IThc Cry jonthe Trail. J
How It Wrought a Great Change at Lone Pine Ranch. th.
v. sd
y OfRTftUOC OIX.
N the high, nnre, sitting
room of a lonely ranch
house, with brown, un
painted walls, nnd doors
and wWulows open to the
i uc-i uni mountain side, a ninu sat
nt a small do.il talilt reading over a
pile of cherished letters. They wore
written by n woman; tinted from a
house on Beacon street, Boston, and
they detilt with books, with music, nnd
with nrt. To the render, who was
linrd pressed In the buttle of life, they
seemed to let him Into a (.'t ent treasure,
house, while lie longed for the more
constricted walls of a home; the sim
pler beauties yf a fireside. Ah. they
were so intellectual, these letters, nnd
try as he would, he could read nothing
between their lines! Ah lie turned over
the pages, n tiny child of three years
old. with a large rent in her pinafore,
ran In from time lo time from the open
n:r. At sight of her, the cry in the
heart of the man for the woman was
stronger than ever. Both of them
needed her innn and child, they
needed her so much.
At length ho took his pen nnd began
to write t her. All her letters ad
dressed hlih us ''Pear Mr. Cioraldson";
his letters to this date had been In
variably superscribed to "Dear Miss
Vlning." But now he broke through
the veils of reserve. He wrote to her
as the. dearest woman on earth, calling
her his love. II threw aside nil the
topics with which they had dallied so
long, and wrote simply of himself of
his own hopes nnd fears. He told her
how for years he had been wanting to
ask her to come out to him: how his
poverty had forbidden his doing so;
and how. In spite of nil his efforts, he
had remained poor nnd struggling,
without anything to give her. Two
months ago he had believed :!wt at last
his chance had come. He had gone
up into the Trinity Mountains to take
up an offer of partnership in a promis
ing "prospect" he had received from
a friend. But on the Ions stage-Journey
from Redding through the heat
and dust, he had fallen In with an un
fortunate Kngllshniau, very sick with
typhoid, who had implored him to
stand by him and see him on his legs
again. Circumstances had been such
that it had been Impossible In coin-
mon humanity not to stay with this
man and his littl mite of a motherless
girl. So he had nursed and tended him,
and had experienced the satisfaction of
pulling him through the worst dan
ger. But the poor fellow, who was
terribly impatient, had attempted to
get out of bed In spite of every wnrn
lng, and had died suddenly one day
from the passage of a clot of blood to
the heart, when his nurse and little
daughter had left him for a breath of
fresh air.
"And so," went on the letter, "I
found myself with the child on my
hands. I haven't the heart to do any
thing but keep her. For though ap
parently she has no relatives or
friends, she's a splendid little piece of
stuff, and it would be a crime to send
her to any Institution. And the sequel
of this is, my dear, dear friend, that
the venture which was to bring mp
fortune, to give me the right to ask
you for yourself, has come to naught.
By the time I had fixed everything up,
my friend, unable to wait for me, had
taken In another partner on the deal.
I went prospecting near WVavervlIlo,
but luek was against me. Then both
the little girlie and myself fell sick
with malaria, and so I came home to
my pine trees again."
Here Geraldson's peii fell from his
hand, for the fever had him in Its grip,
and he was shaking miserably. Later
on he managed to put the letter Into
an envelope addressed only with her
name, for after all, he thought, he
should never send It, and he left it
ou his table, thinking that when he
had strength again, he would go on
writing, Just for the sake of the conso
lation It was merely to pretend that he
could tell her everything. But the let
ter was never flnlslnil. He grew rap
Idly weaker, till one morning ho found
himself so sick that he could scarcely
drag himself to the couch on the ver
anda to scan tin; landscape for the help
that never came. For Lone Fine
Kniich was Isolated as only mountain
ranches enn be, and no one might set
foot on It for weeks together. Now
as he lay helpless, unable to move,
lost sometimes In suffocating black
ness, the child brought him water In
the tiny cup drops that tantalized
rather than quenched his thirst and
he wondered what would become of
tier, and In his lust coherent moment
told her to run out along the trail and
call with all her might. That was the
last thing be could do. Soon after ho
ceasi'd to move, and did not hear the
desolate wall that resounded through
the empty house.
