Census experts estimate Hint the Jnepulntiou of Cuba in 815,000 lens than It was In 1887. These figures should form Weyler's epitaph. Wouldn't It be dreadful if on epi demic of actinomycosis wore to break out In Washington just now? (P. H. Don't look in the dictionary. It menus lumpy jaw.) ' Anew association hns beeu formed iu Oermnny for tho cultivation of eloper rotations with Brazil, and as a result Gumma enterprise in Houth America will surely bu stimulated. ' The supreme court of tho United States has decided, by a unanimous opinion, that all triula combinations engaged in interstate commerce which by coucorted action prevent competi tion and onhniicii prices boyoud a rea sonable limit, thus restricting trade, are unlawful and subject to the penal ties of the (Sherman Anti-Trust lnw. 1 The building of textile mills in the Hon tli is keeping step with the devel opment of her iron nud steel indus tries, and converting hur from nn ex clusively agricultural to a mixed agri cultural and manufacturing section. The Houth is too well adapted to agri culture for this industry ever to bo forced into the background, as it hns been in the sterile hills of New Eng land, but there is no reason why man ufacturing should not be equally de veloped, When that is done the Houth will be the richest part of the uation, observes the Louisville (Ky. ) Journal. Beyond doubt tho Scandinavian people are not to be clnssol among Lord Salisbury's "dying nations, They are very much alive, and they show convincing symptoms of lasting vital energy. lu fact, they alone of nil the world present the spectacle of a really promising rennsconce, states the Now York Tribune. Greece, Italy. Poland and nil other nations that once wore great and foil are struggling to regain their old estitte, but with in different results. There is a freshness of life in the Scandinavian stock that makes itself felt for the rejuvenation of the realm. The lost territories are probably lost forever, though hope of redeeming Finland is not yet nban cloned. But the lost wealth and gen eral prosperity of both Sweden and Norway nre being restored, and more than restored, iu world surprising measure. One of the optimistic and most gen eral expectations indulged iu nt the present day is the realization during the coming century of what is pro- , nounced the greatest and most impor tant of prospective inventions, name ly, a machine for storing the heat of the sun and transforming it into elec tricity or some other form suitable for ready employment heat which, though now permitted to go to waste, will, by means of such invention, be applied to the running of mills, the warming of houses and every other purpose for which energy is utilized, The field for such an invention aud its world-wide importance are at once suggested by the ascertained fact that every square yard of the sun's sur faoe emits an amount of heat equal to that of a blast furnace consuming one ton of coal every ten minutes. The heat given out by the solar globe, too, in one second would raise 195,000,000 cubic miles of ice-cold watar to the boiling point, and of this heat the earth receives only one two-billionth part. What might be regarded as an un erring index of prosperity iu the West is found in the returns of the smaller colleges in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, whose clientele is drawn for the most part from the farm. The tuition fee and cost of living at these institutions are small, which fact coupled with the increased prosperity of western agriculturists this year, ao oonnts iu part for the long list of names on their rosters for the present eoliolaBtio year. These institutions re numerous, says the Chicago Trib line, Ohio having 89, Illinois 81, Iowa -2.1, Indiana, 14, and Michigan 11, but they do not suffer by the competition wf the great universities. Each has its mission iu life, Yale and Harvard liave among their students young men who attended the smaller colleges last year, but who are now able to afford a more ambitions course. At the same time, mauy to whom a oollegiate edu cation was once an impossibility are now able to attend the comparatively inexpensive oourses in the smaller college. The cheapness with which indents make their way through eome of these colleges is amazing. The estimated oust of living expenses, including board, at most of them is not above $100 a