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Highest Award on Covoa and Chocolate
The Judges of the Pan-American ix.
pogition, Buffalo, have awarded three
gold medals fo Walter Baker & Co.,
Limited, or Mass., for the sue
perilority of the Mreakfast Cocoa and
all of their cocoa and chocolate prepa-
rations, and the excellence of thelr
exhibit. This is the thirty-seventh
highest award recelved by them from
the great expositions in Europe and
America,
Rarely Experienced,
“So Floaters has at last got a job
with the corporation, eh?”
“Yes, and a good salary he gets,
too.”
“For doing nothing, of course?”
“Yes, but you mustn't forget that
he brings a lifetime of experience in
that line.,”—Richmond Dispatch,
Her Triumph.
“Have you had any stage experience?’
asked the theatrical manager.
“Well,” said the fair applicant, blush-
ing modestly, “I do not like to speak of
my triumphs, but IT was the leading lady
an a Sunday school cantata once, and my
. A 3 b
iriends said I acted beautifully.
oapiexion,
skin suffer
Frequent-
impure
Care 01 the
Many persons with delicate
reatly in winter from chiappir 8.
y the trouble arises from those
soaps and cheap salves, "
should be washed only in clcfr,
with Ivory Soap. A little mntton-t
almond oil may be used after the
soften the skin. Eriza R. Pa
Some people never attempt to look
pleasant except when they are having
their pictures taken.
A woman can’t throw a stone, but she
can heave a sigh.
It takes a pretty sharp fellow to flatter
successfully.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
China Muddle Not Over.
Settlement of the Chinese indemnity
question by The Hague Court of Arbitra-
tion, in accordance with the suggestion
long advocated by the United States, may
yet be necessary.
With the signing of the Pekin proto:
col the powers believed that they had de:
termined the vexatious questions arisin
out of the Chinese revolt. That protoc
provided that China should issue bonds
valued at $336,000,000, which should be
distributed among the powers in payment
of their respective claims for indemnity.
Special Commissioner Rockhill has now
reported to the State Department the faci
that the aggregate of the claims of all
Government is over $34,000,000. No
European nation is likely to scale its
claim without similar action by other
Governments and the United States may
take the initiative by proposing, as it did
last spring, to cut its claim in half
Should this action be taken and other
nations follow its example then the ag-
gregate would be less than $336,000,000,
the bonds for which China has already
taken measures to hand over to the dean
of the Diplomatic Corps at Pekin. Ap-
prehension is expressed that certain na-
tions, seeing a possible reduction below
the limit accepted, will increase their
claims.
In the interest of a prompt and satis-
factory settlement the authorities here
are becoming impressed with the advisa-
bility of again putting forth the proposi-
tion that the claims be referred to The
Hague Court of Arbitration.
Production o! Precious Metals.
Director Roberts, of the mint, has
prepared a statement showing the pro-
duction of the precious metals for the
calendar year of 1goo. It shows that
the production of gold in the world
that year was 12,457,287 ounces of the
value of $257,514.700, a loss in value of
$49,070,200 from 1899. The loss was
mainly in the Transvaal field, South
Africa, and due to the war. The produc-
tion of South Africa in 1899 was of the
value of $73,277,100, and in 1900 of
$0,671,000. [he principal gains were
$8,118,000 in the United States and
$6,606,000 in Canada. The United States
again heads the list. In the United
States the principal gains were by
Alaska, Arizona, Colorado and Utah.
The silver output of the world
amounted to 178,706,706 fine ounces,
the largest ever known. It exceeds the
product of 1899 by 11,572,513 ounces
The United States again leads all other
roducers, with a slight excess ovei
Mexico. There was an important ad-
vance in the price of silver during the
year, the price ranging from 59.1 cents
per ounce in January to 66.3 cents in
the last month of the year.
Needs of Agricultural Department.
The estimates for the Department of
Agriculture for the next fiscal year ag-
gregate $4,780,540. This is against $3,-
862,420 for the current fiscal year, show-
ing an increase of almost $1,000,000 for
next year.
Included in this is $10,000 for sti in-
vestigation, which is to be entered upon
for the first time. It is to enable the
department to experignent, collect and
disseminate information relative to silk
culture in this country.
The total for the Weather Bureau, as
submitted by Chief Moore and included
in Secretary Wilson's estimates, is $1,-
218,090, an increase of $169,700. There
is an increase of $113,050 in salaries and
$58,000 for vegetable pathological work.
