THE OTHER BOY'S WORK. A tnjr one dnv built "P mnn ' snow; He fashioned it with nil the kill he And looked upon it and wns glut, nnd lot Another, when the hnppy cnild with drew. Rtfshed forth nnd battered down the lit tle pile And trampled nil ill munnn emblnncc out, Al if it hud been something loathsome, vile- And hernlded bin work to nil about. A poet wrote n harmless little song: IIo fashioned it with nil the nrt he linew. And unt nnd scanned it hnppily nnd long. And dreamed of praise nnd fnme, ns poets Hn! Put 1o! n eritie found the rhyme, one day, And riilirnled nnd tore it nil npnrt. An 'twere Home shameful thing to put nwnv And left n uli.nft ilrrp in ft eent'e lipjirf. S. K. Kisir, in Chicago Tiiiirs-llcrnld. 5 . A PRETTY W0MAN1 , riy :i-etri rtrynr. J(J JC l'TKlt nmrrinso arrives it reaction," says Kipling; "sometimes n big, some " times a little one; but it comes sooner or later, nnd must be tid ed over by both parlies. If tliey desire to r;n Willi tin- eurrenl." Had his attention been called to It, T nnicli doubt If Ernest Waters would bavo considered this advice worth bid noliee; .Hid as for bis wife, Debby, she bnd never permitted her thoughts to pronto phantasies of nny kind, nov withstanding Unit the longing for the unknown In n quality eoinnion to bu ninn nature. To think of anything but Iho pren out niomctit would, to Ilebby. Imve lieen nli'iut the most senseless thin In the world. 1 lobby was n pretty woninn, nnd lie r exceedingly graceful manners corre sponded well with her type of bounty. Krnest maintained that Debby wns the prettiest woman, by far, lie bnd eve.' seen, nnd bis friends, who were many, bore lihn out lit this assertion. Ernest was what Is known ns n trav eled man. lie had lived In every part of the world, and dwelt nniong differ ent nationalities, coming homo to find that liebby I.nwson had grown 80 at tractive that be could not tie happy Un rest of his life without her. To Ilebby, Krnest was the one desire her young heart had been longing to possess; nnd after their marriage alio believed her hushnnd to be absorbed by her, nnd she wns absorbed in him. But some one, I cannot be sure who. hn said, "A womnn's love, always springs from the heart nnd goes to the henrt; but n mnn's love seldom peiu trntes below the snrfnee." Meaning that a man Is liable to hnve mnny loves besides his wife ns, for Instnnco, get ting up new Inventions, starting out upon new enterprises riding any pot bobby thnt will gratify his love for pov'eHy or making money. Before long It turned out that E:n ?gl Waters; hncl finotiiof To-e. His scheme wns one for which he waj Jjllged to neglect Pebby, nr.'! It some times looked n If ho might bo nt-glecl-ing the handsome property his grand father had left him. , It hnppcncd that about this time lilt) friend, Bert Maddox, visited him, nnd he would suffer no woman to be ne glected. No one could come between Debby nnd her husband; yet, judging by np pearauces, erroneous opinions wcro formed. The season was nt Its height. Debby loved life; so did Ernest. "But I enn't spare the time to go to the opera this year," ho told hi pretty wife. "BerfU havo to tnko you,". rejoicing In the preseneo of his friend, who had never yet failed him. It did not occur to Debby that she. was committing a great mistake by being so often seen In company with her husband's friend, nnd absorbed In his money ranking scheme, Ernest did not consider thnt he was committing an error by allowing her to do so. Am the truth of it nil wns brought to bis notlco In a most startling manner. "I must have it to say thnt I hnve seen one star before ull this glory fades," mused Ernest, purchasing an admission ticket one evening. The opera season wns nearly nt an end. And he would hnve the satlsfae tlon of surprising Debby and IUirt. He succeeded in getting standing room where he could see them both, congratulating himself on his good luck whlju doing so. Not every hus bnnd had a friend like Hurt, who could be trusted to look out for bis pretty wife. The curtain enme down whlD he was in the midst of his reflections "I've seen a great many pretty wo men," Bald one man to another (both standing in front of Ernest), "what you may cull downright pretty women, like Waters' wife, who's here every