.f"
The fnct that Chlua is bossed by a
wo nnu is one to be borne In mind by ,
those who discuss the woman ques
tion. London dealers report that they
can't hnlf supply the demand for toy
soldiers, guns and sword. The Eng
lish toddlers have surely caught the
war spirit from their fires.
i 1
A nniipne bill providing for the ro
lonse of convicts to attend funerals of
near relatives has boon introduced in
the Massachusetts legislature Xat-
nrallv the convicts believo in the
policy of the open door."
The water of the ltivor Spree is
polluted with from 80,000 to 1)0,0 )0
micro-organisms per cubic centimeter.
A procoss of sterilization has, how
ever, beeu atii'licd to it nt Jorlin
which forces it ovor a series of small
falls, and during tho passage it is hiili
jectcd t j a current charged with ozone.
This destroys all of those micro-organ
isms, except one in every H00, making
the water potable-.
Two Pennsylvania farmers have boon
at war for eight years over 10 trees
worth $5l!. Tho case is not yet set
tled,' but tho costs amount to 11 13.73.
In addition, there are fees of flvo law
yers. One of the lawyers is undor
treatinout for mental exhaustion.
Culver claims that tho trees Uu.lott
cut down wore on his land, but the
dividing line botweon their farms is in
dispute, its settloiuout depending upon
a (iO-year-old deed.
There appears to be a constantly
growing favor in Australasia for Amer-
can products. The good feeling which
has been recently developed between
the Uuited States aud Great Britain
naturally extends to the tatter's colo
nies and has much influence iu re
moving prejudices agaiust American
goods. American agricultural ma-
' chinery, lumber, illuminating oils and
other products are already receiving
the preference in Australia and New
Zealand, and only care and elTort are
needed to introduce other lines.
Hhould it be a rule of life to get all
yon can, or give all you can? That
questiou is just now undor discussion,
Well, how much can one give unless
be first gets?- Tho men who are laying
thousands or millions on the altars of
education, humanity or religion have
generally boon successful ns captains
of industry, princes of commerce, or
leaders of large business enterprises.
Possibly also their chief benefaction
has consisted in creating prolitable
employment which is a kind of giv
lug especially if Ihey have boen just
aud considerate iu their dealings, and
hnve paid fair wages. To got honost-
ty is quite as legitimate ns to give
genorously, and ought to tuko equal
, ra.uk.
A friendly liliotil.lor ship broke
man's neck a few days ago in this
city. There is only one worse nui
nnee in the world than tho rib-poker
and that is the shoulder shipper. They
'have both outlived thoir usefulness
and are lit objocts of solicitude for
the Society for Doing Without Some
People. The fioud wlin takes you uiv
aware on a crowded pavemont with a
facetious bat on the shonldorhlade
when you are meditating on tho idoal
and the beautiful, uud expects you to
twist your shaken vertebrae into a
geuial nod and greet him with a hap
py, nam lent siniio, possesses an
Heroic soul that would not recognize
the language of conventional remon
strnuce. He is not criminal and he is
not crazy; he is simply an idiot. The
lunatic asylums and the jails are over
worked, but the fool-killer doesn't
half know his business.
A party of veteran newspaper men
were talkiug the other day about throe
Aiuany reporters wno became mem
bers of the oabinet of the president,
of the United States: the lute Daniel
Manning, secretary of the treasury
(during Cleveland's first administra
tiou; Daniel 8. Lamont, seoretury of
war during Cleveland's second admin
istration, and Churles Emory Smith,
now postmaster-general. It was less
than 25 years ago that they sat side by
aide reporting the proceedings of the
New York legislature. Colonel Mich
ener of Indiana recalls au even more
remarkable combination which ap
peared iu the Uuited States court of
Iudiaua some years ago. Walter Q.
