A RACE OF GIANTS.
Won Jrrful People Who lahablt
I. land la lac Calf af Cal
Uarala. Tiburen is an island in the Culf of
California. I'util ls7:i, wheu Com
mander (cow Admiral) Ueorge DeWey
wus ent tlu re to make f urvtys, it Ml
a region shrouded in mystery. Duriug
the premier part of the yeur it ii re
eorted to by the Seri Indians, a raf of
giant who inhabit the adjacent main
land. They are reputed to be extreme
ly tOXpUfam and warlike, using pol
..i.t i. arrows to oppose the landing' of
foreigners on their shore. Dewey re
reived several visit from tin 111
though hostile at first, they became Tery I
friendly, says Youth's Companion.
A numogrnph on the Seri Indiana is j
shod to be published by the bureau of
ethno'ogy. It is from the en of Prof.
YV. .T. McAiee, who himself led a govern
ment expedition into their country.
They are wonderful navigators, and
have need to be, for between the Island
of Tibtiron tiff! the mnlnland is u nar
uow strait Appropriately called In
tiernMlo by the early Spanish explorers.
The waters of the gulf rush into this
passage through a funnel-s-haped bay,
and the tide pour through it in such
a manner as to make it one of the most
tumultuous bits of sea in the world.
A nts crossing can be made only oc
casionally, the only boat suitable fortlie
passua-e being the balsa, a nat4vc raft
like onnoe constructed of long reeds
Loiic'd together with string. In this ;
primitive craft the Seri paddle fearless
ly over the waters of the gulf in March
Of wa.tT fowl, for food, find of pelicans, i
which they hunt for their skin.
Kaids on the pelicans are undertaken
OD u still evening, when there ia no
moon and the weather is not too stormy.
The hunters get out at twilight, and
when the island ia reached balsas are
left in charge of the women. a.hile the
warriors and larger boyTrusii upon the
roosting birds and slaughter them with
clubs. The skins of Uie pelticuns are
sewn together to make robes, from four
to eight being required for one gar
ment. The Indiant are said to have a curi
ous way of making the pelicans catch
fish for them. They tie young or crip
pled bird to a shrub or stone, depend
ing upon the compassion of its fellows
to keep it from dying. In there circum
stances the sympathetic pelicans bring
the captive a plentiful supply of Ash.
At intervals a boy steals out and robs
toe bird's pouch of the store it con
tains. The Seri are a wonderful people phys
ically. Thar have fine chests, slender
and sinewy limbs, and hand add feet
of remarkable i. Of their luxuriant
long hair, aa well a of their superb
figures, thty are Inordinary proud.
The name Seri signifies spry, and re
fers to the marvelous powers of these
savages as ru nacre. They are said to be
the fleetest runners In the world, being
able to overtake swift horse. Tbxy ac
tually make a practice of running down
jackrabbita and deer. The skin of their
leg is mora like that of a horse or cam
el than kike that of a human being, so
that they can run through thickets of
thorny cactus that would be impene
trable to a white man.
The houses of the Seri are flimsy bow
ers of cacti and shrubbery, sometimes
hmgled rudely with turtle shells and
sponges. The big sea turtles, besides
replenishing the Seri larder and form
ing the house roof, provide receptacles
for water, the material for many prim
itive implements, a cradle at the be
ginning of life and a coffin at thread.
ABSORBED BY THE CHINESE.
several Braaehea af Superior tt
Have Been asalsatlalea' br tfce
MobboIs.
nv: . 1..L1. ,i v-. '
v.mu. remsrsume -no wouirw....
terrible capacity for impressing the
mental and physical peculiaritie. of (
ner own people upon every Dooy mai
runain long enough within her fron
tiers has been illustrated by her easy
assimilation of more than one nominal
ly superior race that ha found little
difficulty in acquiring domination over
the country, and this power ha had
even mora surprising display in the
case of a people that everywhere else
ha uccecded in maintaining its dis
tinctive characteristics. It has long
been known that In the town of Kai-Fang-Too
there ia a colony of Jews.
