A Connecticut farmer proposes to
reconstruct tbe flnrden of Kden, but
lie doc not export to have it rend
beforo tlie full.
The boy who "lint the Prince ol
Wales boenuse L'nglnnd fought tin
Jlonrs mnnt think tho I'.nglish sover
eign linn nnmotliiiiK to do with run
ning the government,
Tbe adoption of a marriage license
law iu Wisconsin reduced the uumbor
of marriages In Milwaukoo from 4-0(1
In 1808 to 2810 iu 18UU. Tho oitj
bad formerly boon the "UiotnoOrcou"
for couples from states adjacent to
Wisconsin.
Hince 18511 tho population of lie
land has dimininlvcd by ono-half, while
the taxation per head hns doubled.
In the same period of time tho popu
lation of Kngland has largely Increased,
while tho taxation per head has dimin
ished by about one-half.
According to tho annual report ol
the ludiau agent which have jnxt
been received at Washington and com
piled the aboriginal population of the
country at the clone of lust year win
.117,80,". Of these 4:t,r',)7 can rend
and f:),:)14 can epenk English well
enough to hold an ordinary poiivorsn
tion. Over $3..",000 has bocu con
tributed by religious aociotios and in
dividuals for their instruction, which
is carried out by 407 niiiinionarics.
The Manila papers say that a for
tune awnits the man who shall put up
ice plant iu tho larger citios aud
towns of the l'liilippino Islands. The
only ice plant iu tho archipolago is
that at Manila, which is ownod by the
government; aud after the govern
ment has taken all the ice it needs for
hospital and other purposes, tho re
mainder is sold to tho soldiers, shop
keepers and natives. Tho supply is
altogthor inadequate to tho demand,
aud tho prices charged are Baid to bo
"outrageous."
Hiuce tho board of education in
Boston has provided luncheons for its
public, school children at nominal
prices, it is snidthnt markod improve
ment in the health of pupils is notice
able. The scheme has been iu oper
ation only about three years, and was
brought abont after much agitation
and predictions of failure However,
the experiment hns proved a succoss,
and has been made to pay its way,
tbe substitution of wholesome Boups
and baked apples for sweets aud pas
try being most beneficial.
A notable feature of Massachusetts
statistics of crime is the comparative
ly recent marked decrease in the num
ber of prisoners. Speculating on the
causes for the decrease, tbe Boston
Herald assigns tbe war as a prominent
one. It turned attentiou to new and
exciting subjects, aud mnuy young
men addicted to drink enlisted in the
army. The improvement of business
has also been a factor in the reduo
tion. Tbe more general employment
of men has taken them out of tempta
tion and reduced the amount of over
Indulgence. Edinburgh, a small town in John
son county, Indiana, uot far from In
dianapolis, is held up as a marked ex
ample of what a municipality can do
with ownership of publio ntilities.
Incandescent lights for business
houses cost only 20 cents a month and
residences 15 cents, the light being
better than that for which Indianapo
lis is paying a minimum price of $1,
the Press of that city reports. Wa
ter is distributed for' the remarkably
low price of 81 a year, and telephones
cost from 50 cents to $1 a month. It
is remarkable that the limited patron
age of a small community can make
such enterprises profitable at ' the
rates mentioned.
Lompoe, in Santa Barbara connty,
California, grows mustard for the
whole nation, according to tbe Ban
Francisco Chronicle. In the region
2000 acres are cultivated to the seed,
tbe industry employing abont 200
farmers. No one employs himself ex
clusively in cultivating the plant, be
cause of its refusal to yield two suc
cessive crops upon the same land. Ac
cordingly the mustard-raiser can only
devote a part of bis farm to it each
aeason. The land from which be bar
vests bis crops this year mast next
year be plauted to beans or barley,
corn, pumpkins, or beets. Iudeed,
results show that it pays to skip two
years in planting mustard, and only
turn tbe soil to its use every third sea
on. What active prinoiple there is in
the soil that is withdrawn by this ex
acting plant to the land's impoverish
ment baa not yet beau determined,
When it baa been learned bow to feed
tbe soil, in order to replace what the
growing mustard withdraws, the in
dustry is expected to assume larger
proportions.
