AT THE SCAFFOLD STAIRS.
.With We of gold npon his coat,
And powder on hi Wdvr hair,
'A courtly smile ntion his lip.
Ho paused beiae the scnlfold elnir.
The hen.dr.mnn waited, cowled and (trim,
With tnin of erimaon on hia aark
But o'er her slender hand he bent.
"Let me go first, the way ia dark."
She wore a filmy kerchief crossed,
A flowered gown of rich brocade :
Her silken slippers, aewn with pearls,
By priaon floora were aoilcd and frayed,
When laat they met, hia ribboned lute
Made rmiic in a moonlit park;
Hut now their love had come to thia,
"Let me go firat, the way ia dark."
Why the Chief
fy TONE, the city editor, floored
his desk nml mnde mentnl note
ittj of whnt hiul been necom-
pllalied, find whnt rcninlned to
toe done. Then ho leaned bnek nml
lighted hl last cljinr with n feeling
akin to eontentnient.
It was thnt hour of the nleht when
newspnpers reckon time ns nlmoat In
yalnnble. Only the occnsionnl entrance
of boy on aomo errand disturbed the
nominal quiet of the bis room where
the reporters worked ns only reporters
can under liluh pressure. A few hours
later n heedless public would Rlunce
over Its papers with little or no thought
cf the Immense, wear, tear nnd strain
thnt had been necessary to make this
modern, tip-to-dnte sheet.
But the city editor's clsrar had not
displayed more than a feathery rltn of
white nsh when, ns Is sometimes the
case In the tugging hours of early
morning, the tinoxpected happened.
"Train robbery at Melrose!" shouted
the telephone boy.
Every man In the room was on his
feet. Melrose was close In and each
reporter was quick to realize that In
order to get a good story for the morn
Ing's paper some very brisk hustling
Would be necessary.
Stone rushed to the telephone In an
effort to find out from police headquar
tcrs something more definite concern
ing the robbery. ILs got little satis
faction. The police had a long stand
ing grudge against the Tost for criticis
ing the force which under Chief Bus
by had been palpably lax In Its duties.
Busby's appointment by a partisan Po
lice Hoard had been against the united
protest of the better clement. Ills In
competency was early manifested, but
like many another rain, weak man, he
believed himself to be an object of per
secution. And so, taking their cue
from Busby, the police had organized
a virtual boycott nnd were plainly dis
posed to bold out against the Tost
when opportunity offered and to favor
the other papers In the matter of news.
With this powerful agency playing In
to their hands, the Call and Bulletin,
opposition papers, had scored morn
than once against the Tost. This con
dition of affairs did not tend to lessen
the tension between the Tost ond
Busby's men.
"The captain says he's nothing
further to give to the papers," snapped
the officer at the station, In answer
to Stone's query.
"Does he know anything more?" per
sisted the city editor. "Won't ho give
us the source of his Information and
Its exact wordiug? Won't be give us
something to work on?"
"He says he will not; to do so would
defeat his own plans."
"Defeat his own plans Is good," re
turned Stone sharply. "Tell hlin this:
We'll print more facts concerning this
robbery In the morning than Buszy
end his whole force could secure in a
week," nnd Stone Jammed the receiver
upon the hook with angry Impatience.
lis felt In the same second, however,
' thnt he hnd placed himself In a dell-
, cote position, oud must either mnke
good or loso prestige. What he had
said was boastful beyond doubt, but be
meant to keep his word If there re
mained any reward for determined ac
lion. While a good man kept at tho tele
, phono to obtain Information from nil
possible sources, a rush was made for
the telegraph room. There It was dls
covered thnt Melrose could not be
"raised." The telegraph company re-
ported many wires cut between the
city and Melrose, evidently the work
oc me rooucrs.
No regular train for Melrose would
leave until 6.10 a. m nnd to wait until
a special was made up meant losing
precious time.
Running back to the local room the
city editor shouted bis orders.
