WHEAT'S NEW KING.
YOUNQ JOE LEITER HA3 A COR
NER IN THH CEREAL.
H* Went Into the Deal Six Month* Ajro a
Novice—Now He th-' Until* |>ute<l tinier
of the rit-buld to lie Worlli About &J0 f
-000,000,
Joseph Lelter, of Chicago, 13 the kins
of the wheat pit. He wi.ni into ih.i
deal six months ago a novice. He n w
holds all the cards. The veterans .vhe>
In other times have won throi-;n s' 1 nr
fv>rc:e of money, and have sl_ujhtered
opponents in the grain arena w.ihcut
mercy or pi y, fnd ihetnse ve3 face to
face wi.h a rew giunt, whose cluck
covers cne c.f the richest esta.e of i lie
world. It has be n a bait eof plu 'i,
thi ewin. -s, persist, n e ..n I de.e. mina
tion. Ti e dtaeis ever ihe WJJ pi i d
his verdure, the sublime si-npii i_y
v.'hi h brought the gree horn into
their p v.ii 3. They were (huikl n* ever
t'~e big • .ice which th? young m.m
would contribute for his .e;3on and ex
rni ien e. They counted hi 11 about che
11 cest, Jul: lest victim they ever h id s.t
their ej s upon. They neg.e. ted to
lcok at his chin.
Jose' h Lelter is a most peculiar man
—net peculiar in the sense of eccantila
or in any other disparaging t,e-£3.
Ml /J I
T T—~—»»
There probably never lived a m _ n J"3t
lU.e him. He is not cv. n Ik ills
fa.her. A sen unlike h s 112 h .- i : m
to be unl'l.e anyone. I; rlav.r wi.l le
possib'e for th bi.ghiaphe s tj si- of
him that he was a te.f-rrade man. s f
ci.de r.s the self-made u.en tell. li s
EU cess has come to him because he
w..s capable enough to succeed to ha
management of vast propert a-. Thi«
ti mgement did net come to him uti il
le h d shown thai he was ib't* tn p
dollars where they wen d strow, b s
som and yield him ivo fi/'l. Hn came
from Harvard five or six year > r- o
wth a degree. It was so -,v'i t < :i
disappointment r.r.d eh priv to two
6orts of fricn 's of his ih.u "r; went i -
to business at all. All the men and
wemen who had known him pi ked
him to assume at once the piofes ion
cf a gentleman cf leisure. He k 'it the
big house in Tcw.r P.ace going. It
was reported th i he had a va e;. It
would hive regularly fo: owel in the
natural order of hinga that h« shcu.d
have frowned upon marker end ren
tals and leases. Th> rep e wi.o
tluu'ht trash like that failed 10 lock
at his chin.
The father did not know exac ly th
sluff that was in the sen. He remem
bered that he went thrtugh years cf
training— vety humbli at tine: o ar
rive at his age of financial discretion.
Jo cph had no such experience. He
never had sold goods ever a count'r
tier worked from a for s'tcp to a c. m
merci il dictatorship. His ear y If
had been spent in private schools nd
nt the univers : ty—a ecu'se ver> dif
ferent from pioneer life in bring n nr
the rtnl t.'es whih make kilful irrne.v
h'ridlers. He nevi j r
The fa.her concluded to ro slowly
slowly r.s a trrn of his wealth w.. d
estir.r'a it. He placed sI.MKi.CO in
ht3 son's hands fve years ago. It is
now considered on the s reet a com
pnratively crn erv-tlv- es Imate to pn
the properties under hi = contro'—: n 1
he is rn'y thbtv —a* frJ't.ObO.OOO. x
makes ?I,rrn,roo for each year of his
life—probably nrkis him the young st
fnmrial kinsr in the 'vor'd. Th» fo--
tune is divldrd amorp the be~t ''n"ti'u
tlons cf the city, e>:!en's into the hl-r
rrilrords. out into ran h ho'dinrs 'n
the fir V.'est, and s: eit nits of we 1 b
in the hills of the or" countries The
more he spend® the irore he f>a ns
and the men who he'p him to nner te
claim that one of the best rens"n= 112 r
his phenomeni! prorvess is his devo
tion to the essentl.il Mt'l-> thing'* of his
various interests. Mr. Teller, per on
ally, i3 one of the mo't p nular men in
trwn. T T e has more frlTds h n rnv
hody. The fr'endsh'n runs from 'he
top to 'he hrttom of men, as f he peop'e
In his circle are accustomed to rate
iren. T T e is a favorite no le-s
men of the c'v'-s 'h-n the
wi-o etnirl around tho st-r 3 and
know him only by R'er , ->' and p e ense
ot knrvinr. He Is his, athletic, a
bachelor, and lives like a lord.
