it i of the heavens now ropean astronomers stars. It would be of them got left by to have tbelr picture ho the Judgment of a Chi- Aou are not to jump off a it comes to a full stop. Arsons who persUt In jump- Fiovlng trains come to a full nselves: Itjr-elght counties of southern Ian have lost 40,000 In popula te past 10 years. This .can Ibly be accounted for by the de- fnce of the timber traffic. The do- Ming of forests is not profitable to lhe state, neither does it pay to "kill he goose that lays the golden egg." I An Ohia preacher has taken to ad- litlslng his sermons in black face bio across the page of his local news- Iter, with the result according to his n statement, that his congregations I collections have quadrupled In Thus does the pulpit add Its tes- liiony to the fact that advertising ur venerable friend, the war cloud (he Balkans, Is getting himself med up for a spring campaign. His sent habitat is Macedonia, which pr'obablyi the most dangerous spot the map bf Europe today, if llght- ng from that cloud should strike lere, no orj cun tell how great the (suiting corflagrattonniigbt be. But e great PNvers are experts in the anlpulatlci ot llglsVitng rods. Though Vn' liuii only one city f more I jj1 ione more the United lass, Ger- to its popu- ore cities of from 50,- 100.000 Inhabitants, and de- 'more of from 100,000 to 000, n the United States. In the States 8,000,000 people live in t over 600,000 inhabitants, some 3,uw,0i0 In Germany. the United States a larger per- of the population lives in 'which have under 60,000 inhab a singular coincidence that al- simultaneously came the lnaugu- of the president of the United A .change of British sovereigns lhe establishment of a new state Australian confederation. These great groups of English speak- eople are the dominant ppweti on continent but the maiiV.nd ot and 'indirectly theyjtre pow- Num-ooc shaking one Initially the Lre spread world or In its grasp I s Work. lactuary says llife in Great breaaed'dur- lien Queen Imale chll- to reach 40 years, to reach 46 Ves 60 years an average rmay expect ' so much to He founds fa. We have 1 regard to the life In this rlcan Cultivator, reased as much. tian In England, due. In part, to from smallpox, JydaU .of blch are well able to lry conditions In our ISO greatly Improved. of things ; exists In ntlary. it contains Tc!empl to death. Sent laws not a nger of losing his p.n execution igh theTw decrees Irst degree is pun Wer the present uentence means nt The trouble 1 the state crlml it It obligatory gn the death lhe governors In i been willing Vresponj)fblllty to eter- Kansas It Vrstand a actlcally Vtlws) la alters us courts case fROTECTEO, built a wall . about mo, To keep nil fop without Anxli'ty. with nil her train. And the grim monster, Ilotihlt Yon nU my name 7 'Tin Happiness, With which no foe nn rope! The wnll I've built ennnot lie scaled It iiiiiiriii'd blocks are hope. f THE t FOOT OF THE k."k"SVv.-k.k.-k.-k.-sv "Now, Reub, you don't mean to say It took you two bouio to find those cows, and one of 'm with a bell, too! Cows are bigger than grans-hoppers, and I'll venture to say you found enough of those." Having a choice collection of bugs of various sorts In his handkerchief nt that moment. Reub did not stop to ar gue the point. And, Indeed, no argu ment that he could muster would change his reputation for a heedless, blundering fellow. So looked Reuben Clay to the world; and how looked the world to Reuben, fatherless, mother less, fed and clothed by Mr. and Mrs. Brown for charity's snke till such time as he could take enre of himself? Ever Blnce he could remember, the boy hnd hnd an eager Interest in every thing that crept or flew. Though his zoological tafctes were frowend upon, they throve under opposition, and when one Bummer a college professor came to the village and encountered Reuben In some of his collecting ex cursions, Reub's vague wishes grew to a resolve. Some day. If he lived, he would know birds and insects as the professor knew them; and as a neces sary step to that end, he would go to college. After his district school days were over Reuben lived on nt Mr. Brown's, helping In the regular fnrm work, and doing, besides, such odd Jobs as for tune sent In his way, laying up money for the future, and reciting Greek and Latin