Pittston Gazette

              KSTABI-lHITEmSRO. » 01-. XbVL NO. 41 t Oldest Newspaper in the Wvuming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., Kit!DAY. MAY 29, 1896. ft Weekly local and Family Journal. {•'S'lPZJb Division of Love's Ub»r behind wlien first we come up witn yon. Sumetliiii worse'n the devfl is behind. Thar conns the Clayton clan, shore's you're a foot high. " No—he would escape! Jim won Id keep him safo tonight. Tomorrow he wonld—bnt why plan before the event ? They had been walking two hours; now as they came to a little open glade he stopped short, saying husliedly, though none could possibly hear: a heavy knotted dead branch. W itii thas he would defend the dead man at his feet from the fangs of his pursuers. not no mo' ter yon un yo mistis' ijus ban's nigger," the old woman said. "I t'ought youfoun dat out Jnlyann, when yon stay yero in IIarse Car'll's lifetime." m. seemed, tor a woiu, a smile from lier. She had taken the officers to board, for protection, she said. So mncli Jim had learned and told to Austin Reid before they ventured in. Now, they saw her cheeks two damask roses, her eyes full of happy light as she played or sang for each of the group around her whatever ho most desired. ENDEAIORERS IN SESSION. GIFTS TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. STRANGE HAZLETON CASE.' 'Twas she. Not Ur, With blnsu ng cheek Who b wee'heart love disclosed 'T .vas he, Nat she, In tones so weak United love proposed. He caught the shine of tho foremost conple's eyes. His hand clinched hard alwut his poor weapon. They made at him, gathering as if to spring at his throat, but all at once gave a low joyful bark and crouched fawning at his feet Snuffing tho dead man, they set up a weird howling. All the pack echoed it. At onco tho men behind ran forward. A Superb Collection of Indian Re tie* and "Iam glad of it! It is letter so— very mnch better," Austin said, looking ilown the road that led in from the turnjiikc a mile away. All the land between WUs his own, and had belonged to an Austin sine*1 the days of Choctaw and I Jherokeo. Now there camo across it half h hundred men, armed, mounted, crying ont for vengeance. Convention of the C. E. Tri-County Flue Qeologlcfcl Specimens. [Wilkesbarre Record 1 Griffith R. Roberts Found With His "I—I not stnd'in 'bout dat," July said with a deep sigh. "But, Mammy Lou, ef yon's er good 'ooman, don't let Jim git woll. Miss 'Zette, shodo 'spisos him. Us know* why—he wuz in her way, etayin ronn lek he did, when Mist* Charley Clayton an her yother beaux come ronn. I knows she ain't nebber gwino res' tell she git din now husban ter sell him. Ho wnss er fool erbout her, an ebbcr Marse Car'11 wuz. She say she married him—Marse Car'11 you knows—fer de prop'ty. Dis timo, I spec', she done got hit fast an tight." Union. A m:at valuable collection of Indian relied has been presented to the Wyoming Historical Society by Mrs. A. J. Griffith, of Weft Plttston, and the same was brought to town by Rev. Horace E. Hayden and F. C Johnson, officers of'the society. The specimens were so namerotia aa to uiake a whole wagon load. They represent. many yeirs patient collecting by the late If r. Griffith and are with a few exceptions all local to the Wyoming Valley. It is nndonbtedly one of the largest collections ever made In this region, yet Mr. Griffith waa so mod* st concerning It that few persons outside his family ever knew there was such » collection. The specimens include •tone azee, ceremonial stones, dser akluners, arrow and spear points, net sinkers, lapeton«s, pestles, Indian paints, beads, pipes, fragments of pottery, and pr Dbably others not lnclnied in the above notation. There is a fine speolmenjof a pot, unfortunately in fragments, but they are in snob good condition that they can probably be restored. Some of the spear points are splendid specimens. \ Besides the Indian rellos there is a oolltetlon of geologiotl specimens from what 1p called drifts. They are water-washed atones found along the 8uf quehanna river, full ot fossils, all of which have been washed down the river from the State of New York. No anch specimens are native to Wyoming Valley, but they have been found by Mr. Griffith in considerable profusion. While such specimens are not rare, yet It is doubtful If any colleoiion of them has ever before been made. If this be true, tile collection will have great value. They are to Head Crashed 'Twas he. Not she. With lipi aglow luiparted first a kins 'Twas she. Not he, Aa yon most know Kec-ipi orated