CHANGEFUL NATURE.
Hoon," nys th snowdrop, J smiles
nt the motherly rnrth,
"Bnon! for the xprlnu wUh her Inn
Stunrs cr-wies stealthily Kin.
Bnon was my- crrtille mid chilly winds
snns t my birth;
Winter In over nml I must rrnl.n haste
to be gone!"
Boon!" snys the swallow nnd dtps to the
wluil-niilleil stream, '
"Ornln In nil unrm red the summer Is
over snd itnne:
Bleak to the eastward the ley battalions
ptlenm.
Bummer In over nnd I must make hastn
to bo gone!"
"Boon h. too noon!" fays the soul, with
ft desperate Kftite,
"Boon! for I roe lltte ft stnr, and for
would hnvo shone.
Bee the pule shuililcrthK down that must
wither my rays.
Leaps from the mountain nnd I must
make hasto to he none!"
-From the Bpeetnlor.
Tha Storm.
BY ETI1K1.YN LESLIE HUSTON
KKANCKSCA."
Author of "The Song of Solomon,"
"The Case, of Mrs. Fords." etc.
(Copyrighted, 1W0: Dally Story run. Co.)
"It all seemed paradoxical. And yet
I thought of you, always. !on't you
nee? The situation was Impossible! "
"Yes?"
Bho uttered the monosyllable gently.
Her ryes followed the phosphorus
lights that slipped through the blnck
waves, rolling back Into the night be
hind them. The ship throbbed like a
human thing, and she felt Its vibra
tion go through her body with a
drowsy, sensuous content. Her hands
gleamed whltely on the arms of the
steamer chair In whic h she lay prone,
and the Roft night wind lifted the hair
back front her face.
"You mufit understand now?"
There was a shad of r.nxlety In his
Tolce as ho leaned forward and looked
down Into her eyes.
"Now? I am five years older, you
mean? Well, I understand. Yes In a
way. One learns many things In five
years."
"And It was for the best? You be
lieve that?" She rested her hend back
on the cushions and lifted her eyes to
the stars that powdered the velvety
gloom above them.
"Quien sabo!" She smiled thought
fully. "It Is written. What will bo,
will bo, nnd all things are by fate."
She stirred restlessly, then turned to
ward him and studied him critically.
"Well?" he asked.
"Is It all written In the stars, I Won-
0T tAMI
"We Will See!"
der?" she answered, reflectively. "Are
we kings and queens on the chess
board? was It for the best? I do not
know. I was married to a man twenty
years my senior. A perfectly amiable
and absolutely Irreproachable commer
cial machine. He was hazily conscious
of my existence at odd periods when
his stock quotations would permit
That was all. I had the flesh-pots of
Egypt, and according to the laws of
Moses and common sense, I should
have gone down on my knees dally and
given thanks. But I didn't. I know
that it la not only unorthodox, but
execrable taste, to do that which leaves
one's prlvata life vulnerable to the yel
low journal reporter and artist. To
day, Paola and Francesca would be but
food for scare-heads and Impossible
cuts. But I loved you. That Is trito
and commonplace. Nancy said the
same to Sykes. But it Is very real. Just
the sume. And I loved you not only
enough to brave the flames of hell, but,
Infinitely worse, the comment and
criticism of the great unwashed. And
you flinched"
The tranquil tones ceased for a mo
ment, and she pulled the cushion more
comfortably under her cheek.
"Four your sake" The words
came hoarsely.
Her eyebrows lifted, but she did not
speak.
Then suddenly he leaned forward
and caught her hands In a tense grasp
and stared down Into her face with hot
eyes.
"You would you would have V
"Gone to you? Assuredly. You
knew that I would. But you feared thw
world, more than I feared the other
place, you know. For my sake, you
said. Well, perhaps. No doubt you
quite believed it was for my sake.
. But Is your genus naturally so disin
terested?" The black water rolled and lifted and
fell with a sharp hiss back Into the
shadows, and she listened to Its muf
fled music with a keen pleasure. She
loved the unhurnetiscd strength of It.
