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T. B. I1ARTER, Soma amo Paa'a.
Miiii.i-:miiit. pa . ma it. .
Dunn; Uie Ut ntnety-tix vr 313.
61 5, 000 round of t'oM wrro coined in
I'Mnce.
Tlior arc now ?0i)() loan a.ioc!(tion
,n thi. countr with n mcmbcrsliip of
V'00,000 Nrnn.
AVrtrkinj cipcniM are incrciii? upon
fli" F.-'-ticIi railrorln. Tbi ritio ol
uorltini c'aarcM upon tliu Xort'iori of
lYvH-.i Uiilwfiy in IS'.ll iti U.H pcr
cent, m romparrd with 47. 1 prr ct-rit.
in 1IU, H.01 per vnt iu lSj
4."i.!J pcr cent, in
So alaimiiii lin lieori the incrcic in
1ie ivory tru Jc that if it continue mucii
lonucr at tlm pn nt rite tho olephtnt
will soon bream" extinct. On J Jlr:D
alone in Shi't!ield, Mnland, hut year re
ceived the tunk of elephant". A
few year a,'o S0O pair of tinks wen
ullicieat for them.
K)cialit Mid an ri'tiit mi' i' have
t lie : r op.nioiH of mi'liona re li'inL'C I !
wiicwhat, the L.'aica H'r l I think-.,
by learning of th no', of .Moe I.oria, I
Ihhii i't Mmtut iii 111. L ri a died
lately in Milan, 1 1 -t I y . liviu l,d ) ,)()
to the city to est i'lih a:i inter nation ii
Lome fo: i'lijiria people ou'. of imploy.
tucut.
It tl reported that Indian Commission,
rr Morgan lia received a kttor siued by
Lewis Miller, and fifteen other Indians,
Chcyctiues au t Arapahoe, member of
Troop L, Fifth United Sute Cavalry,
nuking Liai to t..ko steps to procuro tl.c.i
discharge from tho army. T.icy say
tlut they aro tired of military lifo, nnd
can do much better fjr themselves by
working on their funis. Tim letter im
been luferrcd to t'.to Secretary of War
for such actiou in ho runy deem, proper.
Military lifo it a little tiresnmo.but whin
la j n that enlist aro u)t tl.orcf jru dU
charged wheucver they doslro it; aad to
ilUcUnr'O thcc Indian uow would bo to
destroy the, to them, most valuable part
uf their military lesson.
Tlip decree of poverty cxistin,' In th'j
city nf LiuJou it uot expressed by tin;
figures of th census of pauoe.v, til
tlooi.li, vliniu tho Sao Fr.inciic i C.irou
icif. "hoy are formidable enough. It i
nppilln,' to tliiuk of 135,0 J.) publicly
rc .'.i iel paioer in otio city, but if t"ij
" J.. ksin'iruv. i.t.'. VthyiJ t sre-
1 aro fa U..I.U tvith tho suoj'jc. aru to bj
credited, tint number ii scarcely ft tttha
of tho .thole. A writer ia an English
reviow, neari; two year a.jo, dec. aro I
that there wero a imltio.1 person in
LonJoa always hivieiaf o.i tha vurc nf
iturvat.on mi 1 auother mill'aa whosj
eon lltioa, whilu uot sa precarious wm
always moimcuJ by tho wolf of wiinl.
Siuco t'.iejo unchnlloue 1 aisertij.M wero
inudo, the Jepronion of bu-ii u o in Ku
IftO'l bn been greatly lacremeJ, )lhirj
ii iooil rcmoii for believing that tin
condition i wo uiuca worso no. v. "Vh:t'.
I'Vcr may bo tho cm. o u tills ta'.n.
nrdiuury atatc of uJiir, it H u.i crj i.t
to Nmetetntli C-'utnry civil.:'. :ioa, i i i
there is little wonder that t!n c iu'ru
phr.ion of it ili.vi j hy;iipat'auti: i.i .'a iai
ii. I i nix of vafl'irius of opinion.
Suicidu H int:riitdii; in lapldlv ..
mra l'T iu tin niiun, ncoor iimf to tiu
tutitic -athercl by tho Cliicio 'i'ri
bnuf. TniT." were ) but year a
to i. pure w.tli 11:1.11 iu 1S.U, 'JOHin
and ''J.'! in ISsJ. Tae ea i-e for
t tt ih Ui'jo nuaibi'i' o: Betf-murd 'i 4 uiu
(jiveu as foliortt :
D.'spon ldi'-y .... ...M'l
I 'iiknowu
lamuity ...."."
Dniii.'nt.o itil.'lii' ty ::i ;
J.i.ioi-
I'isllppOIIlt )l I0V1 . 1 1
111 hfuit.1 -.T"
ltlljill 'ii lo..'s "j
According to this total 11 innii had about
onu chance in aooul li,S2'.l of i imiuil.
tiu filicide in lS'.ti,riculii!ni4 the pop.