CoI1esr»» CJ'rl runin Saloon.
The nie'e of an e- n ll2 Indi
ana is running a saloon at V/ichitn,
Km. she was edi cated at one of the
le d'ne- colle°es of tlie country and is
a high'y accomplished musician. She
■ays the Kansas boom caused her
downfall. Her hisbard lost all his
money and d>d, leaving her penni
less.
All the members »,f the British
royal fam.ly have a gieat "ancy for de
signing jewehy, ai d, as a rule, design
all the pieseuts they give to each
other.
CLEVER NEW DOLLS.
THE LATEST GENERATION HAS WON-
I DERFUL TALKING POWERS.
Can Ray a Deal More Than "Ma-Ufa" Now,
ami They Were Never So Lifelike IJrlore
—<>erm**ii Mukera Led to l>o 15e.ter by
American Dematula.
The newest dolls are all doing Del
jarte—beckoning, posing, looking this
way and that, arch, coqt ettish, win
ning, looking ar.y way, in fact, exrept
In that blank, staring, straighi-ahead
fashion that has been called doll-fash
lon ever since dolls we.e. As for their
|jints and n:uscle3, they are as supple
and ilexible as once they were stiff and
c: e .ky. '1 he new doll can comb and
bri.sh her ha'. - , lifting her arms high
above her he d and twisling her long
locks da tly, as she looks into the mir
ror. She can walk with less effort
th:in she could two years ago, she can
o;ien ar.d close her eyes with less
if a jeik; she can hold oat her
h-nds and look hospitable, or de
|i. ecuoiy, or pie d.ng; she can
clasp them ne;..lively in her muff
sr raise a finder in expostulation for
nil the world r.s if she weie m c'.s out
of fie h ai d blocd, ar.d not out of mere
1. per, or at best, papier mache.
"the lev.ejt doll has a bedy, too,
mccie ed on a new and improved plan,
112 is ro lorrs' mere'y n box trunk with
legs ar.d arms stuck into it, but it is
11.. ..eu uke ine ie..i human body.
T j eis exi rersicn in the limbs. Ev
en the little SI dolls —tho e that Santa
Ciaus hi:s to ciicss bsloie he can dis
trib;..e them —are made in the like
re;s of living childien, with dlmple3
ar.d curves ar.d rounded oi ihi.eo.
"Lcck at that troop of Utile dolls in
the bath tub, e..ch one a Utile b
than the other! I declare, they are as
p: atiy as stauary," said a woman shop-
I t as she looked at a stoie display.
;'i lie jink-fleshed, bald-headed urcliin
playthings we. e lifelike enough to
merit l-raitt.
"It is the American demand for a
Latter modelled doll that has spirrcd
u.e tei man makei s up to a higher
ir.dard," said a downtown d all im
; , riar. "We get tip our own models
d show them to the manufactu; ers,
d urge the various improvements
i 'ad. In most cate3 they take our
d'.-ce. The cie m of all, the fine
I nde woik, ccir.es to th s country.
"Wh.'t ii \e they dene to the dol's
tom ke them look so very lifelike?"
I.e was a .ked.
