In the case of boy criminals It It Lard to draw the line between new fashioned, psendo-sdentiflo dogenor acy and old-fashioned viclonsness. It is estimated that at least one half the acreage of the western c tin ties of Iowa will be giren over to the raising of angar beeta the present sea ion, if the outcome of tests be favor able, as soil cheraista think it will German; ia keenly alive to the ne cessity of knowledge of the langnngea of the countries in which they foresee advantages for trade. German com mercial schools have asked the Kns aian ministry of finance to aid them in procuring teauheri of the Russian language. Whatever auyone may think about the feasibility of abolishing corporal punishment, there is no one in the conntry who does not think that a school that is orderly without whip ping and scolding is vastly better than one in which order is secured by either. What more is needed? asks the Journal of Education. The Han Francisco Call, speaking of the prejudice in France and Germany against American frnit, remarks: "That prejndice will be weakened if not wholly overcome by the effects of the object lessons of the exposition, aud throughout the civilized world there will be a widening demand for the rich and luscious products of Cal ifornia orchards." The fad of writing letters from the first to the third page of the paper and then back to the second page, making the third the second page and the second the third, has its dangers, for a will written in this fashion has come to grief. The law provides that will shall be signed by the testator at the end thereof. What is the end is a question raised by this new-fangled way of writing. In a case which 'has just passed through the highest court of New York state the testator wrote the will on three aides of a folded paper, commencing on the first page and continuing on the third page, at the top of which was written "sec ond pnge," and completing and sign ing the instrument on a page marked "third page," which in fact was the second page of the sheet. The judge held that the will was not signed at the physical end as required by the statute. The law does not contem plate going backward in order to get forward, and the will was refused pro bate. The school children of Utica, N. Y., have been enlisted in the good work of collecting for destruction the eggs of the brown caterpillar, which worm worked havoo last year on the foliage of the trees in the city aud vioinity. Incidentally the children are learning something about insect life. The eggB of the destroying worm are found in rings on the ends of twigs. These twigs are broken off by the children and carried to the schools for numeration, the committee on eco nomics of a local club having offered a prize of 83 to the school destroying the greatest nnmber of these egg rings. A better stiinilus, in its appeal to the pocket seuse of the young col lectors, is the offer made by one of the teachers to her pupils to pay ten cents per hundred for the rings brought in. Each ring is estimated to be capable of hatching out 200 worms, and in one month the work of the children resulted in the de struction of some 10,000,000 of the pest. The work will be continued up to the hatching time. -i A decision of considerable import tauce was rendered on appeal at Koch ester, N. Y., by Judge Sutherland. The circumstances were as follows: The inveutor of a gasolene carriage was sued by a tradesman for damages, due to a runaway caused by the horse less vehicle. Judgment was given to the plaintiff, and the defendant ap pealed the case, with the result that the judgment was reversed. The court said: "If one should find it desirable to go baok to the primitive methods and trek along a city street with a four-os team and wagon of the prairie sohooner variety, it would pos sibly cause some nneasiness in horses unused to such sights. Yet it could not be actionable, in my opinion, if a ruuaway should result, provided due care were shown not unnecessarily to interfere with the use of the highway. Bicycles used to frighteu horses, but no right of action accrued. The tem porary inoonvenieuce and dangers in cident to the introduction of these modern and practical modes of travel upon the highway must be subordinate to the larger and permauent beueflts to the geueral public resulting from the adoption of the improvements h scieuoe and inventive skill