w in filth, it will the the air of elhonses of corruption and call Shem aroma, it will quaff the blood of imum souls and call it nectar. When sin murdered Christ on the cross it { showed what it would do with the Lord God Almighty if it could get at Him. Ths prophet had deciared—I think it was Jere jah—had declarad eanturies befora the truth, bubnot until sin shot out its forked tongue at the crucifix and tossad its sting into tha soul of a martyred Jesus was it ii- lustrated, that ‘‘the hcart is Geceitinl above all things, and desperately wicked, oie “It behoved Christ to suffer,” that our affections might be excited Christ- ward. Why, sirs, the behavior of our Lord bas stirred the affections of all those who have ever heard of it. It has been the art walleries of the world with such nicinrax as Ghirlandaio's ‘Worship of the Magi,” Giot- to's ‘“‘Baptism of Christ,” Holman Hunt's “Christ in the Temple,” -Tintored’s **Agony in the Garden,” Angelos ‘‘Crucifizion,” and it has called out Handel's Messiah,” and ru sweetest chimes in Youug’s *‘Night WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY A w 4s. || pishhatiare’ MAKE IT. wise fhe collar. The Grepon of the corsage. salted Linu, nd then smoked by har is stretched over fitted lining by using a wl om in a smolkehouse and ‘burping dress form. - The figa: made oversilk of ; EO his a de E Ahem: ‘But litle a) ; tbe shade of the ground of the crepon.. pry Lg re Sy i ! = 2 The illustration shows an elegant prome- | g : . tho Sh ee i of 8 Smokiog £ f NEW PIPE LINE COMPANY. nade costume, a gown inte Se for a lady 3 Ee 1eang of the pyro. : who is beyond the ‘age of girlish styles. It 2 En kL produced by {10 ne ed. | is a brocaded foulard, the skirt being Cin ee er dig Aoposiio | ! trimmed with a double-headed ruffle sepa- Sy York Tim So Es SH. tated by an insertion of lace. The jacketis | °° © Bh 1a Een double in front, the under part being cover- ed with a ‘crossed lace fichu; the upper part hangs straight, and is fitted to the figure by means of a single dart. This part is slit into tabs and filled in with lace, which at the BENEFITS OF SUFFERING, ent. 4 Sunday Sermon As Delivered by : ’ 77 the Brooklyn Divine: oo Costumes For Ladies No Lorger inthe Hey-Day of Youth. <1: “It behoved Carist to suffer’— ike xxiy,, 46. © x Albers have been ‘scholars who havs ven- tured the assertion that the pains of our Tord were unnecessary. Indeed it was a shocking waste of tears and blood and ag- ony, unless soms great enl ware to be reached. If men can prove that no good re- sult comes of it; then the character of God 3 ipeached, and the universes must stand abhorent and denunciatory at the fact that - the Father allowed the butchery of His only ten Son. : ; ‘We all admire the brave six hundred men . It bas been well said that a mirror tells more truths than are ever Spoken, and 1 add that it presumes upon long acquaint- ance and" speaks plainer and plainer every year. : ; Lo | capital $250,000, has been filed | of the Courity Recorder.” The: managers the company are J. W. Lee, ‘Chairman; Y. Ramage, Secretary and Treasu! Torry, John Swartz and A DAINTILY ATTRACTIVE CURTAINS. The woman whose artistic ability has to compensate for the slimness of her purse is never more successful than when | escribed by Tennyson as dashing into the conflict when they knew they must die, and knew at the same time that ‘some one had * blund=r’d;” but we are abhorrent of the man who roade tbe blunder and who caused the sacrifice of those brave men for no use. But . Iishall show you, if the Lord will help me, this inorninz that for pood reasons Christ went throuzh the torture. In other words, . 