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THE M1DDLEHUR01I POST.
T. H. HARTER, Kdito Ana Ppo'r.
Mini'U.ni lid, vi.. ..i.v. n, imp.
Tiw population of II -rlin in jrrowinj
rapidly. It w.-x in Si jit-mti-r that it.
iaed the million and a lrilf limit, and
im October 2U the actual record stood at
J,r17.f57.'5 sou! .V2I" Inviii'; been
id"d ill il .single week from October 1'.)
to 2.
One of the most tiinarknbli! mahifc.
(at ion of modern time in tin alurm us
to tin- possible spn :id of li-j ri ;,' in i vi I -i.'.l
countries. This iitiinu ha li"u'"M
t') show It self i:l Kn'land Inore especially.
Htid to pome cxt-nt ha been (:;j)i!jijd
by phvicians of ur own country.
In tlic fifteen year from 171 t'i IN;),
1;" number of po-toli'ii cs inert" id from
Jil.o'O t.i :.;,D'i; tin; -r- revenue
1 t ! ; t'lr t ii.il iv inr.-i ied from ,
Ss'i-'.n ID to ?!.". !'.s,!i I , st.nijM ii' l
from r:',2,n n.'n ) t.. l.'.'iil.'.' -i.M'); t'i..
iiuiiiIh r of postal card-, from i'l ,) ). H'M
to .it,i,s,i', .1' i.) ; ii ii i nr order from "'? i,
1 "l H'l'l , ! 1 .1 . I , S t.i. The employe
iu tie; t tit ire i v-l.il . --rvice ti iilnl r l.V),
fc.i...
'I'll- I'nited States set tli" re.if ct
rt'niil" in tin- iejiit, ruth -.lliiry of re
I'll "Iii iii ;'..: 1 1 1 m nt bv or' i-iicl action
of tic" ( ! 1'. I'laluc, foilo-.x iiiL' til"
riin- of l.alin civiii.ation and tin- t ir
i i;n,'; .!,( hi ,i r n -i i i.ii i uvir miren'.,
Miowi il tie i,i;, how totiake republics
ly coup d'etat. If the i'reiii-U rmd
Ibai'iian way i-. found on t-ia! to lie us
iVec;ive f. r t!io-e rations as our ha,
l"f 'n say tl.i; Wii-hiiiirton ''.fr,
tile world rail iit'ord to s--.!i-!icl xvitli
Oil iltitlltlll'.r Oliiol.S 1 HIM jl.iri)I!S.
T'i" liitc-t aud iiiot 1 1 1 1 i Hi- inv.'-iiio:
I a II..H liine for leitt' rin,' lip'.id. It H
u- 'd in I'oiiucctioii with a pa'ent lnud
i u!t r, and i inteinicd for ue in j n i m-,
vw.rkhou-i'. and otle-r leioMaatory i:t
:ii u; ions. Tliere i a i-i lindriivil it.-i 1
l'l".lh, whirll is fed with luitter and lays
II thill l.iyer oil tin: lilead ris it coni"
froin the cutter. The machine can
wui ki d by hand, sti am or cicetricity,
mil, has a capacity of culling and luitter
inir 7.1'l loaves of In vad uu hour. The
Kivisr of huucr.ui 1 of Inc. 1 and the dc
cri i.-c in the ipi.iutity ol' ru:u'.ii is ; :ii.l
'.o ho very larc.
There i.s widespread ilissatisfaetioi,
aM'.oiiL,' tliu woikini,' people of tiermany,
ficorilinit to the Aim re..i Cullirnlor,
over the laws ec!udin iiui)i);::it iou of
foreign meats. These laws ::re ostensibly
for the preservation ul' t'.ie public healtii
by cM'hidin:' iue.il from diseased ani
n. tis, Imt tiiis thin dis'uis" .,,,'H no'
ill r ive til" people as to the yi-.. purpu-.'
ot the exclusion, la m. my places undi'i'
tiieela.s Cleat Ins I m 1 1 i:i,i le .iiitar!
' it it is in.e-i e--ilile to .i rkinvtmci'. j
The lare i . . . , i i I proprii to; pr-illt. by
thoe l.iw, but tiny result ic o much
popular ili-.-a:i-l.it (ion, which linos -p:e-Mou
by emigration to this couutrj,
that the ( io i i nue nt cannot iiuich loii'.'er
lr-i-t the inevitable llcces.-ity of t.'iliiliili
tilL'lll.
( ''.i iuncey M. I)i pew. the i it itiiraii s1;r I
laiir Hid pr esident and after. dinner orator,
before the IMiiliitetheail Society of Yn-sar
College, said: "In burope lie re is mani
fest to t very intelligent vi-itor the ilomi.
liatit power of sonic couniininiiuvr intellect .
Pisnutrck ruh s the fortunes of (icrmaiiy,
in.d all Kurope, in truth, 'out lint moic
truly than the j:ivut luiuiis of other lands
l olitlol the feelings and the thoiie'ht of
their people, and of the st ranker that iits
them. It is xv hen one e;oes to Scot land
isjiei i tlly that he ri nli.es most this power
ut thought over men and thing's, for the
wiiolc land seems to be tilled xvilh the
pie-eiiie of three lili u Scott, K'lex, and
Uuriis. Iv.erywhcii! one meets with
.''inethim; that ii -minds hiiu of them, the
sciies they liesi ribed, the piatti x heii
'.!u y lived and w rot
Tiiegri-it town of Sho. hong, iiotih o.
