ST, LAIN. ommission ncrease ght rates, \pplied on he Missis- nd to ths vestigated e commis- ember 16, ring to be ommission e commis- requiring traffic of- ives qual- f the fol- Railroad Michigan any, Erie re & Ohio nnsylvania nati, Chi- Company, ny, Balti- 1 Railway al & Hud- any. Dela- tern Rail- ley Rail- nia Rail- Railway ern Rail- apeake & The com- following ars from ommission grain pro- provisions r to New v the New erially ad- ire; and, able that ade whicn e general erefore, it ing of in- instituted propriety 1g a simi- n Central, & Louis- the com- ice notice to be im- pped from aking this unds, and f 25 cents at rate of e commis- »flicial no- rates on nsas City, wenworth, ver points, ness from dvanced. 2 hio river Louisville, nd: Cairo, Brunsiwick st ‘general- nade of 4 ir, +i when 2 7 cents ‘a - 00 pounds the reich- rmined 10 Christmas. | to death + result of a bakery. od Hope, Secretary bound for Port Said, has = been res of the t Berlin, interview als. t Philadel- ation of a rubber in- e Interna- th a capi- of France etary con- Italy, Bel- uthorizing dition sil- 2,500,000. new cable pines was the cable ber 12 the the cable ected that exchange on Christ- litical and ichstag at by 193 to Kardoril's f bill as a inden the ined from uke Paul the Czar, peror Wil- > honorary + regiment because of > Baroness of goid at en viewed action in 1dicates a and from yorld, mili- od of. gold 1k rate. throughout rtailed the retables to , being im- y accidents orted from » is frozen tance. th a very is consti- ast Africa. 7 interrupt- f “Judas.” ‘emier’y at- no vote of was pro- sing a dep- at Breslau, tic speech, steam ‘and other furnaces sidered an ignorant and wasteful pro- ‘IN. Y., says:—“L . BERLIN SMOKE FREE. The German’ Capital Has Demonstrat- ed that Smoke Nuisance is Curable. One of the cleanest cities in tha world, so far as soot and smoke ars concerned, is Berlin, Germany. Al- though a busy manufacturing city, it is of th® cleanest and best kept in Europe. The smokless condition of Berlin is ascribed to three facts. The preponderant - use of coke and briquetts, which are practically smokeless; the skillful scientific con- struction of boiler furnaces and chimneys, and, finally, the high stan- dard of skill that is taught and en- forced among firemen who stoke fur- naces with coal for steam and manu- facturing purposes. Before a man can assume such a charge he must be taught the theory and practice of economical, scientific firing by which the coal is distributed .in such ‘a man- ner and quantity over the grate sur- face as to secure the most perfect combustion of its volatile elements. The Silesian coal used in Berlin in most large steam plants and fac- tories is rich,in bitumen and would rank below many of the bituminous coals of the United States, and yet the long, dense, tifailing clouds of smoke from mii’ and factory chim- neys which are so familiar a sight in many American cities are rarely seen- in that section of into the is con- of a raw bituminous coal Leeding.t > . Grafting Vegetables. Expcrimenits in grafting = yesge- tabies made by M. L. Daniel, of the faculty of sciences of Remnes, France, shows that it is possible to graft to- . gether almost any two varities of the same spccies or two of widely differ- ent families. The graft is often pro- foundly modified, it being ‘possible to ohtain entirely new types by this pro- cess. Among his. duccessful grafts were tomato and eggplant. Colorado Peas. The beds of peas in Colorado some- times include as many as 2,000 acres, and there is one bed exceeding in size 2,506 acres. aperririatvigtme Showa rented ®The Proaf of the Pudding Lies In tae Eating.’ The doctors are dumbfounded, the drug: gists astonished, and the people excited and joyful over the wonderful cures and fremendous sales of the ‘great remedy, St. Jacobs Oil. Every case of Rheumatism— some of many years’ standing—has given way to this powerful*remedy. Thousands of certificates like the fsllowing can be fur- nished as to its value: : ; George Scleyer, Publisher of the Chilton, \Wis., “Volksbote,” used St. Jacobs Oil for “almost unbearable pains in the back, which had completely prostrated him.” A few applications cured him entirely. rs. Fred. Eberle, Bellaire, O., was for a long time severely troubled with Rheu- matism. St. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved and entirely cured her. % Rev. Dr. B. Pick, of Rochester, N. Y., suffered so intensely from Rheumatic pains that he was unable to preach. Sev- eral applications from a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil “relieved him.” F. Radder, Cleveland, Ohio, ‘says: “Two applications of St. Jacobs Oil cured me. of great and longicofitimad pain in my foot.” Messrs. C. L. Brundage and Son, Drug- gists, Muskegon, Mich., write: —*St Jacobs il has a wonderful sale. We sold eight bottles at retail yesterday. This will give you some idea of Fo well it is liked in this section.” ] Mr. Louis Hinkel, of*East Poesten, Kill, . call St. Jacobs Oil the best liniment I ever used. It cured me of Rheumatism and pain in the back.” 3 Herman Rittner, Manchester, N. H.:— “I have tried St. Jacobs Oil and found it excellent. All those who have purchased it speak “of it as ‘simply incomparable.” ”’ Geo. G. Ertile, Palestine, Ill.:—‘““I was in bed suffering from a swollen leg. I used St. Jacobs Oil; its effect was wonderful. The following day I attended to my busi- ness again.” Dr. Otte Fuls, Reading, O., writes:— “The sale of St. Jacobs Oil is constanfly increasing; it is praised by everybody, and never fails to give entire satisfaction.’ In almost every school in the Mikado’s opine it is the custom one day in the au- n to take the pupils out rabbit hunting. I Coughed “J had a most stubborn cough for many years. It deprived me of sleep and I grew very thin. I then tried Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and was quickly cured.’’ 8 R. N. Mann, Fall Mills, Tenn. Sixty years of cures and such testimony as the above have taught us what Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral will do. We know it’s the great- est cough remedy ever made. And you will say so, too, after you try it. There’s cureineverydrop. Three sizes : 25¢c., 50c., $1. All druggists. onsult your doctor. If he says take it, oe do iy he says. If he tells you not to take it, then gone take et 9 knows. it wit! m. © are ng. 35878 J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass, Por! Coy CANDY CATHARTIC 1, fo 2 a : Drugglists Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in balk, Beware of the dealer who tries to sell sgomething just as good.” NEW DISCOVERY; gives D R oO PSs quick relief and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials and 10 days’ treatment ¥ree. Dr. H. BE. GREEN'S BONS, Box B, Atlanta, Ga- P.N. U. 50, 02. CURE FOR VRERE ALL ELSE a “CURES I ues Tup. Tastes As Use d Bost Cough in time. Sold by druggists. N CONSUMPTION Germany. | . where the indiscriminate shoveging HOW NOT TO WORRY.. | A Physician Prescribes Common Sense as a Cure for the Habit, I once asked a physican. what cure | he could suggest for the worrying hab- Jit. “I would prescribe common sense,” | he said, “and if a man or woman hasn’t ’ gut a stock on hand and cannot culti- vate one, the medical man is power- | less.” This worrying nonsense grows. | The best means to cure it lies in the! hands of ‘the woman herself. . ! if she will just call a little horse! sense to her aid, resolve not to borrow trouble, to be cheerful and ‘think upon the right side of things, she will live longer and be able to retain her beau- ty. Every woman has the strongest de- sire to keep her good looks. Why, then, does she take the course which is sure to make her yellow-skinned, dull-eyed and thoroughly. unlovely?” The English woman is greatly ad- | mired for her utter refusal to worry or to be. worried. Consequently she looks young at 50. Undertaking no more than she can comfortably carry out, and firmly believing in the coming of another day. She does not procras- tinate, but simply will not let the do- mestic machinery: grind her down to ill health and an early old age. She isa