TiiE KEY or THE FIELDS.
at fbani-ih bahirc.
dive me tli key of the fields.
O Fairy of Dreama! I would wandrr away, away,
To the edge of the world, where Dawn her empire
To the bold, blithe Day
Tn the edge of the world, where toll dark pinea nbove
The verge of the aharpaplit cliff aoar up to the blue.
Are they among there, toe aolemn pinea I love,
The song I Knew?
Give me the key of the fielde,
O Fairy of Dreama! I would wander afar, afar,
To the deep atill wooda that the rliff'a gaunt ahonlder enfeMi
Where the wild flowera are.
O the wooda, the wooda! with their fragrant ailencea,
And the leavea' aoft talk, and the little hurrying atream'aj
Let me ateep my aout once more in the peace of tneae,
O Fairy of Drearna!
Uive me the key of the fields
The 'wide free fields and the woodland waya beyond,
Where the great All-Mother dwella remote, and wielda
Her magic wand.
Let me dream that, gathered close to her mighty heart.
Her baniahed child returned, once more I ve lain:
Then, exile, back to the din of atreet and mart,
To work again.
Youth'a Companion.
CELIA AND THOMAS
wouldn t let ra go back for It
bnrned up."
"We won't worry about that Just
now, dear. I'm too tbankful tbat you
are aafe."
Juat then a call came on the te1e
phone and Mr. Oilman responded.
"What do you think, Cella," he
aid ulmoat accusingly, aa he returned
to the sitting room. "The fireman
who brought you out called me up
to tell me that he waa afraid we'd
been robbed. He said that a amall,
black-eyed boy asked him If you got
the money from the aafe, and on be
ing told no, the boy ruahed Into the
building, found hi way through the
smoke, and waa rescued by getting
out of the window and lowering him
self half-way down on a rope."
"The plucky boy!" exclaimed Cells.
"Just think of his taking all that
risk. I hope he got my corals, too."
"Plucky!" exclaimed Mr. Oilman.
"What I want to know Is, where ho
Is. The fire was nt noon; It Is nearly
'
Iron and steel pipe may be readily
distinguished by a flattening test, ac
cording to statements made at the
meeting of the American Society of
Heating and Ventilating Engineers.
Soft steel pipe, cut In very short
lengths or rings, flattens smoothly
and evenly without breaking, while
wrought Iron pipe usually fractures
at two or more places when flattened.
PECUNIARY DAMAGES.
According to the American Machln-
! 1st. the greatest single consumption of
brasa Is for condonser tubes, a battle
I ship alone having from 30,000
pounds to 40,000 pounds of condenser
I tubing In It; and owing to the cor
; roslve efTeet of sea water this tubing
I moat ho enntlniinltl- ranamA Ttin
7 o'clock now, and where is Thomas? j material used Is usually either Muntz
IT.. , . - ., I, . II.. T - I .... .
i ijb mot a I sixty per cent, copper, forty
By Mrs. A. T. Curtis.
Cells Oilman had only been em
ployed In her father's office a month
when little Thomaa Cleary applied
for work as an office boy, and listen
lag to Celia's persuasions, Mr. Oilman
had engaged him. But he wbb not
favorably Impressed with Thomas,
sod later on reminded Cella that
from the first he had not liked the
boy's looks.
Thomas was nearly twelve years
Id, the oldest of four children, and
his fsther was serving out a sentence
In the State prison. The boy's ap
oearance was not wholly prepos
sessing, although Cella declared that
when Thomas smiled he was the best
looking boy In the block, but no one
else seemed to take note of his claim
lo beauty. His shock of black hair,
which apparently never could be
Brushed into smoothness, the small
Slack eyes under the low forehead,
Ae large mouth and heavy chin did
sot make Thomas an attractive lad.
"'Here are your corals, Cella," said
Mr. Oilman one morning laying a
imall package on his daughter's desk.
'I had the clasp mended; your moth
er thought you would want them to
srear at your class reunion to-night."
"Oh, yes," responded Cella.
'Thomas, just put my corals In the
safe, please." Thomas obeyed, won
lerlng what "corals" were, but asking
so questions.
"I must go out of town this morn
ing," continued Mr. Oilman, drawing
roll of bills from an inside pocket,
'and when you go out for lunch,
3elia, I want you to take this money
lown to Brown's bunk and get their
receipt for It. I want it to be in
Ckeir hands before 2 o'clock to-day."