year, while at Ne biauks seat of learning it is figured shnt 54 should cover the total ex- eudlture of riadent for y jar. THE NUMBERED STONES. Tills Is the ground of glory," This Is tha Held of fums And these hourlmfld nnd gorf, llurned with the battle flume- These srs the vagno Immortals, 1 The nameless ot the fray, Dni'P thronged around tha porlnl. Of Death's eternal dnyl Hard ot thn flowing phrases, Muss of thn sllvor Into, XVhv do yon stint jronr praises, Why do your chords bang mute? Can wo aver yon blameless, Who sing hilt of the proud And nlga (orient the nameless, Euwrnpt With earthly shroud? For them no laurelled wreathing, No nrond. triumphant trains No cheers, no nrnwd'sdenp breathing, No ooastnii, nrazen strains. With wind-kissed banners playing, With wild regardless shout, Tlmlr Joy was In the slaying, Their triumph In the rout I Bon springing from tho masses; The homeland to defend Tlu'lr blood hn wet II grasses, Their dust with It will blend! Deid to the aeelamallon Dead when the fight t aone! The pedestals o( nations liest oa tho ground they won. Their valor our (or buying? The prioo we blush to own Their recompense, (or dying Was but a numbered stonel Boston rilot. anuscript 9. I By C. A.JHIiaw, AUL KINO, the editor, was kind enough to explnin to me why my contribution was not acceptable. His reasons were excellent, nud I felt that thoy wore what I knew to be tmo; but was not paying particular attention to bis words have tho fatal gift of seoond sight in regard to length of life, and I saw that he would pass from this world within two years. As to the cause of death I could not say. He see-nied in exoollent health now, though not of robust constitution; few men whet do office work exhibit the quality of ruggedness which is associated with length of lifo, yet many live to good old ago. I was filled with a strange pity for the man before me, so fair minded, generous, nnd, in his way, so attractive. Yet I could not say a word of his snort career. ' . This gift is difficult to describo; only know that I possess it. By ex perienoe I have learned to guess how near any person is to dissolution nud to avoid ins society, for I dread dying person, man or woman. "Your stories, Alcott, the editor was saying, "lack moral purpose, patriotism, a belief in high motives, in affection. The people who read stories want that sort of thiug. They read for amusement, for emotional ex citement, to be nattered by approba tion of a sort of cheap generosity which they fool they could easily in dulge in themselves if rich. 'The mission of all art,' it has been said, 'is to orento aud foster agreeable illu sions.' " - , VYes," I responded, rousing myself to answer. "I have heard that, but I despise that sort of cheap art. It is work for a valet, not a philosopher." ."People don t want philosophy, Alcott, Most persons accept their re ligion, their politics, aud their philos ophy, from the current talk. 'If I were nob. I should bo happy.' That is the unspoken conviction. Meau whilo, let somebody tell me how vir tuous I am and how much I deserve. You. don't do that. Just as likely ns not your hero robs a bank or wius money on a horse race or kills an enemy and has never a qualm of con soionce . afterwards. That isn't proper. Yon want to make dishonest peoplo suffer for their sins and show that Americans boat the world." "In what? In knavery? Is there any nation at the top?" "I have tried to point out the way yon might sucoeed, but if it seems only a jest to yon, if yon don't care to profit by my experience, why let it go." The editor was wounded by my flippancy, and I could only pity him and think: "Too bad! Only two years longer to live!" "lou want me to imitate Kipling?" I said. "No, Kipling's merits belong solely to him. is ut if you d ounnge tins' end mg and make the men reform, it might go." Fix it up for me. that's a good fellow, 1 said, "lou can t imagiuo how I hate to touch a thing I havo written, even to read it over again, utter I have growu cold." "You will never make a suooess of literature uuless you get over that, Aloott. What would a law ver amount to if he could not tire out a jury by repetition, or an actor, or, in faot, any professional man? But authors seem to think they can say a thing ouoe and have the world at tlioir feet. I was glad to get away. The very thought of death disturbs me. ' It makes me ask myself