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No. 118 CENTEit ST. H K. MCKINLEY. Hardware, Tinning Plumbing. Tionesta, Pa SJ. SETLEY, . JUSTICE fF THE PEACE, Keeps a complete line of Justice's blanks for sale. Also Blank deeds, mortgages, eto. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, E. A. WEAVER, Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a coiuplotechange, and Is now furnished with all the mod ern improvements. Heated and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, eto. The comforts of guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, G E ROW GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This la the niostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all Hie modern Improvements. No pains will be spared to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery In connection. pHIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT & SHOEMAKER. Shop In Walters building, Cor. Elm and Walnut strooW, Is prepared to do all Kinds of custom work from the lineNt to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. Wanted-An Idea Who can think of wme simple tiling to patent? Prr'act your Idea; Hibt may bring. yu wealth. i mnv lirlnv vou wen tu. Wrln JOHN WKDDF.KUUKN CO.. Patent Altof neyt. Wanblnnton, D. c, for their f l.Hji prlte oaa and Uit of too tiundreU luTOnlioni wauled. 3 CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS kjJ Best Couch Syrup. Tastes Good. ff Use In time. Sold by druee'sts. RYAN WOULD NOT TELL. Mr. Jerome As'ted to Institute Proceedings Against Him. Many Bills Introduced Jury Censuret Railroad French Concordat Abol ished Re-Sentence of Albert T. Pat rick Mrs. Rogers Executed Coun try Banker Burned to Death. The committee that is investigating life Insurance conditions determined to send to District Attorney William T Jerome a request that he Institute pro ceedings against Thomas F. Ryan, financier and owner of the majority of the stock of the Equitable Life As Buraneo society, to punish Mr. Ryar. for refusing to answer questions be fore the committee. Mr. Ityan had refused to answer when asked what E. II. Harrlman, president of the Union Pacific and Southern Puclflc Railroad companies, bad said to him when Mr. Harrlman tried to induce him to share his con trol of the Equitable society with Mr. Harrlman. Mr. Ryan was asked whether Mr. Harrlman had threatened that results disastrous to Mr. Ryan's interests would ensue or If Mr. Harrlman had told him thut some action would be taken by the state legislature or any officer of the government unless Mr. Ryan consented to share his stock with him. Acting on the advice of his attorney, Paul D. Cravath, Mr. Ryan declined to answer thoso questions, although Sen ator William W. Armstrong, chairman of the committee, directed him to do so. When Mr. Ryan was asked why ho paid nearly $5,000 a Bhare for stock that pnld only 7 per cent dividends, he declared that he did it to avert what he feared would he the "most tremendous panic that this country has ever seen." If the Equitable society were forced Into the hands of the re ceiver by the situation prevailing when he bought the stock. Frightful losses, he said, would have followed such a receivership and his own large enterprises would have been seriously affected. To take this company out of the hands In which It was going to de struction and give It a clean, econom ical ond efficient management and re store Its prosperity for the benefit of all honest Interests, Mr. Ryan testified, seemed to him to be worth doing and that was one of his reasons for buying control of the property. Many Bills Introduced. Many bills and joint resolutions were Introduced In the houso on the first day. They cover a large variety of subjects, Including Philip pine tariff, statehood, pensions, regu lation of the hours of employment In the executive departments, merchant marine, increase of salaries of the vice president and members of the cabinet; requiring corporations to make full re ports of their affairs to the commis sioner of corporations; increasing the powers of the Interstate commerce commission; Investigation of campaign funds; of expenditures on the Panama canal; of insurance companies doing an interstate business; of cotton re ports and of the condition of child la bor; provision for a six-year term for the president, and the election of sen ators by a direct vote of the people. Admission of Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state was the sub ject of a bill Introduced In the house. The bill was prepared by Delegate Mc Guire of Oklahoma and is almost identical with the Joint statehood bill of the last session. 