LIFE AND DEATEHy What's for tiia babe? ; , Why, mother’s eyes, y T'win patches of those summer skies That beamed on him in Paradise. A ‘What's for the child? With fays to skip To taste the honeysuckles’ lip—_ _ The butterfly’s companionship. “What's for the boy? v - The haunted wold, The equirrel’s nest in leafy hola,’ ‘The rainbow’s fabled pot of gold ‘What's for the youth? To dream of fame, In shifting sand to write his name, ‘With sighs to fan a passion’s flame ‘What's for the man? Courage to beat The load of wisdom anl of care, And some true heart its weight to share And what's for age? 3s Pain’s prison bars, Comfort that every trifla mars, ‘ Dimness and fear—and then the siars! ~George Horton, in Harpet’s Weekly: A SPOT OF INK BRT was seven or eight years since I had seen my friend George Breval when I met him one day at the Bois de Boulogne, in the Avenue des Ac- cacias. We shook hands, and, as we were talking over old | times, a little Italian beggar, carrying an & accordion, came up 2% to ask alms. ME “Get away with you!” cried George, with a brutality that shocked me me. s¢Why. oid fellow,” I'said; as the lit- ‘tle girl ran off confused and frightened, | ¢+You were not always so hard on the poor. It seems to me that we even thought you soft-hearted!” <I had not seen life in those days,” he answered, with a sardonic smile. ¢‘] koow now that existence is a struggle for all classes. Besides, kindness is weakness, a morbid condition, a begin- ving of brain-softening. That is a scientific fact, a recognized fact, and for my part, Ibelieve that kindness leads—" ¢«*Leads to 1ts own reward $” «No; to a lunatic asylum, or the poor house.” : ¢¢Ok, nonsense!” ¢“Would you like a page from my own experience? Ten years ago, while was I still in my teens, I was studying law, and lodged as you know on Rue Racine. One winter evening, when it was snow- ing, I was about to enter my home in company with Andre Filsac—do you re- members him?” ‘Perfectly. He used to carry tales at schaol, and he died of jaundice, didn’t he, when one of his brothers fell heir to a fortune?” ¢¢That's the man, Well, we were at tLe front door, when I saw a child lying across the threshold, a little Italian like the one who begged just now with an accordion slung around her neck. She had fallen asleep on the snow, and the snow lay white above her, and was grow- sng deeper every minute. Gf course she was in danger of freezing to death. ‘Wath the greatest difficulty we awoke her, and then she began to cry and said she was afraid to go back to ber master. For as she had not the fifty sous he re- quired her to bring daily, she was sure he would beat her. There was no use in our giving her the money and send- ing her away, for her eyes were closing with sleep, and we knew that she would lie down again and never awake. We looked abcut for a policeman, but there was not one within sight. Isaid some- thing about taking the child up to my rooms.” “Don’t do that, replied Andre. You know nothing about this little vaga- bond. You will only be the dupe of your own charity.” ; “Just like Filsac,” I interrupted. & «tHe was not sympathetic; but he had good sense. However, I took no heed of his observations, but led the girl up- stairs, warmed her by a good fire, and gave her some tea and biscuits. I let ber sleep in my own bed, and I slept myself on an old lounge in my -little ante-chamber.” + “You did well, George!’ ¢¢Wait a minute. Tae next morning, when { rose, I found the child up and dressed. She bid me good-by, thanking me prettily, and I sent her away with a gold piece in her hand. But, after her departure, I found my room in horrible disorder. She had rummaged through everything. Worse than that, she had stolen one of my handkerchiefs.” _ “A handkerchief?” ¢¢Yes—a hideous, ridiculous, red em- broidered object, sent me by my auat, Mme. de Kermandec. It was a present I kept piously, but never used.” «tA small loss, then. No? What of it?” ! ¢“What of it? The theft had dreadful results for me. My aunt came to Paris. She asked why I never used the hand- kerchief she had embroidered for me. I grew embarrassed, hesitated, tried to explain and contradicted myself. She insisted that I had given it away. She grew angry and refused to be pacified. She died and disinherited mel” ¢sPoor George!” " «It makes you laugh? I don’t think it funny myself. And since then every- thing has gone against me. Iam a law- yer without a client. I placed my all with a banker who absconded, and, to crown my misfortunes, I have fallen in love!” s+Then, why don’t you get married?” ¢Impossible! She is a princess!” 