The famf nt Ihe shirtwaist nmn will
Jht shortlived. The Ilrst frost will
kill Mm.
The public debt if Chlnn, which I
principally lirlil In Kurnpc, itiiiounls to
."j(H1,Khi,ih In miiihI figure. In this
He n pnteutlnl nrgumcnt ngnlnst the
imrtltlon of the Chinese empire.
Till' otllelnl census (Igures give ('III
ingo n population of l.twii.Mn, which
In aiO,4H." abort of tln mark set ly
her "Two Million Club." As the gain
In H yenrs In 54.4 1 per cent., llu
Wlmly City" bus still much reason
(a 1"' proud.
A recent nrrangetnent of the relic In
the ngrlciilturnl museum In V.io Cut
versify of Illinois brought to Unlit the
olil ox yoke iniiile ly Abraham Lin
coln, unil presented to the university
In the early 70's. Ily order of Presi
dent Dniper the yoke was '.neiMed In
a ghisa topped oiiHe, nmde ut Hprlntf
llcld. Hitler Haggard, the nutlior. In n re
cent pnlille address delivered In Lon
don Riild (lint nlhletle training I -most
desirable preparation III the life
of n missionary, because nothing In
a missionary Impresses the fiivniio bo
lunch iih to llnd himself equaled or
surpassed III strength "'id "ulllt.v by
the stranger.
The yoiiiiK khiK of Spiiln win re
cenlly nsked liy n visitor from 1'iik
Iniul If he liked polf. He replied, w ith
n pulrlollsiu thul Iiiih delighted nil
Mailrid. Hint he did not; tlint he pro.
felled liiillllKhliUK. "tlu chosen nniilse
ment of his own country ," to iinylhlni;
liuportcd. Wise ludl lie knows the
lieiu ts of hla people!
In the course of n long nrtlcle denl
Iiir with the Krowtli of cotton produc
tion mid niiinufiiitiire In the I'nlted
HtutcH the London Times, miys: The
I'nlted Stiilea iih n producer will he
aide to coininnnd n unlversnl nuii kct
nt reniumeriitive prlccK. It aeonm un
likely thnt the luiinufiK'turlnK lirtinch
Will he nhle to do more thini to Hup
Ily the home demiinils. These iiinke
It tho most vnlniible slnule initrket In
the world, nnd the niiiinteniiiice of the
monopoly Ih likely to he nssurcd." Am
crlenn proirresa, the nrtlcle polnta out.
Is liiruoly due to the quick ndoptlon of
perfected limchlnery, much of which
Iiiih been devised In Knuliind.
The New York Pun sn.vR: New
Jersey bus illHliauded the nmhuluncc
corps of Its Niitiomil (Siini'd, nnd hciv
nfter will n-ly on Its rcKliiiontnl corps.
In New York the best opinion favors
a Ftnto corps, though there Is no such
organization hi our National Hoard ns
yet. The experience of the Spanish
wnr supports the division of xtntu
rorps, the plan of event lug Buch a
corps temporarily by drawing on the
regimental corps liming been proved
bad. It simply concentrated the inedl
cnl supply nt the divisional hospitals,
leaving the regiments lacking needful
incdlcnl attendance. New Jersey has
been one of the lending states In Na
tional (Inn ril matters; Its medical ser
vice should maintain Its standard.
Tho Hnrtford Conrnnt thus pre
sents the other side of a much dis
cussed question: "It would to In
teresting to know bow many men,
women nnd children hnvo been killed
because the horses behind which they
wore riding bnd not 'docked tails.'
Nothing makes a horse behnve uglier
nnd more unreasonably than to get
bis undocked tail across a rein. Down
goes the tail, and the more the tnll
presses tho more annoyed is the horse.
Off ho goes, kicking and miming, and
whoever Is behind or In front of him
Is In for trouble. The situation Is full
of dnnger. 'Dumb Animals' may not
be especially Interested in the fact
that buinuii beings are imperilled, but
some consideration cliould be bud for
the horse."
