THE PLATTSBTTRGH SEOTESTEK

ALWAYS IN A HURRY.

I know a little ma men who is always| in a hurry;

She races through her breakfast to bein time for school;

She stiiii-bblos at, her desk in a hasty.sort, -of Hurry;

And roines home in a "breathloas whirlthat, fills itiho vestibule.

There wasn't much time to say anylore, for it grow still darker, a bis

sust o£ wind shook the Mttlo red. There was a lull, t'hea anothergust that made the two little old

ladies clasp their hands in fright. Andlightning flashing all 'around

d the thunder crashing over-, ......I. down came the. rain ,ln great| sheets and blotted out everything vis-

bl from tihe windows.blo from theLittle Percy began lo cry, "I wiant

S h e

It "Sek n

rr'M-y thrTies thn

' the

gh her f ;MnK, she

• i t?—SlM

nk it

until you

simple, as

<\vn to be-

But I'll) sure you'll HiI do. when I state

That the never has been k:trin a thing in Reason.

IP'R always in a hurry because• start.3 too late.

» Corner

Andshe

Whei all ;

tersliophea

keepinguer flays?you have be

urseh. nice let-

n wont to send. Wewhole batch of sun-

iii! you right away. Keepyour pens busy, my dears!—-Ed.HOW PERCY'S JOURNEY ENDED.

It was nearly noon, and Mrs. Mileswas •hurrying around ait a great

my marover, "I dont w1—w-a-n-t to ROas another hea

He lobbedto stay hehomo, I <U>

b o ytllll

friRhtencd little"Mamma, mamma,visitin', I don't war

I want my ma,mm:

"Mercy cm us, what, shall w« do!'aid Susan," the child 11 go distracted

But Percy was only badly frigtlnten-" oiled"

ain d o more gently he11'stened to what Pete began to tellhim about a squirrel lie had in a cage,and , , . . . .it, when wheels were heard in the

papa came running in, inquiring forhis lost little boy.

Pony ran to his side, glad enoughto have a ride home.

goin' to see ganma.'

hibiteel costumes similar to thoseby our grandmothers from 'the;t lagea. The latter item has in

itaelf beea the drawing card lorcrowds of feminine visitors.

Another innovation in London en-tertainments consists of carnivals andtreet showis similar to those held an-ually in many cities on the Con'tin-nt. In London, however, they form

but one of the hundred schemes forraisingEach district U

Inch

ley for the fund!having its own ca-rni-sts of a procession of

symbolic floats gaily decorated withUie national colors and patriotic, em-blems. It passes through some of thedensely-populated thoroughfares, andis accompanied by many men andboys with boxes, who jump on omni-buses .run into stores, and pass aboutamongst the crowds on the pavements,and in this way eollect large sums.There seems to be no class of peoplein Gr^at Britain unaffected by the war,aitid all—rioih and poor—have contri-buted to the fund in a way never be-fore known in the history <oi Britishcharity. Collections have been madethrorgh a general patriotic fund andthrough newspapers, in churdhes, the-atres, private entertainments, andfactories, by bazaars, percen

STKAMEST Or LAKES.

Tire result of a survey of Lake Ohe-n, in the northern, part of the state

of Washington, has been given out byGeneral Men-lam, ConMnander of thisDepartment. He says in his report:

"The cliffs on each side of the lakewere most precipitous, towering up inmany places to a height of 1,500 or 2,-000 feet. But it is the lake itself thatis the greatest marvel. Its waiters are'•Ic-v-r and ibh:e, and by actual £oim<l-imgs have been found to be an averagedepth of 3,000 -feet. This seems almostIncredible, but it is the troth! Thewidth of the lake varies from a mileand ia 'half to two miles, but the lengthis the miost remarkable of all.

"When I pointed up toward what ap-peared to be the head of the lake andpsked the Indians if the lake was notabout three miles long, they laughed

h k their heads. They said it' j f fa thr days' journey for a. four-

cared canoe. I determined to s i for...yself, so the next morning my engin-eer and 1 and two Indians started up

t tithe lake in thpossessed.

"It

largest canoe nativesessed.It was impossible to go on the lake

shore, as in most places the moun-d t

National Capital Midsummer Gossip

ASHINGTON, D. C, July 3.—

There is no such thing nowas a "Social World" in the

Nation's Capital, nor will there be anyof its gay dioinga to chronicle, in theseparts, for months to come. Everybody

his or her annual akuirry,across seas, up mountains and downdales—amd is expected to keep it up,at least until the crisp days of Octo-ber,—although there is little doubtthat, most people would be far more

mfortable in the restful quiet ofThe long li! 'ho

weddingsl f

gis all complete, andh bili d i

plainer!, "but I guess I'll wait till

les of many o jed other ways, and the British peoe have most lavishly opened thei

1 ll f

and in a Iran-1 tsins ran>dge. We rowei

northern, „ ., ..nd ia.ll former precedent.It is noit tjoo imulcli to say that in spi'e

ther ti W h e m m aPete, I'll <

n.d see the squir

go with

> get the dinner onn hunary men whoie hay-field. The -

and a

table for sev-ere working in.ther 'was very

thunder shower was'threatening, and she knew the me:

. (hurry. Already their lo-u'dtalk and laughter came from the u

room where they were prepa

Notes from London.

LONDON. June, 20th, 1000. Ameri-cans coming to London this yeai

' will notice in nil parts of the citjnsiderable

s and

paictivity in building oper-

sireet improvement

tarisr•a comchildren with capsthe'r heads, stick!dev

•ing fo

te raotiher. "fillle, and lcok af-

din-—."Here, Fred." said

the pitcher for the tailter Percy —dinner us ready nc*.

The hired girl placed a dish of smok-ing "potatoes on the ta.b'e. the rest offhf e-it-ble« were hurried on, and tiheSeVo^ne Wins in to take their seats,t u t the little high chair at mammasleft hand was empty, and no littlePercv t:o be seen anywhere.

