A Snny of lllcsslnr. God's blessing, gentle. ry . Vpon you for tho glaum yon gave. tilnjrt Ijow 'nn h your lllit my h-.-irt your debtor Hr, Striving to find some, tlmnkful words to my. Clod's blessing, gciltln lip, I'pon yon for n tender smllollko this! HI reddiwt mss with loveliest crimson tips Your parted petals, qitlvorlnt with n kiss. God's Incasing, gmitle h.iii.l, t?lon your downy wlilt"wM. !! tho touch Thnt thrills inn n! I cununt iindorstnnd -Hand. Hps mill eyes, I love you nil so mtn-h ! God's bli-sslng for you. l :tr ; For nil you arc, nnd nil that you may Ih t '.ur glance, your kiss, y mr smile your touch the mr Thought of you ! Ah, how ilvir you are to mo ! FnAxa I Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. Tho Ncttlcy Farmhouse. nr hf.i.rn rottitEiT oravf.s. "Have, wo Rot to tijiciiil nil the rest of our days in thia diurnal jdncc? " aaid Alicia (Irnv, dcximiriuqly. "Oh, Al. r think it'n .lcndid!" cried Svhiu, tils yomiKi-r Mister, ju'ep ing into tin- cool, ntonn-pnvcd dairy and clapping h"r hand to frighten away tho liu; i'iit who wi furtively watching; t lit colony of ray und ptir I1 dovca t li lit were perched on tin' low tirOOiliim PIIVI'M. "Ono could touch tho c-ilititf with one's Lninl ! " groaned Aliciu. '!ut that innki'H it nil tin' more cozy." "How nro w ever to Rot our Ida; furniture into thoie rooms? " "Oh, wo must Hell th things and keep only tho littloons!" cheerily respond-d Hvlvin. "Tall etirero-i nnd monster china euliiii'ts would only ho out of place in them doll-hons,? nook and comers. I'd think, Al, how picas ant it will ln hero with muslin curtains drawn, oottniro-fushioii, ucross tho caamnotit, and hitf wood Area crack ling in thoso delicious tuvt'rii-liki chimneys!" Alicia, smiled. Sho could not help it. ".Sylvia," anid alio, "if yon Wirt impriaoiicd for life in th: deepest dim jrcon of tho llastilc, you would inime iliaUdy art to work to make it a pic ttiri'HipiH ami comfortable as possible!" Hylvia lifted her liltto, Hiniliuir even. "Well," said alia, "wouldn't that ho tho l)PKt way?" "It'a all very well for yo;:," anid Aliciu, Hhrujrjriiig; her shoulders. "Will Barrymoro has Hiimmoued u; oourue to ask yon to mnrry hiniHinee he heard that you were no longer an heiress!" ".Shan't marry any one iio Ion; as mamma need me!" declared Sylvia, flashing tip to the root of her lovely flaxou hair. "Hut, nil tho same, it'a very nice of Will I" "And," added Alieia, "Major Blonaom has politely intimated that ho can't bring himself to drag mo into tho poverty of an army officer's wife, now that circumstances have turned out so Uill'erent from what wo ima gined. " "I'm glad of it, Al!" slid Sylvia, with energy. "I never liked Major Blossom and you know, dear, Mr. Woodbnrn would give one of his eyes to call you his " "Both of them," uttered a clear, mauly voice, "aud every other feut.iro of his face into tha bargain !" And then the girls became aware, for the first time, that a pair of manly elbows were resting on "the window sill, and that a handsome young giant, . .1 41. 1:1. . , . i .nvru ,,, umes ...... seringas, on the outside, was looking in, like a magnified copy of ono of Raphael's cherubs. "Don't scold me, Alieia!" ho plead ed. "I don't want to drag you into poverty, cither, aud I don't pretend to be rich man ; but if you'll only give me a shred of hope to cling to, I'll .m,u,u8r,wuw ..onevomaKea 1. i Al. - 1 . I I iiuiuo .or you aye, anu a comioriuiuc home, tool" ' y y, Oou.ug,y wuispereu ( Sylvia. But all that Alicia would murmur was apme disjointed sentence about "thinking of it," as she hurried away down the durk, wainscoted corridor. "Do you think she'll have me, Syl via?" wistfully demanded Mr. Wood burn. "I do believe she will," Sylvia an swered, cordiully, "if only you'll per severe !" "I'll come agaiu this eveuing," suij be. " "Yen, do I" encouraged Sylvia. "When you're a little settled." Sylvia sat down on packing-box aud Hiuvcyud the general confusion around her, scarcely knowing whether to lungh or cry. "If he expects us to got a littlo Bot tled any time within a week, ho is con siderably mistaken," said she. "But we must manage to oiviliye . things a little before piamma comet . here. Al nd I can eaiup down, gypsy- fashion, anywhere, but mamma inuut be prop erly cared for." Alicia and Sylvia Oray were the two daughters