to Mr. Alison, the minister. Reuben bad had one cruel accident that would have turned many boys In despair from the chosen path. On a spring morning he had gone In his boat to the village to deposit the first (50 of his savings, and on the way he lost his pocketbook. Whether he had dropped it In the water or elsewhere, or some clever thief had taken it trom him, re mained a mystery. It was discourag ing work beginning at the foot of the ladder; but there was no other way. Abandoning. his purpose never entered his mind. The years came and went, and Reu ben was 18, when one morning In June, to Mr. Alison sitting in his study, a visitor was announced. In the parlor he found a sunburned gentleman In white flannels, who held out his hand, saying: "I'm here, George; and I've come to ask a favor of you the first thing. My coachman gave me the slip at tire last minute. Can't you tell me of some one down here that would do?" And so It came to pass that, almost before he knew It Reuben was estab lished as coachman and general helper to Mr. Courtenay. owner of the beauti ful cottage on tho hill, who chanced to be also a college friend of Mr. Ali son. "He is a boy with a career before him, I think," Mr. Alison had said. He had not told all Reub's secret, but had felt it right to say that he was an" or phan, working aard for money to start in lite. Reuben's skies had never been so bright. Courtenay took the whim to offer him exceptionally good wages, and he had large margins of leisure for study. What he liked best was getting to know Courtenay, who had taken a liking to him, and let him enjoy for l-e first time In his life the familiar companionship ot a gentleman. Some times be felt as if Courtenay were in vting him to speak of his future hopes, but this he shrank from doing. One morning they were out in the yacht together. Reuben had Improved wonderfully in his new life. He stood straighter and seemed more manly than ever before, and there was a hap pier look on his face. As be stood by the mast in his blue yachting suit, Mr. Courtenay looked at him with some thing like envy. "If I weren't so fond of myself, I'd like to try being you for a while," be said at last Reuben laughed. "You'd soon get tired of It I'm a born plodder, and shall be to the end of my days." "Plodders sometimes come out best In the end," said Courtenay, wistfully. He sat silent for a moment, with a look that suggested not entirely cheer ful memories. Then he said abruptly, "My mother and sister are coming to morrow. We will meet the boat "With Dick?' "No, with the pair. Why do you ask?" "We have never tried the new horses on the steamboat wharf, but we know they are restless," Reuben answered hesitatingly. "I think Dick would be safer." Courtenay was on the verge of an Im patient reply, but he suppressed It "My mother likes spirited horses, you and I will be on the front seat, and I think we can manage the blacks be tween us." Clearly Reuben's only course was to obey. Morning came, and the faultless ly groomed horses were brought punc tually to the door. Courtenay took the reins, and the horses trotted stead ily over the road to the wharf, and stood quietly while the steamer swung slowly up to the pier. "You see they are lambs," said Courtenay, as be banded the reins to Reuben, and weut to And his guests. He soon returned with the ladles and put them Into the carriage. LADDER, j "I'll hold them while you look nplhe luggage," said Courtenay, taking the seat and handing toe checks to Rett ben. Reuben turned away and was busily searching for the trunks, when sud denly the shrill whistle of the steam boat sounded. With one fiery leap up ward the frightened horses started at full speed, cleared the wharf and tore down the road, Courtenay's utmost strength being powerless to control them. The hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle Is often a great convenience. Reuben sprnng from the end of the wharf and dashed up the bank Just In time, lie flung himself at the horses' heads and allowed them to drag him while he clung to the bits. They swerved, but soon slackened, and Anal ly stopped at the summit of a long hill, down which neither Mr. Courten ay nor the ladles would have greatly relished driving Just then. It was a poor limp creature that dropped by the roadside