One gooil feature of the coming year la that we abnll have said good by to the expression, flu tie eiecle, New Orleans exults tbnt In the last week of 1899 it handled for export more corn than Mew York, Boston ml Philadelphia combined dining the same interval. Tbe Chicago young woman and tbe Fort Wingute, N, M., man who were married tbe other day by telegraph, Violated one of tbo safest axioms of life, "It in not well to let np house keeping on tick." Californium are beginning to culti vate the tomato tree, which beam clus ters of a delicious fruit, thousands of boxes of which are sent yearly to Lon don, and for which it is bolleved a good market could be fouud in our eastern states. The ratio of men to women among the pnblic-school teachers in Massa chusetts is 1 to 10.2. During the first half of the past decade the num ber of roeu kept relatively diminish ing, during the Inst halt it has been relatively increasing. Advertising makes tbe wheels of bnsiness go "round. It helps to sup ply the motive force of commercial etivity, and keeps the machinery of barter and trade moviug. It has be come indispensable in industrial af fairs, and is a boon to the purchasing public London will soon have four un derground electric railroads in op eration. Two have been in operation for several years; a third is nearly fiuished and a fourth is boiug con structed. One of these roads lies in tunnel from GO to 100 foot under the surface of the streets above. Young men bofore entering one of the principal medical schools of this country are examined as to their gen eral knowledge. One of the questions givou to the candidates for one of these schools last year, relates the Ladies' Home Journal, was: "What are the names of the books of tbe Bible?" Of 120 auswers, only five were correct. Among tho names of books given were: "rhilistines," "Marcus Aurelius" and "F.pistle to the Filipinos." It is said that with the exception of Queen Victoria no woman has been the original of so much plastio art as the "Maid of Orleans," Joan of Are. It has been estimated that all the world over not more than SO monu ments have been erected to women. More monuments have been erected to Emperor William Iof Oermauy than to all the famous woman put together. Nearly a ceutury aftor Maria Theresa's death Austria erected a monument to her memory. The Iinssian sculp tors, Mikershin and Opekushin were remembered by a bronze statne ot Catherine the Great. A beautiful statue of Queon Louise of Prussia is in Berlin. On tbe authority of official records by H. T. Kewcomb, the well known statistician at Washington, the birth rate in the United States is gradually decreasing, this diminution being due to both the white and black races. It is ascertained that in 1890 there were some 1,800,000 leg children un der tho age of ten years than were ex pected, judging from the statistics of 1880, and it is estimated that such decrease will increase. Even for the last 100 years this decimal loss is ro- corded as having gone on. Official figures show that increase for our total population was 80. 03 per cent, from 1880 to 1890, while it is believed by those who have investigated the nbjectin its various bearings that this decade will only show an inorease of 18.91 per cent The spread of the English language Is commented upon by tbe Joarnal of Commoroe. In 1800 only 22,000,000 people spoke English, as compared with 85,000, 000 who spoke Freooh,38, 000,000 who spoke German, and 32, 000,000 who spoke Spanish. At tbe beginning of 1900 127,000,000 people nse English as their mother tongue; an increase in tbe century of 477 per cent 'and a greater number than those who speak German and French taken together. In this period the United States has grown from 5,000,000 to 70,000,000 inhabitants; tbe United Kingdom from 16,000,000 to 41,000, 000, and the colonists of England have grown from a few thousand to about 12,000,000. In the same time tbe population of the European continent bas increased from 170,000,000 to about 843, 000, 600. Thus while at the beginning of the last century tbe na tives of Continental Europe outnum bered tbe English-speaking family 8 to 1 they now outnumber tbe English races only 2.7 to L THE UNDER DOC. I t amnoe . hoskkfiei.d, Who's for the under dog? I'm for the nmlnr dogl For the men who nohly