I A SONQ Vl1ai,IV!l? T""Pt commerce, The crlea of the greedy dtli-m notlictvliulH iw In oiilcr. 'And br.t.h'i8o.m.h' Wph """ 'nst Ol lasting and of feast. "'..h'.0"'',' J" North wind mnrmetb. - IHnnd sras tlt strain J a rut lis rage 'nenlh laden shins: I sweep broad flelds of grain HTie forests bow when I pass by. I Dear the huntsman's mil "Wur tithe we end to foe and friend 1' Comes up from one and all." The South wind sighs. "I bring the songs A fetter'd eople made, Bung mill, when righted half their wrongs, In cotton Held and glade j How Capt. Curtis Got a Tow. f By E. II . A few of the older members of the waterfront fraternity could cite, with the zest of the envious, some two or three cases wherein Capt. Eben Curtis ad missed his calculations, but these pilshaps were only the exceptions that proved tho rule. The rule was that khat Capt. Curtis undertook to do was U good as done. His general success was the more surprising inasmuch as from neither a moral nor a practical tandpoint, was he by any means con eervative in regard to what he was Willing to undertake. In the halcyon days of his career great public improvements in New York created a demand for asphalt. With a schooner of ordinary sailing qualities It was not the height of pru dence to agree, on the first of May. to deliver in New York by the middle of June, a cargo of asphalt from the Caribbean sea, under a forfeit of sev eral thousand dollars, but for Capt. Curtis this was comparatively a wise and cautious enterprise. He signed the contract and Bailed. He had no occasion to delay in raising a crew by reason of the fact that lie kept one crew pre' constantly with him, finding it profitable to have men whom he knew and on whom e could rely, for there were occasions in his way of doing business when he had need to call for services which, In the language of the law, "cannot properly be constructed as the ordinary duties of seamen." Fortune smiled on the beginning of his venture. He made the run south In more than ordinary good time, and took on upward of half his cargo with equal despatch, but then friction with the native laborers and one of the periodical ur(heavals of government corpbined to retard the loaling and the work dragged slowly while the pre cious days flew by with leaps and bounds. When he was finally ready to sail he had time enough for a quick passage but very little margin for In clement weather. He had a good wind and clear sky, however, until almost the end of the trip, then, without warning, It fell calm, most unusually bo considering the latitude, and, on the last stretch of his race against time, he began to drift idly helplessly, within a hundred miles of port. There was no prospect of immediate change in this state of affairs and the Bituation was rapidly growing des perate. At the outset Capt. Curtis had hoped that a breeze would spring up and refused to send for a towboat. As time wore on and no breeze came he changed his mind, and, to avoid the forfeit, would gladly have seen the greater part of his earnings of the trip spent for the long and costly tow, but no tugs were so far out nor was he able to spealc any Inward bound eteamer and thus send word to their owners ashore. Now, like the police on land, revenue cutters, the police of the three-mile limit, are as a rule, conspicuously in evidence when their presence Is least desirable, and never on hand when they are wanted. Consequently Capt. Curtis was surprised and pleased when he sighted the United States steam cutter "Sneaky Dick" on tne horizon holding a course that would eventually bring her within signaling distance of his own craft. It is not at once clear Why this fact should have awakened any particularly joyous emotions In ?apt. Curtis's breast, for the rendering tratuttous assistance to vessels not in Absolute distress forms no part of the Vity of the revenue marine; nor was iiapt. Curtis such a friend and admirer Bf the service as to welcome an op portunity of cultivating Its acquain tance. Nevertheless, after watching her for a moment, he executed a few steps of the hornpipe, button-holed the mate In a moment of earnest and private con versation, and called all hands on deck. He spoke to them on the rela tions of master nnd crew, and dwelt on the duties of good and loyal sea men, pointing out that they ought to cheerfully execute any orders that were given them, however extraordi