Oresham, the presiding judge, after
ward became seoretury of state. Ben
jumin Harrisou, who proseoutod the
o.iHe,afterward became president of the
Uuited States, while Thomas A. lien
dricks, was afterward vice president,
Joseph E. MoDoun'd and David Tur
pie, who afterward became senators,
were o i the other side. That group,
for diNtiuotion, was probably never
nrpnssed in a kiWle state; one presl'
tlen, one viue-prea,ident,a secretary of
statu uud two United States senuUrs.
THE LOVE Vf LOVES.
DY MAMIIO CAWKIft.
I have net seen her face, and yet
Hlio Is more sweet tlinn Anything
Of onrth) than roso or vlolnt
That Avrll winds anil sunhnnms Drill S.
01 nil wh know, past or to onmo,
VI lovnllncss nonii can lorRi't,
Bbe Is tlio high compendium;
And yol
I have not tonoho.l her robe, and sllll
Hlio Is more tlnar than Ivrlo wonts
Ot music, or than strains that fill
Willi brooks ami throats oi siimmar uiras,
Ot nil we moan hy pootry.
Hint rules tun soul ana unarms tuo win.
Slio Is tut) dcop onltomo,
Aim sun
Bho Is tny worM, ah, pity met
A (I ream Hint lies wnom i imrsuoi
Whom nil pursue, whoe'er they bo.
Who toll tor ii rt niul darn nnil ilo;
The shsilnw-lovn for whom I hey sigh,
The far Monl alllnlty,
I'or whom they live or gladly illo.
All, lll"l
Saturday r.voulng Tost.
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ETUVTj body was
not nu expression
entirely without
meaning for mo
whou I ilrst met
ttimcox. If any one
had then asked mo
what tho term
mcaut, I would cer
tainly have made somo attempt to do
Bno it, although my dollnition would
just as certainly have been vagno aud
ansatisfactory.
It was through. Claronco that I mot
Simcox. The two had been friends in
Ceylon, as I understood, though how
or why I nover know, and it always
icemoil strange. Clarence's business
n Coylou was oolToe planting, and it
seemed that Simcox's was astral
bodies. The only natural thing about
thoir old acquaintance seemed to be
that Clarence always knew queer peo
ple, and surely Simcox was queer.
"Why, how old do yon take mo to
be?" ho asked mo suddenly one day,
when I nail said that something or
other had happened beforo his time.
Aud when I answered that ho looked
to me to be about forty, ho laughed
qnito heartily.
It so happened that this conversa
tion took plane as we woro walking to
gether to Madison Sqnaro, whore wo
wore to visit au exhibition of paint
ings, old aud modern.
Whon we had spont about half an
hour tanging through the galleries,
Simcox and I found ourselves stand
ing before a portrait of a Spanish
prince, who, ' I believe, livod some
where about the timo of Queen Eliza
beth. Tho figure was dressed in
armor, except for the head, which was
bare, and showed a fine bend of dnrk
chestnut hair.
"This is tho picture I wanted yon
to see," snid Simcox. "Let's sit down
on this settee and take it all in."
I could not remember that Simcox
had said anything to mo about seeing
any picture in particular.
"Woll, what do yon think of it?"
Simcox asked mo picscutly.
l'ino, 1 said.
"I suppose it is," said Simcox. "I
suppose it is fine. People havo boon
Baying that about it for three hundred
yoars. I snpposo all tho lords and
ladios of the Spanish Court said il was
fine whon they first saw it. I wasn't
thore "
"You're not quito so old asnll that?"
I intcrjoctcd, thinking of tho mystery
of his age.
No," ho said, smiling, "not nuito
so old. Aud I wouldn't have been at
the Court of Spain, oithor. But there
is oue criticism tho lords and ladies
might have made, though I never
board that they did."
"What's that?"
"Simply that it isn't true tolifo."
"But yon don't mean to sav it isn't
lifelike?" I said in astonishment.
"What I moan is that it isn't as
much like the original as it might
have been. It would have been
just as easy for Velasquez to
have made it porfootly trno. I
don't see why bo didn't I nover did.