"Where's Perey," said ipaom, whodid

not 1 iiss 'his little (boy's brightface rr. the table, and "Where's Percy,I wonder," echoed mamma. But thetea must -toe poured for the men, andthe nwal proceeded a;s usual.

Meantime, Percy was having a nicelittle time all to himself. He had sud-denly decidied to go a-visitlng. Heconfided his secret design to the twotoddling puppies and to Tabby in herbasket, with her wee Kittie lying ~~cosily beside her.

"Hey! ole Tabby," said Percy, "I'mgoin to .see my gr&nma, She goed(home yesserday fore, and I'm gointoo.'"

Old Tabby winked comfortably at. th is astontehing .piece, of 'news, and

purred a little louder as Percy wenton.

"See 'this bastek, Tabby? I've gotLmy lunch put up myself—mamm:^didn't help me tall."

If Taibby could have peeped into thebasket 'held so closely to heir head, she•would haive discovered a grteen apple,very small and wiithered, a .much-nib-bled cookie, luaflf a, eraaker, and acrust ot dry toast, also a well-wornnightie, bundled together in a veryuntidy manner.

Beforte tihe big horn called, to theworkmen to get ready for dinner, Per-cy had left the chioken-coop where hehad been playing, in the back yard,•and with his olu cap, worm with thefront piece over the back of his neck,•and his basket on his arm, had >mia,rcli--ed boldly through the big gate and dis-appeared down the road. He looked-around,several times, ibut no one call-ed him. "Miammia don't care," he 'saidto himself, " and won't gamma bes'prjsed to see me? Maybe she'll giveroe a norange or some choolate 'drops,-and she'll tell me more about the threebear?."

..... It was very nice walking down thewide path, and Percy trudged on as•happy as 'a lark. By this time mam-

. . - j n.~«™lf nT1f1 iras lOOik-

Many of the streets have IJCBII gradu-ally encroached upon by bull-lings tomeet '.he demands of an ever-growing

•ade, shops hcive- extended forwarduntil in some parts th^ roadway has

altogether insufficient for its......r...... Henc-3 the London CountyCouncil— the body that' manages theiiivnicipal affairs of Greater London—,ns of late carried on extensive alter-lions and improvements to relieve\i(-. congested road traffic, and hastvised the regulations governing newiuildings, s i that future requirementsi.ay b.j orovid«d for. Many old build-

iiigs have been removed, and so greathas been the energy displayed by "L. C. C. in this work that, only a stormof indignation on the part of the press. i d th3 public of thefrom ruin a number

ity has sa^if buildings -

the demandse Indian Famine

charities.

3 on the publicfire relief, and

of little lessban ton million dollars has been sub-

scribed for the relief of the war suf-...."c-ra. The war has moreover in-spire-] everybody with feelings of mil-

id patriotism, isight to see a s

down to theilong until iconfinie of the lake,

ud there we found that it made a big>end to the right arid stretched on and

on. The next day we started outa'*ain, and on the thivd day at night-fall, just as the Indians had said, wereached the head f the lake. On thereturn trie- we measured thi distanceand found the length to be a fraction

g p ,the very last of the billing and cooing"Souls with but a single thought" de-parted two days ago, amid the regula-tion showers of rice and old shoes.The White House is closed, the Caipi-tol deserted, boards are uip before allfashionable windows, unaf frightedspiders are already draping their webs iover diplomatic and official doorways'and grass grows rank in the highwaysof Vanity Pair. There is no othercity in th)e Union quite 'like this—soutterly abandoned and given over toinsomnia 'during a third of every year.

Though (the prominent people whom;he country considers as public prop-•rty, whos'e doings it has a right to

know about—wander never so far andtvide from their proper mooring inhe National Capital, it is easy enough

the Main© laws and the prejudice ofthe Episcopal church against re-ma/r-•iage for divorcees caused vexatious

postponement. The statutes of theBay Ptate demand that a formal an-nouncement of their Intention to mar-ry must be filed iby the contractingparties at least five days in advance.Dr. Moore did not know this when heapplied for his license a week ago,and even his prospective father-in-law, the chief lawyer of the UnitedStates, could not help him one bit, sothe young people had to postpone theconsummation of their happiness.Then another difficulty arose. Theydesired to have the hymenial knotmade fast by Rev. W. O. Baker, of theEpiscopal church at Bar Harbor—alife-long friend of Chief Justice Pul-ler. But he refused point blank, onithe ground that Mrs. Aubrey haid beendivorced and her husband was yet liv-ing. That settled it so far as the Epis-copal church was concerned and Dr.Moore rustled around in great exclte-nent, until he finally secured the ser-ice of a Baptislt Minister at Sorrento.

The couple left at once on a honey-moon tour through the West ain'd will

over 3ixtv-flve"This curiously

body of water

oailesnarrow find deepcut down through

ithful chroniclers as th© Plaittslburghress and Sentinel. For example: Ev-

erybody holds in loving remembrancethe gallant young naval officer, Com-mander Richardson Clover, and hi3

ing foexpress

ll

py as a la y s time mhad excused herself and was look-

her little boy. She found his.wagon near the pig-pen and

f tones waiting to bepress ga small heap of stonescarted off, but no dear'littlehtfaded, sunburned Percy was inA low peal of thunder growled i

h i

yight,

thedistance and laughing in great gleethe men came from the kitchen witha rush, determined to get the hay un-der shelter before the rain.