stnntt For their own denr nntire Innd With the might of freemen (jrunJI I'm tor the under dogl Who's for thn tinder dog? I'm for the Mirier dogl Hlnoe the Oort of Freedom led Where our sires for Freedom hied. ; Till onr stsrrjr flag win eprendl I'm for tbe under dog? Who's for tho under dog? ' I'm for tho nnrier dog! While tho crave for gnln nnd grosd Tollostrnntlnn's powers lend flight and Justice lie my creedl I'm tor the under doKl Who's for the nnder dog? I'm for tho under dogl Think yon crush ol eliot nnd sholl And the brittle' horrid hull Can the right of Freemen quell? l'ui for the under dog! Jlw York Clipper. know that the world, the great big worm, Will never a moment slop To soo whlnh doff 1 rhsht or wrong. nut win snout lor tuo dog on top, "lint, for mo, I never enn pnusn to nslt Willed doff tnnybn In the right; For ray honrt will heat, while It bents at nil, For tho under dog In the light." Now Volco. 03300000O03O0O0O0OOO300COO ONE TRAGEDY OF THE SE1. )300030O000O3O30O030OOOOOO N tho opinion ot American skippers of all the thrilling stories of ship wreak and other horrors of the sea which oomo into the port ot New York each winter none is more dra matic than tbe story of tho burn ing of an unknown oil steamship in mid-ocean in the win ter of 1892. The vessol was subso queutly thought to have been the British oil steamship Loodiaua. al tliongh no absolulo proof of her Identity was ever obtained. Tho story as told by tho officers of the Egyptian I'riuco, which arrived ot Now York with the news of tho burning of the oil ship, is often told even nt this lute day in tho ahippiug cilices nlong South stnect, and uo murine novelist ever penned or imaginod n story more pnthetio or more dramatic in all its details. It was midnight iu Docerabor, 1S92, and the steamship Egyptian I'riuco, bonud from Newcastle for New York, was iu mid-ocean, plowing through the wavos at a ten-knot clip. The night was cold and dark ami the wiud blow with hurricano forco. "Better keep a good lookout to night," said Cnptniu Coloman to Sec ond Officer Jordan, "it's going to bo nasty and no mistake." "Aye, oyo, it is that," came tho ro ply, and thou the captain went bolow. Jordan remained on the bridge si lently gazing at tho big combers roll lug toward the vessol as though to eu gulf it and then curlingaway on either side of the bow with the forco of a mountain torrent. The wiud was be ginning to shift to the northeast aud nothing could be heard abovo tho roar of the tempest but tho ceaseless chug-a-chug of the engines. Sudden ly from the lookout iu tho bow thoro came the hail: ".Light hoi two points off the star board bow." Jordan looked np and s.'.w, wny off on the horizon, a faiut glow of light. "Ship on tire," roared Jordan, "ull bands stand by. "God help that vosscl to-night," said the members of tho crew to one another. And then the course was altered and the vessel headed in tho direction of the light. Meanwhilo it bad begun to hail and the wiud screamed with increased fury. Tho light came nearer aud noarer and finally the straining eyes of the ship's company made out great pillars of flame and thousands of flying sparks. That volume ot flame iu mid-ocean meant but one thing, aud full speed ahead was aounded down in the en gine room. In response the powerful ship bounded forward as though anx ious to bring speedy assistance to tbe unfortunates aboard the distressed vessel. The distance gradually les sened and in a short while the hull of the burning vessel a seetbiug, roar ing mass of flames was sighted, roll' ing and pitobing in the heavy sea, From tho interior ot (he vessel great sheets ol name shot a hundred feet in the air; the smokestake and pole masts were pillars ot flame, while the oil with which she was ladon flowed down over the side like cataracts of Are. Blazing globules of oil floated away on the waves. The captain of tbe Egyptian Prinoe brought bis ves sel to within a hundred yards of the burning vessel. Faint cries whioh were brought to him ou the wind were the only evidence that she was net do erted. It would have beeu loot' bardy to bring the Egyptian Prince sny oloser to the burning oil ship, but tbe erew was lined np along the Jeok and Jordan called for volunteers to man boat with him aud go to the rescue. The sea was rnumug moun tain high and