But Geraldson was not to loso him
self forever In the dark water of un
consciousness. Once more he felt him.
elf alive, and on the verge of sleep,
lay with leader eyelids, unwilling to
awake, till a memory of little Margery,
whom he had last seen weeping In a
corner of the room, forced hltn to open
his eyes. To his surprise his bed
clothing covered him very neatly. The
sjieot was folded under his chin In a
Strange, comforting, new way, so that
a Reuse of peace aud security fell on
him, and he lay very still, Bure for
some unaccountable reason that Mar
gery was all right. Waking was won
derfully pleasant. In the dim light of
the darkened room a slender white
baud gilded over the smooth sheet to
make it a trifle smoother. He held
his breath and half closed bis eyes
that be might watch it. It went away.
Too weak to turn his head, he waited
till It fluttered down again with a cup
of milk. There was no woman lu the
district with such a band, and full of
the wonder of It be fell asleep.
He dreamed of beautiful things
whit flowers, white doves, white
hands. Waking stronger for long rest,
bis first movement was one of curios
ity. A. woman, in a pule blue suu-
fcomaet that completely shaded ber (
mm
if d
face, wn pouring something Into a
glass nt the washstand. Vn It pos
sible that ugly bonnet could go with
those slender fingers? lie asked for a
drink of water. To bis Joy the same
hand appeared again.
"Is It evening?" he asked, when she
had taken away the cup.
"No, it Is morning." returned a voice
Mint wns little more than a whisper.
"Then please will you be so kind as
to let in some light?"
"Light Is md good for you Just yet,"
was the answer In subdued tones.
Geraldson was not strong enough to
dispute this point, and he lay unlet,
inwardly vexed at the bonnet. Ideas
came to hltn slowly. At last he asked,
brilliantly: "Will you pleas? tell me
who you are?"
' I am a nurse."
"A nurse!" lie considered for some
time.
"How did you come here?"
"That Is very simple. Your little
girl was crying on the trail, and I
came in nnd found you."
"And you stayed and nursed me
llow wonderfully good of you!"
"Not at all." The voice was cold.
"You would have done the same your
self." "Oh. but not In the way you are
doing." he returned, modestly.
After that he pondered for a long
time. She had "happened to be pass
ing." as though a road that led to no
where were a much-frequented thor
oughfare. That in Itself was a miracle,
and her beautiful hands, her move
ments, so unlike those of a mountain
woman, were something to brood
upon.
"But why did yon come here?" ho
nsked. after a long silence. "No one
ever comes here."
"I came to see my brother."
Ho dared not ask her any more. He
could only suppose that which he had
been away some stranger had come
Into the district. But any attempt
at connected thought wns too much for
him. and again he fell asleep.
When he was breathing quietly, the
woman with the beautiful hands threw
off the bonnet as though she wer tired
of the troublesome disguise, nnd lean-
lug her chin upon her hand, gazed
intently at his pallid face. Still she
kept the bonnet on her lap, ready to
don it nt the moment he should show
signs of waking, for she was deter
mined that he should not recognize
her should never know that It wns
she, F.lsle Vlning, who had saved him.
She had taken the Initiative, come out
from the East, because mere letters
were not enough, nnd she had felt nt
last that she must have something
more tangible than these Impersonal
epistles. She had discovered him In
his extremity, and had brought him
back to life. But her Joy in this was
chastened. She knew now why his
letters had been so cold. She had b'ii
no more than an abstraction, an in
tellectual page in his life. He had not
even thought it necessary to tell her
of the important events that were tak
ing place with hltn. He had concealed
say, rather, Ignored, as of no possi
ble interest to her that fact that he
had married and had a little daughter.
He had never even told her that his
wife was dead, as she could only sup
pose she must be. It was plain that
ho had not cared as she had cared.