"Here, Buller, we've got to make that
twelve miles In a vehicle of some sort
You go, too, Dlckman! Never mind the
cost. Get to Melrose under the whip,
It's now 1.30. Wire pnrtlcnlnrs if you
can; If not, rldo back nt a dead run."
Buller heard the last order as he went
out of the door. Dlckman seized his
coat and ran out with It on his arm,
The police reporter, unable to get any
thing further out of the captain, had
ridden up from the station in a back
and now rushed In breathless. Learn
lug of the plan, out be went after Bui
ler and Dlckman.
Buller caught the first team In sight,
splendid pair of the wiry broncho
type, hitched to a Tost delivery wagon,
Dlckmun was quickly beside hint on
the seat, and Harris, the police re
porter, grabbed the end-gate just as
the wagon swung uround the corner.
A second later tho horses, frightened
at tho sudden demands made upon
them, wero running madly east toward
Melrose.
The wen were too full of the Import
ant and unexpected mission to talk
much for the first few minutes. After
She gathered cloae the kerchiefs fold,
To hide the beating of her heart;
Put answered aoftly ae he went,
" "Tia but moment that we part."
The crowd grew dim, and far away
She aeemed to hear a morning lark;
And all hia aong waa.aet to words
"Let me go firat, the way ia dark."
Though both are dust for many a year,
These lover of a troubled time,
Yet count and lady live to-day
In aweet romance and ailver rhyme.
Among the ghost of blood and death
They ahine with love'a undying apatk,
Ilia wnrda upon the acaffnld stnii
"Let me go first, the way ia dark."
of Police Resigned
leaving the city, Harris told his com
panions tho little he had been able to
learn nt the station. From long dv.ty
at the station and on Intimate ac
quaintance with local criminals, he 1 Ad
come to possess vnluablo knowledge
as to their Individual capabilities for
meanness. IIo bad formed an Idea as
to the men engaged In this piece of
work within ft minute after hearing of
the crime. "Tho chances are many to
one that It's Situ Garrison nnd his men.
Well prepared nllbls hnve saved blui
on two similar occasions."
Soon the lights of the city were far
behind and the darkness seemed to
settle closely about them, shutting their
vision within an ever nnrrowlug clr-
le. Down they plunged Into the vnl-
ley, down Into tho woods where the
gloom was Impenetrable. Then Buller
began to feel the danger of their peril
ous race, bis Inability to see possible
obstructions on a strange rond. But
he dared not slacken the pace. They
must get to Melrose under the whip
those were Stone's words. Involun
tarily each man braced himself for a
possible crash.
"Let me have the lines, Buller," said
Harris. "I know every foot of this
rond. It's one of my favorite drives, nnd
I can take a short cut."
Willingly," assented Buller, with n
feeling of relief, climbing back, while
Harris swung himself into the scat
nnd took the reins.
"Half n mllo further we'll turn to the
Ight on to a dirt road," continued
Harris, drawing Into the lines until
they were taut nnd tho horses bound
ing nlong under n firm hnud.
The reporters did not see, ns they
rushed down a hill, thnt another ve
hicle wns rapidly npproachlug at right
angles down n hedge-flanked lane. The
single horse was lathered with hard
driving, the frail buggy bounced nnd
swnyed ns If In dogged protest ngalnst
the lumpy ground over which it was
being so swiftly drawn.
Just as the buggy got around the cor
ner the reporters' team dashed upon
It with crushing Impact, overturning
tho lighter rehlvle nnd spilling Its oc
cupants, two men, upon the ground
with stunning force.
Then followed a moment of intense
confusion.
Dlckman wns tho first of the news-
hunting trio to grasp the possible im
portance of the accident.
"Secure tho men!" be shouted to bis
companions.
Buller and narrls, accustomed to
seeing things in a twinkling, seized
upon the slgnlflcapce of this advice,
and before the dazed strangers could
recover their wits, they were looking
anxiously Into shining rims of steel,
while Harris deftly secured their hands
nnd feet with straps cut from the har
ness of their own horse.