of a pretty, helpless widow, who had dwelt for ten years with Doc tor Henry Hndihm, her bachelor brother, and who, fully expecting that her family would be provided 'or through his generosity, was utterly amazed ami confounded when at his death, tho old will, inado In favor of a di'itant cousin, when she had offended him by marrying a penniless army of ficer was found tmrescinded. "Hut I know," faltered Mrs. Uray, "that he forgave mo all tho jvist, nnd meant to leave me and the girl every thing thnt he hud. For ho told me no again and again." "My dear mndam," anid Mr. Snuf fey, tho lawyer, "I haven't tho lenst doubt in the world of it. But nil this isn't legal evidence, yon know, ami there's nothing on enrth that men are no uncertain about as their wills. I'm afraid I'm very iniieh afraid tlmt Mr. ltichard Haddon will inherit. "Hut," gasped Alicia, "what is to become of us?" The lawyer blew his none In an im posing fashion on a big silk handker chief, nnd declared that ho didn't know. Mrs. flrny, an inefficient little doll, took to her bed, and dissolved into Hoods of tears. Alicia, the beautiful, nat like Niobe, contemplating her evil fate; but little Sylvia, scarcely promoted from the reigu of short frocks nnd skipping ropes, stepped boldly into the front rank. She it was who hired, nt n merely nominal rent, the Ncttlcy farmhouse, ascertained from Mr. Snull'ey just how much of the furniture was theirs, and how much would descend to this unknown diehard Hud. Ion. S!i also discharged the servants, only excepting old purblind Joanna, the nurse, whi declared that "sho didn't want no wages except just the rim of her teeth !" and who took the responsibility of everything with a courage almost cipial to that of Joan of Are. "r did think." Sylvia colillded to old Joanna, "that Mr. Hiehard Hud don might be like the heroes in novels, who would either couio on and marry one of lis three, or else generou.ilv bestow the estate on us, in considera tion that we've been brought up to ex pect it, and that he owns two or three cotton mills already. But he's a fat, elderly man with n wife and live chil dren, and he Hays law is law, and he feels constrained to abide by it. Hor rid oil thing." Joanna shook her cap frills. "Il.'al life ain't a bit like novels, Miss Sylvia, Hx it how you will," said she, gloomily. "And iirter all, its Doctor Haddon we'd orter blame; not Mr. Richard." "No," said Sylvia, "wo won't blame Uncle Henry. He was always good to us. And I'm ipiite sure if he hadn't died ao Hiiddciily, he would have alter ed his will." "P'raps ho would," sagely remarked old Joanna "p'raps ho wouldn't. There ain't no dependence to bo put on men folks." oust at tins moment .Joanna was llU(V lllllllllilltf car,lt.t tho Hiuing room tloor "It's tho white ono with tho little red stars all over it that your ma her self brought to Haddon Court when she came," nnid Joanna. "I was eul- cnlatin' on the pretty Ispahan pattern jin t,,0 ,iinln'-room, but that sharp nosed old lawyer said ho couldn't al low the property of his client, Mr. ltichard Haddon, to be tampered with. Never mind i he couldn't object when I took the ten-year file of the Scion tin' o Messenger that was in your uncle' wardrobe drawers, on' packed Vm into the wugon to steady tho Chinese, cabi- m.t ,lUil tUy cllarry.wooa rockin'- t.l.(.r " c- i i , . , hylvia paus?d in hr occupation of fnttil8 ,hu uarvct tj u tIw uus,0 of tho fireplace. "What on earth do you want of the ; tt'U-year tllo of the Scientific Messen ger," said sho, "unless it is to light Are with? Undo Harry used to like to poro over the back numbers, and ho always declared his file would some day be valuable to antiquarians. But wo aren't antiquarians." "I don't know uothiit' about your aunties uu' uncles," Haiti Joanna, "but I do kuow that there ain't uothiu' equal to good, smooth noosepnpera laid under a ourpet to keep off the rough edges of tho boards especially if it's an old carpet like this 'ere that hain't got much more wear in it." And she threw down an armful of Scientific Messengers oii the floor. "Just you spread eiu out Miss Syl via, there's a darling," said she. Your back aiu't so stiff a my old bonau, aud I'll help stretch tha carpet over 'em aud have it dowu in a jiffy. " Sylvia looked reluctantly at the musty-stnelling sheet, "It noemn almost a pity," nnid