New York's laudable desire to be tho
biggest city in the world la In strik
ing contrast with the ambition of Lon
don in the Inst years of the sixteenth
century, when the decree of Nonesuch
forbade the erection of building
where none has existed In the memory
of man. The extension of the me
tropolis was deemed to encourage the
plague, crente trouble in governing
tuultltudes, a dearth of victuals, mul
tiplying of beggnrs, and inability to
relieve them; an Increase of artisan
more than could live together; lin
proTcrlsliiug other cities for lack of
Inhabitants. The decree asserted
that lack of ulr, luck of room to walk
and shoot, etc., arose out of too crowd
ed a city. A procUiinotlon to the
same effect wa flIo Jusued by Jam
WHEN THE CIRCUIT RIDER CAME
tn thn backwoods of Ohio, In the days at
Imisr into,
When rrllnlon wiu religion, not a dreary
faahlon show,
When the spirit of (lie Master full a
damn of living fire,
Anil the peopl ill.l the singing, not a
I rained arflstle rhntr,
Thar, wren acarrcly anon a rlvlt In life's
gently flowing tldo.
No events to draw thn people frim their
dully toll aside,
Nought to pet thn pious aplrll of the ptnn-
err nfliinin
Fnvo mon the rare occasions when thi
circuit rider came.
He waa usually mounted on the sorrlmt
of niiKP.
All hl omnt for tho Journey rooked In
leather saddle Imirs,
And he'd travel with I lie Itlhle. or tho
hymn honk In Ida hand
Heading MPfpil word or aliiRiim of the
hnppy I'rnmlscil l.nnd,
How ttie tolling wive would nlnry In thn
dlnnera they would spread.
And how ninny a hnlc.s chicken or n
turkey lout It hrnd
Hy the Rlemnlna chopper wielded by tho
hand of sturdy damn,
For It wasn't very often that the circuit
rider came.
A TALE OF MISTRESS MARGARET
"The young forget their ftincleB, tho
old forget their cares.
When pretty Mistress M.irgct conies
smiling down tho stairs."
Nobody who onco looked upon Mis
tress Mnrget pretty Mistress Murget
almost everybody culled her could
help loving her. 1, Thomas Dnwtry,
a plain nnd simple, squire of the. realm,
loved her better than nil tho world.
Hut pretty Mistress Margct was not
for me, or so, nt least, her father bad
Informed me. As for mo, I bail long
Bincn ilerliled to libido by this decision
unly so long ns rlrctimsttnces com
pelled me. Whenever fato offered mo
tho shadow of an opportunity I meant
to steal Mistress MirgH nnd run nway
with her. Mistress Mat (tot, as I hud
every reason savo spoken words to
believe, would bo by no uioaiiB unwil
ling. The opportunity camo when my
sweet buly'B father was called away
to ilht for his king and country, King
Charles and Honnlo England. I, who
longed to fight for king and country
also, dared the laughter and the jeers
ot my comrades to stny behind a little
and steal my lovely lady, if it so
pleased fate. And no sooner bad her
father ridden away, at tho head of bis
men, then I mado for the ball and
sought out old Hlmnon, the gnrdenor.
Sir Reginald had never forblddon my
visits he was too wise a man to tempt
fate In such a manner; ho bad merely
taken care that I had no chance of
solitary speech with my dear lady. I
knew now that the Iuly Eleanor
Blewett, who filled, as best she might,
the place of the dead lady ot the mun
or to her daughter. Mistress Marget,
favored not ray suit, so I sought not
to bave speech with bcr or with my
lady. Old Simeon I had been friends
with ever since, as a child, I had
played in the gardens with sweet Mis
tress Marget. I knew bo was my
friend and would help me. I knew also
that he might speak with his lady
when I might not unwatched and un
guarded. To old Simeon I told my
story, and trusted him for bis aid.