It was sovereign In every mood. And
It laid the memories of Its uncounted
centuries on her reBtloss spirit and she
was stilled. Here and there behind
tbem the salon incandescent lights
gleamed. A measured, footfall came
through tha roar of the waves and ths
training of the ship, passed, and died
i'g
again, leaving only the hoters of tho
night, of tho winds and waters. Then
tho lights Went out and tho vaporous
darkness gathered around them and
tho stars seemed nearer.
Ho drew I ho white hands lip to his
lips and held them there a long mo
ment. "Yon are not merciful In your an
alysis," he said slowly. "And perhaps
yon are right. But I do not think so.
I Hut why dig over the bones of Ihn
past? Fate, Providence, God what
you will brought us together, out
here on the waters that you have al
ways loved. And thero ave no bar
riers. We are both free. Today, when
I saw the shore-lino sink Into the wa
ter, nnd turned nnd saw you on the
deck? Poes it tell you nothing?"
She looked back Into his eyes with
n shade of amusement In her own.
"You were always bored, you knowV
She laughed, a little, low laugh, then
gently released one hand from his and
drew the tips of her fingers down over
his face. Then she held his square
chin In her hand and regarded him
gravely. "You were always bored all
your life. It was chronic. You were
delighted to see me? Of course. It
was a sensation. And Herniations are
worth something In this all too prosaic
llfo of ours. Don't you know, bore
dom is accountable for far more than
Is generally realized? If the clergy
would only give tis a palliative, their
efforts would bo bo much moro fruit
ful! And I was equally delighted to
nee you. I, too, have learned to vnluo
Fensntlons. And you look qnlto as you
did when I er nto of the pomegran
nto. Thero Is a glint of silver around
the temples but It la becoming. 1
could almost think we were back In
that other era when wo wrro so tragic.
We were tragic, were we not? Life
bored you so nnd I was a new sensa
tion and I loved you with such feel
ing. And, after all, It was pouring wa
ter upon sand. It was seeing with a
child's faith Ascension lilies grow
where only cacti were possible."
"No! by all the gods I "
""Never mind Olympla!" She
laughed, and lifted her chin with de
light as tho chill wind whipped the
monk's hood back from her face and
sent weird Aeolian Bt rains through the
ship's ringing.
"The Olympian ladles and gentlemen
were persons of very uncertain morals.
And why swear at all? What matter?
All that was prehistoric. It was be
fore the flood. Look at that phantom
ship with every sail set "And the bus
sard sails on, and comes, and Is gone
stately and still as a ship at sea.' Do
you remember Lasca? You used to
tell me Lasca when In the days of
lang syne.
"Then you still remember?"
Darkly luminous in the faint star
light, the eyes turned from the ship
back to his face.
"Remember? Oh, yes! My memory
is very retentive. I remember every
phase everything."
Ho leaned nearer nnd his voice sank.
"And care?" he added.
" "M Yes," the little smile again in
her eyes.
"You care as you did then?"
Her gaze went back to tho ghostly
ship and she was silent as tho black
sails sank slowly into the darkness.
Over the battling waters flontcd the
low, irregular tolling of a distant buoy
bell. The waves leaped around them
like leashed hounds, and the rising
wind whistled nnd shrieked through
tho rigging. His arms closed around
her and through the warring sounds he
whispered, his face close to hers "I
have loved you always."
Gently her finger-tips slipped over
his face, then round his throat. Then
his lips rested upon hors.
Presently he raised his head and
looked down Into her eyes.
"You care as you did? You will be
my wife?"
A long moment she looked at htm,
then very slowly the shook her head.
"I am afraid it would never do," she
said. "You have become fixed in my
mind as a dead and gone episode a
romance that was and is not. The
commonplaces of marriage would be
too complete a revelation. I cannot
imagine you in that role. No, It
would never do."
