Literature la at present target made tip of the historical novel and the novel history. The American continent expecta to tare a cans) very soon Hint will be worthy f close telescopic study ly Ifac civil engincrs on Mars. j It in a somewhat astonishing fnct to learn that nearly one-third of the al most quarter of a billion ilollnrs col lected by the Government tinder the irar revenue act hits lcen obtained from the use of documentary stamps. Indianapolis Is frightened at the .n cream of crime among her boys dur ing the past few years. During 181)0 eighty-nine boys were arrested by the police. During eleven months of this year 235 boys have ucen arrested. Of this number 140 were charged with crimes which would send adults to the jienltrotlary. It may be assumed that the labor yeace committee Is organized with en tire sincerity and composed of men who are broad enough to recognize right on cither side. There Is therefore ground for hope that It will not prove the melancholy failure that the peace convention which met at The Hague usae time ago turned out" to be, thinks tiie Washington Star. Marconi has put It within the grasp nt our senses to fully appreciate the words Shakespeare puts in the mouth of Macbeth when In Imagination he ends pity forth "horsed upon the mlghtloss couriers of the air." Ten nyson Is also furnished an answer to Ills Inquiry: Star to star vibrates light; may sonl to soul Strike thro a flnerelement of her own J It Is said that the morphine habit Is spreading alarmllrgly among the romen of all classes In France. Med ical men whose patients are women of fashion, as well as doctors who work among the large army of milliners, dressmakers, Manchlsseusea and shop Kirla of the French capital, equally aver that they find the use of morphine Incoming more general, and this opin ion is confirmed by chemists. Comment has been made on the small auuount -between $30,000 and $35,000 Irft by 8ir Walter Bcsant It may, however, be safely accepted that be sides Sir Walter Scott no ' novelist hut ever made such sums as would bo regarded by men in the money market wealth. Scott's Income averaged lor years $.50,000 a year. Dickens left 100,000; Thackery less; Bulwer Lyt too. with a very keen eye for the ucumbcred estate, $400,000. Krtravagance no doubt exists to a degree, and in some cases it is a dis ease, but Le who, having the power a iirevcnt It, uacs it as an excuse for m criminal act is twice a criminal, luce. 1n addition to Ids own default, lie tries to drag others Into a complic ity therewith which amounts to the bearing of false witness. The man wrhet condones extravagance assumes the reanonsibllibr for It bv the mere act cit condonation, and sympathy for one wJu use it as a mitigation for a taeaca of trust is utterly misplaced. fcserres Harper's Weekly. Tke greatest of American railroads sire tearing down many of their metul bcklees and building 'in place of them Mnne arches which will not rust, which will have .no need of change c repair or strengthening for many Ccacratloua, and will defy the teeth t the ages. That la a notable going Itavk to the best work of ancient lays. The Roman arch iu its noblest form, with its sound, stroug lines, with the imperishable rock from foun dation to keysloue, was a model for all time. In dignity. In steadfastness, in caiin, serene disregard of the trausl tors, the fleeting and the unstable, the ttotnaa arch haa known no super Juc Tew men deliberately shoulder the Jmsiacsa burdens which break them aowa Their responsibilities are slow ly acquired, each success brlnglug Its acsoiU ia the(wsy of more work. When anan finds that the load haa become tao heavy the condition of his affair la apt ta b such to require his con stant attention. His habit of over work luia taken the shape of a neces sity. The wen who havo by their wa efforts acquired enormous for tones have (ewer pleasures aside from their employment of work than their ejaiployes may hare They are chained aa tha desk. It Is impossible for most to dismiss their business af- otiad even when they take tim air ar when they lie dowa to sleep. Tat