTS. Aa Oeeaalea War a the Old RacK. aaaa Saw the Trick Uoae. "According to western stories," said a former ranchman, "one of the favor ite amusements of frontier despera does is 'shooting out the lights. t nev er saw it done but once, bul the Inci dent made sutliclent Impression on my mind to last me for life. It was at Benton, a small camp on the old 'Stake Plain' trail. In northeastern New Mexi co. I was staying there over night with a couple of cattlemen, and we naturally gravitated to the only resort in town, a sort of combination of liar and gambling bouse, lu a rough oue fktory building, containing a good sized single room. . "The bar was on one side, and on the other were two or three 'Mexican monte' tables, over each of which were several large coal oil lamps In wall brackets. In the center of the place was a chandelier containing three more, altogether giving a good deal of light We were sitting at one side smoking and talking, when 1n rushed half a dozen druuken cowboys, beaded by a well known rauchmau named Bill Wells. "The crowd were out for excitement and didn't care how they got It They took several drinks and then clustered around one of the monte tables. In a few moments Wells Insisted upon mak ing a bet over the limit to which the dealer objected. 'If you don't turn for tha liet I'll shoot out your blanket r blank light! bawled the rauehmau. The Icemit feety dollar." said the Mexican dealer, and the words were no sooner out of bis mouth than Wells and bis gang pulled their six shooters and began blazing away at the lamps. "About 25 or 30 shots were fired, and almost at the outset the place was In complete darkness. Of coarse there was a stampede, but I remember being surprised that I had heard no crash of glass. Half an hour later I went back and fouud the place lit up as brightly as ever. Wells and bis cow boys having been taken away by friends. The roof was fill) of holes, but not single lamp had been hit. What had put them out was the con cussion of the shots In a confined space," New Orleans Times-Democrat Aa I'BBoaarht Pardoa. -Among the stories of thnt former governor of Texas familiarly known as Sam Houston Is more than oue amusing tale. There was a financial agent of the penitentiary who had warmly opposed the election of Governor Houston, but was particularly anxious to retain his own pleasantly lucrative position. Con sequently the governor was soon In re ceipt of a iK'tiilon in which the man's years of faithful service and iecial qualifications for the place were set forth In glowing terms by bliuself. The governor scut for blai and said gravely. "It npitears from this petition that you have leen In the penitentiary eight years." "I have." was the reply. . "And during that time you have per formed faithfully every duty that has cotne lu your way to the best of yoar ability T "I have." answered the agent his courage swiftly rlslug. "Then, sir." said the governor, with the air of one conferring a priceless favor. "1 pardon you out!" Youth's Companion. Jaat la Tlate. "nello! Is that Mr. Uighmus' resi dence?" "Yes." "Is that you. Fanny?" "Yes." "Are you alone?" "Yes." "So am I. Everybody else at the of fice has gone. I want to talk to you a little. Iar" "'Sh! Ion't yon know the girl at the central office Is listening?" "Darkness. I was going to say. may come on before I get aro'und this even ing. It's a nice day. Isn't It? WelL goodby." Chicago Tribune. Too Hard Fur Hlat. A Frenchman at a certain hotel the other evening, who was boasting that he had thoroughly mastered the Eug lish language, was asked to write the following dictation: "As Hugh Hughes was hewing a Yule log from a yew tree, a man. dress ed In clothes of a dark hue. came up to Hugh and said, 'Have you seen my ewes? 