CANNING SALMON; XIIK IV A V IT 1 DONE ON THE PAt'liriC COAST. Catching the Klsh and Prcparias 'i'hem for Market An Orcupa (tnn That" In Aanumfnsj , Ureat Proportion. AXSEIJ salmon ban of late years I become a table delicacy V throughout the cmlized world, yet fow pernonn havo any idea Low It in prepared for market. Last season there wan a total packing on the Pacific Const of about 1,700,000 canon, weighing abont 81,00,000 pounds, or 40,800 tonn, according to a correspondent writing from Port land, tre., to the Ht. Ionin Globe liemoernt. , Thin seems an enormous quantity of flnli, yet it in but litt'lo more than a pnntul to each inhabitant of the United States, or to each five pomihle consumers in Europe and America. The methods of taking nalmou .in the Columbia are varied and nomo of them unique. There aro gill netn, seiner, Irnpn and wheels. Ten yearn ago n'm mints onptnreu twice an many nnn an were taken this year with lSt4 boats, :)4l traps, seventeen seines and twenty-seven wheeln. Netn are used chiefly near the mouth of the river. though more or lean in nne for 150 miles inland and on the Willamette as well. A fishing ontlit consists of gill net worth nbont S300 and a boat worlu $J00, benidea other accessories, and requires two men to handle it. Thin makes the averago wages of the 22K fishermen only 00 frr the sea son. 1 bey are chiefly Scandinavians, Finns and Italians, hard)', reckless men, who earn every cent they receive. As the fishing season varies consider ably on the different strenmn, many of them go from plnco to place. It is a gram) sight on a clear, breezy morn ing tit Astoria, to nee nearly a thousand boats speckling the broad estuary of the Columbia with their spread nails. The men usually go out so as to fish on the incoming tide, often remaining out nil night. Not only in thoir occu putiou .1 cold nnd cheerless one, with none too good returns financially, but it is exceedingly dangerous as carried on at the mouth of the river. Fifty four were drowned last season, a mor tality of two per cent. In their eager uens t" get the first chance at the fish they npproach too close to the break ers on tbo bar nnd ore capsized or their boat is overturned by a sudden nquutl. Fish traps nro "contraptions" of piling and netting, so arranged as to take advantage of the salmon' instinct to go up stream and impound him. He is led bv a converging runway into an antc-chnmber called "the heart," from its resemblance to that essential organ oi' the human body. From this he finds his way through a narrow tunnel into "the well," where he re mains until takon out. These traps are all located in Baker's Bay, on tho Washington side of the Columbia, a wide body of shallow water separated from the main stream by a long island of sand. A few years ago these were first introduced, and now there are 475 of thorn, each paying a license to the 8tato of Washington of $10 a year. Heines are nted tn a few places in shal low portions of the stream. One end is carried to its full length out into the stream with a boat and in then circled down the river and inwards until the water is shallow onongb, when a horse in hitohed to it, and it in dragged with its flopping contents upon the banks. i Uh wheels are tho latest product of inventive genius in th i catching of aaimou on tne uoinmbia, and are only an amplification of the method used by Indians for many yearn before the white man set foot on Orecron soil. For nearly five miles, at a point 140 miles inland, the Columbia is a narrow and turbulent stream, confined be tween narrow, rooky banks and its channel tilled with masses of rook. Fifty miles further np there is an other aeriea of rapids aud oascados twenty-five miles in length. These places have been the fishing grounds oi ine natives aince tne memory of the aborigine runneth not to tbeoontrarv. The salmon is a combative fish, full of energy and .determination to reach the pawning grounds at the headwaters of the river. He loves a swift current and laughs at ordinary cascades, loap ing up them as though it wore great port. For this reason he ia to be found in the swift current swirling around the base of the basaltic bluffs tuat project into me river at various points in the localities mentioned. The Indians catch them in dip nets. A board is laid on the top of the rook, one end projecting a tew feet over the