Cape ('oiony, South Africa, has been
iilianiioiied by tin i utile population. A'l
tl..r an- h-:t of the peo;lc, about 'Jn,"M
in number, who lived in S!io-ho;i:r, area
fee.- while traders, who stay then: t i
trailie v. iih the natives of th. sui ro-.tnd-in-.
ioiii.ir.. A while ago K.ihaina, tie
famous King of lieehuinaland, mid his
i oui'.selors, decided that, Shoshong had
suii'cri d so M verely from M-.ireity of w ater
for .several years p.it that they would
ivi k anew .dtc for the town. A desirable
situation xvas found about 10') miles north
west of Shoshong, and not a great ways
from the Limpopo lliver. It was a large
l.ii'lert.iking, as the people, lire quite well
to d i and have a yood ileal of personal
property and about 50,00') cattle. The
field of corn nnd millet which they
abandoned extended for many miles
mound Shoshong. Tho transfer occupied
about a mouth, and the people in their
r.ew huts have at least the certainty of uu
ample water supply. Shoshong xvas tho
largest imtive town in South Africa.
BE OP GOOD CMZCn.
There never wm day n long
It illil not have an end;
There never iu a nmn so ronr
Ho did not have A friend;
Anil when the lonj; da.f finds an end
It bring the time, of rent,
And he who ha one steadfast friend
Should count himself a blent.
There never was n rloud t tint hid
The sunlight "II friwn si?ht;
Th-re never ia a life so and
It had not joule delight.
Perchance for in the mm rt lnt
May briiik the dark rloud througit,
And life limy hoid n lia;iini"
That never yet it knew.
Ho let'n not )e ili-iiiiilMZil, friend,
Whnti theHlindow erovs our -ny.
Of tnut nnd hoK- I've mine to lend;
Siiorrow from me, pray,
l.'ood friend nr ,, therefore not pour,
Th hikIi worliliy wenllli we Inek
tleltnld, tho mn Kh.ne forth at hut,
Aud ilrivf thnlnrk Icuirls Imek f
l.'hni . ,'e rV,r,, in t,n l.r,Uji-f,
MARK, THE CHORE BOY.
"PI
r.::i nin, will vou niw;
Sorm toiii t
toe.!: I hain't, cat. nothing
apple a.r wild onion, since
but u'lecn
imx iiciore ycster.tay, an on, ln.i am,
.i ... i . - . . . .
I'm
so hunj.'iy.
The speaker was a r.i 'el, dir:y, u:i
kejil hi I, of j i i 'iajis t n ee years of a,'i',
w'uo sti.olnt the kiirlc n door of .lo-iaii
irc!i' farmhouse, one -ultry adernooii
in duly, and looked up into (ireen's
face with cimr, fiaii'iied eyes.
" In re did you eome fioin, and w iiat's
)iir name.''' asked the hoi;se if,., viewiic,'
him wi!h suspicious, though not unkindly
eyes, and spe;:kitf4 i'l a motherly voice.
"I'm from the city." said the bov.
"I've bci u a bootliiaelv tl eri . and n news,
boy, and an errand bo, and, do my very
best, could hardly keep In.ai siarvint;.
There's a lozeii boys for i-vory job, aud
Koine of 'cm me worse olT than I am, for
I am all ::loi;e in the v,,ild. One day a
line ,;, i, wot was liavinir a shin",
told me that he used to live on a farm
when a b y, and tint if I woild o into
the country, I could '.! a job at doi-i,'
chores for my boa:d, and have all the
milk 1 could drink, and o to school in
the v .inter, ami perhaps u'l'ow up and be
Pre-'deiit."
Tin- kind henrte I Mrs. Creen lauuhed
ns sl.c invited the lad into the house, and
mid licit for once, at least, he should
have all the milk he could drink. She
was better tii. in her word, for sh" not
only browjit him milk, but sweet home
made ,, id. the like of which he had
never ta-te.l before, and doughnut, and
to crow n nil, a mammoth piece of dried -iijiple
pie, and a goodly slice of cheese.
i'l.n-ine a chair at the table, she said :
"Now, my little man, eat your till.
Mr. tireeii and tuy sou, who is about your
Hire, will soon be hoine from the village,
wiicic tiicy have none fr i, m.4; ,'
then we will see what more cau be done
lor vou.
The motherly heart, of Mrs. Urcen wa '
evidently stirred with Minpathy for the '
pour little orphan, for tdic softly luur-
inured to her-elf;
mid alone in (lit
lad."
