The Inhor rost of making stfel in the United Ftatos. la lc3 thrn halt the la'jor cost In Oreat llrlt&ln. American builders of mining ma chinery oiiRht to ftntl this n prptty Rood time to Introduce their goods In Rus sia. When an actor produces one of Shukespenre's plnya now he publishes his veralon of It. Just to show how little William knew about his business. Recent Maine legislation will add $120,000 to the tax bills of the rail- ' mail a In the state. A franchise tax Is established on corporations and the collateral Inheritance tax Is Increased from 1-2 to 4 percent Americans will lose their reputation for swiftness If they allow the phleg matic Teuton to be whirled along be tween Hamburg and Ilerlln at the rate of 125 miles an hour by electricity without trying to make the speed 126 miles between New York City and Chicago. A Manchester man recently pnld f 125 for a black and tan mouse of dis tinguished ancestry. It Is said the breeding of mice has reached a very high state of development In England. Just what use Is made of the little animals Is not stated. It would seem, however, that a mouse of the most or dinary breed would serve to frighten woman. Chicago la to have the first establish ment of the American Institute of Dank Clerks, for which the American Bankers' association approprlatpd $10,000 recently. The general purpose of the Institute la to provide a system of Instruction In the science of bank ing and at the same time to afford an opportunity for bank clerks to repair any deficiencies In primary education. California has more college students In proportion to Its population than any other state In the Union one In 413. The state Bppnds more money on high schools than any other state save Now York, Ohio, or Massachu setts, and more on Its common schools in proportion to population than any state save Massachusetts or Nevada. Women teachers receive higher wages In California than anywhere else In America. Of the students of the Uni versity of California, CO percent are natives of the state, and 46 percent are women. California's splendid showing In education Is due largely to such philanthropists as Mrs. Heurst and Mrs. Stanford. The Amalgamated Walters' society of London, which certainly ought to be an authority on "tipping," seems to be strongly "agin It." They recent ly called a meeting the purpose of which was tho formulntlon of a peti tion to the London county counc'.l.' re questing that a license be refused to any "restaurant, theatre, music hall or other public place where refreshments are sold" which will not pay a fair wage to Its employes, "without any question as to tips." The claim was made that If waiters were paid for their services In a straightforward, honest way, tho tipping nuisance would soon disappear, and that this was the only way In which It could be abolished. Now that tho waiter has combined with tho customer In denouncing the practice It ought to be an easy matter to bring the restaura teur and hotel-keeper into line. Some Interesting data are being col lected In Massachusetts by order of tho legislature In connection with the poll tax problem. It is Warned, in ad vance of the presentation of tho re port, that while these taxes are gen erally collected In the small towns, their payment Is evaded in the cities. In Boston so long ago as 1S95 only 41 percent cf the poll-taxes wore collect ed, and since then the ratio has been growing decidedly Bmaller. As mem bers of the legislature are no more conscientious In this matter than are tbeir constituents, it may puzzle them what to do with the report when they get It If those among the lawmakers who had paid the poll-tax should be asked to rise, "It would be found," the Boston Advertiser says, "that out of the 50 Boston members In the bouse only 15 had settled for their poll-taxes, and out of tho eight Boston members In the senate, only two had paid. When about 75 percent of the Boston members of the legislature bave not paid their poll-taxes. Is It any wonder that their constituents feel even less obligation to do so?" In this connection a novel suggestion is made by the Boston collector. He advises that hereafter. If the poll-tax la to continue In force. It should be treated as the water tax la now treated that la, that It should be assessed gainst the owner of the property la which the polls are found. I T wns at Cedar Creek, Virginia, that a circumstances hap pened to a comrade and my self which