CIVIL WAR RECORD.!
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the Government,
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lished in the "World.
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lortaken in America is tho military
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f mn under tho title of "War of the
Kohellion ; a Compilation of the Offl
ial Records of th Union and Confed
erate Armies." It is not only the
largest history ever published iu the
world, hut it has) for its subject, as it
name indicate, the greatest conflict of
ancient or modern timea. The prepara
tion of tliis Brobdingnagiau work, it
. la announced, will be practioally fln
ishud by the close of the next fiscal
year. It was begun twenty years ago,
and in the process of evolution has as
aumnd undreamed of proportions.
The whole work wheu completed
will embrace 120 huge royal octavo
Tolumes of 1,000 pages each, and a
gigantic atlas, and the cost will be
about $2,500,000. Each separate
book in a set is 3 inches thick and
weighs from 50 to 00 ounoes, and the
combined weight of an entire set will
be 520 pounds. The volumes, if set
up in a row on a single shelf of one's
library, will extend a distance of
thirty feot. Eleven thousand copies
will be printed, so that the edition
will comprise 1,320,000 books of 1,
O00 printed pages, aggregating 1,320,
000,000 pages of matter, exclusive of
tho atlas.
Up to this date eighty-nine serial
. volumes have been published, and
about $1,800,000 has been spent in all
branches of the work.or about $20,000
per volumo. This averago mav be
somewhat reduced in the later vol
times, but iu tho main it is expected to
obtain throughout The priuting and
binding alone cost $10,000 per vol
um, while the previous preparation
of each volumo for the printer's hands
costs an eipial sum of $10,000.
The method of treatment pursued
throughout is altogether impartial,
non-partisan and colorless. The offl
ial documduts, printed and arranged
in the natural order of the events they
treat of, are allowed to tell their own
"plain, unvarnished tale," aud no
comments, remarks, opinions, or apecu
lations whatever are permitted to in
trvene botween the successive links
the nnrrative. Nothing is priuted in
the volumes except duly authenticated
contemporaneous records of the war,
aud newspaper accounts aud private
reports aro rigidly excluded. Wash'
iugtonStar.
The Judge's Recreation.
"There is a judge in a good-sized
town in Pennsylvania," said a business
man, "rfho leads a double life without
committing any crime against the de
calogue. In the East he is a well'
dressed, dignified jndgo, but in the
West he is a farmer, and utterly rock
less regarding bis personal appear
ance. He has a small farm in Kansas
and spends all his vacations on it. I
never knew whore he took himself
when he disippoared from Lis usual
haunts until I was in Emporia, Kan.,
on business, and then I was astonished
at recognizing in an unshaved, shab
Inly dressed farmer the learned jurist
At first he denied his identity, but
seeing that it was no use, his innate
love of fun came to the rescue, and ho
told mo he would take me around and
ahow ine how he was looked upon in
tho West. At a hardware store where
he tried to buy about a hundred dol
lars' worth of implements he was told
ho must cither pay cash or give mort
gage security, and at a loan agent's he
was told that his application could
not be entertained without the guar
antee of two old settlers. He reoeived
rebuff after rebuff for over an hour,
regarding every insult as a brilliant
otroke of humor. Finally he returned
to the hardware store, paid cash for
what he wanted, and told the pro
pnetor there was no jail in the coun
try small or mean enough for him, and
be then got himself involved in a
quarrel at harness store by trying
to buy a seventy-five cent whip for
fifty cents, which he declared was all
the money he had. As the judge has
private Income of over $3,000 a
year besides his salary, his only object
in burlesquing as a working farmer is
. to rest his brain, though, judging
from his experiences when I was with
him, I should think he would regard
gettiug back to his work after his va
cations as a sweet relief." St. Louia
Olobe-Democrat,
Deer are said to be beooming a
great annoyance to farmers in North
western Maine, whose farms are adjav
, ent to large forests.