this. - "Wait, Jim. I must, talk to yon a little—as soon as I can catch breath." "No, no, Marse Carroll—wo mustn't! It's dangerous!" Jim panted over his shoulder. "Wo can talk as wo go—but, oh, me! All I can Fay is—if—if this had to bo done, why not have lot mo do it?" LARGE CkOWD OF YOUNG PEOPLE. AND HE DIES AT THE HOSPITAL- There was charming light coquetry in it all. Her eyes fairly danced sometimes as she broke from some patriotic ■ong into the chords of "Dixie" or "My Tl»e Report of the Treasurer Shows a Grat- Wu Mine Superintendent for the L»- bl®h and Wilkesbarre Company at Andenreld, and His Strange Death Has Caused Mneh Excitement. "Why! What's this?" the foremost cried. "Jim, what ails yonr master? He's asleep, I see. Never mind! We know the way to wako him." living Work Done Daring the Past "Twas he. Not sDie. Who asked consent From stern but loving sire As their yells smote through the dusken ing air Lisotte darted to In r husband's side,,clung about his neck and set her mouth full on his. Maryland. " The watchers outside saw that she was somehow full of triumph. Reid began to breathe hard. Jim laid a hand over his lips. t ear. and a Prosperous Condition of "Wo will not speak of that," Austin said. "What bothers me now is my will. I made it the year after I brought my—brought Lisotte homo. If I die childless, everything but my bank stock goes to my father's nephew, Austin. Reid. Even you will belong to him. I cannot bear to think of that"— Hie Noddles —1 he Proceedings In l)e 'Tw as she, .Not ha Who pie M assent Ami ralmiyi paternal ire. "I'm afraid not, sir—unless yon are the angel Gabriel," tho standing figure answered low and thickly. As the rest oaine crowding in, some one flashed a torch in the dead man's faco. It was purple and swollen out of all recognition, but on one of tho clinched hands tall Hazlkor, Pa., May 92. This city has been gTeatly excited today over the auppoaed murder of Griffith K. Roberts, superintendent of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre colli ries ai Andenreld. "Carroll! Carroll!" she said in his ear. "What does—why aro those men bore? Surely yon are safo?" Even the threatening weather wbloh prevailed during the early hours of the morning could not dampen the enthusiasm of the Christian Endeavorers, and by ten o'clock, (ully .50 deleft™ had gathered In the Broed Street M E Church, to at teid the s*mi-annual convention of the Trl Cjunty Union. "Jim better had die, ef dat so," Mammy Lou said compassionately. Julyann bent and laid her lips to his forehead. Presently the men began to go away one by ona For each Lisette had a gay good night, but notonoof them touched her hand. At last only ono remained, a handsome fellow, tall and soldierly, with a colonel's strap on his shoulder. He had been throughout the evening the most silent of the group, with a consuming fire eyed silence that had made Reid ache to throttle him. Now ho came close to Lisette. The piano sat in a recess by the end window, outside which the two men crouched. Those within were a bare two yards away. Involuntarilyjim crouched lower, then nearly sprang upright. The man inside had taken Lisette in his arms and laid his lips to hers in a long, long kiss. Twas she. Not be. Who named the day W hen hearts as one would throb. 'Twas he. Not she. Who had to pay y The pai son for his job. "I shall be—very soon," Austin said, shrinking away from her. Then he looked to the bottom of her eyes, and at once caught her in a smothering embrace. "Goodby, my life!" ho whispered, then flung her from him, faced about and stood with folded arms at the side of tho sheriff. Last evening, aa oonductor Dickinson's train on the Lehigh Valley Road, was nearing the shops at the upper end of the olty, Engineer Oasper Grebey observed "I liko Marse Austin," Jim said soothingly. "Don't you worry about that. He's as much Austin as w—yon are. Besides, you will get safo out of this. Onco wo aro como to the creek I can block the trail so the sharpest nosed hound in the county can't follow it." there gleamed dully the big intaglio ruby that was known the county through as tho seal ring of the Austins. "Go away I" he cried, sitting upright. As they ran from him. Mammy Lou said: ■ "Lo/d 1 Bnt don' dat soun lek hit wuz Marse Car'U's gi—' I" • #•••# J 0. Manning, of this olty, presided, and the convention was opened with a praise and prayer service, hd by Rev. F A. Kteg, of Taylor. YELLOW JIM. CHAPTER III. «&•! he thought to be a man lying on the west bound track, opposite the round home. Tho lynchers