THE M1DDLEBUEGH POST.
T. H. flARTXR, Bonaa aso Pat's.
MinDf.F.nuRoif. rx.. may it. ism.
flo many people starve to death to Loa
4 on that Jew ciwt attract much attea
lluo. Fcrenty per cent, of tba people of
Ceylon livo by agriculture. Tbo per
centage in Britain is 15.44.
According to tho Iron Aire, steel
beam for building purpose are at proa
eot cheaper than hcvy pine beams.
Tbo annexation mnvemeot tcemi to
bo ma'iiox projjrcM in Canada, and it
bic'a fair to become a very lire issue in a
ibort time.
"Fertilized firming" it very much the
faihion jut now anion progressive
farmer in the Kastcra Statu who are
workiox worn soils.
New Z.-alnuders are protesting against
the annexatiin of the Hawaiian Inland
by the United State, because that would
give tin country complete control of the
proposal Pacific calle from America to
Australia.
Tho people cf tliuSi njvi Iilandt bare
not only supported ths churches aud
miuistcrs in their own island, states the
New York Observer, but last year they
sent tf'JJJO to London to help aenl tho
Qospcl to other lands.
A Wisconsin paper, after describing a
farm which the adrertiter wants to sell,
adds ' The surrounding country is the
most beautiful the God of Nature ever
made. The icencry it celestial divine;
also two wagons to tell, and a yoke of
atcers."
The Chicago Ilerall think it wilt in
terest those who buy Indian and Mexi
can silver tiligreo work on tho trains in
New Mexico and Arizona to know that
many of theso fragile curios are maou
facured bv a firm of people in the street
called Maiden Lane, in the City of New
York.
In Germany 2JJ.00J families arc up
ported from the care of tho forests, upon
which about tf 40,000,00 J i expended
unuslly, 3,000,000 people more lining
emplorrueut in the various wood lniiii
trie of the Empire. Tao forest account
ihow an annual proSt of between $,-
000,000 an
. . , . !' V S i
Xhat "very few of the scheme having
rur tneir otijert the defraullug cf lifo
iasurauce comoaniei succeed, because the
wouldbe swindler p!ay for too high
takes. Wheu a corporation is called
uoo to turn over fifty or sixty thousand
in Cild cash it usually studies the situa
tion carc.'ully with a view to finding a
bole to crawl out of, an 1 if there is one
in si'lit it is to'.ersbly turo to Jiscorer
it."
The Legi!ature of Illinois considered
a bill w hose object i to prevent people
from losing their livei by the gun which
bo did not know was loaded. Tie bill
mikes it ualawful and punishab'e by a
heavy ilce lor any person over tho ae of
ten yer, "wita or without malice, pur
posely to ui.u any Creirm, loaded or emp
ty, at or towards any person or persons."
It ii a good law, comments tho New Or-lei--
I'.ciiTUDe, and if ail the States in
the country should paa a similar oue it
niijjbt fave a good many live?, for icsrce
a day pitsse but some fool with a gua
thit lie did not know was loadel blows
c3 soDicbody's head. Such people are
seldom puniiUed, ignorancv and lack of
intentiou being acceptel a a surhcieat
excuse fur their most crimioal careless
new. Of tl.e nine and a quarter millions ol
our foreign-born citizens, 1,571,000 are
to be found in the State of New York.
In no other State does the number ap
proach this. Ia Pennsylvania there are
bill, 000, in Illinois CtJ.OOO, and in
Mmtsuchusetts 057,000. The amalleit
proportion of foreign-barn citizen i
louud in the Sju'.h and border ritatei,
the South Atlantic division bavin- only
about 208,000, and the South Central
division 3iJ,00). The Nirl'j Atlaatic
division, including the six New Esj'aal
States, with New Vork, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, bus 3,,000, the North
Central division 4,0(10,000, tinl the
Western division, including States and
Territories tvct of the U icky Mouutaius,
771,000. This shows that, notwith
staudiu tho Inro number of foreign
born ctiZ.'Di in New Yoric aud Mais,
chusetu, the North Co-itril division, in
cluding Oaio in 1 the Sl.itc of tue
cortheru border, with Missouri, Katiiai
and the two Dttotas. ism the lead.
It U a little dlscouraglna to a man
to carry a yowling, squalling baby
aroutui for nair a night, then alt
nown ana rerio -t that "of such U the I
Kiu'jci;uor ueaveo."
8INOINO or YOU.
RIoMoma and blossom and Uosaotntl and
bird tinging of 'mn ao sweet '
Fremlnx the down of their bosoms 'iralnst the
flowers that fall at your fee
Cluifrlna: and swinging and flinging their
souls to the heavens so blue
O, sweet to rpy soul In their slaying,
because they are singing of you !
Hinging of you
In tho dawn and the dew -
Hinging of heaven and singing of yon ?
Blossoms and blossoms and bloesoms ! and
just sparkling with N-nntiful pearls.
Twining themselves for your treeses, and fall
ing find klHng your curls !
