THE TURF RECORD. Anaconda holds the Cleveland track record for the season, with a mile in 2:00*4. Foote has worked his Chamber of Commerce candidate, The Private, a half in 1:03*4 It is reported that Ilenry Titer In tends to try Arlon, 2:07%, and Peter the Great. 2:07>4. to pole next year. Abide X. 2:23*4 by Hexameter, dam Abby, 2:2(1, by George Wilkes, has been shipped to a prominent horseman In Austria. Coney, 2:07*4, has not had tin? hop ples on tliis year. lie lias been in 2:08*4 the last quarter in 31 seconds, in his work. \ Frank Coyner of Delaware, 0.. has a filly by Lagonda Chimes, out of Lady ltuth, which is entered In $32,000 worth of stakes. Four trainloads of horses, consisting of 1,500 head, were shipped from BOH linni, Tex., to New Orleans for South Africa a few days ago. For the five months ending May 31 the United States exported 10,477 horses to England against 14,002 for the same period last year. Bonnie Direct, the green colt in Heating's string at Cleveland, sired by Direct, out of Bon Bon, by Simmons, stepped a mile the other day in 2:11. Bay Star. 2:23%, by the pacer Ken tucky Star, 2:08*4 Pcnn Valley farm's M. and M. candidate, is said to be showing Jack Kinney free for all speed. The following nine horses obtained new records at Point Breeze: Pacers, Montauk, 2:10%; Paul Revere, 2:17*4; Jay Wilkes, 2:10*/,; Allezeltt, 2:21; Jim my's Girl, 2:21%. Trotters, Wtnnl fred M. 2:18*4; Snnton, 2:10%; Patrice, 2:20; Laddie, 2:27. Crito, a 4-year-old. by Falmont, 2:14*/,. lias been a half tlds year in 1:00*4 This youngster was one of the sensational 2-year-old trotters of the spring of 1808 and gave Scott Mc- Coy quite a scare when lie raced away from The Merchant, 2:20, at Omaha. THE GLASS OF FASHION. Crepe do chine is a popular material for wedding gowns. Trim your dimity gowns with hem med friilings of white point d'esprit accordion plaited. Some very swell bathing suits are made of black satin, witli a colored linen collar and vest. Mohair is the favorite material for bathing suits In black, blue and gray, trimmed with a hand of white mohair striped with braid. A pretty skirt for cycling is made with a rather deep yoke pointing down in front and at the back, the lower part being box plaited on to this. Jeweled neckband brooches, pins for the hair, which confine the short locks at the back; nock chains and jeweled or enameled belts are all very popular. Serpentine insertions cut out of all over lace and finished on the edge with either black or white silk cord arc used to trim crepe do chine and veiling gowns. Two piece linen suits in white or colors are all the rage, but their espe cial chic quality is in the fact that they arc tailor made, with exclusive smart ness in (lie finish. Very pretty fancy belts are made of narrow bands of colored suede leather joined at intervals with gold slides over a satin lining. Velvet ribbon is also used in this way. One variety of sporting hat made of coarse but tight white straw has a slightly drooping brim, and a scarf of cream canvas with large moons of some light color in silk scattered over it is twisted around the cone shaped crown. New York Sun. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Grapes are nearly always benefited by thinning. Fruit for jelly is better if picked be fore it is dead ripe. v Unerowded trees are more produc tive than crowded ones. Rotation of crops is as necessary in gardening as on the farm. Care must lie taken not to cut the asparagus plants too late. A good tree or plant takes up no more room than a poor one. Witli apples a moderate thinning will cause the rest to hold on better. With fruit maturity is one stage and ripeness or mellowness another. Deep stirring of the soil gives mois ture. and moisture makes thrifty growth. Oil straw, bagasse and swale hay are good materials to use for mulching in the orchard. if tlie grapes are to bo thinned, the work should be done as soon as the growth is advanced enough to show the fruit. Raspberry and blackberry plants set out tliis spring should be allowed to grow through the season without check. In transplanting small plants secure all the roots possible and keep the plants out of the ground as short a tiuie as possible.—St. Louis Republic. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Feoin Richmond to Atlanta, along the line of the principal railways, it seems as if it were impossible to get out of sight of new cotton mills either in operation or in course of construc tion. Five hundred Mormons from Utah recently settled In Chihuahua, Mexico, and these will be followed by another parly of 500 in a few weeks. A nota lile fact in the history of these Mor mon colonies in Mexico is that, though established some 20 years ago, there never lias been the" slightest trouble between them and the Mexicans. Crona Words Kill n Bird. A birtl which receives a scolding Is made us miserable and unhappy there by as a child would lie. To illustrate this Our Dumb Animals tells the fol lowing story: A Massachusetts woman had a few years ago a beuntlful ennary bird which she dearly loved anil to which she had never spoken un unkind word In her life. One day the church organist was away, and she stopped after church to play the organ for the Sunday school. In consequence of this the dinner had to be put off an hour, and when she got home her good husband was very an gry, and he spoke to her unkindly. The things were put on, and they sat down In silence at the table, and pres ently the bird began to chirp at her as it always had fo attract her attention. To slmmo her hnshnnd for having spo ken so she turned to the bird and for the first time in her life spoke to it in a most violent and angry tone. In less than five minutes there was a flutter ing In the cage. She sprang to the cage. The bird was dead. Mrs. Hendricks, the wife of the late vice president of the United States, said that she once killed a mocking bird in the same way. It annoyed her by loud singing. To stop It she spoke in a violent tone and pretended to throw something at it, and within live minutes it was dead. I'iiniilnrnl History. The Bottle of Hair Tonic was in a self congratulatory mood. "Well," it boasted, "I think I can tell 'hair rais ing' ghost stories if any one can." The coy Pencil was very angry as well as "stirred up" when the house keeper ladled her into the preserve jar. "Now, wouldn't that jar you!" she ex claimed, rather slangy. The False Tooth spoke with icy hauteur: "1 belong to the 'upper set.'" "Possibly," retorted the bobtnlled Kite incisively, "but let it be distinctly un derstood that I myself move In the highest circles." The cracked piece of psuedo antique China spoke frankly: "Of course I'm not what I'm 'cracked up' to be"— Then her femininity asserted Itself, and she finished coyly, "But I'm not nearly as old as I look." The angry Stick of Giant Powder stormed at the proud patrician Tack. "You hove a 'Dig head' becnusc you have laid a few carpets low." The Tack was silent. "I'm supreme," boast ed the Powder, waxing bold. "No one can 'hold a candle' to ine, and every one is afraid to 'blow me up.' " "Well," retorted the Tack pointedly, at the same time striking n match, "nobody rnn walk over a member of the Tack family witli impunity."—Philadelphia Inquirer. A Doctor's Letter. A well known M. P. tells an amusing story of au old aunt of ids. Being on one occasion very nervous, she told tier physician she thought Bath would do her good. "It's very odd," said Dr. W., "but Hint's the very tiling that I was going to recommend to you. I will write the particulars of your case to a-very clev er man there, in whose hands you will be well taken care of." The lady, furnished with the letter, set off. On arriving at Bath, feeling, as usual, very nervous, slye said to a con fidant: "I-oug as Dr. Walter has attended me lie lias never explained to me what alls ine. I have a great mind to open ids letter and see what lie lias stated of my case to the Bath physician." In vain her friend represented to her the broach of confidence this would be. She opened the letter and read: Dear ]>avis—Keep the old lady three weeka and Bend her buck again. —London Tit-Bits. A I* rft litlt 1• IlcpoMlt. I remember the case of an old lady at E. who usually had from £13,000 to £15,000 standing to her credit, and, needless to say, as she did not ask for any interest thereupon, none was al lowed her. The manager whenever she entered the ollice was always most particular to step forward and inquire most tenderly concerning the state of her health, and if she replied that she was suffering from a slight cold the expression upon the man's face grew quite sad. No wonder, when he re membered that even a slight cold might carry off an old lady who was handing ids company at least £3OO n year.