The ni.i.e.s have gr dually improv
ed e.e.y sn. liest dat..ll of their work
wkhin the 1. ..t two or three years,"
was the :aj'.y. "The hands, arms, less
end fea. ..ie all m de bei.er, and me
head and face aie made alter an ar
t.si.c ni..del.
"V\ h.it about tin bedies? They were
tried for a while, but they ci.d not
liove i.opilar. ihete's no bet.e; doll
bedy made than the solid paper Willi a
b.iiqi.e jiepaiation run over it of the
:onect tint. The paper bodies are far
- ; er.cr to the papier mache. They
haven't been making the paper bod.es
| veiy long.
I "A pcpular idaa now: days is to
some educational sug; estion In toys,
whe.hei dolls cr something else. '1 hat
m ikes the big demand far mechanical
toys which has put so many diplicate3
of <1 me.itic and scientific machinery
on them. iket. 'Papa' ar.cl 'mamma'
1 are the only words uttered by dolls to
j day, but ti e makers will improve on
1 that you may depe: d on it. The next
i thing we'll be having doll 3 spouting
• proverbs like "A stitch in time
s ves nire,' and 'Never too late to
i ai d' to their litt'o mothers.
; The eis oi.e feature in which the
German make.3 have not improved,
I r.rd that is in the qiu'llty of the hair
with which they iop ol'f th3ir h'gh c'ass
d. lis. No matter how pretiiiy formed
i : d captivating the cand d • e for sale
i y te, her flowing lock 3 are nine
times out of ten ether nothing but jute
or hemp, or a mixture of hair that
mats on short notice, and, moreover,
i esists the comb,
j "1 he dell is fC.SO, did you say? Well,
cf co r e I mi st jet a wig fcr her, and
that will cost me SC.SO moie," said the
woman who was j.; icing and compar
ing dolls.
"Ch, her hair to'lis very nice; those
lovely curls!" said the saleswoman,
twining or.e gold ringlet round her
flngar.
"It looks lovely i ow, when it's Just
taki i out of the box." was the answer,
' out after my little gii 1 h -3 had hold of
her an hoi r or so, it will be a sight.
L'esidea, I've promised to give her a
doll whose hair she can comb and
brush as much as she wants to. I'll
take that doll. She's a beauty. I'd
like to have her just to look at. But
I'll get rid of that jute top-piece of
hers straightaway."
"IDo we keep dolls' wigs?" said a
well-known hair dealer. "Well, I
should say so. Er.me childien want
dark hair on their dolls, because all
the doll 3 aie brought out with light
hair. We sell many brown and black
, wigs for that reason. Then, I don't
i suppose there's a child of well-to-do
parents who does rot stipulate that her
doll shall have real hair that she can
brish and tuck up, or cur! or braid,
Just ns she -lees grown-up people doing
ip their hair. Cur wigs cost from $2
to ?G apiece. We always count on the
doll's wig season and never m'nd how
rnar.y v, e get in, there are seldom any
left over."
tTaimiifHP *»ke N A nclent.
Next to our grape wire it is believed
that Japanese sake, or rice wine, is the
oldest alcoholic beverage known to
man, its use in Japan dating back over
I two thousand years.
DE SMITH AMD THE 'PHONE.
A. Tratjeily of the Counting Room Ito
lutc»<l by J'uck.
De Smith rang his telsphone-bell gen
tly.
"Hullo, Central!"' he murmured.
A pat : cat wait and no answer.
"Hullo, Central!" a trifle louder.
No it'.ponsa. Another ring—longer
than tho first.
"I-lullo, Central!"
Le Smith's voic-s was 3lightly tinged
witii cxaspe;ation.
Silence still; and the receiver rasped
as De Smith's fierce breath struck the
transmitter.
"Hullo! hullo! hullo! —great blaze 3!" '
There can. j no answering voice, and
Dc Smith r ng s.ivaga'.y f.r firtem min
utes Ly the clock.
"V, hit do you m?an by ringing that
wry?" a.:kcd a feminine voice.