gooi to prove that words spoken at certain time can pro duce awe where guns fall," said Leroy Ilnnna, who served In Company L, of the Becond Connecticut Ileavy Artil lery, to an old comrade. Continuing Mr. Ilanna said: "We bad been guard- "HOId! BCBBESDEnl" Ing a ford for several days, and bad bad se-veral skirmishes with the Con federate, In which we lost a number of our uipn. On the morning of Octo ber 19 a comrade named 'Jack' Dorst man and myself were sent to mnko a detour through the foothills, and try to discover a good rood for an ad vance. "We hnd proceedpd about n mile from the camp when without a mo ment's warning we come face to face with seven rebels, all heavily nrined, and on the lookout for us. It wns a tight place, and meant either capture or dentb, for we could not hope to cope with seven. Just as the fore most rebel brought bis piece to bis shoulder an Idea enme to me like a flash. Throwing up my left arm with the palm of my hand extended out ward, I exclaimed: 'Hold! Surrender! The Sixth Corps Is In the mountains nnd If you shoot you seal your own doom.' "It must have been the dramntic Are I put Into these words thnt bad the ef fect, of nwlng them, for one by one they lowered their guns nnd we made them captives. We took their guns, bent them between two trees and threw them Into the bushes. When all their pieces hnd been confiscated we mnrched our prisoners Into cnuip, nnd then started out again. This time we "cnoccniso behind a stump." bad traversed about two miles when we enmo upon a rebel orderly who war tiding llko the wind. Dorstman sprang into the middle of the road nnd commanded him to halt nnd surrender. Instead of obeying ho leveled his gun, but for so mo reason it missed lire. Dorstmau tired, but missed him. Then bo shouted to me: 'Shoot him, you fool.' I did so. and ever afterward I regretted it. He wr.s the only man that to my knowledge I wouudeij or killed during my term of service," "I was In forty-two engagements and was scared every time," remarked Colonel George B. Van Norman, of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment to a number of bis comraues. Colonel W B. Brltton spoke up, saying: "Van, you ore an honest mnn; go ahead nnd tell us something about the Eighth." "At Corlutb, Miss., I got the biggest scare In my life," said Colonel Van Normau. "It wag tho day Trice and Van Dora undertook to capture Cor inth from General Rosecraus. Tho Confederates had drawn up very close to our Hue so close, In fuct, that at every volley several of our men would fall. About this time I bad advanced with my old 'Harper's Ferry musket and stood crouching bcuiud a stump, iron) wuicn point of vantage I was loadiug and Bring as fast as I could, Then the Confederate began advanc Ing In a heavy line. Colonel O. W, Bobbins bad Just been wounded and bnd retired from the field. The next volley caught Major Jefferson, and be was carried off the field In a dying condition. I was so busy firing that I did not bear the order to retreat. Then I looked around, but could see only one I Union soldier, Jewell Walker, pt Com nany B, d he was standing' Whlud emy. I asked blm where onr com rades were. He snld they must have been ordered to retreat. By this time the 'Johnnlps' were very close and ad vancing rapidly. I turned to Walker and said: 'Let's shoot and run Talk about a fellow being scared to denthl Well, when we began to run nnd the bullets began to whirs over our heads we ducked at every sound, whether the bullet was within a foot or ten feet of our hends. Any man who says he was not frightened some time In bnttlo must have been In the hospital most of the time." "Tell us the story about the soldier nnd the plum pudding," snld Colonel John S. Cooper to Jesse Sherwood, as WW s 41.1. t jj'."r r.rffrri psw i i n i ufi it ri r i wn J iq, vt. DECORATION DAY, be and a few others were spinning war stories at the Grand Army head quarters. I was on board tho United States steamship Solnerset during the Civil War," sold Mr. Sherwood. "We bad headquarters at Key West. Among the many notable things that enme un der my observation was the capture of the British steamer Circassian off the cooRt of Cuba on Sunday, May 4, 1802. She was the richest prize cap tured during the war. On that partic ular morning wlille cruising off Mutitn- zns, culm, wo had chased two steam ers showing suspicious blnck smoke, but they gnve us the slip. A little later the lookout sung out, and