had reachod tho inner gate within easy gunshot of tho piazza. As the made to rush through it the sheriff shouted: Charley Clayton und tho sheriff's victims had a funeral train three miles long. Only the Austin slaves followed the coffin that was thought to hold the last Austin. Yellow Jim, of course, took charge of everything. Mrs. Austin was too much prostrated by the horror of it all to think of leaving her room. She kept it indeed until the new master came and she was summoned to hear the reading of her husband's will. As she left her chamber she found herself face to face with Jim and started back, crying out: Coming late next morning to a leisurely breakfast, Mr. Reid found his household under 6tress of some unusual happening. The train wai stopped and the supposition of the engineer proved oorreot. A men, well dreesed and carrying a gold w*toh and chain, was found with hia bead orashed at the base of the aknll. The man waa taken in an ambnlaaoe to the Hszleton Hospital, where he died at ten o'olook this morning. for some time the man remained nn'ndentified. Finally this morning, U w-»s learned that he wsa none other than one of AndenreM's most prominent residents, Griffith B. Roberts, who waa the in perl ntendent In oharge of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre oolllerlss in that neighborhood.By MABTHA 1T0ULL00H WILLIAMS. "What! They wonld dare to set them on my track !" Carroll said hotly. Pleasant words of welcome were apokeD by T R Stalcy, in behalf of the Local Union. He expresed the wish the day mi. ht be a pleasant and pi. fi able on° for the delagates "Haiti What do yon want?" Jim nodded, saying sorrowfully, under bis breath: [Copyright, 18P5, by the Author.] CHAPTER I ."Wantl We want Carrol] Austin I What'e more, we mean ter have him," the leader shouted back. "What is theftinatter?" he asked of the man behind bis chair. For a minute he got no answer; then the servant said: The house at Summerlands was tall Hud square, with the low roof of a wide piazza cutting the front of it horizontally in two. All the bare upper space was thickly beset with windows. The house sat facing west. In summer sunlets every window flamed out a bloody tye. "I know they will. That is why we dare not stop." Preside nt Manning responded briefly and then called upon the secretary, Oh-.r lee E Daniels, of Soranton, for his annual repoit which was as follows: "Whnt for?" demanded the sheriff. "Lead on, then!" Carroll cried, making a great fonvard stride that landed him knee deep in the morass. Jim caught his arm and drew him to firmer footing, then ran forward, staff in hand, bending lower than before to scan and search their pathway. "It's Yellow Jim, sir. He"— "Don't tell me he is dead, or in serious danger," Mr. Reid srftd, making to leave bis seat. The black boy looked down, saying: "No, sir; not dead—but —but—wo—you won't see him no more. Ho come out ter the stable early this inornin with his bundle an tole Unc' Peter ho wuz goin in tho swamp ter stay." Reid sprang up like one mad. Jim caught and held him fast. "You know well enough—to save yon the job o' hangin him," a dozen vengeful voicoe cried Austin mado a forward atop. "Be quiet! You must 1" he said, with his mouth at the other's ear. Reid was struggling with giant strength 1 here are enrolled in the three counties 76 senior societies and 20 jnnior soo'etiea Of this nnraber, 45 societies furnished statistics upon which tfkls report Is based fhej show the following : " Let them take me. The sooner it is over the better. I havo thoughts!) from the first, "he said very low. "It will save troublo to—all of us—me especially""Let me go! I will kill you if yon try to stop mo!" lie panted. "God, she is my wife!" The blood red was fadiDg into dusk as Sheriff Smith stood upon the piazza, lorrowfully shaking his gray head. Tall, lean, wiry, there was strife amounting to contradiction between his iron mouth and his kindly, weather narrowed eyes. He stood with one hand, brown and sinewy, clutching the muzzle of his donble barreled gun, the other laid lightly upon the shoulder of his prisoner. who writhed under the touch, for all the kindness of it "How daro you come in my sight? Carroll is dead. I hate tlio look of you I I will not have yon gaze at me with his "Oh, if only yon had let mo do it I" ho murmured again, half under his breath, prodding what seemed a coiling root in front of him. At the touch it sprang to life—there was a swift lancelike spring, a deadly nncoiling, a slipping into the murk of something as elusive