40h} then—" = ¢:Look! yonder she goes!” exclaimed my friend, *‘Do you see that landau mear the old gentleman with white whiskers and a hooked nose? She is here at this hour every day—our eyes have met—and judge of my folly! It singular—marked —in the way she looks at me.” + “Why, that 18 the Drincess Olga Dragomiroff.” 2 “You are acquainted?” $¢Very well acquainted. ge oranl- father is the millionaire Neopolitan banker Ghirolandi. There is to be some grand ‘tra-la-1a’ to-morrow afternoon at their house—=a musicale, followed by a dance. Shali I present you?” “Could you?” . “Nothing easier. Our families are f very intimate. Ghirolandi's friends are - our friends.” “Then I shall be delightea—too de- lighted—to accept. But what's the use, { since I love without hope?” “Who knows? Princess Olga is rather eccentric. She is, perhaps, capable of { taking a {ancy to you.” ¢*Thnanks—much obliged.” “Don't be vexed. Will you oo with me?” “Yes, I will go." Olga and her maternal grandfather, the immensely rich Orlando Ghirolandi, lived at Paris inea fine house on Rue de la Bostie. They moved ia the most select circles and entertained with mag- nificence. : People sometimes wondered why the princess did not marry. Everyone agreed that she was virtuous, charitable and devout, after the manner of Rus- sians, who still keep a certain depth of mysticism in. spite of the friction of nine- teenth century cynicism. But the young iady was odd to the very limits of eccentricity, even, some people said, to the limits of rudeness.’ She was a good musician and played well on the violin. But, after executing some classical concerto so as to excite the admiration of connoisseurs, she would dash off into an absurd refrain of a popular melody and would seem de- lighted with the annoyance of ker au- dience. When she went out walking with her grandfather, or her prim Eng- lish companion, she never failed to stop the little street musicians and ask them a torrent of outlandish questions in an outlandish Italian patois she had learned dear knows where. One of her most unaccountable eccentricities was that she persisted in appearing everywhere, even in a ball dress, with an embroidered handkerchief bearing initials not ber own, and stained with a spot of ink that was beginning to turn yellow. One or two of ner most intimate friends had ventured to ask her why she carried such a strange object, and she bad an- swered very gravely: ‘Hush! it has a history!” Bhe treated all remonstrances with fn. difference, even those of her grand- father, who spoiled her. Pretty and rich, the singular little princess might easily have made a good match; but she declared that there was only one man in the world she would marry, and that it was extremely unlikely he would ever ask her hand. . Affairs were thus, when I receive Signor Ghirolandi's permission to pre- sent my friend George Breval. George was already very much in love. Olga received him prettily and granted him the waltz he begged. But although he was said to be the most graceful man in Paris, he behaved like an awkward schoolboy, and was so afraid of saying anything foolish that he scarcely opened his mouth. - Mademoiselle,” he remarked at last, s¢the more I look at you the more certain I feel that I have seen you somewhere— that we have meet before.” ¢You are right,” she answered seri- ously; we have meet before, and if we ever grow well enough abquainted I may tell you where.” / ¢*Won’t you tell me now.” ¢No; not yet.” .-» * ¢Ig this the mysterious handkerchief that is supposed to be your fetich#’ he queried. **May I look at it? It reminds me of one I lost under peculiar circum- stances.” She drew it gently away, turning it so that the initials could not be seen. ‘Some other time,” she said, *‘I may tell you all about it.” George had to wait her good pleasure; but his curiosity was piqued, and he thought of little beside the charming princess. One day, some weeks after, he re- peated his questions and pressed for a reply. “Tell me,” he said, *‘where have we met before?” Olga seemed strangely embarrassed. She colored deeply, looked down and twisted a corner of her hideous hanker- chief. Then, raising her clear, candid eyes to his she answered *‘It was in your room, don’t you remember? Take this, and then you will know.” She held out the handkerchief. . ¢‘Don’t you, re- cognize it?’ She added: ¢‘Those sure your own initials.” ¢¢It is mine! my handkerchief! Then that little beggar—was it, could it be—1" ¢¢]t was I.” *“You are joking?” «Not at all. My history is extraordi- pary, perhaps, but not impossible. = My father, Prince Dragomiroff, left Russia under the Czar’s displeasure. He went to Naples and married the daughter of the banker Ghirolandi. After I was born, my parents purchased a villa in Sicily, and when I was eight years old I was stolen by brigands, of whom there are still a number in Sicily. Taey sold me to a man who dealt in street musicians, who treated me very cruelly. I was with his band for some years, and developed so much talent for the accordion that I was well'beaten if I failed to bring baci fifty sous each day. ¢iOne evening, half dead from hunger, cold and fatigue, I dropped down across your door and fell asleep. I should probably have died there like an aban- doned kitten, if you had not taken me in. You gave me food and shelter, and gave up your own warm bed. I awoke early, and naughty child that I was, be- gan to rummage through all your things. I foand a handkerchief on your desk, and it seemed to me so pretty, with its red embroideries, that I took it in my hands to examine it. In some way, 1 geems to me that there is something gever knew how, I upset a small ick bottle and stained the handkerchief. Imagine my terror! I dressed myself hurriedly. hid the ink-stained object in my pocket, and, as soon as I heard you stirring iz the ante-room, I asked you to let me go. Some months passed. My parents died, one of grief at having lost me, the other by assassination from a political section. My grandfather was searching everywhere to find me, and he succeeded. Now, dn vou understand | me?” “Yes; but—" +iBut it remains for me to thank vou for having saved my life, and to return your bandkerchief, unless you will give it to me as a souvenir.” ¢‘Princess—"" ‘You may call me Olga.” But he did not avail himself of this permission. ¢¢I will give you the hand- kerchief,” he said, as if he had not noticed her interruption. *‘I am happy to be able to gratify even a whim of one who has, ‘all the gifts from all the heights.” When you marry you may send it back to me.” «Have you not heard,” she said im- patiently, ¢‘that I shall marry no one, since the only man I would accept will never ask me?” «Why will he not?” asked George, looking troubled. : «He thinks me too rich, I suppose. You know I 2m to have a dower of many millions.” “Then the offer ought to come from your grandfather, or from you,” replied George. They stood for a moment gazing at each other in silence; then the princess burst into a merry laugh. ‘What im. propriety you are advising,” she cried. +¢Yon would not take me, would you, if I said you were the man I meant?” *‘Olga! do you mean it?” ¢‘Maybe so.” * * * * * - George has now always a kind word and a coin for the little Italian beggars. And he has ceased to be a pessimist.— From the French in the Voice. Amusing Experience With a Squirrel. ¢¢In Memphis,” said Charles F. Elmire, of Union City, Tenn., ‘‘there 13 a little park called Court Square, situated in the center of the city. The parkkeeper told me that there were over 500 squir- rels that made their nests in the big shady trees. They afford boundless amusement to the children and to the weary foot travelers who stop in the park to rest, One day last week I bought a bag of peanuts, and while I sat down on one of the seats eating them, the squirrels gathered around - me like blackbirds would flock to a cornfield im- mediately after planting time. I con. cluded to try an experiment. Iblew up the paper bag, tied a string around it about six inches long and to the other end fastened a ‘goober’ aud threw it on the ground. ‘There was an old bob- tailed squirrel —the father ofthe flock — that tackled it. He picked up the sgoober’ between his paws and started to open the shell when he discovered that there was a string tied to it. Then he began to run, still holding the nut between his teeth. He jumped off about fifty feet and turned his head around to see if the bag and string was still be- hind. They were. Well, -sir, you should have witnessed the actions of that squirrel after he saw that the bag still pursued him. Up a tree he went; down one side and up another, the way he went. After he had chased himself about ten minutes, he stopped and sgorter’ turned his head around slow like to see if the bag was still there. It was. Then he started again, and of all the running I ever saw that squirrel did it. He moved about among the branches and limbs like a streak of lightning. Finally, out of breath, he stopped again and the expression he wore on his face seemed to indicate that he was saying zo himself ‘well whatever you are you are not in it now.” I guess I've got you.” But when he turned his head around and saw that the bag and string were right there, he fainted dead away.”