When or how they came there is a mat
ter of some uncertainty, but their es
tablishment was of remote date and
their isolation has been almost com
plete, says the New York Times.
Jut before the outbreak of the pres
ent trouble an effort waa made by the
Jew of Shanghai to ascertain the con
dition of their mysterious coreligion
ist and, though little was accom-
pHthed, owing to the dUturbed State of I
the country, .till, enough waa learned
to show that China had done her usual
"ark. A letter published by the Jew-
bbwbbb me ni-j.uuB-
Am colony aa composed of 40 houses
and 140 person. "Their condition in
society," say the writer, "1 not Tery
high. Once they were the richeat and
noat influential people of the place,
but through internal dissension they
haws dwindled down until now they are
ery poor. 1 am sorry to add they have
not a Tery good reputation. One of
them ia a Buddhist prieat, and also haa ,
the rank of a small mandarin. They
do not know much of their religion."
Only a .ingle in.errbed (tone mark.
the apot where thefr synagogue once I
ood, and nnless their associations j
with the outaid world are soon re
newed H eem certain that they will
become Indistinguishable from the
jeflow millions around them.
Hepefal.
Milton Gibson doesn't seam to be
getting rich at poultry raising.
BMton No; but he says hi hens
JJi taken to eating their own eggs,
d ha ha hope that they'll become
PPorUng.-M. . World.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
mob la tar lateraatlaaal steles
lor July T, ltrlll 4iol tar Ire
lor af All Tblaas.
1'repared by H. C L Ihaltni 1
THK LKS8UN TfcLVT.
(Genesis liM 2:3.)
8S. And Ood Said, Let us make man In our
mage, after our liken i and let than
lave dominion over tin- tti-h of the sea, ai.d
Wer the towl ol the air. and over the eat
le, and over all the tarth. and vr every
ireeplng thing tha,t creepeth upon the
larth.
27. So God created man In His own Image,
B the Image of God created He him; m.tlo
ind female created tie them.
i i Ana uou uitsstu inns, ar.u uou eatu
: into them. Be fruitful, and multiply, and
,M,l.-fiUh lha am-lh an. I utiK.lll.. It' Utwl
uve domn0n OVer the Ufh of the ea.
uid over the fowl of the air. and over
rrari ""IB Wing movetn upon tne
29. And God said. Ilehold. 1 haeo given
fou every herb bearing seed which is upon
i .he face of all the earth, and every tree,
n the which is the fruit of a tree yield-
ng seed; to you It "halt be for neat.
3a. And to every beast of the earth, aril
o every iowi or tne air. ana to every uung
hat creepeth uiton the earth, wherein
siere Is life. I have given every green herb
or meat; and 11 was so.
31. And God saw everything that lie had
nade, and behold, it wa-s very good. And
he evening and the morning were ill
.txth day.
1, Thus the heavens and the earth wers
inished. and all the host of them.
2. And on the seventh day God ended MU
fork which he had mad; and Ha rested
In the seventh day from all Mis work
rhlch !fe had made.
;t. Ami God blessed the seveuth day. -tad
lanctlfled It; beCaUS that in It U. had i
CSted from all His
tl ii, . u hi.a. ILul ......
Ited and made.
GOLOSH TKXT In the llralnnlna)
mi created the lles.es aatl the
tarth. Grn. 1 it.
NOTES AND ClIMMKNTB.
After one and a half years' study in
the New Teitament we now turn again
io the ancient records f the Old Tes
tament. For the greater purl f the
. n. .....v.i v.vju
lext six months our study will be in I
;he book of Genesis. Genesis means
jeginning or origin, and- la is to the
.-cry beginning of things (at least as
far as this planet goes) that our at
tention is directed. Regarding the
jook itself two facts muv lie briefly
xoted. One is that io spite of all the
Usotuaton that has been or is being
saged over and about it, it still con
tains a vast amount of unchallenged
mil unalterable truth. Higher and
lower critics may disagree over tech
nicalities of literary construction, and
ttheista may make all their denials,
the essential truths cannot be success
fully attacked. The other point is re
tarding the authorship of the book.