,"You mean that you no longer
love " His voice sounded strained,
and she Interrupted him.
"I mean that I did love too well,"
she said gently.
Then she took his hand between her
two hands and drew it down to her
breast, while her Hps lingered over his
eyes and brow and hair.
it is lire, my dear, she said, a
shado of bitterness for the first time In
the sercna voice, "I would have gone
to you on my knees over hot plow
shares, onco. But uow It is five years
too late."
The rising gale shrieked around
them in gathering fury an- she lifted
her face, eagerly to the rough wlnii.
The roar of tho waves had dcepenod
to a thunoer, and the ship labored anu
quivered in tholr powerful grasp. She
stretched out her arms to the storm
and flung her loosened hair across his
face and lips.'
"Ah, had you loved like that!" she
cried. A vivid streak of silver quiv
ered in the blackness ahead, and tor
an instant the rear of wind and waves
seemed to pause. Thon tho thundet
broke and lulled over the water In
mighty waves of sound. Leaning for
ward, ho gathered her into his arms
and drcpged the heavy monk's clonk
around her. Again the , lightning
UoEhod and she looked up into his face.
"We will see!" be said through his
teeth. i
"Qulen sabe?" she laughed. Then
from his arms she watched the etorm,
content. And always her eyes laughed.
Lets of men lose the thousands they
have gained because of an Insatiate
pursuit after another hundred.
IFAKM TOPICS
O30003OOCOOCCOC00OOOOOCCC0
jVlnpt the t'rop to the Soli.
Alva Ager writes In the National
Stockman that last year lie regretted
Hot having plowed up one ncro of
w heat nnd planted It to potatoes. Tho
soil was too rich for the wheat, which
lodged before bends filled, nnd de
stroyed the clover seeded with II. His
reason for not doing so was Hint he did
not want In cut off one acre for n dif
ferent crop from the rest of the Held.
Itesull, no returns for the labor done
or seed sown. Last full be sowed It In
rye, and last spring planted It to pota
toes, adding ?:i worth of acid phos
phate, nnd this fnll ho hiirvcKtcd over
2IM) bushels of tiierchnntiiblo potatoes
or ?SO worth ns they Hell there, beside
the unmrrrhiiiitsihlo ones. He thinks
rock nnd rye n good combination for
bis soil, meaning the South Carolina
phiisphatle rock.
How to Fatten Clilrttetts.
Young chickens, sny, from two to
three months' old, will not take on fat
when running nt huge, at ml nre there
fore not In prime comlllioti for the
table. They will, ol course, bo thrifty
and grow f.-iRt . but their flesh does not
have that tender nnd Juicy flavor that
n week's special care in coiilinement
will give.
A great ninny people do Inrnlctilnblo
Injury to the fowl by shooting among
,lliem, or by letting it dog cbnse the one
they want to 1:111.
This Is nil wronir. nnd innv be avoid-
ed by having a tdm coup large eunuch '
to comfortably hold hnli' :i dozen
chickens, ditch tbeni at nltrht after
they have gone to roost, nnd quietly
put tin-til In the conn. Tccd llieui ill
they will cat of table sci-tps. conked
potatoes, rice. Ililllt, etc. Vegetable
scraps and grass idioiild also be given.
In n week or ten days' time they will
be fat. and so far superior to one taken
from the flock at large that yon could
tell the difference even when blind
folded. National Provlslnner.
HhreilillnK r Tlil-rslttiijr Corn.
I have handled the corn crop In the
dry state In nearly every wny possible.
Hunnlng It through the old threshing
ninchlnc has these objections: Yon can
do but n small amount nt one time, ns
thero Is no practical wny of getting thn
fodder from the innchine without
trending It more or less, and this will
Ktnrt the whole bulk heating nt onco.
Tho cob Is lost In the mow, which wo
now grind up with the corn. A largo
percentage of the grain Is cracked,
which In a moist time soon begins to
mold.