as the flickering moonbeams. Jim foil as thontjh shot, moaning ont: "No; she is mine!'' tho other said, still holding him hard. "It was .Tim who diet! in the swamp that night. Heaven knows I wish it had been mo. I took his'coat, and put my ring npon his finger. Darkness and the poison did the rest. Now you know nil. Let us get out of tliip. She litis enough to answer for without, your blood." very evos.'' "I'll see both of us shot lief ore I do," the sheriff said, his lips narrowing to a line. His gnu was- at his shoulder. The foremost of the lynchers had halted just inside the gate. There were thunderous murmurs in the crowd behind. A big fellow pnshed through it and came a little way in front of the mob's leader to say: "Aro you glad ho is dead. Miss Lisette?" tho man asked, looking down. She gave herself a quick impatient shake. "The ungrateful fellow! I never did like him. I am glad he's gone. Don't iret aoout him, dear. It is a gooa riddance," tho new Mrs. Reid said, settling to her breakfast with dainty appetite.SKNIORS Active members, Associate members Honorary members 2,017 456 124 The Hazleton official* an Inclined to think that It la • eaae of murder, and are boay trying to get aomethlog definite out ol it. Mr. Roberta waa nnoonaoiona whan fonnd, and never recovered, ao that nothing ooold be learned from him before he "It was the one thing for him," sho said querulously, "after he had been so foolish—so wicked, indeed! He never cared for mo, I am sure of that, or he would never have put mo in such imposition. To think how it might have been! Why, if ho had not died as ho did, people \\*iuld have drawn away from mo always. Nobody will countenance a woman whose husband has been''— Total 2,697 be submitted tc Professor Hellprln, of the State Geological Sni vey, for olaaalfieattan. "The cotton month I The cotton month 1 It struck me here—on the big vein—in the neck. I am as good as dead now. O God np in heaven, let mo live long enough to save my"— CHAPTER IV. JUNIORS There are also many other Inter* specimens, among them pkoes of Summerlands lay in tho heart of the Cumberland valley. War was raging there less than two years from that Christmas night Tennesseo, thoVolunteor State, fully justified her name by sending to tho conflict her choicest flower of manhood. Austin Reid, of course, went with the very first as captain in one of the regiments that fought in front of Richmond. Mrs. Reid had not triod to stay her husband's going. But sho clung and kissed him with such heartbreak in her face that he almost felt it impossible to leave her. The two had fallen to earth in their struggle. A thunderous sound came to them as they lay along it. By the timo tliey had scrambled up there came dashing outof the world of dusk a full thousand of the merriest rough riders the world has ever seen. They might have sprung magically from earth, so wild and sudden was their coming. Straight at the sleeping camp tliey rode. It was trot, gallop, charge, load, fire, strike home—a melee of horns and hoofs and saber flashing, with the rebel yoll ringing clear through the still night and twice 600 voioes shouting : Active members... Associate mtmbers . 970 .. 219 He was as tall as the sheriff, as lean, too, but with the greyhound's thoroughbred leanness. Even standing at rest you could not help but see how lithely tupple was his strength, how deep his chest, how superb his swelling muscle. He had the finest thin olive skin, with do stain of color save at the lips. They were thin and firm and showed a vital scarlet under the fringe of a silky mustache, black as was the fine, soft hair lying so lightly upon his head. from the marsh on whfeh the "See here, sheriff. Don't make a bad matter worse. We'll havo Carroll Austin, dead or alive. More than that, we'll see you through whatever comes of your givin him up. Au a heap more than that, we'll hold yon to account for nil that happens to anybody this night becaurfo of him." To!al  Oraud total 1,189 3,786 conrt bouse is bnllt, the same having Lehigh «id Wllkeabarre Company at Ashley up to fifteen yean ago, when he waa promoted to the superln tendency at Audanrled. He was 44 year* of age, and leaves a wife and two children—Mm. Dr. * Poos, of Hsalton, and Walter Roberta. He waa a member of the Boyal Aroannm and the Knights of Pythlaa. The remains will be taken to WUkeabarre for Interment.Mr. Roberts waa a mine ton ror the "Jim! Jim! Yon cannot die I Yon must not! I say you shall not!" Carroll cried, dropping, down on the earth beside him and raising his