T A LITTLE BRO TTfeirb F THK RICH. To put new shingles on old roofs; To lve old women wHililrd sklrtst To treat iireincinltury imiukIis With (I'lianimlilu llnniH'l shirts; To loolhe the (turns uf ixivcrty And ki-pp the Jnrknl from the door These are the works thnt oi'lipy Xhe l.lttlu Bister of the l'our. She rnrrlos, evr rywhere she goes. Kind words and chickens, Jams and coals; foultlces Tor corporenl woes And sympathy for downriist foulst Her currnnt Ji ily her iiiliittie The lliis of fi-ver move to liless. ' Bhe miikes the humhln slck-rouin ihlne Willi unaccustomed tidiness. A heart of hers the Instnnt twtn ', fnd vivid counterpnrt Is mine; also serve my ft How men, Thotiuh In n soniewhnt different line. The poor mid their concerns she hns Monopolised, heciiiisu tif which v It fulls to nm to labor n? A Little llrother of the Rich. ("or their soke nt no sur-rlflee Does my devoted spirit ouiill; 1 give their horses cxerolse. As hnlluHt on their yinlils I soil. Upon their tnllyho's I ride And hi nve the clnitieeN or a storm; I even uho mv own Innhlo To keep their wtnu und victuals wtirm. Those wtotn wo etrlve to benefit Hear to our heiirts soon Ki'ow to be; I 1"V my Klch, mid 1 admit Thnt they are very ood to me. Succor the Ilmr, my Misters, I, While Heaven shall still votiahsnfe me heiilth Will strive to shnro nnd mollify The trials of iiboundlitK wealth. Edward Blindfold Martin, In Life. The Deserters lly Marion Porter Bam Braley had bis aching feet up on tbe railing uf the piazza, when Jerry Todd went by, and it may be that Jerry, for all he looked so stub born, saw them and fell sorry. 81 in knew where Jerry wits going nnd his own face settled into lines tbnt were tneant to be very determined, but were not much of a success, after all. It was so odd to see Jerry pass with out a word Jerry, who had played with Sim CO years ago In that very street and who had grown up to be dearer to him than his own brothers. It was odder yet to see that Jerry was wearing a new coat and to know that It was the first coat that he had worn Ince Sim had Etarted tailoring In the little shop in the vlllugo that was not fashioned with affectionate care by his old friend. Sim peered after Jerry Into the summer twilight. "It don't fit," he sighed, "and no coat that's made in this town will fit Unless I make it. Jerry's stout and no one can give him a figure but me.' Sim rose then and walked into the house, shaking his head. The thought of that ungainly roat troubled him, and as he moved about, his tight, harBh shoes reminded him that he needed Jerry, too, nnd needed him badly. Jerry Todd, who had started life as a shoemaker, was not the pros perous proprietor of one of tho two shoe stores in town, but ho had al . ways, himself, with peeuHar care, con tinued to make the soft, flexible shoes which his friend needed for comfort. This time when Sim had needed shoes he could not go to Jerry, and he pat . ronlzed the other store with very bad uccess. 'They're the third (pair in a fort night," commented Sim sadly, "and to think that after 60 years Jerry should be wearing a coat that don't fit and I should be wearing shoes that hurt, on account of a woman. I hope," said Sim, rather tremulously, "I hope It's worth it." He bad been sure it was before he saw that coat. The fact was that Jerry and Sim, at 60 years of age, had tooth fallen vic tims to the charms of the widow Par sons, who had come to spend a win ter with her sister, and showed her self not at all averse to accepting the . attentions of both. She had another lover, too, but neither Jerry nor Sim minded about him, for he was only Thomas Green, who was a clerk in the Upper Village, and a person of no note whatever. Sim loved Mrs. Parsons he was perfectly sure of that and yet on the following day he went about eUU thinking of that ill-fitting coat Toward night some new goods came tu and he hung lovingly over one par ticular cut of dark smoothly finished suiting, which he could almost hear Jerry pronounce was exactly bis choice. He reached numbers of times (or his shears, but he did not take them up. That night he went to see the widow and though Bhe looked un usually well, and, though her conver sation was sprightly and enlivening, and though she made no secret of the ' fact that she was pleased to see him, he still could not help thinking of that coat He left early and went home thinking hard The next day be sat down