And oil tho bird swinging and flinging their
Mollis to Hod's hnaveiis of blue,
And my soul dr vinilng soft In their sing.ug,
hecm"? they an singing of you !
Hinging of yon
In trn dawn and the ilow
Hinging of hn.iven mid Hinging of you '.
Frank I.. Htnuton. in Atlanta Coimtilution.
BLACKMAILS GULLY.
EV II. M. Hosr.
JT was a cold .Tni
flight when .',
I'lakc, mi his
,.,.rT.. . .. . " Mary Grin
T wnsacold .Tnmiarv
TlllllCS
ivuv
Gi'iiluim'i
b n ni e, c n in c
through the dense
wood crown i ng thi
top of ljlnckniiiii's
1ill. Tbo niptit tins
loUfr remembered
ill the lieiclilxir-
hood. A hnvy miow bnd fallen tho
previous dii v, meeeeded by a ruin which
n midden north wind hud frozen to n
nlippery mint. The tnooii, one night
cn the wune. wua a liulf hour above tho
'HtiTii nioini tuiu. silvering; the long
htretch of snow, and turning tho ice on
the trues into diamonds, lllnko Mopped
n, moment on tho Htinitnit of tho bill,
to ndmiro tbo Hpcetnil boanty of tho
night, n:iil to runt an awed gliinoo down
to tho hidooiiH gully into which tho
Meep and inggrd side of tho bill foil.
Tho pliioe was upon tho farm of .voting I
llodhey HUckmiin, mid over ainee tho '
nooidoiit dontb r murder of tbo elder
Dlackmnn tboro ninny years before, it
liml boeu regarded with aversion and
Lurror by tbo country folk.
It limy lie that Blake stopped, too,
more tlrinly to sot bin courage for bin
errand. Ho wan n prospermia young
mocbunic in TomplYtou, the villugo
wIioh- lights twinkled in tbo valley to
hia loft, ami was going to loam Mary
Gnibiim'H tlnal annwor to hin doclara
tions of low. IJosot by tbo customary
obstacles tbo priucipnl being eluMivi
nos or coipietry ou Mary 'a jmrt. bo
bud wooed her for two yours, lie was
now determined to have tho fiientioa
btttlod that night.
Mury'a father wan a well-to-do far
mer. Mary herself waa a vigorous
country girl, w ho might well have been
111-
1.1 Vs, i'
tde imcceaMui
wooer ruturt
measure.
Whether Jamea Blake ao meaanred waa
a much diacuaMcd qucation in the lo
cality. It waa admitted thnt he waa
an ideal of muscular and lament man
hood, and if hia meuub did not quite
cipiul Mary'a prophesied dowry, he
had ii capital of vigor aud determina
tion well worth taking ittj consider
ation. Another of the obstacles bnd been
wt up by Farmer Graham. He declared
thnt, having no aou of bis own, the
mini who won Miuy muat come and
live on tho furm ninl lenrti to cure for
it after ho was gone. To many this
would have beeu und. indeed, was
mere of en inducement thiin nu nlta- I
etaclo, but Bluke nn iutcroatud and '
Mlicceasful i'.i his biisiuooH I.terpriaes,
mid be stoutly iiski rt 'd that the womun
ho innrried must l uve all for him. It 1
wna to adjust this ili.TiTenee, as well on '
to get a limil ntihwer from Mary, that I
Le l.ijofked that bitter January night
at the frout door of tho (ir.ihiim farm- ,
LutiHc, ntid was bidden "C'oine in!"
Mary ant knitting bv the wood fire in
th o enpuciou t'hinit-y jdace, undaeldom :
have hearth flumes brightened a pret- :
tier ilnmeMic picture. James put bis i
but on the table, pulled a chuir over I
near her, and, after a few prelimina-
riea. began to atute the purpoM? of bis '
ii '
CUIl.
"Mary, do you know bow long I've
beeu coming to ace you now ?"
"It mnft be," aho replied, panning
miMchievoualy, aa if ahe did not know
tho exact time to the day, "a year,
anyhow, iau't it?''
"It waa two years ugo yoMerdny."
"Is it, indeed?" aho anid, iucaotiona
u(-tv:ufchm( ut. "J wouldn't have'
thought it." I
"Mary," ho aaid. in mild censure, '
"I m aerioua to-nigut, ami I'd like you
to bo, too. 1 think you remember as
weilas I do that it's two years Mince the
firp.t night I brought vou home from
tho protracted meeting in Templeton. '
1 have told you often that I love you
and want you for my wife, but you I
have l.en pleaded to turn away the I
aubject, aiid I k-o you are dihjjoaeil to
hold me off to-uight. I want to tell
you that I came to get yea or no."
Ilt-pHiivd, and aho looked up in real
wonder at the dtciaive toue marking
tile laxt Kttemelit.
"Yea, I'm lit ib-iul eariifit to-night,"
he continued. "Wb'.t is you answer?"
