WORLD'S LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE.
The Strain of Society.
There should be an eight-hour day
for "fashionable" women. We cannot
talk scandal continuously for twelve,
aa we do now. The excitement and the
strain upon the imagination are
terrific London Truth.
Cultivate Business-like Punch.
The modern woman's aim is to be
businesslike, ead her affairs of the
heart, such as they are, she conducts
on the same principles as she would
conduct a public meeting or a charity
bazaar. She plays hockey and golf,
fences and wrestles in order to develop
her muscles, and learns jiu-jitsu princi
pally because it is the fashion, but al
so because, as an ethereal debutante in
formed me the other day, "its so Jolly
useful if you want to knock a man
down." Ladles' Feild.
Small Etonomles.
"If one becomes a business woman,
It behooves her to know that she can
not succeed if she fritters away her
energies on too many small economies.
She can not work in an office all day
and then sit up half the night to make
her own dresses. If a man earns only
$5 a week he doesn't try to save by
stitching up the seams of his own
coat or trousers; if he did, he never
would earn any more than $5; he puts
his head Into his business and schemes
to make himself more valuable; then
he buys coats and trousers with his in
creased salary. A woman saves at the
spigot and breaks down." .
Carrots for Complexions.
It's a dull day when a new fad in
food isn't thrust upon a long-suffering
world, and the latest is carrot-eating.
. If a woman would have a clear iresn
complexion, says the theorist respon
sible for the Idea, she must eat a raw
carrot every day. He's no vegetarian,
so he doesn't forbid the eating of meat,
though he does condemn the eating of
"certain of the messes called food."
In' a school just outside Boston, which
Is noted for its pretty (girls, the pupils
are expected to eat a carrot dally, Just
as they might eat an orange or an
apple, and they don't make the slight
est protest, either. But then, what
woman wouldn't suffer to be beautiful?
New York Press.
A Woman's Duty to Herself.
"Every woman has the right a
right so Inalienable as to become it
self a duty to cherish and comfort
herself; to let flowers bloom in her
. heart; to lighten her burdens by allow
' ing, or if need be, requiring others to
Bhare the weight of them. It will be
found that a household, all of whose
'members share alike in the dally
routine. Is more cheerful and charit
able than one conducted on the single
slave plan. It is more agreeable, all
around, to contribute something than
to accept everything; and it produces
1 better hearts and minds and manners.
ad even if the housework does get
keglected occasionally that is better
an a neglected life; and It may some-
tifces be wiser to buy a new garment
thin to patch the old one." Julian
Hawthorne.
NeV York for Women's Clubs.
The Kane county federation of
women'Vvdubs of Illinois has voted to
undertake! the work of beautifying 30
miles of country road, from Montgom
ery to CarpeWrsvllle. This road leads
along the west bank of the Fox river,
and from it Is viewed some of the most
beautiful scenery In the federation,
located at Hampshire, Elgin, St
Charles, Geneva, Batavla and Aurora.
VA1I of these towns, except the first
mentioned, are located on Fox River.
The entire distance between Montgom
ery, which is the lower section of
Aurora, and Carpentersville has been
divided into six sections and each club
will be given a section of the work,
which means that each club must look
after five mlleB of roadway. ' Each
club has' pledged itself to raise $300 to
carry on the work, so that there will
be $1,800 gathered In to be put to good
use. !
A Dreadful Dilemma.
A capital story is told of Governor
Van Sant, of Minnesota, In connection
with a recent visit of his to New- York.
- Soon after the governor had been as
signed to a hotel room, a former resi
dent of Minnesota called and found
him gazing with gloomy countenance
' at his trunk.
After an exchange of salutations, Mr.
Van Sant said: "John, I'm in a tremen
dous fix. I want a suit of clothes out of
that trunk. Oh, yes, I've got the key
all right, but my wife packed the trunk.
She was to come along, but was pre
vented at the last moment To my
certain knowledge she put in enough
to fill three trunks the way a man
would pack them. If I open It, the
things will boll all over the room, and
I could never get half of them back.
Now, what I'm wondering about is
whether it would be cheaper to go out
and buy a new suit of clothes. of two
additional trunks."
Significant Table Linen.
A woman who has the reputation of
being a moat successful hostess and
dinner giver makes a hobby of her
table linen. She has sets of linen with
flowers, designs and emblems to suit
the several holidays and seasons, and
even the flowers of several of the
foreign countries. There are holly
wreaths for Christmas, bells and ribbon
streamers for New Year's, lilies for
Easter and baskets of flowers for May.
