HEREAFTER,
When all life's storms are still ;
And all life's noises into calmhave passed,
"When rest and quiet coms to us at last,
‘What matters good or ill?
What matters love or hate?
Calm bands are folded o'er a quiet breast,
The weary head is pillowed in swec; rest,
And sorrow comes too late!
‘What matters wealth or fame
The narrow grave isall that earth can give;
The deathless soul in oth:r worlds shall
live,
And men forget cur name.
What matters aught of earth?
The passing pictures of a snadowed
dream, :
The changing oldiesof a turbid stream,
Sure these are nothing worth.
Why, then, cespond, my friend?
The one thou lovest has but found at last
Sweet peace and calm and rest whan toil
is past, .
And death is no’ the end"
—Minnie Quinp, in Independent,
| A Double Valenting
BY 8S. A. WEISS,
CHOOL was over and
the scholars dis—
missed—all save the
two ‘‘worst boys,”
whose *‘keeping in”
was depriving the
teacher of half an
hour of her own pre-
cious time.
She sat at her
desk, clasping her
aching temples with her slim white
fingers—a ycung woman of perhaps two-
and-twenty, with a fair, oval face which
seemed to have been made for smiling,
but was now wearing an expression of
. weariness and despondency.
The day had been a trying one.
Though only the middle of February,
the weather was close and sultry, and
she had sat all day in the stoveheated
room, not daring to open the decors and
windows legt the children should take
cold.
These latter—girls as well as boys—
had shown themselves unusually rest-
less, inattentive and provoking, with an
amount of giggling and whispering go.
ing on which had sorely tried the nerves
and temper of the usually patient
teacher. :
As she now sat, resting her aching
temples in her hands, she almost con-
cluded that it would be better to give
up her situation at the end of tkis her
first session, and seek some less weary-
ing if less “genteel” means of support.
And she would be glad to getaway from
Lyanville.
At first she bad liked it, and fancied
that the people liked her; but since the
new minister, the Reverend Frank
Deane, had begun to show her some lit-
tle kind attention when they chanced to
meet at the various church sociables,
sewing societies and other similar enter-
taiments gotten up after his arrival, Miss
Kate Morrison could not But become
aware of the great diminution of her
popularity among the female portion of
her acquaintance,
It had even come to her ears that she
was generally accused of ‘setting her
cap” for the minister, and that Miss
Peachy Perkins, who, when Mr. Deane
was suflering from a cold, bad sent him
a pair of emvuroidered slippers and no
end of cake and jelly ‘‘of her own mak-
ing,” had publicly declared her convic-
tion that ‘‘that Kae Morrison was a sly,
designing minx,” while Patty Merriman
had pronounced it *‘downright impudent
in a school teacher to force herself upon
Mr. Deane’s attention, as she did that
night when she went to church without
an umbrelia, and it rained, and he was
compelled to see her home."
And so poor Kate, in mingled pride
and mortification, had since felt herself
obliged. in self defense, to treat Mr.
Deane with a coldness and reserve which
bad evidently put an end to his atten-
tions.
And the faint, sweet dream of a dawn-
ing happiness, which had for a brief
moment cheered her lonely life, had van-
ished, leaving only a shadow behind.
She was thinking of these things now
as she sat at her desk, until thought be-
came a torture; and to escape from it
she arose and left the school-room, and
stood for awhile resting in the shade of
the big elm tree which grew behind the
house.
The two bad boys looked after her,
and then moved cautiously toward each
other and commenced whispering and
grinning. !
‘Bay, Dick, did yer give that Volun-
tue to Liz Miller?” .
‘Yer bet! An’ she wasso pleased
she most jumped out o’ her skin!”
‘Guess Hattie Smith warn't pleased a
bit. She tore up her Voluntine, and
’lowed she’d,ramsack the whole school
but she'd find out who called her a splay-
foot, snaggle-tooth pollywog. He, he!
Twas fun!”
“What yer think? Tom Neal didn’
send them Voluntines to Mamie and
Sally! He was sort o’ ’fraid. Here they
are -in his desk. Ain't they stunning?
He, he!” . 8
He held up two coarse sheets of paper,
on which were emblazoned wreaths of
vermilion roses, amd bleeding hearts
skewered with arrows roasting before
gamboge flames. Beneath each heart
were some printed lines.
‘‘Hush, Dick; the teacher ’Il hear
yer!” i
*“Wonder if she'll git a Voluntine?”
