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Flower Wedding
“Flower-name weddings” the fash-
fonable in Europe just now. At one
recently, where the bride’s name was
Violet, the bridesmaids wore Parima
violet-colored satin dresses, with vel-
vet capes of darker shade and hats
to match. They carried bouquets of
Panama violets.
Plans of Mrs. Sartoris.
Her youngest daughter having
crossed the line into the domain of
matrimony, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris
purpdses to spend her winters here-
after in Washington. Miss Rosemary
Sartoris, who was married recently to
Mr. Woolston, of England, had been
her mother’s close companion. She
spent little time abroad, contrary to
the custom of her sister, now Mrs.
Frederic Roosevelt Scovel. Mrs.
Woolston is not as brilliant as her
sister, but she has admirable home
qualities. Mrs. Sartoris, who is ai-
most an invalid, will live in an apart-
ment house, and, if her health permits,
she will make a short visit to Florida
to see the bridal couple in March.
President Grant’s daughter is still de-
voting much of her time to editing
her mother’s memoirs and the letters
written by her father to members of
his family in their absence from home.
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- —The New York Press.
When to Give Her Hand.
There are few people who have not
suffered at one time or another by the
offhand manner in which they were
introduced to others. This kind of
introduction is likely to embarrass
some people, just as the careful and
gracious introduction is one of the
essentials in putting strangers at
ease.
In introducing people, the greatest
care should be taken to pronounce
both names distinctly. If one name
has escaped the introducer’s memory
it is safest and best to excuse one-
self and ask for the forgotten name.
The most delicate sensibilities should
not be wounded by such a slip of
memory, for who is there who has
not at some time or another quite
forgotten a well-known name? says
Woman’s Life.
The debatable question as to wheth-
er a woman should shake hands with
a man who is being presented to her
has been solved by making it. only
obligatory for the woman to offer her
hand to the man when the occasion
is informal and the man is being intro-
duced to one person at a time. When
he is meeting a group of people it
makes it embarrasing and awkward
to shake hapds with all.
Lawns and Furs.
It blows hot or blows cold for
women these days, in accordance with
the size of their pocketbooks, and per-
haps with deference to the atmosphere
of the particular cities in which they
live. Take Washington as the exam-
ple. Ome day last week, in an avenue
of the capital, Mrs. Victor Metcalf,
wife of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, walked along with Miss
Chabot of Oakland, both garbed in
embroidered white linen, with lace
and frills. They wore white felt hats,
with black and apple-green ostrich
plumes. But in the same avenue at
the same time was Mrs. Hope Slater
of Boston, whose summer meander-
ings had included Russia and the
She had bought a great,
loose sable coat, lined with the palest
of blue and reaching below the knees.
She had donned her costly garment,
for it is conceded November is the
month in which to appear.in new furs,
and she knew her business if the
weather man did not know his. On
the same promenade girls in organde,
with the lightest of silk wraps, linked
arms with girls in new seal jackets.
A foreigner said: “Washington
women dress in their newest and most
striking possessions, utterly regard-
less of climate condition.”—New York
Press.
Portia’s Legal Wisdom.
Professor F. Edge Kavanagh, of the
Muncipal Civil Service Board, was able
to tell the members of the Portia Club
at their meeting, recently in New York
City, something many of them did
not know about the heroine of Shakes-
peare’s ‘Merchant of Venice,” from
whom the organization takes its
name.
“The character of Portia has been
criticised,” said Professor Kavanagh,
substantially, “cn the ground that it
would have been impossible for a
woman of her class at that period
and in that place to have displayed
her knowledge. They forget that
Venice was at the time the city of
greatest culture in Italy, and that
it was by no means contrary to the
spirit of Italian life that a great lady
should know something of the law.
“Owing to the Italian custom of
primogeniture, by which titles, and
real and other estate descended to the
daughters of a noble house, as well
as to the sons, it was usual to give
these girls very much the same train-
ing in legal matters that the boys re-
ceived. Italian mediaeval history is
full of instances of women who were
called on to administer and execute
large affairs.
