Carnegie Trust Report Delayed. Interest in the Carnegie Trust com pany's failure in New York city is centered in the forthcoming report of the state bank examiner, O. W. Che ney, as to the exact status of . the bank's resources. That the institution's affairs are in a more or less tangled condition was made evident by Mr. Cheney's atti tude. "It is impossible," said Mr. Cheney, "to give even approximate figures on tlie situation. It will be at least four days before the experts now going over the hooks will be able to com plete gathering the information which is now awaited by the depositors." Andrew Carnegie refused to break his sileiiee regarding th eoiupan.v's af fairs. "It is plain." SH id lie. "lliiii I cannot discuss ihe uiHlti r." According in Ihe lalesi slalenieut given out. on Nov. In. die trust com pany has total deposits of ss.B!»G.7«>o, ol which the preferred deposits were $4,765,380. The difference of $4,191,000 was sub ject to the legal reserve law. Hence the 15 per cent reserve that should have been in the vaults would have amounted to $600,000. The company, which was organized some five years ago, lias had such a precarious existence that It came to be known as "the stormy petrel" in the Wall street district. The gentlemen who organized it used Mr. Carnegie's name without his consent, but.in spite of this he came to its assistance thrice durfttg critical moments, and his refusal to do so the fourth time was the final result of its downfall. When the Danes Were Skinned. In former times the Danes useil to sail up the mouths of the English riv ers to pillage the churches When they were caught they were skinned and their skins nailed to the door of the church they attacked. In course of time all the exposed portions would peel off, but that covered by the nail would be protected and thus hear tes timony to the cruelly of the ancient Englishmen. lu the- London College of Surgeons may be seen three speci mens of human skiu bearing labels such as this: "Portion of human skin said to be that of a Dane from the door of a church at Iladstoek. in Es sex." A second specimen is from Cop ford, in Essex, and a third from the north door of Worcester cathedral. Such fragments of sacrilegious Danish hide have been found on doors in Westminster abbey. Were Kind to Him. A West Philadelphia man who was severely injured some months ago when his horse took fright at an au tomobile and bolted, upsetting the carriage, lias only recently been re leased from the hospital lie is well now and in the best of spirits not withstanding the fact that severe op erations were necessary In order to save his life. A few days after be left the hospi tal a friend asked him if tec l*id been kindly treated. "Oh. yes!" he said "Oh. yes. in deed! Considering the fact that they amputated both my feet, removed my collar bone, cut off my left thumb, tre panned my brain, took out piece of my underjaw and sawed my left hip | bone in two, I got along very nicely They were most kind to what was left of me."—Philadelphia Press. Beaconsfielcl ths Dandy. The dandyism Benjamiu Disraeli af fected in his dress is the subject of j many pen pictures in Monypenny's "Life of Beaconsfield." At the age of j nineteen he is described as wearing a black velvet suit with ruflies and black stockings with red clocks. A later por trait.in IS3O. comes from a friend's diary, which has the following entry: "March 'JO.—It D. to dine with me. lie came up Regent street when it was crowded in his blue surtout, a pair of \ military light blue trousers, black , stockings with red stripes and shoes. | 'The people.' he said 'quite made way for me as I passed. It was like the opening of the lied sen, which I now perfectly believe from experience. Even well dressed people stopped to look at me.' " Haroun-al - Raschid to Charlemagne. The only sovereign of the time who could compare with Charlemagne was the famous Haroun-al-Hnscbld who as the head of the Moslem world sent the keys of Jerusalem to the head of the Christian world, besides a strik ing clock, an ape and an elephant things which impressed the imagina tion of those times as typifying that Charlemagne had been invested with the sovranty of Jerusalem and the lordship of the world.—T. A. Cook in "Old Provence." Where Once a Home Stood. And what is more melancholy than the old apple trees that linger about the spot where once stood n homestead, but where there is now only a ruined chimney rising out of a grassy aud weed grown cellar? They offer their fruit to tlie wayfarer—apples that are bitter-sweet with the moral of time's vicissitude.—Hawthorne. Charity. When thy brother has lost all that he ever had and lies languishing, and even gasping under the utmost ex- ' tremities of poverty and distress, dost thou think to lick him whole again only with thy tongue?