frequentibather and regards .health as the prime factor of life, to he looked after before everything else. She sleeps. nineshours and also takes a nap during the day, arrahging her work in the most systematic’ manner. Hey little memorandum slip always shows two vacant hours; they are for rest, She eats heartily, bit of the most digestible food, and would rather have a mouthful of good food and go partly hungry than eat a whole meal.of cheap- er things. =. gate Albion’s daughter is a true econom- ist, regulating her ‘expenses carefully. She is a firm®believer in the allowance system. There are some’ things about the English woman which tar Ameri- can sister dislikes, just as it is vice versa at the same time ‘there are other qguplities which, if imitated, would make our girls healthier and happier. Therefore resolutely build a wall about today and live within the inclos- ure. The past may ve been hard, sad or wrong—it is over. The future may be like the past, but the woman who worries about it may not live to meet it—if she does she will bear it in the same old way. The only thing with which she should concern herself is today, its sunshine; its air, its friends, its frolics, its wholesome work, and perhaps its necessary sorrow.—Philadelphia In- quirer. Struck by Lightning 200 Times. A very singular record is attached to a deserted and ruined house at Dart- moor, England, says the Graphic Mag- azine. It was built about 40 years ago by a wealthy landowner, with the in- tention of making it his country resi- dence, but before the building opera- tions were completed:a heavy thunder- storm broke over Dartmoor, and the house ‘was struck by lightning, the roof being dismantled. The damage was re- paired and the house quickly finished. No sooner had the owner taken up his residence in it than another vio- lent storm struck the house and de- stroyed a chimneystack, doing, besides considerable damage. “This made the owner nervous, and he left the house. It was soon shown that his fears were not groundless, for in nearly every thunderstorm that has passed over the district the house has been struck and a fresh portion of it destroyed. Al- together it has heen struck over 200 times. True to His Trade. . When Benjamin Franklin was in Eu- rope, endeavoring to induce the “effete governments” of the old World to rec- ognize the independence of the Amer- ican colonies, he met with more than his match in Frederick the Great; for though the King of Prussia had many words of praise to bestow upon Wash- ington as a general, he was but little inclined to strengthen the newly found- ed republic by giving it his recognition. “Mein Herr,” he said, at' the end of one of Franklin's arguments, regard- ing the Philadelphia philosopher with a glance of humorous shrewdness, “do you not perceive that you are asking me to bring my own trade into dis- credit?” Remarkable Surgical Case. A few days ago a Miss Death was brought to the German hospital to be operated upon for - appendicitis. She was a daughter, she said, of an under- taker. The surgeon’s name who was chosen to perform the operation was Dye—Dr. Frank Hackett Dye. When the operation was over Miss Death was placed in charge of two nurses. Miss Payne is the day nurse; Miss Grone is the night nurse. The patient is recovering rapidly, and in a week or so Miss Death will bid good-day to Dr. Dye, Miss Payne and Miss Grone.—Philadelphia Ledger. Pumpkin-Pie Eaters. In gathering statistics of the daily consumption of various food products in New York city is was'developed that during the height of the season—say, from September to February—there are more than. fifteen thousand are more than fifteen thousand pumpkin pies eaten there every day. Allowing five pieces to a pie, that makes a great army of 75,000 pump- kin pie eaters in that city. Runnin? No Risks. “Why did they operate on that poor man when they knew the moment he was pulled out of the wreck that his injuries were fatal?” “I believe they wished to make sure that their diagnosis was right.”