t,
lolJ i n'ir tresms, my boy.
for yooreyestosee,
iu tm to worm or jot
0VE3 THE WAY.
Mod of tbeOught-to-
in tin Hunt that your feet will
tn.U (;lxim on the wayside
of lnr.r'l to grace your head
112 to crown you ns you puss.
i
irbln cnt)easr.rt broad estates,
' 01 Its to every wish fnlflll.
1 i hi"t nt the castle gates
J and cnger to do your will.
'jjllrg springs to renew your
lei tot your least re-
fc-ifnl stiiilei
.;,to fun y
with love and ruth,
, jbft lUal LSOSSUin lino iiw woo.
!01"fi(5woo.' tinging with songs of
Hk ti:nrituoiu feast where
I 1 1 are Diet
'4
'"c THE FARMER'S
To (treat yon with tanderand honest words.
And never a theme that you might re
gret. Ah! over the way of your dream It lies
This land of the Onght-tn-Be, so fair;
This parndliie of the eloudloss skies,
Where the Boat and Right nrn every
where. Tonr childhood Urea In thin happy land.
And the lored one lost In the year ago
In the glow of Its glorious sunlight
stand
And tenderly beckon yon thero, 1 know.
What eare If your present path Is bleak
And the shadows clutou at your gar-
ments' hem?
It's over tbo wuy that your soul must
peak
For t ho light that will ever banish them.
Jnt over the way of your dream", my hoy,
Are wondrous thing for your eyes to
soe.
And wonderful paths to a world of Jov
And the marvelous land of the Ought-to-lle.
Chlengi Record.
LOT.
Ho kaons a wauon and a span with whloh
to drive to town;
His wife was never known to bo without a
gingham gown;
His children, too, ar fat and stout they're
not brought up on cake.
And never ry all night tecuuso their little
stomachs aahe.
IIo needs no money In his purso, his credit's
iilwuyv g od:
i'iu tuk'is the weekly paper and he pays for
it In wood.
The merchants furnish him dry goods, and
groceries ns well,
nncnusii tuny know somo day he'll have
some pork or whoat to sell.
unit of clothei, and All, hnppv Is 'ho man who dwells upon the
the farm, apart
From the noisy elfins, nrowJoJ towns and
commerce's busy mart.
Snrenn hn llvos, nor glvo-t on) thought to
hoarding pllos of imlf.
My dearest hopo Is that dome day I'll hnva
a farm myself.
K. II. Smith, In Minneapolis Journal.
t a happy man or should bo,
is know.
ii.ivea u lag to do but plow and
,'l';'if?iur o eionk each morn, then
nt hi inks,
' f'jnnre meals each working day.
It all be asks.
"mn to do bis work, when he
"' tne pries,
"""'a portt and Johnnycakn, pota-,:-Sli
and rice;
tk.i. e'lito the towering hills, ho
k! Hwn and votes,
, ,.lp his winter's bllis by Issuing
has orv
B-llBstWO,.
lb proiars a bool, nnd never
jl'Jies'.im :i.Sr comes ho sheds his
0.-Ul the lieiif,
lc' .In.... i.-dou his cast when lie
"'I k to o:-:.,'
tlBING THE NIGHT g
bLo-i'i
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R HarroWina Predicament.
i By Neil Wynq WlUiam.3, p
IKE many on otbor
raau, I nave nn ai-
; Unity for awkward
i predicaments, and
to Bubmit to what
,; ' is popularly known
i as an ."experience"
. is it not exactly
A my daily lot in life
f my very freqnent
""the out that I am about to
fpaid
half A ni-nwn T li n
,tllrthtt!; that half a crown
iPCme were in excess of what
,.ipatd, and strained every
It; y body. Yet I am not a
ul lD one it in bis own estima
sii .
':!Kovenibor day tbe time 9
""Bie evening. I was in a
Kuot ..: i
.ju, nuu iini4 JUIJI. Vltjwvu
autiea, a bow window in
bnng up a card with
lu,U to Let" printed upon it.
powledge that I wanted a
night, nnd witk tho card
'" Vhat oonld be more natural
uJthe ordiuary lot of man
, rt jfcnd tae flight of steps that
iplno, knock, ring, entor and
a.td for half a crown, paid in
nf4To mf mind thero waa
tejhora of vulgar inoident in
J 4oniKmbor the transaction
Hint I was received bv a
!b1ib was middle-acred. I
escortod by bor to a com-
, oo the second floor;
jjoft tharo with pen and ink;
jjij'dfor some writing paper
--iie.l Upon by a girl, who
i6 wo.dd ask her father for
wlurighe bad brought it
' itese eral letters, and after
,' b all this is fixed
-,k. niy mamory by its simili
on. iny enotbor night that- I
i jfl if or a hired roof. Theu
ituhj blank, which grows into
sti-baiu with the lugiibrions
'"proloaged howl a dog's.
" fci k, ! dark that the our
jpow of my room offered but
it np,;gestiou of the fog
(,,Ight without. Again and
I n. tfessive silonoa and
tn T J wd me wore interna.
se ' connciousuea.1 bv the
ut djing down to a whim.