And there wag the chink of gold
between us when we parted, albeit my
lack of gold was the reason why Sir
Reginald had said mo nay, upon my
asking for his daughter's hand. And
for gold next to his love for pretty
Mistress Marget old Simoon would do
more than most ot us would do for the
sake of life.
That evening I happened to be
walking in the lane Just as old Simeon
also came out to take the air. And a
note passed between us. Old Simeon
also Instructed me ns to where I could
And certain implements and tools a
ladder and a stout stave among them
which I might need later on, per
chance. And I gave to Simeon the
package ot a certain drug, which my
friend, the chlrugeon, had given me.
Mistress Marget was to see that this
drug was dropped Into the flagon ot
ale sent up for the Lady Eleanor's
upper. Then, later, she was to lean
out of her casement nnd signal to me,
waiting outside In the lane. And lat
er still Parson Dibney, who loved us
both and sympathised with us rather
than with Sir Reginald, was to make
pretty Mistress Marget my wife.
And so It all happened, without let
or hindrance, save when my body ser
vant's horse was mired In the slough
back of the lane. He should - bave
waited la the lane proper, but he
thought be heard voice and sounds
of hone' hoofs coming, and, knowing
that he must not be found there, he
leaped his. own steed over the hedge
and Into tfliyJouib- w bad to wait
V.
All the settlement around ui would bt
ringing with the newi
That thnre'd he a mentln' "nndiiy, and
we'd "taller" up our Rhone,
And we'd hruali our homespun drrae suits,
pride of every country youth.
And we'd grease our hnlr with nmrrow till
It Rhone like golden truth.
And the frneH of llnscy-wnnlecy would
lie dotined ly all the glrla.
And with heated old lire tinkers they
would nmko their rnrksorcw curia;
Thny were scarcely (piccli of faalilon,
tnit were lovely Just the snnie,
And they nlwnya looked their Rwenlnat
when tho circuit rider came.
A a preacher, holy Mneest how he'd
awing the living word,
How he'd draw tho pinna "brothortn' "
yet eloper tn the lnrd,
And he'd raise the hnlr of alunera eltttug
on the liacktnoet "'at
With hla llery. lurid plt'turci of tho ever-
luallng heat!
Wo hnvo ant In grand cnlhedrnla, trl-
unipha of thn luilliler'a pklll,
And In great pnlallnl rhuri-hca 'nenth the
nrKiiti'a mellnw thrill.
Hut they never rnuneii within ua euch a
i revertntlnl tlntno
Aa would tuirn tn that old achnolhouaa
when thn circuit rider enme.
Jnmna Iturton Adnnia In lenver t'oat.
some mlnutrs for him, when wo
would fain iiavo horili'd onward. Hut
this was nfter I had placed the ladder
underneath my lady's window, mount
ed it, piled off the guarding bnra with
(lie stout stave which old Hlinemi had
furnished me, nnd received my daillnn
In my urms. My Inart bent so In go
ing down thn ladder that 1 feared Khn
would hear It nnd think me timid.
Yet had I coiiraiie to claim a klsn us
wo tieaied thn bottom, Innltitlng that
she pay It nie before I set her down;
and I do 'not think she noticed thn
rapid lipiitlng of my heart after that,
even bail she noticed It. before. Her
own heart heat rapidly then, ns the
bright color coming and going in the
fa which looked so fair and sweet
In the moonlight testified clonrly.
At thn foot of tho ladder 1 sot Imr
down, end hand In band wo raced
across tho greensward, over thn foot
bridge old Klnieun had mnnngeil to
leave open nnd unguarded for us, nnd
out Into the lone. There, lifting her
dear form In my arms, I swung her up
before mo, nnd away wo galloped,
after the short Interval of waiting for
my servant, of wliKh I have spoken..