how long am I to live, aud as I cauuot see myself, I torture mynelf in futile questionings of tue lutnre Abont a year later I met Mr, King, tue editor, on tue streot. "I had u strange dream last mailt." he suid. "I thought I was dead, and that you said you had known about it long ago. what do yoa think of it?' He tried to smile, but I saw he was soared. Death daunts all when looked at faoe to faoe. "I don't have tnuoh faith in dreams," was my reply. "If yon bad laded in as many things as I have yoa wonia weloome death as change." One says these things to others bat 4 Rejected M m si) hey tie falsehoods, I (ear doatti, "I tried to set you on the right rosd to snooeed in literature, bnt yoa wouldn't follow my advice." "How could I? Am I to go nn kill Ing people in fiction, nnd flndiug corpses behind doors, and marrying poor girls to rich men, and nil that sort of horror, just to amuse a lot of lillo or weary mortals, aud earn per haps two dollars a wook In money ? It's all very well for you editors, who have n regular, salary, but lor us outsiders, it's rough riding." You little know of llto trials of an editor's lifo if you think yon have all the bitterness of a litornry caroer," retorted King, gloomily, "Botween the praclicnl joker who wants to got up a quarrel with nny one, nnd the crank who is driveu by a strange mad ness to 'pitch in' to somebody nil tho time, there is less ponce nud less sat isfaction in editing than in nny other profession in modern days, I am think ing of taking n sea voyage." I wishad to waru him of the dangor of such n chnngo, but could I sny that his fate might be escaped on land nny better than nt sen? "I'vo a good luiiid to go with you," I remarked. "Come on," ho replied -svith nlcrt noss. "As a writer you havo your defects, a too aaustio pen, but ns a compaqnon do voyage I would choosa none more desirable." It was some months before we started upon our travels, first to South Africa, then to Australia. Mr, King enjoyed tho best of health. I tried to believe I had deceived my self. I resisted the temptation to fly from his presence, to forsake him, in spite of the dread which a comiug death always exoitos in mo. We reached San Francisco iu safe ty. We started east across the con Uncut. Ono evening ns we sat at dinnor in tho dining car n geutloman np proachod us and nsked mo politely: "Is this Mr. Kiug?" I pointed to my compauion and reached for tho salad dish. "You nre tho editor of King's Monthly." "I ui," replied Mr. King, with dignity, "the editor-in-chief. We have a number of departments and each has its special editor. "Perhaps you can toll mo why this story was declined?" He drow a rather bulky package from his coat pocket aud opened it beside the editor s pinto. "I havo boon away frcm tho offieo nearly a year," bognu Mr. King. Theu he stopped nud looked at the manuscript more attentively. "Why, this is ono of Mr. Kipliug's stories." "It s a ho! I wrote it myself, ox claimed tho stranger, suddonly dis plaving great excitement. "You may have copied it. Yes, tht is tho way of it. Mr. King tried to assume nn mr of genial humor, at the sumo timo sig naling to me to get assisianco. Wo both rooognizod tho crank whose in sanity takes tho form of bolioviug himself soiuo famous writer or of try ing to dispose of copies of published stories of celebrated authors as his own. But tho madman suspected the od itor's iuteutiou nnd spraug upon hiin, bending his head backward aud aim ing at his throat with tho first knife his hand could got hold of. Bafore could come to my frieud's assistance all was over, and tho assassin had es caped to the end of the car. A chasm several hundred feet in dopth was bo siito tho track here, but into this ho leapod with n cry of triumph at hav ing reveugod himsolf upon his fancied onemy. WISE WOROS. Lovo oonstraius to consociation. Tact is not another nama for trick ery. True love is the seoret of full conse cration. Death is darkness, booaase it loads to dawn. What yoa are within, that you will be without. The world-spoiler has no use for the steady toilor. Most men begin to save after they have spont all. Praotioo what you pray particular Iy nt the ballot-box. Tho first thing yoa sao ia boiling wator, is tho scum, Caro-uot is a greater hlndranco to suacess thau oaunot. Bolt forotfiilness is only aoquired by remembering others. Songs of triumph are possible ouly to tho