The Merrnry's Dnlnt.
I don't know why I'm slandered 80,
If I go hlh If I go low
There's nlwnys some one who will my,
''.luet see thnt mernnrv today!"
And whether townrd the top' I crawl
Or down townrd r.ero 1 mny full.
They always fret, and sny that I
Am for too low or fur too high.
And tlmugh I try with nil my might
1 never iwm to strike It right.
Now I admit It seems to mo
They show great Inconsistency.
But they Imply I nm to liliimn.
Of course thnt mnke my anger finmn,
And Inn llry fit of plipiB
I May nt ninety for n week.
Or sometimes In it dull despair,
1 give them jnst a frigid stnrei
And a upon their taunt I think
My spirit down to zero sink.
Mine in indeed n hoiflls onw
To try to pinna" the human rape!
Carolyn Welle, in Youth's Companion.
Hnwthorna's Bear Story,
In "Hawthorne's First Diary," bo
gun nt his home in Raymond, Maine,
when he war a small bay, he tells a
bear story, which is vouched for hy
hia editor. Hawthorne gives it as
follows:
Mr. Henry Turner of Otisfield took
his ate nd went out between Saturday
And Moose ponds, to look at some
pine trees. A rnin had just taken off
enough of the snow to lay bnre the
roots of a part of the trees. Under a
large root there seemed to be a cavity,
and on examining closely, something
was exposed very much like long black
hair.
He out off the root, snw the nose of
a boar, and killed him, pulled out the
body, snw another, killed that, nnd
dragged out the carcass, when he
fonnd that there was a third ono in
the den, and that he was thoroughly
awake, too; but as soon as the head
came in sight, it was split open with
the axe, so that Mr. Turner aloue,with
I'M 1 Al 1 i ,
uuijr uit me, miieu turee Dears in less
than half An hour, the youngest being
a good -si zed one.and what the hunters
call a yearling.
This is a pretty good bear story.bnt
probably true, and happened only a
few weeks ago; for John Patch, who
was here with his father, Cnpt. Len
Fatch, who lives withiu two miles of
Saturday pond, told me so.
George's Poll,
"O o!" cried Kittie, running into
the barn. "Oh, dear, I am so fright
ened!" Jack was making willow whistles,
bnt he looked np.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Oh!" said Kittie, again, "I was
coming across the cornfield, and there
was a horrid man there and he tried
to catch me. "
"A man?" said Jack.
"Oh, yes. A great horrid, ugly
man like a tramp, and all in rags. "
"Don't you be frightened, Kittie,"
said Jack, who was a breve little fel.
low. Father and George are over in
the east meadow getting the hay, but
I'm here, and I'll go and see what he
wants."
Kittie begged him not to, for fear
the man might hurt him, but Jack
said stoutly:
"He might be after the chickens or
the new calf, and I mnst look after
things when father is not here. I'll
takeTowser."
He whistled to Towser, and ran off
to the cornfield. Kittie was afraid to
stay alone, and so she followed him,
bnt at a safe distance. Baby Dick
trotted at her heels. Just as they
were getting under the fence they
heard ringing shout trom Jack, who
was in the middle of the field; and
when thoy came in sight, they fonnd
him shaking the arm of the "trainp."
"Ob, Kit, yon goose!" he cried.
"It's only a scareorow George made
yesterday to keep the birds away from
the corn. "
"Why," said Baby Dick, "he'a
nnffin bnt a drate big dolly."
"Yes, that's what he is," said Jack.
"He'a George's doll."
Qeorge'a doll stood in the field all
summer, and the children went often
to see him.
And so, when things frighten yon,
if you can only be brave, like little
Jack, and go right up and look at
them, yon will very often find them
only scarecrows.
Mllly'sUndenau.
Milly had to get ber lessons ready
for the morrow. Hue waa always sup
posed by her schoolmistress to spend
an hoar over this work. As a rale,
Milly's mother sat with her to give her
little help from time to time, bat
that afternoon she was too busy; so
ah left her little g rl.telliug her to do
her lessons well while she was away.