— "llow to Deal With Your Banker," by Henry Warren. nriiiiK'htN un nn Kdticution. There is no game extant which so admirably combines educational and recreative features or which is in every way so well adapted for a popular and profitable amusement among refined and appreciative classes as draughts. Its influences are of ail elevating char actor. It not only teaches, but prac tically enforces, tlie necessity of pa tience and perseverance, courage and courtesy, self reliance and self control. The game is also peculiarly and self evidently worthy of paternal encour agement, as a knowledge of its Incom parable beauties will destroy the tasto for demoralizing games of chance.— Scottish American. Why He It end It. "Have you read Borus' latest book, •Boiled Brains?' " "Yes." "I thought you didn't like Borus' style." "I don't." "What did you rend his book for?" "Because I knew sonic blamed fool would be sure to ask me if I had read it."—Chicago Tribune. The record for Ceylon snipe"shooting still remains that of the muzzle loader, 100 couples in one day. This record was made by n Ceylon civil servant called Trancheil early In the nineteenth century. Average gunners get 30 to 40 couples u day. GEMS IN VERSE. Love. Love is a thing to live with, ' To bless or caress or to give with; But to beg or to borrow or leave or loan. Love is the worst thing ever knownl Love is a thing to smile with, To charm or to kiss or beguile with; But to cheat or to play with a heart full grown, Love is the ghastliest thing that's knownl Love is a thing to pray with, To work and to hope every day with; But to hate or to hinder or curse one's own, Love is the sinfulest thing that's known! —New York l'resa. The Supreme Standard. When seeking to decide what we should do. As men or nations, in this latter day. We hold this query constantly in view: Will it pay? We regulate our acts by policy. And thus the higher thought is lost to sight. Ascend the scale. Let this our query be: Is it right? For, be assured, whate'er the trimmers say There is but one criterion, my friend. The thing which wrongs another will not pay In the end. The man who seeks alone his Belflsh gain May find the best of life he's sacrificed— May find at last his treasures all are vain. What of Christ? Be not deceived, for every word or act At which your brother may take just offense Some time the Bcale is balanced with exact Recompense. Above our little schemes and narrow rrceda, Our sanctimonious grimacing uncouth, Our vast professions and our petty deeds, Stands the truth. Beneath Truth's shadow, with his spirit fraught, Oh, let us rise above our greed and lust And regulate our dealing by the thought, la It just? For whatsoever wc may do or say There is one standard that is infinite: Not, Is it policy, or, Will it pay? Is it right? —Denver News. What In Life? "What is life?" I ask the child who romps through all the happy day, Without a care, without a cloud, to mar the sunshine of his life. No thought has he of days to come, of sorrows and hitter strife. He looks at mc, bewildered flrßt, then answers, "Life is play." "What Is life?" I ask the youth who looks up at the sky above And sees therein the promise fair of all that earth holds dear to him. Naught recks he now of blasted hopes, of with ered heart and eyes made dim By tears that come when hope is dead. lie an swers gayly, "Life is love." "What is life?" I ask the man In whose brave face no shadows lurk, Whose days are filled with healthful toll, whose plans reach out and compass all That man holds dear. No time has he to dream and sigh—'tis duty's call That he is ever listening for. He answers prompt ly, "Life is work." "What is life?" 1 ask the sage whose days are gliding like a stream To join the ocean near at hand. Ilia life lies all behind him now; The world has losl its charm for him. He puts a thin hand to his brow And seems to muse awhile, and then he answers sadly, "Life's a dream." —<l. L. Lyman in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We've All Met Them. "I've knowed," said Uncle Iliram, "lots of fellers in my time That had some right good theories, yet never had a dime. They talked quite hifalutin. an they made a heap of sprend An calkcrlated somehow on a aomcthin jes* ahcadl A feller vou are knowin tells you confidentially Of a scheme for mukin money jes' hand over fist, you see, But the situation sizln up, qlthough in workin prime, He isn't doin anything at jes' the present time. "lie's allcrs goin t* do It, an he's tncanin well, no doubt, Though good at theorlzln. ain't wuth