sous of tribulation. We are wielded by our wishes, rather than by our wisdom. The world is a vossel in whoso hold tho fli-o is already burning. Some graves ure more potent to per suade men than many pulpits. Your life will strike no higher note in publio thau it is keyed to in pri vate. When a man shows his goodness in his home, the chanoes nio that good ness has its home imhim. The worldly are spending the win ter of life iu onlleoting scow-balls, forgetting that the summer oomes. Barn's Horn. Wonderful Intellaotnsl Gra-p. "It is a ooustant wonder to me," said the studontof human naturo, "to see how quickly the minds of some men aot. I met a mau the other even ing who had an intellootual grasp that was astounding, I met him i,a )he hall just as he was reaohiug for an umbrella. 'Is that your umbrella? he inquired. 'No,' I replied. 'In that caBe.'jdie answered, 'it's mine.'" Argonaut. ; . Mat Up to the Time. , This is saoh a fast age that even the meteors are oharged with being slow. atom uity uowa) Journal. CENSUS IN FAtt ALASKA. FOURTEEN ENUMERATORS TAKING THEIR LIVES IN THEIR HANDS. Aiir1 Tlinlr Posts at Flnsnrlnt Snrrf- fli, a Their Wiifes Ara Absolutely Low for tin, Unlit Itpglnn l'a lg Med nml ( amies til Interior Traveling, Among the men whom the United States Is seudilig into wild nnd dan gerous regions on its errands nre I t who will receive very littlo recogni tion nud will never be known ns heroes, nnd yet they nre taking their lives into their own hnnds in the ser vice of their country ns truly ns the soldiers iu the Philippines. They are the census enumerators in northern Alaska. These 14 men go about their peril ous duties urged by no desiro for mosioy, for they have accepted tho positions at a sacrifice. The wages offered to thorn, $10 a day, nre ab surdly low in the gold region, nud ut lirst, according to the report of Agent Samuel C. Dunham, he was unable to get nny good men for the work. They simply laughed nt him. Finally Mr. Dunham, who ia a man of energy, nindo strong personal appeals, llo appealed to the men's friendship, to their love of advonturn, and to their love of country, and finally succeeded in getting them to undertake the task for what they regarded as a pit tance. It is not long since Major, Bay issued an urgent nppenl to the govern meut not to let emigrants go to the Cape Nome region in tho winter. He declared that it was suicide. Yet half of the 14 enumerators have already set out for their posts of duty nnd will spend the winter traveling ovor the wild nnd deno'ato regit us of Northern Alaska. They will do their traveling on dog sleds and canoes. There is no other way, except along tho coast, where they cull use reveuue cutters. Many of thorn go into regions where lawlessness prevail:4, nud some into the lairs of outlaws ami cut throats. "The chances nie that 1 will have a Muldoon's picnic this winter," cooly wrote Enumerator John W. Kelly after reaching his district and finding his routo lay through a legion in fested with Indian outlaws. "I will tike n duplicnte census in n memoran dum book, so that if I am shot there will bo some chance of recovering the work. If I am killed nnd I have any allowance for work already done at the time, ploase pay tho money earned to my sister, Miss Cora Kelly, Jack son, Mo." Census Director Morriam has au in torosting series of lotters nud reports from Mr. Dunham on the progress of the work. The Yukon is tiie dividing lino lictweeu northern nnd southern Alaska, Tho enumerators iu soiithoru Alaska will not havo nn easy time, but thoy will have no such perils to confront ns those north of theYiilcm. Tho director says that Dunham, who hns been at work all the summer, is tho very man for the task. Physically, he is strong and powerful, uud Mr, Mcrrinin says that no man of less strength could bo entrusted with such work. He is nlort nud vigorous, quick of resource, nnd hns had experience, A "dog trnin" cousists of six or eight dogs and n sledge, nnd it is iu this conveyance that tho Alaskan ad venturers nre making their journey through tho wilderness of Biiow nud icp. They will have to imiko long do tours through uniuhnbited wilds to roach a enmp hero nud there, made up of a meio handful of settlers. Tho dogs nre worth from 830 to $150 apiece, nud it costs the government CO cents a day to feed them. . .Each enumerator takes with him au Indian interpreter, who