havj THE CHANCES OTHERS HAVE. "I might be rlnh, I might be great," I heard one saitly ssy, "Conlil I hare hod my mostnr'a ebaaoe to start npon the wnyi Had he been placed where I was placed, men would not praise his nmi Had 1 been favorod as he was I would have (jrentor fame! They that Ignore me now would all be syoo- plinnts, to dnnon Attendance on me here 1(1 had only had his channe." The wires whereby men's messages are sent benefits the sons, The gleaming rails o'er which men speed what time they loll at esse, The graceful domes that rise until they seem to pierce the sky. The mighty ships that clove the main as fast as eoule fly, The disks and lube through which men see o'er space's brood expanse, Are not the works of him wno sighed to have some ether's chance. The songs that live through oenturlne are not the songs ot men Who longod tor favors others knew and tossed away the pent The names upon the noble arch that makes the artist glad Are not the names of men who yearned for ehnnnes others had! Of all the wonders of oar age that rise at every glance None came from him who might do much had he some other's obancn. . K. Klsor. THE iErrii Horatio Forpt BY ANNIE HAMILTON DONNELL. "Him Horatio Mixer married? No, he hasn't ever been, quite!" "Quite married?" "Yes, not quite." Lncretia adjustel her sewing glasses and sorted out two or three patchwork squares. The suggestions of a story were in her face. Then she1 was rocking gently, and the rocker gave forth ita familiar creak which was a suggestion, too. When Luore tia'a chair creaked in that way, her hearers settled into their chairs and waited. It was only a matter of wait ing "Well, there's them that are absent minded and there's them that are ob-sent-miuded," Lncretia said. "I sup pose you've noticed that? Horatio Mixer's the lattermost kind land, vesl I have not been to the North Pole nor to the Month Pole, but if I bad 've, I slionldn t ever have rnn ncross his equal anywhere on the way not for absent-mindedness. She tried a pink triangle with the chocolate ana then a blue one, either exactly met her ideas of har mony, and finally, with a sigh, she substituted a vivid green. "Yes?" some one said, suggestively. "He was never entirely married, you said, Lncretia?" "The green'lldo," she decided, and then returned to her story. "No, but he got pretty near it as near as the postoflice!" The creaking waxed a little trem ulous, as if the ohnir were laughing with Lncretia. Of course every one else was. There was something cou tagious in Lnoretia's silent mirth. "To this day I haven't got over it!" she gasped. "Nor I guess Ckoty Gove hasn't nor Horatio. He hasn't been to the postoflice siuoe. My little Jerry gets his mail." She threaded her needle slowly. "Poor Horatio!" she smiled. "No, he hasn't been since he came so near getting married. Land, yes, I sup pose I might as well np aud tell the whole story I I've got your appetites whetted up!" "I should say sol Mine's as sharp as Uncle Nehemi' Cast'e's scythe!" Polemia Dunn exclaimed. This was a neighborhood pleasan try, but Lucretia'o mind was on Horatio's narrow escape from matri mony, and she let it slip by unappre ciated. "It was this way: nobody but Horatio Mixer conld 've doue it. Laud, not But Horatio's equal to anything absent-minded tinder the light of the moonl He and Cicely concluded to get to the parson'a and get spliced. Oicely'd gut all her fix ings ready, and there didn't seem any nee putting it off any longer. Ho Horatio harnessed np. It was a good two miles to the parson's. They started along about two o'clock, ao as to get there betwixt hay aud grass, so to speak." "Well? Well, Lncretia?" "'Twarn't well," chuckled Luoretia, unfeelingly. "Horatio's unlucky star rose early that day and ajared! I calculate 'twas right up overhead by the time they got to the postollco. Cicely said she guessed they might as well stop and get the mail poor Cicely! as 'twas weekly paper day. Bo Horatio went in and shut the door of matrimony behind him. Ciaely heard it slain, but she didn't realize what it meant 8he aet out there holding Horatio'a horse and waiting. She waited two mortal hours!" "Lncretia!" "Two mortal hours. Theu Cicely he climbed over the wheel and went home. The horse kept On waiting land, he'd have waited till crack of doomsday! He was acquainted with Horatio." ' "But Horatio, Lncretia?" "Horatio? That's what I