shucks t' work il out. A crank you couldn't call him; cranks persistent . ly'll dream Of Jes' one tiling; this feller passes on from scheme t' scheme. Then there's the other feller, close related t' the I've mentioned; he's the feller allcrs tellin what he's done. Once he was rich an honored, had his praises sung in rhyme. But he isn't doln anything at Jes' the present time. "They're never doln nothln, far as any one can An that's Jes' why their talkin ain't of interest V I'd rather with a feller that was busy keep in I can learn a heap more from him, though he doesn't talk as much. An so," said Uncle Hiram, "Jes" observe now fer yourself, You'll find these two I've mentioned in your struggle after pelf; The one's been t' the top, an one's preparin fer t' But they ain't a doin anything at Jes' the present time." —Detroit Free Press. No Calendar Needed. When the honeysuckle whispers with a voice of perfume sweet, And the leaves that gently nestled sink to silence in the heat; When the lightning bug is winging And the bullfrog starts his singing In the brooklet where the willow and the shifting shadows meet; When everything Is murmuring a slow ecstatic tune, You don't need any calendar to tell you that it's June. When the long and lazy grasses in the daisied meadow set Are making solemn curt'sles In a languid minuet; When Sir Bumblebee, the rover, Plays at kissing in the clover, While we note the swift departure of the prudish violet; When there's music in the breezes and there's magic in the moon, You don't need any calendar to tell you that it'a June. —Washington Star. Tile Truest Prnycrs, The saddest tears are those that never fall, Hut are held smarting in the aching eyes; The truest prayers can find no words at ail, But flutter wearily to God in sighs. We need not speak if with our hearts we pray And by our living try to do his will, Who leads ua gently in the narrow way And when wi murmur whispers, "Peace, be •tilL" An Expert Opinion. Bome sound the "1," while others don't, and ao it's "goll" or "goff," But when you meet a man who says that once he drove right of? And played a whole half day without a "foozle" or a "scruff," Remember that's not "golf" nor "goff;" pro nounce it simply "guff." The Fined Work at Conxreanineil. Let those who are blissfully Ignorant laugh at congressmen for the easy time they have at Washington. Only those who have been through the mill know how hard a congressman must work if he Is to fuliill his public duties. A hardworking senator said to me, "I might have made $50,000 during my term in the senate If I had given us much attention to my private business as I have given to the public business." The amount of work which Is laid up on a member or senator Is simply enor mous. What with the demand for pen sions, postotllcje documents, applica tions for promotion or discharge in the army and many other things, a mem ber's time may be taken up with the exactions of Ills dally mall. A good clerk may be of immense help, but some senators employ two or three and then find there Is a great deal which they must answer or attend to in person. The daily sessions from 12 to about 5 take up half a day, and committee meetings often take up the other half for two or three days in the week. It Is hard to tell when the busiest mem bers, who are never absent from a ses sion or from a committee meeting, find time to prepare the elaborate speeches which they sometimes deliver. It Is not strange, then, that so few members of either chamber are found In the reading rooms devoted to them In the Congressional library. When they want books from that or any other deposi tory, they have them sent to their homes.—lndependent. Crnne t'nrrifol Ills Sntehel. Arthur A. Leeds of Tioga met Ste phen Crane onre under circumstances which showed how little the novelist traded upon the fame that eame to him. Mr. Leeds got off a train at Del aware Water Gap. The only man 011 the platform was humped up against the side of the depot gazing Into space. He looked like a farmer's boy. His trousers were baggy, his coat battered and his hat rowdy. "Say. carry this stuff to the hotel for me, will you?" asked Mr. Leeds. The man grasped the bags and started In the wake of Mr. Leeds toward the hotel. When the hotel was reached. Mr. Leeds lost sight of his porter for a few minutes while he greeted friends. Looking around for his baggage, ho snw the man who had packed it to the hotel sitting on the piazza with his legs on the railing. lie was reading a book. "Who's that man?" asked Mr. Leeds. "Oh, that's Stephen Crane," some one said. The next day Crane left the place before Mr. Leeds had an opportunity for explanations.