“When the palace schools developed
into the univeristies, the policy of giv-
ing girls the benefits of higher educa-
tion was continued and enlarged. It
ig quite in accordance with Italian
precedent that at the present we find
‘Ttaly,
the University of Bologna not only
opsning its courses to women, but
giving them a chance at the highest
honors, and allowing them to lecture.”
Now it’s Rust Color.
For tailor-mades, and, indeed, for
many other sartorial purposes, a color
which lends itself admirably to the
requirements of the season is “rust.”
In cloth and velvet it presents a warm,
rich effect, is newer than green and
gray (of which we shall have a sur-
feit as the winter advances) and is
less aggressively noticeable than
claret.
White cloth, ecru guipure, or velvet
of a darker shade, not to speak of the
‘innumerable fancy galons and em-
broidery so lavishly used just now,
would easily and effectively trim a
gown of that particular color.
I saw a chic, though unpretentious,
little costume in “rust” cloth, which
embodied the very newest idea in
coats.
It took the form of a loose jacket,
trimmed with silk braid of exactly the
same color as the cloth, worn open
and not reaching lower than the hips,
but slightly indicating the waist by
means of a leather belt caught at in-
tervals under the pleats of the jacket.
The skirt was of walking length, with
some lozenge designs of silk braid
above the hem, while the chemisette
worn under the coat was of Cluny lace,
the small, tight-fitting waistcoat—more
like a high belt—being of velvet, and
somewhat darker than the rest of the
costume,
A characteristic of these new belts,
worn over redingotes or jackets, is
that they are all adjusted loosely,
the slenderness of the waist being
merely suggested, and the belt in no
case fitting tightly to the fizure—Phil-
adelphia Record.
Perfumes of Queens.
During her recent visit to Paris
Margherita, the Queen Dowager of
made extensive purghases of
perfumes, and the papers reveal that
her favorite essence is violet. This
has brought out a discussion of the
perfumes used by the queens of
Europe.
It is alleged that the Czarina spends
in Paris no less than 50,000 francs an-
nually on perfumes, creams, soaps and
toilet waters. Violet is her favorite
also, and large quantities of it are
put up in flasks especially for her.
She is so fond of perfumes in gen-
eral, however, that her rooms are
daily sprinkled with essences of elder,
jasmine, narcissus or tuberose. Some-
times the atmosphere is so charged
with scent as to be almost intolerable
to other people entering the apart-
ments.
For the preparation of the Czari-
na’s toilet waters violets are especially
plucked between 5 and 7 o'clock in
the evening, because in her opinion
that is the hour when the plants give
forth the most exquisite odors.
Queen Alexandra of England is ad-
dicted to the ess-bouquet, the formula
for which as used by the English royal
family is said to be a secret handed
down from father io son since 1829.
The components are said to bé musk,
abergris, rosewater, violet, jasmine,
orange flower and lavender.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether-
lands has a less complicated taste.
Eau de cologne is good enough for
her. She uses half a litre a day of it.
She uses considerable fancy soap,
toilet creams and powder. She takes
a warm bath of seven minutes dura-
tion daly, followed by a cold douche.
She is very proud of her beautiful
complextion and takes every pains
to keep it unimpaired.—New York
Sun.
Fashion Notes.
Very luxurious are some of the new
fur and down filled waistcoats worn
under cloth coats.
A beautiful broad black ribbon, had
huge bunches of red roses like a round
bouquet all down the center.
There are some girls who are bet-
ter suited by a plain line at the neck
rather than frills and furbelows.
For dusty roads, cloth coats lined
with fur are liked better by experi-
enced autoists than coats that have
the fur outside.
Tiny boleros that accompany many
handsome black gowns for social func-
tions this winter are made bright with
jet paillettes and spangles.
Chinchilla is one of the most popu-
lar of furs, and its combinaticn with
pink or blue cloth in evening wraps
is one of the triumphs of.the scason.
Bordered materials are having quite
a vogue, the lovely printed chiffons
showing pompadour designs having
the greatest following up to this time.
Leather belts have suede-covered or
brass buckles, the fatter smooth and
shining or elaborately ornate accord-
ing to the individual choice of the
wearer.
Plaid hose seem to take better
among the men than among women,
and orders are hard to fill in the men’s
department while the demand is com-
paratively slight at the women’s
hosiery counter.