Bat Milly found it waa very hard to
do as her mother told her. It was so
hot she felt as if she could not think.
Then she thought it was just the sort
of a day when it would have been nice
to ait in the garden under the trees
and read her new story book. Instead
of that she had to be at work in the
library! It was really almost more
than ah could stand without growing
s cross as a little girl eould very well
U. ,''.'
It was true that, once the hoar we
over and tea finished, aha would bi
'i t fo Into tb garden and enjoy
J ia Much as ah pleased. But
that was just the tiresome part. Th
hour would not pass. Hhe sat with
her face to the clock, for she thought
then she should be able to see how
the time went, and that would help
her to work; but she felt very helples
over it nil.
Hhe had to find all the capitals of
Europe.and mark them upon her map,
and learn their names by heart. There
was Athens, which would not be
found. If the geography book had
not stated so decidedly that it was in
Greece, Milly would have felt quite
sure that it must be in some other
country. She supposed, howevcr.that
the mnu who wrote the geography
book was right; after coming to which
opinion Bhe looked at the clock and
sighed. Five minutes past four, and
she hod to work till five!
She fell to bunting once more for
Athens. It seemed to her a very long
time thnt she had been wandering
over that corner of Kurope known as
Greece, when she again glanced at the
clock. Heven minutes past four.
Only seven minutes pnst fourl And
hud thought at least ten minutes
must have passed.
Hhe begau her search for Athens
once more. At Inst she found it, nnd
then she looked nt the clock anew.
Three minutes more had passed, that
was all. Milly stumped her foot
augrily. "It is too horrid!" she said
aloud, as if speaking to the bronze
man who held up the clock. "The
time will never go!"
She glanced listlessly at her lesson
book. She could not remember the
names of those stupid capitnls nt all.
They went out of her head as quickly
as she found them on the map. Why
did countries want capitals? Only to
ninke another horrid hard 1,'sson for
little boys and girls. That was nil;
she was sure of it.
Milly drummed her fingers on the
table for a few moments after settling
this point and gazed wearily nt the
clock. Then she took a resolve.
Hhe would bo a wise, good girl, Hhe
would read the names of the capitals
ten times over without stopping, and
never look at the clock once until she
had done. l'e, end upon it, when she
had finished her task, ever so much
time would have passed.
Hhe started. Once twice thrice
faster faster faster did she read
over the nnmes of those capitals
which always managed to escape hor.
By the time that she was going over
them for the tenth time her speed was
almost equal to that of an express
train.
Then she looked at the clock again.
Hhe did so with a delightful feeliug ol
hope. More than hope; she felt sure
that the hands must have moved on a
long way. Hhe looked nnd looked
again, and then she sat and stared at
it with grief nnd anger.
O bad untrustworthy clock its
bands had barely moved on five
minutes!
Barely five minutes! Impossible!
It must have stopped. Yes, that was
the reason it showed so little progress.
There was but little doubt.
Milly crossed the room, and putting
her ear close to the clock, she listened
hopefully. Alas! Alas! It had been
wrongfully accused. It was doing its
duty faithfully. Tick tick tick it
was going as fast as its works and
time would allow it to.
The hour would never pass never
never never! Milly sat on the
hearth-Dig and burst into tears. It
was just at that moment that her
mother came into the librarv.
"Why, Milly.child, what is wrong?"
she asked, raising her from the floor
and kissing her.
"The time won't go," she sobbed,
"and I am so tired of doing lessons!"
"Where have you been working?"
said her mother. "Ob, I see," she
added, as she glanced at the books on
the table. "I see," she repeated, then
added. "Now I want you to be very
rnde "
"Very rnde!" Milly said with sur
prise. "Why, yon are always very
angry when I am rnde."
"Yes, bnt I want you to be so now,"
her mother said, smiling. "Yon know
I have often told you that it is not
polite to tnrn your back upon any one;
but I wish you to do so now. I wish
yon to turn your back upon this
bronze gentleman who holds the clock
I think that you will work much
better and the time will go much
faster."