Thire was u--i M-uud aav.- the click-
ing of her knittiij iieedliH but fche
gave b r hea l an iudejjemb nt ton, '
nnd piirnin,': b'.T lip', in like apirit, abe I
U tilled - ' I
"And nipjjoM' 1 itoii't cl.oo? to give
yo:i u:jy umsi-r to-night? '
"Well, iim.tr this evening villi
Mean 'no' t fj;t . You bi.ve 'i-j t time J
to ti iil out if vou can love nn- as u
husi-mul, uml if . ou ouimot tell .
" 111 think you don't mint me, and
i .. ... i-i t, iii naiii.
j "Very well," ahe aaid willfully, "you
t ucedu't. I'm not ao uuxioiia to uo' to
i " never ik you nguni.
III
Templeton to live anyhow. Tta eatia
fled here. There are plenty of young
men who'd be glad enough to come
here to live aa father wiahea. Ton are
the only one that refuse to, and I'm
anre no one is trying to compel yon.
Why, even Koginald Brown, with all
hia money and hia fine honae, waa here
this afternoon, and told me he was will
ing to come an v time."
"Reginald ferown," he exclaimed
conteroptuoualy.
Brown waa the richest young man of
the ntigbliorhood, and therefore, con
aidered the beat catch. It waa aaaerted
that Mary Graham would never marry
Blake na long as there waa a chance of
capturing Brown, and tho former well
knew of Mich opinion. Brown haul
been West for a number of yeara, ami
there had Wen whiHpcra of wild, if not
criminal, doinga there, but, in view of
bis financial worthiness, they remained
whispers and litmlly died away.
Take care what you aay abont him,"
siiil the girl, a note of alarm eHcaping
her. "Ho waa here to-dny, ft I naiil,
and bo in very bitter ngainut you. Ho
did not threaten yon openly, but be
anid ninny things to nbow that he hates
you and thnt ho menus to lie even with
you for the aiiub yon gave him at thj
meetiug hist week."
"Just like the coward." Blake anid
angrily, "to come with his threats to
n w o m ii u. Why doesn't be come to
mo aud mnko thorn?"
"Ucgiufild Brown is a twin not to be
dolled," Mary Mnid, putting down her
knitting t. conceal the trembling of
her hands, "nnd you hail best not bo
K outspoken. If be Mbutild hear you,
you might regret it."
"1'iihtiw," he cried impatiently, "I'm
not afraid of him. If you want him
Mary, juat any ao ; don't try to acarc
ii)'. away."
She looked doubtfully nt him n mo
ment : then anger llaHbed over her
face, nnd ehc Maid :
"I'm not trying to acaro you away.
M; Hrown bus probably the name
right to consideration aa yon. He
wna here to-dny, aa I bavo anid, just na
you ennic to-night, to get a tlual an
Mwor from me."
"And what annwer did yon give
him?" be nuked impuNsjely.
"Have yon n right t.iask thil? But
I will t-11 yon anyhow. I gave him
tho Hume answer I will give you. I
w ill take my own time t. niiMwer. I
won't give it t. anyone until I am
ready. I have no answer to give you
to-night. TL'it ia your anawer."
The young n.iin rose alowly, took hia
bat from tho table and walked toward
the door. I'eop deipondency waa up
on hia face as be turned there, and
aaid :
"Mary, I Bee it nil now. You love
Brown. You love him when he cornea
to yon, trying to win yon by threats
of a rival. That isu't manly."
"Haven't yon done jiwt aa mnch?
You have called him names to-night."
"He deserves them. I don't fear
hia throats and I'm goin to leave you
tp.,''!"!. rij take the liberty, though,
i'i ing ,1 never be happy
t.i I K.HII, ...
I ,.- ;
He tur 8ain, ano, with andden
impulse alio moved onn haaty atep
toward him, hut doterni, nation came
back to her face, and ale retrained
her impulse and let him go out. He
lnsteued down the walk to the road,
and turned aside into the )iath leading
)uhi Blackmuu'a Gully.
Mary walked back to the chair nnd
returned her knitting, bull soon let it
fall to the floor. Irlie Vm restless
looking into tbo fire a momeut, then
riHing and walking to and ft o. Once
abe put on her ahuwl and u rod hood
nnd stepjiod to tho door, bi t there she
stopped, took them off, bnd with a
forced laugh i4id : "Nocs'.-.sc, it r. ns
ouly iniagiuiitio:i, or the f ii -t ou the
piiue," and sat down again ' tbo tiro.
'Of coitrac it was only ho frost,"
she rejioiited. "1 am lik- a child,
l'tit I didn't do wrong. If lo is ao in
dependent about not wantii to come
her.' to live, I can bo inc. pendent,
too. And thou tho way ho lenuimled
mv answer. I just vou't ntu 1 it, and
rii -
She was interrupted by tl) dist.inl !
crunch of the frozen anow uider run-1
ning att-pa. They come rapi ly neur
tr, nnd when they turned s4 tho
yard, she leaped up and atood r lv to
receive the comer. Her fatb- hur
ried in, hia fuco pale and rtartlia
"Mary, get a bed ready ott:cn,"
be said. "There have beeu tf.-ible
doings thin night."
