The Swedest Tlilim or Knrlli. What nro tlio sweetest things nf earth ? A fragrant rose that hides no thorn; Riches nf gold untouched by scorn; Lips that t'Hii prnlso a rival's worth; A happy little I'hlM asleep; ' i ' F.yes that inn smile, though they nmy weep; A brother's cheer, a father's praise; The minstrelsy nf summer dnvsi A heart where ntiKer never burns; A gift that Innkx fur no returns; Wrong's overthrow; pnlh's swift rohn (; Dark footsteps guided Into peace; The llitht nf love In lover's eyes; Ako that Is young as w -ll n wise; A mother's kiss, a baby's mirth These are the sweetest things of enrih. Cenlenary Muga.lni. Miss Marvale's Danger. "Hut I tell yon, Doile, I heard it I" aid ll. ssie Winnhip, with hot blue eyes very wide open. "You heard your owu brcnth," I answered, negligently. "You know, Dodo, my room is the Inst in this part of the house. Well, I nlwnys thought it odd that the folks should bo so stilT iilxiut tli" south wing, and I have kept mv open to what went on there. 1 i...ve found out that there certainly in Homo ono up stairs, whom they tiro keeping sly. I have hoard noises from tho upper floor, mid I have seen both Mr. and Mint Mat kliuni go up there. They won't go if they see any ona looking, but I have seen them go. Then, yes terday, when I didn't come down to breakfast, I heard after a while n step in the hull and a rattlo of dishes, as if soiiio one uarrying n tray hud stum bled. I opened my door, thinking that somebody was bringing mo my break f ist, nud there was Mitt Mark hnm and the old hired man, Jacob, going toward tho upper stairs, oho carrying a waiter with breakfast mid be with a coil of ropn in Ins hand." Bessie stopped in her low-voieed re cital and glanced apprehensively About ; but there was no one within hearing. Miss Murklinin was off at tending to household all'itirs, Mr. Markbum was out in the Holds mow ing with his men, Miss Murvulo was Hitting under a tree in front of the bouse, her arms thrown up over her bead ns she leaned against tho great bole, her eyes half shut in some de licious summer reverie J Frank was offtroutiug and Mr. Alford was in his room. Bessie drew a little noarer to me. "I got up very early this morning," she said. "It was hardly li;jkt, and must have been about three o'clock. I felt nervous and could not sleep. All night I had been thinking of who and what might be up in that story, and I had got myself into a per fect fever. I wuutod to go to Clam's room, but was afraid of disturbing her. I thought that I would try and lind out if sho were asleep, und if not I might venture in. I opened my door and looked out, and, glancing up tho hall, saw that the door at tho foot of the upper stairs was open. I had bo fore thought it was left open at night. Well, frightened ns I whf, I coul l't help creeping along up tho hull toward that door. I trembled lenst aoino of them should hear mo ns I patted their doors, but all wis still. But as I cume near the stairs I heard a whisper from the upper story, I stopped und lis tened, for I dured not go u slop nearer, and I dared not at first retreat. It teemed to be some one whispering to himself, for there was ouly one Voice, and no answer. It wus nn awful whis per, sharp and as though the person wanted to bo beard nt a distance, but deep-toned, too. : Aud, Dude, it said as plain as plain could be, 'I will kill thorn I I will kill them!'" "Well, what did you do?" I asked. "I crept back to Cliiru's chamber and went in," Bessie said. "Sho was awake, and I told her tho whole story. But you know Cliiru is cold, though the is spleudid. Her theory is thut we should liover try to find out what pooplo try to keep from us, unless it is more our business than theirs. Ho, of course, she only cnutioiied me to go no more beyond our own hall, und to try to think nothing of the matter, Sho was good, though, nud let luu lock her door aud get into bed with her, und when she found that I was reully Blinking with four she invented ull sorls of plausible explanations to soothe me. CI urn is au uugel ; but the pluiu fuot is, Dode, I ll LU ufruid." I considered. I reully was n little impressed by Bessie's story. I had noticed some trifling things which niude me think that our host und host ess bad trouble on their miiids,thougu I did not doubt their honesty, "What do you thiuk, Dode?" Bessie asked, after waitiug a while,- . "J thiuk I don't know anything about the matter," I said. "Of