And Percy walked on. He -was stilltalking; -husiily to himself about grand-ma. "She'll say, 'ihave you had anysupper, Percy? Come right in. My-snipp-?'!' is all ready, an there'is pie andhoney and cake an 'serves, an cus-tard an everything.' "

Considering that grandma lived on-ly 200 miles a,way, the prospect was

Percy stopped short when

great historic interest. Of tho workof improvement at present being car-ri"d oi, by far the most interesting isthat ia connection with the wideningif tho eaf,t end of the Strand. An.v

1 arson who has visited London wil:cadily recall the rookery of old build-

ings extending for four blocks betweentin; charches of St. Mary-le-Strand and,St. Clement's Danes, two of thechurches bailt in 1666 to replace thelarge number destroyed by the greatlire of that year. They are situatedin the centre of the Str'and—Ijondon'snnin artery of vehicular traffic—andbetween them has accumulated thiswedge of buildings, which narrowsthe Strand in tshat part so as to seri-ously affect traffic. These buildings

IOW being demolished and theStrand is to be opened to its full wid-h bet we ? n th9 churches, in front of

each of which is to be erected a monu-nent to cne of England's greatest

poets. On the other side of the wedgea Jane, not wide enough for two

ihicios to pass, named HolywellStreet, from the "Holy Well" whichrom most ancient tim©3 up to the:arly part of this century was the

pi-incipil of several wells from whichoU London was supplied with water.,tni wnjch was located near here, buthe street is more commonly kno1

is "1'ooksellers' Row." For manydecides a large ^hide was icarrled onin thi.3 place in immoral books andricturo?, until checked some years agoby Lord Campbell's Act against, theKale of such material. It ha' "ur. to the present time, been a notor-

•ket for the sale of all kind!of sensational matter and the head-

ops for old bookstalls. This lat-.nss of shops ha1; formed a nara-

dise for the book collector, and in thepast has been the regular haunt formany famous men. Dickens was afrequent figure there, and, at one time,

re been seen almostdaily rummaging among the dusty vol-mes on the top shelf of some little

soeiationsneighbourhood.

i bend in t h e road he sa i, l i t t lered house, with a nice flower gardenin front. There were two women inthat house, and a hoy named Petestayed with them daytimes and didvarious chores for them. He was inthe little garden at work now, andleaned on his hoe when he saw Percy..All'ait once Percy remembered he hadeaten no dinner, so he sat down••stone by the roadside, and ate up allTils luncheon except the little green ap-ple—even tne crust of dry toast tasted

pshop. Many historicconnected with this gand although now one of the busiest

of London, it Us scarcelycentury ago since the narrow, dark,and irregular alleys behind HolywellStreet were so infested with footpad;that few persons dared to venturealone in that quarter after nightfallNea1 here were Located the publicstocks; in a room of one of the oldiharables which at one time filled the) en space about the Church of St.Clementis, Guy Fawkes and his com-rades concocted the famous Gunpowder

__ _.. over their shoul-and singing the popular air

"Britannia Rues the Waves," endingwith the assurance that Britons nevershall lie "slaves" and prolonged cheers.

Those who have seen London in thefog and gloom of winter and earlyspring, would carry away anything buta favorable impression of the city, butas spring grows into summer thebeauty of London increases, and atthis time it is one of the miost attrac-tive places in the world. Londoners

;rhaps do not appreciate the suprem-_.jy of itheir city over every other inEurope, particularly in the possession

Hyde Park, Green Bark, and KewGardens. These .and other saich spots

now in the height of their beauty.These are the "Lungs of London."where one may resit in perfect calm-ness away from the busy streetsthe rush of traffic, and inhale the clearair and the fragrance of (the belauti-ful flowers. At this time a visit tothe vast Botanical Gardens at Kew iia joy that should not be foregone byany visitor. In Green Park—the Parkbetween Piccadilly and the Mall, infront iof Buckingham Palace^—an ex-cellent military band plays ©very Sun-day afternoon and some evenings.Hyde Park is as ever, the place whereextremes meet; here on "Rotten Row"—thft assembling place for the CoachMeets—are the select of London, tak-ing tHieir idaily outing, and here oniSunldays may be seen the "ChurchParade"—a feature of London Society,similar in some ways to the SundayFifth Avenue Parade of New York'sFour Hundred. Lords, Ladies, andthe other members of London's fash-ionable society meet, and for an hourparade up amid down the "Row" pastthe dressmakers, milliners, society pa-per reporters, and the ordinary peophwho occupy the sidie seats, while onlia short distance off the "other half':

lies about ithe grass, singly or ingroups, or congregates in crowds aboulthe dozen "or so open-air orators ,who

lounted on boxes, pour out theirgrievances and har&mgue the crowdsdthin certain limitations allowed by

ithe indulgent police.

It would niot be right to overlookthis week, the death of Mrs. Gladstone—perhaps the most perfect example of

tfely devotion that our times h r ~seen. When we consider the -greatacts and opinions of England's GramOld Man, we cannot bust recognize thlai

prolonged life, and the enormousA mtity of work that he was able tcget through, were both diue to th'cecding care she itook to save himfrom trouble and annoyance of everykind. Without Mrs. Gladstone, MrGladstone could never have been whathe was, and their union was as perfeelas it is possible for any earthly unionto be. Mrs. Gladstone welcomeddeath as the means of reunion witlher husband, and yesterday sheburied in Westminster Abbey by hiside, according to arrangements madat the time of Mr. Gladstone's deatltwo years a;go.

the mountains by the glaciers of by-At the foot of the lake U

THE OIGAE SHAPED TRAIK.

A moat interesting and importantrailway experiment is now being con-ducted fby The Baltimore and OhioRailroad Company with a passenger

*ain of peculiar construction, disigned by Frederick U. Adams,formerly of Chicago, tout now OfNew York. The train 'is variouslydesignated as the "wind-splitter," the"cigar shaped train," and other termsdescriptive of its design. Mr. Adamsis at a loss for an appropriate name,and dieserilbes his invention as a, rail-way train calculated to offer the least

3 resistance to the atmosphere.He has constructed a train with thedea of treating the air as if it were

A fluid wiifh the saime qualities of pres-sure and resistance as water, and ar-

are to be ob-nrach atten-

Plot; here, in still standing,Sir Thomas iMore received his earlyd t i d h ill standing

anld ex-eduoation. and there are «•others of these picturesqueceedingly inconvenient houses whichformed isuch a feature of old London.From Angel Inn, near the end of Holy-well Street, Bishop Hooper -1

1554 to be burnel ;in the same Inn, a:black slave girl

ut the c.take, andlate as 1769 aiold a t public

auction. Many other well-knownbuildings situated in this neighbuor-hood are now being pulled down towiden the Strand, and in the course ofa velar there will be a magnificent ap-