Red cloth coats are always popular
for boys and girls, the usual trimming
of white pearl buttons being varied
this year by making them of black vel-
vet. A smart touch is given some of
these bright coats for small folk by
heavy white lace laid over the black
velvet collar.
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Theme: Jesus Christ;. an Estimate.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, “Jesus Christ; an Esti-
mate,” the Rev. Ira Wemmell Hen-
derson, pastor, took as his text St.
John 1:14: “And the Word was
made flesh and dwelt among us.” He
said:
The history of many lands and of
many people through two thousand
years is the record of the influence
and the inspiration of Jesus Christ.
Upon the story of the world none has
made a deeper impress, none has
marked a richer fame. Born in a
manger, His early acts almost un-
known, a mere pittance of His royal
wealth of mind and divinity of soul
preserved to us to this day—and that
pittance a storehouse of wisdom and
eternal life—the character and the
claims of Christ stand forth pre-emi-
nent and predominant before the
world. Through every epoch and in
every age the might and majesty of
His life have been a force for uplift
among nations, and a factor for
righteousness in individual lives.
Listening to the admonitions of the
Saviour, rulers have learned the way
to reign. Attending to the advice of
the Master, many a sin-seared soul
has entered into Heaven’s haven and
found safety in a sure salvation. Lay-
ing His hand upon womanhood, Christ
has bid her rise. Speaking to the
hearts of men, He has counseled jus-
tice, and has bid mankind be fair.
To the statesman, to the craftsman,
to the captains of industry and to the
tillers of the soil, the words and the
works and the life of Christ have
been the measure of true manhood
and the guarantee of His divinity.
Sent of Almighty God to be the Sav-
four of human kind, Jesus has taught
every mortal how to live. Preaching
no gospel of minutiae, our Lord has
given unto us a rule of faith and
practice that must revolutionize the
world. Born into a world of caste,
class and prejudice of birth, Christ
taught the value and nobility of each
and every soul. Finding pride to be
more of account than, purity, He de-
manded cleanliness of heart. Finding
hypocrisy to be far more prevalent
than high-mindedness, He asserted
the necessity for sanctity of soul.
Trusting in the assurance of divine
guidance, and feeling the impulses of
divine love, the Son of Man came to
seek and to save that which was lost.
With sublime confidence in the in-
vineibility of the right, and that truth
must win, the Christ assailed and ar-
raigned, with fearless fervor, all the
host of spiritual wicked ones who
prostituted to their own ends the
holy places and the hallowed pur-
poses of the Most High. Filled with
sympathy for all the army of the
earth’s oppressed, He spread a loving
arm about them all, and bade them
take courage and have peace and
cheer. Knowing the beauty and the
blessedness of holiness, and seeing
the hideousness of sin, our Lord
yearned that men should experience
and know the joy and glory of the
Father’s favor.
First and foremost in the world of
human action, Jesus Christ stands to-
day, yesterday and forever as the
Saviour of mankind. The incarnation
and the revelation of the Father, He
has preached and practiced that no-
bility of life that awakens within the
human heart the recognition of His
divine authority. Hearing His words
of love and of light, and seeing His
blameless life of beauty and of grace,
men have recognized in Him that
word from Heaven which shall sanc-
tify and save the world. Experienc-
ing the inability of wisdom to re-
veal Jehovah in His fullness, and
longing for that preachment from on
high which shall point the way to sal-
vation and the perfect knowledge of
our God, men have ever since the
days of Christ known in Him that
power and ability which can save.
“Words are good only when backed
up by deeds.” Christ proclaimed His
saving mission and His cleansing
grace, and lived a life of love. ‘‘Ac-
tions speak louder than words.” De-
claring His integrity with God, the
Lord of Life revealed, in outward act,
an inner and diviner grace. Urging
the need for purity, He was pure;
stating the nobility of righteousness,
He was just; standing firm for holi-
ness and for sanctity of life, He never
strayed from God; a counselor of
loveliness, He was patient and kind
and true; persuading men to godli-
ness, and dissuading human souls
from sin, the Christ ever exemplified
in His own career that godly and sia-
less life that His promises inspire.
Christ as the Saviour is supreme.
