THE LASY PACE.
It In "womanlike," we know.
Yet when we pick lip a book
iVe read but a page or so.
Then we take a qirtet look
At the last page at the end
i Anil we fear ni wild alarm
That the subtle plot may send.
If "he" has "her" in hit arms.
Then we start to read again;
Chuckle at the hero' tvoe,
I 'At hi atruggles all in vain ;
' Laniih berause he never know
i That the damsel young and fair.
I Who hi vow of love ha spurned
ilWill be meekly waiting there
When the final page i turned.
And the villain all hi fun
Would be rendered tint and spoiled;
All hi schemes, so well begun.
Would be very tamely foiled
If he knew the ecret, too
Knew the truth his heart to daunt;
What the heroine would do,
How she'd tell him to "Avauntl"
Oftan when the hero seem
Just, about to leave the race '
(Think his hope are idle dream.
And the odd too great to face;
Or the heroine, when he
Wanders 'round, full of despair,
We turn to the end, and see
I How it wind up happy there.
, Father's rage or mother' scorn;
Scheming, shrewd adventures;
Make the hero, all forlorn.
And it's ticklish, you'll confess.
' Hut wc inwardly advise:
"Cheer up! This will oon he past,"
For the last page make n wie
There he murmurs: "Mine at last!"
Chicago Tribune.
SH SH S
A TAILOR-MADE
SUIT.
8 the stilt bad to be selected
Instanter I was late to busi
ness Persls spread all the
pieces out over the couch
by the window.
".Now
which do you think Is the
hest?" she queried, excitedly.
1 I took a intuitu I survey of Persia'
type of beauty.
i "This," I usscrted. picking It tip. I
)rlde myself upon beiug a quick und
lecurate Judge of harmony hi colora
tion. f "Do you?" commented IVrsls, doubt
fully. "How about this?" mid she held
Another against her throat,
t "Pretty good, too," I agreed. I liked
U better than mine.
"Or this here's a perfect dream:"
So It was. I admitted (to myself)
that Pet-sis' taste was, after all, the
juporlor.
, "Any of the three will do," I sug
gested. .
"But which Is the most becoming?"
Ihe persisted.
"The last yes, I should say the last,"
hazarded, critically.
'," "It's $3.50 a yard the most expen
sive in the whole lot," she aunounced.
triumphantly.,
(I might have foreseen that such
pould be the case.
lit "The one yon chose the first one, I
mean is only she added.
r I Inspected the tags and made a tfls-
fcovery.
jj "But the $3 one Is only forty-eight
nches wide and the $3.."o one is fifty-
two inches!" I exclaimed. "How many
tarda less of the fifty-two-lnch stuff
Would yon have to get than of the
torty -eight-inch?"
"It is such a little difference that I'd
Jiave to order just the same of either,"
the avowed. "Six yards."
f "Of course not; then what's the sense
la having different widths'' I correct
ed, out of my masculine practicalness.
''Lets see." I demonstrated upon
paper for a moment. "Six yards forty
eight inches wide would be 288 inches
bt width for $18; six yards of the fifty
two-inch stuff, at $3.50, would be 312
laches for $21. Here's twenty-four ex
)tra inches for which you're paying at
the rate of $3.50 a yard. Five and n
half yards of the fifty-two-lnch stuff
tnake 2811 inches of width, and the dif-
Terence between this and six yards of
the forty-elght-lneu stuff is only two
nches! Those two inches could easily
be saved, somehow, and you therefore
(would be paying $10.25 for n stilt pat
tern of the $3.50 cloth, whereas you
(would have to pay only $1.25 less for a
ult of tne $3 cloth! see?
f Persls looked puzzled even bewil
dered. She is not a good hand at rapid
figuring.
,t "But but a few Inches of width don't
fcount in a suit pattern," she responded.
The length is what we go by."