The total estimates for forestry work
are $260,100, an increase of $113,900, and
for soil investigation $173,000, an in-
crease of $82,000.
Miss Lilian A. Norton has been given
the temporary appointment as Chief of
the Postal Finance Division of the Post-
office Department upon the recommenda
tion of Edwin C. Madden, the Third A
sistant Postmaster-General.
The vacancy was created litt
than a week ago through the
Mr. A. W. Bingham, and carrig
1 salary of $2250 a year. Itis
the permanent successor of Mg
has been selected, but. canno
for some time.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Carnegie Library Trustees Get a Collec.
tion of Shells at West Chester.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.
fund for Soldiers’ Club at Manila—Under-
ground Flood Swept Miners Almost to Death
Philadelphia Delegates to Mothers’ Congress
Commends Juvenile Court— Pottstown Con-
struction Lo. Receives Government Contract.
Pensions just granted—Israel V.
Hoag, Allegheny, $10; James Anderson,
Rochester, $6; Samuel Anderson, Talley
cavey, $8; Albert B. Cook, Turtle Point,
p8; Thomas Armor, Pittsburg, $8; Wil-
fam C., Andrews, Phillipsburg, $8;
aeorge W. Thomas, Altoona, $6; Willis
imery, New Castle, $12; Hugh Mec-
Gahan, Taylorstown, $10; Michael Ba-
ter, Cribbs, $12; David A. Gildea, Hol-
idaysburg, $10; Patrick Donahue, Erie,
i8; Calvin C. Moses, Eldred, $24; Jud-
on N. Carrier, Transfer, $8; Samuel
UC Lidy, Pittsburg, $12; Samuel Bell,
Mifflintown, $17; Randall Lincoln, En-
isville, $8; Leah Mentzer, Waynesburg,
8; Mahala Porter, Canton, $12; Kate
vevers, Hilltown, $6; Mary Swartz-
valder, Elk Lick, $8.
Latest patents issued to Pennsylva-
uans are—John W., Anderson, Alle-
theny, ingot molds; Daniel Bernhart,
Pittsburg, cash register; Horace Chris-
man, Pittsburg, fluid meter; Joseph Dar-
ing, Chicora, vehicle spindle; Edward
Dithridge, Elwood City, manufacture of
enamel ; Joseph Goldberg, McKeesport,
folding box; William S. Halsey, Pitts-
hurg, gas engine; John G. Hehr, Pitts-
burg, bottle washing machine, also cask
rinser; Reinhold Herman, Crafton, ad-
justatle head for signals; William G.
ughes, Pittsburg, incandescent lamp
and heating apparatus; George G. Ken-
nedy, New Castle, compound for polish-
ing and cleaning tin plates; Arvid M.
Levin, Wilkinsburg, ore gate; Henry S.
Lydick, Pittsburg, plotting or protracting
apparatus; William ‘G. H. Ripper, New
Brighton, animal trap; Joseph S. Sea-
man, Jr., Pittsburg, mold for the manu-
facture of rolls; Arnold Stucki, Alle-
gheny, bolster for railway cars; Levi
t. Umsted and J. G. Dickie, Allegheny,
Yook holder; William J. Wood, Pitts-
burg, washing machine.
Farmer August Sanger, who lives
several miles south of Erie, was dis-
wrbed by hunters on his place. He
warned them off and to enforce his or-
ders fired a gun in the air. The three
hunters, two of them half-grown boys,
fired a volley. at him with their shot-
juns, riddling his head. Sanger is in a
nospital in a precarious condition, one
shot having penetrated the skull
George Kern, William and Henry
Wurst are under arrest.
As the result of a practical joke, Wil-
liam Reese had the index finger of his
right hand torn from its socket at the
Structural Tubing Works, Bloomsburg.
A number of employees had a tarred
rope about the machine operated by
Reese that impeded its operation. As
the result Reese’s hand was caught in
the machine.
While excavations were being made
for a sewer in Cornelius Hunsicker's
yard in Athens two Indian skeletons
were dug up. Arrowheads and beads
were also found.
Patrick Tigue was instantly killed by
a train at the Market Street crossing
of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad
in Scranton. His little daughter, who
was leading him, escaped injury.
