fflllS Df MINENT DIB GOSPEL MESSAGES. fce Rw.amri Tf.' Hepwofth's flunriay Sermon In the Hew York Herald le Un titled, "IMni Mat Worth While" Ir. Talmas Freaehee on Unfair Conduct. Text: - "Thou hast Binned against thy oul." Habakkuk, II., 10. The ohteot of religion la to moke lire eweet and satisfactory. When a man has done the bent he eoultt under the circum stances he has done all thnt God requires of him. Heaven la not tor thoae who be. Here things, but for thoae who do things. Christ was a working man In Ita largest and moat divine sense, while we ft re all working men In a small sense. Ho worked for uiiierfl, nnu was tnereiora uivinti; wn wwn lor ourselves, and are therefore pitifully human. Hla religion tnaehea ns to become part of the life of those who need our help: our tendonov Is to take from others tor our own ease and comfort, and to give. as little as poaalblo. He eifyihaslzes' the Talue of the soul, gives It a dignity and a grandeur, the gnlt and bearing of a king, onr philosophy of life minimizes spiritual pleasures and magnifies what la sensuoua. I never tire of the New Testament, be cause It la such a desperately sensible book and because It flatly oontradicts the Idoas whleh worldly aoclety puts Into my head. It la always new. therefore, and almost al ways startling. If the soul la what He tells me It Is, then I must have a large plan. If I am really little lower than the angels, then I must eease to be childish, and the mall earea of life must not be allowed to tease and fret me. In that case I should look lite In the face and say to my aoul that It must busy Itself about great things and keep In mind that potty things are not Worthy of attention. For example, It la not worth while to be Impatient because what happens la not to our liking. We are apt to make a hot re ply when an ill-natured remark la made. Homebody else's bail mood excitea a bad mood In ua. We cateh the disease Instant ly, and then there are two persons In a bad mood Instead of one. Passion Is Dent ed to the exploding point, we give rein to our tongue, and a pitched battle of words takes place. We loosen the bonds of a friendship, we wound the heart of affeo tlon, for what we say Is a consuming Are. It we had a perfect control of ourselves. we should not be powder to anyone's toreh, A little patience, very difficult to attain, I admit, would keep us from striking when we are struck. It Is noble to keep still, and the rebuke of silence Is like a keen sword. It la not worth our while, not worth the ao.ul'a while, to step down to a lower level because some one addresses us from that level. We should maintain our dig nity though others lose theirs. Then, again, It Is not becoming In a prlnoely aoul to allow the bablt of fault finding to get posession of It. It renders one uncomfortable, It unfits one for the en joyments whleh cross onr path. It dulls the edge ef happiness, It la like eating a lemon Instead of an orange. The mnn who finds fault with others seldom haa time to find - fault with himself, which la hla chief duty. Instead of being oharttable ho la censorious. Not even the Lord can please him, and If he ever gets to heaven he will Insist that things aball be arranged to suit his peraonal taste. Fault finding la almply self-oonaelt in a aubtle ' disguise. fiuoh a man bints thnt the universe la wrong, but that be can put It light. It la not worth while to peer at the defects of others and to Ignore their vir tue. It la better to look for good things, because you are sure to find them If you look long enough, than to look for bad things and then waste your time In grumbling beoause they are bad. If Qod were dethroned such a man would try to take Hla place; but since God reigns It wonld be well for the fault finder to retire to the background and try to be thankrul for mercies received, rather than criticise the Almighty for not giving him what he thinks be ought to hnve. Onoe more. It Is not worth your while -to look on the dark aide of lifo, for that de stroys your power of resistance and endur ance. There is sometimes a bard side to God's providence, but never a dark aide. He doea undoubtedly auk ua to do some strange thic ;s, and to go through some trange experiences; but If He goes with us we are not only in good company but are sure to derive some benefit from It all. Strong characters are wrought by tears, and afflictions are stopping stones to heaven If we view them from the right standpoint and put them .to their proper use. Life la not all gladness, but sadness is the hot fire in which the Toledo blade is forged. We may not always know why we 1 suffer, for no explanation bas ever been sou la are always the noblest, provided they Suffer undor tbo shadow of God's sym pathy. To be unoonaoioua of His presence makes life very heavy and laden, but to be oonsoioua of It la llkeoatchlng a glimpse of