1 I As Good J Br LOUISE There!" said Miss Ann Eliza Bom era, setting the rolling pin on the end, suvd deftly scraping off the dough, that had accumulated on Its sides. "If 1 do say It, there ain't bin a hand somer batch of doughnuts than that set a any pantry shelf In Dolton this fall; leastwise, none that we've seen." "Qlm-me one o' them," said a small voice, as a dirty little hand was thrust ta at the kitchen window, and a grimy 8ager pointed at the eolander piled high with the brown circles, braids smd diamonds, that Miss Ann Eliza waa contemplating with so much satis faction. "Land sakes alive!" she cried, and the rolling-pin fell to the floor with a tang. "Who be you? Olt right down from there. I shouldn't wonder If, you na a ateppln' right on my Jacmlnot rosebush." The hand was withdrawn so quickly, smd It had been such a small band, that Ml Somers, from some feeling of compunction, or possibly to gain time, added, "You kin go round back." Now Mlsa Eliza, all through the tnorning, as she lifted from the boiling tat each doughnut as It. attained the required shade of brown, had seen vi sions of her self offering her friends, who might drop In during the day, a few of her doughnuts on one of her best china plates, and she could almost hear them say, "These are the beet I. arrer did eat; they Just melt In your snouth;" and she could see herself with; proud generosity complying to their: requests for the receipt. She knew there would be no such ap preciation from a boy boys bad no place In Miss Eliza's catalogue of use ful things nevertheless she selected the last doughnut that had been fried, made from odds and ends of dough which had the merit of being much larger, if also much inferior In quality to the others, and after depositing the colander In the pantry, stepped to the tack door. "Well, I never did!" she cried, rest ing both hands on her hips and regard lac the owner of the hand that had so rudely disturbed her equanimity. A queer little figure stood there. The toy might have been anywhere from seven to ten years old. He was very mail, but his face might have seen a core of years, so deep were Its lines. It was framed in the rim of a brown derby hat that had, probably, once aheltered a more fortunate member of society. The few articles of clothing, al though In tatters, were evidently his own, aa regarded origin as well as possession; while his feet were protect ed by . . ladles' shoes of by no means Cinderella proportions. From under the hat two big gray 'yes fixed uoon the doughnut which MIbs Eliza In her bond; not long, however, for waiving all ceremony, the hoy took It quickly from between her lingers, and the doughnut disappeared ta three mouthfuls, so much, to Miss Inisa's alarm, that she ran for a gloss t milk; for she often remarked that' sponge cake and doughnuts, be they ever so light, did beat all for sticking la one's throat, and for her part she never could eat either without drinking at least two cups of tea to get them town. The milk followed the rfoughnut, and sMdently met with some degree of ap preciation, for the hard and weary little face softened as It was lifted to Miss EUta's, and the boy said, . ' ' . "Olm-me sumptn' ter do." Miss Somers regarded all boys as her statural enemies. Living alone for the vast twenty years since her father, farmer Somers, died, ahe associated Jhem only with stolen fruit and (tram pled flower beds, and so declared them "imps and pests." and Impatient with herself for relenting toward one of the race to this extent, said sharply, . ?Yes, wash your face." 8b closed the door, drove the bolt la with a good deal of force, and went tack to her task of clearing up. This done, and having eaten her fru sal dinner, she went up-stalrs and enade her afternoon toilet. Before sitting down to her small tnendlng she thought of her plants ne glected this busy day; so taking the watering pot from Its hook In the porch, she went out to the cistern to Oil It, for she always maintained that co plants ever flourished like those watered with pure rain water. This was a day of upsets. There, by the side of the cistern, cuddled up in a , heap, his head pillowed on the butter arfcln, that served for a bucket, lay her small acquaintance of the morning, fast asleep. His face, streaked by his recent ama teur ablutions, looked so drawn and Inched that MIbs Somers was startled kid took hold of his shoulder. The boy Jumped to his feet, ducked ander her arm, and ran to the other aide of the cistern, "I I washed me face; gim me sump la ter do," he said, for heielt there was wed of propitiating this woman, who, qtwlthstandlng her kindness, spoke and looked so sternly, "You needn't be so scalrt; what do yea mean, going to sleep in my yard, r!ht side