r 1 1 CVERAW1ABLE, le never makes no klek Hi all, Mo matter how things ore. Life's botherations, groat and small, fie hanlshes nfnr. Thu slight Injustices of life Don't mnvo htm to distress, nys lid, "I won't hv any strife, It ain't wutb while, I guess." HID rmtlenes Dome reword sr Jul J bt'.rjf, I wish thnt I eould sny ThM nil his earthly onros tjok wing, Hut thing don't work thnt way, HI hopes grow week by week, mors (Urn, HI goods more light In heft. The mini who never kirks Is bind Thnt nllui gettin' left. Mr farlfir's Halnrir.s "John," snid Mrs. Carter, '! want to have a talk with you." "All right, 1117 dear," responded Mr. Carter. "I want to begin our housekeeping right' continued the lady. "From bygienio standpoint, I mean. Of course, at the hotols we could not help ourselves, lint in our own house we can live as we please." "Well, we will," answered Mr. Carter. "The plumbing is exposed, the ventilation is all right, and every thing iu the house is according to the most bygienio standard. There is no reason why we should not live right," "Yes, I know; but I was not think lug of the house. I was thinking of the diet." "Oh, you'll arrange that all right, I'm sure," said Mr. Carter, cheer fully. "I am going to try to, but yon must help, too. Von see, John, that most people waste a large part of what they spend by injudicious purchases." "I believe that," agreed Mr. Carter, beartilr. "Yen," went on Mrs. Carter, wax ing eloquent, for this was her parti cular bobby. "Not only by injudi cious purebimos, "but by almost an en tire absent knowledge of the relative nutritive qualities of various food pro ducts, and by processes of cooking and serviug which very much reduce the value of the food. I want us to live well, enjoy some luxuries, and save money on the same amount that most people practically throw away." "You're a sensible little womau," and Mr. Carter kissed her. "But how is nil this to be done?" "Well, you see, John," said Mis. Carter, "after we became engaged I took a regular course at the cooking school, so now, iu making out my dietary for the week, i know that a man's rations are scieutifi .'ally enough when they contain 3 300 calorics a day. Therefore, it is simple arithmetical calculation to compute how many calorics are necessary for the week." "But what in the world is a caloric?" "A caloric is the nnit of beat esti mated necessary to raise the tempera ture of a pound of water four degrees Fahrenheit, and the unit of energy adopted in estimating the full value of food." Mr. Carter drew a long breath and looked bewildered. "All right, my dear, you go abend and attend to the calorics. I'll eat them if they are good." "And yon won't go to any 'of these horrid places down town for lunch, will you? I don't want y U' diges tion ruined, so promise me that you will eat only ray home cooking." And the misguided man promised. 60 the Carters began their housekeep ing. IL "Nellie," said Mr. Carter some few weeks after this, "do yon know we have not had fried potatoes since we have been keeping house? I am very fond of fried pota oes for breakfast" "Fried potatoes!" ejaculated Mis. Carter. ."Well, I should say not. They are one of the most indigestible things that one can take into the stomach." Mr. Carter felt an inward protest . rising, but stifled it. "Yon are not taking any of that olive oil, John," continued the wife. "It is necessary to the system to eat balf a pound of butter and an equal quantity of olive oil a week. Yon don't do either." "I don't like olive oil at all, and I never did eat much butter," returned Mr. Carter, patiently. "I am afraid that you are a little in clined to self-indulgence, John." .Air. Carter laid dowu his kuife and fork aud opened bis lips to reply. One look at the pretty face cf bis wife, however, made him change the saroastio remark to the good humored one of: "Well, perhaps I am. I will be a diQ'ereut man, I expect, after I havo you to guide me for awhile." "Mrs. Carter nodded aoquiesceut- ly. "John," aha cried, some hours later, what are you doing?" "dotting a driuk, my love," re turned John mildly. "But you must, not drink that water. Don't you know that it ia full of bacteria?" "Then, what am I to drink, Nellie? 