WHEN DAYS ARE CHILlT
Whan the wild wind rlppail
I Lisa a mmlilwned thing.
And nil ears wars nlppul i
"i1y ths flaree frost kfnm
.TVImn the diwp plpiw frose
Rnd clear drop dripped
from bl glowlns) nnaaj
.f.Whan th alow-wltanls crenknd
K'And lb panes wore streaked
fly tha atolwr who ..
'n-'Ia uevar w,
Hs lonifd for lbs days whan the iklaa are
,' lilun .
And tha finlils arn green i
Oh, for tlm Rind, warm ilnv," ha erlnd,
I "When tli n Innannnil streams miir llW,
Tor a summer day la worth," ha slgtinil,
I '"MoVn I linn nil tin) month or annwl
And If this keeps on," liashlvnrlng sitlil,
I four tlio frult'll bo fror.uu dundt"
JU .TL iTi - ! i'jt T
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Kanrm Ken. he W
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V IY J.U LS UUU
L5Y JAMES COOPCIt VI ILELCIt.
lT
HHATiIi always
claim tlud liottcr
Dinit tlinn Portu
guese John never
shipped tlio dnclt of
a ;vlinlor with bis
foot. All of lllft-
rino Now Hertford
thirty years ago
which was fierce
lrakpiiticnl of Vno
Tlrtno, fronty allowoil tlint Julia wnd
tho exception whloh prove the mlo.
Thoroforo no ouo was anrpriaoil whon
old Hank Timrod, ninxtorof the Jnvn,
elgnod him na fourth mnto, Aa thin
officer nota na enptnin'i Imnlatoorpr
when the "old ;mnu" lowcra, nnd
fionds tho atirlionnl bont when ho
loos not, it poos without anyinq thnt
bo miiHt bo good timber tlnoi(;li and
through.
It wan not common, on an Amorlcnn
tthnle nhip, for a rortugucao to borlh
ft, but bnforo the .Tnvn hud croaand
llio weatorn occnii on her wny to tho
aonthern whnlinir grounds John was
noooptod by Collin, Holder and Hio
low, tho mntcn, n an nll-nrouud good
fellow, and as enpnhln a seaman as
ever snilTod lirlno. His whaleman
ship was nil unknown quantity, for
nbno had Railed shipmates with him
bnforo. lint thoy took it for granted,
and grow fond of tio grave, nudemou
Blrativo man who never Courlod, but
always woleomod thoir rough follow-jdiilV--
cf.u?:-V(ii-.MJSv
One day, in the Honth Atlanlie, a
"louo" bull whalo Was rnisod from tho
mainmast head. . It was breaching a
long distanno to windward, nnd it
took Hie bluff bowed Java threo hours
to beat np to whore the lonoly mon
aroli oould bo soon from tho dock,
lligolow, tho third ruato, was in tho
flings at tho main-royal yard with bis
glasses. lie scanned tho whale long
and closely, while it lay spouting
without thonght of enemies. Sud
denly ho sent 'his voieo to the deck:
MI novor seen a sperm bull like this
tare, Cap'n Tiinrod. He's quoer nu'
no mistakol"
.The "old man," pacing his qnartor
like a penned animal, pausod in his
swift stride and lookod inquiriugly
aloft: "What do you inako of him,
Birr
( Ai'I'm blowod if bo's a rrotostanti;'
answered Bigolow with a briof
chuoklo. "He's marked with a cross
on'his head." v .
( Fortugueso John, who stood by the
U'rboard boat near the master, gave
a sadden start as the whale was do
scribed, ahd was about to speak, but
restrained himself, and liigolow eon
tinned : v1' fv -.'v - .
HuVHeems like the cross was paiutod
on witQ utts leaa. The long streak
goes from the nose to the Lamp, an'
tlio 'cross bar xeaohes clear athwart his
"(Tha body of the apsrm wlinln la eovared
With what may be dusorllied na a blnok pl
luant, It la tllfthtly thinker thai) a oout of
paint, and may bn reiidlly anratahej o(T
jprlosias to' view a dull white skin wbloh
covers tha Mabbar, It seeina pnsalble that
Baerad Ben mar bare oaroleasly acriitehed
Ills bend on the rooks nt the bottom of the
e In the region where bo la supposed to
ehaaa the (tiaut squid. In that wuy the re
ligious symbol wulah so aatonlahed Mr.