Not until they were placed beyond
the possibility of self-help did the cap
tlves seem to realize tho meaning of
this sudden termination of their cross
country ride. Then struggling d
perntely to his feet the larger of the
men half fell, half threw himself at
Harris, shouting savagely: "What do
you mean by this Infernal outrage?'
Buller grasped him strongly by both
shoulders and- drew him back to the
earth, while Harris, who had started
at the sound of the fellow's voice, said
coolly: "It's no use, Sim; alibis won't
save you this time."
Garrison, realizing that bis Identity
was discovered, gave a mighty roar
and struggled frantically, but vainly at
his bonds. And then Buller and Hnr-
rls, both strong, wiry men, seized him
and, lifting his writhing body high
above tho wagon-bod. dropped him
plump upon tho floor, where he was
made doubly safe by cross-lasblngs.
The smaller and apparently mute
bandit wns treated in llko manner.
The reporters were In a merry humor
over the turn of affairs. It was an nn
heard of piece of good luck. Buller
and Dlckman wero eager for tho re-
turn.
"Hold a minute, boys," cried Harris
"let's get all that belongs to this good
stroke. Aalt till I search the buggy,
It looks to me as those these fellows
wero cutting cross-country to a bury-
mg ground."
"I've got the swag, by Jupiter!'
snoutca Harris, after a moment's
seureh. "This buggy seat is a veri
tabic Klondike."
"Wha-at!" shouted Buller and Dlk
man in a concert of astonishment
"Say, Hnrrls, you are the captain of
the expedition; we elect you by accla
motion," uuiicr ndded.
"And all kluds of material for
story, to say nothing of the necessary
evidence," continued Harris, appar
cntly Ignoring the verbal bouquet.
"Masks, lanterns, guns and all of the
paraphernalia for train robbing. In
another hour they'd have bad it burled
good and safe."
Hards quickly set the buggy to rights
and drove up behind the wagon to
which tho horse was made fast by Its
baiter.
"Now, go ahead, boys, I'll ride In
tho rullmnn. We'll have something
worth showing up when we get back."
An hour later there was a hurried
conference In tho Tost building. Step
ping to the telephone. City Editor Stone
called up the police station.
"I wnnt Chief Busby," be said.
"Well, what is It?" asked Busby
grutlly.
"Any news about the robbers?"'
asked Stone.
Oh, come now," said Busby, impa
tiently, "you don't expect us to tin-
coreir this thing for tho papers to
spread on nnd senre the thieves off."
"I'll tell you what I'll do," returned
Stone, assuming a Jesting tone. "I'll
bring the robliers to you, together with
their booty, In fifteen minutes if you'll
resign."
The proposition struck Busby ns In
tensely humorous. Ho laughed sonor
ously.
I accept." he snld, when he could
command his speaking voice,
And that ended the fight ngainst the
IVist, and, simultaneously, It ended
the brief nnd Inglorious career of Chief
Dnn Busby. New York Evening Sun.
TO TRAIN BOYS FOR WAR.
Government Will Provide Tfnr Mllltnry
KJnrntlon In Schools.
The War Department has Issued nn
Important order providing for military
training lu colleges and schools
throughout the country. The order
contemplntcs the co-operntlon by tho
army with nil eduentionnl Institutions
In furnishing military education.
Provision is nlso made for the detail
ing of army officers ns Instructors nnd
the freo distribution' of nrms nnd
equipment. The system of military In
struction will be similar to that adopt
ed by the War College Board, nnd 100
army officers are to be apportioned to
colleges and schools in the several
Stntes for duty ns military Instructors.
These officers will be detailed each for
a period of two years, nnd will mnke
frequent reports In writing to the Adjutant-General
of tho Army tion tho
progress of the military Instruction.
Each Institution, in order to accuse
the services of an army officer, will
hnve to guarantee that nt least 100 pu
pils will be kept under military Instruc
tion. Tho scholars will be organized
Into companies and battalions of Infan
try, nnd will be trained In all respects
like soldiers of the regular army.
