Freeiand Tribune Established ISSB. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TUB rRIEDNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited Obvick: Main Stueet Above Clntbe. FREELAND, PA. SUBSCRIPTION KATES: One Year ©1.50 Blx Mouths 7A Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Tho tlate which the subscription is paid to u on tno address label of eueh paper, tho change of which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Re port promptly to this oflice whenever pupcr a not received. Arrearages must bo paid wheu subscription is discontinued. Male nil mviuy orders, checks, etc.,payable to the Tribunt Pri iting Ct ntpany t Limited. Three schools in Indiana, at South Bend, Elkhart, and Mishawka respec •ivelv, are formulating plans for equip- j ping the school buildings with batli- i ing facilities. The sale of $750,000 worth of Amer- j icau cables to Glasgow shows that our j bridge builders are not our only manu facturers who can compete with old | established British industries on their j own grouud. The Philadelphia Public Ledger is ! opposed for sentimental and historic j reasons to changing the appearan< e of the presdeut's otlicial residence. It i says: "Enlargements and addi.ious would destroy the symmetrical build ing, which, in its present shape, is as- I sociated so closely with the history of the country that changes in its exter nal appearance would bo, especially eince they are unnecessary, a piece of icouoclasm." An organization has lately been formed in Boston among unmarried working women to prevent the com petition of man - e l women who are partially provided for. They include workers in restaurant", department stores, aud factories, and their meth ods are to secure tho promise of em ployers that they will employ none none but uuniarried women, with such 1 exceptions as may be offered in favor i of women wbe have lost their hus bands or are otherwise needy. The Pacific slope is raising a crop ; of brawny, well trained athletes,many of whom come to our educational in I stitutious on this side of the conti nent and vie with our strongest and j most expert young men iu winning the j prizes offered in physical aud mental : competition. It appears, however, | that there are quite as good left at home as ome here, and the first we know some football eleven, baseball ! nine or rowing crev, from the shore I of the Pacific will visit this section ! and defeat the pride of our varsities, j And then who knows but after that we j shall have transcontinental as well as J international athletic contests? Our 1 young meu would better keep a sharp eye on those progressive chaps along j the slope, warns the Now York Tele gram. Tho cable conveys tho distressing intelligence that the day of tli • gon dolier is done. The picturesque gen tleman with the indolent eyes aud the industrious paddle is to put his craft in camphor balls and more or less silently fade away. This is sad, sad der by far than tears. It may be a fine thing for the merchant of Venice to gulp down his coffee and give him self just ten minutes to get to his of fice, a nautical knot or so away, de pending uj jn catching the electric boat at the corner. It may be all right for the soulless native who would rather make time than poetry. As a commercial departure the thing has its advantages. Considered from the standpoint of the stranger within the gates or the harbor, or whatever the enclosing agency of Venice may be, the advance of tho electric fleet is an impudent invasion. Who wants to go to Venice aud ride on a common place old boat that gets through the water by tho aid of machinery? Your true tourists would rather bo propelled through the fluid streets in a gondola of the vintage of '49, bandied by a gentleman chieHy remarkable for his partiality to garlic, than slide through the channel oil the shiniest modern boat the company has on its stalk rapt. i.rull-y* Mother- A hill is ponding in Congress provid ing for an increase in the pension of Mrs. Anne Gridley, mother of Capt. Charles V. Gridley, who commanded the Olympia in the battle of Manila. She is an aged woman, but has long been employed as a clerk in the Land oflice. Her salary, together with a pension of S2O per month for services as a nurso in the civil war, kept her a)iv. She Is now too old to work. The Providence Journal says: "The day is coming when practically