Cella looked up from her type
srier. "All right, father," she re
plied. "1 shall not come back to the
face to-day," concluded Mr. Oilman;
'you and Thomas will have to look
after things. I'll put the money with
four corals, and then you won't for
cet It."
"How much is It, father?" asked
Celia, as Mr. Oilman stopped a mo
ment beside her on his way out.
"It Is just $2000, my dear, and
last as soon as you get the bank's re
ceipt for it, it will mean that we are
entirely out of debt."
"Well, now you can raise Thomas'
psy, can't you?" said the girl laugh
ingly. Mr. Oilman made no response, and
fte office door closed behind him.
Every time that Thomas went near
the safe that morning he thought
about the money It contained. "Two
thousand dollars," he said to himself.
"That would buy 'most everything.
It would buy me mother a house, aud
loike as not 'twould buy shoes for all
f us, and a piano for Maggie."
It was nearly noon when a clang
f bells rang up from the street.
"There's a fire!" exclaimed the boy,
rushing to the window that looked
down on Washington street. "Gee!
It must be near here! ' and he opened
the window and leanet out in search
of further information. Celia did not
look up from her work. She wanted
to finish early that afternoon, and
had no Interest in a fire alarm. She
was thinking, too. of her class re
union and of the dainty gown earned
y her own work that she was to
wear that evening.
"Say," and Thomas brought him
self hack into the room with a spring,
s hopeful light shining in his black
yet. "Say, Miss Cella, there's an
swful crowd on the street, and two
engines" a loud clanging of the
bells sent the boy back to the win
dow. Cella smiled at his excitement as
she went on with her work. "Say,
miss Cella, can I go to lunch now,
snd see where the fire Is?" asked
ThomaB; "it's past 12."
Celia nodded, and grabbing his
cap. the boy disappeared. As she
worked steadily on Cella became con
scious of an unusual commotion In
the building. Doors slammed, and
ho could hear people running
through the corridors. She noticed
the burr of the fire engines, and just
then her office door was flung open
and some one called:
"Anybody in this office? The placo
s on fire! "
Celia suriine nn .,,,,) ,.,,.t..i
- tr I IIOHCU I Ml i,
'e corridor. As she did so, a fire
man met her.
All out! Take the stairs!" he
railed. "Hurry up, young woman,
"out Btop for your bat," as he saw
t' u turn back toward the open door
oi the office. "Hat," Celia repeated
scornfully, remembering the econo
mies practiced to save the mouey that
IV" th ttle safe, aud resolved
wat she would not leave tho building
21 But "he reckoned with
out, her fireman. Before she could
70f omce ne wa ""tde her,
ud his grasp was on her arm.
n,.JU havn't me to go back.
ow came you to linger up here. A
ih ,JnavlnK nt about you down on
he sidewalk."
th- .h! Ulked he """led her toward
"e stairway.
"I can t go till I gat that money,"
sue screamed, as on the next landing
Ttii of smoke swept around tntm.
"Money! Nothing!" said the fire
man, as he hurried her on.' Two
flights from the street and Cella
found it difficult to breathe. One
flight more, and she staggered, then
came a sweep of fresh air, a boy's
shrill cry, and with a word of warn
ing to get home as soon as possible,
the fireman relaxed his grasp, and
Celia realized that sho had been res
cued from u great danger. "If he
only would have waited," she thought
ungratefully, "I could have saved the
money. "
"What will poor father do!" and
she made her way home with a heavy
heart. Thomas reached .he street
before he discovered that It was his
own especial field of labor that was
being destroyed. As soon 'as he
learned this he made a wild effort to
return to the building, but a big
fireman stopped him.
"Miss Celia's up there! Up to the
very top!" screamed the boy.
"I'll fetch her down," the big fire
man responded, and he had ' She's
all right and gone home," explained
the fireman when Thomas assailed
him ten minutes later.
He knows where we live.
told you. Celia. that I didn't like that
boy's looks. I didn't wnnt to employ
him In tho first place."
"But he might, as well have the
money as to have It burned up,"
walled Cella: "and he couldn't hnve
spent It all this afternoon. Perhaps
you can get It, father."
"That'B what I'm going to try to
do," said Mr. Gllman. And Celia and
her mother were left to wonder at
Thomas.
"I don't care a thing about the re
union," mourned Cella, but her moth
er persuaded her to put on the new
gowu and the white slippers, and
when a ring came at the doorbell she
was ready to start.
"It's the carriage," exclaimed Mrs.
Oilman, and Cella ran to the door.
Thomas stood on the doorstep.