A BACHELOR'S DREAM.
Out on the pnrch stnlil thn scout
lit lionsymn'klB rich with hlnmn,
1 sit ami wntnh (lis enmlnir nlulit,
The lira II Ins ilancliig Iu thn (loom.
Thn mnnn itrnps down behind tho hill,
1 hn slinilnivn ilomtnn on Ihn Imnn
I wnnilvr through Inn yentnrilnvs
With una that walks wllh mil no mora.
1 sen nn old house Inng nmt whin,
Ami hear thn ttluht wimls whinnering 10
Aiirnnn thn fluid uf rustlliiir Cnrn,
Ami oiitton while, iisilrlltnil snow.
Thn porch Is hung with tnngln 1 vlnns,
That hliln thn lnvnrs slltluir thnrn,
Who ilrnnm anil plan with happy smiles,
i or future usys so sweet una inir.
I slip n ring upon hnr tinnit,
him lunns nu inn wild lnvlna trust:
Ah, inn, how Inng thn year hnvn liM.-n,
Hlni'o that Blltn linger turned to ilust.
Anit yet sometime It seems to inn
llui ynslnrnlglit, nml mien nunlu
1 sit liy hr, ami hern mien morn
Tho darkeys singing 1" Hi" lane.
I Imnr again tier hnppy voice
L'pon tlie nlt'lit nir softly Full,
Anil ilremnliiK of thn IK" 1 pliitinnit,
I wnnilur why I lost It nil,
Lnsnl No I ilM not losn It all,
Win waits fur inn snmnwlicri", ami jet
Wlinnn'er I (Imam nf thiisn old day,
My failed evs with mars am W"t.
Ailclln Washer, In Mpplni'iitt's Mtgnr.luc.
THE
J SITU GIRL'S SLIGHT. I
nv 01
BV OPIE READ. i.
JolT Klognii and old man Miittcirsoti
sut at tlio kitcheu tnblo long nflor tho
roiniiins of supper were cle:irol away.
U was a night of remiiiiHcetiro with
tho old man, and ho told of t lid bears
and wolves ho had slain iu tho days
when ToiinosKOfi was young. "My old
grnuililiul Intt mo tlio rillc," said ho,
glancing toward a conior of tho room,
"and many a time I'v.i boon advised
t : have a jiercussiou lock put on it,
lut a lliutlock wan good enough for
him and it's got to lie good enough
fir ma Of course you'vo soon the
gin, but I'll show it to you again."
"It's a beauty," naid JolV.
"Well, yes, unless you can find n
bettor word. Aud let me toll you
something, but you must not say any
thing about it. Granddad was be
ginning to get pretty old and littlo
things had begun to bother hi in. One
of hia daughters married a no-account
eUgo-di'iver, aud his half-wlttod son
ci.t a follow all to pieces at a sawmill.
Ha ho fretted a good deal. Well, ono
Light he was coming homo from a
mtintor, and a man iininod Jiridgo
l'oters with him. All nt onco grnud
dad stops in the road and snys to
llridgo: 'If I only knowod which ono
of thorn Btnrs up thar was my unlucky
star, I'd shoot it out.' Bridge asked
if he thought his gnu would tote thnt
far, and the old tuau hooted like an
owl. 'Don't you worry about that,'
said he, 'Just pick out the star you
think is tho cause of mv bad luck aud
out she goes.'
"Bridge was a sort of reckless fel
low, so he looks up, be does,
and says: 'There she is, that star
off tbore about 15 feet from the
moon.' The old man didn't hesitate a
minute. He raised his gun this hero
old one right here aud she cracked
like a whip and what do you think
happened? Out went tbe star like
snufllu a tallow candle. Bridge be
took to his heels, and it was enongh
to scare any man, but granddad didn't
run. He walked off slow to show the
other stars that he wasn't afraid, but
he begins to git sick at bis stomach,
and be the time be got home ho could
hardly hold up his head. And, sir, ho
laid for four weeks, aud then died
Jeff looked hard at the old man and
said: "I don't believe a word of it."
"How do you account for it?"
"I account for it by not believ
ing it; tbat'a how." Jeff was iu
a sorrowful mood that night, and was
not prepared to believe eveu the most
apparent truth.