of the cistern, too; you aright a' fallen In and drowned, then la ere d been a pretty how-de-do." "Me name's Mugsy, and I come from tk city; guess I was clean beat. I kin work." "Humph! beat you may be, but eton't see anything clean about you; as far work, I'd like to know what you Ma do. "I kin scrub floors, an' sift ashes, an' U tUn tu on thin Hits EUm dts as a Girl, t 5 HOWLAND liked to do It wu to sift ashes. Bhe Bald she never got on the south sldo of the barrel but what the wind blew from the north, and It ahe changed to the north tide, the wind was bound to shift to the south. The Idea of a boy being useful, and such a specimen as this appeared to be, haunting the premises all day like a disconcerting spirit. "There's a sifter full over on that barrel; you kin sift that. If you're so terrible anxious, and then you go straight home." Miss Eliza went back to her plants but many a grub bad Mugsy to thank that night for undisturbed dreams for MIbs Eliza could not forget the figure as It looked, asleep by the cUlern; and when Mugsy appeared at the door with the sifter, holding a generous supply of rescued bits of coal, she handed him a thick alice of bread spread with mo lasBes, saying, "I s'pose you re hungry again by this time." "I alters la;" and looking up at Miss Eliza with his mouth full, he,sald, "Kin I stay here? I ain't got no place." "You mean you ain't got no folks; whero'd you sleep last nlghtT" Down de road, under some boards;! twus freezln'." Miss Eliza went back to the kitchen, and left Mugsy sitting on the steps. She drew the table to the center of the room, spread the red cloth, and put two plates In place, the last quite forcibly, as she said aloud, Well, tenny rate, he shan't sleep out doors tonight, laying up rheumatism enough to last his natural life. You-er-, Mu-Muggy (setch an onchrlstlan name I never heard), come In here." Mugty came Just over the threshold and stood staring about while the lamp was lighted and the curtains drawn, j Standing In the lamp light Miss Som en could see where the buttons were gone from the thread-bare coat; that It was all that sheltered Mugsy from the cold. Ain't you got any flannels?" said Miss Eliza. "Flannensl" said Mugsy, blankly, dats me coat." "Do you see that sofy?" said Miss Eliza, pointing to a venerable specimen that stood In the corner of the kitchen. "Well, I am going to give you a com- forter and you can sleep there tonight, and In the morning we'll see. If you were a girl, now, I should know better what to do with you; but a boy!" Yes-em." You sit down there," said Miss Eliza, pointing to the chair opposite her own, "and drink this bowl of tea; then you might aa well go to bed." I Mugsy sat down and not only drank the tea, but also ate some bread and one of the cherished doughnuts, and then obediently lay down on the sofa; as Miss Eliza tucked In the comforter, he turned on his side and said drow sily, . "Me warm, and ain't hungry." Miss Eliza took off her glasses and wiped them, they blurred suddenly. "How that kettlo does steam," she said. By the time the few dishes were washed, she could tell by the heavy breathing from the sofa that her new lodger was safe for the night. She took the lamp and Vent into the adjoining room where she slept, and returned with a suit of her own flan nels which she proceeded to abbreviate to tho extremities; this done, she locked up the house and went to bed. She was up bright and early In the morning, but not earlier than Mugsy, for when she opened her door, there he was on the hearth, before a freshly kindTed fire. "Hello!" he said. "Well, I am beat," said Miss Eliza, and a faint smile might have been seen lurking about the corners of her mouth as she filled the kettle, but she spoke no word of commendation. Mugsy was a boy, and she did not know What he might not do next. After breakfast Miss Somers brought from the barn a large basket of dried beans which she gave Mugsy to shell, and carefully locking up the rest of the house she left Mugsy In the kitchen, charging him on no account to go out, and with her basket on her arm ahe started for the village. There at the store she bought a suit of boy's clothes, boots and a cap. Miss Eliza hurried home and found Muggy playing a mysterious game with a few of the beans he bad finished shelling. Mugsy's eyes grew round with won der as Miss Eliza opened the bundles and dressed him In his new clothes. "There, you look like somebody now; but If you'd been a girl, I could a made you look better; boy's clothes are ter rible expensive. As Mugsy made him self useful about the house and barn during the day, Miss Eliza's thoughts ran somewhat In this fashion: "He's sort of handy, and It he'd been a girl, I don't know but I might have