THE "OPEN DOOR" TEA SALOON 'Iff SSI j! . . Art's Tribute to Dewey. I lloinsti In Ilfsiuit nnd IHcrctd f LTOitli Side (Burnings. 2 In the triumphal nrob and colonnade which ii to bo erected at Madison Square for tbe Dewey celebration, New York City is to have a work whioh, in tbe opinion of tbe Natioual Sculpture Society, will surpass any thing that has beforo beeu reali.od for such a purpose in sculpture dec oration. In general plan the arch will re semble the Aroh of Titus. The Ro man design is altered, however, to 111 'it for location at the intersection ot iuur streets oy naming tue main piers pierced on the eft.it aud went axis of the arch by smaller opouiugs, as in done in the Aro do Triomphe in I'aris. This leaves really four piers to tho arob, for the decoration of which aj aeries of bas reliefs and groups is sug gested, depicting the call to anus, the battle, tbe return of tbe soldiers and peace. At the sides of these groups may be placed heroic figures ot great American naval oflloers. Secretary Long, at the request of the society, suggested for representation in those places tie name of Paul Jones, Decatur, Hull, Perry, McDonough, Farragut, Porter aud Cushion-. Over the maiu entrauce will be bos reliefs symbolizing the commercial importance of New York. For tbe group surmounting' tbe arch his been suggested a ship with a figure of Viotory iu tbe bow drawu by four sea-horses. The plans inolude also a reviewing-stand which shall be a part ot the general soheme ot deooration for Madison Square. It is planned to have it decorated with groups symbolic of Greater New York and the five boroughs, and with flags to make it contrast in color with the masonry and sculpture effects. jf the arch. The work on the part ot the artists which will be involved in carrying DEWEY TKIUMPHAL out these plans is offered to tbe city free of charge. At a meeting of the society called to consider the means of doing the work in the short time remaining, the roll was called for pledges of work and eo-operatiou, Evervfweraber who was present at the meeting pledged himself without re serve to the work. It is said that the artists in carryiug out the plan will give to the city professional service amounting in value to 8120,000 or $200,000. A Sad Caie. Dr. Chargem "Your friend needs rigorous treatment; I never saw a man in snoh a state ot meutal depres sion. Can't you convince him that the future holds some brightness for him?" Hympathetie Friend "That is un fortunately impossible. He has drawn bis islary for three wssks ahead and peat ths money."--Pssrson's Weekly. Anns of III Shainrork's Owner. Of course, it wouldn't have been the thing for Sir Thomas Lipton, tea merchant, Cup challenger and recent ly appointed llnronet, to come over here on tbe Shamrock without a ooat-of-arms. He might as well arrive without a yachting cap. So be has had a ooat-of-arms made, and, honestly, be deserves great credit for tbe dem ocratic and unassuming way in which be has complied tbe emblem. For the crest be has designed two horny bands of labor, one bearing tbe flowers of tbe tea plant the other that of the coffee plant. These betoken bis 1311 Sin THOMAS LIPTON H COAT-OP-AHMH. bumble origin and bis means of suc cess in tbe world. Fidelity to bis native country iuduoes him to plaoe upo the shield the Shamrock of Ire land, as well as the Thistle of Soot land, the country iu which be made bis first mouey. At tbe bottom of the shield is the born of plenty, and bis motto, "Labor Conquers All Things, It is truly a fitting autobiography in pictures. ARCH AND ARCADE The Heat School. Tbe best snd cheapest school of journalism is the country newspaper offloe. No one can beoome a banker or a broker or a merchant by attend ing a commercial college. No more can a college course in journalism lit you for newspaper work. Theory is one thing; praotioe is another. If you aspire to enter the higher ranks, work on a country weekly as a starter. There is tbe best possible training for a young man who desires to beoome an aoourate writer and a reporter of events. In the city one rarely if ever meets the people he rvrites about, and there are no oonsequenoes to be feared on that soore. But in the country there is s personal accounting in store for the scribe who garbles or errs in statement of faots. This