water, the other end being, weighted down with heavy , atones. Upon the projecting end a noble Indian stands, equipped with a small net attached to the end of a long pole. He dips this in the water, reaching an far upstream as possible, and passes it rapidly downward. With great patienoe ha repeats the operation, perhaps half hundred time, until he is rewarded by a fish in the net. This ia his part. He will not even take the fish out of the Hat llnmAMii) afiitnat, v n . . i iLi the lord of the tepee shall hunt and fish aud enjoy himself and the squaw shall do all the work. Catching the fish is sport, but taking it out of the net is work. The squaw does that. She also splits it open and spreads it out in the snn to dry for winter use, while her lord and veritable master either catches more fish or lie lazily upon the grouud with a pipe in his mouth. Iudians also spear salmon in the shallow water at the foot of falls and cascades nearer the headwaters of the streams, or else build weir traps and drive the fish into them. The fish wheel is but au awDlifioa- lion of the Indian dip net. It con sintn of a wheel resembling the paddle wheel of a nteamboat, the paddles be ing tronghn of netting. Theno are either fastened to a framework pro jecting out from shore, or are attached to a scow BDchororf near the bank. The strong ottrrent keeps the wheel in mo tion, the nets dipping into, the water successively, with thoir openings down stream, ready to scoop up every un wary flsh they encounter, carry him aloft and spill him in a trough. One of these wheels during a good rnn of salmon will scoop np several tonn n day. In this particular, as in many others, the superior knowledge and inventive genius of the white man en ables him to beat the Indian at hi" owu game. The process of canning is what in terests sightseers the most. A tour ol n cannery in very entertaining. Those institutions are invariably hut a se ries of rough board sheds built upon piling at the water's edge. One who has been educated at the market to look upon salmon an rather an expen sive luxury, in not prepared to see the way in which they aro thrown about with forkn with as little oare an one would use in shovoling coal. They are forked out of the boats and thrown into heaps in tho receiving room, each cannery holding several thonnand a day during a good run. There in very little use for an American about a can nery, nave as a clerk or manager. The fishermen are nearly all foreigners, and the hnnda in the factory aro Chi nese, from the bntcher to tho final tester. A fow boys and girls find work in the labeling and packing depart ments. It does not take long to convert a fresh fish into twenty cans of cooked salmon. The bntcher grab him and with a few dexterous turns of a long, sharp knife, cuts off hesd, tail and fins, opens him and takes out his en trails. He is passed quickly to the washing tanks and then is seized and laid on a cutting table and with one stroke of a series of knives is cut into chunks of the required length. Either by hand or machine these chunks are stuffed into cana, and the cans laid on an incline, down which they roll, thoir lids being automatically soldered on as thoy go. They are thon loaded upon trnys anil the trays placed in steam boilers. After coming from the boil ers the cans are tested, then given a lacquer bath, then tostod again, this time by tapping them with a nail, to judge of their soundless, by the tone omitted, and arc then labeled and packed, forty-eight in n case. The cans are mado at the same place, machinery being omployed in every detail ot the manufacture. Great care is taken to have them perfect, thorough examination and testing bt iug given them at every staze from the sheet tin to tho labeled ciuf An Indian Honpstonc quarry. The largest aboriginal soapstone quarry that has boeu fouud iu this couutry ban .