she. "Uncle Henry though! f no much of those papers." Joanna gave her cap-borders an other toss. "I guess they don't read tho Scien tific Messenger in the country he's gone to," nnid she, "And I don't know ntiy better use we can put 'em to than in lielpiu' to make your poor mi a bit more comfortable." "lVn, that is true," nnid Hylvin, nlowly opening the closely-printed broadsides, and spreading them down on the cleanly-nconred board tloor olio by one, while Joaunn, with her mouth full of carpet tacks, began vigorously to nail down the breadths on the op opposite side. "There's a raft mora on 'em In tho other room, denrie, if you need 'em," snid she. "Eh, w lint's the matter? Is it n mouse?" For Sylvia hail littered a sudden scream. It's it's a paper," she gnsjied "a written paper 1 Jt fell right out of the folds of the Scientific Messenger, anil it's got a red seal on it!" Old Joanna mndo a grasp for it. "It's a w ill ! " slip croaked, hoarsely. "It's signed with your uncle's name, nnd it's dated a year ago. Look at it, Miss Sylvia everything's turning black before my old eyes," And Alieia, coming in from the out er nir, was just in time to prevent the faithful servant from falling helpless to the tloor. "Why on earth my late client got that two-priico half-penny attorney from Wetherby to draw up his lust will," snarled old Snuffey, "I can't im agine! Nor why ho chose to hide it nuny in a parcel of old newspapers that might have been made a bonfire of nt nuy time I Hut it's authentic there's no sort of doubt of that! And it's very fortunate for Mrs. (Iray's daughters thnt they nro heiresses nfter nil. I must write at once to my client." Major Blossom, coming, nil smiles, to renew- his suit, was somewhat taken nbnek when he was presented to Mr. Woodbnrn ns Miss (I ray's accepted lover, nnd Will Barrymoro condoled somewhat ollicioualy with him on tho subject. "What pity we enn't know before hand what's going to happen!" nnid he. "Hut, you see, Woodbnrn was quite satisfied to take the girl without the fortune." "So was I," dolorously retorted the major, "so far ns I was concerned. But n man can't be selfish enough to nsk a woman to share his abject pov erty!" "I don't know," reflectively an swered Will. 'Some men arc selfish enough for anything!" Saturday Night. ' Cheers Followed the Hlssrs. The Boston Transcript tells tho fol lowing story of Professor Blackie. Blaekie was lecturing to n new class with whoso personnel ho was imper fectly acquainted. A student rose to road ii paragraph, his book in his left hand. "Sir," thundered Blaekie, "hold your book in your right hand !" and us tho student would have spoken, "No words, sirl Your right hand, I Bay!" The student held up his right arm, ending piteously nt tho wrist. "Sir, I hue uae right hand," he said. Before Blaekie could open his lips there arose such a storm of hisses us one perhaps must go to Edinburgh to hear ; nnd by it his voice was over borne. Then tho professor left his place and went dowu to the student he hud unwittingly hurt, nnd put his arm around tho lad's shoulders nnd drew him close, and tho lud lcimcd against his breast. "My boy," said Blackie he spoke very softly, yet not bo softly but that every word was audiblo in the hush thut hud fallen on the class room "my boy, you'll forgive mo that I was over rough? I did not know I did not kuow 1" He turned to tho stu dents, und with a look and tone thut cainu straight from his great . heart,, ho Buid, ' "And let mo say to yon all, I am re joiced to be show n that I am teaching a class of geutli.ieu." . Scottish luds cuu cheer as well us hiss, aud thut Blaekie learned. Iter Idea of It. A woman arruigued in a Vienna law court recently was asked by the judge if she had a clear churucter. The ac cused was sileut. Then the judge, put ting the question in a mora direct form, Obked ; "Have you ever suffered a legal punishment? " "Yes," an swered the defendunt, "What was it?" "I siu married I" At this judge, jury, and spectators alike broke into irre pressible, laughter. Detroit , Free Prow, rlCIF.MTIlIC 8( HAl'S. Very full cheeks indicate great di gestive powers. Electricity travels about 00,000 miles second faster than light. It in staled that the cfTeets of im prisonment nro far severer, bodily and mentally, on women thnu men. A pheiimntic hiinier, to be lined