every household will have a telephone, just as it has other modern facilities. NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD. 0! ye who bow at Murifmon's shrine, j Whose hearts with greed aro growiog I cold, Who turn your backs on things divine j And worship but the god of gold, j Whuc will It pro lit you when death ( Lays low the head so kmgly proud I And robs tho wasted form of breath? I There uro no pockets iu n sluoud. ; Your thoughts by day, your dreani9 by night, , Aro but of grasping golden gain. Your guide is but the beacon light * Of riches burning in your brain. You cast nil nobler aims behind I And struggle as a madding crowd To clutch tho dollars, but you'll tlnd | There arc no pockets in a shroud, I Yo usurers who grind the poor Beneath a cold, relentless heel, Who overshadow many n door With cloud of misery, and feel No sympathy to see them lie Beneath the hand of sorrow eowod, ißumembor when you coma to die There are no pockets in a shroud. What is the profit to the man I Whoso life to Mammon has been given? A bridge of gold can never span Tho gulf between the earth und heaven! What will it bo to him to fin I . Tho wealth with which lie I? endowed At denth' gate must bo left behind? I There are no pockets in a sbroud. J This life is but a spnn; to-day : We're bore; to-morrow wo are gone, Have faded from tho earth away | Into eternity's strange dawn! ! Yet in tho hungry greed for gains ! Too many at tho gold shrine bowed, | Forget that when the iifo-spark wanes There are no pockets in a shroud. —DoA-or Post. OQOGGOOO3O3QOO3OOOOOOOOOOO | § After Clouds, Supshine. | Q u QOOOSGDSSOOCOSCOSOOOOOOGGO .j f, 'M clear discour | _/l aged,mother," said I !\ Mary Fairchild, Imi Bay throwing down her I I SB? \ ageut's outfit and | jWH I sinking into a chair. I SSS II '^' le ' )OO ' C3 slipped V ™ I oa ' ; tk o shiny / Jn /] water P roof satchel t A Jj aud fell noisily to floor, revealing some pages of a Life - 1 Washington and ' i) some pictures in another volume, entitled The House keepers' Guide. "No one wants the hooks. The last woman I called on said 'Washing ton wasn't her husband's ideal, andjsl o considered herself about as good \ guide for housekeepers as the worn • who writ books about lxousekeep while somebody else did tho cookin'. " Here Mary laughed hysterically and, being worn out and nervous, ended by j haviug a good ery. "There, there; don't cry, dear," I bogged old Mrs. Fairchild, soothing j ly, "canvassing may not be your vooa | tion, but you are bound to succeed yet. You're enei-getio and willing, and there will come a turn in the tide, Mary, before very long, I know." j Mary's tears had relieved the ten sion on her nerves and her mother's faith iu her ultimate success encour aged her iu spite of tho fears she en ; tertaiaed for their future welfare, and she dried her eyes and began to smile. "You're a regular sunbeam,mother," slio said, kissing hex. affectionately, "and I hope you're a true prophet, as well, and that tho turn in tlie tide you ; predict will soon occur." j And yet, despite her attempt at | cheerfulness, Mary was very sad when ! she retired that night, little thinking | that her darkest hours had passed ami I that a bright future was about to dawn for her. When Farmer Fairchild died he left his wife and child in comfortable ! circumstances, but little by little their property 'ud diminished until at last Mary ~-.s forced to seek em ! ployment. She first tried teaching a ! country sehool, but was obliged to give that up ou account of a long ! period of illness. Sho then tried | book canvassing, but was not fitted for the work and was not successful, I yet, having her mother as well as her self to support, blib was determined | not to' be conquered by adverse cir- I cumstances. She slept littlo that ; night, and woke early undetermined j what work she would attempt next. I This question was solved in an unex j peoted way, for a letter arrived from a relative in a Western city, tolling i Mary sho had tho refusal of a" position in a large department store. Tho salaiy, 830 a month, would keep tho two until something better offered itself. So tho Fairchilds sold their little home and went out to the thriving | Western town, where Mary at once began work at the laee eouutor of Mr. Harper's store. Mr. Harper, a pleasant, middle aged man, was a fine manager, keep ing a watchful