Too Pretty ror Word.
For garden jmi-ty or feto cbnmpctre
a quaint net of box parasol, mid liu
to match Is diHtriictlngly pretty. The
hat is an mlnptatlon of the poke bonnet
which we bear mitcli about, but seldom
ece. Made of shirred chiffon, both
crown and Inner brim are encircled
with a wreath of tiny button roses and
forget-me-nots, and the long white
satin strings are brought around and
tied demurely under the chin.
The fichu of supple white satin and
lace has a thick garniture of the small
flowers and long, lace-edged sash ends
tie In front. ,
The imniKol Is likewise of chiffon nnd
lace, mounted over white satin, and
sprays of the flowers are artistically
disposed over the canopy portion. The
long haudle Is in natural boxwood.
flrow OM Gracefully,
ou are always as young as you
feel.
People never grow old until they
think themselves old.
Never either admit your age or give
landmarks which will enable others to
guess It rightly.
Take plenty of exercise; mure
briskly.
Take a half hour's rest in the middle
of the day; nothing conduces more to a
good appearance. It renews strength
and freshens the completion.
The want of occupation does not
conduce to youth or to rest; "a mind
quite vacant Is a mind distressed."
Energy keeps the muscles elast'c, and
romance Is an amulet against wrinkles.
Defy time by keeping your heart
young. It is envy, loss of heart and
impatience that bring lines to the face.
Th. Proper Perfume,
There Is always just a subtle
fragrance about the modern girl not a
perfume, just a little suggestion of
something swet-smelllng and fresh. It
Is not that this bewitching girl ap
proves of using perfume, but merely
that she Is In favor of dainty sachets.
Where do you suppose is her newest
place for hiding away her favorite
sachet powder? It is in a bow which
she uses to adorn the handle of her
sunshade. The bow is nothing more
than a slightly padded sachet bag, and
it is just the most delicious little fad
that the girl has had for many a long
year.
The bandeau of her hat is frequently
filled with sachet, and oftentimes her
girdle is perfumed in the same way.
The fashionable girl, of course, never
uses but one perfume, aud such scents
as violet, orris or sweet lavender are
in much better taste than stronger per
fumes, like heliotrope, carnation pink
and white rose. Woman's Ilonip f'om
paciou.
Seen and Heard by a Woman.
"The way some people squander
their strength and time in trying to
economize is a most pitiable domestic
spectacle," said a woman recently. "I
know a woman who has five children
and does her own work. She never
throws a piece of twine away, and
no matter bow knotted the string is
she sits down to unravel it. Good
twine is only five cents a ball.
"The matter of using left-overs of
food often aggravates me. To save
some old bread, worth half a cent, a
woman will use a quarter's worth of
eggs, sugar, butter and nuts, only to
' -ve her family turn from it at the
id hie. Again the domestic economist
will spend a dollar on new trimmings
to fix up some old gown, and when
she has spent much time and money
and ingenuity the result is a patch
work and the maker is ashamed to
wear it. .
"I believe in being economical, but
what I object to Is this senseless ex
pense. A woman can show her brains
quite as much in what she declines to
fuss over as in what she makes the
most of." New Haven (Conn. Regis
ter. "
For Barhetnr Girl's ltooin.
.Chore the room Is suiuil the bachelor
girl finds it necessary to economize
space. A corner bookcase unci writing
desk can be made from two boxes set
Into a corner, and so taking up less
room than a desk set straight against
the wall.
The boxes for this piece of furniture
must bo of two sixes, or cut to two
sizes. Each box must be sawed in two,
from corner to corner, making the ob
lique of the end of the largest box tlio
edge of the writing desk. - The smaller
box, sawed in exactly the same way,
Is set upon the large box, fitting into
the corner aud leaving, a space at the
top of the first box free for the writing
flekk. The boxer can be painted or
sovered with denim, or better yet, if
'.he surface is moderately smooth and
the bachelor g'.rl Is abln to do burnt
work, the inside of the cabinets can
e covered with desigus and the' edges
of the shelves can be scroll. The top
Is prettily finished with a cheap picture
molding.
Brass rods for t'.:e curtains should be
firmly fastened at the top of both the
lower aud upper cabinet. The writing
Jests should be covered with felt, in
baraio::;- with thu other colors iu the
room. .