—3S¢. Louis Republic. The Lady and the Big Gray Cat. “Kindly assist me with this baiket— careful, please!” The speaker, a large, handsome wo- man, had just entered the depot. Dia- monds bobbed playfully in her ears, and the dress she wore would have mada Worth weep for joy. Passenger Agent Cummings promptly took the basket. It was of medium size, richly trimmed with satin and decorated with vari-colored ribbons. The contents were covered by a quilt beautifully decorated with needle-work. It weighed in all nearly forty pounds. Mr. Cummings was amazed that's woman of her evident wealth should be carrging such a heavy burden. Lr Suddenly he felt a strange jolting in the basket. The quilt was heaving up and down. Mr. Cummings thought of babies, dogs, snakes, chickens and mud turtles all in less than a second. It was with a feeling of relief that he deposited the mysterious bundle on a seat by the side of the woman. ‘‘Come, Dick,” shesaid, pleasantly. Instantly the quilt went up witha volcanic burst, and out popped, like a whiskered Jack-in-the-box, a huge gray cat. It was the largest that Mr. Cum- mings had ever seen. Dick stood nearly eighteen inches high, and was long and broad in proportion. His weight ex- ceeded thirty-five pounds. After show- ing nim proudly the lady snapped her finger and the hugh cat jumped back into the .basket. Dick is the Goliah of his race. He wore about his neck a richly ornamented gold band bearing a medal from the re- cent Paris cat show. His owner, the lady, never traveled without kim. close at her side. Dick was given a drink of water, which he received with a rare display of feline majesty, and then Mr. Cummings bore him out to the Baltimore and Ohio train, which left at 3:15.— Chicago News Record. rn rman Chicken raising is a profitable and im. portant Kansas industry, —~ -— FOUR NEGROES LYKCHED. They Had Murdered Two White Mer- chants on the Highway. Defails of a quadruple lynching at Taze well Court House, Va., are received. Twa white men. A. Ratcliff and Ben Shortridge, were waylaid Monday night and murdered. They were common merchants who had came to the town for goods, and were sup- posed to have money. Suspicion pointed to four negroes as be- ing the murderers. Searching parties were sent out. The first arrested was Jerry Brown and after satisfactory evidence to his guilt had been obtained a rope was placed about his neck and he was scon dangling from a tree. Later the other three, Spencer Branch, John Johnston and Sam Ellerson, were ar- rested by the county ctficials and started for the court house. : News of the murder had reached Buchan- an county, where the murdered men resid- ed, and a mob was immediately organized, and started toward Richlands. This party forcibly took charge of the three negroes and swung them up in short order. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. The striking bakers in Marseilles attacked the bread carts and bakeries, throwing the bread into the streets. A settlement of the strike followed. : There was riot yesterday among the starv- ing poor on the Thames embankment, Lon- don, because the police prevented them from marchiog to the parliament buildings to display their poverty. By an explosion of fire-damp in a mine at Recklinghausen, Westphalia, 18 miners were killed and 17 injured. Big Vote For Canada’s Annexation. A big political meeting was held at Essex near Windsor, Ont., the other night to dis- cuss the future of Canada. At the close of several speeches a vote was taken and re- sulted as follows: Fo remain in statu quo, 21; independence 12; imperial federation 3; political union with the United States 413. —TuE American ship Robert L.. Belknap from Hioga bound for New York, sank near the Natunas Islands. but all hands veached shore in open boats. Pennsylvania Legislature. TwerrrH Day.—In the Senate among the bills introduced were: Mr. Markley—Toli- sense mi k producers and venders and ap- point milk and diary inspectors in cities of first and second classes. Mr. Ross—Giving the superintendent of the banking depart. ment additional powers, authorizing him to move promptly against delinquent banks, and ask for the appointment of a receiver, and prohibiting any foreign corporation to receive any deposit or transact any banking business until it shall have filed in the office of tne superintendent of banking a certified copy of the statement required to be filed in the office of the secretary of the common- wealth. Mr. Woods—To prevent deception or fraud by owners or agents having con- trol of any stallion kept for service by p> claiming or publishing or fraudulent ped. grees, etc. Fifty bills passed first reading. The house was not in session. THPRTEENTH DAY.