Of imitators He has many, and of
equals none. To be the saviour of
this world from sin, a man must have
within his soul the fullness of divin-
ity and of Godhcod. To be accepted
by mankind as the revelation of the
Father and the healer of the race, a
man must show forth in act the hid-
den, inner power. The Christ rings
true. The melodies of Heaven peal
through His words. He speaks, and
lo! we hear eternal truth. He acts,
and the very manner is divine. We
listen and we see. Ovur hearts re-
spond. We take Him at His word,
and prove His power. We trust His
promise, and we imitate His life.
Christian experience sustains Him.
He is indeed a Saviour. He is in
truth the way and the life.
Revelation is information. To re-
veal is to disclose. To inform is to
disclose facts which were before un-
known to those who may give ear.
Disclosure is an uncovering. Christ
the Revealer has disclosed to man
what is the character of God, not only
by the words He spoke, but also by
the life He lived. He has taken the
veil away and informed us of the
fullness of the glory of Jehovah. He
has revealed to us not only what God
is, but also what man should be.
Christ has revealed to us the lov-
ing Father of each of us in our God.
The Fatherhood is individual and not
alone racial. Sonship is no mere
matter of nationality, but is rather
the victory of personality. Salvation
at bottom is not political, but per-
sonal; not social, but individual.
Through the individual recognition
of the obligation of sonship is na-
tional salvation assured. The agree-
ment of sanctified personalities to
serve God, and that well, is the basis
and the beginning of social deliver-
ance from the bondage of sin. God
is the Father of Israelites first, and
through them of Israel. His love is
the heritage of every heart and not
alone the portion of the priests. His
grace will lift all men to glory and’
through them the State.
The power of Jesus Christ in the
world to-day is due to the fact that,
in His capacity of Revealer and Sav-
ious, He measured true to divine de-
mands. Truth triumphs. Sincerity
counts. To straddle is unsafe. In
spiritual power is the greatest
strength. The straight way is the
safe way. Principle is potent to gain
respect. Sham and shoddy are soon
discovered. Christ claimed divinity,
and He lived a godly life. He insist-
ed that His was the way unto life
eternal, and we know He spoke the
truth. Investigation of His life finds
His action and speech in harmony.
The measure of His conduct by His
uttered ideals can find no flaw. He
is as He claims to be, and His glory
is as the glory of the Father.
The Christ was a stalwart man.
As the Anglo-Saxons had it, He was
a man who was ‘“foundation-worthy.”
Fixed firm and constant the Christ
was never guilty of deflection from
the strict, straight path of loyal duty.
Full worthy was our Lord to be the
founder of a spiritual and moral ren-
aissance that will overcome the
world. Built strong and firm and
true was He, upon whom the hopes
of humanity are fixed.
The Christ was a man of courage.
He was a man of heart. Courage is
heartiness. To be hearty is to be
full of heart. He did not shrink from
danger. Without a sign of fear or
fright, our Lord defied the very
prince of the powers of darkness.
Gallantly, bravely, nobly He cleansed
His Father's house. How mightily
He inveighed against the powers of
Palestine we may all attest. The
Christ was not weak hearted. Hav-
ing a work to do He did it with a will.
Conscious of the odds against Him,
He had no fear.
Out in the open, despised, forsaken
even by His friends, trusting only in
the power of the truth, He battled
ever on for human liberty. Bearing
upon His broken body the sins of an
evil world, He was yet courageous;
He had always heart. The Christ was
sound to the core.
The Christ was a man of deter-
mination. He was a man of resolu-
tion. Having determined His sphere
and His call in life, He was resolved
to fill it. To be determined is to be
ready to go to all lengths—that is to
say, to see the thing through to the
finish. The Christ was true to His re-
solves, even unto an ignominious end.
Having marked a clear line of duty,
He walked without swerving. Hear-
ing the call of the dying world, He
saw and conquered Calvary.
The Christ was a sturdy man. He
had power of resistance, and He
could not less well force the fight.