Bnu.lulr Chat.
To woman mildness is the best means
to be right Mine, do Fontaines.
A woman laughs when she can and
weeps when she will. French l'rov
trbs. .
A woman can't undet stand wby- a
man lacks theiorce of character neces
sary to give up a vice or a luxury.
The woman who talks the most about
marriage it not always the one who
marries early.
.However conceited she may be, no
mirror can niakft a girl look as beauti
ful to herself as she looks to the young
to an who is in, lore with her.
An attractive widow talks about tak
ing a second husband a a condescen
sion on tier part.
What a difference It makes to a
rouug man whether a pretty girl sullies
at him or lain: lis at him. ,
When a girl feels that she is gen.
old, she Is mighty careful not to men
tkm It. It is only the Ctrl who fecit
oversowing with abundant youth whc
talks about how, old she is.
A woman can stir nice things In a
way thHt makes a man feel he Is solid
with her.
It is a hard matter to make an old
maid believe bo passes a lonely exist
ence.
Consideration for women Is tin
measure of a nation's l-rogrcss In so
da I life. (Jregoire.
A woman of honor should never sus
poet another of things h would nol
do herself. Marguerite de Valvi.
In condemning the vanity of women,
men complain of the nru they them
selves have kindled. I.ingree.
The greatest satisfaction a wonmi
can feel Is to know that a man whom
many other women love loves he;
alone.
Girl' Work.
It Is too general for girls to drift Intt
some neighboring factory or workshop
simply because It offers a weekly wage
however small, from the first. Thej
are also attracted by the Idea of get
ting their evenings free. Having satis
fled themselves on these two points
they do not Inquire whether they nn
going to learn a business which will In
really useful to them in after life, 01
whether it will enable them to earn t
higher wage as experience and skil. j
increase. There Is a certain annum'
of prejudice against domestic service
but this exists in the minds of young
Inexperienced girls more than in thos
of trained, experienced workers, wh
have weighed and proved Us many ad
vantages.
This fact is hardly sufficiently takei
Into account by those who discuss tht
subject In public, and whose owt
knowledge of the feeling of youn
women on the matter Is mainly drawl
from intercourse with factory girls. I'
is not from this class that the servauti
In good households are drawn, bir
rather from the daughters of smal
farmers, tradesmen and artisans. Ii
these classes the parents, aud partlcu
larly the mothers, frequently prefe.
service for their daughters to a skilled
trade of a non-domestic character or t
employment in a shop, because thej
believe that their girls will be bette:
housed, better fed and their physien
powers less severely taxed. But it ii
peculiarly important that the firs
place In service be well chosen, be
cause a girl receives the stamp of thi
household in which she has been firs'
employed. Emphasis is seldom sufll
clently laid on the degree to which per
sonal relations affect all the conditloni
of service. The servant's happlnesr
depends almost wholly upon her en
ployer being a Just, a wise and a kind
ly woman. In a class so numerous, n
undisciplined and so superficially edu
cated as employers of domestic serv
ants ou the whole are, the chances ari
strongly against a servant finding at
employer with the qualities enumer
ated as needful. The business em
ployer the bead of some cominerela'
enterprise Is prone to other faults; In
may be grasping, ruthless, and hasty if
temper, but he is kept in a certain da
grce of discipline by the necessities ol
business and of competition. He coulc
not succeed at all if he were wholij
lazy, stupid, or given over to pettj
meddling and mischief making. Ht
must prize good service, and belli?
well served, he is coufldenL-Filgrlm.
We shall be wearing silk poplins ll
the fall.
Japanese peach blossoms In tbrei
shades decorate a fino mull.
All authorities agree ou the iievt
tablencss of leg-o'-muttou sleeves.
Both long coats and short jacket!
are In favor for the linen costumes.
B'g buttons, little bowl or tin
buckles will do for the girdle fasten
ing.
Short sleeves have cn clastic banc
around the elbow . to kce; them it
place.
Belt, shoes, gloves, bat and bag tf
match can almost make any costutJt
effective.
White taC'eta costumes oro smart
and as yet so new as est to bo to
popular.
Indian dT.nlty wears better than mus
llu, is softer taau liuc.i, uad coues 13
dainty designs.