On the whole, it doosn't flattor His
Highness. His jaw was not nearly
such a ornel looking square thing as
that. And yet the painter has taken
the trouble to curl and lengthen au'
ttanuiry the mustaohe almost out
recognition."
"Why, Simcox." I said, "ron tab,
as if you know the original iu tin
Ueshl"
"Well," be said. "I don't and I do.
Ion see, my dear follow, to know u
man's astral body is about tho sairo
thing as knowing the man iu what you
call 'the flesh.' l'ou use the crude
term of a wornont mediieval philoso
phy. An astral body may prodnoe at
limes a faint impressieu on the eye,
but it standi to reason it must be
oxnot."
It ooourred to me at this poiut.that
Simoox needed fresh air. I had never
before beard any one talk in this pUb,
matter of fact way about astral bunion.
Either Simoox was orary or there was
something uncanny about him, in
spite ot bis brisk, boppy. every day
manner.
"Oh, you're surprised, are you?"
be said, chuckling to himself, "I might
have guessed that a man who talks
about knowing people 'iu the flesh'
would be. Let's ha a pruotioal doui
oustratiou V
"Oood heavens!" I orolaimed, "You
don't moan to toll me that you are go
ing to raise the ghost or this old Span
lard?" "I don't 'raise ghosts,' " Biraoox
answered, with some impatience, "or
believe in them. But if you ore goiug
to get fidgety, and as this is a public
plaoe, let's go to my rooms.
"Take one more good look at tho
picture before you go," be mid, "and
psy particular attention to tho chin,
mustache and eyes. I want you to see
U I'm not right in my oritioUu. I
mm
When we got to his rooms and tbad
seated myself as comfortably as my
nervous state of mind would allow,
Simcox busied himself rnmaging in
tho drawers of a rnlltop desk,
"I don't need any very elaborate
apparatus, you see," ho raid, "but
there is ono thing somowheroiu these
drawers, if I cau only find it, that
ought to help n good deal. Ah, hero
it is."
Ho produced what I at first took to
be a glass paperweight. On closer
inspection it turned out to be n Japan
ese crystal ball, very clear and exquis
itely mounted, but not mountod on any
carved stand, like most of those I have
seen.
"Just hold this, will you?" he said.
I took tho crystal in my hand.
"Yon had better sit hero," ho said,
"with yon br.ck to the window. J
want the light to como over your
shoulder."
I ought to sny that in that window
frnmo thero was no curtain of any
kind, only a brown holland window
bliud, which was rolled np. Iu fronl
of mo as I pat with my back to th
light was nothing but an open carpet
ed space. Indeed, bareness was tht
most obvious clinracteriiitio of Sim
cox's room. It was more like a law
yer's ofiieo than . a private sitting room.
"Now, I nm going to stand behind
you, if yon don't miud," ho said, and
acted accordingly.
In nbedienno to his instructions 1
held tho crystal in my lap with both
hands and looked intently at it. Once
I could not resist (he temptation to
took behind me and see what bo was
doing. Ho was standing- with arms
extended, waving his hands about.
"Never mind mo." he said. "You
keep your eyes fixed on that crystal."
After that I kept my eyes on the
crystal constantly. Presently a misl
Boomed to shut out the point of light
ou whioli I was gazing. It was a
white mist at first, but turned to a
dark brown. Out of tho mUt pres
ently jamo the gray glimmer of armor;
then almvo the armor I could make
out flesh tints; then the curling chest
nut hair, tho peaked beard and the
mustache. Tho faco was more clearly
deflnod than it was in tho portrait I
had beou looking at.
"Now," said Simcox, speaking from
behind me, "was I right? Isn't the
chin much more bumauo than "Velas
quez inado it?"
"Yes," I answered. "And the
mnstncho is smaller and tho hair
closer croppod. But it is a wonderful
likeness, ou the whole."
"It is," said Simcox. "And now
you know what an astral body is.
Let's go and havo some oysters."
The wholo thing was gone. I was
looking at the crystal ball once more.
So we went out and got some oysters.