KODd.One of the little oid ladies who liv-

^d in the red house looked out of thewindow and called to the other little

"Susan! do come here and see who} broad avenue is to be cut connectingor what that is on Khat stone, near the | it with Holborn, and will probably beline fence! Is it a child, or what?" |callel Glaics'one Avenue. The shortest

WOMEN BULE

While studying social conditions inoriental lands, Dr. Alice B. Stookhaimwas advised by Tolstoi to visit th-aNadars on the Malabar coast of India:

and witness a type of civilization un-known elsewhere among the inhabi-tants of earth. Here, according towriter, tihe husband is a mere incidenin the social organization. Woman'power is autocrat and absolute. 9h>wins or divorces a husband, at \She frames and administers the 1by which he lives, and through her isthe descent of the property, which hemay earn, but not own. The rice-field is his active arena, and if indus-trious and frugal— proving himselfcapable of maintaining a family—some Naiar maid invites him to be-come her husband. The successfulman of eligible years is wooed and

on as is the fortunate and acco

sure dgues that if high speedtained with economy

o keemd

ck of aill (theirlown-sittings, owing

charming wife, whonly daughter of a

C l i f i Twealthy Senatori f

y g yom California. Theirs was one of

:he ideal homes of Washington, al-ways open in lavish hospitality totheir hosts of friends, their two littlegirls -keeping' up their end of the so-

t f t i ip

i to perfection inr season,

summer homei in August.

Mrs. Mathilde Ri

Mrs. Mathilde Richter, DoniphMNeb., says:

"I suffered from catarrh far manjreturn to th<Chief .Just _

The Secretary of the Treasury andjru-na I feel strong and well. I would

jyears, but since I have been taking Pe-

I f l druna I feel strong and wellMrs. Gage are passing Fourth of July a d v i s e a n people to try Pe-nweek at Atlantic City The Secretly | d P d M

g pweek at Atlanti

gCity. ' " thPt!U s e d P e * r u " n a a n d Man-a-lin while I wag

lav."* The P r a S ^ e n e r a l ' pass ing through the change of life, I a m

Who is temporarily at the same resort: positively convinced your beneficialwith his family, will also <be among remedies have relieved me from all mythe patriotic speakers. Mrs. Wash- ills."ington McLean entertained at luncih-1 Pe-ru-na has raised more women from

tion should be paid to 'the lines of pas-senger coaches as to those of a steam-ship or yacht.

Under the Adams plan of construc-tion there is a continuity of lines fromthe engine caib to the rear car. Allpossible obstructions are avoided.The spaces between the cars are closeiby flexible connections, which, whilepermitting the flexure of the tram oncurves and rouigih tracks, yet presentno opening for -the air. (All air roii-entilation is admitted from ithe frontnd of the tender, below the smoKe

from the locomotive and above thedust from the trucks. It , passesthrough ducts along the car roofs andis distributed in the train, escapingthrough registers in the floor. An or-dinary locomotive is used.

Six old passenger cars have been re-modeled on these plans, and a series oftests is now being made. It is hopedthat a means will be found to securehiglher speeds with economy and toprovide some means of ventilation oth-er than that of opening car windows.The field is a new one, and importantresults are expected. The tests thusfar 'Show a decided economy in powerand an increased speed ranging fromseven to twelve miles an 'hour. Mr.Adams is confident that a careful studyof the construction and Of the air cur-rents will lead to far better results.

Wltlh light engines tne six cars havebeen hauled at exceedingly highspeeds. Tihe 'best runs thus far havebeen eighteen miles in sixteen min-utes, ten miles in eight minutes, 4.6miles in three minutes and eight<seconds, and two miles in seventy-oneseconds. Railway officials are intent-ly watching these tests. ProminentNew York and Baltimore capitali;are interested in IMr. Ad'ams' inven-tions, and (his train will have a thor-ough trial on various roads in thesummer.

cludtag a fa,ncy-dnannually looked forward to by all thesmall folk in tbe upper circles as trugreatest event in their calendar. Some

onths ago Commander Clover wasattached to the United 'States Ei '

at London, and the beautiful homais transferred to the other side ol

the Atlantic. Word comes that tluClovers are already prominent in theninew social environment. At the chil-dren's private theatricals, recently a r -rann-ed by Princess Louise, for thebenefit of widows of Highlanders kill-ed in South Africa, the little Clover

'•nicled in 'the Londo^npapers as toeing <tho most beautifuland daintily dressed among the per-formers.

Mrs. Leiter, wife of the multi-mil-lionaire ex-merchant of Chioaigo, whocut sudh a wide swath in society herea couple of seasons ago, and whoseeldest daughter became Vice-queen ofIndia by her marriage with Lord Our-zon—is now wending her stately waywestward, with characteristic1 pomp

eon yesterday, in her cottage at Nar-ragansett Pier, in honor of Mr. andiMrs. Perry Belmont, who came over!from Newport to visit Admiral andMrs. Dewey. The gallant lAdmiTal andhis ambitious wife are greatly pleasedwith the summer colony at Narragan-sett. When they airrived the otherday, having gone straight throughfrom Washington in a private car, agreat crowd turned out to meet andwelcome them. As he stepped fromthe train a rush was made for himand it was with difficulty that he andMrs. Dewey pushed their way throughthe cheering throng. Colored Are wasthrown and giant crackers exploded,while the Admiral acknowledged thereception by standing up in his car-riage and bowing right and left. Nowonder their heads are a trifle turned-by so mucih adulation! The Admiral'sfull dress uniform is stunning—vestcut very low and with but a singlerow of buttons; coait in claw-hammerfashion, with a heavy band of goldbraid at the cuffs, and very heavyfringed epaitlets emblazoned with the•rarely seen four stars in solid gold;trousers bearing a side stripe of gioMbraid down the outside of each leg—

beds of sicknesa and set them to workagain than any other remedy. Pelviccatarrh is the bane of womankind. Pe-ru-na is the bane of catarrh in all formiand stages. Mrs. Col, Hamilton, Colum-bus, O., says: " I recommend Pe-ru-na t«women, believing it to be especiallybeneficial to them."