the distant honr i when the weary traveler Is ready to drop by the wayside. Yes, a soul, an Immortal sonl, with heaven and heavenly things all about, is a magnificent myatory. Tt must live up to Its destiny, and put under Its feat the fears and doubts whleh are so intrusive and so persistent. Think of yourself as God's ohlld, to whom no real barm can possibly come, and the clouds will part and your unirrcBHiuu win ua uguiuuea. xnere are : still stars overhead, and a blue sky. It will be all right by and by. In the mean time be patient, and, above all, keep your fulfil bright and pure. , Geobos H. Htrwonm. DR. TALM AGE'S SERMON. An lintrreaalve Dlaconrae Entitled, "Meaa . wed by Vous Own Yard Stick." Text: "With what measure you mete, it shall bs measured to you again." Mutt. u.. a. In tbs greatest sermon ever preached a sermon about fifteen minutes long, ac cording to the ordinary rate of speech a sermon on the Mount of Olives, the preacher, sitting while He spoke, accord ing to the ancient mode of oratory, the people were given to understand thut the same yard stick that tkey employed upon ottters would be employed upon them selves. Measure others by a harsh rule and you will be measured by a harsh rule. Measure others by a ohorltable rule and you will be measured by a charitable rule. Give no mercy to others, and no meroy Will b given to you. "With that measure jr mate, It shall be measured to you again." There Is a great deal of unfairness'.ln orlt lolsm la human oonduot. It was to smite that unfairness that Christ uttered the words of the text, and my sermon will be a -eoho of the divine sentiment. In estima ting tbs misbehavior of others, we must take Into consideration the pressure of olr umstanoes. It la never right to do wrong, hut there are degrees of culpability. When men misbehave or commit some atrooloua wickedness we ars dispose indiscriminately to tumble them all over the bank of con demnation. Suffer they ought and suffer they must, but in a difference of degree. In Great Britain and in the United Htatee, In every generation, there are tens of thou sands of persons .who are fully developed criminals and incarcerated. I say in every feneration. Then I auppoae there are tens bf thousands of persona who, not positive ly becoming orlmlnala, nevertheless have a i Iminal tendency. Any one of all those I .ouuuda, by the grace of God may become j. ma, and resist the ancestral tuuu- , sad open a new chapter of behavior; t t -a vast majority of them will not, and I o.t,b all men, professional, uupro I, saiiitstera of religion, judges of ' -"'-Jiroplats and Christian work . . thi faot that thai are a "dlaolfiosurpes of heredl . i 4 t -rn a t i centuries. ' f t la our t i . TU tv L fallen from high respectability and usefnt nesa we must take Into consideration thai conjunction of .clroumstanoes. In nine eases out ol ten a man wno goes astray does not Intend any positive wrong. Ho has trust -funds. He risks a part ol turns funds In Investment. He says: "Now, ill should loso that Investment I have of mr own property Ave times as much, and H this luvostment should go wrong, I could easily make It up; I could Ave times make It up." With that wrong reasoning hs goes on and makes the Investment, and It does not turn out quite as well as he ex pected, and be makes another Investment, and, strange to say, at the same time ail his other affairs get entanglod, and all his other resources fall, and his hands aretled. Now bs wants to extricate himself. Hs goes a little further on ln the wrong In vestment. He takes a plungo further ahead, for he wants to save his wife and children; hs wants to save his home; hs wants to save his membership In the church. He takes one more plunge and all Is lost. In the study of society I have come to this conclusion, that the most of the people want to be good, but they do not exactly know how to make It 'out. They make enough good resolutions to lift them Into ang4hood. The vast majority of the peo ple whq fall are the victims of olrauro stances. They are captured by ambuscade. If their temptations should oome out In a regiment and tight them In a fair field they would go out In the strength and triumph of David and Goliath. But they do not see the giants and they do not see the regi ments. Temptation eomes and save: "Take these bitters, take this nervine, take this aid to digestion, take this night cap." The vast majority of men and women who are destroyed by opium and by rum first take them as medicines. In making np your dish of orltloism In regard to them, take from the oaster and the oruet of sweet oil and not ths cruet of cayenne pepper. I)oyou know how that physician, that lawyer, that journalist, became the victim of dissipation? Why, the physician was kept up night by night on professional duty. Life and death hovered in tho bal anne. His nervous system