say! Well, you see he'd run serosa Hauuibal Biu ney, aud that reminded him of Hannibal'a yoke of steers. He'd been plauning, off and on, to swap his mowing machine for tUeiu. They got arguing, and argue 1 themselves out of the back door, nc.uss lots, to Hanni bal's. It was two hours or so later thut Horatio came back, towiug the steei s. Ho hitched them ou behiud his wagou aud climbed iu, as self-congratulating as you please. Be was reul tickled. ".Some of the neighbors wee out on the loungiug seats,aud thoy spread it roitud what Horatio did next. It made a good story, after they'd found oat about Cicely. KcaUo took no the reins, looking kind of pnzzled, they saTfl": 'Wern't there something else I wss going to do?' he ruminated, out loud. 'Seems to me there was an errand. Now where was I going to from here?' "He scratched bis head consider able and then he looked relieved. " 'The parsonage! That's it! I wss going to the parsonage on sn errand. Get np, Molly!' and he rode away, with those two steers capering along he'd forgot them!" Lucretia's bright bits of patchwork drifted to the floor in a rainbow stream. Hhe glanced across at Polemia, and began to laugh again. "Land!" she gasped. "Landl". edited Polemia. "Well?" " 'Well!' I'm glad yon think so. You're the only oue! What do yon suppose that man did then?" "Weut to the parsonage and and " But imagination failed. "That's just what be did! Went to the parsonage snd and aet there in his wagon, with them steers gasping behind, trying to remember what his errand was! Well, after a spell of racking, he remembered. I guess there's where we'd better draw the curtain, my dears. The sun's got be hind the meeting Iiouho, and it's time to b'ile the kettle for supper." And Lncretia went out and loft her gneets sympathizing with poor Horatio, "Didu't Cicely ever forgive hiin, Lncretia?" Polemia went to the door to call out. Lucretia's voice came back to them, plaiutive with the softening effect of distance. "Cicely? No, she didn't. Hhe said she'd find a mau that could get as far as the parson'a front door. Hhe said if ever aha died, Horatio Mixer'd forget to bury her. Poor Cicely!" "Poor Cicely!" Polemia echoed, but her heart was with Horatio. Youth's Companion. THE THUNDERBOLT'S CRASH. An t'p-to-Dt Hnmnnre at the National Capital. "Do not be angry with me, father," pleaded the beautilul young girl in the striped shirt waist "I know I am your only daughter, and all that, and for many years yon have been both father and mother to me, but yon ask me what is impossible." "Then you have come to defy me?" sternly demanded Mouas Moneybags, as a scowl darkened his face. "Not to defy you, father, but to ask you to be reasonable. You desire me to marry Henry White because he once jerked you out of the way of a trolley car.' "I do. He is a jerky young man, and I want him for a son-in-law." "4Sut, think, father. He is simply a clerk and his salary is about $17 per week." "I know, but I have promised him your baud. Any time yon are out of soap and clothes pins you'll find me ready to chip in." "1 cannot do it, father," said the daughter, as she looked into the glass to see if the powder was all wiped off her chin, "1 love Count Kolinsky, and if I cannot marry him I will never, never wed. He is a mnn of millions, and as his wife I can have every wish gratified." "Daughter, do you forget that I am your father?" "I do not but but " "You will marry Henry White. But for him I should now be buried." "Father, I won't do it!" I "Girl!" hissed the father, "I am I worth 83, 000, 001). I should have left it all to you. Now you do not get a ceut. Here is a new will which leaves every dollar to charity. I will sign it and then drive you out to do second work for a living. Behold!" But us he drew the will toward him and dipped his pen into the ink, the nine weeks'drought which had hovered over Maryland aud Virginia and burned the crops to tinder was sud denly broken. There waa a flash of lightning crash of thunder a audden downpour, and aa the girl looked around at her father she found him dead. A hunk of thunderbolt weighing 51 pounds 5 ounces had hit him on the jaw and knocked him out with the new will nnsigned. Two weeks later she became Count esa of Kolinsky, and on her marriage day the jerky Henry White waa sun stroked, and died without recognizing hia washerwoman. Washington Post Cat on Ocean I.I nor. Every