Wi.low may havs beon produoed.
t ' Captain Timrod happened to glance
at ms lonrtu mate, and to his surprise
John's swarthy face had tnrned that
livid yellow which takes the place of
emotional paleness in the Latin races,
"What is it, John?" be usked, in
nrprise. .
ThoJPortngnese's Toice was husky,
ana no smverea as lie answored, point
ing in the direction of the bull: "8uc
red Ben, sirl The Whale of the
Cross I"
. "Hey!" exolalmed the "old man"
with an expression of deep interest.
"I've beard of him before. He's got
dsu record !"
' Portngnese John moved nearer, and
laid his unsteady hand on the master's
arm. "Captain," he said in a strained
whisper, "that whale means death,
He kill my broth', three year ago, in
the Indian Ooean. And many morel
He stove three boats of the Mary, an'
get away with fonr 'irons' and all the
lines. That time I know for I was
there. My broth', Anton, he steer
Misser Brown, the mate; an' all that,
boat crew Saored Ben kill. An' many
morei i near of mm in othair ships.
He always kill, an' sJways get away."
"I heard of tha Mary losing her
boats. I was in the Okhotsk that
year," answered Timrod. "Well,
wnat or it, jonnr"
"Captain, for Christ his sake, do
not lower after tha Whale of the
Cross I"
The sailor in Hank Trimrod qnaknd
booanse of tha superstition begot by
mu sea, tut alter a moment tne tongn
Ysokoe spirit of the New Euglaud
whale-hunter surged up in bis broast.
"Maoreu lien win try out ltko any
other whalo, I reckon I" bo grimly
mutteroa. ,
AND . DAY9 ARB FAIR
Tha glsd inn smiled
On all nnlowi
Tha,wlndiao wild
A wank SRI 1
Mbw stmitty from tha south and lent
Thantat king skulling pnnltuntt
Tha picture mnltnd from tha pans,
And bird camaalnglns; from aninewhoroi
A verdant tlnga sproml o'nr tha plain,
t And nil tha annha wa fnlr, ,
But tia who had nntulmunad tho Must
- Was still: unsatlafle.il,
And mnnjrn hopeless look lin nnst
Aoroia tlm llolila nnd alghiuli
"Tho aim la warm nnd bright,
lint, oh; It lan'l right
That llolda nrngrmin tn-dty
Anil Mrda nrn on ihn wlngl
Aim, we'll hnva to pur
For all this lu tho aitlul"
. . 3. K. Riser.
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John mndo tho sign of hia faith. Ho
saw tho skipper's jaw set, and know
tho brood. With tlio instinelivo ges
ture ho renignod his welfare to tlm
rare of bin pntroii saint, and braced
himself to ilo his duty wliatnver
might befall. Tho "old limn" took
tho glnsaos from tlm companion-way
rack and climbed tho weather main
rigging to a height whoro ho could see
the bull plainly.
"The Whalo of the t:ross, right
enough I" he mnrmitrod when he had
adjuitod his foous. " I'll givo him a
whirl, for luokl" Then bn Biiappod
his glasses together, anil roared:
Wand by to lowor awayl"
The masthead looRouts soomml to
drop to the dock. Tho crow, on hot
foot sinoo Uigolow's first cull from
aloft, ranged tliouiHulvos at thoir sta
tions.'
"Lowor away, all!"
Tho fulls creaked: !ln a twinkle all
four bonis touched tlio wntur, and tho
mon woro on their thwarts. Timrod,
with tho smartest crow, was tlm first
away from tho Hide. " 'Vast pulling!"
commanded ho. "Peak oars! Htep
tlio mailt! Hluiko tlint sail IoohcI throat
and poak hnlynnls hoist 1"
Almost as ho Hpolie tlio well-traineil
meu had tho limit soourcd, tho sheet
panged aft, aud tho snil took tho
ft, "Drop your conlrphoard. Lot her
got" ho said to tho midnhip oarsmau.