"What are you thinkiu' about,
Jeff?"
"Liza Smith and her party."
"Sorter iu the dumps because aha
didn't ask you?"
"Well, I don't like it."
"Why don't you kill her dog?"
"What good would that do?"
"Why.don't you know that tbe best
way to git even with a high-headed
woman is to kill her dog? It is
there's a sort of a charm about it, aud
if you kill a woman's dog, aud the
dou't find out who does it, she'll fall
in love with you. It's a fact; she'll
drap right down iuto pure love. Hay,
that Smith girl has a dog that she
thinks the world of. Why dou't you
kil him as yon go by there tonight
on your way borne?"
"I'm half a mind to. Clot a pistol?"
"No, but yon cau take gi auddad'e
gun."
"Is she loaded?"
"With a double charge of powder
and a slug an inch long."
"I'm half inclined to do it."
"I'll bet. the gal draps down into
the purest sort of love. I jest want
to see it; these ain't nothiu' nuttier
to me than a fust rate artiele'of love."
Only when he was out iu the road
did Jeff realize that he carried the old
gun upon his shoulder. He halted
and, bare of head, sat upon a rock to
let the oool air fan him. From over
the hilltop came tbe bark of the Smith
girl's dog. Jeff pot up and strode
along until he cume within sight of
Smith's bouse. He could bear the
merrymaking of the Smith girl and
bar guests. Through a window be
aaw tbe company danoing; and the
Smith girl danced with a fellow named
Ab Squat. Jeff bated Squat. He
was cross-eyed and low of brow. He
thought that ha saw her smile at
Squat end he gripped bis gun. But
there was no murder in bis baart. He
aspired only to assassinate a dog, Jeff
taw bin oomlug down tbe bill
Tbo dog came at a gallop, out a
rnpor of delight, and before Jeff could
lire, hud licked Ins bniul. I lien there
came a gulp of remorse. He put
down his gun, stroked tho dog and
hugged him in his loneliness, "I
wouldn't hurt you, old fellow," bo
said. "Tlioy thrust you into tho
dnrkiicss,nnd they dou't invito mn out
of it, and so wo nio brotliors. Hollo!
there is tlio moon, brim full, just
above tho tines." The dog whined.
"Just nn well shoot nt it ns to bark at
it, old fellow," ho said. lie took sight
and touchod the trigger. Off went
the gun. And tlinu Jell's heart flow
to his mouth. The moon exploded,
and tho sky was full of Hnry snnkns.
The dog howled. Jeff dropped the
gun and, over logs and through
bushes, tore home. ,
When JofTrenched home the world
was dark nnve the pale ntnrs slowly
weeping out their light. He went to
his room and, sitting at thn window,
strove to reason with himself. But
it was of no n so to reason. He had
seen tho moon liy to piecos and till
the air with with nuako. "There's
no use iu talking, I've done it," be
moaned. "Tho moon is gone. No
uso trying to rcnHongoue.And here
1 am sick nt the stomach, nnd will
keep on getting sicker till I did. l'eo
plo ciiu'l plant their potato crops in
the dark of tho moon, because there
Won't bo any. And when I dio tho
moon will coino buck, aud nil tho peo
ple will bo glad."
Ho wont to bed and tossed for a
longtime, bo slept llunllv, but what
a sloep! Old women coino nnd bogged j
liliu to give thorn liaek the moon.
They couldn't make soap without it,
Maidous came and on their knees im
plored him. There wns to bo no more
lovo-mnkiiig. l'oots flocked from afar
to revilo him; and tho ocean stood
dead, with no tide. Wlion ho awoka
tho sun was shining. ' Aud ho smiled,
believing that it. was all a dream, but
just thou he heard his father talking
in an adjoining room. "Yen, they
worn having a good timo over at
Smith's, but somebody shot out the
moon, nnd "
Joff fell back, sick almost unto
death. They culio 1 him to breakfast,
but he moaned that ho was siek, and
they. let him lie there. He was gag
ging whon his father caino iuto tho
room.
'Whut's tho matter with you.
Jeff?"
"I dou't know, sir."
"What time did you get homo?"
"I I don't know, sir."