head. "I say you shall not!" he repeated. "Here, let me snck tho wound, then I will run back for help. Never mind what it means to me. You shall not die in this fearful place 1" layer of what looks like pure anthracite coal, bnt which when fonnd waa of the For missions  For ep olal work and churoues monky raised $1,069 44 337 75 consistency of jelly. StIU other Interesting spC olmens are of mineral obarooal, in "Please, ma'am, they are waiting for you in tho library," Jim said respectfully, still without raising his eyes. But tliey burned after her as she went down the stairway, a picture of grief, decorous and beautiful in her trailing crape covered sable robes. Totsl $2,007 19 Tne reports! socisty with the largest membership is the Providence Presbyterian Ohnnb, with 124 The Green Ridge Presbyterian followed closely with 123. Then *he Poritan Congregational, o* Wllkesb.rre, with 113, the First Presbyterian ot Carbondale, with 107, and the wnite Haven Presbyterian with 102 The Avoca or Langcliffe Church easily leads in amount rale d for missions. They a i i total of $197 50—$112 50 by the Senior and $8Cj by the Juniors The First of BbZ elon, follows with $ 81. C2, and the Firet Presbyterian, o* Scran ton, comes next wit $97 97 I0 the imount raised for special work the Plymouth Congregational, of *crsnton, leads, hiving a total of $120, and $Ci 70 for mlsmous Closely following it is the Bennett rest.yterlan, wltn $112 for spaoial work «nd $12 for missions which there la a combination of anthi "Let me go," Carroll said, making to step over the sill. Tho sheriff caught him roughly and thrust him back into the hands of tho posse. Then, holding his gun muzzle down he went up to the mob. In spite of the dusk, the foremost could see that his face was white and working. | cite coal and charcoal, the grain of the wood being unmistakable. In arranging this splendid collection for exhibition the society will be fortanate In having the help of Mr. Griffith's son, William Griffith, of Plttaton, the well known mining engineer. Mr. Griffith la a graduate of Lehigh Uulverslty, olass of 18?6. Jnst back of him stood the sheriff's posse, behind them, framed in the wide doorway, a elim woman in a white gown, with eyes like dewy violets with lnrid light behind them. She was pale —a creamy pallor such as shows in the camellia's heart With her lids dropped you said involuntarily, here is a saint, unless, indeed, you saw her smile; then something more of the eyes' lambent flame hovered and wavered about her clear, pink lips. "Don't, if yon love me—don't!" Jim moaned, writhing where he lay. "Yon cannot save me—nothing can. Thero is fire in my head now. It will soon be in my heart Don't, don't leave—not till the end!" The heir of Summerlands, Austin Reid, thonglit he had never seen a woman who bore herself leo tboroughbredly through such tryina conditions. Though she said ber luiyjand's will gave ber less than she bad right and reason to expect, she would ask, would take, no penny beyond what it allowed. Sho had been obedient in life. She could do no less than accept his wishes now that it was no longer possible for him to modify the expression of them. She was very grateful for all his cousin's generous offers, but she must go away, back to her own jieople. With them she would nnd safe shelter. Yes; she would take her own maid, Julianna, whom she had brought with her when she camo to Summerlands a bride. As for the rest of the black piDople, she would only beg Cousin Austin to remember that they had lielonged to Austins always and loved the name. Jim—Yellow Jim—might perhaps be a little insubordinate. Ho had been spoiled all his life. No doubt, though, he would come after awhile to reC*ignizo the changed condition of affairs. At the front be got weekly letters from her, sofilled with love and loss that her spen grew stronger than ever. By and by, when the fortunes of war gave all middle Tennessee to Federal domination, he was like a man distraught. Honor held him to his post Love and duty called him to protect this dear helpless one. When at last news came that a considerable Federal outpost had been established just outside Summerlands' gate, bo felt that he could Jet nothing Rtaud in tho way of going to her and bringing her within Confederate territory. ' It was a perilous undertaking. Capture meant death on the gibbet—the spy's doom. But that weighed nothing with him. With infinite difficulty he made his way through the Federal lines and at last found himself just, ere nightfall lurking in the swamp