Roses, sweetpeas and ferns are for,
summer affairs, when the same blos
soms are used in 'decorations. Autumn
leaves and chrysanthemums are for the
functions of the fall, and are combined
with real leaves and flowers. The
fleur de Us linen does honor to the
French guests, and for an Irish patriot
the shamrock pattern in brought forth,
while the rose or thistle blooms for
the English or Scotch guest. These lit
tle attentions are always pleasing, and
when one is buying linen one might
as well pay attention to design as well
as to the quality. Though not every
one can afford to have linen woven to
order, as this woman did in several
cases. New York Tribune.
Deserves a Medal.
Years ago a little woman In north
west Missouri was left a widow. The
long illness of her husband exhausted
their little resources, and when the
husband and father was laid away the
widow found herself penniless with
four little children.
She did not sit down to weep and
repine. Her grief was deep, but her
duties were heavy. She faced those
duties bravely and performed them
well. With her own unaided hands
she provided for her little flock. She
kept them well fed and well clothed,
and gave them every educational ad
vantage. During all these years of
strenuous labor and heavy responsibil
ity she found time to scatter sunshine
into many dark places. Her example
was an inspiration to the people of her
community. Her three boys grew to
young manhood and started in life for
themselves. All three of them are
model citizens and have achieved suc
cess in 'their chose professions. One
Is a prosperous lawyer, another a suc
cessful physician and the other a civil
engineer whose ability is recognized
throughout the country. The youngest
child, a daughter, was a successful
teacher for several years, and a few
weeks ago was married to a wealthy
merchant.
The little mother, old in years but
still young in spirit, is now enjoying
the evening of her life, free from
worry and from care, and happy in tin
knowledge that she has performed her
full duty as a mother and as a citizen,
In the distribution of hero medale
should this noble little woman be over
lookedThe Commoner.
The Middle-Aged Woman In Society.
An entertaining old lady whose
friendship I enjoy used to say, with
some impatience: "Because the Lord
saw fit to remove Banbury is no reason
why I should be invited to nothing but
women's lunches." Not but what she
mourned the late Banbury most sin
cerely, but her active mind chafed at a
narrowness of environment which ac
centuated her loneliness. In fact, it is a
hardship to be condemned to a one
sided social life, and it Is a misfortune
which happens to many middle-aged
women and need scarcely ever happen
to a man of any age; for ordinarily a
man can have as much feminine society
as he chooses, but what will the neigh
bors say about an elderly woman who
announces that in order to preserve a
whole and healthy view of life she
must seek the society of men?
It will, hardly be disputed that the
exclusively feminine is worse than the
exclusively masculine point of view.
True, one sometimes hears of the petty
fallings of certain classes of men
heroes at sea, for Instances, who never
theless, owing to that isolated life,
become Bomewhat fussy and domineer
ing when they regain the shelter of the
domestic fireside; and the tales of Bret
Harte and bis followers have familiar
ized us with the rude heroes of the
mining camp and the plains. But doea
the naval officer, wedded to law, or the
miner, divorced from it, show as great
a .departure from, the normal human
type as the woman who is shut up wltb
other women? '
Of course there are as many point
of view as there are men and women;
one should always remember that un
derneath all there is the human point
of view, and that people resemble each
other more than they differ; yet, whec
all allowances have been made, som
weH-recognlzed dlsslmilarites do seem
to be fundamental. Everybody knows,
for instance, that a woman has not
usually much sense of proportion; but
as to that, does everybody realize how
destructive to a sense of proportion a
purely domestic life is, that UN
which, for so long, constituted a
woman's all of living? Perhaps Evi
may not have -been lacking in it be
fore she set up housekeeping and accu
mulated things. Possibly at that tlmi
her sense of humor was not subject
to lapses. It is, now; and it Is mosj
apt to lapse when she turns her atten
tion on herself. For the average
woman Is Inclined to take herself
quite seriously. From "The Point of
View," In Scribner's.
Obliging But Original.
Magistrate You gave this young
woman such a hit on the face that
she can't see out of her eyes; what
have you to say for yourself?
Accused Well, she often :told me
she didn't want to see me any more.
Meggenderfer Blatter.