Thomas, with disreputable shoes,
torn coat and dirty face. His hair
standing out like an animated brush
heap, but his "handsome smile," as
Cella called it, illuminating his face.
"O Thomas! You have brought the
money!" exclaimed Cella, Joyfully.
"No, ma'am," replied the boy.
His heavy chin quivered as he met
Celia's accusing look.
"I'm awfully sorry," he said; "but
your father said to take it down to
the bank, so I took it, and here's the
receipt." And he held out a be
grimed envelope.
"O Tommy! " And Celia forgot the
i per cent, zinc or else a mixture of
; copper, seventy; zinc, twenty-nine,
and tin, one.
The most remarkable foat of travel
In the whole history of creation, with
a single exception. Is the Invasion of
Europe. Asia and the Americas by
I the elephant family, whose birth was
In Africa. New light has been thrown
upon this Interesting chapter of nat-
ural history through tho discoveries
i of the American Museum of Natural
I History; and the paleontologist In
charge of the museum's recent expedi
tion to Egypt, Professor Henry Fair-
field Osborn. has written fully for the
. Century of "Hunting the Ancestral
; Elephant, in the Fayum Desert."
3HSE5H5ESHSr2SH5H5HSB5i1
c . ttm a v . . . . . am u m i j ul
ovmc "iruisms" wonny 10 oe memorizea.
1. "God help the children of the rich the poor can work."
S. "The reason that those who give strict attention to their
business succeed, is that they have so little competition."
It. "Application means success."
4. "Be your weapon either brawn or brain It's the stayer
that wins."
5. "A thing well done, Is twice done."
6. "One heat doesn't win the race."
7. "An organization of men is a machine for doing an
hour's work in five minutes."
S) "Happiness is a matter of habit; and you had better
gather It fresh every day or you will never get It at all."
9. Ab we grow better we meet better people."
10. "The great man Is great on account of certain positive
qualities that he possesses, not through the absence of faults."
11. "Don't tell tho world how good you are; It Is sure to
find it out."
12. "Competition is not the life but the death of growing
crops. Each crop must have the land to itself to do its best."
13. "Quiet, modest, unassuming men often carry on their
shoulders the fate of nations."
14. "It Isn't all in what you say, but much in how you say It."
An Irrigating canal has just been
completed In Hawaii. It will carry
45,000,000 gallons of water dally
through sixteen miles of tunnel and
open ditch. Its purpose is primarily
to carry water for Irrigation from the
Waimea River to the Kehaka planta
tion, but on the way it will be used
at two places for the development of
electricity.
That eminent American astron
omer, Professor Percival Lowell, has
become fully convinced, from photo
graphs of Mars, taken recently at the
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz.,
and In South America hy the scien
tific expedition sent there, that the
little planet Is Inhabited. The pic
tures, in the professor's opinion, cor
roborate the theory of a remarkable
system of Martian canals, and so as
sure him beyond a doubt that the
planet la "the abode of intelligent,
constructive life."
"Did she get the money?" demand
ed the boy.
"Money! Do you think I let her
hunt up her nickel purse while we
burned?" demanded the fireman.
Thomas asked no more questions.
Cella had bought the coal for the
Cleary range that winter. She had
told Mrs. Cleary that she would trust
Thomas with untold sums, and
Thomas knew that a boy whose father
Is In prison needs to be trusted. He
remembered all these things in a dim
sort of a way as he wriggled near the
fire line, crept under, and rushed
across the pavement to the entrance
of the smoke-filled building.
Some one called out, "A boy's gone
into the building!" but the eye of the
law had not seen him., and Thomas
was fighting his wuy through the
3moke as fast as he could go. On the
upper floors it was not so bad, and
the boy managed to reach the office.
He was almost choked. His hands
were sore where he had grasped at
the hot Iron railings. His shoes were
cracked, and his feet hurt. His eyes
smarted und he could hardly see us
he stumbled Into the office. The safe
door swung open at his touch and
Thomas reached in after the roll of
money. He slipped it Inside his
blouse and buttoned bis jacket care
fully. Then he stumbled toward the
window, leaned out, aud waved his
hands frantically.
"There's a boy up there! " screamed
a man in the crowd. The cry was
caught up and echoed down the
street. Thomas screamed and waved.
The big ladders shot up. but not high
enough to reach him. A rope came
hurtling up, and Thomas grasped at
it and missed it. The office back of
him was growing warm, the smoke
was creeping up like a wall. Again
came the rope, aud this time Thomas
grasped It. Ho knew well enough
how to make it fast round a leg of the
big office table near the window.
