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/ <~-7~~/ ,; _ _ A-' /2/? / ~~------'-- -~ _ ~ 1,' ~ ~fr'*-. ' - /1 *' I: ~ 4 Id/ a TRI WEEKLY.EDITIOI~ WJNNSBORO, ~, ESTABLISHED 1~44. - mrni~fT~rnflU ~ti~~I~ITVT' 000000000000000 0I ? HIS BRQKEN PROMISE, By Marie Moore. ?0000006000O000000008 EAR the close of a September j day, as the sun in its dying splendor w a 9 tinting with rosy hues the dingy -% sails of a solitary fishing schooner t h e r e floated from the weather-beaten rocks the words of a song. The singer had ap parently forgotten that he was there at this picturesque trysting plaoe to meet the "dearest girl in the world," and, as though inspired by the pan orama of gorgeous colorings of sky and ocean had begun singing: "Three flahers went sailing out into the * P west, Oat into the west when the sun went down---" The song abruptly ended as over the rocks climbed a girlish figure, who a moment later was clasped in the arms of the singer, Duncan Gray, but instead of the usual roguish smile a pale, frightened face looked up at him. "Dora, you are ill!" he exclaimed in alarm. "No," came the answer from the trembling lips, "it was my dream. All day I could not forget it. Such a dreadful dream." "Why, dear, I did not think you would allow yourself to be. so dis turbed by a dream. But tell me about it." "Oh, I thought I sat here on this very ledge, but alone, and the waves were pounding and beating against the rocks. Such dark, angry waves, and then--" she shivered with the memory, "then I saw you appear among those tossing - foam-crested waves, ~ your face was as white as de *. I cried out to you, but you .id nat hear me. I reached down, thinking to save you when a ware should sweep up nearer, when a nighty wave rolled up, whose spray left me drenched and blinded for a moment, and after it had receded I looked for you in vain and then found nvs ehudderi-g wit t it niight be presenti it mean that some ttle girl," he inter to allay her almost ,"don't let your ch thoughts." you will be wgt l danger~f4 . u may rest assured," he smil iugTy replied "that suicide is at pi-esent the farthest from my inten ions." "Do not jest; but tell me you will in e'very way possible preserve your seli from danger. It was so real that 'on were lost to me!. You will prom ise, won't you, please?" she pleaded. '"What is it I am to promise?" -queried Duncan. ~"That you will avoid any action couigl result in disaster to you." "Why, then, I promise; promise to whatever lies within my power to ert any calamity that. would~ for moment grieve my little Dora." li, thank youl" she cried, cling ohim .as though she was not sre that his promise had saved msome inevitable peril. cold, gray morning, four ater, the wind began at an r to mean dismally along the ore; by noon it had increased ce, accompanied by snow, and .sfore twilight a storm in all its ury was besieging the little fishing hamlet. -. "Three wires sat up in the lighthoust tower, And they trimmed the lamps as the sur went down; They looked at the squall and they iooked at the shower, rAnd the night rack eame rolling ui: ragged and brown; Bf,-. aon must work and women must weep, Though storms be sudden and waters deep, iAnd the harbor bar be moaning" Sang Dora as she finished her last domestic duties of the day. "How glad I am that my Duncan it .stoeof the poor sailor boys to rniglia" she added to herself as, be fore nekting herself with her mothe ' she ran un-d pecredi from the little win dow against whiinh the snow was stead lvbeating. Yes, there was U.)noan, almost a the (door-but wvho was with him -. Dora hastened to admit them to th4 jight; but only Duncan entered, call ing to his companion, who was fas disappearing in the darkness, "Wil be with you directly." Then to thi .stonished Dora he hastily explained "A vessel on the point is signallini for help and Joe is picking up men ti go to her relief. Sorry I can't sts; with you." *A terrible thought crosses'her mini -her dream of not long ago-an< quickly clasping her hands upon hi arm she said, with face pale in its in tensilty: "Tou must not go." "Not go!" was his astonished reply "I should have supposed you woun .urge me to go to therelief of those wh are inl such distress." "Duncan," she responded, in tone whose calmness was belied by the tco ri.r depicted in lher face, "you n a iiot go, for I know now it wae .f thi that I J~Mimed." 