Pittston Gazette

              V C/ KHTABLISHKmSSO. I fllltao VOL. XLVI. NO. *0 f UlUBS Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. P1TT8TON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 1896. k Weekly Local and Family Journal. SS* the use"? Well, alter awhile 1 found out that Barbary wanted a organ awfnl bad, an the school miss that taught the deestrio school, whore the three boys went to school all winter, hed got the spring term, an wanted to board at our house, r Copy right, 1895, by the Author. 1 ™ Baid if hed a Organ she'd "Yes, I was at his first wife's funer- J,arn P*»y *er her board. So 1 al, an if anybody hed told me that in a 1 d t**le **'"• 1111} wa° little more'n a year I'd 'a' ben his see- ™ cnmT ?? I J™ owed how to ba I said oud I'd said they was crazy. You see, h.°w good Bartory was, anhow sheoould my third cousin, Marthy Jane Holly, she Bing.llke "blrdD ,how we d  that was Marthy Jane Spaldin, lived in "lnslc* wonldn t oost much. But, his neighborhood, an I was visitin o' . jaws, Imight as welltalked to the wind, her when his first died, an Marthy Jane ' °e mouth,° hlsnLan «■£ *»?* tuk me along to the funeraL It was a *eJPlay°?wariboard dreadful dull day in February, an that Tb"t 8 ** "■*«««* their mother hed, muddy the team' could hardly pull us. f*1™* hev n0t? Kho°} mlff An when we druv up to the house I tbmgS, ? thelr thought it was jist about the lonesome* J*16*®" a leetle more 0 that uow place I hed ever seen. The house was a ancy. great, big, two story frame with nine , at s a hit at me, you see; but, winders an a big front door, an the yard care. I guess I was too hedn't a tree or bush in it. 'Law sakes, 0 . , when married, an Marthy Jane!'says L ' What a barn o'a somehow he didn t make me feel yery house I sentimental, as they call it I sot out to •'•Well,' says she, 'it's bran new. though, an I triedto do it They jist moved in it this fall' 1 told ***»*?* was nonse taikin "There was a sight o' folk* in the a 0rKan' «n she cried an said: 'If pap house, an I got in somehow 'mong the was late, owin to the men bein at work in the lower meadow. I dished up the meal an called all hands, but neither Barbary or Steve came in, an we ate without 'em. I was mighty feared their pap would ask fer 'em, but ho didn't. An as soon as the men went out o' the kitchen I went to look fer 'em. I soon found Barbary. She was settin on the back porch cryin. But she wouldn't say one thing about Steve. She dried her eyes an helped do up the work, an then went up stairs—said her head ached an she was goin to bed. I hed to go in the room, as it was bedtime, an I didn't know what to do. I slipped out an hunted fer Stove. Then I went up stairs, thiukin mebbo he'd gone round the house to the front door. But he hedn't, an the boys said they hedn't saw him. So I hed to say before I lay down, 'I guess Steve aiu't in the house.' when that ashy look comes to anybody they've got their deathblow. They may live a few years, bnt it's death it means. BARBARY. .NOTES AND COMMENTS. to practical operation, that we oall at tention to the law. THE SCOTS* N1MT OUT. anniversaries they would never forget that they word numbers of a reoe, and the deeoendante of a raoe who were famed for their piety and their devotion to Odd; and that all their meetings wonld rtfl «t eredlt on the name whloh man7 of them bore.; Mr. MaoOlements said then won id j always be a very warm spot in his breast for the "auld sod." The welfare, the peaoe, the happiness, the prosperity of his native land would always be dear to him, and thongh he had ont all physical tier whloh joined him to the old oounty, yet there were other ties whloh neither time nor distanoe oonld be able to severe. He was proud to oonfeas that Amerloa is aov his home, that she would now be the field of Ida labors and his beet efforts would forth be spent in bar service. Not only waa he attached to America in general, but to Pittston in particular, and be oonld say in the words of the Irish poet (•orry he had not bean a Sootohmsn) whan beholding the beauties of this valley, " I think how great had been my hH—, If heaven had but assigned me, To live and die In scenes like these With those I left behind me." "It remains for us to inquire freely into the causes which have tended to make bonnie Scotland a land of poetry.. It is almost a universal gift there—not to be a great poet, bnt to have thoughts and feelings which Walter Bogehrt wouid call literates q ue, and a romarkable proof of this is seen in the fact that but recently thirteen volnmea of modern Scotch po try have been oolleoted, and among are eome gems hard to match in auy age or literature. " 'How did he get throwed?' Well, yon see, jist as ho rode in at the barnyard gate the horse sheered an throwed him, an his feet caught, Barbary see it all, an see the stable door open. She knowed the horse'd make fer his stall an her pap's brains'd be knocked ont, an she got thfcre in time to shot the door, an when the horse r'ared np he struck her afore she could git out o' the way. Yes, Steve staid at home. I dunno what we'd do without him, an Emly an her man comes over right often. She has a little girl now. She calls it Barbary, an it's mighty cute. But it'll never be like my Barbary to me or pap either. An, after all, Selim had got out hin*«elf an was on his way homo when they caught him. But pore Stevey, he said ho never \?anted to see him again. "Phil Thomas? He was pretty downhearted fer a good while, but he's chirked up now, an I heerd he was waitin on Melinda Jones. She's a nice girl, bnt she couldn't hold a candle to Barbary.On Timely Topics of Local and Gen- It will beLusirne's own fault If, after this, the county does not have splendid driveways between oltiee, towns and villages. It la well that the ooaoty should take oontrol of roads of this character, since they are need soarcsly more by the Inhabitants of the mualolpalitles In which taey are located than by the public generally. Better than all else, It seems to ua that It opens the way to secure what this valley has ao long wished for—a boulevard from one end of Wyoming to the other. The need of snob a road la felt more than ever before slnoe the main thoroughfare; between our cities and towns havs been taken possession of by the T a tlon oompantee, and the hope of restoring them to their former eziellent condition for driving pnrpoaes so slim Taking advantage of the new road law, let a sUrt be made by building a modern road on the we-1 bank of the Su quehanna, from Weet Pltteton to the Market street brtdgi a Wllkeebarre The cost would be large, of o Durse, but It would be more than bale need by the advantages. 