449% behooved Christ to suffer.” In the first place, I remarz that Christ's rations were necsssary, because man’s $eue was an impossibility except by the Jeymens of some great sacrifice. Outraged law bad thundered against iniquity. Man must die unless a substitute can intercept that death. Let Gaoriel seep forth. He re- fuses. Let Micaael the archangel step forth. He refuses. No Roman citizen, no Athe- nian, no Corinthian, no reformer, no angel ‘vo untz2ered. Christ then bared His heart to the y ang. Ee paid for our redemption in “tears and blood and wounded feet and . eeoursad shoulders and torn brow. ‘it is “done.” Heaven and earfh heard the snap of the ; r'son bar. Sinai ceased to quake with wrath the moment that Calvary began to { rock in crucifixion. Christ had suffered. “$0Oh.” says some man, “I don't like what doctring of substitution; les every maa bear his ewn burdens, and weep his own tears, and fight bis own battles!” Why, my brotoes, there is vicarious suffering all over : the worid. | Did not your parents suffer for ve 2 Do you not sometimes suffer for your ehikiren? ‘Does not the patriot suffer for “his country? Did not Graces Darling suiler for tas drowning sailors? Vidarious sutfer- ing ou all sides! Bus how insignifizant com~ pared with this scene of vicarious suifer- Veas it for crimes that I ha dons He groaned upon the tree: .Aiuszing pity, erace unknown, Aud love bayond degree. Christ must suffer to pay the pricz of our re lesiption. : us I remark again, the suiferings of Chyisi wore necessary in - order thas the ‘worid’s sympathies might be aroused. sn are won to the right and good throuzh their symvpataies, The world must feel aright belore it can act arizht. So the cross was allowed to be lifted that the world’s sympa- thies mizht be aroussd, Men who have been cbdurated by the cruelties they have enacted, the massacres they have inflicted, by the horrors of whica they have been guilty, have become littie children in the pres nce of this dying Saviour. - YWhat the swords could not do, what Jug: rnauts could noi subdue, the wounded and of Christ has accomplished. Theres are this moment millions of people held ua- der the spell oi that one sacrifice. The ham- mers that struck the spikes into the cross ‘have broken the rocky neart of the world. Nothing but theagonies of a Saviour’s death throz could rous> the world’s sympathies. I remark again, “I$ behoved Christ to suffer,” that the strengsh and persistence ot the aivine love mizht be demonstrated. Was it tha applause of the world that induced Christ on that crusade from Heuven? Why, all the universe was at His feet. © Could the conguest of this insignificant planet have ia lim for His career of pain if it had en a mere matter of applause? All the honors of heaven surging at His feet, “Would your queen give up her throne that ghie might rate a miserable tribe in Africa? { Woula toe Lord Jesus Christ on the throne of tre universe come down’ to our planet it “it were a mere matter of applause and uce clamation? Nor was it an expedition undertaken for the accumulation of vast wealth. What could all the harvests and the diamonds of our iittle world do for Him whose ars the glories of infinitule and eternity? Nor was 3b an experiment—an attempt to show what He conld do with thehard hearted races; He Who wheels the stars in their courses and Holds the pillars of the universe on the tips of His fingers needed to make no experiment to find what He could do. Oh, I will tell you, my friends, wnat it was. It was un- disp ised, unlimited, all conquering, all con- “suming, infinite, evernal, omnipozent love thas opened the gate, that started the “gtar in the east, with finger of light pointing down to tne manager, that arrayed the Christmas choir above Bethlehem, thas opened the stable door where Christ was “born, thas lifted Him on the cross. love thirsty at the.well. Loveat the sick man's © | eouch, Love at the cripple’s cruteb. Love ‘sweating in the garden. Love dying on the cross. Love wrapped in the grave.” You cannct mistake it, The blindest eye must sea it, ‘The hardest heart muss feel it. « the deafest ear must hear it.’ Parable and miracle, wayside talk and seaside interview, all toe scenes of His life, all the sufferings of ‘His death, proving beyond controversy that _ for our ingrate earth God has yearned with ‘* Istupendous and inextineuishabie love. mus | remark again, ‘It behoved Christ to i sue,” that thos nature of human guill There is nota com. mon s:nse man in the house to-day that will not admit that the machinery of society is | out nf gear, that the human mind and the human heart are disorganized, that some. vi mihi b2 demonstrated. Ahinz ougat to be done right away for ifs re- * pair and readjustment. human hears for sin would not have been . deinonstrated if azainst the holy and inno- .. eens one of the cross ib had nos bzea hurled in one bolt of {ire. Carist was not the first man tat hal been <a Bu to death, Taers had been manv bafors rd fm put to death, but they had their whims, % The r follies, tasir sing, their inconsistancies. Bub Wwaen the mob oufsiie ol Jerusalem howled at the Jon ol God it was hate azains goo ness, it was blasohamy azainss virous, it was earth against heaven. = What was is dn that innocent anidloving faces oi Chriss that excited tae vituperation and ths con- fumely and scorn of mea? If He had ban- fered thom fo coma ov, if He had laughed . them into derision, if Ie had denounced them as the vagabonds thal they were, we . coyuid understand their ferocity, but it was * mgainst inoffensiveness that thoy brandished their spears, and shook their fists, and ground their foeth, and howled and scoFed and jeerad aud mocked. | What evil had He done? Whose eyesizlit had Ho pub out? None; bub He given vision “7% to tne blind, Whoss child had He sliin? None: hit Ho» fassorad the deal damsel to er mothes, What law had He broken? Jone; but be had inculcatad obsdience to goveroment. What fofil plot had He en- scied acainst the happiness of the race? None; He had come to save a world. Ths only eruclty He ever engebad was $0 heal the gice. The only ostentation Ha ever dis- played was to sit swith pubiicans ani sinners and wash the disoples! fest. = ; The only seidsnness He. ever was to give His life for His enemies. ‘all the wrath of the world surged against Hishoiy heart, Hear the redhob scorn of the world hissing in the poolsof wiour's blood! Anil standing thers to- "day let us ses whao nn unreasonable, loath- ‘some, hateful, blastiag, damning thing is “the iniquity of the human heart. loosed, _behoved Christ But the height and idepth and length and breadth and hate and recklessness and infernal energy of tas exaibitod Aad’ Thoughts,” and filled the psalmody of the world with the penitential notes of sorrow end the hosannas of Christian triumph. Show me any other king who has so many subjects. What is the most potent pame to-day in the United States, in France, in England, in Scotland, in Ireland? Jesus. Other kings have had many subjects, but whera is the kinz who has so many admir- ing subjects as Christ? Show me a regi. ment of a thousand men in their army and I will show you a battalion of ten thousand men in Christ's army. Show me in history where one man has given his property and his life for any one else, aud 1 will show you in history hua- dreds and thousands of men who haye chear- fully died that Christ might reiga. Aye, thers are a hundred msn in this houss who, if need were, would step out and die for Jesus. Their faith may now seem to be faint, and sometimes they may be inconsis- tent, but let the fires of martyrdom bo kin- dled, throw them into the pit, cover them with poisonous serpents, pound them, flail them, crush them, aad i will tell you what their last cry would be, “Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly!” Oh, yes! the Lord Jesus has won the affac- tions of many ot us, There are soms of us who can say this morning, *‘Lord Jesus, my light and my song; my nope for time, my expectation for eternity.” Altogether lovely ‘Thou art, My soulis ravished with the vision. Thou art mine. Come let me clasp Thee, Come life, come death, coma scorn and pain, come whiriwina and darvimness. Lord Jesus, I cannot give Thee up. I have heard Thy voice. 