they are envied by the great ma Crstfaaa, I ' HAS THE WORLD lias the world gone wrong? I hear a chdd Who is tinging a hnppy sons. And scroas the way n anvil rings. And yonder a maiden hurries along With a look that only gladness bring. lias tli world gone wrong? I see the gleam Of love in a lover's eyes. And yonder upon the wooden gate, Where lovers have gnzrd at the starry skies, A sparrow cheeps to its little male. TOM CLAFLIN was sixteen years old when his family moved from Chicago to San Diego. Cal. His father, a consumptive, was no longer able to work. Ills mother, a tiny, cheerful, busy woman, with three small chil dren besides Tom, had her hands full with nursing her husband, making, mending, cooking and caring for the family. They had been in their new home for three mouths, living away their small capital, and with no pros pect of earning a dollar. The boom was over. The town was overrun with Easterners, men aud women In frail health, willing to work for small pay at anything that would yield them sus tenance. And so Tom, the hope of his courageous little mother, had tried everything and failed to get work. It was then that lie hit upon the Idea of becoming a fisherman. For a week before he broached the subject at home he had patrolled the shore from Point Loraa to the Cornnando bench Iu search of a boat. lie had only $15, and of the scores of small ernft that could be bought nt nil there was but one within his means. A leaky lugger, with frayed old soils and nn impossi ble Spanish name, stinking of fish and with a dirty black hull, lay moored on the Portuguese village on the north shore of the bay, nnd thither day after day poor Tom trudged, big with his se cret. One Saturday night he startled the family with: "Well, people, I'm a sen captain at Inst and no Joke. Mother, behold your son. Captain Thomas Chiflin, of the good ship 'Little Mother.' " The little woman's blue eyes were filled with tears when her boy showed them the bill of sale to the effect that he had bought a vessel for $12.50, nnd thus, like a true-blue Cblcagoan, risked his all in the only business venture in sight. "I named her for you, mother, and you must christen bar aud take a sail In her to-morrow." With a basket of luncheon and a pall and shovel for clams, the Claflln fam ily, with Tom proudly leading the way, went down to the beach in the morn ing. Sure enough, there lny the "Lit tle Mother," swinging gracefully nt her moorings, no louger dingy nnd black, but raldiant in a coat of fresh White paint, her sails mended nnd ship shape, the Stars and Stripes fluttering from her pe.ik nnd her name iu bold blue letters across her bows. Tom's little brother nud sisters dnnced with delight, new light came Into bis fath er's eyes, and as for "Little Mother," the patron saint of that first voyage, she laughed aad cried by turns as she sat In the stern of the boat and Watched Tom, the captain, and little Charley, the "first mate," both bub bling over with excitement and nauti 'rti. terms, tugging at ropes, running about like regular Jack-tars nnd mak ing all ready "to put to sea," as Tom said. As the boat, driven by a ciol sou'enst breeze, stood out scross the buy for the Loma lighthouse, Tom showed them all the new baud-pump he bad rigged Into his little "ship," he explained the centreboard, pointed out the Imaginury beauties rnd qualities ,of the "Little Mother," boasted of what he meant to accomplish as a professional fisher man, and made everybody so happy that it seemed no time at nil till the sun was dipping Into the sea and the first cruise of the "Little Mother" was ver, , , . And the boy made good money with bis modest venture. He would rise with the son escb morning, and with bis dinner psll and coarse tackle make Car tba beat that bad heroine .to bha TROLLING FOR LARGE FISH. CONE WRONG? Has the world gone wrong? I hear the sounds That men who re buy make. I hear the engine pud away. And. strong in body, I go to take The little part that 1 have to play. Has the world gone wrong? There's many a man, When hid work is done to-night. Who will hurry away Irom