was exhausted. There came a time of epidemics and whole families were proatrated and hla nervous strength was gone. He was all worn out in the service of the public. Now he must braos himself up. Now he stimulates. Ths life of his mother, the life of this ohlld, the lite of this father, the life of this whols family, must be saved, and he stimulates, and he doea It again and again. You may criticise his judgment, but remomber the process. It was not a selfish purpose by whloh he went down. It was magnificent generosity through whloh he fell. My friends, this text will come to ful fillment In some cases In this world. Ths huntsman In Farmsteon was shot by soma unknown person. Twenty years later after the son of the huntsman was In ths sama forest, and he accidentally shot a man, and the man In dying said: 'Ood Is just; I shot your father Just hers twenty years ago." A bishop said to Louis XI. of Franco: "Make an Iron cage for all those who do not think as we do an Iron cage In whloh the captive can neither lie down nor stund strnlgbt up." It was fashioned the awful Instrument of punishment. After a while the bishop of fended Louts XI., and tor fourteen years he was In that cage, and could neither lis down nor stand up. It Is a poor rule that will not work both ways. "With what measure ye mote, it shall be measured to you again." Oh, my friends, let us be resolved toaoold less and pray morel What headway will wo make In the judg ment If In this world we have been hard on those who have gone astray? What head way will you and 1 evke In the last great Judgment, when wt yust have mercy or perish? The Bibles, fi: "They shall have judgment without mercy that showed no meroy." I soe tho scribes of heaven looking np In to the faoe of such a man, saylug, "What! you plead for meroy, you, who In all your life never had any meroy on your fellows? Don't you remember how hard you were in your opinions of those who were astray? Don't you remomber when you ought to have given a helping hand you employed a hard heel? Mercyl You must mis-speak yourself when you plead for meroy here, Mercy for others, but no mercy for you. Look," aay the soribes of heaven, "look at thnt Inscription over the throne of Judg ment, the throne of God's Judgment." Hoe It coining out letter by letter, word by word, sentonoe by sentence, until your startled vision reads It and your remorse ful spirit appropriates It: "With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Depart, ye cursed!" SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS. Statistics Showing the Rapid Growth si tbs Industry In North Carolina. The first report of tho Commissioner of Labor Statistics, of North Carolina. devotes much attention to the cotton Industry. Tbs number of cotton mills In operation in tha Mate In 1870 was thirty-three, equipped with 018 looma and 80,897 spindles. Ten years later there was a small inorease in the number of mills to forty-nine, but ths capnolty of many old ones had been in creased, and there was an inorease of over 100 per oent. in the equipment, the looms numborlug 1700 and the spindles 92,885. Five years later there was another increase of 100 per cent., In round numbers, tho number of mills being eighty, with 4071 looms snd 109,000 spindles. On January 1, 1808, there were 207 cotton mills, with nearly 35,000 looma and 1,045,815 spin dl os The number will soon be Increased. Ten now spinning or weaving oompaulos have been formed and expect to be in operation by the time the new ootton crop appears. Nine additional mills are noaring comple tion, and ten hosiery and knitting mills ars being constructed. LEITERS BORROWED 89,000,000. Now Prepared and Determined to Carry Through Their Wheat Deal. L. Z. Letter and bis son, Joseph, tha Chicago gralu speculators, have borrowed li.OOO.OOO, and are now prepared to carry through their big wheat deal. Tlioy didn't actually need the money Just at present, but thought it better to make the loan when the money markot was easy. Every bushel of contract wheat now at Culuago will be on its way to Europe wit hi u the next four weeks. Up to ths middle of March the railroads were loading Letter wheat out of only one system of elevators tho Armour. TheoloBing of ad ditional shlppiug oontraots with the east- Itnlin.l Wtuila fn. t HVt Mft U.k.l. . . . loading at every elevator system In Chicago. NOVEL TEST CASE. Chinaman Arrested for Using Ills Month as a sprinkler. For years ths Chinese lanndrrmen of Ban Fruuolsoo have sprinkled clothes for Iron ing by spraying the water from tbolr mouths. Lost March a city ordiuanoe was adopted, prohibiting this primitive and disgusting method, and several Chinese lauudryineo were arrested for violutiou of the decree. A test cose was made, and tbs culprit tried to secure a writ of habeas corpus on tha ground that the ordiuanoe was unconstitutional beoaus it was special legislation. Judge Cook this week decided that the law lust (ties auch un ordinance, as it is designed to cheek the spread of dis ease. H remanded the Chinese to jail, aud tus oust) will be tried. A Unique Agricultural Fast. , flnnsrintAnifnni 1 xr irniu a e.. n mOUU fCal.1 Alfrlrtlllturnl Vvulplmant fl.