So Milly did aa her mother wished,
and she was qnite surprised when tea
time came and the hour was over.
"It really was very, very fn-ny,
mother," she said. "The time went
so slowly at first, and so quickly afterl
It must have been because when I be
gan I had my face to the clock and
afterward 1 had my back to it,"
"That was it," replied her mother.
"And if one is feeling idle, and more
inclined for play than lessons, it is
much better to work with one's back
to the clock. It is wonderful how it
shortens the time. Youth's Com
panion. HlrtU Made to Order.
The Japanese are ruthless in their
tampering with nature. If they de
cide that they want a bird or an ani
mal of a oertain shape or color they
set about manufacturing the article,
ao to speak, by the exercise of exceed
ingly clever ingenuity and untiring
patience. Here, for example, is how
the wh!t sparrows are produced.
They select pair pi grayish birds
and keep them in a whit cage in a
w hite room, where they are attended
by person dressed in white. Ths
mental effect on series-of genera
tion of birds resmls in completely
whit birds. -Bural World.
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
t'nlne of Ese Forming Material.
It may be possible for hens to grow,
pet fat and lay eggs without ever hav
ing a supply of egg-forming materinl
furnished them; only getting what
they can find, nud that is very little
furiug the winter season. If tho
oultryman wiil invest a few cents iu
some material that will assist the hens
in the manufacturing of eggs the
profits will be largely iucreasea.
Wheat For Young Pigs.
Wheat is now higher than it has
been for several years, and too dear to
feed to grown nuimnls of any kind.
Yet we think a small amount fed daily
to young and growing pigs will pay
even at present prices. It will prob
ably pay to feed wheat to nil pigs, in
part to replace the corn ration that is
always injurious. Wheat contains
more nearly the elements of growth
than nny other graiu except pens or
beans, and only sheep con bo induced
to cat whole beans. Wheat brau and
wheat middlings cost nenrly as much
as wheat, end are not so good for
feeding purposes if given in modera
tion. Itrenklna Voting Colts.
Winter, nud before a sleigh, furnish
the best opportunities for breaking
young colts iuto the work that they
must thereafter do. The colt should
always be halter broken the first sum
mer, and trnined to lead easily. Then
the first tinie be has a harness on, put
the colt beside an old, well-broken
horse, and hitch hint to a sleigh after
one or two drives without anything
nttaohed to him. Do not try to drive
him through drifts, as many a young
horse when getting into a drift will
flounder, and mny break a leg in try
ing to get free. The advnntAge of the
sleigh is that it cannot be n henvy
burden and it makes no noitte. By
the time the sleighing is gone hitch
the colt beside an old horse and let
bim pull part of a w agon. If caro is
taken so that the driver always keeps
master, the colt will be by spring time
as docile as nny old trnined horse can
be. Boston Cultivator.
fthrep Losing Their Wool.
When sheep lose their wool it fa a
sign that they are feverish. This
condition is nearly always an indica
tion that the digestive organs are im
paired. Old sheep that have begun
to lose their teeth are especially liable
to be affected in this way. It is mostly
caused by hard, dry food, though the
indigestion may be due to a surfeit of
grain. Home succulent food, such as
bran mash, fed warm, in good. Ho
are roots of any kind, if they are
sliced so that tho sheep can easily eat
them. The sheep is a ruminant, nnd
if the roots are in slices, though they
may go down in hard lumps, they will
come up in the mouth and be there
thoroughly remasticated. Unless you
mean to give special care to tho sheep
thnt begin to lose their wool, it is
better economy to kill them nt onco
and sell their hides for the little they
will bring. Those on which tho wool
is stripped from most of the belly will
probably die before spring, whatever
care you can give them. All sheep
old enough to be unsafe to winter
should be sepnratod at shearing time,
and fattened for kllliug during the
summer, when the fattening is easy,
because the sheep can then tiud plouty
of succulent pasturage.
The Olack Hot of the Cabbage.