—In the Senate a reso. lution offered by Penrose for the appoint: ment of three senators and six memoers of the house to consider majority and minori- ty reports of the quarantine commission ap~ pointed to select a site for the establishment of a quarantine station on the Deleware river wasadopted. The Governor submit- ted a communication in connection wih three reports in which he urged speedy ac- tion to prevent the cholera from obtaining a foothold in this state. Losch’s concurrent pension resolution passed by the house Fris day last was adopted. Porter introduced senatorial and representative bills similar to those of two years ago. Bills were passed finally :© Neeb’s bill re- quiring the execution of murderers in the penitentiaries. To enable eleemosynary corporations to secure their property from liability to be wasted or encumbered by managers or beneficiaries of the estate. To validate partitions of real estate in cases of testacy made in orphans courts prior to act of May, 1889, Further defining evidence of stock ownership. Among the bills favorably reported were the following: To provide for the forma- tion of Folopomative ‘banking associations. Meredith, of Armstrong, to enable boroughs not divided into wards to establish high schools. Brown, of Westmoreland, to ex- tend the time of killing squirrels, wood- cocks, pheasants and grouse. Bills were introduced as fo'lows: Ban- non, McKean, to repeal the act of 1x91 changing the time and manner of making the registry of voters and the duties of reg- istry assessors. Becker, Philadelphia,defin- ing the words‘ ‘wantonly or cruelly ill-treat” as applied to animals, to include cutting, burning, maiming or otherwise inflicting pain for the purpose of demonstrating facts already known and ascertained, as, by way of illustration, class demonstration or other- wise. Woods, Mifflin to reimburse coun- ties for mony expended for the reconstruc- tion of bridges destroyed by the flood of 1889. Hackenburg. of orthumberland, to provide for the election of burgess every three years and to abolish the office of as- sistant burgess. In the House, Lytle, Mates, Fuller, 8kin- ner and Thornton were announced as the committee by Speaker Thompson to inves- tigate the charges against State Printer eyers. Bills were introduced: Seyfert, Lancaster, amending the marriage license act so as to give nota:ies public the same right as jus- tices of the peace relative to the taking of oaths. Boyer, Philadelphia, increasing the compensation of electors to $5 a day and pro- viding for mileage. Quinnan, Lackawanna, prohibiting corporations from employing eace officers or to assume the duties of tate, county or municipal cfficers. FouRTEENTH Day.—In the Senate to-day bills were reported as follows: Making Lawrence and Jefferson counties separate judicial districts; appropriating $163,000 for the re-equipment of the National Guard and 300,000 each for the next two years for its maintenance; providing for the erection of a State building for Western Pennsylvania for feeble-minded children; to reimburse coun- sies for money expended for the reconstruc- tion of bridges destroyed in the flood of 1889; to provide for a State naval militia. This bill was introduced. Mr. Penrose, Philadelphia—Providing for appointment of game commissioners, and authorizing these officers to appoint game wardens. Bills providing for the abolition of the publication of mercantile appraisers’ lists and the abolition of the office of mercantile appraiser, reported affirmatively, were re- committed. A communication was received from the Governor,announcing that he had signed the Ohio River-Lake Erie ship canal resolution. The House devoted most of the session to t he discussion of an amendmeult to the bill providing for the licensing of lying-in-hospi- tals. The amendment provided that not only the name of mother and child be reg- istered in such hospitals, but also that of the father. The amendment was defeated. These bills were introduced: Mr. Kunkél, Dauphin—Giving the husband the same right in the wife's estate, as the wife has in the husband's estate, in case of contested wills. Mr. Cotton, Allegheny—To give women the right of suffrage. Mr. Talbot, Chester— Prohibiting