Half an hour Inter we stood before
I'arson Dnhney in the gray old vicar
age, and a few moments afterward I
had the right to call pretty Mistress
Marget my wife. Then, a hurried kiss,
a tear or two on Mistress Marget's
part, and we wore on otii" way back
to tho hall, where MUtresB Marget was
to live on, the Bamo as ever in nil
tilings save thnt slender gold band on
her linger, until my return from tho
wnrs. And then ah! sad for a man
to leave his wlfo on the wedding cvn
my budy servant bad summoned my
vnrlots and they waited for me out
stiln in the hine. I could but kiss my
darling once more, ah mo! but so ten
derly nnd lovingly, boo her safely un
the ladder, withdraw It from beneath
her window, wave her a last tender
farewell nnd now. beshrew me! but
mlno own eyes were wet nnd take
my departure. Hut before I crossed
tho foot-brldgo once more I threw the
stout Btave that had served our turn
so well far from mo Into the thick of
the hedge, nnd I onco more clinked
gold with old Simeon In order that
ho might bo properly forgetful of nil
that had happened thnt night. Then
tho soft darkness of the lane, with tho
moon well uudor a kindly cloud, a
sharp command to the waiting vurlcte
n tearing gallop until morning, nnd
we wore well up with Sir Reginald
and bis men, and nothing but war
and fighting before ua for many long
months.
But my heart wa brave and light
some within mo, even though I had
left my dear wife of nn hour behind
me. For it Is easier, perhnps, to leave
one's wife than one' sweetheart, espe
cially when the sweetheart' father
favor a richer man, and I knew, also,
that I wa a brave and skillful fight
er, and I hoped that before Sir Regl
nald or I saw pretty Mistress Marget
again bis heart would havo warmed
toward me on this account. For Sir
Reginald lore a bravo man nnd a
good fighter nlway. And in tho end
it all turned out even a I had hoped.
Chicago Tribune.
On the Writing of Comedy.
Boucclcault, quite at the beginning
of hi career (and be wrote ploy al
most a a body), used to get A' 300
for a five-act comedy. He stated the
fact on oath In a court of Justice,
and the sum wa considered so Im
mense that the counsel who wa exam
ining him exclaimed:
"Do you mean to tell me, sir, that
If I were to write a comedy for the
Haymarket theater the manager
would give me 300 for It?"
"I think It most Improbable," re
plied Boucclcault From "Personal
Recollection," by Sutherland Ed
ward. Exports from United States,
Export from the United States dur
ing the past fiscal year Increased to
every section ot the globe. Wt
European export, the largest Increase
was In exports to other parts of North
America.
Mo Word for Patrlotlim.
There I no word in the Chinese
language that conveys an Intimation
ot what w term public onlnion: nop
is there a synonym for patriotism.
LANDSLIDE TO BRYAN.
REPUBLICANS FLOCKINC1 TO
THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD.
Wellington, t'gan. Ial. Monelt, hvhnt-a.
Oluny, Wllaon and HtindrriU of other
of l.lkn I'romlneore Cannot Kndorae
Imperlallnni.
Not a day pnsHes thnt tho press Is
not called upon to record tho fact that
from a dor en to a genre of prominent
men who voted for McKlnlny III 18!M
have nnnouncetl their Intention of vot
ing for Hrynn and Stevenson this yenr.
While Hi to nm aiming these many
gold Democrats who voted tho Repub
lican ticket four years ago, and who
are returning to their former allegi
ance, there nrn still hundreds of llfo
long Kepuhlicnns who have consistent
ly supported the Republican ticket,
ever since they renched their major
ity, but who now find It Impossible to
accept the Republican platform adopt
ed nt riilludelphln. The list Includes
hiiHlncfis nnd professional men, bank
era, educators, historians, Jurists and
tho like, and In Itself presents a forci
ble argument In favor of tho Kansas
('Ily platform nnd thn ticket tiomln
ated at the Kansas City convention.