care to see Glad fnrea glow where hearts are light Oh, the world ia good to them mm me. Chicago Record Herald. J (BtS Mff both sweetheart nnd provider. Ills greatest dlllleulty whs his need of nu nsslstnnt, nnd mnny wan the barracu da nnd glnnt Jew-fish that escaped him In his lonely, nllilny cruises up nnd down Hint matchless summer sen. Sometimes he would Induce some lazy wharf Idler to accompany him, some times old Pedro, the retired Portu guese from whom he had bought the boat would ball him as he stood out to sea nnd help him with the work. Sometimes, when the sea wns like a floor of gleaming onyx, his father would sit In the stern sheets, nnd little Charley would "man the Jib" or troll a line for small fish, but alone or with "a crew" Torn never foiled to bring home at night enough fish so thnt his earnings1 nt the end of the week were almost enough to pny the runnlug ex penses of the fin pal little family. It wns In the end of August that the Monterey, the monster const defense monitor, returned from her first cruise. She had been In South American waters for four months, nnd the crew got Its first shore lenve on American soil nt San Diego. The big wnr vessel wns thrown open to visitors one Sun day morning, nnd nil thnt dny Tom Cllflln carried sightseers from the Santa Fe pier to the Monterey, flood seamnn that he wns, he wns fascin ated with the dnzzling spotlessness of the monitor, nnd every night while she lay In port Tom came aboard to revel In the ship-talk nnd yarns of officers nnd men. He soon knew nil the offi cers by name, and had formed a close friendship with a seaman named Han sen, who had lived In Chicago and was hall fellow wlthevery man In the crew. Hansen was killed the night before the Monterey sailed for 'Frisco. He hnd gone ashore with a guard to ar rest a half-breed Mexican stoker who bad overstayed bis leave. The guard separated to scour the town for the deserter, and Hansen, alone, had the misfortune to corner him in a Chinese dive nt the lower end of town. A knife in the dark as be was dragging his prisoner through an alleyway, n panic of chnttcring Chinamen, who quenched their lamps aud bolted their doors, and poor Hansen was left dying In the mire. It is but four miles to the Mexican border from Sun Diego, and thither, It was supposed, the murderer had fled. The Mayor of San Diego offered $1200 reward for the capture of Hansen's slayer, the little police force wus thrown In a fever of activity, the Mou- tcrey delayed her sailing for three dnys and then the crime began to be for gotten. Tom sailed out to tho fishing grounds every morning with whomever he could pick up. It was nearly a month after the monitor bod gone when a lone fisherman sitting at the end of the Jetties that reach from the crescent end of Coronado Island hailed him. Young Claflln stood In for the landing and Invited the stran ger aboard. He wanted something to eat, and the boy, with a sudden flut ter in his heart, opened bis pail and bade the stranger make himself com fortable. They fished all that doy with rare luck, and at sundown the "Little Mother" was deep with her cargo of barracuda. Once under the lee of Point Loma on the homeward trip the breese died out, and the both went .drifting with the tide. The southern reaches of the entrance to San Diego harbor are covered with sandbars and shallows that extend two miles along the Inner side of Coronado. The tide ran out while "Little Moth er" was drifting about these bars, and when darkness fell she went hard aground. A dense fog came with the night The channel buoys disappeared. XJm ttatant lliuts of the city were blurred nnd quenched In the thick liajte, nnd by the time flood tide came agalu It wns impossible to steer the bont with certnlnty or safety. "We'd better anchor till the fog lifts," snhl Tom, wondering wlutt his mother would think If he Itnycd out all night. His comrade sullenly agreed, nnd so they dropped anchor, and lny rocking In the calm cloud of mist for hours. The stranger fell asleep Iu the bottom of the bont, but Tom, big-eyed now, his heart beating with wild excite