A MAN OF THE PEOPLE REFUSES TO POSE IN PULL DRESS FOR SOCIETY. Major tlenry Zlegenhela of St. Loots Taught to Scorn the Uucer Cnntome of Wearing Swallow Tailed Coat and Whit Necktie. AYOR HENRY ZIEHEN HE1N, who has pulled the heard of the great I Veiled Prophet by refusing to wear full dress at the big ball In St. Louis, Is a plain, blunt man, who like not the fastidious ways of high society. Those Who know him are not surprised at the land he took. He always wear a Prince Albert, and he says that he was married in such a coat; was Inaugu rated In such a coat and ha worn a similar garment at all functions where his office has demanded his attendance, and that he does not propose to give it tip now. He is "a man of the people." He was born In St. Louis county and has always resided either in the coun ty or city. His wife, also, Is from the county and there hlfl children were born. His tastes are few and simple. The fact that he is the chief executive has not changed him, and today ho Visits and dines with the humble clt Ixens who knew him before hie induc tion into office. When the mayor is in bis office at the city hall he Is always unapproachable. As a general rule ho etande in the reception-room, hears what his callers have to say, and an swers them at once. During the hot weather he received visitors in his hlrt sleeves and In very warm weather loft off his vest. He Is over six feet In height, smooth ehaven and with full, fat florid face. There Is usually ft smile on his lips and a merry twin kle In his eye. He dresses modestly, wearing a Prince Albert coat, with trousers and vest of similar cloth; white linen and a plain black tie. There Is but one oddity and that is his hat. Ills hats are patterned after those of the Quakers of Penn's day, and the MAYOR Z1EGENHEIM. pleadings of his wife and the gibes of his friends will not make him change it. His hat is famous: In SL Louis. AN INTERESTING KAFFIR. ' The Rev. Simon P. Slhlall of Tern buland, who returned recently to South Africa, from England, Is doubtless the most interesting Kaffir who has visit ed England for some years. He was the first Kaffir to matriculate at th,e Cape university, and also the first to represent officially the churches of South Africa at the Congregational union of England and Wales. This be did In May last. Mr. Slhlall. who THE REV. SIMON P. SIHLALI. Wat educated at Lovedale, was ordain d In 1884 at Graaft-Relnet, entering two years later on his work in Tembu Und. He has been instrumental In curing the erection of six places of worship and schools, and his church hfta membershp of 600 persons. Dur ing his brief stay in England friends have subscribed over $2,500 toward the erection of a permanent church at Sol omon's Vale, the center of his Held of labors, for -which the chief Mgudlwa has presented ft site. Eat tew women have time to look t " their portrait-. 5lt'f. ... . WHIMS OF SEA-SICK PEOPLE. The captain of ft big liner says that he should consider himself ft rich man If be hod as many sovereigns as there were cures for sea-sickness. Every person who sails with him knows Just how to act when the "go roundand round sort of feeling" begins to assert Itself, and ' there are so many cer tain remedies that tnnl de mer ought long ago to have lost its terrors. During a very rough trip across the Atlantic, a well-dressed gentleman sat down in the center of the wave-washed deck, produced a photograph, and star ed hard at It for hours. Passengers who were In a condition to notice his strange conduct thought he was gazing upon the face of his best girl, and winked knowingly at one another; but their surmise was an erroneous one. The photograph was really a repre sentation of the gentleman's worst en emy, and he firmly believed that. If he glared at It long enough the bitter thought aroused In his mind by the sight of It would ward off sea-sickness. "Fix your mind upon some one you hate," he explained, "and you will never be ill while at sea." There was a wild commotion on board another vessel one morning, for the captain found that some thief had broken Into his cabin that night and stolen his best uniform. A hue and cry was at once raised, and the rough sailors, secretly enjoying the joke, questioned every one on board, not even sparing the first-class passengers. At last, however, the missing uni form walked unsteadily from the cook's galloy, and the person Inside made a bee line for the bulwarks. "1 always thought the togs captains wore were a preventative of sea-sickness," he stuttered, "but I'm afraid I've been laboring under a delusion. Tell the skipper I'll let him have 'em back in half a minute they're no good to me." One of the sailors on a vessel out ward bound for India rushed on deck with a livid face, and startled the cap tain by stating that seven passengers had been found dead In their berths, Instantly assuming that