nary those orders might appear to be. He concluded by commanding his crew to mutiny and to,, raise the greatest hullabaloo possible short of actually ipllling blood or setting the ship on fire. After the first shock of astonish ment his men entered into the spirit of this sham rebellion heartily, indeed their enthusiasm was not far from preclpltatineg the real thing. By the time the "Sneaky Dick" came near enough to make out the schooner more or less distinctly the officer , on her bridge noticed suspicious activity aboard the smaller vessel and he snatched up his marine glasses in time to see some one fight his way aft through a knot of excited sailors. A moment later 411 ensign, untqp dawa. OF LABOR. Stroke follows stroke In fev'rlsh hast From hands that seek to shape The fingmt'iiia to a stnte anew From uiountnlit ridge to cape." "(if pralrlea broad mine la the tale,' The West wind blithely rails. "Of mountain and em-hnnted vale. And sllv'ry waterfalls ; Vast solitudes I've tracked, and passed Fnr-sentiercd cltr gates. From which the call, 'We've won rVr all A galaxy of slates !' " I aland on the mount of commerce. And the four winds pass me hv. To hear their talejif axe and flail, Before thev droop and die; For Sonlh is Xrth. and North Is South, And Knst and West are one. When labor's stroke the bar hath broke That parted son from son. William Wallace Whltelock, In the New York Timet, GOSSE. struggled half way up the schooner's mizzen-peak and then was lowered so rapidly as to indicate that whoever had hoisted it had been overpowered. There was a hurried chorus of bells, pipes nnd bugles aboard the cut tor, her engines stopped, and In a trice a gig went over her side, a stream of men slid down the fulls, nnd long before the cutter lost her headway their quick and steady regulation stroke had pull ed them half way to the schooner, as they neared the distressed vessel it was evident that a desperate state of affairs existed on board. The skipper, wielding a belaying pin, held a crowd of mutineers at bay on the quarter deck, while one of the mates, cut off by two desperadoes, was defending himself with a capstan bar on the fore castle head, the other mate, not being in sight, was presumably killed. As the gig swung on broadside for board ing one cutthroat rushed out of the galley brandishing a flatiron and a kettle and launched both projectiles with great precision and velocity Into the midst of the oncoming champions of law and order. A moment later they were along side and a dozen bluejackets swarmed over the schooner's bulwarks en masse. Their lieutenant drew his sword and charged across the deck with great gallantry to the rescue of the skipper, while a detachment of his forces delivered tho second mate from his perilous position forward. Discipline carried the day against lawless force, and, three minutes after he came over the rail, the revenue lieutenant had cleared the schooner's deck. But ju$t as he was congratu lating himBelf on having so quickly stamped out the whole riot, the first mate and a picked band began the cli max of the day's festivities in the after lazaret or storeroom. A burst of yells and blows arose from this quart er, and Capt. Curtis sprang toward the hatch crying, "Come on, sir, they're murdering my first mate." The lieute nant, anxious for more worlds to con quer, tore off the small hatch of tho lazaret, and, swinging down over the coamings, dropped into the semi-darkness below, followed by half his men. There was a brief and confused melee of cutlasses, belaying pins, and flying vegetables, and then the mate was ex tricated from beneath a half-dozen struggling revenue men and mutineers, and this last flash of resistance was quenched. The lieutenant waited below until the rescued mate and his assailants had been passed' up on deck, and, as he himself turned towards the ladder, something certainly not intended to be seen, but partially unearthed in the late struggle caught his eye. Sticking out from under a pile of boxes and cordage was tho corner of a rough bale made up in the peculiar style characteristic of certain islands of the West Indies. Throwing aside the in nocent impediments with which they were concealed, the zealous officer dis covered three more similar bales, and under one of them a bundle of water tight bags, serviceable, but not neatly made from discarded rubber coals and