5.0G3 bills have already been In B',9G3 bills which have already been In troduced in the house since the open ing of this session. Many of these are private bills affecting only Indi vidual interests. Holiday adjourn ment Is expected Thursday, Dec. 21. $11,030,000 For Panama Canal. An appropriation of $11,000,000 has been voted by the house toward the construction of the Panama canal. The amount was a compromise be tween the $16,500,000 carried in the bill under consideration and an esti mate of something over $G,000,000 recommended by Mr. Williams to carry on the work until the middle of Jan uary. Jury Censures Railroad. H. W. Lyons, engineer of the pilot locomotive of the Montreal express train which ran Into the rear end of the Marlboro accommodation train at Baker's Bridge on the Boston and Maine railroad Nov. 2G, the accident resulting In the death of 17 persons, was discharged from custody by the Middlesex county grand jury, before which body ho had been held ou n charge of manslaughter. Tho grand jury took occasion to make a special report. In which tho Boston and Maine railroad Is severely criticized on the ground that its op era! ing rules were Insufficient, for Ihe protection of passengers. The grand Jury also condemned tho railroad for Its alleged practice of as signing Inexperienced engineers to fast passenger trains.' Engineer Lyons was found to have been greatly at fault In not slowing down sufficiently and In disregarding cautionary green lights which Indicated that tho local train was not over five minutes ahead and for disregarding red fuse signals Indicating that the local train was behind time. Seperation of Church and State. The French senate on Wednesdr.) adopted the bill for the separation ".' rtiurch and state by a vote of :i81 igatnst 102. The vote was announced mld enthusiastic scenes and cries ol "Long live the republic" and "Long live liberty." This Is the final parliamentary stage of the bill which was promulgated In the official journal next day, when It became Immediately effective. The council of state will devote three months to the framing of the adminis trative details of the new regime. The action of the Vatican regarding the law has not yet been announced definitely. The French clergy, while opposing the measure, appear to be disposed to conform to the new sys tem. In the future the state will be en tirely free from connection with all re ligious sects. Hermit Banker Burned to Death. James L. Blodget, the hermit bank er of Hermitage, Wyoming county, was burned to death last week In his house, which burned to the ground. He wai estimated to be worth $1,000,000. He was a graduate of Yale college, In the class of 1850. It Is believed the fire caught from an oerheated stove. It Is a question for authorities to de termine whether or not James L Blodgett, the aged banker of Hermit age, near Warsaw, was murdered and his house burned In an effort to con cenl the crime. The body of the old man was found In the cellar with his skull crushed. It Is possible that this might happen If the body fell with the floor Into the basement. Blodgett was robbed several times and It was widely known that he kept large sums of money In his possession. It Is not unlikely that robbers paid the hermit a midnight visit. The fu neral took place Sunday afternoon. It Is said that only a niece survives and fihe, provided no will Is found, will Inherit the big estate. Mrs. George Blackmer. Is the niece and only kin that Is known. She lives at Silver Springs. Senator Mitchell's Death. United States Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon died at the Good Samaritan hospital In Portland on Friday from complications which followed the removal of four teeth at a dental office Thursday. A hem orrhage of unusual severity followed the operation, and despite the appli cation of the most powerful styptics known to dental science the flow of blood could not be stayed, The sena tor's condition soon became alarming and It was determined to remove him to the hospital, where he died. Sena tor Mitchell had long been a sufferer from diabetes nnd other vitiating dis eases, and In his weakened physical condition he rapidly succumbed. Leader of Russian Revolution Arrested Another crisis Is at hand In Russia Involving the Indefinite prolongation of the strike, the probable Immediate precipitation of a general strike throughout the country and the pos sible final struggle between the gov ernment and the proletariat. This sudden change for the worse Is the result of the shedding of first blood In the telegraph strike on Satur day almost simultaneously with the action of M. Durnovo, minister of the Interior, in throwing down the gaunt let to the labor organizations by ar resting M. Krustaleff, president of the executive committee of the work men's council, without warning. Strike of Telegraphers Ending.' A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the telegraphers of the capital are re turning to their duties and that the strike in the provinces is disorganized. Albert T. Patrick Again Sentenced. After making a final personal plea to the court in New York In his own behalf, Albert T. Patrick, the law yer convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, last week was sentenced to die In the electric chair during the week beginning Jnn. 22 next. Sentence was pronounced by Jus tice Rogers In the criminal branch of the supreme court. Notice at once was given that an appeal to the su preme court of the United States on a writ of error will be taken. Execution of Mrs. Rogers. Without a tremor and without a