— South. He Was Generous, Pallid Clerk—l'm not feeling very well, sir; do you mind if I take things a little easy today? Grouchy Employer—Not so long as they're not tuy things Lipplucott's. HOME, DRESSMAKINCT By Mme. Jeane. COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT. Pattern No. 3245.—The combination eminent is always a favorite, and the one here presented is of unusually at tractive design, the corset cover hav ing a "V" neck back and front, and ! the dart-fitted open drawers being 1 trimmed with the umbrella ruffle. The pattern is in 6 sizes—34 to 44 I inches bust measure. For 36 bust the j combination requires, as illustrated, | 5 1-8 yards of flouncing 16 or more inches wide, with I 1-4 yards of cam j brie 36 inches wide, or made of one i material it requires 3 yards 3G inchas wide. LADIES* SEVEN-GORED SKIRT. Pattern No. 3221.—-The pictured model presents a design which will give in the figure the long slender lines which are now so fashionable, | this effect being gained by the close fitting seven gores which continue I without fullness save at the cento) j back, where an inverted box plait is formed, to below the knees; then a j plaited flounce is attached, giving a flare at the foot. The front gore forms an unbroken panel from belt to ' hem. The pattern is in 5 sizes—22 to 30 ; inches waist measure. For 26 waist ' the skirt requires 5 1-4 yards of ma- i terial 36 indies wide, with nap; oi ! 4 3-4 yards 36 inches wide without ' nap. Width of lower edge about 4 yards HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. For each pattern desired, send 10c j (in stamps only) to this paper. Give No. of pattern and size wanted. The Flirting Widow. Jock Anderson was industriously wooing a wealthy widow, who was fair, fat, and forty, with every prospet t of a successful issue, for Ills affections were abundantly returned. Hut in an evil moment one of Jock's chumj I mentioned that a gentle hint, suggest ing flirtation on the part of the lady, would constitute a piece of irresistible flattery. This idea Jock put immedi ately into practice by writing a long amorous letter which, no doubt, would Lave captured both the widow and her money had he punctuated properly. This is the sentence that settled poor Jock's chance: ' I consider you brutal and jealous though you may fancy me a little ad dicted to flirting." On perusing the above sentence tha widow immediately visited Jock; she stormed at him, swore at him, and i eventually swooned. Jock explained, and punctuated the objectionable sen tence with tadpoles, making it read: "I consider you, brutal and jealous though you may fancy me, a little ad dicted to flirting." But nothing could induce the widow to see aught but a slight on herself j and her stoutness, punctuate as hcj would. The widow is no longer a widow, but, alas! Jock is not her husband. Chinese Insults. The Chinese are curious folk. An educated Chinaman will take delight in using in conversation with a West ern barbarian the adjective which is used only to qualify animals, though only his interpreter will discover the insult of which the person for whom it is intended remains supremely igno rant. A China "boy" will enter your pres ence with his pigtail rolled round his head—a most intolerable rudeness If he thinks the new arrival does not understand the insult intended. Ol II Hi «< The Face In the Mirror 01 II ,—ii -no It was Caverley's intention to select a present for his ladylove's birthday— no ordinary, conventional little gift, but something which would show her that the selection had required time and search, something you couldn't see displßveil In thp windows or ad vert Ised in the uiagM/.ines, something to bring flie i uliir in her cheeks mid the sparkle to her ey?s, and cause her to exclaim: "You've searched nil over the city for If. haven't you. dear old boy?" To this end lie spent many after noons in queer places--pawnbrokers' shops, curio stores, art establish ments, etc.; but his search was for a long time In vain. He could And nothing to suit his needs, for the things he found out of the ordinary would not gratify her taste, and the things which would suit her taste were too ordinary. He had well-nigh given up further search and decided togo back to a little store on Broadway and pur chase an hourglass of quaintly-carved ivory- he hadn't the faintest idea to what use she could put it —when a lucky chance changed his plans. He was passing an auction room, where a notice board flaunted over the door and a shabby man with leather lungs bawled forth an an nouncement that the entire stock of treasures inside