With the small busker with a shred
der nml wind stacker arrangement, tho
Iiipn can bo placed over any of the big
beaniH In the old style barns and made
to nil a bay half or two-thirds fnll,
without a in nn stepping In the buy.
This In tho secret of keeping the fod
der; we tried It In threshing corn and
found it all right, but we had to ar
range high scaffolding so ns to Hhove
stalks oft" without treading. A mow j
ten or fifteen feet deep will hold per
fectly snfe if not trodden. C. II. Whit-1
comb, in American AgrloullurUt.
(foot! Hotter.
It seems hard for some farmers to
realize the fact that in the making of
a llrst-chiKs article of butter tho be
ginning Is In the Btnble. Ai'cumulil
tliiiiH of tilth In tho stables, tiinldiness
In the food or filth of any kind will
niiike It Impossible to maUo tho best
quality of butter, no matter What the
treatment of tho milk nnd cream may
bo afterward.
No particular plan of butter making
will be found best for nil. Difference
In conditions will often mako n con
siderable difference III the pliin of
iiianagemeut that It will bo best to
follow,
Kconotny should always be consid
ered. If choice butter can bo pro
duced more easily or nt less cost in
one wny than In nnother It is certain
ly good economy to try that method.
Profit Is the principal object sought
nnd tho profit Is tho one to bo followed.
Using n poor quality of salt will
often cause trouble with tho butter,
aud particularly so If it is coarse
grained, that It cannot bo well or
rather thoroughly Incorporated wlt'i
the butter. Northwest l'liclflo Farm
er. A llcvlro For Pulling Up 1'ohU.
A poNt-pullltig device which I have
found very satisfactory cons'st of n
U v t of two by four Inches oak, seven
feet long, placed In nu upright of two
by six inches und two nnd one-half
feet long, ns shown In tho Illustration.
Tho lever is fastened otio foot from the
end. A pointed pleeo of steel bent
slightly lu tho form of n hook Is fast
ened to the end of tho lever. To use It
put the upright lu the ground, about
one foot from the post, raise thg ban-
die and force the sharp steel point into
tha post aud pull down on tho lever,
which will raise the post out of the
ground. I, Hud it one of tho handiest
tools on the farm. One mini can pick
it up and carry It auywhero ou bib
shoulder, nud it takes but uu iustiiul
to put It Into position for use. New
Knglaud Hoineslond.
Mrs, Joues "Tho true disciples of
Confucius go to church twlco every
day." Mrs. Suilth-"Well, they enn
afford to. They have coins In China
worth uuly oug-tcuth of a cent!" I'uik.
'-a
A POST FPLLINCI DBVICB.
TORREILO, THE LION-TAMER.
Filinor Torrello was a tamer of lions
His name in the Bible was Brown
lie could make Hie (iereo brutes jump tilt
rope, walk the wire.
And turn somersets and lie down
SiKnor TorHIo
Wni quite a nay fellow,
And rapidly winning renown,
fsiirnor Torello one tiny met a maiden
Who, chnrmed by his soul-stirring ni t,
Stood in front of the cage and applauded
the lions
As each played its wonderful part
Hinor Torclln,
In words Hint were mellow.
Laid siene to the fair maiden's limit.
Signer could look at a lion
And cause it to rower in frnr.
Hut tin- look that gave lco the thills had
no terrors
1'or Hie lady who's figuring here
fsitinor Torello J
Alas! the poor fellow 1
Was conducted around by the ear.
Sipnor Torello no Innecr tames lims.
The beasts turned against him one d'iv;
The look that once charmed them had
ceased to be potent.
They roared ami refused to obey
Signer Torello,
t'nloilunale fellow.
All bloody, was hustled awny!
lienor Torello. subdued and tlisrom iticd,
Now works by HS- day with lit- hands
Anil is badgered lor losing the look that
tunde lions
In terror obey his command-;
Nignor Torello
Alack! how he fell! O
His case as it own moral stands!
I 'hieiigit Times-Herald.
.HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"Is Miss Tri
er mi obliging singer?'
i"Oh. yes; hull' Ihe lime she refuse to
King." Phlliidelpli:i liulletln
Cupid took Hie maiili-u's li'-ar'.
Ily dint ol being very etevei ;
Hat lost il. for hi; li-li ope man
To garrison tin.1 place forever.
-I'u;!:.
He "I always used to overcstlmnto
my abilities." Slit' (colisnllniilj)
"Well, never mind. Your friends nev
rr did."-Tit I'.lls.
"I'm slik of lir.-. In fact. I wish I
were dead," sighed the despondent
man. "Then why don't you see u
doctor?" remarked the Cheerful Idiot.
He had n cough: she feared that ho
Might ilie, so oir she ran
And summoned very speedily
A life in-in nin e man.
l'hiledelpliin lie or,!.
'Did flint gill cmom-iige you ti'iy?"
"Well, when I culled she didn't appear
herself, but she tx'-nt her mother In
to see mo Instead of her fat Icr."-Indianapolis
Journal.
"Dick and I have bought a horse In
partnership." "What's the iirrnnge
inetitV" "Dick's going to feed him and
take cnt'o of him and I'm guln- to ex
ercise him." Chicago Itecord.
"How many runs did your dubp
make, Larry?" '"J'lirae, sor." "Threa
runs, eh?" "Yls, sor. A run for th'
umpire, a run for th' doctor, an' a
run to th' police Million." Answers.
.Inckson "No, I never tnke the news
paper home. I've got a family of
grown-up daughters, you know."
Friend "Papers too full of crime?"
.lckson "No; too full of bnrgnlu
sales."
"lie snys Hint I Inspire him to poetl
cnl outbursts." "You do?" "That's
what he says." "Oh, well, I wouldn't
reproach myself too much If I wero
you. !y striving to do good In other
ways you may atone for your evil In
fluence In this lino." Chicago Post.
"Put, father," protested the young
woman In the case, "I dou't see why
you should object to him. Ho Is so
setlnto nnd stuid." "Well. I don't
know much about! his nbllity to seo
dates." replied her fntlier; "but I do
know that he stayed until 2 o'clock
this morning."
"Do you think these carnations arc
becoming to me?" she iiNkcd. "Oh,
yes," ho replied, "but there nre other
flowers which 1 should rather seo you
wear." "Pray tell me what they are,"
said she, always anxious to plense,
"and I will wear them for you." "Or
ange blossoms!" he cried. So now it's
all sottlcd.-Fhihidclphhi Bulletin.
Education lu l-'rniice.
Ill Franco there nre now lty-elght
lyccuius nud colleges for girls, where
ns, previous to 1NS0, wllli tho excep
tion of private schools, there were no
Institutions for higher education for
girls. Of the sixty-eight mentioned
forty-eight nre lyccuius supported by
municipalities and tweuty-elght mu
nicipal colleges. Tho lyceuni for gh'U
In Tunis Is Included. The teachers for
this Institution. nre trained iu tho high
er normal schools at Sevres.
During last y-ar thero wero In I ha
lyccuius Slot and iu the colleges lioti.'!
pupils. Iu ninny provinces boarders
aro taken, aud all the lyccuius tnke
day boarders. Those who board out
of the school nre uiyler supervision.
Some live with their parents, other
nt tho houses of teachers, or In board
lug houses recommended by tho Insti
tutions or under their nupervlslon. Put
many moro girls received their higher
education In convents than lu tho
schools mciit ioned, tho former being
regarded ns much more couimo 11 fatit.
Philadelphia, Itecord.
Tree Growing In Kunsas.
Fifty years hcueo Kansas nud tho
States planting trees to-day will bo
supplying California nud the coast
States with timber. One uuod not bo
particularly gifted with foresight to
predict such nil event. It is nu hulls
putablo und lamentable, fact that at
the present rate of forest denudation
ou the Pad lie Coast it will bo but a
short tlmo befora till the timber ou
that section of the const has gone.