oil-skins. , The lieutenant whistled softly to himself, and went on deck even more rapidly than he had come down. "Captain," said he, "I want to see your manifest." Capt. Curtis with evi dent hesitation asked him why. "No matter," answered the lieutenant, sharply, "trot it out." Capt. Curtis's face showed some alarm, but this was a command that must be obeyed, and leading the officer jf the cutter aft, he opened the desk of his cabin, and handed him his papers from the South American port, togeth er with the ship's log. The lieutenant glanced through them rapidly. "This only speaks about as phalt," said he, holding up the ship's mnnifest, "how about four bales of tobacco?" "There is no tobacco aboard, sir," said Curtis. "You're a liar," snapped the lieute nant, "I saw it myself In your lazaret after your pirate crew had turned the placj inside out." "Very well sir," said Curtis, evident ly resigned to fate. 'There is nothing about It in your manifest, which is bad enough, and no entry in your log to show where you got it, which is a great deal worse," continued the lieutenant; "you may consider yourself and your ship under arrest." With this the lieutenant walked for ward, climbed into the foremost shrouds, and, drawing out a white handkerchief, engaged la a rapid wig wag conversation with his commander on the cotter. The ssel was seen to rfet under way, and presently bore down on the schooner coming close nougm alongside to permit a heaving- line to be thrown on board. Twenty minutes later the Snenky Dick was steaming for New York at the rate ot eight or ten knots an hour with Capt. Curtis, his schooner, and his merry men bringing up the rear at the end of a stout hawser. When they came Into port Capt Curtis lost no time in communicating with the consignees of his cargo, and the latter being great and influential men, persuaded the revenue author ities to examine the skipper and hia vessel with the omission of Beveral fathoms of preliminary red tape which would ordinarily have been deemed essential to the majesty of the law. The examination revealed the fact that while the balance of the crew had become engaged in various displays of Insubordination on deck, the first mate and a Bclect party of seamen had busied themselves with making and hiding in the after lazaret several gunny bales of junk and rubbish nnd an assortment of smuggler's bags of the sort known as "divers." There was no tobacco on board and no reason for holding the vessel; In deed, Capt. Curtis was In a position to sue the commander of tho cutter for false arrest, but he generously overlooked this in view of the free tow which brought him Into port three days ahead of his contract. New York Evening Post. POLITE LETTER TO A RAT. Found In the Ruins of a House Re minder of a Boyhood Superstition. Over on tho West S'lde of tho city a long tow of old-fashioned dwellings has been torn down tills spring to make way for some modern business buildings. While they were being de molished the contractor In charge was approached one day by n workman, who handed him a soiled nnd worn envelope which had been found among Hie brick and plaster. The faded inscription, "Mr. Gray Rat," prompted the contractor to read the letter. It ran: "Dear Mr. lint Although we realize that our house Is greatly honored by your presence and that of your ex ceeding numerous and sprightly fam. ily, wo feel that it is selfish of us to expect to have a monopoly of your so ciety, audi we would humbly suggest that you vacate our premises and select as your abode tho residence of our neighbor, number 127, which we are sure you will find a pleasant and profitable place. With most sin cere asuranccs of our deep esteem, believe us, most respectfully yours, "THE SMITH FAMILY." The laborer was puzzled, but the contractor, after struggling with some dim boyhood recollections, was able to explain it. There is, or rather there used to bo, a sort of tradition that if the tenant of a rat infested house were to write a note to the rats, couched in terms of extreme polite ness, requesting them to go else where, and post it on a rat hole, the rats might oblige. The contractor remembered way back in his childhood days In a coun try town writing just such a note, politely asking a rat family to trans fer their attention to a neighbor who had been vindictive, and firmly believing, on their temporarily dis appearing, that it was the note that did it. The contractor took the letter home to show his small boy that. let ters to Santa Clans were not tho only old epistles, and that there were oth er places bestldes chimneys which could servo as mail boxes. Now York Sun. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The biggest leaves in tho world are those of the Inaj palm, which grow on the banks of the Amazon. They reach a length of thirty to fifty feet, and are from ten to twelve feet in breadth. Paderewski, the famous pianist, says that his fingers are as precious to him as life, for ho could never play If ha lost any of them. He takes insurance from time to time to cover special risks, as when he is going on a long journey by land or sea. An interesting collection of spec tacles is that possessed by Mrs. Wesley Williams of Bowdoinham, Me. More than one hundred years old, these cu rios were the one-time property of the women of Bath, who were forced by destitute circumstances to seek refuge in the almshouse. The small house lizards, which are numerous in the tropics, shed their tails when caught or badly frightened. Frequently, when the new caudle ap pendage grows out again it comes in a bifurcated shape and the small animal is then considered a "mascot" by the superstitious natives. A bald eagle weighing sixty-five pounds and measuring eight feet from tip to tip was turned loose in the steets of Hutchinson, Kan., recently by the Hutchinson lodge of Eagles. A metal band was placed around the bird's leg bearing the Inscription, "I am a member of Hutchinson's aerie of Eagles." Argentina possesses, doubtless, an excessive number of horses, and al though the value of the horsehair ex ported is $1,000,000, and that of horse hides as much more, these animal greatly Injure the camps, and the cat tle raisers are beginning to get rid of them and to replace them with cattle and sheep. At a wedding In Barstow. Cal., the other day, etch of the guests was pre sented with a gold nugget from n mine which the bridegroom had be stowed on the bride. SCMP-rAPEK EVIDENCE OUFFICIENT OFTEN TO PUT ROPE ROUND CRIMINAL'S NECK. Fragment In an Infernal Machine That Convicted Mountford Gun Wad aa Proof of Crime Torn Sheet of Note Paper That Led to Discov ery of a Murderer Burglar's Fatal Oversight. "And this, gentlemen, is what you aro asked to hang a man on!" said Sergeant Ilallantlnc, addressing a jury at the Central Criminal court. Ho held up in his fingers a little piece of paper, only a few inches big. "You are asked to return a verdict which will send that man standing there before yon to the gallows, on the strength of a scrap of paper!" The scrap ot paper was enough, says Ij)tidon Answers. lSnlltintlne's client wns condemned. 1 have known numberless cases in which a scrap of paper has sufficed to place tho halter round the criminal's neck. In a case tried at Ixeds some years lack a prisoner named Mountford was charged with a peculiarly diabolical offense. Having conceived a murder ous hatrred of a man who he Imagin ed had dono him on injury, Mount ford set to work to plot his death. A few weeks later a ptircel was deliver ed at the Intended victim's house. Tho parcel, which looked innocent enough, was a tin case holding several pounds of gunpowder so packed as to ex plode when opened. Between two pieces of paper wa's some detonating powder, conected with ingeniously arranged matches at tho top and bot tom of the box. Tho attempt failed, the infernal machine did not claim Us victim, and the police were called in to discover the would-be assassin. Underneath the brown paper in which the box was wrapped the detectives found a scrap of newspaper a portion of the Ieeds Intelligencer of July 5. Other clrcum. 'stances led them to Buspect Mount ford, and on their visiting his house and searching it they found a Leeds Intelligencer ot that date with a piece missing. The scrap of the infernal machine fitted It exactly. Mountford was found guilty. Newspaper used as a wad in fire arms has over nnd over again sufficed to convict a murderer. A youth nam ed John Toms was charged at Lan caster Assizes with the murder of n man named Culshaw. Culshaw had been killed by a pistol shot, and tho weapon had evidently been discharg ed from close quarters. The evidenco against Tom was meager and unsatis factory until there wns produced In court a terribly bloodstained piece of paper. It