Formers' Bulletin, No, 68, has just
been published by the Department of
Agriculture giving to cabbage growers
the benefit of some recent discoveries
by the Division of Vegetable Physio
logy aud Pathology of the United
States Department of Agriculture on
the black rot of the cabbage. The
author of this bulletin is Mr. Erwin F,
Smith, under whose immediate super
vision the investigations were made
which resulted in these discovories.
Although this disease has come iuto
prominence only within tho last few
years, it is now a serious hindrance to
cabbngo growing in several States,
causing losses to the growers aggre
gating many thousands cf dollars
yearly.
The disease is known to growers in
various parts of tho country under
different names, perhaps tho common
est of which aro "stem rot" nnd
"black rot," and has heretofore resistod
all attempts to eradicate it.
Aa there is no known way of curing
tha disease or of entirely ridding
locality of it when once esU'ilitued,
prevention is the only alternative, and
the bulletin points out to the grower
where the danger lies, how the intro
duction of the disenso may often be
prevented, and how, wheu already
introduced, great losses may some
times be avoided. Farm) Field and
Fireside.
Belling- Old Fit lee Teeth.
"Old false teeth bought." That is
the sign that has made oven Chicago
stop and wonder. It is over a shop
where dental aud optical supplies are
old. Selling old teeth is unique
traffic, to put it mildly. The principal
customers iu this little shop are youug
dentists, who bring the old teeth of
their patrons to be sold.
If there is gold in the teeth they
come higher, as it can be melted and
used again. After all, it is a good
thing for $he poor people, who cauuot
go toa-rjentist and have a plute mado
tor them. With little trouble these
second-hand plates are fitted to their
mouths and they get "a bargain" iu
teeth.
A Bright Itotort,
An Austrian Princess once askod
the Duke of Wellington: "How is it
that we in Vienna speak French so
much better than you English?" To
which theDnke replied: "Well, Prin
cess, if Napoleon had twioa visited
London with bis armies, aa h has
Vienna, I bar no doubt wa should be
much mo familiar with the French
Ungual. " '
ELECTRICITY ON FARMS.
HARNESSING NATURE'S MIGHTY
FORCE FOR THE FARMER'S BENEFIT.
Klertrlrylng the Knrth nml Ktltnnlntlng
the (termination of Reeds by Aiili.prtlng
Them to Klmtrliul Treatment-llrnw.
Ing Vegetables by Flnitrlrel I'rociss,
Since electricity became a science,
rarktus efforts have been inndo to de
termine what effect, it any, it has
apon the growth of plants and vege
tables. Mnny heated discussions have
ittonded the tests by those who have
entertained opposite theories, nnd it is
therefore particularly interesting to
know that the experiments carried on
(or some time pnst at the Government
Agricultural station nt Amherst,
Mass., indicate that the nse of elec
tricity by the farmer is a distinct
stimulus to nature and exerts n marked
influence npon the germination of
seeds and the growth of farm produce.
Tho A II C! of the scientists' argu
ment in favor of the use of electricity
on the farm is that roaming nronud
loose in the atmosphere there is a vast
fund of elttcliicnl force, which, by
menus of specially devised apparatus,
can be attracted to earth nnd distribu
ted through the ground in which the
farmer has sown his seed. The appa
ratus by means of which the electrici
ty is caught aud harnessed for the use
of the farmer has been thoroughly
tested nt Amherst nnd has proved to
be a complete success. Briefly de
scribed, it consists of a number of
copper spikes, which nre elevated nt
the top of n 50-foot pole. Tlicsespikes
gnthor the electrio fluid and convey it
to the foot of the pole, where it is
caught by wires buried a few feet be
neath the ground and distributed over
as much of tho earth ns tho farmer de
sires. Ho much electricity is there
wandering around loose in the atmos
phere thnt one of theso poles can catch
and distribute enough to electiify
several acres of ground.