1 have seen Thy bleedi side. Lord Jesus, if I had some garlan plucked from heavenly gardens I would wreath it for Thy brow. If I had some gem worthy of the placa I would set it in Th crown. If I had seraphic harp I would strike itin Thy praise. But I come lost and Fuined and undone to throw myself at Thy eet. No price I bring: 3 Simply to Thy cross I cling, Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that [ love Thee. But I remark again, “It behoved Christ to suffar,” that the world might learn how to suffer. . Sometimes people suffer because they cannot help themssalves, but Christ had in His hands all the weapons to punish His enemies, and yet in quiescenca He endured all outrage. H2 mizht have hurled the rocks of Golgotha upon His pursuers; He might have cleft ths earth until He swal- lowed up His assailants; Hs might have called in reinforcement or taken any thun- derboit from the armory of God Omnipotent an 1 hurled it ssething and. fiery among His foes, but He answere: not again, Oh, my hearers! has there ever besn in the history ot tue world such an example of enduring patience as we find in the cross? Some of you suffer paysical distresses, some of vou hava lifelons ailments and thay make vou tretful Sometimas you think that God thas given yon a cup too dep ard tod brim- mivg. Somarimes you ses ths world langh- ing and romping on ths highways of life, snd you look out of the winiow while seatzd mn invalid’s chair, . I want to show you this morning ons who hal worse pains in the heal toan you hava ever had, whose hack was scourged, who was wounded in the hands and wounded in the feet, and suifered all over: and I want that exampie 10 Inage you more enduring in your suffering, and to make you. say, % 2ather, not My will but Thins be. dona.” You never have bad any bodily pain, and you will never have any bodiiy pain that equaled Christ's torture. 1 behoved Christ to suffer,” that He might show you how physically to suffer. Some of you are persecuted. There are thoss who hate you. They criticise you. "They would be glad to see yon stumble and fall. ‘Ihey have doue unaccountable mean- nesses toward you. Sometimes you feal anary. You ieelssif 8 would like to re- tort, Stop! Look at the closed lips, look at the still hand, look at the beautiful demeanor of vour Lord. Strack, mob striking back scan. Oh, if you could only appreciate what He endured in the way or persecution you never would complain of persecution. Phe words of Christ would be your words, “Father, if 16 be possivle, let, this cup pass from Me: tub if not, Thy will be done.” “It to suffer” persecution, that He might show you how to endure persecu- tion. 3 J -s Some of you are bereft. It is no random remark, because there 1s hardly a JTamily here that nas not passed under the shadow. Tou have been bereft. Your house is a different place from what if usad to be. The same farniture, the same books, the sams pictures, but there has been a voico hushed there. ‘Tho race that used to light up the whose dwelling has vanished. The patter- ing of the other feet does not break up the lopeliness. The wave has gone over your soul, and you have sometimes thouzht what you would tell him when he comes back; but then the tiaought has flashed upon you, he will never come back. An! my brother, my sister,’ sounded ail that depth, Jesus of th cout is hers to-lay. Behold Him! He knows what it is to weep at the tomb. It ceems to me asif pl the storms ot the world’s sorrow were compressed into one sob, and that sob were uttered in two words, ‘Jesus wept.” 2 1 closes my sermon with a doxology: i: 3{essing and glory and honor an] power bs unto Him thatsitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever... Amen anilamen! Christ has tha bereft ay I believe in soul immortalicy. tam agnostic only in the true meaning of the word. T dowt know what comes after death any more than an unborn chiid knows about the quotations of ¢orn on the Board of Trade, but I believe there is a post-mortem existence, even if I canoot speak from actual knowledge of it. Now, Lam nota visionary man. Iam a chemist, a specialist, an anat- omist, and I declare that the studies of ma- terialisin, through these means of research, have only strengthened by telief in soul im- mortality. Go as far a3 you will in scientifie delving, invariably you come to a point where you must stop—-the point where ma- teriuliam ends. and where that subtle. im- pripable. blind grasp into futurity is attemp- ted. © Itis impossible to compreben.d soul truth through muterialistic agencies. It re- quires the exercise of the soul function, and then one believes, The very failure of materialism to satisfy proves that there is something beyond it-—svul immortality.