kept him; but I never could abide boys, I shall have to look about and see what can he done with him." Day after day, went by, however, and no effort was made to find other Quar ters lor Mugsy. He had been at Miss Eliza's about two weeks and the short legs, much rounder than they were the day he asked for the doughnut at the kitchen window, had saved Mlsa Eliza many steps. One day Mugsy came across the yard dangling a pall from which he had Just poured a mixture that brought joy to the heart or Dennle, the pig. He took the pall Into the kitchen, expecting Mies Somers to wash It, but 1 she was not there. "Mlsanllza!" no answer. He went tc her room; she was not there; then ta the door, and looked about, and at last to the gate and down the road, and there such a sight met his view that his eyes seemed to start from their sockets. Down the road with lowered head, and pawing the road, came Mr. Per kins' bull, old Plato, and before him, fleeing for her life, ran Miss Eliza, his AllMtnllza. What could he do? As it in answer to his question the red table cloth, hang ing from the lino, flapped across his face; quick as thought he tore If from Its fastenings, and screaming at the top of his voice, "I'me com In', Mlsanllza! HI you Plato! Hl-hl-yah-yah!" Such a noise diverted the bull's at tention from the fleeing figure In front, and he turned. This fiery object writh ing and twisting about roused all his fierceness, and with a loud bellow he fairly flew for Muggy. After running a short distance, and the thud of the bull's hoofs coming nearer and nearer. Mugsy knew he could never reach the gate, so dropping the tablecloth, he scrambled over the stone wall Just aa Plato was upon him. He dropped on the other side, but something else fell too. There was a faint cry, and then It was very still save for the heavy breathing of the bull as he trampled and tore the table cloth Into ribbons. Having vented his wrath on this article, he galloped down the road and was soon out of sight Presently Miss Eliza's head appeared above the wall on the opposite side of the road. How quiet It was; the bull bad disappeared and where was Mugsy? In fear and trembling she regained the road and walked quickly towards the house. She passed the remains of the table cloth. Such a pity! The diamond pat tern had been her pride and Joy; "but then it might a been me," she thought, and went on. Through the house and barn, she went, calling "Mugsy, Mugsy," and her heart beat faster and faster, for she did not hear the familiar "I'me a com In', Mlsanllza." Then It occurred to her that the table cloth, had been very near the stone wall, and she ran down to where It lay and looked over. There lay Mugsy, his eyes closed and a heavy stone on one foot. Miss Eliza pulled several of the stones from the wall so she could step over, and lifted off the heavy one that lay on Mugsy's foot She caught him In her arms and kiss ed him again and again, rubbed his hands and called his name. Mugsy opened bis eyes and said faintly. "I'm comln'." Miss Eliza rolled up her apron and put it under Mugsy's head and then hastened back to the house, where she put two of her best down pillows Into the wheelbarrow and teturnlng to Mugsy, lifted him gently In and started for the house. When she reached the gate she saw Silas Perkins coming up the road, lead ing his bull by a stout chain attached to a ring In his nose. "Well, I never was so glad to seo you, SUe Perkins. You Jlst nltch that critter o' yourn to that apple tree, an' hitch him strong, harness up old Peg, and go for Doctor Wakefield. That beast has most killed my boy." "Your boy! Well, I swan." "Yea, my boy; don't stand there ask ing foolish questions; I don't know but he'll die." Farmer Perkins meekly obeyed most everybody did when Miss Eliza commanded. ' Miss Somers laid Mugsy on bis sofa in the kitchen, and mado blm as com fortable as possible. Soon she heard Farmer Perkins' "Whoa, Peg!" and Doctor . Wakefield hurried in. "Well, Mugsy, what's the trouble? Oh, I see; there, steady now," said the doctor, as he cut off the boot and stock ing. "Humph, we must have a little ether, I guess; now Just take a long breath; that's the boy, again; once more." As Mugsy lost consciousness, Doctor Wakefield turned to Miss Eliza and said. "It's pretty bad, but there's onjy one small bone broken, he will be round spry as ever In a few weeks." The doctor stayed until Mugsy began to recover from the effects of the ether, and then Miss Eliza knelt by the side of the sofa and said, "How did you come to think of the table cloth, Mugsy?" He stole one arm around Miss Eliza's neck and said; "I knowed yer warnt much on racln' an' an' I liked yer, Just like a girl." One Sunday morning six months af ter. Miss Eliza