He had not remembered perhaps had
never .' experienced those moments
when they had met In Boston five
years ago, in which It had seemed to
her so much bad passed without words
between them that even in the letters
for all their impersonality It had ap
peared permissible to read between
the lines meanings tender and mag
netic. She had taken too much for
grantisl. She blushed to the roots of
ber hair, ami hid her face in the bon
net as thought It were a veil. Outside
the open window she could hear the
little child singing to herself. Had be
loved the mother very much, she won-d-red?
Love.! What had she to do
with love? It was high time she
should take her departure. She went
restlessly out of the room and Into the
kitchen, where the nurse, for whom
she had S'lit to San Francisco, had
already begun a feminine revolution
in tlie bachelor order of things. As
she worked, this young woman glanced
out of the window at Margery at play
beneath the trees, remarking that the
child was the very Image of her father.
The other briefly assented, and imme
diately went out Into the op n air and
looked at the little girl from a short
way off. "I suppose there Is a like
ness," she said to herself, "but I can't
see it." It was strange, she thought,
that she should never have heard of
Geraldson's marriage. How blind she
had been not to suspect some affair
of the heart, which would account for
bis sudden departure for the West.
Of course, he had loved another wo
man. She wondered If the child were
very like her. At that moment Mar
gery came running up, and, forcing
down the primal Instinct that hud
prompted her to turu away, she held
otit her arms, drew the "other wo
man's" child to her breast, aud kissed
her.
The little creature looked up nt ber
with her fearless eyes. "You're the
lady, aren't you?" site said.
"The lady what lady?"
"That lady daddy talks about that's
coining to be my muvver."
Outwardly quiet, she kissed ber
gain, but It was as though a door, not
quite closed, had violently shut, never
to open again. She went back Into
the house, into Geraldson's room; but
when she saw him look toward her
pathetic In his helplessness, her heart
beat so quickly she could not bring
herself to say good-by ut once, aud sat
down In the shadow, angry at her own
weakness.
"Nurse," said Geraldson, 'won't you
draw up the bliud? Mayn't I see your
face?"
"The light would hurt your eyes," she
murmured. "I put on my bonuet be-
I .was going away."
"Going away!" Dismay was In bis
voice.
"Yes, 1 am obliged to go. There's
another nurse bore to look after you."
"But I don't want another nurse,"
he pried. "And you've done so much
for tno. I can't even thank yon. I
don't know what your name Is. I've
never seen you eveti!"
She said nothing, hut slowly measured
something Into a glass. He could not
see that she was trembling.
"May I have a drink?" he nsked, as
she put down the tumbler.
She had Int -nded to go now Imme
diately. She felt she had lingered loo
long, but she could not refuse bis
request. Sha held the cup to bis lips,
ntnl ho drank slowly, looking at ber
hands, which would flutter away so
soon, like white birds of passage. He
was very weak, nnd the tears came
Into bis eyes. The hands were so beau
tifulso like her hands.
She took the cup and rinsed It care
fully and slowly. At the same moment
little feet pattered along the passage
and baby hands beat upon the door.
She opened It and carried little Mar
g' ry to the bedside, telling her to be
very quiet. But Geraldson had turned
his face to the wall, and took no
notice. Having looked at him gravely,
the child seated herself upon the tloor,
and began to examine the heap of
treasures In her lap. Suddenly she
held out a chubby hand with an en
velope. "A 'otter!" she said, emphalloally, to
the strange lady. "A 'otter!"
"Is It for me, dear?"
"Ess, for "oo!" She ran across the
room, and held it out, triumphantly.
The eyes under the snulionnet glanced
at it with Indifference. Then nt the
name on it a name with no address
tlie beautiful hands clutched It eagerly.
A moment after a touch on Geraldson's
shoulder forced hlin to turn.
"Her Is a letter." said the quiet
voice, "to a Miss Vlning. The address
Is not finished. Do you wish It
mailed?"
At the thought of her so far away,
so inaccessible. Geraldson's eyes filled
again. '
"No, no." ho murmured, turning to
the wall again, "It isn't to bo postal.
I haven't any right!" The next min
ute he begged her. hnlf-querulously, to
give It to him that he might put It
under his pillow. But the room was
empty. iShe had gone.