the furnishing of cigarets to minors. - Mr. Fow, Philadelphia FrrreexTH Day, —In the Senate to-day the following bills were reported favorably: Providing for printing 2 5J0 copies of the revised, corrected proceedings of the late extra session of the Senate to members of Legislature, to authorize issuing of certifi- cates of authcrity 0 insurduce associations, known as Lloyds; appropriating $55,000 for the improvement and repair of the banks and channel of Vil Creek, damaged by the flood of 1892: providing for a State Board of Undertakers. The following bills were introduced: Bak- sr. Delaware—Preparing a large number of amendments to the Ballot Reform law, to better effect the purpose of the act; provid- ing further regulations for safety of persons employed in mercantile and manufacturing establishments. Herring, Columbia—Pro- viding for the closing of all polls at all elec- tions in Pennsylvania at 4p. m. Bills were finally as follows: Exempting county commissioners from the operation of the law re:u'ating payment of traveling ex- penses of directors and county commission- ers, conferring on purchasers of property of manufacturing corporations the rr and franchises of the latter; providing that liquor license fees may be paid into the proper local treasuries; empowering bor- oughs and cities to establish a police pension fund. Two of Senator Neeb's bills passed the Senate on second reading. The first prohibits members of the Board of Control in cities of the second class from holding any office of emolument or being employed by said beards. The other pro vides for physical culture in the publig schools of the cities of the first and second class. Mr. Neeb's bill establishinz a police pension fund passed finally. The bill author- izing coroners to jappoint deputy coroners passed finally. Tuesday evening was fixed for delivery of eulogies on James G. Blaine. The Senate then adjourned until 9 p. m. Monday. A bill was introduced in the House to-day by Representative Marshall, of Allegheny, providing for the health, safety ant com- fort of the miners in the bituminons regions of the State. The bill provides that the oper- ator or superintendent of every bituminous coal mine shall mnake, or cause to be made, an accurate map or plan of such coal mine, or a scroll of not less than 100 fe.etto an inch, The bill is similar in other respects to the Gorman bill, except that it reduces the minimum amount of air to 100 feet.elim- inates the liability clause and limits the number cf men inashaft toa hundred. The Gorman bill has been reported favor- ably from committee. A resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. Lawrence, that a special meeting of the House be held on Tuesday evening next, to receive the report of the committee appointed to prepare reso- lutions with relation to the death of James G, Blaine, and to take such other action as may seem proper. A bill was offered by Mr. Bliss excusing members of the National Guard and ex-soldiers from jury service. The bill to prevent the sale and manufac. ture of cigarettes containing tobacco was called up on second reading. The House devoted considerable time to the discussion of the measure, which finally passed. The House then adjourned. SIXTEENTH Day.—Senate not in session. Among ihe bills favorably reported in the House to day were the following: Author- izing licenses to be issued to unnaturalized foreigners on condition that they pay an annual tax of $3; providing for compulsory education in the schools of the State; mak- ing election day a legal holiday; 10 increase the salary of the superintendent of* public institutions from $2,500 to $5,000. These bills were introauced: Mr. Burke, of Lackawanna, providing for the examina- tion and registration of miners in the an- thracite and bituminous coal regions and to prevent the employment of incompetent persons in the mines. Mr. Laudenslager, of Dauphin, to abolish the office of mercan- tile appraiser, require his duties to be per- formed by the District Assssor, and pro- viding for the payments of the mercantile revenues into the county treasuries, Mr. King, of Clearfield, offered a resolu- tion. which was adopted, asking . for the . appointment of a joint legislative committee to inquire inso the feasibility of having a large section of Pennsylvania forests secur- ed for the purpose of establishing a natural State park. A preamble to the resolution recites the destruction of the forests of the State to such an extent that grave fears exist that the animals will soon become extinct on account