"I mean that I won't wait three
hours on you; that's what I mean. My
time' 3 worth something."
"Didn't wait tiiiee hours."
"Know Let er. Live me five one
naught th: ee.'*
"feis save ; two ore?"
"Who s . ci ;-i:ything r.V.out six seven
two one? I want five one vinr."':'
t.. e--iive—"
"l »\e ore nir.e thvea?"
rfht, naught tlues."
" i ins-a-llng-a-lins-u-ling.
"Hullo!"
"ILI lie!" returned Ce Smith; "is Mr.
Jcl; 1 :'on the. e'."
i "Wait a minute."
De Em! h waited ten minutes, ard it
seen.ed like tea h .ars. At l.ist. a ring
: ar.d an ar.sv er.
"liu'.lo, there!"
"Hullo, Jthrsoit! Sry! ser.d over—"
"Who do y. u want?"
"Jchr.son, Johnson —ain't your name
Jchnscn?"
"No; my ntma'i Thompson."
"fer. d Jchr.son to the 'phone."
"No Johr.son he.e."
"What! Aien't you Brown, Jcnei &
U :tin cn?"
"No; we're Hngx & Tzwxson."
"Who?"
"Trptw & Xtwpson."
"Spel! it?"
I "H htl r-c - tvh- ---d—"
"What's your numbe. ?"
"Fi.ty-one ninety-three."
"Great Caes.ir'3 ghost!"
| Le finlth dropred the receiver and
fell bsck against the door. W'.-en h
recoveied, he went at the "phone
again.
"Hullo, Central!"
"Hullo! Hullo! Hullo! Say! what do
you want., anyway?"
"Ring off —I want Central."
"'1 ha e's —no —Johnsoi. —here."
"1 (1 dn't say theie was!" howled Dc
Smith; "ring off. Hullo, Central!"
"Who are you?"
Le fm'.th dinced a devil's horn pipe
arour.d the telephone, and then yankeci
the bell.
"Hullo, Central! where the old Nick
aie you? Hullo! Hullo! Hullo!"
"Stop your yellln'! This is Thompso;:
at the 'phone.
"Goto Hal fax, Thompson! Will yo
ring off? I don't want you!"
"What's that? Don't talk so loud—
I can't hear you."
1 "Don't caie whether you hear me 01
j not. I'm blamed —"
"Get back frcm your 'phone."
De Smith gasped, put his iccciver ir
the folk, hi.ng to it with all his
\ stiength, and rang his bell until hi
wore out the battery.
"Hullo, Central!" he murmured in 8
i husky whisper.
His eyes were bulging from his head
and life seemed a dre ry waste.
! "Do you want Gcxt fc Pgwson?"
"No," c:me the strangely mild and
husky wh'sper; "I want Central."
I "There's 110 Johnson here. I tel
you."
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Poor De Smith! They took htm fron
that telej.hcie to an asylum, and h
, amuses Iriv.self thee with an old door
knob. He hcids it to his ear, and is
constantly calling for 5103 through '1:
ventelator.
I.o'iltiii'j t'p tli 11 ttiitln ■
"So that your.fc l.r.ui wants to iuuiij
you?" said Mabel's father.
"Yes," was the leply.
"Do you know how much his salary
, is?"
"No; but it's an awfully strange co
tnc der.ee."
"\\ hat do you mean?"
"Herbert asked me the very simp
quest.on aloi t you."
A I'oli e lle<|ueHt.
Buried in a fur coat, with h. u ....
deep in his pockets, a nnn pa.ses 0:1
the boulevard a mm distributing hand
bills. Veiy politely, bit without tak
ing his hands out, he s::ys to the dis
tributer :
"Thank you, kindly, my friend. But
! will you have the gocil. es.s to throw it
on the sidewalk yoursel.'?"
K lo
"Quick! The iie.auie."
It was a woman's intuition 1...
rescue.
Thrusting the doughnut into her bo- ,
som, she tun ed o confront the dejpe
rado, as he er.te: od.