1 can t go without water?" "Of coarse not Here is some that I have boiled." "Phew!" be exclaimed in disgost UTf .1-,. tl . W.I . . . -now nui it as let 1 j. ji just lake a good drink fresh from the well." "Ob, Jobn, dear!" cried Mrs. Car ter, tearfully, "you mustn't. It is all full of bacteria.1' "I guess they won't hurt me," laughed Jobn. "I've always drauk It so. "Don't do itl Please don't, John. For my sake." pleaded the wife, "it is ao dangerous " "Well, put same Ice in this, then, d I won't." ".'e! Why, what would be the" use of boiling It If we're to put ice in it f Ice is full of microbes. " Mr. Carter drank the boiled water In silence, and read the paper until dinner was ready. "What cut of beof is this?" be nsked as he prepared to carve the meat, "It doesn't look like a roust." "It isn't It's the neck. I find X can get more food value for leas mouey from the neck than from the rib. For instance 10 cents' worth of the nock of the beef will give me .BO of pound of protein and 1.825 calo rics." Mr. Carter groaned. "Then," went on Mrs. Carter, not noticing the groan, "I add potatoes, bread aud fruit for the carbo-hydrates and we have a meal perfect in food value, containing protein, fat, starch aud sugar. All for the same mouey that a roast would have cost us," she wound up triumphantly. "Well, for tomorrow," said Carter, "let's have a roast pork with rotatoes and cuerry pie." Mrs. Carter stared at him a moment, and then said pityingly: "John, you are as ignoraut as most people con cerning food values. It won't do, my dear. This is as much for your good as mine. lionst pork and potatoes contain Ave times as much carbon as you need. As for cherry pie" she made an expressive gesture as if it were not worth mentioning, nnd con tinued "you will soon got over these yearnings of a falsely educated ap petite, aud tlion you will be nil light, I am afraid that you have been very improperly brought up, John." Mr. Carter glared at her angrily, and threw down bis knife and fork with a bang. "If you mean in regard to calorics, proteina aud all the rest of it, yes; I was." "Oh, John!" Mrs. Carter rose from the table with her hindkeichiof to her eye. "You are c-crnel, when you know I m doing the best I cnu. What could he do? He had not been married loug, aud was not proof against her tears. He arose from the table, took her in his arms, begged forgiveness and promised to eat any thing and everything she would give him, if only she would smile. They made up, of course, and Carter bore himself heroically for six months through a dietary that tabooed pie, and was arrauge.l according to food values. III. "See here, Carter," said a friend, meeting him one day on the street, "what's the mattor? You look like a shndow. Come iu aud havo some thing." "1 don't enre if I do," said Carter, anddonly feeling the need of some thing stimulating. "I'm afraid I don't feel up to much lately." He lifted the glass to his lips and then sot it dowu suddenly. "What is it? Isn't it all right?" asked his friend. "It isn't boiled," ana faintly, who thought he Carter, if crobel bubbing up through tbv. ,ervencenco. "Boiled!" ejaculated the other in disgust. "Well, I should say notl You'd better take a stimulaut. Carter. "No, thajik you, I dou't believe that I will take anything. You will excuse me, old fellow, won't you? I I don't feel well." It's all right," answered his friend. "What made you think of the drink being boilod?" "I don t know. Just a faucy, re turned Carter, too loyal to his wife to tell the cause. Carter went home feverish. Much to his wife's alarm he did uot eat a mouthful of supper. Finally he went to bed and fell asleep. While he slept he dreamed. He was in an immense dining room. Great roasts of beef and pork. Hanked by stoamiug vegetables, loaded the tables, l'ies of miuce and cherry were on the buffets; fruits, salads, water with huge chunks of ice floatiug in it, milk cooled also by ice. Carter's mouth watered; but alas! when he approached the meats, pro tein and calorics appeared to raise from them. Carbo-hydrates reared great heads from fruits and vege tables; bacilli jeered at him iu the ice water; microbes looked out from the milk. A feeling of fierce anqer se!zed hold of him. Was he to starve because of these creatures? Well, let them do their worst! A drink be would have in spite of them. Catching up a