"What?" abe asked forbodingly
"You will know aoon. A man haa
been thrown over into Blackann'a
(iully. As I waa coming home )saw
him lying part way down the cep
aide, where be had lodged agaiat a
trie. It's mighty lucky it'a non
light, or he'd have frozen to deat if
he's not already. I rouaed the ne.'h
bors and they're bringing him bre.
Be quick and prepare the bed." I,
"r'atber," aho naked, truraulouly
catching his bands, "tell me rLht
out. It'a James; 1 know it's Jam.
Isn't it?"
"Yea, it'a James."
The willfulness with which she liil
driven him away died now like a epuil
ti the hearth, and gave place to U
anxiety which would have rendered her
helpleaa to get ready for hia coming
had not her futlier ateruly bade her
obey.
The uneona;ioua man waa brought in
uu t placed in the bed. While a
physician, who had accompanied the
carriers, waa examining hia injuries,
Mury followed the men down at airs,
Sic waa thoroughly active and earn-st
now, and calling their attention iu the
ittilig-room, alio aaid :
"Men, lUginuld Brown has. dona
this. I know it. He waa hero this
uft.-ruoon and he threatened Mr.
BJVie. Mr. Blake wua hero to-night,
Kjid ahen I told him of Browu'a tbreata
h. called him u coward. At the mo
ment be culled him a coward I saw h
face iu the window there. I told my
self at the time it waa only the ahaue
ot the rroat on the pane, but now
know it waa Brown looking in. Ha
heard Mr. Blake call him a coward, and
he haa pushed him into the gully for
that and other reasons. Go and do
your duty."
Tho accusation waa aa a draft of alt
npon their amonldering hatred of
Brown. The whispers of the life h
had led in the Weat sounded again is
their ears an loud corroborating voice
There waa not a man in the crowd t
whom Jamea Blake bail not shown hit
fairness and generosity. Of conrm
the scoundrel Brown had committed
thia dead. He had thought to covet
the under the probability that
man ti d easily slip into the gully os
anch anjicy night. One of the men
burly, reaolnto fellow, who had often
denounced Brown, constituted himself
loader and marched the crowd off te
Brown's) residence.
Notwithstanding hia protestations ot
innocence, he waa rudely taken from
the house, hurried before a Justice,
and lodged in jail to await the result
of Blake'a injuries. These were
broken log and rib. find an internal
injury which the doctor pronounced
serious. In addition, he had been
almost frozen. Hail he not prov
identiaily bulged against a tree, he
would have Wen dashed to pieces on
the rocks in tbo gully, or, escaping
these, would surely have perished in
the awful cold of the night. The nar
rowncsa of the escape aent a shudder
through all tho community, and aa the
facts of the case were freely and closely
discussed, opinion aa to Brown's guilt
became fixed, aud indignation increased
as tho horrors of a lonelr death in
iilnokman's Gully Wore graphically de
tailed.
Meanwhile, with renioraeful solid
mile, iuary oraham watched over
James through the long hours of un
consciousness. He wua near death I
but at lnat one day, when she and her
father sat by the hearth, talking in
alternate hope and desir, tbo doctor
came dow n from the sickroom and told
them that the young man would live ,
that he had juat come out of a quiet
sleep; nnd thnt, in view of the serious
nes of tho charge against Brown, i
question aa to hia guilt would not harm
the Mnflerer,
Mary and her father ascended to tho
aickroom, nnd Jamea feeblr welcomed
them.
"James," said tho farmer, "do not
excite yourself at the question I am
going to ask. You know, I snpimso
that you were found down in Block
man 'a Gully. A man ia iu jail accused
of pushiug you down, and a word from
yon will decide hia guilt. Did Kogi
nald Brown push you into tbo gullv?'
"Brown push me into the gully?"
Blake repeated, weakly, but in great
aurpnae. " hy, w hst made yon
tninutnat.' Of courae he did not. I
wna careless, and I slipped on the ice
and tell down myself.
Farmer Graham hastened away, and
.Jnme, reaching out hia trembling
band, asked :
"Marv. I know I mustn't talk, but
w about mv tVi VAre you ready
. s-
"Oh, James, how crnel I waa to
you," waa all ahe could aay; but he
knew from it what the joyful anawer
was an anawer which he waa only too
glad to meet hy relinquishing hia re
solution not to come and live on tho
farm. Yunkcc Blade.
Cast-Iron Pillars.
"Have you ever noticed," aaid a St.
Louisan, "those massive iron pillars
now standing erect in the basement of
the new Planters' House? Well, did
you ever stop to think of the immense
weight they will lie compelled to sup
port steadilv for many, munv years?
Oh, you have? But I suppose you
have thought tho manufacturers juat
made those pillars and Mold them with
out knowing anything about bow much
weight they would bear or bow loug
they would bear it. Let me tell you
about that.