Unw Armnnr 1 hawed "r'refwOnt."
few months ago thoro was a move
ment to crush Armour, the Chicago
packer, in a grain corner. He had
contracted to deliver several million
bushels of grain at a given date. De
livery of this sort, as is well known,
means delivery in the elevators, not iu
the cars. Armour's grauarles were
full. Tho combination would not let
him have a bushel's room iu any other
structure. And still he had three mil
lion bushels to move from the far west,
and there were but thirty days left for
the completion of tho undertaking.
When he discovered the "freezing-
out designs of his competitors lie
oave himself no anxietv whatever. He
rang his office bell. A clerk responded.
"Wend for Mr. , the builder."
Mr. duly made his appear
ance.
There was a brief conversation.
Twcntv-eight dav after that the new
est and largest grain elevator in the
world was in Armour's possession. It
had been built for him in the interim
by an enormous force of men working
in three eight-hour shifts each day.
Tho three million bushels were stored
on the twenty-ninth day, amd there
was spaco to spare for a inilliou more.
McClure'i Magazine.
Many One.Lffged Trampi.
A funnv story is told about a freight
brakeman running out of Kern City.
One evening recently he started to
clear the tramps off the cars soon after
leaving the station, and in so doing
found a one-legged man stealing a ride-
Takiug pity on him, the "brakey" told
him to go back to an empty refriger
ator car lift the latch and crawl in,
where he would be safe from observe-
tion.
After a while ' brakey" came back
and 'found the one-legged man near
where he had left him. He again told
him about the refrigerator car, and
again went about his business. For
the third time this was repeated, and
then, at the fourth, the brakeman,
supposing the crippled tramp did not
know what a refrigerator car was,
said.: "Come along, and I'll show you
whero it is."
When ho reached the car he lifted
the hatch, and. swinging his lanteru
down inside, he was just about paraly
zed to see no less than three ono-legged
men already comfortably eusconced
therein, whilo the fourth was ready to
join them. Biikersfleld California.
Alcohol's Effect on HalihlU.
Experiments are being tried in the
pathological department of tho Johns
Hopkius Hospital to ascertain the ef
fect of alcohol on , rabbits. Six rab
bits were started several weeks ago on
a diet of alcohol. They had a drachm
day diluted with water. Tho object
of the experiments is to ascertain what
amount aud degree of fatty degenera
tion follows the use of stimulants.
Tho liipiid is forced into the stomach
of the rabbit bv means of a rubber
tube.
It takes onlr little more thau a
miuuto for tho effects to becomo ap
parent. Unmistakable signs or drunk
enness set in. As with men, these
spells of intoxication differ according
to the nature and disposition of the
subject In one case a lively mood
was noticeable. In other cases the
rabbit will become stupid and heavy,
his breathing will become fust and
deep, and he will soon stagger -like a
drunken man, and fall down repeat
edly. Tho rabbits get their doses onoe
a day, and in a few cases every other
day. New York Sun.
He Could Jiot Bear the Drops.
"I saw an amusing experiment in
Kansas City yesterday," said Henry
Wellor, of Omaha, who is at Hurst s.
"Some ono stated that no man could
stand quart of water dropped on to
his hand, drop by drop, from a height
of two or three feet. A bystander bet
$20 to $1 that he could, and the wager
was accented In less than minute
there was a blister on the man's hand,
and in less than three minutes his face
gave evidence of intense suffering.
Before a pint had been dropped he
gave up exhausted, aud described the
sensation as the most terrible one he
had ever experienced. The man who
pocketed the $20 offered to give odda
of ten to one that no one oould stand
pint of water dropped on his head
drop by drop. When he oould get no
takera he volunteered the statement
that no one could have gone through
the ordeal and retain his reason, a
statement nobody present seemed
qnnlifiod or anxious to contradict"
St Louia Globe Democrat
A Stare Indeed.
"Parker is a alave to reason."