'fn/ M u hn o f thoem sn: fering souls out here and permit su superstitious to ir me from rendei ing them assista ea" "How can I I you go," came froi the -quivering h s, -"when I know yo are going to you death?" Firmly he un lasped the clingin fingers from his arm and with heart "Good by, Dora ,"his hand was upo the latch. With a cry sh attempted to sprin between the do r and him whose lil ihe was strivin to reclaim before : was too late. is strong arm caugl her, held her fo one moment and the gently brushed ier away. Sudden: a glad light-a -ght of hope-shon in her eyes. "Your prom se," she exclaimed "your promise o me that you woul not imperil yo r life-you surely r( member and at promise you wi keep." "My promis ," he answered; "I d remember, but that promise I mus break." Like a statu carved in marble stoo Dora, and in a voice of befitting col ness came the ords: "Then Dunca Gray, I love 3 ou not more! I hat TOU!" "Dora," he asped as his face grei pale, "surely ou are not conscious C what you say.' In the same cold, even tones cam the response: "I retract not a word. The door o ened, letting in a gres cloud of snow which the shriekin wind was dri -ng along in its fur: immediately closed, and Dunca passed on t ough the storm, hal dazed and u believing what had oC curred. The men w o had been snmmae were surprise at his delay, but ther was no time. to explain. Had ther been a suspi ion, however, in an mind of his inwillingness to atten them on their perilous miission suc thought was -nstantly dispelled whe it was notice d with what energy an daring he thr w himself into the wor of lauching t be life-saving boat an the almost a perhuman strength wit which he ha dIed the oars. One boat I ad was brought to shor in safety, an it was necessary to re tirn for th se who still remaine< aboard the now fast-sinking ship They had al iost succeeded in launch ing her for he second trip, when tremendous wave swept in, hurlin, boat and br ye life-savers back on thi beach to try all over again. In spit, of the thun era of the storm old yo, swore to hi self that he heard a groa from one f his companions witl whom he wa working so desperately " Wal, I ,I on't much blame yer f oi cavin' in," said he; "it's a might, tough night can; "I spr~ined my wrist when tha last big wavle smashed us up so." "Ho, me)!" shouted Joe. "Might' well let upi-Dnncan's broke his arm Have to I t those other fellows on there go to Davy Jones' locker." "Hold or.," cried Duncan, "I hav I one arm le t. Now then, shove .ke off. And though ir way to tho I-ro tin pairing victims of thewr . They had secured the last man and were again making their way to shore when one oar suddenly stopped its brave work and Duncan, unconscious from pain, fell, and from hoarse throat~ came the cry, "Man overboard!" For a second only did despair pos. seas those heroic hearts, then rescued tar-ned rescuers. Those who were not too benumbed by their long ex posure on the doomed vessel gave hand and after a severe battle with the waves Duncan's inanimato form was recovered and the shore wai gained where the exhausted oneI were soon cared for. Through the blinding storm a litthi muffled figure crept up to Joe and in quired in a voice which was half moan: "Duncan-where is he?" "Guess they carried him home,1 came the thoughtless response, as.i wonderment he flashed his lantern in to the face of the inquirer. For as instant ho saw the white face witi cyes dilated in the agony of compre hension of the dreadfu:1 truth, the without a cry, without a sound shi fell at his feet in the drifted snow. IAll that night lights burned in on cottage 'home, where Icving hand worked unceasingly to restore to con sciousness him who had so nearl; lost his own life in saving the lives c others, and when that long, darl night had vanished and with it th storm, leaving portions of a wrecl scattered out on the shining sands, 11 the morning gleam as the tide won down, the tired eyes slowly opene and a look of recognitiorn came int them, dispelling the terrible anxiet; of those who had through the creei Iing hours watched for signs of returi 'Iing life and filling with hope th heart of the weary-eyed forlorn litti Dora, who dropped by the bedsidl with a cry of joy. A troubted expression passed ove his features, and with an effort h murmured: "My promise-I brok my promise-can you forgive me?" "Oh, Duncan," she sobbed, "it I that am to be forgiven."