Cloth has becomo to soft ant", suppli
as to occupy a pi Julaeut place la tL
summer wardrobe.
A blending of scarlet and pink is r
French color scheme capable of pro
dudng charming results.
T j linen ties arc out la several col
ors, so almost r.ny ll.iea gowa uaj
mr.tcb Itself iu footwear.
On a fetching brown shade hat tht
solo trimming is a crush belt of whiti
suede, buckled at the side.
More ttan o:ic Roman cash that wat
tucked away years ago now dispart
itself festively us a girdle.
Milady's latest fad Is to order elozenf
of fine handkerchiefs and have then
embroidered in exclusive designs.
Where ribban is run through beadlnf
a color matching the dress figure wil
be found more effective than black.
Last summer'a plain silk sunshadi
may be made quite modish by a coy
erlug of fine batiste embroidery oi
chiffon.
It it whispered that the auturut
waistband will terra the purpose of a
belt, at it will be carefully fitted anc
trimmed in unison with the auit 01
costume, thus making a separata belt a
auparOuit. -
4 1
TMli. kEYSrONE STATE
latest News of I'eaasjlv.uia Told in
iliorl Order.
Citizens arc still seeking the robber
who bound and gagged ...-s Marguer
ite Ross in her home in Williams
burg. It is supposed that tiie intru
der intended to burn the girl to death.
Discovering that she whs alone in
the hntie, the robber chokcd.hcr into
insensibility and dragged her into the
dining-room. Then he ransacked the
house, collecting finery, silverware and
jewelry in a bag. lie then ?aturatcd
the clothing of the unconscious girl
with oil and piled paper and ras
around licr. Before be applied the
match, Frank Ross, a brother of the
girl, came home from school, kicked
at the locked door, threw his books
on tV.c porch and went downtown. Be
lieving help was at hand, the robber
fled out the hack rlor without any
booty. The girl was still unconscious
when discovered.
The chief veterinarian of Pennsyl
vania, Dr. Leonard Pearson, with a
Government veterinarian, Dr. Shauf
Icr, of Philadelphia, visited stock yards
near Lancaster to investigate the ori
gin of Texas fever in Lancaster
county. The inspectors learned that
the disease has found its way to Lcb
aiif.ii, Barks and Chester Counties.
That infected cattle were at the local
yards is not denied, and they have
been thoroughly disinfected and there
is no fear of further contagion.
Mrs. Nina Virginia Cooper Dyer,
wife of William Ashmead Dyer, cash
ier of the Cambridge Trust Company,
and daughter of Assemblyman Thomas
V. Cooper, of Media, died in Chester.
Mrs. Dyer was 27 years of age and
was well-known in society. She was
registrar of Betsy Ross Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. She was married 011 June 7,
1902, the wedding being attended by
many prominent people, including Ad
miral Schley.
A "woman in black" who has alarm,
ed the west end of the town of N orris
town, has turned out to be a man mas
querading in female attire. He haunts
dark alleys and seems to delight in
arousing cries of fear from startled
women. One woman resolved thai
she would not be chased, but wher
she saw her tormentor's trousers, she,
too, ran. The cries of the distressed
woman attracted several men, whe
gave chase to the prowler in black
but he escaped up an alley.
The new Capitol Commission mcl
at Harrisburg. Supervising Knginecf
Green, Architect Huston and Contrac
tor Payne all positively assured the
commission that the Legislature halls
and the committee and clerks' rooms
will be ready when the Legislature
meets in January. The commission
ers inspected the building and were
convinced that the assurances were
well founded.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has notified the foremen of its
simps in Harrisburg to make large
increases in their forces immediately.
It is expected that all of the men who
were furloughcd in June will be or
dered to report for work. The com
pany is now working ten hours a day,
with a Saturday half holiday in all of
its Harrisburg shops.
After suffering greatly from the in
cursions of a variety of evildoers, Ks
sington has now been menaced by in
cendiaries. An attempt was made to
burn tiie house of Christian W'alz. A
motorman of a Southwestern trolley
car saw the flames and gave the alarm.
Neighbors organized a bucket brigade
and succeeded in extinguishing the
flames.
There is marked improvement in the
coke trade at Connellsville, and every
indication suggests that the trade will
assume normal conditions within a few
weeks. The total production last week
was 191,000 tons, and the next week's
output will run considerably over the
200,000 mark. More than 2000 ovens
were placed in operation last week.
