out 2¢ on be n neax north Illinois | is as J. Ww. Sweet, nel, O.; Ind., Colum- Colum- to St. ws: A. K. isposed; ent of 1e total arch 4, issued e origi- original abi ities line of 7,1890. ch week spended With hat all lisposed cent of he rolls, will be ht aT x g 5@%3 OOO [oN 58 «ef 0@83 75 0% yy “WOMAN'S WORLD, PLIXSANT LITEBATURE FOI FEMININE READERS. b ramp ™ ATTT-IN MILLINEDT. : In the show of auniumn miilin-r—, black roses with black lace and smell but full blac: feather tips ars among the novel trimmings on Leghorn, chip and lace straw hats. The outbreak of gay colors in dress material and also in fancy wraps literally compel the adoption of head-coverings that will not accentuate brilliancy, but rather tend to tone down the mixtures of colors exhibited in other portions of the toilet.-—New York Post. I3NS OF THE TIMES. Watch for these things, for they are advancing with steady strides: The Elizabeth ruff. The shawl. "The chignon. The reticule. The sprigged muslin, The pateh. The overskirt. The accordion plait. Frills and flounces. The delicate girl who langunishes and faints and belongs to these articles of attire. And these things are going: The tailor-made gown. The train. Plain and heavy fabrics. Black shoes. And the tailor-made athletic girl who has been wearing these things, — St. Louis Republic. TEW SHALL PART WHERT 3IANY MEZT. The subject of fringes still agitates the feminine mind. To pari or not to part is the question of the hour. To woman with low foreheads and small regular features the parting is very becoming, with its softly waved fringe pinned back on either side. But to faces less fair and youthful the little fall of fringe softens the outline and add to the beauty. For purely oval faces the waved tresses are pinned loosely back, leaving a single curl, like that of the little girl in the nurs- ery rhyme, which ‘‘hungin the middle of her forehead,” while the daring beauties may attempt the Anne of Austria style, in which the hair is turned back from the forehead, twist- ed into a coil at the back, leaving enough hair on the other side to make ringlets a la 1836. Young and fresh and sparkling must be the face that attempts this sort of coiffare.—-New York Sun. ARE WE TO HAVE A CHANGE? The courteous defererdce paid to women by all who have the slightest claim to be considered as gentlemen is, in the opinion of many persons, likely to be lessened by the demands for equal rights and responsibilities made by the advanced and progressive sections of the sex. The story of the lady who, on getting into a full car- riage, was met by the question from the only male occupant as to whether or no she was an advocate for the equality of the sexes, and on replying in the affirmative was informed she might stand during the remainder of the journey, is scarcely and exagger- ated illustration of the feelings of not a few men. In some instances women appear to recognize their increasing responsibil- ity, and a tale comes to us from New- port respecting a grand dinner organ- ized by ladies at an expensive restau- rant, where the viands were partaken of to the music of a band, ladies alone being present, the husbands being de- tained in the city by the inexorable zlaims of business or pleasure. Xach {ady had the somewhat novel experience of paying for herself (with her hus- band’s money), the feast being what is known as a ‘‘Dutch treat.” We are further informed that the whole pro- seeding was a success, and that, even at the end of the day, ‘*when the feast was o'er,” and the reckoning had ar- rived, when even men are said ‘‘to {augh no more,” there were no default- ers, and no lady had unfortunately left her purse at home. + SIATS FOR SHOP GIRLS. The question of seats for shop girls or ‘‘shop assistants,” as they are called in London, has been recently agitated ufresh over there. Nearly all the fradesmen who were called as witnesses vefore the Parliamentary Committee 1b the time of the discussion of the Shop Hours bill testified to their will- (ngness to provide seats during the low-pressure hours of business. In Liverpool an association of ladies has peen formed for the purpose of peti- sioning shopkeepers to provide seats ‘or their employes, which has already net with gratifying success. Every woman. shopper in the land nust feel an interest in this question. A woman physician the other day, commenting on the matter, said that it was a constant wonder to her that shop girls did not faint daily at their posts. The strain of standing is so much more severe than that of wals- ing the same length of time. And when, as is much often the case, the shop girl is poised on high-heeled, ill- shaped shoes, frequently cruelly short and narrow, it is not strange that their faces grow lined and careworn, their voices sharp, and their tempers rasped, with the positive suffering they under- 0. 