murmur, Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers marched unconcernedly to her death at Windsor, Vt. Holding her head high In the air, she bravely mounted tho gallows unaided and paid the penalty of murdering her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Bennington on Aug. 13, There were no sensational Incidents In connection with the hanging. The body was sent to Hooslck Falls, N. Y., where Mrs. Rogers' mother lives. (Duties Paid on Roosevelt Presents. The valuable presents of Miss Alice. Roosevelt's trip to the Orient wero placed in her possession last week. They arrived about five weeks ago but Were given their turn In examination and appraisement, which was conclud ed on Friday. A messenger from the White House paid the required duty nnd a big express van brought the 27 boxes to tho White Houso. Tho un packing began Immediately. Echo Mountain Fire Swept. Every building on Echo mountain In California except the Mount Lowe observatory was destroyod by fire on Saturday. The fire de stroyed the pole line, cut off all com munication between the mountain and the valley and caused a loss of $200, 000. Railway Station Burned. The Hudson Valley railway station at Saratoga, N. Y., was burned Sun day, the fire starting from a defective electric wire. FIXING MAXIMUM RATES. Tillman's Bill Caused an Inter esting Debate. Extensive Controversies Predicted Be fore Railroad Rates Bills Are DIs posed of No Mention of Senatoi Mitchell's Death Speaker Cannon Arranges House Committees. Washington, Dec. 12. With spirited debates on the subjects of railroad rate legislation, arising through the Introduction of a bill by Mr. Tlllmar to authorize the Interstate commerce commission to fix maximum rates, and the Panama canal, due to a contro versy over the reference of the emer gency appropriation bill to a com mlttee, the session of the senate con tlnuously proved interesting for more than four hours. An adjournment was taken without a mention of the death of Senatoi Mitchell of Oregon. The erasure ol Mr. Mitchell's name from the rolls fol lowed. Chaplain Hale called the situ atlon to mind In his prayer by refer ring pointedly to corruption and death and by praying that members of the senate be given strength to bear each other's burdens. The debate on the Tillman bill was engaged In by several senators. Mr. Foraker declared that the bill proved that its author believed the present laws were sufficient to correct all al leged transportation evils except ex cessive rates and that there was ample provision for the punishment of rebate giving. Mr. Tillman responded that he had thought the law sufficient until the In vestigation begun by Messrs. Judson and Harmon into the Santa Fe case had terminated In a pitiable fiasco. Mr. Foraker asserted that the law could not be blamed If "some person" fell short in his duty. Mr. Foraker In timated in his discussion that there would be some extended controversies before the railroad rate bills were dis posed of this session. ' The Panama canal bill was referred to the appropriation committee. THE HOUSE COMMITTEES. Mr. Williams Shut Off Criticism of Some Assignments For Which He Is Responsible. Mr. Williams "stepped on the lid" Just In time to prevent revelations In the nature of open criticism of the committee assignments of certain of his colleagues for which he Is respon sible. Mr. Payne, the Republican lead er, naively suggested a way by which the revelations might be made, but Mr. Williams assumed all responsibil ity and "declined to allow the washing of Democratic linen for the amusement of the Republicans." The Incident followed the announce ment of committees. Mr. Lamar of Florida submitted and had read a newspaper clipping purporting to quote Mr. Williams to the effect that Mr. Lamar and Mr. Shnckleford of Missouri had been left off the Inter state and foreign commerce commit tee because they had failed to follow the Democratic caucus notion of Inst session on the railroad rate bill. Speaker Cannon suggested the state ment read did not constitute a ques tion of personal privilege which en titled Mr. Lamar to the floor. "The gentleman might proceed by unanimous consent," suggested Mr. Payne. "How much time does he want an hour?" It was here that Mr. Williams strode forward from his scat in the rear. He hailed the speaker with word and ges ture and when he got the latter's eye he reserved his right to object only long enough to make the statement that In the Interest of Democratic "harmony, effectiveness and of general good will which will not be promoted by washing Democratic linen for the amusement of the Republicans of the house I object." Immediately the situation became decidedly interesting. Mr. Lamar faced Mr. Williams, who stood close to him and charged him with taking the matter Into the newspapers. Mr. Shackleford was on his feet vainly . demanding to ask a question and many Democrats applauded the stand taken by Mr. Williams. Mr. Lamar demand ed that Mr. Williams call a Democratic caucus or allow him to proceed. Speaker Cannon wielded his gavel vigorously and declared everybody out of order and in the midst