Is there any warning to the TJnlted
Rtates in the declaration of Arnold
White that it is the vices of "smart
society" that have snppod the power of
Great Britain?
The Massachusetts legislature has
for the third timo rofnnod to rescind
the order banishing liogor Williams
from the commonwealth 200 years
ago. Fortnnntely Roger is where
tbore is no danger of his worrying
over the episode.
The Galveston Daily News says:
"Unhappy Creto, torn as she hns beon
in the past by persecution of the in
teusest sort, bids fair to become a well
ordered garden spot, the home of a
peaceful populace. If reports be
trno, for this hnppy result much
praise is dne Trince George."
Superintendent of Schools Frye has
reported to Governor-General Wood
that 1S78 primary schools have been
opened in the island of Culm and that
100,000 children nre in attendance
The opening of tho schools has done
much to bring nbout a better feeling
towards the Americans throughout
the island.
One of tho contributors to n recent
medical publication doseribes an in
teresting case which he reports, "be
cause it suggested a now operation
he patieocholcc ystostoeholoM ys ten tor
ostomy, or hcpnlieocholoystostontcr
ostomy." But how they could ever
got that name into an operating room
is what most porsons would like to
know.
Certain German schools have an
anuex in which girls are tmght house
keeping. They nre gathored iu fami
lies of from six to ten, under tho care
of a teacher, and all the work of tho
house is done by the inmatos. At
stated times receptions are held, to
which the pnpils may invite their
friends, and they alone are responsi
ble for the entertainment provided.
It is said that these "housekeeping
schools", have proved remarkably suc
cessful among the home-loving Ger
mans, While the man who invented civili
zation doubtless imagined that he was
conferring an unmixed blessing upon
a dreary world, something happens
every now and thon to prove that he
was badly mistaken. Generally speak
ing, his invention has boon a pretty
good thing. The cooking is dooidud
ly better than it was uudor the old
order; the stylos of dress nre distinct
ly improved; manners and morals nro
gentler and purer; social conditions
are somewhat more orderly, aud man
kind ns a whole is iniinitoly better off
than it was before tho civilizing pro
cesses began to operate.
Only a few yenrs ago Alabama was
not heard of as an iron-producing
state. It was not evon known that
Alabama was especially rich in iron
deposits. Last year Alabama was tho
fourth state in iron production, being
surpassed only by Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Illiuois. The lattor state pro
duced 1,542,012 tons to Alabama's
1,03:), 005, and it is almost certain that
Alabama will pass Illiuo's and come
very close to Ohio iu iron production
this . year. It is now conceded by al
most everybody that Alabama ia the
richest of all tho states iu iron ore, in
coal and limestone, the essential ma
terials for iron manufacture. It is
conceded by everybody that iron can
be made at less cost in Alabama than
anywhere else. These fuots assure to
Alabama the future lead of all the
states in iron production and the posi
tion of the iron capital of the world,
states the Atlanta Journal.
The prison-reform systom of Indi
ana has been in operation only few
years, but this comparatively brief ex
perience "has proveu its high eco
nomio value, as well as its great moral
beneficence," the Indianapolis Tress
ays. Home huudrods of paroled
prisoners iu Indiana are leading the
lives of good eitizens. Under the sys
tem, the sentence of the criminal is
indeterminate. When, iu the opinion
of the state board of pardons, he is
fit to make the effort to live outside
the walls, he is giveu his freedom oc
parole. Whou he is freed on parole
and, if he ean be reformed at all, ho
seldom stays more than two years
he usually has moro than 955 of earn
iugs, and often he has a uiuoU larger
urn. An egent of the state has al
ready procurod for him a pluce iu
factory or ou a farm. His employer
is the only oue that knows his aute
cedents, unless he chooses' to toll
them himself. He and his employer
make written reports to tho prison
monthly, a id agents of the state verify
these reports as to conduct. Wheu
the man has fully demuustruted hi
bility and inclination to live au up-
jr.ght life, fall pardou is granted hiiu
ENVIRONMENT.
A ffly grew In a Iranian far
From the dust of the oily street.
It hnit no dream thst the universe
Mel.l aught less pure and sweat
Thnn Its virgin sell; so oluute was It,
Ho ported Its rolrent
Whan night came down the Illy looked
In the (iteo of the stars and smiled;
Then weut to sleep to the sleep ot death,
As the soul ot n llttlo child
does bank to the alasp of the Fnthor-sout,
Untouched and undented.