- tlon, has succeeded in a moat unique and lutejnsuusr experiment cue grafting of morning glory on a sweet potato vine. As a result both plants attained aa unusually larM orowth. 1 n mmm niriaU 4U ...... duovd tweety-eM pousls ef uetoioea. HE SOU SCHOOi m INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 10. teaaon Testi "Suffering of Jeans Fore told," Matthew xvi., Sl-SS Golden Teati Matt. av, SO LeRsnn Commen tary by ths Iter. D. M. itearna. W have our choice of two lessons for to-day, either tbs regular lesson In the series. Math. xvl 81-28, or this resurreo tlon lesson, but as the latter, whleh wo choose, is a brief section we oan with great front devote a. third of our space to the former. Having warned His disciples against the leaven, or false doctrine, of the Pharisees and Badduceea, He drew from Blmon Fetor tbsoonfesslon, "Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God." This, Jesus said, was a revelation to Hlmon from the Father and was the foundation on Which He wonld build His church, which He now mentions for tha first time and only on one other occasion (Math, xvlll., 17). He then told them plainly that He must suffer and die and rise from tbe dend the third day, and, when Feter, taught by satan, objected to this, Christ then taught the disciples that not only was death tbe only way for Him, but the only way for them also as His followers. After His resurrection He called their attention to the fact that all the prophets bad tiught this, say ing: ."O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets bave spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter Into His glory?" (Lukexxlv., 35, 48.) It Is the grant truth whloh Is ever being spoken by the Spirit through l'uul, as when hs says: "I lis crucified with Christ. Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ llveth in mo." "We who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest In our mortal flesh." "That I may know Htm, and tha power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His suf ferings, being made eomfortnblo unto His death" (Gal. 11., 20; II Cor lv., 11: mil. 111., 10). 1. "And when the Babbnth was past Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother of James, and Bulome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him." These women loved Him, followed Him and ministered unto Him. They also watahed Him to the end and saw His body laid to rest In Joseph's tomb, then re turned and prepared sploes and ointments, and rested the Habbath day, according to the commandment (Luke xxlll., 55, 50, Mark xv., 41). In them and their ministry Is seen great devotion to Him. the mani festation of true and heartfelt love, but In this case their love lacked faith, for had they believed His oft repeated words, that He would rise again the third day, they would not have prepared to anoint His dead body on that day . 2. "And very early In the morning the first day of the week they came unto the Ropnloher at the rising of the sun." But they came looking for what they would not And, for they had no author'ty to look for a dead body In a tomb. We mny be per fectly sure that we shall find everything exactly aa He haa said, and therefore It be comes us to bold fast these words: "I be lieve God, that it shall bs even as It was told me" (Acts xxvil., 25). 8. "And they said among thomselves. Who ahall roll us away tbo atonn from the door of the sepulohur?" Had they been consciously sent ol God on this errnudtbey might hnve bad tbe comfort of Deut. xxxl., 8; John x 4, but He had not sent them forth this time. It was in Itself a good work they haddn view, and great love was ti It. and they were true disciples, but this errand was not of God. It was a labor of love, but not a work of faith (I Thess. I., 8). If we walk In the good works He has prepared for us (Eph, II., 10), we shall do well, but all others, however seemingly good, may turn out to bo vain works and Just nothing, for Ho sal. I, "Without Mo ye oan do nothing" (John xv., 6). which I take to teach that not only will our work be nothing without His blessing, but It will bo as nothing unlesa He has done It all from the first. 4. "And when they looked they anw thnt tho stone was rolled away, for it was very great." It had not boon rolled away that Ho might come forth, for a resurrection body regards no obstacles. Neither hail It been rolled away that thoy might accom plish what they had In view, tho anointing of His body, but au angel had como from hoavennnd rolled back the stone (Math, xxvlll., 2) that they might soe and believe that He meant just what He snld when Ho told them that He would rise again the third day. Blessed are they that bavo not seen and yet bave believed (John xx., 8, 29). 