'If you will wait until I hew ibis 1 will go anywhere In Europe with fOU to look for your ewe.' " Money has been and clways can L I ade more easily out cf slmplo l.".: nted Inventions than out; cf any In vestment or occupation. Dahllaa Far Food. It Is an interesting fact that when the dahlia was Introduced into Europe it was not as a flower that it was valued, but as a vegetable. The plant is said to be really akin to the potato. and It was thought that It would prove an Important addition to our food re sources. The single variety seems to have been imported first the Marchion ess of Bute having introduced It about 100 years ago. It came to .ns from Madrid, the Spaniards having, it Is be lieved, found It flrst In Mexico, and it was Introduced Into Frame as well as England. A few daring adventurers appear to have made trial of It as an edrble root, but It Is never an easy matter to popu larize a new article of food, and the tulier of the dahlia did not take on. If It had done so. the probability Is that we shu!d never liave troubled much about Its cultivation as a flower. We never do grow things for fruit and flower, too. and If we had sacks of dahlia bulbs In Covent Garden we should have had no dahlia ehow nt thr Crystal Palace. London Correspond ence. Hie Optaloa of Shakraeeare. There is a story going about concern ing a famous man of letters who vis ited Washington recently. He apin-ar-ed at but one dinner party. There he sat next the young daughter of a noted naval officer. Her vocabulary. Is of a kind peculiar to very young girls, but she rattled away at the fa mous man without a moment's respite. It was during a pause In the general conversation that she said to him: "I'm awfully stuck on Shakestxare. Doa't you think he's terribly Interest ing?" Everybody listened to hear the great man's brilliant reply, for as a Shakes pearean scholar he has few peers. "lea." he said solemnly. "I do think he Is Interesting. I think be is more than that I think Shakespeare Is just simply too cute for anything." Wash ington Post Costly Leaaoaa, 'What's that there young man's business?" asked Mr. Parvenu. 'He's a tutor. I believe," replied bis wife. "What does be teach?" "One of them old sciences, I s'pose." answered Mrs. Parvenu. "I ain't Just sure what It Is. but last night Maybelle told me be was giving ber some lessous in osculation." Well I s'pose she's got to be edu cated." returned the old man. "I only hope he won t charge uo Jancy price for Lis lessons." Chicago Post Steadfast Xatare. 'I have seen Brother Bruggptts grow from a poor young man to a middle aged millionaire." said the aged minis ter, "and It has not changed him one bit. When he first entered my church, he established the habit of putting a quarter In the plate every Sunday, and. t hough he has since grown rich, he ' pets In his 25 ceata.-IadlanaDolIs ! Jocrcal. . I A BULKY RECEIPT. - The Bask Deaoalt Bad Soaaethlaa; ta Shaw For Bit Moaey. A man with a German accent and a fierce red mustache walked Into one of the banks the other day and announc ed that he wanted to open an account He was directed to the proper official and trnm a well worn belt extracted $-"00. This sura he handed through the window. The bank official shoved the big sig nature book toward the depositor for his signature. Just then the otflclal's attention was attracted In another di rection. When, a second later, he turn ed around, the man with the red mus tache was coolly walking toward the door with the book, which contained the signatures of all the depositors In the bank, tucked under bis arm. The assistant cashier yelled : "Hold on. there!" But the Teuton pursued bis even course toward the street The official rushed from behind his counter and caught the new depositor Just as be reached the door. "What are you doing with that book?" demanded the bank otclal an grily, laying bold of the precious vol ume. "Why. I thought that was the receipt for my $500!" answered the German, completely bewildered. In the same bank a well dressed wo man called to deposit $300. The assistant cashier pushed the sig nature book toward ber. after receiv ing the deposit "Sign your name there," said the offi cial. Indicating the proper place. The woman took up the pen and made a show of writing, but the steel point never touched the paper. After a few more fancy flourishes In the air the woman handed back the pen. ""J-" lng: "Last summer I used to write my name all right but for some reason I can't do It now." The bank official directed her to make an "X" In the book. Chicago Journal. ' TWO MEAN TOWNS. The Stories That the Travellma; Mea Told A boat Them. They were talking about bad towns. "The meanest place I ever was In." said the man who travels for a Chicago house. "Is down In Massachusetts. Say. do you know what happened while I was storing there once? A man had fallen thfough a bole In a sidewalk and sustained Injuries that