Lawyer In India.
Hiss Sorahjl Is said to be the only
woman lawyer In India. She Is said
to make a comfortable Income by prac
. tlalng her profession and to encourage
other women to follow her example.
Her most lntlmnte friend Is Mrs.
BaroJInl Naldu, the wife of an Eng
lish medical ofllcer stationed In India.
Mrs. Naidu Is a native Hindu and a
poet One of her books, "The Golden
Threshold," was well received In Eng
land both by the reviewers and the
buying public. New York Sun.
Her Hair or Her Life.
That Mrs. Manna Patter Walley, 21
years of age, sacrificed her life rather
than submit to the loss of her luxuri
ant tresses is the belief of Denver
physicinns who attended the woman
until her death. Mrs. Walley died re
cently at her home in Berkeley,
where she had gono in the hope of
regaining her health. It Is the opinion
of the physicians that the vitality
which should have sustained Mrs. Wal
ley was consumed In her great wealth
of hair, which had attained the length
of 90 inches, and was of a deep au
burn color. When told she must lose
her tresses or perhaps die she chose
the latter course, and would not hear
of having her locks shorn. Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. 1
! Champion Cotton Picker.
The world's record for cotton pick
ing is held by Miss Margaret Mont
gomery of Stillwatef, Okla., in a four
hour contest she picked 350 pounds,
or 87 1-2 pounds an hour. She defeat
ad crack cotton. piCKers from all
parts of the cotton-growing belt, aver
aging about five pounds an hour more
than her nearest competitor. Miss
Montgomery is the daughter of a
wealthy cotton grower and she picks
only for her own amusement. There
were men and women in the Held
against her. For three hours she easi
ly led everybody, then she began to
lag from weary arms and cramps In
the Angers. She .lacked the training
of the others, but showed her pluck
by holding on and retaining her lead
until the time limit expired. New
lork Press.
Anti-Suffrage Secretary.
Mrs. Brlnton Coxe was elected sec
retary of the anti-suffrage society
formed In Phlladtlphia. In speaking of
the object of the new society Mrs.
Coxe declared that they were not op
posed to woman suffrage as It now ex
Uted In this country, but they intend
ed to fight earnestly against any fur
ther extension of the franchise to wo
men. They believe that the time has
oome when nothing further In the way
of duties and burdens should be laid
OA women. New York Sun.
Mr. Lucy E. Peabody of Denver
has received her appointment as dep
uty registrar of the Colorado state
board of land commissioners. Mrs.
Peabody is widely known through her
. efforts to have the cliff dwellings In
southwestern Colorado preserved by
Including them In Mesa Verde Nation
1 park. Before her marriage she held
government office in Washington.
New York Sun.
Fsns. ,
Fans ot all kinds have never been
tore luxurious. Large feather ones are
being carried with stick of pearls or
carved Ivory. Some are of tortoise
hell closely Inlaid with an arabesque
, design of gold.
The combination of the dark shell
with the gold Is extremely rich. The
plumes are large, soft ones of a pale
hade to match one's gown or of a
oreamy white.
The majority who cannot Indulge In
things quite so costly as these are
carrying lace ones.
These web-like affairs are built per
haps more for their beauty than ultil
Ity. But when it is only the question
t a fan, what matter so long as It is
beautiful? '
There are those with silver filigree
ticks combined with pointe de Venlse.
These are distinguished and have
found great favor. Philadelphia Ledg-
Qualnt Bonnets.
The quaint little bonnets of the
arly Victorian period are altogether
the very prettiest headwear for tots
from two to six years of age, and one
of the daintiest models ot the sea
con shown is bent most becomingly
round the face, the epecs filled in
with folds of Ivory chiffon Into which
nestle at each ear the tiniest bunches
of strawberry blossoms, leaves and
ripe fruit, the latter looking so natural
that the little wearer of the bonnet
will probably be tempted to test the
decorations to prove they are not real.