—-Chi- ¥ come general. aago Record-Herald. THE MARKETS. ~ . PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—No. 2 red 70 Rye—No. 2............. 57 58 Ccrn—~No. 2 yellow. ear.. 68 69 No. 2 yellow, shelled.. 54 66 Mixed ear...... 66 67 Oats—No, 2 white 36Le 37 No. 8 white....... +5 38 Flour—Winter patent.. 90 400 Fancy straight win 390 39 Hay—No. 1timothy. 15 72 Clover No. 1..... 12 50 Feed—No. 19 50 Brown midd 15 00 Bran, bulk 17 25 Straw. 9 00 Oat 9 00 Dairy Products. Rutter—Elgin creamery......... ii; F014 ==mOhio creamery........... 28% = Fancy country roll: ...... 20 Lueese—Ohio, new........... 4 New York, new........... 14 Poultry, Etc. BHepg—per 1b........ ..........0..... 8B 14 Chickens—dressed§... ,/....... a 18 Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh ......... 26 7 © Fruits and Vegetables. Green Beans—per|bas. $150 17 Potatoes—Fuancy white per bus © 55 60 Cabbage—per bbls... ....... 7 90 Onions—per barrel 2. L 2% BALTIMORE. '. Flour— Winter Patent ................$37) 380 Wheat—No. 2 red...... Sv ULT TR Corn—mixed........ x2 51 ox BEB cvreresnsa hisiieiide 24 26 Butter—Ohio creamery “3u PHILADELPHIA. _. Frour—Winter Patent...... .,.....8$350 400 Wkeat—No, 2.red..... ord 9% orn—No. 2 mixed olg. Ob ats—No. 2 white... 7 38 Butter—Creamery, ext -29 31 Eggs—Pennsylvania tirs 26 27 : . NEW: YORK. Flour—FPatents............ ul... 938 1 400 Wheat—No. 2red.. TBlg 18% Corn—No- 2.......... ol 70% 5 00 Oats—No, 2 White.. ie, BY 8 Butter—Creamery ... Bate ry 28 Eggs—Stateand Pennsyivania....... 2 29 doe LIVE’ STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa : Cattle. Prime heavy, 1:00 to 1600 1bs.......$ 600 610 1116, 1300 to 1400 IDS... ..occceiaeren B60 DTD Medium, 1200 to 1300 ibs... gd 5 30 ¥athelfers..:.... .... C0 al... 8355 460 Butcher, 900 t0 1000108. . ............ 330 40 Common to fair......... 356 400 Uxen, common to fat 2 450 Common togood fat bulls and cows 25 4 00 Milchcows,each...... ..........5.. 500 8000 Extra milch cows, each.:.......... 180) 5500 Hogs. Prime heavy hogs....... 660 665 Prime medium weights. . ... 655 UGY Best heavy yorkers and mediu 630 655 Good to choice packers......... . 625 6 30 Good pigs and light yorkers. ....... 646 64> Pigs, common togood......... iw 300 BR ‘Common to fair...... Lee 600 GRO Roughs............ . BbEs 61 Stage... oo... ne 4 50 5 53 Sheep. Extra, medium wethers 360 Good to choice 3:0 Medium...’ 300 Common to fair 22 Lambs elivped:......;ccoovenniooun 35 5 20 Lambs, good to choice, clipped... .. 475 510 Lambs, common to fair, clipped... 30) 450 Spring Lambs........ 000000 60) 632 Neal extra... s..0 0... 00. Veal, good to choice. .... Veal, common heavy Veal, common to fair REVIEW OF TRADE. Business: Active Despite Natural structions and Bad Weather. Coke Continues Scarce. Ob- Jin R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review says: Aside from ‘the interruption to retail trade in winter goods at many points by unseasonable weather, busi- ness activity continues in excess of previous years, and it is probable that all the postponed trade will be made up now that low temperature has be- While the warmest November on record at the east ai- fected sales of clothing, it helped to restore the fuel equilibrium. Manu- facturing plants are well engaged, and an evidence of the successful season is found in much larger fall dividends. Higher prices for dairy and garden products account for the rise during November, but it is particularly grati- fying to the consumer that the pres- ent level is nearly 1 per cent lower than at the corresponding date last year. This change is also in food- stuffs, where the cost of living was abnormally expanded by short crops in 1901. Cotton mills have light stocks and the demand, although quiet, is sufficient to prevent accumu- lation of goods in first hands. A fur- ther advance in raw wool gives a bet- ter value to the finished product, but seling prices are without alteration. New orders for spring shoes are still coming forward, although the bulk of the season’s contracts have Deen closed at New England shops. Irregu- larity is reported in the iron