Tho tiovcruuu'Ut will realize when it
Is too Into tho great Ioks this despoil
ing of our forests menus. Kansas has
formed nu organization for tho preser
vation of tho trees which other Stales
would do wdl to jo'u. Chicago Til-Ituuo.
TENSIONS GRANTED.
Tarcnlum II 25 an Industrial Coorr 3am and
Content Destroyed A Washington
County M trio I ond Indefinitely.
Pensions were granted wcik as
follows: l.lizalutli l.owniall, ISlairsvillc,
$S; William M. Schrock, Snniersci, fir,;
Samuel .Sehrciingi-sh, Daytnu. $u;
Adam Sides, lllairsville, $H; William
Kccd, lit Hct'intc, $17; Steele Hunter
Hellefotitc, ?I2: I'imiiinel Kurtz, Cora
opnlis, $(i; Satnoel II. l.aird. Coal C'e-1-ter,
$ij: Catherine GcMier, llerlin, $H;
Susan Mirtiowan, West Kliaboth, $8.
The Pittsburg Ccal Company has post
ed notices nt the recently pnrehi cl
White coal mine. Pear Washington,
stating that the mine will be closed in-r-tfiniicly
in a few days. The Whit-;
mine is one i( the nldrst in that dis
trict, and has, with one exception, been
operated steadily for a lon period.
The committee in charge of raising
the fjj.oon to locate the Tcnii Plr.e
Glass Company's plant at Irwin, is meet
ing with considerable success, ami al
ready over tint -third of the required
sum has been subscribed.
The large barn of Murray Simpson,
near Huntingdon, was burned, with
three horses, two cow, ijki bn-hels of
wheat. 000 bn-hels oi nals. 00 tuns of
hay aud a large quantity oi agricultural
implements. The loss is JVS.ooo: insur
mu r. $.1,700. Incendiarism i inspected.
The fact I hat work w ill he started
shortly nn the new steel mill at Tarcil
turn has ca''-ed a propel ly boom in the
town and moiired resident are planning
to erect a number of new dwellings.
The mill is t) be a large concern em
ploying about 5'Xi men. It is reported
that a large tin plate plant will a!-o he
creeled.
The city id Nev Caslle will a-'; tho
coming Legislature to pa-s a law em
powering ttntniripalitii- to compel tele
graph, telephone, light and power cum
nanies to olarc their wires in conduits'
constructed by the municipalities. It
will also ask the Legislature to empow
er cities to ley a tax upon wires so
placed.
Kcv. I. S. Halm, of New Kensington,
failed to appear ill court at Greens
burg when his suit for defamation of
character against the officers of the
l irst I'rcsbytcri-rn church of New Ken
sington was called and a nun-suit was
granted.
At Titn-ville the Kim Street schools
have been closed to prevent the spread
of diphtheria in that section of the
city. Klcvcn cases have been reported
to the board of health, three of which
have already resulted fatally.
Mine Inspector Stein and the Mill
Creek Coal Co. nre censured by .he
coroner's jury fur an improper system
of ventilation. The inquest was on sev
en victims of the Mountain mine ex
plosion. Mrs. Shruin, of l.atrohe. wa in the
art of blowing out the light when 1 he
oil iiinited and exploded the lamp. Her
two daughters ran to her asi-taucc and
all three were liadjy burned before n
sis'.ancc arrived.
Fifteen thousand acres of coal land
ill Brothers Valley town-hip, Somerset
county, were purchased Ian week by a
New York syndicate. There i- great
activity in Somerset county and much
railroad building is projected.
Eliza Patterson has secured $.1.00
damages at L'niontown. against the
Cambria Stci 1 Company far damages 10
her farm through the removal oi coal
which permitted the surface to sink.
Three months in prison for ina-i-slaughtcr
was the sentence in the case
of IL V.. Sollenberger and Harry
Sheets, Philadelphia faith curists, who
tried to cure an infant, w hich died later.