of confusion Mwognlzcd Mr. Tayne for a motion to adjourn, which was declared carried and tho session was over until Wed nesday. nofore this incident tho session had proceeded without a hitch. The unan imous consent necessary to increase the size of the larger committees had been given and In this manner tho In creased membership of the house nnd Incrensed Republican representation had been provided committee places. The Democrats had lost no committee) places but had made a gain of one, all of which Mr. Williams had declared satisfactory to the minority. Year's Mortality at Soldiers' Home. Elmira, Dec. 12. According to tin' report of Chief Surgeon Haskel of the Soldiers' home at Bath there were l!)tf deaths within that institution the past year. This Is the largest number of deaths which have occurred thero In any one year in tho history of the Institution. ROW AT WE3TWOOO INQUEST. Attempt to Mob Man Who Was With Her When She Killed Herself. Schenectady, N. Y., Dee. 12. There was nearly a riot at the Inquest held touching the death of Louise West wood, the hospital nurse who commit ted suicide by taking prusslc acid last Tuesday evening while dining with George H. Smith, a wellknown lawyer of this city, at a Wall street restaurant. The following evening Smith was married at Cohoes, the bride being Miss Nellie Kernaghan of the latter city, and who as a result of the notor iety Is dangerously ill at her home. Coroner Dearbarn started1 - to hold the Inquest in the common council chambers in the city hall, but the crush of spectators and hundreds of curious women, who surrounded the building led that official to adjourn to the county court rooms. The mob surged after the coroner and his staff and witnesses, and at the court house the crowd of women caught sight of Smith, and there was a rush for him. It was with difficulty that he was taken into the court room without Injury, and the sheriff and a number of deputies had hard work in keeping back the crowd. Alleged That Juryman Is Not a Citizen Plattsburg, N. Y., Dec. 12. Alleg ing that Darwin Schrlver, member of a grand Jury in Clinton county which returned 25 Indictments last month, is an English subject and therefore was not competent to sit, former Judge Patrick J. TIerney asked County Judge Healey, before whom one of the in dictments came today, to dismiss it. Mr. Tierney charged that Schrlver voted in Canada in 1903 and 1904, Is a resident of Hemlngford, Que., and has never been naturalized as an American citizen. Tierney appeared for Frank Peets, charged with Illegal liquor selling. He says if his conten tion Is sustained at a further hearing all the Indictments will be quashed. Churchill Appeal Makes Seven Books. Albany, Dec. 12. The return In the appeal of James H. Churchill from the decisions of the lower courts In sus taining his dismissal from a captaincy In the New York city police force was filed today with the court of appeals. He was dismissed for the alleged fail ure to suppress disorderly houses in his precinct. The return is contained in seven volumes which aggregate 3,300 pages and is the largest ever filed with the court of appeals. Hither to the printed record In the Albert T. Patrick case was the largest. This exceeds it by several hundred pages. Theodore Tllton Robust at 70. Paris, Dec. 12. Theodore Tllton, the poet, once famous In connection with Henry Ward Beecher case, cele brated his 70th birthday at his home In the Avenue Kleber, but this year without the dinner party that has be come traditional In the American lit erary set. He was temporarily indis posed, though in general robust health. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, Dec. 11. WHEAT No. 2 red, 97y4c f. o. h. afloat; No. 1 northern Dulutb, 9Cc f. o. b. afloat. CORN No 2 corn, old, 52C f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 52c. OATS Mlxet oats, 26 to 32 lbs, 3737'4c; clipped white, 3 Cto 40 lbs., 4042c. PORK MeBs, $15.2515.50; fam ily, per bbl., $15.50. HAY Shipping, 6055c; good to choice, 8085c. BUTTER Creamery, extra, 24 24c; common to extra, lG24c; state dairy, common to extra, 1623c. CHEESE! State, full cream, small choice, 13 c. EGGS Stato and Pennsylvania, 3840c. POTATOES State and Western, per bag, $2.002.15. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, Dec. 11. WHEAT No. 1 northern, new, spot, 92 c; No. 2 red, 90c. CORN No. 2 corn, 60c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 51c. OATS No. 2 white. 3C&C f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 white, 3Cc. FLOUR Fancy blended patent per bbl., $5.io6.00; winter family patent, $1.40 5.15. BUTTER Creamery western, ex tra, 2124ViC state and Pennsylvania, creamery, 23c; dairy, choice to fancy, 22c. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 14c; good to choice, VitipWAc. EGGS Selected fancy, 3!tc. POTATOES Western, fancy, pet bu., C8c; home grown, per bit., 02 70c. East Buffalo Live Stock Market CATTLE Christmas steers, J0.00 6? 6.2.1; fair to good butcher steers, $3.75(4.25; medium half-fat steers, $3.25fi 3.75; common to fair heifers, $2.75 (ft 3.90; good to choice helfer3, $3.50 3.85; good butcher bulls, $3.25 3.85; choice to extra veals, $9.00 9.B0; fair to good, $8.50(fi 9.