there, lying close to the Cuban coast was a steam er. Our commander ordered the Con federate stnrs and bars run up te mis lead tho officers of the stenmer. In a few minutes she steamed toward us. When near enough the commander shouted: 'What ship Is that?' The an swer came: 'The British steamer Cir cassian, from Bordeaux, France.' "Then our captain ordered them to heave to, at the same time dropping tho Confederate stnrs and bars and runulng up tho Stnrs nnd Stripes to the masthead. The taunting challenge was flung from the English bont: 'Catch us If you can.' "In five minutes every man wns at catch rs it tou en; his post, nnd a shell from a ulne-lnch pivot gun had oeen sent through tho rigging of the fleeing steamer. Tbo fourth shot exploded in ber topmast rigging Just as a steward was In the act of currying a plum pudding down below. When the shot burst be dropped the pudding nnd fluug himself down. He wns still plating up pieces of pudding when bis cnptaln surren dered and hauled down his colors. Then we towed her to Key West" X G. Beckley, who served with the Fourth Michigan Volunteers, told bow calf scared 100 Union soldiers. i lie said: "We were down In West Virginia, about 100 of us detached from our regiment and doing speclnl duty looking for strny guerillas who were continually running through our lines, administering a blow nnd then running away. Not any of us bnd been within gunshot of the firing Hue nnd few bad talked to one who bnd. However, Just as often as we bi vouacked we were frightened. "One morning rumor came thnt a big eiuud of guerilla cavalry had been seen tho night before only a short dls tnuee abend of us. We were not out to retreat, even though we were so afraid of our lives that we all wished we had never enlisted, so we kept moving. Suddenly a terrible gallop ing wns beard Just In foont of us and beyond a small bill. We tbongbt It was a cavalry cbnrge and formed to meet It "It fell to my lot to kneel down In front with my bayonet pointed at an angle to receive the charging enemy. Men all about me were In similar pos tures, I supppoe, but I knew of noth ing but the steady gallop, gallop of the thousand hoofs thnt would soon pound the life out of me. I gritted my tepth to nwnlt tho charge, though I quaked as with the ague. I recall the mnn next me saying, 'Good-bye, old fellow.' ?v-:. -,rn,7jv---: itmuiw- MJt:,-i. mmw m 1 1 ft n ' "I began to wonder why the charge wasn't made nnd over with. Just as I began to get brave the pounding ONLI A Bm.NDLB CALP. hoofs sounded again. 'Steady, men; dou't move,' cautioned our lender. Then prauclng over the top of the hill came a good-for-nothing briudle calf." rxowias roB m soLDrsss. The total number of Ice houses along the Hudson Blver Is 445, with a total tonnage capacity of 8,708,000. LI u 0 D To-day yon are strewing your garlands above The mounds of the heroes who lie Secure from the storma and the straggles of life, 'Neath the smiles of the gentle May sky. And the children with voicca uplifted in song Group there where the flowers are spread In profusion upon the graves of our loved While the mother remembers her dead. 33 1901. From Ilarper'a Weekly. Rcmemhers each tone of the voice that Is milled, Ilcmemliera each touch of the kiss. Reciemln'ra each smile and each glance of the eye. Remembers, nlao! but to misi. For 1 sit in the gloaming alone with my thoughts. Where tlie glory of sunset i ihod: You Imvo laid on tits grave the sweet her flowers ot love While the mother remembers dead. 33 Ia't a full of bii footstep upon the old porch? Iii't hia hand that is reaching, I see? I't his face that cornea amiling aa in the old days, Ere tuey took him, my darling, from me? Ah. alas! it ia fancy bat trailing along Through the mist of the tears I have shed; And you cover with flowers the grave of my boy While the mother remembers her dead. c&X U You say that my boy is a hero who die4 In the front of the fray, and was brave; Unflinching he marched ta the death dealing guns, To find him, ala! but a grave. Ah! what of the grave in the poor moth er heart, That ia watered by tear the has shed? But I'm glad you strew flowers above my dear boy While the mother remembers her dead. H. f. Keller, in the Detroit Free Press. Chicken ricking Cyclones. Tou no doubt have heard of cyclones blowing feathers off chickens, or pos sibly you may bnve witnessed the op eration, but whether you bave or not it Is a fact that cyclones are some times chicken pickets, as well as the pickers of other things. Well, an Ingenious (Jorman, with a devastating cyclone for bis model, has Invented a machine that creates cy clones to order, while you wait, for chicken picking purposes. Ills cy clones are Inconsiderable In else, but very Intense In their field of action, which Is large enough to embrace a Shanghai rooster. You take the rooster or other fowl to blm, be touches a button, and 'be fore you can wink twice every feather Is off the bird. Several cross cur rents of air from electric fans, turning at the rate of 6000 revolutions a min ute, do tho work. New York Herald. y.