¢Dunno. Heerd brother Ben say the
minister was spoony on her. ‘Say”—his
freckled face became suddenly radiant—
4¢g’pose we send her one 0’ these Volun-
tines—from him?#”
‘An’ t'other one to him—from her?”
They chuckled in fiendish glee. = But
there was no time for indulging in mer-
riment. So while Dick hastily scrawled
a name beneath the verses on the Valen-
tines, Tim dirccted a couple of enve.
lopes. *
«Hprry, Tim!" Dick whispered.
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see Lem Miller comin’ down the road on |
that old yaller horse; and he’ll leave the
Voluntine at the minister's as he goes
by.” ne co
The two Valentines were hastily souf-
fled into the envelopes, and Dick, sneak-
ing out of the front door, met Lem sas
he reached the door.
‘*Say, Lem, please just leave this here
letter at th’ minister's for the teacher,
won’t yer?! I don’t want to go down
there just to carry it.”
¢“All right,” Lem answered, as he
dropped the letter into his coat pocket.
And as he rode off he called back: *“You
better get home soon’s you car. It's
goin’ to rain.”
The last words reached the teacher's
ear where she stood under the elm, and
she turned to re-enter the school-room.
Dick had just time to regain his seat,
tossing the secord letter on her desk a3
he skipped past, for there was no time
to place it inside, where she would have
found 1t befure leaving school.
Unfortunately he missed his aim 2nd
the envelope fell to the floor behind the
teacher's seat, where it attracted her at-
tention as she entered.
She picked it up, read the address,
and holding it up said quietly:
“**Boys, do you know anything about
this letter? It is addressed to the minis-
ter, Mr. Deane.”
A quick glance of dismay was ex-
changed between the two. They had
given Lem the wrong letter.
Both answered, boldly:
¢“No'm.”
She placed the missive on her desk.
No doubt it had been eutrusted to one
of the children, who had forgotton it,
but she would see that it reached Mr.
Deane that evening.
Then she cailed ‘the two boys before
her. :
¢*I hope that you. know your lessons
now,” she said, ‘‘and will be able to
answer promptly. Dick, I. will begin
with you. Who surrendered at York-
town, in Vizginia?”
¢‘Gen'ral Wash’nton,”
Dick, boldly. :
The teacher's smooth brow con-
tracted, but she made no comment, and
gave him one more chance.
¢¢To whom was the surrender made?”
There was a momentary puzzled con-
sideration, and then came the tri-
umphant reply * :
**Napol'an Bonypart?"
Miss Kate closed the book and turned
to her other pupil.
*‘Timothy, what are the three largest
cities in the United States.”
¢‘New York, Lunnon and— Brazil!”
Again the book was closed; but be.
fore a word could be spoken the eyes of
both . teacher and pupils were turned
toward the open door.
A gig had stopped at the gate, and a
good-looking young man, in clerical
dress, was walking briskly toward the
school house.
Miss Kate arose and went slowly to
learn his errand at the door, for she had
no idea of inviting him to enter. It was
only when she saw big drops of rain
pattering upon his shoulders that she
said, reluctantly: -
+ Will you come in, Mr. Deane, out
of thera?”
He stepped within and drew a letter
from his breast pocket. -
¢‘I had no intention of intruding,” he
said, pleasantly, ‘but merely desired to
deliver this letter, which was handed me
a Tew moments since by Lemuel Miller,
whom I met on the road. There scems
to have been some mistake, as it is ad."
dressed to Miss Kate Morrison.”
¢*Strange!” Kate said. *:And hero is
one whic I just now found directed to
yourself.”
The two boys, unnoticed by the teach-
er, began sidling toward tue door.
She hastily opened the letter just
given her, and the minister did the same
with his, As their sight was greeted by
the gorgeous 1lluminations of hearts and
ruses, each glanced up, and their eyes
meeting, both Jaughed. The laugh
seemed to take away from the stiffness
between them. : !
‘I had forgotten," said the minister,
‘that this is St. Valentine's Day. Bat
it eeems that boys never forget tae occa-
sion.”
And he looked toward the two cul-
prits near tae door.
Kate glanced at the name scrawled
beneath the printed lines on the paper.
He cheek flushed and she said, hastily:
*‘Mr. Deine, 13 my name inscribed
upon that work of art in your hand?”
