niEMlDDLEimiiUillUST.
T. H. IIARTER, Edit kmo Pu t
MIDDt.KlU nOK. PA . Jtl.V 27. 1TO
Mora than two-third of the. mala
prieonor in tho State' prisons of tho
various KUte are noJer thirty yeara
of age.
Olcrmnny ha one tofllu to every
1771 inhabitant. In proportion to
population tho United States Las twice
a many.
Montana in larger than New Hamrv.
hire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode)
Island, Connecticut, New York and
I'euusylvatiia put together.
The average weight ( 20,000 Ho,
ton turn was 1 4'J pound; women, 1 25
pound. At Cincinnati the average)
fif the same tittmhcr of men was 15 1
pound; f women, 131.
In the Unite. I States the average life
for farmer is sixty-four years; for
lawyers, fifty-two; merchants, forty
eiht ; mechanic, forty-seven; sea
men, forty-sis; hthorer. forty-four.
Mr. 1., 1). V. N. Sonthworth as
sert that she in t)i' author of the first
continued story ever published in tho
United States, which appeared in the
Washington lira forty.Iive years Biro.
It wan calleil 'Retriliutioti," lint
Bectiis never t have overt ki n her.
There is nt the l-'xccntivc Mansion a
so-culled "eccentric tile," on wiiieh
11 letters fro-n pi1pilh erm'hs nre
put. Most of these contain thrrnl
aud warnings. 'Dim li! lm lieen
k('t ever nine.' the episode of (iilit'Hil,
nhii wrote many such Metes lie.'mo iu1
shot President thirii -Id.
Poet or Krnit Hurt, tl .lii.r ' t.
Rritish Medic! .'ourual, w iio in nmv iu
Chicago, any. "I consider Chiea.-o's
water supply the hest , f nil the -rest
cities in Anieriea. The ireaiet iiunu.i l
wns ilone nway w ith when the old in
shore intake whs iil.n'.i-l.e.l. Cut the
city will tiol he e.lis.lutoly safe until
the two-mile crib is aluiniloned mid the
four-mile intake used ovlusivelv. "
The conquest of arid America hat
but fairly hegtm aud will not lie com
pleted for some time iu the mimclcst
distant future Water is taken from
pumping devices aud cauaU ; vat area
in the mountain nre eoTered ly well
constructed reservoirs; springs, ace
page and drainage sources are utilized ;
and even th-) un .lerlin a that hidden
and comparatively inexhaustible foun
tain is being tupped in M.iuy h c.l it ies.
Artesiuti wells, counted by thousands,
aud underground tunnels mid channel)
are (lowing, mi i bcinir constructed,
almost i-veryn in-rc. Th'it sustaining
element of pliitit-llf '. water, i uii;ht
and secured by iu-ii of ruU-rpriec uuJ
caf'it.il.
A writer in London Truth ni'-rprest
thut mm nssocmtioii of ijirl.i be formed
v.ho hhall pb'dt- t h"iii-"-l vs t. pro
pone to any rum li mi tiny in.iy con
sider dcsirabl for :i lir.i'oii'id. He be
lieves tint proposing siionl.l not be
limiti'd to liien. un 1 tout men, uiio, as
he claims, are n itiir.iily nu.re b:isliful
than Kil ls, oft-Mi r.-ir.:iiu hinle bec.ms.
they h:ivc not the coi.ra.' to propose,
and, ms a consopieaee, j's-my x" 's nre
husbiin lli-s i. 1 1 ;i t there in this differ
ence in favor of tii" present order of
thiuijs: If u mr.n is refu.ieil. he kooh
forgets it and in a few duvs is ready tJ
ask uii 'ther p;it ! t murry him, while a
goTuho had siiiVered n failure would
first .'ry her eyes out with e'n'oai i mss.
Incut, theu turn cynical utul never look
ht a l.iau aain.
It is the. opinion of in, m fnmiliiir
with the character of tile Navajo Iu
diuus, dechircs th" Aroiiant, thit a
war with them nill prove t be li seri
ous business for the ( bivertir.ient. Thj
tribe numbers about thirty thoiisiuid,
of whom nine thousand are tifii t inj
warriors. Tho reservation where they
are intrenched Li roii-h and difficult,
ud eotitiius ninny passes where, ac
cording to one authority, "two Indian
cau hold theif ground uaiiist the en
tire United Stutes Army." The Nuva
joes have trained tle-ir ponii to jr,j
without water for two days, if neces
sary. The whole tribe is urme.l with
the most approved repeutimj ritlcs,nd
the bucks have been htoriu ammuni
tion for years in anticipation of trou
ble. The N'avajoes have a perfect tys
turn of signal and scouts, and are al
ways informed hours iu advance of the
movement of troops tent against
them.