It Weighs 355,000 Pounds and Has a
Tractive Power of 71,600 Pounds.
The first of the five largest locomo
tives in the world, which the Great
Northern ordered from the Baldwin
Works, has been sent West, where it
will be put to work on the mountains.
The engine is of the Mallet compound
type, with four cylinders, two sets of
drivers and two pairs of cylinders.
Each is practically two engines In
one, and is capable of hauling over
mountain grades twice as much as the
best the Great Northern now has. The
best engine the company has now in
service can pull 525 tons up a 2.2 per
cent grade, while the new engines will
be capable of drawing 1100 tons oa
the same grade. The only engine
which approaches the Great Northern
monsters is owned by the Baltimore
ft Ohio, which weighs 834,600 pounds.
This new engine will be run on the
Great Northern between Leavenworth
and Skykomish, Wash. It is Intended
tor freight service and will work on a
twenty-five mile stretch of track
across the Cascades. The engine is
No. 1800 and has a tractive power of
71,000 pounds. In fact, when in aer
rice, the engine Is able to pull such
a heavy load that to prevent pulling
out the drawheads on the cars, a sec
ond locomotive of the ordinary size
will be coupled on Just behind to take
up the slack.
The locomotive has a weight on the
drivers of 316,000 pounds, while the
total weight of the engine is 355,000
pounds and the weight of the engine
and tender is 503,000 pounds. It has
a rating of being able to pull 2100
tons of freight. The tank on the ten
der hols 8000 gallons of water and
the tender also carries 13 tons of coal.
The engine has 12 drivers 65 inches
In diameter. The high-power cylin
dera are 21 Inches in diameter and
have a stroke of 32 inches, while the
low power cylinders havo a diameter
of 33 Inches and 32 inch stroke. The
boiler has a diameter of 84 Inches at
the smallest part, with 441 tubes 2Vi
Inches in diameter and 21 feet long.
The firebox is 117x96 inches, and the
total heating surface is 5658 square
feet. The grate surface is 73 square
feet. Each group of driving wheels
has a base of 10 feet, with a total
wheel base of 44 feet. The total wheel
base of both engine and tender is 73
feet 2 Inches. The engine is design
ed to pass curves of 10 degrees. The
cylinders midway of the locomotive
take the steam from the pipe lead
ing from the dome using it at a pres
sure of 200 pounds to the square inch.
These cylinders exhaust the steam In
to the front cylinders, which are of
larger diameter. After performing its
wotk in the forward cylinders, it Is
exhausted In the usual manner in the
stack. The engine has what is known
as a Wahlscheart valve motion, which
has recently come Into use. This
valve is as old as the one known as
the Stevenson valve, but It has never
been used in America to any extent
This style of valve gear does away
with the 'eccentrics and the entire
mechanism Is on the outside of the
driving wheels.
The Novelists' Mission.
The neglect of Disraeli's writings
may be in part due to the fact that
most people think it is below the
dignity of a statesman, or of any man
following what is called a "serious"
profession, to compose works of Ac
tion. Certainly many do not yet un
derstand that the man who writes
novels may be a very wise man; they
do not realize that accurately to por
tray human nature, and to present
pictures of life, is not only a most
worthy but also a moat difficult task,
requiring for its performance an in
telligence far above the average, acute
powers of observation and a keen
sense of humor. For surely the great
novelist is the observer sounding the
depths while others glance at the sur
face, and examining the mysteries of
life while others are content to over
look even the obvious. Melville'?
Victorian Novelists.
The Doctor's Strike In Greece.
Greece is threatened with an odd
strike. At a public meeting the
physicians and druggists of Athens
declared that "their professions would
Boon be reduced to starvation. Many
physicians of the city are actually in
straits because of the ever-increasing
clinics where patients receive free
treatment The disciples - of Escula.
plus intend, therefore, to strike, un;
less the government prevents the
further establishment of clinics and
permits them to Increase their foes
from 2 drachmas to 3 drachmas.
(A drachma is about 19 cents.) Al
though the motion to this effect was
combated by several physicians as un
worthy of medical profession, It was
finally carried by a great majority,
and the strike will probably go into
effect soon. Chicago Tribune.
The Universal Language of Clothes.