night, about, with her husband' friend. But I've yet to find a pretty woman who turns out to be au exem plary wife." "I wouldn't bother my head about pretty women," said his companion. "Can't help It," was the reply. "They will come tinder my notice. Poor Waters! He's to be pitied, and no mistake, though he should have known better than to murry a woman so much younger thun he Is, and a pretty one at tuut." "Here indeed was a revelation, brought about In a manner startling to Ernest, who hud only himself io blame for the remarks to which he had been on unwilling listener. "It's the Inst opportuulty cuy one will ever hare to malign ny pretty wife," lis deternilusd, waking his way Hurt nt once suggested thnt the.? should change plnces, nit hough Ernest bnd no Idea they wore doing so liter ally when Burt gave up his sent. The mnn who wns prejudiced against nil pretty woninn wns still venting bis wrath upon Ernest's wife, nnd In n manner Burt could not mistake, when he took the place that seemed to bo orilnlned for him, ns he nftorwnrd told Ernest. He, too, profited by till words ho overheard, nnd drew from them n lesson. The two friends renewed their vow of friendship, encli declaring that para- doxlcnl though It might nppenr, they both lelt the foreboding of something like n cnlnmlly which had somehow been avoided becnuse of the conversa tion to which eneli had been nn unwill ing listener. And to this day Ernest does not know bow near Burt enme to seriously filling In love with his pretty wife. Waverley .Magazine. A CrNIUS OF FINANCE; ttfinclit n Typwrltrr, nnd TnM For It Without Coating 11 tin Crnt. "Do you see thnt young mnn over there?" said a man on n cable car, In dicating a young man rending a paper in the seat opposite. "lie's one of the greatest flnanelnl geniuses In the coun try. If little things are nny indication of a mnn's character. He'll bo n mil lionaire before long, or I'm no Judgo of people." The young mnn's appearance did not seem to lndlcntn,thnt there was any thing out of the common aliout him, anil his admirer's companion said so. "Well, I'll tell you how I camo to discover bis genius," said the man who had spoken first. "When I tell you what be dhl I think you'll ngreo with mo. lie secured n typewriter without paying a cent for It, nnd without doing a stroke of work for It, and ho did It In a perfectly honest nnd legitimate way, too. In fact, ho actually mndo money on the transaction. I only discovered bow bo did It by accident, nnd I've been wondering nt the genius nnd simplicity of tho scheme ever since, lie wns formerly employed 111 the same otlieo with mo. nnd we both lind to do n good deal of writing. One day ho camo np to mo nnd proposed Hint we should hire n typewriter to gether. " 'We can hire a typewriter for $4 n month,' ho said, 'and If we split It be tween us It will only cost us fifty cents n week each. Wo can do that all right, because we wouldn't be using It at tho same lime, anyway. If you give mo !f'2 now I'll go up to the otllce of one of tho typewriter companies nnd hnve them send down a typewriter. . I'll ar range the whole thing so as to save you nny trouble.' "I a greed to this nnd the young man went off with the ?2. Every month I paid hi in $2, and we hfith used the typewriter with perfect satisfaction. About a week nftor the first pnyment I learned thnt my friend wns not pnj Ing anything for the typewriter, but was nctunlly making a little on It. IIo was hiring It out to a man who only used It occasionally, nnd whom be pet gyaded to pay hlni fifty cents n week tor the use of if. I thought that thin was, nilicT clever, but I didn't realize the full measure of my friend s n'jlll'y until a yenr hnd expired. Then 1 learned rrom a innu who linn ca'te'i to ooTlcct a payment on it tfcal lie liita agreed to buy the typewriter on tho installment plan, pnylng $4 a month for It. The man was calling for the last monthly payment on It at tho time, nnd the typewriter Is now the proper ty of my friend. It took him a year to pny it off nt $2 a month, and he wns receiving fifty cents a week for It nil the time. I never tooUthe trou ble to figure it out, but I enn see that he must hnve been making a little on It while he was paying for It." New York Times. Turquolio From New