would he sacrificed at auction at 2.30 p. m., and in the same breath he invited the passers by to step in and Inspect it. More from idle curiosity than any thing else, Ca volley went inside. There was the usual array of vases and chinaware, statuettes and rather glaring lamps, lie wandered about, every article before which Caverley made a momentary pause. "Delft, sir, genuine Delft," the lit tle man was saying, as he held up some hideous blue plates, when Cav erley interrupted him with an excla mation of surprise. His eye had fallen on a silver hand mirror, and he picked it up and ex amined it carefully. "The very thing," he said to him self; then, turning to his self-appoint ed guide, "How much?" Everything was to be sold at the auction, the man explained. Still, if the gentleman desired it very much, and found it inconvenient to come in the afternoon —" "I do," said Caverley, shortly. "How much?" How much did he think it was worth to him? Caverley named a price, and the other made haste to take It. A few moments later, with his purchase in his pocket, he was hurrying up the street. It was a queer little mirror. The back was of oxidized silver, quaintly embossed—an Impossible Cupid reach ing out for a laurel wreath which completely surrounded him. Several sprays of laurel trailed from the ends of the wreath, and these were twisted round and round to form the handle. A unique idea and rather a good bit of work, Caverley thought, as he ex amined the mirror carefully at his apartment. Assuredly, it would bring the sparkle to her eyes, and assuredly she would tell him what a dear old boy he was to take so much trouble in her behalf. The Cupid was such a fat, contented-looking little god that he laughed aloud! Symbolical, too, it seemed to him, for theirs had been a contented affair of the heart. Sure ly, it was the very thing for a present to her. For some time he sat turning the mirror about in his hands, making Jocular comments now and then to the enwreathed Cupid. Then, sudden ly, he sat bolt upright, with a strange expression on his face. He had glanced into the mirror, and the reflection he beheld was not that of his own features. He could scarce ly believe his sight. He looked again. The face he beheld was one from which he shrank; a strong, firm face it might have been at some time, but now it was disfigured by hideous scars. He laid the mirror on a near-by table, and sprang from his chair. He knew it was weakness, but for the life of him he could not help walking over to the glass on his shaving table and glancing into It. It was his own face that met his gaze, and he was heartily ashamed of the sigh of relief he gave as he saw It. He returned to his chair and picked up the mirror. Again he glanced Into It. This time It was his own square, clean-shaven face which looked back at him. "Well, I am a fool," said he, and turned the mirror over. The Cupid favored him with the smile which was its perpetual attri bute, and at that Caverley laughed easily, and put the mirror in a draw er. Some evenings later he again look ed at the mirror. As he turned it about he was aware that the same face was looking back at him —the face with the scars, and the eyes which seemed to be half reproachful, half pleading. "Good Heaven!" said he, and laid the mirror down rather suddenly. Then, thoroughly disgusted at his childishness, he picked it up again. This time, as he peered into it, he saw the reflection of his own face. "This,"he announced to the Cupid, "is a clear case of indigestion. Take Thlngummy's pills, you know." Yet he was aware, with a strange feeling of awe, that he resarded the ! mirror in a new'and not altogether pleasing light. "You're not quite so much the arti cle I wanted as I took you to be," he observed, as he banged the drawer to. But some sort of morbid fascination about the mirror caused him to take It often from the drawer. He came to look upon It with loathing, and each time that uncouth face peered back at him he felt creepy sensations of alternate warmth and chill; yet sc strong was tire spell It cast over hla better senses that he was unable to keep his mind from it. When her birthday came, Caverley ' took het th>> hourglass and made no I mention of tin- mirror. Indeed, he ! spokf- or ll to no one, for lie tell Hit Intense disgust at Ills own actions rt»*»rilliiK 11. Yet e\er> night be I brought Ii out ami turned it about un j til the face lie bail come to hate stared back al him. Then, with a curse, be would throw it. into the drawer and paced the room until he was tired out. In time he discovered that the mir ror must be held in a certain position for the face to appear. Otherwise it gave normal reflections. His dis covery gave him