cup, he stinted to the water. lustantly baoilli, microbes and bacteria of all kinds surrounded him. Suddenly an enormous bacillus that he had not seen before darted toward him and was upon him before he could take a atep. Carter gave a shriek aud sprang wildly from his bed. "v hy John! What is the matter?" csked .VI r. Carter, sitting up. "Matter," growled Carter, picking himself up from the floor, where be bad landed. "Matter enough, 1 toll you. Tomorrow bfgins a new state of things at this bouse. I'm f"Su8 to live decently if I eat all the bno te- ia iu the world. Calorics an 1 all the rest of them have to go. They have bad their innings. Now comes mine. Do you here, Nellie? "Yes, John," replied Mrs. Carter, meekly. 8 he bad been married loug enough to kuow that when Carter used that tone things must go his way. The ne.t day at dinner the follow ing was the bill of fate Bon p.. Boat pork with potatoes. Apple sauce Onioua, beaus, tomatoes, peas,corn Cherry, ininoe, apple pie. Ioe water. And Carter was happy. From the St Louis Globe-Democrat Their Paaclan In Una! mint. "Those new people next door are great borrowers, areu t they?" "wen, tney uarsui borrowed our piano yet" STORIES THAT FUNNY Mt-N ARE TOLD BY THB OF THE PRESS. The rotnt of View .Never Hnalsrts a o rlnl Duty A IMnlil ItlMlnrtloil Well, XV lint U a Fin ins Fort nnrina of Old Age Detained nt tlotn. lite., Etc. When on the eurb yoo w siting stand And ion the grlpmnn wave his hnnd, And pnsa yon by, you rniro In vnlu In anger at bis rude disdain. Hut when you're safely fixed Inside Aud some outsider wnuts to ri le, You smile nnd hear bis pleading call. And somehow do not core at all. Washington Blar. Never Neglects a Social Duty. "Don't you observe any social duties whatever?" "Certainly; I deoline all my invita tions." Chioago Beoord. A Plain Distinction. "What's the difference between s fiddle nnd a violin?" "A fiddle is a vlotin wheu the man who plays it has on a swallow-tail coat." Well, What In a FUme Fort Willie Ligbtcont "I bear that Mr. Ferry married an old tlnme." Maud Smith "Yes, and now that flame has to light the lire every morn ing." Judge. (forms nf Old Age. "Doctor, I wondor if I'm not got ting old?" "Q lite possibly. Tho bacillus of old age is very prevalent just now." Detroit Journal. Detained at Home. Mrs. Muggins "Are you going to the Paris Exposition this summer?" Mrs. Buggius "No; I can't got away. The cook wants to go." l'hiladolphin llooord. Ksny Method. Johnson "Jackson, bow would you get into society?" Jaokson "Oh, if I felt like it, and Ltd the clothes, and was iuvited, I'd go." Indiauapolis Journal. Hushed. ' " f ou aeein to be very busy, Miss Dorothy?" "I should think so. I'm doing so many things for so many people that I csn't do auything for anybody." Mysteries ot V.t. Dibbn "A man ought ta know when he's got enough." Jibbs "Well, I know when I'vo got enough work, bnt I never kuoMT when I've got enough recreation." "Why Rim Threw ill 111 Down." "Gladys was silent, bat Harold could read her answer iu her faoe." Extraot from an np-to-datn novel, chapter xii., pngo 14. Judge. 8lnw Methods. Jle "If thoro conld bo any slower amusvjmont than playing chess by mail, I should like to know what could be. ' Him "They might use a messen ger boy instead of tho mails." Iu dianapolis Press. A Trndo In Itneir. Citizen "See hero, I'll give you ft dime, bnt I believe you asked me for money only yesterday, wuy aon t you learn some good business?" Abie-uoaioa uoggar "l nave learned ono, air; I'm a ro-tououor." Life. Wltlldruwtl. "Where is your 'big gun?' " asked the powdered matron who had ooino late to the military ball. "He wont away a little while ago in a disappearing (carriage, expi tinea the master of oeremonies. Chioago Tribune. A Wonderlul Woman. Mr. Hoon "Your aunt Almira is a remarkable woman." Mrs. Hoon "now so?" Mr. Hoon "WThy, haven't you no ticed that when she hears that a widow is to be married she doesn't connt on her fingers aud then wag her head solemnly? Most remarkable old lad) I have ever seen." Judge A Quick Choice. "How did you like those two poom I sent you?" askod Willie Washing ton. "Thore was a lone; one and a short one, wasn't ihoroV" asked Miss Cey. enne. "Yes. Whiou did yon prefer?'" "I haven't read them yet. But ! am sure I shall