-ocently been discovered near Clifton, Va., a short distance from Bull Run. It seems to hive been undinturbed since the day when me red man roamed through this part of the country, and this fact, as well as the extent of the quarry, affords an opportunity for studying methods of aboriginal quarrying which is practi cally unequalled iu the history of the discovery of aboriginal remains in this country. A short time ago the own ers of the property, in examining the piece witn more than usual oare. be came convinced of its character, at least as a primitivo workshop of the eariy innaDuants ot the country, and desiring that its true nature should be determined with scientific aoourasv. called tho attention of Professor W. J. McOee, who is at the head of the Ethnological Bureau, to the find. He at once detailed Mr. William Dinwid dle, one of the employes of the bureau, aud under his direotion a plaoe was cloared about twenty-five feat wide and seventy-five foot long. Yesterday a party aooompunied Mr. Dinwiddle from this city to inspeot the place. An inspection of the qnarry con vinced the experts that the methods employed in working it were extreme ly primitive, and evidently went back to a time before the advent of the whites in this country. Stone tools had beeu used exclusively. The chisels ware stone, and so were the hammers. The entire method ot this primitive quarrying was shown, and th?. party wereable to secure specimens which, together with the tools, will show how the work was done. The stone was cut out in round lump and then broken off from the main stone. Theu these blanks for pots where hollowed out with small chisels whioh were used by hand. More than one hundred cavities from whioh pot blank had been taken were found, the tool mark being distinct. Washington Star. Warned Away From the Towa. "A man runs urou inm nannllo things when looking np hisauuestry," said Henry Cadle. "When iovesti iratinor mv own lineaire tn Near TTnn. hire I , discovered that my great- great-granatatiier was warned by town meeting not to corns into the town. I wondered what he had done to make himself obnoxious, and when I learned that, notwithstanding' the warnina. he did man into th nluu I admired his assuranoe, but thought mm laoaing in self-respect. The matter was exolained to ma hr th Secretary of State. It was the custom tor any oue inieuuing to remove into a town to irive notice ot annh inton. tion. At the next regular town meet ing ne was warned to stay away, be oause the law provided that if this was done the town would not be liable for his support in case he became a nnuner. It was not a matter of Aim. grace or personal , . Ill-will, bnt purely a prcunuiiuu to cover posSlDle future nuanoial reverses."- St. Louis Qlobe-Demoerat. TRAMP LIFE. OXKOFTtlK QVKKK rKATlUKS Ol" MIMM KK. . The female Tramp a Product of the Last Klve Years How Ahe and , the Male Tramp Pursue Their Wanderings. .. SIX year ago, while tramps by hundreds were to be found on all of the country roads dur ing the summer season, it was a rare thing to find a woman among them ; now, however, this in changed, and while the man are still largely in the majority, it is lamentable to nee that thoir ranks have been recruited by the accession of large number of women, and these, not the old hag gard and decrepit, by any means. If the trampn united and traveled in one largo army, they would indeed lie for midable, but white there exists among them a spirit of camaraderie, they have no idea of organization, and as a eonsequenoe, are rarely to be found more than four together, usually two, and now, one of the two is apt to be a woman. While the tramp has no fixed desti nation in view when he leaven theoity, he has the plan 01 his summer opera tion ununUy arranged in his mind. Along the lines of the many railroads that seam New Jersey between Now York and Philadelphia there are countless market gardens. The tramp and his companion leave the freight oar at a proper point, which he knows even better than tho conductor, and applies for work to the nearest farmer. In the early spring the men and wo men have bnt little difficulty in find ing employment at cutting asparagus, the man receiving seventy-five cents a day, and the woman, though she may do more work, fifty cents, out of which they must board themselves. The farmer permits them to sleep in hisntablo or barn, and where his es tablishment is large, he often has rough shanties erected for the special use of hin temporary help. Often the woman finds employment as a servant in the house, when she in enabled to provide food for her partner without any great outlay ; otherwise they buy what is absolutely neceshary from thoir employer nt the lowest rates and live economically. After the asparagus season is over, the green pea season comes on, and here the relative wages are the same, though it is customary