It is not suited in the book itself that
Moses is the author, but the popular
elief that is the case is probably cor
rect. At least as far as dates are con
erned he could hare been the author.
The lesson text to be studied should
aclude the first two chapters. In
these two chapters are contained two
lisainct account of the creation. The
Srt include the first chapter and the
Srst three verses of the second ch.ip
er. The second account is found in
tie ne sis 2:4-25.
The Order of Creation. We mny
nun up the order of creation as fo
,ows: On the first day appeared the
light. Before that all had been chaos.
Now the light began to shine through
the earth mists. On the second day
the mists began to riso from the face
of the earth, and the firmament came
nto existence with the clouds above
nd the ocean beneath. Oil the third
day, or in the third age of the world
appeared the continents; land was
created, l'eloubet well states the
vent of the fourth day when he says:
"Notice that it is not said that God
'created' the sun and stars on the
fourth day. They were created in the
3eglnaiug, but on the fourth day He
I made thorn to be sun end moon and j
stars to the earth; God let them shine, I
as previously they had been concealed
from the earth by tho dense mist,
v.. tK. fiftli ln ii nnaarail life in tht
""J -t'i -
M air-ftshes and fowls were.cre-
ald Qa thc glx d oecrirrPli the
ereaton of Ufe on the laud, cnlminat-
lng in the creation of man, the clitnnx
of animate nature."
Before passing on note the manner
in which the Bible is begun: "In the
beginning Ood." From lid to lid in
the Bible no other proof of the exist
ence of God Is attempted than the re
citing of His wonderful work. Com
pare John 1:1: "In the beginning was
the word, and the word was with God,
and the word was God." The fact is
that a few men may try to prove or
disprove that God is, but the great
multitude will continue to see His
works, hear His voice, and know from
them that God is in the world He has
made and will continue to ask the love
and reverence due nim from His crea
tures. Tho Creation of Man. Notice in the
first chapter (1) that man was made
in the Image of God, (2) lhat he was
Jmn Prtmlnlrtn tVAr t h nm'ninl ere-
" . . w fca araa aaaatarl
fami, jife In the sex.oml ,,hapter,
Terse t WQ earu t)lat ,nan is mon ,,,.,
phvsical nfei that he la a living soul.
Another Story of Creation. A care-
ful reading of the two chapters shows
two distinct accounts of tne creation.
Tho first has for its central idoa God
and Ilis wonderful handiwork. The
central point of tho second aecou.nl
Is man; It is an enlargement) of that
part of the first tory which has to do
with the creation of man. This is the
nntUral order: first Ood tho creator,
man tBe creature.
0,ra? "d "J'
Whlle there. s ,hoI) tIir,' " U fo;
Tho use of the arrow depends nn
lu
Be godly and yon will never be loin
some.
Christ makes the many books in;
the one Hi bio.
Tho enducment ie better than an en
dowment.
No
man loses thc consecration he
puta into the collection.
Even tho foolish virgins were too
wise to try to make thc beauty of
their lamps pass for the brilliancy of j
iheir lights. Kam' Horn.
HOUSEHOLD LORE.
Itesaa of Information Krarllac lled
clotars. Talilr Llurn acul
PsIHoa.
For the outer covering of bids there
ire all sorts of pretty and novel things
In white ami colors. I'ossibly the hand
somest are those of heavy linen, tat
j broidered iu white bj hand. Some of
the more elaborate have the whole ceil-
ter embroidered, a broad embroidered
I border outlined with drawn work and
! a wide hem finished with a row of
! drawn work at the head. On brass
I beds these quilts take the place of
I the Valence, hanging down on all sideB.
j The monogram frequently eppenrt
1 at one side of the embroidery 0B
1 ter. The durable Marseilles quilts
j come both plain woven and embroid
ered. iu white or in colors, says the
1 Washington Star.
The fancy for embroidery alio ex-
tends to the finish of sheets and pil
! low cases. "Shams" are still much used,
, though inauy housekeeper prefer,
cases, inte which the pillows are but
toned. These ne large and square.