2 The women of England took up the half-holiday question and brought it about. Many New York women never visit a shop on Saturday afternoon. Acting on the same principle, and if all would similarly refrain, that respite to a deserving sisterhood might be- come, here, too, a permanent instead of a transient thing. —New Yaxk Times. ! white duck, WELLL DRESSED FRENCHWOMEN, The charm of a well dressed French: woman’s attire lies in three elements, the first being perfect taste, the second & due regard to the charms of fashion and the third appropriateness to the time and oceasion for which the whole getup is arranged. You will never tind your genuine Parisienne going to an evening entertainment in a tailor-made cloth suit, or starting on a journey in a soiled dress of pale colored silk, worn under a jacket in rough, dark cloth, or donning on a similar occa- sion a velvet costume and diamond earrings. And in no classin France is this fitness of attire more manifest than among the servants. Your cook and your chambermaid will think no more of copying your best gowns or of surreptitiously taking a wear out of your last season’s cloaks and dresses than they would think of executing a fancy dance in your drawing room. They are very careful to get them- selves up neatly and trimly of a holi- day, but the great difference of their garb on such occasions from their or- dinary working day attire lies prineci- pally in the assumption of a bonnet. If you send your maid out on an er- rand she disdains to cover her head except in very cold weather, when she will probably wrap herself up to pro- tect her ears and throat in a black knitted scarf or shawl. Also she will put on a clean white apron, and so ar- rayed she feels herself altogether re- spectably gotten up. On Sundaysand fete days she may indulge, if she be a very dressy personage, in a black net veil and a pair of the discarded kid gloves of her mistress. Also she likes a neat umbrella or a sun umbrella. — New York Advertiser. FASHION NOTES. Linen cuffs are again fashionable. Gold hairpins and combs are in vogue. The wearing of necklaces in the morning and on the street is in favor. Pearls seem to be most popular, and are certainly pretty, with a summer gown cub low at the throat. Oxford ties are the only low shoes permissible in the street, whils suede is the newest thing in white shoes, and they are pointed off with white patent- leather, white suede or tan. Dots of all sizes and all colors are to be lavishly sprinkled over the new fall goods. Bayadere strips are again to be much in evidence. Luminous blue shades will be the fashionable colors. The smartest Eton jackets are of and have large square revers turned back so that they touch the sleeves. The fronts are fitted by darts, and the edges stitched twice in tailor fashion. The plaid gingham shirt waists are as handsome as silk ones, and they ar made with the shirt plait, visibly closed by small white pearl buttons, the stiff turnover collar, genuine shirt sieeves, and stiff shirt cuffs. Many skirts of thin material have a little fullness around the waist, and sometimes even all around, though, as a rule they are as close fitting as they can be made, with all the necessary folds concentrated at the back. Tartan plaid gauze is a novelty used in trimming black or brown sailor hats. It is bright and effective and not so severe as the ribbon band: A twist of the gauze enriches the crown, and three wide loops and a knot are arranged at the side. Hats and bonnets are made simpler in their style than they were earlier in the season. The round hat is bent in- to almost every shape, and the special feature is a pair of Mereury’s wings, which stand up in front at a little dis- tance apart. A collarette that is coming forward in cotton gowns, and will be repeated in wool later on, is athree-quarter cir- cle, shaped to fit smoothly around the shoulders, and folded to ‘points in front. It is effective in the stiff linen and heavy cotton goods. The little circular frills that are now being added to waists are an excellent device for remodeling bodices, as they completely change the style. Often a lace frill or one of accordion-plaited material is added when material like the gown is not to hand. A pretty accessory to a gown, and one which makes an old waist look new, consists of a flounce of lace fall- ing from the neck and in straight folds nearly to the waist in front, forming epaulets on the shoulders, a collar in the back, and all in “one piece. The clown sleeve, which is much newer than the bulging style of the early season, is composed entirely of rufies from the elbow to the shoul- ders. The puffed sleeve is diminish- ing upward, and every fresh touch of fashion reveals a little more of the tight undersleeve. As the chief idea just now is to be cool, many ladies have adopted dark or black crepon skirts, with which they wear pale pink, pale blue, mauve, yellow, black, or white finely plaited chiffon blouses ornamented