Cute little motor coats for girls'
wear are so light and dainty that they
snay be adopted for general wear as a
chool coat this month, especially
when showers are frequent These lit
tle wraps afford protection from rain
and dust, and at the same time add
Just enough weight for comfort.
Mohair, plain and fancy, also linens,
re the materials' used the styles main
ly box, and following in almost every
detail the modes the children's moth
ers are wearing.
Large handsome buttons made from
the material In the coat sunk ' into
good-looking metallic frames, both
plain and fancy are used. Washington.
Star.
A Smllel
What is there about a. smile that
cheers and helps one along? It's the
responsiveness back of It I remem
ber talking to some girls, one time,
trying to explain a detail of their
work to them, Bays Helolse Arnold in
the Chicago News. They listened list
lessly and I grew discouraged. Sud
denly a young girl at the edge of the
group looked up and smiled at me. I
knew Instantly that she understood.
Her smile was Inspiring.
No one of us can do good work
in a gloomy, sullen atmosphere. To
be with a girl who is bitter or sad
continually is like workiug in a room
poorly lighted. On the other hand,
I've Been a whole office force bright
ened and spurred on by the smiles
and cheerfulness of one person. A
man told me the other day that he
couldn't get along without a certain
girl in his offlco. He said: "She is a
good, faithful worker, without a great
amount of brain power, but she has a
smile like sunshine. She doesn't know
it, but she has Inspired me more than
once."
So Btnllo. The stenographer who Bits
next you or the clerk under yon may
not have learned to smile at horself,
and she may be hungry for your re
sponse, your smile. You see, it forms
".n endless, happy chain, and Iia help
ing yourself, you are passing along
something of courage and cheer, and
of yourself.
Announcing Baby's Arrival.
The custom of announcing the birth
of a baby, particularly the first one,
is growing lit favor. This is done in
different ways. Sometimes the young
stranger's name is engraved on tiny
cards and tied with white ribbon to
those of the father or mother. The ob
jection of this method is that at least
ten days must elapse before the cards
arc ready.
. Short informal notes aro always In
good taste, but as they must be writ
ten by the father or eome woman
member of the family, they prove too
much of a task, even though you may
feel like proclaiming the Joyful tid
ings far and wldo, says the Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
There are now many Interesting
and attratlve forms to be bought
which take little time to fill In and
give fuller information than the mere
card.
Some of these are quite elaborately
decorated, but one that is both good
to look at and in good taste is a small
white card, four inches long by three
and a half wide engraved with the
necessary information and lines to be
filled in. The wording Is as fouows:
Arrived at
street
This
day ot 190..
(name)
Weight
Official Seal
In the space between the words "Of
ficial" and "Seal" is an oval medal
lion with a raised scroll and a flying
stork In the centre, 'the whole seal in
blue or pink, according to the sex of
the baby.
With such a form the anouncement
can easily be made the very day the
baby arrives, and friends In other ci
ties will know the good news by the
next day or at the earliest possible
moment
It is not considered good form to
send birth announcements except to
relatives or intimate friends.
Fashion Notes.
Some of the separate guimpes are
tied down with ribbons to the waist
line. Colors are very beautiful, with a
profusion of rich and delicate shad
ings. The dlrectolre tie, made of crochet
lace Is a pretty finish to the dressy
blouse.
Messallne silk In exquisite Dresden
patterns makes the daintiest of under
skirts. Frocks exhibit embroidery rather
than the lace trimmings of former
seasons.
Cretonne belts, with figures
stamped in blue, are to be had and are
quite charming.
Except for an occasion scant
flounce, all trimming Is put on in
lengthwise form.
For morning wear the chamois and
castor gloves are the rage here, as
well as In Paris.
Black hats of Neapolitan straw are
exceedingly pretty. They will be much
seen this season.
Very unusual are eome of the
French cheviots, which show the Ro
man strlje effect.
.Figured as well as striped henrlet
tas are seen In the shops in all the
newest colorings.
Shirring over cords and In tiny
puffs wllll be seen more and more as
the season advances.
For the sleeve coats or those hav
ing the cap sleeves, the banding is
often seen on line and pongee.