liko the short oiie." Wushiugtoa 8Ur. Her ItHUirt, "A lot ot women love togel locl'iei and talk over a great mass of iuiprau tical subjects," said Mr.Blykins, "and then go Home ana loave tho world no better nor wiser thau it was before." "Yes," auswored his wife, with serene amiability, "sometimes women do so. But they didn't get up that peaoe oonferenoe at The Hague some time ago. "Washington Htar. flard Iu Unrinritand, "Did you say be had studied mil. lio?" said the gentleman with the) long hair, when the soloist bad con eluded. "Oh, yes, Indeod!" "It's very remarkable I" 'His toioe?" "Yes.. It be has studied romio I can't understand why he should per gist Iu trying to slug. ' Washington, Btar. 1 . 090000O0OOOOOOO00OOOOOGC3 ' The flmiernl-Pnrponn Cow. 'The farmer, or any other man who cad keep but one or two cows, wants the irnnrrnl-nurnose cow. that will furnish good milk for thoao who like it as a beverage, good cream for hi) coffee, and whose surplus cream will supply, under proper care, outter nios enough for tablo nse or for sale, if there is more, than is needed at home, and that, when she has reached a good old age, can be made into beef that li wholesome and nutritions, if not at tender aud toothsome as .he quickly fattened baby beet ot some approved breed, can scarcely go amiss if hegeti ft good Jersey or a Jersey graue 01 good breeding. We have seen and owned suoh cows of other broeds, but we like tho little Jersey because ol her docility, her easy keeping, and the ease with which her cream can bi converted into butter. ' i Cut Feed For Working Tlnnen. . While the horse is kept during win ter mostly in the stable wholevatsart probably better feed for bin than menl. Tho hulls of the oats, ss ths farmers say, "tickle bis insides" nnd iucrenso the nctivity of bis digestion. Borne oats may pass through undi gested, but unless the horse it old and has lost his toelbthis loss tnty be overlooked. Any way the fowls wilt digost them. After eight years of age horses should bo fed cut hay moist enod, and with meal on it. But any borse that is hard at work every day should have bis grain in meal on Mnl bay. The meal in chewed with tht cut bay, just as the oats would be. II is well mixed with saliva when it onteri the horse's small stomach and passes into the intestines. Ho it does the greatest good possiblojfor the nutrition it contains. All old farmers say that horses will stand hard work better ou cut feed thau on either whole grain ot tneal. A Rcncflt to Chickens. One thing I have noticed is thnt all the chicks that have been kept in the garden or on the lawn, during the first six or seven weeks of their lives. have invariably dono well. Tbey have been healthy and strong and grew rapidly, and wbon proporly oared for, after boing removed, they have made very flue birds. I feed them rogularly three times a day, tho saino as all others, but food vory lightly, just enough to koop thorn growing. The priuoipal meal is ntways givon in the evening and the lightest in tho morn ing. One season I remomber eabbage worms were unusually abundant and destructive, and almost all late cab bages iu this locality were destroyed. I had about forty plants in the garden, nnd I sot a ooop containing a ben aud twenty-throe chioko, close by the row, Tho little follows kopt the plants so clear of worms that every one pro duced a largo, smooth head, I' red Gruudy, in Tho Epitomist. For Btnblo Doors, AH stable doors should have an Inner gate of picket, so that the doors can be loft open when necessary for the oomfort of animals without dan' TUB INNER PICKET GATE. gor that other animals may go in from the outside. Suoh gates will never be in the way, for they can be hinged o as to fold back against wan on one aido or tho other. Where doora open directly upon sheep aud other pons, such gates are specially valuable to give ventilation and sunshiuo when it is not desirable to turn animals out Ainurioaa Agriculturist. Homo flood Gnrden i'rliiclnlcs. Select a plot of ground that has beet. down in grass for a uumuer of yoars as weeds are less troublesome than in a piece that has been undor cultiva tion. The soil should be preferably saudy loam. It should have a gradual slope to the south that tho sun's ray may strike it more direct and also be sheltered in