5. "And entering Into the sepulcher they saw a young man sitting on the right side, slothed In a long white garment, and they ware affrighted." By comparing the ac counts It is clear that there were two an gelssome saw ono inside and one out side, and, again, both were insidn. There la no discrepancy or contradiction. To send two Is generally His way. Two wont with Him to visit Abraham and to rosjue Lot. Two were sent to ths heavenward gaalng dlsolplos. The twelve and the sev enty wore sent by twos. Hoinutlmes He sends but one, as when no sent Gabriel, or when He sent Philip from tiuuiuria to the Ethiopian. 6. "And tbe fnlth onto thorn. Be not af frighted. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified. He Is risen. IIu la not here. Behold the place where they Uid Him." They Bought Ignorant ly, hut sincerely, and those who seek find. The word oven to suoh Is, "Fear not." There Is no ground of fear to those who are in Him, and from Gen. xv 1, to the end of the story it Is one oft repeated "Fear not;" "Be not afraid, only believe;" "Hove faith In God." Tho ground of all peace, however, Is Jusus cru cified and risen. 7. "But go your way, tell Hla diaclplea and Peter that He goeth before yon unto Galilee. There ahall ye see Him as He said unto you." In Math, xxvlll., 7, It Is, "Go quickly and tell." One has Bald that tho watchworda of Christianity are: "He la risen. Go tell." We have not to make up a fine etory aud put In perfect form and de liver it In eloquent language, but go where and when He sends ua and in Hla words tell of Him. Hla own message to Mnry was, "Go to My brethren and aay unto them, I aacend unto My Father aud your Father, and to My God and your God" (John xx., 17). He told nor the very worde to aay. Wbeu In anawer to the ory, "Whom ahall I send and who will go for ua?"Isalub said, "Here am I; aend me." 8. "Aud they went out quickly and fled from tbe aepulober, for they trembled aud were amazed; neither said they anything to any man, for they were afraid." Per. baps if they had been walking aud serving by faith they might not have been afraid; but we bad better look at borne: How Is it with me? Am I without fear going quiokly to tell ths good nsws whether men will hoar or forbear? Lesson Helper. The civil list for ths EnnllBh sover lgn is settled by an act of Parliament at the commencement of each reign. That arrangement was come to In tha reign of deorge III., when Parliament revenues of the Crown. Victoria has took possession of the hereditary only control and It Is absolute over her privy purse, whleh la 60,0C0 per annum, and voted by tho House of Commons annually, together with the other sums which make up the sum total of ths royal civil list, which la 11,825.000. Ths observatory on Mount Diane, built by M. Joseph Vallet, after weathering soma seven winters in its present exposed position, Is to bs rs roovwd piecemeal to a new site, whsrs It will no longer bs subjuot to certain Inconveniences, such as being walled. KEYSTONE SHIE HEWS HUED DISOBEY THE LAW. Oltomargarlns Dsalsra Hnmsrons la ths Pittsburg Dlitrict James Terry, agent of the dairy and food department for the Pittsburg dis trict, has made a rpport to Commis sioner Levi Wells. He save there la probably no district In the state where ths law regarding the sale of oleo margarine la so openly nnd defiantly floated. He has secured more than 40i) samples, a largo proportion of which, upon analysis, have proven to be oleo margarine. Many of these samples were obtained from small dealers who disappeared on suit being bought. He says the dealers In oleomargarine in Pittsburg district hnve behind them men of wealth and Influence who make It difficult for tho agent to enforce the law. The following pensions were granted Inst week: Lewis Itnwle. Allegheny, S'S: Ms'tbro WI'Msms. T"'"M" s'2; George 8. Richardson, Soldiers' home, Krle, R; Bamuel H. Bossier, Orwlgs burg, $6; John Pickering, Tltusvllle, B; wiiiium M. lnompson, naxiinuurg, i; Klchard A. Hlce, Kldred, AlcKean, $6 to IK; Ulrlch Bchlandrecker. Krle, 8 to $15; John Hcheafnocker, Menrivllle, 18 to 810; William F. Hlalr, Btorrslown, Bnmerset, 112 to 24; Minnie Kleves, Washington, IH; W. Ward, Phillips burg. Center, Ifl; James F. Howdcn, Jefferson, 8; David Hopfer. Lumber City, Cleaifield, 110; John Hush, Ore Hill, Hlalr, $8; Bamuel D. Van Woert, Wharton, Potter, fl; William B. Low man, Pittsburg, $fl; Joseph Gundy, West Middlesex, Mercer. 