only three men re' ponded to the call. This was not a sufficient number to uiau the boat tnd tbe attempt was given np. Not a soul was to be seen ou board ot the oil ship, and the Egyptian Prinoe be gan to oirole around her in hopes of picking up some of tbe boats. Hud denly there came cry from one of the officers of tbe Egyptian Prinoe and be pointed toward tbe jibboou of the vessel. Every eye followed bis finger aud then there was a cry of borror; way out on the eud of the jib was man and a woman. They were Standing in the martingale nets, tbe Kan supporting the woman with one arm while be olnng to tbo boom with the other. The woman was shielding her face with her bands as though seeking protection from the fierce flames, which every moment threat ened to engulf them. The crew of the Egyptian Prince beard pitiful cries in answer to their shouts of encouragement, but . it seemed as though nothing could be done to aid them. The oil ship lay with her head to the gain, whioh kept the flames awny from the bowsprit. When she yawed, however, the flames shot forward nnd hid the two victims from sight. Then the wind wonld blow the flames back again and tbe couple could still be seen clinging to tbe boom. They saw the steamship now and their cries for assistance were continuous. The battle between the wind and the flames continued. Often a tongue ol flame would loap ont greedily toward the pair, as though to lick them up, and then a puff of wind wonld drive it back again. Tho heat was intense and it suoiued as though the eud must come sunn. The olllcors of the steam' ship could stand the strain no longot aud although there was not one chance in a million that a small boat could live in such a torriflo sen, to say notlt ing of launching it, the three ofllcen volunteered to make np the boat'i crew with the three seamen who hat) voluuteored. The crew rushed t man the davits aud falls and the mem' bers of the brave littlo band took tbeii places in the boat. Just as they wen about to lower the boat, however, ory from the captain caused every on to look toward the buruing oil ship, Sho had again fallen off the wind and great sheets of flame flew out way be yond the jibboom. The man, with the woman clinging to his neck, could be seen hnnglug to the martingale, perilously ewawing with every roll ol the ship like an autumn leaf on a tree, "Hold on, help is coming, ' hoarsely roared the captain ot the Egyptaie Priuoo through his speaking trumpet, I A feoble cry was the only response, and the next moment there was a crash. The bowsprit had burned off at tin butt. The ninu and the woman, still clinging to the spar, foil, aud tin wator olosod over them. When the spar arose on the crest of a wave ueithor tbo man nor tho woman were to be seen. It was no nse to lowei tho boat now, nnd the Egyptian Trince steamed away ou its course, which was lightod for many miles by the roaring flames. None of the crew ol the lll-fntoil ship ever survived to tei: tho story of tho conflagration. New York Sun. WISE WORDS Every man's task is his life-pro- sorver. Erucrsou. Uncalled for exouses are practice! confosslons. Simmons. Evil is wrought by want of thought. as well as by want ot heart. Hood. Our auoontors have travoled tho iron age; tho golden is before us. ai. Piorre. Our groatost glory is not in novel falling, but in rising every time wi fall. Confucius. Men judgo us by the suocess of oui offorts. God looks at the efforts them selves. Whately. Pcoplo seldom improve when thoj have no model but themselves to copy after. Goldsmith. Ho that worries himself with thl dread of possiblo contiugonoioB will nover bo at rent. Johuson. Tho lie iudireot is often as bad, an( always meauor and more cowardly than the lio direct. Ballon. Lift up thyself, look around, and soo something bighor and brightci than earth worms aud earthly dark ness. Itiohtor, There is no surer mark of the nb sence of the highest moral and intel lectual qualities than a cold reception of exoellouoe, Bailey. The lllbls and Gold Leaf. It is used in the golf-loaf trade, the gold leaf being packed in books made of paper loaves out from tbe Bible. There is uo intontion on the part of the doalors to be irreverent iu thus using tho pages of tho Bible, bnt it has beooiue a universal praotioe in the trade. Most of the gold leaf goes