8a far aa we oan see, then la ao obstacle la the way of the oon strnotlon of the road, once the people de termlne to have It The bank la dear of obstructions on the west aide the entire diatanoe mentioned, and it la high enough In nearly all pleoee to make bat little filling necessary. The moat eerlonsdlffl3olty, perhape, would be fooad on the Dorranoeton Here, of ooar *e, it fould be neoeee try to balld walls or embankments strong enough to etand the pressure of the river's current. Th e, however, Is just the question that the Wllkeeharre people have been trying to solve lor years. A atrong roadway built along the weat bank at Wilkesbarre would render valoable the "data," aod the owners of this land, together with tae Wilkesberre, people who have been In o nvenleneed at regular Intervals by the high watef for ao many years, would heartily weloo ne the Improvement. • * By Mrs. E. V. WILSON. Celebration ol Burns's Birthday An- eral Interest. nlversary. THE NEW COUNTY ROAD LAW. A VERY SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR. An Important Act That Should KmoII In Matter Main I loads Throughout the Statc-Loiern* Could Build a Vina Caledonian Hall Crowded With People to Do Honor to the Great Poet, Whose Praise* are Sunt In Glorious Stralas- The Banquet, Speeches, Bongs, and Boulevard Along the West Bank of the Hirer. "No branch of eong or poetry Is wanting in Scotland's contribution to the world's ■tore of great verse. Briefly, then, the true oeueea of this are the Scotch soenery and the Sootoh mind. In the bleak hills, in moor and glen, in battle tteld and ruined stronghold, every bird that sings, the brakee of aoree, impress themselves on the mind of the Soot and beoome the haunts of the muee. As the misty mountain blows on the Scottish bards, they beoome the loving oraolee of natQte To the last,' as Stead- IMa 'nun will be awed by the mountaine and saddened by the waning moon and w ll And the aun-klseed wavee sparkling With his Joy and the stirs of night looking down upon his loneliness.' "And few lands have suoh sweetly suddening, grandly Inspiring soenery as blue heathered Scotland It is a well known that the Scottish mind has a tendency to develop its overflowing tenderness and A new law of considerable Importance passed by the last Legislature, which )• now la Is that providing for the permanent Improvement of certain public roids or highways In the counties of this Commonwealth. It's provisions should be thoroughly understood by the people of the St, ta, since it furnishes an opportunity tor extensive work in the line of "good roads " 3ectton 1 provides that the ooan tie- s'la'l have tbe power and are authorised, whenever the commlesloners or a m*j irity of them shall, by rrolutlon dnly adopted, deem it expedient to do so, and upon the approval of the o lutlon by a grand jury and by the oourt of Qatrter Sessions, to otasaauy pirtionlar main or public road or Highway or aeetion thereof to be Improved under the provisions of tie act, and for ihat purpoee they are authorised and empowered to re locate, open, widen, straighten, extend, alter and oons rn t tie same, and to vacate so maoh or any road as m*y thereby be rendered u inecees try and useless, and any road or highway constructed or Improved under the provisions of this aot shall forever t lereaftw be a canity road, and the dnty of m-ilntalnlng and keeping the earns in r Cpalr shall devolve upon the county. Dancing, Pitts ton, with its large and influential population of Scotchmen, has in the past years had many brilliant oelebratlons in honor of KDbertBnrns, but it k doubtful if ever before such a lar/e and tic company of Soots and 'heir friends has come together as that whloh gathered in Caledonian Hall, on South street, laet Friday, to commemorate the 187th anniversary of the birth of the great Scottish poet. Certainly It surpaeeed any of the oelebrationa of reoent yean. Conspicuous in the large company whloh thronged the hail, orowdlng It to lta utmost capacity, and overfl iwlng into the handsome Odd Fellows rooms adjoining whioh were used for reoeption purpoees, were many of the gray headed Sootoh fathers and mothers who took the parts in the Burns oelebrationa of yean long stnoe past, while there were present also an unusually large number of Sootoh lads and lassies who entered jast as heartily into the spirit of the oocaslon as did their fathers and mothers. " 'Let him stay out then,' said the squire, angry as ever. He hedn't spoke to me all the oveuin since the fuss. 'I'll let him know I'm boss here.' "I didn't sleep much that night, an I thought, 'Well, Sally Humphrey was a happier woman than Mrs. Squire Hillyer, I reckon, but Mrs. does sound better. ' Not a word was said in the rnornin till breakfast was called. Then tittle,Tom asked fer Steve. 'I reckon h®'s asleep in the barn,' said pap. 'Go tell him to come in. He's acted the fool long enough.' The boy went, but soon came back, saying he 'oouldnt find Steve.' I Bee squire's face change color. But he sat down to the table without a word, an we was about half through breakfast when there was a knock at the back door. Barbary opened the door, an a strange man walked in. 'Squire,' he said, 'good momin. That horse I bought of yer yesterday is missio, an I thought mebbe I'd find him here. He either got out o' the stable or was taken out' women, an tried to look round some, but I got sort o' interested in the talk. '* 'Dead folks soon fergot,' you say. I don't believe it. Folks don't ferget, but they can't go mourn in allays. An it wouldn't be right if they could. I know long as I live I'll never ferget my girlie, who giv' up her sweet young life to save her pap. No, I'm not sorry I married him either. He's awful good, if he is a little close with money. But that's his nature. I reckon it's 'causehe knows how hard it is to get But, bless my heart, it's nigh 4, o'clock, an that girl will never get supper on without I see to it So you must excuse me awhile There's the album with Barbary's picter in it 'Tain't half as pretty as she was, but you can guess a little what she's like by it Gilbert 3. Jones put the audianoe la good humor by his rendition of a Sooteh ballad, "Half Past Ten." Superintendent John B Law waa on the programme for an addreas on "The Industries of the Wy- One o' the womon said, 'What a pity t'was Miss Hillyer hed'to die jiefrag nhc other one said she'd noticed many a got settled in the new house.' An'an- time when folks built fine houses one or t'other of 'em died. Then a right old Woman spoke np, an says she: 'That'* omlng Valley," bat wm unavoidably abeent, sod sent a latter of regret, whleb wm md by the Chief. nonsense. Matildy Fillyerkilledherself, nernnl pamlun la lyric strains of elmple beauty, whioh no literature and no age baa surpassed It haa a quaint aees and a grace, an elegant simplicity and an affectionate girls done all the work fer the men tha$ built this yer house an fer the hands that so she did. Her an them two slips a,' Thorn* H. Kay, of Philadelphia, eang the aolo of a roaring war aong, and the aodlenee joined in the ohorns, MUa Hannah Araot being the aooompaalat. One of the beri addressee of the evening wm that by John M. Harria, tsq., cf Soranton, Assistant District attorney of Lackawanna ooonty. HU subject was "Poets and Poetry of SooUand." Mr. Harria said, among other things: «iP®w nations can show a longer and more even line of development la their ver*e than 8ootland. 