course we can't pry into their nffuirs. The best thing to do is to keop quiet, ' have as good a time as we can aud fasten unwlvei into our rooms when we go to bed. If you got frightened in tho night, just knock on the wall between your room and mine, ' and I'm ii U will go to roo what is tho mat ter." Bessie sighed and remained silent! and nt that moment Miss Mm vale rose with a languid grace, nud euuntcrcd toward the house. "O, Bessie I have yon been telling that story ngain?" exclaimed Miss Marvale, looking reproachfully nt ber friend. "Certainly," said Bessie ; "I had no idea of keeping my terrors to my solf ; and, Clnrn, they all think more of it than you did. When 1 scream out in the night I want thnm to know what is the mutter, and if they only half hear mo, I don't want them to turn over and go to sleep, but to start up and think 'that's Bessie being car ried off by a burglar or a ghost.'" "You must be very careful not to let the family suspect that you think of such things," Miss Marvnla said, gravely. "It would bo a very poor requital of their courtesy." "Yon have no fear, then?" Mr. Al ford snid, addressing her for tho first time timt ilny. "No!" slm answered, quietly look ing it;j to meet hi eyes for uu in stant. I was struck by the expression of their fiics, I can only describe it by Having that it was at once inquiring and gnarded. Tho tone and manner of 1 oth were quiet mid gentle, nud oven a little softened, but whether it was the self-coLttol which veils dis like with a mantle of courtesy, which is all tho more scrupulously coiisidorato because it has to bo considered, or whether it wns that calm mask which covers deep aud troubled love, I could not t . -1 1 . That evening nt tea Mr, Alford an nounced that ho should return to the city tho next day. Bessie i x luimed.iin 1 so did Frank, but Miss M irvule said not n word, only went on with her supper and never looked up. I saw him look at her mill color at tint apparent indiffer ence hIio displayed. But slio didn't eat another mouthful of supper, al though H ie trilled with her teaspoon and broke her e:iku to crumbs. Alter tea she went up stairs to her room and stayed there an hour, V hen she came down wo were nil out in the moonlight, walking up nud down, B .'S sie on Mr, Alfird'e arm, Fred and I with our cigars. "Clira," Bisiic cillod out, "onid and help me coax Mr. Alford to stay another week. Frank siys tint if hu will stay a week longer wo might sl.orton our st ly a week, and so go all together." Clara- Muv.ilo imutorod slowly down the walk, the moonlight full aud white on her face and druss. "I could not hope to succeed where you fail," sho saiil, carelessly, pausing ns she met the two. "Besides, I don't see why wo should interfere with Mr. Alford'ri business. If ho prefers going immediately, I should not usk him to H'.ny." There was au awkward silenco for n moment, then Mr. Alford proposed that we should nil rotire, since wo were to seo him, off at six the next morning. But I saw that after we hud goiio u;) stairs he went out again, aud from tho parlor window I lu-urd his step pacing to aud fro in the gar dens. I woudered if Miss Marvale heard it too. It wns one o'clock when ha canio in nud went up to his room. Then I dropped to sleep. How long I hud slept I know not, but I was awakened by a loud scream that was repeated before I was out of bed. There was a Confusion of sounds ns I opened our door Mr. aud Miss Murk lin m were coining out of their rooms, the man Jacob was looking from his nud Mr, Alford, fully dressed, wm standing in the hull. "What is it?" hu askod, for there was Bilence. "Where is he?"cried Mr. Mirkham, running down the hall with a light, his gray hair streaming buck, his face full of affright. "My God 1" he cried, seeing Miss Murvule's dour open. Mr. Alford wai ut-bis side in an in stant, and Frnuk and I followed them into the room. The sight we saw was one calculated to justify tho old mail's exclamation. Miss Murvulo, in her night dress, with her buir streaming down her shoulders was standing against tho opposite wall of the room, her face porfeotly white, her bauds clasped on her bosom nud her eyes riveted in u guze of terror on a muu who, bulf-crouching, was slowly npproachiug her, moving softly und warily us a cut, wutchiug her every motion, reudy to intercept any step of flight. This rnun wus ovideutly of tull nud powerful frame, his hair wus long, bluck and shuggy.nnd