The United States hns not many
ever 60 sheep for every humlreil of
oim1ntion, while Australia has 8000
to every hundred of population.
Uncle Bnm's fleet of five torpedo
boats is culled "n mosquito squmlron,"
ml if it live np to its nnmo the din
comfort of the enemy will be nil Mint
could he desired.
Were dentists fashionable in snail
tlotn whnt n harvest there might lie
for the tooth operators. A scientist
who lias lieen studying the subject
asserts thnt each snail lias .10,000
teeth.
' Thnt was n shrewd doctress in Now
F.ngland who recently took n lnwyer
for a hnsbnnd. If pntients do not pay
their liillslier huslmnd enn sue, nnd
the fees for legnl services mny be kept
in the family.
North Carolina's system of working
convicts on the rond hns, it is alleged,
rid the stnte of tramps, ns well as
proved profltnhle to nil who use the
ronds. The stnto lnw gives mngis
trntes the option of sentencing prison
ers to rond building.
A Knnsns City woman, nrrested for
swindling people ns a fortune teller,
confessed the swindle, nnd offered ns
on excuse for her bnsinoss thnt "few
respectable women could enrn nn
houest living unless they became
swindlers." Employment in various
reputable lines of business hnd failed
to bring her even a fair living. As
noon ns sho began to enter to public
gullibility her income grew until she
literally "hnd money to burn." An
other proof of the truth of the Inte
liarnum's remark nbout hunibuggery,
comments the New York Times.
According to Federnl statistics the
production of oleomnrgnrine for the
fiscal yenr 189H-97 showed a marked
decrease from thnt of the previous
yenr. The fulling oil' amounted to
over 5,000,000 pounds; while since
1894 the snles of this particular butter
substitute have declined by over 24,
000,000 ponnds, or nearly i!3 per cent.
Hostile legislation is named ns the
mniu cause of diminished production
and sale; but it is to be hoped, ndds
the New York Tribune, that nn im
proved public taste has had something
to do with the decreased use of this
cheap grocery adulterant.
Canada is a sensitive creature, de
spite her wholesome ruggedness. Hhe
resented with indignntion Mr. Kip
ling's appellation, "Our Lndy of the
Bnows," and now she is pouting and
saying naughty things under her
breath because Countess Aberdeen
has askod the people of England to
send prayer books and godly litera
ture to her for distribution among the
Canadian people. Canada fears the
kind Countess's solicitude for the
spiritual and literary welfare of the
Dominion will be misunderstood, and
accordingly the unwilling Lady of the
Bnows serves notice on all the world
nd England in particular, that she is
no heathen. She has a few books and
a few book-makers of her own, thnnk
you.
Consul Kcenan, writing from
Bremen, gives to the Btate depart
ment the chief points of a paper ou
the 'medical view of bicycle riding
read by Professor Mendelssohn, of the
Berlin university, at a meeting of the
Medical society in Berlin. The paper
is just beginning to attract wide at
tention in Germany, although it was
delivered as far back as Jnnuary,189fl.
The author condemns all excess in
riding as harmful or absolutely dan
gerous. Bosides the danger from ac
cidents, inflammation of the knee
joint, inflammation resulting from
pressure of the saddle, etc., Dr. Men
delssohn 'points out other dangers.
Constant excessive exertion produces
an increased atomic, and nioleculr.r
change throughout the body to such a
degree as to weaken the individual
and cause a special susceptibility to
infectious diseases. The tendency to
catch cold is great, and the heart is
subject to the greatest danger iu cases
of excessive riding. He says that
wheeling should be prohibited (1)
where there are existing heart lesions,
(2) arterial calcification, (3) albumin-,
aria, (4) old age, and (5) childhood.
Bicycling is beneficial, he contends, in
the following cases: (1) When ex
cessive nrio aoid and gout exist, (2) in
certain mild forms of chronic disturb
ances in the respiratory organs, ex
cept absolute lung dilation. The Con
sul calls attention to the fact that the
remarks do not . include important
points relating to the advisability of
bicyoling by boys and girls and women
of ft certain temperament, but ob
serves that "it must be conceded that
tbe conclusions as stated by Dr. Men
delssohn are true."
LAUCH AND BE HAPPY.
Laugh and be happy. Intiuh while yon mny,
Laugh 'mid the wild, rushing storms ot to
il nr,
Breasting the current whon downwnrd It
trends)
Ornnd Is the bnttla IT grandly It ends.