The top hat represents the univer
sal language of attire. It wails and
weeps against the walls of Jerusalem,
and it turns up in the solitudes of the
desert; even the lonliest mountain
peaks are not safe from its democra
tic simplicity. Once I met a silk hat,
probably rescued from somo benevo
lent dust bin, milking a cow in a Lon
don park. The hat nearly caused a
riot; each and every passerby turned
and stared indignantly. The eccentric
cowboy in the top hat finished his al
lotted task, and in company of his?
cow and the milk pail he ambled plaj
cldly out of Bight. Still, one can'l
help asking, In the interest of personal
liberty, why shouldn't a silk hat lis
permitted to milk a cow? The. cow
doesn't mind, so why should we?
Fortnightly Review.
.Res
possibility
You wouldn't pay railway fare to anybody who hap
pened to ask you for it, but only to the responsible uni
formed conductor.
You shouldn't feel bound to take the first cigar that's
offered to you, but only the one that's plainly marked with
the stamp of responsibility the "Triangle A."
You know what you're getting when
You buy a "Triangle A" Cigar
What do you know about the nameless and irre
sponsible cigars offered you ?
The "Triangle A" is a guarantee of cigar quality
before you buy.
It's plain proof that we are willing and anxious to
have the American Cigar Company's cigars judged strictly
on their merits.
The "Triangle A" has a wider meaning than
that of a mere identification mark:
One Side stands for knowing how.
. Another Side stands for equipment.
.i. AnA ?H. thH never bQ worth a last year's calendar to ym?
if the third side of the "Triangle A" did not stand for the disposition)
of the American Cigar Company to give the smoker all the benefit of
its cigar knowledge and cigar-producing equipment.
Therefore-The American Cigar Company i3 taking this occasion'
to assure you that its "Triangle A" is a public sign of its definite,!
positive and unchangeable intention to offer you always the best cigars
that its unequalled equipment and experience are capable of producing.
m We manufacture a large number of brands of different blends to)
suit individual tastes.
The New CREMO
affords first-class evidence of the quality that is guaranteed by ' the
(Triangle A) on the .box.
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY
Manufacturer
MeritMtr
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. I red f 73 7
Hjo No. 2 7 7.1
Cora No. 2 yellow, ear 51 cj
No. yellow, shollod 47 48
Mlied ear.... 46 17
Oats No. 8 wblte 47 4-t
No. 8 wblte 46 47
Flour Winter patent 8 95 4 00
Fancy straight winters 4 00 41;
Hay-r-No. 1 Timothy 19 00 19 50
Clover No. 1 17 50 is 00
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 82 50 SO 00
Brown middlings a) 00 81 00
Bran, bulk 21 50 2 50
Straw Wheat 10 00 1050
Oat 10 60 11 50
Dairy Product!.
Butter Elgin creamery t 32 85
Ohio creamery 2 27
Fancy country roll 11 gq
Cheese Ohio, new 14 15
New York, new - 14 13
Poultry, Etc.
Hens per lb I u 19
Chickens dressed 16 17
Eggs Pa, and Ohio, fresh 1 j lfl
Frulti and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per ba.... 53 80
Cabbage per ton . 15 'W 16 Oil
Unions per barrel 150 4 25
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent t 8 C5 8 80
Wheat No. red Ti 74
Corn Mixed 44 47
Eggs 1W 81
Butter Ohio creamery 18 0
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent I !50 8 75
Wheat No. red V 78
Corn No. 2 mixed 47 49
Oats No. white 44 45
Butter Creamery 29 82
Bugs Pennsylvania firsts. ....... 14 20
' NEW YORK.
Flour-Patents.... I "
Wheat No. 8 red 82 W
Corn-No. 8 W M
Oats No. 2 wblte 43 41
Butter Creamery 2i 8.
Eggs State and Pennsylvania.,.. 18 21
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra, 1,450 to 1,611 lbs I .1 B1 8 85
Prime, l.mio to 1,400 lbs 6 55 5 '.0
Good, 1,200 to l.J lbs 8 10 5 60
Tidy, 4,0o0 to 1.150 lbs 4 85 S 20
Common, 700 to 9J0 lbs 8 W 8 50
Oxol 2 73 4 OJ
Bulls 1M 4 13
Com...-. 1 50 8 75
Hollers, 7110 to 1 100. .". 8 50 4 40
Fresh Cows and Springers 16 00 SO 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy I 6 CO (85
Prime medium weight 6 At
Best heary Yorkers ., 4 61
Uod light Yorkers...., 6 60 6 CO
Pigs 6 59 6 55
Rough , 5 4 1 5 90
Stags..; 4 OJ 5 23
Sheep.