I'krhafh for concentrated inaccu
racy of ttHtcuient uolhlnx run sur
pass the following ontetiee, which
x?curred In an account of a burglary
liven Id a newspaper: "After a
fruitless search, all the m uiey wa
fecovcred exceut c-uo pair of Uiot."-
UNWEEP1NO OR UNWEPT.
Tnwpt, anhonorad and nnsnns''
Were not the worst of Fortune brintfnjj
Drel, rather, thine own eye and tongue
Cnweplnir and nnslnirinfr.
rnweeplng for thy brother, bound
But struKKllnn In the somber Nlffht, (
t'nilnirlnft from thy vantnire-itrouQd
The happy ttdinK of the Mght.
Weep and be sure thou shalt be wept.
ding gladly, aud the joy-sound ringing
Mar wake some soul, whleh long bath slept,
To eho bark thy singing.
Let fall thy tears ! Let rise thy strain !
8o canst then never be among
Those heritor of man's disdain,
The "unwept, unhonorod ami unsung."
J. Edmund V. Cooke, In Independent.
Karl Hagcnbeck's Adventures
AKIj haiiex-
IiKCK, the famous
dealer in animals,
find 1 stood by the
cajre of boa eon
tdrictor and py
thons in II nin-
burtf. Tlie huie
rr -a tu res lay ipiiet
and still, with
never a movement
to tell the onlook
ers whether they
were alive or dead.
Ah!" h.i i .1
Karl, "I can tell
you some curious
things about those snakes. That little
boa constrictor." lie continued, point
ing to n snake that lay coiled up iu a
corner by itself, "has hwallo-.ved four
whole tdiecp in one day, and nine days
nfterwnrd it was ready for number five.
1 cnii remember once we threw n rab
bit into n eaifc where there wore two
snakes. While the poor little iwiilniil
was slii verint,' iu corner with fright
the two reptiles fought tox'therns to
which of them should ei;t it; the
Miialler one gained the victory, and
the louder one retired to the other end
of the e.iye and lay down, ns though
wearied out by the conllict. Tho other
Miake iidvatieed upon its prey, ntid nf
ter ii while it also lay down, with th
rabbit inside it. The bijrer snake
then, seeing the lielpletss condition of
its enemy, seemed to rouse itself, mid
a moment ufterwiirds it vigorously at
t iekel the creature that lay ported in
the corner. We nil rushed to s!;c whe.t
v.ouhl happen, and, I declare to you,"
continued Mr. Ha.etibeck, "that in n
very short time the bi simke had
swallowed the small snake, rabbit aud
nil.
"Would you like to sr3 them in
nctionV'snidMr. llagenbeck tome, and
as he spoke lie opened the cage door
anil boldly stepped in among the huge
sleepy beasts, lie then began lifting
them up by their enormous coils, just
as one would lift up great coils of rope,
and there was soon n mighty stirring
amongst the inert masses. Furious and
ju .nev' fcffrlietl in and fr-. that
scales flittering in the light of the
suu. With tremendous hissing and
irritated rearfug back of their heads
aud constant projection of their long,
forked tongues, they began to move
about the cage. "I thiuk I w ill get
out now," said Mr. Hagenbeck. "I
had ii right once before with snakes,
anil I don't want to have another," he
continued as he closed the doors.
"I wish you would tell me about it,"
said I ; "it must have been very
dreadfully interesting," and uls. I felt
sure my American n ailers would enjoy
tome good "snake" stories.
"Certainly 1 will," he replied, "and
I can assure you," he added, with a
shudder nt the thought, "that it was
Most painfully interesting to me. I
Very lie:irly lost my life on thut occa
sion. It happened in this way. There
were eight full grown pythons iu one
cage. 1 wanted to put them all into
one huge box to send tln ni off to a
ineiingei-ie. I handled the tirst ix nil
riht enough, collaring them, as is
Usual, by the ha.'!; of the Heck and
dropping them into the box. Then 1
went for number seven. As soon as 1
entered the cae she tlew at me with
open ii.outh. but seeing her coming I
took on" my hat itnd thrust it tit her,
utnl she bit her teeth into it. 1 then
collared her with the right hau l at til-'
back of the neck and dragged her
down into the lower psnitioii of the
cage. However, when I was going to
fetch her out she reared her head for
another attack. I then made a cautious
movement forward ; at the name mo
ment she darted her head nt me. I
met the second attiick with my hat in
the same way us I did the lir-t. I
then got hold ot her by the back of the
neck, but 1 found, to my horror ihut
1 couldn't li t her go, ns all at o.'icc she
coiled hersi If around riy legs.