stood at the font In the little village church with a boy about eight years old, whom the minister baptized Joseph Henry Somers. Wav- erley Magazine. Illinois Girl Declared a Spendthrift. A rather novel case from Normal at tracted much attention ta the county court, Miss Hattle Watt an extremely pretty girl of 19, being the defendant She was recently left a fortune of 10, 000 and her relatives filed complaint that she had become a spendthrift and was dissipating ber bank account so rapidly that unless Immediate steps were taken to prevent It she would be penniless. A goodly portion of her wealth had been spent In traveling over the country and In buying finery. The case was beard by a Jury and a verdict was found against the girl. Ac cordingly tne court appointed a con servator, who will have sole charge of ber fortune until she becomes of legal age, St Louis Q lobe-Democrat - AGE OF THE HAMMER PROFICIENCY ATTAINED IN THIS IMPORTANT, TOOL. . I It Is Essentially an American Prod uctSome Odd Specimens Turned Out Balancing a Claw Hammer The Magnet Hammer Is Very Use ful. The mechanic's hammer of today Is essentially an American product This Is the ago of hammers, In view of the fact that till age spas the hammer In Its rent est state of proficiency, says the American Exporter. Exactly when the hammer came Into use Is not told In history, but It Is certain that some rude form of the Instrument must have been used In the earliest days of handicraft Of the hammers made In America today there Is no end. There If the tiny little tack hammer which weighs only a few ounce, and Is Indispensable In house, store or fac tory. Then there Is the 20 and 30 ton hammer driven by steam and used for making Immense forglngs. The num berless effects which are due to Its re markable force of impact has made the hammer a necessity In all trade. Immenso manufactories, employing thousands of men, are grinding year In and year out making hammers, wille 10 times as many wholesale houses are busy putting the product on tho market The Industry has ad vanced1 to such a stage that many gen eral hardware firms in the United States have thrown out the hammer, leaving It to the houses that deal In tools exclusively. Hammers are made In a variety of shapes, the most In demand being the claw hammer. This and the shoe maker's hammer have retained their shapes for hundreds of years. One gold beating firm relies on them en tirely. The sheets or leaves of golj are hammered to such exceeding thin ness that 250.000 are required to make up the thlcknes of an Inch. Another odd product of the hammer factory Is the butchcr'si hammer, usedi for kill ing cattle. It Is capable when proper ly wielded of carrying a very heavy blow. Then there are the stone cut ter' hammer, the carpet layer's ham- mr, the wood carver's mallet and the plumber's odd Implement. All of these have a good sale In the markets of the world, because they possess a "some thing" which users cannot find dupli cated in the output of other countries. In the South Sea Islands tree fell ing contests are of such importance that specially made axes are Imported for the work' from America. It Is re ported by way of Illustration that a difference of half an ounce In the heft" of an axe lost the champion ship to one skilled chopper who had retained It for a quarter of a cenutry. He was compelled to accept an axe of European make, and although It was to the eye of the layman equal In ev ery way to the Yankee product, some thing was missing, and all sorts of tests wero made to discover what It was. The heartbroken ex-champlon finally agreed that the difference lay In a slight curve of the handle and an excess weight of half an ounce In the head. So skilled are these wood men of the South Sea; In felling tim ber that a dozen blows on the trunk of a tree will show but tho one gash. ns though done by a single blow of mighty power. In the manufacture of claw ham mers the American foundryman sees to It that the Instrument balances per fectly before it is passed as being O. K. Py balancing Is meant that tho centre of gravity, when the hammer la standing on its headt runs from the apex of tho claw diagonally through the handle, Jirst touching the very edge of the end surface. If the in strument falls to pass this test It Is rejected and either sold for a low price, without a name, or consigned to a scrap pllo. Small as such a de fect might seem In Itself, the amount of excess energy required to wield the Implement would run up Into several horse power In the course of the life of one hammer alone. A mechanic of today Is a man of brains as well as musclo, and the same tension or "edge," requisite In artistic piano playing, oil painting and blV.lard play ing is necessary