large ocean liner carrying passengers always hss on board from nix to ten cats, these being appor tioned to various arts of the ship, as well as appearing on the vessel's books aa regurds the rations they draw. Aud, even beyond this, on most of the great liners, particular employes are instructed to feed daily as a part of their duties certain cats in their part of the ship. And there is pro motion for pussy as well, for any est that is particularly amiable, clever and inte estiug is permitted to enjoy the run of the first or second or third class saloons, according to the popular j vote. In this way oertain of the first ' clae saloon pussies have become quite celebrated, especially on the ! long voyage boats that go to India aud Auatiaha, and the stewards of the various classes are quite commonly eager to push their own favorite cat into first place. Of course, says Tit Bits, there are amazlug favorites with the stall' of the ship that are fine hunters and do not seek "society," When the ship is iu port a certain inaa has the duty of feeding the cats at regular hours, aud of entering the rations iu a book, but every cut on the ship thut has been long there seems to wait with eagerness for, and to reuoguize at ones the professional rat catcher who always goes to work in the hold of every passenger liner wuen it oouie tj dock, aud who lives by ridding ships of rata. FEAST OF THE POPPIES. fleautlfiil Annual Ceremony at a Chnreh Rear the City of Masleo. Among the beautiful customs ot Mexico, which, it is to be hoped, will never pass away, is that of the "Feast of the Poppies." It comes on the Thursday following Kaster day, hence is called "Jueves de Aniapolas," or "Poppy Thursday. " The celebration service ia couilned to very few churches, the favorite oue near the City of Mexico being Our Lady of Carmol, in the town of Han Angel, few miles away in the valley. Iu the churchyard at the last cele bration were devout Indians, who bad brought of their treasures. Poppies with oak leaves in wreaths and bunches, decorated the walls and fa cade of the quaint old building in which converts were made before the first colonists bad arrived in New England. There were poppy-laden booths, and Indian folk, men and women, young people and babies, sat on the ground with their brilliant wares spread around them. In each torner of the yard was a pretty flower decked altnr to Our Lady of Carmel, and to these the Indians lovingly brought more of their fragile offerings. There seemed to be scores of thou sands ot poppies, red, pink onos and white. In the church was a wealth of the same flowers. In the dome over the altar were men and boys, and when the first notes of the "Gloria in Kx celsis" rang out a fairy-like cloud of pink and white and red petals floated from dome aud choir gallery. It was like a snowstorm of exquisite beauty, and the effect was enchanting. The rich coloring of the walls and altnr red, blue, gold and white took on added richness as seen through the poppy cloud. The showers were re peated at intervals through the ser vice. At the close of the service the bells begsn to ring and a procession marched from the chnreh. A cross bearer came first, with the altar boys, who carried candles twined with pop pies. A deacou and sub-deacon with the priest walked nnder a canopy of silk, the pallium and enstedia being held before the eyes of the priest A long string of people carrying pop pies aud other flowers aud lighted candles followed. All knelt at the four altars to pray, and the "lantum Ergo" was intoned by the priest. Bells pealed and music from trumpets and many other instruments rang out, vhile through it all fell more fairy clouds from the church roof and walls of the church yard. Every train and car was loaded with visitors to the lovely village, and all were eager to gather haudful of tue "shower of blessings ' to take home. . The funds for this unique and beau tiful annual ceremony are provided by Seuora Carmen Bonus Lnuda de Han Juan. New York Times. An I'grpllun Main Vi heeler. An Egyptian stem wheeler is bnilt to float over the shoals aud rapids of the Nile. There is no going down long slippery iron ladders to her engine room, for she has no hold, everything being carried above water line cabins, stores, and eugines; in deed, the steam cylinders lie exposed one on either side, and a little forward ot the very primitive-looking