A Illy bloomed on the highway close
To the tread ot tho sweeping throng;
It bora the Knze ot n hundred eyes
Where binned the II nam ut wrong;
And one came by who tore Its heart
With a ruthless hand and strong.
It ctii4it no glimpse ot a garden fnlr,
It knew no other name
For a world Hint used and bruised It so
Than n world of sin and hnm;
And hopeless, crushed. Its spirit passed
As the evening shadows emtio.
And who ean say but the sheltered one
A snllled flower had been
Had Its home been out on the highway cloe
To the path of shame and sin?
And the other forever nugel-wlilto
Had It blossomed safe within
Elizabeth Uallup l'erklns, la Boston
Transcript.
X BY M. ATWOOD STUART.
e
Tho train rolled out of more than
Egyptian darkness aud stopped sud
denly. The Mare of many lights, the rum
bio and roar of trallic.aud the throngs
of people iu the streets, proclaimed
the station to bo a city, and a great
one.
The passengers whoso changing
placo of dost nni: io:i in was, poured
nut, pushing and jostling nguinst a
stream of people coming in, for tho
train was a through ouo and tho timo
limited.
Among the Inst to .reach the plat
form was a young girl, clad in mourn
ing, evidently a stranger. She looked
about her woiidoringly, ns though
with tho coinmoiion and noise and
confusion she could hardly think.
Presently, by the intercession of the
station master, alio secured a carriage
and ro.le away.
Byatid-by sho reached her destina
tion, aud because sho so desired, iu the
four e of events she found herself in
the presence of the master of the
house. In his baud he held the letter
brought him by his careful henchman,
who slate I that the bearer waited be
low. Having pernso.l the letter, the
edict had returned that she nppear
before him.
"Have yon" come straight from
home?"
"Vos."
"How long has it taken you?"
Hie told him.
"And what is your name?"
"Woalthy."
"Humph! Don't fit your present
fortune.
A pause.
"How old are yon?',
"Sixteen my next birthday."
"Umph!"
Another pause.
"Well, Dorothy, I suppose we shall
have to let her stay." i
Lei uer stay! and the rale orphan
girl, a mere child, without futbor or
mother, was his own brother's dnugh- I
ter, a stranger in a strange laud nl-
most, homeless and pouuiiess; and
the Dnnnings could have housed a
regiment, aud wore fairly rolling in !
wealth. I
A-troinbling with the stranceiirss :
of the reception, scarcely comprehend- i
ing tho right anil the wrong of the
wbolo mattot', and already homesick.
timid little Wealthy stood with down
cast eyes brimming ovor with tears,
while they so positively decided her
fate.
Mrs, Dorothy Duuning put down
her work.
"Come with me, "she said. Wealthy
followed to an apartmeut contaiuina
two beds. Hore she was told she
might sleep. "This bed will be
yours," indicating the bed containing
one child, "and you can have the care
of these three' children," pointing to
the other, in which were two, three
boys in all, sleeping soundly.
"Von can dress them in the morn
ing, hear their prayers, and o en the
room to air. Then come to me and I
will tell you what next to do."
Wealthy silently acquiesced by an
inclination of the head.
iieft alone, she gave up, heartbroken,
to real, geuuine grief.
"Oh, papa, papa'" she sobbed, as
she orept to bed at lust, weeping.
Poor little Wealthy!
"On the whole, it is quite as well,"
said Mrs. Dunning, wheu alio went
back to the drawing-room. "We will
discharge the present uuise for
Arthur, Bob aud Joe, and she can
serve instead. She told yon she was
Dearly 1G, aud she looks capable."
"Her name will do very well for a
servant," remarked Lou, the old-I.
dunghtdr.aud young ludyoftae fu ..iiy,
lookiug over the top of her music
sheet.
"Ahem! hardly a servant. You
must remember she is your cousin,
yoa know," said Doctor Duuning,
evinciug a slight twinge of con
science. "Sho needn't try oousiu-iug me,"
muttered Lou, turn''u. uway to her
own atl'airs; aud at t lie end of a week
Mrs. Dorothy Dunning had decided
the same, and meutally vowe l that
the handy Wealthy should forget the
relationship, aud keep her place with
the childreu aud mind the honnework,
which she could perform with such
dexterity.