'Veem to bo sorter short on know
in', don't you? Wore you nt Smith's
when the moon wns shot out? What's
tho matter with you? Why, you've
got tho nguo. Well, sir, it wns a
funny thing. You know thnt Smith
doesu't like for hia company to stay
late, so ho told tho boys that they
might remain till the moon weut down.
Well, nn ingenious fellow hit upon a
plan. He got hold of a cheoso box,
put a korosono lump in it, pasted a
piece of greasod paper over it aud
just as tho moon was goin' down be
hind the hill, hung the box high up
iu a tree. The old mau cau't see very
well, and it fooled him completely
till some follow came along aud shot
what's the matter with yon? What
are you say in'? Ooiu' to git up, are
you? What makes you cut them
capers? Folks say you look like me,
but I never seod the day that I had as
little sense as you've got," Saturday
Evening Post.
A JAPANESE CHARACTER.
The Crafty JlnrlklliH-inan Hnne and
. Itlovuhio: or Travelers.
Onoto Watauna, the gifted Japan
ese writor, writing of "The Horseless
Carriage of Japan" in The Woman's
Home Compauion, gives thin descrip
tion of the most picturesque laborer
of her native land: "The jiurikisha
man waits at the street corners aud
solicits fares, though this is contrary
to the exact police regulations. How-
over, the jiurikisha man in uot always
ts principled as do might be, anil bas
little, if any, regard for the police or
bis regulations. He has no compunc
tion whatever iu overcharging the
scale of fares set by the police, but as
a rule the customer himself pays bnt
little attention to this. Tho fare is
usually higgled ovor before ridiug,
aud while they walk, aud sometimes
great distances are covered before
terms have been reached. The jin
rikisha-man also generally (unlawful
ly) demauds drink-money, especially
wheu he is forced to wait at tea-bouses
or pleasure resorts on the road. He
it constantly being set on by the
police for charging more than agreed
ou, threatening to put dowu iemule
customers uuless bis demauds are ac
ceded to. A woman hiriug a vehicle,
fur instance, may sometimes find her
velf within impossible walking dis
touco of any town or point', and i
surly man demanding extra fare or
threatening to 'dump' her. Counter
threa's do not ail'ect him. Bettor pay
nnd be done with it. However, when
you huvo inolt.'d his heart with a hand
ful of sen ha be.omes a friend worth
having. It is true he may 'spot' you
as one whom it is worth his while to
keep in touch with during your visit in
the city, aud yon will find it difficult to
leave your hotel without encountering
hiiu bard by, importunately soliciting
your patronage, though on each and
every occasion lie will call to you as
though you were an utter stranger to
him and be baa never seen you before,
or does uot appear to recognize you as
the person who tipped him ao well tbe
previous day."
Manila la lha Kvanlac
Manila ia as gay as the climate per
mits. Every oue likes to look at bis
host, especially during the late after
noon and evening. The drive along
tbe Lnenta during the bours around
sundown is a aome kaleidosoopio iu
color. Circumstances permuting,
there is plenty of social life in tbe
evening,
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FARM TOPICS
630O0OO0OOOO0OOO0O0OOOOOCC
llcnntr anil tlnernlnes In I'miltr?,
Tho primnry nnd principal objont of
poultry Is usefulness tho secondary
consideration being beauty.
The two requirements being so
closely united that ono can scarcely
scpnrnto thnm. Useful poultry is that
which produces eggs and flesh which
will repay us for tho cost of produc
tion aud leave a profit besides. Beauti
ful poultry is that whloli satisfies the
eye, regardless of any returns for the
oust of raining. Beauty nnd usefulness
combiued should then be the on
main object which poultry breeders
should strive for. A nsoful fowl that
produces flesh and eggs one that Is
of a defined typo, as outlined by the
standard of pnrfontioti and beautiful,
as judged from beauty's standpoint,
should not and cannot fail to be tho
money-making fowl for the farmer or
poultry mini,
Htrivo to oombine boanty and utility,
as by so doing you mny uot only reap
a profit but nt tho samo timo satisfy
that Inherent desire to possess better
fowls than any of your noighbors have.
attaining Cum Kmlilnr.