Mexico. "It Is a fact not generally known," said Mr. William B. Smith, of Arizona, "that tho greater part of the turouolso sold In this country and a lnrgo part of that used nbrond conies from the mines of New Mexico. The Amerlcnn product, It Is said, Is gradually but surely displacing the Oriental stone. The colors of the American turquoise nre not only more to the taste of the connoisseur, but aro more permanent, the fading of a New Mexican turquolso being a very rare occurrence. Tur quoise mining in New Mexico Is of very remote origlr. Mnny of the pres ent mines, whe.i located indicated operations by the Inhabitants of New Mexico nt a time prior to or contem poraneous with the Aztecs, stone nnd earthen vessels of grent antiquity be ing found In tho workings. The rar est specimens of tliowaiupuui of the New Mexico IndlnnsVoutaln beads of turquoise, muiiy of them Lciug gems according to modern standards. One the most successful turquoise mines In the territory is located uear Los Cerril los. Muuy gems of great value nre credited to this mine, trie workings and Information regarding tho output of which aro jealously guarded from tho public. Other successful mines are located In the Burro Mountains near Silver City." Washington Btai. Span tali Courtuj. Spanish courtesy is traditional, but it la doubtful whether the exteut to which It is carried, even by the papers, would be practicable in any other lund When Uie Minister of the Interior Dato visited Barcelona some time since, he was booted and jeered nt by the crowd, and finally forced to leave his carriage to escape the storm of stones showered at hliu. And yet tho Spanish papers lu referring to the oc currence a merely remarked lhat the Minister met with a respectful thouir J somewhat frosty reception. Co"'"' HORTICVLTVRAL tt'S CS'v -. CDMLD BY r" fi'w.-M . i s Tretln Tesr ItllRnt. The only effective method of treat ing penr blight Is to wit out and burn nil affected brnnches. Cut off several Inches below the dlsensed pnrt nnd dis infect the knife or saw with kerosene or rnrbolle ncld, before citing an other branch, so as to avoid all dan. gor of spreading the disease. How the Must Trees Arc Ornwn. Pome fruit growers nre of the opin ion thnt the best trees can be had from seed planted where tho trees mo to grow, nnd then top grnfilmj I hem with the desired varieties, diit (urhlng tiie soil ns little ns possible, except to keep It clonn. They ndvo cnte thnt the forest iree thrives be cause Its roots arc never disturbed, nnd protection Is afforded by the leaves which cover tiie ground In win ter. I'lie Itrm-nt nl 31 11 till I II If. Experienced fruit growers who hnve tried mule i':ig raspberries, blackber ries nnd s rnwberrlos, in comparison with rows not mulched, report Unit the rows that were mulched gave double I lie amount of fruit. They also stood the drought much better nnd the vines nnd canes were more vigorous. The Increased crops more than paid for the mulching, while one year there would hnve been uo crops nt all but for the mulch. SotlliiB nn Aili Orilmrd, In setting nn apple orchard wo would place them nt distances npnrt of thirty-live to forty feet one way nnd thirty-throe to forty feet the other way, being governed by the habit of growth of tho variety selected. The preadlng trees like the (ireeiilng nnd Baldwin will be near enough together when full grown If they nre forty feet npnrt each way, while those of up right hnblt of growth would not bo crowded If not more thnir thirty or thirty-three feet npnrt. Yet when both are set In the same orchard It Is better to hnve the distance about forty feet one way and then the upright growers can be placed together In the row. If It Is desired to utilize the ground more fully, penrs, poaches, plums or quinces may be set between the apples trees In the rows, with the expectation of having them cut out when the npplo trees had grown so ns to need the space. Of the forty foot space be tween the rows nbout thirty feet enn be used for growing hoed crops while the trees nre young, thus not losing the use of but one-fourth of the hurl before the trees begin to pny for that which they occupy. The fertilizer and cultivation given these hoed cdops would also be beneficial to the growth of the trees. American