-.'i n-ri.nni7rptJ, Kir C. To Soften the llnnila oi''tv First wash them In tepid wntfr ti'l every vestige of dirt Is removed. Then, before drying, well rub In glycerine and lemon Juice mixed la equal pro portions. Thoroughly dry with a soft towel, then quickly wash again with water and any good soap, keep lag them In the water as short a time as possible. Again dry thoroughly and powder with oatmeal. The Nw Frams. Rheegraph frames of old brocades and wttbroldered silks are usurping the place of the long-loved gold, sil ver snt dresden frames. One Intend ed for o little child's portrait Is worth descrlh'.og. It Is a lnrgn panel size In palrifft blue satin. Up the right side is tall, dark pine, of which the long trXnk, the conps and branches are ejilsltrly embroidered In natural colortt, nd right across the other side Is a fl It-h t of doves In white silk and silver thread with tiny ruby eyes. KWMt Red Sets. The) fTiry newest wrinkle In bed sets Is to Uatch the chintz or cretonne window hangings and furniture cov ering, i regie for bedroom use at the prevent time. This Is done by cut ting otf? the largest and most promi nent bfcssom of Its huge floral do sign aftl applying them In border fashion "x a white centre of a material like pIsVu swIss. As the cutting must be don fiy hand Its attendant expense keeps tV Idea desirably exclusive, the nearest Approach to It being a printed border h which much ot the original effect R lost To llrlgten Carpets. When a earpet begins to lose Its col ors, if warm water and ammonia are at once appiled they will restore them. Apply as foWows: Into a pailful of warm water ut about three or four tablespoonfuir of ammonia, and with a soft flannel vloth dipped in this am monia water (jo over the entire car pet, rubbing vigorously. As each por tion of the eait)et within your rach Is washed, rub It dry with another cloth. When th4 entire carpet Is gone over, open wlndftws and doors and let the carpet dry end air thoroughly. This treatment will be found to have effectually renoval-d the carpet, except It contains shades of green which will not bear ammonia (It is well to try a small portion of the carpet first), in which case dry salt well rubbed in and then vigorously swept out will freshen and help its appearance. American Queen. flow to rtny tleef Among meats beef leads off as the most expensive; but It is also the most nourishing for people in good health. Porterhouse and sirloin steaks and the rib roasts are the choice for general family use. Fillets for roast ing and steaks cut in a special way are much higher in price, and are not seen on the average table. Hotels and restaunints bave them always on hand, and they really are not so expensive In such cases, where all the buying is done on a very large scale, thus re ducing the price of every pound. If the housekeeper of small or average means will adopt this perfect plan of purchasing her meats in fairly large quantities she will reduce her butcher's bill perceptibly, and at tho same time give her family better cuts and more. If this Is bought from what Is known to the butcher as "the best part of the small of the back" the housekeeper will have the best cuts for her table at a very moderate cost. Mary Gra ham, In the Woman's Home Compan ion. RSCPZS, Orange Fritters Peel and nuarte? the oranges, remove the seeda and all the extra outside skin; nuke a batter of two eggs, one tablespconful of olive oil, one teaspoonful of sugar, one cup ful of flour, half a cupful of cold wa ter. Roll the oranges In sugar, dip them Immediately Into the batter and fry In hot fat Coffee Cake One cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one cup of butter and sweet lard mixed, one cup of clear, Btrong coffee, Ave cups of flour. No eggs. One cup of stoned raUlns, one cup of dried currants, a little