of it and suggests their protection by means of a forest park. After the reading of a number of bills the first Sime the Ho use adjourned until Monday at p. m. A Very Good-Natured Strike, The most remarkable labor strike of which there.is anv account in the annals of labor disturbances is that in Manchester, the principal cotton manufacturing center in England. It is npt a contest regarding wages nor ‘the hours of labor. It is not a con- test for the recognition of the labor unions. From the best accounts it appears to be a mere holiday season for the capitalists owning the fac- tories and for the employes whose savings enable them to lay off for a while without suffering for want of food and other comforts of life. It is said in a report from the scenc of the strike in Lancashire that a five minute’s conference between the em- ployers and the cmployes might set- tle the whole affair. But neither side wants to settle it. Neither side makes any compiaint, has specified any wrong nor demands any redress. The employes will not make any de- mand which the employers are not ready to grant. The demands and concessions would correspond with each other. Early in the present year there was a great demand for cotton yarn in the mills supplied by the spinners in the various villages of Lancashire. The employers then advanced wages 5 per cent. in order to procure the increased labor required in their factories. Of course overproduction followed this period of stimulation. = A’ large Ssup- ply of unsalable yarns was accumu- lated. A decline in price tollowed. The mills now want to stop produc- tion and return to the former rates for labor, The employes admit that their late increase of wages must be abolished. But they have a large reserve fund in the treasuries of their trade unions. They expect to go to work again at the reduced wages when their sav- ings are exhausted. They are taking a holiday, which they greatly enjoy. The mill owners are saving all the cost of labor while they are working off their stocks. It isa pleasant ar- rangement all around. and the men will return to work as soon as their work is needed. On this mere question of techni- cality—it might be called a question of etiquetve — 60,000 men aré living on their accumulated savings of ten years, and the mill owners are peace- fully awaiting their return to the wheels and spindles in the mills DUEANE—T' believe the physician {8 right who said cholera is a crime. Gaswell—That accounts for the effort —To permit the sale of liquor in public parks: to prohibit the exposition of physi- | cal deformities in public. { being made to arrest it.—Pittsburg Chranicla A MINE EXPLOSION. TWO MEN FATALLY INJURED AND SEVEN OTHERYP SEVERELY BURNED. Conygham shaft Friday. Nine men were severely burned and two of them will die. The injured are: Thomas Dolan, married; Edward Ward, single; M. Ramsey, single: Samuel Fausett. married; I’. Mohan, mar- ried; Thomas Keenan, driver boy; William Johnson, married. Two others, John Morgan and James Hop- kins, are fatally burned and cannot recover. _ It is said that the accident was due to leav- ing one of the main doors open in a gang- way road. This caused an accumulation of gas, which became ignited from the nak lamps in the hats of the miners. AN AWFUL FATE. A LAMP EXPLODES AND TWO LITTLE GIRLS ARE BURNED TO DEATH. HornrLipay:BURG.—A horrible accident oc curred in Woodbury township, this county, Saturday evening by which two little child- ren were cremated. Albert Glass and his wife had gone to call on a neighbors’'s fam- ily abont a mile distant, leaving their two children, aged about 10 and 7 years, respec- tively, alone in the house. A short time after the parents had Ceparted a glass coal- oil lamp which was sitting upon the kitchen table was pulled over by the little girls and it exploded. throwing the burning oil over their clothing and setting fire to the house. The children were burned to death before help could reach them from the next farm and the house was reducd toa pile of ashes. - PENNSYLVANIA EDITORS. E. F. ACHESON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THR STATE ASSOCIATION. HARRISBURG.—At the twenty-fifth annuil meeting of the State Editorial Association here, E. IY. Acheson, of Wasnington, was elected president: H.L.Taggart, of Philadel- hia, Lucius Rodgers, of McKean and J. V. Malory, of Carbon, vice-presidents; R, H. Thomas, of Cumberland, secretary and treasurer and Mrs, J. W. Stafer, of Lancas- ter, correspondin« secretary. The Exeeu- tive Commitye& consists of Cyrus IL, Fox, of Berks; J. B. Seal, of Dauphin; J. Irvin Steele, of Schuykill; P’. Gray Meek, of Cen-, tre; George M. Bresbin, of Clearfield; W. W Trout. of MiflinandJ. W. Grier. The summer meeting will probably be held in Reading. and SMOTHERED BY WRAPS. 