-Bosto Post. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Shvest Womnan in KCansas. The badge of shyness should adoz the bosom of Mrs. Sarah Yeager, Emporia. She recently sent $5 in letter to Governor Stanley, askir him to give it to the Methodist Mi sionary Society; she said she ha never been introduced to the Met' odst minister at Emporia, and co: sequently couldn't hand the money* him...Atchison Globe. Wore Napoleon's Clothes. - Some of the linen of the Emper< Napoleon Bonaparte, sent on shore be washed, was held in such estee t tht many individuals in Plymout s England, put on his shirts, waisteoa or ngehelothes, so that they could s: TAES OFPUI V g IA Lion Hunt in Centrail Africa. e While staying in one of the suburbs it of the c6apital of Toro, in Central Lt Afrioa, writes a famous hunter, I was 1 one morning called up by the chief Y to cme at once and shoot a lion that 9 was doing great damage in the dis trict, and had just then killed a poor l, woman while cultivating her garden. Ld She was stooping down pulling up some weeds when in front of her she ii heard the horrid roar of a lion. Look ing up in speechless horror, eho saiw 0 in the grass a few yards away a huge I male lion apparently' about to spring upon her; bat just at that moment the d lioness, which had crept up behind her, sprang out, and with an awfal n stroke of the forepaw killed her e where she stood, and then carried her off into the thicket. As soon as I v heard the story I started off with a f couple of my boys to hunt the lions, but, although I spent the whole day e searching, not a lion did I see. The " mangled remains of the poor woman t were discovered, but the lions kept g out of our way. However, a few days , after this a party of native hunters, a returning from their day's hunt after .f small antelope, were attacked by the same lions. Walking in single file through the long grass on the narrow r path, the man at the end of the line a was suddenly seized from behind by e the lioness and instantly killed and y carried off. I The rest of the party made off with I all kaste excepting one little boy, the a son of the man killed, and he, amaz i ingly plucky little fellow that he is, k actually turned back and, armed with i nothing but a small spear, followed i the blood-stainbd track through the thicket. After a littlo while he cEme upon the lioness in the act of devour ing his father. Without a moment's 1 hesitation this brave little chap rushed at the huge beast, and the lioness, becoming avare of his ap , proach, left the prey and sprang upon y the boy. By a merciful Providence the spear which the boy carried a enteted the breast of the lioness, and 3 by the brute's own weight was forced i right into his body, piercing his L heart, and the great creature rolled over stone dead. The boy was utterly unharmed. Rapidly withdrawing his little weapon, he rushed to the f euing cfel them the male lion came roaring through the thicket. The grief-stricken lad sprang up, and 'with almost superhuman courage rushed toward the second lion, waving b aloft his blood-stained spear, and shouting: "Come on, come on; I'll i kill you also!" But the male lion was so disdnomfited by 1he unexpected ap i proach of the lad that he turned tail and ifed.leaving his spouse dead by - prey. II-- hip village and called his frie and bring the dead lioness to fff King. and this was done. The brave little fellow was suitably rew arded by Kasagama for his wonderful pluck, and he made him his own pagri. I photographed him, with his little speai- all blood-bespotted, inst after his noteworthy act of bravery. Drought to Bay on a Precipiee. J. Lewenstein, of New York, being desirous of