"Then you say that Just us many
Strips forty-eight inches wide are used
of the tailor a fifty-two inches wide?'1
I questioned, aghast.
ft "Certainly," she replied
i'l reflected that among a woman's
curvy and baggy effects when attired
Tor inspection twenty-four inches
might, after all, be very hundily ex'
ptnded.
J "You know the cloth has to be cut
Into and gored so, to fit the form
Where" attempted Persls, further.
"But I thought you were going to
bave pleats," I Interrupted, spying a
flaw in ber garment. "Of course. If
b'ou're to have the gored suit, then
understand. I figured with an eye to
pleats."
1' "Bo I am going to bave the pleats
put the cloth bat to be gored, basu'
itr
( I went to business. Womenare funny
(creatures,
l When I came borne at noon, appar
fently Persia was still just aa I bad left
per, rapturously gloating over the ar
ray of samples, but In the Interval of
Buy absence she bad moved, for she
(bad employed a tailor. He was th
(first one whom she bad Interviewed
upon ber previous rounds.
UN"Ue say that I bave a fine figure for
lb new-style coats, and that because
jof that, you know be will charge me
Ubut $25 Instead of $30, for be expects
that I'll be good advertisement for
aim. , Very few women, be says, ca
Mook so well as I in tbe latest exclusive
, model" bragged Persia, flustrated.
AXben iou'4 better order Ui (3.S0
A
goods," I proposed, carried nwa, by
the excitement of the moment.
I have," responded Persls. "When
do you think they'll get here?''
Oh. dear! It was. the samples nil
over ngnln. And wneii muuiy me
much-badgered express agent produced
the package be banged It down as
though to say: "Thank heaven!"
Persls proudl.fr bore It to the tailor's,
anif started forthwith the continuous
comedy of "Persls and the Tailor," and
the continuous tragedy of "Persls and
I."
May be I was unreasonable. I bad
had Persls a year and n half all to my
self, and may be It wns selfish In me to
begrudge her to the. tailor. Neverthe
less, about that tailor's operations was
n systematic singleness of purpose that
ground upon mc mightily,
I never could get ahead of him. Al
though I telephoned (ever so unexpect
edly, I thought, to nil save myself) and
broached to Persia a drive right away,
she always answered sweetly, but au
noyed: "That would be lovely, dear but I
have to go to the tailor's."
Or else she already was there, and I
rang ber up In vain.
That tailor seemed to know!
When I arrived for lunch and found
no Persls, 'twas a foregone Conclusion
where she was, and I needed not her
breathless Information when later she
came hurrying In that the tailor hud
"kept her."
The tailor cut Into our evenings, for
IVi'sis went early to bed, and 1 sat
melancholy and alone.
"Oh, It's such h Job to be fitted'."
complained Persls, yet I could see that
sher was glorifying in the program.
"I shall be so glad when I'm done
with the tailor!" protested Persls; yet
not for worlds would she hnve cur
tailed Ills attentions.
Persls was an angel, but she also was
a woman.
Old she grow Impatient with the tail
or because be kept her waiting, he
dwelt upon the exquisite success that
he was enabled to make of the suit,
owing solely to her peculiarly artistic
proportions a ud she went away in
spired! "It's going to be a dream! she as.
sured me, radiant. "The style is the
directoire, and I look stunning! He
says that not many women can weur
the directolres!"
When Is it to be finished?" I In
quired.
"To-morrow!" answered Persls.
ITiey'll send it up in the morning,
ve had my last fitting. Oh, Dick, It's
dream !"
"Persls," I addressed her as moder
ately as I could under the stress of the
great news. "I am glad. I have calcu
lated," und I pulled out my memoran
dum book, "that, including to-day s
trip, you have made eighteen visits to
the tailor, averaging a mile und a hulf
euch, horizontally, and about sixty
feet, vertically. That Is to say, your
rips laid eud to end. would reach from
here twenty-seven miles into the coun
try, nnd up Into the nlr almost a quur
ter of a utile. You have been with the
ullor thlrty-slx hours and thinking of
111 in two weeks, and It's time you gave
your husband another Inning. Wei-
oino back, darling.