resulted In the loss of his right arm. He sued the city for damages, and the case was tried before a jury, which, the papers said, was composed of representative citi zens. Well, what do you suppose they did to him? Brought In a verdict In favor of the city, holding that Inas much as be was left handed his Injury didn't amount to anything." "Yes," the cigar man said, "that's a pretty mean town. I admit, but I know of a worse one. This place is In Penn sylvania. An acquaintance of mine down there was Injured some time ago In pretty much the same way the man you mentioned got hurt. He fell on a bad sidewalk and lost one of his legs. He sued the city, and didn't pet any thing. 1 never heard just why. but proluil ly because the jurors didn't be lieve he needed more than one leg In his business, seeing that he was a bar ber and couldn't bone a razor or shave a mnn with his foot anyway. Bat wait. I haven't come to the point at which the real meanness developed. Being a poor man. be couldn't afford to buy a cork leg. so be had to get -along with a wooden peg, and one day while he was crossing the principal street this peg In some way got wedged be tween a couple of paving stones right In the middle of the street car track. It took them nearly an hour to get him loose, and what do you suppose hap pened then? Blamed If they didn't go and fine him $10 and costs for obstruct ing traffic!" Chicago Times-Herald. Coat of a Loaf ef Bread. The average "pound loaf" of fresh bread sold by bakers, says a college professor, weighed on an averageabout one pound one ounce. A pound loaf of bread can be made from about three quarters of a pound of flour, about 25 per cent of water being added to the flour during the process of breadmak Ing. With some flours 5 to 10 per cent more water can be absorbed, making a greater weight of bread from a given weight of flour. This additional weight Is water and not nutrients. At 2 cents a pound for flour It Is es timated by the professor that a pound loaf of bread can be made, not count ing fuel and labor, for about 2 cents, a half cent being allowed for shortening and yeast The loss of dry matter in breadmaking Is usually considered as amounting to about 2 per cent of the flour used. In exceptional cases, as In prolonged fermentation, under favora ble conditions the losses may amount to 8 per cent or more. A Dlploaiatle Draiamer. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas W. Cridler, in the discharge of bis dip lomatic duties, crossed the ocean prol ably more times than any other official In that branch of the national govern ment On one voyage he made the ac quaintance of a traveling salesman, whose companionabillty was marred by curiosity. "Traveling on business, like myself. I auppose?" "Yes." "What line of goods V "Papers." "Wall, writing or printing?" "PaiH-rs for cabinets." "Humph. I thonght cabinet makers used only wood, steel and brass T "Most of them da." and the diplomat began to speak of other things. Satur day Evening Post The Popalar Seathera Girl. Two men of southern manner of speech were talking of a mutual friend named Henry. "Did Henry eveh get ma' led to that young lady In Memphis?" asked one. The other shook his head and re plied: "No. seh. When Henry got down tlienh. he found he had to take his numlH'h and stand In line so as In be able to see the young lady, so he came away." Chicago Uecord. The Paranlt of Pleaacre. We smile nt the Ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree In or der to reach Its fruits. But the fnct Is that a blunder of this description Is made by every person who Is over-i-ager aad impatient In the pursuit of pleasure. Virtue. The elements of virtue are at the lottom of every heart, and. though they may be trampled underfoot and en:shed lato the mud. they still exist nnd. when rescued and restored, nobil ity a-nd manhood will grow out of them. A Well Ceatea Path. Teacher Cau any of the class ex plalu to me why the way of the trans gressor U hard? Scholar 1 guess It's because It's traveled so much. Ohio State Jour nuL The hours of work In the Calcutta Jtte mills are from 4:30 a. ni. to 9 p. m or lC'-i hours per day. Saturdays In cltulcd. and all repairs and cleaning of machinery have to be dont on Sun days. t Why lie Was WaLefat. "Didn't sleep a wink last nl-rit - it.l the dyspeptic. "Ovcrwcrk?" "No: I heard one of those songs about slumber sweetly, sweet dreams be thine, and the confounded I me kept running throu-h my head ell il-hf" TTisLii:j,-ton rtar. Wkf Cemetery FeaeeT It was a Maine graveyard, and the fence thereof was In a most disreputa ble condition. Some of the neighbors were trying to tart a movement to put a new fence around the cemetery, and It was meet ing with general approval till the caus tic wit of Darius Howard was aroused. "What for r be inquired. "What's the need of fencing the graveyard? There ain't no one Inside that wants to come out and I'm darn sure there ain't any one outside that wants to get In. So what's the need of the fencer And the fence was not built till folk had ceased to chuckle over the thrust of Darius. Lewiston Journal Wherela They Differed. Dr. Emily Blaekweil. one of the pio neers of her sex In medicine, beard a young physician deliver a fierce dia tribe against opening the doors of the profession to women. When he ceas ed, she asked: "Will yon please me one reason why they shouli not practice medi cine?" "Certainly, madam. They haven t the muscle, the brawn, the physical rtrength." "I see. sir. Your conception or a sickroom Is a slaughter house. Mlue la not" San Francisco Argonaut. Dob's aad Mea. The puppy, as such, thinks every one Is his friend. As he grows up he curbs bis enthusiasm. When an old dog with gray Jowls, he on. glares at people who call to him. Human beings have many canine traits. Including four teeth of the sort used by man's best friend. New York World. Quick Is the succession of human events. The cares of today are seldom the cares of tomorrow, and when we He down at night we may say to most of our troubles. "Ye have done your worst and we shall meet no more." Ta Catch Hlaa. Fuddy I want to get acquainted with Mosklns. but I hardly kuow how to go alKitit It he's such a queer fish. Duddy A queer fish, eh? Why don't you drop him a line? Boston Tran script The Persians In 516 B. C. Invented a transparent glass varnish, which they laid over sculptured rocks to prc wve them from bad weather. This coating has lasted to our day. while the rocks beteatb are honeycomb d. When you iitui-ad yonr ixx-fcetbook In a good cause, yon also remove a load from your conscience. Yen feel liet t'r. and so does every one coucerned. lenver News. "quiring Boy Ma. what did the froths cat before Adam and Eve wore clothes? Where Qalalae la Good. Dr. Crosse, in an article In The Lan cet on blackwater fever, incidentally calls attention to the fact that it is not wise for those who have an Idiosyncra sy against quinine or who suffer from even slight albuminuria to go to mala rious climates. He believes that In the more malarious districts at least five grains of quinine should be taken a day to prevent chronic malarial poison ing. This he considers necessary In ad dition to ordinary precautions In re gard to exposure to chills, wet and the un and as to moderation In eating and drinking. Coafatlas aa Iaapoaalhtllty. "I want to see Mrs. Sniythe," said the visitor. "You can't" said the serran. "?te has the toothache." "You must be mistaken." the man replied. "I'm ber dentist and I lave ber teeth here In this package." Cath olic Standard and Times. Saaalah Coarteay. In the Spanish Bibles and prayer books the nameof the Saviour and those of the saints are always printed with the title "senor" (mister) before them, as Mr. John the Bapt&t. Mr. Saint Paul. Mr. Saint Matthew, etc. -Chicago Record. SOMERSET MARKET KJSPOKT COakKCTKD WREKLT BY Cook & Beerits, Wednesday, Oct. 4,189$. pet bu dried, Ta vaporaled Apple bulter.per ral I roll, per t - 4c l ie Otoiic lc Butter. frwth keg,' per t (creamery. Per h -j. Beeswax per t , country hum, pr ft 10 to Yte Bacon. -I "P'e"l ham. per ft lz-u iie, per ft tunc vhoulder, per ft . ,10 to c K irba' Coffee. I""' Pr 1 nee-I roamed, per ft 10 to i A- Cement Jpuniberiand, tier bbl II .00 to l.ai ment ) Portland, perbbl tttjo to t.Or Commeal, per fc lXo Egg, pet dot ....lxr flh. lake herrin.. H blb'I Pr 70 ""- !? L1. ( H bbl per30ftlS. Honey, white clover.per ft .-jue Lard, per ft 7loUc Lime, per bbl ji CO Molaiuea, N. O., per gal . tine Onion, per hut to to WO rotaioea. per Dua Peachee, evaporated, per Prune, per ft J to l"c -StoiOc 11.15 N . Y per bbi Pttubi g, per bll. Salt jtry, W bua ancka . Z " " ...Site 1 baa earki a (.