deer-hunting, a few days ago accompanied Benjamin Elliott an d Dick and Abe Kilburn, both of whom are expert hunters, on a trip to the St. Lawrence meadows, a clearing in -the Adirondack Mountains, off the old Franklin Falls road. :9 This meadow is flanked on the north by a mountain covered with a high, dense brush and capped by a steep, -rgged ledge. While waiting for a i deer they heard a deep rcar and, look ing up at the foot of the ledge, saw -a bear fighting with what appeared to i be a catamount. Without hesitation the four hunters rushed into the brush and clambered up the steep ledge, a when they were startled by the roar ing of the bear, who, having disen -gaged himself from his antagonist, ,was descending. To turn back would f- be diffeicut, as the ascent was much too steep for a hurried retreat; so, firing a shot, they forced the bear back to the ledge, to which they followed 2 him. Here further ascent was impes t sible, a perpendicular cliff preventing 1 escape in that direction. o Brought to bay, the bear, a big y specimen of over 400 pounds, now thoroughly infuriated, with a vicious -snarling, rushed upon the hunters, e who found themselves in a serious pre e dicament. Without a foothold, cling e ing to the roots of small shrubbery and suspended over a rocky chasm, r hundreds of feet in depth, they were e brought to bay by their quarry. With e a desperation born of necessity, Lew. enstein, being the lightest of the party, s was supported in his hold, and, tak a ing his rifle, let go at the bear, and by a good shot between the eyes. ended the career of bruin. The descent was difficult and the n degree of danger to whi::h they hae >f been exposed was not fully reahzed a until once again in the meadows. -i Had His Teeth Shot Out. ,d Lieutenant Hall of the Ninth Cavalr3 i- and Major y. J. Dickinson of the Sizti: 1- Missouri Infantry were sitting at o table in a Washington restaurant tht Lieutenant to tell how he lost his teett " before S.intiago. >r "It is an old story," the Lieutenan ~o said, but the Major and several friend: i intimated that a good story nevel Sgrew old. and Hail proceeded: "Yot sfellows seem to regard the fact of t fellow's having his. o th htota .pclesing the ele ' Msah it doesn't, let me asmUre My er perienee was unique, budt funny. A Mauser bullet came at just is I was giving an order, 'mouth was wide open and the missiguck from te side. It took out msper teeth, as you will see, and itbr:off a good portion of the lower oneifront." "How did you feel?" &d a young warrioi: who yearns for afnnd. "Well, there's sonie f-in that," said the Lieutenant. When the thing struck me I whirl(about and almost lost consciousne I knew, however, that I was wh*. Then, in my confused state, I Oided that my head had b.eep shot All of a sudden I thought of ' headless chicken that jumps al 'fer it is shot, and, in my mind'a I could see myself flopping abo-kere on the ground, my head rollinun thehill like a football. Then embered that if I had no head Teld not be able to think. . I reachesp to where my head ought to be, ai thought, and it wasn't therel Oiurse, I had not judged the movemerrrectly be cause of the partial &araits resulting from the shock. Then krned out z remarkable theory. I ecided thai science was all wrong. Le brain wa! not the seat cf thought, it the spina column. Here I was, wiout a head thinking. Then I heardhe roar o guns. Another great dovery-th ears were not necessaryi hearing, felt that I was in the ssession a wonderful new facts, anny only re gret was that I could notiesent -them to the world. A secondlater I de cided that I was dead. 1 this stat of mind I was taken off he field. had been thinking, probaly, not mor than two minutes. Thei was no pai at first; that came later L." Race For a Child'LIfe. A child wandered awa from hom the other day and sat twn betwee the rails of the westband track < the Long Island Railiad betwee Glen Cove and Nassau. She amuse herself by -heaping up Ittle piles sand and screening it through h( fingers. The firat peron to cate sight -of her was Engine.