to shops whore artists' materials are sold, and it is packed between printed sheets because tho slight indentations iu the paper made by the printing serve to hold the delicate film of gold iu place. The roason for using tbe Bible sheets is that the Biblo is usual ly printed in small typo and is always very evenly sot, and the impression ot the type ou l-Ue paper is very slight, but quito enough to bold the gold leaf iu place without injuring it. Small-type editions of the Prayer book are used for similar reasons. Tid-Bits. Venice' Kleatrlu Launch. Tho first eleotrio launch in Tonice bas been delivered. It accommodates about fifty passengers and is fifty-six feut long and ten tout wide. Its aver age speed is sevon to ten miles an hour, and it is called the "Alessandro Vulta." While the introduction ot any msohanical form of propulsion other thau the gondola is to be regretted as far as Venice is oonoerned, still, if lanuches of this kind take the plaoeof the small steamboats ou the Grand Caual, it would be a great improve ment. Scientific American. On the Pronunciation of "Water. Mr. Clerk was pleading in a Scotch appeal before the House of Lords. Tbe question at issue was iu regard to a right of water. Mr. Clerk, more Hcotioo, prononneed the word wattor. "Pray, Mr. Clerk," said one of the law peers, "do yon spell water with two f in Scotland?" "No, my lord." was the dignified and aeorohing an swer of tho great lawyer, "but we spell manners with two a's." Notes and Queries. D300000000000OOO0O00OO0O0 FARM TOPICS 300300000OOOOOO0OO0OO0O0 Subitum For Wire Fences. Tho extraordinary demand for Iron anil steel produots, aud consequent high prioes, is making wire toncea cost more than a few years ago, but we are not sure but they are even now the cheapest fenoes one can build, con sidering durability as well as first cost. Many nse second hand gas pipe for posts, and we think there is noth ing hotter if they can be bought dl reot from companies who take them np because ot pinhole leaks that make them unfit for oonveying gas, but ia no way injure them for use as posts. They can be found in almost all sizes, from the inch pipe, large enough for the wire netting for poultry yards, nn to a size thot will carry a heavy wire for cattle fonoe, and if painted occa sionally are neat and durable. They would help to remove a danger some times feared from wire fenoes, the conduction of lightning. The first iron post would bo very likely to ground the current. Cold Wenther Altccta Mlllt Snpply. At tlie dairy test at tho Columbian Exposition at Chicago, those in charge noticed that iu a cold day, especially if it was windy, the cows, though well sheltered, gave milk much less rich than on the pleasant days, shrinking more in fat than in yield of milk, and this was, noted of all breed?. Those who have their milk subjected to the Babeook test should remember that a cold spell is not a good time to make a large reoord. Home of the, oreameries that run during the winter have also reported that the amount ot butter to the 100 pounds of milk was decreased by a storm of two or three! days to a notioeable extent. It seems' to be well tiroven that the fat m tue (,ody is the first thing to be burned up to keep up the auimnl beat, aud therefore, it is important to keep our barns warm enough to have the cows nd all other stock comfortable, - aud keep them in the barn when they jaunot be comfortable out of doors. Excellent Fonndntlnn For Building. It is oftou desired to pnt a tight foundation under a barn or other structure, already bnilt. This is a .liflicult matter, particularly if tho building is close to tbe ground. Tbe foundation should extend down below :ho frost line. How shall the ditch oe dug undor the edge of the barn? The illustration shows an excellent plan. Dig a trench dote to tho barn to the required distance to accommo date the foundation stones. Exactly undor the edge of the barn, at the bot tom of the wide trench, drive stakes and put down a rough board. Now fill iu behind the board with loose stones, pnt on another old board and continue to fill in the loose stones un til they stand level with the surface VIikH FOn A BTRONQ FOUNDATION. of the ground. Tho part of tho trench AUtside the boards can now bo filled in with earth, packing it down solid ly, leaving the