'How does he show it?" ,
"Why, he sat up all night last night
trying to find a good reason for taking
off one shoe before he removed the
other." fHaroer'a Bazar.
FOR FARM AJtD GARDE.
Bize or htam. ron A row.
A moderate sized cow of BOO pounds
weight may rest quite easy in a stall
three and one-half feet wide. The
floor may be no more thau four and
one-half feet long from manger to
end, when there is a manure gutter in
use. This size floor keeps the cows
cleaner than a larger one. Tho par
titions between the stalls should be
long enough to prevent one cow from
standing sidewisc, so that sho may
step on the tents of the next one, an
accident which mav be verr serious.
The safest tie is a chain having a ring
to run on an iron bar, fitted in front
of the feed trough on ouo end, and a
snap hook nt tho other end to fasten
to a ring in a leather strap on the
neck. New York Times.
HALVE ron TRRK WOUND.
Tree trimming is iu order aud many
large limbs wilt be out off unavoid
ably. No stump should be left, says
ths ftermnntown Telegraph, but the
cut should be made close to the trunk
and the wound should be painted thor
oughly as soon as it has seasoned for a
few weeks. Left to decay in the
weather it will soon admit water to the
heart of tho tree, when rapid and cer-
tiin destruction follows. No prepura
tion is so cheap to buy aud apply, and
none more efficient, thau good white
or red lead and linseed oil. A very
little mineral paiut may be added if
desired to make the paiut somewhat
harder. Use no turpentine. Home
make the mistake of painting the wound
as soon as it is made. Taint and oil
cannot adhere to a wet surface, but
will peel off, or will let sap aud water
blister beneath it. Very soon the ap'
plication Is valueless. 1 have never
detected any ill effects from such use
of paint.
RANDI.INO) POTATOES.
Wherever large quantities of pota
toes arc stored, a good deal of work is
required to keen them in fair condi
tion. At the best there will be con'
siderahle waste, but it will be greatly
increased if the work is neglected. It
is impossible to keep potatoes in cel
lars close to the freezing temperature
lest by accident the temperature should
go below the freezing point. Usually
the temperature varies from 40 degrees
to 50 degrees, aud at either of these
degrees of warmth the slightest ten'
dency to rot spreads very rapidly.
There is considerable evaporation from
potatoes exposed to air, and this uids
iu spreading disease wlero it exists.
If there is absolute certainty that po
tatoes are free from disease, they will
keep better in pits out of doors than iu
cellars. This is especially true of seed
potatoes. As the moisture evaporates
the eyes begin to swell aud prepare to
grow, and whether allowed to remain
or broken off, there will lie less vigor
ous shoots from such eves than from
seed kept wholly secluded from air
and at a uniform temperature a little
above freezing.
ABHOnUIN'O SALT.
It is a mistaken idea, says Mr. Cur
tis, a dairyman, that butter absorbs
alt. To test the matter I worked up
a pound of butter luto a aolid lump
with salt. This butter has been kept
Immersed iu strong brine until the
present time, when I And on cuttiug
it open no trace of salt, except near
the outer surface of the ball. Salt
properly exists in buttor only as dis.
solved iu the water remaiuiug in but
ter ; if found in tho butter in an un
dissolved state objection is made by
any good judge of butter. From this
reasoning it will be seen thut tho
amount of suit in butter depends
somewhat upon tho amount of water
In the butter w hen the salt is added,
Let US-suppose we have a quantity of
drained granular butter with 20 per
cent, of water iu it. Our object is to
salt only half the water, but that is au
impossibility; we must salt all the
water in the butter. Hence, if we are
requiruK to have one ounce to the
pound in the finished product twice as
much salt must be tukeu, for half of it
will come out in exuded briue. There
is no danger of getting in too much
provided no more salt is put in than
will dissolve. Sometimes twenty
pounds of butter, after salting in the
granular state, will exude three or four
quarts on revolving the churn and
working it into mass, and sometimes
not more than a pint The difference
is undoubtedly in the fineness or
ooarseness of the granules when the
salt is added. Chicago Times.