Send for a free book written by Dr.Hartman, entitled " Health and Beauty.1

Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O.

and- splendor,in the Or tent.^ith her two young daughters, in thethick of the early summer gaieties ofthe English Capital. They have op-ened Lord Curzon's m—which, by the way,Papa-in-Iaw Leiter,—and last week

NED WALSH'S HARDSHIPS.

By Frederick Charles Cleating.

Away out in the southern part ofIowa, stood a neat and cosy farm-house. It was of a wood color andwas surrouinded by aibout twentyof tenced-in land.

On one side of the house was anorchard consisting of apple, pluim andcherry trees. On ithe next side, wasa barn in wlhich was the hog-pen,stable for horses (and cows, hen-coops,storage shed, carriage-house, etc. Onthe other side stood simply the wood-shed and corn-crib; while 4n front of

[. j the house there was nothing but aquarter of an acre of lawn.

This farm was owned by Ned Walsh,_, man of thirty years or so. Hascharacter was nothing but good andhonest.

But one lay desitruction overtook

plished maiden of ourThe impropriety "

country,manifesting

the work in this part is completed, ;

_ _, child—a boy." said Susanpromptly, "and the little dud sitsthere as cool as a c nber,—eatin'—,nd its get tin' ready to rain right

said the firmustn't git

'•My sakifall him in

• dtiiM is it0"But here Pete solve

by opening the fronthi0; t n m hi1- hind (

-f

it old lady,wet—whose

y now fromie;h several n

her< to Holborn isand dirty lanes

pas t the -'Old Curiosity Shop"talized by Charles Dickens, now

n or-

all diffidoor, 'andoi t he tv.

waste-paper andThe well-kno-

rounds at Earl'n's greatest plr-are tbe scenesttraction in the

andag shiop.n bui ldingsCourt—one of Lon-

no\ < 1

strife between natural tendencies andnational custom may sometimes ap-proach the nature of an irrepressible

cosy farmstead in the form of thefire demon, and the farm was nearlyruined. The 'buirtaing of his home sodiscouraged Ned that he finally decid-ed to come East to ihis wife's father inNorthern New York State. Ned'sthree children were called back fromscihool and arrayed in new suits anddresses; then the whole family tookthe train and started East, leaving thefarm behind.

Ned arrived in New York with onlyforty cents in 'his pocket which was

mtliet, to yield is ruin and humilia- n o t enough to buy a breakfast for five,tion irreparable. The eligible bache- j T h e family walked to one of Ned'slor must await an avowal of love and j frjends, Mr. Penningkey, whi

: and suffer in silence if it be

ich h i

form. Exhi)

of Tnt<niei

b u l d p )

"Itfuth African display held

IrBa-1'i'tlt.iw

s

rah m averagee-enceieir nve sel••here ireepringf

T h e

withheld. The Naiim orisrin and much

inhabitants ofand in the a

ative governmelools are found;n India, and :of domes ticbeld Republican

Current Mngi

July Forum ii

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ofthe

India in intiel-din in s t ra t i on ofnt.here

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lence that among the thirteen articlespresented therein it is difficult to se-lect any one as especially worthy ofmention.If preference must be givenwe may name "Our Relations withCrerinany," by Williams C Fox of theBureau o>f American Republics; "Kiao-chou: A German Colonial Experi-ment," by Hon. Charles Denby, Jr.;'Social Reform and the General Elec-tion" (in Englamd), iby Thomas Burke;"Tihe Shipping Subsidy Bill," by theUnited States Commissioner of Navi-fration, E. T. Chamberlain; and "ThePassion Play at Oberammergau," byProfessor flans DevrLent. Other ar-ticles deal with the alleged increaseof crime in the United States, the pos-ition of the United States as a world

i-ea.l story of Hawaii, Ohin-civilization, the advisability of eii-

service, aM

about three mileslived

depot.

:ntire isuit of the regulation navylblue. He wears a belt, but usually nosword, and on his broad breast a num-ber of medals—two being >tihose latelypresented by Congress, one of bronze,the other the elaborate gold affair somuch talked and written about.

Representative Charles G. Bennettand his bride are now "at home" atMs summer place on Long Island.Senator and Mrs. Wetmore have just

She is now in London | opened their Newport villa, "Chateau-?um-mer." Judge Advocate GeneralLemly, U. S, N., and his family, >areoccupying a pretty cottag1© alt Deal

igumwm nuu»e i Beach, N. J. Senator ForakeT andvas a gift from * family are enjoying tliemselves greatt-

STEEL BILLETS AT $22.

Pittsburg, July 9—The meeting o:the steel manufacturers in New Yorlnext week, to stiffen the market seem*to have had no effect A manufactur-er here says that he sold a large ordeiof steel billets at $2|2 and $23 per torfor immediate delivery, and that th<market would reach that figUTe gener-ally.

This is a large cut in vi<ew of Chifact that the last sale of steel billet!was for $25 per ton, and the generalprice was $26. This was less thanfour days ago. Every effort to keep;he sale at $22 quiet is being mad©, Ibui:he manufacturer did not deny the report when questioned about it. H<paid the market would have to readits lowest figure to bring orders.

Second Commissioner District Clinton Count;for Year 1900.

p ,gave in it the highest ball of the sea-1

M.