Outside, on the veranda, she paced
ttn and down with the unopened envoi
ope In her hand. He had wanted It
back. She had known that even as
she had closed the door, but It didn't
belong to him. With her name upon it,
it certainly belonged to her. But
ought she read it? Ought she? Well,
she didn't care she must! It was hers,
after a!!. Tearing It open, she saw
the tender superscription, and ail her
scruples vanished like the wind. Then
she read If to the end nnd kissed It
many times, and walking up aud down,
longed, yet hesitated, to go back Into
the darkened chamber.
Geraldson lay awake without, any de
sire to take up tlie thread of life again.
All his dilliculties pressed upon hltn.
and he felt listless and dispirited in
ills gloomy room. But a soft sound,
tlie drawing of the blind, the flood
ing of the room with sunshine, caused
him to turn with a faint revival of In
terest. The light was the light of suu
set, Just bright e.iough to make every
thing clear, and some one with shining
hair was standing near the window.
Surely he know that poise of the
head. Only one woman onrrold her
head Just like that! And yet he musr
be dreaming!
"Who nre you? ' ho cried eagerly.
A clear voice came through the still
ness. "I've brought an answer to your
letter."
"My letter to her? But it wasn't ad
dressed. It wasn't "
"There wasn't nny need to send It.
You see, Elsie Vlning isn't In Boston
just now."
"Not lu Boston! Then where is she?
Where Is she?"
She came toward hltn. He saw her
in the level sunlight as men see vis
ions. "Don't you understand, Gerald?
Don't you understand?"
It was her voice. He raised himself
on the pillows.
"Elsie! Elsie!" be cried.
She dropped on ber knees beside him.
She gave him her hands and her face.
San Francisco Argonaut.
F.nr Kids on Car 200?
Once every day No. lit)1.), a bobtail car
of tlie 1S1J vintage, drawn hy a gray
horse tnat looks as though it was born
somewhere about that period, Jour
neys from the barns near the Fort
I.ee Ferry down Amsterdam avenue to
Seventy-second street and back again.
It goes down ou the western side of
the broad thoroughfare and hack on
the eastern. Leisurely it rolls along,
picking up a passenger now and then
who likes to ride In It for the sake of
old times.
Frequently two maiden ladles who
live In an old-fashioned Colonial bouse
ou Morningslde Heights take their
afternoon ride lu 2011. The gray-haired
conductor, who has known them for
thirty years, opens or closes the win
dows for them, as they wish. He
pockets their fares, as he does those
of all who ride with him, for there Is
no Indicator In that car. It Is not run
for pro lit, but to hold a franchise.
The grizzled driver who went Into
the business when horse cars were a
wonder in New York, has no use for
the trolley cars that whizz recklessly
by hlin. Little he recks the Jeers and
jibes of the motormeu. He knows
that the truck drivers will block two
or three trolley cars any day in order
to get out of bin way. The Columbia
College boys always have a cheer for
him. So do policemen and ward poll,
tlcluns perched on bootblack stands.
The dally trip of No. "()'.) Is an event
to old-timers. New York Press. ""
Siicmia In Hi Law,
Sir John Blgliam ban been giving ad
vice to young lawyers. "Work hard,"
he said, "have noble ambitions; bo
bold, have confidence in yourselves, get
nmrrled." Sir Edward Clarke has suld
much the same thing; but Mr. Justice
Maulo when giving advice on the tumii
point declared that there wero only
three things essential.. "The first is
high animal spirits, the second Is high
au inal spirits, and the third Is hlgti
animal spirits." But be added. "If, in
addition, the young man will take the
trouble' to learn a little law, 1 do not
think It will Impede bis progress lu the
urofession." iioudon World.
111 fl I '-. v VJLisU-UX-XS rJ "
Now York City.-Sucb charming and
ittractive waists as this one are greatly
tn vogue both for costumes and for
jeparnte blouses made from almost any
of the fashionable materials. In this
Instance sago green m"ssaiine satin Is
combined with cream lace over chiffon,
but the design would be equally satis
factory executed in any combination of
color that might be preferred and In
such pretty, soft wools as voile, chiffon,
etamlue and the like. The wide chem
isette makes a special and character
istic feature, which combines with the
deep fitted girdle most fffectlvoly, and
the elbow sleeves with their wide frills
are most graceful and attractive.
