lUKMlDDLEJiUROIirOST.
T. B. I7ARTIR, Eorraa aj-d PnVa.
MIDOI.KIH'IIOH. PA.. AVd. 10, 1193.
Artlatlo eofEne axe nowadaya made
at of wood palp.
Among the industries of the United
Rtates that of paper making now hold
fifth place.
In the twenty years that have elapsed
linee the clone of the Franco-Prussian
war Europo has doubled her military
strength.
Although worth $33,000,000 at the
tho time of his death, Loland Stanford;
Wrowed money nil hie life, and said;
that ha coald bavo profitably used i
more.
A remarkable discovery has been
Inade at Carrog, near Llangollen,
'Wales. While a number of workmen
were carting stones from the bod of
the river Dec, they discovered tho re-
mains of an ancient church, which was ,
washed down by a heavy flood 200 '
years ago.
Tho scientific investigors at Munich
claim to have discovered that "Asiatia I
cholera is essentially a poisoning with
with nitric ncii generate.. 1 by Koch a
J comma bacilli." This is cntercstmg.
If we can't kill tho bacilli, iierhaps
ft Lomething can bo devisod to neutralize
f i!he poisouous acid.
Tho largest use of plucurls on record
kas prior to tho Paris election in 1M9.
leneral lloulunger had 13,000 bill-
tickers, who put up 43,000 daily, in
all 900,000. In some places, when they
were torn down after the election, there
wero found sixty layers of bills alter
Hitting with those of lloulangcr's rival.
Thi collodion of postage stamps
lias brought into existence a pro
fessional stamp repairer, who, for a
small fee, dexteriously repairs muti
lated stamps. His specialty is re
storing the margin to envelope stamps
that have been cut to shape, and have
thus lost much of their philatelic
value.
Mr. Dobbins writes to tho Pittsburg
Fit-patch that tho very objectionable
bit of slang, "tho wind blew through
his whiskers," is not American at all.
In fact, it was first used by an Eng
lishman, one Don Chaucer, who wrote
the "Canterbury Tules." In the tale
rt"Tit9 Shipman" occurs this t-omai".."
able line, "With many a tempest had
itia beard been shaken."
Tho originator of the Concord grapo
is still living in Concord, Mass. He ii
Ephraim W. Bull, now eighty-seven
years old, and one of tho prominent
men of the historic town. He was a
friend of Emerson aud Alcott, und has
been greatly honored by distinguished
visitors to Concord, and by horticul
turist at home and abroad. Iu his
garden ut Concord ho still shows the
old mother vine of tho Concord grape
which ho developed from the seed of a
native wild grapj planted ju.it fifty
years ugo.
Tho conservative lniver.ity of Vir
ginia could not permit a woniuli to at
tend its lectures, o!.M-rvi-H tl.t' New
York Telegram, but it di 1 su'lVr M:
Caroline Preston Davis to stand ltiex
aminutiotis ia i.tttiinuutic ut the clo:
of tuo year, cad as sh tms-n-d the
whole course successfully the faculty
bestowed on her the certificate f ex
cellence and made her practically th
first female graduutc of the univ.sity.
lr. Thornton gave to th; graduating
doss the privilege of conveying ti ler
t'io hunorury diploma ami the boy
did it with a veil.
Says the New Yuri: l'r hs: Four dis
tinct invasions of the frozen mx stern.
of the Arctic region will be under way
this yc.ir. Lieutenant l'e try will eu
deuvor to map the northern eoa-t o)
(irchlund u'l I to iuvc.-.tig.itc. th-nr-'hiplagp)
which lies b.-you I. If
conditions favor he m-iy mtk-t a v-n-turcsolnu
daih oil hledges uepc-s the
frozen sea toward th pole. Th" nth r
American explorer, lliMer, will ex
a:niin) the movement of the liiugti'-ti"
pple. Two uvotted uttcmptn to rea 'h
th') Nortli Polo will he null -, oil'. by
Ppjctor Nausen, of Norway, whi pro
poses to drift with the ice in a craft
especially designed to reni-t prc-v-ure
from Hoes, mid uuothcr by Mr. Jack
eon, whoso effort to cross th" ice oli
sloplgee assumes that ther is no i pen
l'olur Sea, anil is support-. 1 by t ;j
Iloval (!to0'rsphi.-al Sjjicly of Ci.vat
L'ntaiu.