In the crafts, al though naturally In a lesser degree. The manufacture of tools for the various divisions of labor has, there fore, become In this country some thing more than an output of units In enormous quantities. There must be a spirit of harmony between maker and user, and the neede of the latter taken seriously Into consideration. An Illustration of this was shown In Eng land recently where American brick layers amazed the native worker by laying fully CO percent more bricks In one day than the best British rec ord. Investigation disclosed the fact that the bricks were made on the American plan, somewhat smaller In every way than those in general use In England. The cry went up that no comparison was possible, in view of this glaring discrepancy, and the trade press was occupied with the controversy for many days. Our English cousins failed to take Into consideration the fact that the extra energy required! to handle a brick, somewhat unwleldly and over weighted from the American stand' point, would militate against the earn ing power of the individual and the corresponding percentage of profit of his employer. The wonderful display of rapidity and mechanical skill of the American nrtlcana has led to a more or lees acceptance of the American model of brick In factory construction In England. The tame conditions ex ist In the realm of tool manufacture. It Is true that finer grades of Instru ments, those for the engineering and kindred professions, are generally lm ported from Germany, but even these are having a mmcuit time of it In holding the premiership against ki ln the hammer Industry, on the struraen, of American make, other hsnd, the American product la par excellence. It Is made to fit ev ery requirement of a driving tool. One individual of the family, the magnet hammer, has a loadstone In Its bead, and every little tack Jumps at It The magnet hammer Is very useful where canvas Is being tacked" on the walls. It saves the user the trouble of hold ing the tack and taking chances at smashing his fingers. The magnet hammer is much in use In tacking tin signs on trees. It Is necesRery to se cure the advertisement at a height tojond the reach of the small boy. and the magnet hammer answers the requirement A clip on the side holds the eard or sheet of tin while a tack Is ictained In position by the magnet ized hoad. One Arm blow drives the tack through the tin Into the fence or tree trunk and secures the sign sufficiently to enable the workman to withdraw the hammer, clip and all, nnd permit him to drive a second tack. The handle Is made on the extension plan, similar to a fishing rod, and when not In use can be carried in a very compact space. After the hammer that Is driven by hand comes the steam hammer But before the steam device was known there was a hammer called the Hercules, which was a ponderous mass or Iron attached to a vertical gulds rod, which was lifted originally Dy a gang or men with rones, and al lowed to fall of Its own weight This was an efficient tool for forging large anchors and for similar purposes, but the necessity for a more rapid motion was soon felt. The lift or helve and the tilt hammer then came Into use. These were lifted and dropped at reg ular intervals by steam power. The first really remarkable Inven tion In the way of a hammer was pa tented In 1842. The virtue of this ham mer was that It was able to deliver blows the force of which could not he estimated, at tho same time being under such perfect control that a hickory nut could be crocked without Injury to the kernel. The largest In existence are the duplex hammers, which weigh aa much as 20 or 30 tons. They possess two hammer heads of equal weight, made to deliver hori zontal blows of equal force simultane ously on each side of the forging. There are only used for very heavy work. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Berkley, near San Francisco, a town of 20,000 inhabitants, which Is the seat of the University of California, con tains no public houses and has no po licemen. King Charles or Roumanla has a crown made of unique material. It Is fashioned out of a steel Turkish can non captured at the gory battle of Plevna In the Turko-Russlan war. The crown was first used at the coronation of King Charles In 1881. At the age of 70 has Just died an original person who lived at Le Mans, France. Twenty years ago he had a largo mausoleum built, and, to get used to his future home, regularly went there to read his paper In the afternoon. His coffin adorned one side of the mausoleum and he was very par ticular to cover It with the shroud every day on leaving. At a wedding at an English church recently It was noticed when the cer tificate of marriage was made out that the