Out of 23,257 ovens 16,218 were active
and 70.59 idle.
His clothing catching in belting in
the Conshohocken Woolen Mills, Mi
chael Cecil was whirled around the
shafting, and when an arm was torn
out of the socket he was hurled across
the room. The other arm was frac
tured, as were both legs. He died
soon after being taken to a hospital.
While playing ball at Weissport,
David Snyder, aged 32, exerted him
self greatly in order to reach second
base. When he succeeded in reaching
the base he fell dea1 on the bag from
heart failure.
Otto Traub, a driver on the wagon
of a Chester Heights bakery, was
held up by men and women from one
of the boat houses along Darby Creek,
and, after being robbed of all the
money in his pockets, the bread and
cakes in the wagon were stolen and
taken to a boat house. Traub was de
livering bread in the vicinity when
two men and two women halted him.
While the men rilled his pockets the
women looted the wagon of its con
tents. The holdup is the third that
has occurred in that vicinity during
the past three weeks.
Major W. G. Speck, of Carlisle, was
re-elected major of the Eighth Regi
ment by the commissioned officers.
The summer home of the Philadel
phia Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, on Dwight Farm, Downingtown,
has been closed for the season.
Judge Isaac Johnson, at Media,
overruled a motion for arrest of judg
ment and a motion for a new trial in
the case of John Wilson, Jr., of Ches
ter, convicted of selling adulterated
milk.
The farmers of Montgomery Coun
ty have enjoyed three nights' sleep
without the theft of a horse. Eight
horses stolen within ten days is the
record for the last count. No part
of the county hfcs been immune. Hard
ware itores did a big business in
supplying extra latches, staples and
locks.
Joseph Devlin, 35 years old, of
' riioenixville, was drowned while
swimming in the Schuylkill River,
near the borough water works. Dev
lin was racing two lad in a row-boat,
when he became exhausted and sank
The Patriotic Order Sons of Amer
ica and the Junior Order United
American Mechanics have retained
counsel to take steps to prevent the
wholesale naturalization of Polandcrs,
Hungarians Bud Italians in the an
thracite coil region. .During the past
two years 8000 aliens of these nation
alities have received citizenship papers
in the coal region. In court at Potts
ville, S. Monroe Enterline and George
M. M. Paxjon, counsel for the secret
tccirtics, questioned all candidates for
citizens' paper regarding their knowl
edge of the constitution and America:!
institutions.
COMAitRCIAl REVIEW.
!. G. Dun & Co's we:kly review oi
tiade Fays:
Confidence increases each week al
a larger proportion of the agricultural
yield is placed beyond the reach of
injury and industrial undertakings are
less interrupted by labor controver
ts. It is not to be expected that the
business world will suddenly abandon
its conservative attitude, purchases
being still restricted largely to such
needs as arc clearly discerned, but
there is evidence of a growing dispo
sition to provide for more remote re
quirements. In many lines, particu
larly dry goods, stocks have been re
duced much below normal, and Fall
'hipments ate expanding in a healtr,v
manner.
Distribution of merchandise is pro
viding the railways with a large ton
nage, preparations are being made to
handle the enormous crops and th
aiross earnings of all railways report
;ng for three weeks of August show
a gain of 1.4 per cent, over the tame
time last year. Foreign commerce for
the last week at this port was smaller
:han a year ago, exports decressing
$307,277, while imports fell $904,983,
nd this tendency is largely responsi
ble for the Treasury deficit in August,
:ustoms receipts falling about $3,000,
500 behind those of the same month
last year. Protracted meetings dis
tussing the matter of prices for steel
products tended to restrict business
nd wholesome conditions cannot be
restored until there is less uncertainty
3n this point. Slight evidences of im
provement in the matter of cotton
goods were removed by the resump
tion of wide price changes for the raw
material and aggressive speculation.
Bradstreet's says:
Wheat, including flour, exports, for
the week aggregated 1.830. sit bu ri
als, against 1,084,333 last week, 3,131,
830 this week last year, 6.276,299 in
1902 and 4,406,064 in tool. From July
I to date the exports aggregate 12,
464.662 bushels, against 2S.270.12S last
vear. 43.053.506 in 1002 and 59,167.570
in 1901. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 710.562 bushels against 763.