and steel market, most departments having much business, while a few are geek- ing new orders and seem disposed to make slight concessions. Stability is naturally most conspicuous in those divisions, wheres it has been possible to prevent inflation, while in cases of extreme pressure and high premiums for early delivery, the imports that have been attracted hither have a de- moralizing influence. In view of the scarcity of coke, it is not easy for do- mestic producers to meet this foreign competition, and when any material reduction is made it may be found that foreign concerns will also cut prices. As it is well known that much business is held back by high prices, there is no prospect of dullness. Farm products are remarkably well sus- tained considering the liberal quan- tities moving to market. Statistics of failures during November disclose no weakness in the industrial struc- ture. On the contrary, there is every evidence of strength. Business fail- ures in the United States for the week ending Thursday, December 4, num- ber 185, as azainst 182 last week and 237 in this week last year. Bradstreet’'s says: Wheat, includ- ing flour, exports for the week ending December 4 aggregate 5,704,000 bush- els, against 4,179,683 bushels last week, 4,604,846 bushels in this week last year and 3,432,159 bushels in 1900. Wheat exports since July 1 ag- gragate 116,746,449 bushels, against 132,423,572 bushels last season, and 81,222,426 bushels in 1900. Corn ex- ports aggregate 1,151,503 bushels against 255,174 bushels last week, 362,844 bushels last year, and 5,371. 377 bushels in 1200. Plants That Cough. Man has not a monoply of cough- ing. Before there wis a vertebrate on the earth, while man was in pro- cess of evolution through the vege- table world, eftada tussiens—that is what botanists call him, while we know him as “the coughing bean”— coughed and blew dust out of his lungs. Recently botanists have been giving special attention to this bean, and tell intéresting things about it. It is a native of warm umd. moist tropical countries, and objects most emphatically to dust. When dust settles on the branching pores in the leaves of the plant and choke them a gas accumulates inside, and when it gains sufficient pressure there ‘comes an explosion with a sound ex- actly like coughing, and the dust isf blown from its lodgment. And, more strange still, the plant gets red in the face through the effort. 3 ’ "An Electric Tree. xe There arc a peculiar trce.in the forests of Central India. which -has most: curious characteristics. them receives an electric shock. It has ‘a very singular effect upon a magnetic needle, and will influedce it’ at a distance of even 70 feet. “The electrical "strength of the tree varies according to the time of day, it "be- ing strongest at midday and weakest at midnight. In wet weather is power disappears altogether. Birds | never, approach the “tree, nor have insects ever heen seen upon it. The Compositioh of Electricity. . The latest word on electricity is to the effect that it is-a material sub- stance. -Its urit, the. electron, forms an infinitesimal part:of the atom of any element, and when split off it produces a stress in the other similar to that due to a negatively electrified: body. The severing of the electron from its atom is the generation of electricity. The remainder of the atom acts ad a positively charged body, but it is not certainly known whether the positive electron—sup- posedly to ‘be about 10 times as heavy as the negative—really exists. Women Doctors in Paris. A statistician hag disccvered that Paris has now 57 women doctors out of a total! of 3,600 practitioners. Com- pared with this country the propor- tion is small, but none the less shows a rapid disappearance of a strong prejudice. Twenty years ago Paris had K only sevien womgn physicians. Every year a large number of dip- lomas are given to women graduates ixy the medical faculties of Paris and Montpelier, but Prench women are in the minority, the greater number of candidates being Russian and Rou- manians. Three hundred and w