on trolley cars, to knock cnrelenn pedes trians out of the way without neriously hurting them, has been contrived by a Baltiinorean. A new thing in the surgical world is a curious brass button recently design ed by a surgeon for the purpose of joining together two ends of an intes tine that has been cut. During the last Paraguayan war it was noticed that the men who had been without salt for three months, and who hail been wounded, however slight, died of their wounds because they would not heal. One farmer in Lincolnshire, Eng land, Is pumping eighty tons of water daily on his potatoes, mangold need aud other crops, obtaining the wnter from one of the arterial drains of the fen district in which his farm is situ ated. This is something new for that country. They usually have to pump wnter oil' the land. Among the products which science has put to valuable service is the net tle, n weed which is now being culti vnted in some pnrts of Europe, its fi bre proving useful for a variety of texible fabrics. In Dresden n thread is produced from it so line that a length of sixty miles weighs only two und a half pounds. The largest band-sawing machine in tho world has recently been completed in England and sent to Tasmania. Tho machine can saw through n maximum depth of seventy-five inches and the carriage will accommodate logs fifty feet long and weighing about fifty tons. It is asserted that this saw cuts even faster than a circular saw, while wast ing seventy-five per cent, less wood. Surgeon-Oeneral Sternberg has de cided upon the establishment of a school for post-graibu.te instruction to the newly appointed officers of tho Medical corps in the army. The course of instruction will be given in tho Army Medical Museum in Wash ington, and will be of four months' duration. It will be conducted by four of tin) senior medical oUicers stationed in the Capital. I'liilressing the Sheep. The grentest event of the year on the sheep ranches of the prairies is shearing time. Sheep are not handled in the West in "bunches" of fifty or sixty, but in great masses that turn many square rods of prairie into a woolly sen. There lire regular bands of shenrers who move from ranch to ranch, camp ing at each during the season from April 1 to June 1. While in cainptho shearers do not lose a minute, for the work is paitl "by the head," three pence to flvepeiice, according to tho fineness of the wool. An expert shearer can clip sixty to a hundred Mexican sheep in a day, running his shears through their long, light wool, and having no work to do on the legsund niider portion of the body. The Merino nndCotswold nro entire ly different. The wrinkles lap over oneanother from nose to tail, and the greasy wool grows thickly dowu to the very hoofs, making fifteen to twenty five a good day's work. The record oi being the best shearer in camp is no slight honor. A boy with a bosket of tnr stands by, and os a sheep is sheared ho puts a daub of black on each spot where the cureless shears have nipped out a piece of skin. Then the ear-marks are looked over, to be sure there is a menus of identi fication, und sometimes u brand iu paiut is put on the hi). If tho flock is troubled with any kind of skin dis ease, each uuimal is dipped in a strong solution of tobacco and water... . Superstition iu liiislnpss. At No. 13 of u certain street iu this city, Bevorul accidents have happened that teunuts promptly ascribe to the . uuluckiness of the number. They I have moved away in consequence of this belief, and the property has really depreciated iu value. So serious is ' this relation of superstition to busl ' ticks thut a lawver buvs he would dis- criminate against any place numbered thirteen, uot that he has uuy faith in its omen, but that other people have, and would give it a bad name. He , would notudvunee as much for instance, ' ou a mortgage ou No. 13, as he would on No. 11 or 15, though all three of the houses should be precisely alike. . Philadelphia Call. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JACKSON AND FELL. 