"How do you like it?" bubbled Per
sis, meeting me at the door the suc
ceeding noon.
I gazed nt the trim, rustl.v, stately
little figure, whose eyes and smile and
blushes were of old, hut whose garb
was u new acquaintance.
"How do you like it?" laughed Per
sis. strutting like a pouter pigeon.
"I do!" I declared.
' Doesn't It lit, though!" exulted Per.
sis. turning lor me to see.
It certainly does nt last," I ad'
mitted. "Have you come to stay?"
"My! But the women will be green
with envy!" said Persls.
So will tlie men!" said t Edwin I.
Sablu, in What-to Eat.
muting Without Types.
There nre three companies) in New
York and Brooklyn that are about to
put on the market devices for prlntlug
without types. One Is capitalized at
$10,000,1)00. The process is us simple
as a-b-c, To begin with, u typewriter
with the standard keyboard is used to
set up" the copy, not in letters, but in
perforations in un endless strip of
paper. The completed tape looks some.
what like the music used in uutoinii
tons that play the piano. The strip of
paper Is passed through a machine
which prints, with Justification, sheet
after sheet of matter of the required
size a book page or a newspaper. Im
presslous of this printed stuff are then
made upon aluminium or zinc plates as
thin as ordinary sheet iron, which are
placed with equal facility upon both
the bed-and-pluteu and the cylinder
presses.
One of these typeless machines Is
called tho "planograph" and another
the "lithotype." I bave forgotten tho
uume of the third. The principle of
prlntlug from plates as smooth as glass
Is this water and grease won't mix.
The text is put ou In Ink, the basis of
which Is grease. Enormous pressure
Is used, the typewritten piece of paper
being laid Uut upon the zinc pinto and
placed under heavy rollers. In print
lug, the Ink rollers puss over tho entire
plate, but leave Ink only upon tho
Inked impression, for the rest of the
plate nil the spaces between the let
ters Is covered with water from
water roller, which abhors Ink. As
muuy as 101,000 Impressions have been
taken from one plate. Even the finest
balr .Hues In illustration seem not to
wear out. Victor Hiultb, in the New
York Vress.
Japan Fontlo Instincts.
' The poetic instincts of the natlv
Japanese are very strong, and this fact
is well exemplified by the many poetic
names which be gives to bis futher-
land. Just as we speak of Britain as
tbe "Laud of the Free," the "Home
land," the "Mother Country," so do the
Japanese apply a poetic nomenclutur
to their islund empire. Such titles ss
"Country of the Suu," "Nest of the
Bun," "Between Heaven and Earth,'
"Southern Country of Brave Warriors,
"Country pf Peaceful Shores," "Oouu
try ltuled by the Blender Bstsord.
"Princesses' Country," "Land of Great
Oentlemen," "Honorable Country," aud
others, are well knowu In Japanese C
erary circles. Loudon St. James' Uv
Mtte. -
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AGRICULTURAL.
Feeding; Itys to Hog.
In feeding young hogs the rye may
be fed either ground or soaked to
growing hogs. It is not desirable to
feed the whole grain dry. The better
method of feeding Is to grind the rye
and feed It as slop. As to which Is
the more economical method, will de
pend on the question of grinding. The
man who (loon his own .sriiirtliig will
find It more profitable to grind his
rye nnd mix It with some corn and oats
ground, feeding this combination as
slop feed. Where It is necessary to
pay for the grinding, the soaked grain
will probably be more economical, ns
soaking costs but little; twelve hours'
soaking is sufficient. Ilye makes a
splendid feed for growing pig. It
should be free from the disease known
as "ergot." ns rye which Is thus af
fected Is poisonous to stock. .1. H.