“Yes, And I presume that you ask
because you find my own name upon
yours? You can see this, if you like.
You will find the poetry worthy of the
artistic design.”
She took 1t, and read:
“If you will be my Valentine,
Our lives with happiness will shins
Like June-bugs on a pumpkin vinel
. *‘M1s8 KATE MORRISON.”
¢“How absurd!” said Kate, with a
mixture of indignation and amusement.
Mr. Deane smiled.
¢¢I ‘should like to know with what
poetic sentiment they have credited me,
May I see?”
¢-I haven't read it,” she anawered, as
she handed him the paper, .
He read aloud:
*“If you love me as { love the.,
Your taithful lover I will Be;
And long as this year’s stars do shine,
Will claim you for my Valentine!
“REVERENT MISTER FRANK DEEN.”
¢¢“What a wretched joke!” Kate ex-
claimed. ¢‘Oh, those boys!"
She turned to where she supposed the
two guilty one to be, but they had van-
ished, though the rain was still falling
in a torrent. :
Her eyes tilled with tears of vexation,
and that the minister might not sce
them she turned to the window, and
stood. looking out on the deserted road
and the horse and gig standing beneath
the shelter of the big oak tree near the
gate.
But Mr. Deane had seen the tears, and
he drew a step nearer, as he sdid gently:
ssf et them have their little fun. It
has done no harm, and bas afforded us
some amusement as well.”
¢+They deserve to be well punished.”
*No, don’t punish them. I feel it in
\
responded
my heart to forgive them,” he urged.
$'Whyt”
“Why? Shall I tell you?” He came
and stood by her side at the window,
and his voice took a lower and softer
tone, ‘‘Because it has afforded me an op-
portunity of saying to you what I have
long been wishing to do—almost ever
since I first saw you.” -
She made no reply, but stood. still
with her hands clasped on the window
sill before her.
There was silence for a moment, and
the tears which had moistened her brown
eyes brimed over and fell upon the
white hands.
The next moment a firm aad gentle
Slate was laid upon them, and a voice
said :
*“Not for a year only, Kate, but for a
lifetime—for all time.”
Still she was silent, but he looked in
her face and was satisfied.
I think it is going to rain all the
evening,” she said, presently, with a
new tone in her voica—shy and sweet.
¢‘I had better get homs= as ' soon as pos-
sible.”
‘And will let me take you, of course?”
said Mr. Deane.
*It is not necessary; I pften go homs
through the rain. * I have aa umbrella.”
But he would not hear of it, and he
assisted her inte his gig and gathered
the lap-robe about her.
Tae dim, rain-obscured landscapes
seemed to her fairer than ever she had be-
held it in its sunshiny summer beauty.
Mies Peachy Perkins, from her usual
Iyokout at her front window, beheld
them driving past.
“Well, I do declare!” she exclaimed.
‘There's the minister taking Kate Mor-
rison home in his gig! What shall wa
hear of next, I wonder?”
What she next heard in regard to Mr.
Deane and Kate Morrison surprised her
still more. But since the minister's wife
would be a person of much more import-
ance than the school teacher, she wisely
decided to make the best of it, and keep
to herself her thoughts upon the subjecs
of Kate Morrisoa’s artfulness.
As to Tim and Dick, they could never
understand why it was that Miss Kate
4 never alluded to those Valentines, and
that the minister seemed to take a par:
ticular interest in them at Sunday-school.
—=Saturday Night.
The Mystery of Plant Ses.
It was demonstrated by American
botanists several years azo that whether
flowers were male or female was wholly
a matter of nutrition. = Where the re-
produstive cells at the time. of fertiliza-
tion were so situated as to beable to
avail themselves of abundant nutrition
femal> flowers result. Waere these cells
are not advantageously situated ia this
respact, the result is male lowers. Oae
of the strongest demonstrations of this
fact is furnished by coniferous trees.