"Foiled!" h .ca Klondike Alf. 112
theie was nothing to be Be:vi
gets.
It Mn li> .1 s Ir.
"I suppose you; lather wac .1 l. t
financier?"
"I rhould say he was! Why. 'Little
; Hooche cooche and C.eat Western
j stock tumbled thiee points the day hi
died!"
> O ltl-Hl.
The weds ty 'la nit 1 won acd Ice
j Were not utti.i.ed ? y single stc.;!.
J lut they, while their camp.inlor.s ulep.
Wore always ylanuins shady deals
Slie Ik h Voh Itf :i 1 Kiiglneer.
The younjes engireer in the world
.3 uiidoubterry Miss Lola Coulter, of
S'ew York City. She i8 only fourteen
y-ears old, but she knows all about
■.hrottles ar.d valves, arid she can send
i locrmotive speeding over the curved
:rack3 and stiaight tracks up hill and
Jown dale. From infancy Miss Lola
ia3 shown a for.duess for mechanics.
When she could scarcely walk she
jlayed with tcys which contained some
r.echanism. Later she devoted all her
ime to building smtll engines, wag
ir.s, and other movable toys out of
vn.vthing on whic- she could lay her
hands.
Persistent
• Coughs ♦
A cough which seems to hang
on in spite of all the remedies which
you have applied certainly needs
energetic and sensible treatment.
For twenty-five years that stand
ard preparation cf cod-liver oil,
SGOTT'S
EMULSION
has proved its effectiveness in cur
tag the trying .affections of the
throat and lungs, and this is thj
reason why: the cod-liver oil, par
tially digested, strengthens and
112 vitalizes the whole sys
tem; the hypophosphites
act as a tonic to the
mind and nerves, and the
glycerine soothes and
heals the irritation. Can
you think of any combi
nation so effective as this?
Be sure V«U gel SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the
nun and fish are on the wrapper.
50c. and SI.OO. a'l druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemisu, New York.
A Horrible R.iilroad Aecn tnt
isii'liilv chronicle in'oin |i»|er-; n ! >o
1 lit* licit li of SOIIIC .It'llr Irit* 1111. wim luiil
■ I it'll wit It <'l >t 11 ti Ipt iot 1. wlififns, it' lie or
-lie 11 <ll tllkt'tl •) toV ('lllc till' I'll I*l >;l t • 11111
l.iiiij;ilisi'iist's in time, lilt- would luive
liccti reinlereil It 111 |ii• r Mini pcrloips HIIVCII.
llt't'd the vviii'iiiiijr! It'yuii litive it cmiirl.
1 «i' si 11 v itlk'ciiuti of I lit- 'l'll 111:11 :itnl LIUIV'S
• 'nil.in T .1 Kct'lcr.l.iipottc; W. I.
I liifttllilli, Hill- r vr; It l.iitil'iiHtl'l'
Kurksville; C. It •Icuiiiiij.'s, A.'t. l - >iellii;
1n... U. ltiirk. Siiiic.-tntvii, in.,l yet it
niiil lice. I.ni'^t'size oUc ;it 111 '2.oc
HOTEL PORTER.
Canton Street,
SHUNK, PA.
W. E. PORTEH, Prop'r.
First clusg in nil i.-t nppoinlttii rrs.
Units very it ;IMIII;IIIIC. (ioml sutbliiiu'.
Special attention {riven to transient t finle.
ALL THE BEH FDR
OF MODERN
um mu
ATE WUITTISN HV THE
LHLWN :♦ II IVAL
miRHURiCII
OF PHILADELPHIA.
If you want Life Insurance,
don't fail to lindout what this
<>lil and will-tried company
can do for you. Its agent
will cheerfully give you the
desired information. A postal
card addressed to the under
signed, giving name, age and
address, will bring you full
particulars.
M. A. SCI'II KM AN,
DUM'IOIV, I'a.
LAPORTE LIVERY AND
BOARDING- STABLES.