a certain courage. It took away some of the welrdness of the thing, and suggested the pro saic course of Inquiring into the origin of the curio. He sought the manager of the auction room, who, with a smile and a bow, professed entire ignorance of the source whence the mirror had come. Caverley, taking out a ten-dollar note, clipped it in two with his pocket scissors, and handed one-half to the auctioneer. "This half is now useless to me," he said, "but it will be worth ten dol lars to you when you discover who sold you the mirror." Some weeks passed and Caverley studied the mirror in a practical way. He noted that it was of unusual thick ness. and this aroused his suspicions. "I'll take it to pieces," said he, and this he proceeded to do. It took con siderable time and patience to work the hack loose without damaging the glass; but, by dint of perseverance, he managed it. Back of the glass, he found a shallow metal pan. He at tacked this, and in a few minutes had separated It from the mirror proper. The pan removed, the whole matter was plain. Set slantwise beneath the beveling on the right hand side was an ambrotype of the face he knew so well. The picture extended perhaps a third of the distance across the mir ror, and was covered with a thick plate of glass, so that looking square ly Into the mirror reflection was nor mal, but by sloping it to the right until the ambrotype was horizontal, the face with the scars appeared. Caverley took the ambrotype to the light, and stood looking at it for some time. "Whoever you are," said he, "you're not an attractive chap; but I'd double that ten-dollar note to find out about you." The matter was rapidly slipping from his mind when one day the manager of the auction-room called on him and brought with him an elderly gentleman, whom Caverley judged rightly to be a lawyer. "That mirror," the elderly gentle man said, when the matter on which they had called was broached, "was the property of a client of mine, a Miss Damon. It was sold, after her death, with a lot of other personal property not disposed of in her will. There's a queer story about it, but I don't know that I can tell it correctly, for it was told to me In fragments whenever my client cared to mention the subject, which, I can assure you, sir, was seldom indeed. As well as I can piece these bits together It was something like this: "Many years ago her family lived In the South, and there she met a young physician, who became greatly attached to her. It seems an epidemic broke out, and the doctor risked his professional reputation in getting the Damons away, and through the 'quar antine' which had been established. He remained there, and eventually was struck down with the disease, which left him with a number of scars. Upon his recovery, he wrote Miss Dainon telling her of this, and she replied In a letter filled with expressions of deepest sympathy; scars of the skin, she wrote, could not mar the soul, and bade him come to her, but, somehow, the letter miscarried, and he never re ceived it. He waited for the answer through several months, and then wrote her saying he was going abroad to bury himself somewhere on the Continent. She was right, he said, to consider him dead. He sent the mirror at the same time. There wasn't much to tell, and I fear I have hardly done it Justice," the lawyer concluded. Caverley, with great patience, put the mirror together again, and that evening, he took it to the lady for whom he had bought it, and told her the story. And she, being a sympa thetic little woman, wept.--R. B. SHELT«N. Egyptian Hieroglyphics. The hieroglyphics of old Egypt consist of figures of objects animate j and Inanimate, men and animals, or \ parts of them; plants, the heavenly bodies, and an Immense number of j different weapons, tools and articles J of the most general character. The figures are arranged in upright col umns or horizontal bands, and are to be used in succession. It is now , generally believed by the scholars that the Phoenician and Hebrew al phabets are both borrowed from these hieroglyphics, and that the wonderful people of the Nile were the first In ventors of alphabetical writing. He Worried ths Judge. A story was recently told of the elder Judge Peel;ham, father of the supreme court justice. In the early days of ■dentistry a hickory plug was put into the cavity to till the space where a tooth ought to Lie. This plug had to be gently pounded Into its desired po sition. The old judge was somewhat, addicted to strong language, and when the dentist begun his wor kthe judge indulged in some classic comment. As the tapping of the ping continued he threw all dignity to the four winds of heaven, and his language became de cidedly "more forcible than elegant." When, however, he arose from 'he chair after what seemed to him an Interminable period of agony he pulled onl all the stops in his vocabulary for a grand climax. The Impression on his listener seems to have been deep anil lasting. As the iuil-.;e passed out the dentist grimly remarked to a wait [ ing patient: "Wasn't it beautiful? It wasn't real ly necessary to pound half so long, but I did so enjoy bis inflection that I almost pounded the hickory plug Into splinters. Wonderful command of language the judge has!"