Inotioa, A nervous feeling
sicu of mo, and fed upon
lus. I sat mi in
ftvt brostlh to froo myself of
idf- What was there foul
ill
Ull.
tb'
1
US. VP
cm,
Uht Uiat it came so heavily
F? i'Or ia ... l r
vuo uiiimmn i was
Hit oalv for tlm n,r,.t
bmr suffocated, I ejaoula-
B'"', ibere is au escaoe e,t
Pf my arm, I threw
3 011(1 HI fin ...:m.
V P' - Jeda foot to the floor,
tooil np nd hesitHtod.
B'wir .knnl.l r i
i 'wmu x can? "a
yoelf, as I reflected
than lirnlmlil.. n,..i
a BiriUo a matl
to nr
j inir-
in
"tup and n.
T ..n
V i ,B" cal1-
(t. .u tail was an it
Mi t"ll me.
InURLt lapsed into instinct,
e. euperveued. I orep
i'k with the caution of a
p'niw.Dg the door into the
luf1 '' y f0"1". ced tue blaok
y .ter ltty outside it.
,Tl i,,tWUh u haml touo1'
4!I. J crept outward and
J lingers were caught
hollow 'twas a door!
' kudle, and whispered
I ntl.y through the half-
It I, Mr. Snipe, the
t strike a inutoh.
pa of gas. The house
e you there? Do you
escape of gng "
.''"t again the dog
"u I felt a nervous
na b I entered the
te bed, and found it
wacmtof the walled
"u.iher mom and an-
-Iheu up thb Hlairs,
"r, and back again
u through tho dark
f light in u hall glass,
!'"ubl and there a
t basemeut, warm aud
I"
odoriferous with kitchen odors tainted
with gas. Verily I and only I was
in the bonse. Sndlenly the dog
ceased to howl, and I heard the drip
ping of a watertap drip, drip, drip.
And with tbe fall of the water come
to me a measure of time, and I
thought again: "What does it mean,
this empty, black house?N Why is
this stifling gas seething aronnd me,
and only me? Ah! there is a fonl
evil in the night away and out, out
of the house!"
With a rush, I fought my way np
step and step to tbo hall above, and
groped toward the dim light shining
pallidly through a narrow glass win
dow abovo the door. "Will it be
locked?" I thought fearfully to my
self. "Is thero not something fol
lowing on my track?" I tamed the
handle and pulled it fiercely toward
me. The door yielded and I rushed
into the open.
"Anything wrong, sir?" and with
the words came a broad flash of light
whioh, settling Momentarily on my
face, dropped as quickly to my bare
foetand baok again. "Anything wrong,
sir?" and the voice drew closer, the
light flashing past me into the dark
hall behind. Theu the outliue of a
helmet and cloak loomed darkly upon
me, and I found my voioe in the pres
ence of a constable of the law.
"Yes; the bonse is full of gas,
and they'vo gone. I might have
been suffocated; perhaps they wantod
tosuflbcate mo. I don't know I "
"Who'vo gone? What's their
name?" the con stub! o iuterrated ab
ruptly. "The landlady tho landlord the
daughter. I don'l kuow thoir names,
but look here, coiiHtablo," and I pro
ceeded to giro my late ''experionce"
to him in a woof of wordH.
The mail evidently did not know
what interpretation to place upou
cither me or my story (and small won
der, I hardly knew myself), but, ex
tinguishing bis lantern, proposed that
we researoh tho house together. This
we did oa'relully aud cautiously. At
tho initial stage of our exploration
wo, or rather ho, discovered that the
hall gas burner was turned on full and
tho gas issuing from it at a high
pressure. "Might have been lilowu
out by the draught," suggested the
constable as he turned into the Bitting
room, which I bad already searched,
and threw open the windows to
sweeten the atmosphere. "Yes. it
might," I aiseutod, "especially if they
loft by the ball door, whioh, by-the-by,
was uuboltod wheu I came down
stairs," iiut to make a long story a short
one there was nobody in the house.
Not a living thing, with the exception
of a dog chained up in the back-yard,
which was suronnded, so far as we
could see, by high walls. This was
the poor brute whoso mournful howl
ing had first aronsed me, aud that
now seemed irantio with joy at the
delusive prospects of a sooial termina
tion to his gloomy reflections. With
tho discovery of the dog and the yard
our search eudod, and the constable
intimated to me that ho should sum
mon additional assistance. A shrill
call on his whistle from tho ball
door trausluted the deoieioti iuto ac
tion, and with the arrival of another
constable upou the scene I was culled
upou for a fresh explanation. Tho
second oflloial head throw no more
light upon the case than the flrBt, but
oil'ered a suggestion "Let's knock
up tho neighbors, p'r'aps they know
sumiuut about it."
To tho right and back, and thou to
tho left, went that constable. itat-a-tut,
tut-a-tat! went the kuockers. Up
went the windows, out came hcada,
"Who's there?" "What d'ye wont?"
"What d'ye Bay who's my neighbor?
What neighbor what d'ye meauV"
Aud theu doors opuued, aud other
doors caught the infection, aud they
opened; in short, there was a pretty
"to do," and a half-dressed crowd
boou shivered around the steps of No.
113. I was quite harriod with thoir
questions. I had no sooner arrived
at the end of one Berios than I was
plunged into another. I had no sooner
uutiuted one individual's desire for
knowledge than I was culled upou to
feed hoiuo ono else. Whether my
brnin And my temper would have stood
the strain for very loug I etiu't say.
but I may add that this is a difficult
question to propound, even to myself.