to pay for the amount picked, rather than by the day. Following the green peas, come the strawberries, nnd by the time the New Jersey supply is ex hausted, tho more enterprising of the tramps make their way south as far as Delaware ard Maryland, where they are ready for the peach harvest. rro-iueutly the tramps are skilled basket makers, work which, the world over, seems to be a calling peculiar to vagrant?, and if the woman does not understand it, she is quick to learn, and soon exceeds the man in skill, Along the banks of tho streams they find suitable willow saplings iu abundance, which thai me without asking the owners' leave, and for the product of their labor they find a ready market among the surrounding farmers. Many of these people return to the oity with sums of money which, if used with the shrewdness and econ omy shown in collecting it, might carry them through tho winter ; but the rule in, they return to their old haunts in the city and begin a drunken debauch, which lasts till every csnt is gone and they are foroed to solicit alms on tho street, or to avail them selves of tbo shelter afforded by the tatiou-house of tho Island. The female accession to the army of tramps of late years presents many sad feat ares, and seemingly insur mountable obstaolen to those inter ested in the elevation of tho masses. It is now not unusual to find women tramping alone and single-handed, under whioh oiroumstanoes they get alone even better than when accom panied by men, for they are more fer tile in resources, and more raadily adapt themselves to their environ ment. In addition t: -.his they have more resouroes iu themselves. They are quite asskilfnl and able as the meu in the farming work they undertake, in addition to. which they can sew and do household work, which is entirely out of the roach of the men. Farm ers and villagers, perhaps because of the novelty, regard more favorably women thau men tramps. They ap peal to the sympathies and hospitality of country folk, and being usually fer tile of speeoh, snd with active imag inations, they are never at' a loss to frame appropriate stories to excite the sympathies and benevolence of those whom they can get to listen. It is a ourions fact that one never find among these women members of what may be designated a the middle olass. They are either very ignorant and degraded or remarkably intelli gent nnd with evidenoes of refinement about them which their ragged rai ments cannot hide nor their evident poverty wholly oonoeal. In the former case it is possible that they may be making an effort, to better their ooudition, though the chances ate that they are spending their ob jectless live in wandering and moving on ; iu the latter case they are invari ably women with a story whioh they oonoeal from the public, a story of error, it may be, perhaps of crime, bnt never devoid of romance, and never, if the truth were known, show ing that thvy were themselves entirely responsible for their degradation. Although these people are never seen with ohildreu, possibly never nsve any, yet, year by year, the great army of tramps is increasing. It is not long since this army was com posed exclusively of men, but now thst women have com to re-suforoe it, we may look ia the course of events for the nerennion of children, particularly of those old enough to be of use to the gsrdener and, farmer. These peoplo know nothing of law, and less of religion, while many of them an read and write, but few can be said to be intellectual, and even these are apt to ridicule the school, and to ask what good education has done them. Day by day new social prob lems are coming np, and the attention of the thinking public has beeu called to those elements iu our midst that endanger life and property. Tho tramp has a vote, and, it need not be said, it ia always for sale. No matter who may be busy, the tramp has ever ample leisure, and he is ready, like a dammed stream, to swell the great array of the irresponsible mob, when ever the barriers are broken done. It may, perhaps, be well to spend millions for the redemption of tho sou) of the savage African, or of the contented Polynesian, bnt in looking round for avenues for the exroino of philanthrophy and humanity, it might be well to give some thought to the heathens who are in onr midst. New York Advertiser. Loading an Ocean Steamer. -The