So Wealthy found herself one of
the uurses, who were employed to
take enre of the six Duuuiug chil
dren, her - charge being the three
oldest, except Lou.
Sue, beiug 18 aud out iu society,
was considered beyond a nurse's care,
and never turned ft baud over to
brighten anybody's life.
lint there were gloatus of bright
ness in Weiilthy's life, after all.
Pleasant days nhe took the childreu
to the park, aud, while sho sewed and
minded them, she could also feast her
eyes ou the boantifnl trees and green
sward aud tho blue skies; so blue,
Wealthy thought; skies anywhere else
wero never so blue ns tuoso. Littlo
by little she learned that the best of
us all, in one way or another, work
more or less.and she argued that, per
haps, hers was not such a hard lot as
it might have been, in spite of the
fact that she was obliged to be busy
at something all the time. She was
thankful for what she had, and worked
aud sang and made the best of it.
And so it went on for six months.
July came and Doctor and Mrs..
Dunning aud Lou weut away to cool
Bil'ehland.
"Doctor Edwards is coming to
Birchlands this season," reported
Mrs. Dunning at the end of the fort
night. "Very wealthy family. Fernard,
the oldest son, hns studied in Europo
and has letnniod end taken his
father's practice. Every one is speak
ing of the celebrated Doctor Edwards
an excellent parti for Lou. "
Lou inatchsd her pretty eyes with
prettier ribbons, anl when he called
she rustled to greet him in the fleecy
raiment that had cost Wealthy hours
of patient endeavor to think out, and
tit, aud make a creature of a dream
and fair to look npon, "ns beautiful
as a fancy," Doctor Edwards thought.
But in tho chain of circumstances,
there were other incidents.
In tue city the oppressive heat was
telling on poor, puny Arthur, and one
day Wealthy, nurse, housekeeper mid
ciimmiiuder-in-chicf, found another
enrv on her hands, a sick boy.
Gently she quieted him, tendoily
shocuiod for him, but at dusk she
stood despairingly by his bedside, w ith
the realization that the disease was
beyond tho scope of her immediate
prescriptions and fully aware that the
boy was on dangerous ground.
What could she do? Send for her
uncle? Ho was miles away, and
Arthur might die before his father
reachod him.
Send for a doctor? Whore? Neither
she nor any of the childreu kuew the
location of any physician's office in
the city.
Speak to tho neighbors? Yes, but
it is Ausnst, and they are all nwnv.
Completely bal ed in this labyrinth
of perplexitios,suddeuly a bright idea
occurred to her.
Looking hastily out of the wiudow
she saw a bright light away down the
street ou the opposite side,
"That must be Doctor Edwards
that I have heard so much about, I
know," she said. And shortly after
ward, Doctor Bernard Edwards, pro
fessional, indeed, but handsome, tine
eyed and kind, was obeying an urgent
summons up the street.
Ho stayed all through the hot night
with the sick boy, soothing and help
ing him aud lightening for poor
Wealthy what otherwise would have
beeu a season of multitudinous terrors
nnd when morniug dawned once
agaiu, Arthur's life was saved.
And during that night he had be
come interested iu the faithful, lovely
young girl.
Doctor Edwards always loekod
grim reality straight iu tl rye, and
ho found out what her position was iu
that house, and such n distaste for Loti
Dunning's frivolous beauty came ovor
him at the disco cry that ho hoped he
might never see her agaiu.
He stamped and stormed a little
and in his righteous wrath ho spoke
some certain truths of the Dunnings.
"it is too scandalously ba ll" ho
wound up.
"Vou might innrry her," suggested
grouty old Doctor Edwards, who hal
got the benefit of his son's lute re
searches. "Have half a mind to," said
Bernard.
Evidently he had a whole mind to;
for the next day, before the gray dusk
was fairly out of the sky, and loug
before the childreu were awake,
Weulthy, standing weary and alone
by the chamber wiudow, found her
self cluirped tenderly iu a pair of strong
arms. Lovingly the tall doctor stooped
and tenderly kissed the little girl.
"Welihy,"he whispered, "Weulthy
look at me, darling! I have some
thing to tell you, nud I waut you to
answer me a question."
Somehow it took a long time; but
at the eud ot the narration, though
Woalthy was iu a flood of tears, the
tired head rested agaiust Doctor
Edwiu'd's breast, and with a joy that
could not be told, she answered "yes"
to his question.