An agricultural writor hns said that
if corn stalks bio steamod they will
Ibo equal to ensilage. It is certainly
a remarkable statement to bo made nt
; this period of time. There can be no
I nossible in omuls for nueh a noneliisloii.
Ensilage as it commouly exists in
this country is not only valued for
its succulence, which no treatment of
dry forage could possibly equnl, bnt
it contains corn, iu greater or loss
quantities. Thn purposo of ensilag
ing is to proscrvo forage in a natural
ly succulent state, or practically so,
because iu that state, wholher fed in
the field or from tho silo, it gives
better results. Steaming corn stalks
can add nothing to thoir intrinsic
value, aud if it cannot, we shall be
nnablo to make thorn as valuable as
silage by the process. It is claimed
that it renilors forage more digostible.
This is an error. It makes the pro
tein loss digestible. Cooking grain
for animals is advinablo, under somo
conditions, but the advantages in
cooking grain do not extend to cook
ing forago, nnd especially not to the
extent that Is claimed liy tho writer to
whom reforonce has been made. Tho
Epitomist.
Value nf Dairy lllnml.
In spite of all that has bnon nnld on
tho subjoct of farmers nml dairymen
taking advantage of the good work
that has boon done by others in tho
lino of brooding, a good many still
have a strong bias towards breeding
np for thomselvos, and virtually creat
ing a new brood or a new strain of an
old breed. The erroneous opinion is
bold that it will pay a man to breed,
feed nnd select to get both hoifor
calves and bulls. This is no fancy
oouditiou, but au actual fact, that
men are yet brooding grade bulls to
put at the head of their herds.
Uur best dairy strains have been
dovolopod by tho work of thousands
of persons for hundreds of years. It
has been a very gradual evolution,
but it has resulted in giving us breeds
like the Holstoins and Jerseys. The
value of dairy tlood is a thing that
can bo learned only by experience.
The men that have used only tbe best
strains of pure bred dairy bulls have
developed dairies that are to-day
bringing them in a golden harvest.
They appreciated the faot that bulls
whose mothers have proved phe
nomenal milkers are likely to have
daughters that are at least exoollent
milkers, and in two or three genera
tions we have seen their native cowa
with small udders give place to beau
tifully formed dairy animals with
large udders. It cost something for
the aervioes of tbe bulls that wrought
this change, but the expense bas been
far less than the value reoeived. When
our farmers come to really understand
the possibilities in good breeding a
new day for American dairying will
bave dawned.
A Good Markalman.
A farmer must be a skilful prodnoer
of crops, but this is only one-half of
suooess. He must also be a good
marketman or bis business will not
prosper. There is a great difference
in men in this partionlar; some are
good business men, others are not,
and farming, just iu proportion as
tbey fail iu tbe latter, fail to make a
full success of the business of placing
their crops on the market to best ad
vantage. A crop well grown is only
balf way to market, and some of cur
best farmers fail to make a financial
success because they do not possess
abilitiea iu the line of selling their
crops.
A good marketman needs to be a
genial, candid, clever sort cf a man,
but shrewd and full of charaoter and
purpose as woll. He neei'.s consid
erable grit, and must not be easily
discouraged. Just beoause the flrBt
man who is asked to buy refuses or
else offers a prioe below actual mar
ket valuation, the marketman should
not allow himself to be seized by a
pauio and offer bis load for less than
it should bring. He must be a man
who knows human nature, under
stands men and oan meet them and
work out bis own part as well.
Cutting under in price should b
avoided, as after a prioe baa been out
it becomes a preeedeut for future
sales, and it is difficult to raise It again
upon tbe old basis of trade.
A goad marketman is born, not
made, to a great extent. Yet any man
can improve by car4 and observation.
It ia certainly of tbe highest impor
tance tbatorops shduld be well sold ai
well aa well growuj M. Sumner Per
kins, in National llural.
It's bard for
average man M
wallow bis.pridl
rlthout choking.
FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
Senate.
NINr.TY-Sr.CONl) DAY.