Skinner, in Indiana Farmer.
, Improper Feeding of Horse.
Much has been written concerning
the short rations which many farmers
use during the winter for their horses,
because they do little work, but there
s the other side of the question, the
overfeeding and the Improper feediug,
which is quite as bad in It effect ns
scanty rations. Horses should be fed
In accordance with the work required
of them, although this does not signify
that because a horse practically does
no work during the winter his rations
should consist of a pint of grain aud
all the hay he will eat. Iinnroner
feeding of liny Is exceedingly Injuri
ous. In the ground feed that Is given
horses not worked a great deal there
should be but about one-third com or
eveu one-quarter corn, oue-qiuirter
bruu and one-half oats. The roughage
of buy at a feed should be about the
quantity lie will consume in three
quarters of ou hour. Add a little oil
meal to the grain ration once or twice
week, exercise the horse daily, and
when work Is given him regularly
which will Increase ns spring druws
neur, gradually increase the ration.
The plan on which n horse should be
wintered, if he is not worked a great
deal, should be to give liim food
enough to keep him In good condition
and store away a little extra strength
for the heavy farm work of spring, but
not enough to make nhu fat or give
Ithu indigestion.
Feeding Sheep In Troughs.
The design of a sheep trough illus
trated this week Is one which has been
found entirely satisfactory, all tilings
considered; it Is some little trouble to
make It, but Its superiority over tho
average trough Is so great that the la
bor spent in Its construction will be
well spent. As shown, the trough is
twelve feet long, sixteen inches wide,
twenty-two inches high, tapered as
shown. With the exception of the
slats, which are one-half inch thick,
and two and one-hulf inches wide, the
trough is made of inch lumber. Tho
sides, which nre nailed on the edge of
the bottom, nre six Inches wide. The
end pieces, or legs, nre three inches
wide and extend six inches below the
TBOUOH FOH 8HEEP,
bottom of the trough as shown. These
legs nre, of course, fastened securely
to the trough after the latter is built
and are Independent of the rack itself.
The rack Is built by nailing the sluts
one foot apurt ou pieces three inches
wide nnd twelve indies long, and are
then hinged to the sides of the trough
so that they rest ou the edges of the
trough when closed. Two hinges on
each side (strap hinges, of course.) will
be sufficient. At about the middle of
the rucks a bent hasp is fastened so
that when the racks are in place they
may be held so by turning the hasp to
the other side over u Btaple nnd hold
ing it In place with a bit of wood. In
this arrangement either rack may be
let down aud the trough thus tilled
from either side. Indianapolis News.
Two Mlstukns.
It Is a mistake to allow co'.ts nnd
calves to remain out In wood or field
through winter storm and cold with
no other shelter than a fence corner or
tree trunk. Hardening them, some
farmers call it. . It surely Is a case of
the survival of the fittest If they sur
vive It and do well. The bony, scrag
gy colt and calf brought up lu tho
spring may live out its allotted time in
spite of such usage, but it Is at a loss.
If you trust to the mercy of nature,
she asks pay for it In shortened days
or stunted growth. The other day,
passing a largo field, I saw one louely
calf. Its buck parts to the storm, cov
ered with snow, shivering In the fence
comer. Not a shed or straw stack in
sight. And I thought of the proverb
concerning the merciful man. Stock
should never be turned Into corn stalk
or wood pasture lu winter without hav
ing something provided In the way of
shelter, which they can reach In
stormy weather. Better not sell off all
the straw to tbe stuwbourd, and uso it
in covering rude sheds for cattle and
other stock. Our cattle are now fur
removed from their wild aucestry and
do not bear cold nnd exposure well.