Happily I was extricated from the un
pleasant sitnation by being lod off to
the nearest police station to be de
tained there pending further inquiries,
as the result of those just made showod
the existence of a local caste feeling
which took no note of thecxistenoe of
the occupants of No. 11!), nnd it ap
peared well to tho "Foroo" under
thc-.o circumstances to bold me fast
for tlm present.
At the station, I told tho inspector
on dnly alt about myself quite liko a
little boy. But he did not appear snt
inUod, and muttnred somo word to
himself that rounded to me like "sus
picious," and which resulted in my
seclusion. It was but temporary, as
the result of the further inqniries
proved satisfactory to me, that is to
say. This was what they proved:
That my landlady, my landlord and
their daughter had left the house No.
113, and bud left it in tbe night. That
they had left it in the night because
they woro in debt for their furniture
(which was hired) and for thnir rent,
nnd because presumably and by the
ovidonce of certain tradesmen, they
possessed no money to settle those
vulgar claims.
To them my hnlf-a crown, paid it
advance, had boon half-a-crown, at
least so (again) it was presumed, for
their whereabouts was never traoed.'
THIS HORSEJS A JUMPER.
Cteardd m Chaain of Twenty-one X-'ot to
Kucepe a ii-lixlj.
Not min v horses trained in steeple
ohasitiii and rid Ion by skilled jockeys
could m ike a clean jump of ' twuuty
one feet.
When Oeorgn Kino;, the cowboy,
started ont to "rouud up" a herd of
cattle that was pasturing in the val
leys of tho Santa Ann River he invited
an Indian, Juan Machado, to accom
pany him an 1 help him iu the cattle
driving. Mauhado was on tho poiut
of nreeiug. when Kicg said jokingly:
"We will take our guns along and we
might get a fnt bear."
Immediately tho Indian appeared to
be iu a state of abject terror and re
fused to take the trip, assuring King
that the grizzly bear always overheard
such threats and that hunters who
announced their object wore sure to
be eaten up. Laughing at the In
dian's superstition, Kiug started on
without bun.
A day or two afterward ho was fol
lowing a lonely trail alone. The trail
led through a dense thicket and was
near the border of a daugerotis gnloh.
Suddonly the pathway made a sharp
etirvoand disolosod to the cowboy's
sight a monster grizzly gnawing at
tho quivering flesh of a newly killed
yearling. Now, of all cirouinstances
calculated to excite a grizzly the in
terruption of his meal is the surest.
Thorefore whon the mounted oowboy
rode almost upon him he rushed for
ward with a terrifying growl.
Tho little horse neoded no spurs,
but darted onward through the brush
with inorodible swiftness, tho augry
bear following close behind. Iu a
moment the horse and rider were on
tho odge of the gulch, and there was
no room for turning. King and the
horse both knew that. There was bnt
ono thing to do. King- raised the
bridle reins, tho little horse gathered
her logs beneath her, sailed straight
through tho air and landed safely
on tho edge of the opposite bank.
The chasm was twenty-one feet
aoross. And the Indian said: "I told
you so. I told you the bear would
hear you." St. Louis Tost-Dispatch.
Com as King; nt Indnitrr.
One of tho reasons why the French
of Canada could nevor hope to maiu
taiu themselves iu the contest for
supremacy with the English and tho
residents of the thirteen colonies was
that corn oonld be grown north of the
lakes and the St. Lawrenoo iu limited
quantities only. This valuable Ameri
can product, whioh tho Indians with
their stone implements could plant
between tho stumps of their rudo
clearings or on the prairies, could bo
utilized to an important extent by
those Indians only who resided iu
what is now tho United States. Tho
more northern tribes could grow it
only in trifling quantities, and their
French allies wore thus deprived of a
valuable aid in the maintonanoe of
thoir power. Corn was one of tho
factors whioh gave the victory to tho
English nnd the Americans in the war
whioh expelled the French from
!Iorth America in 1755-63. II- thus
reserved the better part of tbe con
tinent to tbo younger and more pro
gressive brauch of the Auglo-Saxon
race, who appropriated it a dozen
years after the French were driven
out. St. Louis Globe-Demoorst.
llreetllng Cattle In l'eru.
Stock raising in Peru is confined to
tbo breeding of cattle to supply tho
local demand for beef, and the hides
required for native leather work. The
surplus hides exported in 1898
amounted to 2127 tons, of whioh tho
United Statea purohased 50!) tons.
Kheop are bred for mutton and wool,
but not in large numbers; goats for
the skins aud meat; llamas and alpn
ens ns beasts of burden aud for their
wool. Tho total wool shipments iu
18!) 8 aggregated 3133 tons; a consid
erable quaulity is usod however in the
woolen factories of Aroquipa aud
Lima, and also by the Indians iu the
munufuoture of native cloth and pou
olios. Alpaca wool is valuable, but
the uninmls are sheered onco only in
two years, and the returns, therefore,
are not large enough to tempt any great
extension iu this branch of pastoral
industry.
Ilia-lit Kind of 8iorUman. ,
It was Jonathan Swift who suid that
whoever could make two oars of corn
or two blades of grass to grow upon a
spot of ground where only one grew!
herore would deserve bettor of man
kind and do more esiieutial service to
hia country thau the whole race of
politicians put together. Let me say
of the spoi tsmau, if it has not beeu
said before, that he who by his spring
shooting has an opportunity to kill
two birds, if he would wait until full
will have a chance to kill seven. At
the Pleasant Valley hatchery the Mon
golian pheaaaut is breeding with grat
ifying success. This riug-ueoked fol
low is one of the fluent of game birds,
and every chance aud encouragement
to multiply should be given him.