Jlhltiou at ti.'i,000,DOi). Ja litn r u
thcm-elvei into eti-ruity 1 d J) of tlne
uicidi: konht iieatn by ho itiii.', I'll
by poi&on, by liinn'in, JI'.M 1 y
drownitj yi.) by throut, t atting, nineti.
one by throwing thumselve before lor 1.
motive, tltty-Hix by jumping fro. 11 win
iloa, tl ft y by nubbin;,', fifteen by barn
iiij;, t.ix . referred starving; and the .-amo
umher took tho dynumito route, wlulo
one each choso freezing, u tri hummer
or boating hit head against a atone wall.
It i uot honorublo to min to have to
ay that 255.1 of thene auicide wera
male and only 305 foiualei, and that
inodicioe head the Hat of th' profossioui
vhoio membera sought an uatimeiy
lpath, with thirty-ievea pbygiciuu tut
eido.
Motiier "I have my doubti about
llr. Hansom." Daughter "Ho wear
a dres suit on all proper occasion."
Mother "Yea, but It Isn't always U10
uuie one." Now York Weekly.
The qnmtVon of
-nEundyltl1
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SAINT VALENTIN Cm
Th first aprlng blua ft ia th tky
AnJ on tlx brlgbtMiluj . ,
A brmth of wtMt prophtv
Kttali mf t along th tea.
Th bwirt of vry livinn thlnj
li touched to lov and mlrtb
Oil, Joy ami hope, ob youth and prinj
How pi id y matt tb carta I
Tl anotvlrop abiver with dll;ht
And iliak thflr tx-lln to call
The laty tulip up. to lipht
Their torch by the wsll;
Tle brave, bright crocus arU
In gold an I purple lin.
An I miiile to greet th smiling :klfi
It is St. Valentine'!
Thick with brown buJs, tho lin-bcu ihi
vibjt
An I t'kin to tha in;
A reilbrea-t on the topmot npray
H i hve-mmg ha beun
On noixt nn l wave a ton ler flooj
Of vital ndlnnct ahine,
And every birl an 1 every I u 1
Welcome St. Valentinb'it
Upon the r.T.)f two pigeon coo '
And eircle round and round.
Two bill 'birds in the roubiisn woi,
Two sirrow on t'.ie ground;
Amlconin;, ingin;, ehirpin; atill
This M'l'uvnn tiling thry My;
'Knrewe I to nonranl blat an 1 chili,
'Tis a.rini-lay todnv!''
thztbeth A. Allen, in Youtli n Companion.
Grandma's Pronhcsv.
ET ItEt.KX -oi:iikt nAVK.
Is'l) win nothing said
about ine("
Kuabeth Kltnn
tjod in the middle
of the room, with
the ten canister in
her hand.
The lamp was
not yet liable I, for
the soft Yellow
JLJCr:, -J lettered in tlin
et, turuin; the
snow mantled fiehls
to fairy plain of
roe and nolii. The
fire crackled cheerfully ir. tho stove; a
smell of (reslidiakeil Craiiam u'eoii i,t
vaded the air, and (Ir iudma 101 ton had
just taken a saucepan of stewed apples
oil tiie tire.
Leah and Naomi, two fresh litimnu
roM-bud of sutetfii and eivthteen, were
untyin'i their hoods and rjm ovinj; their
w raps by the door.
"N no,1' reluctantly answered
is'aomi; "1 don't ruiiiember that llietc
was.''
Yo'i see, Aunt lOlizibtth," awk
wardly explained L.-ah, "it," a youu
lolks' party."
Kl . i'jctn Unfile 1 a short, disdainful
laiuh.
'MJ 1, I un lersttn I," said alio. 'Too.
pie over thirty have no business thinking
shout ;?t. Yalentiuu parties." 1
..- . ." , rK., L"di.. eaver fp 1 si Xh.t
wrcicd oiie had so unconciouM'j' inllcted,
if I weie to explain t) Klleu Ymcent
that 011 would like an mvitatiou, I am
juitc sure "
"Von will do nothing of the sort,"
sii 1 Kii.ib-lh, with wh'it Naomi w is
wont to call her "tragedy ipieen" air.
'();' all pursom, I am tlio lint to
bejini; for invitations. Will you liht
the lamp, grialnii, please? Tea 11
ready."
Naomi looked at Leah. L 'ah shook
ber head at Naomi.
ttian.iiiia motioned them ta keep
Mlei-ce, and the Gtanam yenis and apple
sam e were eaten 111 mute gravity.
lvi. ibetu went to her room eirly that
liht.
.V'aoini came nnd b ane 1 u,"iiiiit the
li;.', carved uoaden nianiie.
"I urn so M;iy," sihe! .-iie.
'So am I,-' said Leah.
"i think Aunt, Kl17.tU.-th would have
liked to l'o to the party; lor all she l so
old," iiinruiiired Naomi.
'Thirty. three Isn't audi a venerable
old ae," observed yritiu. ma, seiateiiin
her cheek with her knitting-needle,
'though, to be sine, Naoiiii, it's twice
its old its you are. All the same, it would
have been more thoughtful o Carrie
Smith to invite her, too."