Again, it is a second mistake to confine
horses and cattle too closely. They re
quire plenty of fresh air. Tbe stables
and cow sbeds should be as warm as
possible to make them, but they
should be provided with good ventil
ators. Cows standing in a close atmos
phere, laden with tbe poisonous ex
halations from their owu bodies, pass
that poison back again to diseased
lungs and milk. Borne exposure to tbe
cold and fresh air Is. necessary for tbe
wejl being of tbe cow. It Is a tcalc
that shows up quickly in ber appear
,once. You can kill or weaken your
stock by lack or care, and societimes
you csn weaken them by too much
care.- Ida Sbepler, la Tbe EpUomUt,
Chute For Orals.
In a great ninny farm barns tlie feed.
Ing grain Is kept on the upper floor,
aud all that is fed out is carried down
In one way or another. An American
Agriculturist writer has a barn nr
runged thus nnd with no suitable space
In the basement for a grain bin. As
a way out of the dltilculty he put 111
some grain chutes to run from the bins
above, ns shown In the accompanying
cut. In some cases the chute could lit
nllowed to drop directly from the bit)
above without any Joints, ruder few
circumstances will a chute with less
than half pitch be satisfactory. Oats
will run through such a pitch with lit
tle difficulty. Wheat or rye will follow
even a less slant, but with bulky stuff
like ground feed there is considerable
danger of clogging.
The Interior of the chute ought not
to be less than six inches square six
by eight would be even better. The In
terior should be free from all obstruc
tions. The hopper shaped device Just
A GRAIN CHUTE.
under the bin Is quite necessary with
outs and ground feed to give greater
headway. The cut-off (A) Is an ordin
ary draw supported by two cleats on
either side. An extension is also made
to the rear board of the chute so that
It projects about half on inch outward,
thus giving chance for holding a bug
if necessary. Connecticut Farmer.
practical Farm Dairying,
Thinking, perhaps, the experience
of a "common" farmer with u common
herd would be interesting as well as
Instructive, I submit this: During the
year ended April 1, 1!I03, our herd ttver
aged n trifle over 300 pounds of butter
euch. We sold the sume nt twenty -two
cents net. During the last year we
sold part of the cows. At the present
time I am milking four October cows,
which make nu average of forty-two
pounds a week. It would be somewhat
dlllleult to average them to April 1,
but I am confident the four will make
400 pounds each next year. The cows
are common Jerseys. Not one is regis
tered. No two are alike, nor Is there
one which could compete in the show
ring. In fact, they nre what Mr. Pack
would call "scrubs."
They are stabled in a rather cold up
ground stable, confined in stanchions,
und let out twice a day for water nnd
put back Immediately, except on pleas,
tint days, when they are given an
hour's ruu. Their feed consists of
plenty of good oat straw and timothy
hay twice u day, and shredded corn
fodder or chaff at noon. The grain ra
tion Is four quarts of whole oats and
bran mixed and four quarts of buck
wheat rinds once u day. They nre
watered nt a trough from which the
Ice has been removed beforehand.
They have no ensilage or summer
grain; are well bedded, but never cur
ried. They nre treated kindly, hut is
no sense ure they under different con
ditions than nre, or should be, in reach
of every fanner. We try to have them
dry through September. While I ful
ly agree that cows will do better with
scientific surroundings nnd better
breeding, still there is better money
for the plain farmer with n common
herd of full blooded Ayrshire, but the
scrub cow is where we got the start to
do so, and, in defense of this much
abused beust, will say that many a
one with a reasonable chance would
surprise the fellows with the high,
priced, fancies. Leo Hathaway, In Tribune-Farmer.
ml
roultry Notes,
See that there is vigor and activity
lu the male bird.
Changing hens to new quarters Is
npt to check their laying.
It Is best to cook cut clover hay and
then mix it hot with ground grain.
Even if the chickens do belong to
the wife, you should help her with the
heavy work.
Exposing fowls to heavy wind
storms Is as dangerous to their health
as is rainy weather.
Crowded roosts at night will bring
colds to tho flock about as quickly us
unythlng we know of.
Heavy forcing will no doubt Increase
tho egg yield, but It will cripple the
stiimluu of future generations.