- -
Two itii'nn.i's n.vuei H ill wetit
to New York to hny counterfeit
-money. They ('.id not get any. ol
tijurK'. I ut the tri;i 'a;is inHwh'.ijf
Iruilleiv Tl.y li''' n gr -eti-gixni,
ttiiio, ao tbU v. js o:iiethif.i.
NI AT A TIMS.
One step at a time, and that well-placed,
We rwb the grandest height i
One stroke at a time, earth'a hidden stores
trill slowly come to light i
One wl at a time, and the forest trows
One drop at a tint, and the river Bow
Into the boundless aa.
One word at a time, and the greatest book
la written and it read i
One stone at a time, a palace rears
Aloft It stately heed j
One blow at a time, and the tree's cleft
through,
And a city will stsnd whre the forest grow
A few short yean before.
One toe at a time, and he tnbduod,
And the conflict will be won i
One grain at a time, and the sands of llfo
Will slowly all be run.
One minute, another, the hour fly t
One day nt a time, and our Urea speed by
Into eternity.
0ne , k, tnl tha, ,,,
stored,
Another, and more on them t
And as time rolls on your mind will shine
With many a srnrnred gem
Of thought and wisdom. And time will till.
"One thing at a time, and that done well,"
Is wisdom's proven rule.
A Valley Forge Sweetheart
NEMIEStotheCon
t i n e n t a 1 army
swarmed in Phila
1 e 1 h i a. Lord
Howe was in pos
session of the city.
llritish officers in
gay uniforms
danced with the
loyalist ladies in
the hulls where the
vcices of Franklin
and Adams had
echoed in the cause
of freed mi ; men clad in tatters left
bloody tracks with their bare feet as
they moved from one hut to another
among the snow drifts at Valley Forge.
No man rejoiced more that the win
ter was severe end that the godlike
heroes at Valley Forge who shoeless
and starving than tho rich Tory mer
chant, John McFarlauu. He smiled
the sentiment : "It pays to b loypilto
the King." The night before Lord
Howe had kissed the hand of his
beautiful daughter, 1'oTothy, an 1 ha. I
chosen her for his partner in the
minuet. There now stood l fore him
a blushing young English bnrouet, the
epaulets of a general upon his
shoulders, who had just asked him for
ber hand.
"It is a gTcst prize yon would rob
me of, Sir Richard. Suppose I should
aay no," said Mr. McFurlaue, enjoy
ing the young mail's suspense.
"Then I should abide by your de
cision ami bear it as best I couhl."
"Well, Sir Richard, it is -res.
And now does Dorothy kuow about
your iutentious?"
"She does not., I thonght it best to
first obtain yv-Yhr -onseut."
iJ.'A'er y poi' Sir UieharJ, .very
proper." Ami Mr. McFnrlane called
"Dorothy, Dorothy J" Dorothy heard
ud came at once.
"I know your secret," her father be
gan. Dorothy was astounded. It could
not be that they had reully discovered
her secret. No, her father was looking
too good-natured for that.
"Father, will you please explain?"
he asked.
"Then, my daughter, Sir Richard
wants to take you back to England
with him when the rebels are
whipped'."
"1 heard nothing of this, fietiernl
Tarleepiui," she Mini, turning to Sir
Richard and bowing gravely.
"No," put in Mr. McFnrlane. "He
thought to gain my permission first.
Dorothy, which was very proper of
him."
"I prefer the American way of ask
ing the woman concerned first," wus
the girl's h:i!f defiant answer.
"1'luli I will ask yon," said tho gal
lant Sir Richard. "Will you be iuv
Wife?"