The female, or cone-bearing, flowers are
borne on the strong and vigorous
branches, fully exposed to the light, acd
the most advantageously situated on the
upper portion of the tree. These con-
tinue to bear, year after ycar, female
flowers. But when these branches coms
in time to be weak, as they do by shad.
ing, or the weakening of their power to
obtain full nutrition, they producs male
flowers only. Under this law there
ought to be cases oa the boundary line,
where the balance of nutritive power
should be so even, that a tendency to
hermaphrodism, or at least a closer re.
lation between the separate sexes should
exist than is usually the case in conif-
erous and related piants. This closer
relation is often seen in tbe Indian
corn, where some of the male flowers
produce pistils as well as stamens, and
then grains of corn occur in the tassel or
spike of male flowers. But it is not
often that coniferous trees themselves
furnish the illustration. But a Japau
botanical magazine has come across an
instance which it figures. Tae pine
cone is formed as usual, but from the
apex of the cone proceeds a spike of
male flowers giving the pine cone some-
what the appearance of a pineapple witn
the tuft of green leaves at the apex.
‘These occasional departures irom normal
types are eagerly looked for by modern
biologists as furnishing the material by
which various hypotheses are tested. —
New York Independent. \
American Morocco Leather.
Very little morocco leather is now im.
ported into this country. Up to about
the year 1880 nine-tenths of the morogco
used was imported, and the amouat
manufactured here was quite small. The
proportions have been about reversed
the last twelve years, and now the out.
put of Philadelphia, Wilmington, Bos.
ton and Lyon is far greater than the
total consumption was at the time
named. There is absolutely no reason
why any of thie article should be im-
ported at all, and the home-made grades
are really better on the average than any
that can be imported. One American
house now turns out 40,000 or 59,000
skins a day, and the slaughter of goats
for the purpose is quite extensive. It is
estimated that as many as 30,000,000
goats are slaughterea for their skins
every year, and this is probably true,
although most pecple would be apt to
doubt whether there are as many of
these interesting animals in existence.—
Detroit Free Press. i
How Soil is Made.
The process of conversion of granite
into soil is thus summarized by Prafessor
A. Johnstone, of Edinburgh: Oxida-
tion of iron is the first change perceit-
able; thea creation and multiplication
of weather joints and carbonization fol-
lows; next, humusis formed by lichens,
and then higher plants; following this,
fungoid germs, capable of assimilating
aerial nitrogen, become abundant; finale
ly all the three processes, mechanical
chemical and organic, go merrily on to-
gether and contribute all in their proper
share to the formation of an ever-deepen-
ing soil, capable of supporting the lux.
uriant life of the highest plants.—New
York Witness.
The military prisoner makes his escape
ia an unguarded moment.
| THREE BAD RB. R. ACCIDENTS
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SEVEN KILLED AND MANY IN-
JURED.
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The Pennsylvania System Has a Ser.es
of Mishaps
——pee
The Northbound Southern express on the
Pennsylvania railroad collided on Wednes-
day, with the Morton Accommodation, near
South street station, West Philadelphia, Pa.
Three cars of the accommodation train were
wrecked.
The following were killed: Mr. and Mrs.
E. I. Minzer, of Media. Maria Read, of
Media. The Rev. James Walker, of Lenni.
I'en people were injured, but not serious-
ly. Mr. and Mrs, Minzer were sitting to-
gether and both were decapitated. A num-
ber of prominent persons were passengers on
the express, among them Congressmen
Dingley and Belnap, ex-postmaster General
Frank Hatton, Senator Washburn, Major
John M. Carson, and U. H. Painter, well
known Washington correspondents,
‘The accident occurred at a crossing. The
accommodation had the right of way, the
expres being biocked, but owing to the
slippery condition of the tracks the engineer
of the express was unable to control his
train, and the locomotive crashed into the
third car of the accommodation.
ONE KILLED AND TWENTY INJURED.
The eastbound mail and express train No.
20, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chica-
#o railroad, was wrecked on Wednesday
night two miles east of Columbia City, Ind,
by a broken rail. The last two cars on the
train were precipitated down an enbank-
ment 20 feet high, the cars turning com-
pisiely over, and being badly wrecked. J.
. Parimore, oi Hebron, was killed Aud 20
persons injured.
THREE MEN KILLED.
A coal train and extra freight collided on
the Pennsylvania & Schuylkill Valley
railroad between Phoenixvitle and Spring
City, Pa., Wednesday n:ght and Watson
Wheeler,John Deans and Walter Brunner,
all employes of the company, were killed.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS.
Erie.—The larzest vote ever polled here
at a city election was cast. Walter Scott,
Republican, was elected over ex-Mayor
Frank A. Mizener, Democrat, by 400 major-
ity. James P. Hanley, Democrat, is elected
to a third term as city tr. asurer,over Linus
Metz, Republican. G. ¥. Brevillier Repub-
lican, is elected to a third term as city con-
troller. The Democrats have elected a ma-
jority of the city council,
PHILADELPHIA. —Captain John Taylor,
receiver of taxes, and Charles I. Warwick,
city solicitor, were re-elected. .