Born with antipathy to evil, He stood
against sin firmly. Seeing the inhu-
manity of mankind to man, He forced
the issue, and He flayed, with burn-
ing words, the evil of His day. Strong
as the oak He stood against the
storm. Keen as the tempered blade
He smote His adversaries. Were
they wary He was more. Were they
subtle He was snrewder. Did they
lay a snare, He did but tangle all of
them in the meshes of their selected
net. When they were most cautious
than did the Christ confound them.
They smote Him and He did not flee.
They showed him Caesar’s image, but
He was not caught. They predicated
marriage in the heavenly country and
He pointed their mistake. They asked
a sign and got not one.
But sturdy and stalwart and strong
of purpose and of will, as the Master
was, He was yet the soul of sympa-
thy. Hating iniquity and scoring evil,
He had yet a healing hand for men.
Disdaining sin, His beart held pity
for the sinner. Crucified by wicked-
ness, He could vet pray mercy for His
persecutors. His was the sympathy
that cured. His was the tenderness
that touched. Filled with divine com-
passion, He knew the sufferings of
human souls, and He preferred heal-
ing and a rich release.
“Men, like nails, lose their useful-
ness when they lose their direction
and begin to bend,” runs a piece of
sterling wisdom. The Saviour had
His bearings, and He kevoti the goal
in sight. For Him the straight way
was the surest, and He walked the
middle of the path of duiy. The
offer of a whole world’s wealth could
not swerve Him from His course.
“Get thee behind Me, devil,” was the
motto of His life as He dealt with
sin. His fidelity should be the fash-
ion of cur faith. His directness
should insure our z2al. His sympathy
should sustain our love toward men
and for God. His stalwart energy
and sturdiness of soul should be our
pattern. Our lives should radiate
His light. Our spirits. should sufiuse
His love.
What Titian and Corot and Turner
did for art; what Bach and Besthoven
and Mendelssohn did for music; what
Tennyson and all the lyric host have
done for the conservation and the
culture of the minds of men, that,
and infinitely more, can Jesus do to-
ward the saving of a soul. Sturdy
and stalwart and strong He stands
to-day the Saviour of the race, the
incarnation of the Word. His ac-
tions are an open book, and he who
runs may read. His words are mighty
unto life that is eternal, and he who
hears and heeds may live. The imi-
tation of His character is the calling
of the Christian. The re-presenting
of His strength, His power, purity
and love, is the signof Charistly grace.
Have you much cr none?
| THE HIGHER BURGLAR.
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Artistic Professionals Who are Known
in France as Boucarnieds.
The British burglar is disgusting to
sncounter owing to his want of artistic
training; he is what his cultivated
French confrere would call an *es-
carpe,” a ‘‘steep,” one in fact who has
tumbled headlong into his calling.
True “grinches,” or “toughs,” are at
present, it seems, only produced in
Paris, where the “Acaremie de la
Pegre” has been founded during recent
years.
The “pegre”—a word of uncertain
derivation, used to designate the whole
corporation of amalgamated burglars—
is distinguished into the “Haute Pegre”
and the “Basse Pegre.” One who takes
a low view of his profession will never
pany.” He will find himself either a
“venternier,” a “monte en lair,” a
“fric-frac’ specialist, or a “caroubluer.”
The “venternier,” or “window-man,”
operates from the roofs of houses, cb-
taining entrance through skylights and
trapdoors.
The “monte en Yair,” or staircase
man,” slips up the servants’ staircase
as far as the attic, where he partici-
pates in the cook’s and housemaid’s
economies. The *“fric-frac” operator
and the “ecaroubleur” both engage in
the unexpected opening of doors.
The true artist is formed chiefly by
the “Ecole Mutuelle,” as it # called—
that is to say, the police court—where
he is an assiduous visitor, noting the
reports of experts, correct methods of
work, the little eccentricities of clients
and the hiding-places where they ordi-
narily -stow away their money.
Midway between the “low” and the
“high” company are the “bonjouriers,”
or ‘‘good-morning men,” and the ‘lo-
candiers,” or “paying-2uests.” The
lower ranks of the ‘‘gocd-morning
men’ address theier courteous saluta-
tion to the cooks and housemaids, ob-
tain entrance to kitchens and sculleries
as “the milkman,” or “the baker,” or
“the man who has come to look after
the stove,” and seldom leave the prem-
ises unrewarded for their courtesy.