'Kvery Scotchman,' wrote Sir Walter Soott, in his fragment of antobi ography, has a pedigree.' It Is a national prerogative aa Inalienable as his pride and hie poverty. If we oan catch the spirit of them lines and transfer It to Scotch literature, we shall see that it can boast of a kingly descent. worked the farm, an the las' time I see her she told me sbt made a hundred tenderness whioh are all its own. It ie this feeling whioh cries to ns in all lta wondrcns witchery in tie lines, yards o' rag carpet, wove it an alL' Bight o'clook via the iim» set for the opening of the celebration, bat It to nearly nine o'oloek before thlnp were la readlnees. In all about 800 persona wen In attendauoe. A reoeptlon committee committee oompoaed of Chief Weir, ex- Chiefs Robert MoMath, Alex. Sloan, John Struthers, John Haston, John Sorimgeoor and Robert Wallaoe, reoelved the guests la the Odd Fellows' rooms, where aoiae time was spent in a general social WSJ. " ' What made he-"' interrupted another woman. •"'For a minit nobody spoke. Then Tommy said: 'Pap, Selim ain't here. Mebbe Steve's gone after him.' " 'Nobody maCle bor,' said the old woman, 'She's that bigoted. I tole her "If you see him comin, jist slip it oat o.' sight He can't bear to Bee it. There's some o' my folks' likenesses in it too. No, I never did hev mine rakeu Don't reckon I ever will; hut, laws! 1 nintt see about supper." "E'eai then a wish I mind its power, A wish that to its latest hour • m m «fc Shall strongly heave my breast. / That I for poor anld Scotland's sake » Some useful piece or book could malre, -Or sing a song at least.n Following Mr. Harris's able address came a season of song. John J. O'Boyle entertained the oompany with two pretty love eongs, accompanying the songs on the banjo. Samnel Anderson gave a Scotch recitation—"Wallace, Kaox and Barns"—that wae very enjoyable: David Dick, of Mooaio was next oalled npon, and he fairly oonvnlsed the audience with laughter over Ue oomio songs, rendered in his own an que style. Mr. Kay waa calUd upon, and onoe more evidenced his ability to entertain. What with his stories and tongs, character sketches and flats solos without any flute, he furnishes a whole entertainment himself, and his renditions last evening were among the moat enjoyable of the whole programme. The last toast was "The Ladles," whioh was reeponded to by Major John B Smith. The venerable major sang the praises of the ladies aa enthusiastically as though he were a young fellow just starting out in Hfe. He sooted the baohelors and piotured the delights 01 eoolal intercourse With the fair ssz in glowing colors. Votes of thanks were tendered the ladles for their kind entertainment aLd thoee Who had participated in the programme, and than the floor was cleared for dancing, which waa coo tinned nntll" several of the early morning hours hid find, Charles Dobbie, William Williamson and William bobble being in oharge of this part, of the entertainment. « N As a whole, the oelebratlon was a great snooem. None of thoee of recent years have bseft more so, and muoh credit is due Chief Weir, and the following, who oompoeed the general committee of arrangements : Kx-Chief Gilbert S. Jones, Ex- Chlef A'ex. Thompeon, ex-chief John Thorburn, ex-chief Samuel Anderson, and Mango Thompeon. *twouidn't pay, bat said squire wag sot on aevin tbo house on the prairie, an they got the work donf cheaper by boardin o' rneu, an she'i boun to hcv carpets1'* "He watt a nice enough young man." was a pore man, 1 wouldn't want it But he's rich, an he might let us be * little like other folk, an ma,* she went on, 'if iky mother hedn't hed sioh t " 'Who's Steve?' said th# stranger. 'He is my soq,' -answered pap quickly. 'Ton shall hev our help, sir, in gettin jour horse. Set down an eat a bite while [ look about a bit.' The stranger sat do*n, an Barbary poured coffee while r followed the squire out. Aa soon as the door closed behind us Ire grabbed niy arm. 'Where's that boy?' he whispered savagely. 'I don't know,' I said, fer I didn't looked at me. His face turned moat the color o' ashes. 'O Whenever $be commissioners of a county r solve to Improve any puttlo road, they sh»ll canee to be prepared surveys and plans of the toad, and the proposed improvement, showing any re-locating, straightening, widening, extension or alt-ration, together with an estimate of the ooet and expense of the same, and «h*ll present th« surveys, plana an-1 estimate to fie oourt. Theoourt then dlreote notloe t D be given of the asms la the county pipers. Afterward th* application of the commissioners Is laid bi'ore the grand j uy and if a m*jDrlty of the Jurors, after a foil Investigation of the matter, approve it, they oertlfy their approval tq the oonrt, and the Utter fixea a time for filing exceptions to the iading of the Jary. The exceptions, if there be any, are heard, and tue court decides the quasdon. If tt deildee in fa*or of the Improvement, ty la ordertd and ttDe order la absolute. TKK K.ND " 'I don't care,' broke in my third hard time I believe she'4 ben a-livii iousin, Marthy Jano Polly. 'It's her yet, bat I guess pap didn't mean i Dwn fault If she'd managed the squire- ought to be aahamec^' ' Ah ehfl Wiped -ight, he'd never built tiinh a house. She her eyes an went up stairs. Well, iole me she wanted a littler one, bandy things went on the same way, but I was in full o' closets, but the squiro wanted gettin to think lots o' the children. The lie big onei Now I say if she'd man- boys was rough )f allays iged'— Jikod boys aq never tolcj talfp, an when " 'Qh, pshaw!' said the old woman. Steve wanted me to praise his colt—fer Hiss Holly, you dunno what you's talk- his pap bed giv' him a flue one—or Bob n 'bout* The woman that'll manage wantpd pi§ to giv1 palf mpre'n Its Jam mmlyer ain't born.' o' milk, or little Tom wanted any"ATthis minit a man came to the thing I could get fer him, I allays huloor o' the kitchen where we was sittin mored 'em, an 1 knew they liked me if m 6aid, 'All as want to look at the f wasn't uieir own mother, jorpse, please walk in.' I went in with "We bed an awful lot o* work the the rest, an tuk a look at the pore crit- summer a year after I went there. He ter, an went on through the room where put in a bJg arqp, tar he said he was ihe lay, across a great hall, into anoth- bound to pay -fer a 20 acre pasture be ar big room,4an I thought a hundred bed jest bought, an SO we bed to be up yards o' carpet wouldn't begin to cover airly an late. You see, he got two more all them boors. My, but they looked oows an hired another hand, an I deoold an dreary, an I said to Marthy Jane olare it was like a big hotel, only I be- Holly, when we got back to their cozy lieve it was harder. An I thought he'd little house, that it 'peared to me I'd work hisself to death, too, fer there freeze to death there. ' wasn't a lazy bone in his body, an the ''Well, when my visit was out, I bpys—J was sorry fer' (be little fellers, went home, an I declare I never thought It Seems to me folks thinks children 6iice of him, but along about Christmas never gets tired. Why, I've knowed Bob what does Marthy Jane Holly's man do to be that wore out that he'd crawl qp but come down to our house with him stairs at night on Ins hands an knees, in a sleigh. You plight 'a' upsot me with but { posldn't do nothiu only be good a feather when they walkea to 'mi, "You see, I was nigh on to 85, an *™ell, one day he fell ont with the not bein extra coocl lookin I'd 'boutcon- hand that I'd seen Emly liked, an turned eluded nobody d ever want me fer a him off—right in hardest time too. An wife, but the long an short of it was, tha$ didn't help matters, fer Emly sulkbe had heard about me, an he said he Ad, ah the man was a good worker, an was lonesome an bis children needed his plaoe couldn't be filled. An so the lookin after, an I toll you he's a good squire was cross as a bear. An bim an talker, an Marthy Jane Holly came to Emly had several fusses, an at last she see me an said all lie needed was the told him she was goin to marry Sam right kind o' a woman to manage iiim; White—that was the feller's name. My 1 that he was a good pervider, an had I'll never ferget time. But it's no about as good a farm as there