was handed to the jury and examined by them, and on it were still plainly discernible tho words of a north country comic song. Tho piece of paper had been recov ered from tho fatal wound in the dead man'B head and had been the wad. for the assassln'B pistol. A songbook was found in Tom's pocket and pnrt ot one page was missing. The piece fimnd in the dead man's wound cor responded with the lost part exactly. Tom was, of course, found guilty and hanged. In a Scotch case, In which a young lady was charged with the murder of her father by poisoning him at tho in stigation of her lover, a scrap of pa per played a most Important part. The old gentleman had most emphat ically refused his consent to his daughter marrying her lover and had threatened to disinherit her if she did so. His wealth was considerable, and the young fellow, after Bomo time, succeeded In persuading tho in fatuated girl to administer arsenic to her parent In slowly increasing doses One day n servant surprised the wretched girl while she was prepar ing some food for the old ninn. The girl seemed dismayed by tho servant's sudden appearance, hastily threw a picco of paper which she had crushed into a ball In her hand upon the fire, and then disappeared with the little tray in which tho food was standing. The servant, as soon as her mistress had left the room, rescued the paper from the fire. It had been crushed together so tightly that only the outside portion was consumed by tho flames, and in the creases of it the servant detected a kind of white dust. She kept the paper, and when her master died and her mistress was arrested and charged with his mur der, It was produced in court. The analyst had no difficulty In ascertain ing that the white dust was arsenic, and tho murderess was condemned to death and was executed. Who was the murderer of Mary Webber? was a question which some years ago sorely perplexed the Lan cashire police authorities. Webber was a servant, and left her mistress's house one evening to keep an appoint ment with respect to which she had, her mistress subsequently remember ed, appeared peculiarly anxious. Mary Webber never returned home. Her dead body was discovered the next day In a lonely spot near a woocL There was no doubt she had been murdered strangely by some person with large, powerful hands, the finger marks of which were to be seen up on her throat No one ccuIJ nay who it was she had gone to meet, but It was general ly suspected that she must have ha an appointment with some lovsr at the spot where tshe met with her death. Upon examining her box, the detectives found three notes in a strange handwriting, Bcemingly dis guised, and only signed "G. L." These, letters were evidently from an admir er. They were peculiarly disappoint ing, howevor, for each contained only a few words making Appointment for meetings at various places, one appointment being for tho fatal night at the Bpot whore Webber's body was found. The writer of that letter was in all probability the murderer.' Sus picion now centered around a young follow in whose company Webber had been Been. The day before the murder the sus pected man had, it was developed, visited a shop to purchase a sheet of note paper, lie had then asked for a pen nnd an envelope, and requested permission to sit at the counter and write a brief letter. When he had gone the shopman found a half sheet of paper left on the counter In the blotting pad at which the prisoner hadi been writing. This half sheet the man put back Into the box, with the other paper. The last note found In the dead girl's box, making tho fatal appointment, was written on a half sheet of paper. This and the piece loft by tho accused man In the snop were put togeiner. wieroscopio examination revealed the fact that the two halves made one sheet. Tho man wns executed. A piece of paper played an extra ordinary part In the trial of a Wilt shire farmer nt the Salisbury Assizes. The prisoner has been charged with having sent an anonymous threaten ing letter to a neighbor. Witnesses acquainted with tho prisoner's writing were called to prove that the letter was In his hand.. Others, equally as well able to Judge, declared that the writing was not his. But the pro secution had what appeared to be most conclusive evidence of the pris oner's guilt. Three of these anonymous letters had been roughly torn out of a single sheet. In a writing desk