himself and cut out a coat, the measure of which he did not have to look at his books to find. He sang in his cracked voice as he worked at it, Jovlngly.g anxiously, doing his best, : and that night's sleep was the sweet est he had known since the widow had come between him and. Jerry. Three days later the coat was fin ished, but even then he did not give It to his old friend. Twice he tried to give it to his old friend. Twice be tried to get up his courage, but ' he could not. Of course it meant giv ing up the widow to Jerry, and It also meant tbe humiliation of owning that jh's friend, even when he had turned from him, was dearer than anything else.. So Sim hesitated and longed and kept on making himself uncom fortable for almost a month. Then ' one day as he passed Jerry's store bo eould not resist looking in, as be had Insed to look, for a sight of Jerry. And as his eyes traveled wistfully from window to. window, ba suddenly be came aware of a pair of eyes staring back at him. Eyes In which tha wil fulness of his own reflected. It was Jerry himself standing with a shoe iu his band, befoie an impatient custo mer, forgetful of business a:id of time and of differences as he looked at bis friend. Sim went by hurriedly, but he nev er stopped -until he reached his own bonne. There he took the beautifully made coat from a banger and put it neatly Into a box. Supper wnB ready and waiting when he went down and he ato absently. Afterward he put on his hftt firmly, drew a long breath and started out with the box. IJuJ: he did not have to go far, for he and Jerry met at the garden gale, and Jerry had a butidie on his arm which he held out to Sim with a sob. "I began 'em that night I Faw you with your feet on that railing," be mid. "I knew those Bhoos hurt 1 knew they did and I went home and mado 'em and I never had the cotiruge to give 'em to you until now." In spite of Ills weight nnd big dig nity nnd his CO years he flung his arms about Sim and held him close. "If you want the widow Parsons," he cried, "you go and got her. Hut don't let her Btnnd between us that have played and worked and Joyed and sorrowed logelhor all all our lives." "I don't want her," said Blm, pat ting Jerry's broad back as tenderly as ir it had belonged to the widow her self. "The only person In the. world that I can't get along without is you." After a while they gut down child ishly upon Blm's steps close together and the bundle and-the box changed hands. Jerry tried on the coat and said It was the handsomest he bad ever seen. Sim Immediately made a present of his torturing shoes to the gardener. It grew dark but still the old fellows sat there, close together. When it became known that Jerry and Sim bad deserted the field of ac tion as far as the widow was con cerned, that lady Immedlatery an nounced her engagement to Thomas Green of the Upper Village, end gave out wllh much emphasis tbat she had never cared about either of her other suitors. "It was Just kind of fun to see two old men quarrel about a woman," Bhe was reported to have said. But Jerry and Sim when they heard were not distressed. They looked at each other placidly, and smiled. Boston Post. COIN UNDER MAINMAST. Ancient Custom Responsible for Val uable Finds In Old 8hlpe. ' Custom docrees that a gold coin, or at the very least silver, Bhall be put under the mainmast of each new ship launched. The coll bears the date of the year when the vessel is completed, a fact well known to col lectors, who keep an eye on ships that are likely to bo the depository of numlsmatlo prlseB. Thus at Liverpool some years back a derelict Yankee schooner, bought for a song, yielded an 1804 dollar, the rarest and most engerly sought after of all American coins. It sold readily for 1,500 ($0,000), and would be worth today at least double that sum, for it was In perfect preserva tion, having rested In Its cotton wool wad beneath the hollow ' "stepping" of the mast Bince the day It was first placed In position.. Its recovery was the result of fore sight and business enterprise, com bined, of course, with special knowl edge. A man passing the worthless bulk on the day of the sale noticed the date, 1804, on her stern and rightly gussed that she might' likely be the bearer of a dollar of tbat year. In the same way have been pre served and recovered many of the an cient silver Scottish pennies known as dolts, which were so tiny that twelve of them