Victor Smith, iu New York Press.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
A blackbird will stand at this sid
of a banging wasp's nest and deliber
ately tear it in pieces in order to get
nt tho larvtr, apparently nndistnrbed
by tho swarm of angry insects.
The German exploring vesset Mown
stopped on its last cruise at two small
isolated inlands, Matty aud Duronr,
the inhabitants of which strikingly re
semble the Japanese, though the inl
ands are only a short distanoo from
New Guinea.
In a recont paper by Francis Oalton
on "Finger-prints of Yonng Children, '
be demonstrated that clear prints of
all ten Angers of a baby would aiiffico
for after-identiticatinu by an export,
but by an export only. Although new
ridges may appear in iufniitile life,
the type of eaoh pattern persists all
through lifo, nnd is never doubtful to
a practised eye.
The ArctioOcaan, says Nansnn, is a
kind of lagoon separated from the At
lantic by a submarine tidge, stretch
ing fron. Spitsbergen to Greenland.
To this ridge is dne a curious condi
tion. The Arotio is covered with a
Inyer of slightly salt water from the
Siberian rivers and Bering Strait, and
under this is the normally salt Gulf
Stream water. If the two Inyers were
mixed, the average temperature would
full, but this average would not bo as
cnld as the surface layer. This ac
counts for the enormous formation of
uolar ice.
There is a wonderful spider in the
Transvaal, which has apparently beeu
discovered for the first time by Mr.
Distant. It lives, we are told, in large
communities, and bnilds itsolf a nest
like a bird's. The nest is of irregular
form, and in the interior are several
artistically constructed galleries,
which serve as homes for all the
spiders of that particular family. One
of these nests may be seen in the Lon
don Zoological Garden. It is very
large, and is deftly covered with dry
leaves. The spider iu constructing a
nest takes tho utmost pains to make it
of such a color that it will escape the
eyes of its enemies, and iu this laud
able task the ingenious little creature
almost always succeeds.
Astronomy in tho nineteenth con
iury has not only successfully culti
vated, but has greatly eularged, every
field of investigation which it inherited
from the proceeding century. The in
struments nnd the methods of re
search have been groatly improved
and to them have been added celestial
photography and spectroscopy, whioh
are distined to prove no loss potent
ana oiucaoions than tbo teloscope.
Photography has shown itself to be a
valuable adjunct to the tolosoope, anu
the application of the spectroscope
bos not only rectified the ideas of
preceding centuries as to the constitu
tion of the universe, bnt has created
nn absolutely new branch of soieuoe
that is to say, the chemistry of cjles.
tial bodies.
Cat Can Swim.
"Can Cats swim? was asked of an
old fisherman.
"Why, certainly," was the reply.
"nnd ttint reminds me of a cat 1 once
tried to drown that swam ashore.
Surely there must have been hundreds
or thousands of people who have
drowned cats ill the same way, but
nevertheless this was an experience of
my own. We had a cat that we wanted
to get rid of, aud as humauo a way as
any to kill it was by drowning. So I
pat a conple of bricks in the bottom
of an old grain sack, and put in the
rat, and tied the bag np carefully and
seonrely and walked down to the end
of a wharf and stood there and swung
the bag with the cat and the bricks in
it round like a sling nutil I could give
it a good momentum and then let it
go, aud slung it out to full and sink in
the water, I should say twenty feet
away.
"I supposed, of course, that that
was the last of the cat; but the noxl
morning the first thing I saw when I
went out of the bouse was tho cat sit
ting on the veranda.
"I suppose the bag had a weak spot
in it somewhere, the bricks were
heavy and sharp-ooruered and swing
iug the bag round that way started it
more, and the cat was desperate; and
with the bag that way it scratched, and
tore its way ont and got to the wharf
and clawed its way up aud canio
ashore.
"Can n cat swim? Why, sure!"
New York Sno.
In Another Character.
If clothei do not make the man,
they may be said, in a certain sense,
to make the dignitary. A railway
train came to its destination in. a
large oity. As the passengers were
filing slowly ont of the oars one of
them, a lady of somewhat severe as
pect, was observed to pause at tho
top of tbe steps.
"What do yon mean, sir?" she said,
sharply, to a man Btandiug ou the
platform below.
"What do I mean?" he responded.
"To help you off, madam, of course."
"You are an eutire stranger to me,
sir," sho said. "I prefer to get off
without your assistance."
"I am the conductor." he explained.
"I think not."
"But I am," he peristod. "This is
the end of my run, and I have changed
my ooat and hat."
"Thon you are not the conductor,
sir. You ere not in uniform, and are
merely a private citizen. Please stand
aside,"
"I don't know but you're right,
ma'am," he said, complying with her
mandate.
Perhaps she was right, as a matter
of prinoiple, although she might havo
beeu a few degrees more oivil about
it. Youth's Companion.
Mlatukeu For Clilnuuia-i,
General Fitzhugh Leo received
much attention during his reoeut visit
to the United States. He had storios
to tell, and one of them oouoornod his
name. It was after he had gone to
Cuba, and the manipulators of the
telephone wero not very familiar with
his name aud reputation.