Inserts of Irish crochet, whether
large or small, are a favorite trim
ming for the blouse ot cotton crepe.
There Is a decided tenency toward
over-sleeves, reaching just to the el
bow, and continued from there to the
hand by a close-fitting gauntles affair
Of lace and embroidery. ,
THE NAVY'S DUMMY DRILL GUN
Cy Walter L Beastay.
The recent brilliant and surprising
scorea' mado by the ships at target
practice at Magdaloua Bay shows a
marked advance over previous years,
and demonstrates that the men be
hind the guns havo been trained up to
the highest point of efficiency in the
various operations connected with
firing the batteries, such as quick
handling of shells, ammunition, point
ing and sighting, and othor matters
entering into the performance. of suc
cessful naval gunnery. As recently
announced by the Navy Department,
The 7-Inch Dummy Drill Gun of
Our high-speed target records are
tho battleship Maryand of the Pacific
Squadron carries off tho honors, win
ning the trophy by the fine score of
76,470; tho cruiser trophy goes to
the Albany, having a score of 76,924,
whilo tho gunboat trophy was won
by the Wilmington, whose record was
67,448.
As the successful achievements of
these creditable and record-breaking
performances nro due almost entirely
to a particular method of training,
It will be of timely Interest to picture
and describe the dummy drill gun.
By the uso of this device the men be
come experts In lifting and loading
the heavy shells, and develop into hu
man automatic machines, handling
the weighty projectiles and shoving
them into the breech with great
rapidity and skill. The main object
of the "dummy loader" Is to give tho
shell men an opportunity to acquire
speed and proficiency in the handling
ot the shells without wearing out the
breechblocks of the guns. Ot late
much attention Is being paid by all
the ships in the navy to these drills,
for. In actual service much depends
upon the promtness and accuracy ot
the shell man. Should he "muff' a
shell at the critical moment, or let It
roll away from him, Bhould he drop
it in Bhort, should he fall to send
It home safe and true when the
breechblock of the big gun Is swung
open for him the consequences
might be serious.
The "dummy loader", Is the latest
Invention of the Ordnance Depart
ment, and is a facsimile of the breech
and powder chamber of a big gun up
the point where the rifling begins.
Loading it requires the identical mo
tions that are employed In the load
ing and firing ot the real weapon.
One man opens and closes the breech;
the shell man grasps the projectile
and quickly rams It inside, followed
by the dummy charge ot powder in
a bag; the shell comes down the
return chute on the left Bide of tho
apparatus; the "take-off" man catches
the shell as it falls out at the end, and
shoves It again to the loader at the
front The dummy powder charge is
handled In the same way, and the
whole makes a continuous operation
for the loader. By the time be has
put In the last shell and the breech
is closed and locked, It Is ready to be
swung open again by the plug man,
and an additional shell shoved in.
A 'marked economic Improvement In
the Bavlng of the life of guns is thus
obtained. The breechblock of these
costly weapons would soon be worn
by the constant slamming and the
denting ot quickly-thrown Bhells.
The new device is manufactured
entirely In the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
N. Y., in the ordnance machine shop.
It Is made mostly of steel; although
there are a few parts of brass and
cast iron, the supporting framework
and return chute are entirely of steel.
The one shown in the accompanying
illustration is the latest seven-inch
model, and Is on board the battleship
New Hampshire. It is seven feet
four inches long, four feet four Inches
high, and weighs about 1800 pounds.
IIJ !i,.1vS. . .
KING EDWARD'S PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
SANDRINOHAM HOUSE, NORFOLKSH1RE.