'Chi Republican StU Tloket BeUotsd by AooUms'.lon. ft took the Republican convention at llsrrlnburn on Wednesday but 1 hour and fW minules to eomnlctt Its work. When State Chairman Frank tteeder rapped for order there were 253 of the 201 delreate present. Duly preliminary work wei dune at the morning session. There ws a larger attendance at the after noon esilon and of course s great deal more life in the proce dins;. Ex State Senator Horace D. Packer of Tioa, wai made ter manent chairman. After the plntform had been read and adopted and the convention had pnnrd a resolution thanking (Jon. Frank Iteeder nnd Frank Willing Iaoh for their "lltini. nlshed services" an chairman and secretary' of Die Htate Committee, Chairman Packet called for the naming of candidates for Su preme Justice. District Attorney George 8. Ornham, of Philadelphia, nomlnnted David Newlln Fell, of Philadelphia I'. II. Kat burn, of Ducks, In behalf of Judje Fell's native county, seconded the nomination. Judge Fell's nomination was made by acclamation, Tho nomination of Col. Bamuel M. Jack son, of Armstrong, for Stale Treatirer. waa s'ao by acclamation. He was formnlly named by ex-Judge J. II. Xeale, of K man ning. William It. I-eeils, ;.if Philadelphia, seconded the nomination. Col. Jackson was by acclamation made the nominee for State Treasurer and tl.econvention adjourn ed to the tune of "The Star Spangled liar, ner." The platform reads as follows: The Republican of Pei.nsf Iranla. In con vention nssentb ed, reatH ruling thur adhes ion to the declaration of principle adopted tiv the I'epulilicun National convention of Isni, reolve: That we demiiml the i-nmedlate and nn eonditlonnl repesl of the purchasing clause of the net of Congress entitled "An act di recting the purchase of silver bullion and the isMiluz of treasury noies thereon," ap proved July H, ismi. We congratulate the country upon there cent prompt and patriotic action of the House of Representatives, end request tlx Henstor Iroin Pennsylvania to support aim tlar legislation now pe-idini In tho Senate. We invor the expansion of the circulatinu medium of the country until the same shall amount to (MO per capita of our population, and approve the proposition to issue to na tional hanks notes to the par value of the bonds deposited lo secure their circula tion. In this connection we repeat the following declaration ot tt last Republican National Convention: "The American prop's, from tradition and Interest, favor bi-metmlisni, und the Repub lican pnrty demands the use tof both gold and silver ns standard money, w ill, such restrictions and tinder such provisions, to be determined by legislation. as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals so that the purchasing and debt paying powei of a dollur, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall bent all time eiptnl. The interacts of the producers of the country, its farntfrii and its workmen, demand that every ilol lar, paper or coin, issued bv the government shall be ns good a any other." Further, wu declare that the obligations of the government should be discharged in money approved and current in nil civi lized nations, and to Hint end that a largely increased reserve of gold snould be gradual ly accumulated anil malnti.ineil. " Swiftly iixin the heels nf the success nt tho lemiH.-rutic nnrty in IS!) J has followed unprecedented national distress. A ruinoui fall in the price of farm nnd oilier product! and ni.inulaetiires;the closing of workshops, factories and mills; the reduction of the wnges of labor; the discharge of working men from employment; the cessation id mil road extension and diminution of traffic; bankruptcy and the suspension of banks, are to-day the only monuments of Its tri umph. The present condition of the coun try is mninlv due to the conviction that a vital attack will be made upon the Am-rl-can svstem of protection. We reiterate the belief" we hive often expressed that the maintenance of Mi adequate and stable system of protective duties is essential to tho well-being ot the Nation and the pros prlly of labor and cut Ital nnd protest agniiist anv amendments to the Mckinley bill until ft shall have been fnirly tested and Judged by its practical operation. ' The heroic sacritlcesand unfaltering patri otism of the I'tiion soldiers Tnnd sailors in the great War nf the Rebellion created s debt of gratitude that the Nation can never f sv, and the Republican pirtv, ever niind itl of their loyal services, ami grateful for their heorisni, renews its declaration ol friendship for the surviving veterans, ano its advocacy of liberaljpensions, and