name "Thomas" appeared on the document no fewer than nine times. Both the bride and bridegroom were named Thomas, and, of course, their parents, also. The minister's name was Thomas, and the registrar also signed with the word Thomas. It was Indeed a gathering of Thomases. The weaving of stone Into maternal for clothing, the making of flexible and lasting granite trousers, black mar ble coats and fancy onyx waistcoats may be a possibility of the future, the weavers say. Already curtains are made of asbestos and cloth manufac tured from chalk, while a certain spin ner has an armchair covered with a soft and silky fabric of Titian red which he wove toilsomely out of rock red shell, A phenomenon has been brought for ward by Dr. T. J. J. See as tending to prove that "marble Is In reality a fluid of enormous viscosity." In an old Washington cemetery a white marble slab two Inches thick, 45 inches wide and 70 Inches long is supported on four posts, whose Inner edges are 62 inches apart, and in about 50 years the slab has become so bent by its own weight that its entire centre is more than three inches lower than Its ends. Old as the history of the world Itself Is that of the queen of flowers. The ancient Greeks and Romans reveled In roses. They wore used lavishly at their feasts. In the time of the re public the people had their cups of falernlan wine swimming with blooms, and the Spartan soldiers, after the battle of Clrrba, refused to drink any wine that was not perfumed with roses, while at the regatta of Balae the whole, surface of the Lucrlne lake was strewn with flowers. Stones for Bread. According to the British vice-consul at Ntcolaleff, HusBlan cereala are now adulterated by the addition of small stones and gravel, and this Is especial ly the care with wheat, as Its color and shape, he says, are easily matched. The mixture does not sound appetis ing, and in view of the fact that we last year received 346,157 tons of wheat from Nlcolaleff, the British con sumer may well feel a little suspicious i of Russian flour. London Grocery, t mimmtmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmf pSIIIIIIItlllltlllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIMIIIMIIIMIIIIIIMIIf THE JEFFERSON j 1 SUPPLY COMPANY I Being the largest distributor of General Merchandise in this vicinity, la always In ositlon to give the beat quality of roods, ta aim is not to sell 3011 cheap goods but when quality is considered ths price will al ways be found right. Ita 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, N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsburys Flour. This is a fair representation of the class f goods it is selling to ita customers. luuiiiiiiniuiiiiuiuiuiiuiiaHniiiiuuiiiHuiumiummuii PROMINENT PEOPLE. Senator Wllllnm A. Clnrk will en- gage actively in racing this year. Lord Carson, the Viceroy of India, Las Jiurt passed bis forty-fourth year. Charles M. Schwab Is said to be much improved in health nnd expects to return to America In April. Tired of constant defeat by General Wood, President Roosevelt will tnk single-stick lessons from a fencing master. Tlnns Mnknrt, son of tho fnmonf painter, bn opened a photoernplier'i studio in Vienna. Ills father's prod I gnllty left him and bis sister nearly penniless. The French colony at New Orleans, Leu claims to have been notified thai President Loubet of France will be in that city In June, 1004, on his way tc St Louis. Ma MaJor-Genernl Baden-Powell, wht made the famous defense of Mafeklng dtrrlng the Boer War, has been ap pointed Inspector-General of Cavalry of the British Army. W. T. Wright, who was Prime Min ister of Santo Domingo under Presi dent Jlmlncs, is a native of Lafayette Ind., and was one time lieutenant In tbe United States Signal Service. 8Ir Ernest Cassel has donated $200,-' 000 toward ophthalmic research In Egypt, the object of which Is -th training of native doctors In the treat ment of ophthalmic disease among the poor of Egypt The British Colonial Secretory, Joseph Chamberlain, Is quoted as say ing: "I believe It Is a fact that no other nation on the face of the earth could have accomplished what we bad to do In South Africa." M. Jnsscrnnd, the new French Am- bnsador to the United States, brought with him to Washington some Gobelin tapestries which have been donated by the French Government for the dee. bra Hon of the embassy there. It is said that the cost of manufacturing the pieces In question exceeds $10,000. NEWSY CLEANINGS. Ottawa (Can.) civil servants want an Increase In pay. Not a single life was lost on British railways in the year 11)01. - Surveys have been made of 153 Scot tish locks during tho last seven months. China has announced the Intentlod to assume control of the commercial