When tho Dunnings came back
the e was a heavy gold ring on Weal
thy's hand but Doctor Bernard Ed
wards culled Lefore they had time to
notice it.
"I have to apologise for not keep-
in1? lav promise of returning to Birch
wool, but professional duties prevent
ed," he said, "Perhaps, too, X should
make excuses for falling in love with
your niece, but thut, also, I could uot
prevent." (
And before they realized what he
was doing he had taken Wealthy away
aud married her, aud she hud left
theui forever. ,
Doctor aud Mrs. Dunning refer to
their niei e as "My dear Wealthy."
Lou does herself, indeed. "My
cousin Wealthy," she says, iu speak
ing of her, "Doctor Edwards' beauti
ful wife."
But it was a corrective for the Dun
nings. They may uot be less self
centred thut would be hardly pos
sible but they are more discreet.
About SO per oeut, of the I fishing
nets iu Hokkaido, Jttpau, are wade ol
cotton thread. Cotton nets wait) ilrst
iutrodnued from Scotland ill
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIR3.
lloanty of Hi a Table.
'A tablo without a centre-piece or
any decoration is a sorry spectacle.
There is scarcely anything less invit
ing, unless it be a carelessly served
meal.
Table deflorations nerd not bo ex
pensive. They need not. represent a
great amount of wasted nerve power
on the part of tho mistress of the
house.
Decorating ft llnntway.
A handsome doorway seen not long
ago had tho actual frame covored
smoothly with a brocade pattern of
cretone before the portiero was hung
in the usual way. The effect given
was that of a deep recess. This ap
plication of fabrics to woodwork is
becoming popular with the best dee
prators. Iu this way alone is it pos
sible to get satisfactory color effects.
One Way to Mount I'hot graph.
A pretty oonceit in the way of fram
ing a number ol small unmounted
photographs or bine prints is to take
a panel-shaped picuo of dark gray
cartridge paper aud paste the edges
of tho pictures face downward on the
back. Arrange them irregularly, or
in linos or groups as preferred. When
dry turn over on tho right side, nnd
with scissors or tho fingers tear open
the paper covering tho face of the pic
ture in irregular points, turning thout
back after the maimer of a calyx.
Pretty effects nro nlso obtained by
bnrniug tho points into rough edged
with a match.
llnw lo KcnniiinlS'l Snra.
It is the little things which tako nn
most room, and in a small house or
apartment lloor spaco is at a premium.
llook-shclvos fastened over a couch
not only economize space, but look at
tractive. Auy carpenter can puttliem
up, and after they have been stained
or enamelled you could wish for noth
ing hotter.
A box-couch in the dining-room may
serve as tho receptacle of table liuon;
in the library odd books and news
papers may bo stowed in it; in the
bedroom it serves as a shoe-box or a
repository for best bodices, dicss
skirts and lingerie
Where closets aro Rcaro a sholf fas
tened at a convonicnt height for gowns
and hung with a cretonno curtain
makes n substitute. Hooks nro fas
tened to the under side aud tho shelf
is enamollod. Ou top aro books and
photographs, which mislead the casual
observer.
How to Herre Tea.
How shall tho tea be made nnd
served whon all is ready? 'The making
ia a simple business, and, HUo most
simple thiugs, is uot nlways welt
doiio. . The old rule of n tcaspoonful
fcfl each person aud one for the pot
has nover been improved upon, but if
the tea is one ot tho choice Ceylon
varictios tho spoonful must be small.
When tho pot has becu scalded with
tho contouts of tho kettle, tho tea
measured into the pot, and nbout a
enpful of boiling vator turned upon
it, a cozy should bo drawn over tho
pot during tho five minutes that tho
herb must steep. Upon tho cozy any
amount of duiuly and elaborate nee
dlework may bo expondad. Tho
prime requisite is that it should bo
well wadded. When brew has stood
tho required time, tho teapot may bo
filled from tho boiling kattle, and tho
cups that chcor poured at ouco. Tho
hostess may cither iuquiro as to her
guests' preferences in tho lunttor of
creain aud sugar aud odd these to their
cups, or allow thorn to qualify thoir
tea for themselves. - Tho services of a
waitress avo not necessary at afternoon
tea alter nil that has beeu needed for
it hns beon brought iu. Harper's Ba
ear. l.arlpea.