knowledge drills the habit of aeourscy into one ss nothing else will. The annual inoreass of population in the United States is about 1,000,000. IN NEW YORK ooooooooooooooooooooooooo NOVEL RIVAL TO THE LIQUOR SHOPS.: lOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOCM Practical help to tbe poor, tbe 1b- norant, and the sinning, this is the watohword of the day. Tbe latest evidence of its working in tbe East Side of New York is tbe establishment of a ten-saloon nt 70 Allen street. The Church Army is sponsor for the new undertaking, which is managed by Colonel JI. H. Hadley, an enthusias tic worker in humanitarian affairs. Colonel Hadley bas many sympa thizers in his belief that hundreds of people ill ink beer because it is tbe drink most easily obtainable, and that if other liquids wore as cheap and as easy to get, tbe consumption of intox icating drinks would be greatly re duced. This is tbe experiment being tried at The Open Door, which is the name of the new temperance venture. The house taken for the mission was ono of the worst homes of vice in tbe crowded neighborhood. It was used toconceal so tunny kinds of law-breaking that its frequenters bad to be pro tected from visits of the police by a system of private alarms. In addition to this they bad secret means of egress, so that escape was possible in case of a raid. Colonel Hadloy secured a three years' lease of this disrepu table building, cleared it of its old tenants, freshly pniuted tbe dingy in terior, and wrought a mnterial as well us a moral transformation. The first floor of the building was altered from a bar of tho lower.t order, where crime and hatred were nursed, into the hu manitarian substitute, the tea-saloon. The efl'oot of a bar is stilt retaiued,but over the shining counter no more del eterious drink than well-made ten ever passes. Tho equipments which rest on the counter as accessories to the drinks are bowls of sugar, pitchers of cream, and saucors of sliced lemon. Tea is served either hot or cold, to suit the desire of the patron, aud it is also supplemented with a sandwich or a piece of pie or cake. The prices charged for these enjoy ments range from one cent for plain tea to five cen.ts Jor tea with solids, and the price is the same whether the beverage is hot or iced. As it is the oustom in the neighborhood where tbe tea-saloon is established for families to nse the "growler" for bringing drink from the saloon to the home. Colouel Hadley has tea on draught to sen by tne quart lor outside consump tion. He bas eveu planned an im proved can for carrying it, with a central compartment for tea and au outside one for ice, with fuuoets arranged foi drawing off either tea or ice water. In the back of the tea-saloon is ar ranged au" assembly-ioom, where it if tbe custom to hold mission meetings every evening, consisting largely of attractive music, and into these meet ings the patrons wander in increasing numbers. Upstairs the house is divi ded into twelve rooniB, all of which are furnished, and are rented to de sirable applicants at one dollar a week, Tbe tea-saloon is open from 6 a. m, to midnight; its patrons are increas ing daily; and it is expeoted that it will be a formidable rival to the liquor saloon, and will prove the strongest weapou against alcoholism that phi lanthropy has ever wielded in defence of the weak and iguoraut. Harper's uazar. Was Mot Alive at the Time, While passing Whitehall the other day a stranger to London asked a polioeniau if he could point out the window through wnioh King Charles passed out to exeoution. The police man asked: "Who was he?" "Kins of England, of course," was the an swer. "But when was that?" "Over two hundred years ago." "Ah, ah I that was long before my time, sir. I only entered the foroe in 18(12," was the polioeman s reply, "fcorry I can't tell you." jfjju um uuuniuurmuiy wore man T ........ i... J.I t.l . ii uui utmuj luuauivaut ma VDllfU States, though our country it twenty two thnti iti are. A YOUNG OLD WOMAN. SHE KNEW OEN9. WASHING TON AND LAFAYETTE. Mrs. Sarah Doron Terry. 