there had been foul play; the captain aroused the doc tor, and they went together to visit the stricken sleeping places. To all ap pearance the frightened sailor had spoken tho truth for passengers lay white and still, not a sign betraying that life still remained to them. The doctor examined them, and then went away with a frown on his face, returning shortly with a dapper little Frenchman, who had made himself a favorite with every one. "This gentleman will be able to set your mind at rest, captain," remarked the doctor, and the Frenchman, with careless smile, rapidly proceeded to rouse all the quiescent passengers. It seemed that he was a professional hypnotist, and that for a fee of one guinea he agreed to send any one who feared to undergo the pangs of sea sickness Into a sound mesmerlo sleep. But tor the doctor's Interference, he said, his patients would have slumber ed until the shores of India were sighted. A Morocco Dainty. There is no accounting for tastes. What suits the palate of one may be little esteemed By another. An Eng lish traveler and sportsman had rec ommended to him. when he was In Mo rocco, a, variety of game which he would not be very keen for at home. His informant was ft soldier, tor no foreigner Is allowed to travel In that country without such attendance. He began telling marvelous stories of the game In the neighborhood, of the sul tan's army, and of his own Importance. One remark on cooking for was a gourmand is worth repeating. "There Is," he said, "only one kind of game worth eating In Morocco wildcat. Its taste Is as the taste of-all other va rieties of game mixed. When once you have tasted wildcat, never will you eat anything again with pleasure." Prob ably not; I should think It enough to poison most people, but I dared not say bo. I merely proposed In a weak voice that I" preferred owl stewed with mus tard and aand. He aald that ought to be good, too, but be had never tried it Meat boreal, of the Logiea . More tbfta 60,600 rrenchmea ketone to the Legion of Honor. Thirty -two UousftBd of these are oonaeeted with tbe irar. The rest are errUiana. jj CHILDREN'S C0LLIMW7 w?ipr -v'v.-!o I A lint! Ikrram. My font's asleep! Mv foot's oslcopt Oh. dear! What shiill 1 do? It's areaming of n hundred pins That prluk me through and through. It's dnamlng of honwt'a nest, With forty thousand itlngs It's drenmina of a million sharks The llery, burning things! Oh, dear! Oh, denr! I'm punished woll, 'i'wns very wrong, I know, To sit so long npon the floor, And dilly-dally so. Orlmms' Fairy Tales wore In my hnnd, Tho duster In my Inpi and so my foot Improved the time Xo take a little nap. Kate I.nwrnnne. The Ktnrynfilie MlrkliJiai ks. Pear to the heart of all juvenile ahermen is the three spined stickle back. This little fish is hold in grent repute by all naturalists on account of his unflshlike habit of building ft nest and watching over the young lishns. They are a very pugnacious race, the sticklebacks, dearly loving a light, and should they be nimble to pick a quarrel with some other members of the agnatic world they get up a battle among themselves. When about to build a nest, the mala fish carries in his mouth bits of weed and plant stems to the spot where he intends to make his home. He then proceeds to cement the pieces of weed together by means of a mucus excreted from his mouth or body. The floor of the nest is made first, and then the sides and top are con structed. The nest completed, Mr. Stickleback, who lins now a very hand someappearance,sallies forth in search of a wife. The lady of bis heart's de sire found, Mr, Htickleback, by diut of much coaxing and not a little chnsing.induces her to enter the nest. Here she deposits her eggs and de camps, leaving her unhappy husband to watch over the eggs and, when hatched, bring np the young stickle backs. This he does most conscientiously, mounting guard over the little nest containing the bright yellow colored eggs, attacking and driving away all would be intruders. Trenton (Ji. J.) American. A Hot Dint Itrannnwl. J. O. Wood, naturalist, tells us that tho rat is intelligent to n degree. To this fiict, ho says, nuy pi of jssionnl rat catcher will boar witness, "for to catch an old rat is a feat that taxes human intellect to the utmost." I know of two boys who innde the ex periment, and who now fully agree with Professor Wood. They wanted to capture an old rat that lived in tjje barn. One of this rat's long passages ran uuderneath the building and opened at the back into a shady corner of the barnyard. This seemed to be the old fellow's favoritodoorway. The boys had often seen him dart across the yard and vanish through it. They thought therefore that this was the place where they might hope to toko him. Ho one afternoon they bought a Vap, temptingly baited with a piece of smoked cheese, and placed it a few fet t from the