when the horses stopped, and one foot dragged helplessly as Courtenay put him In the carriage. The next time Reuben opened his eyes he was In his room, with the doctor bending over him. And now came a long time of lying still, waiting for the Injured ankle to grow strong. This was a new experi ence for Reuben the hardest he had known. But for Courtenay's sake he tried to make light of It and keep a cheerful fnce.though it seemed as if all his dreams and hopes were hanging In the balance. The doctor would not an swer for the result unless the Injured foot hnd perfect rest for an Indefinite time a sober outlook for a boy with Reuben's plans; and, In spite ot his ef forts, he grew dull and listless, and lost the elasticity so necessary for a speedy recovery. Courtenay's remorse and uneasiness were Increased by this state of affairs. One evening, as he stood by Reuben's sofa, he said: There's no use denying It; you have something on your mind, young man, and you must tell me what it Is." Reuben could not easily tell his plans, even to so kind a friend as Courtenay had proved; but, having made a beginning, It was a relief to go on, and he told all, from his boyish dream of an education down to tbe present moment, not omitting the loss of the $50. "So that is all that troubles you," said Courtenay. "Why, that Is a mat ter that a stroke of a pen can set right. I was afraid It was something serious." "But I don't want to borrow," an swered Reuben. "It Is easy and Inter esting laying up for by and by, but a debt fastened round your neck Is a different thing." Courtenay sat down by Reuben. "Nobody said anything about bor rowing," he said. "But you are Just go ing to college as soon as you can pos sibly fit; and you are going to be mnn enough to let me help you, and throw your scruples to the winds. You know why you are lying here. You are some thing to me." In a few days a college tutor took up his residence In the house; and, when he had examined Into Reuben's acquirements, he said there would be no difficulty about getting ready by Oc tober. Greatly to Reuben's satisfac tion, the doctor thought the ankle would be strong by that time if all went well. So Reuben worked on his sofa In good cheer. The hope and will that had been wanting before were now thoroughly awake, and from tbe day of his opening his heart to Courtenay be seemed a new creature. One sultry afternoon In August, Mr. Brown appeared at the Courtenay cot tage. He had with him a queer bundle wrapped in a newspaper, which ha handed Reuben, saying: "Perhaps you can throw some light on this. I can't I was harvesting po tatoes this morning and I found this in one hill. It doesn't belong to any variety that I'm acquainted with, and I brought it over as a curiosity to show you." ' And there In a nest of potato root lets lay the lost pocketbook. With eager fingers Reuben opened it The stout leather had guarded the treasure well. Discolored and damp the bills certainly were, but quite recognizable and fit for redemption. "Came out very well this time, Reub, and no mistake," said Mr. Brown, when he had heard tbe story of the loss. "But I wouldn't risk it again. Next time you have (50 to take care of, I wouldn't deposit It In tbe potato field, for the chances are you might sot al ways be so lucky." Courtenay walked down the avenue with Mr. Brown as he went away, and they spoke together of Reuben's plans. "I'm glad you're going to give htm a lift," said Mr. Brown. "It'll save time for biro; but Reub would have done it himself somehow. It's In him. When he once made up hlsmlnd It was never any sortot U86 to contend with him; wheth er 'twas a tough stump In a pasture or a contrary horse or what not, he never gave up till he'd mastered It I've seen considerable many sorts of boys in my time," he concluded, "and Reub Is the sort that gets there. You mark my words, tbe world will hear from Reub one ot these days." Christian Register. Proud of HI, Ancestry. First Chicken Mr. Speckles Is very proud of bis ancestry. Second Chicken Yes. I hear he claims be Is descended from one of tho first Incubators In America. Brooklyn Eagle. In some parts of China tbe young women wear their hair In a long single plait, with which Is Intertwined a bright scarlet thread. Tbe style of ornamentation denotes that the young