"Vou holier mc, sir" she drew
away from him u little "but I must
refuse."
"Whut! What"' cried Mr. McFar
Jane, "Whut ure oti talking ubuut,
Dorothy?"
There comes a time when a woman
who has loved a man secretly, Kiel he
has returned her love, wishes to make
it known to the whole world. For
two years Dorothy had been in love;
for two tears shs hail kept her secret.
She felt liiHt th' time hinl now come
when sbe wished to t'll them ull that
lip-r heart was not hi r own. She
wished her father to know it; she
wihed the .rou. I young English
oriicer to know it. To her it seemed
almost sacrilege that any one s.lmuld
eviu ask for litr leui'l when she was
eU'.'uLe.l to him. The color mounted
to her tuce, and, throwing l uck her
head, sln s:iid firmly : "I am cnguged
to an olie. -r .f the Continental Army."
If the earth had opi-ncd before him
Mr. McFarluue could not hive been
more hurprixt-d. As for Sir Richard,
he hotted stif'ly uml said : "Miss Mo
Fsrlane, I uv.e. you un apology."
Then he Iji.w.-d again, this time to
her futher, who begun iu Volcanic
rpecen ;
"Sir J'.ichur 1, I am cshumed of her;
ashamed of her, ur. It's ujoke of hers,
Sir Richard. Ah! You leave her with
me until to-morrow. I will arrange
matters. Sir Richurd."
Sir liiehard bowed once more. After
he htt.l gone Mr. McFarhtnd Hew into
a perfect pUs.sioU.
lit! tleuouncfil the Continental Army
with ull the oaths be could column inl.
Dorothy in.! no answer. Finally he
went olf to his room yelling out threat
of condign punishment uu the way,
and Dorothy went to hers where shj
threw herself upon her bed and cried
M il her heart would break. It waa
ml
after midnight when she slipped tha
brasa bolt on tha door. Mr. McFar
lane'a passion had meantime worn off
until he alept peacefully. Dorothy
found her way in tha darkness to the
kitchen, where she lighted ft candle
and sat down to wait.
A soft rap at the door made her atari
and then brought a amila of expecta
tion to her face. A moment later a
atalwart vonng man held her in hia
arms, ife looked little like the officer
he wa4 if one were to take the poor
clothes he wore as a criterion of Judg
ment, but the pale, earnest, firm face
bespoke the aoldier in no doubtful
terms.
"Did yon think me a long time com
ing, my dear?"
"I only feared thoy might capture
yon. All waa right?"
"Yes."
He had braved the danger of being
captured and hanged as a spy to spend
an hour with the woman ho loved. Six
years before he had been one of the
wealthiest of the young men ol 1 nils
dolphin. Now hia fortune was all gone
for tho causo of liberty. In silence he
pressed his sweetheart close to him and
lifting her face looked into it earnestly
Two hours had elapsed before she
bade him go, lest daylight should still
find him in the city. As she drew away
fr.m his embrace she took th little
black bag lying upon the table, and
gave it to him. There were 200 gold
sovereigns in the bag for the starving
soldiers at Valley Forge. Once moro
he drew her into hie arms and kissed
away tho tears that were in her eyes.
There was a tramp of feet outside,
tho door wai rudely opened, and a red
coated officer appeared at the door.
"I apprehend you as a spy," he sal!
irrufilv. Behind the oiUccr half a
; dozen bayonets glistened.
"Come on, sir ; 1 am at your service.
Redrew his sword out from under his
failed cont and faced thorn with deter
mination. Oeucral Washington was resting his
head upon his hand and gazing at tho
fire and Mistress Washington was sew
ing a button on the General's great
coat when Colonel Jeffries was an
nounced. "So yon are going to spend tho
night with the enemy, ColoneL"
"I am, sir," said the young man who
stood before him, hnt in hand, "and
to-morrow night I shall return with
somethiug substantial."
"I understand it iu a woman who ia
helping you."
"Yes, sir."