Cultlvntor. -' -i Composition of the Tonmto. The extensive use of the tomato for the table has resulted lu mnny Inqui ries concerning Its food value. Profes sor Harry Snyder, of the Minnesota experiment station, presents a series Of annlyscs, the results of which nre shown In the accompnnylng Illustra tion. Of course the greater part Is WBAT A TOMATO IS MADE 07. I. Solids other thau sugar. II. Protein.) water. Of tho nutrients sugar In by far the largest amount, being 3.83 per cent. There Is a wide range lu the different samples. Some specimens contain less than one per cent, and others as high as four and a half per cent. The protein content Is low, and amounts usually to one-half per cent. The fat amounts to about one-half per cent., or practically the same as tho protein. American Agriculturist. The Transportation of Tollon, A matter of importance to fruit growers is an experiment nindo e.t the Vermont Experiment Station on the transportation of polbn of fruit blossoms. There Is a general belief that pollen is transported from treo to tree by winds or bees. Experiment show that the pollen is carried almost exclusively by insects, and that the wind has but little to do with it. Pre pared glass slips were pluced In the plum orchard, so as to be exposed to the wind from all directions. The slips were examined with bund glasses (on April 24 and 23), the wind blowing five miles an hour. This was at the height of the polluatlng season, the alipa being placed at all points, and in the midst of the orchard, as well a ut various distances from the nnd also close to the being right under four hours I inns -li-lUirai rm (:- -if. A -1iinfl, i ni sun m condensed PENSIONS GRANTED. Another Sale of Timber and Coal tsndt, PottofAct Sals Dynsm led Awarded Osmaget Against Rillroid. Following- pensions were granted last week: James Kllis McClurc, Beaver Falls, $'; Jiunes A. Hart, Glen Hazel, $H; John l'liltcrton, Oaigville, $1.2; John H. It apple, Strodes Mills, John 11. Smith, Kerrmoor, $8; David Baker, Tarentuiu. $io; Caroline It. Mc Clelland. Franklin. $8; Mary I.oga-i, Aspinwall. $H; Elizabeth A. Brown, Carr. $8; Caroline I). Armstrong, Mer cer, $1S. Frank Janssen. n barber ot South Srranton. went home drunk from a ball, quarreled with hi; wife and threw a lighted lamp at her. It set the bed on fire, their 7-yenr-tild bov was burned to death, and Kirs. Janssen was so badly burned her liie is despaired of. Her sister. Maggie McDonald, was painfully burned. The house was burned. Ja.is sen is loekcd up. A man, rrprcscinitiR himself to be ai agent fur the l'olar Creamery Company, Philadelphia, sold a number of farmers in lower Fulton county, machinery in December last, each paying $(8, hav ing the farmers contract to pay the money within one year from February, lyoi. The contracts proved to be prom issory notes, due February I, 1901. A sale of about 3,000 ai res of timber and coal lands situated in Somerset county, within a few miles of t ho llal timorc and Ohio main line, and also of the line of the proposed Somerset and I.igouicr railroad, has been effect?;!. The consideration is between $40,000 and $50,000. A case of the utmost importance t t townships has been decided in the ruli'ig of Justice Mitchell of the supreme court. The constitutionality of the act of As sembly of April 28. iSc). known as the township act. was the chief point of at tack in the litigation, and by the court's decision it is upheld. Pittsburg and New York capitalists have purchased 2.5m acres of coal in the eastern end of Washington cotintv. The farmers who owned the land re ceived on an average of $100 an acre, it is said. The plots are considerably cut up by veins bought and now owned by other operators. ftcorgc II. Fleming, of Port Ferry, while working in a stone qttnrry was probably fatally injured by a ircniattre blast powder. Both of his eyes wove blown out, and he wns terribly injured about the face ami body. Fleming s about .16 years old and has a wife and two children. The Baldwin Automobile Manufactur ing Company, of South Connellsvillc, has assigned. President Humbert says the expenditure of $100,000 and six months' experimenting caused the trou ble. It is believed creditors will allw the company one year for payment of debts. J. T. Morgan & Co., of New Ynrtr, have purchased 75,000 acres of coal land in Greene county. The deed is one "f the largest ever closed in Western Penn sylvania. It is said that the Morgan .syndicate paid $.oo an acre. The entire price paid, in round numbers, $15,000,. 