News comes from Paris that thehomely little Countes3 Bonl de Castel-lane—who was Annie Gould, youknow,—is astonishing her countrymenand women who visit Paris this year,by the splendor of her entertainiments;but of which none but the double-dis-tilled creme de la creme are given apeep inside the fence, EO.i:o say. Lastweek the Count and Countess gave adinner dance in their magnificent /butstill uncompleted home, which has at)-sorbed so many of the Gould millions

•will doubtle®extravagant

swallow many morefurnishings—if one

may judge from the two tortoise sShellenamelled wardrobes recently purchas-ed for the Countess' foed-chamber,which cost $250,000 apiece. There areno two others like them in existence,I believe, having been construicted forsome dead king and enriched >by fili-gree work in brass of a kind of artwhich perished a century aigo with theartist. The ball in qu'estion gaveFrench society something to gossipabout for weeks to come. The ladiescame as flowers, the little brown host-ess 'herself dressed to represent a redpoppy. Three lovely women, arm inarm, represented the flag of France—the Duchess de la Rocksfoucald whowas Miss Matti'e Mitchel, daughter ofa Senator from Oregon, dressed as acorn-flower; the other two duiohessescarrjing out the tri-colors 'as red andwhite carnations. Mrs. Michael Her-bert, another well-known American

wihi'te 'rose. The cotillionflowers; amd after the

lady.favors weredance, supper was served in the illu-minated garden. The cost of the littleevening would have kept a dozenAmerican families in comfort for ayear and doubtless would -make wiseand economical Jay Gould uneasy inhis grave if he knew how his careful-ly garnered millions were being squan-dered.

"Washington people feel a sense ofpersonal loss in the sad fate of Baronvan Ketteler, the German Minister,who was 'murd'ered by a mob in thestreets of Pekin. His long- residencein this Capital where he was deserved-ly popular, and his marriage, onlythree years ago to an estimaible Amer-ican lady, (whom he met first and lov-ed while she was visiting Senator Mc-Millan's wife in Washington), makehim regarded as one of our people. Hewas a haindsome, cultured and everyway admirable man, in the very flowerof life, (about 4'2); and to regret forhim is added the awful probabilitythat his young wife has also fallen avictim to heathen ferocity. • Baronessvon Ketteler was with her husband inthe Chinese Capital, and nothing canbe learned concerning her fate; northat of the wife and daughter of Min-

ly at Spring Lake, N. J. They havethe handsomest cottage at that popu-lar resort—and the pretty Foraker•rJTls are in unceasing demand fordriving, boating and golfing parties.Vhe genial Senator spends most of histime lounging on the beadh and watch-ing the golf players, being always anenthusiastic spectator of the after-noon games.

The summer citizens of AlexandriaBay are so sure of tthe coming of Pres-ident and Mm MeKinley that theyhave fixed the daite of their arrival,August 9. During their stay it is ex-pected that they will enjoy the hos-pitality of the Thousand IslandYacht Club. It is also announced thatAdmiral and Mrs. Dewey -will at thesame tinte be guests of Nalthan Strausand family in their magnificent villaon Cherry Island. How much truththere is in either assertion, time'alonecan tell.

Among the golfers at Bar BaribOT,the one who takes th« cake, accord-ing to report, is the recently arrivedCount Tarnowski, of the Austro-Eiun-garian Legation at Washington. Heoccupies the most elegant suite ofapartments in that swellest of (hotelsthe Porcupine, and his habits, histmrn-O'Uts and even his golfing trousersare matters of eager comment. Hedrives to and from the Kebo ValleyClub in a gay, yellow-wheeled runa-bout, with a driver in drab livery;and on horseback 'he is simply "outof sight." On the links, the Count isdistinguishable ,from every part of thefield by a curious, broad-'bri'mmed,white canvas hat, which he alwayswears in playing and whose counter-part nobody ever saw outside of anight mare; and his golfing breeches {are of a pattern so strikingly uniquethat it would be no sin to worsihipthem, they being not "in the likenessof anything in the heaven above ©rthe earth beneath or the water under

TEACHERS' EXAM11ATI0IS,

FOR FIRST GRADE CERTIFICATES,Thursday and Friday, Anar. 9 and 10 , ai

West G'hazy.For Second and Third Grade am

Normal Entrance:Apri l 1 2 and 1 3 a t Ronsen Point.August 9 and 10 a t West Chazy.November 8 and 9 a t Mooers.

GRADE EXAMINATIONS.NOTICE TO TE ACHERS:—The Department of Pul

lie Instruction requires that teachers be appoint*

the following schools and teachers have been

Beekmantown—Dlst. No. 14, B. F. Douglass,

st. No. 9, Alice Dudley, Coopervllo. 1, Evylin H. Clark, Chazy.o 2 Mrs Alice Sweet Chazy

ChazyDIst. No. 1, Evylin H. Clark, Chazy.Chazy—Dist No. 2, Mrs. Alice Sweet, Chazy.Chazy-D!st. No. 5, N, E. Avery, West Chazy.Clinton—Dist. No. 5, H. M. Normandeau, C

Mooers—Dist. No. 8, France

Slooers—Dist. NEHenburghDiSlooersDist. No. 16, FEHenburgh—Dist. No.

¥fLC»fuenburgh"—Dist. No. 9, Mildred C. Hall, Merrill:ilenburt?h-Pist. So. 15, Silas B. Carey, EE

Dr. Ow(ie follow

ninth grade examinai

iO. W. O'NEIL, M. D..- School Commissioner.

Notice to Teachers.5V. O'NeU, School Commissitigteacher-* -"—' "•--

er;Di8t._ _. 3, M a r t h a _ _ „ _ ,5, Daniel Donnelly; Dist. No. 9, Marguerite Cross.

CHAZY-Dlst. No. 1, Prln. Alice Sweet; Dist. No.Prin. N. H. Avery ; Dist. No. 8, Alice Je r ry ; Dtst. S

CHAMPLAiNDist, No 1. Prin. Wlllard I. Hyatt; DtiNo. 5, Prin. George M. Lasell.

"- ™-~ " - ' Michael J. Sw.CLINTON —Dist. NDtat. No. Sv Prln.F d E L k bDtat. No. Sv Prln.Fred E. Lockerby.

Dist. No.B. Carey.

MOOERS-Dlat. No. 3, Prln. T. B.ViNo. 4, Ernest Smith; Dist. No 6Dist. Vo. 7, Pranc G S t l bFannie M. Clark.