with nar- row insertions of Valenciennes, Bruges or guipure in black or bisec. Waistcoats of ribbon are just ap- peariug in the shops. They are made of seven ribbons stitched together, with overlapping edges, three for the back and four for the front, and are fastened invisibly at the left side. Worn beneath an Eton or Bolero jacket they look bright and pretty. A traveling costume was of platina- gray wool, with black silk ruffles on the skirt. Cascades of these ruffles formed the upper sleeves, with a V in- sertion in the front and back of the bodice. The triple shoulder cape or collarette was of the gray lined with the black silk. It set over the tops of the sleeves and came to the waist line in front, meeting in fichu fashiea, ' SOLDIERS’ COLUMN! 1 . FEASTSOF HAM. One Occasion on Which the Humble Private Got his Reward. i DURING the mo..th of Jan- uary, 1864, the 78th Pa. and 21st Wis. were doing post duty and build- ing fortifica- cationsonLook out Mountain, | Tenn. Col. Blakely com- manded. A negro came into camp from Lookout Val- ley ene day and reported to the com- manding officer that an old citizen up the valley had some wheat and perk hidden for home consumption and to entertain his rebel friends with when they called on him. As our boys had pretty slim living, and a hard and difficnlt way of getting our small sllow- ance up on the mountain, orders were issued for a detail of two men from each company to go out and see what could be found. T, M. Fleming and the writer were the two from Co. A, 78th Pa. Some 30 altogether started under command of a Lieutenant of the 21st Wis., after pro- viding one day’s supply of hardtack and coffee. We marched out along the top of the mountain som: dirtance until we could find a place amongst the rocks t » descend the mountain. After getting down into the valley we marched up the valley some distance, when we came to the house where re— port said we would find that which our appetites were craving. When we asked the old man had any meat he told the boys to the smokehouse and take all was there. The boys made a rush for that smokehoun:e as though each one wished to get the largest ham; but on investigation there was but the skeleton of a ham there. The boys became angry, first at the old man aud then at the durky,but the dirky had fallen out of ranks some distance back, for he did not want the white folks to know he had given the information. My comrades came to the conclusion that they would not tempt the old man to tell any more lies, so they commenced an investiga- tion for themselves. Up-stairs, down-stairs, and in the cellar of the house they went. In one corner of a room up-stairs under a bed they found some wheat, with which they lost no time in filling their hav- ersacks. But those sugar cured hams —where were they? The house was two stories, with a porch. Suddenly one of the fellows noticed in the wall of one of the 10cms up-stairs what appeared to be a door without hinges. After some consul- tation one gave the place inthe wall a punch with the butt of his musket and it fell over and showed a pussage into the garret of the porch. Further examination revealed a large number ofnice hams and shou ders of bacon hanging to the rafters. After dividing with the company and mspecting everything aboat the place, we returnel down the valley nntil we came to a mill operated by an old citizer.We employed him, without any ceremony, to grind our wheat. After cur wheat was ground we filled our haversacks, and, it being late in the evering, Comrade Fleming and I were detailed to go out on videt pick- ct. We went back up the valley about one mile, and passed the night at the forks of two roads. In the morning we were called into line and started on our way back to camp. When we got to the top of Lookout Mountain it was dark, and, we were some three or four miles from camp. Meantime the officers at camp, expecting we would be tired and wish to be relieved of some of our forage, sent out a team and wagon to meet us. We got orders to put ourchops and hams into the wagon. Our haver- sacks being private property, we re- fused to give them up. The hams we deposited in the wagon, and then moveil on toward camp. The boys, on thinking over the matter as we marched along, concluded that they might not be so fortunate as to receive their share of the hams. So as they marched along one comrade would carry another's gun, while he would pass the coluinn, gain the wagon, and, as the night was very dark, climb into the wagon, take out a ham, and fall into the ranks again. This continued until all the hams were out of the wagon, When we arrived at camp there was a guard placed at the wagon, and no | person allowed to take anything out. When morning came one of the Quar- termaster’s Aids was sent to make an” if he to go that inspection of the contents of the wagon. Nota pound of ham was there to be found in the wagon. It