Somo months later Simcox bimseli
was gone. But I got by mail a marked
copy of a small soientitio pamphlet.
It was printed in England. The
marked pnssngo was a terse statement
of "Caso 10 Mr. X., Now York, U.
S. A." The essential facts of tho foro
going story wero given iu half a page
of print. I was "Mr. X."
"Clarenco," I snid next time I mei
that interesting person, "who the
denco is Simcox?"
"Simcox? Didn't you know. II
scorns that Simcox is a big man. Sim
cox is Mclller, the English doctor
export on hypnosis and hallucinn
lions." San Francisco Call.
l.iir.Ue' Stiatco Story.
Lucilo Caldwell, a ten-ycar-ob".
Sioux City girl, is tho boroino of n
big, but trno f.naUo story. Miss Cald
well took home from O'Xoill, Nob.,
the sceno of the story, 250 sets of
rattlos from rattlesnakes to prove it.
Hore is tho girl's tale in her owu
words:
"My nnclo and I were walking alonp
tho banks of tho Niobrara Iviver, with
cut thinking of any danger, when, all
iu an instant, we woro surrounded
hy a Bwnrm of loathsome rattlesnakes.
I nover was so frightened in my life.
My unole began killing them right
aud left, and handod me a hoavy stick
and told mo to defend myself. We
stood side by side, and as the snakes
crawled toward us we killed them. It
was a fight for life. When the battlo
was over tho ground was oovored with
dead and dyingsnakea." Minneapolis
(Minn.) Times.
Not Aeftorilliis to tho lloffulntlans.
Lord Iloherts, the British comman
der in South Africa, is very popular
umoug the rank and file, who usually
refer to him us "Bobs." He began
his career in 1851 as a Second Lieu
tenant in the artillery, and fought and
worked bis way up with remarkable
success. No one bettor understands
"Tommy Atkins." When near a bar
racks iu Iudiu ono day he was an
noyed by several terriers belonging
to the soldiers Tho owners rushed
forward, kickod the quadrupeds, and
humbly apologized for their pets' mis.
deeds. The Colonel listoned aud then
said:
"Xliey undoubtedly make good son
tries, but I don't like the way they
salute their superior ouloorB." Phil
adelphia Saturday Evening Post.
Anlinnls That An Not Uylug- Oat.
Buffaloes and elephants are by nc
means approaohiug oxtiuotion as rapid
ly as is commonly supposed. Im
mense herds of buffaloes roam about
the vust nqrthern plains ot Australia,
but bloodthirsty natives are also nu
merous in that regiou, and bufl'utr,
hunters oarry their lives in their
t bauds. Also, aooordiug to the latest
number of the British North Borneo
Herald, large numbers of elephant
oceupy the jungles of that colony.
The jungles to the south of Baudakau
Bay are full of them. .It is suggested
that they could be turned into a valu
able assot for the oolony if deooy ani
mals were imported from India and
the natives were taught bow oonstruok
"keddabs." or trapping inolosarea.
"DOLLARS McX."
The Common Currency of A Clrent Iri4
or tlm Far Kast.
Report, of reront military opera
tions in tho Philippines include state
ments that the American troops have
raptured from tho insurgents so many
thousand Moxican dollar.. Such state
ments must not bo interpreted as
more verbal artitlcos to magnify the
i in i ortnnce of the exploit by using a
sina'.l unit of value in reckoning the
booty. Tho public are thoroughly
familiar by this time with the distinc
tion so common nmouy the Americans
at Manila between "dollars Mex" mid
"dollars gold," and the fact that one
of tho former is worth loss Lthan half
one of the bitter, but the treasury of
Agninnldo was, iu all probability,
stocked neither with paper money nor
with coin of the United States mints,
but with actual Mexican silver dollars.