stern paddle wheel, which looks more as if it belonged to some agricultural im plement than a steamship. The rea son for this is that, although nearly a 100 feet long, she ouly draws about one foot nine inches of wa or, con sequently she has no downsthi. s. Pro bably those engaged iu the engiue rooms of some of the great liners which ply to the far East would only be too glad if, when going through the Bed sea, they could bring their engiue room on deck, too, instead of seething below iu a temperature which souietimea exceeds 100 and 30 degrees! What wonder they at auch times faiut away, and are brought up and laid on deck, where they are brought rouud roughly but effectively by the freo application of pails of water drawn from the tepid seal Chambers' Journal. Dag "Painted" Chicken.. A dog detective is something new to Knoxville, but an able oue has come to light. Ike W. Lovejoy is the possessor of two setteis, which are known by their pedigree and general ability throughout the country. While strolling the other morning near the Fountain City dummy depot, Mr. Lovejoy and his dogs made a pe culiar find. On rearing a small brush pile one of the dogs suddenly "point ed." As there was no cuauce for flushing quail iu the city limits, Mr. Lovejoy was surprised, and prepared to whip his dog for "lying," when the animal leaped into the brush and came out with a lurgo sack full of leg horn chickens. The fowl had evi dently been stolen aud hidden in the brush. Mr. Lovejoy left the fowls on exhibition at the residence of N. A. Fitzgerald, near the depot Partiea owning the chickens csn get them by calling at tue place mentioned and identifying them. Knoxville (Tenu.) (sentinel. fllnba.Trnttlng Ml Udell ta. German students are returning to the medieval notion of waudering about tue world, ine modern Uoliards, however, are personally conducted aud know beforehand pre isely what their journeys will oost them. Last year they visited Italy; this year 1500 of them will go to Constantinople and to Asia Minor, Ou the way they ill fi eternize with the Boumaiiiau univer sity rtuileuta, who are preps1 i ig a big fruhschoppeu for them in Bucharest A caid iu Morocco who does not furnish the Sultan's olllcer the ex pected amount of tribute is promptly sent to prison, aud Ills place disposed (,'. by uuoticu to t'lS highest bidder. no ooooooooooooooooooooooo farm: topics i 300000000O00OOC ooooooooa A Cure Far Milk fever. ' The followiug is given as a snrt cure for milk fever, and with many it has never been known to fail: "Gel your oow to a nice, level, smooth and shady place, and as soon as possible give twenty-five drops of tinoture of aoonite, and follow as soon as yon can with a kerosene drench, made of one and half pints of fresh lard and hair a pint of kerosene oil; melt the lard, stir in the oil, and give in new milk. Ilepeat in two hours." Magnesia Is Valuable. In recent tosta at the Rhode Island i xpert Station a gain ot abont seven per cent in the crop has resulted fiora the nse of magnesia and it is not improbable that its nse, particu larly in oonneotion with oertain crops, may yet be found to result in more geueral benefit than ia customarily supposed. Lot ns, therefore, divorce our minds at once from the unfor tunate and fallacious idea that we must apply to our soils only the three so-called essentials, potash, phosphoric aoid and nitrogen. Professor II. J, Wheeler. Combinations on Small Farms. Small farms can be made to com bine many advantages. Some poul trymen grow plnms in the poultry yards, and also keep bees. Others grow early vegetables nnder glass aud also grow two or three crops in the open ground. One gardener near Philadelphia makes large profit on four acres, on which he grows onty lima beans. Another makes peas a specialty, following the peas with late cabbage. To attempt to "farm" four acres in the usual way, with wheat, corn, oats, etc, wonld cause bankruptcy. The crops that pay best are those thai require the most haud labor. lKnc-Keeplng Batter. Keeping bntter for considerable length of time is not so tnuoh in vogue as formerly, and is praoticed only to relieve a flooded market or to take advantage of a rise in prioe. The strongest demand is for fresh butter. The keeping quality of butter de pends largely on the ripening of cream, and the skin or tuo cutter maker in removing the bnttermilk. If ripening and rinsing are well done, bntter tubbed carefully and covered with salt should not deteriorate mucu in several months' cold storage. The use of preservatives other than cold is heartily condemned. Chemicals that promote keeping quality are 1 .1 t a .1.