so fat as possible, will not only contribute to then comfort In their declining years, but will hold in sacred memory their priceless and distinguished services on the field of battle The National Democratic Administration is the appointment of olttoers in charge of the Interior Department nt Washington, wht sre hostile to these surviving veterans, de serves the condemnation of everv loyal cit izen in the Nation, and the Republican party of Pennsylvania emphatically di. bounces the acts by which the heroes of the republic are being arbitrarily deprived oi their pensions as unworthy of the patriotic American people and as reflecting discredit upon the great Republic made perpetual by the loyal services ot the Union soldiers ano sailors. ' g We demand the en.'ictraent and enforce ment of Immigration laws which shall stlectually prohibit the Importation or ig norant and nndesirable immigrants. Oar intelligent workmen should not be obliged to compete with such labor. . We recommend that the representation In the Republican National Convention for 1813 be based upon the Republican vote at the presidental election of IS!)i and that the Republican National Committee in future Stale conventions shall be based upon the vote cast at the presidential or gubernatorial election immediately pre ceding, one delegate being allotted to each legislative district for every 2,0 H) Republi can votes, and an sdditional delegte tor s fraction exceeding 1,1)00 votes, each district to have at least one delegnt . We commend the action nt the last Leg islature in thia State in setting apart from the revenue of the Commonwealth an additional 1, 000,001) to defray the cust of i uhlio schools, thus increasing the appro priation for that purpose to 15,500,000 per annum, aud telleving the burden of local taxation to that extent. Thia sot again for cibly illustrate tbs integrity of the Repub lican party In redeeming its pledge for tha reduction of taxation SKETCH oFtHK CAXD1PA.TK3. A SEVII or TBS CASKS o JCDHS DAVID KEWLIN rsLL AMD COL. SAMUKL M. JACKSOS. David Niwi.iif Fkix wa Jborn In Buck ingham township. Buck couuty.ln N.U'U; bJ t 1W0. Hi lather was Ui srlnteudent of the Muck county schools and conducted haearlveduoatlon. He attended and irldua ted from the Mlllemvill St.t.Norm.1 Khoe-l. in August. RW2, Immediately sfter leaving school, ha enlisied in the sruiy, and rose "torn the rank of lleiitensut to m)or if tha One Hundred and Twentyaecoud JWsv ivania Voluuteers. A-l the close of the war he studied law In Philadelphia with his brother, the late W. W. Fell, and waa admitted to the bar on March 17, tsiie. On May 1. IS77. MaJ. Fell was appointed by tlov. llnrtrnnft to a vacancv on the bencn of tha Philadelphia Court of Common pleas No. 3. The same year he was elected with out opposition for the full term of 10 years, and in 1-M7 waa unanimously re-elected. Cor., HtMtisi, M. Jackson was born on a farm near Apollo, Armstrong county, on September 21, 143. He attended for awhile the Jacksonville academy, In Indiana eounty. but was nnable to finish his conrse by reasons of his father's death. He Joined the militia ns a drummer boy when 13 years of age, Subsequently he became a captain. When the war broke out be recruited Co. O, of the F.leventh Pennsylvanls Reserves, of rbich be was chosen captsin. On July 2 1WI, he ws promoted to major, October ft the sain year be was made lieutenant colonel and on April 10, 1802, became colonel. He served for three yean. At the close of the war Cot. Jackson en gaged In the oil business In Venango coun ty, but subsequently returned to Armstrong county. In lstW he wa elected to the bower House of the legislature and In 1871 was re-elected. Four yesrs later be wo elected to the State Senate. In 1871 ha became cashier of the Apollo Savings Rank and served as such until April. lWi, when he was made collector of Internal revenue for tbs Twenty-third district, and served until July 1. lH8.i. In September, 1SW, ,e was chosen president of the Apulia Savings Dank, an cilice he still holds. keystone" stateTullingSl MORE CASH THA 13 REQUIRED. stats Tngsscr.Kn Mor.Hisos's ntscovtnt Anour Tit statu a INKS. II Anntsni'tto State Treasurer Morrison ha been Investigating the hunks of the stateon hlsown account and flndsu satisfac tory yet teculiar condition of a Hairs. In an ticlpatlon