' They are laid aside at night, however,
in favor of smaller pilluMt with plain
er covers. Monograms or initials lor
I sheets are two or three inches high j
and worked in the rrnter just about
the hem. For pillow cases the letters
are smaller.
Sheets for double beds should be I
threeyarda long before hemming. Thil
,ll.. nr . tl,,...;,.h ham l the ton
Wl
i .11 .1 IJ.L .. . .1... l. .!
one-nau uie niuia ,n nit- uoiioim, a.nu
leaves the sheet a little more than 2
v ards long after shrinkage in washing.
A sheet large enough to tuck under
und stay where it is put is theonly kind
sure to be a comfort lo the user. The
thrifty English fashion of covering the
ends of comfortables with a width of
thin muslin or cheese cloth, which can
be removed and washed whenever
soiled is one that commends itself to
all housekeepers. The untoward tend
ency of light-colored comforts to show
soiling where they are tucked under
the neck of the sleeper is in this way
obviated.
In purchasing table linen the cream
weave will be found wore durable than
the white or half bleached. While pat
tern tablecloths are more desirable
for "best" than those cut from the
web, the latter will be found much
cheaper for everyday use. ("heap
leesy damask is never advisable, the
loose weave rendering it a poor invest
ment, in point of service. The me
dium grade of either Scotch or Irish
make will be found unequaled for sat
isfactory wearing qualities. Before
hemming a tablecloth see that it 1 cut
by the pattern. The thread makes the
pattern and if one follows the patters
it take leas time than pulling the
thread. While hemstitching make a
pretty finish, it cannot endure hard
usage, and I, therefore, Inappropriate
for clotha that have to be frequently
laundered. The beat way to hem
everyday linen is to turn and baste a
narrow hem, then, folding the hem
back again on the right side of the
cloth, sew the hem to the cloth by hand
in an over-and-over seam. Then flat
ten and pres the hem in place. The
monogram or initial of the house mis
tress should be wrought diagonally in
one corner in white linen or outline
silk.
A new wrinkle in luncheon cloths is
to have them woven in two tints, yel
low and white, pink and white or
green and white. With gold-banded
china the yellow and white combina
tion is remarkably effective. Nothing,
however, is in better taste than the
rich, thick, solid linen which is usu
ally handsomely decorated bv hand
cmbroidery or border sprays and a
centtr garland largo enough to sur
round a vase of flower or fruit piece.
The pure white affords a capital
background for crystal and silver as
well us fancy doilies and pretty dishes.
Quantities of doilies sre now told, so
many people using them without s
tablecloth for breakfast and lunabeon
on Sunday night tea. Those of heavy
linen with solid white embroidery are
most durable aid exceedingly popu
lar. Very effective also are the Jap
anese gross linen sets, which come in
both white and colored embroidery
with Japanese floral designs.
THE CAPABLE WOMAN.
Kn Just the lU.ht Thins to Do
la An Hiaergracr That Cos
fronts Her.
The capable woman is just as likely
to develop to perfection in the back
woods as anywhere else. Knvironment
has not much to do with producing her
Like the poet she is born and not made
There is no college or institution of
learning which can tors her out to or
der, says Table Talk.
The capable woman knows just the
right thing to do in any emergency
which may confront her, and she does
it. She has confidence m herself. She
does not think it neceaaary to run
among her friends and oak erorytody's
advice before the doeti aa ana boe n
in ! nd. to do.
She doesn't send for Um doator aaag
timo she baa an in-hti or a n4 saoihsff.
She doesn't got frigbtenud erery time
she hears a DoiM ho on una aoooeot
for. fSho goes and finde out what the
noise originated from. 9h doen not
throw cold water on Iter ftwruly. She
encourages effort, sfce aastfato every HI
I terpriso with well lUaawsl atreiigtli.
I and she inspires alt time who ouuse
I within her influence.