The waist is made with fronts and
back that can be either tucked or
shirred at the shoulders to form points
and are arranged over a fitted lining,
the front edges being finished with box
pleats and Ihe closing of tlie waist be
ing made invisibly, that of the lining
at the centre front. The sleeves arc
finished with frills ot race, but they
can be made longer, forming three
puffs with deep cuffs, whenever pre
ferred. The quantity of material required for
A LATE DESIGN BY MAY MANTON.
'
the medium size Is four and live-eighth
yards twenty-one, three and three
quarter yards twenty-seven or two
aud a quarter yards forty-four Inches
wide with one and one-eighth of u 11
over silk lace and two and a half yards
of lace for frills, and three-quarter
yards of silk for belt.
Hrodarla Aiifflaiia tha Voaua.
Broderle Auglaise, or eyelet em
broidery, is still very much the thing,
and most of the all over embroideries'
and Bouncings are of this order. The
robe patterns, too, both in linen and
batiste, are In eyelet designs. The
heavy raised embroideries are also
popular, and there Is a high dot de
sign which Is much sr light for, ap
parently. How it Is to be successfully
laundered Is a mystery.
Organella Llllfd. "
One of the loveliest evening coats Is
of sage green oriental satin, the soft
est uud richest of weaves. It Is built
with Empire tendencies, and is fin
ished off with cord braiding made of
gold tissue. But the beautiful part
of it is the lining. It Is interesting,
too, belug of sheerest, softest white
organdie, strewn with buff posies and
a wee bit of foliage. It looks both
dainty aud cool.
Painted Hlioaa.
The great fad for more or less fancy
shoos Is observable lu many directions.
Not only are these colored shoes! One
white shoe (a suede oxford) has corn
flowers daintily painted on the toot.
One cannot but wonder If they will
not wash off. Certainly they have not
beentlred!
r-i-nic,
t.lnen Sullor llt.
Linen sailor bats will be popular to
wear with linen gowns, and when tli
gowns are embroidered, It Is the thing,
to have a matching embroidery on the
bat. Several shops make a specialty
of these exacting little requirements,
and their charges are so moderate that,
unless otto Is an expert embroiderer, It
is belter not to attempt them nt home.
Milliner Hint..
Black and white millinery Is modish,
as It utmost always Is. A fin straw
hat In a round shape had for trim
ming a crush band of black velvet and
a pompom of pure white ostrich tips
with a large aigrette. The polo tur
bans are simple enough, but th".v nr
so undeniably bizarre that they do not
look shnpl
Itrua.nlla t l.nvillr.
The flowered Brussels nets are ex
ceedingly lovely, and mount'd over silk
slips, or even flue white Swiss linings,
make charming, semi-formal gowns.
Some are being made up as dinner
gowns. Those having linings of white
Swiss muslin which launders well--can
bo wonderfully "freshened"
throughout the season.
Turk Rhlrrml Yoke Waist.
There Is a peculiar charm found In
the simple blouse shirred to form a
yoke that renders It a deserved and
certain favorite. This one is graceful
In the extreme ilnd can be made high
at tlie neck with long sleeves or low
with sleeves of elbow length, so boeom.
lug practically two models. All really
fashionable materials are soft and well
adapted to the shirring nnd conse
quently the opportunity for making a
satisfactory choice Is ample. Dotted
crepe do Chine with lace over chiffon
Is the combination Illustrated, and very
charming it is, but there -are many
other silks equally desirable, and the
pretty voiles and oolionnes are always
attractive so treated while for evening
wear flowered organdies nnd nets, chif
fon and the like nre In the height of
stylo.