— Sir Edwin Arnold. Two I'ttle children ona vold day were walking down the street, the boy with hard- ly any garments at all. and the girl in a cloak svhich shé had outgrown, and the wind was so sharp that she said. "Johnny, come under my cloak,’ He said, ©It is too short.” Oh,” she said, “it will stretch.” But the cloak would not stretcienough, so she took it off and put it upon the boy. Now that was self-sacrifice. Bus was it not actiig up to the example of Christ, who took off his for eternity without*Him? ——————— A ee . Tug tramp may be all wool and a yard day put Te f3 goods that will ‘Dallas News. yobe for ns, who would have been beggared’ i — ae (LSE | bo * WHAT THE MIRROR SHOWS. “Don't you thi.k I look very old to-day?” asked a wife of 40, as she stood in frong of her pier glass. : “Excuse me, my dear,”’ Tteplied her hus- band, ‘I always make it a pointto agree with a lady. Ask the one in front of you.” The picture shows a charming gown for the woman no longer young. You may fix her age; a woman has the privilege of being quite as young as she can look. This cos tume is a glace surah, and its jacket corsage has a pleated plastron of white laceending in a point at the waist. At the back, the jacket hasa box plait, which separates to let the skirt pass. The belt is velvet, tied in front. The plaiting of the corsage is held in place by silk embroidery, which also ap- pears in the skirt in two rows. Another very charming costume for the morning hour may be made up of a white flannel skirt, pale pink and white blouse, in | oval shape, and run with white ribbon that back forms & double cascade. fichu is ornamented with a ribbon belt, which is fastened on the left side with a set off with lace insertions as shown. Wraps are often needed for chilly even- fawn, beige, crimson or blue cloth, finished around the neck with a very foll ruching or ruff of velvet. = For ordinary wear, serge Cream serce makes up in ‘very fetching siyles, and Eton jackets turned back froma : he 2H 3 “ = gay ds 3s uni Whim oS A PROMENADE COSTUME, plain tight-fitting plastron, ornamented with crimson embroidery around the neck. The: cross of rosette and has long ends. © The sléeves are ings, and they are frequently triple capes in’ holds fast to its wonderful popularity. daisies, bright yellow ones, with their summer room. - Window-gurtaios of uns usual daintiness and pretty effect were made by such ‘a woman the other day. virial s Had ‘Fine cream-color cheese cloth was bought for eight cents a yard, which was to be used for bath curtains. « The deep hem across the bottom was outlined with three rows of gilt thread. Ox-eyed ‘dark brown centres, were painted with | water-color paints here and there over the curtain, which hung in graceful folds from ‘a brass rod. The'side was caught back with: a cord formed of twisted gilt thread. The curtain was light and airy ‘and of just the shadeto : temper the glare of thesun: | Home-made curtains of white French | lawn are pretty. Dainty odes nave a | design of forget-me-uots painted across the bottom. = At each side they ure held back with a blue and white ribbon cord formed of No. 1 ribbon twisted to form she is arranging the draperies for her | Pittsburg, . 3 Sa 4 TWO MEN INSTANTLY KILLE] Lawrence Kavanaugh and Oy: were the names of two men insta on the Pennsylvania Railroad Kavanaugh had been near'the | versing with a lady, and while sf a private orossing was struck b train, Hysler attempted to cross road a short distance from him a _caught by the locomotive. Both Bteelton. : A CHEEKY HORSE THIEF. W. C. Irwin, of Canton towns ington Co., drove into town Sunt hitched his horse in the rear of thi Presbyterian church, where he worship. -He had no sooner en building than a clever thief drove hugey. His loss will be $200. Officers in pursuit. ; a a rope effect and tinished with a_ribboa rosette. (3 through a deep hem at the bottom ara! also new and pretty.