With this apparatus experiments
h.tve been made which may be summa
rized ns follows: After seeds had been
subjected to the electrio treatment for
a period of twenty-four hours, it was
found that over Hi) per cent, more seeds
were germinated by the aid of elec
tricity than in n like quantity of seeds
sown in ground that lacked tho elec
trical stimulant. As the scientists in
charge of the experiments wished to
make a very complete test, the electric
current was applied to seeds thnt were
allowed to stay in the ground for forty
eight hours. It was found thnt 20
per cent, more seeds hnd germinated
iu the electrified grouud than iu tho
soil where the seeds had been left to
sprout under normal conditions, nnd
iu seventy-two hours this percentage
hnd dropped to six, thus showing that
the use of tho current for tho purpose
of stimulating germinntion under nil
the tests was a decided success.
Another interesting experiment was
made by planting iu two sections of
grouud, the soil in both of which hnd
boon carefully selected to ensure it be
ing exactly nlike, seeds of the follow
ing varieties: Parsnips, lettuce, car
rot, turnip, radish and onion. To one
section of ground a mild current of
electricity was upplicd. The follow
ing day tho plants iu the electric plot
began to appear, the turnips sprouting
first. The rapidity of the grow th of
those planted iu the electrically pie
pared ground was fur in advnnce of
those planted in the ordinary ground.
The second day plants hroko through
the surface iu both plots, those in the
electric garden showing considerably
the more rapid growth; tho foliage
wns rank, ami when harvested was
nearly twice as high as thnt of the
non-electric plot. The roots were also
larger, nud showed a marked differ
ence in favor of electric ity. One pe
culiarity was that in the electric plot
for every pound of roots very nearly a
pound of tops was produced, while in
the other case for every pound of tops
there grew 1.44 pounds of root, but
the difference in the total wus nil in
fuvor of electricity. With reference
to the other vegetables, tho lettuce
proved a failure in both plots, Tho
carrots showed a marked superiority
iu the electrio bed over those of the
non-electric. The ouion phints cu ne
up in both beds ruid jrew finely for a
time, then blnstod, and not one devel
oped, either electrio or non-electric,
this being the only case of all the
ve.jntnb'e tested where no tangible
rouIt were obtained.
iext to the parsnips the radishes
gave the next best results. They
grew rapidly, those in the electric gar
den being always ahead. The tops
were rank aud the roots were crisp.
When the best of the radishes iu each
plot were pulled, washed and weighed,
it was found that ths six largest roots
taken from the electrio plot weighed
two ounces more than the six largest
taken from the non-electrio plot.
They were larger individually, tho
taproot longer, of a finer flavor, of
better quality, more brittle and every
way superior to those raised without
the aid of electricity.
Where Hearing Ceane.
Lord Bayleigb iu a recent lecture
said that experiments had shown that
a vibration of sound having an ampli
tude of less than one twelve-millionth
of a centimeter could still affect the
sense of hearing. Huuh a vibration
would be so short that it would have
to bo enlarge I one hundred times be
fore the most powerful possible mi
croscope could render it xisihle, sup
posing that it were susceptible of be
ing seen at all. Old iople, he suid,
do not hear high notes which are au
dible to young persous, and there ia
reasou to believe that babies hear
notes which are inaudible to thdir
elder.
A young woman in Baltimore, Md.,
had on of her front teoth fUieJ with
a kalf-kartt diamond.
HOMING INSTINCT OF BIRDS.
A Bpeclnllrt Concludes They Hut a Hlxth
)enso. That of Orientation.
Captain Itennud, the French special
ist iu clmrgs of tho military pigeon
service, is a firm believor in a sixth
sense in pigeon and other birds nnd
animnls possossod of the homing in
stinct, which he calls the sense of
"orientation." He has defended his
theory at length in a paper recently
rend before the French Academic des
Sciences, claiming to have amply
proved it by special trials of various
kinds. He snys if the five senses not
ing together, account for short distance
"homing," n sixth sense is required
for long distance in unknown places.
He says this organ is situated in tho
semi-circular cnnnls of the car. M.
Coyon nnd Dr. Bonnier have shown
that any lesion which ntl'ects it troubles
the orienting faculty of the patient,
whether mnu or animal. A pigeon let
fly at 400 miles from its cote' takes the
back track it hns come by tho railway.