Sifted coal ashes should bo spread,
several times a week, upon the drop,
ping boards.. Never use wood ushes.
Feed the morning mash before giv
ing water, to drink. It is a mistake to
allow n fowl to become chilled by
drinking cold wuter while tho crop U
empty.
It is a very easy matter to Improve
the farm flock, and now Is the piopct
time to look over the tlock and select
a few of the very best pullets und mute
them up with the best cockerel upon
the farm. They can be confined in a
wire netting yurd adjacent to a por
tion of the poultry bouse.
The use of the lead pencil in putting
down In black and white the number
of eggs and fowls produced and tho
price received for them is a good way
to change tbe mistaken belief that
bens dp not pay for their feed. A rec
ord should be kept of the fowls aud
eggs consumed for family use. -
This Is tbe season when many farm,
ers are moving from one locality to an.
other. Changing bens from one place
to another is a good way to cause them
to stop laying. They may bo coaxed
to resume operations sooner tnan they
would otherwise by changing their
diet. Give something new and they,
will cemt to thair meals with atl.spp.
New York City. The demand for
fancy waists seem ever to increase.
This one, designed by May Muntnti, Is
equally well adapted to the odd bodice
FANCY WAIST.
and to the entire gown und to a vnvlc
ty of materials, but in the case of the
model makes part of a costume of vio
let crepe tie Chine, with a tucked yoke,
full front and cuffs of chiffon in u
lighter shade and trimming of ecru
lace. The shlrrlngs of waist and
sleeves are arranged on continuous
lines that give the fashionable breadth
of figure and the garniture over the
shoulders provides the drooping line
without which no waist is quite up to
date.
The waist is made over n fitted lin
ing on which the yoke nnd front nnd
various parts of the waist are ar
ranged. The waist proper nnd the
sleeves are shirred and the closing is
tunde invisibly nt the left shoulder
seam and benentti the left front. The
sleeves are wide and full above the
fl LATE DEJIQN BT HflT MflNTON.
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deep cuffs but shirred to fit the upper
arm snugly.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is three and seven
eighth yards twenty-one inches wide,
three yards twenty-seven inches wide,
or one and three-quarter yards forty
four Inches wide, with ono yurd of
chiffon, one-half yard of nil-over lace
aud four aud one-quarter yards ot up
plique to make us Illustrated.
Milrt Waists still Morn.
As Is customary at the beginning of
every season, the positive announce
ment Is made that shirt waists are no
longer fashionable, and that every skirt
must have a waist to match; yet,'
struuge to say, the shops uro full
of the most fascinating designs for
shirt waists, and seamstresses a fid
dressmakers alike are busy making
blouses. The truth of. the matter is
that the shirt waist Is an nliMilutely
essential garment, and can no more
be dispensed with than a coat or skirt.
In n handsome costume It Is not so
fashloiiuble to have a waist of different
material from the skirt, but, none the
less, with the coat and skirt there nre
many occasions when a cloth waist. In
fact, one of any muterlul excepting
lace or linen, silk or satin. Is most uu
comfortuble to wear under the cont
and when tbe smart separate waist U
the ouly correct style. Harper's Bazur.
Fancy Y'rlnnulnjs.
Fancy trimmings, as well as but
tous, will be a feature of tbe early
spring frocks, as well as various em
broMeiics. A good many graduated
bunds of tnft'eta, sntln and velvet wll,
also be used. In some cases these
bands nre very smart, but on the other
hand they nre apt to acceuluate any
tendency to stoutness. These band
of sntln ribbon are most useful where
renovations tire concerned; for In
stance, in order to lengthen a frock
n new flounce may be added beneath
a bund, nnd all of lis who patronize
the .cleaner realize that some tilings
must shrink a little.
ewet Muterlnl For Stock.