—New York World, - JELLIES AND MARMATLADES. Jelly making requires skill aud cares only the best quality of fruit should be .used for making it, writes M. J. Ashton in the ‘New York Observer. = Many housewives cook jelly too long, which makes it stronz and dark colored. ' Bome fail in making jelly who have good suc- cess in canning and preserving. A few rules will be of use to them: Use the | best quality of white sugar; cook in a granite or porcelain lined kettle; boil the juice five minutes or ‘more before adding the sugar; skim as often as any IN SHOPPING ATTIRE. is tied in a series of little bows from the bust to the throat. With this was worn a sleeveless jacket or vest, white flannel with white moire lapels.. A white sailor hat, {rimmed with thickly ribbed white ribbon, a torsade of washing silk like the blouse and a couple of white wings inibe front, turned’ right and left, Mercury fashion, completes this altogether lovely little cos- tume for the early hours of the day, fresh, crisp and dainty as a rosebud, or half a doz. * en little r¢ chuds, for that matter. js ¢ Loe Ne ie ge” 3 AN OUT-DOOR COSTUME. The watering places are now in the very height of their glory and the fair women who thrvane tha hotal varandas end dewdle along the promenades, flitting in and out of the shops. are looking their prettiest. “Shops,” you exclaim in astonishment.’ Why yes; that 1s one of the things you do at the Springs. . You buy trifles, and take as long as possible to do it—a bit of ribbon, a pair of gloves, a box of candy, a boitle of perfume. The summer girl delights to go shopping, especially when her escort pays “the little bills, It is so inconvenient at times to gel nt one's pocketbook.” If you do mot believe me, watch the summer girlin front oof a soda water fountain. The picture pre gents the summer girl in shoppibg attire as she appears loaded down with the purchases MORNING AND MIDDAY. waistline and coat lapels. This coming tailor-made girl, = Her full skirted three- Jacobin style, enormous size set of with its jabot of em- that will be impressive. “Morning + and Midday.” are ornamented with small pleating. “material and color to suit. An out-door costume of the season is de- ; The shirt is of .chamois-colored cheyiot, and the blouse isa The corselet belt, the collar .and the shoulder picted by the illustration. foulard with a large Japanese figure. bands are of plush or velvet.. The beit mus The scallops of the skirt are bordered witk with a demi train. or Indian cashmere, lined with this style and a leather bels. Australia the Land of Reptiles, said an itinerant Scotchman recently went ahead of Australia for snakes lizards and frogs. ly dangerous, snt kinds of frogs, of color as he hops about. many of which hibernate. kangaroo. The . monitor, or of 9 or 10 feet. sometimes of 40 feet. but from gray to red. tles are caught. J saw. | that was, 10 fect in length. oe $y : : avtumn you will see the glorification of the quarter length coat, with high collar. in and silk-facea lapels of broidered silk, will give her a distinction The illustration presents a pretty picture ; ” of summer life, and might be entitled: | Juice and allow three-fourths as much The child is dressed in a plain little morning frock of ecru linen, set off with yoke and epaulets of coarse guipure, while her mother wears a stylish blouse, trimmed with embroidered galoon, with belt and collar of moire rib- bon, which on the neck forms a bow at the back. Tlie cuffs and bottom of the basques This blouse may be made up in almost any be made upon a firm lining and be boned. bias strips of thesilk. The skirt is made You may choose any light woolen material for the skirt,a crepon satinette. The blouse in this style of costume may be made in Scotch silk, surah or batiste. When using the bat'ste make with turn down col- lar or man’s cuffs. A neglige tie’ goes with “Australia is a great reptile country,” “I have traveled in almost every coun- try, and I have never found a land that There are some 65 species of snakes in that country, of