(-round alum. ISO ft aacka wm maple, per E tolio im ported yellow, per Sc white, A. per ft flJ'i. c cranulated, per ft fiV-.c Cube, or pulverised, per ft '& per gal ,v Sugar- Syr-p. , ..p.r, y, lo One Stoneware, gallon he Tkllow, per ft. u 5e mrgar, per re 20 IrSOe umotcy.per bat fi;a clover, per bu 4 75 " er1mon, per ba 4 Q) " a I fulfil, per bua 6 O M mlRvhra np Km . Seeds. .. , 'i r- -. t..mi lllllet German, per bu i no oaner. wnite beardless, per bua IM buckwheat, per bua. 4 com helled, per bua t.s to 4j onto, per bu 33 V.S rye, per bna .vie wtitat, per bun bran, per 100 lit corn and oata chop, per 100 fts &ie floor, roller process, per bbl .go " spring patent and fancy nigh grade (4 fa ia tk Grain Feed Floor. I flour, lower crad par 10 ftatl&)l a -.ddllnn, J PeMG CONDENSED TIME TABLES. Baltimore and Ohio lUllroad. Somerset arid Cambria Branch. OBTHWABD. Johnstown Mull Express. Rockwood llr a. n, rlnmeniet lit;7, Htoyeatown 1:S3. H00T- crsTllle 1- , Johnstown 1 SO p. m. Johnatown Aceommodailon. Rockwond 4 40 f. m., Homerret xui uyetown rU, Hoov- rrvllle 6: . Johpuwn JO SOCTHWAKb. Ifthn.1n n B-M . I .11 . .- . .ui,,ii.MriTiiir V I rjtoyeatown fc-i, Uomeret !r5i Hock wood j Exp s. Johnstown 1 Sip. m HoorersTlIle . HU-town 2 f7, -omeraet li Rock wood 140. Dally. . F. D. UNDERWOOD. D. a MARTIN OVneoal Manager. Passenger Traffic Manager. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT NOV. 19, 1899. OOHOKHSSo arHKDrLK. . Tral ns arnre and dep.rt from th station at Johnstown as follows : wstwa. WMlern Rfnn Homh western Kxpivas lonnswwn Accommodation. Johnnown Accommodation Peine Emma i Way P wnrw . . P1ttburg Kxpres " Mall SFmmt I It " Johnstown AocommodaUoa BASTWAaS Atlantic Express. Hmhora Express . a i loons Accommodation iif rxpres. Main Line Expre.i A ltimn. A ivim i.tru s JohnMown Acmmmodatlo mialelrhia iprws Fi si Uaa. uo 4:51 a. m. - 6:i! " 9-AO " rr-JU - X:M p. m. 4 n - fc5 - a-41 I S - I 4:47 a. m ' 5-40 " ft-31 SMS i 10 07 " I 42 . 7 (H " He Waa Taa art. It was at one of the recent receptions. All society was there, and It wa brilliant occasion. One young mao ho has a reputation for brightness itnd repartee boac throwing bouquets at one of tlie fair young ladies. "I herd somebody say you were the most charminf dobutant f the season, he "Oh. vi ho was It Mr. Blank .......tlTiflV -I can't tell now." be replied, "but I Will tell you some time. "Ob, please dor she pleaded. He was obdurate, and she was n.t -non the other girls po I' ve re attracted to where tho couple stocs. "I think It Is real mean oi juu TMnnV. to arouse my curiosity. Mr. And -i .t .in vou think, xlrls?" she said. trrnins- to the crowd. "He heard some thing nh-e about me and won't tell who said It" 'Yes. I did hear that she was most charming debutant of the the sea- son." spoke up Mr. Blank. "Ithn tnl il von. olease?" spoke CD the girl In a hist effort to get the name her admirer. of "Your metber," answered the youns man. And now they never speak tVey pass. Memphis Scimitar. as The Moat Aaeleat Xaehlae Toot There can be very little doubt that the potter's wheel, or potter's lathe, as it Is also termed, represents today the most ancient form of machine tool known. Among the many sculptured records of the trades and occupations which so vividly represent the customs and habits of the anient Egyptians the potter and his wheel have Wvn found frequently depicted, and It Is crrlous to note that through the al most countless generations since that time this crude type of lathe bas under gone no material modification. The primitive form was evidently a small, round table set on a pivot nnd free to revolve, being turned by hand at Intervals, and to this device there were added In the course of time such simple conveniences as a table to sup port It and a foot or a band power turn hig arrangement, displaced In recent years in possibly a few isolated cases by actual engine power driving. In general use. however, the potter's wheel of the present time bears .ill the characteristics of the one which. 