— Case and Comment. Crossed by the Corpse. ' Most of Walthamstow Is too modern to have much mystery about It, but Ihe Walthamstow strip" of Ley ton preserves the memory of a curious old ! rule. Barely a hundred yards broad, this strip of land, belonging to Wal thnmstow parish, ran right across Ley ton from the lea to Snaresbrook, par allel with the southern border of Wal thamstow Mow came Leyton to be ; crossed by this alien strip? Leyton. it was said, had once refused to bury . a body found In the lea; Walthamstow j came forward to do It. And in such \ casps it wa-s the rule that the volun ! leering parish might take from the other as much land right through to the other side as the men who carried the corpse could cover walking In line | hand in hand arms extended. The inconvenient result worried both par : ishes until the growth of population made new parishes necessary.—Loudon i Chronicle. Wasted on Him. "Occasionally," remarked the visiting Londoner, "1 see in some American pa l per a supposititious colloquy referring ito an aeroplane line to Mars Do you know, that strikes me as being exceed ! ingly funny. Evidently the writer is i ignorant of tlie fact that our atmos ■ phere does not extend upward more than fifty or a hundred miles and be i comes more and more tenuous as it : nears the limit. lie does not seem to know that the air is absolutely neces ! sary in flying an aeroplane. II is high ly probable that no a viator ever will ascend to a higher elevation than ten or fifteen miles even if he can endure the excessive cold he will encounter at that altitude. The Idea of sailing an aeroplane through the impouderabie ether is Ineffably absurd." Chicago Tribune. Help the Children. "There is nothing in all the world so important as children, nothing so Interesting. If you ever wish togo in | for some philanthropy, if you ever wish to be of any real use in the world, do something for children. If you ever yearn to be truly wise, study chil dren. We can dress the sore, bandage the wounded. Imprison the criminal, ileal the sick and bury the dead, but there is always a chance that we can save a child. If the great army of philanthropists ever exterminate sin and pestilence, ever work out our race's salvation, it will lie because a little child lias ied them."—David Starr Jordan Strange Storehouses. In the old birds' nests thai are placed near the ground in shrubs and small tree>s close to hazelnut bushes and bit tersweet vines one will often find a handful of liu'/eitiuls or bittersweet berries. They were put there by the white footed mice and the meadow mice, which visit these storehouses reg ularly. Very often a white footed mouse will cover a bird's nest with One dried grass and inner bark and make a nest for itself.—New York Tribune. Three Inscriptions. On the doorways of Milan cathedral are three inscriptions. The first, placed under a carved rose wreath, runs, "All that which pleases is only for a mo ment." The second, under a cross, reads, "All that which troubles is but for a moment," and under the central arch is the Inscription, "That only is which Is eternal." A Popular Game. "Many games originated from an cient forms of worship, human sacri fice, marriage, burial and other cere monies," Dr. A. O. Iladdou remarked In an address at the Royal Sanitary Institute. "Leapfrog is a game com mon to almostVevery country. Includ ing Now Guinea and Japan."—London Standard. Dying of Love. "Och!" said a love sick Hibernian "What a recreation It Is to lie dying of love! It sets the heart aching so delicately there's no taking a wink of sleep for the pleasure of the pain.— Loudon Telegraph. Not Jealous. Mrs. Jawback John, I do believe you are jfalous of my first husband. Mr. Jawback—Well, no; I don't believe I'd call It jealousy. Envy Is the word —Cleveland Leader. Yet. He—ls Maud thirty yet? She—Yes, yet.