"I must remind you that women are
bud-"
At this Mistresa Washington looked
up in surprise. "General!" aha eaid,
warniugly,
"Some women, I mean, my dear,"
he continued as he reached across tho
table and took her hand in hie own.
"Women are the worst spies we have
to deal with. I eaunot let you go on
this mission nntil I am sure that t, re
is no danger." '
"There ia none, air," waa the con
fident answer." ,-.
-'You iny R0,'-airt- TTtRTuiigtWD,
after a moment's pause. "May you bo
successful."
After the young man had passed out
the (leneral turned to hia wife.
"If it were not for the courage of
rnich men as Colonel Jo (Tries I should
almost cease to hope."
I Jeffries had no intention of being
j ruptured alive. He had raised his so
; ber to strike at theotlluer and the muz-
zles of the guns were pointed at his
face. The officer now spoke iu a con
i cilintory tone.
"We will take you before the Gen
eral. If nothing incriminating is found
; upon you we can rtt thu most only hold
you as a prisoner."
"I am no spy ; but I prefer death to
imprisonment."
I Dorothy threw her arms around hia
1 neck.
I "Let them take you," she begged.
"I pray you do. I know General
' Howe, und I w Jl plead with him for
: your release. So, for my sake, for my
j bake. "
I He hesitated a moment and. then an
swered with uu effort and iu a tone al
I most inaudible, "For your sake I wilL
I Here, gentlemen, is my sword."
Lord Howe had been drinking nntil
long after midnight with somo of his
! gem rulu, and he felt that a half mile
I walk in the frosty air might case the
I min in his head which made sleep im
possible. W hen ho saw a group of
men accompanied by a woman pass out
of the gate in front of Merchant Mc
Furlune's house, curiosity quickened
his step.
"Haiti" Lord IIowo commanded
' when he was almost upon the men in
i the rear. Tho i.flioer turned about
; quickly with a "Who dares I" which
w as cluing. -d to mi obeisant bow as he
recognised his general iu chief,
j "Miss McFurlune, this is strange
company und a xtrungc time of night
for you to bo out," said the General
i raising his hut. "Ami who are you,
sir," he continued, turning to the
prisoner.
I "I huve the honor to be an oflleer in
thu Continental Army, sir," was the
defiant response of (,'olouel Jcfferies.
"Let mo speuk for him," Dorothy
entreated, stepping before Lord Howe,
j "Vou will take this young man to
: my headquarters. Proceed," he coni
! innn. le.l us he offered his arm to Miss
McFurlaue and they fell in behind tho
soldiers. The walk to thu headquar
ters was a short one, und in that time
Dorothy told him all, idea. led for her
1 lover because of her own love anil be-
cunte she was to blame for his being
! caught in a trsp and captured in a
inuuner unworthy so brave a soldier.
, General Howe had given no intimation
of whut his decision would be when he
sut dow n at his table and arraigned the
o ld company before him. Ho spoke
sternly as he addressed Colonel JcJ-friva.
"Yon are charged with being a spy.
What have yon to any?"
"Search ma and yon will find noth
Ing save tha valuables given ma by
Miss McFarlane and an empty scab
bard." "There ia no need of a man of your
intelligence carrying hia messages in
writing. I fancy yon have a good
memory. Yon know the penalty."
"Death, of course, "
"Death by hanging."
"Even then yon cannot take from
me the privilege of dying for my coun
try." Tho General could not reprcsa a
smile of admiration for the self-possessed
young man who couhl see some
thing cheerful even in a coward's
death.
"WAat do yon donp at Valley Forge
those cold days?"
"We are learning to fight while you
Englishmen are learniug to dance."
"But what pastime do the soldiers
have?"
"While shooting at a mark onr bul
lets have cut down a whole forest.
Each tree was named General Howe."
"Your diet of potatoes and mush
must develop your wit."
"Not ao much aa it docs onr cour
age." General Howe waa too old a aoldier
not to admire such courage as the men.
at Valley Forge had exhibited. The
words of Lord Chatham, tlitt the
Americans could never be conquered,
were ringing in his ears, aud ho be
lieved them.