old boards whore they tre. The not stones auove tue ground an thon bo put in and cemented. Perhaps they can be pnt iu more eon ronieutly before filling iu the outside jrouch. ltiiuli Slaughter of Uulrjr Cow. A very bad practioo has long been sopular with some ownors of milk lairies. It is the purchase of good lairy eows fresh in milk, the keeping A them for few brief months, and .hen the turning of them over to ihe bntohor to make plaoe for new fresh cows in milk. The writer is ' icquaintod with men that follow tbia nethod. Oue man in mind had a fine lairy of about a dozen oows. His practice was to soour the surronnding jountry for the very best cows fresh iu milk. He would accept none bnt the best, both as to quality and quantity if milk produced. He would gather lainples from tbe best oows on differ ant farms, carefully test for butter fat and weigh the entiro milk lugs. Then he would take tbe best lows and add to bis dairy. When their first few months of large milk iug were over, away tho oows went to the butcher, uo matter how valuable they might be. In the course of eight or ten years he found the business loss profitable than it bad been at first, aud it may fairly be supposed that he found from year to year an increasing difficulty In getting the kind of oows be wanted. He bad tbe reputation at first of mak ing a great deal of money out of his dairy, bnt in the end it was learned that he bad given it np because it bad oeased to be profitable. But in the years that he .did oonduot the bnsi ness with snoeess he had been doing incalculable injury to tbe dairy inter ests of bis looality. He bad been con stantly at work lowering tbe grade ot breeders. Baying and slaughtering the best oows he had left for mothers only oows of inferior milking qual ities, Huoh a man is the enemy of the dairy industry. His course should be disoouraged by every thinking man. The adoption of snob methods on a large scale would prove a tremendoui baokset to the whole line of dairy breeding aud advancement. British census reports of famil) names give for Euglaud aud V'iw 2,100 Jostles. riRST REALLY COOD WAR POEM, (Out of thsmnltltnds of Indifferent poems Whioh hsvft eoma from fnotory and stndy Sines tho first gun wns fired In the Boot Jlrlllnh wsr the following, which appears In the Fall Mull Onset!, hns merit heyond Its more meter, snys the New York Press:) Long slim onr men went forth, superb and glistening, Flushed with the fierce expectancy of fights Dut on us women of England, waiting, lis tening, Dreaming alone st night O Lord, have mereyt They revel high, to war's grim banquet bid den. To the dregs they drain life's cup, bnt we sit here. Client, ohsonre, In olouilr shadows bidden,. Tortured with hope and fenr O Lord, hsve meroyt Tbe little foet that once with sweet caress ing The mother fondled, fnnt of her only son. Through what red tea ot slaughter are they pressing Eoneiith on alien mm? (J Lord, have mereyl tn night Illumed alone by the scarlet luster That light the valley ol death from while to while. We hear the wlndsot wluterrnge and blus ter Around onr lonely Isle O Lord, have moreyl On lis, who grudgs not that whioh we nro giving, Flesh or our flesh, llfo of our very lift', Tbou, who art Lord both of the duud and living, Oa mother, daughter, wife O Lord, have tneroyl v. HUMOR OF THE DAY. What is the champion conundrnm? Life, because everybody has to give it np, Ho aat and sighed ere they were wed; "How long! ifow-longl" wiw what ho snld Now they nre one his money fllee "ilow short! How short!" he sadly cries, Chicago Iteoord. "I understand Tnruer is quite an athlete." "Yes. His great specialty is running up and jumping board bills." The Chief "Any trolley victims to day?" Iteporter "Yes; a follow ou the crosstown hue got a plugged fifty cent pioce." Nell "That Bjoncs girl boasts that she picks her company." Belle "She does; she picks tuem to pieces." Philadelphia Iteoord. Gotham "Do they have any recrea tion piers in England?" Charing Cross "Well, yes; thoy havo sport ing Lords in Parliament." Fnnernl sermons all remind us That, duplte tint live wts've loj, Preachers will remain to Had dm Jloavonly uroaturen wlin we're dond. Chicago Tliiioi-Hiirald. "Papa, what is a specialist?" "My son, he is gentleman who has discov ered in which line of his praotioe his