846 last week, 868,741 a year ago, 21,
106 in 1002 and 550,876 in 1901. Prom
July 1 to date the exports of corn ag
gregate 5,273,881 bushels, against 9.
194.036 in. 1903, 77SS3 in 1902 and"
9,249,897 in 1901.
WHOLESALE MARKETS.
Baltimore. FLOUR Dull anil un
changed; receipts, 9,900 bushels; ex
ports, 102 bushels.
WHEAT Firm; spot contract,
losJit&t.osJ-i ; fPot 2 rc(l West
ern, .074(fi'0"i; September, l.o-)',
(O.iosJ'i; October, l.oo4ff.i.o;; De
cember, I.09?4&-'0i steamer No. 2
red, 97'4it'Jx; receipts, 34,848 bushels;
Southern, by ample, yj'fj.1.05; South
ern, on grade, 90 1.07.
CORN Dull; spot, 5S':i5S;4; Sep
tember, 58f58;4; year, 53 nswed;
steamer mixed, 55''j55J4i receipts,
9,125 bushels; Soutleiii white crn.
58(561; Southern yellow corn, 6263.
OATS Firm; No. 2 white, 35j'O!
36; No. 2 mixed, HiyaJi; receipts,
32,155 bushels.
RYE Firm (uptown); No. 2 West
ern, 82(4183; receipts, 3,045 bushels.
HAY Steady and unchanged.
BUTTER Firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 17(3:18; fancy cream
ery, 20(321; fancy lirdle, I4&15; store
packed, lofai2.
EGGS Firm and unchanged.
CHEESE Firm and unchanged;
large, 9ifi'o; medium, ')ViTi)YVi
small, 9-?4Vi:io.
New York FLOUR About steady
with light demand. Minnesota bak
ers', 4.30(514.70.
RYE FLOUR Firm; choice to
fancy, 4-55(S4-85.
CUT MEATS Firm; pickled shoul
ders, 7fn-74' pickled hams, io(tn.
COTTONSEED OIL Firm; prims
yellow, 29'429;4.
BUTTER Steady; receipts, 7,t2i;
renovated, common to extra, ioi6.
POULTRY Alive, very firm;
Western chickens, 14; fowls, 13; tur
keys, 13. Dressed, quiet; Western
chickens, H'riisVi; fowls, i3Agii4i
turkeys, I3iS-
PEANUTS Quiet; fancy hand
picked, 6(a6'4; other domestic, 3'6yi.
CABBAGES Steady; Long Island
per 100, I 50(42.50; per barrel, 35(375,
Live Stock.
Chicago CATTLE Good to prima
steers, 5.40(06.10; poor to medium,
3S5.oo; stockcrs and feeders. 3.00
3-7S; cows, i.35(4-00; heifers, 1.75
4.5o; canners, I.65(a3.25; bulls, 3.00
S400; calves, 3. 50(9.6.25; Texas-fed
steers, 2.50(3,3.50; Western steers, 2.50
4-00.
HOGS Mixed and butchers, 5.10
JT5-55; good to choice heavy, 5.20(g)
5.50; rough heavy, 4.6o'a;5.oo; light,
5.15(175.65; bulk of sales, 5.30(3)5.45.
SHEEP Sheep and lambs steady.
Good to choice wethers, 3.50()4.00;
fair to choice mixed, 3.OCKT3.40; West
ern sheep, 2.75(0-4.00; native lambs,
4- oo575; Western lambs, 4.oo575.
New York BEEVES Native steers
3.65(37.00; half-breeds, 3.50(34.00;
stockers, 3.20; bulls, a.8o(5i'3.75; cows,
I.25'2 3 25. Cables quoted live cattle
and cheep unchanged; refrigerator
beef lower, 9 cents per pound.
CALVES Veals, 15 to 35c. lower;
Western calves, 20 to 35 cents lower.
Veals, 5-00(0 5.17 Igrassers 3.65(8375;
Western calves, 5.ooriP..!2'$.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Sheep and
lambs steady; medium common lambs
slow to 35c. lower. Sheep, 2 8o'?4.25;
choice, 4.50; culls, 2.503.00; Iambs,
5- 5o(n57o.