10SJ Tears Old, of Philadelphia, Tails How Hho One Cooked Ills Dinner Saw Lafayette, Too. The youngest old woman In Ameri ca Is Mrs. Bnrah Doron Terry, who one hundred years ago, was a demure little Quaker lass. Today she Is ono hundred and eight years old and Phila delphia's oldest Inhabitant. Despite her great age her faculties, with the exception of being a trifle deaf, are perfect. When Mrs. Terry reached her one hundred and eighth milestone she Joined the Quaker City Chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution. Her fa ther was Starey Doron, of New Jersey, who served under Orn. Washington for seven years and distinguished him self In the bnttle of Monmouth. Her husband served In the wnr of 1812, be causo of which she gets a pension. Un til ten years ago she supported herself by sewing fine buttonholes on silk and other gowns of fine fabric. Bhe wears no eyeglasses or spectacles. Her pres ent weight Is but twenty pounds less than It has ever been. Mrs. Terry's vitality and Intelligence ere the marvel of scientist and layman alike. Her recollections of the days of Washing ton snd Lafayette are complete. She can recall events which occurred nine ty years ago as though they were of recent date. She la bright, quirk and witty, and her reminiscences of Euro pean court life and early colonial days are full of Interest. Mrs. Terry ad mires Queen Victoria as a monarch and mother almost as much as she did not admire her as a child. It was sixty-eight years ago when Mrs. Terry first saw the queen. "I saw her In London at the Ken sington Gardens when she was twelve. She wasn't attractive. She was little and too chubby, but she looked real neat and not a bit proud like," she says. Seated In the home of her grand daughter, at No. 545 North Sixteenth street, Philadelphia, she talked of Washington and Lafayetto to a re porter. "Gen. Washington loved Phllnde!- phla and used to live here. One day a messenger came to my mother, tell ing her that the general wanted her to cook his dinner, so I went with ber and helped to cook him a nice meal. They did not always have good meals then. My father was once hungry and met Washington. He asked him for tomcthlng to eat. The general put his hand In his pocket and gave my fa ther a biscuit, which he was probably saving for himself. "Gen. Washington was a bonny man, and the American people loved him. Every time he would walk down Chestnut street men would take off their bats and the girls and ladies courtesy. He would bow In a stately manner, and the people would say: 'Ah, what a line man! What a brave general!' "And then came peace with Eng land and the freedom of the colonies. Every wagon, cart or carriage which drove Into town had a big sign on It, and every sign said 'Peace.' The city was Illuminated and the people cheered, and the pretty girls let the yC.ng men kiss them on their return from the war. "I was In Philadelphia when Gen. Lafayette came to the city In 1821. He was a handsome young man, with nice rosy cheeks and black curly hair, and every one seemed to lovs him. The whole town was beautifully Illuminat ed. The general paraded up and down the streets, escorted by young men who bad fought with Gen. Washington. When ths general reached the arch ha got oft his horse and stood near a stsnd and saluted all ths rest ot ths toilers as they cams by. In ths SARAH DORON TERRY. parad wars all the school children o Philadelphia, and each ons carried s roll of parchment tied with a red, white snd blus ribbon, with 'Gratitude written on It. As the children came by they laid these rolls at Gen. La fayette's feet. He was nearly smoth ered by them. He would take up arm ful s snd press them to his breast, whlfe tears rolled down his cheeks. Those were happy times, and Lafayette wi as good as ho was great. When I went to Europe I saw his splendid house and estate. It was about seven teen miles from Paris. "When I was a girl there was sn Indian camp on the grounds now oc cupied by the big city hall. On Sun days my father used to take me up to their ramp and he would take to them. That la nearly one hundred years ago." Mrs. Terry did not marry until she had reached the age of sixty, when she chose her dead slater's husband for a partner. He lived but a few years after his second marriage. When asked If she thought marriage a failure she said: "I had very little time to think about It when I was young, but my advice to all young people Is to marry. Do not be in too great a hurry. Pick out a partner who Is good and then lose no time. ,1 had lots of rhanres when 1 