QUALITY OF THE BUTTED,
The question whether the oow or
the dairyman ' is most responsible for
the quality of butter was discussed by
in esteemed correspondent elsewhere.
'JU conclusion that no good batter is
to be made except by carefully neat and
clean processes is unquestionable. But
there is a considerable difference in the
ipiality of milk, dependent partly on
the food that the cow eats, and also to
some extent on tho individual or per
haps breed character of the cow.
Every dairyman knows that among a
number of cows all feed the same, the
milk of some will be richer in butter
fats and also higher colored than that
of others. The Jersey and Guernsey
breeds of cows havo generally this in
herited peculiarity. Their butterls also
firmer in cold weather than Isthat of na
tive cows. We believe this is gener
ally true of cows that give the richest
milk. It may show that the nutri
ment which in other cows goes to make
beef, fat or suet, in them goes into the
milk pail. These Jersey and Guernsey
cows have for many generations been
fed with siieculeiit and yet nourishing
and sweet food, the parsnip being the
root that is most often grown for that
purpose. In this country Jersey and
Ouernsey cows are no more likely
thau others to be fed on parsnips.
But if their inherited tendency to
produce rich milk and firm butter is
to the cumulative effect of several gen
erations havo been fed on pamuips, is
there uot danger that stopping this
feed may lead to retrogression in these
valuable characteristics? Boston
Cultivator.
BEI.P.CTIOK OP COn FOn BEEDl
Too much rare and attention cannot
be given to the seleotion of seeds
says the Wisconsin Agriculturist, and
most farmers would find it to their ad'
vantage to see to it that they have the
very bent that is to be obtained aud
plenty of it.
The difference iu the grade of a few
quarts of seed becomes a difference iu
bushels in the crop. Hence it payi
to select it with tho most perfect care,
This applies to corn, and, though a lit
tie lute for this, season, farmers might
lay this item aside for another ycat
with profit to themselves. Make the
selection of the- seed ears early, nnd
let it be the sole Imsiness for the time
beiug. Fas along the rows with
half-bushel basket, leaving tho ears at
the ends of the rows to be gathered iq:
by the team. (let the well-filled,
early-maturing, deep-grained ears
have au eye to the stalk also, giving
preference to those neither too dwarf
nor overgrown, to those having no
suckers, aud to those bearing but
single cars.
Oue ear U enough. Whether in hills
or drills tlte com should averuge a
stalk to each foot of row. With oue
car to the stalk this would give a yield
of 100 bushels to the acre. Avoid
stalks showing any signs of disease
Leave a few husks on so that the ears
may be tied together in bunches; then
hang them up where they will dry
thoroughly beforo cold weather. When
shelling this seed corn it will pay to
make a second selection of a few dozen
ot the very choicest ears for pedigree
,eed to bo planted by itself the uext
year from which to make further selec
tion. This method will improve one's
seed so that he need have no fear of
his running out.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
For weak aud backward luinbs fresh
cow's milk is nourishing.
The earlv bird gots the worm, and
tho early chick brings tho price.
Cut out your dead apple trees and
burn out the stamps deep into the
ground.
Never plant a youug tree where au
old one has died not if it cau be
avoided.
In tho garden it is more important
to retain moisture ia the soil than to
get rid of it.
When a hen becomes too fat sho
will either cease laying or lay only
softshelled eggs.
Guard against constipation in colts.
Bran meshes and roots fed judiciously
will remedy this complaint.
Many a fatal oase of pneumonia in
horses has resulted from alow driving
after the animal has been heated from
rapid work.
Two or threo-year-old turkeys are
better for breeding stoek than young
birds. It is a mistake to sell off all
the old stock each fall.