Then he slipped the nooBe about his
body under the arms and crawled out
of the window onto the broad curb.
He could see the firemau on the lad
der many feet below hiin.
"Come on," came the call. "Swiug
off easy; I'll get you."
And Thomas swung off, holding hlB
own weight by tho tope and letting
himself down Inch by inch, the rope
cutting viciously into his sore hands.
Then came a grasp ou his waist,
the stroke of a knife ou the rope,
and the fireman carried him dowu
the ladder.
"It's that boy," exclaimed the man.
"Didn't I send you home? What do
you mean " But Thomas had
eluded the detaining clutch, and mak
ing his way through the crowd, was
soon speeding down the street.
Mr. Oilmau heard of the fire on
his way back to the city, and knew
tbat every one had escaped from
the building in safety, but when be
reached home late that afternoon
Celia's woebegone face gave him a
ttharp sensation of tear.
"What Is It?" he asked anxiously.
"The money, father! The fireman
crisp, white dress and Tommy's grimy
jacket, and hugged him vigorously.
"I couldn't get here before," ex
plained the boy, when Mrs. Oilman
appeared, "because I didn't have a
nickel, and Roxbury's quite a walk,
and my feet hurt."
"You are a hero!" exclaimed Celia
ardently. "Isn't he, mother a real
hero? Tommy, after this you are to
have $5 a week."
"I 'most forgot," said the smiling
Tommy, reaching Into his dirty
"blouse and brluglng out a small pack
age, "I fetched your corals, Miss
Cella."
"O Tommy!" and Cella slipped the
corals over her neck, while Thomas
looked on admiringly, and discovered
with surprise that corals were only
pink beads.
In the meantime Mr. Gllman was
maWng his way towards Thomas'
home In South Boston. It was a tall
wooden tenement house on a narrow
street, and when Mr. Oilman had
nearly reached the house a carriage
drove briskly down the street and
stopped In front of the tenement, and
a young lady In a white dresa and a
small boy got out.
Mrs. Cleary and several neighbors
were seated on the steps, and eagerly
claimed Tommy as their own. Mr.
Gllman reacheB the door In season
to hear Cella tell the story which
made Thomas Cleary famous among
his brethren.
"Thomas must have a new suit."
remarked Mr. Gllman, as he and bis
daughter drove toward home.
"I have raised his pay to $5 a
week!" announced Cella.
"H'm! Well, I think we had bet
ter make it $6," remarked Mr. Oilman.
"Thomas promises to make t
man." From Young Reaper.
Dr. John B. Watson, professor of
physiology in the University of Chi
cago, is said to have made the dis
covery that sea gulls have a lan
guage of their own and think as well
as talk. Dr. Watson has Just re
turned from a remarkable trip of
research in the Dry Tortugas Island
off the lower coast of Florida, where
he made the discovery.
The mammoth lived in Europe
and also tn America before the
Olaclal Period set in; It flourished In,
an lnter-glacial time, and was driven
south as its habitat was invaded by
the snow and ice. No wild elephant
has lived in Europe during the his
toric period.
The Oyster, Psychologically
By EI). MOTT.
ft Is the fate of the oyster, peace
ful as he Is, to perish in many a broil.
And how he is deviled!
How he must submit to everyono's
sauce!
How delighted people over are to
touch him on the raw!
How they love to keep him In hot
water!
What a stew he Is frequently In!
Pom- oyster! His case Is, indeed,
uncommonly hard.
Quiet always, mild to placidity, yet
ho participates in nightly scenes of
debauch and revel.
He frequents midnight suppers,
companions of wild roisterers of every
degree.
His very name suggests irregularity
of living, late hours, riotous company,
unwholesome haunts, unlimited pota
tions. And yot ladlos and gentlemen, the
highest and most exclusive, have him
at dinner, not only without scruple,
but with undisguised pleasure. There
would be a blank a the board with
out htm.
What a creature of fate, indeed, Is
the oyster!
His earliest close associate a heart
less rake.
Later In lite welcome guest of the
high, the mighty, the brave, the fair.
His inevitable end and epitaph:
"In the Soup!" From Judge.
fine
French Family Statistics.
The number of French families,
that Is to say households with or
without children, Is estimated at 11,
315,000. Of this total 1,804,720
families have no children, 2,966,171
have one child. 2,661,978 have two
children, 1,643,425 have three, 987,
392 have four, 666,758 have five,
327.241 have six, 182,99.; have seven,
94,729 have eight, 44,728 have nlue,
20,639 have ten, 8305 have eleven,
3508 have twelve, 1 437 have thir
teen, 564 have fourteen, 249 have ;
fifteen, 79 have sixteen, 34 have sev- i
enteen, und finally 45 families have
18 or more. Republlque Francalse,
Paris.