loading of an ocean steamer at one of the New York City piers in a sight well worth seeing. The length of the-steamships, some of them being nearly 000 feet, makes, very long pier necessary. These piers on a sailing day present an , animated scene. A long line of trnckn, loaded with alt sorts of merchandise , moven slowly down the pier, each truck delivering its packages opposite the particular hatchway, down which they are to be lowered. The big ships load at four different hatchways at tho name time. Steam-hoisting apparatus at each, and separate gangs of men, all, however, under the direction of one stevedore, load and ntow tho immense caro iu an incredibly short space of timo. All prominent lines handle their own freight, but some of the smaller lines give it out by contract to a steve dore, who employs bis own men. About six gtngs of twenty-live men each, and about twelve foremen and dock clerks are employed. As many men are employed an can wotk to ad vantage. The day men aro relieved by other gangs of men who work at night. In rush times a few men arc added to each gang. From 10,00.) to 100,000 packages constitute an ocean steamship's cargo. The largest number of packages are carried at the seison of the year when tho Bordeaux fruit canning trade is on, nn.l the propor tion of small packages is increased. Somo big packages, such as a street car completely liov.-J, or n htcam launch enclosed iu a case, require con siderable power and much skill to lond. Heavy machinery and enor mous cxks eve lifted from the dock, swung over the open hatchway, and lowered to the cavernous depths as quickly and easily an though they weighed bnt a hundred pounds instead of several tons. The stowing of the freight requires experience and judgment. The weight must be arranged that the vessel stands upon an even keel, and she must not be down at the bow, or too low at the stern. Then the cargo must be stowed so that it will not shift. The importance of this is seen when the rolling and plunging of the shin in a heavy sea is considered. The cargo would not only be seriously in jured if it tumbled about, but the vessel would be unmanageable. -De troit Free Press. Perpetual Thunder and Llirlitnlnj, It is not generally known that thera aro localities where lightning and thnnder are incessaut. The most notable of thes.i continuous lightning districts is on the eastern coast of the island of Hsu Domingo, a leading member of the group of the West In dies. With the commencement of tho rainy season these electric display continue day and night for weeks. The storm centre is not continuously local, but shifts over a considerable area, and, an thunder is seldom heard over a greater distance than eight miles, and th.e lightning iu tho night will illuminate so as to be soeu thirty miles, there may be days in some lo calities where the twinkle in the sky is iu oontinitoua succession while the rolling reports are absent. Then again com day and nights wheu the electric artillery is piercing iu its detonations ; and especially is this the case wheu two separate looal cloud centres juiu, as it were, in an electrio duel, aud, as sometimes occurs, a third " participant appear to add to the elemental war fare. Then there i a blazing sky with blinding vividness and stunning peals that seem to pin the listener to the earth. Long before the echoes die away come others, until the arioular mechanism seem hampered in chaos. New York Telegram. Twenty Miles In an Elevator. An elevator boy in the Monadnoolc Building rides from twenty te tweuty five miles a dsy in his car. - I is about 225 feet from the ground to 'he six teenth floor and a car makes from 275 t 80) round 'rips a day, aooor ling .to the rush. Several young men ,hav collected some interesting statistics on 'he skyward travel in that bu lding. Tuev find that on busy dava each n.r haul aout 4000 persons, uuaudoow '. There an sixteen elevators iu Monad- nock Building, which would iu lie its that 64,000 person visited the building everyday. Nearly 3000, all applicant for positions on the Metropolitan L Road, came them one il.v 1am. utaaIt It has been found by managers of big omoe nuuainv that one elevator is needed for each floor. Soma of the buildings get alonf with leu, the le vator service is not satisfactory in these, particularly if they happeu to be looated iu a busy quarter of thit cit v. Chicago Herald. S0LDIERSG0LUMN A THRILLING RECITAL. A War-Time Inoident Recalled by the umu or r. E. BrownsIL THK recent death at Washington of Vranc.ls K. Brow nell recalls one ot the most striking anil one of the first Inc-ldents ot the grent etvll war. As recorded In the pages of the "t.'entnry Wat Hook." thin Inct. dent flrat brought home lo the pen pin of this country ' the fn.t that war meant lbs shnd ting nt human blood. F.ven i hrm nl , who were children nt the ttineremetn berwellthelmpiin ( horror and pity , . ...... a .nin u,n the North nt Ihn first puhlleatlon of the news vi iiiw mr-Aiiiiurin irnipMiy. How like a ronmii.