WITH LOVE-FRO?! MOTHER. .
There's a letter on the bottom of the pile,
It envelop it faded, inllow brown,
It has traveled to ths city many ft mile.
And tha postmark names ft little nnknowa.
town.
But the hurried man of business pushes all
the others by,
And on the aerawly characters he turns ft
glistening eye.
Be forgets the earns of eommcroe and his
anxious schemes for gain,
The while he rends what mother writes from
up In Maine.
There are quirks and scratchy quavers of
the pen
Where It struggled In the fingers old and
bent.
There are places thnt he has to road again
And ponder on to flud what mother meant.
There are letters on hi tnhle that Inclose
some boutK'Intf check:
There are letters giving prom loos of profits
on nil "ewcs."
But he tosses ell tin) litter by, forgets the,
golden ruin,
Until ho rends what mother writes from tip
in SI nine.
At Inst he finds "with love we nil are
well,"
And softly lnys the homoly letter down
And dnshen at 111 headlong tnsks pell mell,
Once more the busy, anxious man of
town.
But whenever In his duties as the rushing
moments fly
That fnded little envelope smiles up to meet
his eye,
He turn ngnln to Inbor with ft stronger
truer hraln,
From thinking on what mother wrote from
up In Maine.
Through all the day be dictates brisk re
plies, To his amanuensis at his side,
The curt and stern domaud and busi
ness lies
The doubting man cajoled, and threat
dellod.
And then at dusk when all are gone he drops
his worldly mnsk
And takes his pen and lovlnitly performs ft
woloome task;
For never shall the clicking typo ni short
hand scrawl profane
The message to the denr olc. home c.p there
In Maine.
The penmanship Is roundei" sehoclbc.y stylo,
For mother's oyes are getting dim, she
wrote;
And, as he sits and writes there, all the
while
A bit of homesick feeling grips his throat.
For nil the city friendships .here with Tom
ami kick nnu Jim
And all the til's of later years grow very,
very dims
While boyhood's lovos In manhood's heart
rlxe deep and pure and plain.
Called forth by mother's homely words from
up In Mill ne.
' Holman F. Day, In I.ewlfton Journal.
The Diamond.
A SOUTH AFRICAN EPISODE.
Ned Cnmmings went into Cnpe
Town in an Indian steamer in tbe first
' year of the diamoud excitement. He
bad never had as good a chance to got
rich easily, and he was not going to
let the chance slip by. So, one fine
morning, with ft knapsack slung over
his shoulder, a good American revolver
strapped to his hip, and a Hottentot
as a guide, he tramped away toward
the Vaal river.
Ned, swinging along under that
southern sky, caught up with two
men tramping in the same direc
tion. . "Shipmates ahoy!" roared Ned in
his jolliest sea voice, which he could
raise above the sound of the tempest.
"Whither bound?"
."For the mines, and be blowed to
you," growled one of the men.
"Bet you a plug of navy yon out
drift from your ship without asking
leave of the old man."
"What's that to you, yon lubber?"
was the reply of the man, a sulky,
darkbrowned fellow, evidently a sailor,
but far from a pleasant looking one.
"My name is Matt Fruliek," said
the man. "I deaurted from the bark
Assumption, bouud to Ceylon. This
man is a Lascar, named Joe, who cut
away with me. Now, who are yon?"
- "Ned CummiugH, able seaman; left
the steamer . Bajau at Crfpe Town, .
bocauHe I wanted to make a
strike for these new diamond fields;
for you see I've mined in Califoruy,
Peru and Australy, and I dou't want
it said there's any new places, whether
gold or diamonds, that I ain't had a
Laud in."
Days passed, and they were yet
npou the way, holding a course by the
skillful gnidance of the Hottontot,
who knew the way well.
They came down into the camp
amid the burking of dogs, but scarcely
notice ! by the miners, who expected
to see new men come into the fields
day after day. Ned was an active
man, and before -night he bad learned
all the rulea of the camp, and had
marked off a claim for himself aud bis
two compauions. His Hottentot
looked on in supreme dingust as he
law his frieud mark out the grouud
aud full to work.
"That's so foolish," he said touch
ing Ned on the shoulder. "Yon come
hunt?"
"Ned showed him a small diamond,
not larger than common shot, which
bad beeu giveu him in Cape Town.
Kanadu uttered suort of disgust.
"You oome huut," he insisted.