a moasure from the coo north winds. The first plowing should be doue iu September of the year pre1 vious, and to the groatest depth pos sible, as deep-tilled land suitors muob less from drouth. Stable manure spread broadcast at the rate of twolv ords per acre aud thoroughly worked into the soil to its full depth oaur the plants to send their roots deep down aud thereby gather moisture and nourishment in dry time. Deepoross plowiug and harro in after the manure has been apreai thoroughly mixes the manure and aoil nd gives better results thau mannr ing in the hill and aaves great omonnt of labor. The rows should run north and south if the lay of the laud will warrant it. Hills near to' gather and rowa wide apart let in the aun'a rave and ulve a better onrjortun ity for borse cultivation. Frequent cultivation makes the crops grow fast and in dry season la good Irrigation Cultivating und boeing in the early morning when the dew (a on is far prtferablo to doing it in ihs beat of the day, few Jfioginua uonrostosa, .a. .m. .AMmMrnnnrtAArWinrVVri " Mi Ml ! 3 ' ! I I ; FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 8enV' r.IGHTY-THlttD DAY. The Home committee on Invalid pen sions has finally determined to report to the House the Senate bill which has ntlractcd widespread attention in Grand Army circles nnd is known ns the "Grand Army bill." the final draft of the bill aggregate the disabilities under which application mav be made for pen sion under the act ol June 27. 1890. The other radical change in existing law is j the changing of the rate of income of a soldier's widow from the present rate of $01 a year to an "actual net income of Jso a year." The House committee of commerce lias substituted the Sherman bill for the construction of a Pacific cable, in place 01 tne bill recently passed by the hen- Btc. It differs from the Senate bill in providing construction by private con tract under government supervision. EIGHTY-FOURTH DAY. The House passed the navnl appro- piation bill. The Senate passed resolu- ons calling upon the secretary of wnr or information as to the nl owances made to nrniv officers stationed in Cuba nnd Puerto Hiro, nnd the sums expend ed in providing quarters, equipages and oiner conveniences lor them. The House committee 011 labor amended the eight-hour bill so as to make it apply to nil contracts for the government under penalty of $5 for each clay a laborer is required to work over eight hours. KIG11TY-FIFTII DAY. 1 he House entered upon considcra oll of the tiostoffice nnoronriation bill. The minority of llie roiittnittee riicnt- ed from the provisions in the bill rclat- ng to the extension of the pneumatic ubc service, special fast mail facili- cs and the case of railroad transporta tion, and these were the main subjects of contention. At the Courr d'Alene tiivrittirnlion hopes were expressed that the inquiry would be brought to a close within the next 10 days or two weeks. It has now proceeded marly two months. F.IGIITY-S1XTH DAY. The interstate commerce committer made nn adverse report to the Senate on the bill to increase the powers of the interstate commission. The Senate daccd it on the calendar, so that it mav be called up. t Me committee authorized a favorable teport upon the bill to prohibit the. is suing of free railway Passes, except as a'ttboricd by existing law. llie House committee on labor order ed a favorable report on the bill ex tending the eight hour law to all con- ract work done for the government. EIGHTY-SEVENTH DAY. The House broke all records by pass ng 01 private pension bills. Anionic them was one to pension at $40 a month the widow of Col. John M. StotzcnberR, of the First Nebraska, who was killed in the Philippines. The conference re port on the Hawaiian government bill was adopted and now goes to the Presi dent. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The P'sh to Alaska has bcf.un. The California cold output for (mounted to ?l5..V,o.o',f. 1 lie customs iceeiots at Havana, nba. during March, were $1.47.000. EiiKhmd wants about mono American horses for t'sc in South Africa. Several trolley lines in France will ic superceded by automobile staire ines this year. Earthquakes in New Britain and the u-tivity of the Matupit volcano have auscd alarm. The American forestry building has )een shipped from Chicago to the Paris :xposition in sections. War trophies from Lieutenant Hob- 011 have arrived nt New York City on he bark Adolnh Obrig, from Ilonu Kong. Atlantic liners leaving New Vorl; ity arc by no means crowded, despite iredictions ol a rush to the Pnris cxpo- ition. The per capita circulation of money n the United Stiles at the present time 's Sjh.js the hiklicst point tier attain- d. . During the fiscal year oAoon Italian milligrams have landed 111 the Limed Stales and since April I nearly 20,000 nave arrived. An anarchist plot at Ancona. Italv. lias been discovered, nnd the recipients A a number o( seized letters from Paris ind America bnyc been crrcstcd. Lieutenant Herbert Whipple. Scventn avalry, while dining at New York City, ound a pearl in an oyster patty which, iclore cooking, had been worth $.xj.- )CO. All England celebrated Primrose day. he anniversary of Lord IJcaeonsficld's loath. Queen Victoria sent a massive wreath of primrose for his grave nt lughcndcn. At n recent conference of the Mormon "hurch. George Q. Cannon compl.rncd hat there never was in the history of he church such an absence of respcctt or its authority as now. Eight automobile stage linos will be n operation in this country within two iiomhs. Tliev will be in Ohio. Penn sylvania, California. Illinois, Wiscon- iin. Tennessee and Virginia. The military commission sitting, at rnlamba, P. I., which has been consid ering the cases of Filipinos accused o( irigandagc, has found thrtc native: ruilty nnd sentenced them to fiftt: w :i tears' imprisonment. Cwiss Trade in Ihs Soudan, Switzerland for some time has had n successful export business with tin Soudan, especially in watches and jew elry. The export business with Tripoli; which has suffered revival, as the cara' vans to the interior going to Africd from Tripoli will now be increased in number since the deleat of the rebels in the Soudan. Timepieces and jewelry to the amount of 1.379.150 francs ($275, 830) were exported from Switzerland te the Soudan regions in 1K07. and this wat increased to $416,800 worth in 1898. Thi Orlsntal 11 Travslsr. Contrary to the ordinary accepted be-i lief, the Oriental is by nature a traveler1 when he gets the opportunity, and th extent to which he will travel is enor mous. On the 660 miles of govern ment lines in Japan, for the year iHyKj there were carried no lewer than as. 300,000 passengers, an average Uer mild ol 43. coo. lhe averatre numlier ul nas- Itengeri per mile of railway in tht Unit- jea states is aoout 3,000. KEYSTONE STRTE NEWS COUSEi TENSIONS GRANTED. Venerable Prsachir Celebrate! till Ninsliolk Birthday A Sad Slats of Ignorance A Bloody Trag:d) b; Foreignirt. Among the pensions granted last week wire Henry H. Hewitt, Pliillips burg, $8; Robert U. McComb, New Castle, $7i: Nathan Burditk, West Hickory. $12; George Bochimcr, Hotitzdale, $12; Alexander Hamilton, Latrc'bc. $12: Lorenzo Flowers, Heav er Falls. $S: Margaret Cnrtin. Reynolds- villc, $8; John C. Stuehal. Derry tion. Nvestmorcland, $2 to $27; CunniuBlinin, llolivar, Westmorc $8 to $12: lacob U. Ridey. Oakdale leffhcny. $8 to. $10: John VV. Pro' New Cumberland. $8: Michael St' Phillipsbiirg, $10: Thomas H. McO nell, Johnstown. $S. A man, smooth of tongue and pin' ble with argument, nnd accompar bv a voting woman, is said to h swindled inanv Ilutler county farnu on a Cuban scheme that of scllin land in Mantanza. He claims to repre sent a company connected with the gov ernment. All that the prospective pur chaser was requested to do was to make an application for membership, which was to cost $30, of which $18 must be paid in advance, and the re mainder, S12. to be paid when the agent should appear with the certificate of- membership. . Notorious Hemlock row, about one half mile cast of Irwin, was the scene of another bloody tragedy Sunday after noon, in which Samuel Seba-ky was fatally struck with an axe over the left eye. the blade penetrating the skull. After committing the act Vietorosky took to the hills, with half the colony in pursuit, but he managed to get away. The fight occurred among the Rus sians employed in the Westmoreland shaft, who were celebrating Russian Easter Sunday. Rev. Richard Lea. D. D., of New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, cele