4 CAREFUL MOTHER PROTECTS HER BABE TOO WELL FROM THE WINTRY WINDS, woman, and her 4-months-oid baby, with a Mrs. Snyder, left here in a sleigh to return to their home near Ellwood. The baby was wrapped warmly to protect it from the cold, and ss they were passing through Eastvale, Mrs. Altmyer remarked that the child wa unusually quiet. ASV rapbing it she found the infant dead smothered by its wraps. : histor RELICS OF THE COLD SNAP. QUAILL in many parts of the State were so weakened by the cold and the lack of food that they were caught by hand. For the first time in more than 20 years the swift water of the Shenango at New Castle were completely frozen up. Ar some places in the Susquehanna the ice is said to be packed and irozen to a depth of 40 feet. : . A DEER, driven from the mountains by the Jesh snow, was killed by a locomotive on the Pennsylvania Railroad near New Florence. S~ow has now covered the ground for 39 days and the farmers are predicting a big crop of wheat. BROCRWAYVILLE, in Jefferson county, re- ports the thermometer down to 22° below zero. This isabout the lowest in Western Pennsylvania. Ati sort metre STUDENTS TAKE A TOWN. BELLEFONTE. —Last Saturday night about two dozen students from the State Col went on a racket to Pine Grove Mills. Afters terrorizing half the town, they invaded the Methodist Church, broke up a religious meeting and sent the people home panic stricken. A suffocating powder was thrown around. and some of the worshipers had tc be carried home because of the loss of con- sciousness. None of the students were ree- ognized, The trustees will endeavor ta hunt down and punish the perpetrators. re GOT ONE-FIFTH OF HIS CLAIM, HovrinaYsBURG.—[n the case of J. H. Wal- lace vs. the Pennsylvania “Railroad Com- pany, a jury awarded plaintiff $4,000 dam- ages, The Pennsylvania while straighten 1ts main line below Tyrone in 1891, removed a limestone mountain. Plaintiff had been selling the ore on this mountain to Carnegie & Co., of Pittsburg. In his suit he er $20,000 damages, A BIG FIRE IN ALTOONA. Arroona.—Woodcock’s Arcade, a four story brick building on Eleventh ave- nue, was damaged $40,000 by fire of an in- cendiary origin, insured for about one-third. Among the other losers are Frederick Hes- ser, dry goods; J. Kramer, wall paper and dry goods; Lewine and Stuger, wholesale dry goods; the World's Museum and six pri- vate families. The goods of these were worth about $75,000 and were badly dam- aged by water. — none KILLED ON HIS WEDDING DAY. JouNsTrowN.—Samuel Edwards, 25 years old, was instantly killed while walking om the track. He wasto have been married same evening. Ar Shamokin, a huge icicle fell 600 feet and struck George Betz, who was at the bot- tom of Nelson shaft, inflicting fatal injuries. PETITIONS are circulating at Harrisburg and elsewhere asking the removal of German carp from the streams of Pennsylvania. A FARMERS’ institute will be held at Can- onshurg, February 3. New Castri has had 32 fires in two weeks all believed to be incendiary. > THE eleven Western Union Telegraph line. men tried last week for breaking the Sab- bath by repairing the line on that day, were convicted Monday and sentenced to’ pay a fine of $4 and costs. The Justice’s decision states that the work in regard to the wires was necessary, but that other work, such as digging trenches, was done, that might have been done at another time. By the discharge of his gun while he was climbing a fence, Simon Browse, a farmer of Selin’s Grove, lost his life. Betsy McCuspy, living near Greensburg, supposed to be poor, died the other day, and in her home a tin can containing $1,200 was found, with other valuables. James WrLriams, aged 12 years, a son of Isaac Williams, was kicked on the head by a vicious horse near Ohio Pyle and had his skull fractured. It is feared he will die. A MINER named Joseph Pilgrim, of Clairidge had his neck broken by a= fall of slate. His recovery is out of the question, Box (on a bridge)—Say, mister, i$ you don’t look out you'll be fined. Teamster—Why will I? Boy—That sign says “walk your horses,” don’s it? Teamster— Jesso. Boy — Well, yours are standing still. —Street & WILKESBARRE.—An explosion occurred in ° Braver Fares. —Mrs. Altmeyer, a German i EAR ani A aR RR EL aa a aR, AR SE ba
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