The .Voii an silver dollar is, in fnct,
the popular currency, not only of the
1 hilippiue Islands, but also to a largo
extent of tho t'hiiieuo coasts, of the
Malay Archipelago, and, outside of
such great men nntile centres ns Singa
pore, of tho Straits Settlements, as
woll ns of Japan. Hong Kong and
Canton linvo iu general lulleu in with
the peniuiury huhita of the British
colonists and trailers, and Japan has a
very convenient currency of her own,
in harmony with advanced western
ideas. But the yellow races of the
East, ns races have tnken a strong
fancy to tho white metal of Mexico.
'1 ho persistence in the preference
is more easily understood than the
mnnnor iu which the preference first
gained its hold. A New York financier
explained the original faot partly ou
n-sthetic grounds. "The design of
tho Mexican dollar," he snid, "is a
bold and striking ono, aud it impressed
those Orientals from the time the,
coin first began to circulate among
them. Thar, I suppose, was more
than 50 years ago. At that period
there was very little trade betweer.
fins country anil tho Philippines or
any of those far Eastern regions. Of
course, among the population of the
islands, the natives bt being iu au
advanced stage of commercial civili; a-
tiou, the convenience of English sin.Jl
change was not apparent Not being
informed of the tlunncial stability of
of the British Empire, they could not
be expected to appreciate the Btanip
that gives the shilling most of its
value; what they did appreciate was
the bigness and tho weight aud purity
of the Mexican dollar, as well as the
imposing appearance of it.
"As to how the demand came to be
so well supplied, that is easy to under
stand when you remember that most
of the silver iu the world was then
pi oil need in Mexico.andthat the coin
age of it was free and unlimited. As
the traders in the far East wanted
Mexican dollars,1 it was to the interest
of the Mexican mines to export thoir
output in that form, and it cost them
nothing to have tho stamp put on. It
was only necessary for them to keep
the coining of their, dollars down be
lq,v the point of glutting the market;
in other words, it would have been
possible to shit) so much coined silver
to the East, either direct through Lon
don or through London by way of
New York, that tho premium ou it
would fall.
"Ihoie is a premium on the Mexi
can silver dollar in that 'part of tho
world even now. Hete, for instance,
is a cabin from Manila, dated .Inn. 12,
which quotes tho Moxican didlais at
i'i -X cents, gold. According to the
current prico of silver, tho Jloxicau
dollar was worth nt parabout 11 cent
on that date, ine dulerence is ac
counted for by local preference for
Mexican dollars, Tho insurgents in
the Philippines were well advised in
using that coinage, because it is the
coiuugo which the peoplo of tho conn
try understand and like. If they
were educated 1 ankers, thev would
kuow that American moiioy takes up
less room in proportion to its real
value, aud thev might admire tho do
sigu of our dollar aud dollar bill.i as
much as the Mexican dosigu; as it is,
they don't thoroughly understand the
thoory of tokon money and uational
credit. And so Mexico goes ou export
ing ber 4('.()()i00U silver dollars an
nnally to be the popular currency oi
the far East."
Kn w What I-he Wanted.
Thev 3 was a tall and haughty young,
woman in a provision store recently, t,
pretty girl who wore a smart tailor
gown and an air of great importance.
It was obvious to the least observau
on-looker thnt she took herself and
ber mission very seriously.
"Have you a nice 'roundhouse
steak?" she asked the butcher sweetly,
when be came forward to wait upon
ber.
The man's face assumed a beefy hue
itself, and be looked well-nigh apo-
plectio as be replied, 2o, miss,
haven't a round aleak."
"Thou send me a 'porteiloin
About seven pounds would be enough
J should think.
"Tenderloin is the best cnt, miss
snppose y.'U tuko that?" suggested
the clerk, bia face growing still red
der.
"Kind'y send me what I ordered,
said the young woman with great dig
nity; "my mother-in-law is entirely
couversaut with the outs of beef, and
I am quite sure that's the noun sh
told me; aud send 10 pounds of rice
with it.
Then she walked out of the shop
with the pleased smile on ber face of
oue who has found housekeeping the
merest child s play, while the speeta
tors murmured "bride" to each other
nnder their breath. Baltimore News,
I'rlinltlvo Traveling In China.