The waist Is made over a fitted foun
dation, which serves to keep the sblr-
rings firmly in place, and when made
of transparent material requires au
Interlining of chiffon cut exactly like
the outside below the shirrlngs, this
Interlining giving a peculiarly soft and
delightful effect. The sleeves are
shirred to form throe puffs when long,
two puffs and the frill when lu elbow
lengui, anil the waist Is niflsbed Willi
a becoming shirred belt.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size Is six yards twenty-
one, five yard twenty-seven or throe
and a quarter yards forty-four Inches
wide with three-quartur yards of all
over lace for collav and cuffs.
household
jVjatters
flrlad Pes Soup,
floil dry pons until they rook up,
then press them through a sieve. Add
water and rich milk lu equal quanti
ties until It Is the consistency desired.
Season with pepper and salt, aud If n
richer soup Is wanted, add n little wa
ter. A large quantity can be made,
and it will keep for weeks, If the milk
Is not added.
Orariia Oram.
Into n pint of boiling water mix two
tnblespoonfuls of nrrowroot. Add a
cupful of sugar and the Juice of two
lemons; boll five ml mi ten and remove
from the fire. Boat In thoroughly the
yolks of two eggs, turn Into n mould
and when cold serve with the whites
of Ihe eggs beaten to n froth with four
tablespoonfnls of powdered sugar, aud
spread over It.
Blufttit Plank Stonk.
fate ynur dealer reserve for you a
nice thick flank steak without scor
ing it, but instead have him make a
pocket in it by splitting it through the
centre to within an Inch of the edge
on tlie three sides. Fill the pocket
with a meat stuffing or a brend stuf
fing made ns for poultry, and Bew the
opening togethet. Sprinkle the meat
with salt and pepper and roll In flour.
Tut some drippings into a baking pan,
let it get hot, put lu the meat and
bnki In a hot oven. After about ten
minutes add n cupful of hot water,
cover and cook In a slower oven from
an hour to an hour and a half, basting
frequently. Serve with the thickened
gravy In the pan. What to Eat
Oranse Caka.
An orange layer cake can be prepared
ns follows: Beat to a cream the yolks
of four eggs nnd a cupful of sugar.
Add three-fourths of a cupful of sour
cream and then one and three-fourths
cupfuls of flour which has been sifted,
with half a teaspoonful of soda, sev
eral times. Grate in enough of the yel
low part of nn orange to give the cake
a strong orange flavot. Bake In rather
thick layers. When cool spread upon
one sheet, or upon two, If there were
three layers, a thick coating of orange
pulp. Cover the top layer with an Icing
made with powdered sugar moistened
with orange Juice and grated rind of
on orange. A little lemon may also
bo added. Decorate with a few bits
of candled orange peel. Hace the
cake aside until the Icing has become
firm and thru serve. It will keep sev
eral days.
Qulnca Cnka,
A good cake that can be used as a
dessert Is the following quince cake;
it Is very rich: First make a simple
sponge enke. Spread the .cake in two
even layers, each about half an Inch
thick. Let It bake slowly, so as to
keep It tender nnd moist, until It is
done. When cold spread each of the
layers with quince Jelly nnd cover one
with whipped cream that has been
stiffened with a little melted gela
tine. The whipped cream may be flav
ored with quince by adding a table
spoonful of hot melted quince Jelly
to the soaked gelatine. When this
cream Is spread on one cakf lay It
aside and spread on the other a mer
ingue, and bake it slowly fot about
fifteen or twenty minutes, r until it
Is a light brown. . The edges of the
cake should be covered with the mer
ingue so that it will not .become dry
in the oven. After the merinque has
become cold pile the layer of the cake
which Is covered by it on top of the
otbet layer containing the Jelly and
cream. This Is an ornamental cake,
and nice for dessert, served cold on a
crystal platter.
a 1.11X5 rOR, the;
nOUSEKEEPE
Uoful Hints.
Brush pie crust with cream to in
sure rich brown color.
A new method of blanching. almonds
Is to soak them over night in cold
water.
Watch tlje nap In sweeping a carpet,
in order to briug the design out to
advantage.
The milk of a beef loaf or farcl can
be replaced by tomato sauce or catsup
for a change.
Whip cream in n pitcher. It whips
more quickly rhan in an open bowl
with less spatter.
Some babies are partial to warm
water and others to cold; If one Is re
fused try the other.
A few drops of kerosene added to tho
starch makes Ironing easier and lends
a gloss to the linen.