Ralph Osncidcr. 15 years oi age, acci
dentally shot himself while hunting
near Oil City, and is at the hospital,
where it is thought that lie has lit'.lc
chance of recovery.
Preparations arc being made to start
three more blast furnaces nt Sharon
and Sharpsvillc. Nearly ;oo hands will
be given employment by the resump
tions. Washington county farmers say the
model road, near Canon-.fourg. is most
expensive, the half mile costing $1,500,
and that it would bankrupt the townshi.i
to build all its roads ;,t such cost.
A D. & O. freight traiif, whose crew
had lost control of it, dashed into other
rolling stock at llyndman, wrecking six
engines and several cars. No one wis
hurt.
A charter has been granted to th:
Warren tf. Sheffield Street Railway
Company, capital stock $oo,o;yi, to build
a line 11 miles long irom Glade Ku i,
Warren county.
Safe robbers attacked the safe in Car
nalian & Co.'s mill, at Apollo, llctorc
the charge was exploded they were driv
en away, llarrv Carnahan and C. 11.
Alb were injured in the face and hand
while getting the explosive out.
The posli'ffice at Badger. Lawrence
county, will be discontinued en Decem
ber 14, owing to the establishment i l
a rural free delivery route in that sec
tion. According to the report of Mine In
spector Davis 117 aeci l'-nts occurred in
the fifth anthracite district during t':.c
year up to December 1.
The Carnegie library promised to
Conucllsvillc will be built at once v.'. a
cost of $50,000, the town to slu c.l-1 r
the cost of maintenance.
A new National hank u to be organ
ized at Natrona. It wijl be known as
the First National bank of Natrona and
will have a capital of $j;.ooo.
The Pennsylvania Military academy at
Chester has been closed 011 account 0
a scarlet fever scare.
The will of Col. James M. Rennet,
who left $2,(100,000 to the University of
Pennsylvania and to the Methodist Or
phanage, has been sustained by Phi'u
dclphia courts.
At Petroleum Center. Lewis Cawl.y.
aged 16, was found dead, his body
caught iu the pulley wheel in the boiler
shop where he worked.
Mrs. Helen Taylor, of Connellsville,
a bride of a week, cannot find lief hus
band,f Tlicodorn Taylor, nor $ijo of her
own money.
Reuben Williams, a farmer near
Punxsutawncy, was found dead in the
river and foul olav is feared.
FIFTY-SIXTH C06RE3S.
StNJUE.
SECOND DAY.
The ship subsidy bill was made the
unlinished business of the Senate, in
stead of the Spoonrr Philipi'i-e meas
ure. Mr. l-'rye, of Maine, chairman of
the committee on commerce, gave rra
sons why it would be chct.pcr to pay
American shipbuilders than to staiid the
drain to foreign countries fnr ocean
traftic.
Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, intrn
duceil a bill for the admission of Okla
homa as a State.
THIRD DAY.
Mr. Fryc concluded his speech in M
vor of the ship subsidy bill, lie said
the subsidy could not amount to more
than $i 000.000 per year.
The nomination of W. Irvin Shaw,
if Pennsylvania, lo be consul general
at Singapore was confirmed.
FOURTH DAY.
The Senate spent most of the day !tl
consideration of the Hay-Paiinecfote
treaty in executive session. Senator
Morgan insists that the United States
should build the canal regardless of
treaties or the wishes of Grett Britain.
FIFTH DAY.
No business of importance was trans
acted by the Senate in open session,
practically the entire legislative day was
consumed by nn executive session, after
which the Senate adjourned until Mon
day. The developments of the session
were: An agreement on the part of the
Senate to vote on the amendment offer
ed by the rotnniitlce on foreign rela
tions providing for the policing of the
canal, an amendment offered by Sen
ator Teller striking out the treaty pro
hibition against the fortification of the
Nicaragua canal when constructed.
HOUSE.
SECOND DAY.