ment, snt in the bow wntchlng. It must have been near midnight when ho crept down from the bull nnd un shipped the little pump. The tide wns going nut ngnln, nud ns he dropped the dismantled apparatus into the sea he heard the water gurgling Into the hold. The stranger wns yet sleeping when Tom slipped over the rnll, breast high In the water nnd headed for shore. It wns 2 iu the morning when he reached the police stntlon lu Snn Diego. He wns bareheaded nnd wet, his bedraggled shirt nud trousers were clustered with burrs 'nnd thorns, his feet were bleeding nud be could hardly speak the words: "t'nptnlu, I've got the Mexican that killed Hansen." It wns daylight when they surround ed the scuttled lugger. The Mexlrnu was nwnke, cllnglug to the half sub merged mainmast. The rickety bont, loaded with fish nnd bumped by the now running seas, wns going to pieces plnnk by plank. Tom didn't wnste n thought over the captured murderer nfter lie snw the police lny hands on him, but he shed a wenk. unwilling tenr over the wreck of the "Little Mother." "Why did you wreck your bont. Tom?" nsked bis mother that day while the story of her boy's heroism made hliu the tnlk of the town. "Well, niomniy," be snhl, "I wns afraid the Mexican M get nwny to sea. I wnnted him, you know, but wlint I wanted most wns that two hundred dollars reward, I enn buy a new bont for bnlf the money." John H. Itnf tery, lu the Chicago Record Herald. PROPERTIES OF THE MADSTONE. Cowpancher of the West fine Great Fnlth tn the Absorbent, The mndstoue Is supposed to be taken from the stomach of a white deer. It is about the size of nn Eng lish walnut, nnd slightly porous. When n person is bitten by nu nulmal uf lllcted with rabies the stone is placed on the bite. It Immediately sticks, sometimes for half an hour. One of the greatest fears of the rowpuncher is of being bitten by a skunk. Iu the cattle country, when the puncher is on the range nud must sleep out of doors of nights, he hardly ever lies down on the ground without thinking of this dnuger. When he Is lilt ton it is almost always in the face. Nine times out of ten hydrophobia symptoms develop. In most cases he Is anywhere from twenty to fifty miles from a doctor, nnd search is mnde among the ranchers for a mod- stone. The cowpunchcr Is simple lu his faiths, and be clings to this one. And, indeed, mnuy marvelous tales nre told of the success of this some what vogue henler. The writer knows of one remark- nlde cane. A mnu in a New Mexico cattle town wns bitten In the arm by a mod dog. The nearest doctor gave his aid. but he was not able to de crease the swelling. A mndstone was sent for from a dlstnnce aud applied to the bite. The curative properties of the stone lie In lta power of ab sorption. It adhered nt once to tbla man's arm. Running up the elbow was a thin blue streak, tracing the course of the poison. As the stone stuck this streak gradually decreased, and was not to be seen when the In animate little doctor fell off, after thirty minutes' adhesion. The stone was put In water, aud a blue film im mediately formed on the surface. The mau got well. The value of a madstone varies with its owner. The stone Just told of was held at $500. Telegraph! Through Jungles, Reports of pushing forward of the transcontinental South African tele graph line reach civilization from time to time, by the hardships suffered by the linemen . and the physical diffi culties to be surmounted nre rarely described. The line has now been carried up to the southern shore of Lnke Taugnnykn. During the Inst couple of hundred miles the road wus Impassable for vehicles uud all the supplies nnd material bad to be trans ported by carriers. One section of the Hue passes through a swamp in which the vegetntlon grows to such n height during the wet season as to top the wiro aud cause troublesome leakage. The unlives cannot be In duced to go In during the season and cut down the weeds owing to the swarm of crocodiles. In nuother sec tion the elephants have caused sev eral Interruptions by brenklng off the poles. In some of the forests through which the Hue