Was iri use talkin it over. Emly faced her pap the county, an my brother Jim, as J to the last, an me an Bprbary cried- An was livin with, an Cyntby, his wife— it ended in Emly packin up her things she was Cynthy Smith, ole Tom Smith's an goin to one of the neighbors. An I daughter, you know—they said it was must say I don't believe what came aft• splendid chance fer me. They knowed erward would have happened if Emly I oould get along with him, an so I giv' I hadn't aggervfcted him the way she did. in, but I sort o' mistrusted that air sot j "Of course'Ht wasn't any easier on mb mouth o' his all the time. But, as I an Barbary after Emly was gone, though ■aid, I 'greed to hev him at last, an we I do say the hired men was awful clever, was married at brother Jim's ear)- in ' belpin us whenever tbey could, an I March, an Jim an Cynthy giv'me a Bays to Barbary one day, 'Don't you fall right nice weddin dinner. I will say in love with any (Hie o' them boys, fer that fer 'em, an, what's more, I allays I can't spare you.' An she laughed, an will believe they thought it was a good her face turned red. An you could 'a' thing fer a old maid like me to git to upsot me with a feather when she sayq, be Mrs. Squire Hillyer. I cried like: 'J won't, pna. J'ffl engagud "I felt a little jubious about his chll- to Phil Thomas.' 'Barbary Hillyer,' dren wantin a stepmother. You see, the says I, 'you ain't no such thing 1' "Yes, oldest gill, Emly, was about 18, an I I am, ma,' she says, 'but we're goin to thought maybe she liked bein boas, but wait till he's o' age. He's only turned laws, she 'pearedglad when I come, an 20 now.' 'Dear me,' thinks I, 'what had a real nice supper r«n|ly, an Bar- , will the squire say?' Yon Bee, I never'd bary, the next girl, wasa-smilin, too, an thought o' Barbary carin fer anybody. | heard her tell the boys—there was Au we young tellers in toe neigntwrthree o' them, from 14 down to 10 years hood took every cbanoe to be with hpf, old—that she liked my looks. | an was oomin to the bouse on errands. "Well, I kin tell you, it wasn't long or to see Steve, an hangin round Sanafore I found out that managin him days. But laws I I never &ought o' her was no easy matter, an Emly was his carin more fer one than t'other. An I picter. When he wanted a thing done, I wondered how it would turn out Phil it had to be done his way, an she was was a verynioe boy, but his folks wasn't like him, an so they didn't agree very very well off, an I felt worried. An so Well, an he hevin the power she hed to time went oq. Harvest w®8 pver, an giv' np, an so she was most allays in » Emly married, an her man, we heard, bad humor. The beys, too, especially bed rented a farm in the neighborhood, Steve, the oldest o' the three, was ever- when one day Barbary an me bein busy lastin quarrelin. So I begun to think in the kitchen the squire come in, seemafore many weeks that I'd better staid in in a mighty good humor, an he says: single, even if it wasn't pleasant livin 'I tell you, mother'—he called me tW. with sister-in-laws, an if it hedu't been nearly allays—'I've had a streak o' fer Barbary I dunno what I'd 'a' done, luck I got k big prioe fer Selim an he's but Barbary—dear, dear, I choke up yet gone.' Jtfuw, Splim was the uame Steve when I think o' her. She was so pretty, hed given his colt, £ I says: 'Selim! with her big blue eyes an white skin an Why. you surelv heven't sold 8teve's red mouth. colt?' He laughed. 'Steve's oolt,' he "I can't somehow help likin good said, 'but my horse. The beast's over 4 lookin folks, an I do thinkit's a real years old.' 'Oh, pap,' said Barbary, 'you misfortuno fer a_girl to be ugly. Mebbe oughtn't done it, Steve loved him so.' The Wonder of A huge inetal image of the god Dia But-Suis (he artificial wonder of Japan. Th« exact date of the erection of this gigantic brazen imago is not known. However, this much is certainj  Mikado ShopiU died in the year 748 A. ff. and it was some time during bis reign that the figure was set up, Thfe total weight of th6 metal used in the cog struction of this pnormous memorial of an imaginary deity was something over 450 tons, the most costly ingredients be ing silver and gold. Of gold something 500 pounds were used; silver, 1,954; tin, 16,827, and copper, 986,080 pounds. The height of the figure from the sacred lotus flower in which it sit* is 68 % feet. The face is 16 feet long and oJi feet in width in the broadest place. The eyes are rather out of proportion, each being 8% feet in lepgth from corner to corner. Each ear is 8 % feet in length from upper rim to tip of lobe •nd has a cavity in which two average sized men can easily hide themselves The Chest is 80 feet in depth, and the middle finger is exactly 5 feet in length The leaves of the sacred lotus flowei upon wnlch the figure is seated are each covered with several pounds of pure gold leaf. They are 10 feet long and 0 feet wide, and there are 56 of them. • » A modern highway op and down the valley, auoh as has been proposed, will be ft good thing for the farmer. Budneas men generally would be qulok to aee its advantage, whUe nothing oould be mentioned that would better pleaae the people who take pleasars la drivlug. It has been said that many of oar monled men remove to the big cities whsn they have laid np fi rtunea from the mines. Nothing oould aet aa a greater laduoement to ttom to remain here thao a fine boulevard through the valley alongside the river. We Just mention the proposition at this dote, and shall take opportunity in the near future to review the subject more fully. The banquet tables were spread in Caledonian Hall, eveiy bit of available spaoe being occupied. Chief Andrew D. Weir and the gueeta of honor oooapled seats oa the raised platform at the front end of the hall. An honr or so was spent In the enjoy tnent of the excellent sapper prepared by the ladies There was everything la the line of edibles that oould ha wished for. Not only were all of the modern dishes furnished, bat several Scotch preparations added to the variety of the meim and the -pleasures of the gueets. So large was the throng present t|iat seoond taoles were neoeaaary, while the latter were enjoying the feast, the others pissed the time in the reoeptlon rooms, being entertalasd by Mr. l£ay with several musical selections. God!' he cried. Then he hurried toward the stable, "Sootoh poetry began with a king by birth and reached a point of sturdy excellence and sublimity In ths writings of a man who waa a king by reason of his mighty geniai, Bobert Barns. Jamss I. wsa a royal poet in more than one sens*, and the first of a long lln« whioh has made the land of the mountain and the flood famona aa a land of poetry. The influence be exacted npon Soottish poetry was strong and 1 taring, and ha Is the troa father of Soottiah melody, though Bootdah music was little koown nntll the days of A1Un Bamaay, dear to the heart of every Soot aa the anther of the 'Shepherd's Calendar.' "J was kind o* stunned fer awhile. I saw he thought Steve hed gone an got the horse an was gone. But I knew better. I felt somehow Stove was not that kind o' a boy. The stranger came out, fill pretty soon he an the squire rode off. I went in to Barbary. She was tryin to eat, with tears runnin down her face. 'Barbary,' said I, 'where kui Steve be? Your pap's nearly crazy feAear be has stole Selim an gone off.' Barbary'a faoe flamed up. 