4.000 years or more ago, served to turn out pottery attesting unsurpassable taste and skllL Casslers Magazine. Did mm Ever See m Herae Cry t Many people believe that horses do not weep, but those who have much to Jo with these faithful creatures know that on several occasions they will shed tears as well as express sorrow In the most heartbreaking manner. In the west where the hardiness of the pcnlcs causes the riders to almost ot look the necessity of providing for their nieds. It Is quite commou when the weather Is extremely cold to leave an M.blanketed pony tied up for two or three hours when the temperature is nearly zero and while Its owner Is transacting business or getting -Jrunk. In this case the suffering Is evidenced bv the cries, which are almost like K.bs. and unmistakable tears freeze pn to the cheeks like Icicles. When a horse falls la the street and gets injured, the shock generally numbs the senses so much that It does uot el ther cry or groan, but under some con ditlotis an Injured horse will solicit sympathy In the most distinct manner. I remember a favorite horse of my own which trod on a nail long enough to pierce Its foot. The poor thing bob- bled up to me on three legs aud cried a.-t nearly like a child In trouble as any thing I can describe. The sight was a very touching one. as was also the crip pled animal's gratitude when the nail was pulled of and the wound dressed. St Louis C: e I: v.ioerat A Care That Killed. Notwithstanding the spread of edu cation in Ualicla. superstition Is still alive among the relish peasantry. Th wife of a well to do country man In Nlcporecta. Kaspar Kafka, had a ma lignant nicer and was In a very dan gerous state. Her husband decided to call In a shepherd renowned fur his wonderful healing powers. The latter, having examined his pa tient proceeded to tie her left elbow to ber right knee and her left knee to her right elbow, announced that she was possessed with a devil and direct ed them to anoint the ulcer with a mixture of soft soap and 15 chopped hairs from a horse's tail. If the pu tlent streamed. It was the devil screaming within her. and she was to be left alone, securely bound to the bed. that she might not remove the appliance. He then took his fee and left His orders were conscientiously car ried out with the result that after a night of indescribable agony the poor woman died of . exhaustion. -Cracow Letter In Chicago Uecord. Parasraay'a Partiealar I'leaa. Terhaps the plague in Paraguay Is merely an attack of plgue. or sand nVa. This Insect Is called nigua In the native language. In 18TU it killed a whole colony of Englishmen, consisting of 200 families, turning the colony, which was at'Itape. Into a cemetery. A tier man colony at Acegua was driven out The pigue causes buboes and attacks the warmest parts of the body that hi. the cavities and the groin and armpit just the same spots as the eastern plague. It attacks Englishmen and Germans preferentially and avoids those that use but little soap. Soaps clean the body, and the pigue likes clean persons to eat It also avoids people who cat more or less poisonous fooiL A man saturated with aleobols, Roca gin. nieotine and Paseo de Julio cookery Is pretty well safe from the sand flea. Buenos Ayres Herald. Gaeraara lalaad. There I a large expanse of rolling sward cn Governors Island kept at all times In the pink of condition. This little island o Battery park Is con ceded to be the best kept army post on the Atlantic coast. There are two reasons for this. Fort Columbus Is the headquarters of the department of the east. It must assume an appearance In keeping with Its high standing In the dejiartmeut It also has a military prison, and the convicts sent there for terms of months or years are sentenced to hard lalor. Under the supervision of senrtuels these men keep the walks and prome nades scrupulously clean and the sward closely clipped and free from falling leaves and other litter. They also give proper attention, to the vari ous buildings and their Immediate sur roundings. New York Press. Apslasie aad Crltlelsaa. It was after the piano recital, and the audience was still applauding. There were-wo English women, though, who did not clap their hands. But they commented In tones that were audible for some distance arouud thus: The poor man! Will ther mnfc. hlm play again i "Isn't It awrul the way the Ameri cans applaud? It's so vulgar!"' "Yes; It's the most vulgar thing tliey do." And the Americans took meekly their lesson In manners. New York Com mercial Advertiser. The Chaace af a Caaaaaa. 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