- Fred Smit looking from the cab %indow of h: locomotive. With her back to til approaching train the litleoneplaye on. It was heavy do, grade an the engineer saw that ie could n, stop in time to save the ihild. Some distance away, but going the same direction as tha train, iras man pushing a bicych along a fo path parallel with the track. TI shrieking -of the whistle attracted b attention and presently he saw t] cause of it. raced d n the sandy pth athis be speed. Reaching the place wheret 'child sat he threw himself off h wheel onto the track, grabbed her 1 and then rolled over a'd over doe an embankment. Just as he clear, the track holding the little bund close to him, the locomf~rE4Wm It was stopped-about * train leng away from where toungster hi been silt ' - neer Smii jumped < ed back with t trainmen where the wheelman -a made t rescne, they caught sig t of the lit igure scurrying throng1 a path in tl woods, while some did ance furth down the track was the yclist calm brushing the dust off t his clothi Later it was ascertained, that he 'w George T. Smith, of Scbuth Orang N. .I., an all-around athlyte. He w taking an outing ou Long Island. ] forts to learn the identity of the cha: have failed. A Fight With a Blacksnake. The Pottstown (Penn.) correspc dent of the Philadelphia Times sa; Henry Gedder, a lad in the employ Henry S. Benningert, a farmer lhvi in Chester County, several miles sou of this borough, had a lively encoi ter vith a five-foot blackenake a f' Idafs ago. E cominotion among some bnie caused him to investigate, and 'fond the snake helping itself Iyoung blackbirds in a nest. It was the act of swallowing one when came upon the scene. It took the lad but an instant seize a fence rail and attack the re tile. He managed to pinion it to i ground by clapping the end cf weapon down on the reptile's te but then he was in a predicamet The snake swung its head around far as it could to strihe him and Ifeared to let go his pole, for then I snake could reach him. So Ishouted for help and a neighbori woman hurried down to see what v the matter. She was badly seat Iby the sight of the snake and wani to flee, but Henry persuaded her hold the fence rail that pinionedi snake while he grasped his hoe a proceeded to chop off the reptil -head. When the snake was held up to an idea of its length a garter sni several feet long and several bi: dropped out of it. The Bicycle Bell and the Lion. Mr. Edvward North Buxton is i present bicycling with his daugh along the high 'road to Uganda, Africa, which is now good enoi through most of its course to mak4 adequate ~bicycling track. In one hs letters home he describes an am ing' adventure. As Mr. Buxton hs daughter were riding along, tl found that a lion had taken up a pi tio right across the track. Pec wihless iron nerves 'would have I plucked up heart to attack them.. Mr. North Buxton and his daugi took a simnoier course. They viol' irng their hells, and the king beasts, appalled by a such a n< sight and sound in the silences of Africa. just rosc and slunk away. The lifeboats round the Bri oast durng the yvar r eud 0821 NEW YORK OUTLANDERS MEN FROM OTHER COMMUNITlES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED FAME THERE, A List Which Shows Uow Larae a 'ro. portion or Proiminent New Yorkeri Are Not City Born-It Makes tsr prising.Exhibit. "What do men born in New Yorl City do in the way of business or pro fession?" This was the rather surprising ques tion asked by one of that Lost of "Ne Yorkers" born elsewhere. He explained, somewhat: "For a purpose not related at all ti this subject I was looking through lot of books I found on the shelves c a new spaper library giving brie sketches of the lives of prominen 'New Yorkers,' and gradually i dawned upon me that most promi nent 'New Yorkers' were born almo! anywhere but in this city." This conclusion was challenged, au the investigator proceeded to testif from notes. He had a list of profe: sions and business callings arrange in alphabetical order, and under eac head a list of names of men prominei in the designated calling, with a men orandum of their birthplace added. It was too long to reproduce her writes Edward W. Townsend in tl L New York World, bat it made a su f prising exhibit in favor