in the pris oner's house the detectives found a scrap of paper, which, when fitted with the three pieces on which the letters were written, exactly formed one sheet. The ragged edges of the dif ferent portions exactly fitted each oth er and the watermark and name of tho maker, which was divided Into three parts, were perfect when the pieces of paper were placed together. The evidence appeared overwhelming, and the prisoner, protesting his in nocence, was sentenced to penal ser vitude. The prisoner was removed, when suddenly a person stood up in court and denounced himself as the real criminal. Ho wns the son of the prisoner a youth of 18. He wrote upon a piece of paper from memory the contents of the three threatening letters. His hand writing was exactly that In the crim inal's epistle; mistakes in spelling which appeared in them were repro duced In the son's writings. Ho had, he explained, had nccess to the writ ing desk of his father's room, and hnd abstracted the paper from It. There could be no doubt of his guilt, and the father was pardoned while the Bon went to prison for seven years. HUNTER OF PARASITE3. His Mission Is To Find Natural Cures For Insect Pests. He hnd just arrived, in London from Brazil, and was off the next day to the Antipodes. 1 found him in tho of fice of tho Agent-General for Western Australia, says a writer In the Daily Mail. He was carrying a little box containing a few commonplace look ing beetles. Yet to find, those beetles hp had traveled fifteen thousand miles and searched far and wide. For the bronzed and hardy traveler follows the least known profession on earth, that of tho parasite hunter. For years he has been traveling, literally from China to Peru, in his search for insects that wilt aid the farmer in his war against pests. "I am a tracker down of the natural cures for the Insect pests that are do ing damage costing hundreds of mil lions every year," said Mr. Compere, In answer to my questions. "Every country has its different plagues. How do these pests come? Here London affords you tho simplest illustration. Millions of insects are carried into England every day in the merchan dise that arrives from abroad, some in the stockings of eastern cargoes, some in the dried foliage around tropical produce. "At any time one of theje strange Insects, carried here in such a fashion might find that the English climate suited it, and that one of your native products (possibly wheat) supplied It with a suitable food. If there were nothing to counteract It, It would in a few years spread all over England, breeding in great numbers several times a year. Before many had quite realized what was the matter, your wheat crop would be ruined. "For some years my work has tak en me to every land. Now I am in Spain, now In China, now in the heart ot France, now in Ccntraf America. My method is this: When seeking an antidote I first find the native home of the pest I wish to attack. Then to go there, get into tho country, and ex amine. I watch the same pest there (where it is probably doing scarcely any damage), and I am almost sure to find that nt some stage of its' life another insect attacks and destroys It. Then I have found what I want edmy parasite and I take It away with mo and breed It to fight the pest. "Every pest has - Its parasite, and the right way to fight pests Is through their parasites. Western Australia is setting the way here In practical fruit culture and farming, and others will benefit from Its work." Miss Sarah Jackson of Dearborn county, Indiana, although at present In good health, has given written di rections for her funeral. FRUITFUL FURNACES. INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES Pr;ECI0U3 STONES. Scientist! TThto Rnreee.terl In T'tnrltlnf IteHl litmnnml nnd Jtulile-a Frntn the CrnclMo or tlia Fiti-napp. t - Recent advices from France state that Trofessor Moissnn. the eminent scientist and Inventor, bus nctunlly succeeded In making genuine dia monds and rubles. He employs for this purpose fho electric furnace, which has been so Improved Hint a degree of lipnt eat) lie produced ap proaching the extreme temperatures which were tmdoulit'-dly n fnctor In the formation of minerals nnd gem In the Interior of Hie earth. 