At least 10,000 pupils are expected
to come under the Instruction which
the order provides. The Institutions
will bo divided Inlo three classes.
schools nnd colleges, agricultural
schools nnd military schools, the hitter
including those already established by
the Government. Separate courses of
study will be arranged for eneh. tho
Instruction nt the strictly military
schools being somewhat more elnlwrate
than that provided for the civil institu
tions. Provision will be made for Issuing
nrms for the use of students, who are
to be supplied with rifles similar to
those used by the cadets nt West
rolnt. A liberal allowance, also, will
be mnde for ammunition, including
projectiles for the field pieces of artil
lery. A complete record of nil students
tnklng this military Instruction Is to be
kept at the War Department, and fn
the selection of officers preference will
be given to the grnduntes of those
schools who have taken advantage of
the military Instruction.
At those institutions which grade the
depnrtment of military science nnd tac
tics equnlly with the other important
branches of Instruction, and which
mnke proficiency In thnt department n
requisite for securing a diploma the
names of the most distinguished three
students In the military department,
upon graduation, are to be Inserted in
the United Stntes Army Keglster.
It Wns Something to Oat, Anyway.
There Is a large office In this big city
of ours lu which aro employed many
clerks of many degrees of authority
and many messenger boys of many de
grees of vexing power. Among the
clerks is one of considerable station
ana not much vlslblo authority. Ills
orders to tho boys carry little weight.
Moreover, he Is notoriously penurious,
nnd is constantly striving to save him
self the expenditure of small sums by
requesting service of the messenger
lads, who are quite aware of his
schemes. Though be exercises much
ingenuity and often no llttlo humor in
phrasing his requests, mixing flattery
wrtn tiiem, the boys are in rebellion
and have agreed among themselves to
do none of his personal errands. But
the other day be prevailed on one, on
whom ho poured out the grossest fiat
tery as to the Ind's efficiency and quick.
ness to carry his traveling bag to the
railroad station and have It checked.
Ihe Ud was "called down" by bis asso
ciates for weakly yielding to the "Jolly"
of the clerk. ,
"Well," said the lad In defense, "It's
something to get a Jolly from him."
Brooklyn Eagle.
Aa Automatic Lifeboat.
Two inventors who live in Stirling,
Scotland, hnve iuveuted a lifeboat
which Is Intended to become automatic
ally Inflated when it Is Immersed lu
water, says the Chlcngo News. A
spring is employed which is kept In a
state of tension or compression by
means of a strip or roll of paper, the
tensile streugth of which, as Ion? ns
It is dry, is sufficient to mnlutain the
spring In a state of compression, Ijut
which, when it becomes wet by Im
mersion in water. Immediately loses
Its strength to such an extent that it
Is ruptured by the energy stored in
the spring. The release of the spring
causes the production of a volume of
gas from materials sufficient in quan
tity to Inflate the boat.
THE EXPRESS TRAIN of
the MARVELOUS FUTURE
r
New Steam Locomotives That Will Reel
Off Seventy-five Miles an Hour Without
Stooping For Water or Fuel i 1 t t t
ni s
fist?
In a report published In April last,
summing up concisely tho practical re
sults of the experiments In high-speed
electrical traction made Inst autumn
on the specially prepared military rail
way line between Berlin and Zossen,
the fact was noted thnt ns a more or
less direct corollary to those tests, the
German Society of Mechanical Engl-j
necrs had offered ft series of prizes for
the best design nnd specifications for ft
stenin locomotive nnd group of enrs
which would collectively form nn ex
press train cnpnble of carrying 100
pnrscngers nnd their baggage with per
sonal comfort and nt a speed of seventy-five
miles nn hour. The purpose
of this competition, ns wns then stated,
Is to provide n unit of the equipment
for the nttnlnment of grently ncceler
nted speed In railway travel, which
can be adapted to tho present Stntc
railways of Prussia without the tear
ing up nnd relaying of tracks with
benvler ties nnd rails that would be
required for rapid electrical service.
An Interesting forecast of the pend
ing competition has beeu given by Mr.