Tho reason given for their conver
slnn by these recent, additions to tho
Detnorrntlo ranks nrn many. Tho gold
liemocriitH. who left the party four
years ngo because of lis attitude on
tho money question, declare that this
Ifhiip h not thn paramount nun in this
rnmpnlgu; that thn questions of tin
perlaliHiu, militarism nnd trusts nrn of
immensely morn roiiHequence to tho
country, and upon these quoatinna they
cannot support thn Republican party
Why They Hiipiort ftryan.
Thn many voters of foreign birth
who nrn leaving the Republican party
glvo as their reason for doing so that
they nro opposed to Its policy of Im
perialism. Many of them, nlso, dlffor
with the present ndmlnlatrat inn In re
gard to Its colonial policy, nnd believe
that the constitution Ih being Ignored
in thn conduct of thn administration
towards Cuba nnd I'm to Rico.
Still others give ns their reason for
corning over to Mr. Ilryan Hint they
believe, in n crisis, the country would
be safer in his hands than In Mm
bnnds of tho men who dictate I'resHnnt
Mi Klnley's course of action. In view
of the contlnunnie ot thn war In thn
Philippines nnd tho complicated con
dltlon of affairs In China, they he
lleve that thero is grave danger of i
crlslfl to successfully carry this coun
try through which will require a dear
head and mature Judgment, such ns
Mr. Bryan possesses.
Ex-Secretary of State Olney has
written a letter declaring himself for
Mr. Hryan nnd ndvlslng all patriotic
citizens to support tho Democratic
candidate. Mr. Olney Iiiih always been
an expansionist but has not confused
tho JcffcrHonlan article with Imperial
Ism. His announcement cntno as i
bomb shell Into the Republican camp.
(Irent Name In thn Vmi.
At tho head of tho list of converts
to Democracy slnco tho Knnsas City
convention stand such mimes as Web
ster Davis, Into iiHslKtant secretary of
tho Interior under Mr. McKlnley; O
U Wellington, senator from Mary
land; Patrick Egnii of New York, who
was minister to Chile under Prosl
dent Harrison; Thomas Wentworth
Hlgglnsou of Boston, soldlor, hlHto
rain nnd litterateur; and a seoro of
others equally us prominent. Tho Ro
puniiruns, in inoir desperation, nro
announcing conversion after conver
sion to McKlnleylsm, but they nro un
able to present a list containing Biich
a formldablo array of names of na
tional reputation as tho above,
Webster Davis, who reslgnod his po
sitinn a asslHtant secretary of tho in
terior and cast his lot with the Demo
crats, did so because ho bad visited
South Africa and had become con
vinced that the attitude of the prevent
administration towards the struggling
Boers was un-American and unjust
He had been making speeches for the
Democratic ticket ever since he an
nounced hi conversion at the Kansas
City convention, and his work bos
been the means of changing hundreds
of votes from McKinley to Bryan.
Former Lieutenant Governor Jones
of New York, who was an enthusias
tic supporter of Mr. McKinley in 1890,
says in announcing his change of sen
tlment: "I believe tho country would
be safer. In the event of any possiblo
crisis, In the bands of Mr. Bryan
man ot unswerving firmness, Integ
rity and ability, than under the con
trol of Mr. McKinley."
Frank Monnett, who, a tho Repub
lican attorney general of Ohio, en
forced the law against trusts so dill
gently that they sought to bribe blm
with half a million dollars. He 1 out
for Bryan now.
Well, Fargo t'ft'l riwaldenf.
John J. Valentine, president of the
Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, says
"Believing that between the claim of
freemen, that all men are entitled to
equal political rights, and the dogma
Df tyranny, that might makes right
there 1 no middle ground, I favor the
endorsement of Bryan and Stevenson
and the straight support of the Demo
cratic nominees."