"Soiiih of the officers have their
wives with them at camp?" he asked.
Lord Howe smiled pleasantly as he
turned to Dorothy.
"Miss McFarlnue, there Is only one
way by means of which ho can be lib
crated. You must leave the city, for
you are the real spy."
When General Washington wel
come'1. Colonel Jeffries back the next
afternoon there was another woman
added to tho littl" social circle at Val
ley Forgo. New York Press.
The Cliineio Legation at Washington.
The Chinese Government maintains
a larxe establishment at Washington,
while Japan and Korea have both pur
chased handsome residences, for their
diplomatic representatives. Of the
three, the Chinese legation retains the
most of its Oriental flavor, and has
beeu established in Washington since
1878. During this period these Celes
tial diplomats have tlgured not only
prominently, but most picturesquely,
in the gay society of the Capital. With
admirable zeal aud doubtless the better
to study our unfamiliar institutions
they have dunged into tho vortex of
fashionable life; aud to,i looker-on in
this Vienna they present some de
licionsly hnmorotis incongruities, no
where so keenly appreciated aa among
these gentlemen themselves.
They give dinners, balls, and theater
parties, and in gorgeous silken costumes
participate with aolemu affability in
most of society's high' function 'Tiey
dance with tha season's dj
waltzing seriously, but easily, in their
felted shoes, and carry on mild flirta
tions with the aplomb adepts. They
chat gaily, often in fluent English,
over live o'clock tea ; play tennis with
enthusiasm, and are usually quite au
fait in our momentary fads, one of tho
recent Secretaries being an amateur
photographer of considerable skill.
A former physician of the legation,
Dr. Yow, was one of the most versatile
of society's devotees, as he not only
danced ami flirted, but further distin
guished himself by his sportsmaulike
proclivities. It is said that nothing
funnier couhl bo imagined than the ap
pearance of this nmiubleand extremely
learned gentleman riding across coun
try Ht a paper chose, iu high, wrinkled
boots of black satin, clinging iu some
thiug of a bunch HHtride his crop-tailed
hunter, with his blue silk pctticouts
fluttering wildly in the wind. "Yes,"
said one of the attaches, reflectively,
apropos of the doctor's social tenden
cies, "I guess he tried 'must -everything.
"
Several years ngo, tho young at
taches affected ultra-fnshiouuble modes
of European dress ; nud it was quitu
the ordinary thing ut parties to Bee a
serenely passive Mongolian counten
ance surmounting au irreproachable
full-dress suit, putent leathers, the re
gulation white tie, aud the proper thing
in boutonniercs but with the queue
disappearing somewhere down the
Chinese gentleman's buck, btucath his
immaculate collar.
The present reg.'me at tho legation
has somewhat chnuged these customs,
as the attaches now go much less into
society, aud, doubtless as a mutter ol
preference and convenience, wear their
native costume almost to tne exclusion
of European dress. Detuol est.
Tim Wild Fi-r or Florida.
The wild fig tree is found at various
points along the southern coast, being
entirely tropical, and most every
island iu the Everglades contains
more or less of them. This is a re
murkulde tree. It first makes its up
pcurnuco as the creeper ami sci.es uu
the largest tree it cuti rind, continuing
to encircle it in it- meshes until it de
prives it of life, when it feeds upon
the decayed matter and becomeM a
I beutitiful treo. On one of the
i islands iu the Everglades during
; General Huruey's operations of those
i large wild fig trees were discovered,
' stuudiug about ten feet apurt, which
, decorated the centre of tho island.
J'hey had each attacked a palmetto
and one of thorn was. dead, but the top
of the other was still blooming iu the
centre, although completely sur
rounded. The Indian name lit the
wild llg treo is "Ho-eo-moth-looeo."
St. Augustine (Flu.) News.
In 18S0 there were 4,005,000 farms
iu the United States, having au area
I A C3 1.000.00 Jaures.
HOUSEHOLD MATT.-...
TTTS WAT TO FRY.