woman ia of marriageable age. 00000000000000000000000000 I FARM TOPICS OOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOCOCOCCO Sheep a Destroyer of Weeds, Pberp nrc excellent destroyers of weed. They will ent certain weeds that cattle will nut accept, and they graze very elose to tho ground, prefer ring the young plants that are Jut ap pearing above the surface. They con sequently give weed" no opportunity to. grow. Even thistles will succiiiim If the In ml I given up to sbcep. pro vided the thistles nre first rut down, so ns to allow new growth for the sheep. Food Crop For Fnnltry, It will not pay to grow corn, wheat or staple for poultry, ns such food can be purchased nt les cost than they on n he grown, but during the your If there I spare ground, oat may be sown with n few pen mixed, on wblrh the ben tuny be til mod when the green food I four or five Inches high. Such crop n sunflower, sorghum seed, Knfllr corn, popcorn, etc., may be grown In sninll patches, so n to provide food for n variety In winter. It I difficult to procure sunflower seed on the market, and for Unit rciiit n small plot of sunflower may be niiido ornamental nnd useful. Sunflower seed I a fond that supplies n chanse nf diet In winter, nnd they (ire supe rior to nny kind of grain that eau be used. Farm, Field nnd Fireside. Common Sense- In Fnr ItulMlng. If your fence are built so a to lie nnturnlly Well-drained It will tend to their pt'i-iiiniiciicy. A practical fnnuci' tiinke n suggestion which not only will result In n belter fence for breccby cattle, but will prove economical In several way. "If you Intend to build a board, wire or other straight fence." says this wri ter, "you can save considerable in Hie cost by throwing two furrow on eacli side In a vlilge on the exact line where you want the fence to stand. Tbl will elevate the grouud about right ini-hc and depress the ground In the ditch or furrow on each side about six Inches more, making your fence about fourteen Inches without nny expense. "The ridge so thrown up should be sown nt once with timothy, blue and orchard grass, which. In the Middle State, will quickly form n touch oil. r.reeehy cattle, standing with their front feet In the ditch, even If the fence I n foot lower than usunlly built, will hesitate before attempting to scale It. Also a fence built this way will last longer, a the post will not decay so soon, and the frosts do not have such a bad Effect." Feeding liny to Horn. Farmers nre not accustomed to feed ing hay to hogs, but the KaiiMi Ex periment Station report that better results were obtained from feeding alfalfa hay and Knlllr corn to hog than from Knfllr corn only. The liny was fed dry, In forkfuls, and the piss were given an abundance. They picked out the leaves nnd liner stems, rejecting tho coarser portion. It was demonstrated that pork could be pro duced chenply by putting the hog on pasture In summer and feeding hay In the wluter, allowing n proportion of grain during severely cold weather. It has long boon known that when clo ver liny Is cut very line and scalded, leaving the moss overnight nnd sprink ling It with bran and cnrniuenl. It Is wry acceptable to swine. Such a ra tion Is very complete In both t lit" car bonaceous and nitrogenous elements, and costs much less than grain. Pigs that are fed on grass grow more rap idly than when given grain exclusive ly, although an nllowauce of grain will always be of advantage. All animals aro benefited with bulky food, ns grain Is too concentrated, nnd Is better di gested when mixed with other foods. Extending; an End flute. When corn has been loaded on a wagon, It Is very unhandy to shovel oft at first uutll the bottom of the wagon box has been reached. To overcome this difficulty different methods are followed, such as laying one end of a long, wide board on the end gate of tho wagon and the other on the floor of the box before loading and shoveling on the board till the bottom of the box Is to be got at, but tbe extending end gate, shown in the picture, will be found among tbo best of theso expe dients. It Is fastened to the bed of the box by strap hinges which nre sunk Into tho wood so ns not to Interfere with the shovel. The gate is made wido enough to allow tho side pieces to be outside of the box. Iron straps bold