The better ‘“bonjouriers” call upon
doctors, dentists, lawyers and clergy-
men for consultations; they usually
leave immediately on securing their
object. The “paying guests” haunt
lodging and boarding houses, pay
never return from their first promenade
on which they always take with them
a well stuffed leather bag.
The “high company” of burglars are
known in France as the ‘“boucarniers.”
They employ the services of the ‘“bon-
louriers” and ‘locandiers” as scouts,
and only appear upon the field them-
selves when-a great coup is to be ef-
ected. They undertake the removal
of whole suits of furniture, pictures,
&c., in appropiate vans, and even of
heavy safes. In their service are whole
armies of auxiliaries, ‘“‘placiers,” or
shop men, who coax information out
of servants, ‘“fourgats,” or receivers,
with whom they despesit their ac-
quisitions in safety, and lastly ‘“nour-
risseurs” (grub-stakers.)—ILondon Sat.
urday Review. !
A Discredited Prophet.
There had been years when Obed
Small had given the town the benefit
of his weather predictions; the form-
er resident of Bushby remembered
those years, and was not prepared
for the unresponsive look which
marked Mr. Small’s features when
asked what the prospects were for a
good picnic day.
“I’ve got nothing to say about it,”
and Mr. Small gazed caretully down
the road, on which there was nothing
to be seen save dust and a small boy
with a large paper bundle.
“Why, Mr. Small, aren’t you the
town prophet, just as you used to
be?’ asked the former resident, re-
proachfully. “I relied on you to tell
me before I invited the young peo-
ple.”
A spark of angry recollection kind-
led in Mr. Small’s dull eyes.
“If you’d been here in the summer
of ’92’ he said, slowly, ‘“you’d know
my reasons. If you'd seen Ma'am
Gregg when she came at me, all sails
. set, for telling her Mary Jane that
twas going to be a lovely afternoon
for her to go riding with that young
Simpson chap she was trying to get,
you'd have known ‘em.
“Seems she wore her best suit o’
summer goods and a flower hat and a
pink spotted veil, all on my represen-
tations of the weather. They set
forth in an open buggy for Wilson's
Lake, and a thunder-storm came up
from over behind old Greenough’s
mountain, and struck ‘em on the up-
per road, where there's no house for
nearly three miles.
“She’s afraid of lightning, and had
hysterics; besides which her clothes
spotted and shrunk most fearful, and
her hair came out of crimp; her hat
flowers ran, and so did her veil; and
she lost the Simpson chap as the re-
sults, her mother said.
“I moved my Bible and hymn-book
to the Marshtown church a month lat-
er, so I shouldn’t have to see that
Gregg woman and Mary Jane every
Sunday. I've suffered pretty well for
my folly, I tell ye—and I learned my
lesson once and for all.
“That boy coming along the road’il
probably tell a good deal more about
the weather prospects in five minutes
than I'll ever tell long as I live. So
I'll bid ye good day.”—Youth’s Com-
panion.
Certain to Attract Him.
“I am almost certain Pierpoant Mor-
gan will buy this book.”
“Fine piece of work, is it?”
“Yes, but it isn’t that. Every sheet
of paper in it has a different water-
mark.”—Cleveland Press.
rise above the ranks of the “low com-.
down a weekes lodging in advance, and’
a
CEYSTONE STATE CULLIGS
WANTS $5,000 DAMAGES
Young Woman’s Breach of Promise
Action Based on Fiance’s
Delinquency.
“Waiting at the Church’ had its se-
quel at Macungie, when Miss Eva V.
Barto, of that place brought a suit for
$5,000 damages for breach of promise
against Peter W. Trexler, of the
neighboring town of Alburtis. Miss
Barto alleges that Trexler promised
to marry her on November 2 in Grace
Lutheran Church, Macungie, and that
she waited patiently at the church,
but that Trexler failed to appear, and
even neglected to send her a note..
A large number of guests had gather-
ed, but Trexler “left her in a lurch,”
and then the party dispersed. Miss
Barto declares that Trexler later
offered an explanation that did not ex-
plain, and now she seeks damages.