But Ned refused, and Kanadu left
the camp, aud the men washed oa
nnder the burning sun. There was
not much work in Matt Fralick or the
Lascar, and the burden fell on Neil'd
shoulders.
"Let's quit without any hard words
Matt, "he said. "I want a mau with
we that can take a fair share of the
work, and you and the Lascar are jus)
about equal, you see. I'll strike J
new claim, or buy you out."
They chose to go out, thinking ho
could do nothing alon; but Ned huu
luadrf his plans, aud after the two lef.'
bill), he hired a half broed Hotteutoj
to sort. From that time he did bet
te' and found several stones of fui.
value. Two weeks of tlris work and
the two csTf tuck and wat ted to join
Lira again, offering to let their nnited
labor go against his. But Ned would
not do it.
A month later Kanadu sauntered
lazily into the ramp looking for Ned.
He grinned widely as be saw tbe sai
lor at work.
"Find him, master?" be asked.
"Some of 'em," said Ned. "How
re you, old chap?""
"Me well," replied Kanndti, grin
ning again. "Me always well. S'pose
yon let me see what you find."
Ned produced the bag and showed
the diamonds and Kanadu gave
snort of disdniu.
"Look dis," be said, opening his
band. In the centre of bin brown
palm glowed a diamoud of great size
and brilliancy, the largest Ned had
ever seen.
"You take him, Ned," he said.
"Den yon come out dat hole and hunt
good deal."
"Yon give it to me?" cried Ned.
"No want him. S'pose you gib me
gun, dnt all right," snid Kanadu.
Ned eagerly accepted the offer and
quickly had tho jewel, fearing that
other eyes might see it. Other eyes
had seen it those of Lascar Joe, and
he was literally stricken dumb at the
sight of the wonderful diamond. Ned
was busy nil thnt day, aud in the
night, with only Kanadu for a com
panion, he slipped away, and before
morning was'fnr away from the camp,
He hud bought another revolver at
the mines and 'Kanadu had a beauti
ful rifle, the price of the big diumond.
That night they camped beside a
shining river, and the Hottentot kept
watch while Ned lay down to sleep.
He was tired and awoke after some
honrs as a ory of agony rang thaongh
bis ears, and started np with his re
volver ready, to see Kanmlu lying on
bis face, bis blood soaking the earth
and two men springing at him, with
knives and pistols gloiming in the
moonlight men whom he knew
Lascar Joe and Matt Fralick.
"(live up the diamond and you
shall go free!" hissed Matt, as he
leveled his pistol.
"Never!" cried Ned.
The pistols cracked tjgether and
Matt fell dead and Ned staggered
back, with a bullet through the tlcBey
part of the arm. Ho foil over the
prostrate form of the Hottentot and
before he conld rine the foot of the
Lascar was on his breast.
Ned was weaponless, for his pistol
bad fallen from his hand as he re
ceived the bullet.
"Fire!" cried Ned. "I'll never beg
for life' from such as yon; don't think
it,"
At tuts moment came a loud roat
and a great, hairy body passed over
the prostrate man, sending tbe Lnscat
to a distance of 20 feet, Aed stag'
gared np and ran iuto the woods, teav
ing his enemy a prey to the lion,
which had oome to bis aid so oppor
timely, five minntes later he was
joiued by the Hottentot, who had
been stunned by the bullet which
grazed his skull, and the two kept on
their way all night, aud finally reached
the settlements. Here Ned bade tht
Hottentot farewell and readied Caps
Town. The diamond sold for $."0,t
000, and Ned owns a ship which rnn
from New York to San Francisco.
But he never saw the African coast
again, and probably never will.
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE.
All
England Was Mad to Support Tlill
fMirprlHlng Delnslnn.
The advances in science lead to bopei
of the sudden accumulation of gold,
just as the discovery of new woildi
led onr ancestors to invest in nianj
inflated enterprises of commerce ami
conquest. This older temptation hai
passed away, for there are no new
wprlds to discover, and this small
globe has been practically staked out",
but the mysterious domains of science
are still illimitable, and afford vast op.
portnnitiss for inflated schemes which
have their prototype 'in the South Se
ns refresh our memory of this
surprising delusion. It arose in ths
reign of Queen Anne,nearly 180 yean
ago, and when we oonsider tbe .extent
of the speculation and gambling which
it caused and the number of those
who lost everything and who consigned
their families to bitter poverty, we are
tempted to class it with those other
calamities which preceded it and
which afflicted England so heavily
the great tire of Loudun aud the
plague. The South Sea company
claimed to have enormous sources of
profit iu certain exclusive privileges,
obtuined from the Spanish govern
ment, for trading in their possessions
iu South America and Mexico; and it
mny be well for ns in these times of
tbe flotation of schemes for obtaining
gold from salt water and from sands,
of power from air aud something more
ethereal than air, to be reminded ol
the many bubbles that came into ex
istence and burst at the time of the
collapBe of the South Sea Bubble.