Connected \vi;li the Conur.ereial
.lotcl. Horses and
Carriages.
Kates reasonable.
CHAS. COLEMAN. Prop.
BLACKSMITH
AND WAGON SHOP
Just opened at the Laporte
Tannery.
Custom work snlicitril. All \vnik
i:t r.-« iii I.
o. w. BENNETT, Prop.
liuuu lUWs.
No other Meilii-iiie «n.» ever jiiven sucli
n left lie Otio'n Cure. Tliui.Mihds til' In it
lien of tliin greiit (ieriiimi remedy lire be
i'LLl ili(<tl'ilillteil UK tiF CHAIIGE, to tllOi-e
iiHlicieil willi (J< >i ■ H 111111.1 iin i, Asllnuii,
('roup. Ht-vere CIIIIJSIIH, I'lieiiliiouiil mul nil
l lirinit it in] l.niijt iliM'iir-eK.jii* in;; die i eo
pie |irimt I luii OtiuV Cure will ci.ie ilniti
Forcnle iiiily I>v T. .1. lieeler, I.ii|«irie;
W.1.. 11«>11111it 11.11 illfjrrovei >t.S. I iincimit-r
KurkHville; C. B. .leniiinjrs, Eet«llH; iltio,
W. Buck, Sonestown. Sample* tree.
Lug* butil«t 60c uud 2ia,
January
Reminds us of
EW HEATING STOV£S.
eu Ranges, New Slc\e
e ' New Stove Re-pairs, Coal
Sieves, Coal Buckets, Kors-e
If |Jf Blankets, New Bedroom Suits
Apple-butter Creeks, Yardan
tfsjf-- ' J iers, Feed Cutters,Slone Jigs,
tl lilt 112 E.isy Chairs, New L, m'ps.
THIS SOLID OAK
1 mR
15 lo ci r eu^tcn.crs.
Jeremiah Kelly,
HUGHESVILLE.
HAVING PUR HAS ED THE
GRIST MILL Property
Formerly Owned by 0. VV. Mathers
at this place
1 am Now Prepare:!
To Do All Kir.ds of Mill'rf cn Vcij Sl.oit
Notice WhL W. E. £ arr a; Miller.
Please Give a Trial.
FEED OF ALL KINDS CM HVll
W. E. MILLER,
FORKSVILLE, PA.
N. B. All parties know'.ng themselves indebted to me will
confer a great favor by calling and paying the cmcunt
due, as I need money badly at cnce.
Respectfully yours, W. E. MILLER.
Siudy
Our Prices
And compare our values, (lien if you have never pnivliased
goods of us before, give us a (rial. We guarantee our prices
to be
Lower Than the Lowest
in our line, a: d if goods and prices do not come up to your ex
-1 octalions you aiv at liberty to return ilicni in tlieda^s.
Could Anything be Fairer?
«
Men's at S." 2") ai d 5 00 are unniateli.il le.
Mei.'s over-o it ; at;4so in 1.-la-U <>r line, are 5700 and 800
vnl'N's.
liuy's suits at 2 7">
Cluhlren's suits at 75 't'nts.
Ladies' runts at 81 00. ai:e !> 00 val to.
Liiilie..' capes at. ."> ecnts, 100 ar.d 1.50. are ! LSS 1 IIAN
HALF PRKIE.
All our liigli pi ie -il I .a.lie.-' eo.it and capes \vc are nfferirg for
less than half pri.*e.
Bargains in SHOES.
We have a good n any odds ai d ei.ds in ladio, gents' and
ehildi en's shoe.' at a ii.dueen.ent.
r*r\r\ PAIRS CF MEN'S PANTS, 6200 and .3.00 value,
all go at SI.OO a pair.
"We have surely reduced fron 3D to 40 per cent, on every
article we curry in Mock.
Come and see for your. elf. It will pay yon.
The Reliable Dealer in Clothing
JaCOD rCI Boots and Shoes.
HUGHESVILLE, PA.