No. 3, Prln. T. B.Vi , _ .mi th ; Dist. No. 6. Sarah Murphces G.Stelnbarge; Dist. No. 16, Pri

School Commlssioi

HOW'S THIS?We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-

ward for ai.»y case of Catarrh that can-not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.Cure. ' :

We, the uindersigiaed, have knownF. J. perfectly honorable in all busi-ness transactions and financially ableto carry out any obligationis made bytheir firm.

West & Truax, Wholsesale Drug-gistsToledo. O. Walding Kinnan & Marvin,Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter-nally, acting directly upon the bloodami mucous surfaces of the system.,Testimonials sent fre?. Price 75c- 'per bottlo. Sold by all Druggists.

Hall'3 Family Pills are th© best.

GREAT AK0HAE0LOGIOAL FIND.

They asked Mr. Penningkey to lendthem a team. He answered in the af-firmative and invited them in to break-fast. This invitation "struck" Nedjust right as he tvas a man thatwould rather starve than aisk for food,

as ovei, Ned nitch-d h th h l

Conger, and the several other la- ( Professor Herman V. Hilprecht, theof the legation in whom all i Babylonian explorer, who in the spring

I of this year w n t to the Easlt to super

Affcer b r e a k f a s ted up the horse and then the wholefp.rn'ly started for their d'estinaitdon.

He arrived at the home of his faitiher-in-law at dinner time and was againinvited to sit down to another meal.

Nod's fait'her-in-law gave him workon 'hiis farm, although he did not needhim as ihe had four men already work-ing for him.

Ned stayed there all. winter and inthe spring, having made a little mon- j that t....ey, he bought a farm of Mr. Penning-* j wej] a'n"^

friend who had loaned him j f.ireles ol

Americans are interested.You remember that the engagement

of Mrs. Pauline Fuller Aubrey, eldest^•lighter of Chief Justioe Fuller, toDr. Samuel Moore of Evanston, 111.was announced in tnese columns some

the team.Ned never had a ohance to sell the

land away omt in Iowa.This tale of hardship and luck is

true in every respecic,—if you doubtmy word, ask Ned, 'he will tell you.

FIRE AT LIVERPOOL DOCKS.Liverpool, July 9—A fire caught to-

day in the »heds of Elder, Dempster &Co., Liverpool docks. Large quanti-ties of palm oil caught fire and blazedfiercely. The flames spread to thecompany's steamers Benguela, Bonny^ndOyon^whjcit, however, were t

months ago. It was not expected thatthe wedding would take place beforenext September, but this is by nomeans the first time that the fair bridehas .surprised society. Eleven yearsago when she was Miss Fuller, sheelor>ed with a Chicago sporting man,Mr. J. M. Aubrey, and was married tohim in Milwaukee. The union provedunhappv, and in '95 she secured a di-

from him, in Chicago. Aboutme she met Dr. Moore, who isnd favorably known in medical

that. city. One would thinkit easy enough to getT n d of thp Pie ut Dr. Moore and

\iibipv found thit tho couise ofran proverbially rough

cnh derided to IT\\P theilco r'ace on Tune 24th but

IDr.Fenqer'sGOl

INFLAMMATIONBorethroat, Headache (6 minute ), ToothFelons

of this year went to the Easlt to super-intend tho excavations in Assyria andBabylon in the name of the Universityof Pennsylvania, describes in a letterjust received the important results offcis journey. He says: ''The resultsof oar researches exceed everythingtri.it has so far been known aloutBabylon. We found the great templelibrary and priest school of Nippur,which had been destroyed by th9Elamites 228 B. C. The library con-sists of sixteen thousand volume3written on stones, and covers the en-tire theological, astromomical, lin-guistic and mathematical knowledgeof these d'ays. We also unearthed acollection of letters and biographiesdeciphered the inscriptions of manynewly discovered tombstones and mon-uments and espied, finally, best of all,five thousand official documents of in-esrimable value to the student ofancient history. The net result of our.ioirnev consists so far of twenty-three thousand stone writings."

2;itfs \ hung iy m a n would preferyam pie to \ o m pictv

This world would again be an Ederif men would onl>think they ought to.

do what women

TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS.Irst District Clinton County, for Year 19

FORPIHST ORADE CERTIFICATES.Thursday and Fr iday , Aag. 9 Pnd 10.Program Thur sday :

A. M.—Arithmetic, Geography, Dravring.P. M.—ComDosltion, Grammar. Physiology and Ci

F r i d a y :A. M.—History, Algebra, Book-keeping, OrthograptP.M.—Civil Government School Law, Phyaii

Methods and Soaool Economy.. ^r Second and Third Grade and Normal Entrance

Certificates:—April U-1S, August a-10, November S- -Program Second and Third Grades and N<

Entrance.Thur sday :

A. M.—Civil GovernmeiP. 5I.~-Historv, CurreDit

Economy.Fridayi

School Law and DrawlniDl Law anMethods

Teachers taking examinations for Third Gra(Certificates take only School Law and History tlfirst day^of the examination, and all the subjec

Lnations are the reguleus in the following sul

Orthography,'

ink, compasses —Uniform paper must be usedat the Commissioner

All examinations will be held in Piattsburgh; thed maybe purchased

_^.Jai^holLTeachprs will preserve this notice, as no

extended notice will be given during the yeaHERBERT S. McCASL

School Coin'r 1stAND,District.

Oommencing Sanday, Jane 24, I860 ,passenger trains wiU 'leave as follows;

GOING NORTH.

AUSAI:LE BP.ANOJi.

" GOING SOUTH.

avo PiattsburghBluff PointSouth Junction

" Salmon River|; Laphams Mills

" . H a r k i i e s a •.•.'.•.'.•.'.•!'.•'.•.•.*

Ferrona" Riurera

Arrive Auaabla Forks ..'.'..'.'.

GOING NORTH.

Harkness : . .PeruLaohams Mills . . . .Salmon RiverSouth Junction .. .Bluff Poiat

3 Plattsburph

MOC-ER3 BRANCH.