The stock C the South Sea oo upnny
rose from one hundred to a thousand.
aud an army of future victims crowded
the offices of the company, anxious to
mveBt in what they believed would
suddenly enrich tlieui. Indeed, all
Englaud seemed to go mnd, and thu
craze of the time is reflected in the
writings of Pope uud Kwift. Prof.
John Trowbridge, iu Appletons' Pop
ular Science Moutuly.
Two Definition.
The bnmoi s of examination papers
were illustrated by Dr. Haig Brown,
who, speaking at the City of London
college apon the responsibility which
rested upon examiners iu weighing
fragments of knowledge, said that the
question, "What are the Chilteru
Hundreds?" once received the reply.
".Small animals which abound in such
numbers iu cheese." The inquiry.
"What is cherub?" elicited, iu it'
turu, tue answer, "An immoral being
01 uueeriaiu auape. sraouant
Household
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Btrtriolomftf
RIBBONS.
two Methods That ationlil Appeal to the
Busy Honsewlfe.
Now that ribbons are so extensively
worn it is quite worth while to know
how to clean them successfully and
easily.
The two methods uore given nave
been put to the practical tost many
times over, so there need be no hesi
lancy about tryiug either one through
fear of failure or of unsatisfactory re
sults. The first method i3 exceedingly
simple and answers tho purpose for
all except white ribbons or those that
aro very badly mussed. Fill a glass
fruit jar about half full of gasoline
more or less, accenting to the amount
of ribbon to be cleaned. Place tho
soiled ribbons in it all colors,
lengths and kinds may go in at once
and screw the cover ou tightly.
Shake the bottle occasionally aud
leave it closed for from two to six
hours, or over night. Then take but
the ribbons, shake each one well and
hang it to dry in the open air. The
ribbons will be clean, and the dirt
will be found in the bottom of the jar.
Of course the ribbons need a thorough
airing and sun bath to remove the
odor of the gasoline, but thnt is all.
No pressing is required, as the gaso
line does not affect them as water
would.
The clear gasoline should be poured
off without disturbing that at the bot
tom; then tho dirt which has settled
at the bottom should be emptied out
and tho clear gasoline put back, ready
for nso another time. Keep it tightly
covered, and, of course, never nso it
near a lire, because of the danger of
its igniting.
The gasoline will turn whito rib
bons yellow, so this method is not ad
visable for them. It nl-o loaves the
ribbons in tho same condition tlm'l it
found them as regards their being
mussed or crumpled, so tli.oso that aro
badly creased should be given the
treatment that is acccrdud the white
ribbons.
Prepare suds of soft water and
any pure soap, wash tho ribbon in
this, just as yon would wash a fine
handkerchief; rinse and let it par
tially dry. Take it dowu while still
damp in all parts and roll it smoothly
ovor a wide card or piece of paste
board, rolling a piece of clean whito
muslin with it. Wrap tho muslin
around last, so that the ribbon shall
be covered, and place the whole nn
der a heavy weight. A letter prtiss is
an excellent place in which to presn
it. Leave it until it shall have had
time to dry. Tho muslin will absorb
the moisture.
The ribbon will come out lookinp
fresh and clean and will have lost
none of its "life," as is the case with
ribbons which aro pressed with an
iron.
If good soap is nsed tho colors
will not rnn, and this process takes
out the creases as well as removes ths
dirt.
Mints For tho rioiisewlfe.
Iiioe should be washed in hot water.
not cold.
A quick morning bath is a good
substitute for the strong coffee most
folk drink.
Ordinary headaches almost always
yiold to the simultaneous application
of hot wator to tho feet and back of
the neok.
If you want to ruin silver-back
brushes wash thorn. If you dou't, clean
the bristles by rubbing them thor
oughly with flour.
If at any time there is not enough
batter to till all tho tnuffiu paus, put
little hot wator in the empty pans be
fore setting in the oveu.