Roast a bird with the breast down
the greater part of the time; the flesh
will then remain more Juicy.
Outer leaves of lettuce, which are
not attractive foi salad, can be boiled
ot steamed and served as greens.
Mayonnaise dressing Is lest tiresome
tc make when beatem with a rotary
egg beater Instead of stirred with a
spoon.
Hot water and soap generally re
move greaBe spots. If fixed by long
standing, use ether, chloroform or
naphtha.
Files hate the odor of kerosene, It
Is said, and if the outside of a screen
door be rubbed with the oil, the open
ing of the door will not be followed by
an inrush of th winged pests.
Baking powder tint should' not be
recklessly thrown away. They are
useful tn a number of ways, as for
example, moulding small Jellies,
creams or rice desserts.
The appearance of meat pie crusts,
and in fact almost any pastry, is much
Improved by brushing with a mixture
made by beating the yolk of an egg
lu two tablespoonfnls of milk.
Perhaps it Is not generally known
that leftovers from a gelatine dish
cau be remoulded. The jelly should
be warmed Just enough to molt,
poured lulo a mould, aud placed on
tee.
The city of Vienna baa established a
pbyto-patbologlcal Institute for the
study of the diseases of plants.
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told in
Short Order,
First Assistant Postmaster Csncral
Hitchcock made public the following in
creases and decreases in the salaries of
postmasters in Pennsylvania: Conncaut
Lake, $1000 to $noo; East Brady, $itoO
to $1400; Knox, $1100 to $1200; I.eets
dale, $itoo to $1000; Lincsville. $1200
to $uoo; Lltttcjtown.-$1400 to $1500;
Mansfield $1800 to $1-00; Marysville,
$1400 to $1100; Mercer, $1900 to $jooo; '
Middlctown, $2too to $2000; Monon
gahela, $2jrx to $2400; Morrisville, $1200
to $1,100; Mycrstown, $1400 to $1500;
New Bethlehem, $1600 to $t"oo; New
town, $1500 to $ifoa; North Clarendon,
$1400 to $1200; Osceola Mills, $1500 to
$1600; Parnasses, $1,100 to $1200; Pen
coyd, $1700 to $1200; Phicnixvillc, $2400
to $2500; Pottsvillc, $2800 to $2000; Ri'l
lcy Park, $ttoo to $1200; Dtinlo, $1000
to fourth class; Falls Creek, $1400 to
$1,100; Kutztown, $1500 to $ifwo; Lilly,
$1100 to $tooo; Lititz, $t6oo to $1700;
Malvern, $uxw to $1500; Martinshurg.
$1100 to $l,?oo; Mcclianiciliurg, $2100 to
$2200; Mcycrsdale, $1000 to $2000; Mil
lcrsvillc, $1200 to $1300; Montgomery,
S1600 to $1700; Mount Carmcl, $2100
to $2.?oo; Nazareth, $1700 to $iHoo; New
Salem, $1,100 to $1200; Northampton,
$1400 to $1500; Ogontz, $1700 to $K)0o;
Palmyra, $1500 to $1400; Pen Argyl,
$1600 to $1700; Phillipsburg, $2400 to
S2300; Pine grove. $1100 to $1200; Red
lion, $1200 to $1400.
The Jones and I.aughlin Steel Com
pany, through the Vesta Coal Company,
a subsidiary concern, has purchased 10,
000 acres of Washington county coal
land at an approximate cost of $3,000,000.
This land adjoins 500 acres already
owned by the steel company and renders
it independent in the matter of coal
supply for the next fifty years.
A deal has been completed for 5000
acres of coal land in Morris Township,
Washington county, at $75 an acre. G.
W. Guthrie, of Indiana, wad the pur
chaser. He represents Philadelphians
closely affiliated with the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
According to a decision furnished to
State Hignway Commissioner Hunter by
Deputy Attorney General Flcitz, the
good roads law of 1003 displaces the
road law of. 190.1, and must be the Com
missioner's guide. All money appor
tioned to counties that was not draw.l
hy them for good road purposes in the
past two years, in Mr. Fleitz's opinion,
reverted to the State Treasury.