U. 8. Dowries For Titled Foreigners.
Now why does any one want to dis
courage American dowries to titled
foreigners by taxing them! Those
dowries are not paid with money. No
gold, pure or otherwise no, nor sil
ver at any ratio gues out of the
country in any considerable amouut
when a plutocratic American pays an
aristocratic European handaianely
for marrying his daughter. What
does go out is the geueral pro.ucts
of American farms and workshops.
But isn't that a good thing for Amer
ican business and labor? Doesn't It
increase our exports? And us noth
ing iB Imported in payment, doesn't
it expand our favorable balance of
: trade'.' Tho Public.
Train Cut Off a Fox's Brush.
During the run with the Vlns
Hounds at Whitechurch the other
day a fox was caught by one of th
hounds on the railway Hue. Befora
the hounds could be whipped off an
express tralu dashed Into Ihem, kill
ing one und cutting off the fox's
brush. London Daily Mall.
Interesting to Note Valuations as IBs--!....-
by Halt at Law.
In primitive society every man was
his own sheriff, Judge and execution
er. If a member of his tribe did him
an Injury he got oven with him, and
his family took up his quarrel. If It
was a member of another tribe who
committed the trespass It was made a
tribal matter, and so a rude approach
to Justice began to he done. Its basis
waa as nearly as possible retaliation,
and an "eye for an eye and a tooth
for a tooth" Is quoted In the New
Testament as a Jewish Inw down to a
time shortly before our era.
LIHle by little society began to
deny to the Individual the right to
avenge his own injuries, until now,
In theory, all punishment for crime
and the settlement of all controver
sies are In the hands of the State,
though. n a matter of fact, tn this
and some semi-barbarous countries
the vendetta still exists. As soon as
men began to be possessed of prop
erty the State began the practice, In
cases where hanging and Imprison
ment seemed Inappropriate to the of
fense, of Imposing fines and of com
pensating persons who had suffered
harm from others by pecuniary dam
ages. While there seems to be no
other way of disposing of controver
sies, such a system of law can never
become a science, as the amours) of
damages, being generally left to the
discretion of a Jury, has no uniform
ity; In fact, varies in the widest de
gree when the circumstances are sub
stantially Identical.
It Is Interesting to note tho pecuni
ary valuation, as disclosed by suits at
law brought or tried during the past
year which different peoplp put upon
all sorts of alleged Injuries and tres
passes on their rights. A Chicago
man demands 1250.000 from a steam
ship company for burying his wlfe'B
body at sea. A New York man sued
the Central Railroad for $200,000 for
severe Injuries received in an acci
dent, and recovered $50,000. It is
fair to assume that In such cases the
Jury takes into consideration, besides
the suffering of the person hurt, the
extent to which he is incapacitated
from work and the amount he has
been earning. For death resulting
from accidents there has been a stat
utory limit of $5000 In most States,
but many of them are repealing it,
leaving Juries a free hand. It Is no
ticeable that as a rule much larger
amounts are demanded for other
causes than for death. For Instance,
we find one New Yorker demanding
$200,000 fpr the alienation of his
wlfe'B affections, and another content
ing himself with asking the paltry
sum of $100,000. How can the value
of a wife's affection be measured In
eold rush, and how can It be supposed
to be worth so much more to one man
than to another? The women agree
much better In their estimate of the
amount adequate to compensate them
for the loss of a husband's affection.
We find three seeking to recover the
sum of $100,000 each.
One hundred thousand dollars
seems to be a popular sum to ask for.
it Is a well sounding and alluring
amount. A naturalized Austrian,
who was compelled to do military
duty when he went back to Austria
for a visit, wants the Oovernment to
collect that amount for him as dam
ages; two women fix on the same
amount for Injuries in street car ac
cidents, and an actress thinks herself
entitled to at least that for breach
of promise. It is hard to conjecture
what governs juries in such cases.
One widow Is givcu $46,000 for the
death of her husband, and another
$101,000. The same Jury that fixed
the latter amount gave a young wom
an $35,000 for the loss of her leg.
Some of these verdicts must be very
much out of the way, and are reached
by splitting differences and tossing up
pennies. Cincinnati Enquirer.
t NEWS OF PENNSYLVANIA
11
I'IRTOI, KI LL WITH POSTOl I ICE
ROBBERS.