Citron Cream Make a custard of
one pint milk, the yolks of three eggs,
one cup of sugar and one tosspoouful
of corn starch. Whon cold add one
pint of cream, ono-half cup finely
chopped citron, tho beaten whites of
three eggs; tint a pale greeu aud
freeze.
Bernaise Sauce Stir in a sanaopan
over the fire until jellylike the yolks of
two eggs, two tablespooufuls eaoh of
stock and oil; take from the fire; add
slowly half a tablespoonful of tarragon
vinegar, one chopped olive and half a
tablespoonful eaoh of finely chopped
parsley aud capers. Serve cold.
Mush Sticks Make stiff cornmeal
mush, season a pint with a saltspqpn
of pepper aud half-teaspoouful of salt
and pour into a mold. Wheu oold cut
into etioks one iuoh thick and six
inches long, roll iu melted butter,
pluce on tius and bane ii) oven until
brown. These sticks are snperior it
mash is made" with meat broth instead
of water.
Onion Bouillon Ono enp eaoh ot
finely ohopped oraoklings, ouions and
cooked dried apples or peaches,
one-half cup rice, tcaspoonful of salt
and one-half teaspoon pepper. Boil
in three pints of wator until it ean bo
pressed through a sieve; add if neces
sary enough of any stock, milk or
water to make five cnpfuls. llebeat,
train and serve.
Fish Puff A delicious way of using
remnants of oold cooked fish. Chop
lish and mix with it an equal part ot
mashed potuto. Season with salt aud
pepper aud au onnce of melted butter.
Stir into it two well-beaten eggs.
Form into a roll and place ou buttered
tin. Brash ovor with a beaten egg.
Boll iu bread crumbs and bako one
half hour in hot oveu.
Fruit Biscuits Take five cold bak
ing powder or soda bUouits, out e.aoU
into three slices and butter each sliee.
Place bottom slice of eaoh bisouit in
a separate dish, pour over ic any
juicy small fruit, boiling hot aud
aweetoned. Arrauge Ibo other layers
alternately with fruit, lastly pouriug
fruit and juice over the top aud around
each, Serve hot or cold, with or
without cream.
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Why Slump Are Profitable.
Henry Stewart, than whom there is
no better authority, says: "The sheep
possesses a less dagroo of nervous en
ergy than the horse, ox, or pig, but it
is capable of enduring greater ex
tremes of heat and cold with less in
convenience, nnd possesses a more
vigorous digestion than those nnimals.
The most of its nervous energy is ex
pended iu digestive and assimilating
functions, and the least proportion
npon its sensitive and locomotive
organs. Nonoofour domestio animals
so completely digests coarse fodder,
or so thoroughly and profitably turns
the most nutritious food into flesh and
fat, as the sheep. In this respect it
is the most valuable and profitable
feeder the farmer can make use of."
A Good Wagon Jark
For light vehicles the wagon jack as
shown in the accompanying illustra
tion is very effective, Iu Fig. 2 it is
shown ready to be put under tiie axle.
In Fig. 1 the lever, "a," has been do
pressed, the piece, "c," has straitrht-
enod tip and supports tho axle, while
"b" is in sueli position that in will
remain stationary. It can be closed
up liko a jiiekkuifo wheu not iu use,
ooenpying very small spaco. Eor this
particular jack I used inch ash lum
ber '!! by four inches wide. Thepieeo,
"o," is thirty-four inches long and the
notches on the upper sido are 11 inches
deep. "A" is an inch board 2J inches
wido and twenty inches long. Two
inch bolts fasteu tho pieces toeether.
S. M. Tubbs, iu New England
Homestead.
Triangular "(.amis' In riowlng.
Whon plowing laud for the summer
crops inuoli time may bo saved, simply
by laying off the "lauds" or turns into
triangles, having but three corners, in
stead of four or flvo, as in often done.
A good deal of time is consumed in
turaiug the team back to tho work
wheu plowing, aud the fewer angles
there are in a laud tho more timo will
be saved from turning. Three corners
are tho fewest practicable, except wheu
listiug or tutikiug narrow beds. More
thai) throe angles are unnecessary, for
a field of any form may bo laid off this
way.