were barely equal in value to the penny sterling. The old Scottish shipbuilders of 'the days when these coins were in circulation used, with characteristic national thriftness, to put one of them beneath each mast they "stepped," In prefer ence to the more valunble group. Owing to their small size, however, combined with their well nigh In finitesimal value regarded simply as ' money, most dolts that were in cir culation were speedily lost, leaving those tbat had been placed beneath 1 the masts to become from tho collec tor's point of view of extreme value. Pearson's Weekly. Hr "FT FT,' 1 ."I Vacations j& Ey Elbert Hubbard 9 HERE are three good reasons why all employos should have vacations. One is so that the employer can Bee how easily any body's and everybody's place can be filled; the next la so that when ton Piimlnvn re I urns he can see how well be can Jf be spared, since things go right along without him; tho II third is so the employe can show the employer, nnd tbe ' H employer can understand Hint the employe Is not manipu lating the accounts or engineering deaU for his own benefit Many a defalcation could have been avoided had tho truirled man been sent away two weeks each year, and nn outsider put In his place. Beyond thrBe, the vacation has Utile excuse. As a matter of rocupnratlnn, the vncutlon dors not recuperate, since, as n tulo, no man needs a vncatlon so much as tho man who has jimt had one.' The man who Is bo run down tlmt he needs a vacation can nover adjust or reform himself In two weoks. What bo really needs Is to retraivsforiii his life. - To work during the year at.no rapid a pace thnt In August one's vitality Is exhausted, and a rest In demanded, Is rnnk folly. What we all need Is enough vacation each day bo that we can fnco each new morning with health sufficient to do our work In gladness. Tlmt Is to say, we need enough of a play spell every day to keep us In good physical condition. The man who Is done up and fagged out has not found his work. And the man who lives during tho year In anticipation of a vacation does not de serve one, for he has not ascertained Unit it is work, and not vacations, that makes life endurable. The only man who can really enjoy an outing Is the mnn who doesn't need It. And the man who keeps his system so strong and well balnnced that he doesn't need a vacation Is the one who eventually will marry the propri etor's daughter and have bis name on the sign. Before you manage, a busi ness, you better learn how to manage your cosmos. However, this does not mean that I never take a vacation myself I do, otherwise how would I know tbe facts? New York American. - t JA. MS LI 1. 1 L I IIS 14 JLtC- phant Ey Lillai Belt Pi N what proved to be the celdest night of the year, a man, said to represent a brand of wine he Is anxious to export, en gaged the largest stage In the world from midnight until the next noon and gave an entertainment In bonor of an elo tihaiit In which wpi-a hidden Iho men and women Whose V J II lights shlno mostly on the Great While Way. Thcue people were requested to come dressed as 'I "rubes," In the hope of mnklng themselves as ridiculous as possible. But that was unnecessary, as the report of their antics while the wlno, represented by their host, flowed with Increasing free dom, did for them what no amount of caricature In dress could accomplish. Out in tho cold of this came freezing night there Is a bread line. Station, ed at various places In this city are municipal free lodging houses. To these flocked the army of the hungry and homeless, seeking for food ant shelter from the bitter cold. Of course, nobody blnmes a wine agent for advertising In any preposterous way he can. Nor does one blamo bis guests, who can And no excitement so suited to their taste as the sort given at an elephant dinner where no dinner was for going and giving themselves up an abandonment of vinous enjoy ment. New York Is a city of contrasts, and, In spite of the piteous tales of suf fering printed every day In the newspapers, the Idle and the thoughtless con tinue to glvo parties, full of spirited and spirituous entertainment, where hun dreds, If not thousands, of dollars are spent for no good purpose and to no worthy end. Do you wonder that some Bhlverlng wretch with empty pockets and an empty stomach, who hears of this waste and wanton extravagance, sometimes loses his faith In God and man? Nobody objects to even expensive entertainments, which really entertain, but to waste money and advertise that waste when babies are dying of cold and hunger on the coldest night of the year and men and women are driven to desperate measures to find warmth and food, Is littlo short of a crime. New York American. 1 Self'help for Country Women Washington Rock. According to tho latest vatlant of a report published some time ago Washington rock, at the top of Watch urig mountain, between Plalnfleld and Dunellen, is In great danger of being destroyed. A New York syndicate is said to have bought a hundred acres of land, including the rock, and Is about to establish a stone crusher there. The inference is that the his toric rock, from which Gen. Washing ton Is said to have watched the move ments of the British troops in tho Raritan valley below, is to be crushed up into road metal and utterly de stroyed. - There Is npt the slightest doubt that any New York syndicate that would destroy the beautiful Palisades .would destroy Washington rock it money could be made by such vandalism. There is no more sentiment in a stone crushing syndicate than there is in a blizzard on inauguration day. There Isn't a particle of patriotlsmvln a rock breaker, and nothing but the law will protect even the most sacred and beautiful piles In the world. Newark News. '- Fifty years ago there were 23,000 dis tilleries In Sweden, but that number has now been reduced to 132. By Maud Howe HAT else besides assurance has the city woman that the W i country woman lacks? She has polish. Her manners are kept smooth by the . II .n...l....l I t I ... I tU .11 1 r. .1 .1111 a Mn n .1 luiiimuai ii ii;uun niiu tin builb mm cujiumuiin Ul uicu aiiu women. More polish, more assurance, greater ease of man ner; the average city woman has more of all these than the average country woman. She Is usually qulcker tongued, but not necessarily qulcker-wltted. Her speech comes more readily than her sister's from the country, but for al. that lt.may.not be better worth hearing. What are the influences in city life that make for this finer polish, this greater refinement, this urbanity? What are tbe refining influneces In the of Rustlca's sister who lives in the city? She learns something every day by watching her neighbors and the p-- pie In the streets. She has gone to the great school of the city. She can hear the best preachers, the famous lecturers, the formost actors and musicians. They all come to the -city to teach her what they have learned of religion, sci ence, music, art. The pulpit, the theatre, -the art exhibition, the concert room these are the class-rooms of the city school of life.. Cities civilize, poj. lsh, educate largely from the outside. The dwellers In cities Improve by Imi tation; they learn from one another. Harper's Bazar. How Germany Saves By William H.' Tot man i I I EGARDLNG the accidents in the United States, it is tbe opin ion of the engineering profession that one-half of them are Rpreveniaoie. ii so, me next, question is, now; a conserva tive estimate of the number of annual accidents which re II 1 1 1 fotalltr fn In nnetlnl ni tntol Infiflnanltv fn. tvnelr la 600,000. Reckoning the wage earning capacity cf tno aver age workman at $500 a year (this maA.es no allowanco for tbe professional men, railroad presidents, industrialists and ready for the ballot. Their day will come, but it must not other high-salaried officials Who are In lured or killed by the railways, mines, building trades and other occunstions), we have a social and economio waste of $250,000,000 a year. WN we are thus losing in work ef ficiency Germany is Baving. "One bllll' marks in wage earning efficiency annually we conserve for Germany through our sanatoria, museums of safety, convalescent homes and other forms of social Insurance, by which we safe guard the lie ar? limbs of our wo kraen and prevent the causes and effects of dleases which would . lessen thejT economic effleiehcy," stated Dr. Zacher, director of the Imperial bureau of atlstics, In reply1 to my Inquiry as to how much German; saved every year. From The Century. . . , , KEEPINQ THK PUBLIC BOOKS. Need of a Uniform System of Munici pal Accounting. Exact facts as to the cost of city government In America are Just what the people have not bad, declares Wil liam Allin White In the American Magazine. Municipal bookkeeping has been miserably done. The blunders