Laugh nnd be happy, Inugh, It Is best,
Hailing tho wide sweeping sen of unrest, '
Though the dnrk billows aro running so
hlith,
Courage! my brother, the haven Is high.
Laugh and tie hnppy, laugh while you mny,
Laugh 'nild tho wllil, rushing storms ot to
il nv,
Fnlth, like A beneon light, wmos us nlong,
t ill the (find liniment Willi laughter nnd
song.
Corn C. llnss In The Churchman.
t
A Farewell Performance.
t.
Jack Hnlliday and Doris Verrall
were whnt the society papers espe
ciallytlie peniiyones cnll"snmrt peo
ple." They lived iu a denr little world
of their own, whose inhabitants hnd
nothing whntever to do but eat, drink
and be merry; a charming sphere
where everybody tried their very
hardest to be nmusing nnd nminble,
and where nothing wns ever taken
seriously that is, in public. When
they did a good deed, they did it by
stealth and threw mini at it afterward;
when they spoke of things human
and divine they hid their true selves
and real meaning under nn impenetra
ble' clunk of flippant slnng nnd cheap
witticisms. Hnlliday nnd Miss Verrnll
hnd much in common. They used the
same devices to concent their good in
stincts, and occasionally went so far
as to hint at n decided liking for this
or thnt piny, person or picture. Now
and ngnin they cnught sight of one
auother for a brief instant, but the
pnsaing glimpse wnsnjwnys too short
to lend to a longer one. They hnd
known one another some two years,
and, living in the same small world,
met almost every day in the season nnd
every other one outof it. These meet
ings could hardly be considered proflt
nhle. Sometimes they flirted for a
chnnge the flirtations of this peculiar
people nre so like love ns to be untlis
tinguishnble from the genuine arti
cle and, innybe, shook oil' the motley
for an occasional brief moment of rest
simply a pnuso between two nets,
with the orchestra playing in between
to remind them thnt they were still in
the theatre. Thus, the net result of
their acquaintanceship was that Doris
Verrnll hnd never got a word of sober
sense outof Jack Halliday, while Jack
Halliday had never heard n syllnble of
wisdom issue from the delicate lips of
Doris Verrall.
Doris wns au only child and mother
less. Hhe nnd her father had kept
house together nnd mutually spoiled
one another these Inst 15 yeurs. They
hnd a miniature Mayfnir puluee nil to
themselves, an Arcadia that would
have surprised most of the Utopians,
among whom Doris took her pleasures,
by reason of its restful simplicity nnd
quiet affections. Father and daughter
were very fond of one another,eneh in
their own way Mr. Verrnll iu a digni
fied, old-world manner that remiuded
one of Balzac's elderly aristocrats,
while Doris showed her affection by
being disrespectful. Hhe treated
"Daddy," as she playfully styled Mr.
Verrall, like a big spoiled child, and
he was as clay uuder her Angers. The
old gentleman was allowed to live his
own life in peace and quiet, while
Doris danced and made merry under
the chnperonnge of a score of friends.
It was a Huiulny evening in June.
The sky was clearing fast after a dny's
rain, and London looked as though it
bad just come home from the laundry.
Doris and Mr. Verrall, w ho had gone
down to the park for a mild constitu
tional, ran up against Jnck Hallidny,
bent on a similar errand, and bore him
home to diunor. He had never dined
en famille with the Verralls and won
dered what it would be like.
The dinner was a success. All three
enjoyed it Jack Halliday most of all.
It was different from the shallow glit
ter of his everydny life. It reminded
bim of the "Home, Bweet Home"that
Patti sings about, and the domestic
Doris, carefully looking after her
white-haired old father, was au unex
pected revelation. It scorned strange
to think that this pattern of filial af
fection was the cynicol, witty and flip
pant Doris Verrall he had hitherto
known. For a moment or two the
thought made him uncomfortably self
conscious. He was an intruder, he
bad no place in the domestic economy
of that household, no right to pry into
their attachment and intimacy. This
feeling gave way after the first few
moraentB. No one, save himself, no
ticed tbe incongruity of bis presence;
he was evidently a welcome guest and
belonged to the picture. Doris hnd
never seen bim so quiet before. To
him she see,med a new being, more
like one of the people in the books he
reads in bis louely chambers than the
Miss Veriwll of yesterday.