eye on his employes, and he soon notioed how anxious Mary was to master all tho details of her department and how carefully she attended to the wants of her patrons. Before tho cud of the year tho new clerk was at the head of the laee de partment at a good salax-y, and at the close of tlj6 second year sho was pro moted to the position of purchaser of her line of goods, going East thx'iee a year for that purpose. Mary deserved ' her good luek, yet her adva ice had been so rapid that sho made some enemies, who were always ready to do her an ill turn. But she also gained an ardent axlmirer i.n the cashier of * ,ho store, a rather ill-favored man of uncertain age, toward whom Mary had conceived an unaccountable an ' tipathy. Whenever Mr. Mullen caino near her she became as distant as ! possible, but. her shyness, as he called 1 it, only attracted him more to her. It 1 was only after he had declared his | love and offered her his hand as if he were offering her a great honor, that he became convinced that Mary posi tively disliked him. Then, being • mean at heart, he began to hate her and plan for her humiliation. In a - short time he became very friendly with one of the clerks under Mary, fostered this girl's dislike for her superior skillfully, and dually enlisted her aid in a dishonorable scheme which bo had formulated. One day, at noon recess, this girl went to the floorwalker and in great excitomcnt declared that a bolt qf very valuable lace had disappeared iroui tils counter. The floorwalker accompanied her to the department and began a thorough search for the missing lace. Under the counter he found a little portfolio containing two magazines, and between these maga zines was hidden the bolt of costly lace. "Whoso is this portfolio?" ho in quired, sharply, holding up the laco. "It belongs to Miss Fairchild," the girl answered, readily, "but, surely, sir, you canuot thiuk she would steal the laee. It mast be some mistake, although," she added, as if reluctant ly, "I heard her only yesterday say she would give anything if it belonged to her." "When Miss Fairchild returns from lunch tell her to come to the presi dent's office and you accompany her," said the floorwalker, turning away to report the ease to Mr. Harper. When Mary, who had not been told of the charge against her, entered Mr. Har per's office in company with her UD der clerk, she found the cashier and the floorwalker with Mr. Harper. t "Miss Fairchild," said Mr. Harper, "you are accused of purloining a valu able pieoo of lace from the counter. Have you anything to say?" I Mary was stunned for a moment,but, conscious of her inuooenee, soon found voice to say, with simple digni ty, that there must be some mis take.'-' "This young woman missod the lace and called Mr. Bray, who found it in your magazine portfolio. Hon did it get there?" asked Mr. Harper. I "I am sure I do not know," replied Mary, with a great sinking of heart. It seemed aS" if a dark abyss yawned before her. "You do not know, Miss Fairchild, but I do," said Mr. Harper, rising and confronting the cashier, and the young laco clerk, sternly. "F,ven if I did not know that you were innocent, I would never hove believed you guilty. But, fortunate ly, I walked homo a few nights ago, j behind two of my employes, and over- . hoard them plotting this thing to bring disgrace upon you. Mr. Mul- , leu," ho said, turning to the cashier, "and yon, Miss Clark," speaking to the frightened lace clerk, "are now dismissed from my employ." Thoy walked out in silence followed j by the floorwalker, and Mary and | Mr. Harper were left alone. Mary had borne herself with so j much dignity through the trial that i the president could not conceal his i admiration. He asked himself if she j were not the woman to install as j .mistress of his handsome home, and | it did not take him long to make his decision. Mary, for her part, sud denly realizod that Mr. Harper was a bachelor, good looking and still on the sunny side of life, and a blush of ombarrassmeut rose to hor cheoks. Wheu it was time for Miss Fairchild to make her next semi-annual Eastern trip she weut, not as the lace pur chaser, hut as the wife of Mr. Har per, who accompanied her. And the first request that Mary, who could not hear to think of any one being un happy on her account, made of hor husband, was that he take hack the j lace clerk and the cashier