She knows liovv to do tbiaga If the
house .should catch firo she aye-aid try
, her best to put out tba tacnaa before
I she rushed into the pfrcet and. so givu
I the fire a chance to develop strength
ana 016,1 ' ' " "f
vicinity shook; iirc.-iK a nmo orousan
artery aha wouul not scroam or taint
away, but she would render such as
sist j nee as lay in her power until mod
ical aid could be procured.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
rwin la tlir I ntr rnatlnnal Series
for Jul It. tlio I Ilea: iinlnK of
Mu and Krdrluutiun.
irrt aared H C U t u'.onj
THE 1 l S8 V 1 1... r.
(QeaU 1:1-11 1
I. And the lerpenl satd unto the wi-man.
:'e, shall nut sun I) ale:
6. For Hud dnlh W:...w lhal in the I'.ay ye
nit thereof, then yourtyei shall bi opened,
ind ye shall be s k- knowlnf, good and
rrlL
8. And when the woman saw that the
lae w is .-ood tor food, ami that it w .i.
lleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de
;lri u to make one wisK she took of the
rult thereof, ami !ul eat. ami Rave also
it.to her buaband wtiii her; and hs diii eat.
7. And the i e at tin in both were opened,
nd they knew lhal they were naked; and
hey sewed tut leaves together, and made
beraselve apron.
8. Ami they heard the voice o( the Lord
;od walklnK In Ihe .arden In ihe cool f
he day; and Adam and lN wit hid Uieni
elves from th presence of the Lord Ood
imongst the trees ol lh Harden.
9 And the Lord Qod called unto Adam,
.nd said unto him. Where art thou?
10. And he said, I heard Thj olc In the
arden, ami I waa afraid, because i was
luked ; and I hid myself.
U. And He said. Who told thee that thou
vast naked'.' Hast tli.m eaten of the tree,
hereof 1 commanded thee thai thou
ikOUtdeSt not eat"
IS. And the man said. The unman whom
l'hu aaveal t be with me, she save me of
he tree, and 1 i'!il t ,il
1.; And the l.urd Qod said unto the wnm
in. What Is this thai itmu hast done? And
he woman said, The serpent beguiled me,
md 1 did eat.
14. Ami the Lord Cod said unto the ser-
Knt. Because tnou nasi uon tins, inou
irt Cursed above all cattle, and abovi
ivery beast ol the Held; upon thy belly
ihult thou go, and dust Bhujt thou eat all
be days Of thy llf-.
It. And 1 will put enmity between thee
md the woman, and between thy seed and
ter seed. It shall bruise thy bead, and thou
halt bruise hN be. I.
Uttl.DI'.V Tl'. XT. lien- BlM nbomiil
l. Kenee did luliell inure ulMlund.-
Iiliu, rtO.
NOTES an n COMMENTS.
The lesson of to-day present n pic
.urc in sad contrast t" thai of our last
esson. Then we read of Hod and the
wonderful work of Ilis hands; we
reud of the creation of man in the Im
tge of Qod with Kve, his wife, placed in
Jie Garden of Bdeu, surrounded by
verythiug that was beautiful, pure
md calculated to make them happy.
The picture of this lesson is the great
alack blot of sin and Us accompanying
nisery and desolation. The story is
.'aniiliar to all, an outline U sufficient
(0 recall all its essential points.
The Serpent Tempt l'-ve (h. 3:1-6
fcdam and live yield to Temptation Vs. li
The Results of Sin V. T-JJ
Ufe Apart from Ood Ch. 4;l-'Ji
The Serpent Tempts Ev. In the
itory of the temptation notice car eful
y three points: (1) The power of evil
luggestion. The serpent (or, wo may
tay, Satan, speaking through the ser
pent) made no bold assertion at first,
nor did he pluck fruit from the forbld
len tree and offer it to the woman.
That means would have been an Invita
tion to defeat. He put a queationi
'Hath God said, ye shall not eat of
very tree of the garden?" The subtle
tuggestiou is at once apparent. Of all
;vil things the most evil is the evil sug
gestion, and the mure subtle tho sug
gestion the more (towerfut the evil.