his clothe wore ia rags, A lie heurd our stops in the door ho straightened himself up, and turned his face for a backward glance. That oue look was enough. The wolfish eyes.tlio haggard and working face, could only belong to n maniac. This glance was but momentary, for, as we all rushed toward bim, he. gave a cry, and sprang to grasp Miss Mar vale, it, "I'll finish her!" be cried with a fiendish laugh. There was not a word snid among ns, but, as he grasped her, four men were upon him, tearing bis hands away from tho white throat they had grnsped, clasping his own throat with a stroug grip, tugging at bis waist, tugging nt bis legs. It took all that we could do, nud even then Jnoob had ndded his strength to that of my An gers on the mailman's windpipe be fore bo let go his hold. They bad a ropo nud bound him linn 1 nnd foot, nud carried him howling lilto a demon awny. But as I paused to tako brontli after letting go my bold, I saw a pic ture suggestive rather of heaven than hell. Miss Marvale was leaning ntill against the, wall, catching her breath alter that half strangling, ami stand ing before her was Mr. Alford, glow ing, hesitating, "Oh, Wiuthorpel" sho suid.stroteh iug her hands out to bim. I heard tho full, deep breath ho gave as he took a step aud gathered her closely to his heart, nud then I knew that Winthorpe Alford loved that woman ns ho loved his life. There was uu more sleep for any of us that night. After a while we nil gathered in tin) parlor, Miss Marvale, dressed and blushing, seated on a sola with Mr. Alford beside her, nnd glancing nt her every movement with his fond nnd shining eyes. Bessie hud me on one Hide nud Frnuk ou tho otlior, nud even then wns not sure she might not be carried off, . Presently Miss Miirklmm canio in nnd seated herself, facing us nil, tho gray light of enrly morning shiuiug in her pale face. . "Wo owe you a full explanation," she began, "and an humble apology also. I will make both ns short ns I can. Tho man you saw tonight is my brother's ouly son, John. He has been crazy off and on for years, nnd his father hated to scud bim to nn asy lum. Wo thought that wo could keep him here just as well, nud this is the first time ho ever broke out. No oue knows about bim, nud wo tli lu't want them to know. Toor John always said that if people knew ho had crazy fits they would never trust him. When ho has been so tho people of Dover liuvu thought thut ho was always at seu. . It wasn't right to tako any one into the home ; but wo made, up our minds that John must go to nn asy lum, und my brother couldn't well af ford to send him without sending something to increase bis income. I hope you won't think bard of us. We f jul badly enough. , My brother . nud Jnoob are going to carry bim away this morning." Of course we pitied nnd assured her, and offered to do , anything in our power to help them. Mr. Alford wns so happy bo was upon the point of telling tho distressed lady that tho young man's being a maniac bad been n most fortunate circumstance for bim, when be wns interrupted by tbo sound of their bringing the poor fel low down. , The rest of us went to tho window to seo thorn get into the carriage, but Miss Marvale hung buck, covering hor eyes from the sight, aud ber lover leaning toward her, was whispering something that ohuuged her pallor to blushes. A Considerate Dug. W. A. llulsoy tells a ueut dog story which hu nays will bo verified by Architect I). A. Stuehliu. Ono breezy morning recently they were riding dowu Market street upon the rear of a trolley car wheu tho cur pussod over u nice, light, soft but, which had blown between the tracks. The bat was not injured, but the wind gave it a little flirt after the o ir hnd passed und dropped it fairly upon ono of tho rails. A big New York car wus com ing, and nheud of it a big mongrel pointer dog wns trotting uloug. Tho dog glunaud nt the bat, looked buck at the ear, und then, picking np tho but in his teeth, rail over to the curb aud deposited it upon the side walk near a group of pavers who were working alongside of the court bouse. After putting tho bat in a safe place, the dog loped after the big cur uiid took his place iu front of it. Mr. Ilalsey did not sen tho owner of the but nor did Mr. Htnelilin, but they passed several reinurks about the hu guoity of tho dug, und it is believed that they agreed thut it Wtiuld be bet ter not to speak of the iuoidunt except to people who