They grew silent after a time, while
Mr. Verrall talked lovingly about
books and pictures and men and
women who bad written and painted
them. The old gentleman had a
simple, homely way about him that
was restful. Doris and Jack listened
contentedly, and again Halliday
thought of the people in tho books,
while the girl looked encouragingly at
her father even tenderly, Jack
thought. She stayed in the dining
room while the men smoked and theu
Mr. Ven-ail, with many apologies,
settled in big armchair for his usual
after-dinner nap. It was nearly dusk,
nd Jack asked her to play to him in
the twilight, so they weut up stairs to
the drawing room, Doris seated her
self at a piano, while he went over to
tbe fireplace and sank deep into big
chair piled with cushions. Doris played
divinelr.and the mueio went deep into
his soul. It wove subtle spells m it
filtered through the shadowy room,
snd made him sink deeper into the
chair and guard the silence of denth
lest be should lose a single note of the
harmony thnt spoke to him out of tho
dimness, out of the fleecy bnzo thnt
wrnpt nil things. A whole, world of
spirits w hispered in Ms ears; they told
him of Jnck Hnllidny much nbout
Jnck Hnllidny. It wns too dark for
Doris to see his fnce, sohe let his feel
ings hnve full play. Every note rnked
up some long-forgotten dustlicnp in
his heart, recalled thought after
thought of past hopes, ambitions nnd
love chiefly love.
Huddeuly the music censed. Doris
closed the piano with n bang, and
turning a tap in the wnll above her
bend, filled the room with a great Maze
of light. Hnllidny sprnng hnstily
from his chair; then, regaining some
of his old composure, "By jove, yon
might give a fellow some warning!"
he said. Hhe smiled, divining theeause
of his nervous face nnd the softness in
his eyes with a woman's ready intui
tion. Then they both rubbed their
eyes because of the sudden glnre of
the elect) ie light till she Inughingly
said, "Cnught you happing, Mr. Hnl
lidny. I really didn't know thnt yon
ever took anything seriously," nnd a
picture of the invariably flippant and
supercilious Jnck Halliday rose up
before her. Hhe saw a half-reproachful,
half pained look in his eyes, so
she ndded, "I mustn't be personal or
you'll hnte me;" then taking a chnir
on the other side of the llreplnce she
went on tentatively, "Let's tnlk sober
sense for nn hour or two, and keep tip
the illusion."
"Intoxicated nonsense is nicer,isn't
it?" he answered weakly.
"Mr. Hallidny, do you wnnt me to
frown?"
"No, but " the smile that was on
his lips died nwny ns the pnin iu his
eyes deepened. "Do you know whnt
you nre risking? Are you in earnest?
Hhnll we really take each other seri
ously for n chnnge? He paused here,
wondering whether single men and
women ever did tnke each other seri
ously iu his world, nt lenst. In the
other world, where people had to work
for a living, it was different. They
had to be serious or go under. Then
he looked nt her for nn answer,
marveling nt the kindness nnd good
will in her fnce.
"Why not?" she snid slowly,
"Doesn't the smnll tnlk sometimes
bore you more than the big words?
Weren't you serious when I turned
the light on? Tell mo whnt you were
thinking nbout, if I'm not too curi
ous." A world of invisible poetry hnd
sprung up between Halliday nnd Miss
Verrnll during the Inst hour or two.
Each ono felt thnt there wns something
indefinable in the other, something
that made them more akin, more
trustful nnd less afraid a strange new
feeling that mnde them throw off their
stngo trappings now and become
human, with nil the strength and
weakness of ordinary human beings.
Doris was silent now. Hhe was
waiting for him to speak. Her heart
wns too full for words, rilled by thnt
strange, new sensation that made her
wish to help him, to comfort him nnd
give him happiness, even nt the risk
of her life a feeling unselfish, self
nnuritlcing and purely womanly thnt
incrensod with every word he uttered.
Jnck began nervously, gaining force
as he went along. "The music rather
stirred me np ami set me thinking of
the nothing, the empty nothing Mint
represents my past a thing I thought
was gone and done with quite gone.
It's different with you." he went ou.
"You've got some one at home you can
tnlk souse to. I haven't. I sit alone
in my room sometimes nnd think of
another life thnn the feeble imitation
of a one I lead something rent, some
thing like the people who sny 'Time is
money' lend. We say, 'Time in made
to be killed;' I suppose it's because
we've got the money. It's not the
work I want, but it's something differ
ent to tho aimless vanity of our life."