000. Acting upon the suggestion of citi zens J. S. Fruit, of Sharon, has taken a hand in the matter of trying to se cure a public building for Sharon. IIo has lequcstod Senator M. S. Quay to in sert the item in the appropriation bill, providing such a building at a cost of $20,000. The Jenkins Iron nnd Tool Company, operating the I.autli iron works at How ard. Center county, will Inn Id 50 new puddling furnaces and add new cquio- nient sutlicicnt to uouoie tiie capacity ! the plant and give work to 100 more workmen. Andrew W. Root, of Butler, has boon awarded $1,000 damages against the Pittsburg and Western railroad on ac rount of injuries done to bis lease and oil wells by the building of the Reibold Eidcnccn cut-olT. About 50 Sandy Lake citizens were re- rcntly swindled out of sums aggregating fl.ioo by a stranger who bought up all the poultry in that (.ertion, shipped it to Buffalo, and issued bogus checks 101 various amounts. The safe in the postoffice at New Bethlehem was dynamited and the safe was completely wrecked, the robbers securing $6 in money nnd $jo in stamps. the robbers were traced to Hawthorn and escaped. Francisco Diaz, aged 14. has become a student in the preparatory department 01 Washington ana Jetlcrson College, nt Washington. He is a son of Gen. Diaz, of the Cuban army, and is intensely pa triotic. The supposed suicide of Dalton Peck ham, at Krie, turns out to have been murder. It is said he came home intox icated, drove his family out into the cold, and was found dead the next morn ing. Harry Kirkwood, of New Castle, 20 years old, has been arrested on a charge of abduction. It is alleged that he eloped with Sarah E. Pritchett. 15 yea.-s old, with the intention of marrying her. Lawrence Minor, aged I J years, who stabbed a schoolmate with a penkniie ut the Rich Hill school. Fayette county, has been held for court. Mrs. Samuel Buckley, of Anderson. Washington county, has been commit ted to jail for alleged cruelty to a 5-ycar-old stepdaughter. The present session of the Mercer county grand jury will be a record breaker for illegal liquor selling cases, the greater number coming from Sharon. Typhoid fever has broken out at Dun bar and it is feared, it will become epi demic, Adam Garlick. a Civil War octera.i, nd a fanner of Bedford county, w.n i.ti'.'ck by an engine while crossing the railroad near his home and instantly anniversary of the cthren 111 ens- Grei THE REALM New York Clly.-Mllllnry styles have tnken nn ncknnwledged place and nre In grent tlcinnml, both for house and street wear. Tho glint of gold, the MILITARY SnirtT WAIST. straight standing collar, the strappings nnd tho brass buttons nre nil dear to the feminine heart. The chic May Miuiton waist Illustrated Includes nil the essential features, nnd can bo re lied upon to give ample satisfaction. As shown. It Is of dark red silk flan nel, combined with black velvet, and trimmed with gold braid nnd buttons, but can bo varied ngaln and ngain. The foundation Is n fitted Ilnlug thnt closes nt the centre front. On It nre arranged the plain back, the vest ntnl fronts. The vest, which tnpers grace fully. Is nt Inched permanently to the right side and booked Into place nt tho left, nnd Is finished nt Ui-j neck with n standing collar portion that meets thnt of tho wnlst. The fronts nro plain nt the shoulders, but gathered nt the wnlst nnd nre finished with applied bands of the material. The shoulder seams nro covered with pointed straps, nnd the neck Is lliiished with a regula tion military collar that closes nt the left side, where It hooks over Invisibly onto tho front portion. A pocket Is In serted In the left front thnt finishes with a flap, Imt both It and the slioul- GIRL'S dor stips can be omitted, when pre ferred. The sleeves aro lu bishop stylo, finished with narrow, pointed cuffs. At the waist Is worn a belt of black velvet ribbon held by :i gold clasp. To make this waist for a womnn of medium slue three nnd three-quarter ynrds of material