know them well, New. nik (N. J.) Sunday Cull KEMINISKENGES OF THE REBELLION. SPORT AFLOAT, A Boat's Craw Has a Morning's Rtorsa tioa From War's Labors. Early In the Spring of 1864 the United Btntos gunboat, Forest Hose, wns steaming down the Ohio lllver on her way from Fndu oah to Carlo, Ilk It had Just struck three bells In the morning wateh when the Quartermaster on duty sighted an objeet moving across the river from the Kentucky to the Illinois shore ahead of us. The offi cer of I lot deck and the Captain, by the aid of their glasses, soon made It out to be a big deer. Hastily railing away a boat, rapt. Wright, Knslgn Krlesnn and Master's Mate Athering lumped In. They were eaeh armed with one of the Spencer rllles, which hail Just come Into use. The boats erew consisted of four oarsmen and a coxswain, the writer pulling the bow oar. liy the time we were well under way the deer wns about a hundred yards ahead of us, and seemed to know be wns swimming for his life. We bent to our oars as If ours were nt stake. The offleers all commenced shoot ing as fast ns possible, as from the peculiar motion of tho bout It wns almost Impossible to take aim, so eaeh hoped for achnneeshot to take effect. As tho oflleers were in tho stern eheetj.extra weight aft caused the bow to rise III water, thereby throwing m7 head almost In a line with their shots. The way the bullets sung wttlilu a few Inches of my bead whs not at all pleasant. We were rapidly gaining on the deer, but as It was getting olose to shore It was evi dent that It would escape unless we coil A shoot It. The deer had already struck bottom and made one lee.p toward life and liberty, when a shot from the Captain's rlflo disabled him, and a blow from the boathook settled him. Passing a rope around his horns we towed bim back to the gunboat, and all hands had venison for dinner that day. B. 1. C Ai l's, Capps, Colo. OLD SOLDIERS OHOAHIZK, Ths Pennsylvania Atiooiatlon of War Vet trans Clubs Formed. ltepresentntlves of the Ilepubllcan Veter ans of tho civil war completed tbe organi sation of the Pennsylvania Association of War Veterans' Clubs at a meeting held In the llourse building, Philadelphia, on Janu ary 20, under the auspices of the War Vet erans Club cf the city, which has been In ex Istmje since IHTi. It was attended by dele gates from about one-third of the counties of theBtute. Col. It. D. Heath presided at tho meeting and William J. Wray was secretary. They wore oleeted to their positions perma nently aud the other officers chosen are as follow! Vice presidents. Thomas O. Ham pin, Alteghenyi W. H. Lytgeuberg, Alleutown; Copt. M. Venger, Heading) treasurer, MaJ. M. O. Walluuer, West Chester) executive committee, Hugh Morrison; Pittsburg! W. 11. Ifunslcker. Alleutowu; Humuel Loach. Hchuylklll Havens P. I). Helms. Pottsvlllei Milton H. Lytle, Huntingdon! H. H. Cum liilngs, Tlilloiite; T, Cuuiilnghnm, (leu. J, W. I.llttii. V. II. HeilhefTer anil Charles L. Le per, Philadelphia; Dr. K. L. Delgour, Phila delphia! C. M KUbaugh, Harrishurg. Resolutions were offered and referred to the executive committee requesting Mill. McKinley, wheu he become President, to modify tho civil ervlce regulations as re gards the age qualifications, so that they will not bear so hard upon the veterans; also recommending for places In his cabinet Oen. Alger, of Michigan, and Major William War ner, of Missouri, Sheridan's Ride. Editor National Tribune: I wNh to nslt you a question, and hope. If you can, you will answer it by mall, it Is as follows! Where did (loiioru! p. H. Hherlilun start from aud where did his ride end? How far did he ride, nnd whut was tho time the ride was made In? I huvo heard several persons give their view on the sulilect. vet none seem in know much uliout it. Ho I thought I would write to you ubout It, believing you would know ns well as nnyoue I enn think of. The ride was made October 19, 1HG4, near Win chester. Vu. Exum Coltox, Adams Cen ter, N. Y. I Sheridan's own ncooiint snvs; "Wo mount ed our horses between 8:30 and 0, and ub w wero proceeding up the street which lends directly through Winchester from the Logan residence," where he had spent the night. Ho rode forward "at a regular pace," stop ping from time to time to learn the news and glvo or.lers, until ho earns to Mill Creek, when be learned the full dimensions of ths disaster from Colonel Wood, his chief com missary. He theu took two of his aids. Major Forsyth and Captain O'Keefe, ami started forward on a gallop. He Bays that he "arrived not later, oertaluly, than 10:30 o'clock." The distance wus eleven nnd one half miles. Editor National Tribune. 