Kitchen tables may be mado "white
as snow" if washed with soap and
wood-ashes. Floors look best scrubbed
with cold wator, soap and wood-ashes.
To prevent rugs from curling at the
corners bind tuem on tue under side
with a piece of narrow webbing like
that nsed to bold furniture springs in
pluoe.
Bilk may be retorod by spongin
and while nuito damp it should bo
rolled on broomstick and left until
quite dry. Silk should uover be
ironed.
The brain worker needs com nam
tively little.of carbohydrates that is,
starchos and fats; mucu less, indeed.
than one employed at manual laboi
requires.
A saddlo' of vonsion is the best for
roasting. Lurditwith strips of Arm,
fat pork, salt and pepper aud dredge
with flour. Boast iu a hot oven, bust'
iug frequently.
A serviceable loop for banging up
heavy garments is made by outtiug a
strip of kid from au old glove, rolling
it iuto a string, aud sewing the edges
together. This loop will stand auy
amount of pulling.
Au orauge frosting ceu bo qnickl.v
made by mixing together the yolk of
oue egg, ataulespoouful orange juice,
a half teaspoonful orange extraot and
enough sifted oonfeotiouer's sugar to
make it thiok enough to spread.
Before going out upon a very cold
or windy day mb iuto tho face just a
little coldort'um thoroughly, afterward
a dust of rice flour. It is uluiost lui
possible uuder this treutmeut to ac
quire a ohapped fi'.oii. Wear a veil iu
(extreme weather.
Serpents are so tenacious of lifo
that they will lire sis mouths or longer
U -ei
HOW TO CLEAN
without food.
t.artl Itandolph Churchill's Prophecy.
When the Dnke of Marlborough wi
married to Mrs. Hammersley by May
or Hewitt be met soon after the cere
mony several distinguished men, of
one of whom he asked if be had ever
met his brother, Lord Bandotpb
Churchill. Upon being told that Lord
Randolph and this gentleman bad been
brought together by Mr. Jerome,
Lord Randolph's father-in-law, ths
Duke speke quite freely of bis
brother's political career. He was
asked by one distinguished American
why it was that Lord Itandolph had
so suddenly resigned bis office as tho
head of the British War Department.
The Dnke of Marlborough hesitated a
moment, and then said:
"Mybrothor discovered things thee
Hint were appalling. If over the covet
is taken off that box and tho inquiry
and incompetence that are iusido of
it are revenled, it will not only de
stroy any administration that mny bo
in power at tho time, but may bring
England dangerously near something
like revolution. My brother could not
face tho grave responsibility, and my
only hope is that there will come a
purification before Great liritiau is
entangled in a desperate war.
Thnt confidence revenled by the
Dnke has been brought to tho mind
of the gentlemen who heard it many
limos of Inte. Philadelphia Press,
New York Letter.
. A Cautious Man.
The familiar saw that no man can
tie a hero to his valet was illustrated
'o me a few days ago in an amplified
md peonliar form. It was while sit
ting with a man of affairs that his
itenographer entered, saying that a
certain other mnu desired to speak to
tuy acquaintance ovor the telephone.
"Take it," said my man, aud forth-a-ith
picked np his extension machine,
through which he talked with tho man
tt tho other end, the conversation in
lluding matters of flnauen, politics
tnd personal business of a most fnmil
ar nnd confidential sort. He didn't
niud me at all I didn't count. We
ontinued our conversation, nnd just
is I was ready to leave tho stenog
rapher entered with sover.tl sheets of
manuscript, which she laid on tho
lesk. "That goes on file," said my
nan. "I invariably have n rocord
iept of my tolophone talks, nnd I'vo
touud it to pay. While T talk tho
itenographer holds the main lino and
puts it down." I made up my raiud
ihat if I had anything particular to
lay to that mau heroaftor I'd tell him
on the street, or iu some place other
than bis office. Clcvclaud Plain
Dealer, Causes of Decay In Timber.
Decay iu timber is brought about
in three ways by tho action of bac
teria iu tho albumen iu tho sap, by
the absorption of water and by tho
tction of insoots. An ordinary fir tote
graph pole,without any chemical prep
iratiou, will beoomo rotten in soven
rears. Creosote is a most cffeotivo
preservative. A liuo of 318 creosoted
polos erected, in 1818 was examined
thirteen years afterward and only two
ihowed the slightest sign of decay.