The Root army bill was reported, and
two sections were added which provides
for Generals Shafter, Lee and Wilson.
Mr. Driggs, of New York, introduced
resolutions requesting an investigation
of "hazing" practice at West Point.
Representatives Sulzcr introduced a
pro-Boer resolution, proposing arbitra
tion. THIRD DAY.
Senator Clay, of Georgia, introduced
bills providing for the admission free
of duty of articles controlled by trusts
and for the refunding of the tax collect
ed on raw c:tt"n in the event that the
supreme court holds to be unconstitu
tional the law tinder which the tax was)
collected.
FOURTH DAY.
The House devoted the day to the
army reorganization bill. Eleven of the
id pages of the bill were dispos.-d of bc-
iorc aujo'.rrnmrui.
I he House passed the army reorgan
ization bill by a vote of 165 to 13.1. By
a vote of I5g to 51 an amendment plac
ing an absolute prohibition of liquor
sales at army posts, was substituted fir
the canteen provision bill.
FIFTH DAY.
The Grant oleomargarine bill w.u
passed by a vote of I'i to yj. The bill,
as passed, makes all articles known as
oleomargarine, biitterinc, imitation but
ter or imitation cheese transported into
airy State or Territory for consumption
or sale, subject to the police power of
such State or Territory.
Representative Taylcr, of Ohio, has
hibition of polygamy.
Representative Graham introduced a
bill to give ex-prisoners of war $j for
each and every day imprisoned and a
pension of $w a month in lieu of any
pension now received.
SPORTING BREVITIES.
There will be rn active indoor ath
letic season this winter ill New Jersey.
James J. Corbett, the pugilist, hopes
to open a boxing club in Cincinnati
next month.
Fred Mosom. the widely known
trainer, died nt Washington, of typhoid
pneumonia. He was abort fo-tv-one
years old nnd leaves a widow and one
child.'
Margaret Gr.st recently broke -he
record of the cycling world for con
tinuous century ritiing by making 2,0
miles in twelve days, eight hours and
fifty-five minutes.
By winning the protested te.v.n
match against the Newark Athletic
Club the Hillside Club, of Plainlield.
N. J., secures the team championship
of the East Jersey Golf League.
.The cycle racing game is now bavins
its innings at Los Angeles, Cal.. and all
the cyclists in training are out there en
joying the summer weather and urf
bathing in the dead of winter.
Connecticut and Vermont are awak
ening to the advantages 'oi a, sidcpaih
hw. There is a strong mnvt-uicnt or
ganizing in both those State P' sccur
a law similar to that in force in New
York State.
Purses "nii for M-. Drak? of Chi
cago, on the English' turf last season
amounted to $5.1.000. which plr.c-s him
fifth in the list of winning owner. The
Prince of Wales' horses wen for him
$i;o.ooo.
The six-mile intercolle-.rir't" cross
country race, held nt Morris Park,
New York city, resulted in victory- for
Cornell. Yale and University o: Penn
sylvania tied for second place, and
Columbia finished fourth.
Ill .1 II 1 ivv u-ii ll" in, 1 -'I - J . V .1 I.ISV at
Los Angeles. Cal., Grs La-vs.m de
feated John Nelson, the ini Idle-distance
champion. Law-son won bv n
quarter of a mile and incid -ntaUy low
ered the world's record by thirty-seven
seconds, his time being as u.
Funeral In Hsmbu fl.
The funeral in Hamburg is a novel
ty for the American. The big
has fancy curtains on its gla
front and rear, of sky-blue c!i
ts followed on loot by Dearei
hke the knights of old in
black jackets, white skirts
ruliled collars and fronts.
knickerbockers, low-cut
broad silver bands. A 1I
such as Napoleon used til
ttic heads and rach marf
sword. One cortege that
two open carryalls filled
smoking, and this pastime
on with the hearse only six f I
lhc mourners rode in carria
fVivers were dressed in bj
livry, tall silk hats with
cites, and top boots. Ut J
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