—Philadelphia North American. The Last Chinese Actress. Many vistors to the Celestial king dom have noted the absence of women from the stage. All the roles in a Chi nese play are taken by men. This sin gular custom is traced back to a wom an's whim. The Emperor Yung Tsching married an actress at the be ginning of the eighteenth century, when women were allowed 011 the stage. The emperor died and the em press dowager ruled the country for her son, the Prince Klin Sung. To satisfy her vanity this shrewd and most peculiar woman Issued a decree in the year 17,'itt forbidding, un der penalty of Instant death by the sword of the executioner, any member of her sex to appear on the Chinese stage. "After me, 110 one," said the empress dowager, and since her day 110 woman within the reach of Chinese law has dared to test the strength of her decree. In Hongkong (a British colony) women have played In Chinese theaters, but never as yet, we believe, in San Francisco. Weluli* of Women's llrnlns. The woman's brain is always less than the man's. From Boyd's figures we can pick out 102 men and 113 wom en between (14 Inches and 0(1 Inches high, averaging close on 63 Inches, for encli group. But the brains of the men average 40.9 ounces, while those of the women arc only 41.9 ounces, which givos the men au advantage of 12 per cent. There are 21 small men whose height averages 02 inches, pad there are 133 women of the same height. The brains of the men weigh 45.0 ounces, those of the women only 42.9 ounces.— New York Herald. , Stiitfc Frlfflit. When Rob Burdettc started out to lecture, he struck the same town as Henry Ward Beeclier, who sent for him. "Well, young man, how do you like it?" "Mr. Beecher," he replied, "it is aw ful. I nearly die every night from nervousness." "Let me console you, then. The longer you lecture the more nervous you'll get." And Bob declared it to be true.—Saturday Evening Post. A Clone Kntlmnte. "I don't want to hear anybody snyin that our boy Josiar doesn't eurn his salt," said Farmer Corntossel. "You said it yourself once," said his Wife. "Well, I take it back. I don't want to do the boy any injustice. I have been lookln over tfiese market quotations, an I have concluded that Josiar docs earn his salt, Jest about. But if they'd 'a' said he didn't earn his popper I reckon I'd have to give in."—Washing ton Star. The Snore. A certain poet thus breaks forth: "Oh, the snore, the beautiful snore, fill ing the chamber from ceiling to floor; over the coverlet, under the sheet, from her wee dimpled chin to heF pretty feet; now rising aloft like a bee in June, jiow sunk to the wail of a crack ed bassoon; now fllutellke subsiding, then rising again, is the beautiful snore of Elizabeth Jane." TAKING THE REINS. The promising Pennsylvania pacer Sid ney Pointer, 2:14 V,, by Star Pointer, has been a mile in 2:07%. It is said that Ben Kenny will not race Rita E, 2:15%, this year, but will save her for another season. Congressman Joseph W. Bailey of Tex as will breed nothing but trotting horses and Angoras on his new ranch. May Overton's pacer by Bow Bells, iain Rosy Morn, is stepping quarters in 83% seconds without extending himself. Straight Ticket, by Baron Wilkes, wlic took u new recohl of 2:21% in a winning race at Bradford, Pa., June 27, is totally blind. Feiifare, 2:10%, sensational pacer on flic Montana circuit several years ago, h t work on the trot ut the Cleveland | track. I The Canadian pacer Arbuteskan, 2:00%, is good this year. He turned the Hamilton tOnt.) half mile track the othei day in 2:10%. Larabie the Great (3), 2:12%, is great just now. He worked in 2:10%, trotting the last quarter in 31% seconds at De troit the other day. The California filly Eula Mac, 2, 2:27%, by McKinney, 2:11%, now 3, is reported to have recently trotted a half in 1:04% at Santa Rosa. W alter S, whom Ed Geers gave a grand circuit trotting record of 2:12 V-! in 1800, recently took u pacing mark of 2:20% and third money at Saugus, Mass. John Penman, formerly driver of Royal Victor, 2:08%, who was reported to have died in South Africa, is said to be alive and well and in the service of the British government. Friends of C. 11. Brosman are anxious to back hup at weight for age against