Tn the llic'nc I'hc SiiihIc bill I
amend the general f tc -- m lawn so ns
tj provide fur nggrcgniing diHnliililic
under the net of iKijo without regard to
service origin nml to Increase the net
income n widow niav have without ,le-
stroying lu r right to a pension from $ii
to jj.V) was pnswil without a dissenting
voice. 'Hie luirponco I the bill is to
modify rulings of llie pension office In
accordance with the recommendations
of the i. A. K.
The bill l i increase flic appropriation
for the national cnard from $oo,cot to
$l,oon,ooo, also was ntnong those pass
ed. Mr. Steele, of Indiana, in support
ing Hie bill, paid he militia of New
lork, rctinsylvaia and Ohio a high
compliment.
NIXKTY-TMIKI) DAY.
The 1 louse devoled hi,,h ,, 1c jMIP
to (lie consideration of private bills re
ported Irniii the committee on claims,
and ten bills were passed. 1 lie most
important was a hill to remit the penal
ties imposed l.v the government on the
Union Iron Works, of San Kraiicism,
the builders of llie monitor Monterey,
for lu r failure to make cipiilr.n l speed.
The detailed t itcmciit sent tothe Sen
ate of llie rust of tin- I'nris exposition
commission from llie date of its organ
isation to I)( Tcinlicr .11. iSrs, shows that
the total amount paid for salaries vas
tidj.yiH, and for traveling expenses,
NlN'KTY-l-OCKTIt DAY.
The House ronuni'trc nn inlerslnte
and forciKti commerce submitted a fa
vorable report on the I'.rosius pure food
bill, which is intended to prevent t lie
adulteration, misbranding and imitation
of beverages, foods, candies, drugs and
condiments and to regulate interstate
commerce in sveh commodities. The
bill proposes to create a rliemir.il bu
reau of the ai'rieiiltnral department to
,n .-h-rot,! ."'i tl.c inspection of foods
nnd drug products.
NINI-rv-i in ii DAY.
The House passed a bill to allow trav
el commutation of (our rents per mile
to discharged officers and soldiers. All
records were broken by the passage of
iKo private pension bills, among them
one for $ioo a nioiilh to the widow of
Gen. Guy V. Henry.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES
It Weekly Rsvlew ol the Happening Through
the Labor World In this and
Olher Countrlet.
fiver ion stoker nrc required to feed
:he fire of n fast Atlantic liner.
The granite polishers in Barrc, Vt.,
itruck ior an right-hour day.
Muilding operations in Kast St. Louis,
111., nrc at a standstill and l.ooo men arc
int.
I'.lcvcn hundred woodworkers in
Minneapolis, Minn., struck for an in-
rrnse m wages.
Six hundred men employed in the
nine factory at La Salle, III., have struck
or an advance in wages.
The working population of New York
City is estimated at about 1.700,000, in
1 total of .1.000.000 person.
Cutter in seven granite nunrrirs in
Maine have struck on being refused a
new scale of hours and wage.
One hundred unci seventy-five union
:orcmnkers at Detroit, Mich., struck for
in increase from $1.75 to $.25 per day.
Building trades contractor in Kan
sas City, Mo., refused demand for in
creased wages and about 1,000 work
ingmen struck.
Union trranite cutter in ClevelnnH
O.. were granted their demand for an
eight-hour day and twenty per cent, in
crease in pay.
All the freight conductors and brake-
men on the Montana Central Railroad,
Montana, went out as a protest against
1 new time schedule.
The strike in the building trade in
Chicago has been on now for more than
four months, and has cost the laborers
alone fj.ooo.ooo.
Waiter girls in Munich restaurant
seldom receive any nay from their cm
ploycrs. Their fees amount to from 50
cents to s a clay.
Striking union carpenters in Boston,
Mas., who asked for eight hours and
$l $o a day, had their demands acceded
to by lorty-hve firms.
New York City is on the verge of
nelp famine, femnloymcnt aircncic
declare that it is impossible to supply
tne aemanu tor servants.
At New Brunswick. N. J., the masons
and bricklayers struck for forty rents
an hour anil an eight-hour day. They
have been getting $3 for a nine-hour
day.
A table prepared by the Indiana bu
reau of statistics shows that flic average
annual earnings of journeymen in the
State in iwj wfre S577.7A a daily aver
age. on a basis of $w working days, of
JI.HO.