Hhe looked at him kindly, it scorned
to him. He thanked her with his
eyes and continued: "This mny bo
sentiment, even sickly sentiment, but
you know thnt when a man begins
that way he is ten times worse than a
woman. It's a long time since I saw
anything real- anything lasting. Per
haps if I bud I would not have be
lieved in it, would have pooh-poohed
it. May I be personal? I envied your
father tonight nnd I envied yon. I
always thought your life as empty and
as hollow as mine, or else I should
never have complained. It was all
new to me; it ought not to have been
only one forgets everything in time.
I suppose the real world is full of men
and women who livo for men and
women, but I've been playing my part
alone all these years without help and
without helping." He kept bis eyes
away from Doris, save every now and
afjain when he looked at her wistfully,
pleadingly. When he cnught her eye,
be saw pity in it, and even fancied
there was love as well. Her face was
that of a woman a real woman, tonder
aud sympathetic.
He continued his monologue. "Then
the twilight and the music, and may
I sny you, too, got hold of me nnd set
mo thinking of my people that are
gone and the sister miles away in
ludia, and a thousand other selfish
thoughts of self-pity. But it's not
too late to join the other people, to
get out of the narrow world, the pack-of-cards
thing I've built that's now
toppling over. " He stopped aud looked
at her inquiringly for wol ds. He knew
Bhe would comfort bim, could comfort
him, that be could find peace, sven
happiness with her. It was all part
of the new sensation thnt bad made
him pour bis heart out to her, and to
look to her for help to face bis new
life. Bhe spoke to bim. It was diffi
cult for her to retain ber voice least it
should be too tender, but there was
an occasional tear in spits of ber self-
command, nnd he loved her the better
for it. Hhe even thanked bim for the
confidence he hnd shown lief; and
then she spoke to him of his family
and himself and other things they had
only dared to vaguely hint nt in the
past.
They snt long together, talking as
old friends do, openly, intimately,
without restraint. There wns a new
sense of rest in both their hearts now;
vngne thing thnt people recognize
and call hnppiuess when it hns become
memory.
Mr. Verrnll cntiin in Inter on nnd
joined them, until Jack reluctantly
said gooit night.
Doris saw him ns far ns the hnll.
They shook hands, he pressing he;'
five fingers to his lips nnd thanking
her earnestly, saying he hnd never
spent a happier evening, nnd asking
if he might come ngnin nnd tnlk to
her.
Hhe said, "Of course,"
Tho door closed on Hnllidny, on all
the vain trumpery of his past, and he
went home planning anew world built
on the ruins of the old. Yet the old
wns not utterly worthless, for it hnd
given him Doris Verrall. (Black and
White.
A TROUBLESOME HERD.
Story of a Slow Trnln nnd nn Kx-flnv-ernnr's
Comment Thereon.
The slow train is indigenous to all
sections at some stage of their devel
opement, nnd has at some period or
other in the history of every common
wealth invoked of her helpless citizens
that righteous indignntion which,
hnlf-nmothered, we term impatience.
Among others relating to this appar
ently indispensable fixture, they tell
a good story down in East Tennessee
of ex-Ooveriior Taylor at the expense
of a little short line, commonly known
ns the "Nnrrow Onuge," running up
the Wutugn Valley from Johnson City,
Tent!., to the fatuous Cranberry mines
of North Carolina.
The rond having been built almost
exclusively for the transportation of
timber, mineral nnd building stone,
instituted instead of n regulnr passen
ger service whnt is familiarly known
ns the "mixed train" or "jerk-water,"
about one-third passenger nnd two
thirds freight. The time mnde by
such trnins is necessarily limited, or,
speaking rather in railroad parlance,
not limited, and in consequonce the
many tourists who some yenrs ngo be
gan to frequent the springs and other
such resorts along the line indulged,
without reserve, in mnny a quaint nnd
cutting witticism ns they jogged along.
Setting out one morning with a
number of nervous nnd impntieut pns
sengers nbonrd, among them "Our
Boh," ns the sturdy sons of the moun
tains in their pride delighted to call
bim, they hnd not proceeded fnr when
n herd of cattle was discovered on the
track n short distance ahead, The
whistle was blown wildly for a few
moments, but the train being some
time in Hearing them, they fled with
out giving any serious trouble.