wall, directly facing the hole. Then they climbed a nearby tree, from whioh they conld observe all that might happen without being themselves seen. The trap was on the plan of the ordinary red wooden mousetrap, ouly it was larger and made of wire. There was the usual hole for the rat's head to enter, and the cheese was stuck firmly on the little trigger, which on being jerked would cause the spring to fly up and choke the victim. In about half an hour the boys heard a faint scratch on the gravel be neath. The rat had come to the door of his passage nud was glanciug cau tiously aronnd. Xo one was in sight. Nothing stirred. He gazed longingly at the cheeso. The boys held their breath as they watched and leaned forward in their eagerness. Oh, if he would only be quick! Something wight happen to frighten him off. But the old rat was iu no hurry. Age had taught him many things and made him crafty. He stayed just in side his hole and considered the matter ronghly. He smiled quietly behind his long, gray whiskers at the thought of auyone supposing that he would be taken in by a simple trick like that. He knew from the very firt thnt it was a trap and studied it only to dis cover bow it was worked. In a few moments be again came from his hole alowly, cautiously, as before and de liberately inspected the trap from all sides. Perfectly satisfied that he knew a'l about it, he returned to the front Then, to the utter amazement of the two boys, he placed himself with bin tail instead of his head toward the trap's opening. Ho lookod around to aee that he was in the correct position and then, by vigorously kioking his Jiind legs, sent a shower of pebbles rattliug agaiust the wire. Suddenly there was a snap. Some of the pebbles had gone through the opening aud struck the cheese. In another instant the old rat had turned, grabbed the cheese from the now harmless trigger aud was gone. Philadelphia Times. Fence-Voat J I in my. Of conrse that was not his real name. In his mamma's big Bible was written, James Sutton Anderson, but ouly his parents aud relatives called him James, or sometimes Jamie. With his boy friends it was different. Jimmy was easier to say, so Jimmy it was, and now for the reasou why "Fence-Post" was taoked on before the Jimmy. Down by the bars through which the cows passed into the sunny pas ture on the other side of the fence, Jimmy loved to sit where he could watch Joe, the hired man, drive the cows to and from the barn. A little ways from the bars was tall post, part of this fence, and here Jimmy would perch for hours at a time, even when Joe and the cows were not nenr, and he watched the little fishes in the tiny brook which, at this spot, stole under the fence. When auy of his friends came to his house and asked for him, his mother would always say: "Oh, you'll find him down by the fence-post at the edge of the pasture. " So the boys began to call him "Fence Post Jimmy," but he did not care in the least. Now there were many things he saw there to delight him. First of all, the fishes, (uie day while watching them he found that there were other living creatures iu the water, aud he made a list of them.no he conld tell his grand pa, for old Mr. Anderson knew many line stories nbont the things Jimmy saw, and could give each crenture its right name when the boy had described it to him. As grandpa was too feeble to walk down to this place Jimmy kept his eyes and ears open that he might carefully tell what be saw and heard. Many discoveries were made in one summer. There were the frogs which Jimmy was able to watch from the time when the jelly-like eggs hntched into polliwogs up to the time when Mr. Frog hopped up on a stone with his lirand-uew legs and sounded his first croak. Then there were the little, lizards aud rnddiswornis, crabs hiding under stones, snails carrying their houses along in the mud, water-spiders, pin fish and funny squirming bugs and water beetles. Drngonllies and butterflies, been and birds flew about. Fence-Post tower and amnd-unsp showed Jimmy how she made her house. Bight be fore his eyes she weut to the edge of the water, gathered the mud, and to his surprise began building her home on the under side of a large stone not far away. Brown, fuzzy caterpillars crawled along the rails, and a bright-colored worm spun a soft nest in a knot-hole of the post, closed the door and went to sleep for its long nap. Other sights of this sort Jimmy saw, and soon became well acquainted with these new friends, from the little ants and spidors on the fence to the big toad that lived in the grass and came out sometimes to catch flies. Thus Jimmy amused himself. He was never lonely when he had no one to play with, for here he hod so many new friends. He learned to bo gentle with all dumb creatures, and the last time I heard from him he had taken some of the bojs into his secret, and was giving them lessons