Inistakos are least likely to be found out and exposod, 'To, why do folks call the owl the bird of wisdom?" "Bocause he's got sense enough not to come ont and fly around until all boys abaut your size are in bed." Indianapolis Journal. "Uncharitable!" criod Hewson. "My uncle was tbe most unouantable man who ever lived. Why, he passed rao over and left every cent of his fortuno to charity. Puilauulphia Nortu American. "My marriage is an unhappy ono, but it is my own fault, "Xou poor dear! But why are you to blame? "He told me that he was unworthy of my love, bnt I didn't believe him." Rochester Sunday Herald. The Ilaohclor "It is said tunc n man rarely marries his first love. The Widow "True, bnt he usually gets revenge by constantly holding her np as his ideal to the woman he does marry. Chicago News. "What broke him up in business?" "Slow collections," "I thoupht bo sold goods for cash only?" "He did. It was the firms be owed that had the trouble in making the collodions, and they closed him out. Chicago Tri bune. Friend "now aro you gettiug on?' Seedy Author "Good. I've got the material on hand for a splendid comedy, besides." "You aro fortu nate." "Yes, all I need now is the material for a new pair of trousers." Tit-Bits. A poet sat at his desk one day. And dashed off a beautiful rhyme Of gol.d and Jewels Iu vuoh a way That It made folk think hi time Wasocoupied handling gem so rare, But mom of It wax actually spent In wonderlug If he'd dine on air For the poet hada't a cent. Chicago News. "Tommy," said a father to bis pre cocious five-year-old son and heir, "your mother tells, me she gives you pennies to ba good. Do yon think that is right?" "Of course it is," re plied Tommy. "You certainly dou't want me to grow np and be good for nothing, do you?" The Dun "I called to see if yon could setttle that little aoeouut to day." The Debtor "Beally, do you know, I think you are the most curi ous man I ever knew. To think you should take so much trouble to find ont suoh a little thiug as that." Bos ton Transcript, T the White People. The Chickasaw nation requires e.'l white people living within its bor-1 . to pay a tax of $a year for the prt itege ot staying aud helping to reolaiui the aforesaid Chiakasaw nation. Iu addition to this, for every oow and calf, each steer or other bovine the farmer must yield twenty-five oeuts eaoa year. And the miirchant must pay oue per ceut. of the value ot bis goods as a tax to the Chickasaw na tion. Keeping lluttei-ais a Fat. "Butterflies as pots? Yes, it sounds strange, does it not?" said a lover ol inseots reoeutly, "but I kuow of several persons who have kept them tor weeks. Oue woiuuu of my acquaintance fed her delicate-winged pet on sugar and water and the effect was dis astrous; the poor little butterfly bo came intoxicated." STATE 1 PENSION'S GRANTED. .... -j Railroad and Street Cr.r Company Employes Clash Dyne mile l's;d to Tear Up Tracks. Miners Advaneid. Tensions granted last werk: James R. Phillips, Onkmnnt. $6; '1 honias G. Evan. New Haven. $ii: John Greas er, Bennett, $6; Joseph Katon, l.atrobe, r) to $io; I. Brown, Eli-nbrth. $6 t' in: SnnitlH wnfnller. . ML-iirsville. $H to Sio; John Hvcrs. Indiana. 514 t $I7J John Misht. Scottdale, Su: James Klanncry, Connell'ville. $8: Christian Stoller, Di'lmont. $13; Robert Swaney, Smiths Kerry, $17; Joseph R. Watson, Franklin, Su; William A. Garrison, West Alexander, $10; David Crnvencr, Kittanning. $12: James Hart, Home stead. $6: Henry Lnudenshlnucr. Salem. $S; Cli:irls l.,tndon, Conncllsvillc, $14; Levi K. Scliiiiiilt Beaver Snrincs. Sm: Samuel Dunham. Johnstown. $10; Samuel Adams. Wct Knd, ff-; Cath erine llcibrr, t.tnn, St?. Work on nn extension of a street ear line from I'unxsutawney to Anita, a dis tance of four miles, was seriously inter rupted 1 hursday. I he street car com pany occupied a portion of tlie Penn sylvania and Northwestern Railroad Company's right of way near Adrian, contrary to the wishes of the latter con cern, and Thursday morning before ifay- Iight 50 railroad men went to Annan, overpowered the watchman of the street v., v'.i.ip.i.ij 3 i'i-'I'vm; in. house away with a locomotive, alter which they blew up the roadbed of the street car company with dynamite and shoved the ties and rails for quite a distance off into a run. An East Broad Top