The ordinary ptocees cf frying fa
rarely understood. Food ia mads
greasy and often indigestible because
tha fat ia not as hot aa it ahonld be
and the pan not deep enough. Tho fat
must be smoking hot about 400 de
I greea Fahrenheit Experience will
soon teach a cook that tha required
temperature ia reached when a bit of
bread browns in a few seconds if
placed in the kettle. A thin coating
Is thus made on oysters, croquettes, or
whatever is being fried, and all tha
juices and flavor ara kept within, th
fat outside not beiug able to penetrate
it. St. Louis Star-Sayings.
rtOW TO CtSA ITS XMLS.
Tha European way of cleaning cool
ing utensils is one of the practices
Americans could import without danger
to their institutions. The tin ami
pans ara boiled in strong soda ,and
water, then scoured with aolntion of
oxalic acid and fine sand, and finally
rinsed with clear water. The result ia
a delicious cleanliness and a shining
exterior.
To clean cane-bottomed chairs, turn
them upside down and wash the cane
work with hot water and a sponge,
using soap if it is very dirty. Let
them dry in the open air or in a
draught, and the cane will become as
tight and firm as when new.
To clean enamelled wear used finely
powdered pumice stone.
To remove grease spots from the
range, rub with a soft rag and a little
pnraiTiue.
Clean sinka with boiling water and
strong soda.
Never scrub oilcloth, but wash it
with a soft rag. Use neither hot nor
very cold, but lukewarm water, and
no soap.
Powdered charcoal is the best
cleanser and purifer of glass bottles in
which milk or food has been carried.
To clean papier mache articles, wash
them with a sponge and cold water
without soap, dredge with flour while
damp and polish with a flannel.
mrrr btbits
A store of fruit syrups is o delight
ful addition to the preserve closet,
and surplus fruit cun be used in no
better way.
Remove the hull from strawberries
and pick over, without washing, if
the berries are tree from sand or grit,
half a dozen quarts of ripe berries.
Put them into a double boiler or a
large stone jar, stood within n pau of
boiling water, add half their bulk of
sugar, that is, one pint for each quart,
and heat slow ly for an hour or longer
until the berries are soft Put into a
jelly bag and leave them for two hours
or more until tho juice has completely
drained out. They must not be
squeezed. Put this juice into a sauce
pan, heat it to 200 degrees Fahrenheit
and keep it at this temperature for one
hour. It is best to use a ther,,,!motcr,
but if this is not at handjieat V 2iice
until it steams, bnt do not allow it to
Imil, as this destroys the flr.vor. It can
then be bottled and scaled for future
use, and will keep indefinitely. It ia
important that it should remain at
the above temperature for au hour, in
order to complete tho process of steril
ization. Grape ayrup may be mode in the
aaruo manner, and furnishes a most
healthful and acceptable drink for
well and sick.
Currants will require threc-fourtha
of the bulk of sugar. Raspberries,
blackberries, peaches and apricot sy
rup are all made in the sumo way as tho
strawberry syrup.
To use, dilute the juico with cold
water, or soda water, in tho propor
tion of one-half juice to oue of water,
although these proportions may be
vuricd. American Agriculturist.
wau-v wn.'Tnnn d;;;iie.i ron LrycnE )N.
Galantine of Rreast of Veal Bono a
breast of young veul, spreu I out Hut
over a board ; trim tho ineut at the
ends for an inch or two, so that the
skiu will hang over; take tho scraps
of meat, a quarter of a pound of veul
cutlet, and a slice of unsmoked fat
pork, chop tino and seuson w ith salt,
pepper.a little minced thyme and pars
ly, with a du.sh of spice. Mix with
half a lint of chopped beef tonguo
(cohl boiled), and half a dozen olives.
Form this dressing iu a tiiuns, roll tho
veal around it nud new it together:
wrap iu a cloth ami tic with tape t;j
keep iu shape. Put in abrauiug pua,
pour in a qun:t of stock, end cook six
hours. Take up, l.'tooi: unwrap and
slice thin. Garnish witU olives aud
square olf as pie jelly.