was said by some of the boys that the Quartermaster’s official said if there ever wus any hams in the wagon the boys had made a clean sweep, as there was not so much as a smell of ham. The Quartermaster not being satis- fied, and I suppose feeling disappoint- ed in not having ham ror vreaxtast, made complaints to the Colonel. A guard in charge of an officer was sent to srarch the quarters of the men, con- fiscate all ham found, and arrest those having the same in their possession. The officer first went to the captian’s tent. While he was there consulting with the captian, the boys hid their sweet morsels of ham, so there was none to be found by the guard, We had feasts of ham for a week after that, eud for once the private got ahead of the ‘‘commish.”—WwM, A. MinrueN. National Tribune. partially HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. A HINT ON DUSTING. In one of the best known gymnasi- ums for women in this country the resident physician said in a recent in- terview: ‘‘Dust is almost out of place here as it would be in the dissecting room. Iam eagzle-eyed for its appear- ance, and I am proud to say that the furniture is hand-dusted—thatis, with 8 cloth. and belief, a feather duster has never found admission here.” —3t. Louis Star-Sayings. CHEAP AND GOOD VINEGAR. To eight quarts of clear rain water add three guarts of molasses. Turn the mixture into a clean, tight cask. Shake it well two or three times and add three spoonfuls of good yeast, or two yeast cakes. Place the cask in a warm place and in ten or fifteen days add a sheet of common wrapping paper smeared with molasses and torn into narrow strips. This will make excels lent vinegar. The paper is necessary to form the “‘mother” or life of tho vineger.—New York World. ENOCKING THE SPOTS OUT. Spots on towels ard hosiery will disappear with little trouble if a littie ammonia is put into enough water to soak the articles, and they are left in it an hour or two before washing ; and if a cupful is put into the water in which white clothes are soaked the night before washinz, the ease with which the articles ean be washed and their great whiteness and clearness when dried will be very gratifying. Remembering the small sum paid for three quarts of .ammonia of common strength, one can easily see thai no leaching preparation ean be moro cheaply obtained. —New Yorx World TO KEE? MEATS SWEET. Some provisions should not ba pus on ice; every housekeeper ought to know that all meats, raw or cooked, lose in juiciness and tenderness by its action. For instance, a join% which was excellent when served lof will often become tough and tasteless if kept in the refrigerator tweniy-lour hours. Ihave seen corned besi be- come so hard that it chipped of like ice, though it was not frozen. There is a simple treatment ol boiled meat which keeps it palatable. If you wish to cut the meat when ho’ after dinner plunge it again in boiling water or in the water in which it was cooked brought again to a boiling point and there let it remain until cold. You will find that it will thus absorb enough moisture to keep it tender and juicy. Do not place it in the refrigerator warm. Bologna sausage or any of the prep- arations in sausage skins will mold if put into the refrigerator, or if shut ap from the air. Fish should not be brought in direct contact with ice, no matter what the general market practice may be. Sal- mon loses its delicate flavor almost most completely if laid upon ice. In fact no food should ever rest directly upon ice.—Chicago Record. COOKING OF Boiling can be more conveniently and readily nccomplished on a kero- sene oil or gis stove than in any other kind of an oven. But beets, carrots and parsnips, as well as other roots, may be cooked in ths oven for a long time very slowlyin closed vessels, sub- jected to the same degree of heat that is required in roasting meat, from 300 degrees to 330 degrees F. Green veg- etables, peas, beans and the like, are very deliciously cooked in this way. They retain a very much finer flavor than when subjected to the customary heat of the iron stove in an open ves- sel, or when boiled. When the heat is properly regulated, all kinds of frnit and vegetables may be cooked in the oven in vegetable dishes—china, por- celain or stoneware—open or covered. The watery kinds require very little water. The dry kinds may have a very little water added. "The steam gen- erated at the higher heat to which the outside of the vessel is subjected raises the temperature within the covered vessel only to about the boiling point, and while the vessel may not be steam tight, lest it burst, yet it may be sui- ficiently tight to retain the aromatic oils, which should not be carried off thus assuring the full flavor. —Boston Cultivator. THE YEGETABLEIS. SIX RECIPES FOR SOUPS. Bean Soup—Use cold boiled or baked beans. Mash them through a colander, add boiling water, some but- ter and