"What name is that?" asked one
operator.
"Lee Fitzhugh Lee," was the re
sponse. "Spell it, ploase."
"F-i-t- h-u-g-h L-e-e."
"Thank you. Plague take these
Chiuameu I" Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post.
KEYSTONE STATE.
LATEST JtEWK OI.KAEll FROM TARI
OI PART.
BURGLAR SHOT MERCHANT.
Overpowered ,. p. Htler In Ills More In
Northampton County llerks C'onnty
f'onimlmilnnera Object tn Qulnter Trial
Kiponrirs I'lpe Mill Project ltmulu from
Illxpule llptnrron Company anil Trust.
John F. Btlpr, of Johnsonvllle, bad sn en
counter with a murderous burglar and was
tK-aten and shot by the Intruder, who es
caped, though help was speedily nt band.
Mr. Ktler keeps a gennral country store. He
was closing up bis place when a masked man
suddenly sprang Into the storeroom and
grabbed him by the throat. A revolver was
thrust Into Mr. Htler's face ami his money
demanded. Mr. Htlor threw up his right
arm nnd knocked the revolver out of tbe
burglar's hand. Then followed a florco
strugglo, In which the burglar bad the ad
vantage, for ho nearly choked Mr. Htler Into
unconsciousness. The burglar was armed
with a club and with this ho struck the mcr
ehniit repeatedly. Finally he beat Mr. Htler
down and then picking up bis revolver fired
It point-blank at the i rostra to man. The
bullet struck Mr. Rtler on the left sldo and
went through a rlh. It missed the heartnnd
innsed out of the shoulder. The burglar
fled, and several men who were seated In the
elgar store of William ltolmer across tho
street, bearing tho report of the pistol, ran
to the store and gave assistance to Mr. Ktler.
Ho was believed to be fatally wounded, but
ho rallied somewhat nnd his physicians havo
some hopes of saving his life. He Is about
15 years of age and hns a family. Mr. Htler's
place was robbed somo years ago. Ho has
been In tho hnblt of taking his money borne
with him over since. Ho had a little over
400 on bis person when nttneked. The
Viurglnr Is described as rather short and
stout. Ho was dressed In a grny suit.
Model National t.uard.
Adjutant General Rtewart, Ilrlgadler Gen
eral Oohln, of the Third Brigade, and Major
Iliehanlson, superintendent of the Ptnto
Arsenal, returned from Indianapolis, Ind.,
where they attended the national conven
tion of tho National Guard Association of
the United Btates. The party took with
them a large number of haversacks, knap
sacks, uniforms, shirts, tents and other sup
piles, manufactured at the Hlnto Arsenal,
under the personal supervision of Major
Klchardson for the National Guard of this
Htnto. These supplies wero exhibited during
tho convention for the purpose of showing
tho officers or tho guards of other Mates
Just what Is being done In rennt-ylvnnia, and
how much cheaper these equipments can bo
manufactured nt tho State Arsennl than
bought. The National Guard ofTleers from
tho other States wero loud iu their praises of
Adjutant General Stewart, who Is recognized
ns one of the most successful Nntlonnl
Guardsmen In the United Hlatos. His in
formation was of great value, nnd Pennsyl
vania ldons for National Guard equipment
will be adopted in a largo number of othoi
States. A conference of the general officers
of the National Guard will be held In Hnr
rlsbnrg next month to select a site for this
year's division encampment. Lewistown
nnd Mt. Gretna both want It. Inducements
will also be offered to locate the camp noui
Chnmbersburg.
To Hnllil Hig ripe Mill.
The fliiHiuebanna Iron and Steel t'ompnny,
one of the largest of tho Central Pennsyl
vania steel companies, hns had a dispute
with tbe National Tube Company, of Pitts
burg, the combination of tho lube works'
owners, and has decided to erect a pipe mill
of Its own at its 'works at Columbia, near
Harrlsburg. Tho Susquehanna Company
has been making skelp which it sold to the
American Tube As Iron Company, whose
works are In tho tube trust. Since the com
bination tho cost of raw materials advanced
nnd the Susquehanna Company Increased
the price of skolp. Tho Nntlonnl Tube Com
pnny refused to pay tbo price demanded and
business relations between the companies an
strained. Tho new plant will cost t SOO.OOJ.
Sues Druggist.
Mr. Julia K. Lldgett entered n peculinr
damage suit against II. Tj. Gutb, a Carncgl"
druggist. Mrs. Lldgett charges Guth and
blscierk, Louis Iteleliert, with the death ol
her son by allowing a bottle of carbolic acid
to stand on a shelf where the whisky w
kept. The mother says that her 23-year-old
son, alter having returned from the war with
Spain, was tornished with wines nnd liquors
Iu tbe drug st-re on a Sunday. He tried tn
help himself to another drink nnd got hold
of a bottlo of acid, which, tho pluiutllT snys,
had been negligently left among tho bottler
of liquor by the clerk. Tho ground of the
suit is that Guth hired Incompetent belp,
and tlint the liquors wero unlav fully fur
nished to tbe boy on Sunday.
Jury's Rill Hold I p.
Tho bill of the Hotel Fenn for tho board of
twelve Jurymen aud two tipstaves In the
Quln er uvirder tiiul lias been held up by t In
dium C immlssloners. It amounts to 1 2tU.