Laxcastur,—The Republicans captured
all the city departments, and in the county
they carried al.nost every town.
CHESTER,—John B. Hinkson, Democrat. is
elected mayor, which has just closed a most
exciting contest. Other offices are divided.
MrcraricssurG has gone Republican.
ReapiNxé—The Republicans swept this city
by about 1,000 majority, electing William
. Shanaman mayor. In the county the
Republicans made gains.
Harrissure elected Maurice Eby, Temo-
crat, over Dr. Walter, Republican, for may-
or. Verbeki. Democrat, was chosen con-
troller and McKee, Republican, city treas-
ury.
BEAVER FaLLs.—The entire borough Re-
publican ticket was elected to-day. The
People’s party failed to make anything like
ashowing. i
CaruisLe—John R. Miller, Democrat, was
elected mayor of this city by 300 majority
over N. W. Boyd, Republican. Six Repub-
licans and six Democrats will compose the
city council.
MErapviLLE.—A very light vote was polled.
Plum Heydrick snd McArthur Democrats,
Davis, Republican, were elected to council.
Weber, Thomas and Houser, Democrats, and
Smith, Republican were elected school di-
rectors. .
New CastLE—A very light vote was polled
in the municipal election. For Mayor
Alexander Richardson defeated Semuel :
Bell, Thomas Dickson, James Verner and
Frank Johnson. Jonn 8lacins, city treas-
ures for nine years, was re-elected, defeating
Jacob C. Walls. James W. Reis, present
city Controller, was re elected having no op-
position. Blerins and Richardson are Re-
publicans and Reis a Democrat.
HotripaysBure.—The election resulted as
follows: Burgess, John W, Brackner; coan-
cil, J. D. Hemphill and John H. Law;
school directors, F. H. Russ and Dr. W. C.
Holler; ex-Burgess Law was the only Dem-
ocrat elected.
JorxstowN,—John Dowling, the Demo-
crat candidate jor controller may pull
through. Boyd (Rep.) for mayor, and
James (Rep.) for treasurer, areelected over
Wagoner and Keifer. :
GrreNsBURG—J. C. Reid, Republican. was
elected mayor by a smail majority. He is
the first Republican ever elected to the office
here. The council will be Democratic.
‘WarreN—In the election for burgess A.
C. McAlpine deteated Robert McKay. For
collector 8. E. Orr defeated Marvin Waters.
For auditor F. E, Russell defeated C. Lesser.
Three Democratic councilmen were elected.
WasningToN—The Democrats elected their
entire ticket. John I. Curran defeated
‘Major H. J. Van Kirk for chief burgess,
PrtrsurG—The result of the municipal
election was that Bernard McKenna was
elected Mayor on the Democratic ticket, H.
L Gourley, Controller; and Joseph F. Den-
niston, Republican, is likely elected Treas-
urer.
ALLEGRENY Ciry—William M. Kennedy
was re-elected Mayor of Allegheny by a
large majority over all three of his" uppo-
nents.
FIVE HEROES DIE,
They Lose Their Lives Attempting to
Rescue a Shipwrecked Crew.
Six men were drowned off Cuttyhunk,one
of the Elizabeth islands, off Massachusetts
Coast, while trying to rescue the crew of a
stranded vessel. The men composed the
volunteer crew of the Massachusetts Hu-
mane Society’s life-boat. The names of the
unfortunaté men are Captain Timothy
Aiken. Isaiah H. Tilton, Hiram Jackson,
William Brightman and Frederick Aiken.
A rope was thrown to Captain Aiken,which
he caught and tied around himself three
times, but it shipped off and he was lost. All
the men but Brightman livedJon the island.
During the terrible storm of last evening
a vessel was discovered aground oft Sow-and
Pigs’ reef. The boat belonging to the
Massachusetts Humane Sociely was got out,
and the fated crew put off 1n her despite the
heavy sweil and the warnings of the captain
of the lile-saving station. The men bad a
long, hard and perilous pull and the waters
threatened every moment to engulf them.
but at last they succeeded in getting under
the lee of the vessel.