-e It rend! The gallant and handsome young colonel f the Kirn Zouaves, Klmer E. Kllsworth. famous tn the ynr or iwo preceding the relwlllon as the drlllmnster nf the nernlmtli! Chl-iiRO Zouavn Company, protege of the new president, and popularly believed to lie destined lo plnv a leading pnrt in the npprnai-hlng wnr, bad been killed on th threshold of netivity. The incidents lending up to the trngedv In which Kllsworth lost his life am unusually like nn evolution of romance. Hastily sum moned to Washington with his P'giment of firemen from New York city he is filled with the Are of ssnmewhnt sentimental patriotism nnd seems tn have felt a premonition ot early denth. Before starting he indited letters to his parents unit lo his sweetheart, tn which he Smak of readiness to saeritlee his life. l"Kin renehing the capital he waits upon the president mid Is given the honor, possiblv nt Ills own reoui-st. ot lending the first Invad ing force southward. One rnn fnney the meeting nnd fnrewell between the tall, un mllilnry, rngwed elvillnn head of the nrmv and the short, n'hletie, handsome nnd dash ing young soldier. Bo. having received the solemn lMndh-tlnn of the fatherly mnn who was himself de stined to ho slniu in the same cause, the proud young om.-er Is seen in the gray of the following morning lending his s.-nrlet nnd blue-elad llm fighters (nto the streets of Al exandria, a sleepy little town ten miles down the river. He was elate with the enthusiasm of one who hoped for Inme, and smiled ns his men tnnrehed behind him np the silent streets. Suddenly he sees, or his attention is called, to n strange (lug flying from the top of n giildirooPsl. country-looking hotel nt the comer of two streets n,.ar the line of march, fulling tn Corporal Itrownell, who wnsnfn voritc subordinate, he ordered him lo follow, nail, neeompnnieil by one or two others, en. tered the building, which was known ns the Mmshnll house. A" they rushed up tho stnlrwav lending to th. ,f n mnn came out of nn ' upper room, eliu, jnly In shirt nnd trousers. This was Juekson, the proprietor. In response to Kllsworth's order to haul down "111111 flng" he muttered a snrlv reply and disappeared. Kllsworth. llronnell and another r' tv-hed the roof, tore down the II..,. nnd sLjledfo di-scend. Kll-wortli had Ihc Hug bundled In Lis arms. Instnntlv Jnekson nppenred nt the foot ol the stnir landing, leveled n double barreled sliotuunnt Kllsworth, aud before Brownell could strike Up the gun with his own the rhnrire torn thrnmrlt the flm. uml fl,t....k Ellsworth's heart. with llghtnlig Mke fury Brownell shot the holel-keiXer tin ougll the head and stubbed him twice with his long sword bnvonet al most before he i-ould fall to tlielloor'n corpse. Ellsworth's body was uorue upon the cross ed guns of his soldiers to a steamer, nnd thence lo Washington wrapped 111 the nation al flag. The remninn afterward reposed In slnte, anil were finally brought to Ills child hood's home In Illinois, ills untimely end bw-ame the theme of patriotic song and sentimental ntory until long after the wni was at mi cud. At the ttattU srt.ii. 1 ho Inst few moments the tlartford wi,t under lire of the forts, batteries, nnd gun bonis, was the warmest work the old flagship had ever encouutnred. Every man on her broad deck appeared to be In motion, ami so Intent upon his particular linn of duty thai sesreely a word was spoken. The care fully laid guns seemed imbued with life as they sped In and out of lbs Hnacious iortN. Tim hurried run of powder boys and shellmen from i thnmngar.ines at the stairways and rlre natcnen with supplies for their guns, gave an air ot apparent aonfussiou on the deck. Tho roar of the heavy guns was so great that it was impossible