HOGS Good medium State hogs,
6.10. '
WORLD UP MBO.
The Canadian Manufacturers' Asso
ciation has declared for open shops.
In 20 years the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers has not had a
strike.
There are over 250,000 bookkeepers
and accountants in the United States.
Soldiers in the Italian army are
allowed cigars as part of their daily
.rations.'
The Switchmen's Union of North
America will meet in Indianapolis ir
October.
Umbrella constructors at Toronto
Canada, have organized.
There are at present between Ij.oot
and 14,000 cabmen in London, Lug
land. Rivetmakers in South St.:ftonUhirc
England, have made a demand fn-
15 per rent, increase in nw.
The International Union of Eleva
tor Constructors will meet in ,
rention at St. Louis on Monday, Sep
tember 13.
Men attending the pans in salt
works are never known 10 have rh"!
era, smallpox, scarlet fever or influenza.
HAD TO CIVS UP.
Hifl1 Asnnlm From Kldnoj t)lnrnra
t'ntlt Cured by Kuan's Klilury I'llla.
George YV. Itfiioff, of li)."3 North
Eleventh street Philadelphia, Pa., a
man of good repu
tation ond stand
ing, writes: "Five
years ago I was
suffering so with
my '.ia.k and kid
neys that I often
bad to lay off.
The kidney secre
tions were un
natural, my legs
ond stomach were
swollen, and I
had no appetite. When doctors failed
to help me I began using Donn't Kid
ney Pills and improved until my back
was strong and my appetite returned.
During tlie four years since I stopped
using them I have enjoyed excellent
health. The cure was permanent."
(Signed) GEORfJE V. RENOFF.
A TRIAL FREE Address Foster.
Mlllmrti Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, 50 cents.
IS A TREACHEXOU3 ANIMAL.
Black Panther of Africa More Ferocl
ous than the Bengal Tiger.
Of all the big, dangerous cats, nonf
Is more unapproachable and mort
treacherous than the black panther
Hailing from the heart of the deep
est African Jungle, lithe and eupplf
of body, alort and nervous, thlf
stealthy marauder exceeds In feroclt;
even a Bengal tiger. He is tho onlj
big. feline that the Hon trainer doer
not venture to train; and he Is the
only cat so absolutely distrustful thai
he shuns even the light of day.
Often be will lie all day long In s
dusky corner of his cage, his yellow
slit eyes shifting and gleaming rest
lessly. Even the feeding hour, wher
pandemonium breaks loose among tht
big cages, when hungry roars and
squeals mingle with impatient snarl.'
and impacts of heavy bodies against
steel bars, Is apt to have no effect or,
him. He may He eyeing his chunk
of raw beef suspiciously, and not von
ture forth until day has waned and
the last visitor has left; to tear meat
from bones with his long, white fangs
In fact, so ugly and vicious is this
beast, that, frequently he turns on hit
own kind, and in many instances it it
Impossible to cage hlni, even with r
1 mate. McClure's Magazine.
I . BABY BORN TO FORTUNE.
j John Nicholas Brown, 4 Years Old,
) Worth $10,000,000.
John Nicholas Brown of Rhode
Island is only 4 years old, but he is
i rated worth tlO.Ooo.uOO. His fortune
came from his father and an uncle,
in equal amounts, before he wa's 3
months old. Young Brown has three
palatial residences, a yacht, is always
attended by a physician and has a
retinue of ten servants. Ho lives on
sterilized milk chiefly and has more
care bestowed upon hlra than a royal
prlnco. He is weighed morning and
night on special scales and is
groomed in the motft luxurious man
ner. The youngster's fortune con
sists In stock in great cotton mills in
New England. His mother was a
Miss DreBser, sister of Mrs. George
Vanderbilt.
A Fund of Humor.
William Winter, the dramatic critic,
Is thought by some to write the worst
hand of any man living. There may
have been giants In the past, men
like Horace Greeley, who surpassed
him, but no one his equal remains.
Some years ago Mr. Winter was
traveling In Scotland, and having had
many amusing experiences, wrote an
account of them to R. H. Stoddard, in
New York. Mr. Stoddard receives
the letter at breakfast and, combin
ing familiarity with the intuitions of
the poet, managed to make it out, and
enjoyed several good laughs. He
glanced up at Mrs. Stoddard and paid:
"It's from William Winter. Very
funny. Want to read it?"