30, of which 3t Is for drinks, H for cigars,
seventy-five cents for pluylng cards mid
$2.80 for a reclining chair.
To Knlarge Jail and Mergue.
The Allegheny County Prison Bonn de
cided to add a new wing to tho Jail. At the
3niue time, tbe Coroner put in a request for
a larger city morgue, giving as a reason the
increase In criminal population, which hns
resulted In augmenting the number of mur
Uurs and suicides.
Grand Ktand and ftahles Durned.
The grand-stand and stables of the Altoonii
Driving Park Association, locnted near Al
tooua, were completely destroyed by Are,
unfailing a loss of (5,000, fully Insured. The
fire was probably the work of trumps. 1 he
association will rebuild.
Killed In a California Mine.
Samuel Simmons, of near Carlisle, has re
ceived word that his son, John, was killed
In a gold mine at Senora, Cal. The young
man had left home II f teen years ago to seek
bis fortune.
News in lliicf.
Zellner Brothers, grocers aud tobacconist!.,
of Allentown, failed on an execution In favor
of C, M. V. Keck, trustee, for S,000.
A milk wngon driven by William Jenkln
of Toughkenainon, was struck ou a grai e
oroealug west of that village by a train. Tin
wngon was demolished, but the driver was
not injured.
While walking on the Lehigh Valley Hall.
road traoks on his way to work, Edward
1'lahorty, aged u years, a miner, was struck
by an engine, sustaining injuries about tho
bead and body.
Titer Baton to Col. Hay.
A mulling KnultHh wrinimi nhi,
prides herself upon her literary tastes,
said to Bret Uarte at an aristocratic
country bouse at which both wore
guests: "My dear Mr. Harte, I am so
riallchtAri to meet vmi! I hnva von r I
everything you ever wrote, but of all
your aiaiect verse mere la none that
compare with your Little Breer.hes."
"I quite agree with you, madam," Mid
Mr. Harte, "but you hate put the. 'JUle
feriiec&ea ou the wrong man."
TIIE SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR FEBRUARY" 4.
fabjec'; The Klrst lllselples of .Testis.
John I , n.1-4il-Oolleo Texli John I.,
.IT Memory Versus, .1S-87 Coinmen.
fury nn the Day's Leason.
IsTaoncflTios. The choioe of Ills disci
ples was a matter of grout moment to
Jesus. It was necessary Hint some of them
hould be wltneises of III frt Bn(i work
from the beginning of His puhlli) ministry.
He did not choose those lo be His wltuesses
who were bound by the tradition of tlm
rnbblnlo schools, lis chose men ot simple,
yet strocg mind,
CoNSECTisn Lisks. Wo have here an ac
count of John's testimony concerning
Jesus. As soon as Christ whs baptised He
hurried Into the wilderness, whero He re
mained lorty days. Muring His absence
John had continued bin work, but now at
last ho sees Jesus returning from the wil
derness. 85. "Again, tho next day after." Ou the
day before, the day Ho returned from the
wilderness, John had borue testimony of
Him. V. 2:1. TlindUelples of John did not
appear to be greatly Impressed until John
on tho fallowing day (v. SS) repeated his
words. Kdersheim argues, with suemlug
accuracy, tint Mils was the Kahbnth. "f wo
of His disciples." Andritw aud John, tlm
writer, who carefully avoids using his own
name.
AO. "Behold tbo Lnmh ot God." See v.
20, spoken In reference to Na. :):7. AH the
lambs hitiierto offered had beeu furnished
by men; this one was provided by God as
the only sufflele it sacrifice for the sin if
the world. His word would ho lotliem
equivalent to it command to follow Hun.
How faithful John w is in his office ns fore
runner! He did not tuiuk of his own de
orense, he Is anxious to have Ills followers
beooino true dlsalplo-t nt Christ. He did
not reckon that he had lost those who
went over from him to Christ.
37. "They followed Jesus." They under
stood John's meaulug and Immediately did
as they were directed. It would be well If
nil would linme tiutoly folio Christ. We
should follow Him as our It ulcemer, Tiit
tern, Guide and rihepher 1. They m ly not
have luteuded to leave John's leadership
permanently.
8S. "Wunt seek ye." ,Ten knew, but
We desired som" exnresslon f.-oin them.
The meaning Is, Want Is your d -sire? your
petition, or request? Mubbl. Teacher,
master. "Among the Jews this title was a
sort of degree." The thus at once reoog
nljiod His superiority and their Ignorance.
"Where dwellest Tbou." "WlioreareTliou
stayiug?" Ho lin t no pennuuout place of
abode In this locality, la asking this
question they Intimate a desire to bo bet
ter acqiialntel with Him. Where is the Inn
whore you abide? We desire to rejclve In
struction from you.
3i. "Corai ami hid." A kind invention
to them to go witli Him to His place of
nbode. If those who know not the salvu
tlon of God would come at tbi command
of Christ, they would soou sen that with
Him Is the fountain of lite, aud iu His llirlit
they would see light. "The tenth hour."
St. John was so Impressed with the llrst In
terview with Jesus that he remembered the
hour. There Is a difference of opinion as
to whether this was 4 p. in., uocordlng to
the Jewish reckoning, or 10 a. m., accord
ing to tho ltoinnn reckonlug. Ir Andrew
nnd John spent the day with Jesus It must
1iave been 10 a. m, This was probably the
Sabbath dav.