of his conte tion; and even the. comparative small part of the list which I copi - at haph.zard shows that New Yo: 5 City's roll of "prominents" is prc I of the assertion frequently made th e those who come to New York frc a I smaller American towns or forei: countries achieve distinctions in a greater proportion than the natii born against whom they contend. Start with the actors (first on I f list), and we find that Joseph Jef n son was born in Philadelphia; Jan: A. Herne, Troy; James Henry St j dart, England; Denman Thomps< r Pennsylvania; W. H. Crane. Mas chasetts; John Drew, Philadelph Richard Manstield, Heligoland; I ward N. Sothern, England; Fran e Wilson, Philadelphia; Nat Gooaw * Boston; Henry Dixie, Boston; Hei d Miller, Herbert Kelcey and Will: Faversham, England; James . Ha ett, Canada; Chauncey Olcott, B n falo; Maurice Barrymore, India. a That is a pretty complete list of t male star actors of America-and a New Yorker among them. is Of the playwrights Charles H. H s is from New Hampshire; William ( R lette, Connecticut; David Belasco; s e gi e Connecticut; Archibald Gunter, Li' Is pool 1p Of Presidents of the New York n Association for many years past, Ev: 3d was born in Boston; Choate, Sali Ie Carter, Massachusetts; Batler X. c e. e list of prominentLaFwyers id outside of the city was yards long here tre a few: Benjamin Tracy, El ff Root, John F. Dillon, Clark Bell : o Elliot Danforth were born in en e up-State towns; James M. Varnt 1e Randolph W. Townsend and Willi e G. Choate came from Massachuse e A. 3. Dittenhoefer, South Caroli y Henry E. Howland, New York; R~ . doph Gaggenheimer, Virginia; s Bourke Cockran, Irelan d; W. B. Hc e, blower and Noah Davis, New Hat as shire; William G. Peckhram,. Rh; lf- Island;. George Curtis Austin, Pe a sylvania. Here are a few "immigrants" have taken prominent positions New York City's financial affa . P. Morgan, Hartford; D. 0. Mi Westchester: James Seligman, varia; Russell Sage, Oneida Coin James Ri. Keene, England; J. hMoore. Maine; G. B. Schley, Chapi ville; E. C. Benedict, Somers. N. Henry Allen, Lexington; James S man, President of the National( es Bank, Texas; P. C. Lounsbi t President Merchants' Exchange n tional Bank, and 0. S. Carter, Pr edent National Bank of Republic, C necticut; E. E. Poor, President otional Park Bank, Boston; J. E. E tomons. President Fourth Natic P' Bank, Troy; Henry White Canr ieDelhi, N. Y.; Michael Joseph Adr isPresident German Exchange Be 1Bavaria; Thomas L. James, Presii Lincoln National Bank, Utica; Jos he Cifford Hendrix, President Nati< he Union Bank, Missouri; Charles 'he Fairenild, President New York tecurity and Trust Company, Ca novia; N. T.; . H. Parker. P2 as dent Produce Exchange Trust C dpany, North Carolina. to~ In railroading the investig: e asked his hearers to mention the tl chief executives most widely knc ,and naturally Depew. Callaway s Casstt were named. They v born respectively in Peekskill,( ekeada and P'ittsburg. kes This was getting monotonous, isa member in the party made up a far removed from Wall street and business affairs-a list of the cie at This proved to be something in tr nature of a "knock-out" for those in had charged the investigator gh having "loaded" his lst, for as g an to him to supply birth places it of suted thus: Bishop Potter, Sche us- tady; Bishop Littlejohn, Flo2 nd Archbishop Corrigon, Newark; Bis ey Andrews, New Hartford, N. s i. Rev. Dr. Huntin,~ton, Los pie Rev. Dr. Rainsford, Irel e- Rev. Dr. Morgan, Wales; ave Dr. Parkhurst, Massac.husetts; But Dr. Van Dyke, Pennsylv: ter Rev. Lyman Abbott, Massachus nt- Another shot was taken, and of indefatigable investigator was a~ vl would he please tell us somet id. about sculptors and painters. sly native-born Newv Yar shunned trade and weont into iilHere is a sheet of the list in that eo | spet: Augustus St. Gaudens, Ire] i Water. Skila Scotand; -3. Q Ward, Ohio; Will H. Low, Al. -DY; -ohn Rogers, Massachusett" William M. Chase, New Hampshire; Eastman Johnson, Maine; James Carroll Beck 'with, Missouri; Pilmer Cox, Canada; Ed ward Simmons, Massachusetts. Thus the story went on. Nearly, every big hotel in New York City is