within sight of his own chimney smoke. A tall, many branched oak grew in the swamp's edge. He made for it, intending to shel ter himself in it and recounottor the land. As lie set foot amid the lower boughs some one above cried hushedly: "Morgan! Morgan! John Morgan's come to town!" General Superintendent Lawall, from Wilkeebarre, same here this morning to Investigate the ease, and ordered all of the Audenried eolHeries oloeed until after the fnneraL Surprised in sleep though they were, the bluccoats rallied gallantly. At the first sfiot the colonel had dashed from the house to find himself confronting Austin Reid. Next minute he had been flung heavily to earth and felt a strong hand gripping his throat. Some one pulled it away. He heard a voice say huskily: "Boys," he said, "you're my friends an neighbors. You all know I'd rather cnt off my right hand than it should do one o' ye the least bit o' harm. But I'm the county's officer too. I've sworn ter do my dnty, ter protect my prisoners with my life. I'm goin ter do it no matter whut it costs. Let mo beg yon now ter go homo peaceable—ter wait fer law an justice—ef yon don't may God havo mercy on us night's work will be so black no man livinwill ever hear tho last on it." "Oh, Jim, my dear old Jim 1" Carroll said, catching both his hinds. "My Jim, I will not leave yon, but how can I lot you go this way? There must be some help. At least lot mo try?" A HOBUIBLE TRAGEDY. HIS BOTH LBGB OBCHBEO. Joseph Kohnkee, • Farmer, Beats Bis The Sad Fate of a Polish Boy at Smith- Wife, Burns HU Property and Bills Blmaelf. vUls. "There is none. You ought to know that as well as I," Jim said, gripping his master's hands hard between his writhinga. J aeph Kohnkee, aged fifty-four, a hardworking farmer, had a good farm and a John Batowskl, aged fifteen, a Polish lad living at Smithville, attempted to board a moving train on the Mountain Ont-off last 8nnday at atont five o'clook, bat slipped and fell nnder the wheels. His legs ware both orushed, one just below the knee and the other at the ankle. Mrs. Carroll Austin, it had been whispered the county through ever since her wedding day, was a born Worker of charms. The whisper, of jcourse, was a mighty well bushed one The Austins shot straight and had a habit of answering with a bullet any slnr-tjpon their womankind, particularly Carroll Austin, last of the name, in the law's eye last of the race. The law, yon see, cor.ld take no aoconnt of Yellow Jim, though all the world knew that he was his master's half brother and saw that the two were in faoe, voice, stature and speech almost exact counterparts. Jim was the older by 18 months. His mother died when he was 3 mouths old—some folks said of heartbreak because Carroll's mother was jnst brought home a bride. She was a barbaric beauty, althou{£i she had barely an eighth of African blood. There bad been a suggestion of the palm tree and the desert in her flexible length, the warm languor of her eyes. "Let him up, Austin. She is not worth it I say that—and love her still, better than my life." pleasant hi me a few miles from His speech began to come thick, his teeth to set. He half raised himself upon bis elbow and said in the other's ear: One of tbe bright spot* of the year's reord lies In the fuot ihat the forty five scletl-s report 111 persons w/io united with the churches last year from the socletler. purely this evidences that tbe Trl-Connty Uulon has a right to Its txlstenoe. Tne tella Presbyterian Chinch of Maltby leads m this noble work, seventeen members having been added to the church The M. a Church of Dalton 1h second, with thlr een. tfte Ptovldence Presbyterian, Scranon, next, with eight from the Juniors he one thing this emphasize Is that -ome of thes«* societies are doing praotlca *rC rk, and this Is precslely what la needed tor spiritual growth Ur Like, in this oounty. Of late The oolonel dashed away, shouting aloud to his men. Tbey had formed about the mansiotf and tent out volley after volley that emptied many a saddle. Lisette ran out, white and screaming, toward the thick of the fight Austin Reid made to lay hold on her, but the other thrust him aside. Clasping her close, he ran for a cover of thick shrubbery at the farther gate. Almost he had reached it when there came a cross firo from friend and foe. mind bad evidently been affected. At any rate he had been quarrelsome and abnalve in his family, so much so that it waa neoessary to have him arrested. On Saturday he renewed his Insane attaoks, and his wife fl*l to a neigh oor's