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. .
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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 :
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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.
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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.
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