110; Benj. F. Markle, Maze, Juniata, $6; Bamuel F. Rogers, OH City, $0; Bernard Hlegel, Huefner, Clarion, B; Ahednego Craln, Osceola Mills, $6 to ; Oeorge Yonkers, Klk City, 2; William Hamma, Green ock, Allegheny, JO; Francis J. Moore. Pittsburg, 18 to $10; George Myers, llcllefonte, $8 to $10; Barah Klder, Deckers Point, Indiana, $H; Catharine Behe, Lilly. $8: Annie E. Waneaman. Knights, Westmoreland, $20; Martha Gregg, Frugality, Camhrla, $8; Char lotte Mosser, Klllcottsvllle, Fayette, $8; minor of Jos. Behe, Lilly, $2; Jos. Miller, Pittsburg. $8; F. A. Lauer. Soldiers' home, Krle, $12; Morris Hmith, Kutaw, Washington, $!; Joseph Brown, Wash ington, 6; Jonas Brown, Johnsburg, Somerset, $fl; William Bell, Blanco, Armstrong, $; Newton Head, Cleir fleld. $8; William Jackson, Vnlontown. $8; Gabriel Barnhnrt. Mt. Chestnut, $8 to $12; Daniel Krotser. Liberty, Tioga, $S to $12; Andrew Schuts, Allegheny, $12; Elizabeth A. Watson, Fay, Law rence, $8. Mrs. Isabel Ttldgway, aged 28 years, and her son Charles, aged 6 years, were found dead In bed the other morning at the home of Charles Hartley near West Chester. Their throats were cut, the heads being nearly severed from the bodies. The wenpon used was evi dently a butcher knife, which was found close by the bodies. The bodies were found by Hartley, who said the deed was probably committed while he was harnessing a horse. According to the statements made the woman was about to become a mother. Bhe was housekeeper for Hartley. Some are of the opinion that tho woman committed suicide after cutting the child's throat. The authorities are making an Investi gation. A sad case Is reported from Arm strong township. Sunday afternoon two young men, supposed to be sons of James Carney, of Apollo, drove Into the township In a buggy, having with them a quantity of alcohol. Thoy evidently drank to excess, and In tho evening their horse wandered to the farm of Robert Johnston, with both young men helpless in the buggy. The farmer nnd hlB family took the young men to the house and summoned a doctor, but, despite all efforts to revive them, they grew steadily worse. One of them died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock nnd the other died early Monday morning. They were aged about 22 and 18 years, respectively. Within the last few days 93.000 trout from the State hatcheries nt Corry have been deposited In the streams sur rounding Bcllefonte. This Is only one third of the number that will be put In before the supply Is exhausted. Anglers who have been investigating the vari ous trout streams of Center and sur rounding counties say the prospects are for better trout fishing this year thnrt Inst. Alfred Putnam, of Mlddlefleld, N. T., shot himself to death a few days ago at the home of Benjamin Trow, a Wah Ington township farmer who had taken him In as a farm hand. It has been learned from his father Bnd brother that he was married and hud been a fugitive from a writ Issued at the In stance of his wife. The body has been taken to Mlddlefleld for Interment. By tho bursting of a 14-ton fly wheel In the Green Rldgo Iron works the other morning at Scranton. Owen Davis, a laborer, was InHtnntly killed, two other men were slightly Injured, nnd tho mill structure and machinery were dumaged to the extent of $30,000. One piece of the wheel, winning three tons, was found on the Delaware & Hudson tracks over 100 feet away. William Hamilton, aged 70. Cherry tree township, Venango county, was instantly killed by the premnture ex plosion of a dynamite cartridge, last week while blasting stumps. His head was blown completely off. Mayor Wagoner, of Johnstown, has vetoed the ordlnunce annexing Coop ersdale to Johnstown, lie recently vetoed the annexation of Morrellville, and the matter Is now In the superior court. A meeting of the capltol commission was held at which It was decided to at once readvertlse fur bids for the pro posed state house and award the con tract April 18. At Howard, near Bellefonte, Mrs. Mary Miller was found hanging with a rope around her neck. She was cut down and with great difficulty brought to. William Hamilton, aged 70, a farmer of near Oil City, was killed by a pre mature -explosion of dynamite while blasting stumps a few days ago. H. V. Fredrlcks, of York, has been held for Court for soliciting four per sons to gamble. The trial of Peter E. Smith, Phlladel phia, charged with bribery, has l),en continued to the next term of court. The 3-year-old sun of John Engle at WllliaBisport. got a piece of. raw ham in bis windpipe and choked to death. Joseph Losche, aged 50, a prominent hotelkeeper, of Wllllamspoi t, shot him self through the body the other morn ing and died almost Instantly. Despon dency over the failure to raise $500 for his license, was the cause. James W. Buchanan, a grand nephew of President Buchanan, was killed In the Pennsylvania railroad yard at Altoona tha other day. Mrs. George H. Cole, who sued tha city of Johnstown, for $S8,000 for In juries from a defective sidewalk, got a verdict for $3,475. Hankers at Chambersburg say far mens have more money than- for