Shamokin ( 8peclal ) . - Resident s
of Bear Oap, near here, had a pistol
duel with a gang of postofflre rob
bers, who were found at work In the
postoffice and general store at that
place. After an exchange of many
shots the robbers escaped, taking
with them $60 worth of stamps and
a lot of merchandise. State police
arrived half an hour after the rob
bery Hnd began n chase of the des
peradoes, but failed to capture them.
PostmaBter N, O. Adams, who
sleeps over the office and store, heard
a noise and summoned Henry Yo
cum, Jacob Lciscnrlng and At wood
Lelby.
Armed with revolvers the men ap
proached the front of tho building
as the robbers were about to leave.
Immediately the Intruders opened
fire with their revolvers. This wns
returned by the citizens. After ex
hausting their ammunition the citi
zens entered the postoffice and the
burglars fled. No one was hurt.
Postmastnr Adams then telephoned
for the State police.
MAX sk RECOUNT.
West Chester (Special). On ac
count of an excess of 611 votes cast
for the candidates for Register of
Wills nt the primaries over the
highest vote for other offices, the ad
visability of making a recount Is be
ing considered by the leaders here.
Spackman's plurality over Wood
ward was 12 3, while Fox was sev
eral hundred behind both.
HOW there COUld ,, nn mutiv
ballots cast for register thau for any!
other office is a mvsterv whleh mnvt
be solved at the direction of the
Court. The fight for the other of
fices was Just as hitter ns for regis
ter, and the discrepancy Is thought
too great to have been caused by
men voting for register alone. As
there are 114 precincts In the coun
ty, It would mean that more than
five voters In each had cast their bal
lOBt for register alone. There Is
so much dissatisfaction that the aid
of the Court may be Invoked to set
tle it.
SCHOOL TROUBLE GROWS.
Avondale (Special). Owing to
dissatisfaction over the retention of
Miss Mary MacNamee as teacher of
Buenn Vista School, Penn Township,
the school has almost become de
pleted, and action has been brought
against some of the patrons because
they refuse to allow their children
to attend the school.
The matter has caused a split In
the Board of Directors, and Wilson
T. Wright has withdrawn from the
meeting of the hoard and has also
refused to send his child to school.
Relying on a physician's certificate
that their children are suffering from
nervousness caused by the teacher's
discipline, heads of families will con
test the action of the directors
through the courts for enforcing the
compulsory education law in this
case.
Scale of Animal Intelligence.
As we rise lu the scale of animal
intelligence there are two leading
facts which have to be noticed. In
the first place, It has to be observed
tbat the organized mechanical re
sponse to stimuli which has been so
far described, and which constitute
instinct in its lowest form, becomes
replaced by something higher. We
begin to have conscious Intelligence
In the individual initiating and ui
rectlng action tn such circumstances
as may arise, and doing this with a
growing perception of the relations
between cause and effect. In the
second place, It has to be remarked
that zoological affinity does uot Indi
cate the line of this upward advance.
The rat and the beaver, for Instance,
which furnish two of the most nota
ble examples of animal intelligence,
belong to a group comparatively low
In the scale. The positions of the
horse, the dog, the parrot, and even
tbat of tho elephant and the monkey,
are similarly not clearly suggested by
their structural affinities. From
Benjamin Kldd's "The Instinct of
Animals, In the Century.
GLENN PROVES INNOCENCE.
.Pittsburg ( Special ) . Assistant
Superintendent of Pollen John Oleun,
head of the Allegheny City police be
fore the consolidation with Greater
Pittsburg, has made a complete re
port to Mayor Guthrie regarding his
alleged, protection of a gang of crim
inals known as "yeggs." who infested
the North Side.
Mayor Guthrie will not make the
report public "until I have had time
to think it over."
When asked if it referred to the
alleged Interference of politicians in
the work of the police, Mayor
Guthrie replied:
"It does."
Following a short hearing Glenn
was exhonorated and the investiga
tion closed, as far as the Police
Trial Board is concerned.
PrendMr Hurt In Runaway.
Chester (Special). Rev. Dr. Wal
'.er Calley, pastor of the I'pland Bap
tist Church, had a nurrow escape
from death. He was In a hack when
he horse became unmanageable and
ilashed down the street. As the
tiorse turned into Its stable yard the
ouveyame was overturned and Rev.
Dr. Calley wus thrown to the ground.
He sustained severe lacerations of
'.he head and body.