Edward Osgood Brown, a prominent
Chicago attorney, says: "I believe
Bryan honest, able and right on the
only real Issue ot the campaign.
i ,uPPort hlm I think opposl-
I tlon ,V lm,erlalUII, B' Br8t Ptlca!
i duir'" . . .
Bigrouna zeisier, a prominent attor-
ney of Chicago, say: "McKlnley's
irrogation ot unconstitutional powers,
Dla yielding to sinister Influences, his
. constant waDDiing, nis nypocritical
i eant- flllea m witn Kradually Increas-
' mg ouguii. Bryan's courageous con
slsteney, his manifest sincerity, his
brilliant defense of the principles ot
self-government have filled me with
Increasing admiration and confidence
In his statesmanship."
Wllllnm nirney, son of the old lib
erty party's dead lender, hna declared
thnt ho will support Bryan III the pres
ent campaign.
flrrot Mew York riihllelat.
Hourko Corkrnn of New York, fa
mous ns lawyer nnd orator, who has
been classed as a Republican ever since
ha mndn speeches for tleneral II. K,
Tracy, thn regular Republican candi
date for mnynr of Now York City In
1R97.
Oennral Robert Avery of New York,
a life-long Republican, who says; "My
devotion tr the principles of thn Ro-
pulillion party taught by Lincoln, Sew
ard, tlrceley, Summer, Chnsn Snrt
others compels mo to vote, for Mr.
Hrynn."
P. Teeumseh Sherman of New York,
son of thn late Oonornl W. T. Sher
man, who has served n term In thn
board of alderman ns a Republican. He
cannot longer nfllllntn with a party
that condones thn Alger and other
army scandals.
Henry K. Keenan. n well known au
thor, who wrote "Thn Money Makers.
I W. llabereorn, who was chief of
the Republican national committee
(lerinnii bureau In thn campaign of
ISil'I, leaves IiIh party on the Issun of
Imperialism.
It would require several pages of
this paper lo publish the names of nil
prominent Republicans In nil parts ot
Hie country who nre now working for
thn Rurcni'Sj of Hryan.
ENEMY OF LABOR.
Theodore Roosevelt now pleads for
the vote of thn laboring man. On
1ibor Day he sliod upon the Hani':
platform from which Mr. lliyiui spoke
and said nice tldnga to Dm "horny
handed sontt of toll." Mr. ISiy.in voiced
tho lnborln;; man's complaint moiliiHt
l!ie Republican doctrine of "flovern
mctit by Injunction." nnd In u round
about wny "Teddy" voiced thn same
f.cntlnu r.ls. Of rouiiie, Roosevelt If
In sympathy with the laboring man.
lie Ik opposed to "tloveinment by In
junction" at hart ho r.ayH he Is; he
Is n candidate for vli e-piesld"tit now,
yon know. There Is, however, food
for thoucht In nn article published in
the "Review of Reviews" for Ocpuni
ber, Ifi'.M!, mid written by Theodore
Itoi.Fevelt, nt that, tlmo irit a candi
date for vlce-prcrlilent. In th'it nrtl
cle, page 2M5, Mr. Roo.-ievelt raid;
"The men who object to what they
style '(iovernment by Injunction' are,
as regards thn issonllal principles of
government. In hearty sympathy with
their remote skin-dud ancestors who
lived in caves, fought one unother
with stone-headeil axes, nnd nln thn
mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.
"They nre Interesting as represent
ing a geological survival, but they
are dangerous whenever there Ih the
leuRt chance of their making tho prin
ciples of this a;; a-burled past llvltiR
factors in present life.
"They aro not In sympathy with
men of good mlndd and gound civic
morality."
A CANDID CONVERT.
Tho administration press hns loudly
proclaimed tho "conversion" of Mr
Chuviirmos, editor of tho Des Moines
(llohe, a Republican who voted for Mr.
Hryan on tho money question In 1VM.