A rope was thrown to the boat, but just
as 8 landing was about to be effected a
great wave capsized the boat, and in an in-
stant the men were Sirugeing in the ice-
cold water. One man of the boat's crew,
Isaiah Tilton. caught a rope thrown .and
was drawn on aboard the vessel, but the
others were all lost. The wrecked vessel
was ascertained to be the brig Sadua, laden
with sugar, bound from Cuba for Boston.
It is thought that the brig will be lost. The
* Captain and crew of the brig were saved
nded on Cuttyhunk.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
TWO CHILDREN OF A GREENSBURG PASTOR RUN
: DOWN BY A TRAIN.
GREENSBURG.—A sad accident occurred at
the Pennsvivania railroad station Friday
evening. Two little children of the Rev. W,
R. Funk. pastor of the United Brethen
Church, were crosssng the track when a
local freight caught them and carried the
little oues, one a girl, aged 7. the other a
boy of 5 years of age, a distance of 50 yards.
Both were living when picked up, but tie
physicians say the hittle girl will die and
1ave slight hopes for the boy. The little
ones were on an errand of charity, having
been sent by their mother to an old member
of the church, who is lving sick, with a
basket containing a few dainties.
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STATE COLLEGE'S GLORY.
THE FINE NEW ENGINEERING BUILDING APPRO-
PRIATELY DEDICATED.
Benneroxte. — The new engineering
building of the Pennsylvania State college
was dedicated Wednesday. Governor Pat-
tison, ex-Governor Beaver and many others
of State and national prominence took |art
in the exercises. the program of which was
published in Sunday’s /’ost. The program
was carried out as printed. At noon a ban-
quet was served, at which General Beaver
was toastmaster. and many brief speeches
made. In the evening a ll was held in
the Armory building, and in addition to the
ruests from afar the local elite attended in
great numbers
men
A $25 000 FIRE AT JEANNETTE.
JEANNETTE—For the third time within the
past eight months this place was visited by
a disastrous fire. It started in a Chinese
laundry in the basement of James Boe-
hine’s building, Tbe pool room and lodge
room, owned by I. J. Vinton, two buildings
owned by Joseph Diebold and one owned by
D. W. Kappenberger were consumed. Vin-
ton’s loss is $3,000, with no insurance. Die-
bold's less is $10,000, with but $1,000 1nsur-
ance. W. A. Meyers loses on plumbing
shop and residence ,000, and insurance
$1,000. Knappenberger's loss is £3,500. with
$1,500 insurance. Gomp Bros,, dry goods,
loss $6,000; insurance, $4.800. Edward
Peters, barber, loss $300. -
mt
OUR BUILDING AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Harrissurc.—The Pennsylvania World's
Fair executive committee has decided to
dedicate the State building at Chicago on
Saturday, April 29. Kxecutive Commission-
er Farquhar, will present the building, and
it will ‘be formally received by Governor
Pattison. The governor will hold a recep-
tion in the edifice after the ceremonies. The
commission now claim that it will be im-
possible to complete the exhibit without
further appropriation, and they will ask the
legislature for an additional $100,000.
Ll pt nts
COMBINATION OF TRAGEDIES.
GurHriEVILLE—Post master Jesse Rogers of
this place, Chester County, drove to a near-
by village with Frank Elston, an old friend.
He had been there but a few minutes when
he dropped dead. On his way home Elston
was fatally injured by a runaway horse.
This so preyed upon the mind of = Thomas
Kirk, a friend of the two, that he hanged
himself in a barn.
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ROADS BLOCKADED BY SNOW.
Easton.—The station agents along the
Pennsylvania and Reading systems received
notice not to sell tickets for points on the
Lehigh and Hudson road, which is com-
pletely blocked by snow. The Pennsylvania,
Poughkeepsie and Boston road which is de-
pended on by the Reading to carry its New
England business, has five engines in a
snow bank at Danielsville. It will take
several days to open the road.
SOE Tn
A MAN FROZEN TO DEATH.
CoxnELLSVILLE.—The report arrived here
of the freezing of John Dawson in the
mountains five miles from here. In the
heavy windstorm of Saturday night, Daw-
son’s buggy was blown off a hluff skirting
the road he was traversing. Dawson tried
to walk to this place, but became lost,in the
mountain roads, and wandered about until
he sank down from exhaustion and froze to
death.
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DEATH OF A VETERAN SOLDIER.