;2) The spirit of discontent s the
ipening wedge for sin. The serpent's
rvil suggestion created in the. woman's
mind the spirit of discontent. It is
possible that there is such a tiling us
a noble discontent w hich spurs one on
to endeavor that will enable him to rise
from lowly surroundings and to mount
the ladder of aspiration to higher
things; but discontent, In and of itself
onsidered, la thing to be despised. It
regards neither ways ucir means, ask
ing only that its object be attained,
ind that object is usually one not
worth the attaining. Have your aspira
tions, but keep down the spirit of dis
content. The sin of discontent is the
more cleurly realised when we recall
lhat it m ever awakened at thc rail of
an evil suggestion. (3) Sulan follows
up his own evil suggestion, and the
consequent spirit of discontent awak
ened in the woman's mind by denying
the word of God. God had said: "Ye
shall surely die." Satan said: "Ye
shall not surely die."
The Results of Sin.- -All the rest of
the Bible, beginning with the seventh
verse of the third rhapter of the first
book, and all the history of the world,
is the story of the consequences of sin.
The immediate result was banishment
from the parudise originally intended
for men. God had said the penalty
would be death. "The wages of sin is
death." Separation from God is death.
Sin drove Adam and Eve from the gar
den, and put a flaming sword which
turned every way to guard the way to
the tree of life. Only through re
pentance nnd the death of the physical
body does man now find his way back
to the paradise of God.
Incidentally, we have here a hint
of the redemption through Christ.
Among "the seed" or descendants, of
the woman was to be the Messiah,
Jesus Christ, lly Him has the head of
the serpent been crushed.
Life Apart from (iod.- Head the
fourth chapter of Genesis for a hint as
to the results of sin, and of separat ion
from God. It is the beginning of the
Hory of mun taking the life of man.
It la a picture darkly drawn, but crime
hast been rampant on the nice 01 tne
earth from the fall of man to the pres
ent hour. Cain killed Abel, ami Lamach
killod Cain. "1 have sluin a man to my
wounding, and u young man to my
hurt."
Grapes from Caaaaa.
Spirituality is not spasmodic.
Yoar soul cannot eat by proxy.
Tvrsninology has often terminated
truth.
No man lives for Christ till he has
jied with Him.
When the devil preaches leave your
purs at home.
The sunlight of yesterday is pre
served in the flowers of to-day.
The flowers of time must fall when
the fruit ripens for eternity.
The word of the saint ought to be
better security than the bond of the
tinner. Ram's Horn.
West Virginia Mine Striken As
sume a Warlike Attitude.
COMPELLED TO FLEE FOR LIFE.
Marshals Were Serving Notice of an
Injunction Issued by Federal Judge
Jackson Bloodshed Feared When
They Resume Their Work.
Huntington. V. Va , Juno 2S Yes
terday a posse of deputy United States
marshals, led by A. C. Hufford, of Blue
Held, were fired on by the strikers and
forced to (lee from the coal fields at
Mutewau. Sunday 'afternoon the mar
shals. under the leadership of A. C.
Hufford, set out from Bluefleld to reach
the scene of the miners' riots. When
they arrived within 2o miles of T hack
er they found that they could proceed
no further by rail on account of the
fiood, They struck out across the
mountains, encountering almost unstir
ruountable difficulties, and late Sunday
afternoon reached the end of their des
tination, Proceeding to work, they began
serving notices of the Injunction
which had been issued by Judge Jack
son. A mob of. strikers followed, arm
ed to the teeth with firearms. On all
sides (iiiild be heard the cry "Ikiwn
with government by injunction." Men
threatened thorn with their weapons,
women called down the venegance of
heaven Upon them, and children hurl
ed stones. When nightfall came no
tice had been served on the strikers of
all the coal companies but one, and
that was to be served at the Lick Pork
Coal and Coke company at Thai ker.