Prime wethers t 6 25 8 50
Uood mlxe.l 9 5 8J 6 11
Pair mixed ewes and wet.' jrs..... 5 00 5 60
Culls and common I 00 8 00
Lambs . 5 w 7 5J
Cflves.
Veal calres 6 00 6 51
Ueavjr and thin calves, a 5J ( iJ
Oil Markets.
The following are the quotations for credit
balances in the dincront nMi;
Pennsylvania, $1 Tlona, $1 7; Second
Saml, tl 6": .,rth Luna. 14-: Mouth Lima. !)o
Indluna. fcOc; bomcrnot, n):: itagland, tile: Can
ada, I1.3J.
For five months In the year Cairo,
Egypt, Is a dead city, no one staying
to endure the hoat who can get away.
N. HANAU
Annual Clearance
Sal
e.
I will close out all winter goods. You can save from
25 to 35 per cent by coming here to buy.
FASCINATORS 50c ones, Clearance' Price 35 cents.
75c, clearance 59c. $1.25, clearance price 87c.
NOTIONS-50c Golf Gloves for 37c. 25c Golf Gloves
for 19c. 50c Handbags 26c. 25c Handbags for 15c.
LADIES' COATS I sold coats in the beginning of the
season for less than any other store in town.
$10.00 Coats, Clearance Sale Price, 85.00.
. $12.00 Coats, Clearance Sale Price, $6.00.
$15 00 Coats, Clearauce Sale Price, $7.50. '
CHILDREN'S COATS $2.00 Coats, now $1.39,
Coats now 90c. $3.00 Coats now $2.25.
White Bearskin Coats, $2.25.
Come and see for yourself.
N. HANAU. REYNOLDSVILLE, PA
$1.50
$3.50
Farm Animals In United States.
The crop reporting board of the
Bureau of Statistics of the Depart
ment of Agriculture finds from the re
ports of the correspondents and agents
of the bureau, that the numbers and
values of the farm animals on farms
and ranges In the United 6tate3 on
Jan. 1 last were as follows: Horses,
17,741,000, averago price per head,
$93.51. value $1,846,578; mules, 3,817,
000. average price $112.16, value $428.
064,000; milch cows 20,968,000, aver
age price $31, value $64,497,000; otlicr
cattle 51,566,000, average prices $17.10,
value $881,775,000; sheep 53.240,000,
average price $3.84, value $204,210,00ll
swine 54,794,000, average price $7.62,
value $417,791,000.
Twenty Minutes on His. Head.
Harry Stilson, an atHletlc young
man, who recently came to this city
from Atchison, made a wager yester
day he codld stand on his head twenty
minutes, most of the time without aid
of his hands.
The feat was successfully trfo:fn
ed. He broke the' local record. But
today the wager ccst him his life.
This morning Stilson became un
conscious. Physicians were unable to
relieve congestion of the brain, a re
sult of severe physical exertion. He
died without regaining cor.8ciour.ness.
St. Joseph (Mo) Dispatch to Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
DESTIXY.
There is a day of destiny at hand
For every man and woman; such a goal
Appears transcendent to each striving
soul
Who gladly pays the tax God doth com
mand. Such tribute covers years of patient strife.
And ail who seek to gain the topmost
round
Must climb a ladder planted on rough
ground
Braced firmly 'gainst the bulwark, highei
life.
The first rung's made of substance darb
and dull.
The touch of which doth cause most men
to flinch.
But, looking well ahead, their strong
hands clinth
High hope3, an aid wLich every man must
cull.
Another brace upon life's long incline
Ji self-control; a quality of force
Which keeps man straight and firm on
his fixed course,
With fortitude which surely is divine.
"Thy will be done," the toiler prays eacK
ni'jht.
Yet prays that Ood may grant hirr
stcMijrtli of will
To climb life's IcMer step by step, until
The conourvor's rrke is won by right and
might.
Discretion, vi'or, cnr.t.mcy nnd s';ill
Lend to t'.-c hijlict st;it3 man cat
achieve;
An. I all w'.io hncw t'.'.c victor must be
licvo
Tkr.t wr-ih and virtus cenquor by Cied's
Will.
Ellii'jo'.b FU!:e. m Christian Hciistcr.