brated" his ninetieth birthday Nlonday, and the event was an interesting one. The venerable preacher received at his home several hundred people, mostly neighbors, who calld to congratulate him. Congratulatory telegrams and let ters were received from preachers of hi faith from many parts, and especially did many of his old parishioners of Pittsburg remember him in kindly words. He is in the best of health. A peculiar state of ignorance tvas de veloped nt a hearing before 'Squire Shank, of West Latrobc. The case one of assault and battery and the parties live in Whitney. A 14-ycar-old boy. who was present in the capacity of a witness, when asked if he understood the significance of nn oath, replied th'lt he did not. Further questioning brought forth the startling announcement that he had never heard of heaven or hell. The sale is reported of 400 acres of Connellsvillc etiking coal known as the Hankins tract in North Union township, comprising 400 acres, at $1,150 an acre, being the highest price this coal ever sold for without surface. The purchas crs nre the Thomas Company, of Ohio, ' who bought it to secure a supply of coke for their furnaces. The bicycle sidepatlv commissioners, of Mercer county intend to enforce the collection of the bicycle tax this year and to constrttct a path connecting with those of Crawford and Lawrence coun ties, ultimately forming a path from Erie to Pittsburg. Only $150 bicycle tax was paid in Lawrence county last ' year. The dry weather of the past 10 days, has caused a great many fires to break out in the woods about DnBois. and the city has been almost hidden in a pall of smoke. Booncs''mountain. 10 mile from that place, has been entirely burn ed over and much valuable timber de stroyed. The seventh murder among the color ed laborers at the Spruce Creek tunnel was committeed Tuesday night, when James Taylor aud Jesse Gilchri-t. speak easy proprietors, had a pistol fight. Gil christ was shot in the abdomen and died several hours later. Taylor was wound ed, but has so far escaped arrest. The Sumner mine at Brazmdl. where nn explosion of gases several months), ago resulted in the death of a number of men; has been sold to W. P. Bonncy, a well-known coal operator, who for a number of years was connected with the coal interests of the estate of the late W. L. Sco-.t. S. D. Ray and T. A. Schaeffer bought the Bcllcfontc shirt factory, which was closed last week on account of difficulty with the employes. E. J. Witters re moved the factory there last November from I.ititz. The new management ex- pects to be in active running order next week. A posse of deputy sheriffs Friday swooped down on Farmer John Rus sell's home, in Beaver county, overpow ered and handcuffed Russell and forci bly carried him and his wife from the premises, tliey having refused to obey a writ of ejectment. William A. Stanton, a Fituburg. capi talist, has purchased j.88j acres of virgin canister lands near Harrishurg for $14, 400. Extensive quarries will be opened and 300 men piven employment. The market for the stone will be found in Johnstown and Pittsburg. United States officers have arrested Stanley J. Powers. 60 years old. living near Black Walnut, Bradford county, on the charge of counterfeiting. A num ber of molds and some metal was found) in his house. Some years ago Power served 13 jears for murder. Rev. Dr. Irvine, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church. Huntingdon, who was deposed hy Bishop Talbot, refuse to recognize the bihop's authority until it is enforced by the supreme court of Pennsylvania. The lead manufacturing plant at Penn. Westmoreland county, recently reclaim ed from the lead trust by Price brothers, will resume operations, it is said, within the next few days. The works have been idle for two or three vears. About 300 men will be piven employment. Lightning St iday night set fire to the sheep barn f John T. Burnside near Canonsburg, '.V'ashington county, ami the structure was entirely consumed, with ,iq head o re-istcrcd sheep. A barrel of tutwntine exploded in' the basement of Carter Bros.' depart ment store r.t Mercer, doing heavy dam age, lanivfc Brennan, u clerk, was over come by smoke and in leri 111s coo dition. 9
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