'Steve's no thief,' she said, 'vt%irever he is.' An I couldn't get other word out o' her. It was an awful long, hot day, an wp had a big ironiy to da Barbary worked hard all mornin, but after dinner she got real sick, an I made hor go out o' doors aq set in the shade. After awhile J been) her call jne, an gain out I see Phil Thomas a-tulkm to he^ '* 'Ma,' sLe called out as soon as she see me, 'Phil Steve's at their bouse an has been all (light. I thought he'4 go there or to Emly's.' 'Is he oomin home?' I asked Phil. He shook his head. 'Emlyis at our house now,' he said, 'an I think he'll go home with her. He is pretty badly hurt from a fall, he says, an is somewhat lame, but he'll get along.' I went in to my ironin, feelin thankful, au left the youngsters to themselves. Bless 'em, they made a pretty pair. For the purpose of miking thsneoeesary preliminary surveys, the persons employed ly the Commissioners to do the wore are empowered to enter upon any public or private property. After the order for the mprovement Is made, the oomialasianers are to endeavor to qoap ta satis factory tarms with any property holders who o aim that their pro per ties will be demand by the ohanjee proposed, and the list of damagee awarded le taken before the lourt for apprC val. In oase the eommle-iloners and the property holders cannot aCree upon damagee, provision |a made f Dr the apDolntmeut of viewer* who shall 3* the damagee to the properties and report to the oourt, the method of procedure to be u-Ded by the viewers being provided In lttail. It is als D provlled thst In making the road improvements tt will be lawful to ise whatever land may be neoeqiary faD the proper slopee, fills, embankments an! online, and the damage caused thereby Is to oe taken Into consideration by the viewers Toe coats of the viewers and all of the sou t coets Involved, laclullng all advertising and notices, Is to be paid by the county, and cash o* the viewers Is to re aelve a sum not exceeding a day for day neoeeiarlly employed In performing the dutlea tor whloh he waa appointed. The oourt may oonfirm, obauge, tt refer back the report of the vlewere, tad an appeal to the Snprem C C mrt from tie decision of theCmrt of Qaarter Swoons is provided for. IHDV8TBIB8 OF THE STATS. Am KUbortU Kaport Being Pnptred lijr At eleven o'olosk, the intellect*!*] feast began. Ohlef Andrew D. Weir «H the chair oan, and In taking the chair be da llvered a brief sddreee in happy style, welcoming the gnests in behalf of the Oaledonlan Clnb, and referring to the oooaaion of the gathering. The Chief recited a pathetic incident in Buna's life, and in I closing thanked Providenoe that so great a poet had lived and died amongst tta. "But between King Jamaa and Bsmsay there are mlleatonee in the road leading to Borne and Soott that make it delightful traveling. Hsnryson, Dunbar, Llnaay, Montgomery, are namee which oome very oloeeto theheartaof every lover of trne poetry. Thoee who have read the 'Thistle and the Boee' (Dunbar) and 'Ihe Dream' (Llnaay) eannot have failed to see that there are paasagss of wonderful exoellenee, where intensity of the amotion, and the penetrating inalght touching nature at her very depths, show that the words of theas sons of 8ootia expressed the language of the heart, the feeling of ths eoal.' Between the reigns of Jamss VI. and Quaen Ann there wm no poetry of note written in Lowland Sootoh. Um Bsiwd of SMtUllw. The State Bureau of Statistic* U pnptrtsg aome of the moat interesting etatistlos ever published by the depigment Comparative returns will be gtven from iron end steel end glees end textile •ad other menofeotarere for the jeer 1892, 1898, 1894 end 1890. Oomperleoq Kill be made fr».m the aacqa plante for eaoh year, the nember of employee, aggregate wagee, totel prod notion of mannfaotorlea, Talae of plant, average wagee paid, eto The eame etatietioe will be gathered from the iron and eteel and tlnplete manufacturers for 1895, with a view of determining the entire piodnct of Iron and eteel and tin plate in the State. Old historians of Japan say that the oaeting of the idol was several times at tempted before being successfully ac complisbed; also that over 3,000 tons of charcoal were used in the operation. —Sk Louis Republic. A. J. Col born, Esq., of Soianton, wu the first speaker. Be re*ponded to the toast, "Robert Boras." Pitta toniana know Attorney Oolbornjof old. This was the tourth time thst he had attended the Boras anniversaries In Plttston, so that the exqulalte oration which he delivered, while highly appreciated, was not surprising to many of those present. Taey knew him aa an orator of rare ability, and were not disappointed in their expectations. It wonld be an lmpoeslbllity to report the address off hand, or even to make extraeta from it, and do justice to the speaker, and we shall not attempt It. It la sufficient to say that it was a carefully prepared eulogy of the great poet's wonderful gifts, and that it was replete with gems of the poetic art, the whole being delivered in Mi. Colbom's usual masterly manner. It waa a rich treat, and waa thoroughly enjoyed by the oompany. yrtntere'. Errors. Once upon a time the Foolis printing establishment at Glasgow determined to print a perfect Horace. Accordingly the proof sheets were hung up at the gates of the university, and a sum of money was paid for every error detect ed. Notwithstanding these precautions the edition had six uncorrected errors in ft when it was finally published. Disraeli says that the so called Pearl Bible bad 6,000 errata- The works of Picut of Mirandula, Strasburg, 1607, gave a list of errata covering 15 folio pages, and a worse case is that of "Missae ac Missalis Anatomia" (1561), a volunx of 172 pages, 15 of which are devoted to the errata. The author of the "Missae" fait so deeply aggrieved by this array of blunders that he made a public explanation to the effect that the devil himself stole the manuscript, tampered with it, and then actually compelled the printer to misread it I am not sure, says a recent writer, that this ingenious explanation did not give origin to tht twin of "printer's devil," "Phil staid till about 4 o'clock, an after he was goue Barbary come in to belpabout supper. 'I wish pap'dcome,' she kep' sayin. 'I want him to know Steve is no thief.' Presently she ran out on the back porch an stood lookiu down the road, an I heerd the clatterin o* a horse, an I run out jist in time to see Barbary go like a flash out o' the back gate toward the stable. It was all over is a minute. I see the horse rare up as Bhe flung the open door to. I see her pap hangin with one foot in the stirrup, his head draggin, though one hand still held the bridle, an I got to biiq pomehow jist as bo got his foot loose, an I helped him up, an there lay Barbary white an still. Her pap let go the horse an stooped down. ' Barbary 1' he said. She never moved. 'She's dead,' I said. 'What done it? O Barbary, my precious, what hurt you?' 'Be still!'he said sharply. 'She's not dead. Help get her in the house.' We lifted her up, an she opened ber eyes. 'Phil,' she whispered faintly, 'tell pap Steve'— then ber voice ceased, an her sweet eyes shut agaiu. We got her on tho bed, an I got the camphire, an pap rung the big bell fer tho hands, an soon as they come in sent one fer the doctor. But I found where she was hurt. There was a great ugly bruise right between ber pretty Whit® shoulders. A little stream o' blood begun to trickle out o'her mouth. 