was young, but waited until I was sat isfied I would be happy. Although 1 was sixty years old when I married Mr. Terry we lived very happily. If you cannot find some one whom you can trust and love you had better re main single. It Is much better to be clngle than have a bad husband or wife. There are plenty of men and women to pick anj choose from, and, the only way to secure happiness Is to bear with each other both pain and pleasure and sorrow and Joy." WONDERFUL CAREER. Col. M. J. O'Brien, who has bean elected to succeed the late Henry B. Plant, has been in the employ of tbe great Southern Express company for many years. He began as a driver of one ot the wagons of the Adams Ex press company, and worked his way up In that service until the Southern com pany hired him. Then his real career In business began. Thirty years ago Mr. O'Brien became the private secre tary of the president of the Southern Express company, and now he is him- self the president ot that great con cern. When Mr. Plant died Mr O'Brien was taking a rent in Europe, but be at once returned to Georgia, and his election as nmlrient followed immediately. Col. O'Brien served In me confederate army during the war, and was attached to the fleet of Com modore Poindexter until it was de stroyed to prevent its falling Into thf hands of the enemy. When the colonel COL. O'BRIEN, was the superintendent of the Southern company It Is said he traveled not less than an average ot 30,000 miles i-it year. Ancient Cnlneae Dictionary. It is believed that tbs mo3tisclent dictionary In the world Is ths Chinese lexicon, compiled by Pacut-she 1.000 years bsfors Christ IHSII SIHt US GONDEKSED OVERCOME BY GAS. Dynsmlts Releases Foul Air In a Mlns sn. Three Men Ars Revived With Difficulty. The following pensions were Issued last week: Miller Fording, Greenfield, ; Joseph M. QiilHti.n, 1'itlslitirg, 16; .lnliii Miller, lllnlrsvtlle, Iti; William Mull, dead Hnkcisvllle, I0 ,o $12; Leo nard Ilrotisoti, ditid, Curry, i; Hub ert MiCrnckin, Mi.-Cimlln, 4 to 8; Helen 11. llroiiMtm, Curry, tVi; Eliza beth Met 'nil, Knxunbtirg, $S; minor of David KIsKlnger, J8; Julin Lopp, Ilos coe, IN; J.iim lllemcr, l'lttsliurg, 14; John I'j. I.yle, Kliiztio, ID; Andrew A. Kettcrldge, rthaipslmrg, 18; Alexander Larson, Allegheny, t;; riiimuel C. Ml Join, Horhexler, R; David II. Allen, Kelleriinleltl to 10; llUKh F. lliunll, lerrnevllle, 2 to 114; Tnomas Itr-ese, Johithluwn, Hi to $17; William Uouer, MuKKi-ove, ti tu $ti; F.llxnbetn Ja ksun, Uiilontown, IS; Helieeca A. Hnnre, Cove Forgo, S; Hnnnn!i It. Miles, Went Newtun, $s; Wllllum Mc(Jall,U -n-nctt, ; LewH A. Dowden, Itedmnn Mills, 0; William 11. Lineman, La trolie, 110; Lawrence Doyle, Alle gheny, ti; William Craig, Chambers vllle, I0 to 112; Ituilolph Hoover, Som erset, I4 to $H; Lewis Huffman, llurkeyville, 8 to 10; Thomas II. v. lupine, Homer City, IS to IS; (k-orge HenscbaiiKn, Lin nsL-urs-, $8 to S; Ann Burd. C.idunlluder, 18; FHtinl3 V Liter. Somerset, 12. The other evening at Hough Run, Luter county, a mining camp, three men were overcome by foul air In a shaft sunk for taking out limestone. A dynumlt" blast was llred, after which a man named Anthony went back Into the shaft to learn the ef fects of the shut. After waiting for some lime for his return, one named Taylor was sent Into the shaft to see what bnd become of him. Taylor also failed to return, and a third man, named Million, went In. When Mllll son, tou, remained at the bottom two more men ventured In and they found the three lying unconscious from foul gas which the dvnainlte bla.t had re leased. They were tuken' to the tup and Taylor and Mllllson soon revived, but Anthony remained In a delirious condition, nnd may nut recover. Two children named Nichols were drowned In the MonnnKahelu, river near Coal Center tbe other day. A boy and girl, naed about 8 and 10 yours, weru ont In tho waves made by the steameV Little Hill, and got beyond their uepth. The buy managed to reach the shore, but the little girl was drowning, when her "Inter, aged 17 years, wei.t tu her rescue in a ekiff.aml in trying to save the child was grasped so tightly by the little one thnt she was pulled uut of the boat and both were drowned. The bodies were found Inter, lucked firmly In a death grasp. Little Klsie l'lltchnrd, aged 8 years, of Mt. Washington, Pittsburg, hud a trrlli. experience ut the railroad sta tion tit Orectisburg r.