Arthur KlrohholT. editor of n technlcnl
publication lu Berlin devoted to engi
neering nnd machinery. In which ft de
scription Is given of certain features
of the new locomotives, which nre to
be tested over the Berlln-Zosscti line
next year. The specifications require
that this express engine nnd train of
the future shall bo nMe to maintain
for three consecutive hours n speed of
120 kilometers (74.5) miles) nn hour,
without stopping for water or fuel, and
nt ft minimum expenditure of motive
power. Mr. Klrchboff's outline of bow
this is To be done will have a definite
Interest to American engineers.
During the experiments of last nu
tnmn nn nttempt wns made to deter
mine ns accurately ns possible the
waste of power entailed by the friction
nnd reslstnnee of nlr to railway trains
at different rates of speed. It was
found thnt while nt ft speed of eighty
kilometers (fifty miles) per hour this
resistance on a still day was nbout
thirty-two kilograms (07.2 pounds) per
square meter of the surface of th?
front end of the car. the rate Increased
very rapidly with the augmentation of
speed, so thnt a pace of l."0 kilome
ters (1)3.7 miles) the resistance rose to
seventy-five kilograms (1.17.5 pounds!
per square meter of Impinging sur
face. Every projecting part, every
window, door cr other Indentation
which could form a pocket to cntch the
wind crented by such high velocities,
Incrensed the resistance to be over
come, so thnt In nil future experiments
the economy of rapid transit will re
quire thnt. tho fnctor of nlr resistance
shnll be tnken Into cnrel'ttl account.
This, according to Mr. Klrchhoff, Is
to be done by enveloping the engine
nnd train, from pilot to rear platform,
in a shell of sheet steel. Jointed so ns
to secure flexibility In passing curves,
and so constructed ns to Inclose he lo
comotive and cars In a continuous
tube, uniform throughout In size and
presenting no projecting irregularity
which shnll catch the resisting nlr.
The front of the engine will be pointed
or wedge-shaped, the sheath will In
close ns far os possible the running
genr of the cars, nnd even the wheels
of both euglne nnd enrs will be closed
disks of metal Instead of, ns now,
spoked wheels with openings to catch
the nlr.
It will be remembered thnt In the re
cent experiments on the Zosseu line
the electric motors, conductors nnd
transformers worked to the entire sat
isfaction of tho experts In charge, nnd
thnt the maximum practicable speed
nnd the consequent success of the
trials were limited only by tho track,
which gave way rapidly when a speed
exceeding seventy miles an hour was
attained. This was Indeed the unex
pected nnd most Important fact
brought out by the trlnls, viz., that an
electric motor, ns nt present construct
ed, exerts at high speed a greater strain
upon tho roadbed than a steam loco
motive. It hnd previously been
claimed, with apparent reason, thnt,
being n rotary motor, .without the re
ciprocating motion of pistons and con
necting rods, the electric locomotive
would avoid the pounding of the track
caused by the unbalanced parts and
oscillating strain of the steam locomo
tive. It was therefore a surprise to
find that above a certain speed the
strain exerted on tho rails by the elec
tric cuglues was even greater and
more fatal. This Is now explained by
the sfact that the centre of gravity In
the electric engine bungs much lower
than In the steam mnchliic, aud, what
Is Htlll more Important, tho whole
weight of the steam boilers, cylinders,
pilot, etc, Is carried on springs, while in
the electric engines used at the trials
the motors and all the heavier work
lug purts were bung directly upon the
axles, thus adding a crushing weight
to tho blow delivered by the wheels
upon the end of each rail. Attempts
i uve since been made to devlso a syg-
em of springs to avoid or lighten this
HI ect, but, so far as can be learned,
with only very limited success.