"iiy'good fortune one of my ussist
auts was standing near. I culled fur
him urn! he c'inic rushing up ti me,
knowing by the sound of my voice that
there was something Very dreadful th"
ui:itter. nud so indeed there wm.j, for 1
saw it was piu.'.j to be a tight for life
or dentil. However, I kept perfectly
cool and g.ive the order to my :t"sM
ant to tiy mid uncoil theserpeht, w iiich
he attempted to do us Well us he pos
sibly could. I d-so uiaunged to with
draw my legs from her coils. Then 1
dropped, holding hi r tiht nil the
time, as 1 wus determined to get her
into the box, and 1 didn't want to have
allthat trouble lor nothiug," continued
the brave man as coolly us one could
possibly imagine.
"However," he went on, "I wasn't
out of the woods, even theu, as you
English call it, for just us 1 thought I
wus getting awuy all right and could
get her safely into the box the last
python in the cage, a tremendous giant,
also tried to attack mo. As soon as I
aw this I called out to my assistant to
throw a blanket over her. This he
managed to do. At the same moment
I moved backwards out of the cage and
got free of it altogether and then I had
I a little rbt. Mr men tried to dissuade
mm
me from goinjr. back, each of them ay
Id they would not do it. I felt very
exhausted, bnt my temper was fairly
np and I determined I wonldn't be
beaten. So, after a few moments, 1
stepped again into the cage, canght
them both rouud the backs of their
necks, dragged them as quickly as I
could to the edge of the cage and then
between us we flung them into the box.
Had not my assistant been near me
nothiug could hnve saved me from le
tng squeezed to death. Aht it was a
terriblo adventure," continued Mr.
Hagenbeck, "and I don't want a simi
lar experience again. Now come and
look nt my alligators end I w ill tell you
of nn adventure I had with them."
I'nssing by an enormous aviary, In
which Muttered and screamed thou
sands of beuutiful parrots, we came a'
last ti n large tank iu which were slow
ly paddling round some spiteful look
ing alligator. "There," said Mr.
Hagenbeck, as he pointed to the cruel
looking bensts, "1 hud a ghastly ad
venture with them once. I had to
pa"k sixteen of them tip for the Ibis
scldorf .oologies I (lardena. I grappled
hold of the tirst one and wns pulling
him ashore, when he gave n frighful
blow with his t ill and knocked ni into
th tank, where for n brief moment, I
was nlou with 11 ft -en alligators.
Those who were standing by told me
thut as soon c I splashed in a iitrnber
of them uifidc n rush. However, I was
out ug'kin like nn India rubber
ball; but the whirl of th- water and
the open jaws nf the disappointed
beasts told tin' that I had not been one
s-eiind too snisrt. This was a very
narrow escape us if one of the croco
diles hid happened to get hold of hip,
all the rest would have r.ttacked me.
snapping mid biting nt me nt one and
the same moment, until there would
hnve been nothing left of me at all.
"Alligators nre the most determined
fivrhters even ntnongst themselve t.
Si:: of them, each about fourteen foet
long, had n frighful fight amongst
t iieuiselves mice, and so desoerst ly
did thy light tint within fourteen
days they were all dend. Three .
tliein li u 1 their jaws broken, nud in
some cases their le;.;s wire torn right
out of their bodies. ThU occurred at
night, and one of the keepers, happen
in;? to he:ir th frightful noise wiiieh
was made by the clashing of their jns,
rushed o'.l'totell me whit was happen
ing. We lii our lant nis and hurried
to the uc( lie of cetion, bnt beyond try
ing to separal ' them w ith long poles it
was huh) we could do. They would
only renew th' light with greater
liercenes:; thin ever, and so terribly
were they Wounded that, ns I said,
they were nil dead in a fortnight.
Now, when I get a new consignment
of alligators I always muzzle them for
four days with a rope ; they then calm
down and I cut the rope oil; other
wise, if 1 did not do that they would
begin lighting hs soon as they came
out of tho box, for the first sight of
daylight after the long journey alw ays
seem to excite them.