- k I unugeruun uuuuurnuiB. xi tue tuiuv Cs of dairying are observed, viz., cleanliness, care and cold, tue keep ing quality will be equal to any reason able domand. A Simple Ilolitlng Arrangement. The wheel and shaft that is found in many farm buildings to aid in raising heavy weights is dooidedly convenient; but a wheel is not easy to make. A simple substitute for the wheel in this hoisting arrangement is shown in the out, where the wheel is replaoed by four arms that have guides at their ends, through which a rope will wind and unwind. The method ot making is plainly shown in the cut. Suoh a devioe is ot the greatest assistance where heavy arti' cles are to be lifted tor weighing or othor purposes. The arms are just as convenient to nse as they wonld be if doubled in number, and rim put npon the onter ends, and are much easier to make. The longer the arms the "Tester the power, ot oonrse, but this form of lifting machinery is very powerful in any cironmstanoe, and quite adequate for raisiug any ordi nary weight Now York Tribuue. Points In Shearing Sheep. The best job of shearing is that which secures the largest amount of wool in the best condition for market without injury to the sheep. It is highly desirable that the sheep be closely shorn and that there should be no second outs. The fleeoe should be kept intact, and torn apart, and the skiu of the sheep should not be wounded. Nearly all the sheep east of the Mississippi Biver are shorn by band, while mauy in the West and on the ranges are shorn with machines. Those who have need machines do not reoommend them tor small flocks of less than 100. It takes two men to handle them aud they are likely to frequently get out of repair. The knives become easily dntled and they have to be sent to the faotory to be sharpened. For large flocks the ad vantages are all in favor of maohlne shearing. The maohinea get from half to one ponnd of wool more from each sheep and leave them nice and smooth and fit to pntonthe market in one-half the timo of hand-sheared sheep. There is little danger of hurt ing the sheep, and inexperienoed men nan handle the maohinea. The gain in wool is not so great with the loug wooled smooth-skinned sheep as those whiob are heavier pelted and wrinkled, neither ' is there so niuoU danger in donble outtlng the flsaou. American Acrrloultmiut. - - A CONVENIENT nOISTINd DEVICE. U STATE El CONDEKSEO PENSIONS GRANTED. latest Cud Ever Recorded In Grocno Cons- ly Tsk'ng Up Thirteen Mist at r-l(S llne-OU.sr Nolo:. rrnlnns tirnntcd last week: Lewis F. McCrov. California. $tn; Henrv Chase, Went Alexander, $to; Robert A. McDonald, Homestead, $12; John Ja :oby, Indiana, $io; George E. Stailey, Everett. $2 Abraham Irvin. Coaliiort. !io; Jacob Gwinncr, Stcelton, $12; ames Black, Canonsburg, $10; Robert U. VVarncck Larimer. $10: Frederick Yockcy. Kittanning, $8; William Put nam, Stuncy Forks, $8; Charles Mc Mannis, lllairnville, $10; Chill W. Haz rd Monongahcla, $50; Joseph E. SI10- mo, Manorvillc, J12; Joseph Kover, I Hiilipshurg, S8j James Kenytan, Ve- rona, $8; John U. Neff, l.mdr.cy, $8; T Uark Kannclls, Uakdale, ?(; Matthew McClurc, IJuquejnc, $6; Ircdcnck Ues senberger, New Cumberland, Peter llartz, CarncKie, $10; Andrew J. Doll- tnan, Frccport, $8; George Ulsh, Lcwis towi), $8; John Glrnson, dead, Califor nia, sj: William 11. Khodes. Martins- burg, $10; William R. Wilkins, Coal Center, $8; John late, Ucllcfonte, fio; John odcr, l.ewistown, Solomon k ti A W. Fry, Hcllcfrmte, $10: Madison A, Timhlin, l'ctificld, $8: Henry 5chnel-i uurg, Indiana, iiJ. The largest deed ever recorded ' lit Greene county has been filed in the pro thonotary's office at Waynesburg. It covers hi tracts of coal land situated in Dunkard, Whitclcy and Cumberland townships, in the eastern end of the county, and the deed is from Joseph E. Lames to J. V. Thompson and others, of Utiiontown. The consideration is $170,077.50, and $170.50 worth of reve nue stamps was required for the deed. It will take is days to place it on the deed book; it will occupy 65 pages and the recorder s fees will be $40. will be $40. I n the Ohio river the J W. H. Brcitemtcin His