—Boston Transcript. Asphyxiated by Auto. Gas emanating from an engine of an automobile caused the death of Dr. John Aloysius Hemsteger, aged ttl'ty six years, of Chicago. The doctor died from the effects of carbon dioxide which lie inhaled while cleaning his machine. The death is said to be the first of its kiml record. According to Edward Hemsteger, his son, the physician found that a Quan tity of carbon had accumulated in the muffler and engine cylinders and pour ed a mixture of wood alcohol and kerosene into them to clean them out. He then started the engine and opened the cut-off valve in the muffler. The garage door was closed and there was no OIIIIHI for the gas The physician was almost overcome, but lie managed to <>|>en the door of tin- garage. He was takeli to his resi dence, where lie died the next day. Physicians held an autopsy and de clared that death was due directly to poisoning of the heart by the carbon dioxide gas. No Pardon In Peonage Case. President Taft has refused to com mute the sentence of imprisonment of W. S. Harlan, manager of a great lumber and turpentine company doing business in Florida and Alabama, con ! victed of conspiracy to violate the ! peonage statute of Florida. Harlan must serve a term of elßht j een months' imprisonment and pay a i fine of SSOOO. In his comments, speaking of peon ! age, the president says: "It is a kind of offense that is re -1 garded lightly in some communities. I If permitted to live at all, it will spread \ rapidly its demoralizing influence. "When, therefore, a man of high business standing and large enterpris es is convicted of the offense the pun- I ishment should be such as to deter others from the practice. Fines are not effective against men of wealth. Imprisonment is necessary." $50,0C0 Mail Bags Stolen. Three bags of registered mail, val ued at $.'0,000, have been stolen during the last few days in Sail Francisco or j on the journey across the harbor to | Oakland. The stolen sacks contained late | Christmas shipments and money or ders, drafts, checks and currency for warded by local banks to close their year's accounts in the east and north- I west. The loss will fall most heavily ion the banks. Frozen to Death In Sleigh. The extreme cold weather is he'd i responsible for the death of Elmer C. j Campbell, a freight hauler, whose dead i body was found lying in the bottom ! of his sleigh in the business section of Utiea, N. Y., Thursday. Campbell, >vho was about fifty years old, lived at Stittville, a dozen miles north of Utiea, and it is assumed Miat he was overcome by the cold while driving to this city. Maine's New Senator. Charles F. Johnson, of Waterville, was nominated as the Democratic can | didate for United States senator to 1 succeed Eugene Hale in the party cau ; cus at Augusta, Me. This action insures his election by the legislature on Jan. 17, as both branches are strongly Democratic. | Johnson received 07 votes on the firf ballot, Obediah Gardner, of Rocklan< 21, and William M. Pennell, of Port land, 17. Fire and Panic In Church. Twenty-one persons are dead and many others may die as the result of 1 a fire and panic in the chapel of the Hacienda Cardenas, at San Luis Po i tosl, Mex. The fire was caused by the candles on the altar and most of the deaths occurred in the panic-stricken rush ot' ! the worshippers to get out of tho j small church. Quakes Raise Lake on Town Site. Messages received in St. Petersburg from Tashkent, Russian Turkestan, say there are confirmed rumors that the towns of Przhevalsk and Pishpelt, in the territory of Semiryetchensk. were destroyed by an earthquake and that a lake has formed on the site of the former place. GENERAL MARKETS PHILADELPHIA FLOUR firm; winter, clear, $3.65@3.90; city mills, fancy, $5.75© ti. RYE FLOUR quiet, at s4<tt4.ls per barrel. WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, new, 97V\» (Q 98'ic. CORN quiet; No. 2, 51<fi'5l%<'. OATS steady; No. 2 white, 38V&(S> 39c.; lower grades, 27V£c\ POULTRY: Live steady; hens, lGVfcc.; old roosters. ll(?rlHkc. Dress ed 'steady; turkeys, choice. 245r25c.; choice fowls. 1 tic.; old roosters, ll '.^c. BUTTER steady; extra creamery, 30V£c. per lb. EGGS steady: selected, 40 <0 42c.; nearby, 35c.; western, 35c. POTATOES steady, at Gs@7oc. per bushel. Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) CATTLE lower; choice, st;. Co© 6 70; prime, $ti.40@6.50. SHEEP lower; prime wethers, s4<g> 4.35; culls and common. s2<& 3; lambs, ss®fi.so; veal calves. sli»{rll. HOGS lower; prime heavies, $8 20; medkims, $8.35© 8.40; heavy Yorkers, $8.40@8.45; light Yorkers. sß.sotfi 5.55; pigs, $5.60@8.70; roughs, $7#7.50. QUAY'S WIDOW DIES Late Senator's Widow Victim of Apo plexy at Home. Mrs. Agnes B. Quay, widow of Sen ator Matthew Stanley Quay, died at her home. Oak Spur road, Shields, si a tion, near Pittsburg. Pa. Mrs. Quay's death was the direct re suit of a stroke of apoplexy suffered on Sunday night last. She was sixt.y slx vears old.
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