tbe side pieces secure on tho gate. A rod of one-quarter inch lrou looped In the manner shown In the gut is at tached on each Bide. Thumbscrew bolts enable the looped rods to hold tbe gate when let down. When the hand bolta are screwed up tightly on the rod they will bold the gate when THS rLA.lt OF EXTENSION. closed, for ordinary occasions, but hooks may be quickly attached to bold It still more securely, Tho gate will afford a plutforni for tho funnel' to stand on when starting to scoop up the corn as well as prove very advantage ous In loading and uuloudlng many ur' Uclea. KEYSTONE STATE NEWS HUSH) PENSIONS GRANTED Inveillgallng Irregularities Among Pension Agertti Donation to W. and J. College. Will Erect Ship Yards si Erie. Pension have been grunted ns fol lows: , .McMillan, dead. Beaver. fl'2; Joseph H. Lent. Somciilrlil, (III; Wil liam flange. 1'allliigton, $1'J; Chester A. Huilliuiniiio, East Stiittbtlcld. f 14: Mury Clink, nutler. 112; Cliarle X. l'hllllps, I :lk l.lek. fit; Benjamin N. I toy In, .New III U'litoti, JS; Thoiiin V. UohliiHoti, Turtle Creek, f.f; William Znrlimnn, l'untsutn wney, 112; S. M. Slieft'er. Wollsboro, $1'.'; Chiule Huff. New Kensington. $12; Wllllnin II. ('lenient, Patterson, Theresa Bax ter, North Orwell, Mary .1. Ilanill tou, FjdgowuiMl Park. H; Mury A Itltehey. West Alexander. N. fulled State Pension Inspector llcl mnn has been Investigating Irrregular Itles ntiioiiit the pension n tents of Benver l'alls In regard to certifying to pension voucher before the day pre scribed by law. lie tins found some 15 or :'0 cases of tills kind, and It will result l the voucher being returned to tl,o pensioner mid the iip'iit who executed the papers lielnii prosecuted. The l ltuiiilnnus miners in the Lilly nnd Kens Creek roiiltield, Caiiibri:i enmity, luinilierliii.' about 2.IH. have utiiioot'ced by resolution that they In tend to strike on April li! unles t In full scale nil'iptcd by the convention here Ik uranted at that time. A com mittee has been mimed In wait on the operator and receive their reply. .Mere than I.Ihhi coal miners are Idle In the vicinity of l.airobo. ltcccut heavy rains flooded the mine, neces sitating a suspension of operation nt the .Monastery plant of the II. C. l-'rlck Coke Company, the I.ntrebe Con I & Coke Company' plant mid the K. T. Siixman I tiiitcHiic plant of the Besse mer Cuke Company. Since the big storm, mine In the Ir win district have been badly flooded with water. At the YoiiKhlnKlicny liilne two big pumps are working day and night without reducing the flow to any great extent. The water I three .oct up on the cage in the shaft and lu consequence several hundred miner nre Idle. A party of six flint glass worker headed by It. M. Wilson, n Pittsburg glass man. left .Monday for New Zea land, to work nt the new plant of the New Zealand Flint CIiism Company, nt Auckland. The company 1 paying the expenses of the party from thin country, guaranteeing the men n year's work. Tom Ihilrd. the colored man who. no girding to all the witnesses In the case, tired the shot that killed Alexander Wustlleli at Stockilale. Washington county, two your ngo, for which mur der the colored men, .lime and Ward, were hanged In January, ha been cap lured ami Is In Jail at Washington. A gift of ii.(Khi to Washington and Jeft'crs.iu cellego by John Add .Moll value, president Judge of the Washing ton county court, bus been made pub lic. Tln academy dormitory, which Is now lu course of erection, was inade possible by the gilt. The donation Is subject to tin annuity for I'll years. Cupt. James Iiavldm or West Hay City, .Mich., will construct one of the largest ship yards on fresh water lu the I'nlted Slates nt F.rie port In the nenr future. The repair dock will be able to nccoiliodato the largest steel vessel ntloat. It I estimated the en terprise will require $i'i(Hl,(Mii). Ague, daughter of Rev. J. T. Hrls tow, of New Itrigliton, committed sui cide by drowiilug herself lu the Hcnver river at the foot of Twelfth street, at that place. The young woman was 2S years old and there la no doubt but that she wa Insane when she com mitted the net. The Immense eonl nnd fire-clay beds owned by the Clinton Coal Company, along the east branch of the Susque hanna river, nre likely soon to be de veloped. The company Is