The newest materials for stocks are
cross-stltehed canvas, mummy canvas
and. coarse linen, with Itusslan nnd
Hungarian embroidery effects lu the
vivid national colors.
A Revolution In I. are.
Last year one couldn't get Inees
coarse enough. The thing-was perhaps
overdone, which accounts for the rev
olution in favor of more dainty, fra
gile trimming-'.
A Caprice ot Fahlnn.
Only n gathered cap in lieu of n
sleeve Is another of fashion's caprice
for summer dress gowns, reviving au
old-time n ode.
A Quaint F.fl'ei-r.
Many evenings gowns have bor
rowed that quaint old fashion of open
ing over it gay petticoat in front.
Clrrtllnr Skirt.
Kiii! skirts, that nre confined over
the hips, yet take soft and graceful
folds below, make the latest shown
This May Mnntou one is circular and
Is urrnnged lu small lucks at the up
per portiou .that give a yoke effect,
but Is left plain ut the front, so avoid
ing unbecoming fullness. The model
Is made of tan-colored foulard fig
ured with brown nnd white and is
trimmed w'lh folds of the muterlnl
stitched with silk, but all the fash
ionable clinging materials are admir
able nnd trimming cun be applique of
uny sort.
Both skirt und folds ure circular nnd
the latter are chaped to fit smoothly
over the foundation, which can be
tucked nt tlie upper edge ns illustrat
ed or arranged In gathers us preferred.
The quantity of material required
Ct.-lCCbaH HKlHT.
for the medium slsc Js ten yards twen.
ty-oue inches vide. cfght yards twen-I;,--seven
inches witto, or five and one.
bait yards forty-four lucho wide. .
THE KEYSTONE STATE r
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order.
Dr. S. R. Maison, county inspector
for the State Board of Health, mad
the following statement relative to tho
smallpox situation in Clifton Heights:
' The town will in all probabilities be
visited by an epidemic, and unless
fcotne action is taken it will prove very
serious. Four houses arc quarantined
and only two watchmen arc employ
ed. I have advocated the removal of
patients to a contagious disease hos
pital, but the health authorities have
tirt acted on the matter. Unless the.
authorities take stricter methods in
suppressing the disease the State
Board of Health will act nt once."
Within a few days the United States
Steel Corporation will close its option
(or its May supply of pig iron. The
price at which the option was sc
:urcd, $tj a ton, makes the iron a
Dargain at the present. In all about
i.S.ooo tons will be needed next month.
It will be purchased from the liessc
licr Furnace Association and one ot
:o independent valley merchant furn
ice operators.
P. M. Sharles, of West Chester, ha
ttiven $4.S0J to the managers of tlm
Chester County Hospital for the con
tlruction of two receiving rooms and
s fireproof elevator and stairway at
the institution.
It is doubtful whether State Trcas
nrer Harris will take the Judges' sal
ary mandamus case to the Supreme
Court. His term will expire on tbe
first Monday in May. and while lie
ha not decided what he will do. it i
predicted he will not appeal higher,
but honor the warrants for the sala
ries of all Judges under the new law
nd at the same time pay warrants
of those he refused who asked for the
increase on February I. It is not ex
pected that Mr. Harris' successor, Mr.
Mathues, will raise the question.
General orders were issued from the
headquarters of the National Guard
af Pennsylvania announcing; that the
division encampment will be held at
Gettysburg July 2,)-.lo. An order was
ulso issued announcing that the sea
son for rille practice was opened on
April l and will cloc on October .It.
After a Coroner's Miry rendered a
fcrdict that James Briscoe, of Ply
mouth, came to his death through
'meningitis, the result of a blow ad
ministered by Charles Jennings, of
Norristown, the latter was arrested on
:hc cliargo of murder. Briscoe died
week alter he and Jennings quar
relled in Norristown.
Four children of Mr. and Mrs.