Mrs. Blanche E. Nourse, a prisoner
in the county jail at Norristown, where
ahe is awaiting trial on the charge of
setting fire to the barn of Dr. Thomas
S. Lippincott. in Lower Pottsgrove
Township, last April, instituted civil suit
.'.gainst Dr. Lippincott for alleged breach
of promise to marry. She claims $1000
damages.
John Parker, white, and John W.-Vers,
negro, were arrested charged with at
lempting to murder Policeman Law
rence Speidcl in Feaglcyville, a suburb
of Lancaster. Spcidel, who had been
breaking up lawless gangs, was covering
his beat when he was startled by a vol
ley of revolver shots. His helmet was
shattered by the bullets, several of which
grazed his head and body.
The ninth annual commencement of
the Homeopathic Trainirg School for
Nurses took place in the Academy of
Music, Reading. The graduates are
Miss Adeiene L. Dautrich, of Reading,
and Miss Margaret L. Wright, of Clover
Creek, Va. The address was delivered
by Prof. John E. James, of Philadel
phia. Constable Michael O'Lcary, of Sha
mokin, took an appeal from Judge C. R.
Savidge's decision that constables arc
entitled only to 5 cents mileage fees
while serving court subpoenas. O'Lcary
claims 10 cents. Other constables are
backing O'Leary.
By pouring kerosene on the kitchen
fire a son of Joseph Mitchell, of Potts
ville, caused a blaze which destroyed
the dwelling.
As Paul Hiscup tried to board a train
in Pottsville his"coat was caught on
a guard rail and he missed his footing.
He fell beneath the wheels and wa3
killed.
The Reading Board of Trade passed
resolutions demanding that City Coun
cils levy an extra tax of one mill for
the purpose of completing the house
sewage system of that city. The board
also decided to ask the next Grand Jury
to take up the matter of moving the
county jail from the city park to the
county farm.
A gas explosion occurred at the home
of Mrs. Ella Stauffer, in Reading, and
her i6-year-old daughter and W. H.
Adams, who lives with the family, were
injured. The Stauffers recently moved
into the house and when an attempt was
. made to start a fire in the gas stove .
the explosion ensued. A side of the
house was blown out.
Dr. G. I. M'Leod and Dr. J. N. Mitch
ell, of Philadelphia, of the State Board
of Lunacy, inspected the Schuylkill
Almshouse buildings and complained of ,
the cramped condition of the quarters
, for. the insane.
John F. Beck, the motorman, who was
injured in the collision of a Pottsville
trolley car and a Philadelphia & Read
ing coal train on a grade crossing at
Mill Creek, died from his injuries. All
of the seven injured passengers are out
of danger.
The annual report of Berks County
School Superintendent Rapp to the Stale
Department of Public Instruction con
tains a plea for wider educational facilities
for the farmer and his children, and in
dorses the study of gardening, domestic
science and the mechanic arts in the
township high schools. ' v-
Joseph Handler, an oiler, employed a)
the plant of the Lehigh Portland Ce
ment Company, Allentown, was crushed
to death between a large cog wheel and
the concrete pit in which the wheel runs.
The office buildings of the Cressoii &
Clearfield Railroad, at Cresson, were
sold by Sheriff Lenhart, of Cambria
County, for debt. About a year ago
Peter Wargo was killed on the railroad
at Cresson. His widow brought suit for
damages and the jury awarded het
$2652. The company refused to pay and
the Sheriff then sold th buildings. Tht
company's attorney bought them.
Elsie M'Cormick and Blanche Kelly,
two 14-year-old girls, were riding their
bicycles along Baltimore Avenue, Clif
ton, when they collided with a crowd of
boys. Elsje McCormick was thrown
over the handle bar and fell in the road,
sustaining fractured wrists and a con
tusion of the eye. Blanche Kelly es
caped with slight briuscs.
The relighting of No. 3 furnace of the
Lebanon plant of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, which has been idle for several
months to make repair, brings the list
j of the furnace plants in the' Lebanon Val
ley into operation, a condition that has
I not prevailed for many years.