in all he had learned from his Fence-Post tower. fin Mai o Times. A Hand Nlonn, In crossing that part of Arabia known as Yemeu, an English traveler a few years ago encountered a storm of sand, lie describes the unpleasant incident iu a vivid manner. The Btiuging sensation ns the sand struck oue's bands and face was most painful. Calling a halt, we crawled uudor some thick bushes, the men hurriedly nrruuging a Btrip of canvas so as to gain the most protection from its scanty folds. We were just in time, for the wind increased in strength and became a gale. Tho sand, which till now had been but thin, commenced whirling in clouds until the air was dark with it. Huddling together, we tied our turbans over our mouths and waited for a cessation. The desert wind was iuteusoly hot and tho burning, gritty grains of sand found thoir way under oue's clothing aud into one's ears aud eyes until life became almost unendurable. I had seen a sandstorm or two before, but none like this. The poor, grumbling camels lay down and wagged their necks slowly from side to side. So strong was the Baud laden wind that it was impossible for the men to go even as far as the liver to get water, and our throats were parched with thirst. Happily this was the ouly sand storm we experienced on the whole journey, and I hope I may never see another. ' Swallowed Hole, The other day Jimmy, fonr year old, fouud one of those bone-rimmed circles wbL-u,l believe, ladies call eye lets, and, while playiug iu the garden, swallowed it. The fumily were in the house busily engaged with a work on entomology, wheu Jimmy ran in, with mouth wide open, and eyes dis tended to their utmost capacity. His mother caught him by the arm, and t embliug with that deep anxiety whioh ouly a mother can feel, inquired: "What U the matter? What has happened ?" "Water !" gasped little Jimmy, nearly scared to death. It was brought him, when, after irinking copiously, he exclaimed "Oh, mother, I swallowed a hole 1" "Swallowed a hole, Jimmy ?" Yes, mother, swallowed a hole, with a piece of ivory around it I" Children and the Dark. Children should be accustomed as soou as possible to sleep in a dark room. Unless they have learned to be afraid of it, the darkuess is sooth ing to the nerves, and the rest is more profound and refreshing thau when there is the unconscious stimulation of light. It is particularly desirable for children of a nervous temperament that light should be excluded, yet it is most often the nervous, sensitive child whose imagination has beeu tilled with the shapes h dark may bide. London Mail. AGRICULTURAL TOPICS A gnpply ef Ladder). One of the most important things in harvesting fruit is to have a good sup ply of ladders. The modern methods of pruning trees do not require the long and inconvenient ladders that were formerly used by leaning them against the tree and pinking the fruit from the outside. This always had the effect of destroying many small limbs and stripping the bark from larger ones where the ladder rested. Light, self-supporting ladders that can be set under trees, so that the picker need not climb through them, are what are needed. The saving in fruit by picking from these self-supporting lad der will repay their cost any year when the fruit crop is abundant. Why Toting Meat la Beat. Almost everybody likes best the meat of young animals. But the rea son why does not appear to be so gen erally understood. It will be said, of eourse, that the young chicken is more tender and delicate, aud has a sweeter flavor than the old fowl, and the same also of the young pig or lamb as compared with the old one of the same species. The truth seems to be that the young animals' meat is best because it has never been either pinched and starved, nor been sur feited by overfeeding. As proof of this we have seen runt pigs killed whioh had been stunted still more by overfeeding with corn, as every farmer knows is liable to happen. The pigs were Biokly, or at least had so poor appetites that they would eat very little, and were at last killed, as It seemed impossible to make them grow. There was fat enough in such pigs, but it never seemed to us wholesome fat, and we would mnoh prefer a cut from a thrifty pig that weighed 100 to 200 pounds. It is lesson that all feeders have to learn, that only by keeping the digestive or gans in good condition and making the animal fatten rapidly can gain be profitably made or the meat thus pro duced be wholesome, and of the best quality. ton by Breakage or Milk Bottle. The operation of the Wisconsin dairy school creamery and pasteuriz ing department during the eutire year affords an opportunity not only for continual experiments and factory pu pil instruction, but for obtaining sta tistics and information in regard to many practical creamery aud dairy matters. In reply to an inquiry re garding the loss from breakage aud