The purchase of this estate by the King, when Prince of Wales, was
attended by a disgraceful piece of Jobbery which absorbed most of the ac
cumulation ot revenue from his duchy of Cornwall.
costing the Government $375 to man
ufacture. Before reaching tho target ground,
tho gun crews aro kept at systematic
and continuous drills with tho dummy
loading machine, consequently the
men have acquired the top-notch in
speed, coupled with a mathematical
precision in the handling ot the pro
jectiles, powder charges, etc..' When
the vessel reaches the range, and as,
at the speed assigned, a very short
trine Interval is allowed for the run,
it is important to begin firing at once
with the rapidity consistent with
"getting on" the target. The size of
the target varies according to calibre
and practice, but the target screens
the Battleship New Hampshire.
due to practice with the dummy.
for the great guns are about twenty
one feet in length and seventeen feet
in width nud aro distant from the
range about 1000 yards. Tho Navy
Department provides four trophies
for excellence in gunnery one each
tor battleships, crulserB, gunboats and
torpedo craft. In addition, money
rewards are distributed according to
gun rank or rating among the suc
cessful crews. Scientific American.
Cnncer In Ilclfriilm.
Consul II. Albert Johnson, at Liege,
reports that the new organizations for
combating cancer in Belgium held a
moetlng at Brussels recently and out
lined a comprehensive plan for its
future activity. The association will
affiliate with the international asso
ciation for the systematic study of
cancerous diseases. One of its first
tasks will be to acquire and systema
tize all knowledge of the disease. It
will endeavor to give to the medical
profession the results ot its research,
In order that the disease may be com
bated with better results. It was also
proposed to establish one or more In.
stltutlons in Belguim to be devoted
especially to the study of cancerous
diseases. Consular Report.
Fire Will Not Scorch.
The most careful of cooks with the
many different viands In the course
of preparation under her eyes will
slip up occasionally and relax her
vigilance for a second, when some
one of the articles on the stove is
touched by the finger of fire. Scorched
food is one of the most Inexcusable
offenses of the cook. A simple piece
of apparatus to prevent this mishap
has been devised. It consists of a
metal affair resembling an Inverted
pie plate, generously perforated with
small holes. This rests on the bot
tom of the kettle and effectually pre
vents the contents from coming into
contact with tho overheated bottom.
Grlslia Dances For America.
A contract, it Is reported, has been
concluded between an American com
pany and a geisha association at Kobe
for the run of a geisha dance In
America. The troupe, consisting of
twenty gelshns, will pertorm for four
weeks. Shanghai Times.
'r
PENSION8 FOR . BANK CLERKS.
6ytem In Germany Whereby Em
Ployers and Employes Pay Pre
miums. Vice-Consul General Charles A. Ms
dorf of Frankfort forwards an an
nouncement of the Central Union of
Oermnn Banks and Bankers regarding
the proposed organization providing
for old-age and disability pensions for
bank officials and bank clerks, an
nuities for their widows, and educa
tion for their orphans. , He says:
"Some largo banks In Germany now
pension their employes out of their
own funds, but the desirability of a
more general establishment by banks
of a system of Insurance among em
ployes which would be independent of
the government institutions has been
recognized, not only by the banks and
their employes, but also by the Ger
man Bundesrat. The system provides
that all bank employes shall be clas
sified acordlng to the salaries re
ceived, 12 classes having been estab
lished. The premium is fixed at 8.5
percent of the average annual salary
of the given class, four parts ot which
are to be paid by the employes and
four and one-half parts by the banks.
A pension is to be paid to the Insured
employe In case of permanent disabili
ty. From his C5th year on the insured
person Is also to receive ' a pension
whether or not he has retired from
his post The widows of Insured em
ployes will receive annuities and their
orphans sums for education.
"The following cases Wll serve to
show the actual premiums paid: In
Class 1, the lowest, embracing all an
nual salaries up to (131, the average
Income upon which Insurance Is com
puted Is $100, and the monthly prem
ium Is 71 cents, 37 cents of which
the bank pays, while the employe pays
34 cents. In Class 4, comprising in
comes ranging from $428 to $571, the
average Income forming the baBls is
$500, the monthly premium $3.65, of
which $1.89 is the bank's share and
$1.C6 that of the employe. In the
highest class, incomes of $1,666 and
all above this, $1,856 is taken as tho
average, and the monthly premium is
$13, of which $7 falls upon the bank
and $6 upon the employe.