Mr. ChavanncH has returned to the
fold, however; has been elected a Re
publican precinct chairman, and his
paper advocates tho election of Mc
Kinley and Roosevelt this year. In nn
Interview with the Omaha World-Herald,
Mr. Chavanne gives the follow
ing candid reasons for supporting Mc
Kinley this year:
"I am a Republican and I do not
havo any fultn In the Democratic
party. I am giving the Republican na
tional ticket my support now for the
reason that I believe the election of
McKinley menns Imperialism. By Im
perialism I mean Just what the Demo
crats mean when they call Republicans
Imperialists."
He la supporting McKinley because
he believes in Imperialism; want im
perialism; and knows what ticket to
support In order to get Imperialism.
A candidate who Is getting converts
because of their avowed belief In Im
perialism can hardly assert hereafter
that Imperialism is a "bugaboo."
Two Silent BtatMnwD
Kansas City Times: The aloofness
of Thomaa B. Reed and Benjamin Har
rison, the two bravest and most dis
tinguished leaders of the Republican
party, from participation In the can
vass tor the re-electlcn of William Mc
Kinley cannot fall of having a telling
influence upon the action In the forth
coming election of a very large num
ber of voters belonging to that political
organization.
ImperlilUm l'ast and Present.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Imperialism
drat destroyed the Roman republic and
then ruined Rome. Imperialism killed
two republics In France and is waiting
its opportunity to assassinate a third.
Imperialism Is a menace to the Ameri
can republic as It was the destroyer of
the great republics ot ancient and mod
ern Europe.
Slow bat Steady Squeeaa,
Boston Globe: The pries ot sugar
bas been raised almost a cent a pound
since May 22, In eight different ad
vances. The only thing that can be
said In favqr ot the trust Is that It bas
apparently tried to break the bad news
gently.
HE STATE US CONDENSEQ
PENSIONS GRANTED.
fa Reitor School Appropriation Counlsr-
loiters Arretted In Cltsifte's County.
Big Oil Ml Near tlluivllle.
Among thoie granted pension last
week were: 1 human Mitchell, Iltirn-
sidr, $o; Daniel KilhcfTrr. dead, West
bait view, $u; Alonzo II. I'nxtoit, West
1'ikr, $,o; Catherine Kilhrffrr, West
Kairvicw, $H; Cordelia Westnvrr, Sylvis,
JH; I'lora Sanders, Indian Head, $A;
Sarnli A. Hamilton, Hcllevite. $8; jaine
Wluttaker, Itcllclonle. S'i; (irorge I'..
Nodgers, Ulster. u; Kiiw.ird M. Keilly,
rayettcvillc, JO; J.imrj M. Kelly,
Smiths Ferry. $0; John ). Carry,
Homi wood, $6; Harry M. Glariir,
Frie, $6.
The seventh animal reunion ol the
survivors of the Sixth Pennsylvania
heavy artillery will be held at Tarcntuin
on 'I liursdny, October 18.
The projrrt to utilize the power ol the
Ohiopvle Fnlls, ill the Yottgliiogheny
river, has been declared feasible by the.
engineers who made nn inspection ol
the (alls nt the instance of John K. F.w
ing, ol Uniontown, and New York capi
talists who have been interested in the
m hciue. Their examination shows that
n fall of no feet in a distance of 2,oor
feet is possible with a race or lliims,
and that 15.000 or 20,000 horse power
may be obtained with the stage of wa'er
now in the river, which is lower no
than for ,yi years.
iuvcrnor Stone's purpose to rrsto'C
the million dollar redurtinn in the
school appropriation with the aid of the
next l.cnislaturc is cordially enilurs'.il
by the friends of the public school sys
tem Ihroitihout the commonwealth.
I'.vcn his political opponents are in ac
cord wilh his plan. 'I he governor has
received a large number l telegrams
from school directors and (duiators in
the Slate commending his proposed ac
tion aii'i promising their eprnest sup
port in helping to elect legislator. wln
will help lii til execute his plan.
b'.van I'.vans, who for eight year Im
owned and cotuliuteii otic ol the largest
machine shops in I'utler. has transferred
all Ins real csiate, machinery, stock and
patents In the I'.vans Manufacturing
Co., a limited partnership, for $j$.va.'jn.