father, sitting the water after the While fishing in l-year-old son cf W fell in the river, near, rtltinurd into boy. Neither could swim. Two hours later their bodies were found a few rods below the point where they disap peared. Mr. Brcitcnstein was 4a years of age, and had been a resident of Econ omy since he was 12 years old. rle came direct from Germany. Work has been commenced taking tip the old pipe line of the Philadelphia Gas Company between Mttrrysville and East Liberty. The entire line will be taken tip and shipped to the Elizabeth jas field near Washington. Pa. The line is 1.1 miles long. Sir. Murryman, of the Philadelphia Company, is looking niter the work. The contract price for the job is $.'86,000 snd it will require at least seven months to complete the work. The Gordon Coal and Coke Company is being organized under a charter to be applied for nt Harrisburg. to operate mines and coke ovens near Rimertnn, on the Allegheny Valley railroad. The men back of the company own a tract of coal land three miles in length and two miles wide, having a frontage on the river, as well as on the railroad. The head offices of the company will be in Pittsburg, and the capital will be fjoo.ooo. Gas has been struck on the Wilhclm farm, in Menallcn township, Fayetle county, at a depth of 22 feet. At that depth a rock was encountered, which firuved so hard that the drills were iroken to pieces. The well already has 50 pounds pressure, and it is believed it. will be a "hummer" if put down deeper. The product of the new well will be utilized at the Thompson glass works, which is being put in order for opera Gen. James A. Beaver, chairman of the Center county soldiers' monument and Curtin memorial committee reports that since the last meeting, held in April, soliciting committees have been placed in every election precinct in the county, who have gone to work raising the necessary funds. At present there is virtually a fund of close to $12,000, with promises and pledges for an addi tional large amount. While chopping down a gigantic oak . . .1.. r-i . 1 ...1 . u u?c ijii 111c vocal ucr HiuiiK nucic 111 m soldiers under Georger Washington J trailed, going east and west, a hard sub- stance was encountered, and when the trunk was split open an old-time flint- lock musket was found imbedded near the heart of the tree. It is thought the gun was placed against the tree by a sol dier and the wood grew around it. . Five thousand acres of coal on the east side of the Monongahela river, above Elizabeth, have been sold to the Kiver Loal Company, the fuel depart ment of the new Union Steel Company, of Pittsburg. The coal was owned by the Thompson-Barnes syndicate, ol Uniontown, and the price was $350,000. Ovens will be built for coking. ) A new rival to the kissing bug is do-1 ing a lively business at Pottsville. The insect resembles the kissing bee in form, but is only about as large as a honey bee. A score of persons have been bit ten within the past few days. The bite produces excessive itching and in flammation, followed by a great swell ing of the injured part. A tract of 4.000 acres of timber land near New Florence, Cambria county, has been secured by the new firm of Pershing & Horrell, who will employ about 100 men in taking out logs, ties and bark. A large sawmill is nearly ready for operation. It is estimated that five years will be required to market all the lumber of this extensive tract. Hon. Lewis Emery, Jr., has been nominated for Congress by the Indepen dent Republicans of the Twenty-seventh district. He will oppose Joseph C. Sib ley. Emery has already secured the nomination of the Democrats of the dis trict, and the fusion, it is thought, will result in a bitter contest. A herd of 27 cattle on the farm ot Joseph Elliott, in Jefferson township, Fayette county, took shelter irom a storm under a big tree. A bolt of light ning struck the tree and killed U of the finest of the herd. The long established banking house of P. Bentt-I & Co., at Freedom, and the Freedom National bank, which was recently organized, have consolidated and the new organization will be known si the Freedom National bank. Dennis Crowley, a farmer of Vienna, near Sharon, has received notice that by the death of a relative in England he inherits an estite worth $50,000. Crowlvjr is poor sua nil mrm is mortgaged. f
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