Tho new steam locomotive, we arc
nsMircd, will be speclully constructed
to meet this difficulty. It.wlll rest on
twelve wheels, viz., two pairs of drlv
ers located at the middle of the ma
chine, with a four-wheeled pivot truck
In front and rear. Upon these three
points of support the boiler and super
structure will be hung upon springs,
carefully adjusted to take up as for a
practicable the Inevitable vibration
nnd oscillation. Tho engine will be of
tho compound type, with three cylin
ders, and In order to secure the most
perfect practical balance of working
pnrts two of these will be connected
outside, ns In nn ordinary locomotive,
while the third, or high-pressure cylin
der, will be hung nt the centre and con
nected Inside, working upon a mid
axle crank, set nt ninety degrees from
the crnnk pin of the two outside cylin
ders, which nre set opposite eneh other.
The boiler will hnve an Interior hent-
Ing surface of 200 square meters, more
than double that of n standard German
express locomotive as now constructed.
Throughout the entire train, superflu
ous dead weight will be carefully
avoided. Instead of carrying ten tons
of wnter the new tender will be built
to take only half that amount, but will
be rigged to take tip wnter en route, ns
has been successfully done on some
American lines. As now planned the
new engine will have, theoretically, a
coal consumption of 1.12 kilograms
(2.3,"2 pounds), per effective horse pow
er hour, ns against 1.25 kilograms
(2.025 pounds), which Is the standard
of economic efficiency In the best loco
motives of the present German type.
It will be Interesting to compare this
forecast of theoretical efficiency with
tho actual results which mny be nt
tallied when the new engine Is tested,
which will probably bo done during
the course of next year.
Where We Are fining.
Miss Agnes M. Clerke. writing re
cently on the sun's movement through
space, says: "Just nt present the solar
flotilla seems to be heading for tho
milky way. If steered straight It might
arrive there within some two million
years and the star traffic in that
crowded thoroughfare Is evidently sub
ject to accidents. But our path is like-
ly to be otherwise directed. Suns can
scarcely move from polut to point as
tho crow files.
"Before we can nttempt to pronounce
how the stars nre moving among them
selves we must bo In a position to sny
bow we nre moving nmnug them.
Their flitting cannot even begin to be
Intelligible until they have been re
duced, so to speak, to n fixed sun.
Hence the zeal with which the move
ments of the sun are studied by ns
tronomers. "The speed of the solar system, In
cluding, of course, the earth, Is 12.4
miles per second, ns worked out lu tho
hands of Campbell by the spectroscopic
method; so thnt we explore a belt of
space nenrly 400,000,000 miles In width
each year.
"Our traveling Is like that of clouds.
Irrevocable. Shall we find ourselves In
nn ampler ether ns we proceed? Or
will the wreckage of our little planet
help to stock the void with meteorites?
It mny be that the gulls will wash us
down,
It mny be we shnll touch the Happy
Isles.
"Even the poets scarcely knew for
certain which fate overtook Ulysses
when ho 'sailed beyond the sunset' Into
a newer world."
Relief From Tain.
A Tnrls doctor o: the highest reputa
tion, whose methods nre not In the
lenst Irregular, because ho has sub
mitted nil tbe details to the Academy ot
Medlelne.declares thnt he hns found n
sure cure for bolls nnd carbuncles. He
has used it on many patieuts, nnd says
confidently that by the injection of a
certain solution, the composition of
which he has raid 'before the fellow
members of his profession, keeping
nothing back, he can stop the pain of
tho worst bolls nnd carbuncles In n
few hours, nnd can bring about a com
plete euro within a reasonable time.
Whnt a benefactor to suffering liu-
maulty this doctor will bo, provided his
discovery is found to be effective iu a
wldo range of tests and among the
average of the afflicted In many lands
and nations! This announcement
seems to be nlmost too good to be true
It wns hard luck for Job that this
Paris doctor was not practicing in the
land of Uz in the time of Ellphaz the
Temanlte. New York Tribune.
A Safe Axe.
The Insuring of one's life Is one of
those thlugs which one is most apt tc
put off. There are few, however, whe
postpoue what ought to be the lucvlt
ablo until so late a period In life ns did
the tough old smnck-owncr of Grimsby.
When ho presented himself at tho In
surance olllce he wns naturally asked
his ngo. Ills reply was "Ninety-four."