1 A DOUBLE EXECUTION. Two Men Ilangail for Murder, In a St, Louis Snbuvb. Two men mat death on the gal Iowa la tn jail yard at Clayton, a suburb of Bt. Loulr, Mo., on Tuesday. The first to pay the death penalty was Peter Schmidt, a rale-faeed eighteen-year-old lad, and ths other wai Buinucl Foiter, colored, aged about thirty years. On the evening of January 23, 1893, Bert ram A. Atwuter, an artist, whose home wai In Chicago, was waylaid and murdered in Webster Orove, Ht. Louis County. Mo, I'etei Hohmldt conspired wltft hia eousln, John Behmidt, nnd Hnmuel Foster to rob Atwater, Peter piloted Atwater into the ambuscade, where be was assaulted. Atwater shot and wounded John Schmidt, but was shot dead by Peter Hohmldt. All three were oonvlated and sentenced to death. John Schmidt will be banged on March 10. Greece lleflint. A British gunboat turnsd back a OreeV transport canning reinforcements to Crete. The act caused grant Indignation la Athens. The Greek Oovernment persists In Its de fiance of the Powers. Berlin newspapers de nounce O.-ent llritnin for its refusal to block ade the Piraeus. The rumor of a massacre of 2000 Moslems at Bitiu Is eonllrmed, Lord Salisbury has sent a note to the Powers fuvoring the grunting of autonomy to Crete. The Oreek Government called out army reserves aud the National League threatened to foment revolution iu the Hal. ban States if Crete should be tuken uwav from Uroeoe. PENNSYAVANIA LEGISLATb-.c. February 17. Pltculrn'i theatre hat bill called a little breeze iu the house to-ulgbt when It wns ou second reading. It passed, (IU to 64, but there was plenty of evidence thut it will have rough sliding wheu the llnal test comes. Tho gulleries were tilled with ladies aud some of the uiuiuburs played for their fuvor, Mr. llurger, of Philadelphia, termed It a crunk meusuru, placing it iu tbe same class Willi the untl-footbull . and cluurettu imiiis ineusure. Mr, Pttcuirn defended tli bill by saying Hint it wus prepared by the Woman's club of PittHimrg, aud was endorsed by all the theatrluul uiuungurs of the huiuky City, February 18. Speaker Iloyer culled the houi-e to order promptly at 11 o'elouk this morning, W heu the reports of committees were culled tor Chairman Uuldelbuugh, of the law and order ooinmittoe recommended anirmativoly the billot Itapreseututlve MoKl liuuey, of I'liuburg, known as the antllreal bilk .. . i . . At ttin conclusion of'the rending of the bills In place, there followed whet is consld. ered the most Important action of the state legislature thus far, namely the final rending of bills. The first Is nn act to provide for the pay and mlleageof coroners for viewing a body when no Inquest Is held. The bill wns passed by a vote of 157 to 19, nnd is the ilrst measure made a law by the present body. February 17 A score or irn re of resolu tions of more or less Importance were pre sented. Many committees reported hills also. Among those recommended affirmatively were those authorizing the purchase of un seated lands for the non-payment of taxes for tbe purpose nt creating a state forest res ervation. Another bill recommended af firmatively wns thnt providing thnt all material and furniture for constructing and furnishing the new capltol building be pur chased from Pennsylvania Arms and individ uals. About forty hills were given first reading by the clerk. As no action Is taken on first reading this portion of the session wns purely a display of lung power. An attack on Frank Moore, agent of the department of agriculture, and generally known as a food commissioner, was made In the house this morning by Representative (lenrge M. Hosnck, of the Fifth dlstrior, who accuses him of being in collusion and on altogether too friendly terms with the oleo dealers. CONGRESSIONAL. Important Msainres Under Consideration In Esth Houses. 