In Perkiuand other northern local!
ties in China much of the travel is
done by mule litter, whore this ex
pensive mode of conveyance oan be
Horded, aud these lilteruieu are all
oha utedaus.
HOSPITABLE CANNIBALS;
Kind to While Strii(cir, Thongh f tiry
Occasionally Kat Ulnck Man.
The Iter. Dr. R. II. Nassau, who
left Baltimore on Wednesday, expeots
to return in the spring to his field of
missionary work iu Equatorial Africa.
his is Dr. Nassau's fourth visit to
the United States since, as a young
man, be was sent to Africa as a mis
sionary thirty-nine years ago. His
hair and beard are white. During
the last five years be has been sta
tioned nt Liberville, Oaboon Province
(French), engaged in translating four
teen books of the Bible into the Fnug
language. These translations are be
ing printed by the American Bible
Society. The Fangs are a tribe of
cannibals, numbering about 1,000,000,
and inhabiting the country lying fur
lip the Ogove Uiver. They are large
f stature, warlike and represent much
the strongest tribe iu that portion of
the country.
Dr. Nassau saul hoforo leaving Bal
timore that ho could not call thu na
tives that be meets in Africa- savages;
they are cruol, ho snid, but not blood
thirsty; their desire to kill is moro for
npersl itions reasons. There are can-
lbnls, he snid, among them, il ) na i
seen thorn l oilin-f human arms lor
food nnd offering for ralo with other
meats human bauds; "and one day."
continued tho doctor, "while lloatiu
own tho river iu a canoe, accom
panied by my little girl nnd two natives
to row tho boat, wo vere called to
from a group of naked men standing
on the shore to know if he wished to
uy '.any meat, and, holding n;i a
humau arm, they informed us in their
language that they had just killed two
men belonging to a hostile tribe not
far from thero. This was about t-hir'y
miles below niv bouse."
Tho only menus of transportation
through that portion of tho country,
Dr. Nassau enid, is by bont. Trade
is carried on without money, a calte
of soap or ii 'pieco of calico or bead.-i
being all that is necessary.
"Ihe men there are polygamisl.
their importance iu the community
being estimated according to the num
ber of wives, saul the doctor, "bat.
he coutiuued, "i do not have to tell
them ot the existence of a God a
Supreme Euin. '
"They are kiud to their mothers,
out abuse their wives. Our mission
has succeeded in bringing about 18.) )
of them into tho Presbyterian Church.
If before becoming Christians they
bad married more than ou j wifo ro
require them to sot all free (all t'.. -. .
wives are slaves, bought a:id .,'u"
but ono the one they miht prefer.
"I ho African v very hospitable.
No medicine evergavememore benefit
than the Christian kindness of the.j
heathen frieudn of our littlo mission.
They have a reliioii they lire morn
religious than you or T. They feel
honored to receivo us as their ol'icinl
pniests, and so wo can depend ujio.i
their protoclUi." Ijnttiinorj) S;in.
lllitilitiE at a liuii-ii Aiii-ii'io.
A Dutch auction at Cape Town ii
frequently exciting. If a honsi) is t
be sold the auctioneer oilers. "i'Miy
golden sovereign for iho man ivh
Urst bids JEVK.D." Xoh.idy bid.". A
pause, aud then "Filty golden sover
eigns for tho man who ilrst bids
l'.ll)0." This is lejpt up uutil a hid
Is secured. But it by no means fol
lows that tho house is sold t; this
idder. Xo, tho auctioneer is then at
it again. H-y that 111)0 is the Urst
bid. The auctioneer cries: "Tucro
nro twonty-tlvo golden sovere'igus f ir
tho lirst niau who has the courage t x
hid 11100." Perhaps no one has it.
Then 25 is olferod for it bid.
If there is eventually no bid above tho
1100 the man who made that bid i-t
saddled with ths bouse. Otherwi io
he pockets hid boi.'.s aud gets off fro 3
of it all.
Iog on KnitlliOi HlominiHiitnl Iti-ntn.
The most frequoi;t animal repre
sented is the dog, which, as . the
personification of lldelity, is to be
seeu on many brasseB to ludijs. At
Deerhurst is an interesting example
of a dog which is ub nvu as a supporter
of the feet of Lady Cissey. It is evi
dently a favorite dog, for beueatu H
its name "Terri." The only other
known instance is on a brass formerly
at Ingham, Norfolk, where the pet's
name is recorded "Jaklce. The nogs
are often fonud lying ou the ladies'
skirts as lapdogs, ami looking up into
the face of their mistresses. A collar
of bells is represented round the neck,
aud the bolls are curiously liko the
bells used for a similar purpose at the
present day. The Atheuieum.
As to Mlislllcll0.
God gave men mustaches to hido
the meanness of their mouths. There
is much character or the lack of it iu
the month. Once I made the ac
quaintance of a baudsome man with a
proud mustache, aud in years became
fond of him, without, however, quite
understanding him. There was au
indefinable something that was repel
lent at times, that seemed to caution
me not to trust bim too far. Ou a
fatal oooasion be ihaved off bis mus
tache, exposing a small bole iu bis
face that looked exaotly like a slit out
iu a pumpkin with a tarlow. No
sooner bad I seen bis mouth than I
said to myself, "That man is a scoun
drel; he has a cold cross." And be
turned out even worse than that.
New York Press.
worn In by a Girl Dapnty.
An inoidenfa ooourred in the Distriot
courtroom of Bosque County, which,
perhaps, has no parallel in the oonrt
history of Texas. When it beoaino
neoessary to eleot a speoial judge to
complete the term abruptly suspeu led
by the illness of Judge Hall the duty
of swearing in Judge Paindexter de
volved upon a modest little girl ol
seventeen summers Miss Nora Jones,
Deputy Distriot Clerk, Houston
ITsx.) Post.
KEYSTONE Slf.it DS CONDENSED
GRANTED PENSIONS
Besvcr County 0ns Hundred Years Old New
Castlo Mill Worker Rcwarrtod-S.nall-pox
Near New Castle.
Names added to pension roil
wrck John I'ci-eock, Kittatiniiig,
Charles McCrendy, New Ca-ilc.
Inn
$oj
$8;
John Uttgan, Itclkfonte, Wi
am y
ncisci, iscw Washington, ?S
uuncan f
jMCAiistcr, arilH, $12: Levi
l'hori);
Irccport, $6; minor of John G. Law
son, Latrobe, $10; Silas A. F.tncry,
drove City, $17; John Redman,
VVi-..csboro, $10; Dmh A. Wilcox,
Bradford, $12; (irorge Warcliam. Beav
rr Kails. $6 to T. J. Miguel, New
Castle, $0 to $u; John StoriiHT. Johns
town, $6 to H; Henry Canity. West
Lebanon, $12 to $14: John Neeb, Con
nellsville. $8; Kliabcth Waldorf, West
Middlesex. $S: llcnrv K. ltmati,
Coalpnrt, $H; Bernard j. Rcid. Clarion,
$u; Albert T. Clingsinitli. New Leba
non, $10; John W. Gooillin. Indiana.
$24; John Lewis. ConMalc. $i. Prank
1... Wilkinson, Washington. $; Sam
uel II. Croyle, JcanncUe, $?: John W.
Campbell. Grove City, $12; John Calla
lian, riiillipsburo;, $10; Daniel fix, New
Castle. $; Kliabcth Nickel, motftvr
Worthington, $12. .
One hundred years ago 'Monday
Beaver county was established by an net
of the Legislature. Sunday the cen
tennial anniversary was used ns a theme
in many local pulpits, but the celebra
tion of the event will not occur until
June 10 to 22. Arrangements for rt
I large celebration are being made and
liov. htonc and staff nnd other state
officials have promised to be present,
besides many G. A. R. posts.