, "The example which follows shows
the result In a given case: An em
ploye becoming Insured at the age of
25 years and having an annual salary
ot $476, which was Increased $95 at
the expiration of each five years of
service, up to the highest sum, $1,412,
would receive after ten years' service
an anmial pension of $100; after twen
ty years' service, $206 annually; thir
ty years' $325, and forty years, $459,
these sume being, respectively, 19,
33.3, 45.5, and 66.7 percent of his av
erage anual income for the periods
named. These pensions are, with the
exception of that granted after but ten
years of service, larger than those
paid under the government pension
syBtom, the percentages of the aver
age anual Income for the correspond
ing periods being In the case ot gov
ernment pensions 19, 28, 36, and 45 re
spectively. "The firms giving their adherence
to this agreement contract to Insure
all of their employes for at least ten
years."
The Charm Worked.
Tho new girl paused, and glanced
at her recently acquired mistress. This
business of polishing silver In pro
found silence was getting on her
nerves. She would endeavor to get
It off. '
"Ain't it nice to get the laugh on
people?" she inquired cheerily.
All her life the mistress had been
accused of being too easy with her
"girls." This time she would begin
aright so she merely raised her eye
brows and remarked, "Is it?" But
the newcomer was chlllproof.
"Ob, yes," she continued blithely,
"me an my sister have the laugh on
all the people In Jamaica, (that's
where my sister lives.) You see, her
Uttle girl had whooping cough an'
everybody said she'd have it twelve
weeks." N
The mistress remembered hearing
a voice, singularly like her own, that
had lifted itself up, and proclaimed:
"If the employers of domestic help
would remember that their maids are
human beings and not machines, the
servant problem would solve itself.
So she felt constrained to ask: "And
did she have It all that while?"
"No, she didn't, a lady gave her
a cure; she says, 'Get up every morn
ing for three days Just at dawn.
Then pull a hair from the middle of
the baby's head; after that split open
a piece of meat and put In the hair.
Then tie the meat to a piece of bread
an' feed it all to a big black dog. In
three days the dog will have ' the
whooping cough an' the baby will be
better.
"And was she?" meekly inquired
the owner of the silver.
"Sure she was," returned the teller
of strange tales.
"And the dog?"
"He coughed eo the man In the
next house poisoned him." New
York Times.
No Reasonable Person.
Lord Esher, who, when president ot
the Court of Appeal, used to keep up a
running fire of "chaff" on learned
counsel, sometimes got a Roland lor
his Oliver as when a young barrister,
in tho course of argument, stated that
no reasonable person could doubt one
particular proposltoln. "But I doubt
it very much," said the judge. The
youthful advocate, not one whit abash
ed, replied, "I said no reasonable per
son, my lord." The master of tho
rolls could only gasp, "Proceed, sir,
proceed."
BUSINESS 8HOWS GAIN
Uplift In Iron and Steel Trade Aided
by Orders from Railroads.
NeW York. R. G. Dun & Co.'s week
ly review of trade says:
Reports from the principal Indus
trial and mercantile centers are of
an encouraging nature, and even the
long delay in tariff readjustment and
the new controversy over the propo
sition to levy a tax on the net earn
ings of corporations do not seem to
bold In check the improvement tn
business conditions. The Improve
ment, though based upon many sound
economic conditions, lusndoubtedly
facilitated by the ease ot money,
which also in part explains the pre
vailing tendency toward high prices.
Hot weather is stimulating the dis
tribution ot seasonable merchandise.
With continued new business and re
storation of wages the uplift in the
Iron and steel trade is maintained, the
railroads placing notably large orders
for rails.
The wholesale dry goods markets
are broadening and prices are tending
upward. The movement of goods tor
fall distribution is active and orders
for spring, 1910, are being recorded.
Spot trade continues generally light
with prices held very firm on nearly
all lines of merchandise. There is
an absence of pressure to move out
stocks at a sacrifice at the end of the
first half of the jobbing year.