which 42 are venomous and 12 positive- There are 40 or 50 differ- embracing every variety, from the common tree-irog to a large green variety with blue eyes and a gold back, making a wonderful showing There are probably 40 kinds of lizards, of which 20 pelong 10 a class known as night-lizards, ¢ One species can ufter a ery when hurt or alarmed, and another kind, the frilled lizard, can lift its forelegs and hop about like a fork- tongued lizard, burrows in the earth, climbs and swings, and grows to a length g The crocodiles of Queensland, however, grow to a length Bome of the Australian species of lizards can change their color not only from light to. dark Al kinds of ture cne caught there scum arises; dip the tumblers ‘into hot water just before filling; have a jelly ‘bag made of strong crash or white flan- nel; drain’ instead of = squeezing the pulp; strain the‘jelly alter 16 is cooked through cheese cloth just before put- ting it iato the tumblers. Apple Jelly—Tart, juicy apples should be used. Maiden’s Blush and the fall pippin “are excellent for jelly. The Duchess and Rhode Island greening are good for late-made jelly. Wash and wipe the apples, and cut in quarters without peeling, cook in porcelain kettle with water to cover until soft; keep covered closely. Pourin a jelly bag aod haog up to drain.’ Never squeeze or you will have marmalade in. stead of jelly. Measure the juice and put over the fire, allow allow three- fourths of a pound of sugar for every pint of juice, heat the sugar in the oven; when the juice has boiled rapidly ten minutes add the sugar and boil five or ten minutes more, then try with the skimmer, dipping it in and out quickly; if it runs off in only one place it is not cooked enongh for jelly; if it dripsin two or three places it is ready to take off. Green Apple Jelly — Green apples picked up in September before they are ripe, make a nice jelly. Wipe aad cut up with skins on, stew with enough water t0,cook well, pour into a jelly bag and drain over night, measure the sugar as you have juice. Cook the juice ten minutes rapidly before adding the sugar, then cook five minutes longer and test with the skimmer the same as the other jelly. ar Quince Jelly—Save the peelings and’ cores from a peck of quinces, when you can them, and allow half a peck of sour apples. Bell-flowers or any other good tart apples will do. 'Wash,then quarter and core, leaving the peelings on,as they help to flavor the jelly. Put the quince peelings and apples in a kettle, cover with cold water, stew until very soft, pour into a jelly bag and hang on a stick and let drain over night, In the morn- + | ing measure the juice, and to ¢évery pint allow ope pound of white sugar; mix i well. When it begins to boil notice the clock, and if you did not putin too much water, fifteen minutes is enough to cook it, : : Plum Jelly—Take large or small plums which are juicy, wipe, putin por- celain kettle with just a little water, cook slowly until very soft, pour in a thin bag and hang up.to drain; measure juice and ‘allow one pint of sugar for every pint of juice. Cook jelly in small quantities, boil ten minutes and test. Plum jelly is very mice for cake and meats. / Plum Marmalade—Take ripe plums, , | pour boiling water over them, take off the skins and take out the pits, then weigh, allowing one pound of sugar for every pound of fruit. Zeb them stand ten minutes before cooking; boil from fifteen to twenty minutes and dip out in tumblers; when cold, seal. Apple Marmalade—Peel, quarter and core pleasant tart apples, cook in water antil tender, then squeeze through a colander, Measure and allow half as much sugar. as pulp, and cook together until thick; then pour into bowls and tumblers. = | Caneel - Applicants for certificates to teach in required to pay, an examination fee of ‘$1, which 18 ‘applied to’ the library fund. ht AT ; Thomas Green, who died at Leeds, England, not long ago, ‘was of the lawn mower. = i Curtains ‘with ‘narrow ribbons run | ‘the schools’ of Birmmgham, Ala, are’ * ROBBERS RAID A LANGASTER.