William Burke were burned to death
jt Sevastopol, a suburb of l'ittston. at
t o'clock the other morning. The
victims are Helen, aged 14 years;
James, aged I J years; Mary, aged 8
years, and Michael, aged 6 years.
The family retired at the usual hour
9t night, and about I o'clock A. M.
Mrs. llurke was awakened by the
crackling of flames. She awakened
her husband and it was discovered
that a wall of fire separated them from
tlie two rear rooms occupied by tho
children. The parents made several
attempts to reach the children but
failed, and were forced to jump from
the second story window to escape
death.
After a service of three years in the
Philippine Islands with the Twenty
eighth Infantry, Sergeant Edward T,
Fainter arrived at his home here to
day, from San Francisco, where he
spent three months in the Government
hospital convalescing from several
wounds received at the hands of the
bolomcn of the islands. He bears on
bis face a great scar eight inches long
His right foot was nearly severed and
his left arm rendered almo-t helpless,
Alderman John 1". Donohue, ol
Wilkes-Barre, noted as a thrasher ol
wife-beaters, received word that be it
one of four heirs to the large fortune
of his uncle, John Jcfferis, of Ireland.
Alderman Donobue will leave soon t-?
attend to the settlement of the estate,
which is believed to be worth about
$JOOOOO.
With her face cut and bleeding. Miss
Richards, a 17-year-old girl who lives
in Jeanesville, and who is a high
school student, reported her ccapa
from a negro assailant. Miss Rich
ards had to pass a lonely spot on the
road to Hailclou. Concealed bcliinc"
a bush, the negro attempted to lass?
Miss Richards and partly succeeded
but after a desperate struggle slm
escaped. Policemen arc now on the
track 01 the negro.
In a friendly sparring match, be
tween Henry A. Thomas, of l'lrchrun
ville, and Charles Goodman, of I'hoe
mxvillc, the former was knocked down
and his skuil fractured in coming in
contact with the floor. He died at tint
local hospital. Goodman was arrest
ed, but released on the finding of a
verdict of accidental death rendered
by a coroner's jury. The two men
were the best of friends. ,
Postmaster K. 11. Graves of Coates
ville, informed the postal authorities
at Philadelphia that Frank 11. Stevens,
general clerk at the Coatsvillc post
office is missing. Stevens, who is
years of age, is a sou of William Stev
ens, of West Brandywinc Township,
lfc was a trusted employee of the
post ollicc, where he had" a clerical
position since July, iooj. He has a
wife and two small children. It is said
that several hundred dollars of th
postal funds are missing.
In court at Reading, Frank Ward
luft, aged 17 years, convicted of cast
ing an illegal ballot at the recent
election, was sentenced by Judge FneJ
lich to pay a fine of $.o and undergo
six months' imprisonment,' while Jos
eph Hays and Charles Fry, convicted
of procuring Wardluff to vote fraudu
lently, were sentenced to pay a fine
of $J5 each and undergo an imprison
ment .of nine months.
An unidentified sailor in the United
States navy was killed by a train at
Morrisilec.
Robbers broke into the United
Brethren Church, Mechicsburg, aud
Stole the contents of a charity box
intended ior the poor of the town.
At a conference between represen
tatives of the American Sheet and Tin
Plate Company and the Amalgamtec
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Plate Workers, it was decided that
the Amalgamated Association call a
special conference to consider the
proposition of the company to make
a reduction of 20 per cent, in wages.
- Tbe list of dead in connection with
the Priceburg explosion is now ten,
Miss Sophie Faulds having died in
the Moses Taylor Hospital in Scran
tog. The condition of Miss Martha
Hcberbrand is so critical that her
death may occur at any moment.
The South Penn Oil Company's
employees state that the company
lost 100.000 barrels of oil during the
March floods through the breaking of
pipe lines and the wattling sway of
- tsnks. The greatest loss was two
miles west of Evans City, where the
main pipe line was broken in several
places. The loss amounted to
fjoo.ooa