Eggs a la Creole 'fake a dozen fresh
eggs und cook in buttered molds.
Tako from tho fire and let cool ; alien
oil' tho whiles ut one end of cuch when
perfectly cold ; tukt out tho yolks care
fully so as to preserve the shupe. Mix
with a tublcspoonful of chopped truf
fles; a little pepper and salt, and put
buck in tho whites. Dip the eggs in
aspce jelly,, set on ico uutil tooled,
and dip again. Set in a dish on a hod
of fresh lettuce leaves; drop a tea
spoonful of tVn Mayonnaise on acu
egg. Set on ice until very cold,
Olivo Saiidr.ic'hes Stone a dozen
olives; chop them tine; ado an ounce
of butter uud a little cay ccaj; mix and
spread on slicea of buttered bread ;
trim neatly and arrange on a dish, aud
garnish with lemon.
Chicken Fingers Cut thin slicea
from the breast of a cold roust chicken ;
cut each slice iu narrow strips; dip in
Muyonnuise sauce ; arrange lour strips
on each si ico of buttered bread ; cover
with top slices aud cut in four narrow
ktripe, ltugthwise; fold cuch slice in
wax paper ; pile ou u uupkiu uud
fccrvu. Courier-Jouruul.
Europe has CO, 3120,000 farmers; tba
ruiUd States, l, 000, 000.
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THE STATjtrrjf ANCEl
rat TBRAtrat wt atvaa is a mom t
tSHISQ CONDITIO.
luasitsraa. Ths -State Trui
Pennsylvania has never btsn In
flourishing condition than at
f4
Large payments hava betn madt tt
w mtinin itj ram inv uvmsnria
chool districts of tha Bute, which is
titled to t-V 000,000 a year, and for tl j
aisnt of tba quarterly salary of th i.J
si in couns. ana jn ins amount n
general fund amres'stss 1 8.133.TiT.qg
moneys in this fund ar dtpositcj j,
bank.
TSirt.S RtLLtitri.
Oil CittA. Iltebe and wlfs
rtantlr killed at Panama, K. Y.
Western, Nw York and rnnij,J
pametiRer train-which learn hor fort e
lo shortly after 1 o c ock. They bid
with a son at tha deisjt and tr .,
over a crossing when rauuht. lri ;
Osllsglifr. 81 years of age was struck k
lame train at Nw Cnitle and fatally
ed. Sh was carrying a dinner pi;
on-ln-law. and saw tha train omioi
thought shs could cross alirad of it.
OAonr.D Attn aonsRii in his own n.i,
Ht'STSooo! Three masked robbn
trd tha dwelling of Chalmers I',u
Paltlllotbs other night, bound, ci.-cfi
beat tht host and then stole everv rr,:
hsdlntha houss, t.187.01. This tn
was tha laving of a lifs tiros. Tlu r.:
cmil to the mountains, but art V
pursued.
TATS RItKM.IO flSII POUINi:)
Ksis.i orry Is greatly axiiattil br
total rifstructlou, at th State Huh hrc..
of the breeding fish, including tin ,
trout. When the kceer wp nt to the p
on Tueixlny be found the fish on th i
dead 1'oiionlri)" U puipewJ, au J a:i .:
ligation is being made.
PfATH fSOM A RAT HIT K.
Ai.i.rRTows. Msmie ICrating. ft;!
years, until a few wccki sro a lome:
the family of Dr. B oak. of this city,
from tha result of a rst bite iutliciel :
clht weeks Ons niht a rui t
her room and hit her on the little !i:i;c
the rltfht hanJ.
HART Rl'RNED TO DEATH.
Wii.r ruRASRE. Ths bouse of S
Vanderburg, In Pniisom, was bu::i!
u infsnt peri-died in th flumes
Vandsrburg rescued two of her cU-M
gtd 4 and Uyvar, but was unable to :
the bady.