—An organized bar northern part of this county raided the lage of Maytown. The houses of most prominent citizens were ents considerable booty secured. Th were fired upon at the last place and beat a retreat: A posse of citi now in pursuibe ol LL : 0 UpATAL FALL FROM SWING. | Joseph King, an ll-year-old son of King, -a blacksmith living : from a’swing ard broke in a few minutes. He only f y from the swing, but in falling he back of his head in such a way that was broken. ‘His parents are . over their sad Joss. = © “THE GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE SPREA Reports from various parts of Li county, particularly that portion Beaver river, indicate that grasshoj playing sad havoc with the oats c to the recollection of the oldes have grasshoppers been se nu now. Hon or NANGED HIMSELF TO A RAFTER, The viciniiy of Greenville was shocked the news of Squire Goucher, a pro citizen. living on Mercer stre hanged himself to a rafter i ‘When cut down all signs of life had fl this hour no cause has been given rashact, 8 BurovrArs entered Fred Ramey's 5 fice in Altoona Monday night and blew open the safe. | They secured very little, “ SamvEL BrLy, of Mapleton, Pa. i stantly killed yesterday by the premature “fallof rock in a'stone quarry in. which was working. ig & oi : Steve BropEREE, a Hungarian killed by falling slate in t 1 mine, near Greensburg, leaves a wife and family. iner, was: e Leisenring No. Monday. ‘He Uniontown. — The Washington ' Springs: property, the well-known mountain’ sum- mer resort, was Monday sold to Louis Bein- haur, of Pittsburg, for $4,000, Riis o Ar Beaver Falls, William Halt,an Eightly avenue merchant, was victimized by sharp. ers who played an old game on him. They bought five cents worth of tobies and while he was out getting change for $10 they tap- ped the till for $60." = SEE : Ar New Castle, Lee Cunningham, ) the most prominent persons of Littite ‘Beay- er, shot four times at + Justice Harvey - Mec- Kown in a dispute over a line fence. ! "AT Norristown Hannah Johnson has been held for court, charged with being a common scold. She Fecently, it 1s alleged, abused a neighbor until the latter was pros- trated by nervousness. a Joux DAILEY, a farmer of Hamorton,neaxy Reading; was fatally wounded by a tramp whom he had employed. J Ea Tug reward for the capture of Frank Cooley has been increased to $1,300, a THE 3-year-old son of Andrew Bascter, of Merwin, swallowed a button-hook, and died from the effects. : ; Lh Wu. WALKER, a painter, was found dead alongside the Lake Shore track near Stone- boro. He was evidently killed during the night by a train. His ‘wife is visiting in Clarion, * : i Se Te Ar Hollidaysburg fourteen stables, out buildings and shops were laid in ruins by fire. The home fire department was unable to control the situation, and fire companies were summoned from Altoona and the Lutheran Church was thus saved, lose is $8,000; insurance, $3,000, ~~ ©. © Farmer Collier, whose trap gun killed Jack Cooley, near Uniontown, has serve any damage the Cooley gang may i upon him. nen : HENRY YARGER, of Erie, had been work: inga steam thresher.and when through wen! to the creek and took a bath. n after he was taken sick and expired in a short time. His death is supposed to have been caused by Jeng overheated when he went into the water. AE ig x FIVE MEN KILLED. 0 Two Others Badly Injured by the Caving Fri in of a Wall. ae a Hanrrorp City, [Np Aug. 13.—Thisat ternoon at 3:45 o'clock a heavy stone wall i the tank room of the Hartford City glass: works caved in, killing five: men and badly injuring two others. - The falling of the wall ‘wag caused by the pressure of a heavy dirk filling placed behind’ the walls,: and defe ive masonary. At the time of the accident. the men were’ attempting to prop the wall “| The killediare : W. H. Foreman, laborer; Albert Tnman, laborer; Alex; Moore, la "er; Chas. Sawyer, bricklayer; Jack P mel}, Iaborer:' | Tho injured are: Press Bradshaw, labore¥, badly hurt, buried to the shoulders: Cyrus Epply, brick x son, serlously injured. ¥en people were oon on , Woremnn and Pumm the inventor.
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