Fearing an ambush they waited un
til morning, and early yesterday set
out for Thncker. Some tima before
noon they attempted to serve the In
junction papers at the above named
colliery. A moh followed, enraged to
desperation at the sweeping character
of the Injunction. One reckb-BS fel
low fired the first shot, and quick as
lightning the mountain sides echoed
and re echoed with resoundlnK reports
that followed the rrack of 20 or 30
rifles. The deputies were forced to
take refuge in flight, and then barely
escaped with their lives.
Tho strike situation Is assuming a
frightful stage. Sheriff Hatfield ha
withdrawn all of deputies, because It la
said he does not believe In the policy
being used to put down the strike. The
United States marshals have been left
alone, and after being chased from the
fields yesterday It Is believed that they
will be strongly reinforced and ready
to fight when they again appear to en
force the Injunction.
Tug river divides West Virginia
from Kentucky. On each side the
mountains are almost perpendicular,
nnd the entire distance from bank to
bank is not more than 600 yard. Oa
the mountain aide of West Virginia
the collieries are located. On the Ken
tucky side are nothing but mountain
paths. A lot of strikers, almost a
thousand strong, have crossed over In
to Kentucky and are occupying the
mountain passes. Here they are out of
reach of the deputy marshals and com
mand the entrances to the collieries.
The strikers have nothing but hatred
and contempt for the marshals, and It
Ifl said that at the mass meeting at
Thai ker on Saturday Bight they da
rided to ignore the Injunction.
CLEVELAND FLYER WRECKED.
Two Dead, Three Dying and Probably
Thirty Injured.
PHUburg, June 25. Train No. 28.
known a the Cleveland flyer, was
wrecked at Monaca, about 30 miles
west of here, last evening, and at least
two persons are dead and probably 30
hurt. The dead: J. W. Cunningham,
fireman of the train, lived at McKee
Rock. Pa.; Lowry Black, baggageman
ter, of Pittsburg. Among the seriously
Injured are: Mr. James Lee, Wash
ington, Pa, arm broken and hurt in
ternally; Mr. Lola B. Perkln. Cleve
land, bad scalp wound and hurt Inter
nally; Mrs. Jefferson Carson Heaver,
Pa., badly cut and bruised; Miss Lucy
I Rose, Corttand, o . arm broken; Mlsa
May Churchill. Cortland, O., prostrated
from ahock. The three ladies firat
named will probably die.
The train, while going at very fail
speed, ran into an open switch at Mon
aca and the entire train went over an
embankment some 25 feet high. Ev
ery car was turned over, two of them
going over twice.
Deemed It UoriL TrylaaT.
She laughed as she put down the pa
per. "How silly some people ure," sh
ard. "Here' a story of u New Jersey
aromaji who was ill und permitted a
mas to bambooale her into the belief
Ihar he could be cured by kisses, as n
rcaiilt of w hich it scandal followed."
"Lai m not be too hasty iu our judg
meait," he replied, thoughf ully. "Since
ne le-aim engaged your In tilth has
been better than ever before."
"That's so," she exclaimed, for some
how this had not occurred U her be
fore. "Therefore," he continued, "let n
overlook no precautions."
Aud they overlooked none. Chicago
The lne Task.
Wa bare boiled the hydrant water,
We have sterilized the milk,
We have strained the prowlln- microbe
Throush the finest kind of silk.
We have bought and we have borrowed
lvry patent health device.
And at last the doctor tells us
That we've got to boll the lea
-What to Eat.
While rich men are giving libraries
a cities, uud getting their names ta
. the aewipapers for
Libraries fas r
their generosity,
Psraiars. (he Ut of Wia.
Bonain is going quietly about its bust
Bess of extending librury privileges to
farmers. In 1H98 a law was passed
Uowing townships and school dis
tricts to appropriate mouey to the
support of neighboring libraries, and
to secure by that means the privileges
enjoyed by the town people. Now, at
the end of three yeurs. jS out of every
100 public libraries in the stale have
country patrons. The only increased
expense to the libraries has been iu
the wear and lear of bunks, und this
has been mora than offset by the addi
tional funds. It has been found, too,
that the extension has been a means
of drawing trade. When two town
are equally distant from the farm thc
farmer vUi go the one where he
can get n book for his wife or children,
and once there, he buy-, his dry goods
und groceries, has his hair cul for
Sunday, gets hi horses shod and bis
wiie-iiu mended, buys paint for hi
bain, tools and garden seed, ami the
village Is the gainer by several small
transactions. The plan has the en
thusiastic support of Mr, Frank A.