When fields havo bad depressions
aud gnlleys, caused by washouts, it
is well, and, in faot, essential, to
start the bed for the lands upon the
low pianos, thus filling thorn up with
the plow, aud finishing off on tho
higher knolls. This will lend to level
down the field and stop future wash
outs along the old course. If any
washouts have bnoome vory bad they
should first bo filled with turf from
woodland that is full of roots aud
fibres, aud then tho plow should throw
over tho dirt, as above. 'The farmor
must use every sohome available to
prevout Holds from wanhing, for it is a
gvoat savor of tho orops, fertilizers,
time, patiouco and money.
The OccaAlonal Ilnlryman.
The occasional dairyman is usually
tho nuHiiooesnfnl dairyman. Ho
changos with tho times aud goos into
dairying just, whon things in tlie dairy
world have a strong upward toudency
and whon prices of good dairy oows
nro rising. He has to meet numerous
obstacles that tho man that is a per.
cnuial dairyman novor has to oonsidor.
For instance, wheu cows aro in de
mand he finds it hard to get good
ones at any price and the best ones
cannot be bought. He must sustain
two losses at the outstart. First, ho
has to dot more than the animals are
really worth, as is always the case in
boom times with any kind ot animals,
aud secoud, he has to be satisfied with
very ordinary stook, the profits with
which are doubtful.
His first impulse is to grade up, be
cause he finds it so difficult to buy the
kind of oows he wants, and be there
fore enters on a course that will re
quire years for results. By the time
he has developed some really good
cows the market begins to fall. Ho
begins to put out a large quantity of
dairy produots just at the time that
the market is beginning to feel the re
sult of the stimulation of high prices
on production, and be helps to in
crease the supplies ou a weak market.
He is generally in debt, as be has been
building for - ears on the future out
look aud li finds tho returns too
meagre to equal his present needs aud
obligations, lie continues for a few
years, aud is then compelled either by
the sheriff or oiroumstanoes to put up
his stock at a publio sale.
By this time prioes of .cows have
followed the prioes of cow products
and have sharply deoliued. Ho sells
out, therefore, on a weak market, and
oows, wagons, cans and everything
else go at a small percentage of their
cost or real value. As he bought his
first cows at moro than their real
value, he now sells out his stock at
less than their real value. He is thus
a loser at both ends of tho game. The
occasional dairyman cannot be a sua
cess as loug as oouditious on the
market' remain as at present subjeot
to wide degrees of expansion and con
traction. It prioes and dotnand ever
reach the point wheie they reinuin
stable indefinitely, the oooasioual
dairyman may win, once in awhile.
But for the present it is the man that
carries on his business year after year,
through prosperity and adversity, that
really reaps the fruits of dairy effort.
Farm, Field and Fireside,
TIIK JACK IS MR AVD OUT OP USR.
BRUM M HEWS CONDENSE.
GRANTED PENSIONS.
(leaver Fa Is Kan Cured by Fsllh Flo: Ol
Sheep ffVcied with Rabies
Bonui tor Railrosd.
Pensions granted last week Joseph
Il.imiltnn. 1 hompsonville, $10; Snlo
mon Smith, West Mrownsville, fia;
Mtrgaret Staley, Comtellsvillc, $H;
Alexander Davenport, Mt. Pleasant, f8;
Francis K. Mullen, Kcynolitsville, $U
to $14: William Dean. New Brighton,
$6 to $8; Lotiifa McCnlly, McKces-
port, $H; Thomas Householder, Brad
dock, $S; Alonzo Bowzer, Rostown,
$ta; William II. Barrott, Manorville,
$8; Benjamin F. Laughlin, Marion Cen
ter, $10: Hubert Griffith. Soldiers
home, Eric, fV, George Bollinger, l.a
trobe, $24; George S. Earlc. Beech
Creek, $u; Charles H. Eininhizcr,
Scottdale, $14; James Burris, Altoona,
u- 11 4i-riininn. Greenville.
$10; Henry J. Naglc. Allcntown, $.to;
James I.. Lindsay. New Castle. $u;
Henry Hillagats. West End. $14: Amos
Airman. Lccchbnrg, $10; William llen
ning, Monongaheln, $14; Rosamond D.
Rogers, Warren,
Charles Van Arsdalc. a prominent
Presbyterian of Beaver Falls, announces
that he has become a firm believer irj
the doctrines of the Christian Alliance."- -I.
as' fall he fell and crushed one of
his hips. Physicians said he would
never have the Irce use of the injured
limb nnd woidd be a cripple (or lite.