'flip rubles obtained nre of large size, weighing ten or fifteen enrnts. and In quality and color equal nnd even surpass those found In the enrth. The natural forces attending the for mation of diamonds spetn to have been mnro complicated, and fo far the diamonds resulting from the efforts of tile scientists have been very small, bt't still they are positively identified as the carbon crystal the diamond. They are remarkably clear anil bright, nnd on a small scale n.i fine specimens os nature's own product. The electric furnace lias enriched chemistry with n whole series of new compounds. Frobubly the one of most value to mankind at large Is Calcium Carbide. The simple application of water to Calcium Carbide generates the gas Acetylene, which is now being Commonly used for lighting. The peculiar merits of Acetylene light nre Its brilliance and high cnndle power, ease of Installation, economy nnd Its adaptability for lighting build ings of ever description, rtgnrdless of their locution. Many Russian Holidays. Russian days of religious and civil observances nro numerotm beyond reason, and become a sort of servi tude,, hampering labor and all com mercial enterprises. It has been pointed out that in all Protestant countries the farmer has about 310 days to work in. In Catholic coun tries whero holidays hnve not been limited by statute workmen and farm ers still have about 300 days, while 'in Russia the very most that the people can do is to work 250 days. This menus that tho workmen nnd farm ers of Russia have their year cut down to five or six weeks less than that of the farmers of Austria and Italy nnd to two months less than in England and tho United States. It Is pointed out that this Is a patent cause for the economic 'inferiority of Russia ns compared with other na tions, the more so that in every pro vince, vlllnge, nnd family local holi days, anniversaries, birthdays, saints' days, etc., aro added. How to Plunk a Watermelon. To plug Is to let air Into the mel on, causing withering and decay around the edges of tho holes, no matter how carefully tho plug is re placed. To plunk does no harm. Down on your knees over a fine, largo one, shining green amid the vines ot tho patch; lenn over and press one hand on each side a quick, sharp squeeze and ear Inclined to thenr the sound. Does it crackle In response? Does a sound come forth like a ripping of the honrt within a breaking down of those walls of solid Juiciness? Then it has plunked, then it Is ripe, then It is fit for the gods to eat. Secret Camera in Bank. One of the most ingenious method3 In the world for photographing per sons and keeping them in ignorance of tho fact is that of the Bank of France. The bank has a hidden studio In a gallery behind tho cash ier's desk, so that at a signal from one of tho bank employes any sus pected customer will instantly have his picture taken without his own knowledge. What the Hens Do. Tho hens in the United States now produce ono and two-third billion dozens of eggs a year, and at the high average price of tho year the hens during their busy season lay enough eggs in a slnglo month to pay the year's Interest on the .na tional debt. STRONGER THAN MEAT. A Judge's Opinion of Grnpn-Nutl. A gentleman who has acquired a Ju dicial turn of mind from experience on the bench out In the Sunflower Slate, writes a carefully considered opinion as to the value of Grape-Nuts as food. He says: "For the past five years Grape-Nuts has been a prominent feature in our bill of fare. "The crisp food with the delicious, nutty flavor has become an indispensa ble necessity In my family's everyday life. "It has proved to be most healthful and beneficial, and has enabled us to practically abolish pastry and pies from our table, for the children prefer Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and unwholesome food. "Grupe-Nuts keeps us all in perfect physical condition as a preventive of disease It Is beyond value. I have been particularly impressed by the beneficial effects of Grape-Nuts when used by ladies who are troubled with face blemishes, skin eruptions, etc. It clears up the complexion wonderfully. "As to its nutritive qualities, my ex peieuee Is that one small dish of Grape Nuts la superior to a pound of meat for breakfast, which is an important consideration for any one. It satisfies the appetite and strengthens the pow er of resisting fatigue, while Its use in volves none of the disagreeable conse quences that sometimes follow a meat breakfast." Name given by Fostuin Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. dUSIMESS CARDS. Q M. olO.NAt.:. ATTOItNET-AT-LA If, Wotaty fill,!!