"Y,ou know I can never read a word
of bis writing," answered Mrs. Stod
dard. "Oh, that doesn't matter," replied
Mr. Stoddard, tossing the letter over
"it's Just as funny to look at!"
Passing of Princeton Alumni.
The ni'crulogical report of Princeton
theological seminary contains the
names of C6 of the alumni who dleo
last year, of whom the oldest bad
reached the age of 93 years and 8
months: one other had passed bis
91st year; 19 others their 80th; !2
others their 70th, and 11 their 60th
Tho youngest uied at the age of 29
years and 6 months. The average age
of the 66 was 70 years and 1?. months.
Old English Coin.
J. S. Smlledge has an old coin which
was recently dug up on the Carlos
Tilden farm In Tolland, Conn. The
date of the coin is 1735, and it Is a
particularly well preserved English
coin. On one side Is inscribed Geor
gluB II., Rex, and on the other side,
Briton N. I. A., 1735. It is a littlo
larger than the American 25-cent
piece.
FITS permanently cured. No fltornrvou
a saf after Urat day's uaa of Dr. Kline's Great
herreRestorar, fit rial bolt laand treatise traa
Dr. lt.U. Elis t, Ltd., Ml Aroh 8t., Plilla., Va.
Sanitary cruuders sre now after owner
less city pigeons.
H. H. Obisx's Pom, ot Atlanta, fla., ara
the oiUy moceMfui Drojuy ripeclullsU to the
world, hee their liberul offer In advertise
meat in another column ot this ajwr.
The Pultan of Turkey aims to outlive all
his predeceuori.
lamsuraPlio'sCura forConiumptlon saved
my life three year ago. Mas. Tiomi Hos
Sins, Maple Ht., Norwich, N.Y., feb. t7, 1900
The firnt Catholic church ever built in
Chicago, 111., coat I3U0.
Clock Is Psi-verse.
About twelve years ago a clock,
mora ornamental than useful, was
given Miss 8. A. Bailey of Peacbam,
Vt For a yesr, perhasm, by much
eoaxlng, it told the tlma more or leas
correctly, then stopped. No amount
pf abaklng could persuade it to start,
and after a tlma It waa removed to
beam in the shed. Thera it waa for
gotten, and for tba last ova years
probably stood utterly allent, until a
few days ago It began to tick and tht
hand to move, and fct oaiBuaa to do
iff
A Navrt Tesm.
The rwner of a largo ostrich farm
in southern California has trained a
pair of these huge birds to drive as
he would drive horses, hitching them
to a light buggy or trotting cart,
which has In Its design a third wheel.
This Is to prevent the vehicle from
turning over. It Is by no means an
easy task to drive such a wlerd team,
as you can not pull up your "horses"
by reins. If you did It would probably
result In serious injury to the valu
able birds. Tha only way to guide
the conveyance Is to hit the offside
bird on tha opposite side to that
which you want him to go. Another
objection to this kind of "horse" is
that If ho should catch sight of a bit
of banana peel, or something equally
attractive, he does not hesitate to
make a dive sideways for It As os
triches go like the wind, and can
make a sudden dead stop, the Jerk
the rider receives is not a pleasant
ont, If a piece of orange peel should
happen accidentally to meet the eye
ot his strange "horses." !
Falkland's Plague cf Geese. !
There appears to be an excellent i
opening for a new Industry In th !
Falkland Islands. Gov. Grey Wiisor j
reports that an agitation is on foot tc I
Induce the government to undertake I
the diminution of the wild "but Ir, I
reality much too tame" goose, and
that he does not sympathize with It. '
The farmers meantime are dolns :
tni3 deadly work themselves, and are
paying $2.50 a hundred for the upper
beak as evidence of slaughter; and It ;
is supgested that from 100,000 to lf.o, i
000 geese, representing grass for 20,
000 sbcep, might with advantage be
destroyed annually.
But the governor points out that the
native goose Is excellent eating, ami
thinks that commercial enterprlsf
might preserve from waste about a
millions pounds of food and tha high
class down which this slaughter pro
vldes.
This Is to' say nothing of the vast
quantity of eggs which are broken
yearly. Stray Stories.
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