41. "He llrst fludoth his own brother."
It is supposed that at the samo time Au
drow went to find his brother Simon, John
also went and found his brothor James and
brought hl:nto Christ. This was a true mis
sionary spirit. Ood's salvation Is so good
that those who experience His lovo nre
always auxlous to bring others Into the
same holy relation. "Wo have found the
Measles.'1 He spenks exultingly. Aroused
by Jo in's faithful testimony concerning
the oomlug Messiah tbey wore ready to re
ceive Him when they snw a few true marks
of his Messlahxhlp. "Being interpreted."
Messias Is the Hebrew word nud Christ is
its Greek Interpretation.
42. "When Jesus beheld him." .Testis nt
once knew Simon better thau Shn kumv
himself. "Cephas . .a stone." It. V.
Potros, or Peter, has the same mo.iuing In
Greek that Cephas has iu Syrlnc. The
name was given lilm to describe his char
acter. wilob was "stiff, hardy and resolute."
4i). "The day following." This, neeord
Ing to Farrar, was the fourth day ufter His
reluru from the wilderness, Jesus starte I
ou His return to Galilee, and "on the Jour
ney fell In with nnctuer youug fisherman,
Philip of Bethsalda. "Follow Mo." This
oommaud is, In the gospels, issued only by
our Lord Himself. It is addressed to but
ouo outside tho circle of the apostles, the
rich young man whom Jesus loved. Mark
10:21. How was It that these Galilean
youths were brought with ono look, one
word, to the Savior's foot? Iu part by what
He said, aud by whut John the Baptist had
testllled oonoernlug Ulin, and by His very
juiik.
44. "Bothsnlda." "Tho house of nets,"
so called because Inhabited mostly by llsh
ermeu. There were two places by tills
name. The town whom the three disci
ples, Andrew, Peter nud Philip, were born,
was on the west shore of theseu of Galilee,
just uorth of C ipernauin. Tlieother Beth
salda. wliori live thousand were fed, Is on
the northeast shore of the sea. Andrew
aud Fetor lived at Canernuuui. Matt. 8:
14; 17:24; Mark 1:29.
45. "Nathunaol." Elsewhere called Bar
tholomew. Ho lived at Cana in Galilee,
where our Lord performed Hl.s first mir
acle. Cunn was about nine miles northeast
of Nazareth. "Ot whom Moses nnd tho
prophets did write." Sea Gen. 8:15: 22:18;
Ueut. 18:18; Isa. 4:2; 7:14; Jer. 23:5; Essek.
84:2:1; Uun. 0:24; Mieuh. 8:3; ZucD. 0:12;
Mnl. 3:1. These men were familiar with
tho Scriptures, aud surely hero was a great
array of testimony with reference to the
Messiah,
48. "Good out of Nimarelh." The
question sprang from more dread of mis
take In a mutter so vital. Ho knew that
Bethlehem fMlcnh. 5:2) and not Naziiroth
was to bo the birth-place of the Messiah. It
has boon usually considered that his mi
swer was provarblul: but it m:iv merely
bnve Implied, "Naxareth, that obscure anil
ill-reputed towu In its little, uutroddeo
valleycan uuytblug good come from
thence?" Nathunnel's objection arose from
Ignorance. Ordinarily nil we need Is n bet
ter knowledge of Christ and any objections
we may have will molt away. "Come and
see." The same reply given by Jesus. V.
30. Philip could not answer his objec
tions, but still his faith was iinshakoii; and
Nathannel was not so lllled with prejudice
that he would not luvestlgate for himself,
Home things cannot be explained that we
cau seo nre true. Ho who candidly ex
amines the evldeuces nt tho religion ot
Christ will booome u believer. No history
ever published has so many Internal and
external proofs ot authenticity as this has.
Those who have never rend tho Bible, or
bnvo road it only with n llxed purpose to
galnsuy it, nre the ones who cry out
gainst it.
lie Should filielve Ilannu.
Kansas City Star: As an evidence ot
genuine good faith, Mr. McKlnlcy
should express the wish that Bena
tor Ilanna shall keep his hand
out of the next convention.
This would sot the public mlnrt
completely at rest regarding the
thorough political regeneration of the
president and might convince even bis
fnemlos that his feet hud been taken
from the mire and clay and placed
upon tho rock of ngog.
Claims the Itecord for Long Tramps.
A Paris gymnasium Instructor claims
the record for long tramps, having
walked 67,000 kilometres, or about 35.
000 miles, on ordinary roads. Among
his trips were Purls to St. Petersburg,
In 38 days. Parla-Oeneva-Venlce and
Parls-Ucrlln. He tried to walk to Ma
drid but was Btoniied by tbo Spanish
authorities when he reached Barce-lona.
This year's famine 'in India cover
an area of ar.0,000 square uilloa. on
which la a population of 80,000,000
souls.
PACTS ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES
Boa Data Refardlaf Health, Popula
tion and Other Conditions.