An effort to find petroleum near Cam-
bra is again to be made. Several hus
dre iy
COMMERCIAL REVIEW,
General Trade Conditions.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s “Weekly Review
of Trade” says: “With mills, shops, fac-
tories and furnaces assured of full oper-
ation until the end of the year as a rule
and many contracts already running far
into 1002, there is no occasion for anxie-
ty regarding the industrial situation.
“Retail distribution of heavy-weight
wearing apparel and other seasonable
goods is checked bv the tardiness of
low temperatures, v..ich is extremely
fortunate in many cases where makers
have been unable to fill orders accord-
ing to specifications.
“Each week the situation as to iron
and steel becomes more encouraging,
orders now running to the middle of
1ge2 in many finished products.
“More satisfactory prices are received
by domestic wheat growers, last year’s
ligures being surpassed, notwithstand-
ng the large increase yield just harvest-
ed. « Foreign buying 1s also heavy, ex-
,orts for the week, including flour,
amounting to 4,894,088 bushels, against
3,054,260 last year and 3,188,492 in 1890.
Lhere 1s also a tendency to hold back
tor still higher quotations, as indicated
by Western receipts of only 6,182,303
bushels, against 7,411,057 a year ago.
Corn was supported by estimates of a
reduced yield in Roumania and a splen-
lid increase in Atlantic exports to I,-
194,009 bushels, against 501,155 in the
preceding week, but the current outgo
is trifling compared with 2,716,582 bush-
eis last year and 3,554,313 two years
ago.
“Failures for the week numbered in
the United States 240, against 205 last
year, and 29 in Canada against 28 last
year.
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Patent, $4.45; High
Minnesota bakers,
Flour—Best
Grade Extra, $3.95;
$2.0ca3z.10.
Wheat—New York No. 2 red, 8o34c;
Philadelphia Na. 2 red, 74%2a75¢c; Balti-
more, 7034cC.
Corn—New York No. 2, 62Y4c; Phil-
adelphia No. 2, 6134a62%c; Baltimore
No. 2, 58a6oc.
Oats—New York No. 2,
Philadelphia No. 2 white, 43c;
more No. 2 white, 4oc.
Hay—No. 1 timothy, $16.00a16.50;
No. 2 timothy, $15.00a15.50; No. 3 timo-
thy, $12.50a14.00.
Fruit and Vegetables—Apples—Mary-
land and Virginia, per bri, fancy, $2.00a
2.25; do Western Maryland and Penn-
sylvania, packed, per brl, $2.25a2.75; do
New York assorted, per brl, $2.50a4.00.
Cabbage—New York State, per ton,
$11a12.00. Carrots—Native, per box,
30a3sc. Caulilower—Long Island, per
crate or barrel, $z.00a2.25. Celery—
New York State, per dozen stalks, 15a
35¢c. = Cranberries—Cape Cod, per brl,
$5.00a5.50; do Jerseys, per brl, $5.00a
5.50. Eggplants—Florida, per cra‘e,
$3.00a4.00. Kale—I ative, per Lushel box
10a12%4. Lettuce—Native per bushel
box 20azcc. Lima beans—Native, per
bushel box 65a75¢c. Onions—Maryland
and Pennsylvania, yellow per bu. 83a
goc. Opysterplants—Native, per bunch,
2%a3c. Pears—Eastern Shore, Kieffer,
per basket 15a3cc; do New York Bart-
letts, per brl, No. 1, —a$3.50. Quinces
—New York, per brl, No. 1, $3.75a4.00.
Spinach—Native, per bushel box 12%5a
15c. String beans—Native, per bu.
green, 40a50c. Tomatoes—Eastern
Shore, Maryland, per basket, sound,
30a35c; market stock, 45a55c; do native
per measured bushel.
Potatoes — White — Maryland and
Pennsylvania, per bu, No. 1, 63a70c;
do, seconds, 4oasoc; New York, per
bu, best stock, 63268; dg
4raq1¥jc;
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In a Massachusetts town last winter
James A. Riis was asked by a gaunt, fu-
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by way of introducing him to an as-
semblage.
“Oh,” said Mr. Riis, in a spirit of
levity, “say anything you like. Say I
am the most distinguished citizen in the
country. They generally do.”
Whereupon his funereal friend march-
ed upon the stage and calmly announced
to the audience that he did not know
this man Riis, whom he was charged
with introducing; never heard of him.
“He tells me,” he went on, with never
a wink, “that he is the most distinguish-
ed citizen in the country, You can judge
jor yourselves when you have heard
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