composed of eastern capitalist, who. It I stated, will commence operations within the licit OO day. In broad onyllght nnd within full view of a score of bank clerks, nnd, In fact, less than six feet from the receiving tidier' window In the .Mechanics National bank, Philadel phia, Thomas March, a ro.lred busl lies man, was attacked and robbed by three men. Congressman Sibley has sent a check for $t,(MM to the Emergency hospital of Warren. This In the second check received. It being a part of his salary. The hospital In Ilradford. till City. Kane and Franklin have received like amount. Rev. William Jenkins of the Afri can Methodist Kplscopal church at Ir win, ho received n white cup letter ordering him to cpiit the town, which ho has turned over to the postal au thorities. he epistle grows out of a church quarrel. Philander C. Knox, of Pittsburg ha been sworn lu as attorney general. Tho ceremony occurred In the cabinet room or the White House. Justice Slilras, of the I'ulted States Supreme Court, rdiululsteriu the oath. , More than l.two coal miners are Idle lu tho vicinity of La t robe. Recent heavy rains Hooded the mines, neces sitating a suspension of operations. Andrew MoCollough of Hutler has completed the leasing of M 1,(100 acres of coal land and tUi.lilKl acres of oil territory in esteru Pennsylvania. Mr. F. M. Iowrle, of Franklin, af ter being unable to speak above u whisper for four years, suddenly re gained her voice. Typhoid fever and measles nre epi demic In Mcadvllle. There are 115 cases of tho former and over '-'"t) of the hit tor. New cases are reported dally. There have been live deaths from ty phoid and one from measles. Impure water Is said to be tint cause. ltev. W. F. Connor, I.. I)., pastor of tho Methodist F.plscopal Church, Ir win, was sick Sunday. Ills wife ap peared ami conducted the service, ? reaching from her husband's notes, t was pronounced a creditable effort. Conuellsvlllo workmen at a quarry uncovered a woodchuck frozen stiff, but the animal was thawed out nnd Is now an active pet at the home of ono All extetlftlve vnvn.ltl nnnnvmA nvn the old working-lot No. 8 shaft of the Pennsylvania Cijil Company nt Pitts ton. More that an acre of surface sank several foot, and llfty dwellings, mostly the botiiil of miner, have been rendered unlit kud unsafe for habita tion. Kmployes of the machine nud pump shop of the National Transit Com pany, controlled by the Slnndnrd Oil Company, have been iiotllled that nil advance lu wages equal to 10 per cent. In all departments will go Into elTeet nt once. About ;ir(i men are employ ed. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. TUESDAY. To-dny's sessions were given over to tbe presentation of new bills and bills on ccnnd rending. The Judicial apportionment bill was amended lu committee of the whole on motion of Mr. Pntternon of lllnlr by fixing Hie number of Judges In Illalr county nt one Instend of two, after which the bill pnssed third reading and wa laid aside for printing. A bill was passed finally amending the general corporation act of 1N74 so an to authorize the formation of cor poration for any lawful purpose not otherwise specillcally provided for by act of assembly. The bill providing that district nt. toruey In counties whose population doe not exceed lon.'Mio shall be paid n salary In lieu of fees, and that fees upon Indictment shall remain as here to fore for the benefit or the proper county. wn amended to apply to conn tie having a population of no mora limn loll.lMHI. The bill making It unlawful for first cousins to be Joined lu marriage was amended sn as to provide that It shall not become operative until January 1, 1IMJ2. WEDNESDAY. The house way and mean commit tee met and considered the question of raising revenue with which to com plete lhe capltol building. A sub committee of six was appointed to In vestigate the matter. The committee has under consideration two bills, either of which, they believe, will yield the desired revenue of ?t,oon,00(). In the bouse the Ford compulsory education bill, the bill amending the third clas city act to provide for tbe adjustment of the Indebtedness of such cities and boroughs or township an nexed thereto, the Chew bill punishing kidnaping, and the Creasy road bill passed as also did the bill amending the act of 