Mr. Fvatis becomes chairman and the
heaviest stockholder. The charter of
the new company was filed Tuesday,
and is to run twenty years. The busi
ness of manufacturing engines and oil
well supplies will be continued.
The p.i't two months Clearfield county
has been Hooded with countcrf-if
money, mostly silver dollars and half
dollars. Secret Service Agents W. J.
Flytin, T. F. Hrrryman ami I.. J'-. (am
in'in bave arrested James N. Wilson,
Vcrd Wilson, J. W. liiglcr nnd lames
Wynkoop. A few counterfeit (foliar
were found nt Wynkoop' place, togeth
er with moulds and other necessary
paraphernalia. ,
A stock company has been formed at
Kllwood City to build a 25-foot dim
over Connoqucnessing river for the pur
pose of utilizing the water power, ft
will be located near the town, and will
furnish 1.500 horse power. The com
pany expects to sell the power to manu
facturing plant in the town. The river
lias a heavy fall and several dam may
be built if the first one is a success.
The one hundredth anniversary of the
FirM Presbyterian Church of Mead
ville was served with special service
which opened Sunday and continued
until Tuesday. Ir. Joseph T. Smith, of
Baltimore, cx-modcrator of the general
assembly and for 50 years pastor of the
Central Church of Baltimore, and Dr.
F.. P. Sprague, of Salem, K. Y., were
present.
The borough auditors of Conncllsville
have reiu.ed to allow the $j.loo whi.-h
the old school board paid out for the
exhuming of bodies from the Conn-ill
graveyard, which ground was turned
over to the town council ns a site for the
proposed Carnegie library. The $2,100
was charged to the member of the
board individually.
A stock company has been organized
for the purpose of furnishing oil and
natural gas to Johnstown consumer!.
l nc company nas already secured 3,000
acres of land in Westmoreland county
and lias several other large tracts in
view. The necessary machinery for
operations will begin immediately.
1 he Litizens Kelorm leatrtie ol Dai
01 iiarrisuurpj; assciuuiy, rirsx nisi
H. M. Ncad, Harrisburg; Second
trict. George Budd, Williamstown:
wood Hummell of Hummellstown an
John V. Klineline of Middletown.
T t . 1 : .1.
Sharon atccl Company, who went
Scotland three weeks ago, committed
suicide by shooting himself. Hit wife
is at Sharon.
The Italians of Conncllsville and
Fayette county generally are getting
into political line. The Royal Italian
Democratic club of Fayct'.e county has
been organized.
An extensive coal mining project is
about to be undertaken near Kimerton.
on the west side of the Allegheny river.
John U. .Murray, ol Mossgrove and Ja
cob Mcrwin, of Adrian, who opened the
coal mines at Ccwansville. have secur
ed options on a large amount of prop
erty between Kimerton and Tempkton.
A loo-barrel well wa drilled in Fri
day night on the J. B. Duncan farm, two
miles east of Titusville. Charles Pal
mer of that city is the lucky operator,
and has a lease of several hundred acres.
The well is nearly a mile from other
producing wells.
The fires have been in the Bellefonte
furnaces and 250 men have gone back
to work, after an idleness that has last
ed since June 26, when the plant went
out of blast lor repairs.
There is considerable excitement
Connelisville and Springfield tn
over the arrest ot many pro
zens lor illegal hsiitng.
number is a well-known
Elliott, of Springfield.
A big pressure of natti
discoverer at big Bend
fnd great excitement t;
will be piDed to Oree
distant, if the press
strong, hoids out.
burg. The young
The jury at Vni
fUo damages to S
the township of V
sustained in an ar
Hagcr claimed $5,1
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