"A fight amongst the snakes, also, is
a terrible thing. I hid once five big
pythons, each over sixteen feet long,
in one cage. One of the keepers flung
in a dend rabbit amongst them, aud
two of them, being very hungry, at
tscktvl it ut once. At the same mo
lmM.t the other four flew nt them and
iu one moment ull the six wera iu one
writhing lump. The keeper fet.'h"d
me and I at once ntteiupted to uncoil
them. 1 succeeded but hardly had I
done so, when the tight beg.ui between
the first two. The larger one threw
his tail round the small one's ne.'k and
Mpie' Zed it with such force agHinst the
wall that it lost all power, then the
bigger snake got hold of the rabbit
a'i I pi allowed it. niter which it
i. i dually loosened its hold of the
smaller snake. Then came revenge;
the small make lle-.v st the big one,
which wus n inbred almost helpless by
.ts huge meal, bit it in the back,
coil il round and round it, mi l
si zed it till it could hardly breathe,
altii nigh it screamed as i hid never
le- ird any living creature scream be
fore. Wlo u I went to see them next
morning they were all right an 1 per
fectly good friends.
"I was o;icc turned out of bed at 1
o'clock in th" morning by one of my
keepers, who came in with tho news
that the big kangaroo had jumped a
six-foot fence into the n-xt stable, ja
w hich there was a large hippotamus.
When I came down there was a most
wonderful light going on. Th" kanga
roo stood up to his belly iu water,
wh'bt t!r hippopotamus, with wide,
open j'ws, snapped ut him right and
left. However, the kangaroo managed
t. 'get in' ti good right und lei't with
his ir itit legs, and scratched the hip
popot".:ir.:s ,n til" face tremendously.
Win n th. hijiopot.iuius came to close
ipiurl-rs, the kangaroo jumped np,
gave him a tremendous blow with his
hm I I -.js, ami th-n managed to get on
to dry laud. 1 caught the kangaroo
with a big net, nn I for ull the fighting
there wasn't very fiiuch harm done."
Just ns Mr. 11a -nbeok tiuished talk
ing, the polar b"iir ut our rear begun
growling. Mr. 11 igeubeck weut up to
soothe un I pi t 1: i in. Then he suid to
me: "I expect 1 mil pretty nearly the
only man iu the world who cau say
that he ever cut the nails of a
polar bear. It was this very beast,
und I will tell you how it ull happened.
The poo:- beast's nails hud grown into
its foot, csusiug it a great deal of pain.
We tried to get the feet into a sling
oinl pull them through the bars, but
this was very troublesome. So I got
him into a narrow cage which had an
iron-barred front; this I turned up
side down so that the bear bud to
stand on the bars of the cage ; theu
the cage was lifted up about four feet
above tho ground. I went underneath
with a sharp pair of pinchers, aud as
he stood there with his toes pressed
through the burs I managed to pull
the nail out. Then I stood, him in
water to wash and cool hi wound,
aud in a few dav ha was all riarht
'On another occasion a royal Ben
gal tig-r was suffering very much front
toothache, o two of my men held him
by the collar and whilst one of my at
tendant opened hi mouth my brother
in-law and I took some pinchers and
pulled out the teeth which had been
giving him so much pain, and which,
indeed, had grown so badly that they
had hindered him from biting hi food
properly.
"However, perhnpa the most terrible
ndventure thNt I ever had occurred in
Munich during the Centennial fete in
1HHS. I was going in' a long proces
sion with eight elephants, and th
st reet were very crammed. Now, it
chanced that we had to pat a great
big iron dragon which, by some me
chanical contrivance, began to spit tire
ns soon a we got near it. Four of the
elephants at once took fright and ran
nway, which was only natural, and
then the other four followed suit. The
people rushed after them wit'.i stick
and loud cries, w hich really only made
matters worse, I mmiagcd to get be
tween two of them and caught hold of
them, bnt it was of no good, as they
ran with me for nt least a mile, and 1
was torn from side to side, and, in
deed, nt one moment I we nearly
crushed to death by them against the
walls of n house. At last two other
elephant came up and I managed to
persuide theni all four to stand ..till.
Just a I had doue so the stupid crowds
came rushing np, ami away they went
nu'ai'j. I was too tired to do anythina
more. All four of them rushed into a
house; the bottom gave way, nml they
fell int the cellar. A new house ha
iio-.v been built there which is called to
this day 'The Four Wild Lleplmut.