4!)TII DAT. Mr. I.orlmer, Itopubllcnn, Illinois, offered In the House to-day a bill authorizing the Hecretary of the Nnvy to enter Into a IW year contrnct with certain steel makers In Illinois to furnish armor plnte to the Gov ernment for tiio per ton or less. The bill was referred io the House naval committee. The senate was In executive session most of the day, but the open session nITorded uf!lctei.t time for a sharp controversy over proceeding with Mr. Morgan's resolution to abrogate the Clnyton-Dtilwer treaty. The bankruptcy bill, which Is the unfinish ed business of the senate, wns taken up, and the measure read at length. Mr. Nelson (llep., Mlun.) offered an amendment for the entire senate amendment and then the bill went over. The conference report on the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill was agreed to. A further conference on the agricultural appropriation bill was directed. Tbe senate then turned to private pension bills and twenty-four bills weie passed, thus clearing the pension calendar. One of tbe bills pensions the widow of Uen. llenj. H. ltoberts at 50 per month. SOth iav. In the Senate Mr. Sherman, Ilepubllcan Ohio, gave notice that be would move to go Into executive session Thursday on the arbi tration treaty, and that he hoped theu to get llnal action on It. Mr. Chandler, Ilepubllcan, New Hamp shire, spoke in support of his resolution de claring that the I' nlted Htutes should not permanently acquiesce In the single gold standard. The bankruptcy bill was taken up, but no action was reached. The House refused to pass a bill grnntlng a pension at the rate of 43(1 a month to Nancy O. Allabach, widow of Peter II. Allu bacb, in the later years of his life captain of the Capitol police, which President Cleve land vetoed. GIST DAY. liv tho very close vote of 84 to 31. the Ren- ate today passed the nmeuded Immigration bill ngreed upon by the Conference commit tee, As tho House has already agreed to the report, the bill now goes to the Senate. Tbo Corliss amendment directed against alien laborers who return to their own coun try after working here, Canada being that especially alined nt, hnd much to do with taking votes from the bill among Senntors whose States border on the Dominion. As retaliatory legislation by Canada is probable, It Is feared by some that this country will I gain, mnny American citizens of border 1 States being temporarily employed iu Can ada. 62u pay. The Houso to-dny by a vote of 107 to 91, reversed the finding of a majority of the elections committee, nud decided tho con tested election case of T. N. Hopkins vs. J. M. Kendall,' from the Tenth Kentucky dis trict. In favor of the Ilepubllcan contestant, Mr. Hopkins. Kleven llepublienns, Includ ing Adams und Leonard of Pennsylvania, and three Populists, voted with thu Demo crats ngaiust unsealing Kendall. Iu the senate Mr. Vllrs (IJem., Wis.) secured the passage of a bill to extend the use of the mail service by using a patent card nnd envelope, with coupons attached. The senate then went Into executive session, though Mr. Quay ( Jlp. , Pa..) wanted to go on with the bill for a commUslon to look Into labor problems, Henator Sherman gave notice that he would to-morrow move nn executive session to con sider the arbitration treaty alone and that he would ask thut the session be continued until Its rute should be known. 63d uay. The Senate wns In executive session from 12:30 to-dny until 8 o'clock to-ntght on the arbitration treaty with (Irent fcritnln, aud adjourned without having accomplished anything. Mr. Nelson, Republican, Minne sota, advocated his resolution to postpone consideration of the treaty until after March 4 because of the pressure of other business at present Mr. Piatt, Itopubllcnn, Con necticut, and Mr, Frye Republican, Maine, urged Immediate action. Mr. Teller, Silver, Colorado, spoke for postponement, Buying that the treaty bad been bungled und did not protect American Interests, aud us the State Department had been four years at work on it, the Senate should not be asked to vote upon It In a few weeks. In committee of the whole the House took up the deficiency appropriation bill, und when an effort was made to limit debate, Mr. Orow, Republican, Peunsylvuula, in sisted on bis right to speak us long us he wished. The committee by a vote of !)2 to 125 refused to limit debate, so Mr. Orow carried bis point, and spoko for forty min utes ou the Oklahoma free homestead bill. A long discussion followed over uu item to pay special attorneys for defending suits against the United Htutes, and the delleleucy bill was not llulshed. 