"Those pillars ore cast in the same
manner na cast-iron atovea by running
the liquid metal into amid molds; but
alongside of each pillar is cast an iron
bar from tho aame metal. Tbo bar ia
lireciselv an inch sumurc nnd tv
and one-half feet iu length. When
cold it is aubjocted to u very simple
test. Each end of the bur ia placed
upon a table aud weighta are suspended
from the centre by a rope. It muat
bear a tensile weight of 600 pounds to
the square inch. The teat may begin
with 400 ponnda and be gradually in
creased until the bar ia found to be
perfectly Hupporting tho required
weight. If it breaks, for instance, at
480 or 490 pounds, theu the pillar cast
from the pot of metal which cast tho
bar ia discarded, broken up and put
into the ot again, with more pig iron
added. The pillars, you know, are
largely mode from acrap iron, and tho
manufacturers cannot know tbo
strength of tbo coat until it ia tested.
The addition of pig iron, in the event
of failure, brings the cast up to the
atandard.
"Six or eight of the pillara designed
for the new Planters' House had to bo
recaat iu thia wav." St Louis V?.,.i.i..
- w
UC.
, t.'routli or a Snake's RnUle.
j The growth of the rattle of tho rat
leanake baa been atudied by Doctor
Vokiatow, who fiuda that tn rottlo ia
'cquently abed ; nnd, after being
ed (bia snakes were kept in a very
srni room), in three or four months
t o rattlea were preaeut, their appear
uiie having nothing to do with the
eitingof the akin. Tbo snake were
mj to register the vibration of tho
ru'Je on smoked paper, and it waa
foild that the vibration waa a com
poud ou consiating of the vibration
of to tail a u whole, uud of tho ruttlo
indiendeutly of the tail vibrations.
Thf.pproxiiuute ligures of vibrutiona
werfor the tail aeventv-flve, of tho
ratffllf) a minute. -New York lu.lo-
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Rixtv-Kiorth Day. In the senate tivdae
thsae bill paved Anally: House bill to
prevent deception and Iran I by owners or
acents who mav have oootrol of any stsj-
lion kept tor service by proclaiming false
pedigree or reconls, and to protect owner
or aganta in me coiitcnon or fees; to repeal
the act of 1K30 for tha levr and collection
of taxas upon proceedings in court in tha
otnees or rwifer ana recorder; Hons bill
lo prohibit memars of Dosnl of Control
of school districts In cities of th second
class from holding any nfnc of emolument
nndcror binc rmplovl bv aid boards:
ilous bill relating to th natu'eliaation of
aliens, proliibldnt th paymnnt of the ex
peine therewith hy officer and member
of political organisation or by candidates;
to protect county bridges from damana by
pawns riuiiiR r nnvina norm, cam etc.,
fasttr than a walk; to authorise th Couns
of Common Plea to appoint Interpreter of
forelun languages; to provide, for th mod
of assessing dsmaae created bv carrying
oot lb rosd and briJa act of IfcUJ; to em
power clerks in lb employ of city control
ler to administer oaths atid affirmation in
lirnbatins wills: lo prescribe tha mnniier In
which the court may dlvid borougha Into
wards, and to provide for th el-ctlon of
officers In such boroughs: to regulate, the
pay of officers at elections; to prevent adul
teratlon of drugs, food and spirituous, for
mented or malt liquor in Hus Hate; to
prevent proecutlttn (a thi H st of action
which at the lime of onmiuenniiiK th asm
am barred bv the law of th Hint and
county In which th cause arose: to require
oeeii ot couniv omcer mail in pursuance
ot court to u nieii in mnce or prottionotar
les; to provide lor a forestry comielsnlon.
After routine butiuess th senate adjourn
ed. The hmts consumed much time at th
morning sMon in th consideration of
bill for th Improvement of the I'hlladel
Phia harbor. The lull was pa-ed finally
to empower the governor lo stipend th
flat quarantine In the event ol th fed
eral government es'ahlishinR one At the
'.fteruoon session the bill to enqmwer grand
Juries to Impone cost In roisd meannrs on
slilermaii and other officers was defeated.
These bills passed finally: To prevent the
alteration ol droit, lool and spirituous, ler
Iiintei or mait liquors in this ntate; to pro
vino lor a loresiry e'mm:ioii. At me ae
ion to night the bill to repeat th proh'b
tory law In Mt. l leasaut poued llnul.v. YSl
to 'ii.
Kt.VTV.NlSTtl l)ir fn fTinUAn.t. IK. I.Mi
to repeal th act of liuj reiitnring vlolateri
u, iu ciuuuaT i w oi iini m Allegheny
countv to rmy a special fin of IIS was re-
i'",lr'- miiriiisoTBiy una immetiiately after
Vsrd coiilliler-wt nn lhlp.l -..li.. i -
. w.. iimiiui, in r.