Remarrlos First wife.
Mohnton (Special). On March
2 8, 1883, Francis and Emma Bar
bara Hinnershitz were divorced by
the Berks County courts. Shortly
'.herei-fter Hinnershitz married, and
recently burled his second wife. Then
'.he old love for his first wife was
rekindled, and Mr. Hinnershitz is 64
und the bride 63 years old.
A Bit of Forestry.
"Do you know how to tell a bard
wood tree from a soft wood tree?" said
a forester. "I'll tell you how to do
it, and the rule holds good not only
here, among our familiar pines aud :
walnuts, but In the Antipodes, among
the strangest banyans, boababs and
what-nots. Soft v;ood trees havo
I needle leaves, slim, narrow, almost I
uniform In breadth. If you don t
believe me, consult the pine, the
spruce, or tlu fir. Hard wood trees
have broad leaves, of various shaies
the oak, the ebony, the walnut, the
mahogany and so ou. " New York
Press.
. Adds To onsrii-nre Fund.
West Chester (Special). After an
interval of five years, some one has
eased his conscience by turning $s
Into the County Treasurer's office
The money was accompanied by u
small piece of paper ou which wu
written: "This money is owlug to
the county. Name withheld."
An ludinniau's Itcrunl.
John W. Elder, of Warsaw, has
spent 18,993 consecutive nights in his
home lu this city; in tact, he has
never been away from home over
night, aud he observed his fifty-second
birthday anniversary yesterday.
The record Is remarkable, and It is
doubtful whether there Is another
person In the county who can make
a Hlmllar claim. Warsaw Corra
spondouce Indianapolis News.
Over 92,000 natives are employed
by the mlssonary societies of this
country and Europe in spreading the
Gospel among tbelr fellows.
Canuda's government revenue from
all sources last year will be more
than $100,000,000 In the first seven
months the customs receipts. Increased
$6,500,000
Why ToBNt is Popular.
The increasing popularity of toast,
says the London Lancet, U a some-
what interesting fact in that It pos
sibly indlcateB that after all the pub- (
lie resents the Insipidity of modern I
broad. Roller milling as now prac- i
tlced, which is altogether different I
from the old method of grinding
wheat between stones, leads to the I
elimination of the germ of the wheat.
'I be peculiar nutty flavor of the old- j
fashioned loaf was due perhaps to tha
retention of this germ.
Cf the 387 recorded ministers ot
tha Society ot Friends In Oreat Brit
ain, 15$ sis women
Corporations Iiirivum- Capital.
Ilurrisburg (Spec-lull . Increases
of stock of corporations running Into
the millions were filed at the State
Department. Among them were Oil
City Fuel Supply Company, Oil City,
$2,000,000 to $7,000,000; United
Natural Gas Compnnv, Oil City $i
uOO.OOO to $8,000,000; Commercial
Natural Gas Compnnv, Oil City
$100,000 to $200,000; Allegheny
River Mining Company, St. .Mary s
$100,000 to $500,000.
Dereuted Cundidute Starts Contest.
Stroudsbarg ( Special ) . Claiming
that the election In Middle Smith
field Township was illegal by reason
of the returns to the County Coin
tnislsonors not being given the certi
fication by the Election Board offi
cers, WeBley J. Price, present, mem
ber or the Legislature, has filed a
protest. Should the commissioners
throw out the vote and sustain tho
protest, the uomlnath u of Price for
Reprosentatlve would result and Eu
gene Klnuey, who seems to be six
teen In the lead, would be second
man In the race.
CHANGES I FACULTY.
Bwarthmore (Special). Beverul
changes have been made in the fac
ulty of Bwarthmore College for the
next year. Dr. W. M. Stlne, pro
fessor of engineering, and F. W.
Price, professor of Latin, will be ab
sent next year on leave. Mrs. Clara
Newport Price, Ph. D., will conduct,
the work of Latin. Dr. George T.
niesslng, who has resigned as assis
tant professor of murhlne design at
Cornell, will direct the engineering
department.
Dr. J. Russell Smith, assistant
professor In the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania, will
lecture In the -iepartment of poli
tical Selene), next year. Louis W.
Robinson, Swart hmore, '05, who has
been taking post-graduate work in
Germany, will Instructor In econ
omics. Miss Edith II. Moore will be
come nn Instructor in the department
of art.
.o MORE niup BALLOTS,
Harrisburg (Special). Dauphin
County will have no more primary
ballots in long strips, the County
Commissioners having decided when
they began the official count of votes
that the sheet ballot be employed at.
the next primary In January. The
Dauphin commissioners like those in
many other counties chose the long
strip ballot because the sample
shown In the pamphlet laws was lu
that form.