twenty-one inches wide, three nnd a half yards twenty seven inches wide, three ynrds thirty two Inches wide, or 0110 nud three quarter yards forty-four Inches wide, will be required, with five-eights ynrd for plastron, collar nud wrist bauds. filrl'? Cootume. Llttlo girls are uover more charming than when gowned In plaid materials showing nnght, vivid colors. The very pretty llttlo May Manton cos tume illustrated In the largo cut Is nindo from camel's hair cheviot woven with much red and lines of black, green nnd yellow, nnd Is trimmed with bauds of black velvet ribbon that servo as nn ndmlrnbk. foil. At the neck is a V-shnped shield of heavy crenm lace over plain red, tln'shcd by a hlmplo standing collar. Tho skirt is circular, with a single seam at the centre buck. The upper portion fits snugly and smoothly, but below the hips It falls In soft, undulat ing folds that mean ample freedom nnd flare. The fulness at the back Is laid In nn Inverted pleat or can Uo gathered, If preferred. Tho waist Is made over a fitted lin ing and, with the skirt, closes at the centre back. The V-sliaped portions aro faced onto the lining nud the waist proper Is arrange over It. The bucks nre plalu across M he shoulders nnd drawn down In gathers at the waist line. Tho front Is laid In two backward-turning tucks at tach shoulder, hich provides soft. fulMQlds below, l gathore't at the wit XM line. es nre snug, but uotTfter- JjJ B'-i3; "' U nro finished with roU-oWWjnehf wide, when plain OF FASHION. To make this costume for n girl of elcht years of nge if our ami throe, quarter ynrds twenty-one Inches wide, or two and n half ynrds forty-four Inches wldo. will be required, with otio-hnlf yard for V-shaped shield nnd ton yards of velvet ribbon to trim n Illustrated. The Smart Thing. If yo r vlsltimr costume li: o p.islel gray or a tender .'iliuoud-fiiiin set It off with 0110 or two things, lio not ('renin of purchasing a hat to match. You will present n much simmer np peiirnneo If you choose ellii -r n black hat. 11 nuns of quilled clilfion :ir mnited In waves, or n flinrm ln-r tur quoise blue felt "platenn." Trim It with ribbon to mnleli or with reaihers the Unt of your dress, nnd do not omit tho correct touch of 11 few roses or buds nt one side under the brim or In troduced between the superimposed folds of n double brim, t mbrnl.lrrcct Short. Evening shoes and slocking ar em broidered In gold. White slippers bavo deil'-'iis done on tho toes In seed pearls! nnd gold threads. The 'white silk stockings thnt nro worn with theso have gold threads, lu very delicate patients of riiibi'oldery, riintilii up over the Instep. A M'ni.mn'i WaUr. Fnii'-y wiilsts that Include a wn!.t eont effect me exceedingly smart and much like!, both for tho odd bodices and costumes made of one material. Silk, luce, chiffon mid velvet are h11 combined, nnd rightly handled irive n most satisfactory result. The chle May Manton design Illustrated Is one of the latest from tho other side, nnd will bo found desirable In every way. Tho model Is made from satin Alglou In pastel pink with rovers of crenm giiliutro over white, soft, full front of white chiffon, nnd simulated waistcoat of pink panne with hand of white or namented with small jeweled buttons, Tho foundation Is a fitted lining that closes nt the centre front. Tho back proper Is seamless, but Is Joined to U10 fronts by moans of undor seain gores. The fronts nre plain and turned bnck CO.iTUME. to form rovers. Tho full front, or plas tron, Is attached to the "right side of the lining and Is booked over onto the left, and the simulated vest U stitched to position beneath the revers. The sleeves, as shown, nre tucked above nnd below tuo elbows nud wrists, whore they nre finished, with bands of lace, but, if preferred, they can be made plain. To cut this waist for a woman of niediuiii s.iz four and a quarter yards of material tweuty-one Inches wide, or two and a quarter yards forty-four Inches wide, with three-quarter yard of chiffon for full front aud five eighths yard for simulated waistcoat, will be required when tucked sleeve nro used; three and three-quarter yards twenty-one Inches and three-quarter yard 11 nytriv sajraivj 3 to bur. wse.ijr.
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