run by an "outlander" to Manhattau Islatld; our great architects hail from Maryland, Brazil, PenUnsylvali, Vermont and Connecticut; the Presi dent of the American Society of Civil Engineers comes from France; the builder of the big bridge, the engineer of the new Croton water-works, the chief engineer of the New York Cen tral and Hudson River Railroad, the men who are electrifying all our street f! railways-none of these were born on the "little old island of Manhattan" or within the limits cf Greater New It York. FRESH TRADE DEVELOPMENT3, A Kansas City dispatch to the Sioux d City Journal says that at least 12,000, Y 000 cattle are grazing on the ranges in - the Southwest, and Lhat recent rains d have much improved the pasturage. it A recent visitor to the Kimberley - mines, in Southi Africa, says that he saw many American locomotives there, e, and also trucks on which loads of rock amounting to about a ton each were r bauled. The latter were not of Ameri - can manufacture, but the correspon Y dent thinks that they should have I been. of I An enormous quantity of copper is t obtained from its ore by the electroly I tic process in this country, but as yet .,a the use of that means of producing : zinc is almost unheard of in America. . Patents were taken out at Washing ton a few days ago, however, for the s I electrolytic manufacture of the latter -- metal. es In South Pakota a law was paised - two years ago requiring pedlers tc '3 take out licenses in the county i . which they did business, and to pay i La: fee of from S. ) to $100. In the in - rest of local dealers who pay taxes .1I and from whom one can get redress i I any fraud has been perpetrated, th< 1 pence officers of the State are non an being urged to enforce the law vigo: ously. About two thousand new coke oven 'he are being erected in the Conrellsvill ot (Penn.) regions. The ovens alread, in operation there are adequate to th .yt: needs of existing iron furnaces, but il- number of new furnaces are going up iud and when they are c:>mpleted the de than now. The new uvens will rais er- the total in and near Connellsvillc 4 21,000. ___ BarI The United States Consal at Santo Brazil, Mr. Hill, says that "in orde to build up commerce witif Sout Aierica be people of t L,_ rn ig same mean ut as the Enropeans-steamships unde 1Uu our own flag, banks under our ow: d contro!, and business bousa3s unde: ail I distinctively American management O', Once we are pliced on terms. o n equality our merchants can be left t, t their own initiative." n1The possibility th at India may be come a producer of steel w :~s discusse< -before the Iron and Steel Institute ( -Great Britain a few days ago by Majio .H.Mahon. He outlined a schem dfor establishing a plant on th Hooghly, near Calcutta, and furnisi> ing it with iron ore from the vicunit; .of Madras. Limestone would b r:brought from T :rmah by water at s:low cost. Pleznty of coal is to be ha, in the province of Bengal. Ma'c Mahon has confidlence that the enter prise would pay hand~soniely. Took the 10.rser Ao:oa. i-IThere are partic-ilar paop'e an ty people who are particular, but it rv, doubtful if there are any more pal .- ticular people than a fond mna and p esi- of a pair of little boys who live o on North Broad street. These dotin Na- parents are so particular that the im- will allow only one barber tc keep th nal hair of thei young sons in trim, an n, Iwhen it came time for the family mdepart for Atlantic City the firstc tthis month there was no hesitationi Lnt engaging the tonsorial artist to g ph along. His board was to be paid alwell as the amount of wages l1 S. I usually earns each week. While h~ Se- is at command, however, papa permii ize-! the man of the razor and shears s-I shave him every day, while mnammi n- has her head washed every other da so that. tiie barber is not given te tor much opportunity to grow lazy. Sti -ee he looks upon himself as a man rw leisure, and refuses to associate wii ad the ordinary run of face latherers. eie Philadelphia Record. A Model ITouse. nd A group of French architects at lit artists propose to erect a specimn all model dwelling-a "type de mais< .I moderne"-at. the