railroad passen ger train was thrown over an embank ment by a broken rail at Martins Mead ow Monday. Conductor George W. Briggs was killed and Frank Lyons, Grant Schmittle and Mrs. Mary Mat sunc were seriously injured. About 100 miners were aboard the train, most ol whom were hurt. The new chapel and recitation hall of the Blairsville college was dedicated Friday evening. Rev. S. F. Scovcl. of the W'ooster. O.. university made the dedicatory address. The new addition contains fevrn recitation rooms and tlie chapel has a seating capacity of 300. The old chnm-l building will be turned into a pvninasium. V. L. Smith & Co.. of Wheeling. W. Va., have signed papers with the Im provement association of Beaver Falls, agreeing for a certain sum paid yearly for five years to start a pants factory nt that place to employ 100 hands. A building has been leased and Smith & Co. are now purchasing the necessary machinery. Frank Couglianour, general yard mas ter of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was arrested, charged with neglecting and refusing to serve as judge of elec tions at the February election in Con ncllsvillc. Coughanonr is one of the most prominent Democratic leaders in Fayette county. The coal miners employed at the Hickory Coal Company's mines, near Sharon, have been granted an increase in wages of five cents a ton, after a three days' strike. The coal diggers in the aojoiiung mines are sun out lor an in crease of eight cents a ton. The New Castle wire nail mill, oper ated by the American Steel and Wire Company, was started Monday morning, after being idle since early last spring. The steel mill will be started in a few days. The Pennsylvania canal will be aban doned on April 1, after being for more than do vcars an important waterway. It is badly out of repair, the condition preventing trailic and business has been unprofitable for the past 10 years. It has just been discovered that the record book of the sums paid by Street Commissioner Jacob Fleming to John Blevins, the murdered city treasurer of New Castle, is missing. A petition has been filed in court at Wilkesbarre for a commis-ion to inquire into the alleged lunacy of Rev. Failier lllyasivits. pastor of the United Creek Catholic Church. The famous cave at Dunbar, a haunt of the old Smitley gang of outlaws, is being destroyed by workmen who are making a quarry. Owing to the failure to get a suffi cient nuniher ol men to re-enlist. Com pany B, Tenth regiment, at Beaver Falls, was not mustered into the new National Guard. At Butler Tuesday a jury decided in favor of Henry Gardner retaining 17s -f I . l.t- I 1 .. . r acres 01 vaioaoic iniiocr lauu suea.ior by Samuel Beam, a hotel proprietor of Harmony. The Alexander Coal Company, at Crab Tree. Westmoreland county, capi talized at $500,000, has passed from the Coulte' H'irT interest to. the Bcrd wing White Company. ' Annie O. Foster, wife of L. C. Fos ter, a Rochester furniture de.-tler, has been left a legacy of $10,000 by Mrs. Florence Irvin Bono, late of Louis ville, Ky., a grand aunt. The divorce case of John C. Howard against his wife at Butler, will have an other hearing. Judge Greer said of the case: "This is the worst case that has ever been before the courts of But ler county." Both parties reside at Parker. Leading Methodists met at Harris burg Tuesday and took the initial steps toward holding a Methodist State con vention during October. An executive committee will settle upon the place of meeting The dead body of an infant girl was found on the bank of the Ncshannock this morning by Peter Coyne. The head was crushed, though there were no means of knowing whether it had been done by the ice or by a humuii hand. Women Studying Forestry. Women are making great advance ment in the study of forestry. In the University ol Washington, at Seattle. 60 women have taken lcct'ires in for estry during the last four years; it have enjoyed the study in the Univer sity of Nebraska. In the College of Forestry at Cornell the courses are strictly professional and intended for the instruction and training of managers ol forest properties. v hue no women have been admitted to that department a special course designed to give gens era! information on the subject is open to them. r-7 A
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