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,