A lot of peopl, were hurt ; some, in
deed, were killed, but, ns the I'oliee
President had seen nil that happened,
I vs held free of blame. Still it war
the most wonderful ndventure I ever
hid, and how I escaped being crushed
toite".t!i I cannot understand to this
day." Atlanta Constitution.
I'olson'ius Plant.
rroTes'iir 15.-o.iks teld the Massachu
setts Horticultural Society, recently,
tint l;i Ti' ere thirty-nine poisouous
plsnl in the United State which lire
now or have been used in tho treat
ment of ilis'T.se; many of the
niii.t virulent poison are of vege
table origin, I5y inv th greater num
ber of vegctiMe poison are alkaloids,
a few rre iiciils end lucoside. Mor
phine derived from th popy is one of
the best known alkaloids. One of the
most poisonous acids is oxalic acid;
the buttercups furnish examples of the
giucosides ; the poisonous essential oil
are illustrated by the oil of hemlocli,
tansy and juniper.
The lower order of vegetable organ
ism develop on such nitrogeniou
foods as tish and meat an active poison
called ptomaine. The numerous in
stmces of illness and even death re
sulting from eatiug mushroom should
serve Tl cau.se the refusal of all kind
not positively identified. The poetical
allusion to the peaceful cow producing
golden butter from having grazed on
the yellow buttercup, lack truth, as
the buttercups are more or less pois
onous nnd cow refuse to cat them.
A virulent poison i the essential oil
extracted from white mustard aeeds.
Th" seed corn cockle sometime ground
with grain has been known to cause
injurious consequence. Oxalic acid
is not present in sorrel in such quanti
ties as to render its modernte use in
jurious, but th'-' practice of children
eating these leaves should be discour
uged. Death has followed from eating
the roots of th'wild parsnip, which
nre especially dangerous in the secoud
year. Children should bo particularly
wurned against eating the berrie of
the Mack night shade. The poison ivy
is v. fit known mid is poisonous to most
person. A thorough washing ufter a
botanical excursion is u preventative
of slight poisoning, nud a buth in a
weak solution of linking soda w ill often
act us un antidote. Some plants, like
the potato und celery, are poisonous in
th"i- wild state. The Japanese nre
kiioati to use eighty-four kinds of
plants for "greens" and have discov
ered many poisonous species; their
workmen on laccpier often become vio
lently poisoned from the vegetable
poisons in the polishes and varnishes.
New l'nglaud Farmer.
Illrth ol En;!a!id,s fire.it Hank.
The Duuk of England was projected
in .H to
; pt'rit'iu'eil by Willium III. iu rA.Ntng
i j. i
iiunis ior xne rreucu war. milium
I'uterson und Michael tlodfrey induced
forty merchant to subscribe to a loau
of K'i.0i)0.0lM to the Government at
eight per cent., the subscriber being
, i ,,...1.1 1.....I. ti... ..i
j iiix-ium.rM art s, iiiaun. 4 uo Dl uemu
, was opposed in Parliament, but the
, bill passed uml the charter was granted
I July 'J7, ltl'.U, Sir John Houblon being
1 the Hist Governor mid Michael God-
irey ine nrsi Deputy iiovernor. Mliu
Imlik le.-gan active operations July 1,
IO.j, issuing notes and discounting
bills. The notes were for 310(1 und
upward uml the usual lute of discount
wus six percent.
A Hirer Shunned by Indium.
The Wishkah River is shunned by all
Indians. Kveu when crossing from
the Cuiniault or liumptiilip country
to the Wynooche they avoid crossing
the Wishkuh by going around to the
north of it source. Their tradition is
that many age ago some great eagle)
captured un enormous whale on the,
coast aud carried it to the head water
of the river, and that the whale'a de
caying body poisoned the entire river,
o that ' a great epideniio camo and
killed all the Indian living along the
stream, and the water of the river are
dangerous even unto thia day.' From
this tradition the beautiful river ha
it unsavory name, which in the Indian
tongue, meaus "ritiuking Waiter. "
Portland Oregon iau.
KEYSTONE STATE CUILINGS.
1 FATAL BOILIS IXfLnaiO.
. Towards Th boiler In the Towanda
nail work exploded Tnesdsv afternoon.
Andraw lienjsrain w Instantly killed. Itow
Hstton fatally injured and a man namd
Dennett vreiy burned aud bruited. An
other man named McOovern I rnlttlng and
thought lobe In th rain. Within a fJ
minute after th explosion th whole plant
w In flame and th building wr com
pletely destroyed. The plant was owned
by W. II. Oodobarle and tli los I esti
mated at 123,000 about half cover! by In
surance. rmowxrn t rcn others' arm.