it vaars. A ttappy Family, Twas a bitter cold morning; the new-fallen snow Had pierced every orsck where a snowflnka could got 1 hs streams were all solld.the Ice sharp and clear: And even the fishes ware chilly, I fear. Almost all the wild creatures were troubled and cold, And sighed for sweet summer, the shy and the bold; Hut one thrifty family, as you must know, Was breakfasting merrily under the anow. Close by a tall tree. In a hole In the ground, Which led to a parlor with leaves cushioned round, Five Jolly red squirrels were sitting at ease, and eating their breakfast as gay aa you please. D, II. B. Good'nle. strength of a Spider's Web. Size for size a thread of spider's silk is ilooldedly tougher than one of steel. An ordinary thread wilt bear a weight of three grains. This is bout fifty per cent, stronger than a tool thread of the same thickness. A Clever Ant. The president of the Agasniz associa tion, II. II. linltnrfl, recently caught sn ant near its hill, Rlmt it np iu a box, carried it 1T0 feet away and set it free In the middle of a sandy road. What followed he thus describes: "It seemed at first bewildered. Then it climbed to the top of a ridge of sand, reoted its body as high as possible, waved its autennio for several seconds and then started in a straight line for home." The felt list is aa old ns Homer. The Greeks made them in skull-caps, conical, truncated, narrow, or brond brinimed. The Fhrygian bonnet was n elevated cap without a brim, the apex turned over in front. It is known as the cap of Liberty. An ancient figure of Liberty in the times of Aiitonius Livius, A. D. 115, holds the cap in the right hand. - The Per sians wore soft caps; plumed hats were the head-dress of the Syrian corps of Xerxes, the broad-brim was worn by the Macedonian kings. Castor means a beaver. The Armenian cap tive wore a plug hat. The merchants of the fourteenth century wore a Flan ders beaver. Charles VII, in 140(1, wore a felt hat lined with red, and plnmed. The English men and wom en in 1510 wore close knit ted or woolen caps; two centuries ago hats were worn in the house. Popys, in his diary, wrote: "September, 16G4, got a severe cold because he took off his bat at dinner," and again in January, 16f5, he got another cold by sitting too long with his head bare, to allow his wife's moid to comb his hair and wash his ears, and Lord Clarendon, in his essay, speakiug of the decay of respect due tlie aged, says "that in bis younger tlnys he never kept his hat on before those older than him self, except nt dinner." Iu- the thir teenth century Pope Innocent IV al lowed the cardiuuls the .use of the scarlet cloth hat. The lints now iu use are the cloth hat, leather hat, paper lint, felt hat, opera hat, upriug- britu hat and straw hat. Detroit Free Press. t Story of Ilrave I.lttle I.nttle. Once I knew a little girl and her name was Lottie. She weut to school each day, and her teacher loved her very much. So did nil the little girls and boys who went to school with Lottie. She loved them ail too, and the teacher as well, but most of all she loved her little lame brother liobbie. He was seven years old, and she dragged him to school in a cart sometimes, when his leg was real bad, But one duy there came a great snow storm, and Tom liriggs, a big boy. took hold of the cart to drag liobbie through the suowdrifts. But it crew worse and worse when they turned off from the mam street, aud they bad till a long ways to go. "I will go and get father's sleigh," aid Tom, "if you will wait under this big tree, Lottie, with Bobbie." - Then when they were alone Bobbie began to cry and say that he was cold and that his leg achfed. So Lottie, like a good, brave little girl took off her shawl and wound it around her little brother. But all the time Tom Briggs did not come, and the wind bowled and shrieked and bent the branches of the great tree. Just how long before the sleigh came I cannot say, for Tom and his father, who started with him, both got lost in the great drifts. But at last they found the two dear little children. Lottie had her arms around Bobbie, aud both were just going to sleep, and it was dark, and Tom and his lather had lanterns. But live minutes later they were at home, where mamma and papa were awfully frightened. But the two children were takeu to the tire aud warm dry stockings put ou their feet, aud after supper four tittle bright eyes, two black and two blue, were laughing as thoy told the story of being lost iu the snow. And the next day a gold pen bolder was given Lottie by the teaoher ud scholars for her bravery iu giving her shiwi r little Bobfiie wbeu they were under the tree, Mary Shine, la the Bouquet, My flying Squirrels. When I was a little girl a friend of mine brought me one of bis forest iluiiings a mother flying squirrel and her three baby squirrels, little things, hardly larger