Joyd of Cumberland, said that the pro.
leiflals-ln.t .. .... n i i .
raus It had not been adrerlbod.
eliimeii that it waa atmi-lal K.H ... i
i . -n ....... .,,, uiivuiinoiuiioriai iw-
L . - t wii piiu ii ii (it! r
hib vunniiuuon required lo b advertised.
-" i.jun, jui ami ii erring antagon-
I ted his noallinn atui mtlnm 1. 1 -
uiociisBion ina Dill tiaa-mi nnaiiv
- I j , J V J u.,
forth first lime this session the senate
ha overridden the governor veto and
fiaaaeil Lh hill nr.iwl.lir... 9nm ... I i
union orsmull's legislative hand-book. It
increases th number from W.ijik) to 3" 000
and add I.VJO to lha
i.uuiMi-ir.
The reuata havlnir la.t .l.rn.i. .u.
. , v, HC
hilt making an appropriation of l.onoouo
for th improvement of tha public roads,
to iIhV namuirl a mniiM j.... ....... 1.1..
bodie corporate for th purpose of im
proving roads.On of Its vital.leature Is that
""7 ! jrcitn ii convention oi aunervi-
i.i a ni.ali me--", iq is oruinances lor the lm
tirovement nf tha rnada nf ,1.. . .1
1 r - , .w..., v. . ..uiiiitn.
House bill to allow alderman. Justice of th
claims and expenses was passed finally and
i-rner ami inner nriiewra ima. ,..a am .1. w 1.
uv iviiniv aiijiiurnvii,
Tha hctma noniniln.1 ut.a,.l f.m.hi , 1
. ' . . . u 1 inula 11 1 1 a
In dlaensslna: a bill to exempt horses, roulos
.i i i iiut iroin unuon. Jinny of the
manner, uppoeeu 11 oecausa Hie loiisiilerad
it a slab at tha N'lltaa Mnnn. 1.01 ... 1 1.
- - - - ".. vi.., aim 1,
passetl second reading by a narrow mnjori-
IV. MP Whappv nt I SitnL..I....I a
v .Miuvnam, iiuriAIIJLTaj
a bill to appropriate lauo o 0 for th pur
chase of a site and th erection of a biiihliua
for tha l:iaf Pllecinn .if alia ldi..l I. .1.. .
..... . ... . . w ,aiv a-uai-
ern nortinn nf tha Stata 'I i.. i.n....
aru mo uiu (irorui'iig ior in appolmment
of Ram commissioner and euiK)weriiii;
tuuui iu aepuiiii Kama wardens, and th
bill prohibiting the catching ol brak trout
for barter na aikla waa imt.u.ra.t . .......
- - - I " r'"lu v vaia,TO
the same fata. Th evening session waa de
voted to the mnaiilarallnn ..f Kill.
ond reading. Th bill to provide lor th
appointment oi a gam commissioner was
defeated.
SrvaNTir.ru Hat. tiovrrno I'attison
lent to the Senaie in day his approval of
ennte hill to icsirain and regiilM the sale
f vinoiis.spintiioiis.mult or brewed liquors
Dr admixtures thereof; also muuite bill inak-
n I ehuneii county a separate Judicial
iiKtrict.
1 he hill lo reiioril tha nrolillillnre llnnnp
Inw affecting Mi. I'lein-iit was 'reported
imrmatively. This hill has pusped the
(iu-e.
These Mils passed tl n n 1 1 v : To reuulnte tha
nomination and regulation and election of
null le officers, sunnleineiit t.i Ihe I 1m Imp
ballot law. limine hill, relaiins to hitiimi-
lOiis coal minea. lo protect Hie mteresia of
ieceaed niemliers by iillnwin4 the r heirs
I lie samesbare in the profits of partnership
sociutiui as surviving members of them.
lo provide for the renulatioii of mutual
uiitiranc couipttiies and the collection of
issesaments. lo iirovida lor the iucreiise of
tha saluriea of Judge in districts having
tiver rki.otX) iiihaliitnuts, and having but on
law liide. To repeal that portion of the act
dividing cities into three elsase which nu
thorixes Coiiiu i's to draw hv lot yearly
tvriaui municipal bonds. Itou nil I tn an.
thorn co'imraiions organlxsd for prrlt to
pension intlrni or disabled employe'. Hons
niil n provide lor the iminediat rintiiut.
distribution, lillng and keeping of unbound
copies of Hi laws us ihev are enacted. Hons
bill to authorize the Stuia Hiineriiilnndeiit
of Public Insirticiion to eraut parmanent
mai i-rioiraie ii) graduati) or reoogniieil
literary and scientific eollei-as. Hons bill
to provld for the ele, tiiiii.outtllni-siiou and
coiiqiensailon of auditor in indeM)iident
school district linos hilt to authoru
meadow companies control linir Fimtiffuiiii
distric to be cnnaoliilated into on com
pany. Hoin-e hill to pmviila tor th publica-
nun or in nihinry ol Ills birds and mam
mals nf the .State In the niianerlv reiMirts nf
th Hut Hoard of Agriculture. House bill
to provide for the adoption of trad mark
labels, ivmbols or piiva ('amp bv any
association or union of workingmen. Hons
bill to rrguia a the liabi.itv under xillclea of
Insuranc on buildings against lira and
iigntnin. lloua hill to maka it a niisde-
meauor lor any parson lo represent himself
as th agent of an unaiithorlxed or llctitlous
insiirancs comunv.
in fireman s Tension and the Jefferson
Ian Judicial bill war vtoed.