LANCAsSTER.— Maj. . Hambright,
United States army, retired, died here from
cancerous affection,aged seventy -four years.
Maj. Hambright served through the Mexi-
can war, and also through tue civil war, at
tbe close of whiclt he had become a Bridga-
dier General. He then entered the regular
army, from which he retired several years
ago.
BETHLEHEM SNOWBOUND.
. It will take a week to open the snow-
bound country roads near Bethlehem. The
Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad is snow-
bound near Chapmansville and no trains
arerunning. A funeral cortege from Beth-
lehem to Nazareth got snow-bound, and a
relief party of 100 farmers, with shovels and
teams rescued it. The storm ‘was the worst
for 50 years.
rere afer me
CRUSADE AGAINST DANCING.
‘WILKESBARRE.—Ac!ing under instructions
from Bishop O'Hara. the priests of Scranton
have begun a crusade against all kinds of
dancing. (lasses ‘or the instruction of th
voung are particularly condemned. It is
held in the order that dancing and dance
halls are but the stepping stones to sin.
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PAXSON’S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED.
HarrisBore.—The resignation of Chief
Justice Paxson of the Supreme court,who is
now one of the Reading receivers, was ac-
cepted by the Governor. Judge Heydrick
is mentioned as his possible successor.
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A MOTHER'S SAD LOSS.
NEw CastrLE.—Mrs. Samuel Norris rocked
her baby to sleep the other night, and put
him in a erib, An hour later she had oc-
casion to go to the crib and found the child
dead.
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FOUR BORN AT ONE TIME.
ArLENTOWN.—Mrs, Thomas Schlicher,
wife of a motorman on the electric street
railway, gave birth to four children, one
boy and threegirls. All died shortly after
birth.
ROE
Tre Farmers’ Bank, of Farrisburg, the
capital stock of which is 100,000, closed its
doors pending an examinction by State
Banking Superintendent Krumbhaar.
Art Philadelphia John F. Miller, the de-
faulting cashier of the First National bank
of Columbia, was sentenced to five years’
imprisonment. He got away with $8,000.
It is estimated that the maple sugar camps
of Fayette county will produce 500 barrels
of syrup this season.
Ar Brookville, Peter Aulenbaugh, aged
£0, was instantly killed by an Allegheny
Valley train.
JENNIE FARR, of Mt. Braddock,
while driving near Uniontown,
was thrown out of her vehicle by
the horses frightening, and fell in front of
a street car. She was struck by the car and
possibly fatally injured.
Tue farmers of Fayette and Somerset
counties are being worked by a swindler
who represents himself as the agent of a
co-operative store which sells goods to farm-
ers at wholesale prices.but to secure the ben-
efit of the system the farmer has to pay 60
cents per annum or #1 for two vears. A
good many dollars have been gathered in by
this smooth-tongued sharper.
TeE blizzard of Sunday night blew out
two large plate glass fronts of W. Hart-
zell's grocery store at New Castle.
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GENERAL TRADE IS GOOD.
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While the Reading Transaction Caused
a Fiurry in &peculation, Other
Lines are in Fine Condition.
R.G. Dun & Co.’s Weekiy Review of
Trade says:
The collapse of the coal combination,
formed a year ago by the Reading Railway.
and sharp dey ressions in Sugar stocks, and
a few railway stocks have made the week
one of unusual excitement in speculative
circles. While #3.000,000 gold has gone
abroad this week, and half a million more
is expected to go to day. there 1s no increase
of apprehension about the monetary future,
and the business world pays httle attention
to Congress, th ugh the chances of an extra
session are regarded with some interest.
Speculation in produce has not been very
Leavy. Wheat is a cent lower with sales of
only 10,000,000 bushels; corn and pork pro-
ducts scarcely unchanged. Cotton is #
higher, but receipts are sma!l and the prob-
able failure ot'the Anti-Option bill affects
the trale more than conditions of supply
and demand. Cattle are active at Chicago.
Business in bar iron is unsatistactory; plates
are very weak and while structural works
are full of orders,competition i1so sharp that
prices have little chance to improve, Co
er and tin remain quiet and lead is dull.
n the boot and shoe trade the higher cost
of leather causes manulacturers to urge
better prices for their products. Cotton
manufacturing is healthy, dividends at Fall
River being the largest for four years, and
some advances are noted in prices of goods,
while print cloths are very firm.