gets 81 n day. When tho enumerators reach creeks nud rivers that are navigable, they will go down them in canoes, as Dunham jo cosely says in one of his reports, "for the purpose of enumerating tho Hoot ing population." When Kelly arrived in the Kotzobue district and got ready to start on his journey, he reported that he had gone there on tho revenue cutter Bear. "I was nine days on the Bear," he cheer fully reported, "with Captain .Tarvis, the most of the time chasing Indian murderers." Au Indian outlaw named Olturek had just waylaid and killed two peuuiless adventurers named Os loul org aud Jauseu, nnd thrown thoir bodies into caches. There was no mo tive for tho crime except tho one givon by Kelly "pure cussodness" uud a desire to hurl defiance nt tho oflicei s of the law. After tho killing, which followed the murder of tho two mini rs, Olturek sent word to Jarvls that he would shoot the first white man who came near him. The fliBt white man to start for Olturek's neighborhood after this warning was Kelly. But before he got there Olturek was dead. Dunham reports the outlaw's death, but gives no particulars. There are more outlaws in Kelly's way, bow ever, including au Indian named Lo komuk, who is also lookiug for white men. Census Director Merriam believes that there will be a greater rush to the Nome region ,than there was to the Klondike. There were 500U peo ple there when Dunham lust reported and he believes that thero will be 5,0l)l).in l!)00. It is claimed the creek produced during the short sum mer more thun $1,500,000, and Duu ham thinks a larger amount has been picked np along the beach. He says that building operations in that re gion have beeu active. Lumber has been 500 a thousand feet aud coal 140 a ton. Food costs 81 a menl. Two-thirds of the population is living in tents, Dunham is now at St, Michaels, but says he is going to Nome by "dog train" iu March. The total cost of taking the census for the uorthoin district will, be estimates. bestr.ooo. Mr, Merriam expect to have the census proper ready in two years from next July. This includes the subjects of population, vital statistics, manufacturing nnd agriculture. The schedules will be ready for distribu tion nbont May 1, and the work will begin by June 1. WHERE RICE COMES FROM. The Heat Oiinllly Clrown In the Soiitli :pnrt to K.nclund. "The statement is sometimes m ado across the counter to n credulous cus tomer that tho fancy imported rice is the best, "said a locnl commission man who hns extensive rice-Holds of his own in the south. "This is not true. The finest rice in the world is grown in Louisiana. The Southern states in this country produce the host qual ity of rice with the exception of F.gypt, which grows as fine an article just as they do tho best quality of cotton. Frnnoe and England buy their fancy rii o in the United Slates, but it is ouly a small quantity nud for epicu reans. They import the prent bulk from Judin uud Jnpan. They pny 0 1-2 cents per pound to us on this si lo of the Atlantic, paying nil ex penses of shipment besides. The best imported glades may bo bought in Now York nt 4 il-4 rents, wholesale price, nnd this nfter the cost of trans portation nnd 2 cants per pound duty hns beeu paid. "The United States producos nn nnally nbout l.r0,00(),UO(j pounds, on nn average, nnd nbout two thirds of this is grown iu Louisiana; the re mainder is grown in South Carolina nud (leorgln. An additional 75,001, OU0 pounds is needed to meet the de mands of the home market and this amount is imported every year. This comes from India, Calcutta nnd Japan. A line grnde,uot as fine ns our domes tic article, however, roiiios from the island of Java, but iu very small quan tities. The Japanese variety is most popular, uft or our own iu this conn t.y. "Louisiana nlone could produce nil that is necesi-nry for the homo con sumption, and will probably do so as soon as a system of irrigation, now under way, is completed and iu oper ation. This will clear away uncer tainties, 'tho crop now being totully dependent upon the ral ifull. "Our rice-growing uew possessions will not cut nny llgureiu the market." Now York Post. QUAINT AND CURIOUS, In the southern portion of the sin ul I village of Kliot, Me., thore are living eleven persons, eight of them men, who nre over eighty years of ao, tha (ddest being ninety-live. Nearly all of them were born