This little diversion from the mon
otonous routine of stops nnd starts
gave the fretful passengers topic for
their pungent utterances and sarcastic
flings for a few minutes, but the nov
elty soon died out and they all, one
by one, lapsed into a state of medita
tive silence. Continuing this for a few
miles (for several hours nt least), they
were suddenly aroused by another
similnr scries of wild, frantic shrieks
from the engine, giving emphatio and
effective warning to auother trespass
ing herd.
The ex-Oovernor, who had hitherto
been saying but little.now grasped the
humor of the situation, and, with a
merry 'twinkle in his eyes, he laid
aside the pnpe'r he had' been perusing
and exclaimed:
"Well, I'll be hanged if we haven't
overtaken those cattle again." De
troit Free Press.
A VVnter-TlKlit Ilnnr.
The invention is just announced by
the Han Francisco Chronicle of a door
that is never closed and never open.
It is the only door on earth that a
person is forced to shut behind him
under any and all circumstances. Water
cannot puss through it or around the
casing. It is tho invention of Alex
ander Kircaldy of Glasgow, Scotland,
aud he bus labored to bring it to its
present state of perfection for ten
years. Primarily, this door is intended
for vessels, for its chief claim to dis
tinction is thnt it is water-tight. To
the bulkhead, where the door is fitted,
is bolted a hollow, cylindrical casing.
In this casing nre two doors, but they
are not opposite one another. Within
this hollow casing revolves a hollow
cylinder, and there is a doorway to
tnis cylinder. When it is desired to
pass through this novel door the cylin
der within this casing is turned so
that tho door therein is opposite one
of the other doors in the casing.
When tho ingress doorway is in a line
with the bulkhead doorway the pas
senger euters and stands ou the bot
tom - of the casing aud revolves the
hollow cylinder by hand until he
brings the ingress doorway into line
with the second bulkhead doorway,
which permits of egress from the cas
ing. The remarkable feature of this double
door is that it is absolutely im
possible to leave it open, as one
door must of necessity be effectually
closed before the other opens. The
revolving cylinder is hung on ball
bearings, and is easily brought into the
position desired for ingress or egress.
At the same time no geur, which is so
fumiliar to other types of water-tight
doors, is required.
At the Fair.
First Attendant He's awfully close,
anyway. '
Second Attendant Closet I talked
to bim fully ten minutes and I don't
think I got more than half bis money.
THE ELEGTIOK IK PUYMI
REPUBLICANS WIN.
nrprlilngly large Tote of ths Prohibition
Candldats for Treaiarer.
By a decreased vote compared with
Inst yenr, the Jlepubllcnns of Pennsyl
vania have elected their cnndldnte for
State treasurer, Heacom, and tor audi
tor, McCauley, by a plurality vote of
about 125.000.
Upturns from tho State Indicate thnt
Dr. 8. C. Swallow, Prohibitionist cnndl
date for state trensurer, known In poll
lies as "The Fighting Parson," hns re
ceived more thnn 117,000 votes. In tho
counties of Hlnlr, Clinton, Cumberland,
Pnuphln, Huntingdon, Lycoming, Jun
iata, Montour anil Northumberland the
returns Indicate thnt Swallow defented
Hencom, the regular Republican can
didate. Return from Phllndclphla Indicate
the election of Colonel Clayton Mc
Vlchnel, Republican, city trensurer,
and Ht.rntlo R Hnckett, Republican,
for register of wills, by majorities ap
proximating 75.000.
Judges Bregy, Wiltbnnk, Audenreld
and Ferguson were unanimously re
elected, they having been Indorsed by
both parties.
The proposition to Increase the In
debtedness of the city of Philadelphia
112,200,000 for public Improvements hns
been carried by about 0,000. Under the
provisions: of the constitution the city's
debt could not be further Increased ex
cept by the approving vote of tho peo
ple. The vote Is About SO per cent, under
that of last year, nnd will not quite
equal the "off-year" vote of 1895.
In Allegheny county the Republlcnn
slate nnd county tickets were elected.
The various nominees for state treas
urer received the following number of
votes In Allegheny county: In tho
titles, lleneom 15,000, Hrown 5000,
Thompson 3,000 and Swallow 500. In
tho country districts: Heacom 35,000,
Hrown 12.000. Thompson 6,000, and
Swallow l.ooo.
HUNTINGDON Complete unoffi
cial returns give Ileacom, 2,016;
Brown, 763; Swallow, 2.440; McCauley,
2.M-3; Rltter, 1,24; Lathrope, 1,110;
Thompson, 8. Neither the Socialist
or Liberty candidates received a single
vote. The entire Rpubllcnn county
ticket Is elected by safo but greatly
reduced maturities.
CRAWFORD Offlclnl returns from
Crawford county nre: Heacom, 6,476;
Brown, 8.543; 'Swallow, 600; Thompson,
11.1; McCauley, 8,553; Rltter, 8.5H2;
Lathrope, 419. W. I. Thomas, Dem.,
was elected Judge with 6,770 votes .to
Htnderson's 6,650.
CUMBERLAND Swallow enrrled
the county by 201 majority. Hencom
hnd a majority of 1.200 over Hrown.
McCauley had 450 over Hitter. County
ticket elected: Sheriff, Samuel J. Har
ris, Dem.; director of poor, L. 8. Hat
field, Rep.; Jury commissioners, John
P. Wise, Rep., nnd George H. Walker,
Pern.; coroner. Ir. S. L. Dlven, Rep.
MONTUOMRRY The complete re
turns of Montgomery give a Republi
can plurality of 1.643; a Democratic
gain of 6RB. Beacntn, 7.084; Hrown,
6.341: Swallow, 2,746; Thompson, 300;
MeCnuley, 9,028; Rltter. 6.773.
LANCASTER. Complete returns,
unofficial, gives Hencom 9.801; Hrown,
8.473; Swallow, 2.134; Thomas, 14; Steel
smith, 6: Thompson, 27; McCauley,
10,203; Rltter, 3.670; Lathrope, 1,175;
Barnes. 26; Hogon. 9.
ARMSTRONG Unofficial count
shows about 1,200 majority for Hea
com and McCauley. Swallow's vote
was 334. The Republican vote was
rrore than 2,000 less than last year,
with no Increase on the Democratic
side. James Gallagher. Dem., of Free
prrt. was elected sheriff by 320 ovet
Frederick Wick.
NORTHUMHERLAND Northunv
hcrland complete gives a Prohibition
plurality of 856. Hencom, 3,480; Brown,
2.i08; Swallow, 4.336; McCauley, 4,558;
Rltter, 8.709; Lathrope, 1.C35.
CHESTER Cheater complete gives
a Republican plurality of 4.000; Re
publican gain of 814. Beacom. 5.500;
Hrown, 1,500; Swallow. 2,200; Thomp
son, 400; McCauley, 6.900; Rltter, 2,200;
Lnthrope, 500.
WARREN Warren Incomplete gives
a Republican plurality of 1.419, a Dem
ocratic gain of 204. Beacom, 3,048;
Brown. 1.629; Swallow, 1,202: McCauley,
8,204: Rltter, 1.329; Lacnrope, 27.
LACKAWANNA In Lackawanna
county the unofficial returns from all
districts give Beaoom, 11,513; Brown,
11.619; Swallow, 4.736; McCauley, 12.
ICS; Rltter. 11,916; Lathrope, 8,706;
Thompson received not over 100 votes,
gOREEN WOOD.. Thursday
Solid Minion Thurs Nov 4 N P U
The vote for M. E. Brown. Dem-r-eratlo
nominee for Stnte Treasurer,
In Allegheny county, numbered 12,000.
The Republican plurality in tho coun
ty nn the State ticket would be in
the neighborhood of 20,000. Tho coun
ty ticket polled more votes than did
the State ticket, as Swallow and
Thompson each got a few votes that
might have gono to the ' Republican
Mate ticket had they not been on the
ballot.
BUTLER Returns from all but
eight of tho CO precelncts show for
State Tresurer, Beacom, Rep., 2,544;
Brown, 1,821; Swallow, 285; Thomas,
14; Steelsmith, 106; Thompson, 73.
Auditor General, McCauley, 2.715; Rlt
ter, 1,893: Lathrope, 180; Barnes. 14;
Hogan, 56. Jury Commissioner, Eber
hart. Rep., 2,688; Redlck, Dem., 1.887;
Horton, Pro., 62. Beacom's plurality
is 723; McCauley'a plurality, 822; Eber
hart's plurality, 821.
LAWRENCE The returns In Law
rence county are: Beacom. 2.980;
Brown, 1.289; Thompson, 184; Swallow,
685. McCauley, 3,211; Rltter, 1,348;
Lathrope, 470. For sheriff Charles
Mathews, Rep., 8.032; J. M. Hamilton,
Pern.. 1.762: R. W. McFate. Pro., 885.
District attorney W. J. Moffatt, Rep.,
3.212; L. M. Uber, Dem., 1,410; J. S.
DuShane, Pro., 442.
FAYETTE Complete returns give
E. H. Reppert, Rep., for Judge, about
600 majority over D. M. Hertsog, Dem.
The Prohibition vote wtnt almost sol
idly to Hertsog. O. W. Brawner. Rep.,
for Jury commissioner, and Joseph M,
Bates, Rep., for poor director, are
chosen by good majorities, while
Adolphus Hunt, Dem., for Jury com
missioner, was elected also. The Re
publican State ticket carries the coun
ty by over 800 plurality.
ADAMS Adams complete gives a
Republican plurality of 84. a Renuh
llcan gain of 118. Beacom. 2,380;
Brown, 2,296: Swallow, 679. McCauley,
8.760; Rltter, 2.489; Lathrope. 150.
CLEARFIELD ttearlield county,
wtfth four districts unreported, glvrt
an estimated plurality for Swallow ol
738. The vote Is an follows: Beacom,
3.047: Brown, 8,288; Swallow, 4,024;
Thompson, 83. McCauley, 4,900; Rlt
ter, 3.200; Lathrope, 2,000.
LEBANON Lebanon county com
plete gives a Republican plurality ol
920, a Democratic gain of 272. State
Treasurer Beacom,, 8,203; Brown,
1,273; Swallow, 2,293; Thompson, 4,
Auditor General McCauley, 3,I1: Rlt
ter. 1.709.
SCHUYLKILL Schuylkill county
complete gives a Democratic plurality
of 960, a Democratic gain of t.K. The
vote for State Treasurer is: Beacom,
8,179; Brown, 10,163; Swallow, 3,094.
Auditor General McCauley, 8,4:0; Rlt-'
ter, 9,411.
BERKS Berks frlvea a Democratic
plurnllty of 1,462. For Stnte Treasurer
-Heacom, 6,023; Brown, 8,975; Swallow,
1.224. Auditor General McCauley,
6,291; Rltter, 9,257; Lathrope. 742.
DAUPHIN While Dr. Swallow leads
Beacom 1,116 votes In Dauphin county,
the letter's majority over Hrown,
pern., is only 135 less than that of
McCauley over Rltter, Dem., for Aud
itor General. The vote filed at the
prothonotnry's office to-day shows the
following results: State Treasurer
Beacom, Rep., 6.112; Hrown, Dem..
2.248; Swallow, Pro., 7.2'S; Thompson,
Ind., 26. Auditor General McCauley,
Rep., 7,481; Rltter, Dem., 3,482; Lath
rope. Pro., 4.045.
FRIE Erie county complete: Bea
com, 6.906: Brown. 5.724; 8wallow, 862;
Thomas, 42. '
TO MANUFACTURE COKE.
Capitalists Seonrt Rich Coke Fields la Fna
ylvania.
An Immense field f undeveloped cok
Ing coal In Fnyette county, Pa., la
about to be opened. It comprises sev
eral square miles In area, and In ad
dition to a seven-foot vein of coking
coal, there are three other veins of
steam coal, ranging In thickness from
three to five feet. On the land are vast
forestii of onk, which. It Is estimated,
will saw out 60,000,000 feet of lumber.
A syndicate in which several Pittsburg
capitalists are Interested, with repre
sentatives of certain big Iron compan
ies, who come Into direct competition
with the Carnegie and Frlck Interests,
hnve been quietly at work getting con
trol of the field. They now hold options
on thousands of acres, including both
surface and mineral rights. The farm
ers of the region are greatly excited,
nnd while about nine-tenths of the
land is now In the control of the syn
dicate, those who own the remainder
are holding It at figures ranging from
8150 to 82M) per acre. There Is a pros
pect of two railroad lines to the new
fields. The syndicate has the rights of
Way of all available routes and is In a
porltlon to control the railroad business
which will arise from tho immense coke
output. The object is for the Iron men
to manufacture their own coke at cost
and thus be better able to compete
with their rivals in that business.
Labor Notes-
A fourth tin plate mill for New Cas
tle, Pa., Is promised. The new company
is composed of Pittsburg men and will
bo Incorporated shortly. The mill,
which Is to be a large concern. Is to
manufacture block plates and will bo
located on the Sample property, near
the site of the big tin mill to be built
l.y the Shenango Valley Steel Com
pany. Representatives of the proposed
company were In the city some weeks
pro. and asked, it is understood, for a
bonus of about $4,009, which has been
secured.
The Hellalre Steel Company, of Ohio,
It appears Is determined to operate Its
extensive plant. Lust week It secured
the full quota of men to operate full
turn, and for the first time since the
strike was inaugurated the plant was
put on double turn with a full forre of
men. The strikers are watching all
non-union men who come here anil
hope to Indue them not to go to work.
The men claim that they will yet win
the strike.
The Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake
F.rle railroad shops, located at Green
ville, Pa., which have been working but
right hours a day for the past year, aro
r.ow working 10 hours, with an Increas
ed force of men
The big plant of the McCool Tube
Company, Beaver Falls, Pa,, and a
number of smaller concerns along tho
Heaver river which depend on water
power, have had to shut down owing to
low water.
The Star furnace at Jackson, O.. has
gone Into blast, giving employment to ,
150 men. The W elision furnace man
agement has posted a notice of a 10 per
tent, wage advance.
The Carnegie Steel company, limited,
ha leased the Buchanan, Wiley and
Covert farms near Wick station. Pa.,
and 100 men are at work quarrying
limestone.
A new 20-ton electric crane arrived at
the Buhl mill, Sharon, Pa Sunday, and
In less than eight hours was set up and
In operation.
The Union Paper Mill company's
mills at Monongahela City, Pa., have
resumed operations after a year's idle
ness. The green glass blowers' union has
:,!,0000 In its treasury.
Southern cotton mills have 00,000
hands.
A Japanscs match mill has 13,000 em
ployees. The United States haa 365,000 coal
mines.
Prominent People.
William B. Howell, Assistant Secretary ot
the Treasury, wns a messenger boy iu tbe
dupartmeut fifteen years ago.
The Duke ot Westminster bos more chil
dren than any other member of the British
peerage. Ha bos been twice married.
Ex-Heerotary HoM Smith has been
chosen President of the Board of Educa
tion of Atlanta, Ua., by the unanimous vote
of its members.
Aonording to the Westminster Gazette,
the reason no biography bus ever been
wrlttttu of Mr. Delane, the lute editor ot
tlis London Times, is thnt the proprietors
of the Times have always forbidden it. Km
eently n fresh appeui was made to them,
but, it Is said, without success.
General Casslus M. Clay, ot Whits Hall
MailUoa County, Ky., who Is eighty-six
years old, is to have a oataraat removed '
from his eye. He and his young bride,
whom he married some time ago, and
whom he afterward sent to school, aro
living happily together at bis buudaomo
country seat, White Hall,
The King of Greece, when conversing
with the members of his family, never em
ploys any but tbe English language. Ho
seldom speaks French, and only use
(trunk when aoinpelled to do so. His
Hellenic Majesty draws his own eheoqnas,
and a person who ones bad an opportunity
ot seeing one, was surprised to llud that
the King slgas himself "Georglo Chris
tianon" or George, son of Christian." The
rornl banking account Is in the bands of
the Greek National Hank, but bis money hi
la English funds.
Aady Montgomery, of Atlanta, Ga., the
"Black Bueeher," who was a slave lor seventy-live
years, will soon start oa a tour
of tho East to seeura sabseriptions with
which to complete tho old folks' home now
being built by the colored Baptists.
The memory of tho mie Major LawlsGln
ter, of ltiohmond, Va., is to be perpetuated '
by tho endowment of a Meehnuius' Insti
tute and UoUoolof Technology iu that city.
Ho did much for the town, uud this project
will oontiuue a good work Iu his name. '
Tbe Prince of Wales does not take so
much interest In his wardrobe as be did
some venrs ago. Hu is still one of the best
drussed men Iu tbe world, and his Influence
on men's fashions is as great nsever it was;
but those who have ahnrge of his wardrobe
oompluiu tliut lis has lost his old euthusU
asm on the subject ol drua.
The only colored mamaer f the Bos
ton lire department has been foraed to
resign. But Bontoa will continue to tM
anxious concerning the condition of tUa
uegro who resides South.