Brum . Two mU boy. 8'snion n1
Harry 1'eierson, aged respectively 8 nd 10
yer. on of a Pol employed at th Ed
gar Thompson Steel work, wer drowned
bei In th Monongahela river. Th re
main were brought np from th river with
very little trouble, th littl rhsp clasped
In each other arm, and takeu to an under
taker' establishment.
ASOTHPR t'l'l ABKTTK VICTIM.
ftnAnnoi . Chrle lwis. of Denver,
ws suddenly attacked with brart failure oh
the street and fell to the pavement uncons
cious. The young man, who i only IS
year old, stated to hi physician that hi
trouble wa caused by eiciv cigarette
smoking. II it in a precarious condition.
ot.e ruHiosr r rorATo sens mck.
WAiiisjTnj, The old-fashioned potato
bug. wli'ih ws some time aiio rrowlel out
by tlie niodrrn striped jacket bug, has aain
made It appearance In Franklin township
and is devouring all tlie potatoes, cabuac..
and other growing plant top In sight.
.
(War Kratzeh rnd lr Pagnal, fishermen,
nf Warren, eisim tli prize on a spoon-bill
Mtirceon '2 feet long, 'i'hev pulled It out of
the river just b-lcnv the lriilie, but envious
euple are skeptical, ami chur -e the lucky
lislii'rnien with pulling up a job by fasten
tli),' the stureeon to a line lie lore it wa!
thrown into I he Allegheny river. However
thst may be, tbe catcti is in Warren on ex
b t bit ion.
A run wss born on r.lun Island, neat
Monongnliela, last Tuesday night, ttlie i
a ltohemi :r. princess, her mother being a
gvpsy who claim tn be In Ihe royal line.
Ir. Charles .cuti, who was culled, sugnestej
that the child be called Mary tjneeu of
hcott, but the parent suid the Clin 1 would
be iiumeil Kiiluhe.
Tnv Ststn Supreme Court granted an In
junction to retricii the Muvor from inter
fering w 1 Ii the plans it the building ot I it y
lisli at I'll i I :ite! ili ui. This completely
knocks out the Peuroie bill, which was a
bone of contention at the lust session ol th
I.egis utiire.
Tur Pennsylvania rnilrovt supported thf
surviving eopln snd animals ol Main's
circus during 10 days' iillenns afier th
wreck, built a Iniu of i i new cars, paid lor
all repairs, completed tlie original number
of wauous aud also paid Mr, Main $7o,000
Iu cash.
A rot'X.i farmer of Huntingdon township,
Westmoreland county, lias been fined J-M
for misinforming a keeper of a tollgin as
to the distance lie wa going, thereby saving
about 3 cent lolL
Akxir Utrast. of Rldgevlew, near Perry
station ws bitten four lino- by a copper
head nk vesterdav. All efforts to product
leep have failed and th victim struggle
violently.
Hki.i r.roNrr citizen have organized a
boycott against member of the town coun
cil who pas ed an ordinance making it un
awful for cow to stray about the street.
The nunie of the place known as IMhel,
on the Homerset it Cambria railroad has
been changed to Holshopple. It is hard to
ee where the improvement comes in.
Jour Cspfr. the 10 year old son of a
Jeanuetie griK-eryiuiiii, took his flthsr'f
loaded revolver tfoni a bun-atl drawer
! played with it und is expected to die.
A?Ksotn' re'urns In Washington county
show .'il.iKVI acrei short of the number ol
acres tli:it oiulit to he taxed. Wliera th
missing land is, is u my-tery.
J. A. Hi tiikhmnp. of Itesver, claim to
have the chsiiipioii pumpkin vine, sine
by actual measurement i. wai found thut it
tk w a loot iu hours.
Anmk Kiikipkb, of Lancaster county,
whose parents and four brothers and listers
were murdered iu Dakota last week, is on
tlie verge of insanity.
Tur. colored people of Pennsylvania will
ho'ti their sic . nil annual Stale fair in liar
rishurg. opening October IU und continuing
until the 24th.
Tur new directory of Johnstown place
the Mipulation of that place st '.'l."4l. and
of Johnstown an I the surrounding boroughs
at 3o HI.
Wii.i.um Mai k v, of Woodside, Fayett
county, has a potato stalk that meusured
rive fret and is cuiuingotii in bloom.