The railroad telegrapher have, ac
cording to the agreement with the rail
roads, sent notice that within sixty days
they will expect au advance in wages
from ?4S to $55 per month as the mini
mum rate.
Trades union hitherto have been
hut little known in Paris. It now is an'
nounced that the .1.000 assistants employ
cd in the three great shops, the Bon
.Marcnc. Louvre anc! hamaritaine. are
meditating the organization of an asso
ciation of tins kind.
In restoring the White House recent
ly while the workmen were painting the
doors they discovered that they were
of solid mahogany, but owing to some
mistake the original wood had been
painted in imitation of walnut. The
paint was at once scraped off and the
doors restored to their pristine state
The Nova Scotia Southern Railway
now being built, will be 117 mile long
including New Germany to Shelburne,
77 miles: Indian Gardens to Liverpool
jo miles; Sable River to Lockeport, ao
miles.
The Perils el Panama.
Valuable infomat:on was fn'iished
last winter to Washinrtrn offinal co"
eerning Fanamn conditions by David
W. BaMlett. who died recently at
SnrineMd. Mass. Before de Lfr
far-'eacbina' scheme had been exploit
ed Mr. Bartle't took a contract to bn:M
1 a mile of railroad on the ihm. H
took with him laxi men. and left behind
on th isthmus more than ion graves
malarial fever bein- a ovr-iowerini
adversary to all exrent f sronge "f
constitutions. Drr" the havoc, Mr.
Bartlett carried out his contract.
JENSIONS GRANTED.
Spent Ovor forty Yean In Bed Church
Wrangle Rriulli In Pastor Roilgning.
Hull 8lorm at Toledo.
l'eiuions granted l.i'l week n follows:
I'eter Sarhmis, Johnstown, $M; William
Ogdcit, Waynesbtirg, $H; John I. Sit
ttian, Johnstown, $K; Andrew C. Glass,
Bedford, iftJ; Wilson Cromer, Last
Salem, $10; William Cnrnugry, New
Castle, $0; William Wilson, Licllcfoiitc,
$K; John W. Adams, llraddock, $6;
Joint W. Dsugherty, Indiana, Geo.
J. Irons, 1 lollnlnysliiirg, $10: William
N. Jones. Canonsliurg, $13; Dallas L.
Crosby, Corry, $10; Andrew N. John,
Coal Center, $17; Casper Kettering,
Apollo, $10: Alexander D. I'ttgh,
llookstowu, jf: Samuel Homer, Johns
town, fio; William Mays, Osceola
Mills, $10: Francis M. Fl'erk. Spring-
dale. $M; Conrad C. Smith. Johnstown,
JH: fame llenrv. ('onneatit Lake, $10;
William Flack. P.cllcfontc. $; Nimrod
MrKlcar. lolup-town. S10: John K. F.ck-
rrt, l'elhfontc, Su: Henry II. Stiencer,
Canton. $14: George F. WVrkhciscr,
Stroiubburg, tH: Frank S. Ho'linsworih,
Wayneslif.ro. fin; i.abricl H I'ott,
Icnniiftlf. SKt Soti'iromn m . Million!.
i'ottcrbrook, $u: F.lialuth Smiley, Ve-
renin, $K. I
The report that the Dunhnr Furnace I
Co. had sold it interests nt Dunbar, in- I
eluding the new furnace. Hill farm and I
l'arrish coke works, to Ohio capitalists, I
ha been denied by officials of the com- 1
pa 11 v. The new furtnee will be finish- 1
ed i!y July I, and will have a capacity 1
of over 100 tons every 2t hours. The
l'arrish coke works, which have been
shut down for several months undergo
ing repairs, will be put in blast in sev
eral days.
The asphalt trt:t i to be given a stiff
fight in 1'ittsliMrg and many of the
larger cities of the country. The prime
factor in this fight will be the Globe
Asphalt Conipary, inenrpnrat-d in West
Virginia a few (lav ago. and which ha)
opened hraditinrter in I'ittsliiirg. This
company has opcncil mine at lioleta.
Lai., and the supply ol crt' ie asphalt
available is estimated by the expert
that have examined it at upward of 5,-
xxi.ooo ton.