telegraph lines. Nothing Is left of the nose of the Egyptian Sphinx, thanks largely to tbe vandalism of tourists. A special commission has been ap pointed by the Mexican Government to study the silver question. The United States Government hat appropriated $450,000 for the purchase of horses for tbe fiscal year of 1903 1004. Tho Russian Government has con sented to tho nppolntment of foreign consuls at Dalny, Its new port in China. The Vermont Fair and Trotting As sociation has held an annual fair and race meeting every September for fifty-six years. Over $18,000,000. a yenr is appro priated for public schools In New Jer sey. There arc more tlinn 2000 schools, with more than 8000 teachers. Cuban sonp manufacturers proflne 150,000 boxes of sonp annually, and pay $15,000 a month in wages. In ad dition to these l.'iO.OOO boxes there are Imported from 50,000 to 00,000 boxes. A special committee that bas been Investigating the question announced that should Great Britain become In volved In a Kuropean war, bread must be expected to go to a famine price in Britain. State Lnbor Commlstoner narry F. Black, of New Haven., Conn., hat erected an imposing monument over the grave of James Armour, a revolu tionary soldier, who was great unci of tbe late l'uliip V. Armour. In the family Bible of a Roxborougb man there are a number of medical rules, written over 70 years ago by the great-grandmother of the Bible s pres ent owner. Among the rules are the following: "A stick of brimstone worn In the pocket la good for them as has cramps." "A loadstoan put in the place ware the pane Is it beautiful for the Rheumatii." "A basin of water gruel, with a half a quart of old rum In it, with lota of brown sugar It good for Cold In Head." "It you have hiccups, pinch one of your wrists, wile you county sixty, or get somebody to hake you and make you Jump." "The earache Put onion In ear after It Is well roasted." "The consump tionEat aa many peanuts as possible before going to bed." BUSINSSrCXRDS. Q( M. MoDONALD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, notary Public, real estate scent, Patent area. Collections snede Momnilv. ora Nolan block. ReTDoldsvlUe. F7 gMlTH M. MoCHEIOHT. . ATTORNEY-AT-IiA'W. Notary Public and Real Estate Ann. Opt lection will receive prompt attention. Omoe In Vroehllcn Henry block, aear poetofttoe eyooldsrllle Pa. J)R B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDS VILLE, PA. Resident dentist. In the Hoover trending est door to postofloe, Mala street.:. OeaUee aess la open tin. J)R. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, Omoe ot) eeceod toor ot first Rational seal islldlnt. Mela street. j)R R. DaVERE KINO, DENTIST, Clee oa aeonae Soot KeyaoldtvllU Keel ft Sldg. Male street ejnoldrilT, PeT jyli. W. A. HENRY, DENTIST, OflUe ea second toor ef Bleary Brae. Mek oildlai, Mala street. 17 NEFF. JUSTICE OT THE PEACE And Reel Estate Agent, BerMlarrUie, fa, AT ETCBKECC nsBBkssVsBen YOUNG'S I PLANING MILL You will find Sash, Doors, Frames and Finish of all kinds, Rough 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. TOUNO, Prop. H a titim j .i ! mm mil 11 't -i t-h it j EVERY WOMAN tesulstleg DR. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL piLLS, Are prompt, tutm and oertaln la reeult toman m (t.Tl' uw UUappolM, ILMfefka Ter sela ay H. Alex. Stoke. ' WHEN IN D0UI1T.TRY knkm sea hare cures thouaaeea M C.i o( Nervous DiaaaMS, race eaDabiHtr, DUilaata, tlaaplaew Deal and Varioocla,AtrapMy,ae haydaartaa eram.streagraes the alrculatioa, niake diaattlas) MrlecL and uaoart e kaali vigor letha waole eatag as. All All dralas sad toaics ere enscftMe' ties trDeeia. W.U.d Haled. Price It ear eat taoai for sale by It. Airs Stake. All Were Heroines. Tbe editor of the Daily Amazoniai listened Impatiently to the explana tlons of the reporter who had been de tailed to write up the triumphant re turn and public reception of the first regular amazon cavalry. The ladles were home again after a long and bit ter campaign, and public interest was at its height It was essential that the paper Bhould state which of the women warriors had especially dis tinguished herself on the Sold ot bat tle. "Why didn't you learn who was the chief heroine of the regiment?" asked the editor. - "How could IT" asked the reporter, with some heat. "There was no way to differentiate. Every one of them talked." The most surprising proporty of aluminum is Its newly discovered power ot giving a One, razor-like edge) to steel cutlery. Magnified a thous and timet the knife edge produced on tbe ordinary whetstome appears rough and Jagged, while that yielded by the aluminum sharpener la straight and smooth. , ITS llaa eft worrli A
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