there, nnd several of them have nevor been fifty miles from their birthpluce iu their long lifo. Housekeepers on tho western const expect to order their oysters by the piece instead of the hundred a few yenrs hence. Fifty barrels of the famous Yezo oysters of Japan, which frequently grow to a foot iu lougth, nud ure of line flavor, nre soon to bo planted iu tho tidewaters of Washing ton nud Oregon. Tho yaknmik, n bird of the crauo family, is used by tho Unlives of Venezuela in place of a shepherd dog for guarding and herding their flocks. It is suid that, however far the yaka- 111 i It may wander with tho flocks, it never fails to find its way home nt night, driving bofore it nil the den tures intrusted to its cuto. The weight of tho heaviest horse ever kuown was three thousand pounds. This Clydesdale (England) horse was exhibited iu New York City in 1H8!. It was twenty and one half hands high, aud although ouly iivo years old, measured forty-five inches round tho stifle or kuee-joint, ninety-live inches girth, thirty-four nml one-half inches round the hip and eleven feet, four inches iu length. It was of perfect proportions, with a head thirty-six inches iu length. A curious fruit hns boeu discovered growing wild in Bntuvin. It is a beau resembling a cigar iu form nnd color, though it is only an inch loug. What makes it interesting is the way iu w hich it scatters sco Is. If one of the little fruits be thrown into wator it will rest quietly on the surface for from two to live miuutes. then it will explode, hurling its contents into the nir like a small torpedo. Usually it splits open lengthwise. If it is left to ripen 011 the plant tho opeuing is sudden, aud aco.iiupauied with a slight noise, though much less than when it has beeu placed in water. The ca rious property of explosion helps the littlo plant in the dissemination of its seeds, which otherwise would have ouly a poor chance on account of un favorable conditions to its hubit.it. Making pearl buttons out of milk is a curious industry of the creamery at Cuba, X. Y., aud for that reason the creamery people have beeu able to pay the farmers a higher price for milk thau ever before. All of the product of the Cuba creamery is used for but tons. Iu prepariug the buttou mate 1 iul the milk is placed in a huge vat and mixed with renuet extract, as iu cheese making. It U kept at a tern perature of 100 degrees until it is of the proper consistency. Then a Hue white powder is added and the whole thoroughly cooked forau hour. After thut the whey is separated from the enrds after the maimer of making cheese, bnt iu this case the curds or soli Is are paoked iu bnrrels and shipped to a buttou manufactory in New York city to bs moulded iuto attractive forms. ERIK STATE NEWS HOUSED BOOZE FOR THE JURY. It Reason Gives lor Requesting a Ntw Trlst Ik Wetlmorslsnd County Miner Hsppenings. Counsel for John Saddler, convicted ot first decree murder, (or killing Stcw nrt McCune, filed reasons lor a new trial nt Urccnsbttrsr, Tuesday. They al Icrc that some o( the jurors were fur nished with intoxication Honors durinR the trial, nnd that while the jury wa ballotinu. a majority bcinir nitainst a first (lerce finding, court officers re peatedly urRed them to nree quickly or the court would adjourn nnd they would be locked tip lor the night. Pennsylvania Pcnton G. Fretz, Potts town, pi; llenry (J. Fotisc, Altoonn, $6: James K. Hair, Deetnston, $6; William Ctiss, Allcntown, $12; Augustus T. Gordon, Greencastle, $io; William G. Mnwhinney, Pittsburg, $0; Robert L. Thompson, ' Washington, $o; llenry Katifmanu. Koycrsfurd. $6; Samuel C. Long, Jeniierstown, $H; John O'Uricn, Wisconsin. Su; VVil imn V. Manilli. Glenshaw, $17; Charles II. Phelps. Fast Smilhheld, $24; Mary U linen. Wiscon sin, $u; William H. Hrwk, West llrownsvillc, $6; Jacob Chamberlain, Bedford, $li to $17; llenry Wood, 'Ur oga, $14 to $14; John Missong-iktH-kl-" port .Station. $i to $12; MarthapA. Al- rxander, Monongahcla, $K;jf Sophia Maxwell, Grrensliurg, $rt; Kcefer, Johnstown, $X; L Bartholomew, Itrndlord, $10; Guise While, Hcllefonte, $0; Boyd, Sanford, $10 to $12; Matilda nard D. tmtrl 11. muel C. 1 liznbctli Crawford, rredoma, $12; miiwrs of villc, $14; Charles John .Wagner. Meadv C. Kiiisler. Uradford. McKeaM. $16 Henry A. Lorali, Soldiers and Sailors home. $6; Frederick Laugenharlier, Pittsburg, $8; Joseph Stciner, Pittsburg. ri to $H; Maria Pletchcr, Greenville, $H; lary L. Kerns, Sinclliport, $12; J. H. Harrell, Punxsiitawney. $6; Alex. .M Walker, Gettysburg, $0; William 11. Fritr, llarrisburg, $K; William Johnson, Pittsburg, $K; Kculicn Snovely. Middle town, $6; Demas Kcgester. Bcallsville, fX; Luther G. Rogers, Pcnficld, $8; Ly man W. Scott, Rcynoldsville, $17; James H. Miller, Corry, $6; Alonzo Chapman llornbrook, $12: Joseph Itumbach, Newport, $12; Samuel A. Ktlcc, Canton, $J4; Harmon L. Schrec ongort, Top, $17: Rachel Grecnlioe, J'eavertown. $K; David Vansycklc, fa ther, Danville, $12; Annie L. Barnes, Stroudsburg, $12; Martha S. Tavlor, Pittsburg, $8: Louisa K. Taylor, Sand Rock, $12; Sarah Krb, Middle Lancas ter, $8, The failure of the firm of A. Ibi & liro., of Gordonville, and the ci lieu absence ol County 1 rcasurcr v.. 1.. llcrshcy, a member of the firm, have given currency to a number uf rumors, ,on Wednesday executions aggregating tyj.rxx) were hied against Amos and h.. L. llcrshcy by their bn :hcr, Christian 11. llersliey. The next day an execu tion for $.?,ooo was issued against Chris tian II. llcrshcy, which he paid. Coun ty Treasurer Ilershc" left his home at Gordonville Sunday, saying that he wa going to Philadelphia on business. Mr. llcrshcy's presence is not ahrolutcly necessary in Lancaster this week and it is thought l.c has enough money on de posit in city and county banks to meet his obligations to the county, but be sides this it is understood a large amount of tax oos:.ibly r j much ns $50,- 000 is still due from him to the State. A strike of the structural iron work ers lias been inaugurated at 1 inland- " phia. Between 400 and 500 men are iitlcctcd and building operations will bo handicapprd until an agreement is. reached. The men demand a nine-hour day, at 28 cents an hour. The old rate was 25 cents an hour for a 10-hour day. Lmlcr the act of May ino. for the creation of a free library commission. Gov. Stone has appointed the following members of the commission: C. L. Magec, W. . Frew. Pittsburg; Henry Belli. Scranton; William M. Steven son, Allegheny, and John 1 liomDson, Philadelphia. State Librarian Kccd U secretary. Edward Cressinser. aged 10. was hanged at Sunbiiry, Wedncsday,-for the murder ol 10-vear-old Daisv smith, daughter of a farmer. Crcssingcr met Ins fate calmly. He is the youngest murderer ever hanged in the State. The crime was committed on August 10, lHijS, and was the result of jealousy. Daisv was gathering herbs and was met by Crcssingcr, who was gunning for rabbits. A ouarrcl followed and the girl started for home, when Cressinger sliot her in the bark. He followed tin" up by cutting her throat with a hunting knife. The combination of manufacturing and wholesale confectioners of Pennsyl vania is now assured. The organization was partially effected in Hamburg ;i month or two ago and a latter meetinff was held to perfect the plans. The con sent of two or three of the larger firms, war needed before it could be a success, and they were secured at Pittsburg !at week. At the services in St. John's church, at Sharon, a few days ago, Rev. Seaves M. Holdaii announced that the entire debt upon the church had been liquida ted. 1 he debt three years ago amount ed to $8,000. It is expected that the church will be consecrated by the bish op as soon as the necessary arrange ments can be made. P. H. Bennett, a boss workman at the Klondyke works, near Pleasant Cnity. was seriously stabbed bv a negro named William Palmer, whom Bennett the dr. before had saved from starvation. The negro arrived from the south a few days ago, ragged and penniless, and was given lodging and victuals by Bennett, Orders have been received from the headquarters of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, disbanding Company 13, Fifteenth regiment, of Clarion. While Edward Darby, electrician for the Berwind-White Coal Company, at Windbcr, was trying to change the trol ley on one of the motors in mine No. 30 Thursday, the trolley wire came in contact with his neck when he was standing on the motor and killed him instantly. Secretary W. B. Andrews, of the StMC Republican committee, has issued r tie formal call for the State convention t-i be held at llarrisburg. April 2i. to nom inate candidates for Auditor General, Congressmen-at-large trd Presidential electors.
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