In 1883 the polos wore still iu use,
tnd apparently sound. Another line
of forty miles of poles were put up in
18G1 in groups of three. The first in
eaoh trio was a plain polo, the second
bad boen treated by a patent lotion
snd the third had boeu creosoted. In
1870 all the plain polos bad boen re
moved, thirty per cent, of tho speo-
ially treated polos wcie exhausted,
while the whole of tho creosoted poles
were sound.
Women Thnnkel by CongreM.
The bill offering the thanks of Con
gress to Miss Hclou Qould for her
kinduess to tho soldiers during the
late war will probably pass both houses
without opposition. Only two women
have ever received tho thanks of Con-
gross. Tho first was Dolly Madison,
for having saved tho original draft of
the declaration of independence and
Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washing
ton at the time tho Whito House was
Captured by tho British army aud
burned in 1814. In 1878 a similar
honor was oouferred upon Mrs. Eliza
beth Thompson of New York City in
acknowledgement of her gift of Frank
Carpenter's picture of President Lin-
ooln aud Cabiuet signiug tho omanoi
pation proclamation. Washington
Correspondence Chicago llecoid.
A Verv Young Foreman.
A boy of twelve, though be looks
older, in Chioago, who is named George
Stern, is foromuu of a huge workshop
in a manufactory, and baa control over
some eighty men and boys, none of
whom seems to resent tho youth of
their responsible foreman ; indeed, it
says much for Stern that ho is greatly
respectod by the small army of work
ers under him, and that his employers
are perfectly sutistlod with their some
what daring experiment of placing so
young a ladabovo so many fully grown
men. There is only ouo boy iu uu
workshop who is his junior.
rind Hlrli lied of China Cluy.
W. It. Bond and F. M. Hughes, of
Custer, have discovered ou the South'
em slope of Haruuy Peak, live miles
east of Custer, S. D., a forty-foot
ledge of tho finest quality of onyx and
kaolin, or china clay. The voin of
clay is fifteen feet wide and the nual
ity is said to bo the best. It is used
for the manufacture of fine porcelain
The United States imports 70,000
tons annually, principally from
Franoo. This is said to bo the largest
body of kaolin in tho united States.
Leap Years In Ilia Twentieth Century.
The twoutieth century, will have tho
greatest uuuiber of luupears possible
for a century namely, twenty-four
1'he year 1'JtU.will be the lirst one,
theu evory fourth year nflor that to
and including tho year ",000. February
will three times have Uvo Sundays; iv
1020, 19i8 aud 1970.
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I FARM TOPICS:
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Reenra the Hon Good Nest.
No doubt the best way to make a
hen an ideal nest is to get few
spadefuls of soil and thoroughly work
through it little lime that has been
slacked, and if yon have on hand any
kainlt small quantity of this added'
to the mixture will be an added im
provement. Over this yon should
use a cover of fine bay, straw, chaff,
excelsior, or anything of this sort.
This will be one of the best witytrH
keeping lice ont of the nest, which is
the cause of keeping the hens from
taking a pleasure in laying the eggs
they want to.
If possible arrange .the nests so
that the bens will think they are
"stealing" it, or at least stealing the
nest of another hen, for there is prob
ably nothing that stimulates egg pro
duction as to linvo a hen imagine that
she is doing this.
Colts Need Kxerclse.
It seems strange, but nevertheless
it is a fact, that the majority of colts
raisod on the farm do not have suffi
cient exercise; they are shut in too
much.
Exorcise is essential in order that
(be young ninsoles may be developed,
and if muscles in any animal on the
farm should be developed it is those
of the oolt.
While this exercise business is good
and positively necessary it does not
go that the animal should be ever ex
ercised, as this causes over-exertion,
which is abont as detrimental to the
animal as anything I conld be. We
see along the road any number of ani
mals that are ruined for life simply
by being put in harness too soon.'
Let the animal have a chance to mature
before putting it to any strain .either
in the licld or on the road.
To Properly Skim Milk.
In order to properly skim shallow
pans of milk one of the teachers at
tho dairy school at Guelph, Can.,
recoinmouds the taking of a thin-
bladed knife and running it aronnd
tho sides of the pan; then lift the pau
to tbe cream crock, hold back the
layer of cream with the knife, so as to
let a little of the skim milk run over
the first to wet this outer edge of the
pan. Thou, with the knife glide the
thick sheet 'of cream down. It will
all rnn off into the pan, probably car
rying with it considerable skim milk,
but the cream is so thick it is just
about what is required in oburcing.