"Vou asked me
My boy Arthur's aite,
Wo!i. I'oor little
ny name, ma'am, and
I forgot to t --I I
llloli: h I'll! 1 of pie
The boys called
I " l!llt be.'ol
(mother I. '.i nee,
you.
lid the lad. his
"Il's M irk liloomer.
iiic ' bloom' for short. '
1 Mark could complete
Mr. tiivcn diove uu t i
the door, tii
loud x In ri . '
hots.- was halted, with a
uid Mr-. ( ireen w a soon
b'l-ily i-uitai'i.l in unloadii
sundry
her hus
p:ick.i:;es ol ;;io. et ie lor wliii
band had hartt red butter and cltu' at the
conibilie illa';c store r.nd postollice. She
xvas as.-i-ted by her sou Allhilf, who xvas
ko greatly astonisiied at. the unexpected
siirhl of Mark bloomer, that he dropped
n paper be,' he xva carrying, which,
bursting open, pcrniitt'sl the milk crack
ers it contained t' roll like so many .small
wheel in every direction. .Mark and
Arthur both sprain,' tu pick them up, ami
in iloine; so Inimpisl their heads together
lieither was hurt, and il proved to be th ,
lust int rod ud ion thev could have had. 1
for they both luui;he, very heartily; and
when two i)i,vs laii 'h over the saun.-i
tiling it usually cuds in their beconiinir
friends. The two boy., had just HnL-dicd
pickine; up the crackers, when Punuer
Civcii entered the kitchen.
"Hello, mother!" he shouted, in his
rougji hut. kindly voice. "Where did
you liud this 'ere youngster:"
" he happened along," laughed Mrs.
tin-i n. "lb- is from the city, ami hu is
looking for a place to do chore for his
board, ami iu the winter, go to school."
" father, let him live with u. O
do keep him, father; 1 do so waul .some
one to play x ith."
"I don't believe 'twould be n very
profitable speculation lo hire a boy ju.-t
to play. P ling chore ain't play."
"I!ut we would 'make believe' it was,"
urged Arthur. ' Plci.se, father, let Li.a
stay."
"Well see about t'md. Com.' lure,
youngster," said the fanner to Mark,
who during the foregoing short dialogue
had remained perlcctly silent, hoping
against hope that Arthur would prevail
Umiii In father to permit him to stay.
Mark ut, once stepped up to Mr. Creen.
"You're an honest looking Jad enough,
though you are lagged and dirty. And
so you xviint to do chores for your board,
th? What do vou know about farm
work .''
"Not anything," said Mirk, "I've al
ways lived iu the city. Hut I know I
could learn. 1 will do my viry best, sir,
if you will take me."
"Well, well, we'll see about it iu the
morning. In the menu tin.u yon had
better go down to the creek, 'and take a ;
bath. 1 s'posu we'll have to keep you j
over night anyway, und them feet and
bauds of yours ain't just the things to
put betwen dean xvhilo sheets. Arthur j
may go xvith you nml show you the '
'swimming hole,' but don't stay iu tho
water long, uud be sure uud put up the
bars, so ttiat the cows won't get into -
the meadow," shouted the farmer nfter J
them r.s they blurted for Oaks Creek, a
flowing through Mr. Grcea'i
A oon iw the fooyi nad rlinnppearcd,
the farmer turned to his wife, anJ Mid:
"Well. Polly, what do you think?
Hud wo lictter keep thin younii tramp,
or not X I really nepd a boy to help do
the tdiorr; Arthur in't at nil trong, a
you remind me w nty time n day. If I
tliouulit the lnd would lie of any earthly
use to tne, I'd try him for a month."
"He Mcnnin nn honest, hriifht lad,"
iid Mr. Ureeti. "and. lieniden, he'a just
Arthur n-e. Lct'a ive him a trial."
The f io; of hi hein? "just Arthur's
n:;e' eemed to lie hi rtroniet reenm
liiriidatiou in the ryea of the loving
mother. Arthur wax a airkly thouirh
merry lad, and the "ore!, that natur
nlly fall to the lot of hoys of his on
all furm htd. fn ;rent part, heen dono
by hi father: the dointr whirh kept the
latter from hi other dutici to sueh an
extent that he wm continually behind
with hi work.
In tlieeoure of half nn hour, Arthur
and Mark return "d from the creek, the
latter looking very clean and rosy, nnd
the former veiy blue.
"We have concluded, Mark," said the
farmer, slowly, "!) give vou a month's
Iri:-'."
'ifurr.ih. hurrah, " shouted Artiiur,
i "A'""' '"'!' "J ir. "Ami
! ! ' - Now I nhall have some one
I s.nll cxp.-r: you," continued tho
firmer wh-.n Artiiur' enthusimi.i had
i..nrhiit nbated. "Id help milk, feed
j the is and hens, water the horse,
brine- in the wornl and water, and do
m;ci other li'iif work as I may cnll upon
you to do. If at th" end of the month
we a-e mutually satisfied with eneh other,
we will tnak" a bargain for n longer
juriod."
Tiiat iii',it. for the first, lime in his
lif". Mark Illoonier slept on ii featiier
bed, between stio .v-white sheets. The
iicm, moriiiutr he wa up lit daybreak,
and had the lire made, and the tea kettlo
siniiini- ritr'nt merrily, before Mn. tlreen
made her app'aianei'. In a short
time the farmer came into tho kitchen
with two lare tin tnilk-piils, one of
which le hand"d Mark with tho remark :
"No v, my lad. come out to the burn
with me, and I will pve you your lint
less.ui in milkinir.' Mark wns rather
a a k ward at tirst. but soon learned to
milk a well in the farmer himself.'
In fact, he did well, nnd so endeared
himseli to tiie whole tJreeii h iuehoId,
especially Arthur, that, lit the end of the
trial month, they were not only willing,
but anxious to have him stay through tiie
fall and winter, and do chores for his
board and schoolim;.