1SII.1 relative to the re building of county bridge over navi gable streams by extending Its provis ions so as to authorize the rebuilding by the commonwealth of county bridge which have become dangerous nnd unfit for the uses Intended, and providing for changes In the location of bridges rebuilt also passed finally. The order of business nt the night session was bill ou second rending. The senate concurred In the house amendment to the senate bill author izing school board to grant the use of school house for lyceuin and other literary purpose. The following bills were passed finally: Providing for the appointment of a turnkey for county Jnll In romitlc where the sheriff act n Jailor and has hi residence In the county Jail. House bill validating nil elections held to vote upon the question of In creasing the Indebtedness of munici palities from June 10. 1MH. Authorizing borough policemen to perform the duties of high constable. House bill requiring non-resident gunners to secure n license. THURSDAY. Senator (irody of Philadelphia pre sented a Joint resolution which was adopted, appropriating .'!.",immi to a commission which shall represent Pennsylvania nt the St. Ixmls exposi tion, the entire cost of too state ex hibition not to exceed $30,000. These bills were passed finally: Providing for commutation of sen tences for good behavior. House bill amending an act provld ing for the examination of dogs nnd the protection of sheep so that money collected In excess of 200 each year shall go to the schools. House bill providing for the central ization of township schools. House bill nmendlng an act prohibit ing the adulteration of milk, so as to rxteud Its provisions to corporations and firms, as well as individuals. The bouse postponed action on all of the ballot reform bill, four of them (iuthrie primary election bill Intro duced by Mr. VanDyke, the Arnold, Ikeler nnd Chew bill. Hy a vote of 114 to 0 the house pass ed finally the net "making It unlawful for first cousin to Join In marriage, and declaring nil marriages hcrnfter contracted In vlolntlon of this act void." The following bills ulo Allowing constables n fee of 7.1 cents and mileage at the rate of u cents a mile for executing an order of relief of a pauper. Empowering poor directors to make Improvement or alterations of the property of tho poor district. Prescribing the metboil of entering the judgment of a Justice oi the peace Is reversed on a certiorari Issued by the defendant's costs shall be eutered ns a part of the Judgment. FRIDAY A bill wa Introduced In the House to-day by Mr. Paul, Philadelphia, 10 provide for the election or tue board of revision of taxes and of real estate assessor for each assessment district In Philadelphia. Mr. Muyno of Lehigh Introduced a bill restoring the provisions of tho act of JMSt) rein-ting to the Incorporation of street railway companies. Speaker Marshall said that he thought the legislature would be ready to adjourn sine die May 111, ana at the latest May I'.'l. Tho cud Is lu sight, and while the proceedings of this general assembly have at nil times Ih-i-ii Interesting, and at times sensa tional, the remainder of the session Is expected to be devoid of factional ex citement. Four luiHirtnnt proposi tions nre yet to be settled. -They are an apportionment of the state, which will give Hew boundaries to the cou gresHlouak judicial, senatorial and legislative) districts,, giving tho In creased rctiresontatloii provided by law In coiiseiieuce of the Increased popu lation, as! shown by the decennlul census; thk passage of a ballot reform bill, a tie vi capltol bill and tbe appr- priaiion pu LABOR WOULD, Velvet mill workers at Mystic, ConaH nave won their strike. The Brazil soft eonl district, In In dlnna, will be Indefinitely tied up bj a strike. In Italy children of either sex under nine yenrs of age nre not permitted V w-ork In factories. Wngo of ptutdlers nt the rolling mill nt York. Penn., have been ad vanced tw-nty-Hvc tents a ton. Fifty thousand citizens of Indiana arc employed In wood Industrie, and receive iiiinunlly Sl.l.ooo.ooo In wngrs. The coal workers nt Marseilles, I-ranee, decided to resume work, and tbe prolonged strike Is finally nt au end. Five hundred carpenter nnd paint ers nt Sharon, Penn., struck, causing a general suspension of building opera tions. Two hundred and thirty-two thou mud eight hundred nnd tventy-one Wi are employed In English cot- tua factories; only 117,2 4.1 men. Four hundred eonl miner who have been on strike nt lilosshurg. Aln., on account of n difference regarding the charges for ynrdngo work, have re turned to wo.