Now, if you have done this carefully,
you will find that you can skim milk
just as well and have no greater loss,
than by setting it in the deep setting
system. One disadvantage ol sotting
in shallow pans is, you have such a
surfaoe of milk exposed to the air,
and, unless you have pure air, you
are going to have "off ' flavors.
Rendering Wax.
I melt and cake all my wax in sun
extractor of my own invention, winch
is illustrated below. It is made of
two compartments, both of whioh have
glass lids. The wax to be melted and
renovatod is put into the top or large
compartment. There is a slatted
frame placed on the bottom of this up
per box and a burlap saok is plaoed
on top of this slatted framo. The
wax is placed on this sacltj The glass
Sid is then put on, and as the wax
melts it will strain through the saok
and run down through the apont into
the lower part. A common dishpan
sets nnder the spont to catch the
wax. There is a little water in the
pan. The glass will keep the wax hot
all day. If any dirt gets through the
sack, it will settle at tbe bottom of
the hot wax in the pan, and when tbe
wax is taken out, noxt morning, it will
be in the shape of a beautiful cake,
while all the dirt will remain in the
water. By this method there is little
bother and no danger of the wax get
ting on fire and endangoring tho
bouse. The wax is entirely free from
foreign substanoes, and is first class
in every respect. F. E. Brown, in the
Epitomist.
Beit Way to Preserve Kegs.
Egg producers ought to be grateful
to the Department of Agrioulture for
compiliug in its official literature the
various aud the best ways of treating
eggs that are put away during the
summer mouths, when they are plenti
ful and cheap. Of twenty German
methods of preserving oggs the three
whioh proved the raoBt efleotivo are
coating the egg with vaseline, pre
serving them iu lime water aud pre
serving them in water glass. There
is drawback to tbe water-glass
method; the shell easily bursts in
boiling water. This, however, may
be prevented by piercing the shell
with a strong needle. This objeotion
having been eouoeded, tbe water-glass
method heads the list, as varnishing
the eggs with vaselino takes great
deal of time, and treating them with
lime water is apt tj give them a dis
agreoablo odor. In most packed eggs
the yolk, sooner or later, begins to
settle on one side aud the egg at onoe
begins to depreciate. This does not
happen when water glass is used aud
the eggs retain surprising fresh
ness. In one test it was fouud that
ten per cent, solution of water glass
preserved the eggs so effectually that
at the end of three and a half mouths
eggs that were packed on August 1
appeared perfeotiy fresh. A gallon
of water glass, which will oost titty
couts, will make enough solution to
preserve fifty dozen eggs.
ITONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
SKULL CRUSHED.
6cho!ari Down With Typhoid Ftvsr Road Stf
pervitor Arretted Smallpox Sean
Cottly.
fames Maloncv lies nt the Shcnnnno)
Valley hospital. New Castle, with his
skull crushed and one side paralyzed
frtnti th fHWt rtl a h nw nrlivereri hv
bis son John, with a baseball bat. Ma-
'oney has been drinking heavily of latf
.nl, it is said, lias put Ins lainily out Ol
the house three times within a week.
Following pensions were granted last
week: I.nzan-s 11. McElhcny, Carbon
Center, $8; William Mays, Ligonicr,
$15 to $17; Jeremiah Ilarucll, tlnion
tnvvn, $8 tn $10; Mctclicr Henford. Mt.
Pleasant. ?H to $10; Hiram J. Willcy,
Unitv. $6; Mcrri M. Sage. Carnegie,
$6 to' SK; Charles De!oirr. Coalport, S6
to $M; Frederick I.cscman, Bennett. $H;
Leonard L. Ktinkcl, Apollo. $ii to $-17;
Amnrinh Cook, Warren, $8 to $io: La
vini.i Foster. West Newton, 58; R. C.
Avison. Grccnslmrp, $0; David Crotty,
New Castle, $6; Thomas Mussclman,
New Mahoning. $0; David Reese,
l.tcchliurg, $6 to $S: W. W. Kope,
ICvans City, $6 to $.8; Frank V. Clark,
New Castle, $6 to JH; Villiamv II.
ShanU, Attootia. $6; Monroe Arwofrr. -Ikllcfontc,
$6: Robert W. Tees. War
ren, $6;. Aaron J. Edsnll, Evergreen,
$17; James Watson, Lock Number
Four, $14; Jonathan Albaiigh, East
Hickory, $24: Joseph W. Shaw. Tyrone,
$ia; Daniel S. Smith, Floyd, $20; Sam
uel L. French, Latrobe, $6; Elizabeth
Fowler, Crab Tree, $12.