'Send over to Thomas',' X said, 'fer Phil an Steve an Emly.' He thought I'd lost my senses, I know. 'They're there,'I said. 'Phil was here.' In spite o' his trouble bis face lighted up. 'Then Steve A very prominent feature of the report will be an elaborate treatment of the tin plate Industry of the State This will be given one of the moet complete rep rts of lte kind. It will ehow the early trials of the industry, lte tepid development, end will follow It by illustrations through its various etagee of manufacture from the steel billet to the finlehed prod not. It la poeelble that the tin plete report may be published in the early spring in the form of advanoe sheets. " Bat with the retara awing of Time's pendulum oame genuine enthailum for song writing, In whloh the whole populatlon participated. From the bold, MaokD eyed, luoky Iaabel Pagen, who kept an ale house In Ayreahlre, to the accomplished ANDUff MOBBISON BBSIGN8. ' of the Lehlgb'i Wyoming Dtvtaton for Fourteen Tuii Lady Anne Llnsay, one and all wen am bitlous of trying their hands at rhyme. We oan easily aoeonnt for thla phenomenon when we reoolleot that there haa never been another nation In whloh, through all Its ranks, reading and writing wss a common attainment Andrew Morrison, roadmaiter of the Wyoming division of the Lehigh Valley Bond for thirteen years, and a prominent ottfawn of White Haven, has tendered his resignation, to take effect Feb 1, and has noeepted the position of olvil engineer for Dil worth, Porter ft Co., the largeet and most sztenslTe manufacturers of railroad supplies, at Pittsburg, says the White Haven Journal. Mr. Morrison left Scotland for this com try in the spring of 1881, and on arriving here entered the office of the ohlef engineer of the New Tork, Lake Erie & Western Baad, remaining with that oompany one year, after which he entered the services of lbs Lehigh Valley In the ohlef engineer's offloe. The officials soon discovered The silk Industry of Penney Ivania will form another interesting feature of the report and will be largely treated In the aame manner as the other, but with such variations on the questions asked as wtl more folly bring out the peculiarity of the work. "Whatever be the cauw, immediately after the onion of the kingdoms there oame a revival of Scottish poetry. Toe leader of this movsmeat was Allen Bamsay. He wss a man of nobis birth, keea, witty and oouviviaL After his admission to the 'Kasy Oinb' hs became ao papular that ho wss elected poet lanraats, and was by formal minute adjudged 'a gentleman.' Benowned AQen was sncoursged and stimulated by his connection with his Jacobite frlende lu the 'Kasy Otub,' and the result wss his title to fains, 'Tie Gentle Shepherd.' For two thoueand years, or slnoe the days ot Theooritus, no euoh pastor d production had appeared, and Its sneosss was Instantaneous and oomplete. Its merits are not so much along lyrb lines as in its 'arch, sly, pswky fun.' In this it is Inimitable. To its Influence we can traee some of the more pathetlo humor of Burns. Aaron Mltohell waa on hand, & usual, and entertained the oompany with a song, "Burns's Bonnie Jean." • • « After the prellmlnarlea have been aeltl •d, and the improvement ordered by the ) jurt, th) Commissioners must invite proposals for the making and oonstruotlng of tae road, by publication in tha new a pa jars, and also by notloes posted in the ofioe of the Commissioners. Toe on tract oast then be awarded to the loweat Didi«r and no oontraot is to be exeonted until proper oonds be given by the oontraotor Cjt me faithful psrformanoe of the oonraot. Tae Commissioners have the power, Dt'ter t is road is built, to invite proposals or maintaining and repairing suoh roads, tnd the oontraot must be awarded in the a»me manner aa stated above. The next toast was "Our Native aad Adopted Country," whloh waa reeponded to by the Bav. 8. Boea Mac Clements. HOW IT WAS DONE. Dr. lfsoGHements said he was ptoud that he was a Sootohman, ani the faot that hla ejea first opened on the beautiful aoeoery of the Emerald Isle made him still a better man, and the faot that he left both Sootland and Ireland and had aaked to be taken under the protection of the glorious Stars and Stripes, instead of diminishing, added to his quallfiotlona. He said that he believed that America today had not a more loyal, a more induatrioua, a more valiant olaas of people In her territory, from Canada to the Oulf of llexloo, and trom the Atlantic to the Paelfl*, than the Scotch and the Soot jh-Iriah. Sims of the bravest soldiers in the War of Independ'enoe were Sootoh and Scotch-Irish ; soma of the best fighters in the late war between the Northsrn and Southern States ware Sootoh and Sootoh Iriah, and were Amerloa to be engaged in another war (whloh he hoped aha wonld not be) amongst the firat to flock under her standard would be the Sootoh and Sootoh-Irish, who ars able to fight, and willing ta fight, even to lay down their livee lu the defense and honor of their adopted country. Ha did not say, and wis not so selfish as to aay, that if you took the 8ootsh and Sootoh-Irlsh out of the United Statea there would be nottilng left, but this he would aay, If suah were done, you would deprive America, not of the skim milk, but of a goodly quantity of the purest oream. Again, in this country a very fair percentage of the ablest, the shrewdest, and ths mist sno business men belong to the Seotoh and Sootch-Irlsh raoe, men who have made their mark and are known In the oommerolal world. Last, bat aot least, who are the foundation and the backbone of the great Preabyterian Churoh in Amerloa, a church second to none on the faoe of the earth a churoh whloh la characterized by true piety, loyalty to God, and a desire to spread the Gospel here and risewhere, to bring to pass the coming of the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ? The answer Is, the Sootoh and the Sootoh Irish from Ulster, who are of one faith and one blood They are an impo tent people aoroes the Atlantlo, but they are a more Important people here. There is one thing oertaln, he said, we have not loat anything by coming to America. We havs gained muoh, we are proud of being citizens of the great, free and enlightened Republic of the United 8tatee. Ha trusted that the feeling was mntoal on the pari of Amerloa. He hopxl that ahe had loet nothing by reosivlng us, and that the day would nsver oome when Amerloa would be ashamed of her Sootoh or Sootoh- Irlsh oltlam. In concluding, ths speaker said as hoped that at these MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN. Ultar Boyd Talis Haw ths National Del- egate Waa Elected. Gounod's mother was fond of painting and musio. [from the Wilkeebirre News-Dealer.] him to be a shrewd, honeet and loyal employe, having a superior knowledge of his profssslon as civil engineer. By his merits he received the appointment of the maintenance of way, whloh poeltlon he so faithfully and satisfactorily ailed that he waa promoted to hla preeent position of roadmaster. His jurisdiction extends from Mauoh Chunk to Bernloe, lnoludlng the Ont-off, West Plttaton branch, Austin branch, Bowman's Creek branch, the total length of traek being four 1 undred and twenty-four mllea, the largeet and bnsleet division aaeigaed to eny roadmaster of the Lehigh Valley Boad. He has been an employe of the oompany for fourteen years and his snooees Is not due to any political or other influence, but to his own