Thou s Wilson, carpenter, fell off tbe
bam of A. T. I'olliard. near Rimers burg, a
dmtaiice of forty tert and wss killed.
.Ions C. IlnwKiis.of llndford,agd4) vear.
fell asleep on a trsek audiiOcar Aisod over
hi legs. He died in a lew hours.
Thomas A. Siatom. of I'.olivar. who wa
Miteu by a copperhead last Saturday, died
I ridsy is iu terrible aguny.
Stats Superintendent of School Schaffer
baa decided that thu free text book lawgoe
intortlect at once,
Itrsovo has L'.V) cases of typhoid fever and
the uu tuber is steadily increasing.
TBI IBAlOnT-OCT KrUOIOS.
What the world wants Is a straight up-und-down
religion. Much of the so-culled piety
of the day bonds this way and that to suit the
time. It is horizontal, with a low state of
sentiment and morula. Wo have ull beuu
t'Ullillug a wall of character, and It 1 lin
perfeot and needs reconstruction. How shall
It be brought Into tho Tiendii iilar 'I Only
by divine, measurements. The whole ten
il. iiey of the time Is to nutwe u aet by the
sluuitard ot what others do. If they pluy
i-ards, we play curds; if they dance, we
danee; If they read eertuln styles ot books,
we read them. The question for me should
uot be what you think 1 right, but what God
thiuks U right. This H.-riietuul rufurnuee to
the behavior of others, as though It decided
su thing but hutnau tullibllity, 1 a oilstuk
a wide a the world.
CCBTAILTIla SCNUAV MIUNSKNXKS.
Scotland, Ireland and Wales have already
the benefit of law prohibiting to a certain
extent thesuieol strong drink on the Hub
bath day Lngisluiion u this iu"tlou i
not so rigid us thut to which we r aeeus
tomi'd In Cauaibt. It is, however, 'rTetlT,
and ha proved ot trreut valus In eurtailing
tbe evil of Hunduy drunkenness. Lately th
Central Assoniatioa for stopping the sale of
intoxieatiug .iquor nn Sunday msmoralirad
Mr. (Hailstone, in favor of a similar law for
Enuland. Tn reply ifiven by thu Prim
Minister wa that the subject I now engag
ing the attention ot her M,ety Uovero
inent. Toroutj CUbvn.
Wheh the flower of the family hl
golden heart aha' a daisy.
A BA.TTLB WITH OUTLAWS,
Four Brother Bold a Militia Cons,
at Bay and Kill Half a Dot '
Soldier. On Outlaw Lost
Word 'comes from rikerllls, Ky., 0f
bloody conflict across th Stat tin In e
county, Va., om day go betwB
Stat roilitl and outlaw Flemen'
Half a doren or more srr killed.
'Doc"Tylor.)n of th gang. Was csn.i,
some month o and hanged. an l,
brothers, four in htimW, sr wanted
complicity In th murder. Two week Z
they were located in Wise county, and u
Governor of Virginia sent a com pant of I
BIIIUIVII II -. FIIIT-Illl, A IIWJ Dill
were surrounded and a huhwhcki
"mi
1
n .k. Am-m rvi.i.. l-i r
v iiii- u.j. . "..w., ai.iii r icruFia
mortally woundel and captured earlrin iJ
tight, bill the three other brother killiyj ,
half ilosen militiamen snd succeeded u
gelling higher tip in thehil.s. where frir4
ar reported t.t l guincto tneir iur
Asth Klonieti and their friends a-?
dead shots and desperste men. the uliign
result Is a matter of anxious speculation
For year the Fleming hoy snd an .
numerable following of relative harsif.
rorixed the mountainous regions of oa'k
west Virginia and southeast Kentucky Z
fviug alik the authoritie of first on h,
and then th other. Th family n,,
charged with almost all the crime on Z
calendar from murder and stealing dovgtt
moonshining. lwery men.btr of tii fara
is utterly fearle and all are well artnrl
Their stronghold in the cave of tlie('ui
btrland mountain ar many and a n,,
inaceeaaible.
Abotiteight months ago a family ofthrt
wer stieked in their cabin, tbe man iw
at thadmir, hi wife brutally treated iM
then shot, ns wss also their child. I tiry ,
left for head, but th woman lived ,,.
enoueh to ma e an ante mortem staten,.
to th eftrct that the Flemen Wrretj,
guilty oartiea. For a long time no fT
made to srrest them. Finally the sheriff)
Wise county secured the co-operation
the .State, and. backed by mfllti HO tn..
and ech member sworn in us a deputy .
to capture the Flemens. but failed
Tlirsr. has been uu advance in tlirp-i
of tiinotny hsy ol ironi H to 1 .Vi p r t.
reeeutly, und ibere is no assurance thr ii(
bitthest liotdi i"is V'-ibeeorenolieil.