disappearance of glass bottles used for retailing milk and cream, we were able from our records to obtain some evidence on this question. Calculating our experience on a basis of 10,000 quarts per year or about thirty quarts per day, we find that to retail this amount will require somo 700 bottles. It the product is cream, customers will prefer pints rathor than quarts. This is especially true in the summer because the smaller quantity will be more likely to hi used up before it sours, It will also bo fouud that to do this amount of business there will be about 180 bottles ii circulation among' custom ers, and 100 will be in use at the dairy, eitho? ready for sale or empty, and on hand, to be used as needed. At the end of the year there will be left about 200 of the 700 bottles, and the 000 that have disappeared will probably go as follows: One-half of them the customers will pay for, one third will be broken and the remain ing one-sixth will unaccountably dis appear. If the bottles cost nine cents eaob, the bottle account loss per 10,000 quarts sold will amount to nearly 825. Professor E. H. Farring ton, Wisconsin Dairy School, Making Good Corn Btooks. As this is the season for cutting corn something about the best way of mak ing the stook may be of interest. We never used the so-oalled "horse" whioh some used to advise for building the stook around, which was to be with drawn after the top of the stook had been firmly bound. A good stiff hill of stalks, all the better if it had three to five ears to lean the cnt corn against, was always chosen for the centre of the stook. Then we out hills on each side, standing them up opposite to eaoh other and leaning slightly against the centre hill. In this way the cen tre became of less importance and could be cut away after the stook was finished without making it sag to either side. Where we were, storms mostly came from the west, so we piled up rather more stalks on the east aide in order to prevent it from blowing over that way. For tying the top we usually had oorn stalks out three or four days before, and allowed to wilt. Most of these would bend readily, and by taking two to eaoh stook the top could be bound so that it would not break. If the top band breaks the stook is sure soon to lean over or fall to pieces, whioh means falling on every side. Au immense amount of corn is every year lost by defeotive stooking. The best of of all bands is made from osier willow, and we think every far mer who grows mnoh corn ought also to grow the osier willow for this pur pose. One band can be bound around the top, and another afoot lower down, banding it so tight that the stook may be hauled by it when it is neoessary to load it ou a wagon. Amerioan Culti vator. The Wrong Plaoe. "I'll tell you one thing," said Had pop to his long-suflering wife, "it Willie does not behave himself I'll give Lira the worst spaukiug he ever bad. He'll get it in the neokl" . "Do be serious, my dear," replied Mrs. Madpop. "The neok is no place on whioh to spank a child. "Harper's Bazar. . Camels' milk is said to be very help (ul to cousumptives. It is palatable I and nourishing. ERNE STHTE FUGITIVE RETURNS. Defaulting President of the Keystone Bank Re. turns to Philadelphia After an Absence of Seven Yean. Gideon W. Marsh, the fugitive presi dent of the Keystone national bank, of Philadelphia, which collapsed on March 20, 1891, returned to that city last week after an absence of over seven years, and surrendered himself to his bondsman, Wllllnm H. Wana maker. The closing of the Keystone bank created a tremendous sensation at the time and the developments Im mediately subsequent thereto resulted In the sentencing to long terms of Im prisonment of John Bardsley, then city treasurer of Philadelphia, and Charles Lawrence, the cashier of the bank. Both have now completed their sen tences. The following pensions were granted! last week: Bamuel Monathn, Cham bersburg, $8; Harvey J. Kiskadden, New Castle, $8; Thomas Harklson, Honey Orove, Junlnta, $8; James Bweney. Ist Creek, t8; William W. Shlpmen, Pittsburg, $K; William It. Young, McKeesport, $9; Bamuel W. Morgan, Canonsburg, 18; John McCul lough, Waynesboro, $8; Samuel Sny der, Petersburg. Huntingdon, $8 to $10; George W. Jeffries, Vcnetla, Washing ton, $8; John Vancamp, Knoxdale, Jefferson, $8 to $17; Joseph Hossenplug, (dead), Mllroy, Mifflin, $0 to $12; Allen H. Wood, Athens, $14 to $24; John 8a ger, Jr., New Mayvllle, Clarion. $12 to $17; David Moyer, Leechburg, $12; Ly dla Hassenplug, Mllroy, $8; minors of James H. Collin, Pittsburg, $19; Anna Catharine Michael, Tarentum, $8; John Dawson, Allegheny, $12; William H. Bentley, Contesvlllo, $8; John Osklns, Broddock, $8; D. Porter Leonard. C'laysvllle, Washington, $ to $8; Wil liam C. Knox. Llgonler, $8 to $17; Jo eph D. McCobe, Beaver Falls, $8 to $10; Charles Bruner, Wllllamsport, $4 to $8; George w. Threlked, Lewis town, $10 to $17; Ellxa M. Homlg, Mllroy, Mifflin. 