passes trees nru met measuring over 100 feet In circumfer ence. Some of the ravines are Im passible even to the linemen during the rainy seuson owlug to the paths being under water and tho rank growth of vegetation. Honors For tha Young. The new Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Mr. P. C. Smyly, la the young eat mun holding such a position in the colonlul service. He Is only thirty-five, and bos been on the west coast for the past six years and found the climate to agree with him. The now Chief Justice took his LL. D. degree in Dub llu University ten years ago, aud his great talents early marked him out for rapid advancement. Loudui Client ele. HOUSEHOLD HINTS ! Wood flrr.n Furniture. Word green oak furniture is much favored Just now for living rooms. Keening I.lnolenm t'tmn. Linoleum should uever be scrubbed, but may be washed with soap nnd water ami then dried with n cloth. It Is n good plan to polish It with eqtinl parts of oil nnd vinegar applied with n flannel. This should be rubbed off cnrcfully with n cloth so that not the least stickiness renin Ins. T'anry llnuseholil Linen. The most recent showings of fancy hoiwelu hi linens are veritable dreams of beauty. Colored linen embroidered on n white ground Is shown ns a change from the all white kinds. These pieces are in centres, dollies, bureau scan's, etc.. to match special color schemes. Kxqulslte table sets of cloth and napkins have the linen cut out tn spaces and squares f filet uud Venice lace set In :.llcrnntely. Itraroom Furniture, Heavy cumbrous furniture takes tip the air spruv. and makes the room dif ficult to keep clean. Moreover, It en courages the storage of iinutltlcs of clothing In the room, which always produce n stuffy condition of the air. Tho bed In the most Important arti cle. It should hove a strong Iron frame, with n good woven wire or chain rprlng mattress. On' the bed stead there should be o hair mottress, ti bolster nud n feather pillow. The In d clothes should consist of on tinder blanket uud one, two, or three upper blankets, according to the weather, n pair of cotton sheets, a cotton or linen pillow-case, nud n counterpane. A short cretonne valance not reaching to the Door gives appearance nud does mi harm, unless It encourages that dirty nud unwholesome practice of hiding away nil sorts of old boxes and rubbish under the bed. In addition to the bed, n combined dressing table nnd a chest of drawers, n washing-table and toilet-service, nud some kind of wardrobe are necessary. The haiiglng wardrobe Is an excellent Idea. It consists of a wooden top to which n row of pegs nnd a curtain rod are nt filched. The top Is fastened to the wall, preferably lu u recess, nnd curtains of art muslin nnd cretonne nre suspended around It by the rod. It costs n mere nothing, and. being nlry, never contracts that stuffy odor so common lu a closet filled with worn clothlug. A few ornaments mid pic tures nre, of course, permissible, but decorations placed In the fire grate, must uot be such ns to obstruct the free passnge of nir up the chimney. Cleanliness is best secured by fur nishing the room in such n way nn to make it ns easy ns possible to keep cleuu. The walls, floors and windows should be treated ns simply ns possi ble, nnd the other furniture should be limited to thnt which Is really neces sary for use In the bed room. Amer ican Queen, W. . -TL Nut Cnke One egg, three-fourths cm of thick sour cream, one cup of sugar, one, and one-half cups Hour, one-half teaspoon soda, one cup chopped Eng lish walnuts. Bake nearly an hour lu a well greased floured tin in a moder ate oven. Hashed Ilrown Potatoes For one nud one-half pints of cold boiled potatoes, cut iu dice, udd one-half teaspoonful salt, oiic-aUih teaspocni'ul pepper, and about three-fourths of a cup of milk. Melt one tiiblespoonful of butter lu frying psu, pour iu potatoes, mix well, d.'edgo with one tublespoouful of flout, nnd stir for five minutes. Then pour nil iu hot, well-buttered spider uud Liowu. Turn out like on omelet. Bnuana Pudding Four cups of water, one cup of sugar, four table spoonfuls of