The majority of our best grapes are
inclined to bear too much and over
cropping leads to retrogression in the
size and quality of the fruit as well as
the vigor of the vine.
Expeoting a cow that stands unpro
tected in the cold wintor blasts to give
a large quantity of good and rioh milk
is about as reasonable as to look for
cream from an iceberg.
Large double-yolked eggs mean the
heus are becoming too fat. Remove
the difficulty by feeding more frata
mixed with chaff, to force the fowls to
work for their livelihood.
10R THE HOUSEWIFE.
tAMB tttOPStS PAPER WITH FINE HERM,
Cut a piece of foolscap paper in the
shape of a heart (and sufficiently large
to fold a lamb chop in), rub a little
nil over the pRper; then season with a
teaspoon ful of chopped onion, one of
chopped parsley, a little pepper, salt
and grated nutmeg. Wrap the chop
in the paper, which plait down at the
edges; lsy it upon a gridiron over
slow fire, turning it frequently. It
will take about twenty minutes to
broil properly. When done serve in
the popcr very hot Boston Cultiva
tor.
APrr.B SAUCE AS HHOl'Mt BE.
Starting off with the assertion that
apple sauce as usually mude is scarcely
fit to eat, Mrs. Emma P. Ewing pro
ceeds to demonstrate that when prop
erly prepared it is one of the most de
licious dishes that can be served for
breakfast or dinner. "Apples shonld
always be stewed," says Mrs. Ewitsg,
iu a porrelain-lined kettle or gran
ite ware saucepan never in a vessel
made of tin. When put in tho kettle,
they should le dusted lightly with
salt, ft small quantity only of water
should be added, and they should not
bo stirred while cooking. The kettle
should be covered closely, and tho
cooking done qnickly. As soon as
the apples art jthoronghly cooked, half
the sugar teqnired to sweeten them
should be pat in the bottom ol an
earthen. ,or china bowl, the apples
poured over H, the balance of the
sugar added,, moA the nance covered
until served. Stewed apple that is
frequently stirred while cookiug is
uot spicy aud highly navored HKe
that which is quickly and quietly
cooked aud after it has been strained
and well beaten before serving, it has
been robbed of most of its appetizing
aud nutritive qualites." If lemon is
used, the excellent suggestion is made
that it be-sliced thin and the hot ap.
pie sauce poured over it, never cooked
with, the Iriiit, which it embitters. A
little salt helps any fruit in cooking,
and must not be omitted in apple
sauces. Of spinesy cinnamou is the
natural one to supply when the apples
are lucking in flavor. Nutmeg should
never be used, as it is not in harmony,
Of apple iu general, Mrs. Ewing
cleverly and forcibly says: "The
apple is wholesome aud uutriciousin
any ami every form iu which it
can bo served. And, al
though it contains so many elements
of aooduess, it i one of our most
abused fruits. It is eaten raw at nu
seasonable and, aureasouable . hours,
and is shabbily treated in every pro
cess of cooking it is compelled to tin
dergo. It is badly bakod and wretch
edlv stewed. It is diluted with water
and dosed with sugar, and doctored
with spices and stirred with iron spoons
and strained through tin colanders
uutil all its original flavor is lost or
spoiled: and then to still further
destroy its integrity and toothsome
ness. it is served cold." fNew lork
Times.
HOTHF.HOLD HINTS.
To drive naiU easily into hard wood
first dip them in soap.
Oxalic acid in hot water will remove
paintspota from window panes.
hen sugnr is partly liurueil in a
gas fliimo it ia destructive to mice.
When milk is used in tumblers wash
them first in cold water, afterwards
riuse in hot water.
Weak apots in a black silk waist may
Ih atrengthoned by sticking court
plaster underneath.
A polished table may be kept in a
desirable state of brilliancy by rub.
biug it once a week w ith a tliuiut l
dipped in kerosene.
Bread and cake bowls, or any dishes
in which nour ana eggs have neen
nsod, are more easily cleaned if pluced
in cold water after using.