"All work nml no piny makes .lack a
dull b.y," Fanner (ireen, beinj; a sensible
man, reeonizud th" truth of this old
Haying, and irave Mark onelay t-ach week,
"all lo himself." Instead, however, of
it bcinj; nil tu himself, it wa nil for
Arthur; for he irave up the entire; day to
the amusement of the hitter, making for
him kites, balls, bows and arrows, trap,
etc. In fact he worked harder on his
play days tlmn nt nuj other time. Arthur
n" ""'" tnnt y sininsf hi praises; ho
0,I,I out-run, nut-swim, out -skato any
r""'"- At selioof lie fairly astonished
lUv ,,:" l" r by the rapid proyrciw he iimde.
ainn r "treeus creiyimntr llliout lll
barn mid shed was in order; every tool
had a pinee of its own. unl xvas kept, in
its place: the co.v were sleek; the horses
shone like trla-s bottles; the woodshed
xva piled full of wood, nnd the wixul-bojc
and water iail w ere never empty.
"I don't know what I should do with
out bin.," snhl 'lie well-Hiitistiiil furnii.-r.
lb 's worth his weight in uld."'
Tilings went nloiit; thus jileasautly mi
:il the holiday vacation. Tho day but
one before Christini.d, Mr. Greiti handed
sealed envelope to .Mark, sayilie;; "I
want you to take this to Y.r. Perry. He
lives over on the Cherry Valley rond,
you know. I'd let you have one af the
hoi s..,, but I've ;,,t to pi. to tile Tilln-re
for that load of feed. You'd better put
the letter ill your inside- eout pocket, for
there's money in it. It's tin- jsiy for
that yearling I bought. I didn't njrriiMo,
pay tor it till the tirst of Miti-rii, but
Parry's just heard thut his dauhtrr in
( "lio vir.v s-k, ami is t,'oin to seo
'"'r ',',,'l,'tly, lui xvants tho money
,ar birc."
- 1"'li P'sced tho letter in his insido
j pocket, as directed, und started on his
, errand, whistling a merry tunc. The
farmer went to tho village, got bis load
' of feed, and returned home aud uuloadcd
I it.
"Seems to mo it's about time Murk
got back. It's almost chore time," said
; Mr. (ireen to bis wife.
"l. may ho ho has met somo of his
! schoolmates on tho road, and is having a
! play-spell. Hoys will be boy, you knoxv,"
' said the kiiulheartcd Mrs. Creen
At live o'clock! Mark had not made his
appearance, aud the farmer xvent out to
milk alone. " 'Tain't like him to dilly
dally xv hen on an errand," ho muttered
to himself, a he took down his milking,
stool. '-1 hope he hasn't run away xvith
i that money, lie's been a good boy since
b --iiig here, but w hat tin I know about
Lis past record: 1 do hope ho hasn't
run a-.vay. .Not that I euro so much for
the liiouev, but I had learned to like the
boy."
I The chor -t (lone, the Creen family sat
down to supper. All xvero .sih-nt until
. the farmer said :
"That boy Lad twenty dollars in uu
envelope in his inside pocket, nnd there
' can't be any doubt but that he's run
' away with it. I'd give another tweuty
dollars, cheerf ally , if I could think other
wise." i "Mark is honest, father," said Arthur.
' "He'll come back all right, seo if he
.don't. I doYt knoxv what, but some-
thing ha happened to him. I know iU
He'll return some day if not to-night,
and clear up the mystery."
"I think ho too," said Mrs. Green,
"Pevhaps he has met xvith an accident,
Hadn't you better drive to Mr. Perry'i in
the morning nnd see?"
"Yes, I'd go to-night if it wasn't to
stormy, " leplicl the farmer,
Hut xvheu, i.i the liorniug, be drove
1 to Mr. Perry's di. or, hu found, tho
house locked u;, Tho xvholo fniiljf UaJ
trram
farm.
jpne to Ohio. Hn Inquired nt the few
ho ises on the road between Mr. Perry'i
and his own homo, but could hear noth
ing of the missing hoy. Hadly, ho un
hitched his horse, firmly convinced ho
had seen the lust of Mark and his twenty
dollars.
One day about the middle of January,
just n the (ireen had set down to din
tier, the kitchen door slowly opened, nnd
Mark Uloomer utep'ied tn. He was "as
poor as a crow," as Arthur expressed it;
Ids eyes nnd cheeks were hollow, and lie
was so weak he could hardly walk. At
this unexpected apparition, Mrs. (Sreen
nrose from her chair so suddenly n to
nearly overturn the table. Arthur ut
tered n loud: "Hurrah! I told you sol''
while Mr. (Jreen could only sit nnd stare
in open-eyed wonder.
"Why, whero have you bren ? and
what makes you so thin nnd palef" asked
the piod housewife as she placed ft phuc
and cup nnd saucer for Mark.
"I've l.cen in the pest-house, and I've
had the siiinll-pox," said the boy.
"When I've had soinethitiir to eat, Pll
tell you all about it. I'm axvful hun-rry."