merits. St. Augustine, in his books, speaks of tho debt of gratitude he owed to his mother.Onr contemporary, the Record, denlee tha assertion that money had somt thing to do with ths eleotlon of Morgan R. Morgans as National delegate, and aays It does that gentleman a grave Injustice. Mr. Morgacs is not the man, it atatee, who wonld uee money illegally, to secure any offloe in the gift of the people. Tnat may be Bnt it is not neoessary that any candidate should use money personally. The frlenda of oandldatea generally attend to the fioanolal matter, they in torn being reimbursed after the failure or auooeee of the venture. Money waa paid to aeenre votea for the eleotloo of a Na tlonal delegate laat Toeaday, and the pri e paid ranged from fire to ten dollars a head Mr. Morgana did not pay for votea, that's trus, but his friends did, and aa he was the b nefi Dlary of ths work, he mnst share the responsibility. Bnt money was paid, there la no doubt o that, and it was the first occasion In the history of Lnzerne, that the National delegate»hlp. a party honorary poet, waa knocked down for a oaah oonslderaMon. And what business have the head offi dais of the Lehigh and Wllkeabarre Coal Oompany interfering in the election of a National delegate, and ooerolng their employee to vote as thsy are directed! Mr. Lawall, superintendent, Is a D Dmocrat, and should hsve kept aloof from .he fight. Had be done ao, Morgans wouldn't have had a ghoat of a chanoe to be elected Haydn dodlcated one of his most important instrumental compositions to his mother. It is said that the mother of Charles Darwin had adecldod taste for all branohes of natural history. Weber, tho musical composer, had a musical mother, who found pleasure In the gems of classical musio. e e e For (he purpose of performing all neoeetary dutlet relating to the improvement and repair of public roads authorized by the new .aw, the Commissioners are author'aad to am ploy proper parsons to prepare the au* 'eye, plane an 1 estimates and do all neceaCary and proper work c joneoted therewith, tud shall fix the com sensation of all persons so employed. To pay the expenaee Incurred by the sot, the Commissioners are authorized to levy and oolleot an annual tax of not more than two mllla upon all real aid personal property within the oounty. All roads and hlghwaya, Dr paits of the same, Improved In accordance with the provlalona of the aot shall be deemed and treatad as publlo highways of the oounty, and shall be aubj 'ct to the control and supervlalon of the Commissioners It shall be the duty of the uoaatlta to keep, maintain and repair tha same wheuever and aa often at it ahall be found necessary, and all road snpervlso a, authorities, persons or townships heretofore required to maintain and keep In re pair tush roads, shall thereupon and thereafter oease to have any management of or control over such roads, and they are relieved from all duty and reeponalbility in £ud about th« care, maintenance and repair of all roads improved under thia aot. "Between Bamsay and Burns, Scotland gave to the world Ltdy Ann Barnard, author of the most tender and affecting of modern Soottlsh ballade, 'Auld Bobin Gray,' and above all John Skinner, author of 'Tulloohgoram,' whloh Burne pronounced the beet eong Scotland ever aaw, and declared It to be delightful. Then weloome to the masters of Sootoh song—Burns and Soott. These are the names to o on jure with. Had Scotland dons nothing bat give theee two to the world, it would have owed her a debt of giatitade too large to P®7- Laraartlne had an exceptionally clever mother, and several times in his writings he mentions hor with admiration. Thackoray adored the memory of his mother. Ho said, "Mother is the name of God on tho lips of little children." Tho mother of Alexander tho Great wa.- sald to have been a woman of groat natural abilities, strong willed and singular ly impnlsivo. Liszt was first attracted to musio by hearing his mother sing. IIo said thai this turn to his lifo occurred when he watnot more than 2 years old. BALDWIN'S BIO BNGINB. I'm wrong, but I know I allays felt it Was to me, aa the minit I see Barbary I liked her, an the more I see her the more I liked her. She was that sweet In her ways, allays givin up to Emly, an a-callin o' me 'ma' from the start, which is mor$ &an Emly ever has to this day. Aii I soon see she was his favorite. Not as he said so, but I could Bee his eyes f oiler in her as she went siosin round the house, an then she never said uotmn bacu to mm, no ooob what he said, qn Emly, pore thing, never could hold that sharp tongue o' hern. Not that she wasn't right often, an him wrong, but what's the use o' bangin your head agin a stone wall, I "•'I'll giv' him the black colt,' said pap, 'an new suit o' clothes. That'll make it all rightC But ft didn't When Steve found his horse bed been Bold, ho flew into a dreadful rage. An I couldn't blame him, thongh I tried to pacify him, tellin him his pap hed a right to do as he pleased. 'He hed no right to sell my horse,' cried the boy. 'He gave him to me right at first, an I raised him,' an he'd nicker to pie an let me do anything with him, an I loved him, an fer pap to sell him without even tellin me he's no better than a horse thief.' " 'Oh, Stevey,' says I, 'don't talk bo I It's wicked.' But the boy was wild. 'It'" notwinked to tell the truth.' he said. What'd he giv' him to me fer if he was goin to sell him? I say he is a s thief to sell what didn't belong to him!' Oh, dear, dear I ffis pap heard Steve, fer jist then he came in an grabbed the boy by the collar an flung him across tho room. The poor fellow staggered an saved himself from fallin, an the squire caught him again, kicked hira savagely, an openin the door threw him into the yard. You needn't think Steve didn't show fight. But what oould a slender lad o' 15 do against a strong man: * was tnat soarea x couian t move or speak. An as fer Biirbury sho was white as a sheet as her pap shot the door on Steve an turned round. He looked at us a minit. His eyes was glarin an hiB face red as fire. 'You git fq work, miss, an as fer you,' ha said to me, 'you let that boy alone. None o' your pettinhim. Doyoahear?' I didn't say a word, an he went in the room, bangin the door to after him. "We looked at each other. Then Barbary, with her white face set sort o' like her father's, walked to the kitchen door, opened it an went out in the darkness, far ifcwaa a nlnodv avonina Ad snrawr Triad oa th* Lehigh Valley, With a View to Permanent Use. Sidney always attributed his lovo of poetry and his skill in verso to tho train ing of his mother. It was her practice to read to him passages from tho bost poets. The big engine Colombia, built by the Baldwin Looomotive Patladelphla, for exhibition at the World's Pair, la undergoing trial# on the lower divisions of the Lehigh Valley. The monster machine k a oompoand straight boiler engine, and several feet longer than Lehigh Valley looomotlvss. The driving wheels are seven feat high, and in the front and rear of the big driven are a pair of trailer wheels four feat live inches high. On the engine in general use there is a pony truck with fonr wheels about twoteet high, and there is no trailer baok of the driven. at all. If the engine proves satisfactory it will be nsed in drawing the "QUt Kige" Express train which la to be put on the Valley road from New York to Buffalo. "The hlttory of the first of these two men Is as well known ta Scotchmen as the shorter oatechlam. During his life time he was regarded as a phenomenon, and when he has been mote than a oentory in his grave he ii a pfcenomon still. Heoame np from Ayershlre with all the sense and shrewdness of Its peaeantry, the paaeion of its lovers, the wild meriti of its theories and hallowe'ena, and of all the great men of the lowland oonntry he was lnoomparab'y the joilleet one. What fun he had 1 Whatever Dumas pore may have thought of his own mother, he had a high opinion of motherhood. "Among all animals, from man to tho dog, the heart of a mother Is always a sublime thing." Charlemagne mado a law punishing with death a man who should insult or boat his mother, and with imprisonment and stripes the son who should neglect to provide for hor who brought him into the world. "The poor fellow ttaggcrcd." lav Tamerlnne's mother began the training of her son in military matters before lie could speak. Tho first toy she gas'e him was a tiny sword. Ho is said to have attributed his love of war to this his first plaything.