than a girl's eye lids, nnd exactly alike. After admiring them for Awhile I hastened to the shop to buy a cage. leaving my pets in a paper box, through which I had riddled a number of holes, that the squirrels might have air. But, when the prettiest and roomiest of cages were ready.aud well supplied with nuts and cool water, the little creature could not be fonnd thejr were not in the box where 1 had put them, I searched every nook and corner of the room, and finally opened the top drawer of a high, old-fashioned bureau, where I kept a small girl's small belongings. There was no sign of anything unusual no squeak, no scamper of gray, fluffy figures. Just as I was about to close the drawer, the cover of my pasteboard ribbon box tilted to one side, and there, motion less as the dead, was the mother squirrel, her babes cuddled close to her side, all massed into one gray nuny ball. They we're easily removed to tbe pretty new home, end the cage door was fastened. The next morning the cage was empty. The squirrels had gone. Without waiting to dress I began a) search for tbe runaways. Every drawer in the chamber was rumnged, but the wise mother knew better than to hide in A drawer a second time. The waste basket I turned upside 1 down, the contents of my work basket scissors, thimble, needle case, un finished doll clothes were turned out on the floor, but yet no sign of the missing squirrels. , Then I tackled my bed. Lifting pillow, I felt warmth and movement.' I stripped off the case and brought to view the dear little fugitives. The devoted, liberty-loving mother had brought her babies, one by one,' from cage to pillow, creeping under my shoulders and very face with such gentleness that my sleep had been un disturbed. The innocents had not reckoned on the morning shaking and "niriug" of pillows. When the squirrels were once more back in their, cage I tied netting over it, but this was a mere cobweb to the mother's free spirit. In an hour she was out. Then began a hunt, aban doned nnd resumed, off aud on, until every drawer, every bag-holder, every crack nnd crevice large enough for a cricket's body to pass through had been exnuiined, aud the bed had been three times unmade, but no squirrels were to be found. That evening I put on my best frock, and, in pro viding a fresh handkerchief for the pocket, I found out the hiding place of the mischiefs. They had taken a funfiy to tho pocket of that particular dress. But the flying squirrel wouldn't stay "put." The most alluring house that I could construct with water and food at hand she condemned, and de serted for some queer thing of her own contriving. Once the little plagues domiciled in my slipper. Again, we found them all in a clock that stood high up on a shelf. To this day I cauuot understand how the mother engineered her helpless family into the closed clock case. It must have been through the holes made at the top for the weights. But the queerest happening was In connection with our baby's rag doll, a beauty created from a cradle pillow, and girt about with a pink sash. It had been sitting all morning in its tiny chair looking on with expres sionless countenance as we searched for the ever-missing squirrels. Our baby came along and caught up the rag doll in a loving embrace. Then with a flying leap out came the mother squirrel from the rag brain. For days the plague and the play went on, while I delayed the liberty I had promised my mother I would give the interest ing wood folk. In the meantime, the heroic, undisconraged mother squirrel made a siirTreme effort to be free. Be fore I had discovered her absence from tbe house I fonnd the family in the cleft of an apple tree, which I was attempting to climb. At sight of the little creature under God's great, great dome, my heart had a touch of pity and tenderness from which it hasn't yet recovered. "Oh, you darlings!" I cried. "Yon are tbe dearest, tbe cunningest things that ever were made. I hate to give you up, I love you so. But you love the outdoors, and you shall never, never be takeu into the house again. I wish you would stay in this tree or out in our nice woodpile. But goto the woods if you would rather, and make your own home, and do your own putting,, and drink from the pretty springs among the ferns and rocks." Aud I know that the mother squirrel and her three little children were happier after that day, aud I think I was bnpper, too. Sarah Winter liel log, iu Little Men and Women. Walnut Tree Bold for SJOOO. Colonel Tom Middletou of Shelby ville, Ky., has sold to the representa tive of a German syudioate a walnut tree on his place for $ti00. It was bird's-eye waluut, which variety ia extremely rare. The tree will be hipped to Germany, where it will be used iu the manufacture of furniture for royal families. Cinoinuati Ea ouirer, ,
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