Business failures throughout the conntry
the past seven days number tor the United
States 193 and for Canada, 37, a total of 230,
as compared with 233 last week and 266 the
week previous. For the corresponding week
of lasy year the figures were 270.
BUSINESS BAROMETKR.
The bank clearing totals for the week
ended February 25, 1893, with comparisons,
as telegraphed to Bradstreet, are:
$741,849,058
103.762,758
86.1:8,608
76,061,163
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Cincinnati 3,762,75
Baltimore 13,331,241
12,412,752
11,226,607 &
Cleveland o 9,334,651 I 225
(I indicdtas increase, D decrease.)
The clearings of 78 cities aggregate
€1.215,988,075, an increase of 12.2 per cent.
Exclu-ive of New York the clearings amount
to $174,089,017, an increase of 10.2 per cent.
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MARKKLTS.
PITTSBURG.
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW.
GRAIN, FLOUR ho
WHEAT—No. 2 Red B@8% 76
N 74 7%
No. 3 Red
CORN—No. 2 Yellow ear... 52
High Mixed ear 50
Mixed ear
Shelled Mixed...
OATS—No. 1 Whit
No. 2 White..
No. 3 White, .
Mixed
RYE—No. 1 Pa & Ohio....
No. 2 Western, New
FLOUR—Fancy winter pat’
Fancy Spring patents.....
Fancy Straight winter. ...
XXX Bakers
R
HAY—Baled No. i Tim'y..
Baled No. 2 Timothy
Mixed Clover
Timothy from country...
STRAW — Wheat
Oats,
FEED—No.1 Wh Md ® T
Prom Middlings
49
41
40
et
eb fd pd
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GRRANYE |SSL2LISI2ISYRLIARIER
ptt
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
BUTTER—EIlgin Creamery
Fancy Creamery
Fancy country roll
Choice country roll
Low grade & cooking....
CHEESE—O New cr'm mild
New York Goshen
Wisconsin Swiss bricks. .
Wisconsin Sweitzer. ..
Limbur=er. ..i i. 005.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
APPLES—Fancy, bbl... 350
Fair to’ choice, ¥ dl
BEANS—Select,
Pa & O Beans, 8
Lima Beans,
ONIONS—
Yellow danvers 8 bu....
Yellow onion, ® bbl
Spanish, ® crate ’
CABBAGE—New # bbl.....
POTATOES—
Fancy White per bu
Choice Red per bu.........
POULTRY ETC.
SBeahRhie
BRE |2ZSZ222223L2LSRLR
bb pd et
r= QC bY
bd pk fd
Swen
BO pb bk pt
38 INH »
Dressed ducks @1b
Dressed turkeys ®
LIVE CHICKENS—
Live chickens # pr.
Live Ducks ® pr
Live Geese @ pr .
Live Turkeys #1
EGGS—Pa & Ohio fresh....
FEATHERS
Extra live Geese 8 1
Nol Extra live geese@ih
Mixed
$88 B5&88 BLE
MISCELLANIOUS.
TALLOW—Country, 8b...
Sit
City 5
SEEDS—West Med’'m clo’er . 10 20
Mammoth Clover 1
Timothy prime
Timothy choice
Blue grass. ..........
Orchard grass
Millet
Rs.GS—Country mixed....
HONEY—Watte clover....
Buckwheat
FLOUR—
WHEAT—No. 2 Red........
RYE—No.2................
CORN—Mixed
TS
Baas...
BUTTER .
FLOUR—
WHEAT—No. 2. Red
CORN—No. 2, Mixed........
OATS—No. 2, White...
BUTTER—Creamery
EGGS—Pa., Firsts
NEW YORK
FLOUR—DPatents
WHEAT--No, 2
CORN—Ungraded Mixed
OATS—Mixed Western.....
BUTTER—(reamery
EGGS—State and Penn
LIVE-STOCK REPORT.
EAST LIBERTY, PITTSBURG STOCK. YARDS.
CATTLE. Ho
Prime Steers..... mine aeniee $
Fair to Good
-3
on
Bulls and dry cows
Vea] Calves... ...........
Heavy rough calves
Fresh cows, per head
SHEEP.
Prime 95 to 100-B sheep....$
Common 70 to 75 1 sheep...
Yambs...... 00s
on = CC
8888
15
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HOGS.
Philadelphia hogs.. i 8 50 to
Corn Yorkers......... a 7 50 to
E “era 6 50 to