Footwear conditions are still back
ward, though trade is much better
than several months ago, forwarding
from Boston for the current yeaf
showing an increase of 24 per cent
Continued strength rules. In the leath
er markets with a steady trade.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURC.
Wheat No. 8 rod
Kro-No.'J
Corn No 2 taIIow, flar M M
No. Tallow, shelled 7 TS
Mliod ear 88 it
Oata No. white 51 M
No. II white ft M
Flour Wlntor patent , 5 75 5 59
Fanoj straight winters........
Bar No. 1 Timothy 14 09 II 50
Clover No. 1 1800 11 SO '
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 20V) MOO
Brown middling 2701 M 00
Bran, bulk 27QO 25 00
Straw Wheat 8 00 1 M
Oat 800 8 5)
Dairy Products.
Butter Elgin oreamery I 20 . 80
Ohio oreamerr 24 80
Fane? country roll It H
Chenae Ohio, new 14 15
New York, new 14 15
Poultry, Eto. 1
Bens per lo f IT 11
Chickens rlrenned 20 XI
Eggs Fa. and Ohio, fresh 21 24
Fruits and Vegetable!.
Potatoes Fanor white per bu.... 100 105
Cabbage per ton 60 0 ) 80 00
Onions per barrel 1 40 I JO
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent 4 5 7 5 (0
Wheat No. red ID
Corn MUed 70 71
Bggs , 87 25
Butter Ohio oreamerr 51
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent t 9 80 8 M
Wheat No. red 1
Corn No. 2 mlied 75 '
Oats No. white el A
Butter Creamery 28 25
Kg Pennsylvania flratt 28
NEW YORK A '
Flour-Patents J ? 0
Wheat-No. 8 red Ml
Corn No. 8 W Jj
Oats No. 8 white 07 5S
Butter Creamery 28 2
Bggs State and Pennsylvania.... U
.-. -
LIVE STOCK. )T'' .
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg.
CiTTLI
Extra, 14.10 to lMrt pounds 70) 9 f 10
Prime, 10 to IKK) pounds W '4 TOO
Oood, 1200 to 1900 pounds 8 41 70
Tidy, 1060 to 1150 pounds. 15 4 40
Fair, W0 to UM pounds 52 i 8 00
Common, 700 toOUO pounds. 8 50 4 4 80
Bulls ,. 8 0 . 800
Cows JJi)
BOOS i
Prime, heavy 8 10 a 8 80
Prima, medium weight 7 W 4 f
Best heavy Yorkers 7 81 4 7 W
Light Yorkers. 7 S3 4 7 4$
Pigs. 890 4 70J
Houghs. 0 1 75
Stags. 5 00 45 ?5
HIEF
Prims wethers 5 83 a 5 85
Good mlied 4 85 ,510
Fair mixed ewes and wethers. 4 j0 4 40
Culls and common 1 30 4 8 00
Spring lambs 4 ft) A 8 80
Veal ealves 80) 4 8 21
Heavy u thin ealves Si) 4 8 50)
BUSINESS CRRDB,
JUSTICE OF THS PEACB, n
Per.ston Attorney and ReaKKstats Ageaa,
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookvtllk, Pa.
m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real eetate agent, patonts secured, col
ectlous mads promptly. Office In syndicate
valuing, Koynoldsvllle, Pa.
jMITH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Oot
lections will rece ve prjmpt attanuun. OIQ04
In the Keymllvllle Hnrdwars Oo. Building,
Ualu street ttoyuoldsvtlie, Pa.
QEt B. E. HOOVEK,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover Bulldleg
Malnelruet. Ucmleueas In operating.
)tt. L. L. MEANS, "
DENTIST, '
Ofllce on second floor ot tbs First Hatloaat,
bank building, Main street.
5r- it. DeVEUE kino,
DENTIST,
oAVe nn seoond floor of the Syndicate sull
n. Main stroei, Keyooldavllle, Pa.
H.ENKY PRIESTEtt
UNDERTAKER. .
Black and whlta tuneralcars. Hatnstrtefe
ttoyoo4dvllle, Pa.