Mr. Van Arsdalc said that about two
Weeks ago he went to tile rooms of the
Christian Alliance in Pittsburg, where
lie prayed daily, assisted by others, and
in a 'hort time the nlasler cast was re
moved irnm nis itinu, nc miew away
his crutches and arose and walked.
Monday night Daniel F.ldey, of
Claysville. heard a noise' in the room
occupied by his housekeeper. Calling
some of the neighbors, he investigated.
They found the door locked, but forced
nn entrance. Mrs. Lena Everhart, the
housekeeper, v.as fonnd holding her
lhro.it and moaning, and at her side
wa3 an empty carbolic acid bottle. She
slated that she had swallowed the con
tents of the bottle and wished to die.
Antidotes were administered and a
watch placed over her. She will recov
er. Ninety-two sheep belonging to C. C.
Kirkland. who lives west of Erie, have
been found by State Veterinarian Leon
ard Pearson, of Philadelphia, to be snf
ffring from rabies and were ordered
killed. Fi'teen of them were bitten by
.1 dop in February and socn developed f
the disease. Before the disease was
identified the carcasses of several of the
sheep lliat died were thrown behind a
barn and the dos mutilated them. It
is feared that the disease will become
cpMcniie.
There arc one or two cases of small
pox at Ilillsvillc, and it is more than
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Dr. McCotub, of New Castle, acting
for the State board of health, has re
turned from Ilillsvillc, where he went
to examine the cases. He found a re
markable state of affairs, the entire com
munity being in a state bordering on .
terror.
The body of County Auditor E. S.
Ct. Robbins was recovered Friday at
Phillipston, The body was badly bruis
ti and lacerated. Robbins was knock
ed from the valley bridge at that place ,
hy a switch engine on January ,10. After
he had succeeded in' getting his wife
to a place of safety the cnirine, struck
him and knocked him into the river.
The Beaver county Democratic pri
mary elections will be held Saturday.
April 21. The convention will be held
in Beaver Falls Monday. April s.i.
Citizens of Greene nnd Fayette conn
lies have already raised over $150,000 of
a $.'50,000 bonus to build the Union
lown, West Virginia aud Wayncsburg
railroad. . '
John J. Kllc. a merchant of McClel
land, while riding home from Union
town, was shot at from ambush by a
man, who fired three tunes at Mr. Rif
fle, bt't was too excited to direct his
shots with effect. The man then ran
away muttering something about ven
geance on a girl.
The largest schedule ever filed' in
Fayette county under the bankrupt laws
is that of John O'Neil & Sons, of Fay
ette City, their liahilitici being given
as $173716-40. and their assets $598.
The miners employed at the various
works of Coulter & Huff, in Westmore-
uiiu kuumy, win ue given an advance
of 10 per cent. April 1. There will be
shout 5,000 men affected. The advance
comes unsolicited.
The Title and Trust Company of
Western Pennsylvania has let the con
tract for its building at Connellsville to
James Wherry St Co., of Pittsburg, for
cd, will cost $85,000.
Edward Rodgcrs, of Ebensburg, aget
35, was instantly killed by a falling tree
while hunting coons in a wood nca
Cresson Tuesday afternoon. With a
companion, he was standing some dis
tance from a partly chopped tree when
a high wind caused it to fall suddenly
Lewis II. Hoover was instantly kill'
cd by the premature explosion of dyna
mite at the Fisher stone quarry, near
New Castle.
James Holmes, colored, has discover
ed that he is heir to $6,000 left him br a
former slave owner. He was notified
by a nephew who had been hunting lor
him for 27 years and accidentally drop
ped into his restaurant at Uniontown.
Over 500 citizens of Ellwood City
have signed a petition asking the Law
rence county court not to grant liquor
license at that place. License court
begins Wednesday.
George Tcmpleton, colored, charged
with the murder of Sanford White, uu
perintendent of machinery at Raincy's
Ml. Braddock works, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree.
An old satchel containing $1,200 In
sold has been found at Youngwood,
Westmoreland county, in the house in
which Philip Troup, n aged bachelor,
died Sunday.
A strange disease, which affects the
eyes and the stomach, has broken out
among the children of Dunbar town
ship, Westmoreland county. Previous
y the malady had afflicted domestic
animals only.
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