The Secretary of the Common
wealth ruled recently that a Bquare
ballot, similar to that In use at gen
eral elections, could be used. This
will cut out the strip ballots which
In Dauphin, York and some other
counties were so long as to caus
much inconvenience.
UNDERTAKER A St ICIDfc.
Lancaster (Special). Carrying
out a threat expressed several weeks
ago, Howard M. Balr, one of the
clty'B best-known undertakers com
mitted suicide by Inhaling Illuminat
ing gas at his home.
After attending the Toronto-Lancaster
ball game Balr put lu the
time until midnight discussing the
game with friends. Going to his
home he closed the door of his study
and put a gas tube in his mouth.
Buir was 50 years of age.
Allentou'ii Road Cuts Wages.
Allentown (Special). Announce
ment was posted by the Allentown
& Reading Traction Co. of a reduc
tion of 6 per cent, in the wages of
its employees.
Approves Monument Itcsign.
Hazelton (Special). The design
furnished by Peter Gallagher, of
Philadelphia, for the monument to
be erected in honor of the men who
fell at Lattlmer, was accepted by
the Monument Committee of the
Mine Workers. The shaft is to cost
$7,000.
Klllcd As He Entered Home.
Hazleton (Special). Antonio de
Lorenzo was shot and killed by Ra
phael Darlgo as Do Lorenzo was en
tering the gate of his home in Hazle
Township, near here. Darlco es
caped. The cause of the shooting Is
not known.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Stony Creek Hose Company.
Berks County, has elected the fol
lowing officers: President, Louis F.
Grebe; secretary, Irvln C. Ibach;
treasurer, Alvln M. Snyder; trustees
David Seiz, Harry B. Hill, Thomaa
J. Keller; fire chief, George J. Goll,
assistant first district, John A. Lutz;
second district, John Rapp; third
district, William Stimmol. Tin'
company has arranged for a carnival
to raise funds for new hose and a
carriage.
W. S. Kerschner, of Mahanoy City,
has been elected edltor-ln-chief of
the "Crsinus Weekly," a paper pub
lished by the students of Urainus
College. William Long was chosen
business manager. New members of
tho staff are Albert R. Thompson.
Miss Evelyn Messlnger and Horace
T. Custer. Henry G. Moader, of
Philadelphia, wa3 appointed assist
business manager.
Register Seltzer, of Schuylkll
County, reports that during the last
fiscal year he Issued a total of 193;.'
licenses to wed. During the pre
vlous year 1850 were Issued.
Schuylkill County's birth regis
trars, who have been censured bj
the State's officials for a failure tc
make a complete return, have ar
ranged to stnrt actions aginst phy
sicians who have not reported tht
births In their bailwlcks.
Thieves ransacked the schoo
houses at Shilllngton and Little Oley
Berks County. Supplies and proper
ty of the teachers were carried away
The Bernvllle band has gone out
of business and the borough Coun
cils of that village sold the band
wagon for $4.50 and the red coat?
and gray pants and caps at 50 cente
and. 75 cents a suit, to settle a dbt
Relatives of Thomas Thomaswltcb
a laborer, who was killed in the Hue .
Mountain colliery, have sued the op
erators fot $25,000. The plaintiff'
allege Lewis Tomlavage, the mlnei
with whom the dead man worked,
was illegally allowed to mine coal.
State Health Commissioner Dixon
has required the borough ot Upland
near Cheater, to devise plans to do
nway with pollution of the Delaware
River from its sewage. The sewer
discharge into the river and Into
Chester Creek and the movemeut Is
In line with the State authorities' el-
fort to free the river from pollution.
Felix Radzlus, who murdered Mrs
Eva Cherkoskts and her 4-year-old
son, John, ut Shenandoah, on De
cember 16, was notified In his cell
in th)- Schuylkill County prison, that
the Governor haa fixed his execution
for May 26 next.
Darby has an epidemic of(niale'
and the Ridge Avenue Public Scboil
has been fumigated by the Board o.
Health
State troopers are being place. I
through Bcbuylkill County to stop
forest fires.
The Chinese government haa ad
mitted Its Inability to raise any por
tion of the Peking-Hankow ltailnaJ
redemption loan, which approximator
50,000,000 tnels.
Fifteen hundred delegates wiil at
tend the Congress of the D.vig'itcrt
of tho Revolution nent week.