James Loncrgan, night watchman a$
the Kingston brick works, Latrobe,
while on his way to work, was fired up
on by two men who were hidden along
the road. He ran to the engine house,
followed by the men, who fired a per
fect fusiladc of bullets through the
windows. Loncrgan escaped with a bul
(et through his shoulder. This is the
Jhird attempt to murder Loncrgan with
in a short time. ,
A genuine case of smallpox has de
veloped in South Canonsburg. The
victim is Prank McCoy, who had been
employed nt Homestead. He returned
home last week and was at once taken
ill. A consultation of physicians was
held, and the sick man's aflliction was
pronounced a mild type of smallpox.
The house has been quarantined and the
State board of health notified.
Andrew I. Russell left Greenville for
the Klondike in search of gold over two
vears ago. He went to Dawson and
fatcr be went to Cape Nome. Here he
struck a paying claim and wa washing
out considerable dust when be sustain
ed a paralytic stroke, which unfitted him
for work and he began his long journey
home, arriving Thursday morning.
Russell was a prominent oil operator
prior to his Klondike trip.
Deputy Sheriff E. R. May and Con
stable Thomas Washabaugli, of Grecns-t
burg, arrested eight alleged spcak-rasy
proprietors nt West Newton. por
years that place has boasted of its "dry"
town. Local option is in force. By
the good people the town 'was believed
to be .1 model of morality. Recently
strong suspicions were aroused that
spcak-casics existed, and the people de
cided to investigate.
A . powder explosion at W'e-t Win
field, a mining village on the Wintield
branch railroad, seriously injured five
men. The shanty was almost complete
ly demolished nnd the five men were
horribly burned, but it is thought that
no deaths will result. The injured men
are all Austrians with almost unpro
nounceable names.
Mrs. Lincoln Axtcllc and two chi)'''
dren were nearly frozen to death in
Deer Creek township. Mercer county,
Tuesday night after their hitgtry broke
down. They undertook to walk home,
but fell exhausted. When discovered
nil three were unconscious, and they
did not revive for several hours.
The new Methodist Episcopal Church
nt Putixsutawncy was dedicated Sun
day. The church completed cost about
$,13,000. The combined seating capa
city of the auditorium and Sunday
school room.- which can be connected
is about 1,200. There are all the con
veniences of a modern church.
Smallpox has broken out at HilNville,
nine miles west of New Castle. It has
existed for several weeks, the nature Cf .
the disease hing unsuspected and hun
dreds of people have been exposed to it.
The village has been quarantined.
The miners employed at the various
works of Coulter & Huff, in Westmore
land county, will be given an advance
of 10 per cent. April 1. There will be
sbout S.000 men affected. The advanc
conies unsolicited.
Despondency over a love affair fol
lowed by religious excitement, has un
balanced the mind of Miss Ira Craig,
of Oakland township, Butler county.
Saturday the young woman was taker)
to Dixmont hospital, a raving maniac.
Pure Food Agent McGregor, of In
diana, has lodged information agaiust
10 of the merchants of Johnstown and
vicinity on charges of having violated
the pure food laws by selling adulter
ated vinegars.
The Title nnd Trust Company of
Western Pennsylvania has let the con
tract for its building at Connellsville to
James Wherry & Co., of Pittsburg, for
$64,000. Ihe building, when complet
ed, will cost $85,000.
George Templcton. colored, charged
with the murder of Sanford White, su
perintendent of machinery at Raitiey's
M t. Braddock works, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree.
Frank Dewberry, a worker In a New
Castle tin plate mill, has received word
that he has been left $8,000 paid-up stock
of the Anaconda gold mine by a woman
he attended while a nurse in a hospital
in Keango, Mont.
About 40 glass workers have left
Jcannclte to work in the co-operative
factory at Point Marion, I ml. The ma
jority of the men were stockholders
In the new factory, which is known as
"The Jeannette Glass Co." woiks.
Monday Ida Games, aged in, acci
dentally shot herself in the head at hcts
tumie near i.iih.yu--i r.w.
ing fatal.