-k Over 5.10 union painter nnd deco rator nt Clncluiiiitl, Ohio, struck because of the refusal of the Mas ters' Association to sign Hie scale de manding 2.HO for au eight-hour day. ,Tho refusnl of bosses to grant an Increase of two and one-half cents per hour nud that eight hours should constitute n day's work ha caused n strike of loo painters nnd decora tor at Auburn, N. Y. The Northern Pacllle nnd (Jreat Northern companies have placed or ders lu the East for 2000 Italian labor er to do construction work In Wash ington and ndjolnlng Stnteii till snm iner. They will take the place of Oriental laborer. It I the largest order ever sent from tho West for white labor. f'rnps lei) to n flirht nt MoiiKotnerj In which Kuffucr Harrison shot anil Instantly killed Amos Ileilrlck. The two men had had trouble over a woman the (lay before. The Heating nnd Ventilating Foundry Company, of Wellsburg, has purchased the Hrooke term cotta works, at I.a.earvllle, nnd will tit It up as n plant. Gov. White has granted a pnrdon to V. II. .Howell, serving a life sentence In the penitentiary nt Moundsvillc, for the murder of William Ullck, commit ted In 188H. BUSINESS CARDS. Q MITCHELL, ATTOrtNEY-AT-LAW. Office on Wet Main street, opposite the Commercial Hold, Kyiui)dvllle, P. G. m. Mcdonald, ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW, Notary Public, roul estate agent, Patents secured, collecllon mado promptly. Office In Nolun block, Kuynoldrtvtlle, Pa. s MITH M. McCKEIGIIT, ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW, Notary Pulille and Itcal F.ntnte Acent. Col-liH'llen- will receive prompt attention. Office In Kroehllch & Henry block, near pitot)lce, Keynoldsrllle Pa. D It. B. E. HOOVEU, KEY NOLDS VILLE, PA. Kesldi-nt dentist. In the Kroehlleb S: Hen ry Mock, near tho postofllce, Mulu street. OenllenuBt In operating. D U. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, Office on second floor of First Nutlonal bank building. Main Ktreet. jyx. it. dkvere king, DENTIST, Office on second floor Reynoldsvllle Real Estate nidir. Main street Keynoldsvllle, Pa. E. NEFF. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Real EHute Agent, Reynoldsrllle, Pa. J H.HUGHES, UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING. A full line of supplies constantly on hand. Picture framing a apclalty. Office nnd ware room In the Moore building on Main street. JJOTEL BELNAP, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. Fit A A' A' DIE 27, 1'mprictor. First class In every particular. Located Id the very centre of the bunt new part of town. Free 'bus to and from trains and commodious ample rooms for commercial travelers. H OTEL McCONNELL, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. Fit ASK J. BLACK, Proprietor. The leading hotel of the town. Headquar ters for commercial men. Hteum heat, fre 'bus, bath rooms and closet, on every floor, ample rooms, billiard room, telephone con nections &c. WHEN IN DOUBT, TRY The hiv tcood the tut oi vein. ad have cured thousands of Caiet of Nsrvout DitcAiet, such as Debility, Duziness, blecplras Bs mad Varicocele, Atrophy, They clear th brain, strengthen tb circulation, ntk digevtioa perfect, ana Impart ft aeUthy I vigor to the mholo being. All , drains and losaes ar checked ttrnnOT Itralll frmmmmiip. Unless patients HIUH&A&aiH ftr. properly cured, thctrcondt. tion often worries them intolnsaniiy, Consuras tioa or Death. Mailed sealed. Price t per bom 6 boxes, with iron-clad lcgil (uarante to cum ot refuud the, money, $s-oo fieud tmi tree book, Forimla bv H. Alx Ptoke. promptly srT4. OS MO PU. BcndnedeL sketch I'biutu for in rcnortua Mtauubilltr. huuk Hum U to 6bi.a V. t anj -rlu faieoUaad TnbOVMarki. IRLI, vairtai wriea ever ennroa to isinb.n ) M.OOO PATENTS PROCURED THROUGH THFsl. J All btuuueM ontiilt.tl. 4uUud Stlvive. sulhAili wrviee, Mvdirm ttiariies. VC, A. ONO Y & CO, PATENT LAW VI MS, SOpf-HlNMOffka, WttHIMTOJI, II V I I
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