into his ' omploy. And it boing her first re quest, Mr. Harper could not refuse, and Mary's cup of happiness was full Five Ways to Boacll Bolivia. There are five main routes by which communication is obtaiued by Bolivia with the outside world. The first of theso is byway of the Chilian port of Autofagasta by a railway of twenty oight-iueh gaugo to Oruro, thouoo by | ooach or mule hack to La Paz and other contres. From Autofagasta to | Oruro is a distance of 800 miles, aud j the time required to accomplish the journey throe days, the trains running only in daylight and then at slow speed. From the Chilian port of Arioa is a second means of reaching the interior of the continent. A rail way runs from Arica to Tacua, a dis tance of forty-soveu miles, thonce six dnys on muleback brings tho traveler to La Paz. A third way of entry is via the Peruvian port of Molleude, thence by rail to Arequipa aud Pnno, by steamer across Lake Titicaca, and thence a drive of thirty-five miles across level country to La Paz. The northeast section of Bolivia is access ible byway of the liiver Amazon, and its tributary, tho Madeira; hut this route is not properly develop'ed, and is but little utilized except for ship ments of rubber. The fifth way of reaching Bolivian territory is through Argentina to Salts or Jujury, aud thenco by road to the principal Bo livian cities. This latter route would appear to bo tho natural outlet for Bolivia in the future wheu railway communication unites tho districts of La Paz, Cochbauiba and Potosi with tho Argentine lines. When this railway extension becomes an accomplished fact La Plaza will be only a journey of four days from Buenos Ayres, and twenty from Europo, instead of occupying the isolated position of to-day, when the timo requirod for such a trip is six weeks either way. When Lyddite la Harmless* Tho Boer statements regarding the lyddite shells are highly interesting. Thoy say that whon they strike rocks or rocky ground tho effect is very de structive, but when they fall on earth or sand they are harmless. They will now probably profit by this experi ence, and so coustruot their defensive works as, in conjunction with bnrbed wire and other entanglements, to ren der them practically impregnable when held by determined and well armed men. i I TALES OF PLUCK i 1 AND ADVENTURE. I ! I S , Mow llio minors Secured Wages. THE departure from Helena, Montaua, of A. J. Seligman and wife for Now York to re side permanently recalls one of the most thrilling kidnapping cases of Hocky Mountain region. Selig man, who i 3 a well-known banker and mining man, was lured to a mountain cabin in 1888 by the miners employed in the Gregory mine, neur AYickes, and held him for $10,001) in wages due, and only secured his release by the payment of that sum, after being guarded in a cabin for three days. | Seligman was one of the largest stockholders in the Gregory silver mine, which at that time showed signs of deterioration, and on account of a deficit, it is said, the regular pay day passed without the 200 or 300 employes receiving their wages. Seligman went to AVickes several days afterward to make a personal ex amination of the mine, when in some ; manner rumor gained currency among the miners that Seligman intended to order the mine shut down and that thoy might not get their pay. A ( burriod conference of the miners was called, with the result that Seligman was seized and carried four or five miles distaut iuto a lonely part of the Rocky Mountains, where he wa3 placed under guard in a miner's cabin and given to understand that be could secure bis liberty only upon liquidat ing the miners' claims. | The next day a courier was dis patched overland to Helena, where he arrived that evening, bearing two im portant telegrams, one to his wife stating his predicament and one to the late Jesse Seligman (his father), of the banking firm of J. & AV. Selig man, New York City, requesting that ! the money be forwarded by wire im mediately. 