Kxot.lsnMAN l'ard jn nic, sir, I jj
ahere do you conic from? Faddy,
From County Cork. Knglishman
Then that account for your hrogi
ruddy May I ax wheie you ennu
from? Kiitfllshnmn (proudly) I r. B
Worcester, ruddy Then that
:otint for your hmiicc Thl-ltit
MARKETS.
I'lTTSBVBi'.
TH WHOl.tS!. rKI'-lt ASK 0IV! !.
iihii.v, ri.oi h amu rixu.
WHRAT-No. 1 Ued M i;
No. 2 Ued Oi :
COKN No. '2 Yellow ear... H I j
High Mixed ear 41 (
No. 2 Yellow Shelled 4
Shelleil Mixed 1 l
OATS No. 1 White 3s 1
No. 2 White 37 ft
No. 3 White 3ei ji
Mixed 34 J
RYK No. 1 (in s
No. 2 Western, New 67 51
FI.Ol'K Fancy winter patf 4 40 if
Fancy Spring' patents 4 40 ti
Fancy Straight winter.... 3 7i 4)
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IIAY Haled No. ITIm'y.. 10 75 17 f
. Haled No. 2 Timothy 15 O1) 15 a
Mixed Clover 12 00 111
Timothy from country... lift) ii
BTKAW Wheat : 6 ftO
(1st 7 tM) n
FKED No. l W'h Md T 17 OJ .V
Xrown Middlings 14 M 15)
Kran, racked ... 1.150 It );
Hran. hulk I t 00 U
i-aiiiv I'Moni'cri.
BL'TTKIt Elgin Creamery 23 S
Fancy Creamery 17 l
Foncy country roll 12 1J
Low Krade !t cooking. . .. H li
C1IKKSK Ohio fall make.. 8
New York (Joshen 9 1)
Wisconsin Sws II li
I imbiiririT (Fall iiinkel... II 1.
rut ir ash vriirTABLK.
AITI.KS-Fancy, V l.hl... AM
Fair to choice, V bbl.... 2 .W
BK.VNS
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0 lv
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Lima Hean
I'OTATOKS
Fancy Koae
Choice Kose
Kweetjj.er bh
2 00
2 2 ")
T 7 j
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DRESSED CHICKENS
."'priiig chicken Mb 20
lin-ssed ducks V" 10
Dresseil turkeys VP'..... 14
LIVE CHICKENS
Snrine chickens 30 v'
l.ive chicken pr....... 7 V
Live Ducks V pr On
Lire Turkey n (J '
F.(iiS I'a X Ohio fresh.... It li
FEATHEliS
Fxtr liveOeese V lb M
No 1 Extra livegeeieV3 4 Sl
Miie.l 'li
iilser.i.l.ANious.
TA I.I.O W Coun try , V 0i . . .
Citv
6EK1S Clover
Timothy prime
Illue grass
RA(iS Country mixed....
lo.NEY White clover....
Ktirk wnent
MAI'I ESYKUl. new crop
CIDEIt country sweet V bbl
8 2'
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1 40 1
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10 1
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Ur.lt K I r.S per quart
Jilack berries 8
Raspberries, black.... H
red 10
Huckleberries ti
tiisisi'berrie 7
Cherries 8
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RYE No. 2
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COUN Mixed..
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WHEAT No. 2. Red
CORN No. 2, Mixed
OATS No. 2. White
HC ri ER Creamery Extra.
Wins I'a., Firsts
Mtw Vouk.
FI.orR Patent
WHEAT No 'i Red
R Y K Western
CORN No. 2
OATS Mixed Western
HI! ITER Creamery
EUGS Mate and l'enn
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3 75 to
3 00 to
2 00 to
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Mull and dry cow
Veal Calve
Fresh cow, per hed. . .
A SO to
20 00 to 40 W
SHEIP.
Prime 95 to 100-D sheep....!
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Common 70 to 73 lb hoep.
Bpring l.inb.... .... . ...
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Hood Yorker
Common Yorksr
Roughs.......... ,
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4 2.5 to
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3 50 to 5 J
a 10 to fj
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