GOING NOWTH.Leave Platfcjburgh 8:25 a. m . : Be^C* -f

mantown 8.37 a. m.; West Chassy 8.52 a . SAm • Chazy Junction So5 a. rn.; Soiota . *

•i. m. Arrive Mocers Junction 9 .S

GOING SOUTH,

Scitrta 10.45 a m . ; Chsa. ra-.j-.West Chazy t t :™, **?11.25,; Arrive Plat tsburjrh 11.

CTM.TBAUGAT M M ^ l |<:OING WEST.

TVlUa S.47memora . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Wzy Ltake . . . . . . . . . . . 9.35

Lyoti Mountain . . . . . . . 9.5JLoon L i k e . . . . . . . . . . 30.5JBloomlnsfdal-i . . . . . . . . . ll.SCSaranac huke . . . . . . . . 11.45liako I'hicM .. . . . . . . . . 1?.15

Bloomlnsdule . . . : " :Loon Lake

GOING E \ S T .

CadyvffleMorrispnvJlle ...Plattsburgh . . .* D a i l v • • • • " . • • • - • • • • " • • • • • • " ' ' • : \ — " ; - / ; ! l

Additional service between StfransirSLLake and Placid ^-Leave Saranac Laka!^7.37 a. m., 12.07, p . ia.t 7,12 P- Eft. • _ 1 ,rive Lake Placid 8 a. m., 12.30 ^ V i ^ p i7.35 p . m. Leave Lako Placid 10;80 at*^| '7.50 p . m: Arrive Saranac Lake•;lfefjjf<m., S.20 p . m. ^•: ;^ i

KeesBYiUe, Aosable CHasm A LakeChamolain Railroad Co.

In effect Monday, May 28.1900.

o»te otTrains will connect at Port Kent with

« r trains of the D. & H. C. Co., andhe Champlaln Transportation Co. ?;

GOING EAST, •' :' ~;\ ~MLv. Keeseville, 7.25 a. m.: S.15 a. nut - I

9.15 a. m.; 11.05 a. m,f l .35 p . m. ; 8 »p. m.; 5.20 p . m.; 9.35 p . m . Lv. Au* :sable Chasm, 130 a. m. : 8.2fr a. m . ; S.Sfciia. m. ; 11.10 a. m. ; 1.40 p . m.; S.05 p . na.; »;5.25*p. m. ; 9.40 p . m. Ar. P o r t T K e n t i i7.40 a . m . : 8.35 a. m. ; 9.35 a. m . r l l . Sa. m ; 1,55 p . m . , 3.20 p. m.; 5.40 p . m^f v

" 9 . 5 5 p . m . ' , • . - • " "• • • ; -.- •-; v § ; :

G O I N G ' W E S T . , ••'••• . " • • : - - ; V v ^

Lv. P o r t Kent , 7.45 a. m.: 8.41 a . raii;'1 a. m . ; 11.30 t ""

m.: 8.41 a . m. ;1.59 p. m.; S.«. m. Lv . A ^8.56 a. m, ;

a. m.; 11.45 a. m.; 2.14 p. m.; 3.56 p\6.02 p . m.; 10.17 p . m.; Ar. Keesev8.05 a. m.;.9.01 a. m.; 10.00 a. m.;a. m.; 2.19 p. m.; 4.00 p. m. ; 6.07 P,1022 D m

, ;9.40 a. m. ; 11.30 a. m.; 1.59 p. m.; S.«p. m.; 5.47 p . m. ; 10.C2 p. m. Lv . A ^sable Chasm, 8.00 a. m.; 8.56 a. m, ; 9.55a. m.; 11.45 a. m.; 2.14 p. m.; 3.56 p\ m . t602 p 1017 p m ; Ar. Keeseville,

a m ; l iSS

Ogdensburg and Lake ChampfafsRailway Time-Table.

Cowefted tc. June 24th, 1«W, DallyE-scej)t SunUav.

TRAINS LEAVE ROUSES POINT!

1 at 5 35 A. M. for CbSteaiigay.ie, Norwood, OgdenBburg tJmnediate stations.Lt E ti f

wi th i>. & H. t r a in leavingbureh at 5.35 A. T ' *"L "

' M a l o n e , N(intermediate

2 10 Por Ldi-itl Jrixoress egmnectinjr w f l » sD. & H . t ra in lenvuM? Plat tsbUfffhiMp12 35 P . M. for Malone and Og^ensfel

9.10 p f ' M . E X P R E S S comie<?«ns*'I>. & H. t r a i n leavinsr P l a t t a t " ^

Norwood, Ogdensburft afid * idinte sit^.tinns. Pullrm.n SleepiniRouses J'cint to Chicago v i a " *FalJs:

TRAINS A R R I V E AT ROUSES _ .9 15 A. M. F > P R E S S from Ogdeni

Norwood, Malone, ClmteauKay

Examinations in Second District are held at thollowlng times and places: January and Nbvemlx

examinations at Mooers; August examina-tions at west Chazy, and April examinations *tBouses Point. O. W. O'NEIL,

School Com'r. 2d District.

KodolDyspepsia CureDigests what you eat.

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Prepared by C. C. DeWITT A CO., Chicago.

i, jja.u.i<jue, winiwttUKsy ;:[late stations connecting'•*

_ . _ train leaving Rouses Pi11.40 A. M., arriving a t Plattairti

7.50 p ; M : MAIL EXPRESS l ^ t a t O * % Sdensburg, Norwood, Malone, Chateau"gay and intermediate stations cWt^Snecting wi th D. & H. train .tei^vimf^Rouses Point 8.40 P . M., arrlving^M*?Plat tsbureh S.30 P . M. w ^ ^ S

I. A. HODGE. C. B. HIBBAB& »STraffic Manager, Gen. Paga\«A)g|i;r^

Rutland, Vt . ' ' ..:" -:^M

A large part of Christianity m ^ Min being good and amiable to eveiyr»S!bods. -: . . • . . " ' • . . • ..-.' :'fi'XS:

Give to tlhe pig when. He gruaats and :Mto 'the dhild when he cries and yonvAj?wiU have a fine pig and a tos& child.

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