After dinner, Mark told his story," ns
ioiiows:
"Althoith I didn't say anything about
it, I hadn't been feeling well for some
time before I xvent away. I thought it
wasn't nothing more than a cold until
that ilny I went to Mr. Perry's. I feit
sick enough to die before I got half xvav
there. My head and back burne.l nnd
ii'-hed, nnd the tree and houses and
things looked a though they were just
spinuin' round. I couldn't th'nk what
xvas the matter of me nt lirst, but soon
made up my mind I xvas coming down
with the small-pox. The day before I
went to Mr. Perry's. Ike Pi-r told me
that S'ltn Smith was "down with the small,
pox nnd in the pest house.' About a
fortnight before, you rcny-mbcr, Samntid
I worked together in the woods. Whe'l
that came into my mind 1 knew what was
the matter of tin-, and I says to iiivscl'.
'It won't never do for me to go buck
home nml jjive Arthur the small-pox.
Weak ti lid sickly ns he is, he would die
sure. 1 jusf j'o to the pest-house and
bear Sam Mmtth's company. ' I managed,
somehow, to get to Mr. Percy's mid cive
him the envelope. I told him all nbout
it, and where I xvas going, and made him
promise to tell you; but he xvas so
frightened, nnd in such a big hurry to get
rid of me, that I don't believe he reiilied
what he said."
"He xvent West that very day." broke
in the fanner, mid I got a letter from
him yesterday, in xvhieh he says he got
tho money nil right, mid told me nil
about your your "
"Heroin behavior," said Mrs. (ireen,
who used to 1st a "schoolmii'nin," and
prided herself mi having a bitter (dura
tion than her husband.
"Well," continued Mark, "I got to
the? pest house somehow I enn't remem
ber how myself and tho doctors said it
xvas a 'fine case'; though what there xvas
'line' about it is nwrri," than I, for one,
can tell, for I was sieVs u horse. They
lulled me through all right, however,
nnd hero I inn, iiud that's nil there is
about it."
"Well, Mark," said Mr.firrrn, "I will
say this much, your home is here just ns
long as you care to stay. When you get
strong enough you can go- to work, and
I'll pay you ten dollars n mouth the lirst
year, and more the next,, nml you can go
to school winters. I feel that, your
presence of mind saved my son" life, for
lie never could have lived through what
you've endured. Cod MosyoiiT nnd to
hide his emotion, the fanner abruptly
left the room.
(iood .Mrs. (ireen. xxith the tears
streaming down her cheeks, chisped the
two boys in her arms, and said.
"Henceforth, instead of oiu son, 1
have two. Arthur, you must love .Mark
a a brother, for he just the same as saved
your life.''
"I knew he wasn't a thief," said
Arthur, s. punning from hi mother's
nil. "Hurrah, for brother .Mark I
Hurrah, for everybody. 1'ani.te llluut
Where Toys Conio From.
Wooden carved toys are chiefly made
iu (ieriminy and Switzerland, tU cheaper
kinds in the neighborhood ut Nurem
berg, mid the better qualities ut Sonne
burg, iu Thuringia, from which latter
place nbout twenty-four million articles,
vuluetl at ilSOO.UOO, ure annually ex
ported. Largo quantities. f wooden
toys are also made in Saxony, where uu
ingenious process is in use for diminish
ing the labor involved in the production
of animal. A circular block of soft
xvood is turned into- a ring of such a
pattern that by slicing it vertically n
representation of ait animal (say uu ele
phant) i secured. I-jich rudimentary
figure is then triiuuiisl by band, the cars,
trunk, tusks und tail, all of xvhieh ure
separately turned and sliced by the sumo
method, uru iuscrttsl, and when the
iiuimiil has been uutcd uud varnished it
is ready for use.
Clay marbles also cone exclusively
from Saxony, being made from a clay
not found elsew here. The better qualities,
come from Holland, where they iu-o
made from fragments of alabaster and
other stones. Taw and alley, the com
mon names for the txvo qualities prin
cipally used in this country, arc abbre
viations of tawny ami alabaster.
A great ten days' toy (air is annually
he 1 1 at Lcqi-sie, when more than six thou,
sand merchants exhibit their goods in
every available inch of space, even in
the garrets of the six-storied houses.
Marburg, in Hesseu, is chiefly occupied
xvith tho manufacture of musical toys,
while Hiberaeh, iu Wuiteinberg, is noted
for substantial metal art teles, such as
carriages, locomotives, furniture, etc.
Tho specialty of Switzerland is wooden
cottages, models, etc. Some of tho
large dealers do very well out of tho in
dustry, but the Actual toymakcrs in both
countries are miserably paid, nnd find it
very hard, ex-cii by the most unremitting
toil, to gain a subsistence from their em
ployment, many of them being obliged
to supplement their earnings by engag
ing in outdoor labor during tho summer.
Tho productions of Holland ure very
similar to those of Oociuauy. Cham
rzifysTttVAirix.
thi Shsron store worki bare resumed,
At Johnstown Teter Under blew out bis
brains. !! was a niillmnn and seemed to
bi injoy ln life.
1 ramps arrested at Connellsrille, Pa., art
roatla to serre a term In the lockup and
given 15 minutes to leave town.
Penjamin Harnett, of Scrsnton. got out of
a sick bed to see his brother'! funeral pas.
The effort caused his death a few moments
later.
La grippe Is so prevalent among Pennsyl
vania lUilro.nl employes at Altoona that
there is a freight blockndo in the yards
thero.
The strong wind blew down a large tium
her of oil derricks near Butler. The wires of
the Pnited I Ipe Lines are down, and com
munication is shut off with some of the
districts.