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS Cholcs native lambs, $7.75S.OO; yearlings, heavy, $0.2(1 (it 0.50; handy wethers, $5.75(fiC.00; mixed sheep, $5.25i 5.75. HOGS Best Yorkers, $.1.1.1ffj fi.20; medium and heavy hogs, $5.155.20; pigs, light, $.1.20fi 5.2.1. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY Choice timothy, $13.00; No. 1, 12.0012.50; No. 2. $10.00 11.00; No. 1 rye straw, $10.00 11.00. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of the New Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Reader Who Is Too Busy to Read the Longer Report! and Desires to Keep Posted. Wednesday. Secretary Bonaparte recommends building two new battleships and 11 other war vessels for the navy. Rate regulation through a federal commission with power to define rea sonable charges is urged In the annual report of Attorney General Mocdy. Wall street financiers heard that George W. PerklnB In April will aban don his place as vice president of the New York Life Insurance company. Dead In recent disorders at Kleff are estimated at 1C5. KIschineff re ports new riots. St. Petersburg is still cut off by wire and the strikers continue to defy the authorities. Mr. Balfour, British prime minister, formally tendered his resignation, to gether with that of the members of his cabinet, to King Edward. His ma jesty Intrusts Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman with the formation of a new liberal ministry. Thursday. James R. Parsons, Jr., United States consul at Mexico City, was killed and his wife severely Injured In collision with a street car In tho Mexican cap ital. The Immense arch roof over Char ing Cross station, London, iti.ldeniy collapsed, injuring many persons, and many dead are believed to be burled in the ruins. The New York state court of appeals decided that theater managers may refuse resold tickets, If a prohibition is printed on their face, thus killing the "ticket speculation" business. Senator Chauncey M. Dopew of New York has tendered his resignation as a director of the Equitnlo Life Assur ance society. It will be presented to the board of directors at Its next meet ing. Friday. Mmo. Sarah Bernhardt was assailed by a mob at Quebec in revenge for an Interview, In which she criticized the French Canadians. Mr. Ryan, "Territorial Delegate" of the Isle of Pines, Is about to leave Havana for Washington to claim a seat In congress, says a cable dis patch. Lieutenant General Sakharoff, form er Russian minister of war, is assas sinated by a woman. The tragedy alarms the empire, showing a new turn of revolutionary activity. France formally ends the relations between church nnd state, the senate passing the separation bill, to tako effect Immediately, which was adopted by the chamber of deputies. Albert T. Patrick, after making an impassioned appeal for a further delay, Is again sentenced to die In the elec tric chair In Sing Sing for the murder of William M. Rice, an aged million aire. Saturday. In a massacre at Kleff fifteen hun dred persons are reported killed anl revolutionists have seized the arsenal at Ekaterinodar. At the state department It Is held that Corea must look for help against Japanese aggression otherwise than to the United States. United States Senator Mitchell died at Portland, Ore., yesterday from loss of blood following tho extraction of a tooth the day before. Andrew Carnegie declared before the national conference on immigra tion that ho would pay a premium to every alien who came here and became a citizen. District Attorney Jerome, eager to take up the insurance question, has been promised the first volume issued of the testimony taken before the In vestigating committee. Monday. Count and Countess BonI de Castel lane will spend $200,000, an entire year's income, In a reception to King Carlos of Portugal In Paris. Roman Catholic church In Franco will prosper under tho law separating it from the state if politics and relig ion are kept apart, says J. Corncly. Sir Henry Campbell-Itannerman has formed a new British ministry, among its members being John Morley, Her bert Gladstone and Sir Edward Grey. Many experts, according to a cable dispatch, attribute tho collapse of tho Charing Cross station roof in London to tho excavations for tho now sub way. Tuesday. Loss of 1 per cent in membership of the New York diocese of the Protest ant Episcopal church was reported by the Living Church Annual. This year's Nobel prizes were dis tributed at the Royal Academy of Music In Stockholm by King Oscar of Sweden In the presence of a distin guished gathering. Postmaster General Cortelyou says In his annual report that he Is more concerned about efficiency of adminis tration of tho postolllcc department than about Its deficit. ' It was declared the buttle ill this country for tho metric system has nuuily been won and a bill making the uso of decimal calculation compul sory will be introduced In congress. THE BELTED PLAID. Tfcla Wo the Orldlnnl Drraa of the Srottlah lllKhlnnfler. The original dress fcf the hlgblander was