64m DAY. The Senate adopted a resolution offered bv Mr. Cumeron, Republican, Pennsylvania, extending sympathy to the goverument of Oreece iu its intervention to free l he people of Crete "from the tyranny of foreign op pressors, nud to restore peace, with the blessing of Christian civilization, to thut distressed lslaud." Representative Phillips's bill fur the ap pointment of a labor commission was hud aside by a vote of 84 to 28 iu fuvor of con sideration of thu Indian appropriation bill. The item of 1,200,000 for schools led to u sharp disciissiou, lu which Mr. Lodge, Re publican, Massachusetts, suld thut this uuicudincut opeuuu again tiio sectarian schools, which ll bud bteu provided were to be discontinued utter July 1, 1M7. Mr. Hoar, Republican Massachusetts, und Mr. llawlev, Republican, Connecticut, defended the Cath ollo church, whlub, It hud been said, wus the ouly one to be beuellted by this uuiuuduiuut. K vote was reached. The bouse devoted the day to the de ficiency appropriation bill. There was a warm debate over uu amendment by Mr. Hopkins, Republlcuu, Ilimuis, to take out the Item of 12,200 to puy members of the Fifty-third Congress fur amounts withheld from their salaries for absences, In accord, a, ice with a rule adopted by that congress, dir. Hopklue suld that Speaker Crisp had euforvud that u e to bold a quorum, und Democrats should not apply to a Republican house tor rehUbofSBmeut. llrj Hopklus em. rled bis point US to 65. HELPING THE FARMERS. ths Pennsylvania Agricultural Station It Doing Good Work. 8eeretnry Morton transmitted to Congress the report of the severnl agricultural experi mental stations throughout the country. That of the station of the Pennsylvania State college sets forth that the principal ex periments there have been with fertilisers and feed stuffs, the Inttor with the special re lation to the feeding of steers and dairy cows. There have also been experiments with field crops and especially tobacco. The r.rtmiry says linn tne station is (loinsj thorough and important work in practical nnd selentillc lines relating to agriculture of the State. Iu addition to Its government appropriation of 16,000 a vear, the station has received l,4 from the State, 2,1H7 In fees for analyzing fertilizers, 9.HB7 from ales of farm products and 7l miscellane ous, a total Income of t2H,r04. It Is pros perous and managed in a thoroughly sys tematic way. Three Italians named John Fanlcko, Pnl Furesak and Fedro Plllpho, were run down and Instantly killed Tuesday night at Tlp toD, a small stntion seven mllos east of Al toona. The men were walking westward on the westbound track and failed to hear the westbound train approaching. The engine wns rounding a curve at the time and Engi neer . I. E. Irvin did not see them In time. Furesak was hurled agnlnst nn enstbound freight train nnd terribly mangled. Fnnicko was ground under tho wheels, while Phllpho was knocked (JO feet along the f.rack and Instantly killed. All three breathed a mo ment after being struck. Engineer Iryin is prostrated by tbo accident. The unknown man who held up the Salts burg banker Is now In Jaliin Indiana. He was subjected to a bulli, which revealed thut he was not a negro. He hail blackened his face with cork, aud when he came from the tub be was found to be very fair of com plexion. He gives no name other than 'Wily," nnl says ho is half Indian, his fnther being a white men nnd his mother a squaw. He complains bitterly thnt his "pal" who was to have met him at tho Saltsburg bridge after the robbery, desorted him and escaped on a freight train. Ho evidently cume to this section from rittsburg, where be says he wns engaged as porter In a hotel. He will be tried next month. Judge Harry White filed an opinion In ths. case of H. M. Close against the borough of New Brighton for damages sustained by fall ing Into an unprotected exc.fvailon made by the borough while grading a street, and wus almost fatally Injured. The case was com menced about live years age. It was tried in '!2 and a verdict given for 3.000, subject to the court's judgment as to whether the bor ough wns liable. The plaintiff moved a new trial, and this Judge White granted. Anthony H. Morrow, a prominent Central Pennsylvania banker and capitalist, died In Hollldaysbtirir of pnrulysls, aged 74 years. Mr. Morrow was a partner in the prlvnte banking firm of Ourdner, Morrow Co., the Mnrtlusbnrg Deposit bar.k bh 1 the Williams burg bunk, whoso recent failure is believed to have hastened bis death, Mr. Morrow was tho projector of the Cresson, Conlport fc New York short route railroad, which was finally merged with the Pennsylvania sys tem. He Is