Hon. R. Milton Speer is lying seriously ill
nt his residence iu Huntingdon. Uis re
covery is doubtful.
John Ifeinlcin, a Johnstown butcher, fell
Into a rat of hot water Wednesday night and
way not survive the scalds.
William II, Knccht, who blew out the gas
In the Pacific house at South Pcthlchcm,
tiled.
Pulton (Tine, of Washington, bag
gage master on tho Chartiers railroad, died
suddenly of heart disease.
The Kconomitc Society hns taken hold of
tho Whitla Gluss Company at Keaver Fulls.
increased its capital stock and will at once
resume operations.
John McKinnon and F. M. Paidey, while
coon hunting in the vicinity of Williams
Jsirt, caught a conn weighing 10 pounds with I
a steel trap attached to its let,'. !
Murphy Pros., oil well contractors of
Washington, have c.iuse-1 the arrest of John i
C. McCoy, whom they claim has cut their '
cables In a spirit of revenge for having been
discharged. 1
A movement has been started by A. J,
Koracsy, an educated Hungarian interpre- I
ter of Coiinellsville, and Kev. L.Noremcky,
of Fret-laud, to include nil the Hungarian 1
and Slavish residents of the coke regions. 1
This will be the lirst institution of the kind
in this d strict.
A syndicate of capitalists, of whi'h H. W.
lbirtniau is a member, has purchased US) 1
acres of ground t the intersection of the!
Pittsburgh ,t Western Ilailroad uud Coimo-
queussing creek, and will locato thereon a
number of man ufacturing plants. Several I
tlains will bo thrown hltohs the stream und '
nntl the natural resources tlevt-lojKsl. A six '
f sit vein of coal und a tw nty-foot vein of
limestone Underlie the tract. It is also stated
that oil und gus are found 3,000 feet Llow
thesufoce. j
Stewart Chambers, one of the oldest men'
in Krie county, dropped ileati on We luesduy j
ntght at bis home In Harbor creek.
Postmaster Ceorgo Pcrrett of Cannons '
burg, who has been sutlWriug from a car- 1
biinele on the uetk, died yesterday mom.;
big.
Tho Spink brMhcrs of Tiona, Ta., con
victcd of uonspiring to send the- wife of one
of them to an uisune asyluiii, wervscuteuccd .
to 30 tlays in jail and lined each. j
Tho Mutual Coul aud Coke company will j
begin the erection tf ,'HM coke ovens in two1
mouths on the coal land pureliaswl from Jo- !
seph W. Stocl, in. Mt. Pleasant township,
Westmoreland county. The price paid xvas1
ti.msi,
'J he Tyh-r Tube Works Company, of J!o
ton. has ileeiilu'l Uiuuive its plant to Waste
ington, uud invest foo.Min. I.. c.d capituiis s
wijfl put unolhur f.'si.isM into a r-Jlicg mill!
to supply tho tube xvork with material.
The new hleul works of the Cambria Iron
Company nt Jobust'.-wu uro uppr lUt-luii;; j
tlieir lull estimatcl eupueity ot l.o m tons
jst day, The new Siemens furnaces ut No.
1 mill, with the new mcOiuiiicul t-liarui
rig, will he iu operation next Monday.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, i
Kaxxt Davkvi-oIIT has di-eidrtl to ndd
"Th'sidorn" ti her rcHTtory next season.
Wllji)N P.AKUKTT is to deliver a lecture in
lU.-hmond, Va., on "Society and Drama."
Mu.r. .Ia.nhtiia, tho pianist, rwently
played ".":. note iu. tour minuU-saud throo
ws-onils.
Tub Russinn- pianist and composer, Ru-Is-nst.-iii,
has a p.aiM in of JKSSJ rixibles from
the Canr.
It isetiniat.s that the KntuhJs will make
bei.w.s.n ST.VUXi and ?100,0oo tiy their tour in
this country.
Makv A iriT.nwvi will open a dramatio
season ut the liroudwuy 'llieutrt, Now York,
un letolsir
Itr.N.TAMix fjrDKCK, th anthor of ''My
Jack," the Kuglish niuloiU'unus is only twenty-one
years of ngw.
PATT! has lieeii on tlio stage sini1 1S.V),
when aa a child of seven yMirs of uge shuu
peuied in Now York city.
(iiirsnirv. tht. coiiisisi-r, is a man of frugal
lial.its. Ho smokes littlo, drinks less, und
does not cut u great dual.
Mux. lLrcx had a sc-trv attack of tho
grip wliilo playing at Ituchmter, N.
tmt slut jdu--kily pluyod nil Uiu time,
IjKtocv lias limuglit out a now opera in
Paris. Tl." music is mid to bu inferior to
that ot "Miu j. Augot," Uitiiiueliof it is vury
g.sid.
Wii.tiKt.'i NK'iur.MATKit, a tenor of tho
fienunii Opera Comp'iny now singing in the
Metroilitaii OjHira House, Muw York, 1ms
diisl of the grip.
Vnvron Hroo's "Hernani," hitherto fois.
ildd.'ii in the P.ussiau capital, has recently
Is-en iirolueisl with great siiceoss nt the Im
l!rial Theater of s.row.