Hutching, secretary of the Wisconsin
Slate Library association. In an
open circular he shows t he advantuges
of the system, and urges towns every
where to secure the cooperation f
townships and school districts in in
creasing the usefulness of public libra
ries. An eiTort is going to be made by the
county superintendents of schools of
Illinois to keep
bov s on the farms.
To Keep llun on
(lie Farm.
The fact ha been.
brought out that attendance at coun
try schools is decreaaing because the
boy.s leave the farms for tho cities at
an early age. The plan determined
upon was to have agriculture taught
in country schools. It is believed
that if farm work is made a school
study the boy will have more) interest,
in it and mora respect for farming ee
a profession. One trouble about the
farm is the farmer. Ha rarely real
ires that his boy of IS or 20 wishes
to be independent. He works like a
hired man, doing all the disagreeable
unremunerativc "chorea" about the
place, and then is compelled to ask
for money a a favor. Mr. Samuel W.
AlUrton lay that if a boy is giver,
ten or twenty acre of his own he
will take a manly interest in farming.
He will have something to work for,
and be will have money to save, spend
or Invest as he likes, the same a the
neighbor' boy who is working in the
city. No doubt the boy is best off on
the farm, freer, happier, healthier,
more truly independent, ltut he must
have substantial reasons for thinkjng
o, or he will leave.
Chicken tamales ami canned pig'
feet wer included in a lilt of supplier
purchased in Chicago for Uncle Sam'
soldiers in nhe Philippines. Mnj. W.
L. Alexatider, chief commissary officer
of the department of the lakes,
placed orders for tho following pro
visions with Several of the leading
Chicago packers for immediate ihip
nient to Manila: Two thousand four
hundred and ninety-six one-pound
cans of chicken tamales, 12,000 one-
, pound cans of chipped beef, .',016 two
pound cans of oerned beef hash, 1,008
two-pound cans of pigs' feet, 504 str
pound cans of pigs' feet, 9,000 pounds
of pork sausage. The supplies will
be forwarded to San Francisco In
i refrigerator cars and shipped from
that point to Manila on army tmas
' ports.
' St. I'uul and Minneapolis, it is said,
have the lowest death rates of any
j cities in the United States. SL l'uul.
with a population of 103,031, has a
I death rate of 10.78, while Minnenp-
olis, with a population of 808,71, has
a death rate of 11. OH per thousand la
habitants,
On the recent adjournment day in
the California legislature a military
bund was blaring in the gallery, a Ool-
I ored boy danced the. Cakewalk, one
' ripens.? pro teui. used u hatohet as a
iruvel aiid another cinuhusucd his pal
ings with shots from a revolver.
Tabloid bills of fare have reached
the Missouri mules iu the Philippines
and South Africa. A hay lozenge com
pressed by powerful machinery con
stitutes one feed, and is reported to bo
atisfactory, But then in'mule bts .
wonderful constitution.
Concord, Neb., has elected n major
and comaaon council pledged t cun
I the oily us Carrie Nation would adriaa.
Drinking and Booking on the streu
j are to be puuisued so mi-ideincanora
and all theatrical performance ure
: to be forbidden.
Indiana's new law to prevent lynch
ing provides that where a prisoner h
taken from the custody of the sliarifl
nml lynched the iheriff'a Offlefl becomes
vacant, (if course, knowing this, the
prisoner can go to his doom w ith per
fect composure.
The mother of Oov. Heckham, of Pjdd
' tacky, ha! a remarkable record. She
! has the unprecad anted distinction ol
J having been the mother of a governor,
the daughter of a governor, the ststei
I of a governor and thc OOttall of a gov
amor.