of the existing stringency ths banks have been swelling their cash reserve far in excess of the requirements of tbe national government. The balance sheet of the treasury, he says, will show s surplus of over H.O.O.OOO on September I, butmttcli of this does not belong to the State. Under the Rover net three fourths of the personal property tax must be returned to the coun ties, and when certain large appropriations to educational and charitable Institution Imve been pnid the surplus will be about right. In m 0 the state treasurer will be permHted to open a letter on Hie in the de partment stating a mm on deposit in the Oirard trust r mieny'a vaults in Philadel phia to the credit of the state. pnot'TII IN rAVFTTK. I'nioxtowx. Wl'h the exception of few isolated fields the corn crop of the coun ty will not be more than I.is1 f the average yield. The mountain districts probably fareda little better than the farms in the low Ian n, but even from Henry Cay, Wharton nnd Stem-art nnd the other mountain town ships the reports are encouraging. The drouth is perhaps severest along the valley betwee this place nnd Snilihlleld. Potatoes nn buokwhent nlso have suffered and will be light yields. tiis me nrrt M.ic.is stats chairman. IlARniSBi ito Judge Fell, Col. Jackson, and Chairman Packer had a conference nndselrctedCol.il. F. (iilkeson, of lluc-ki county a chairman of the Republican State foil, mil toe. John A. McDonald, A. 1). Fetterolf and Jore Rex will i th ccretarics. rKRISIIFn !." A BARN FIR. Cari.isi.x. The ham of Thomas Aht.neai Roiling Springs wa struck by liyhtning and burned and George I.U'z the tenant ol the farm, was burned to death. BTAXbiNu or tux sTitr i.F.iot r. W. I.. Pet ? W. I.. Pet, York 1! in .113" Scranton Ml 11 t'l.'i Hiirrisb'g 1 In i:i ..V- Altnona.. l-" HI H JM Remlin.. 4 Knstnn .... 20 Johnstown 10 Allentown 111 .4st ,4H4 Mas. CnNRAn Jacors. of Peon township Westmoreland county, while gathering cucumbers, was bitten by either a snnke or spider ill the hand, ttliu'it old and the wound muy prove futal, CocNTRHFKiTKRs are believed to be opera ting in gome secluded spot near the I,ei-en-ring road. nunterfeit dollars nnd half dol lars have been turning up daily ut Con liellsville. Farm bus near '"rown Point, who have lost much stocK, found the thief prowling around a hog isn and killed it. It was a big jtigiMr und must have escaiHsi from Sums circus. Tramps robbed Jrseph Covae. a Connell. ville cokeworaer of S30I as he was going to gel it changed into foreign coin preparatory to auiling home. Tmr Mahonlngtown posiortlre nnd rail road atation were rirl-d by robber Monday night and several hundred dollar worth of goods taken. J.J. RnonF, proprietor of the Mnr'in House at tlirard was killed with hi hone while out driving at Erie, by being struck by a train. Ai.rnitD Asni.rv. editor of "American Industrie." was killed at Mt. tiretna. by a heavy pole, uprooted by the wind, lulling upon him. FivsHcNnnso miners at Madison and Aron near Greensbtirg went out on a strike gainst a 10 per cent reduction in wanes. It is said that Fayette county's corn crop will hardly he more than half ttie averuge now, owing to the continued drouth. On Wednesday about 200 Slavs left Con nellsvills for Europe. The will return when the coke trade improves. John McPhari.and and Murk Fill I on, coal miners, sear Ureensburg ware killed wbile t work by falling slate. A 4-ykas-old dnuahterof Michnel Riskls kl, of llrudenville, foil into a well -Sunday night and was drowned, JamrsMWIinni wu thrown from hit buggy near 1'empleton and killed, Too Trivial. Judjjo Chase of Vermont, was a man ot excellent sense, and a ureal (tickler for the dignity of courts. At one time a case of verj trilling Imp irtance. which had wull-nit;h run the fuuntlet of legal adjudication, came before the highest court Iu the btato. The counsel for the plaintiff was openlnir with tbe usual upoloifies for a frivolous suit, when the subject matter, "to wit,, one turkey, of great value," cnutfht the ear of the Judge. "Mr. Clerk," be called out, In un Irate tone, "strike that ca.se from the docket The Supremo Court of the ritate of Vermont does not sit hero IQ determine the ownerithiu ot a tur key I " Th way out of It for Australia is i to let her pugilists to killing rabbit.
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