I.tonTfttxo. It leems, does atrike in
me pises ti ore than once. A liou
Kbeiisburg has heen hit three times I'm
yrsrs m it kilip! a man named M.n.t
jeeotvl time it ili'l ten no much daiinc
third time was Isst week when it vr
iliockeda Mrs. lliggtu and damne d
house.
A iiRf ota cow has not been mvirr i
milk for three months, when one 1jt
came upon a bro en keg of beer tint J
fallen from a waon. Tha cow drau
th boer and since then has been yiviii
quarts a usy oi miiic, or course.
Tbr corpi.lee appointed bv Colon
Tt. t piipUT jmln.lli. Ktai.lrT Jt 1 I
& Co.. Meadviils re;orti 'tie assets aT.
'n.3.'0 23 snJ I he llani'.tiles as being f
075 60. A dividend of 10 er cent wiu
paid August 7,
Job Rirri.t and Mollis Drove, of
town, were insrrie.1 and immediate jr
nut for a biiiigy ride. Inili of an I
the horse run away and both were U
Injured.
rmt.lP Mil.BACort. s"ei 61. a nie'rln-,'
Valley f'urnace. mar Sh:iroti. wai kil.iM
the Jamestown ai C inim id iM i on t:iof.
and l'lttsbur railway w hile t-ying to v
his cow.
A Treacher at Warren su-prlsed hu
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HiCK.il.'.Pl m-t e-iiiiijitjr ) tt.'.tll4 il.riu ...
a number of tin in wer irtvmg more m.iw
io cnurca won inuii ijipt couiu nnor j id.
Th Mir in the bituminous coal rrji.it:
decidedly be'ter, and ilurinu the nst -.(
Ilio nutinu rroiu Him Llonrtiel'1 sua it
Creek regions wus over IIJO.IUO tuns.
I.kwis Nii-EwnMirR, of (ienrne's f-tc -Wtstmoreland
county, hai a stalk of c
15 feet high, which grew from a hi
plantod 50 duya ugo,
Ciiari.ri I)crr, a laborer at Iliintinjlit
as he emerged from liis house, wus tie 1 I
his porch bv burglars, who then robl.el::.
house ol OJ.
Cn. Irois, a brskeman was killM near
Wnviicabiiru. the brake he was et::i(
napping and throwing him between tt'
wheels.
The exodm of foreigners from lh" c e
reiriotn continues and the other l.iv
Huns loll ConuelUrille for their iu'.ie
land.
Mary Joitfno. a Creensbur d.mieY
fell on a red hut cnok stove, receiving mi
le which may prove futsL
riiii.AULLfiiiA is flooded with cotititerf.
pennies.
ASWEEHNO rtlNMON OHDEH.
Evidence to He Required as to tha Ctti
ibllitv of all Witnoss Affidavits.
Commissioner I.ochren hi issued
order requiring evidence aa to the cre.libl
ity of witnesses toufliJuvits residing in ci'if
of 20,000 or more luhubitants.
Hitherto th credibility of witnesse rt
tiding in towns of less than Unit nuuiinr
Inhabitants has been obtained from ti
postmaster of tho town, hut there hus If"
no step taken to ascertuiti the credibility '
witnesses In thu largo cities.
-The Chicago grand Jury minis no nf
on the cold storuge disaster at the We'll '
Ku'.r und Marshal Murphy, liirector 1. 1"
ham, Charles A. McPoiinell und John 1
Hkimittr were not indicted. t
tiov.Tn.i man of rt. C. has become In
censed at the rough usage accorded to h-
diaiH-nsory .ies and states that ha will ir
them and Instruct them to ihoot wtioneml
necessary.
Orain in Europe Goes Up.
In consequence of reports from New York
showing an advance in tho price of wheat,
the prices of -train at Uerliu hare guiierulif
riseu from 1 to 1 mark.
Thr much dreaded army worm h be
at work in the grain fields In Tolk, Kibboti
and Mar-hall comities. Minn., during ths
past 10 days and huudreds of acres of tf
crop art said to bt ruined.