to distinguish the tones of human voices. Occasionally the peculiar scream of shot pusslug Iu dose proximity caught the attention ut the men. while the bursting of shell and ipilek sunpping crush of flyiug limber hummed through the air. I no cut. fni ved rigging swayed wildly to aud fro I mm ul..l I .1... ... " "' tun men, Willi laces smeared ami be.trtmed with uowder. tolled steaiiliv on, peering through the thick pull ot battle, watching for the finsh nnd glare ol the enemy's guns, and II ring iu that diree. Hon. One gnu's crew was entirely swept awny, remaining sileut until re-maimed bv men Ironi other portions of the ship. X sailor, fearfully wounded, turned and writh ed in the cot used for lowering the wounded to the surgeon's quurters. Hu fell a distams of thlry feet aud bin sufferings were nt an ind. Bulwarks, musts, ropes, guns, aud carriages were more or leas smeared with blood aud pieces of the human body, over which there was no time to ponder, think or even grow pale. Cuptuiu Druyton aud Meu. lemint Uui... u. .i... . . . ... .. w.nu,, .tutu im i !iM.rir-uecic, close observers of ull that was passing, and whether ttgutiug or conversing, Watson's face was seldom seen without a pleasant smile, a feature peculiar to hiuj. Ulue aud TTriavoldable. Patrick Flanlgan was a wltoo-s In a case where truthfulness compelled him to give some testimony against tbe man on trial, who was a particu lar friend or hU. Patrick's ordinary rich broirua hud recnnt.lv hssn ran. derei more than usually uolotellf- kiuib uy an scciuent to wnicn Be re ferred with fueling fa the course ot tils testimony. lie was frdjuent.lv railed repeat bis answers, which were evi dently made under protest, and be tween these ennatunr. ikhiihiIj unt the long words w.tti which the air of nie court room soemoa to 1'atrlck to be tilled, his anger row, and his con fusion steadily increased. "Don't, hrei-aricate malA Judge at last, as Patrick returned a suiui isuigiy iiiconereni answer lo a qui t Ion uddressed to him. rrevaricaie, is it?" cried Mr. Flanlgan with angry resentment. 'JI' DJ thinkln' tnavhn It's uAmll wouldn't be able. to blip prevaricatin whin three av vaf hnnnr'd tnnt. bad been kcocked out uv ycr bead, torr:" KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS HEAD OltOCND OFF. ; 4 tllXAWAY AceinKST BY WHICH A COAL CXSTEt ah looses in Lira. Buowssvilh. William I.owstutter. M yenra old, was dadied to denth In s rinnwn" Inst evening. I.owstutter wns a resident o'f Coal Center. He nnd his brother-ltl-lsw. Itnlph Charlton, nlso of Coal Center, left West Brownsville In a one-horse buggy to drive out tho national road. On the out skirts of town a sudden lurch In the buggy threw both men out. Charlton tell clear of the vehlele and enc-aped Injury. I.owstuttnr's fiwt caught between the axle nnd the shnft, nnd he wns dragged by the running horn" over the bard roadway. At Wnlen, n mile away tbe horse was caught and Lowstuttnr lifted out dmd. His bead was literally ground off to the earn and hln brains were senttered along the road. 'Hqtilre Prlngln was summoned to hold sn fmpirst, but. after i-lewing the body and learning the facts, be deemed It unnecessary. Ml!8. Oni'BI.En-? FATAf, DIIEAM. PEATn rm.t.owED thu nonnini.t vision o nra ni.Erp. Ai.toosa. A young wife. Mm. Mary Orubler. was buried here. Last Haturday night see went to bed nnd fell asleep, seem ingly In her usual good hoalth. Fifteen minutes Inter she awoke In a terrible condi tion of nervous shock snd prostration, pro duced by a dream. As soon as she could speak she related that In n dream she saw a msn trying to kill her husband. In the cellar of the (irut)ler residence. Hhe regained her Masoning faculties to tho extent of realizing fully that the horrlbls scene was the Illusion of a dream, but the shock to her nervous organization was no great that she did not rally, ami In a few hours she was dead. RIO inOR SHII'SENT. New Castle. One of the largest shipment of Iron ever made from New Castle was begun Monday. M. A. Hanna, of Cleveland, who by contract taken a large percentage of the output of the lloseno furnnee, has sold about ten thousand tons of Imwmsr pig to the Carnegie nt'shtirg mills. The Iron Is piled In a mammoth heap near the chemical work.i. and will lie shipped over the Pennsylvania lines. A railroad man says that at tne rat of twenty-live ears per day, at