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Death of John Kloe. "I couldn't help laughin to myself a little, fer all it hurt mighty bad, when I thought o' Marthy Jane Holly an Cynthy talkin o' managin him. I did tty to Witter things at first. There was •eunuch hard work. You see, there, was nine in tho family, countin the two hands, an allays eight or nine cows to milk, an chickens an the garden, an we women hed all them to 'tend to, an I says one day: 'If you'd let the girls hev part o' the butter money for theirselveB, don't ydu think they'd like it? Girls wants a little money sometimes.' He jist gimme one look out o' them steely eyes o' his, an says he: 'The butter an eggs has allays bought the groceries. You better not be puttin fopl notions in them children's heads,' an his mouth shet down like a rattrap, an you better know I hushed up, but I kep' a-thinkin. U'mimeu will, you know, an I thought: 'He calls 'em children. Well, I ken tell )iini they're past that, an if I ain't fooled Emly'll show him pretty soon,' fer I'd see her an one o' the hands together a good deal Be was a nice enough young ho t didn't mMldbi What'd baa is nor— no ongan, nut at tne name Barbery's eyes opened again. 'Never mind pap. He don't—he don't mean it, Stevey,' sho muttered. 'I know it's hard, but I guess ho likes us children.' 'Go,' I said, 'send fer 'em.' He went out with that, queer gray color creepin over his face that I see in tho mornin. An pretty soon I heerd the horse gallopin off. Then he came back. Well, we done all we could. The doctor came, an Phil an Steve an Emly an her man. But sho never spoke but once after they came. She murmured then brokenly. All we could make out was, 'Pap— Stove never—ma's real goCxl—Philmother I' she cried aloud at. last, an her eyoe opened wide, an she looked wonderingly at us, flxin her gaze for a little 011 her pap, who stood at the foot o' the bed. Then a long shudder shook her body, an her breath came in gasps. A torrent of blood poured out o' her mouth, an she was gone. John K'oe, au old and well known resident of thia olty, died at 8:15 Monday morning at the home of his daughter, lira. J J. Kern, on Mill street, with whom he resided. He had been ailing for several years, but had been confined to hie bed for only about three weeks. The immediate oanae of death waa heait trouble. Mr. Kloe waa 67 years of age. He waa born in Blrkenfeld, Oldenburg, Germany, bnt hsd spent moet of his life in this country For some time he resided In Scranton, but for th- past twenty-eight years hs had reelded in Plttaton. M a Kern Is the only eurviv lug member of his fsmlly. What melancholy! What passion I What homely sagacity! What sensitive neee I Not only did he purify existing Soottlah songs, but he added to it mDet that is beet and rarest. JEWELRY CONCEITS. TO AVOID OAVES. In finger rlngH there is a new cross over |n which a diamond is traversed by a ruby. • • " Emerson says that Scott was the most lovable of men and entitled to the world's gratitude for the entertainment he has given to solitude, the relief to headaohe and heartache. He is different from Burns, bnt it Is not a differenoe of antagonism. He sympathised with men more than he etndled them, while Burns analysed and knew man ia every lntrioaey of his thoughts. Soott oared little for the elgnia/».mj*i of nature, and this wss of vital importann to Burns. These, In brief, are the chief polnta la the new law though it la rather lengthy, aid there are a great number of detailed provisions which have not been given in the above outline. Enough haa been given, however, to show that the aot ia a moet Important one, and that if advantage be taken of its provisions by the people generally, a great improvement will be made la the oondltlon of the State's highways. All main roads can, under thia law, be made oounty roads, ths hullding and maintaining of the aame being at the expense of the couaty. In a wealthy ooonty like Lcz«rne, the poaeibilltlea are wide, and it la In the hope that the people of tbe oounty may be attracted by the indooementa held out, and lad to put the aot in • Lehigh Valley Train* to Hazleton Go Over a New Bonte. 'Belts to wear with chatelain bags mate) the bags in material and decoration, uuii aro narrow in width. The Lehigh Valley Railroad has abandoned that portion of its road between Hasleton, where the tcoldent occurred by the cave in la«t Monday evening. All trains leaving Hasleton for any point will be ran by way of Andenreid, Jeanesville and Beaver Meadow,making a diffarnoee of eighteen minutes in the running time between Hasleton and Hazle Creek J unction. This order will continue until spring, as it will take the company all of that time to build the new track between Hazleton ai d Stookton, which will be nearly three milee ia length.  Watchmakers have succeeded in con vlnelng the most skeptical that it is quite possible for a tiny watch to be an accurate timekeeper. jewelry set with artificial and Imitation ■tones is much of it so pleasing in effect as to solve, for a large class, the problem of buying personal ornaments though poor, A gold chain necklace that will doubt less find favor has all sorts of stones attached as pendants, including topaz, amethyst, peridot and aquamarine in irregular sizes. The members of the Retail Liqior Deal are' Association of Northumberland county have urged all wholeeale dealers to join handa with their organization and the Dlatriot Attorney in a warfare of extermination against the "speak-easlee" that are an numerons In that aeotlon of the ooal fields. War •» flpeak-Easles. " But when all is said, comparisons are odious and Shott will live, not wholly for charms of style nor wealth of ldeae nor the significance which underlies narration, but for the deep draughts of his own delightful personality whloh we may aeoure from Us o*n writings. j Tortoise shell, with gold or silver trimmings, Is fashionably applied to toilet articles. The latest wrinkle Is whoro the coat of arms Is wrought on each article, or, lacking this, the owner's monogram. —JhwmIMIM' nimiiUs  "Yes, we hod to bear it People can bear things when they hev to. But he's never been the same man. An his face keens that tiueer color I've heerd tlu*t Oaptaln Sweeney. U. 8. A., San Diego, Oal, says : " Shlloh's Catarrh Bemedy the first medicine I have ever fonnd th™ would do me any good." Price 50o.