State Treasurer Berry has decided
to allow members of ine Legislature
to draw their salaries in monthly in-
stallments of $300. Berry began pay-
ing off immediately after the organi-
zation, and he has since distributed
$35,000 among 118 Senators and Rep-
resentatives. Legislators will be
given another ‘“draw’’ on February 1,
and will be allowed to collect $300 at
the beginniag of eacn month during
the session. Attorney General Car-
son has advised Berry that he may
pay the legislators in this manner,
but to warn them that this will not
be done at future sessions.
State Treasurer Berry’s statement
for December, which was issued Jan-
uary 1 shows a big reduction in the
general fund balance, as compared
with the November statement. The
balance at the opening of today’s
business was $7,310,859.21, as against
$8,825,000.18 at the close of Novem-
ber. The sinking fund dropped from
$2,614,520.74 to $2,057,622.68. There
were bought during the month $545,-
285.58 of state bonds, the interest be-
ing included in the sum. Of these
purchases $543,167 represented 4 per
cent and interest, the balance being 3
per cent and interest.
Attorney General Carson in ‘an
opinion to State Health Commission-
er Dixon decides that the Governor,
Attorney General and Commissioner
of Health have the power to institute
proceedings to restrain munieipali-
ties from building sewers which will
discharge sewage into streams until
they first obtain a permit from the
authorities charged with enforcing the
law for the preservation of the purity
of the waters of the State.
Rev. Dr. W. R. Wilson of the Car-
negie United Presbyterian Church
preached his farewell sermon to a
large congregation Sunday morning
after serving the congregation for
more than four years. He will take
up his new duties as professor of
pastoral theology and homiletics in
the Allegheny Theological Seminary
with the opening of the institution
following the holiday vacation.
Engineers of the Buffalo, Rochester
& Pittsburg Railway Company have
submitted to the executive officials
plans for double tracking the line from
Punxsutawney to Butler, but this work
will not be started until next fall. Dur-
ing the past year considerable new
work has been done on the line near
DuBois in the way of laying a second
track and erecting new shops and
other railroad structures.
While working at the Pressed Steel
Car works, at McKees Rocks, in an
attempt to strengthen and reinforce a
steam pipe, Wm. R. Foulds, Peter Nist
and Elmer Long were killed and a
number injured by the bursting of a
big pipe carrying a pressure of 140
pounds direct from a battery of 16
boilers.
The West Penn Railways Company
has come back at the Pittsburg, Mec-
Keesport & Greensburg Railway Com-
pany in the local trolley war, declaring
a cut in fares. Only 5 cents will be
charged from Greensburg to Young-
wood on the West Penn line. The
former fare was 10 cents.
Sheraden has voted to become a
part of Pittsburgh. A special election
was held in the borough and the an-
nexationists. won by a majority of
229 out of a total ‘vote of 741. The
opposition will now endeavor to have
the higher courts declare the Goehring
act, under which the consolidation is
heing effected, unconstitutional.
The employes of the United States
Steel Corporation at Sharon not paid
by tonnage received an increase in
wages varying frcm 10 cents to 10 per
cent. The blast furnace employes in
the Shenango valley also got a 10 cent
increase. Altogether 10,600 men in
this vicinity are affected.
Peter Ross suspected of being one
of the leaders in the Black Hand So-
ciety about Butler, was arrested on
the information of Mike Ambrosa,
charging him with assault with intent
to kill. Ambrosa was stabbed and
says he is positive his agsailant was
Ross.
Convicted of burning two haystacks
belonging to Frank Cunningham of
Ohiopyle, Clark Tressler was sentenc-
ed to three and a half years in the
penitentiary. It was claimed Tressler
burned the hay ‘just for fun.”
A petition for a receiver for the F.
H. Griffiths tin plate mill has added
to the business stagnation following
the suspension of the Farmers and
Drovers’ bank, of Waynesburg. J. B.
Rinehart was a heavy stockholder in
the mill.
Mrs. Mary Cook, aged 88, died at
her home near Tippecanoe. Her hus-
band, Thomas Cook, Sr., strvives. He
is 94 years old and is one of the few
remaining men who drove stages over
the old National pike.
Consalvatore Marcrella, a miner, 5§
years old, was killed by a fall cf slate
in a mine at Rodi.