8; War ren Wellman, Union City, $6; Alex Baehloum, New Station, $6; William K. Bnrtley, Hcllefonte, $8; Thomaa Motion. Pittsburg, $8; James For- ,"' "nnongahela, $8; Thomus Keith, (lend, Mercersburg, $2; John Cams. iPM,ni,.,FTanklln M to ": Michael Nell William Hill, Franklin. $6 to $8; William O. Heffelflnger, Blairsvllle, $ to $8; Exra Holmes, Bradford, $8 to $10; John Houpt, Marlonvllle, $12 to $14 George 8. Campbell, Punxsutawney, $8 to $12; J. C. Mark, New Alexandria, $ to $8; Mary Blower, Osceola Mills, $8; Ellia J. Walter, North EaBt, $12: Louisa Keith, Mercersburg, $8. An explosion, resulting In the loss of two live and the severe injury of five employe, occurred at the plant of the Oil City boiler works the other day. The dead are: Cha. McClcekcy, boiler maker, blown 100 feet and Instantly killed; Patrick Frawley, laborer, crushed to death by the falling of the roof. The Injured are: John Smith, a laborer, wounds thought to be fatal In the hip, back and head; John Gldders, boiler-maker, both legs and one arm broken; Dennis McMahon, boiler maker, leg broken and bad body bruise; Andrew Gustnfson, boiler maker, leg broken and body badly bruised; Patrick Londrlgen, laborer, badly cut about the head. Six or eig'" other employes sustained severe bruises. The boiler which exploded wa of a 25-horsepower, and wag being tested with a number of other In the usual manner, and all the worklngmen about It were skilled. The part of the building in the Immediate vicinity vas completely demolished. t, Frank P. Gray, of Beaver Falls', whose Son Is In the Tenth Regiment at Manila, received the following Instruc tion from Washington regarding Christmas boxes: "Boxes not to ex ceed 25 pounds for each soldier will 50 forwarded to Manila from San Fran cisco free. The boxes should be ad dressed enre of the Depot Quartermas ter, San Francisco, and ent charges prepaid to thnt point. The last steamer Is expected to sail from San Francisco for Manila about November 15." A fall of rock occurred In mine No. 82 of the Berwlnd White Conl Company at Wlndbor a few days ago, Injuring three men, one of whom, John Koux, I at the Memorial hospital, with two rib and an arm broken and a wrist c'lHlocnted. Koux, Simon Coving and Joe Clneskcs. all miners, were caught under the falling rock. Coving had hi leg broken In Ave places, and Clneske bad two ribs broken. Mr. M. Templcton, of Scottdale, had a peculiar experience recently. A blood vessel on her ankle buret and began to bleed rapidly. In a short time she be came unconscious and pulse and breathing stopped.- A physician pro nounced her dead. After lying in this state, for an hour or more she began to breathe. Medical aid was again se cured, and she I now In a fair way to recovery. Frank Williams, aged 14, and John Arthur, aged 16, got into a scuffle on the street at Beaver Fall the other night. William drew a knife and thrust the blade Into Arthur's ab domen, making a horrible gaah. Ar thurs became unconscious, while Wil liam, holding the bloody knife fled In the darkness. The wounded lad waa sent to the hospital in a very critical condition. Eugene Wendman of East Hebron, near Stroudsburg, waa found dead last week near hi home, half Imbedded In quicksand. Beside him wa found a hastily written note which told that he hud been unable to extricate himself and that he wa suffering terribly from hunger and thirst. Wendman aaid he wa about to make a prayer for re lief. He leave a family. A long hidden deficiency, reaching about $57,000, ha been discovered In the accounts of the late John H. Alle nian, cashier of the First National bank of Hanover, who died about three week ago. The book have been In the hand of an expert acountant alnc Alleman' death, and the shortage was thus revealed. At Johnsonburg, near Bradford, the pubtle schools have been cloaed on ac count of a diphtheria epidemic. Fully 70 caaea of the disease In various atage are being treated there. In several other town near there diphtheria la alao prevalent. Samuel McBrlde. a wealthy Union township farmer, hanged himself at hi home near New Castle a few day ago. The rabbit and pheasant season opened auspiciously throughout the Llgonler Valley. Rabbits are aald to be plentiful, and report Indicate that the season will be a successful one. Many hunter are now on the ground. Th report of Joseph Carney, Secre tary of the Bourd of Director of the Poor of Beaver county, shows that toi persons were given relief during th year outside of the almshouse. Of these 827 were children. While Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Horat, of Bhaeffertown. near Lebanon, were away from home their 6-year-old daughter found a bottle of strychnin pill In the house and ate them. 8b died In great agony.
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