-, iMl -tills Sfonl, rt4M "etireil, pinli-l'rm 11 ! promptly OA4 til i-yu Inn. I. 1. 1 ! i (.. I;ejielilv!l,, JJH. B. K IlliOVhlt, RH'N'H.I'BVII.I.R, r HesKlan dKn.i. 1 tue ItnoT-r balltfia J)R. L. L. MEAN8, DENTIST. Office on second floor of First Ha tlonal bank buiiciing, Main (.treet. J)u. n. devjeke kino, DENTrST. Office on seeoncl floor ReynoIdsvllU Keal Kstatn Building, iialn street. Knynoldsvillo, Fa. H J NEFF, JUSTICE OF THE FEACE Aud Heal Estate Agent. Itoynoklsvilie, Pa SMITH M. MoCREiailT, ATTORN BY-AT-I.AW. Kotni-y ruMlo anl Itanl Estate Agentt. 0k lecilnus will rrooive ,K,ni,t aitnnilon. Offlo In tha llnriiulilvvills llaniwnrs Co. liuUdlna. lifclu atreel, n 711..I jbviIIo, l"a PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Whnnt No. a red S 75 pi Hyo No. '1 65 63. Corn No 2 yellow, ear ot rj Nn. U yellow, Bbulled 61 fit Mixed par 4 Oats No. 2 white :n No. 'A white a, uj Flour Winter patent is r, 5 n Fancy straight winters (10) n in Hay Nn. 1 Timothy h jh olf Clover No. 1 1 1 (M) 1! M Fopd No. 1 white mill, ton If) sn 0 u 1 Brown mldlliiiK ill 50 17 ii Until, bulk 16 r,o 17 90. o.raw Wheat , 6 5i) 7011 "t 6 50 7 00 Dairy Products. Butter KlRln creamery $ ' gj 94 Ohio creamery 211 2a Fancy country roll la Chpewe Ohio, new 11 Now York, new 11 ia Poultry, Etc. Hens per lb $ 11 15 Chickens ilreased la ift EagB I'a. and Ohio, fresh 19 21 Fruits and Vegetables. Apples bbl ,5, . i'ot.-itnes Fancy white por bu.... 50 6s- Caiibiiite per ton ,0 B. . Onions por barrel " J JJJ BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent S n o-. Whim-No. 3 red 82.1 5fJ Cirn Ml.od ?? ?,! V.e bA Butter Ohio creamery J PHILADELPHIA. fj2Urr1?-""?r Pi"ent "5 5 Wheat No. a red w Corn No. 2 mixed h, t. Oats No. 8 white jJJ Butter Creamery 2 Ki,'gf Pennsylvania firsts g NEW YORK. Flour Patents $ 6 01 5 15 Wheat No. a red t7 W Corn No. a 69 60 Oats No. 8 white 81 KJ Butter Creamery 20 22 Hugs State and Pennsylvania.... 17 IS LIVE STOCK. t'nlon Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. f.xtra, MM) to 1600 lbs J5 80 S Prime, 1300 to 1400 lbs 6 is 6i Medium, isoo to laou Ibs. 6 00 61ft' Tidy, lUxl to 1100 4fto 4HS Butcher, m to 1100 '... 8 80 4) Common to fair ' 800 8S! Oxen, common to fat 8 00 4 60 ( ommon tOKood fat bulls and cows 150 81O Milch cows, each 1600 48 00 Hogs. Prime hoavy hogs S R5 s 00 l'rline medium weights . t&, 5 8i Best heavy yorkers and medium. 6M 66; I'ood pigs and ligbtyorkers 6 65 6 60 I Iks. couimon to good 6 40 650 J,0"""" 4 75 6 " 87i 4W Sheep. Extra...... $610 55,! (.00. to choice 4 9o s 00 Medium 42-, 4 2. t ommon to fair., S00 H55 ,-a"'l' 4 50 7 4D Calves. al, extra 550 740 J cal, gcod to choice 8iJ 4 ;;, V eul, common heavy 3JJ 4o FEXimTE TAXCIES. Empress Haniko of Japan is fifty-six rears olJ. Kx-Enipre?s Eugenie is seventy-nine rears old auj quite active. Mrs. Louisa Manning lias just cele brated lid' niiiety-eiglitb birthday. The Empress Dowukit of China is thoughtful of her subordinates. Queen Alexandra of England is, like many women, ill nt ease on the ros trum. The widow of Jefferson Davis lives 5u tho seventh floor of a quiet New i'ork hotel. Ii'S. Belva Loekwood had an Im portant part in settling the Cherokee :Iaims case. Queen Alexandra's laces, linens and silks are perfumed in a. simple and de lightful manner. Xo one woman in American society Is more talked ot Just now than Mrs. Clarence Maekay. Miss Anna Morgan, daughter of J Pierpont .Morgan, is a healthy, happy lud hearty young American, woman. Mrs. Stoesscl. wife of General Stoes sel, of Tort Arthur fame, recently paid pll'O.OOO for a house in St. Petersburg. Frau rriclle, who at one time was the most popular of all the actresses attached to the Uoyal Opera House, Buda Tcsth, lias gone mad. When Queen Wllhelmiun made a re lent visit to an Amsterdam church, the pastor admonished the congregation not to rise when the Queen entered. Countess Louyny's collection, which is to be sold soon in Tarls. includes a veil presented her by the city of Brus sels on her marriage to ltudolpn of Austria. Miss Ida Kynu, of the graduating class of the Ma saehitsetts Institute of Technology , lias wou the prize given by the Boston Society of Architects for the best architectural design submitted by a graduate.
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