least twenty live days will be consumed In the shipment. vnnrnixx bt mistake. Johxstowh. Charles Fnrnenworth, who enme here from Braddock a week ago to as sist the local manager of the Metropolitan life Insurance company, took ten grain of morphine, which he mistook for ipilnln- He was taken to the hospital and physicians are trying to save his life. SOI.UIF.ns' ORI'UAIC ni-HOOL. IlAnniNiirno. - The soldiers' orphan suhools' commission decided to close the school term on Juno 0. Tho schools will be reopened on Heptcmber 8. The usual es nmiiuitions will m held tins year as follows: Hartford. June S and l; I ntoiitown, .Hue IJ and 1:1, aud Chester Hprings, June l'J and to. work cut at altoosa'b niiofn. Altoosa. An order, taking efieet ut once, has been Issued to the employes of the Penn sylvania railroad shops of "this plane, the largest of the kind In the world, to work only four days a week and nine hours on each ot these days. It utlects 7,1)00 men. XATCHAI, OAS SfcAR Si RAXToX. Hi baxtox. There aro great iiossllillltles for the Iron city of Herantou In the oiiing of n gusher gun well nt Brooklyn, about SO mllist north of here. The force ot the gas Is great. This well is the first ot Us class la uorth-eastcra Pennsylvania, , Tai-Coi.i.ectob Thomas B. Hexoit, of Beaver Falls, has hceu held for court on a charge of aggravated assault nnd battery preferred against him by Timothv McCarty, who was himself fined anil costs for drunkenness, llurgess PiHir, who was Iu tho light, proved to havelieen Irving to act as peacemaker and was discharged. The Boformed Prcshyterinii Presbytery, In session two days at tleunva College, has re fused to orilniu nnd Install Ilev. H. J. Foster as pastor of a Beaver Falls church latcause ot his opposition to tbe National It '(onu A,uo eiafion. i Oveb 300 Hungarians and Hlav have left Braddu.'k since Monday for their nntlvd rounrties. They carried with them sums of money ranging from :)U0 to 1,500. Mns. James Martin, wife of a wealthy farmer icar Hugar Iruve, Warren nounty, committed suicide Tuiusdny by cutting her throat with a razor. Hevebal fishing and patoemgnr ships have been wrecked off the fitnat of Nova Heotla, but In all ernes the passengers and crews were saved. A compaxy to be known as the Near Castla Chemical and GnlvanlKlng Company was or ganised nt New Castle, with a caiiltul stock of 10,000. 1 Bobbers entered the hnuso of David Schwab, of McKeeeport, and secured 140 ia gold, the savings ot Mrs. Hchwalt iu five years. O. M. Meadville, of Bellwood, a well- known Blair county Hotel man and an ex Mheri It, failed. Assets, ll7,000i liabilities, M,000. At Ittiflsdiiln, nenr Oreensburg, the resl dence of Peter Zimmnrs, with l,BO0 in cash was hurued. lotul lost il,00. Insurance rd.OOO. The body of an unknown num. who hod been murdered and robbed, was discovered on the road near Hazellon Hunduy morning. A laboe frame building used as a plaster storage house, nt Huntingdon, collapsed, In. ctnntlv killing Louis Mnyder, aged W years. Axiibew Inxicx. who was shot by Paul Pecker at Muuson last Tuesday eveulug died at the Philllpsburg hospital. Oeobos B. Lures has been reappointed In surance eorumbuioner for Pennsylvania tor three year. A Pis; Convert. One of the most peculiar and unique concerts which were ever given was what might be called a pig conoert. The abbot of Balgne, a man of wit and skilled in tbe construction of new musical instruments, was ordered by Louis XI., King of France, more in Jest than ia earnest, to procure hlra a concert of swine's voices. The abbot aid the thing could doubt'ew be done, but that it would cake a good deal of money. The kin; ordeied that he should have whatever ha required for the purpose. The abbot then wrought a thing as singular as ever was seen, for out of a great number of bos' of several ages, which he got together and 'placed under a tent or pavilion, covered with velvet, bofoie which ha hajl a. tahla nf wnnH n.!nin.i ... i . l. . " pauesv SUM m certain number of keys, be made an organic! instrument, anu as he played upon the said keys with little spikes, whioh pricked tbe hogs, he made them cry in such consonance that he highly delighted the king and all hi com lauy. . Evbrt sineer In a nuarfcat ran taTT you three good reasons why the or ganization isn't absolutely perfects
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