"Cair.e said she didn't want all the
ohl maids in creation I" yijled Leah.
'N'ouseiic, child!" said raudms,
knitting aw-rty very fust. "I Hhoiildn't
wonder 11 Kli. ibttn were married before
jou, alter nil."
Leah and Naomi exchanged lauhia
clancus as they rau away to dresi for
tho Si. Vileutine'a Kve psrtv.
Iu their eyes Aunt Kluabeth beh)u;e I
to a past ae a nice which ha 1 no
bu-incs with love or marriage.
"And besides," said Leah, us sho
huttone I thu pearl knot) of lur sister's
white seri-e yown, -'we all know that
Aunt Kli.ahuh has been disappointed in
love."
"Ves, to be mre," anseuted Naomi.
"Do you think, Leah, that white
chrysanthemums wouki be prettiest to
wear, or Unman peurl beads, in one's
huir;"
Ho the m'rry youn things went to the
St. Valentine's Kve party.
Klizabi th he-ird the Jain'tu of the
lei'h. bells as they ilrove away.
Orandina turned the li'el of her
stocking and went iiuietly to beil, nod
Khabetii was all aloue iu the yreal
lileut, echoing house.
"I suppose I must yet use 1 to this
sort of thing!" she said, bitterly, to her
lelf. "it's the tlrst tii::e that I have ever
been left out of these neighborhood fes
tivities, nid it hurts jet, it does hurt a
little I Am I leally trow lug so old! Mow
shall I look wheu 1 get to lie grandma's
nef Will they call me 'Old Miss
Eltoul' Shall 1 carry hd ear-tiiirnpotf"
Sue smiled not a mirthful smile.
"It' worth trying," thought the.
"Come, If I can't go to the St. Valen
tine' party, I cau at least have little
private masquerade all by myself. Drar
old grandma is sound asleep. She will
never know."
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, , VsJuteaRO tor 1 animis mnw -
. ..idlnit- twt I fever U earring off hundred daily.!
A it ran? mood had taken poeloa
of Elisabeth Elton. She bad allppoJ off
ber pray merino gown and drssaed her
elf in grandma's Q aakerish black dress,
w'.th the white net folded croMway on
the boom.
She ooinbed back the luiurinnt t;o!d
of her thick 'resi under srandma' cap
frills, ail adjusted the old lady 'a spec
tacle adrnss the bridge of her nse.
WhatW metamorpho'.i wa there!
She Isabel alood, scarcely believing
her own eye.
'Old Vis Elton ! " she said. "Now
I know exictir how she will look. Hut
1 cm get a better eight of myself id the
looking glas do.vu stairs."
She tools up tho candle, and tripped
lightly down the wooden stairway to the
sitting room.
A she reached tho threshold, there
came a sudden lap to the old bjsss
knocker on the front door. She started
at tint, thcu turned resolutely to tho
door.
'Naomi hnu forgotten her fan," she
thought. "Or Lmh has sent back for
something she wants. Their evening
ha only just begun dear little nirls!"
But it was no mesenver from the houe
of rejoicing that met Elizabeth's eyes as
she opne:l the door.
A tall man, closely mufflnd to the
eyes to keep out the piercing February
cold, stood there. She retreated a pace
or two, still holding the candle in her
baud.
"Who nre you!" she said, her heart
giving a suddcu jump. "What doyou
want at this tune of ui'.'ht?''
"Don't be frightened, Gr.mlma El
ton," said a low, pleasant voice; nnd
then Elizabeth remembered the quaint
di.sgube she bad assumed. "Ally 1
come in, just a miuutef You aru the
very person I wanted to see."
K.iz abeih legan to tremble. Had the
flickering flame of ttie tallow-dip been
little more powerful the visitor iint'it
hnve cbierved the color come and go
fitfully in hrr cheek.
"It it 1 late!" she hesitated.
"Yes, I know," urged theyoantj man.
"Cut I won't keep you Ion. I suppose
ii Elizabeth has gone to the party
at Colonel Smith a!
"TI.9 young people are gone ye."
'And 1 want just one word with ycu,
Mr. Elton, I'ieaso let me come iu. I
want to ask you a juetiou or two about
Elizabeth."
What could she ayf Her heart was
beating so tieretly she could scarcely
breathe.
Tcu year ago, Archer Vail had quar
reled with her, or she wita Archer
Vail she scarcely knew which and he
had failed with his, cousin, the famous
scicntillc professor, on tho expedition
tc Japan which was intended to clear up
half a score of tiuscttle I points as to
climate, Mora and fauna.
The professor had died at Tokio, and
from that tint nothing had been heard
of Archer. And here, on St. Valentine's
Eve, he bad risen like a spirit out of tho
snow and thu starlight, on the very
threshold o her house.
Shu opened the sitting rocm door.
He sat down by the tire, with a sigh of
1JW. ' v "
You haven't changed a'bit, grand-
I ma," said be, cheerily. "You stand
, even straighter thaa you used to. And
1 Elizabeth has she changed? Tell me
' truly loe she ever speast of me?"
i Klot :eth was silent. She set the
i candle on the old cherry wood chest of
: drawers in the corner, and stood ner
vously pickicg the leaves o.f the monster
: tl.h-gcranium in thu wiu low.
"Because," said tho young man, "I've
come to the conclusion that 1 can't live
without Elizabeth, I've thought of her
every day and hour, of late. 1 have
ilotiu well in business on the other side
of the world, and I can put my jewel in
a proper setting, if I ctu hut gtin it.
!o you suppose, grandma, she would
: forgive ini-1 Do you thiuk I cauld hops
1 to win her heart V
I Outside the snowy branc'aei crackled
in the wind anil the starlight, lusi le
t lie hour and iniuute-haud of the old
clock ha 1 joined together at the hour ol
' midnight, and Kliiib.-th still stoo I
silent iu tae sua low as the clock struct
' twelve.
"Look!" iid Archer, "It is St. Val
, entine's Day! Do you ttiiuk there is any
1 luck 111 omens, grandma? For I love
, her dearly, and I believe I could make
her happy if al.e would but give mo the
chance. I've watched the wiudows for
1 a luug time. I shouldn't have ventured
I to como in if I had not seen the light
. gleaming through the cracks in the shut
: ter. For the sake of the dear old days,
I Utandiua Elton, give me a shred of hope
to cliug tot For the sake of old St.
i Valentiue, tell mu that I have a chance!"
1 Elizabeth took the caudle and tet it
; on thu mantle, where it caught a relk-e-1
tion from the mirror and shone cheerily
' out with double lustre. Then she took
I off the muslin-frilled cap, letting her
' golden hair stream like a ca1 ca.de of
! brightness down over her shoulders, and
i dung the spectacles on the table.
, "Yes, Archer Vail!" she said, halt
! laughing uud half crying, while the rose
blossomed on her cheek and the dim
ples caiuu out around her lips; "yes, I
thiuk perhaps "
I "Elizabeth!" he started up, and bad
her iu bis arms in a second "Elizabeth,
what does this masquer ling meant
, My darling, my own sweetheart, look at
tho clock I It is St. Valentine's morn
1 iug, and you, preclou ouc, are my life
I loug Valentine!"
' "Grandma, grandma, do wake up!"
Old Mi'4. Elton ro tiled herself from
1 dream of long ago, to lee Naomi aud
Leah, in bur room, tbuir white gowns
glimmering, their eye shining Lke
stars.
"Is it you?" she said
eyes. "Home e'resdyt
bo much alter ten !''
. rubbing her
TVby, it can't
I "But it it, grandraan,"
declarod
' Leah.
"It's past one," said Naomi.
"St. Valentine Di" said Leah,
j "And we've had such a lovely tiint,"
chirped Naomi.
"Atid, ob, sracloosl" panted Leah,
I "if com true I" 1
sVa ,.V.e!
What has come true!" said Mrs.
Elton, smiling drowsily at her graad
daughters.
"Why, your prophesy."
"La, child I" cooed the old woman.
I ain't prophet."
"Yes. you are," said Naomi.
"Of courte you are," asserted Leah.
We found Aunt Elizabeth and Mr.
Archer Vail down in the sitting-room
when wei came home," said Naomi.
"Nonsense," interrupted grandma.
"Archer Vail is in Japan. "
"No, he isn't," gleefully laughed
Narui. "lie is just now by the old
church wall, I should think; or perhapt
he has got as far as Mr. Hopper's cot
tage, if be walk very fast. At all
events he ha 'aeeri spending the eveniua
heif and he and Aunt Elizabeth havi
made up their old quarrel, whatever i'
was"
"And," interrupted Leah, "herc'i
where the prophesy comet in, and you
are a sphinx, you darling grandma1
Aunt Eliz tbeth will bo married befort
Naomi aud me, after all. She has got
Valentino, and we haven't."
"We know," ad led Naomi,' "because
she blushed so charmingly when sue in
troduced Mr. Vail to uc. And ! nevei
knew before how pretty Auut Elizabeth
really was."
"Well, I declare," said grandma,
"there's luck in St. ' Valentiua's Day,
after all!''
The Atlantic a Gigantic Whirlpool
It has long bren known that waters ol
the Atlantic Ocean are a tort of whirl
Kot on a gigantic scale, the central
point of which is a short distance to the
southwest of the Azores. Just as in the
case 3( an atinospneric cyclone, there
exists in the middle of this aqueous vor
tex a regno where the Quid ot the sea
has scarcely any motion, so that bottles
or other floating objects entering it are
apt tl remain there iudetiuitcly, sinking
tiually to the bottom. For miles there
about the surfaco of the ocean is cov
ered with what is commonly known as
"gulf -weed," large areu af it having the
appearance of a drowned meadow, on
which one might imagine it possible to
walk. This enormous vegetal accumu
lation was formerly supKscd to be made
up of plants torn away by tha Gulf
Stream from the shore of the Bahama
and of Florida, but it 1 now known
that tho weed grow and propagates
while freely floating on the water. It
teems with multitudinous forms of life.
Not least interesting of the myriad crea
tures which inhibit it are certain curious
nest-building fishes. They have arm
like loie-tlos, with which they cling to
the weed, making their nets by binding
together globular masses of it big a
Dutch cheese. This they accomplish
by means of loug gelatinous strings
which they form for the purpose, finally
depositing their eggs in the centre
ot the sphere thus composed. The
weed itself is upheld by bulbs tilled with
air, which serve as floats.
Shrimps and crabs swarm in the weed,
and they n w ell as the fishes are colored
yellow and white in spots like the weed
llsel',. for protective purposes. Sea
worms similaily tinted are found there
also in great numbers. All of the aui
mals whicu dwell in this strango Sar.
sasso Sea seem to be either yellow and
white or else (lerfectly transparent.
There are transparent cuttle-fish, trans
parent shrimps, and transparent worms.
One cau see through them as clearly as
if they were made of glass. There are
also pelagic sea-anemones that have the
base by wuich their kind cling t rocks
ou shore so modified as to form chambers
containing air aud thus ttctiug ua flouts
to sustain them on the surfacj. Giant
jcllytUhes great sac four feet loug
with walls of transparent jelly an incu
thick live in the weed, aud so phos
phorescent are they that nt night onu cau
write his name on one of them and it
wilt preeut!y come out iu letters of Mre.
It is very odd to dud iusecls in the open
oeeau tuousauds of miles from land
wiuglesa, loug-legge l, black "akating
bugs," of a species closely ailicl to those
which dash aoout on the surface of fresh
water ponds. On the bottom of the
ocean, beneath tbi vaU field ot weed
tilled with animal living aud dying, an
imiuen.se deposit of uniiuil ami vegetal
reuiains must be gradually formiug.
Should that part of the door of tho sea
be upheaved at some future time by vol
csnic actiou, it would furnish mines of
manure sufficient to fertilize the farms of
the world. Supposing that it were pos
sible economically to fetch to Europe or
America great quantities of this water
plant which now floats useless, it would
be enarmously valuable as a fertilizer.
Boston 'ft auscript.
Oild Jobs a Specialty.
The latest tniug devised to lessen the
labor of living and thu cares of a house
keeper is a corporation kAown as the Odd
Job and Tinkering Comnanv. Limited.
The parent otlice of the concern is nat
turally enough in New York, but accord,
iug to iu prospectus it has, or will have.
subsidiary companies ia all tho larie
cities.
It is a charming idea, this odd job
company, aud the man who originated
the scheme deserves a voto of thauks for
his ingenuity. Though limited in its
liabilities, its scope of usefulness is not
curtailed, but is as limitless at humau
wants may necessitate.
If Mary takes it into her hen I to visit
her cousin on wash day aud remains ab
sent for a week, a postal card to the
odd job company at once brings a sub
stitute who will perforin all the multi
tudinous duties of the 'Mown stairs girl"
with expedition and despatch. And so
it goes on through every department of
the household.
"You send a postal card," says the
advertisement, calling attention to the
company, "and we will do the rest."
This remainder, a further speclded, in
clude housecleaolng, painting, mason
and locksmithing work, clerical work
and mitceltaneout work, aud other things
too numerous to mention, but all of the
greatest importance in the economy of
liviug in a well appointed house. New
York Herald.
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KEYSTONE STATE CULUNBS
A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
two cfiti.nnr or a ciRrrjcnrnn PAiroa nvn
now bv a TnAt.
(;rrsnt no. A sad accident occurred at
the I'ennsvlvania railroad station Friday
evening. Two little children f the ev W.
It. Kunk. rxis'or of the United Hretlien
liureli. were cro-ssnir th track when a
Inrnl fre!st"cnuitht them and carried the
Utile o,nn. one n stirl, ed 7. the other a
bov of f yeai of Ke. a distance of 5u yard,
lioth were livine when picked up, but ti e
l.liysiclnns My the little iflrl will die and
have sbijht hojie for th b,y. The litile
one were on nu errand of charity, having
lieen cut liv their mother to an old menib-r
ot the cbiirrh, who is Iving sick, with a
basket containing a few dainties.
STATE COLLEGE'S GI.OKY.
tiik risr Nrw KNuiNrrrttNo m 11 pio Arrno-1-iiMTH
r lonii m:i.
Hn.t.icroxir.. The new engineering
hiiiMitis of the Pennsylvania State collene
was dedicated Wednesday, tiovernor I'm
tison. ex Oovernor Heaver and many other
nf Stale nnd niiiioiiul prominence took art
in the exercise, the ro(.r.im of which wot
published in Sundiiy ''. The program
was carried out a piloted. At noon a ban
quet v a erred, ut which (ieneral Heaver
was toast master, and iiianv brief sjieeohrs
made. In the evening a btll was held in
the Armory biibdiu, uud in addition to the
truest from nfnr the local cbtu attended in
greut mini hers
A IJo.lKKl s-iiik at jrNM!rrr:.
Jmxm.ttk Kor the third time v.itMn th
past eight months this p'nee was visited by
it d snstiou tire. It inne lln a Chinese
Inundrv.in i lie basement of James le
liine bnildilif. The pool room nnd lodge,
room, owned hr K J. A itilon. t buil hnu
nwm-d by Joseph Piebald and one owned hy
I. V. Kiippetiliergcr were consumed. V niton'-
l.'ss is ta.no I. with no insiiinnce. He
boid's I-- isfin.nm. wdh hut el.isii insur
ance. W. A. Meyer loses on plumbing
boo nnd residence .'),Oi"t. ni..l insurance
el.ooo. KnapnlM-ri:er lo- is .'l.."ioo. wiili
f I. .too insurance, tiomp Itros., dry troods.
loss fti.issi: iiisiirnnee. m.soo. 'Euward
Peters, barber, loss t.tiM.
cut. m tt.MN't at tiik ttou t.n' rtm.
1Ii:i:ihiii mi The Pennsylvania World'
Fnir exeeulive tominitli ' hu decided to
dedicate the Mate buildintt iiM bliiiiro on
Saturday. April!!'). I'xei-utive Commission
er Knr.pihnr, will present the buildimr, mid
it will ho formally received by dovcriior
I'nttison. The governor will bold n ies.p
tion in theed licc nfter die ceremonies, i'lje
coiuniissioii now ' claim that it will be ini
possililo to complete the exhibit without
lurtbvr appronriation, uud they will a-k tho
legislature for un additional tlDJ.ooo.
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I OMIIIXATIoN or TIlAilMiir.S.
Ci'THKikvii.i.k 1 'ost master Jose lingers nf
this I'lace, hesler Couniy, drove to a near
by village wtlh l-'rank Klstou nn old friend.
He had been there hut a few minute when
be dropped dead. On hi way liomeKlston
whs fatally injured by a runaway horse.
Tin so preyeil UIK3II lliu mind of Thoiuii
Kirk, n Irieiid of the two, that be bunged
himself in a barn.
llOtlw MOCK tl'f.K BV SNOW.
Kakton. The iitiitiou agents alonu the
Pennsylvania nnd beading m stems received
liotn-e not to ll tickets for point on the
I.ehigb nnd Hudson load, which Is com
liletely blot ked by snow. The Pennsylvania,
I'oughkeepsie and lloston roud which is de
pended 011 by the bending to carry its New
Kiiglnnd iHiiim-ss, bus live engines in u
enow bank nt I'anielsvilln. It will luke
scvc.-al days to open the road.
a mn rnoEN to nrtTii.
f 'oNNri.i.i'vii.i.r. The reiHirt arrived here
ottbn freezing of John lluwson in ih
T....1111..0I1S live miles 1. mu !. the
heavy windstorm of Saturday night. Daw
sou's buggy was blown oft a blurt skirting
the road be w a traversing. Dawson trusl
to walk to ibis place, but beenme lost in the
mountain loads, and wandered about until
be sank dotin from exhaustion uud froze to
death.
iiKtrn or s vnn-nsx somurr.
I.xrtstrii. Mu. N. A. Hiimbright,
t'mteil Slates army, retired, died here Iroin
tiineerous nllectioii.aged seventy four eeiire.
Mu). llumbrii;ht servtsi through the 'Mexi
can war. nii.i h!so throuuli toe civil war, nt
the close ot which he had become a lludgii
dier (ieneral. He then entered the regular
tinny, from which he reined several years
ugo.
10 riitaaiPM KNownoi Nn.
It will take 11 week to open the snow
bound country roud near llctlilehc in. 'I bo
Lehigh ami l.ackaivaunn I tail roud is snow
bound near ( UiipmHiisville nnd no trains
are running A Mineral cortege from llcili
leliein 10 Nnzari lh got noW-bolllid. uud it
relief parly of lou farmers, with shovels and
tenuis rescued it. The storm was the wort
lor .'0 years.
1 Ill's. I'K AO SINsT lltM I Nil.
Wn ki simi-i:i-. Acing under instrrrtions
from Ibshop " I Ii.ru. the priistaof Scriinton
have begun 11 rriisudeiifUiiist nil kip. Is of
limn ing. 1 his-is or the instruction of tb
viitiiu lire paiticuhirly eoinlemned. It is
belli 111 1 he order tlnit daiieilig uiid danee
balls ure Lut the stepping si ours tosm.
r..-ON H lll'hll. NATION I I'll Kl.
II ti-.Hisr.vno. The resignation ol t'biel
Justice i'iixsoii of the Supreme court, who is
now onu of the Heading receivers, was ae
ceptud liy the Governor. JmUe Heydrick
i nieiitioiie J as his possible successor.
A MoTII Ill's St 11 loss.
Ni w Casti r. Mrs. Samuel Norris mcked
ber baby to sleep the other night, ami put
him 111 a crib, All hour later she had oc
caioti to go to the crib and found the child
deud.
rot'R BilHN ATOVK TtMK.
Ai.f.KNTow.N. Mrs, 'Miiuuas Scblicber,
wife of a motorman on the electric street
railway, gave bind to lour children, one
bov and three girl. All died shortly after
birih.
T11 Farmers' Hank, of I'arrlshurg, the
capital slock or which is tlnu.iss), closed its
doors pending an eiutnlni tion by State
flunking Superintendent Kruinbhaar.
At Philadelphia John F. Miller, the de
faillling cashier of the First National bank
of Columbia, whs senienced to live yeurs'
iiuprisonment. He got away with f S.'ouo,
Ir I estimated that the maple sugar cam m
ol layette county will produce 500 burrel
of yrup this season.
At Ifrookville, Peter Aulenbaugh, aged
10. ws instantly killed by an Allegheny
Valley train.
Jinmie FAiin, of Mt. n.-addnck,
while driving near I'nlontown,
was thrown out of her vehicle by
the horses frightening, and fell iu front of
a ttreet car. She was struck by the car aud
possibly fatally injured.
T11 a farmer of Fayette and Somervet
countle ar being worked by a (windier
who represent himself a the agent of a
co-o4rativ store which sells goods to farm
ers at wholesale pric's.but to secure the brn
elit of the lystcm the farmer has to pay 00
cent per annum or II Iqr two year. A
good many dollar have been gathered in by
this smooth-tongued sharper.
Th blizzard of Sunday night blew out
two large plate glass fronts of W. J. II art
sell's grocery store at New Cattle.
tENNSYLVANTA ELECTrONB.
F.mn Th largest vote ever polle I fie-e
t a i It v election was ct. Waitor Reott,
Jtepnhilcaii. w elected over ex-Ma vor
Frank A. Minetier, Iremocrar, bv 40U major
ity. Jsmes I'. Hanley, Democrat. elected
to a third term a ulty tr- u'er.over l.lnus
Mets, P.epubbran. (I. F. llrevllller ItepuU
lienn. is elerteil to a third term a city con
troller. The Democrats have elected a ma
jority of the city council.
I'nti.Atn.rHi. Captain John Tavlof.
reeeiter of taxe, and Cnarlet Warwick,
city solicitor, were re elected.
Lancaht.. The Pepublican raptured
all the city department, and In the county
they carried al.nost every town. .
CursTM, John It. Hlnkson. Democrat I
elected mavor. which list Jut closed most
exciting contest. Other olliees r divided.
Mm iiaxuhiii o hat gone I'epnbllran.
ItKAniMo Thn rtnn-ilittf-an. tlit.rll,.'
I bv about I.OUJ niafority, electing Willi m
1 I. Shanaman tnsvor. In the county the
i.epuoiicans iniuie gain.
II tnmsnt tin elected MatirleeEbv, Imo
erat, over Dr. Walter. Ilepiibliciin". for may
or. Verliekl. Democrat, was chnven con
trol'er and McKec, Republican,' tit treas
ury. )lrvr Fsm.s The entire borough lie
Milibcan ticket wn eleetl toibtv. Tit
People atty failej to make anything lia
a allowing.
'iti,isi:r John R. Milier, Democrat,
electeil innvor of this citv bv 3i) majority
over N. W." Hnyd. Republican. Six Knib
licati ami six Dcniocrui will compose the
city council.
Mriivti.t.r. A verv light vote w ol!ed.
Plum Heydriek nnd McArthur Denioerats,
Davis, Ifepublicun. wi-re dieted to council.
Weher, l lioniss and II ni-er, Detnrrat.iiivl
Smiib, Iiepublicaii were ele'ed scliool di
rectors. Ni;w 'ati r A very liglit vote wn polled
in the municipal election. Ki.r Mayor
Alexander Kichardsoii def.-n'e I Snmnel W.
Hell, 1 bomiis Ihckson. Janu s Veroer ami
Frnuk Jobusoti. J01111 itiertns, city Irea.
ure for nine year, wus re-eis-ted, defeiitin
Jacob C. Wall. James W. Ilea, present
city Controller, was reelected having no on
ositiou. ItlerMis and I'iehardsoii are lle
jilinlicaiis and I'eisa Democrat.
Hoi i itnYsiiriin. The election rcsultet at
lollows: Iturgcss. John W. Ilntcklier; conn
cil. J. D. Hemphill mid John H. Ijw:
School director. I-'. M. I'.ussi and Dr. W. t
Holler; rx-lturess Low was the only De:u-(a-rut
elected.
Johnstown. John Dowlinr, the Demo,
mil candidate tor controller may pull
through, ltoyd 1 llei. ) for mnyor, and
James (Hep.) for treu-urer, are elected over
Wugoner and Keller.
Gin rHi no J. C'. Held, Ilepublican. wa
elected mayor by a small niaor;ty. He 1
the lirst Iiepublicaii ever elected to llio oltice
here. '1 be council it ill Le Drinociatic.
Wtttnr.x In the elert'oti for burgess A.
C. McAlpinn ileieuted Kohert McKnv. For
collectors. K. ( rr ibfeiited Mart- 11 Waters.
For n olitor I-'. E. ltusclt defeateil C. b sv-r.
1 hrec Democrutic counciliuen weie elecii.il.
Washington The Democrat elci-ted t' ?ir
entire tick"'. John F. Ciirntn debased
Major ll. J. Van Kiik for chief burgess
I'll rsnrno The ieult of the municipal
election was Hint Pernnrd MelCenna
elected Mayor on the Dimnrmtic ticket. H.
I. (iourley. Controller; nnd Joseph F. Den
liiston, Iiepublicaii, is likely elected Treas
urer. At.t.roiiKNv City William M. Kennedy
was re elected Mayor of Allegheny by a
large mujonty over all three of hi oppo
nents. OOVEUNOH M'KINLl Y ASSIGNS.,
Th Gallant Major and Hit Invalid Witt
OiveUp All Their Property tora7h
Walker Notes. ... .'
oovei.ivi ",'illluiu 5cKlnley has made
an unqualified assignment of his property
lo Norinuu II. Kohlsant, of Chicago; Myan
T. llerrlek, of Cleveland, and Judge Day; of
Canton, U tor the equal benefit of h.S
creditors.
Mrs. ,'cKinley bns considerable profierty
of ber own which ber t'rieiidn urged her' to
retuin, but she hit executed u deed to M. A.
llunna. of Cleveland. Ohio., putting all her
projierty in bis hand to help settlo ud the
obligations incurrei' in the Vt'ulkcr indorse
ments. 1
The tiovernor said Wednesday: "I did
what I could to help a friend who had i-e-frieiidcd
me. 1 had no interest in any lof
the enterprises Mr. Walker was carrying.
The iiiuouirt. of my indorsements is in
excess of anything I ever dreamed lof.
There is but one thing for me lo do 111
uijeet
r
this unlooked for burden ns best I can,
property will be iusulticiout to puy
debts; but whut reniuins 1 sball execute my
notes for und puy them as lust as I can.'
The liabilities aro IllS.noii.
Walker is being severely criticize t )r
teeming indorsement from Governor c
Kinley when be must have kifown to a
certainty that lie wus hopelessly iusolveat
FIVE HE HOES DIE. I
They Lose Their Livat Altemptia f'to
ltesoue a Shipwrecked Crew, i "
Six men were drowned off Cuttyhunjo ne
of Ibe Klizubeth isliinds. off Masachctis
Coast, while trying to rescue the crewwfv a
stranded vessel. The men com pose J) tbe
volunteer crew of the Massachusetts L'u
mano Society' life-boat. 'J he nume of tie
unfortunate men are Captain Timotly
Aiken. Isaiah H. Tllton, Illram Jatis.O.
William Itrightmnn and Frederick Acel.
A rope wa thrown to Captain Aiken, wbhb
he caught und tied around himsell' Jir.'S
times, hut it sipped off and lib wa lost, All
the men but lirightman liveii'ou the isjind.
During the terrible storm of last evdint
a vessel was discovered iigiouud oil Sofland
Figs' reef. The bout belonging to the
Massachusetts llumune SiH'iety wasgotout,
and the luted crew put oft 111 her despo the
heavy seil mid the warnings of t lie el-iain
of the lite savnu station. '1 lie men ltd ia
long, hard und perilous pull and tho later
tbieu ened every moment to engulf lieiti.
but at lust 1 bey succeeded in gelling indtif
the lei) of the vessel. j
A ro was thrown to the boat, btl ju it
as a binding was about to be efTcO'l a
great wave capsized the boat, und in Til in
ktunt the mm were struggling in t ic
cold wuler. One niuii of thu liout'ajcrev'.
Isuiuh Tilton. cuught a roe tbrowj and
wn druwn on uloard the vessel. It tl
others were all lost. 'I'he wrecked vessel,
was iisceriuined to be the brig' Suduu, Indent
w iiu sugar, uotuid Irom Cuba for pfon.
it isinoii-ni unit tiie brig will be losl Tup
Csiitnin and crew of the brnr were!.W.l
miu iuiiuuu ou v uttyuuiiK.
Four Missouri Winer Kille.
Py a ravc in at a rhaft on the SoihJ
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lln Mining Company's grouud at !
Mo., four miner wtve kille I and IV
hurt. The killed aro John Krokish
ground foreman; W. D. llanea, Heif nfl-l-
i.m nti.l t' If Wl... l.ti . rr-i. r..
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I K. E. Coy, The accident occurred 1
dritt while men were engaged pull)
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timbers to support the rocf. The ret' ;
way without warning and all werebf0"!
except Coy. The bodies were all ru 1
after four hours' work. i ; '
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