In the House these bill were passed tin
ally: Authorizing and regulating th taxing,
us aud iMCUiisni-V of certain burial iiImi-ml
under rertalu circumisncas, for lha pur-
Ioeaii.f tonunon acliool education; to relni
urse counties for lha re eieciion and re-
construction of coiiniy bridges, which were
swept away by the Hood during the luttar
panoi mav and eglniiliig of June, lHa;to
prohibit M.'roiis, by sale, mftor otherwise,
iroin luriilaliing clioireiies or cigsretia
pafier lo minora and providing for tha pun
Islunent of lha rauie: rirnviillnv fur ilia ra.
leasa of sureties or lioiidsreoilired in varimii
court aud the aulmliiiitiiiii of new seen Ti
tles To punish peon le who faltely rep-e-aent
I hem selves to ba diKtor of d eutul
aurgery.
At the afternoon session lha senate bill to
authorize sulci and laa-esol tha nnrehaiaa
of uruet ruilrusd companies to traction and
(iioinr companirs and he nam bill u provide
lor ri'gnl rut loll of births uvera Lanual am-otul
reading.
i.8.!I!)"TT;F!.",,,T Dat -ThV'anat
In semalnn tnwlaa --a).
By a msjorliy of four vote wornsn
frsM secured a victory on second resdi.'l
thaHouaaio-Hay. ftepf-aantatlv Q
called up bis Joint resolution for a
lionsl amendment allowing th fair.,
vot. It provide that every eit!en o'
year of age. posseasint th follon..
iscaflons, shall b entitled to vot ?
election: "l i
"-He or she shall bay bean .
of th United Sta'es at least onenmnts"
8ond-He or th shall hay riji
lb State on year, or If having t,r,,,J
been qualtnad elector or nailve-Vorn
rn of th r)lat.be or she shall have ,.J
d therefrom and returned. thB
m2.V,.h! 'mmedlately preceding the el
Th rd-He or sh shall have" resl-lij
th election district wher he or slit V
offer to yore at least two numriia i
atelv nraraallna iha alli.
r'or,1n Tears of age or iip-sr,
....Piiaii nam .nin willlin IWO Veal
rJtateor county tax which shall have U
IIMWd il laial lan mnmlii ...J . .H
Issst on month cefota th election
ill movement to have th Warren
Lunatic Hospital Investigated becsn
alleged cruellies Inflicted on Inmstei y
the III completely knocke-l out of .
th disapproval by th Governor of tlie a
currant resolution providing for tbaanm
mentof a coramitba to innuir Into
troth of lb allegation derogatory m
Institution. Th veto messag carried
"'O much fore that only 21 niembpn
th lloueantatonix. th poaition of
Ooverni.r by their votes. The House t
adjourned until Monday evening.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIfft
Haw scHoor, rrrsiMit?tprTs.
following I th list of countv ,, ,i
perlntendfnt elected In the counties n
Allegheny. Sam'l Hamilton: Armatrm,.
f. Jsckson; Mlalr. Henry S.VWrtx; ie.f,
R J. Pott.; Uutler. X. C. MoOllouah r.
bria, J. W. Ia,h; Ctsf Ion, V. A. p..
Clearfield. It. C. Youngman: (
Ororg T. Wright; Fayette, K. V. I',,r
Greene, lilgar I). Stewart; Lawrence, J.
WaUon; Mercer. L. K. Kckles: 8omer.nt
M. Herkley; Venango, John F. lllgler: W
ran. II. M. Put'isin: Wsshlnston. Ilr.
lombaugh; Westmoreland. W. W. 1
brick.
r, a proll
a soar or a vomkrako.
f MiTnrtfM). M. Frankenberrv
nent farmer of thi vie nity. took a .U-.
ber revolver and went to kill a cow for h. t
Tha ava l,wiL..I V. -... : .,
. " ...Mvu a i niia.au uvi i j r la at ill Kie V
taceand th latter tired. Th ball struck
th cow rlRht In th face, bet never plusej
her. The ball, however, rebounded mil
truch Frunkenberry ou th nos sinilictin,
a oesn wound '
a rrra mii.i. wsr.i r.rii,
Gnaxxsntao. Tho large psper mill nf
Smith llros.. at Hmlihton was coiupietiv
wrecked by Sunday evening' storm. iuv
Inii a loss of several thousand dollars. Tha
company store was unrooleed and badly
damaged.
HUE IS OUT ID, 000.
JUnt'S VFRDtlT IX A SKXSATinXAt,
cash nit-
VKIISKO SV THR JUflllK.
IlAftaianeno . . IiiH..a a2lm....tnn
..... . w ...... ....a ..-.,T-I"'
tlm verdh-t of a Jury Involving so award nf
, . ......... M i.Hiaiv v anuaiii . m. .nnie
Kndera ia the name of the woman who Ii. I
her hones daaheil tn nlene l.v tha
of the court. Mrs. ICnders claimed tl-i: ?
William Kndets. prandraiher of her son
proruia"! her f'JO.tlUi) if she relinquished t
him Hie buy when he was 3 years old. ti.
moneV tO be liaill When th laltap hn,m,.
of age. Sh was married to N imuel Kn'l
ami nf V.n I'ti lara a..,l In 1w-.al.... ........
ated, when sh alleges the contract
iniuiB. iu selling asm ina verdict Jrnli
Bimonton says: -Mich a contract is again
nuhlir nolice. fop lha n.a.,m il.a, ii,. .. .
lion of parent ami child creates an obi ipa
lion which ennnot ba bartered awuy w
th pecuniary advantage of the parent,"
rLKIHTOK CAXNOX B.l,f.
nFAPIXcl. OlIO Of the NY nniltul ataal i.-iv
Jeciiles tired from the llrown segmental :
Ktin during the trial near Ilirddxiro i
week afft was found tlieolherday at Inni
inmviue, nvc nines i'llaut. It had pii
iuroiii.-ii iu ieei oi eartti, strncK a etone i
the llampdou quarrv, elanced upw
auucKiiig ine mp on a lnrgo ir e about
feet up the mountain side, and then r
'r ii f
id over the mouniains to Doiiglativille
WIIFKX WtRK TIIK JIKX?
CxioxTowx. Hv nteviou arrnm-ement i
census of the attendance at the vano-i
churches here was mude last Sunday morn
ing, showing that of all the adults prc-'ii:
there were Ui.'l women and 471 men. 'Hit
women itirnished IW per cent of tha ton.
attendance. As there are l.TOi rcgisierel
voters in the boromzli and 1.INSI In ine ini-
mediate territory Just cutHida the boroua
limits, the question 1 where ware the oilier
2.AX1 menr
A CHII.n SFNTIM Kll fOH M ANSI.At'llltTKK.
W aail 1 iii..if Tlift.n ... 1 1. .L. .1.. ii ......
old boy who slabbed and killed a playni e
i '.ni.- .in i iiii aitii it.iina iieen senieni'ivi
lo ininrli.niitiia.iit In tha l,ii-uan.a o....m
School until be pliall have earned tti--reiiuiil
number of credits to entitle Inni
to llberiy. 11 pleaded guilty of volunury
manslaughter.
nRowxKn ix ax aonv.
(aHXtXVIt I.R. Kd. Motaparv. Wilt P.irt
and John O' Hrien wanton the high whi.t
near the College avenue dam. an mar hr,,.
and the boat became unmanageable and m
carrie-l over th dam Into lh ddv below.
Two of the hoys were rescued, but th body
of John O Urien. aged 13, baa uot yet lx-i
found.
T. R ft I i I It a ahfV.I lABnlia. an, I ...n.n.
..... '' . . n i . i . v.n I I " .
tr, cam to Now Castle from Kilgore. Sl-r-cer
county and secured wora with ei-Chiei
Of 1'nllCa Walla I'fia lintl ..va.iinn 1.. uru.
truck by a train and killed. Ha leaves
Nrii annea mine i-aaualttaa aa..1ii...in.
Iraceabl to th ignoranc and caralessneii
oi loreign .aoorers, liav caused Mill In-
wcur uty io oroer tu ill sens rge of a lara
number of Italians and Hungarian.
Ufavkr Cocntv be keeper sy th col l
Weather flf ttla liaat aa-l.it.p I... L'lll..l w
of lh Uueat colonie, and lh bees Ihsi
liav escaped lh frosts show th ellects ul
a naru wiiurr iu sam a animal.
HaKVKV PviVB a lwaa al...a 1 ...
. living ut HandvI.sK. fell from a aecoii l
lory window and wa killed, aa he wsj
cleaning winJowa.
A Ht W cenini arlwaa InKnalnan lIWIi.,i.
Sle, With th subuibs th opulatiou
1,154, an inoresss of over a Oou ainca Hie
flood four year ago.
Tub Hlata KTaxntlaa rv.n.lii.. ai..
n , , " . .......a, ..v. aaa in"
reopla party ha called a Niat eonveniion
tu nicti ai n iiiiaiiiBiiort on JUI1 14.
PuaMaT f.aai la a .in.l. ..... .....I na
. - .......... . ...ipiiv aaimi Rami 10'
allllfllf at Miipralllwilla uu. Lill.l 1.-
truck by a shifting engine at hi bom.
'And now, my doar chlltlren," auld
tha professor, "will you tell mo what
velocity W "House sir," said a
brlirlit youth, "velocity Is what mv
father puts a hot potato dowu with."
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