corn starch, whites of four eggs, three bautiuns, two oranges, l'ut sugar with water nud let come t" u boll. Wet the corn starch uud stir iu. Add :! well heuteu egg whites by spoonfuls, beating well all the time. Do not let boll after this, us It burns easily. Put in u dish a layer of this alternately with slices of banana and oruuge. Servo cold with whipped treu iu. Frlcussre of Eggs Set two ounces of butter Into a stewpnu, nud when ills solved add chopped parsley, a little finely minced onion, with pepper and salt to season. Stew this until the sea soning Is cooked, then add a cupful of milk uud a little. Hour to thicken the whole. Boil four eggs uutll hard, peel off tho shells carefully, nud cut Into slices; each egg should make four or five slices. Set the eggs luto the sauce, let all come to the boll, and set in on eutree dish at once. If preferred, sub stitute gravy for milk. . r rrrcwrtrtTTtrr rtrrrrn rrtxrrtrr ctrrrn rrxrrrrrrrn- $Kfl,n Fall and Winter Opening JjQO OK THE- Dundee Woolen Hills Tailoring Co. THE Bia TAILORS, 40 NOHTH BitADY STREET, Twentieth Century Methods. Single Price Single Profit. Suits or Overcoats to Order $15.00. We have over 10lK) different patterns In elegant Fall and Winter Suitings and Overcontlngs to select from. These garments are equal to any '.'.") to $:I0 Suit or Overcoat. All our garments are mndo by skilled union labor. Our Kaglan Overcoat cannot he excelled. $15.00 From Mills to Man Direct. $15.00 uijzt 1 1 r. m .ruj-jjcxtrt-trirt : If!TTnf!!n!T!!mnT!mt!mt?Tf!THTmn!n!nTT!!nTf!!n!mnT???i THE JEFFERSON SUPPLY COMPANY Being the largest distributor of General Merchandise in thi9 vicinity, ia always in position to give the best quality of goods. Its aim is not to sell -sou cheap goods but when quality is considered the price will al ways be found right. Its departments' are all well filled, and among the specialties handled may be men tioned L. Adlcr Bros., Rochester, N. Y., Clothing, than which there is none better made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton, Mass., Shoes; Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester, N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour. This is a fair representation of the clasa of goods it is selling to its customers. & B B B B B B iaiaiiiiuiuiiiuiuiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiuiuumiiiiuiiiiiuiuiuiui N. HftNftU. CLEARANCE SALE. About stock taking time and I want to ijcll all winter goods at cost for the next four weeks. CLOTHING.- Men's 110 and $12 Overcoat, now H to $8.")0. Men's Overcoats, 8 and $10, now $."(.f0 and $H.75, Boy's Overcoats, $., now $:. Boys' Overcoats. $1, now 8J.75. Men's fine Clay Worsted suits, $12 to $15. now $'0. " $10 and $12, now STi.lO. Boys' Knee Pants Suit, 7.1 cents. Boys' Knee Pants, !c. Mens' Fleece-lined Underwear, suit 80o. Mens' All-wool Underwear, suit $1.25. Men's Neckties, 2.5o, now 15o. PReSS GOOPS. Black Henrietta, 27 conts. ' " 4" 0'ints. . " ItO o ints, now 45 cents. Ladies' Plaid. 15. IS and 2a cents, now 12 cents. Ladies' Fleece Lined. 40 cents, now 12 cents. Lading Flannelette Nltfht Gown, 91.00, now 75 cents. Lmltes' Night Gown. $1.25, now ft5 conts. MUses Ntsrht Gowns, 5'.) cants, now 40 cents. Outlne, SO cents. Floishor Yarn, UO cents per pound. I have a few Ladies,' Misses and Children's Jackets left yet which I will sell at Half Price COME IN AND SEK THEM FOR YOURSELF. Undertaking and Embalming. FIUST CLASS WORK UUAUAXTEED. I am also headquarters for PICTURE FRAMING. I can have your picture enlarged at a reasonable price. I also RE-SILVER MIRRORS. Office nnd ware room in rear of G. Y. KlepWs 5 and 10 cent store. J. H. HllflllCS. DU HOIS, PF.NN'A. i ixixi.t.i ttxxt: uTcznrataii THE 5 A XT) JO CEXT STORE OF G. I KLEFFER Miilii Street, is headquarters for dolls and toys of every description. I am closing out Ladies' and Children's Wool and Heavy Fleeced Line Underwear at a Sacrifice. - Call and see them. I carry a large line of Queensware. Glassware: Notions. Etc, My prices arc away down. , Q. W. Klepfer. 7
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