salt, ( no teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a lit tle hot water, and beaten in very thoroughly the last thing. No spine. Ox Eyes Cut off pieces of bread two Inches thick from a long loaf, round, trim off crust, scoop out a portion from the centre of each piece and then place In a deep buttered dish. For each three p'.ece3 beat well .two eggs, three-fourths of a cup of milk and a pinch of salt. Baste the bread with this liquid until it la all absorbed, then break an egg Into each cavity and bake in a hot oven. Sprinkle each egg with a pinch of salt Apple Salad Shred very fine one good sized sweet apple, removing the core and ends. ' Break a head of let tuce Into a salad bowl and slice over It six crisp, tart apples. Long narrow slices are most attractive. Sprinkle the chopped pepper evenly among the apples. l)erss with two tablespoon fuls of lemon Juice, six tablespoonfuls of ell and one saltspoonful of salt Mix well, pour over the salad, stir lightly and serve. L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-Shoer . and General Blacksmith, tf " V r.T1' "" 1 i.l Horse shoetnt done In tne neatest manner and !y the latest Improved method". Ke- pmnint oi ail Kinds cnrRiuiiy inn prwmpuj dene. Satisfaction Udakantcbd. HORSE CLIPPING Have uat received a complete set of me chine hone clippers of latest style 'M pattern and am prepared to do clipping In the taf posslhle manner at reasonable rates. Jackaon St. near Fifth, Keynoldaville, Pa. AT PLANING YOUNG'S MILL You will find 8KSH, DOORS, FRKMEB AND FINISH of all kinds), ROUGH - AND DRESSED LUMBER, HIGH GRADE VARNISHES, LEAD AND OIL COLORS In all ahad, And also nn over-stock of Nails which I will sell Ci'EAP. J. V. YOUXfr, Prop. Want Your Clothing to Fit ? Then you ought to go to J. C. JTroehlich, MERCHANT TAILOR. My line of samples are wesV worth anyone's time to call and inspect. Remember All Work ia Guaranteed. Cleaning, Repairing and Alter ing a Specialty. J. C. FROEIILICII. Near Centennial hall. First National Bank Of it EryoLits rLLE. fs Capital, $50,000? Surplns, - - $15,000. C. .T ltrhrll, Presidents Scott Tlri Irlland, Vice Pres.l John tf. Kauelier, hlr. Director: C.Mitchell, Scott McClelland, J. C. King John It. fori! t, (. S. Brown, (i. W. Fuller, J. II. K .ucher. Doe a frenernlhankinffhiHlr.ceiand aolfrlte the account of merclntntn, professional men. farmer, mechanic, miner, iumtxrmen and nthr. promllnir the miit cartful attention to the bunlne of all pcrftoni. , Safe Deposit Boxen for rent. First National Bank bulldln?, Nolan block Fire Proof Vault. I II U II1CUI UIIUU L SIXCE 1S78. A Norwood G. Pixxey, Ag't., Urookville, 1'a. John Trudgen. Solicitor, Reynoldsville, Pa. SOLID IXDEMXITT. Twelve first-class compan ies represented. The oldest established Fire Insurance Agent in Jef ferson county. All business will receive prompt attention. The mht Armor. We are exhorted hy Peter tn be rmvl witb the min.l of Christ. T!i- exprf. ion ia lomi'wh.it Htrlliini; onl very ''u BPstlve. He apeaka la tuo ptvvinu chapter of "the ornnment of a meek nil n.niet aplrlt," anJ Paul al cxliorw Chrixtinn to "ailorn them'lve with ahumefaceilneaa and sobriety through food works." That grace an 1 virtues f Torioiia kind make na mure Iwanti ful nml attractive in the Hit-lit of Ool anil man. is a fnmiliar thnruht: bnt (hnt tbey make us stronger and Ivtte fitted ta light, is a reflection of another kind, even more important. I there any particular nni.i-t or rh:iw of t''e mind of ChHst which can b regardf I aa es pecially referred to in this rxiiortntl and etipeeiully fitted for the emiiiueut of the Chrixtinn soldier? Wa think there Is. The context shows that "liv ing to the will of God" wns what the apostle had in hla thought as the exprex mind of Joans. And surely nothing more exactly meets the case b tli to ret erence to hint and to u. Hew orteii did He say, "I came down from heaven. Itot to do My own will but the will of Hiin that sent Me:" "My meut is to do the will of Him that sent Mo and to ac complish His wort;" "I seek n it Mine own glory;" "I do nothing of Myself:" "I do always the things that are pleas ing' to Him." This, then, plainly, was the very mind of Christ absolute de votion to the will of God. even tf that led to the severest Buffering. Th spirit of the cross was the spirit of Jesus, the r' tit of ministry and self-surrender for good of others. Zioa's Herald,
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