1 The news that Seligman wa3 held for ransom spread like wildfire in i Helena and created extense excite ment. Rescue parties were proposed, ; but the utter futility of such ventures ( caused their abandonment. However, a committee took the matter in hand and proceeded to the telegraph office, | where the matter was explained to the night chief, iu an endeavor to get Mr. ; Seligmau, Sr., to come to tho Now j York end of the wire, a direct cou | ueotion having been secured through ■ the assistance of J. C. Barclay, night j manager of the Chicago office. It was nearly 3 a. m. when Selig mau reached the New York office, | whore he arranged with a local bank Ito furnish tho funds. It was after 9 ! o'clock before Mrs. Soligninn started jon her mission. She reached AVickes ; that evening too late to continue the journey over the mountain roads. She j sat Up all night with her treasure, al though unknown to her, she was also I guarded by miners, j AVitb the break of dawn accom ! pauied by a guide she began the as cent of tbo trail to where her husband was a prisoner. The money was paid over to the miners, who then retired. The husband and wife were guided to AVickes, where thoy took a carriage for Helena. I Seligman said that ho was trentod kindly by tho miners, although the diet of bneou and coffee was not ex actly to his likely. A great crowd welcomed them at Helena, Mrs. Selig man boing overwhelmed with praises for the bravery displayed in taking suoh a largo sum of money over the lonely mountain roads. ni> First Lesson. The valor of the British soldier is ' justly famous, but it is fair to retnem j ber that a goodly share of it is Irish. ; Some of the very best records iu tho ' sorvice belong to Irish regiments. The stuff that many of the officers arc : made of can be inferred from a brief chapter in tbo life of Robert Blake uey, who has lel't behind liiin an in teresting autobiographical record of : his experiences in the wars against Napoleon. He was n boy of fifteen when ho secured a small commission and set off to join the British army abroad. An adventure befell him at j tho start. i I embarked on board the mercantile ship Britannia, Captain Burrows, bound from Dublin to Bristol, and a j more ignorant, drunken lubber never commanded a vessel. The wind blew j bard as wo entered Bristol Channel, . and as we prooeeded, the gale becomu tremendous. The billows rolled iu majestic yet horrific grandeur, sweep | iug everything off tho deck. Far from j tnoouraging tho crew by inspiring j them with a sense of duty, the master I added to their terror by his degrading and worse than useless lamoutatiou. A gentleman passenger camo down to the cabin, and vainly endeavoring to restrain his unwilling yet manly tears, embraced bis wife and two young children, who lay helpless iu one of the berths. The iuuoceut babes clung around his neck, beseeching him to take their mamma and them oil sbore. The soaue was excessively affecting, nnd acted oil my feelings moro power fully than all tlio dangers by which we wore surrounded. Although! had lain in my berth until then, so over powered by seasickness as to be un able to make any exertion, I started up and hurried on deek just as the drunken skipper was knocked down by a blow from the tiller whilst trying to direct it. Urged by the impulse of the mo ment, I seized the abandoned tiller, aud turned it as I had seen the cap tain nttoinpt to do. At this critical j instant, I descried a man oil horseback making signnls from tho sbore. This ' contlomau, foreseeing our inevitable j destruction, eliould we be driven past Combe Mavtino, rode at full speed along tbo shore, waving his hat, now in one direction, now in another. All the sailors ware drunk, bat as sisted by one of the passengers, I moved the tiller in conformity with the signals made by the gentleman, and in a short time we succeeded in in guiding the vessel through a very intricate and narrow passage between rocks and hanks, and finally ran her aground on a shoal of Baud. We sub sequrntly learned that eight vessels were that morning wrecked in Bristol Channel. Credit was given to me, but I took none to myself. It was the first time I had been on board a vessel lurger than an open fishing boat, and I was consequently as ignorant about steer ing a ship as about a training an ele phant. Any part I took, therefore, was entirely mechanical, and the in ventive and true merit was dne solely to tho gentlemau on shore, by whose direction I was guided. ftaciug With ix Grizzly. "Some people tliiuk that a grizzly can't run," said A. J. Daggs, of Phoenix, Arizona. "I want to state right now that while the heal- is a clumsy beast, be can cover as much ground as the average saddlo-horse, and a man should be sure that be has a good mount be