Having reached in this way the region
known to it, tho bin) relies oil its or
dinary senses, or else continues to de
pend on its sixth sense.
The sixth sense only nets when tho
others nre innctivc, and not in con
junction with hem. It guides tho
bird along the more or less sinuous
way it has been taken. The other
senses, especially sijibt, enable it to
strike n short cut home. From bis
observations Captain Itemttld deduces
this law: Tho instinct of distant orien
tation is that faculty which animals
possess of taking the buck .track or
retracing n way nlrendy taken. The
sixth sense is apparently independent
of the externnl impressions which af
fect the oilier live senses.
Here is n new experiment that seems
to ooufirm his theory. If a pigeon
does not need local knowledge to find
its way home, it is possible to have a
traveling coto and accustom the birds
to a wandering life. Suppose the cote
transplanted bodily to astrungo place,
without in any way troubling the
birds, these would still be able to find
their way back to it by the sixth sense.
Captain Itennud has realized this idea
by mounting the cotes in wagons
traveling nil over France. Tho birds
know no other home, nnd in localities
quite strange to them find their way
back to it. Evidently, a local know
ledge is out of tho question, nnd they
rely on n special sense.
(Sometimes a homing bird pnfes
over the cote without seeing it, ns
though it were hypnotized, nud con
tinues till it rea dies the station of the
cote the evening before. One bird re
traced the traveling coto from Bnu
pame to Houduiii, nnd then followed
the railway by which it hnd come
there to Kvreux, where it was caught.
Captain Rcnaud concludes thnt exist
ing theories, which ascribe homing to
local knowlodge or local mannotic cur
rents, do not account for bis fncts, es
pecially the return to a traveling
home. But, say tho advocates of that
theory, ho does.not seem to under
stand the magnetic theory of tho fac
ulty. Tho magnetic currents of the
earth nre not local, but universal, nnd
wherevor tho cote is placed the bird
can guide itself by them. His experi
ments, they say, so fur from contro
verting the magnetic hypothesis, tend
rather to confirm it, and had there
benn an electrician nt the "sennce" of
tho academic wheu ho rend his paper,
this would liuvo been pointed out.
The oroHfiilt un n VegctHhle Food.
Ill its life-supporting quulitias the
coconuut is qnito equal to the best of
other vegetable products that hnve
been ranked above it, aud nlthnugh
I these nutritive qualities aro admitted,
iuu nuiouui oi iiuiriuon nerivca is
much greater than is generally sup
posed. As an exnmplc, we may refer
to the account thnt has been pub
lished of n vessel which loft Hau
Francisco with four hundred passen
gers for Sydney. Running short of
stores, thoy were obliged to put in nt
port, where a large quantity of cocoa
nuts were obtained. The remainder
of the passage wns attended with
heavy weather, and the vessel became
water-loggod, only reaching Hydney
after a perilous voyage of eighty duys.
Owing to the extreme length of the
voyage, their provisions rnn out, and
men, women and children were re
duced to an exclusive diet of cocouuut,
and owing to the scarcity of these; the
quantity apportioned was in the pro
portion of ono cOcoaunt to each adult.
Notwithstanding this diet, wholly un
relieved by nny change, not a life was
loft, and not a single caso of illness
occurred, all the- pusseugers landing
in a healthy uud well-nourished con
dition. Hyenas FouTht to the leath.
Kakiin and Kekker lived together iu
amity for t'ourteeu years. Then they
fell out on the question of food, aud
now Kekker is iu the hospital aud
Kakiin ought to be there.
They are hyenas in the Philadelphia
Zoo. Hyeuas are always hungry, so
those who make a study of the inter
esting animals say. These, though
imported direct from Africa at a cost
of $W0 each, had all the hunger of
their kind, and the other moruiug,
wheu Kakim managed to gulp his own
food down in amazingly short time, he
turned bis atteuiion to his comrade's.