SiiiNon Hai.vixi, tho great Italian actor,
nt lionut in Kloruin.n, is bai 1 t'i It" one of the
most hospiut'iluof nii'ii, and his hou.h is txui
timially thi-on-o t xvitti guests.
Tim now opura of Cilbort and Sullivan,
th "Ltondolii-r," 1ms boen prisluctsl in Now
York. Tho gmii-i-al verdict is ttiat it is not
up to tho stan lard of their former work.
Mh. Klwrll, of lirooklyn, has made a
contract witU Htrauss to tilia his whola
orchestra from Yioiuia to Anittriea for a
three mouths' engigoiuout. Thoy xxlll will
May T.
Ktkei.k Mackayk'k piny, "Coloual Tom,"
which will alt or d t ho tlr.t app.virauco by
proxy on the dramatio stage of the noted
Colonel Thomas Ocliiltroe, will bs proilueod
in ltostou for a run of one wauk shortly.
A TTbw ToiiK manager baa offered Ilenry
M. Htauley (1000 a lecture for fifty lectures
to be delivered iu America during next win
ter, and the grout explorer has not yet sig.
Hilled whether he will accopt thoolTer or not.
This is probalily the biggest olfer ever (naiio
(or a series ot lectures iu this country.
La&T year Oormany granteil only atfJl
neusioiis, agalnit England's U779 and the
United States' The numher grauto )
in Uoruany bas fallen oil W7 in tlvu years,
rfiOMINENTj0pLl)t
Invs-rroit Kofso ... .
gain in March. ' " B iJ
Kx-Eiii-KRon Doxi Psnaoj..
j 800 telegrams of sympathy rfM
every day In literary work, 'n"'0''
j PRIMCK PlSNARCIC It U ,
expect to live through th tZT
i Ilr.r. Dr. Joh5 Ham., of v.
, paid .ooa year l,y hiJehL.h Yorl
to Htsnl-y on his MUMfnlln.?-' '
"P'-tntion in Washington r,?,"! ,H
is inn siiujoei oi Cons i tirahl r,n
Ington. ,T"""'(!"sipiI1
Til it Pop is supposed to Imv. . .
room of considerably over re.1? J""'"1
terllno- us'l a n,,:
I n. P. SrjlU.ABr.R.ho l,nn.
lie as "'.xirs. I'artington.'' i I
fears of age. ' " "vuoty
MixtsTERl.iMrot.shs,r..t.,. .
, from Paris, where h vi.it.wi u '"'
, been seriously ill. " " !v,
i Pnite.1 States t, Z? '? 1
and nearly blind. 7 I'" t
Tun only colore.! m,,, f.
'" " tllnaiunu, f .i. s " i.i
' of North Carolina. 1 "w-l
; SKtATOR IOA!.M has a erp..
one. of a .hlTi-rcnt color.
Cr.AlwTo.xi! in pKhtv r,1!lr, ,,
mind and Isailr aro in n, h. . .' k"1"
when he n- uimlv n.r... " """'lUit.
-- .... m-i ,
Tna Kmperor Fr.iivi Jos..,,;, :, ,
must a,"eom,.lishe. h..r-.,,i i ,g
erhergisslborsenieiiatM,,,,,!' Aa''
,,A,-V" .xl'NTuo:,iv. ff s I
l-hmikicri.-.! M..A.T.T....-..V V ' "" r" !'.
Pltll.ll- ARVOflt. the lie, (-1,.,.,,
pucker. Iteaii his forf.iti" in I nl,i.V' ' 1
be went. Willi th.. 1, , ' " '. . I
""is io nnd ,i i
Srx xTon Morrii.u of Vera,.,,,,. flr, ,
- .. . , , n,f, f,,,. (
fears has lus-u in tin. Soniit.- n,
uineve-ir of ag-i. w'
Parox Fax-a. the Italian Mn
jounirv. is .ii-ici of tie- .id,!,,
I i . . ! '
"r ti
'lluti ' r-.
".ii- ii nns o-nii eo:nti.'t. !y
during the last year.
riv-wrt j
JlTOOK t.nvs.lAtf .r in.: .
T.m many la w yers go into p.lm. ,, ''. :
sou. "iik
fond of huntiu i ..l.li.1 . . ..
made Hspivially for him, nh.. hvtV-a.'
1.I..T m i. .-inn. uu uses Ins I'ltl-ii, h.
a pistol.
Kr.HATMH I'FTTiiinrw ...,. .
as a lalsn-er in the e-nplov nf L:iniiJ
.in..,,.! mm n lew .I'Hiars i( lfri,
money in his pix et. Ik- is a Vnnnot -byliirth.
I'OHTM A STKR-t i KXKR A I. W A V t SKn r
mi ay rw-r. lie is always .nit k. .
o'clock, and half un hour lat. r lie u: '
liniikfust tal.le. Then he r.'.i ; tl,.. ac j
papers mm ut.-n,"iil ii-sel.-s Iiin ,1
I'llKSIDKXT HaUKISON is 1, . - j. ,
at Washington, a tin was at l:luaa
for bis fondness f-s" ijui.-t lit.l,. mlev-
me ray iiiuiii.i'11 i.si ny aav ilKn.-nci
uiuii.-is uvxi woiu.l la.lic.it - hu
tiiiiunei. '
witio.v i-HAZKK. t:n si-a.i: ir. ah-,, j
lamjiii-irora-iy sent to .N.-()-;M.
eurea d.-nth mask of .f .-tr-n lo-.-.f '
iiioiiunieut in Atlanta, did 11 M- I.
aijiini until li. went t.rtaii..n:ii, ot
liotn mask er.t ss-i.s't.