Ethelbert, Kinlcy Mack, Jean Beraud and any horse- in training, mile and a quarter, for $5,000 a corner. The best green pacer at the Nashville track is in John Hull's string. He is a bay stallion, by a full brother to Stur Pointer. The first time he was asked to go a mile at any tiling like speed ho step ped all round the track in 2:25. He is expected to beat 2:10 before the close ol the seusou. FACTS ABOUT HAIR. The encyclopedias regard hair falling below the feet of women as extruordi nary. Several years ago Miss E. J. Whitten of Topsham, Me., was said to have bail eight feet in length. Mario Antoinette wore a pompadoui and rolls thrown back past her ears Queen Anne wore side curls. A hair is a succession of cylindrical oi elliptical horny cells. Curly or kinky hair is due to sudden "breaks" in the rog ularity of the cellular succession. Short hair was the style under thf Francis I regime, but with the court ol Louis XIII came long hair as a fashion curls, wigs, powders, periwigs and pe rukes. Samson's strength was attributed tc his long hair, and his fate is charged up to Delilah's shears. Absalom's wealth of tresses was the cause of his OWL death. In Egypt long hair was considered on incumbrance. It was a feature of beau ty among the Hebrews and Greeks. Ro man ladies used artificial hair and sel the pace for future coiffures. Peasant girls in the south of France cultivate and sell their hair as a regulai business practice. Traders who attend the fairs purposely to traffic in tresses frequently find hair five feet in length and hair six feet long is very scarce.— San Francisco Examiner. A Modern Need. I want a new thermometer, built in a different way, An instrument that's adequate to measure olu dismay When there's not a breath a-stirring and the all begins to hake And the water's hot enough to boil the fishes in the lake, When the sun is like a searchlight and projecti its rays of heat Without discrimination ou the woodland and the street, When everything's asizzlc and the steaming world is sad, I want a new thermometer and want it very had. I want a new thermometer, in height at least a mile; It ought to be constructed on the tower of Babe! i style, With all the hurrying workmen, as they delve and hack and hew Exclaiming in all languages, "Is't hot enough foi you?" 'Twould be a satisfaction to behold its metal rise, A shaft of liquid silver that would splash against the skies. These toy contrivances you buy—they nearly drive one mndl I want a new thermometer and want it very bad. —Washington Star. The Stntlntlclnn'n Vacation. "What was Coldfax's idea in going tc the Thousand islands on his summer va cation this year?" "I don't think he had any idea on earth, except to count them and see il there are really a thousand."—Chicago Tribune. The Doctor. T The doctor tells you what to eat . And likewise what to wear. He chocks each pleasure that you meet And says "you do not care." The doctor is a canny elf; lie wnrns us 'gainst diseases, But wears his clothes to please himself And cats just what he pleases. —Washington Star. Ohnoured hy National Affairs. Julia—Well, I've saved a week's wear and tear on my summer frocks. Gelia —How? Julia—Oh, when a political convention is going on, Harry never notices what I look like.—lndianapolis Journal. Summer Loiiging. * . Oh, would I were a boy again, " • jE*'' With heart all free from caret JJi • Of linen trousers always then I found an extra pair. —Chicago Record. It! Easier Than Slenklewlcs." "Do you pronounce Miss Cholmonde* ley's 'Red Pottage' a leading book oi the day?" "Give me time. I haven't learned to pronounce the author's name yet."--Chi cago Times-Herald. Paradoxical. Miss Rooklore is funny, I do declare, For when she went out to the too, Although she knew all of the animals there, She couldn't find one she gnu. —Philadelphia Press, Read - the - Tribune. The Tribune Is The Leading Newspaper In Freeland! At the subscrip tion price of $1.50 per year the Tribune costs its readers less than one cent a copy. Think of that! Less than one cent a copy! And for that you get all the local news, truthfully reported and carefully written up. Besides all the local news, the Tri bune gives the news of the world in a con densed form. Thus the busy workman can keep in formed as to what is going on in the world without buying any other paper. The Tribune is essentially a newspa per for the home cir cle. 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