plenty of salt and pepper. Boil until of the proper consistency. Corn Soup—Take six ears of young tender corn (sweet corn is best), cut down each row of grains with a knife, then scrape. Put on to boil with plenty of water. When nearly done add a quart of milk, salt and pepper, and a little flour and butter to thicken. Vegetable Soup—Take the liquid in which you have boiled beef, and into this put some sliced turnips, a potatoes, a very small head of cabbage finely chopped, two or three tomatoes, and a small red pepper. ILet it mer slowly until done. Small onion if desired. Bread Soup—-Place over the fire a sufficient quantity of milk to fill a large dish. ILiet it come to a boil and then pour into the dish in which you have previously broken up scraps of dry bread, with sufficient pepper and salt to season. Tiet it stand a few minutes before serving. Cabbage Soup—=Select a small head of cabbage. Chop or slice it very fine. Then put on to boil in a little water in which a small piece of meat hag been cooking, with a handful of oat- meal. Cook until cabbage is thorough- ly done, then add a sufficient amount otf water, salt and pepper. The oat- meal will thicken it enough. To the best of my knowledge - , the National association few ! sim- DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION At Harrisburg. 8. G. Thompson Nomin- ated For Supreme Judge. and F. C. Osburn for State Treasurer. The Pennsylvania State Democratic Con- vention in session at Harrisburg, nominat- ed Samuel Gustine Thompson of Philadel- phia, for Judge of Supreme Court, and Frank C. Osburn, of Sewickley, for State Treasurer. There was no opposition to the former and little to the latter. THE PLATFORM. The following is the plattorm as adopted at the convention. : ‘‘We, the representatives of the Democra- tic party of Pennsylvania, in convention assembled, declare our unfaltering faith in the principles and leadership which gave victory to the Democratic party in 1892, control of both houses and made Grover Cleveland president for the second time. First—We declare anew our devotion to the fundamental principles of sound Democracy—taxation only for the purposes of government economically administered, honest money, the goid and silver coinage of the constitution and an upright discharge of otficial duty. Seconi—A Democratic administration left $100,000,000 surplus in the tederal treas- ury; a Republican successor in four years converted this into a deficit of $30,000,000. We ueelare that the di-turbed condition of the country hus followed Lepublican ad- rnuinistration, and that business depress on has resuited iro n vicious legislation for which the Republican party is so ely re- sponsible. l'o correct and relieve these a Democratic president and a Democratic congress are pledged and their efforts in that direction are entitled to the support ot patriotic citizens regardless of party. Third—We heartily endorse the adminis- tration of President Cleveland and his cabi- net. We approve his recommendation to congress ot the repeal ot the silver puicha-e clause of the Shern:an act, and we hail with satisfaction his assurances that the vital clause of tariff reform is not to be abandon- ed nor its consummation to be long posr- poned. A deticiency of nearly $40,000,000 in the annual revenues of the federat govern- ment is the direct result of the Mchinley tariff act, and renders a prompt revision of the tariff absolutely necessary. Fourth—We approve of the action of the house of representatives in voting so de- cisively in favor of the repeal of the silver purchase law, and we call upon the United States senators from 'ennsyvivania to give their support to such lezislation as may n- sure the prompt and unconditional repeal ot the Sherman law. Fifth—We denounce the declaration made by the Republican state convention in favor of an enormous expansion of the currency a3 unwise, improvident and calcu- lated to prouauce dangerous inflation of values, reckl ss specuiation and disastrous couséquences. We tavor a currency of gold and siiver coin, treasury and bank nowes sufficient for the business needs of the couniry. But we must insist that it sha.l at all times be kept at a parity of value, Sixth—We rejoice in the generous bene: faction of a grateful republic to the soldiers and sailors who imperiied their lives for its defense. The pension roll should be a roil of honor, and it should be speedily purged of all unworthy names placed upon it in violation of law or derogation ot the rights of deserving claiznants to the people's boun- ty, and we cordially approve the efforts of the federal administration to that end. Seventh» -We cordially approve and in- dorse the &dministration of Governor Patti- son and his constitutional advisers. It has justified the public confidence manifested y his election. His recommencations or salutary legislation, though largely ignored by a Republican legislature, have had the support and favor of the people of the com- monwealth. His continued and fearless exercise of the veto power to de;eat con ti- tutional, ill-considered and reckless legisla- tion merits our unqualified commendation. Eighth—We arraign and condemn the last Republican legislature for its profligacy; for its disregard of the constitution, and for its shameless neglect and refusal to enact wholesome laws demanded for the public welfare, It refusedto repeal the statutes requiring the useless advertising of mercan- tile appraisements at an enormous expense to the state. It failed to make congression- al, senatorial, representative and judicial apportionments as commanded by the con- stitution. Itrefused to pass the legislation necessary to protect the public from unjust discriminations by corporations. It neglect- ed to equalize taxation in response to the demands of over-burdened labor and of the agricultural interests of the commonwealth. It persistently refused to adopt any method by which the enormous deposit of state moneys now scattered among favored in- stitutions should be made amply secure and remunerative to the commonwealth, It failed to prescribe amendments to the bal- lot laws necessary to promote greater purity secrecy and freedom of the franchise. Ninth—Upon the issues thus made by the fidelity of the executive department of the state rovernment and the recreancy of the Republican legislature, we appeal to the people of Pennsylvania; and we present the standard bearers this day nominated as fit and true representatives, respectively of the highest dignity of the judicial office and of reform in the management of the state treasury. Tenth—We invite the consideration of the people of the state of Pennsylvania gto the importance of a non-partisan judiciary. The spirit if not the letter of the constitution contemplates that the courts, especially the supreme court, shall contain in equitable proportion representatives of the great po- litical parties within the commonwealth. Courts so constituted are more likely to possess and deserve the entire confidence of the people. The undue proportion of repre- sentatives of one great political party in the supreme court of Pennsylvania may be cor- rected at the coming election. We hava sufficient confidence in the people of the commonwealth 10 expect that it will be so corrected. Eleventh—In accordance with the recom- mendation of the Democratic national com- mittee, the Democratic state, county and city organizations of Pennsylvania are ad- vised and directed to further by every means in their power the institution ot the regular Democratic societies in every elec tion district,and the union of such societies in the Democratic society of the state and of Democratic clubs. The following were also adopted: Resolved, That we heartily commend effective and successful work of the Demo- cratic national committee in the campaign in 1892, we recall with particular satisfaction and admiration the fidelity of skill and ability displayed by Wm. F. Harrity, who was selected by the Democracy of the coun- try for the aifficult and responsible duties of the chairmanship. He deserves and possesses the confidence of the Democrats of the country, especially in Pennsylvania, and we but discharge our duty by giving express on to the appreciation and gravitude we feel because of the mighty, efficient service rendered by him. THE DEADLY NAKED LAMP. Five Men Killed and Five Seriously In- jured by an Explosion of Gas 1n a Coal Mine. By an explosion of gas in the Lance Col- liery No. 11. of the Lehizh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company at Plymouth, Pa., tive mer were instantly killed and five others ser: ously injured. The namesof the dead are David M. Jones, William Jones, Johu Flanagan, Owen P, Jones, Joshua Golight ly. The injured are: Owen L. Evans, Thomas Williams, D B. Davis, John and James Morgan. The accident was caused by Josuha Go- lightly, who entered a body of gas with his naked lam p, when the terrific explosion followed. (Cummings KEYSTONE STATE COLLINGS. AN AWFUL FALL MEN LROP 135 FEET DOWN SHAFT. CLEARFTELD.—The news has reached here >f an awful aceid nt at Wigton's shaft, near Morrisdale mines, this county. The shaft 2as just been completed and the distance ‘rom the surface door to the bottom is 140 feet. The cage used for lowering the men works like an elevator and is managed by means of a strong cable and a windlass. Seven men went to descend shortly before noon when the cable broke and they fell 135 feet. The whole number were badly injured and after a half hours’ delay were removed in an unconscious condition. One has since died. Nearly. all had legs or arms broken, It is considered a remarkable es- cape from death to all. LE FOREST FIRES AND DROUTH. CoxNELLsVILLE—Forest fires have been raging ail along the Laurel Mountains from Mt. Pleasant to Uniontown forthe past 10 days. Owing to the continuous drouth these fires are becoming dangerous, Just ubove Connellsville the whole mountain side is ablaza. Unless rain soon comes the | whole summer's work of the farmers living in the burning districts will be lost. They are kept continually on the watch for fear their homes will be burned, No fall work hasyet been done. All the sources of water supp y for miles around have gone dry. Farmers living three and four miles inland are driving their stock to the Youghiogheny river for water, At some country churches | special services have been held to pray for ! rain. Many of the coke works in the Connellsville region would blow in ovens it they had water. IEVEN A MINE le TEAGEDY AT PIG'S EAR. O1r City.—Constable Williams, of Pig's Ear, Potter county, a small lumber camp near Austin, shot and killed a man named Glover, who interfered with him while making an arrest. The man whom he tried to arrest is named Kennedy. He returned the constable's fire and in all a half dozen shots were exchanged, Kennedy succeeded in escaping from the constable in the ex- citement that followed the shooting, ne A VERDICT AGAINST A RAILROAD. UntoxtownN.—David Twist was awarded $1,426 here by the jury for injuries received in getting off a Southwest Peansylvania train at Gist station three years ago. Twist claimed the train stopped before reaching the station platform by which he was hurt in alighting. A previous jury awarded him $1,500, but a new trial was granted. DIED AT NINETY-FOUR, CoNNELLsVILLE.—John Seneff died at his home in Springfield township, Sunday; of old age. He was in his 93th year and cast | 19 presidential votes. Among his five sur- viving children is Rev. Henry W. Seneff, of Sewickley. He was buried yesterday on the farm where he had passed his life. FERN A MOTHER AND CHILD SACRIFICED TO THE USE OF KEROSENE AS KINDLING., West ELizaBera.—Mrs. David Dowden, living six miles southwest of here, attempt- ed to light the fire with kerosene. An explosion resulted and Mrs, Dowden and her child were burned to death. The house and contents were destroyed. Ee Mrs. JEMIMA Lrwis, aged 77 years, a resi- dent of Brisbin, ran in front of a assenger train and was instantly killed. The acci- dent occurred in full view of her daughter and other members of her family. Being quite deaf, it is thought she did not hear the train. ExocH Mixer of Bullskin township Fayette county, digs every Sunday night on the farm of Eiias Christner,in quest of three crocks of go!d. Mrs. Miner dreamed that her uncle, Emanuel Sleasman, had burred the treasure, $8,000 or $10,000, 25 years ago. Suxpay night Harry Tood and Frank O'- Rourke, of Beaver Falls, while out driving encountered an immense flock of wild ducks several of which they claim, they grabbed while sitting in their buggy. MATTHEW SHINGLER, of Sandy Ridge, while at work in a coal mine, was crushed to death by a piece of rock, weighing sever- al tons. It required the efforts of 10 men to remove the rock. THE miners of the Fayette City coal works managed by Samuel O'Neil, have gone to work at the reduced rate of 2 cents. About 125 men are employed. BrakemMaN Lee GUILE was instantly killel at Stony Point on the Nypano. He was thrown from atrain which had broken in two. Jouy Gr: BELL, living "near Martinsburg, was killed while in his stable by being kick- ed by a mule. THE Penn Hardware Works, of Reading, employing 500 hands, resumed operations on full time. Joux O'LEARY, aged 8 years, was drown- ed Tuesday night, while in swimming at Sharpsville. TypHoID fever is almost epidemic at Washington, new cases being reported every day. Rebuking the Court. Gambetta, prior to the overthrow of the empire, was in the act of ad- dressing the court in behalf of a prisoner, when suddenly he perceived that the presiding judge was visibly dozing. He paused for a minute, and then, bringing down his fist with a terrible thump on the desk in front of him, he shouted in his most resonant and clarion-like voice: “As I was saying betore the awakening of the court!” This apostrophe was im- mediately punished by the indignant judge suspending the young lawyer | from practicing his profession for a period of two months. Less ener- getic, yet equally effective, was Maitre Rousse, who, having likewise observed that the presiding magis- trate was indulging in a nap, sud- genly stopped talking. The pro- longed silence, which lasted for four minutes, had the effect ot wakening the judge, and, as soon as he opened i this eyes, Maitre Rousse made a pro- found bow and resumed his speech, as follows: “As I was saying, Mes- sieurs de la Cour, at your last audi- ' ence,” laying special stress on the word “last.” The reproot was so deli- cate that everybody smiled, even in- cluding the judge himself. Every stone thrown ata good man here adds a jewel to his crown in Heaven. i
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