What nearly matched the story ol
"The Old Arm Chair" happened at a
sale of the personal effects of the late
Jesse Battghmnn, near San Patch, Sat
urday afternoon. An old chest, worth
probably a dollar, was put up for sale
and bidding was slow. A prospective
purchaser, turning it over, a secret
drawer slid out and over $500 in coin
and currency rolled out upon the
ground. The money was turned over
to the administrator of the estate. It is
supposed the treasure was secreted
there by a son of the late Jesse Baugh
man. who was accidentally killed while
working about '.he distillery of his
father several years ago.
Articles of incorporation wire filed
for record nt Timler Thursday by W. C.
McDowell. Robert Fisher, L. C. Wick,
A. M. Rcibcr, W. H. Miller and W.
C. Thompson, of Cutler, for the Butler
Silk mill, limited. The company has
leased the old Witherspoon institute
ou luiilli' nnu win maun arture si K I au
ric, employing about 50 hands.
W. J. Flinii, of Pittsburg, of the
LTn:led States secret service, has arrest
ed Clarence C. Kimble, a photographer
of Coudcrsport, and George Austin, a
woodman of Taninrsc. on the charge of
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plates and notes in Austin's house. Ten
dollar plates were on the First National
bank of Horncllsvillc, N. Y., and fire
dollar plates on the Gallatin bank ot
New York city. Tools, paper and pho
tographs were found in Kimble's hojise.
William Stein, aged 76, was found
dead in the watch house on the Pennsyl
vania railroad at Jacobs Creek.
Hugh Scott Ltisk, a farmer, was
found frozen to death in the stable of
John Gault, near Washington. Lusk
had been drinking.
Mrs. Burns was awarded $016.50 dam
ages against the borough of Grccnsburg
for injuries received through a detec
tive sidewalk. She claimed $10,000.
Andrew Cook, road supervisor of
Green township, Indiana county, hat
been arrested for failure to turn over
$too 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.
Westmoreland county's smallpox at
tack will cost the taxpayers about $.1,000.
This includes a bill of $500 by Allegheny
authorities for a case where a man was
allowed to leave Larimer and go to near
McKeesport before the quarantine had
elapsed.
Morris H. Wagner, aged 33, a grocer
of Salisbury, was crushed to death in
a stock car in a wreck on the Connells
ville branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
Saturday. Mant cars were destroyed
and several car loads of cattle were
burned cr mangled.
The decimation' of Dairyman Nich
olas J. bpohn t family, near Butler, by
typhoid fever, is attributed by physi
cians to a new railroad embankment,
which dammed up the foot of a ravine,
and caused stagnant water to collect.
According to the borough solicitor
of North Washington borough,
James Wilson, the newly elect
ed buriress is eligible to succeed himself
and the office will not go to n colored
man who received a few votes at the
recent election.
While running about the kitchen, Jo
senh. the Iwo-vpnr-nKI enn ni P.i..
Wagoner, of East Titusville, fell into a
tub of boiling water and was scalded
to death.
The engine attached to the Greens
bdrg express ran away after being cut
loose from the train at Greensburg. and
before it was stopped ran to Manor.
The crew had jumped from it just as
they were about to put it in the round
house. No damage was done.
The teacher and 14 pupils of the Mill
ville townliip school, near Greens
burg are sick with typhoid fever, re
sulting from drinking water from an
infected well.
After being blind for nine years as
the result of an explosion, C. O. Cor
mun, of Bellcfonte, has recovered his
eyesight without medical aid.
In the recorder's office in Indiana
county during the last week there have
been filed .ti deeds, representing 2,000
acres of coal lands, valued at $85,000,
It has just been discovered that the
record book of the sums paid by Street
Commissioner Jacob Fleming to John
Blcvins, the murdered city treasurer oj
New Castle, is missing.
The residence of C. W. Davis, neat
Oil City, was destroyed as the result oi
a daughter attempting to start a firs
wiih'oil. She was badly burned.
The English-Americans of t! Fifth
ward, New Cattle, have raised $ra for
the benefit of widows of soldiers Uilled
in the Boer-British war.
Pittsburg capitalists are interested in
a proposed 10-pot tin mill at Sharon,
puny. ,
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