"Why, my good man, we cannot lnsuri
you," snld the company. "Why not?
ho demanded. "Why, you nre ninety
four years of nge." "Whnt of tbnt?"
the old man cried. "Look at statlstlci
and they will tell you that fewer men
dlo at ninety-four than at any otuw
age." London Business Illustrated.
The Cool Bummer of 1810,
Speaking of cool summers, a corres
pondent of tho Boston Herald notei
thnt In tho summer of 1810 planting
aud harvesting all over New England
went almost to naught, and there wai
great suffering for want of sufficient
food, Suov and ice In various parti
of New England v. ere reported during
June and July. Tbe year 1810 wni
called "the year without a summer,"
and also "Elghteen-bundred-and-starve-todeath."
nimmnimninimmninimnmiinmmmnimininminM
THE JEFFERSON
1 SUPPLY COMPANY-
Being the largest distributor of Oentral
Merchandise in this vicinity, is always la
osition to rive the beat quality of goods,
ts aim is not to sell jou cheap goods bat
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. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y.,
Clothing, than which there is none better
made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
M. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour.
This is a fair representation of the class
of goods it is selling to its customers.
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NEWSY CLEANINGS.
The seven-year-old King of Ugnnda
hns 2,000,000 subjects.
Bulgaria Is to spend $20,000 on a new
Issue of postage stamps.
Hungary will take stringent meas
ures to restrict emigration.
The production of crystalline graph
ite last year wns 3,007,012 pounds.
The most criminal section of French
territory Is Nnpoloon's Island, Corsica.
President Plnr. has laid the corner
stone of a general postotllee In Mexico
City.
A Slavic Artistic nnd Industrial Ex
position will toko place In St. Peters
burg In 1004.
The total registration In the public
schools of New York City is nearly
COO.000 pupils.
California hns celebrated the fifty
second nnnlversnry ot Its ndmlsslon
into the Union.
A wireless telegraphy system Is to
be Inaugurated In the Hudson ltlver
Valley, New York.
There was n net Increase of nine pet
cent. In receipts nt the flfly largest
postofllces In August.
Naval Constructor linnlcl II. Cox has
resigned, being the second of the corps
to give up since Iiecetnber 1.
New York City In all Its boroughs
Is appropriating $1.-,(KI(I.HI0 to be speut
In a single year upon Its schools.
The Prohibitionists of Minnesota are
to have an automobile canvassing tour
for Charles Scaulon, their camlldatc
for Governor.
There were 17,1113 more persons Im
prisoned In tho United Kingdom dur
ing the year ending March ai, 1X1,
than in the previous year.
In a conference with tbe Boer Gen
erals Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
pointed to America's treatment of the
South after the Civil War ns the most
magnanimous in bister.
THE NATIONAL CAME.
Doe Relsllng, of Hartford, ts a clever
nil uround player.
Second Baseman "Kid" Gleason has
re-slgued with Detroit.
Eultz, Hartsel nnd Merles lend the
Americans lu base running.
Twice this year Dave Tultz hns
stolen four bases In a game.
Townsend, the crack 'Syracuse first
basemau, Is being negotiated for by
Brooklyn.
"Win"- Mercer says the American
Leaguo will surely locate in Pittsburg
next year.
Pitcher Mahtrky and Catcher Kltt
rldgo have re signed with the Boston
League Club.
The Boston Club hns purchased Ab
bnticchlo, Nashville's crack second
baseman, paying f 1.100.
New York is playing more losing
games at home now than before tbe
Baltimore players were added.
Plttiugcr has blanked Pittsburg
thrice nnd Menefee, Donovnn, Jack
Taylor nnd Newton once each.
After the season Fred Clarge will
tako his champion Pittsburg players
down to Texas for an exhibition series.
Pitcher Harper lias deserted the St.
Louis American Club, and signed with
Cincinnati, -accepting $1000 advance
money.
Hlckmnn Is pressing Lojole for the
lead in batting for Cleveland. That
team, by the way, has seven men
with a batting perceutago of .300 or
over.