and the crimes of politicians have been hidden In ledgers and day books. But within five years last past a feeling has manifested Itself in tbe country that uniformity of municipal accounts was needed. New York, Bos ton, Baltimore, and Chicago have adopted In part the schedules prepared by the Natlonnl Muillclpal League for the keeping of municipal accounts, and the Btates of Ohio, Massachusetts, Iowa and Wyoming have passed laws requiring tho cities in these states to adopt a uniform system of municipal accounts. Tbe adoption of uniform accounting may not seem heroic. It is not a cause upon which to appeal to the passions of tho populace; and yet In New York clly In July, 1908, the Commissioners of Accounts hnnded to tho mayor of New York their report of their find ings. Bnforo fiost one borough presi dent had fled under ,re, one been re moved by the governor, a third bad re signed, a fourth had been accused of "malfeasance In ofllce more serious than Is charged against the other tour, snd none of the five remains. A research of municipal accounts similar to that In New York Is under way in Boston. Already the account ant of the Good Government League has shown where the city is losing $100,000 a year on coal contracts, where a loan of $300,000 for the ex tension of water mains was unneces sary, that a loan bill of $1,634,500 passed by the city council contained items acounting to $530,000 that were not only unnecessary but were so ob jectionable tbat they should be re pealed. The report showed that $40,000 a year may be saved In one city depart ment without loss of efficiency, and tbat contracts have been let and sup piles purchased without competitive bidding, at prices ranging from 25 per- 'cent to 100 percent more than the prices of the market. The Massachu setts bureau of municipal accounts tbe first of its kind In the United States seems to be tbe forerunner of similar activities In many states, for the state leagues of cities which are organizing all over the country are demanding It, and their demands will not long go unheeded. No other sin gle movement in America promises so much as the movement for uniform accounts. FLYING 6QUIRREL8 RARE. Ones They Were Common In the Up state Woods. Several flying squirrels were seen In tbe woods in the central part of this town the other da. They are not very common and few of them are seen In this section, although thirty-five to forty years ago nearly every old hollow birch tree had its family of little stripped air navigators. The flying squirrel, be It explained for tbe benefit of the many who have undoubtedly never seen one, does not "fly" in the proper acceptance of the word, but is able by spreading tbe weblike strips of tbin skin that ex tend from its fore to its hind legs on either side of Its body to sail several rods on a gradually downward slant from the top of one tree to a point lower down on the limbs or trunk of another. Then by running higher up the tree It has alighted on ft Is able to repeat the performance and thus avoid its enemies by sailing from tree to tree. These squirrels were once numer ous in northern New York, but like their kinsmen, the black squirrel and the fox squirrel, have all but vanished from the northern woodlands. Den mark correspondence Utlca Observer. The Modern Hermit The beautiful young lady stood at the mouth of the cave in the mountain and addressed the ragged and long haired hermit. "So you are a real, live hermit! I have never seen a real hermit before, although I have read all about you many times. I suppose you had a very sad love affair in your youth, and the loss of your beautiful sweet heart drove you to this wilderness to live alone. Was she so very beauti ful? You have tomato cans filled with money hid , in the ground, haven't you?" "Not at all, not at all," Interrupted the hermit "I have no money bur led it is all in 4 per cent government bonds. My first love affair was alto gether too successful, that's the real reason I'm here. You didn't see a square-built, red-headed woman on tbe trail looking for a husband, did you? It's about time I moved again, any how, since so many people are com- T WEEKLY TRADE SUMMARY ; Business Situation Presents Msny Favorable Features. New York. Bradstreet's reports says; "All In all ths business situation presents many favorable features, but there Is still an underlying feeling of conservatism, and while less Is heard