Salt will curdle new milk. There
fore iu preparing custards, porridges,
era vies and the like, the salt should
not be added until the dish is pre'
pared.
Tho cardinal rule in a kitchen ia to
clean up as you go, and if attended to
this saves half tho labor and fatigue
cooks suffer from who pursue the old
method ot having a grand and com pre
hensive "cleanup."
Malachite, agate and aztirine, when
broken, may be cemented with sul
phur, melted at low heat, so as not to
change ita color, in which different
pigments are stirred to give it proper
tints like the stones.
Some housewives say that the colors
of oottcn fabrios will beooma "set
salt and water is employed, three gills
of salt to four quarts of water. The
oalioo is dropped in the water while
hot, and there remain until it
oold.
KEYSTONE STATE CALLINGS.
I.A9T MONTH'S CHARTERS.
rirrr ftiNt companies oscuntrtn wrr
AS?
AoeSXOATI CAPITAL OP 13,751,501).
ITasfkhuri. Last month 6! charters,
xcluslv of al x charters granted to build
ing and losn associations, were Issued front
ths State Department. The aggregate capi
tal stock of tbeie M companies was 11751,-
5UO. nve ot i he milium aim man eseocta
tlona were canitslitedat l.OOO.OOOeecb and
the other at IjOO.tWO. During the ame
period the papers tiled with tue department
now tost otner corporation naa an
authorised increase of their capital stuck
aggregating Sl5,M.tW0, the Bethlehem
iron company snu ids uamoria iron mm-
fanjr each contributing ,).IXX),W0. In
ebruarv four corporation reduced their
capital aloe 11,000,000, Ths Indebtedness
of nine companies was Increased f 2,9H.',20O.
oi wmcn me lamoria iron company fur
nished li, 500.000. In addition to the nurd- .
her of new corporations created In ths state
last month, 97 loreign corporation! ware
granted permission to do business within
Ha borders In accordance with the act of
1871, forbidding such corporations from
prosecuting their business) in the Slate until
hue shall have established an otlice or
offices and appointed an agent or agents tot
its transaction!.
1WO 8CHOOI, TERM8 M.LEO A ti.
tltf STATS aVPSRINTKNDKMT BAYS BOWS'
TUS
LAW TO LOCAL BOARDS.
HAWnaTo The Superintendent of
Fublle Infraction is of opinion that the
practiceof dividing ths annual school term
Into two parts Illegal and sent out a noti
fication that the appointment of tesrhere
hv lloardnf Lttrmiora In ADrlVand Mar for
ths next annual term la contrary to law. He
tuetests-that the? date of opening the schools)
for the continues annual term, ot mm or
more months osa be determined' by the
directors-in.the preper school yersr.the same
as other Incidental questions are decided hf
mem, dui mat mev nave no auinoruy m
levy taxes and employ teachers for neat
fear, as tbelr duties are limited to tbs cur
rent school yeap ending the Ant Monday ia
June.
TICTIEE MEN KILLED;
Alt IXPLODIR4 LIHIOll TALLIT ISOUH BOIIr
rs pots pmiiHTPUL work.
HAZtirote A. bolter exploded on. a Le
high Valley railroad locomotive at Itayea
Creek hear here. Onl? the trucks of the
rear of the tender remained and the- torn
and twisted boiler first struck the ground
almost hall s mile from the Irene of the
explosion) William l.ennox, aged 29) of
new lorK.ouy; LUwerarot isears-oioi
White Haven snd Arthur Hotter, sited. 'Jit
of Whits Haven were killed.
Til rSKNSY't ANNUAL KRPORTL.