survived by a widow. B Tho Homestead & Highlands Street Rail way Company is preparing to complete its connections between McKeesport, llniddock nnd Pittsburg, the objeet being to secure a a through line from these towns to the heart of Pittsburg. The fact was brought out by the placing of a mortgage upon the property to the Union Trust Company for irtOD.OO'. This is tho largest mortgage recorded In Allegheny county in many months and it was negotiated tho first of the month. Another big body of coal, three feet In thickness, bus been found bv drillers under the farm of Stephen Doughtou, two miles northeast of Hubbard and live miles south west of Sharon. Seven holes hnve been put down on different parts of the form, and the sumo showing of ooal has been found in civil. Them are now 22 small mines In opera tion In the township. Samuel Spencer, Hr,, ngod 73 years, and Samuel Spencer, Jr., aged 40 years, father nnd sou, were killed at Wyalusing. Both moth men hnd been walking on the Lehigh Valley railroad truck and were killed by the Unek Diamond express. Their mangled re mains were found 100 yards from the track and were removed to their homes in Hollen buck, Wyoming oounty. William R Rabcock has purchased tho old I.ytlo property, on Allegheny street, Holl daysburg, to erect a handsome residence. When the men begun to make excavation for the cellar they unearthed a human skull; the rest of the remains bad so crumbled that they could not be secured. Thu skull is sup posed to be that of tin Indian. While C. D. Motz, of Woodward, was ad justing a belt to a pulley in bis father's saw mill bis coat was caught by a projecting key and he was burled around thu shaft twice nnd then clutched a rafter and held on for life. The clothing was torn from Motz's body, but, aside from a few bruises, hu es caped without serious Injury. RE. M. Huyett has just closed a deal with Daniel Flelslier, of Center Hall, for 3j0 acres of virgin timber land In the soven mount ains,, from which he expects to take 6,000, OOO feel or more of lumber. Operations will beconimeucedat once. A bruuoh railroad will be built to Penn Orove to connect with the Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad. Thomas I. Johnson, who was convicted aj the January term of court of murder In the second degree for the killing of Dr. Oeorge S. Henry, of Cannon, wus sentenced by Judge Lyons to twenty years' Imprisonment. Hu attempted to kill his wife at the sumo time, alleging thut she hud beea lutlmule with Dr. Henry. While nreuchlng from his pulpit in the Fifth Avenue lluptlst church, Pittsburg, Rev. C, 11. Fitzwilllutus, the pastor, full forward aud -ollupsed. He was carried out uud taken home, where he wns restored to cousclous uess. His physician mnl the pastor's condi tion wus cuused by too closu attention to bis work. The New Castle water aompany Is about to begin the erection of a new pump station ou Chestnut street, and ulso a reservoir ou thu Mcllveuuy bill. The improvements will dost about ubout 10,001) und null give a higher wuter pressure Iu portions of the city t mt huve beeu luckiug In this respect, John Stewart wus arrested by the sheriff of Indiana couuly, charged with stealing u burse from John McClureu fourteen years ago. He hud been uwuy ull these years uud thought It would be sale to return to his home. Sheriff Meal, however, hud a note ot the Indictment. Hlowart gave bail, A remarkable revival Is lu progress at the First Methodbit Episcopal church, of New Castle, Twenty joined the church ou probiw turn Suuday and thu totul number so far Is 116. The pastor, Rev. li. F. Randolph, bus uuuouuced meetings for another week. John Curter. or Mercer, owner ot the Cen tral hotel, ut Sandy Luke, Pa., bus been ur rusted, chnrged by S. A. Daveiinuy, thu les see, with bruaklug the locks of Hie doors. JiHveuney recently closed ihe hotel, and It la ulleged Carter tried to reopen It, William Vaiiguldur w us killed on the dan gerous Mud Lick log slide, while working ut thu oust where John Wilson was killed three weeks ilu'o. As lu the due of Wilson, a log jumped the slide uud Vuiigeldur's body was terribly crushed uud mangled, A large barn bulouglug to C. Iioyd, near JackSvllle,' was tired by Incendiaries uud burued to the ground.. The loss on the burn Is il,000 and 5U0 on the oouteuts. lu ' surauuu, $500. The fire is supposed to uav been started by tramps. 1
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