of the Influence of tariff changes on future trade, there Is still apparent -a dlspoiiltlon to awnlt the outcome of present legislative action and a clear er view as to possible crop yields. "Among the loading Industries the activity In Iron and steel Is still a subject of Interest, and May business in finished lines Is claimed to have surpassed the like month of any previous year and to have been su perior in tonnage placed to any mouth tor two years past. There are reports, however, of piling of stocks of pig Iron at some lurro centers. "Wool Is quieter, but no less strong, and reports from the manu facturing branches of that trade and of tillks nnd cottons are of consider able activity. "leather prices nre very strong, re flecting the strength of hides and re ports of eloBoly hold stocks, but shoes, while being ordered more freely, are not-selling as heavily for fall as expected. Eastern shipments are, however, 24 per cent larger than a yar ago. "There Is rather more unrest vlslhle ' In labor rtrcles. Hlreet car strikes have affected some lines of trade at . Philadelphia, and the tie-up of lake commerce Is not loosened. "Building material is active . at many points where, construction Is being pushed, and the lowering of ce ment prices has brought out much business. "Business failures In the United Btates for the week ending with June 8 were 191, against 205 last week, 225 In the like week of 1908, 155 In 1907, 1C2 In 1900 and 194 In 1905. "Business failures In Canada for the week number 20, which compar-. es with 22 last week and 82 last year." MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wbt No. t red..... -..,.4 . KfB-No, 2 Corn No 7 yollow, our , J k Fo. StsIIow, shelled , 7' Mlied ear , 61 Oats No. while it Mo. I white .,. V Flour Winter patent S75 Fane straight winters Hay No. I Timothy HO) Clorer No. 1 ,,. Kill feed No, 1 white mid. ton ?s Brown middlings 5T70 1 Bran, bulk 27T) Straw Wheat m Oat )J Dairy Products. Batter Eluln creamery I It Ohio creamery. Fancy country roll Cheese Ohio, new Mew York, new, ,. Poultry, Elo. Hens per Ih Chickens drensed Bg f a. and Ohio, fresb Fruits and VegsUblst. Potatoes Fancy white per ba.... aooaffe per ton W 19 l It 17 SJ 21 I M 13 M M I SO II M u m ) 0) IN 0) . on s S 51 tl t ii is 19 a 1 00 1 AS M 01 SO (O Onions per barrel 1 40 I 0 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent S j n Wheat No. red 1 84 Corn Mlied ;o Kk J7 Batter Ohio creamery 41 PHILADELPHIA. Floor Winter Patent f Wheat No. S red Corn No. i mlied Oats No. S white Butter Creamery I((s Fenosylranla flrsts tn M W u 71 24 t 04 1 89 52 M a NEW YORK. Floor-Patents 4 1 1 Wheat-No. S red 141 Corn-No. ?j Oata-No. I white t1 Butter -Creamery 2S W K(ga State and Pennsylvania.... LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. CATTLS Extra, WO to 1IM0 pounds... 7 0 I 710 Prime, It JO to 10U pounds.. 6 AO 4 0 80 Good, 1j0 to 10 pounds (Oil 7 Tidy, KiSO to JIM pounds. 3i (SO Fair, M)J 10 1100 pounds lUiUI Common, 70) toX pounds. 00 4 0 Bulls.... 4i)0 4 S75 Cows 20)) s&u BOOS Prime, hear? 7 80 4 78 Prime, medium weight.-. 7 7) Beet heavy Yorkers 7 61 )73 Light Yorkers. 7 21 4 71IO Pls 0 4 7 00 Souths. 0 .4 i 7J BUSINESS CKRDB, JUSTICE OF THS PEA CI, Per.tlon Attorney and Real'Estate Asms, RAYMOND E. BROWN, . attorney at law, Brookvillk, Pa. (i m. Mcdonald, ATTORXEY-AT LAW, Rral estate stent, pntenti secured, el ection mda promptly, utiles la Bjudlcsx 'Hiding, KeynoidsvlUe. Pa. 5U1TH M. McCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OoU Not&rv DUbllc and real antata asent. lection! will race ts nnmnl attention. 01 OS , Pine Business for Jim. "Do you find poultry-keeping pays?" "Well, no; I can't say that It pays me, but I think that it pays my boy Jim." ' "How's that?" "Well, you see, I bought him the fowls. I have to pay for their keen and buy the eggs from him, and he eats them." Illustrated Bits. A Sisterly Shot. Mrs. Hoyle My husband i always smokes after a good meal. Mrs. Doyle Poesnt.he ever smoke at borne? Home Reading. UHuaJiTUla OK. B. E. HllfcB, DENTIST, Resident dnntlst. la the Hoorer bulldlm! Uatn street, Oepileneas la operating. D.li. L. I- MEANS, DENTIST; Office oo second floor of tbe Firs Satloaak Oank bulUdlnz. Mala street. )n. h-i. Dbvehe kino, DENTIST, ow"e on second floor of the Syndicate ball nyMaln street, KeynolilaUl P-. I ENRY lRlE3TER BlarkanAV. fuoeraJcara. HaU streev L A BeynokUfl; 1W