fore ho tries to get out of the way of onG which is augry. My brother was out iu the mountains of the Territory, among the sheep ranches, one day when he saw, about 250 yards ahead of him, a big, awkward silver-tip. My brother had a rifle, but be was not certain that ho would kill tho bear if he shot, and ha did not know how a race would turn out. He was mounted ou one of the best horses in tho coun tiy, for a mau needed one in those dnys. He knew that the bear would not fight unless wounded or cornered, and ho thought he would liko to seo how ho would run against Ibis horse. "He was pretty certain that the bear would run from him if ho could ouce getbim startod iu the opposite direc tion, and so he gave a regular cowboy ' yell. The bear looked up, and started [ shuffling off towards the mountain, about a milo aud a half away. My brother spurred his horse and lit out after tho grizzly, at the same time keeping up the piercing 'Yeep-yeep' of the cowboy. The bear soon got iuto the running, nnd the way he got over that ground was a caution. My brother saw that the brute was get ting away from him, and he urgod his horse to tho utmost, but be did not gain ten yards in the whole mile and a half. That bear lumbered along with leaps equal to a greyhound, and his pursuer did not have a chance to cut him out from his retreat. "I went over the course the next j day to verify the story, for it sounded j fishy to mo. I found that the beat 1 had mndo jumps from fifteen to twenty feet in length, and that the ground ! had been cut up by his claws so that j it looked as if a harrow had been run over it. For that reason I would ad j viso no man to try a foot race with a grizzly."—Washington Post. A Heroic Deed* Near Maple City, in Cowley Coun ty, Farmer John Stevenson and his hired man went down into a well to clean it out. 15oth were overcomo by foul air uud were stone dead when ' taken from tho well. On the same day, at the little village of Catharine, iu Ellis County, a similar catastrophe resulted iu bringing forth a hero j whose name is worthy of enrollment among the best and tho greatest. j Paul Meis went down into his father's i well after a fallen bucket. He was [ overcome by tbe gas and became un conscious. AA 7 illiam Pelzel bravely I went down after Meis, and he iu turn succumbed to tho deadly vapor. Then Paul Keoucr went down after tlm other two and met a similar fate, aud I this was the situation when Henry Knrlin arrived ou the scene. With- I out hesitation ICurlin had a rope tied boueath bis arms aud a silk haudker- ' chief ovor his faeo and he was low erod in the well carrying an extra rope. Beaching the bottom, lie hastily tied tlio loose rope around the ! leg of a man and the man was hoisted j to tho surface. Twice this operation t was repeated, and then Karlin was j hauled out, ho having becomo uncon- : scions just as he finished tying the rope ou the last man. AH four re- , mained unconscious for a long time, . but doctors finally succeeded in bring ing them around. Neither Pelzel nor j Keener knew the danger they were j going iuto, as thoy had never heard of water gas, but, Karlin did, and he [ took the chances like a hero. —Ivunsuti City Journal. Tho Nowest Bridge Ilero. Strong nerves and rare presence ol mind saved Frank Gaines and his lit- j tie child from death a few days ago. ! Near Lawroncehurg, Ind., is a Bal- j timove and Ohio Southwestern bridge, I 200 feet long, which swings over a j ravine 200 feet deep. At intervals of twenty feet nro crossbeams extending | one foot beyond each side of the tres- I tie work. Mr. Gaines started out for a walk with his child. He was half-way sver | the trestle with tho little one in his I arms, when he heard the whistle of j the locomotive, and the next instant saw a train coming rapidly around a ! curve but a short distance away. At j a glance he saw that he would not i have time to reach the other side or I retreat to his stnrting point before the ] train would be upon him. To besi- j tate was to be struck and hurled to ; certain death. Two feet nway was one of the cross-1 beams. AA'itb a bound ho was upon it. I Leaning far out upon tbe end he j steadied himself while the train swept j past him. He could fool the hot steam ' scorch him. Once more on solid ground he sank down, overcome. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE , FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. I The Chivalrous Dmle—Tlio Latest—Not h Dead Serrot—Disagreeable—A Hero i of the War—Not Even u Perfect Idiot- Above Earthly Ills—lnconsistency, Etc. A maiden on a street-car was "so very cold," she snld; "All, allow mo," said the Dudo, and he to the window sped. He tugged at it, and shoved it, and he waggled It askew, Till all their lellow passengers very Inter ested grew. His gloves gave out immediately, his cuffs became a wreck. His tie forsook his collar, and his collar left Ills neck; But why proceed? The window was un movod by ail Lis pranks; He; summoned the conductor, while the maiden murmured. "Thanks!" —Boston Transcript. The Latest. Waitor—"This is the latest on boiled-beef." Patron—"What is it?" Waiter—"Horseless horse radish." —Judge. Not Dead Secret. "People often auft'er from dyspepsia without huowing it." "Well, at least they let everybody else kuow it." Disagreeable. Westerner—"Doesn't the New Eng land climate agree with you?" Easterner—"No, it doesn't even agree with the weather predictions." —-Somerville (Mass.) Journal. A Hero of the War. Horse—"What is that pompons, shabby-looking mule braying about?" Automobile—"Ob, he's just homo from a battle in South Africa."—ln dianapolis Journal. Not Even a Perfect Idiot. "What aporfect idiot lam," wailed Slumper. And for the purpose of consoling him his wife absent-mind edly remarked. "No one is perfect, William." Inconsistency. "George was so nice. He arranged things so that I can exchange auy one of the presents he gave me lor any thing else I happen to want." "How lovely! And what will you ; exchange?" "Nothing."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. From the Oilier Sido of the Pit. | II ll ' l 111 _ The Bear—"Ah, me! They atleast arc not so lonesome as I, for they have put them all in one cage."—La Pole Mole. Above Earthly Ills. "What is a philosopher?" "A philosopher is a man who can protend to have a light heart when he has an empty pocketbook."—Detroit Free Press. Unnecessary Advice. Johnny bad sipped at a boiling enp of tea, and was howling, "Hold yonr tongue," his mother ordered. "I can't," he soreained. "It's too Bore to take a hold of." The Main Thing. "See hore, my child, what do you know about this young man?" "I know the only thing I care to know." "And what's that?" "That he is unmarried." An Unwonted Aspect. , "This is Mrs. Guslileigh's portrait, is it?" said the caller. "I should hardly have recognized it. Tho chin doesn't look at all like hers." "Perhaps," suggested the husband of Mrs. Gushleigh, "you have novel seen hor chiu in repose." Succefl.ful Kccilal. "That story you told at dinner pleased our host very muoh," said Gazzam. "I'm glad he liked it," replied Mul lins, deeply gratified. "Yes, he said that he had never heard it told better."—Harper's Ba zar. To Ho Told to tlio Marines. "Too bad the Boers had to lose an other howitzer," said the Shocclerk Boarder, who is an Oom Paulist. "Well, anyhowitzerved their pur pose for a while," said the Cheerful Idiot. Almost at once, the waitress, to whom tho Cheerful Idiot's humor pnr tioulnrly appeals, giggled amazingly. —lndianapolis Press. Proved. "A woman can't do a man's work," ho asseverated. "I maintain that she can," she per sisted. "Any woman can do any man's work." "Preposterous!" he deolarcd. "A woman who tries to do a man's work will make a fool of herself." "I am glad to see that you have come around to my view," she ex olaimed triumphantly. Then he began to "think how he did it.—Judge. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL A medical paper directs attention to the curious fact that scarlet fever has never been observed in an epi demio form in the tropical or sub tropical regions of Asia or Africa. A series of experiments made at Kiel during the last two years have Bhown that of all metals used in ship building an amalgam of iron and zinc is least subject to deterioration from the influenoe of sea water. Protein (nitrogenous matter) is the name of a group of substauces con taining nitrogen. Protein furnishes the materials for the lean flesh, blood, skin muscles, teudous, nerves, hair, hocus, wool, caseiD of milk uud al bumen of eggs, and is one of the most important constituents of feeding stuffs. It has been clearly ascertained that the oarbon which, when other ele ments are eliminated, we call charcoal, and whioh enters