the belted plaid. This was a piece of tartau cloth, two yards broad and four long, which was drawn around the waist in nicely adjusted folds and tightly buckled with a belt. The lower part came down to the knees in much the same manner as the modern kilt, while the upper part was drawn up and adjusted to the left shoulder, so that the right arm might be perfectly free. This upper part was the plaid, which was used as a covering for tho shoulders and body In wet weather, and when the use of both arms wns required It was fastened across the brenst with n brooch, often curiously enriched. A brooch was also used to fusten the plaid on the left shoulder. To attire himself in tho belt ed plaid required on the part of the hlghlaiider no small amount of dexteri ty. The usual way was to lay it on the floor and after carefully arranging tho folds to He dowu upou It nnd then buckle It on. The lower end was fas tened at the right hip. The utility of sui'h a dress in tho highlands Is ob vious, for the plaid rendered the man indifferent to storms and prepared to pass a night In the open air In the most Inclement weather, while the loose undergarment enabled him to wade rivers or ascend mountains with equal ease. It was thus peculiarly adapted to tho warrior, the hunter nnd the shepherd. London Mail. PRAIRIE DOGS. Choked n Hlvcr While Trnvelln From Oklahoma to Texa. "The prairie dog migration from Okliihoma to southwestern Texas dur ing July, 1874, eclipsed anything of that sort witnessed by white men lu this country," said a veteran who saw It. "Millions of the frisky little bark ers must have been In quest of uew pastures or perhaps feared tho ap proaching legions of home seekers would surely exterminate the dogs nnd plow up the dog towns. The prairie dog migration from the north to the southwest lasted six days during the month of July, 1S74. The travellug dogs while crossing the Red river In terfered to n great extent with the cattle that came to that stream to quench their thirst. Some cowboys that were ou the banks of Red river during the time when tho prairie dogs swam across say that tho stream was chock full of the little rascals for many miles up and down the river. The thirsty cattle wero either unable or unwilling to stick their mouths Into the water through the nrovlng mass of living prairie dogs. The cowboys were getting ready to drive tho famishing stock to a distant stream, but the Red river became clear of the repelling swimmers after blocking tho useful drinking place for about a week. It was generally supposed that the dogs halted when they hud reached the staked plains of Texas." Kansas City Times. The I'ln In EiiKlnud. The date of the tirst manufacture of plus In England Is shrouded In uncer tainty, but it is authentically recorded that as early ns 14(4, when money was "tight," extensive cloth workers com pelled their laborers to accept In pay ment for their work "pins, girdles nud other unprofitable wares Instead of money." The march of Improvement had begun and kept on steadily until toward the middle of the sixteenth century pins began to win appreciation so high that statutes were enacted pro tecting their manufacture,- and rigid laws wero passed prohibiting tho Im portation of numerous minor articles, Including pins, gloves, knives, tailors' shears, scissors and Irons. I'p to this period female dress was fastened with ribbons, laces, clasps, hooks nud eyes and skewers of brass, silver uud gold. The latter were, in fact, pins without heads. London Globe. Wild l'litrr of Alnaka. Up lu "green Alaska," ns John Bur roughs found It, the predominating col or of the wild flowers Is blue. The wild geranium Is blue and tinges the slopes ns dnlsles and buttercups do with us. Ho speaks of "patches of a most ex quisite fyrgetmenot of pure, delicate blue with yellow center that grew to the height of about a foot. A handful of It lo:ikcil like something just caught out of tho sky above." In another par agraph he speaks of the forgetmenot growing round an Eskimo encampment at Plover bay, within sight of tho Sibe rian coast, that wns scarcely an Inch high, of deep ultramarine blue, "the deepest, most Intenso blue I ever saw In a wild Mower." I InIi Out nf Wilier. Many peopli- think that llsh when taken out of waler die because tilr has n fatal effect on theim The real rea son, however, is that their delicate gill filament or membranes become dry nud stick together, so that no air can can pass between them. Thus they lose Ihe power to Imbibe necessary oxygen, and the circulation of their blood stops. The painful gasping of a llsh out of wa ter is mil lire's effort to free tho pus sage through the filaments. Soft. "Don't you think the custom of throwing rice at a newly married couple Is Idiotic?" nsked the Huffy hair ed matil. "Sure," nnswi-iv elor. "M ii li v ' more appnipr'. i -ivtigeolil bach- a great ileal News. ;-:it'..liX)'. Small Roy fin t borne from school--Mamma, M:;s Simpson says I'm de scended from a monkey. His Mother (glancing severely at her Inisliaiul) Not on my sdde. darling. -IUrper'u Weekly.
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