-cently. She and her mother were crossing from one train to another when the child's foot . wns caught between the cars. There pho was pinioned fur nearly ten min utes before the trainmen cauld sep arate the cars sufhYienlly to have the foot of the child extracted. The mother held tbe little glii and the crls were piteous. The foot was terribly crushed. Miss Hose Finney, daughter of Mrs. Kliznbeth Finney, a widow of New Castle, mnde a despernte attempt to commit suicide the other night. When found the young girl, fur sho is only 17 years old, had swallowed two mince of carbolic acid, Red was unconscious. Her throat was terribly burned by rh add. In one of her lucid moments she told those about herthot she had taken poison because her mother and sister had gone to Cascndo park and left her at home alnne. There Is no hopj for her recovery. Fayette county furnished another murder Inst week, making five mur der trials for the September term. Joe nnd Andy Snnko, Hlav brothers, quar reled over domestic troubles at Hmook. They had been drinking. Suddenly Joe Panko opened a pocketknife and stabbed his brother In the neck, pene trating the Jugular vein, the victim bleeding to death in a short time Joe. Sanku wand' red about the works as if nothing had happened until the sheriff: deputized an officer by wire to arrest him. A suit to recover l',,000 for spoiling a spring of wnter has been filed by Mrs. Amanda J. Hutchison aalnt Elmer C. Christy and S. C. Kennedy; rood supervisors of Clay township. The plaintiff alleges that a great deal of sicklies In her family has been caused by the sVring from whjch the water for domestic use was obtained becoming filthy, and accuses the road supervisors of negligently allowing the outlet of the spring to become closed "E where It crosses the public road Tty an explosion of gasoline In the) cottane of Charles Rettew. of Harris burg, on the United Erethrcs cainp- Siec'tlng grounds at Mt, Gretna, Tucs ay er,if.:.', Sfra. W.ilam Miller, of Harrlsburs, was so horribly burnd 'lit fif.r death followed shortly aCterv Mrs. SflllerTi da'ugrUer. Cri-fi-uHe,"" vvas badly burned. In a snort time th cot tagj was in a t.lnxe and the flames quickly communicated to adjoining cottages, 14 of which were totally de stroyed. The employes of the Canonsburg plant of tho American Tin Plate Com pany were locked out last week. The men have bei n receiving 2 cents a box. and demanded 5. The demand was re fused. Vice President Hugh Scanlon. of the Workers' Association, came and called a meeting of the workmen. The men left the mill ti attend the meet ing, and after It was over returned ta the mill, but were refused admission. Mrs. George Lewis, of Sharon, re ceived a telegram the other morning Hating that ber husband. Captain George Lewis, had committed suicide by banging in the Dlxmont Insana Asylum. Within the hour she received word that her futher had died at Smokd Kun. Cleurfteld county. Cap. tain Lewis was one of the best known citizens of Mercer c .unty. Judge Dunham, at Tonanda, filed an opinion refusing a new trial to Will iam J. Henry, recently convicted of seco-.d degree murder In killing Geo. Rut.edge. of Suyre. He has become Melancholy of late, and Friday night mnde a second unsuccessful attempt upon his life by severing an artery In his leg. He tried to hung lilma-lf to his cell door before. Allen Waldorf, agfd 60 year, a car penter of Hubbard, fell fr. in a scaffold 13 feet and fractured his skull. H died In a few minutes. In Howard township, r.ear Belle fonte. last week. Honey Confer was threshing with one of the obi four boriJe power machines. Center's 8 year old son stumbled and fell on ths jack. His head wu. caught by the heavy belt, run Into the wheel and crushed Into a Jelly. The saw mill shingle m il snd pi ning mill, together with a large quantity of shingeii and dte-std lunib-r at Fllnton. Cambria county, owned by Charles Kreamer. were destroyed ty flr. Loss, l-'O.OOO; Insurance. 115.000. While Mrs. Fish, of !:i)wood City, was opening a ran of tomatoes the can exploded with UrrinY (ores, blowing the can lid against her eye. Inflicting a wound which may cause) her to loss her sight
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