Philadelphia The- Pennsylvania. Ifctlt-
road annual. report ahowa that the gross.
earnings oi an tne lines ease ana west ot
Fittsbure for the year were fi;ia.u.o.7ST so.
operating- expenses, !)5.4(il,5.'8t)7; netearn
Inga, t;iO..ViS.'8 7:1. There were l.'W.Mt.:)
tone of freight moved and 8o,152,!)0tf pan ti
gers carried.
nORSRS-AND CATTLE PSRISHl
Ri-rr.Mvii.i.R The lame barn, of Avian
Byerlr in Elizabeth township, with all It
contents, a number of blooded horses and
eight head of cattle, sraa destroyed, by hie.
Ivoss fo.uuu; iniured.
John Knt.RV, who was digging a wetl on
his lot at Indiana, wa being draws, .tip by
bla helper Monuay evening, wnen at tne
Kid the bucket In whioh he at was over
turned and he fell to the bottom, Ha lived
but a few minutes after being taken out.
Thk rerjort that Mrs. Roaenuenter.ef neat
Kittanning had glven.birth to quintuplets,
ia without fouuflntlon. and Mr. Kosenbergei
offers a reward of IX) for information aa la
the auther of the report, believing it to be
the work of some enemy.
William Brust, a. farmer Irvintr neat
Fottatown, waa severely uaed np by high
waymen near there. One of them held him
while the other hit a. piece out of hi thee
and one of hi fingers-nearly off.
Thk explosion of a mill stone going at the
rate of 1,400 revolutions a minute wrecked
the chop mill of l'andolpb McMullin at
Altoona, twoof thn- workmen narrowly
escaping with their lives.
8nr.RMAM Rosa and Amos Swenson. fur
nace men at Kelly A -ones' iron plant at
Ureenaburg.were burned almost to death by
an explosion of gas while at work.
On February 27, Mrs. John Moore, of
Whttesburg, accidentia pricked ber thumb
with a tewing neeiliie. Wood poisoning set
In and In four days she died.
John Hsnni.r.N of Stoneboro, 00 years old
was at work on an ice harvesting apparatus
and was drawn into, a cutter. Death result
ed in a few boars.
Henrt Wxi.t.HorssN, Ja 81ippery Rock
township farmer waa attacked by a mad
bull lat night and received iujuriet which
may result fatally.
A rkliip committee baa been organized to
a'st destitute fumilie of the idle coal
niinera throughout the Monongahela
val.ey.
In the Pennsylvania railroad vards at
Altoona John tirier, aged 50 year old, was
uugbt by a freight train ana cut in two.
Tiik Are insurance ratea in Pennsylvania.
.utside of Philadelphia and P'ttsburg, have
een lucreaaea irotu to u per cent.
Harry Johnson, of Allentown, has been
entenced to be hanged for the murder of
ia year old daughter lost July.
An unknown man fell oft an eaatbound
einnt train at Tyrone and thirty six cars
assed over bia body.
John Kolij of Latrob In jumping from
freight train was struck by a tar and
tiled
Feminine Extravagance In Drees.
One hears a great deal about fen
Inlne extravagance ia the dress and
Its deterrent effect upon the mar
riageable young men, who shrink
back in terror from the altar when
they consider what it costs to dreat
a girl according to tne dictate or
modern fashion. Therefore It is in
teresting to read of a certain Miss
.Phraser's new gown, made In ths
year ltJ76, which cost 11,076, and ot
which it is recorded: "It frights
Mr Carr Scoope, who is much in lovt
with her, from marrying her, saying
his estate will scarce maintain .hei
In clothes. "
Verily there is nothing new under
the sun. Not in centuries has there
been made a gown so resplendent a
that worn by the Medicis (jueea,
whereon were embroidered 3,204
pearls and 3,000 diamonds. And
what belle tn the last cyclo has been
arrayed so resplendently as that Mrue.
de Montespan, who were at a grand
court festival "a gown of gold ou gold,
broldered in gold, bordered with gold,
and over that gold frieze stitched
with a gold mixed with a certain
gold, which makes the most divine
stuff that has ever been imauloed.
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