Paris Expositit the next year. They will attempt to a ho swer the question, "What is a P tth fet House?" At the Newcastle E iven hibition of 1887 there was a simi! e- exhibit of a model dwelling hous nec- built, eq~ipped and furnished in -a ida; eordance with the best notions at to top time. Great changes have taki Y. plaesince then, and the Paris mod e; Idweling will no doubt be quite np-I ud; date. e v. I Consoing: ConsciousneS. iaa; Bravely went she to work and ma 'ts. bi seuit. precisely like those her hr the band's mother used to make. iedd But her husband was a brute, al in merely thanked her, and did not f: 'os- ded of heart failure. erss So she camne into no life insuran ets. I at this time. r- I But- the consciousness of havi: and; Idone a. generous deed was WOr A. -omethn...Jetot TournaL. jfJi.D1Idit IL kiJJJ- .'"' Nj1 "__ STORIES TOLD BY THE FUNNY ME4 OF THE PRESS. Time-A Stragaling Performnancs - propriate-The Revised VersionT Test-Modest Self Estimate...A Gloomy Outlook."Oh, Yes, Thank Yer," ELtc. Oh, when a man is waiting For a girl to don her hat, An hour Is fully three hours long Indeed, 'tis all of that. But when a man is writing. In baste to catch the mail. An hour will pass away.befdro A sheep could shake Iris tail. -Chicago Record A Sir.gannc Performance. "What is artistic irregularitv?" "It's the way most people nay thcir bills." Appropriate. - Assistant-"HOw would you desit nate a paper devoted to pahnistry?" kEditor-"Call it a hand organ." The Revised Version. "Well, rain falls on the jnet and tLE . unjust." "Not much; thle unjust steal um* brellas." The Text. "Dat girl o' your'ln suttenly has a Mos' lovelv mouth." "Dat's vhat I thought till I tried to fill it.".-Cleveland Piain Dealer. Modest Self-Estimate. "To be a true gentleman, a fello-r must be born Eo." "That's a fact. I liked the very. first olive I ever tastei."--IdiaJ - apolis yournal. A Gloomy batloo. "Her fiancea is English. He owns a number of old castles and such." .Dear me, how can she marry a man whose fortune is in raius Philadelphia Bulletin. "Oh, Ter, Thank Ton." "Did young Sehultz make . an> cessful match?" "Oh, yes; his wife has already wo't three first prizes in the wvamen sb cvelc races."Fliege nde Blaetter. r'arried. "Why did you leara your last place?" asked the woman who was en gaging a servant. "Why did yoar last girl leave you was the prompt retoit.-Chicago Post. True to Lite. * Inventor-'Tve been trying al my life to perfect this automaton chess iend-"Why don't you s I atomaton tramp?"-New York Jon: A Country Martyr. 2 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~p Conr-"h2he.il iey j .. . Cit -Dn' thygv -o n? Couty-"es, ybu oI'm se to i. I can stand pain myself, but I can a I hear to see others saffer."-Harper a s Bazar. -Fractically UniujuirsJ. Spiteful Thing-"They8 saiCaren s 11 has the golf shoulder. I'm so sorry, i dear". Sweet Young Thing.-"You needa r e be. It doesnt affect his other arm. 1 --Chicago Tribune.. Frightful Oversight. a"He proposed to you unexpecedy, o did he?" 'Unexpectedly!" exclaimuedthesweet ee young thing. "Well, I should say so. s It was so unexpected that I neglected s ~o say, 'This is so sudden.' " 'Very Likely. . ,"Maude is going to wed a c.3 cycl Il "How can she?' f "Oh! she says she feels quite sure h ~that he will have an eye single to her . happiness."Philadelphi Blltin. The Haudy File. -The prisoners filed their way into .the prison from the workshops as usual last night, sir." e: "Well, what of it." "I have discovered this morning, m sir, that seven of them filed their way out. "-Cleveland Plain IDealer. 1- Safe Enough. ar "They say young Folley' has been e, wandering in his mind lately," said e- one man to another. at "Well," was the heartless reply, m "fm what I have seenand heard of el him he's safe enough; he.-can't wan. -. - o- de'r very far."-Yoeath's Compaulon. Mlay nL Never come to h. "There is the horreless 'carr age,' de se sesaid thoughtfully. "Yes," he admitted, "And wireless telegraphy?" ad "Yes." il "And chainless bicycles?" ce "I wonder," she said with a sigh, "if it ever will come to armless cour agg hips." tth Then he hastened to rescue 1er --