Down it wont anil held tha boat np to
tho wind, as tho "old man" laid her
head 'straight for Haorod Bon. "rull
alll" Tho men lay back on thoir buTs
again, avid tho foaiu curlod from tho
cutwater.' ri'. ; . . v ''v.4-' ' '
Captain Tiinrod tho only i man in
the boat with his faco to tlm wbalo
looked out ahoad with mischief iu bis
gray eye. His blood wan nflre with
tho chase The Whale of tho Cross,
donghly old soa warrior as ho wan,
had an antagonist who would tax his
art and tout his fighting quality. A
mio two inilos woro passod, and
the black bulk lay a qunrter-niile
distant, looming like a bare rock in
midocoau. His groat hump was six foet
nbovo tho sea. At times he spouted,
sending a jot of steam thirty foet in
the air, and anon in tho wnutohnoss
of might ho thrust his hngo body half
nbovo wator with a writho of his mus
olos, and falling back, spliutorod tho
briuo .into foaiu a huudrod yards
around.
Near or oamo the boat. Portngnose
John, watching Timrod's oyo, saw it
glow; bnt ho never turned bis bead,
though he knew that Saorod Bon was
olose bohind. Thou the captain
spoke again as he threw the boat's
nose in the wind this time in a
strained whisper that shivered along
the men nerves like an olootrio cur
rent: "Take in the sail cleverly! Down
with tho niaat. Bol Stand up, John!
Pull hardl"
Ho aboompanted the last order with
a swing on his steering oar, and by
the time Portuguese John bad knee in
clumsy oleat and hKnd on bis "iron"
he was- facing the Whale of tho Cross
not ten foal abaft his tin. John, tho
Dago, was grit oloar through, and if
Timrod remembered his shaking hand
when the whale was first sighted, he
knew now that the fourth mate wonld
send his harpoon home with as bravo
hoart as boat nndor his own Yankee
ribs.
"Give it to him!" The old man
spoke in a floroo whisper. The, hearts
of the mon leaped, and they gripped
oars in arrested stroke with tingors of
steel that almost dented the ash
John's "iron" wont above bis head
like lightning, nnd, with a swish its
barbed point sung through the air
and stabbed doep into the side of
Saored lieu.
Liko report of gun after touch on
trigger he respondod. A hundred
tons sprang into activity as lightly as
a wildcat meets its foe. "Starn alll"
roared Timrod, "for your lives starn
alll" With their very souls in tho
strain the orew pnsiied ou their oars
A maelstrom of blinding foam onoom
passed the boat. Whirlpools of angry
water spurted vioions gushes over its
sido, and a dealeuing rush as though
of Niagara was in Portuguese John's
ears, while the boat reeled and
danoed beneath his feot. But the
latent tiger at the bottom of his heart
was aroused, and ho did not give baok
an inch. Wipinj the spume from bis
faoe with bis loit hand, with the right
he sought aud grasped the "soooud
iron."
Timrod, at the stern, had for a mo
ment a clearer view than his boat'
steeror, and now he cried: "Bee, he's
milling!"
Ho it was. The bull had settled iu
the wator at the priok of the steel.
and with two strokes of his fins, and
a lash of bis flakes (whioh bad caused
the vortex) ho was millinit (turninari
his bnlk as though on a pivot, with
, the effect of bringing bia tail under
neath flie whnle boat. Timrod wn
too old a blubber hunter not to know
what that meant. An upward stroke
of that tremendous engine of doatrtio
tlon wonld send boat aud orew fifty
feot in the air as though thrown aloft
by an exploding mine. He gave a
great heave on Ills long steering 'oar,
and the boat whirled about. John
stood, harpoon uplifted. His eyes,
soarchtng tlio whirling eddies in front,
saw the flukes of 'the Whatn of tha
Cross, curved like a bow, ascending
from the depths.
The next instant Timrod bont to bis
blade again, and tho boat agniu swung
from tlm rising donlli. Tho captain
did bis boat, but even ns tho bow
turiiod tho great tail rnimi from the
soa, smoothly, silently, ns though
driven by noino Irresistible ineehaiileal
forco. John gazed at tlm black horror
in momentary pnralysin, bis "iron"
poised for the dart. Its point was
enuglit by tho (toruer of the llnlio, and
Hipped as a bny jerks his kuifn in
mumble peg. Timlinrpoou turned on
its axis and John was Imimlod upon
it. In continuance of tho motion tho
flukes rose high iu tlio air, and then
sunk from night. Hnernd Hen had
sounded, and tlm lino hisHod over
Portuguese Johns poHlrntn body
tlirouuli tlm chocks in tlio bow.
Thero is no tuna for horror in a
whnlelioat. All is action. Tlio men,
scarcely realizing tho trngody, but
knowing tlio whale to lio lunt. peaked
their oars. Timrod reached for tlio
linn, and tossed two llnkos from the
tub to give play that ho might bring
it ovor tho snubbing post in the at nrn
shoots. Itooilod through his bandsllko
a hissing snrnnnt, ami in the very act
of accomplishing his purpose a llnlio
leaped into the ait, ami opening like
the loop of a cowboy's lasso, dropped
ovor bis shoulders. It seemod for n
second that nothing could savo him
from being cut it two. Hut tho boat
oarsman lmpponr.il by tho Almighty.'s
favor to seo tho fatal loop ns it
sprang in tho air. lu a liciirt-heat
his shcathknile Unshod, nnd tlm line
was severod before it lutd timo to nip,
or lieeomo taut on tha "second iron."
"Tho old man" cad tlio loosened
coil from his body nud settled buck
in the Atom shoots. "Jonas," ha
said to tlm bow oarsninn, "I guess
yen nnvod my bncou. Hut now look
to John. I'm nfraid this blnuiod old
Whalo of tlio Cross has fixed him."
Jonas rcnolio.l to whoro tho body
of tlio fourth mnto lay on tha thwart,
and tin ned his face to tho sky. On
oxaminntlon it was found that tlio bar
poon ho had turnod against Hncred
lion had olovoii his own heart iu
twain. Now York Independent,
Typhoid roor In Smith Africa.
rrofossor Hnmliou, writing in .the
Jonrnnl of Tropical Modiciua, says
Typhoid fever is tho most provulont
and fatal diseaso in Houth Africa. In
tho Oalenkn (luikn wir it was stilted
by tho principal medical olllcor to
havo boon nudoulitodly tho most ser
ious disease ilnriiig tho war. In the
Zulu war of 187H typhoid appeared at
tho headquarters at Helpmukanr nud
at liorke's Drift iu thcmiddla of Feb
ruary, accompanied by diarrhiea aud
dysentery. Uelpmaknar boeatuo so
uuhealthful that it had to bo evanuatod.
The troops wero moved to Utrooht
and Dundoo, bnt tho fever immedia
tely brokd out at both theso places.
"I do not contond in the leant that
water may not bo a vohiolo, and pos
sibly tlio principal vohiolo, of typhoid
infection, but there are many out
breaks that cannot rooeivo so comfort
able an explanation. Homo of them
are strikingly liinitod and thoir limita
tion is rarely in aocordauoo with tha
distribution of tho wator supply sup
posed to be polluted.
"Dr. James Allen, or Pietermnritz
burg, from his observations in South
Africa, came to the conclusion that
typhoid fover deponded ohiofly npon
iufootod cattle. Ho desoribos a speoiflo
enteritis ooourring in calvos, subjeot
to rolapses and very ooutagious, and
holds that the exorements of animals
afTeqtod with this distemper, on gain
ing aooess in any way into the human
body, will give riso to typhoid fover.
He holds that typhoid fevor thus
arose in a great measure among the
British troops in the Zulu war,"
Medioal Kocord.
Freaks of Temiierature.
On one day reoontly tho thormorae
tor' roistered thirty dogrees in New
Orleans, or two dogrees below freezing,
whilo at the same time iu points in
Dakota it registered forty-four de
grees. As the diiTerenco in latitudo is
something like seventeen or eighteen
degrees, the difference in temperature
upon the day in question is almost
startling. But to show that it is not
exceptional, a gentlomnn to whose at
tention the matter was called told of a
summer experience ho had somo years
ago, when he was in Quobeo, about
the middlo of July. At that time the
thermometer was in the niueties dur
ing a certain day aud in the seventies
at New Orleans. Bo the oddities are
not conflnod to any season nor to any
year. Cincinnati Commereial-Tri-buno.
now They Cntoh Smtlfi,
Residents of Surry are happy as
well as busy now, for the head of the
river is frozen and the smelting busi
ness began Saturday. The news
spread about that smelts had appeared
in the bay, and those who were in
readiness made quite a oatch and sev
eral shipments were mado. Others
employod themselves in getting their
tents on the ice, and Monday soma
sixty-five tents were located aud one
of the largest eatohes in the hittoryof
smelting in Surry was made, more
than two tons being taken, The aver
ago. quantity was from seventy-five to
eighty pounds to a man. The smolts
are shipped to Boston and New York
via stage to Ellsworth, and sell for
from five to flfteon oents a pound.
Bangor (Ms.) Whig and Courier.
9303300000000000000000000
i FARM TOPICS
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOi
Whitewash Is flood For tha Mtatilo.
No doubt one of the best disinfec
tants for a cow stable is a good coat
of whitewash nt leant onee a year, and
as a running mate keep the place
sprinkled with plaster. Those two
will kill the germs although not all
and will add to the general bnnllh
fulness of tho surroundings of the
cows, which is so necessary il it Is ex
pected of thorn to give good, whoto
somo milk.
Making llitne l.ny In Winter.
There aro many . reasons why lions
do not lay In winter, bnt all aro
summed up lu tlm cold nud darkness
nnd lank of exorcise which It induces.
Mils causes nil Hi;rtn of troubles, Tlio
fowls in cold, stormy weather remain
on tho roosts until noon. I lieu they
get up and llll themselves with food
nnd then go back to Ihn rousts ni;nin.
If tlm henlioiinn Is dark, either from
snow ontiiiilo or from lack of windows,
tlio fowls will tilny on their roosts
most of tlm time, and if fed well with
com will fill Inn rather than begin lay
ing. INInke Hie henhonso ns light as
possible. Provide double windows so
that they will not bn steamed up with
ieo from the bird's breath. Theso
double windows will also make tho
heiihouso much warmer, as tlm spaon
of air between them is one of tlio best
non conductors of boat. Then food
mainly with wheat, giving little corn
except in the very ooldost weather,
and fowls will lay somo oggs at the
time when eggs aro always tho iloar
est.
fYithornltts: atl1a.
If tlio horns havo boon nllowed to
develop onttlo are dehorned by using
Ihn saw or dehorning dippers. In
either caso tlm horn is removed by
cutting it olT ns eloso to tho head as
possiblo without injuring the bones
of tlio bond. Tho best plan in to kill
tho horu button in tho young nil f
whon a fow days old by applying
eiitiHlio potnsh. ('ut tho hair from
tho horn button, take a slick of cnus
tio potash, wrap it in paper, loaving
ono ond exposed, moisten this cxposod
end, rub ovor tho horn button until it
has au inflamed appearance. Do not
let tho oaustia come in contact with
tlm Angers or with tlio skin of tho an
imal, Aftpr two or thrco weeks, if
tho horn givosnny indication of grow
ing again, ropoat the operation. As
a rule, hownvor, one implication if
sufficient. Duhornlng is of groat ad
vantago in that tho onttlo aro pre
vatitod from injuring ono another, thny
stand moro quietly in the shed nnd n
greator number of thorn can bo nhol
torod. Much loss room is required nl
tho feed trough and tho animuln arc
more easily handled. Thoy can be
treated as so many sheep.
r.,;. , -
Tlm Preservation of Mllh.
Intorosting experiments hnva boon
conducted at the agricultural experi
ment stations throughout tho country
to dotormiuo tlio ofToct of prossure in
tho preservation of milk. Samples
of milk used in tho tests wero in
olosod iu collapniblo tin tubes nnd
placed in hollow stool cylinders. I'ho
spaoe surrounding tho tubes was
llllod with water. Tha cylinders woro
fitted with pistons, to which hydraulic
prossure was applied. Hevoral huu
drod samples of milk were subjected
to prossure ranging from COO pounds
por square inch upward, and com.
pared with the samples receiving
similar treatment excopt prossure it
was fonnd that milk snbjooted to a
pressuro of ton to fiftoon pounds for
as many days was swoot at tho end of
the tests. Tho souring of milk was
uot materially dolayed by pressure
mi oh lowor than this. Pressure of
thirty tous for one hour dolayed
louring for upwards of twonty-fonr
as compared with tho chock samples.
Prossuies of sovonty-llve to ninety
tons for several minutes to one hour
kept the milk sweat from two to sovon
days. Chicago Orooer. .
Carina Vot Poultry.
While the animals on a farm bave
suitable arrangements in buildings
and pastures uud are carefntly looked
after until the stisblo and barn doors
are fastened for tho night, the poul
try are usually expected to find their
own quarters and perform for them
selves a cart of the necessary work
roauirou iu thoir management. To bo
compelled to hunt for their nosts, or
have the hens Inyiug in the feed
troughs, is an indication that some
thing is lackicg on the part of the
termor in the interest he takes in bis
foatuored friends, and also that ho
has not providod all tho conveniences
for the hons to which they aro enti
tled as producers on the farm of a
salable article.
All kinds of poultry fill a place,
each aooording to his purposo, on the
farm, aud true economy is that which
will enable them to give the best re
sults. When hons are kept for the
purpose of laying a largo number of
eggs, and fail to perform what is ex
peotod of them, there is a liability that
some mistake has been made in their
management, and that they aro not
kept undor those conditions whioh
assist them in complying with the de
sires of their owner. If they are cast
aside to serve themselves, and are al
lowed to go beyond their bounds,
they are then obstacles and nuisance
instead of being bouefioial. When a
(look is kept for profit it shonld be
proporly supplied with all that it de
mands, if it is possible to do so.
The arrangements of the grounds and
qnarters are to be considered first,
not only because the fowls will reoeive
a benefit, but beoauso by so doing the
work will be done more systematically
and carefully. Farm, Field and Fire
side. A single oodflsh produces more than
1,000,000 oggs in a season.
mmi siiie mi cni
T.KIGN OF THUGS.
Tut Men Stripped of Their Clnthst Near Un.
lonlown end Left to Wander
In Ihs Cold.
T'ot Office Inspector V. V. Hutches,
tvlm is employed in iwu rurnl free mini
delivery iliviiinu. has nrrivrd lu Wash
iiiHlon nnd nays 1 lint he hits instruc
tion In remain until nil the petitions
I'l.d from Washington comity nre nct-
I Hpiui. The lollnv.'ing phiers linve
pphrd: West Miildlrtiiwn, Independ
ence, Ml. Hope, Jclfcsiiii township,
Florence, I loiMmivillc, Kighty- I'nur,
v'enctia, l-'inlcyville, Scenery Hill, Mo
nruigiilichi, I'liinn township, Omrlcrni,
I'lillowliclil township, Koscor, Cold
Center nnd for nu mlilition.il route to
lluiKctlstown, which nlreiidy Inn three
Unites. It is rsliiniitcd lh.it it will take
,'n nr Ho curriers to ,ervc all the farmers
nf llie county with their mail once per
'.'ay. The cnuny will lie the first ill
'.lie United Stales to lie completely cov
eted by llie rural free delivery system.
During the pa't week the following
name wi re added to the pension roll :
llrhry M. Mart, New Hrii;litoii, $'i;
(anus II. Curler, Wayncsbiirg, $to;
Smnncl II. Sicgfrid. Yomigsiowii. $' t:
f.ydia HudiiiKlon, Warrd Center, $;
lianicl Lewis, Washington, $f t' $K;
lstiry lliener, Johnstown, $lfi to $17;
I. W. Ilrown, duller, $10 to $17; Mary
f. (iambic, Keynoldsville, $H; Jasper N.
Kennedy, H.irkerstown, pi; Joseph
Kicliard, Hrick Church, $10 to $4;
runnel Strnyer, Johnstown, Pi to $12;
yimnrl K, Snider, MrKrrsport, Kill
er Wriiht. Knob, $10: Kciibrn Knepp,
Snook, William C Young, Nrnls
iiurg, $17; Jonathan Ilurlbnrt, (.'anion,
t if ; Solomon Schall, Top, $H; Matthew
N. (ircer, Saversvillc, $10; Leonard A.
Hays, KoKcrsford, $10; William U.
Mnllorie, Sharon, $17: Lizzie Walk,
Julian, $K; Marv A. Henry, I'ottsvillc,
H; Harriet I. Mingle. Savre, $H.
larob O. Clitic, the first soldier of
Company II. Tenth I'critisylvania vol
unteers, to fall on the field of battle in
the Philippines, was buried at Wash
ington Sunday altcrnoon with full mjli
tary honors. Not since the day of Col.
Hawkins' funeral lias there been a more
impressive ami imposing funeral in
Washington. Members of his company
nud the lodges nnd organizations of
which he had been an active member
In fore ioiug lo war turned out, al
though the weather was rxceeilini(ly
cold. Volleys were fired over the grave
and taps were sounded.
An application for authority to organ
ize llie Citizens National Hank of Jean
nelte, Ph.. with a capital stock of $Vi,
000, was filed with the comptroller of the
currency Thursday, by representative
Jack. The applicants nre I. P. Shaw,
W. S. Sloan, David II. Kankin, (J. S.
Sutton, I). H. Kvans nnd David NcwelJ.
Articles of incorporation were filed
for record nt Hutler Thursday by W. C.
McDowell. Robert Fisher, I.. C. Wick,
A. M. Kcibrr, W. II. Miller and W.
C. Thompson, of llutler, for the Hutler
Silk mill, limited. The company has
leased the old Withcrspoon institute
building and will manufacture silk fab
ric, employing about 50 hands.
George Stiliich. ol Johnstown, aged
30, a brother of the well known brewer,
John L. Stiliich, was burned to death at
midnight Monday. He had been sta
tioned in a car of beer, which was ready
lor shipment on the brewery siding, to
keep up the fire in a charcoal stove to
protect the beer from freezing. lie was
overcome by the fumes of the burning
charcoal and fell on the stove and was
found shortly afterward dead, with both
legs burned off and horribly disfigured.
lie was married and leaves a wile and
three children.
Uriah Roebuck, employed as a rope
rider in the Continental Coal Company's
mine at Glen Marion, was instantly kill
ed Friday by being run over with a
trip of cars which had left the track.
Roebuck is the man who some months
ago escaped death by sliding head first
down a chute over .100 feet in length.
Several weeks ago he had the misfor
tune to lose a portion of his right foot
by being struck with a cable that had
parted where he was standing.
Andrew Cook, road supervisor of
Green township, Indiana county, has
been arrested for failure to turn over
$100 he collected for road tax. Cook
alleges that thieves broke into his house
and stole $146 from its hiding place, and
thus he was unable to meet the claim
against him.
The residence of C. W. Davis, neafl
Oil City, was destroyed as the result oj
a daughter attempting to start a fire
with oil. She was badly burned.
The F.nglish-Amcricans of the Fifth)
ward, New Castle, have raised $700 fof
the benefit of widows of soldiers killed
in the Hoer-British war.
The Washington fair grounds will
probably be taken by that borough fo'
a public park.
The Eureka Manufacturing Company
has closed down its hath tub manufac
tory at Blairsville, affecting 40 men.
Nellie Alander, of Mars, Butler coun
ty, lost an eye by falling on a broker
bottle.
Out of 175 school children at Hazel
Dell, Lawrence county, 80 have measles.
THE USEFUL CACTUS.
The most splendid example of tba
cactus family Is the giant cactus, of
which a flno example Is still standing
at a point eight miles south of Pheoe
nix, Arlx., near the Pima reservation.
It Is about 40 feet high. What the
date palm Is to the African desert the
giant cactus s to our own arid lands.
From It the Mexicans extract a drink
called "mescal," and the Indians also
obtain a beverage from It On its fruit
the Papago Indians live for weeks at
a time. Woodpeckers dig their nests
In the trunk and branches, and even
doves feed on the fruit. When the
cactus of thts kind dies its unfulness
Is not destroyed, for the tough ribs
beneath the outer skin are used by the
Papago Indians for the foundation ot
their mud roofs, and they also use It
In building chicken coops, and even
In covering for their graves. It Is not
this species of cactus from which trav
elers are supposed to obtain a supply
of water, but the, small cactus, which
contains a plentiful supply ot sap.
The average toy makers in Saxony
makes about one cent an hour.
nmSIXTH CONGRESS
Sensla.
THIRTY-NINTH Djv-
forei Irrntion of the Puerto Riesn
tnrif) bill was begun In the House.
Speeches were tnnde on that measure
by Mr. Payne, chairman of the ways
and means committee; Mr. Richnrdson,
the Democratic lender, snd Mr. Dal.ell,
the ranking Republican.
The conference on the financinl bill
jnel again snd ninde some progress.
The Investigation of chnrges as to the
condui t of die United States military
forces tinder Brig. (icii. Merrinm dur
ing the Idaho mining troubles last sum
mer, begun before the House commit
tee on militnry affairs
The president signed (lie proclamation
milking public the Snmoan treaty.
Senator Fairbanks introduced an
niucniliiieut to (he Puerto Kican gov
ernment bill extending the immigration
laws of the United Slates to that
Island. Mr. Richardson offered a reso
lution establishing free trade in sugar
with Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Ha
waiian islands.
FORTIKTH DAY.
Discussion of the Philippine question
was resumed for a time in the Senate
to-day, Mr. Kenncy speaking against
llie retention ,( the islands and urging
that llie Filipinos be accorded the right
lo govern tin niselves. Consideration
wns resumed of the I lawaiian govern
ment lull. Some amendments were
agreed to Inn consideration of .the
measure was not concluded.
Again there were but three speeches
in the House on llie Puerto Rican tariff
bill. Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, spoke in
support of the bill, and Mr. Newlands
of Nevada and Mr. Swanson ol Vir
ginia, in opposition to il. The speak
ers devoted themselves almost exclus
ively lo the constitutional questions in
volved. The conferees on the finance bill were
In session several hours, but it was an
nounced at the adjournment that no
agreement bad been reached upon any
point, nlilioiicdi prospects were that an
agreement might be finally reached.
The Senate committee on interstate
commerce heard Commissioner Prouty
and Clements, of the interstate com
merce commission in favor of the bill
to (five the commission more power
in llie matter of railroad rate.
FOUTY-SKCONfJ DAY.
The Senate and House conferee ad
journed without reaching a definite
agreement on the financial bill, though
the main points are decided upon.
The Senate committee on commerce
authorized a favorable report upon
Senator (iallingcr's bill providing for
the appointment of a commission to
make mi investigation of the trade re
lations between the United States and
China ami Japan.
The House committee on library
favorably reported a bill making an ap
propriation of $5,000 for the prepara
tions of plans or designs for a memorial
or S'atnc of Gen. Grant to be erected
nt Washington.
The industrial commission ha decid
ed to continue it investigation of trusts
and industrial combination and to de
lay il recommendations for legislation
for their control until additional testi
mony lias been taken.
FORTY-FIRST DAY.
For the first time in the debate on
the Puerto Rican tariff bill, the voice
of a Republican wa raised against the
measure. Mr. Hromwell, t,i Ohio,
spoke against the measure. He oppos
ed it on the ground of policy and not of
constitutionality. His hostility, how
ever, was not so absolute but that he
announced his intention of voting for
it if the substitute fails.
The conferees on the financial bill
were in session nearly all day. and the
indications are that all points of dis
pute will be reconciled soon. The
Senate committee on foreign relations
ordered a favorable report on the treaty
of reciprocity with France. No amend
ment was made to the treaty. The bill
to incorporate the American National
Red Cross passed the Senate. Repre
sentative Lentz, of Ohio, introduced in
the House a bill to provide for the pub
lic distribution of a United States map
to all schools in the United States.
FORTY-SECOND DAY.
The day was devoted to discusdon of
the constitutional question of tariff laws
for Puerto Rico by both Senate and
House. President Pro. Tern. Frye laid
before the Senate the following telegram
addressed to him from Camara Com
mercia at San Juan de Puerto Rico:
"Commissioned by people Puerto Rico,
attending celebration commemoration
anniversary birth Washington, request
that for humanity sake a solution be
1 aoopieu, economic orooienis. ever
ciiiy represents con.siucrauic loss, iea
ing to total ruin."
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nesste, introduced joint resolutions in
the House against the steel trust and
against trusts in barbed wire, wire
nails, etc., in the form similar to those
introduced by him against the sugar and
paper trusts.
LAEOR WORLD.
The Bohemian and Moravian miners
have struck for advances in wages.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
decided to raise wages of all engineers.
The United Hitters are spending
thousands of dollars to adverti.se their
I'.nion label.
Miners are scarce in Great Britain,
and it is difficult to find workmen suf
ficient to man the mines.
The average advance in wages in
Wisconsin for all classes in lite year
past was fifteen per cent.
The cigarmakers' strike in Havana
was broken, the men returning to work
at their employers' terms.
Wage claims for $148,000 have been
filed for 161 employes of the dock de
partment of New York City.
In Wyoming the railroads have rais
ed wages to $175 per day. and cut the
board down to $j.o per week.
Advices from New Castle, Penn.,
state that fifty tinplate mills are now in
operation there, ten more than ever be
fore. Four thousand continental emi
grants per month are rushing to Eng
land to take vacant situations at higher
wa"e.
Coal mining is developing rauidly in
Canada. In Nova Scotia both the areas
worked and the number of mines show
a great increase.
The Union Printers' Home ha nine
ty inmates; six were admitted during
the nmnlh. five vacated, one died andi
one was expelled for drunkenness.
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