so largely into the structure of a tree, is taken from the atmosphere through the medium of the leaves; but bow it is sent down the struoture so as to add to the size of the most distant root, is yet an un solved problem. The annual report for 1898 of the Inspectors of Lunatics in Ireland shows a total of 20,304 patients under blflcial cognizance. Of these 10,522 were males aud 9782 were females. The total increase of lunatios for the year—viz., 714—was larger than that for 1897, whioh was 624, and also ex ceeded the average annual inorease for the previous decade—viz., 444. It has been assumod that tho depth of unvarying temperature in the soil increases from one foot at the equator i to seventy odd feet at the polos, yet a , haft in Northern Siberia has reached a depth of 1500 feet without getting through the frost. A Western mining j engineer explains that this may not disprove the theory, as tho deop freez ing may he the result of annual accu mulations of sediment on unthawed ground. Experiments in the Sibley labora tory at Cornell University hove shown that au alloy of aluminum and zinc possesses remarkablo qualities. It is while and takes a fine finish, and is equal in strength to cast-iron, bat superior in elasticity. On the other hand, it melts at so low a temperature that it can be liquified iu a ladle over an open fire. In the liquid form it fills a mould, ruuniug into all the small parts much better than brass, but it is more brittle than brass. Its use does away with the foundry fur naoe, and its technical advantages are obvious. The strength of this metal is 50,000 pounds per square inch. General Laxvtnn's Bravery. General Lawton was afflicted with tuberculosis and suffered a great deal from his lungs, although he kept the fact a secret from all but his closes! friends. He felt that his life was short, and when ho wont to the Philippines he did not expect to re turn. Ho felt that the disease was gradually getting the better of him and that soouor or later it would carry him off. At the Baino time he ex pressed a hope that ho might die with his boots on and in battle. Professor Worcester, of tho Philippine Com mission, says of him: "His bravery was something more than mere fear lessness. The night before I left Manila I was with him up to 11 o'olock, aud before bidding him good by I nskod him, as his friends had begged of him hundreds of timeß be fore, to be more caroful about expos ing himself to the fire of tho euemy. He answored that ho knew perfectly the risk he was running, but that it was simply a matter of business with him—that with tho forco at his dis posal and with the work he was called upon to do he felt it uooessary that ho should personally direct every movement."—Chicago Reoord. How "Bobi" Hoard the News. Lord Roberts, the commander ol tho British forces in South Africa, says the Outlook, learned of his son's death at the Travelers' Club. He was talking to a distinguished general at a little distance from the tape round wl'.ioh was formed a circle of the mem bers. Some one who did not know Lord Roberts was present exclaimed: "Good Ueaveußl 'Bobs' son is killedl" "What, what!" cried Roberts, elbowing his way to tho tape. He read the fatal intelligence, then walked out of tho olub without a word, the members gazing after him with silent, affeotionate sympathy. Lily of the Valley Poisonous. That delightfully fragrant and graceful flower, the lily of the valley, is denounced by tho German papers as under its simple beauty veiling a deadly poison. It is stated that both the stalks and tho flowers of this lovely plant contain prussie aoid. It is extremely dangerous to put the stalks into one's mouth, as, if the sap happens to get into even the tiniest orack of the Hps, it produces swelling, often accompanied with severe pain. It is also advisable not to throw the dead flowers where birds can get at them, for they often cause the death of young fowls and pigeons. —Boston Traveller. Horse Wears Rubber Shoos. One oarette horse now traverses the down-town distriot and the North Bide in Chicago olad in rubber shoes to provent him from slipping. Tho animal was shod in this manner as a result of the efforts of tho Anti-Cru elty Sooiet.y, the mothers of which are endeavoriug to have all the carette horses in the city provided for in this manner.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers