Talk about sending coal to New Castle! American milliners are now exporting their goods to Paris. It Is estimated that the cost ot crime In the United States amounts to $5.60 per capita of the population annually. Insurance actuaries agree that the expectancy of life Is on the Increase. Of course, the next move will be to make the people pay for It. Uncle Sam has certainly "spread ome" when 20,000 miles Is the short est route by which he can tow a dry dock from one of his Island ports to another. The dirigible balloon has been In Tented by a Brazilian living In France. Now what benefactor of the race will Invent an automobile which will al ways be safely and securely dirigible? A San Francisco doctor has been honored by the French Academy of Medicine for the discovery of a new disease. This Is wrong. Doctors who discover new diseases should not be encouraged. There are enough dis eases now. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal aays that to solve the servant girl problem domestic service must be made more attractive. It must be elevated. The foolish prejudice that debases It should be destroyed. The gulf between mistress and maid nniBt be closed or bridged. The Boston Herald remarks that there never was a time when the na tion was so actively engaged in carry ing out the earnest counsel of Wash ington In the Farewell adJress: "Pro mote, then, as an object of primary Importance, Institutions for the gener al diffusion of knowledge." The bubonic plague is the most stub born of epidemics. It seems to be almost impossible to exterminate this Black Death even with the utmost efforts of the ablest doctors. The dread of cholera and yellow fever has been much lessened In recent years, and the medical profession has fought valiantly and victoriously against many an in fection and many a contagion. But this plague can not be annihilated as yet. Fortunately in these days it Is not a grave menace to the great cap itals of the world. But it is still a dread spectre In filthy; quarters of cities, both of the Orient and the Occi dent, In which the conditions ot clean and wholesome living are neglected. It la an encouraging sign for the "health of the modern American that the popularity of outdoor life in the United States seems to be increasing. The number and variety of sports and pastimes which allure to open air exertion has grown greatly. Not very many years have elapsed since the time when tennis and foot ball were unusual and golf and the bicycle were almost unknown. Yet the Influence ot these and other sports has been so strong In recent years that open-air Ufa has come to be enjoyed for its own sake and apart from the amuse menu associated with it. It Is a mis take to suppose that the pleasures of outdoor life are especial privileges of youth or of any given type of sum mer amusement seeker. The immense advantages they confer should be shared by all alike. In the present state of our society development they are among the richest of the blessings Within the reach of the people. Forty years ago 87 percent of the total amount of broad silk in the United States was imported; today the condition Is reversed and, accord ing to the latest official figures, 13 percent 'only Is Imported. Today the United States is the greatest silk pro ducing country In the world, and It was less than two centuries ago that the Industry was first dreamed of here. The quality Is being steadily Improved so that It promises to com pare before many years with that of Trench manufacture. Italy stll pro duces the most beautiful fabrics, and because of the perfection attained must always be drawn on for the heavy satin damasks and other rich cloths. When the attempt was first made In this country to manufacture silk, only sewlng-sllks, handkerchiefs and the like were made. It Is esti mated now that one-third of the do mestic output Is ribbons, next In order come broad or web goods as the material for dresses Is called silk thread, hand and machine twist, knitting, crochet, embroidery, art silks, and so on. The domestic man - ufaeturera stand first In that branch of the business which Includes the threads, and the exportation! Increase yearly, while there are no lmporta- NOBILITY. It la not that the mountains make the men, In solitary grnnitaur, but npitrt The towering hilltops can but serve to start A steeping nobleness to lite Again. Thn groat-aoulod natures Ami their province when They Join the toller In the stroet. the mart, Their honest, rngi(el sttinllness of heart Kindling responsiveness unstirred till than. For suoli Is not tli narrow. Uniting creed, Nor struxglti to exeol nt others' post The bickering selllnh strife to win who can. On tliem the I'hsrlsiiin cult Is lost i Theirs Is to seek slut help tho crying need, To stir In nil the innjestv of man. Frederick Vtllllnm Memmott, In the Kprlngllnld Kepubllcnn. A PHILOPENA WOOING, I on- Harlowe's Love Story, g AA4A4AAA4AAAASAAAAAAAAUAA John Armstrong took Miss Harlowe out to dinner, and neither the dinner nor the diners received any of his at tention, for It was entirely occupied by Miss Harlowe. He could not have told what was the first course, nor what was the last, nor what had been said by the Hon of the evening, l.leut. Barnum of Cuban fame; but he knew at Just what droop Miss Harlowe's curling lashes looked prettiest, ho knew every de tail of her gown, he knew Just how her brown hair turned to gold where the rays of the cloctrlc globes fell upon It. Miss Harlowe held out a twin nut in her pretty palm. "Will you eat a philopena with me, Mr. Armstrong?" she said. It was marvellous what a softening effect those lashes had on her brilliant eyes, one felt the difference when she looked straight at one and when she looked up from under their silken fringe. Some people said she had hard eyes. Armstrong did not think so. He bent over the small hand and took up the nut as If it were a jewel. "I will do anything that you ask me to do," he said. "But what happens when one eats a philopena?" "Oh, you cannot accept anything from me and I cannot accept anything from you. If one of us does and the other cries 'philopena!' 'the unfortu nate Is obliged to give a pawn." "Those are very hard conditions, altogether unfair," said Armstrong. "Eat It!" Miss Harlowe commanded, Imperiously. Then she looked down at her plate. "There Is always a way to get around the hardest' conditions," she said, softly. "Phillips carried on as usual this evening," remarked the hostess to her husband when the last guest had gone. "I declare, that girl Is simply dreadful. She is the dearest, prettiest thing, but she seems to think that all men were created solely for her amusement." Mrs. West had a tender heart, and all the evening she had carried with her the recollection of the pathetic gratitude In John Armstrong's eyes when she told him that he was as signed to Miss Harlowe. She gave an unoffending yellow soft pillow a vicious dig, which might have led one to sup pose that for a moment she had trans formed It Into MIbs Harlowe's golden head. Then she gave her husband a hug and a kiss as if to atone to all men for the cruelty of all women. "My dear." said he, "John Arm. strong Is able to take care of him self." But Mrs. West knew he wasn't. Phillips was sleeping the sleep of the just. Probably It was the sleep lessness of the unjust that John Arm strong was experiencing. He had been warned. Other moths who had fluttered about the flame ex hibited their singed wings, or expati ated on the altogether wingless con dition of still more unfortunate vic tims. But where is the moth that was ever saved by good advice? "She is as beautiful as a picture, and with about as much heart," said Travers. "She Is beautiful, and she has a heart to match her face," replied Armstrong. "You fellows have never been able to reach it, that's all. She Isn't a woman to be lightly won, and I like her for It." "Lightly, won! Good heavens! That's just It; she doesn't want to be won; she only wants to be wooed. John, my boy, I admire your delicious self-conceit and your stubbornness, but I tell you she Is just playing with you." "I do not care to discuss Miss Har lowe any further," said Armstrong coldly. And Travers knew that he had said as much as he dared. Philllpa sat In her drawing room, waiting for John Armstrong. She was smiling to herself as she remembered that she had told three men that she would not be at home tonight. "He comes out of his ahell when there Is no one else here," she said to herself. "What a great, noble head be had! And what a will! I will tell him about the other men." He came directly, and she wel comed him very sweetly; but as she looked In his face she saw a certain firmness about the Hps and a steady light of purpose burning In his eyes, and she shivered aJJttle. Like Tra vers, she knew that she had gone as far as she dared. She became desperately gay, but Armstrong was In no mood for rail lery. He sat silent and watched the play of the light on her hair, the deli cate rose color that burned In her cheeks, the quick drooping and curv ing of her lips. Then he leaned suddenly over her. He was tremendously In earnest, his straightforward nature could brook no preamble. She certainly under stood him by this time. "Phillips," he cried, "you know that yon are dearer than life to tile! Do not put me oft any longer. I cannot bear It! You are very beautiful, dear, like some exquisite flower, with all your gifts and graces, and I am only an awkward, abrupt fellow. I have nothing much to offer you, I know I am not worthy of you, but I can give you a henrt that Is all yours and a lifetime of love and devotion. Will you accept It, Philllpa?" Philllpa laughed nervously. Then she furled and unfurled her fan and looked tip archly. "Accept anything from you? Why, yon must think I have forgotten our philopena! Besides, if I did accept, you know, I shouldn't have a thing to give you for a pawn." 'Philllpa, do not trifle with me." "You are very unreasonable!" Philllpa cried, conscious, however, that her eyelnshes were falling hor for the first time. "You ask me to accept a a gift Just as If there never was such a thing as a philopena." Armstrong rose. His Hps were white, his eyes full of pain. He looked down on her a moment, then he said, quietly: "Ooodby, Philllpa," and strode from the room. He took his overcoat from the hall tree and dragged It on deliberately. "I.Ike many another poor fool. I see that I have endowed a beautiful doll with a soul." he said to himself with a bitter smile. He Jammed his hat down over his head and slid back the chain of the door, then he felt the touch of a hand, and he turned and saw what no one had ever seen before Phlllipn's bril liant eyes all soft and misty with tears. She laid her cheek against his sleeve. "John, dear John, forgive me!" she cried with a little sob. "I do ac cept, and here. I will give you the pawn In advance." She drew his head down and kissed him. and Armstrong folded her In bis arms without a word. "You see, dear," whispered Philllpa, "I couldn't give you my heart for a pawn, because you already had It, long ago." Venlta 8elbert In the Chi cago Record-Herald. FISSURES IN VESUVIUS. Hnsplclons That Another Big Kruptlon Is Impending. Professor Matteuccl, the careful stu dent of Mount Vesuvlus's vagaries, predicts that a new eruption will take place in a short time, and from vari ous Indications he feels satisfied It will be no slight one. He has considered It well to utter a timely warning, as eperience has shown that Vesuvius, when It vents Its wrath unexpectedly, does a great denl of damage to persons and prop erty In the vicinity. Professor Matteuccl Is no alarmist, but bases his prediction on the fact, which he has noticed, that various new Assures are now being formed near the summit of the mountain, and this in his opinion Is an unquestion able proof that masses of lava and other matter soon will be again belched forth. His close study of the volcano dur ing the recent eruption confirms him In this opinion. Day after day he continued his In vestigations, often at the peril of his life, and as a result the account of his work, which he has just forwarded to the French Academy of Sciences, con tains more facts about Vesuvius than were ever known before. He noted the dally changes that took place In the crater during the eruption, and he even measured the height which was attained by the great masses of igneous matter after the mountain had vomited them forth. The largest of these masses ascend ed to a height of 637 metres, and when It fell It occupied a space of 12 cubic metres, and was found to weigh 30,000 kilogrammes. It traveled through tho air at the rate of 80 metres a second, and It Is estimated that a force equivalent to 600,000 horse power must have been required to send It on Its Bkyward career. This enormous mass fell dangerous ly near the professor. This was not the only occasion, however, on which he almost lost his life, and his friends are still wondering how he managed to escape the constant shower of fiery rocks that threatened him during the entire eruption. At one time it was rumored that he had been killed, but happily this proved to be false, and now many are congratulating him, not only on bis good fortune, but also on the skill and forethought which have enabled him to ascertain the time when the next eruption may be expected. London Mail. An Old fiea-I)ug an Lawyers. There is a passage of curious Inter est In the will of the late admiral of the fleet. Sir John Commerell. He wrote: "Having had fatal experience of the Iniquity ot the law In certain cases, when doclstons have been given against common sense and Justice, it Is my directions that my two nieces who are Intended to benefit by- the death of my child or children mean the tho two eldest children of my sister at the time this will was made, name ly, Edith Bloomfleld and Kate Bloom field, and I entreat the parties inter ested In my will not to appeal to the law If any difficulty may arise, but to arbitration. Having been swindled myself by every lawyer that I ever had anything to do with makes me offer this advice to my heirs, execu tors and assigns." Westminster Ga sctte. In Algiers a motor vehicle transport now makes a dally run of 106 miles between two towns where vehicular traffic of no kind has ever before bean possible. A BUTTONHOLE CASS. Rrnnght to llealrlo the rrecerlanee or Ilia Opening. Once upon a time a case was fraught b?fore a learned Judge, in which the niiestlon nt Isrue wns as to whether the b.itton was made for tho button-! hole or the buttonhole for the button. Counsel for the button held thnt It was so plnln as to render argument superfluous thnt the buttonhole was made for tho use and behoof of the button; still, for form's Bake, he would give a few rrnsons why his contention was the correct one. It wns apparent, he said, that without the buttnnhol3 the button would be unable to per form Its function, and hence It wns plain that the button preceded the but tonhole, and that the latter was In-' vnted In order thnt the button might be of service to mankind. It should be clear to everybody that had it not been for the button the buttonhole never would have been thought of. Its existence necessarily presupposed the existence of the button. The lawyer for the other side was equally positive In the stand he had been employed to take. Ho averred that the buttonhole preceded the but ton; that, In fact, the button was mere ly an afterthought. He (aid that, as every one knew, the buttonhole can be employed without the button, as witness Farmer Jones, who Invariably uses a nail or silver of wood Instead of the conventional button, whereas it was Impossible to make an effective use ot the button without the aid and assistance of the buttonhole. Hence it wns shown beyond peradventure that the buttonhole was of greater Im portance than the button, and It was I natural to Infer that the buttonhole was first invented and thnt the button came later simply as an ornament or, at best, as an Improvement upon the nail, sliver or other Instrumentality wherewith the buttonhole was made to perform its duty. To show the rela tive value of the buttonhole and the button, he said, take this simple exam ple: When a button comes off the but tonhole can still be made serviceable, but If the buttonhole is slit open the button Is of no use whatever. With this the learned counsel closed his case, although he claimed that he had not exhausted the subject. When the court came In after recess the learned Judge promptly decided the case In favor of the buttonhole clearly a Just decision,- although It was whispered about the court room that the decision might have been different but for the fact that while changing his linen between adjournment and re assembling of the court bis honor had dropped his collar button and hunted for It without success for half an hour, and perhaps might never have found It had he not stepped upon It. Rut, of course, this suggestion came from the partisans of the button and may fairly be Imputed to their disappointment and chagrin. Boston Transcript. Many l'nlnhablted Islands. It you alio. ild want an Island, that is, an uninhabited Island, for the pur pose ot occupying It alone, Robinson Crusoe like, or to use It for romantic fiction, or for any other purpose, to the exclusion of all others in the world, you need have no trouble in finding one, If you see fit to make a journey to the Indian ocean. In the waters be tween Madagascar and India you can find more than 15,000 of them, where there Is not a human being, and where you can, if you will, be monarch of all you survey. An EngllBh traveler has recently been among the small Islands that dot the western end of the Indian ocean, to make an Inventory of them .and re ports that he counted 16.100, and found only about 600 of them Inhabited. Now, there is a good chance for any one who may want an Island. These partVular Islands are not large, as lslanus go, but very many ot them are sufficient for the purpose of a Robinson Crusoe or any other novel hero, or for even a small colony of shipwrecked mariners or other per sons who might be cast on one of them or seek for the purpose of making a home pretty much out of the busy world. Some of them are only an acre or two, well elevated above the tide, while others are a quarter of a mile In di ameter and running from that up to a mile or two In length, and a quarter or loss of the length in breadth. Many of them are granitic structures that rise steeply from 20 to 100 feet, well covered with rich soil, through which small fresh water streams hurry to the sea, which they reach after flow ing over beaches of glistening calcar eiiB sand that are begirt by coral reefs, which form wails about the Islands. New York Sun. New York's Foolish Women. It Is one ot the singularities ot the New York woman's fashion that she will appear In midwinter with her head uncovered and pass from the theatre to her carriage without any qualms. But as soon as the warm weather sets in upon us her hat Is as essential to her piece of mind as Is one of those wonderful creations with which the East End 'Arrlets of London require for bank holiday wear. To go about with one's head uncovered is tho sign of the provincial. And no matter how lovely or sensible a fash ion Is, so long as It Is not acceptable here, it. Is to be cast Into the outer darkness which Is the provinces. New York Press, SnltalilT Attired. Mrs. Chatterton Henry, for good ness sake, don't wear such short trou sers! Qive them to the ragman! Cbatterton Not much! You women haven't got any patent on the rainy day costume idea. These are my rainy day trousers. Brooklyn Eagle. Breed end Bntter. My mother says, If Utile girls Want curly linlr, they must F.nt nil their bread snd butter up, And especially the orust. Bo very mnny little girls In nil the widn, wide world Would be so very bnppy If Their hnlr were only otirled. And can I be so selfish, then? No, dear mnmtna, I must Give other little girls my bread, And especlitlly the erut Big I'rlres for Wild Animals. Because of the difficulty of getting It to America, and of keeping It alive after it arrives, a good giraffe is quoted at 17000. Next to the giraffe, In the aristoc racy of cost, come the rhinoceros and the hippopotamus, worth from $1000 to $5000 each. If a dealer could breed these animals he could get rich; but the big mammals rarely breed In cap tivity. About the only place in Amer ica where hippopotami have been known to raise their young Is In the menagerie In Central Park, New York. A chimpanzee of size Is worth $roc0. and when one reaches the Intelligence of the late Mr. Crowley. Chico or Jo hanna, he Is beyond a fixed price. The monkey kind are most uncertain prop erty. The animal man fays they are certain to die. But the ordi.iary ones can be bought vriy cheaply. One can buy a nice young baby ele phant for $1000 at times, but a really good animal Is worth from $1800 to $3000. An elephant does not com mand the maximum price because of the beauty of his countenance, the ele gance of his figure, his lntellcctua' en dowments or his size, but because ot a sweet, sunny disposition. A mean ele phant Is about the most evil of living things; sooner or later he has to be killed, usually after he has slain two or three keepers and done more dam age than he Is woith. Ot two animals of equally good disposition, the Vmji and finer commands .... higher price, of course; but the most magnificent beast with an Inclination for murder Isn't worth as much as a very common one that Is trustworthy that Is, ordi narily so, for the sweetest tempered have days when they seem inspired of Satan. the Junior Munsey. A Pretty I.eeend. According to legendary. loro the goldenrod was once snow white. It Is said that great fields of these white flowers nodded gracefully to and fro as the winds swept over them, and were quite happy until he wild flow ers of brilliant hues began to ridicule them. "What tame, pale, un'nterestlng creatures," said the tlcor l'.lles. "Truly they are," said the scarlet sage; "they are not wo','i looking at." Other wild flower neighbors made like remarks and cast scornful glances at the white blossoms, until the lat ter bowed their heads and wept "We are poor, colnrlexa beggars," they wailed, "while all our neighbors are clothed in gorgeous apparel." The Autumn Wind knew why (he white flowers were grief strlrkctn, and be resolved to help them. Calling to him the many-hued fairies that live In the rainbow he told them how the white flowers had been ridiculed by their neighbors. "Leave It all to us," said the fairies, "and soon the- Ill-treated one thall have cause to rejoice." Away spend the fairies to the end of the rainbow, where, as you have Heard, there Is a great pot of magic gold dust. Together tho fairies lifted tho gold dust, hastened bark to tho field and meadows and sprinkled it lavishly over, the drooping, heart-sick flowers, now sunk In sound slumber. When morning came the sun looked down upon a gorgeously arrayed army of goldenrod and so great was tho surprise of their wild flower neigh bors that some of them withered and died from sheer envy. But, rejoicing in their good fortune, the goldenrods proudly held up their heads and faithfully kept guard until the Icy Winter Wind. In a hoarse voice, bade them go to sleep. A (lallant Thrash. A young Highlander, having set a horse-hair noose In the woods, was delighted one morning to find a female song-thrush entangled therein. He carried home his prize, put It into a roomy open-braiued basket, secured the Ild with much string mid many knots and then hung tho basket upon a nail near the opeu window. In the afternoon the parish minister was called in by the boy's mother, who wished him to persuade her son to set the captive free. While the clergy man was examining the bird through the basket his attention was called to another thrush perched on a branch opposite the window. "Yes!" exclaimed the boy, "and It followed me home all the way from the woods." It was the captive's mate, which, having faithfully followed his partner to her prison, had perched himself where be might see her. and she hear the sad, broken notes that chirped his grief. The clergyman hung the basket against the eave ot the cottage and the two retired to watch what might bap pen. In a few minutes, the captive whispered a chirp to her mate's com plaints. His Joy was unbounded. Springing to the topmost spray of ths tree, he trilled out two or three ex ultant notes, and then alighted on the basket ltd, through the hole In which the captive thrust her shrill it which the captive had thrust her head and neck. Then followed a touching scene. The male bird, after billing and coo ing with the captive, dressing her feathers and stroking her neck, all the while fluttering her wings and crooning an undersong of encourage ment, suddenly assumed another at titude. Gathering tip his wings, he erected himself, and began to peck and pull away at the edges of the hole In the basket's Ild. The bird's ardent affection and his effort to release his mate, touched the clergyman, mother and boy. I'll let the bird go," said the boy, In a sympathetic voice, as he saw bis mother wining her eyes with het apron. The basket was carried to the spot where the bird had been snared. Her mate followed, sweep ing occasionally close past the boy carrying tne bosket, and chirping abrupt notes, as if assuring her that he was still near by. On arriving at tho snare, the cler gyman began untying the many knots which secured the lid, while the male bird, perched on a hazel bough, not six feet away, watched silently and motionless the process of liberation As soon as the haskct lid was raised dltlons. After several years of clos the thrush dashed out with a scream observation he has become convinced v. of terror and Joy; while her mate that the Germans are gradually as followed like an arrow shot from a aumlng some of the characteristics ol bow, and both disappeared behind a the North American Indian. Prof, clump of birch trees. It was an ex- j Starr has also studied native Amer cellent lespon for the boy one which leans and found that similar pucullar ne never forgot Presbyterian Record. Itles existed, only In a greater degree I among them. now tiervl's wm. h went n a tnke. 8everal years ago Prof. Starr startled neryis watch hung on a hook beside ,the scientific world by making the the bureau. It licked away to Itself , ame statement, which at the time met when nobortv was listening, and this Is what it said: "I've made up my mind to stop, yes, to stop. Here I've been working so hard ever since Cnrlstmas morning, when Beryl found me In her storking, and I'm tired, yes, I'm very tired. Wouldn't anybody get tired of going all the time and never getting anywhere? I am." 8o It ticked thoughtfully for awhile and then It spoke again. "I think I'll strike. That clock there on the man tle piece strikes all the time, but somehow It keeps on going. I don't know why I'm not treated right. In deed, I'm not. Here It's summer time and I think I ought to have a vacation or else I'll run down. There, I am running down Beryl forgot to wind me last night Well, I'll take a rest, a nice long " And it stopped. Pretty soon Beryl ran In a greal hurry and threw the watch chain abou' her neck. Then she dashed out o the room again, tucking the watcb Into her belt as she went "She don'l know I've struck," It thought, with a chuckle. "Are you ready now, Beryl?'" called Jenny Sands, as her friend came run- nlng down stairs. "We must hurry or we won't reach the park In time to meet the others " "I Just went for my watch," panted ueryi. "we nave lots or time, its only zo minutes past Z, she went on, as she glanced at the watch. She never heard the little chuckle It gave, how could she? But when they reached the boat-' house In the park, the other girls were nownere 10 ue seen. iney said they'd wait till a quarter of three," said Beryl. "And now I'm sure I don't know where they've gone. It's all your fault, Jenny; why didn't you como for me sooner?" "Why, Beryl Klrke, did I ever?" cried Jenny. Didn't I wait for you ever .so long? And you fussed and fussed till I most went without you. I think your old watch must be slow." "My watch doesn't got slow, Jenny Sands," said Beryl, "you Just see If It Isn't the same as that clock in the boathouse. What time does it say?" "Ten minutes nast three." said Jen- . ... ny, "and your watch is just 20 mtn- , lit es after 2." "Why. why I must have forgot to wind It last, night," Dsryl cried, "but I never did thnt befoie, Jenny, never." And Bhe wound It carefully and put it bock In her belt. jayirg. "I won't! set it now 'cause that boathouse clock mayn't be right. I can remember It's ' an hour slow." "Why, pjirte," crtel a wondering voice, "what, kept you so long? We've been all around the lake In the steam I launch, for we thought you never would come." And their Sunday school teacher kissed them both heartily. "It was all my fault. Miss Hendrick son," said Beryl. "Wy watch stopped 'cause I forgot to wind It, and I kept Jenny waiting beside. "Well, you're here now," said the teacher, "and we'll have ot.r plcnls lunch under thore tieea by the lake yonder." And nobody heard the little watch grumble to itself, "I didn't get. much of a vacation, after ull, did 1?" Brookly Eagle. . A Chinese Newsboy. Kl-Ko Is the name ot the only Chin ese newsboy, in New York. He works in Pell and Dover streets and sells the Chinese Weekly Herald. That's what Is Is called In English. The ! Herald Is printed In the Chinese lan guage, and, according to a regular subscriber, contains all the news of the flowery kingdom and the Philip pines, together with the latest gossip of the United States In which the Chinese are interested. Kt-Ko yells ' "Extra!" and tells wonderful stories about the contents of his paper, just the same as his American brother ' docs. Chicago Journal. ARE WE GROWING JiED UNIVERSITY PROPPKS90R WHO SAYS WE ARE. Prof, Frederick Starr of Chicago Cnl varslty will Not Reesde from the Startling reposition that the White Raee U Slowly Vying Out, A rather startling statement was re cently made by Prof. Frederlo Starr, ot the University of Chicago. It was to the effect that the white Inhabit ants of the United Stntea are on the verge of becoming lUte Indians in complexion. Prof. Starr reaches this conclusion after lengthy scientific and practical Investigations. He also states that the only thing which will divert the dire catastrophe which now threat ens ths American republic, lies In lib eral Immigration laws. Foreign blood, he declares. Is the thing which stands between Americans and an Apache complexion. For the purpose of study Prof. Starr has taken the German Immigrants who have settled In Pennsylvania, New England and West Virginia, who hold most tenaciously to the characteristics of their countrymen. They usually settle In communities where they are preserve their language and their cus toms as they brought them from the Fatherland. They seldom Intermarry with other nationalities, and for Prof Starr's Investigation nres?nt lilol con. wltn I'cl noicuie. kow, nowever. m PROF. FREDERIC STARR. ! professor declares that he has proof sufficient to convince the most skep tical that his contentions are correct Bumklns Island, near Hull, Mas., was given to H.'irvurd College by Bauiuel Ward, n friend of old John Harvard, and it ciiiuint lie sold out- right. It bus. however, been leased to A. ('. Rurrnge. of Huston, for 3!K I r",r"' nnu" '"' will build a hospital on it, nnu iiiiiKe u n tree summer I boine for tho crippled children of noiton. L. M. SNYDER, Practical HorBO-Bhoer I an(J General BlaokBmlth, 1 Horse-shoeing done to the neatest maonet ann Of tne latest improved, metnoas. Re pairing of all kind carefully and promptly ucne. DATurauTiup udaustihi, I HORBB CLIPPING Have Just received a complete set of lea chine bone clippers of lateetetyle '98 pattera Have Just received a complete set of lea- I ana am prepared to ao clipping la Uie bees Dosslble manner at reasonable ratee. Jackson St. sear FUib, HeynoldarUle, Pa. EVERY WOMAN Sometimes needs a reliable mootbiy regulating mertiolaa. DPI. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL PILLS. Are prompt safe and oerUIn la result The genu. (Ir. real's) now disappoint 11.00 per beak to Tar isle by B. Ales. (toke " WHEnTTH douiit, try" Thn km tOOdthatMtflfvaaN. and hive cured thouiosos ot coses of Nervous UUuw, ruck as Dsbilitr. Dnilssu, SlMpUu. acts and varicoctls, Atrophy ,ae They dsar ths brain, ttreogthsa the circulation, make cUgMtlea psrftct. and Impart a kallhr vigor to tho whoia boine. All drains and lotiei are cnockod (trans IfflM r-ww",''r. Union pacioaia 1UUII& ".&SIU. ... oroDOrlv eurod. thoir oondi. tloa ofua worries thorn into Insanity. CononniB tlosorDoatk. Mailod aoalod. Price It por kox 4 boact, with Iron-clad legal susrantoo to euro or refund tho atoooy. Is-oo. Sena tor froo book. For sale by ft. Alex stoke. , frtmfU, trmmtn. OB SO IU goaoewool, ssolok, orjkoMSrfMnKrtonBoMNosiUr. Book "Ho lounaia u.e oa rmlfa l-taaUftidTr4..Mftrkt." 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