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
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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