Anticipating the work of the census
takers and acting on Instructions from
congress, the department of labor at
Washington bas Issued statistics relat
ing to all tbe cities in the United
States of a population of 30,009 or
more. It was found that there were
140 such cities and the statistics col
lected throw much Interesting light on
their status and development. Tho
oldest city In tbe United States Is Al
bany, N. Y., which was Incorporated
In 1686, Philadelphia dating fifteen
years later. New York, Cblcigo anj
Philadelphia are the only American
citlfs whose population runt Into the
trillions. Some odd contrasts are
presented In the tables which give the
area covered by the different cities. It
appears that Taunton, Mass., occupies
a territory greater than that of either
floston or Haltlmore. New Orleans, a
city of 286,000 Inhabitants, covers 12,
600 acrea, while Newark, N. J., with a
population of about the same size, oc
cupies less than 12,000 acres. One ex
pects to And the manufacturing dis
tricts of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
nnd Illinois closely packed, but It Is
surprising to notice that Rlchrroud,
Va., covera only 6,620 acres and Louis
ville, Ky.j 12,800 acres, as com pare J
with Duluth, Minn., and Pes Moines.
Iowa, which, wlto much smaller popu
lations In each esse, covers r?spectlve
ly 40,060 and 84.660 acres. The health
statistics show that McKecsport, Pa.,
Is perhaps the healthiest city In this
country. Its rate of doaths from con
sumption Is only 1.09 per thousand, as
compared with 12 in Boston and New
York and 26 In Denver, Col., due, ot
course, to the fact that consumptive
resort to Denver from all pans of the
country. The rate of 13.60 deaths per
thon.-and from old age (considerably
the highest on the list) Is accredited to
Salt Lake city, a condition to account
for which no theory has yet been
brought forward. In Pittsburg and
Chicago deaths .from old age are only 2
per thousand. At a time when the
extension of municipal functions Is
occupying public attention It Is In
teresting to note the figures which re
late to city ownership. Nlnety-slx,
cities own their water supply, among
the exceptions being Indianapolis, New
Haven, New Orleans and San Francis
co. Four have municipal gas works
Duluth, Richmond, Toledo and Wheel
ing and thirteen own and operate
electric light plants.
lias an Aversion to Yellow riuwars.
Each mistress of the white nous
has had her favorite flower, except
Mrs. McKlnlcy, who expresses little
preference, except an aversion to yel
low flowers and a great love for blu
ones, In which the president joins her.
A large bunch of flowers Is cut from
the conservatory every morning and
sent to adorn the president's table,
while others go to Mrs. McKlnley's
apartments. The plants that adorn
the domestic part ot the white house
are frequently changed, to glva her
the benefit of the rare and beautiful
variety that fills the great conserva
tories. All of tbe finest plants share
her admiration, each for as long a
time as it can stand to be kept from
real hothour.e atmosphere. '
Friendly Advice.
Buff I'd have you know, sir, that
I'm a self-made man. Gruff Well,
I'm sorry for you; but keop it dork
and don't worry, and perhaps you'll
get along all right. Chicago .Xwa. ,
When men have more money, than
they need they think they need more
than they have.
MARKETS.
rsi.TiMome.
(U1AIX KTfl.
FI.OCII-TlalSn.'llestrat m 85
High tirade Kxtra 3 85
WHEAT No. Sited 7,1
COHN-No. S White .'II 37.S
Oats Bouthoru k Venn... UH 2Mh
It YE No. 2 M 65
HAY Choice Timothy.. lr60 HflO
lood to Prime 14 50 16 0)
M'llAW-Ilyoin car Ids.. 1H 50 14 00
Wheat Illoeks 650 7 00
Ontlllocks 9 00 0 50
CANNr.n noons.
TOMATOE8 Stud. No. 3.4 70
No. a 5"i
rKAS-Htandards 110 J 40
Seconds 80
COItNDry Pack HO
Moist 70
iiinss.
CITY STEEIta t I''
CllyCows 10,' 11
rOTATOKS AND VadSTAsr.KS.
POTATOES Burhaiiks. 9 40
ONIONS 45 48
rnovisioNS,
nOO ritODCCTo-shlat Jf 9 1
Clear rlbsldes 7 7J
Hams 10 11J
MepHpnrk. per bar 11 00
LAUD Crude M 4
Lest refined 7
SBTTSO,
BUTTE It Fine Crmy . . .. 27
Under Fine art 27
Creamery Itolls 47 as
ms rat
CHEEBE-N. Y. Fanoy...f 13 18 If
N. Y. Flat JHV !'
tkim Cheese bl 7J
xnoa.
EOOB Ptate 16 is; 17
North Carolina 16 16
livs rooLTat
CHIOKF.NB t R
Ducks, per lb H 0.4'
TOSAOOflk
TOBACCO Mil. Infer s.. 150 t t 60
Hound common 8 0 4 60
Middling 01 10J
Fancy 10UJ JV0J
Livs root
PEEF Best Beeves 429 ft 470
BHKKP B&O 4 00
Hogs 4 40 I &J
ItUIS ASO SRISt
MURKIIAT 10 Jl
ilaccoon 40 41
lied Fox ;00
bkunk ltluck Ml
opossum 2i a I
Mink Ml
Otter too
KKW voiik
FLOUB Southern 8 81 if 4 20
WHEAT No, ailed tit 74
II Yt Western t0 ri
COHN No. a UU 4)
OATH-No. II 8!) 81
llUTTKK Htal 1!) 4
E(K)S Htato 10 an
CUF-LUK-Utat IV i 13
raiLiDixruic
FLOC R Southern 8J m 0
Willi AT No. Sited tin 6U
COltN No. 8 3 as','
OATH No. t 91 83
BU'ITEll State 81 H5
EGOn-Penna ft IS 19