'I he largest cr al deal in Fayette coun
ty for many months was completer
Thursday. The Washington Coal and
.1
Coke Conitianv. of Star Junction, pur
chased from the Cook heir
nnd heirs of David Wagner,
151 acre of coal land in Irank
Wagncr, .1M acre of coal land in Frank
lin township. The price paid was $5501
an acre, the highest ever paid for coal
in flic county, outside of the Connrlls-
villc vein of coking coal.
Man for another great electric rail
way system which will cover all the
towns of the Monongahcla valley have
been completed, and the Monongahcla
Street Railway Company expects to be
running car through to Charleroi, via
Monongahcla. West F.brabeth and tlie
other big town along the valley with
in another year. The charter for the
company was prantcd at Ilarrisburg
yesterday.
Tnesdnv the looted bank at Last
Brady resumed bitsine and is receiving
deposits nnd attending to matters as
usual. Cashier Mill nutnori7es inc
l:ilement lliat all losse. aside from thd
locked boxes stolen, will be paid in full
bv the bank. He estimated the money
Ins nf the two bank at les than $4,000.
The old liank will have about $1,000 of
this to make good, while hi personal
loss in money will be about ?i,5oo.
Prohibitionist of fhe Eighth district
composed 01 .oriiiain)iiou. t'l'""";
I V . . 1- . ....... AfnnA
Carbon and fike counties, nave nomi- .
natcd Rev. L. I-., liixon, pastor 01 r.as
3troud5burg Methodist Church, for
Congrcs. Rev. Dixon i the man who
recen tly prayed that "God Almighty
would strike the big brewery which had
been built bv Scranton capitalist with
lightning and had his prayer answered.
The South Fork Fire Brick Com
pany has been organized at Johnstown,
composed of Edward A. Barry, man
ager, treasurer and secretary, of Johns
town: W. I. Stineman. of South Fork,
president; N. A. Loper, of Johnstown,
superintendent of work; H. C. Stine
man. of South Fork, and John M. Rose
v., c t..:l. .1.. ...ill
01 jonnsiown. n. nrc uinit yiam "
he erected nt So'-th Fork at once. xw
Thursday housekeeper or Buffer
were terrified bv the sudden appearance
of a swarm of flies or bugs that invadcifA
the houses and literally oiacicenea
floors and walls, they were so numerous.
The flies were long and slim and not
unlike young cockroaches in appearance
jnd in movement. After the first sweep
ing out of the little pests they disap
peared as mysteriously as they came.
"Not guilty" wa the verdict of the
jury, and Charlc Robinson, the Spruce
creek telegraph operator, who riddled
with bullet the body of John O'Ncil.
betrayer of his wife, on the morning of
January 17, is a free man. The jury re
tired at 10 o'clock Friday morning and
at t o'clock a verdict was reached. At
d. Atlf
quittai j I
first the juror stood nine for acquittal
and three for conviction.
A concreirational vote tn the rwin
Prcshvterian Chvrch resulted in the
members indorsing the efforts of Bur
cess Rodgers to stop Sunday desecra
tion. Sunday eelling of liquor and to
clean out the dives. A liveiy crusade
will be begun. The buracs threaten
to raid the colony of foreign miners be
cause of their rowdyism.
The Midland Coal Company has be
gun the work of opening mines on
Plum run. near Hotistonvi'le. Washing
ton county. The mines will employ sev
eral hundred men. The charter ha been
secured for a railroad one mile in length
to connect the new mines with the
Chartiers Valley railroad at Houston
ville.
Joseph Angremyer. of near Kinsman,
was probab'v fatally injured Tuesday
morning while cleaning out a well. He
wss sajustinv t rope to a tree wnen no 1
fell first striking- a fence and then rolUJ
iner into the well, a distance of 40 feT
He was rescued shortly afterward, but
cannot recover.
Benjamin F. May. sTieriflf of West
moreland county, wa seriously injured
in a runaway accident. A rear wheel
fell off the wagon he was driving am
the horse ran away. Sheriff May wa
thrown vMeni'v to the ground, eustain-
ing a v-vc ii-viiiler. a fracture ot
lev and ot'.rr iniunet.