Then began a fight which is described
as the fiercest, loudest, and luosi
bloody that the Zoo has over seen.
The combatants were separate. I be
fore they ha I quite killed each other,
but authorities on hyenas say that
they would resume it iuimediaiely
were they ever put together again. A
hyeua, apparently hates to lout e a job
half done.
Hartal Ilrawbarh.
"Didn't you enjoy rip; urge charm
ing talk on 'How to Make Life Beau
tiful'?" ".Vo; I was thinking of thst 150 he
has owed m for tea years." Detroit
Fre Frsi.
e state mi wmm
BEATEN AND ROBBED.
Iged Couple Tortnrtd late Btvsaliaf tb
Biding Fleet of Their Money.
Another case of horrible abuse of
n ag-ed couple by robber occurred at
Btate lAne near Erie one morning last
week. The victims James Hannon and
his wife, each about 89 year old. Threa
men drove up to the house In a buggy,
which they had taken from Blllman s
(arm. They dragged Hannon out of
bed. wrapped him In a blanket, beat,
kicked end choked htm until he ap
peared to be dead. Btlll he refused to
reveal the hiding plane of his money.
Helicvlng that Hannon was dead one
of the robbers seised Mrs. Hannon by
the throat and declared he would choke
her to death If she did not tell where
the money was. Bhe refused to divulge?
nd they then began to visit upon the
old lady the most Inhuman and terrible
treatment. Finally believing that her
usband won dead and fearing that
she would share his fate she told the
burglars where the money was hidden.
The robbers secured between $800 and
11.000 and then left, threatening the old
ady with death If she made a sound.
Borne time after the villains had left the
holse Mr. Hannon revived, crawled to
a neighbor's house and told Ms sMry.
Word waa telegraphed to Westfleld,
and three sLaengers, who had left a
horse and bowgy In a shed there, were
uspected. Une won arrested and con
fessed. The others ran away. He said
his namo was Joseph Leggett and his
home In Delancey, N. Y. Ho denied
having known the other men prior to
the robbery.
The following pension have been la
med: Richard FajBJrlngton, Uuell, Craw
ford, $11; Charles Tea, New Brighton.
$8; Hohert Btorrar, Butler, $10; Martin
V. n. Similar, Williamsburg, Blair, $6;
William Curry, Palmer, Crawford, $6 to
110; Himon H. Denning, Homer City, $6
to $8; Robert It. Crouch (dead). Castle
Shannon, $10; Henry Kapp, Venus,
Venango, $6; George M. Kershner, Dot,
Fulton, $15 to $;i0: K. M. Northrup, Un
ion City. ICrle, $14 to $17; Richard M.
Hovls, Cllntonvllle, Venango, $9 to $S;
Israel R. Raymond, Sugar Grove. $;
Annie H. Crouch, Castle Shannon, Alle
gheny, $i; Maxy Parcell, Jeannette, $S;
Panib J. Mts. DuBols, $S; Mary A.
Rhue. Mllesbury, Center. $S; Mary M.
Jefferson, Pittsburg, $S; Mary 1. Taylor
Hellwood, Blair, $8; John H. Mesner,
Hlythesdale, Allegheny, ',; Hezekinh S.
Luce, Rock ton, ClesB'McId, $6; Aaron
Klinefelter, Altnonn, $S; Seth M. Jor
dan, Bradford. $6; Harlow D. Hills, Ru
tan, Erie, $6; John A. Hiltner, Tyrone,
$6; Jake Uarver, New Brighton, $10;
Dan J. Evana, Pittsburg, $6; Samuel
Albert, Emtenton. $6; Jeremiah J. T.
Torrance, Pittsburg, $; Thomas Say.
Mckleyvllle, Venango, $6; Michael
Kllngensmith, Leech burg, $12; John
Eckerman, Keffer. Weennoreland, $8;
Thomas Jones, Pittsburg, $S to $12;
William M. Wry, F.benexer, Indiana, $6
to $S; Adam P. Rhodes, Baegerstown.
,'rawford, $17 to $24; James Dyson, Kit
inning, $6; Joseph Matthias, Lemna
;era. Franklin, $6; Matthew McCall,
Williamsburg. Blnir, IS; John Rosen-,
oerger, Greendale, Armstrong, $8;
Thomas Potter. Phllipsburg, $12; Cyrus
Kelfer. Penmar, Franklin, $8; Gloster
R. Morrell, TarPnlum, $; William
Strait. Runtiell. Crawford, $; Tsaao M.
Cinthurst, Altoona, $x; Obadlah U
t'mberger, Lewistown, $; Robert W.
Thompson, Bakerstown, Allegheny, $6;
Richard Harvey, dead, Allegheny, $6 to
SS; SIIuh 8. Weed, Spring Creek, $8:
foel A. Ginter, Hoi ton, $17 to $-'4; Mary
M. lrfln, lllg Run, Jefferson, $; Eliza
darvey, Allegheny, $8.
The Benson bnnk, established by the
late Judge William Benson of Water
ford, has closed Its doors. The line of
depositors was large and comprised
the town merchants and farmers. The
people of Waterford are indignant
that the cashier, they say, contrived
to run until a number of heavy depos
its had been made. The committee se
lected to audit the bank's accounts,
reports that there are about 300 de
positors and that the liabilities will be
about $40,000. A receiver wiil be asked
for.
The Fayette Gas Fuel Company of
Unlontown have bought In an 800
pound pressure gas well In the Mason
town field. Several months ago the
Greensboro Natural Gas Company
wanted to cross the Fayette com
pany's territory with a pipe line, but
the Fayette fuel people located a well
on the line to block them, and It ia this
well that has Juwt come In. The rival
companies now have a big well apiece,
with only a fence dividing them, and
both spouting from the same vein.
James Adams, one of ths oldest resi
dents of Canonsburg, Is seriously HI.
He called a member of the family to
his bedside the other day and stated
that If a certain part of the house waa
visited and a certain board removed a
um of money would be found. This
was done, and $1,100 waa found, which
no doubt had been concealed many
years. Later he stated that If another
part of the house was visited more
money would be found, and this time
the surn of $M0 waa secured.
The body of Sales Schriver, who dis
appeared about a month ago from hi
lome In Apollo, waa found floating In
the Klskiminetas liver a few days ago.
There la a large gash In his head, and It
ia thought he came to his death by vio
lence. Schriver waa laat seen by friends
In a saloon at Avonmnre. He had con
siderable money, but only $4 was found
n the body.
Charles O. Skeers, the millionaire coat
operator, and an ex-director of the Le-.
high Valley Railroad Company, died
Monday at his home In Mauch Chunk.
He was born In Luzerne county In 1818
and came hers In 142. He was twice
married, his first wife being the adopt
ed daughter of Asa Packer, and his
lecond. Mrs. 8. Frank Walter, who sur
vives him.
Meyer Morris, a Hebrew peddler of
ftttsburg, after a vigorous fight In the
ourt at Greensburg, won a vidh.t for
$20.4S from Henry Piper, a rich farmer
of Washington township, a price
claimed by Morris for conducting the
widower Piper to Beaver and pointing
out a woman whom MorrU suggested
would be a good wife for a lonesome
farmer.
W. H. Smith, a brakenian on the
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Rail
road, was killed the "tljer day, at
Pitnxautawney. He rttitti at Lane
ttr's, Jefferson county.
A drunken man in a buggy nearly
created a riot at Beaver Fall a few
days ago by attempting to run down
bteycl riders. To escape be ran into
a house and nearly scared a sick wo
man to death.
Ths house of Arthur and Alonao Do
i. near English Center, burned re
ally and the 4-months-otd child of
onco Dolan burned to death. The
mlllee are destitute.
Joaaph and Patrick Hanley, of
'tarpsvllte, hy the death of their un-
judge John lianley, late of Scraa
i. will each receive $7,090.
.Teeidevtl Moffat of Washington and
tenon eellege ha notified student
ceaa vtaltlnf pool room.