Colon ku Jx-MKS I'.ki. :y. h ol
Heat to l .eiieral ritieruriii at in nMc.
oltioorof th" regular annv, is
winter iu Kanvis City, M i. C ii i
wss tilaeel iip.m the retire I li: t-j i
ac;o urtKi' w.-rvm f M-iy-i:w - ir.
uriny.
.M. I AMTRt R. ttllt fa-ll ills I- I. Jri
is in very precarious lii-iltii. Ii.. hvti
leva utile t- regain his stiva;;!i .insis
riolls illness of trtli v... isi , 1 s.n.
X'otol so inii'-li tinit'oid tli'-iwlitlitk-xl
oi ills msi ante that hu lia-s liu 1 lj ruu
rccuyeraut.
THE LABOR WOELD,
a nR enrlv closing movcniiit my. I
Jlnili., has been quite suc-r-r.il.
Thkuk nro now oxa-r sixtr wamn'H
rhang.-s in this cuuntry, ull t:!i.: nti
working order.
Thk Ainal.'nmntJ-d S-i--iv 4 fjiH
Servants of lCnglaud dee.iaii ls M,jrttrt.J
und no Sunday xvork.
TllK lonir strike at the ( 'alm:ia t'
factory, Havana. I'litia. Iius fiuir.i, uJ J
I1U.-U have re.-iiine l work.
'oxvictm were used to Iofi..-i". tbna-J
who struck recently near Hirnniiiiu-1-iund
they succeeded in iloiu .'.
i Ciiixksk tanners at tsan Francisra j
from 1 1 lol.i per iluv, ttliiln wla
at their sides get from tl t i f .' .''
I'lTTHIIfKO horsishoer Were tr'v
charter of iueoroorntiou on the enmai "4
tint union was to rcgulntu wiyta,
TllK Kelgiiuttiovernini'iit t F"! I
portatioii of Roal owing t" the o-sre-'.
that eomiiKMlity. caused hy tin- tr:
IjOXHOW hotoi proirietirs are h-
crisat iliutl of trouble with their wjitiol
protest ugiiinttt the employment til furw,'
l.xCermanr the luw iiwike eiw3
a month's notus. In-fore leavm;.
luistrestt must, give similar wurJ Ui
vnarge.
Tint International Miners' 'i- J
bis-ti aiTttugeil tiy the linti-li .ii.ef il
un I tint li.Tin in miners' or;:iiiia'-is I
wilt be held at Iterlin.
Tl-CK Mxncntive Council of th Ane!
Ftleintion of Labor has il-s.-id.sl w -
unions throughout the ismntry t-'!'
hour demonstrations on Waslimi'""
day.
Wiiextho Hard P.uI.Ikt W s-'f M
T. J., Htartud up tho otln-r in sxiisl 'I
f....,.a ,i.. ,.i tl,.. h eil-" l
uud tho iutorniatioii was fiinn.i.dt' 1
ouo of them hud the grip.
Ix 1SS7 Cnclo Kum cut ilnwn t'i"1'
the printers in tho ( loveniaii-iit i
Hist los-auso tlieuiipropriati":iU''i
And t)iiilil ffi.nt Inoiiiii tiir.:"' sit
Tho printers are now ki. Iiiiu f"!-"'71'!
IX 1-S!) tint V nited lln'tl""';
Curs.iiters un 1 Joiners Dr;:!"1'"'."
new unions, miikiiit; u total " 'xnt 1 ,
atU'-hed to the order. A n ' nKJ. .
of thirty-live p" cent, wa al' 1
tug a grand ..uit of in,''.
Iv ffcmilcttw-, wifli rt L't'lli-rll r-d,'
l.V tin. Kiniii-i.ilj.iiili..it of t lie
unit Hcniliiur ltailniid C.mi'Hnr, U';
inen and Uisaire mast'-rs t-ii'I'"'
road will biM-oniiiollod to r.-t' -rt'0'
the future with cUin shaveu h''-
A .. I ..: ,.v-lltll-
rouil
... l l . i . .1.?.. t!... Hn!.!
ilailwav
ailwav TramuiLMi. Th.-r a' ",;
l.lu.lllui-a in ulnailillu'.
.uwui .......i....,.... t-jm kiviU-b:i
.1. .,i.a.... u :.'....... i.... i j cue Ii"'4!
ui.ianm nuiciiii.riiituii."
reriiiteudent. and three triini1""1'0
A xVAiiiiAXT for the ariMt o( J;"J
ter Workman Powderly, i " j
... ...... . I l.rl 0Ut-1 I
it piracy, lias instil roeiix.-' -v - TM j
,'1'flUII, nOBlH-'Ki
. I.I..U .1... ISlll.l
tuiiu wttrraiit, which hv
eeived, the. other two bx-uig J
variou.tdufi-cts which ua I
the latest document.
Tha Norwealan stt-sm' H
faleer, whicU rescbed ltauJ
urday, tau oat oi iuei,
sto.naud buruoi p't f'1'
ii.tirtJ Weep up steam.