Manager Scleo has moved Tinker
over to third. The position is not new
to the clever Chicago Infleldcr. Evers,
the new man, has beeu Installed at
short.
Hans Wagner hns scored more runs
In the Nntlonnl than any other player,
while Willie Keeler bus cracked out
more singles. Donovan lends in stolen
bases and Keeler In sacrifice bits.
Imports of Foreign Iron.
The strike in the anthracite coal re
gions and a short coke supply have
resulted In an insufficient quantity ol
steel-making pig iron, and arrange
ments are being made to Import s
large amount. "Bessemer Iron frorr
the west coast of England can be laid
down in Pittsburg at $21.50 as
against $22.R0 to $22.75 now paid for
small lots of domestlo iron." If lror
can be Imported, and, after paying $4
a ton duly, Is sold In Pittsburg for loss
than the domestic article, it must bt
either that the latter is vastly su
perlor or else that American consum
ers are paying an enormous tribute tc
the domestlo producers ot iron.
The 84 biggest estates la Britain
tveru 183,000 acres each.
s
BUSINESS-CARDS.
r MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Oftlce on West Main strent. opposite the
Oooimerclal Hotel, Roynnldivllln, Pa.
q m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary Public, reitl estate agent. Patents
secured, collection made promptly. Otfloe
In Noluu block, KejnoldsTtlfe, Pa.
gMITH M. MoCREIOHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Public and Real Estate Asetit. Oat
lections will receive prompt attention, OIBoe
In Froehllcb & Henry block, near poetofflca,
EeynolUavllle Pa.
T)R. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Resident dentist. In the Hoover building
next door to postoftlce, Main street. (Jen tie
nest In operating:.
JR. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor ot First National bank
bulldinc, Main street.
D
R. R. DKVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
Efflce on second floor Reynoldsvllls Real
state Bldg. Main street Roynoldsvllle . Ta.
J)R. W. A. HENRY,
' DENTIST,
Office on second floor ot Henry Bros, brisk
building. Main street.
E.
NEFF.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Real Estate Agent, ReynoldsTiU. Pa.
EVERY WOMAN
Sometimes needs a reliable
snoDtfaly rafulaunf medio! ns.
DR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
Are
i prompt safe and certain ts result TbeMu.
(Dr. fool's; never disappoint, 11.00 per be
s
Ye sale by H. Alex, ttoksw
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U MUUiUUBQBEn
YOUNG'S
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rotijjh and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOUNG, Prop.
WHEN IN D0UI1T, TRY
0
B.uvu law mi.i jwmn
SBd hsv cured IhoiUMes el
1. 1... .
MS of Nervous vuesie. suca
as Debility, DimIbms, SletpUse
nets ead Varicocele, Atropsy.M
Thsy clear the brain, (
the circulation, make dIfMtlaa
perfect, and Impart a isalikr
vigor tetbe whole bates. Aft
Strong Ajsln. i"rP"r'y'ud.rara2
ttea often worrlet lnre fntolsianlty. Ceeeusap
tie or Death. Mailed sealed. Price it pet boa;
4 soees, vuh Iroo-clid legal guarantee to sure of
eniaa the suatgr, a a-en. Seed in free beea.
for sole by If. Ales Stoics.
The Game Lew.
The open season, when game birds
and animals may be hunted In Penn
sylvania, Is as follows: Pheasants
grouse, quail, partridge, October 15 to
December 15; web-footed- wild fowl,
eue-h as ducks and geese September 1
to May 1; plover, July 15 to January
1; woodcock, during July and October
15 to December 16: squirrels, October
15 to December 15; hares and rabbits,
November 1 to December 15. It la un
lawful at any season of the year to
kill any elk, deer, fawn, wild turkey,
pheasant, grouse, quail, partridge or
woodcock for the purpose ot selling
tho same. It Is also unlawful (or any
one person to kill In any one day more
than 10 ruffled grouse, commonly call
ed pheasants, or more than 15 quail,
or more than 10 woodcock.