for protestion. Bis sons also left home. The fstber then got a shot gun, and barrio*ded hlmse f in bis barn, evidently having determlnrd to defy arrest At about midnight he aet fire to hit bam and house, and while they burned sent a bullet into his own head, his brdy falling so olrs# to the burntug buildings as to be terribly burntd All ot the buildings were totally destroy* d "If it is, yon'll make it so," some one called from the rear. The leader laughed loud and derisively. "Carroll, I'm dying fast. Call mo— brother once—just once—before the end I" Her Thoughts. • Their first quarrel. The young wife sat In the gathering twilight, gazing absently out of the window, thinking of the event, which seemed ao long ago—in reality that very morning—which had come to mar tha happiness of their hitherto nnclonded married life. It had all come np so swiftly and was over so suddenly that even now she could scarcely recall how it had first begun. Oh, yes, she remembered, and such a trivial matter, too, that she was almost ashamed now to acknowledge it to herself. To think that a onp of coffee should have come between them, and a cup of bad coffee "We oughtor nab yon right now," he said. "It wonld make things easier. Oh, no, we won't do it!" as tho sheriff flung np bis gun. "We'll let you go— for we like yon—like yon so well we give yon five minutes long to make up your mind that you'll give up your prisoner. "Brother—my brother! The best, the most faithful in all the world!" Carroll One heaven sped ballet was merciful. It went through the pair and left them without sense or motion. Over and around the din of battle swellod. But ono husband of a fair wife had made sure of her, alike for time and for eternity."Five years ain't long enough fer that," the sheriff said, clasping his hands over the butt of his gun, which rested muzzle downward upon the ground in front of him. "Boys, boys," he wont on, "fer God's sake an mine an yours, listen tjjp reason 1 You're 10—20 ter 1, I kngw, but our backs are at the wall, an, by the Lord that made me, not one o' ye lays hand on Carroll Austin so long as I'm livin!" Mr. Beid besought her to change her mind—to keep Summer lands as her own for so long as she might choose. She only shook her head vs itli a little, woeful, wintry smile, infinitely pitiful, and took herself out of his life us early as was pfissible. He was a generous fellow, of gentle nature and (he finest nurture. Naturally the fact of her altsence raised her in his mind to something very liko an ill ustDd saint—a some thing too high suid sacred for common Speech, s, "Stop!" Then iu the next breath "God! You are Austin Heidi" Later reports from societies Increased the amount raised by societies by $162 00; the senloi m;Dmhen.htp by 206; the Junior membership by 75. "And you are Yellow Jim," Reid said, falling b;ick apace, his hand going at once to his pistol. "Stop! Wo aro on the same Fido," the other said, with a tingo of authority. "Do you think I am not as trno to my south as you, as any man, dare to be?" The convt ntion sermon was delivered by R«v. T. E. JepsoD, of C«rbondale. It wa* a foio«fal disco, rse from the text: Coloe sloes 3:3-4, "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in QC d When Christ, who is cur life, shall appear, then shall ye app*ar also with him in glory. The oonc'neions reached by tbe preacher were, that Carlet's death is oor life, Christ'* resurrection is onr strength, Chrbt's glory Is our Heaven, and Christ's second oomlog i-t our blessing and hope. BOICIDK AT HAZLGTOK. THE END. None of this came to the little lad left motherless. Except fur the peculiar blue white of tho eyes and some trifling stain under the nails—things which persist through 20 generations—he was*all Austin, and no discredit to the race. He grew up in the house, was Car roll's playfellow and protector throughout his first five years and after that his oompanion in every boyish sport When Carroll was sent to college, Jim went along as a sort of guardian angel. The two bad studied together always. So it is not strange that the slave lad got very pearly as much out of the"college course as did his young master. Ancient Image of the Infant Christ. Orover Rpragn* Commits Natelds Coder at tbatl One of tho most valuable relics in the collection of tho famous church of Ara Coeli, Rome, is the noted image which has frequently been figured and described iu the investigative magazines under tho heading of "The Oldest Doll In tho World." In Italy this valuable carving is called "II Bambino" ("The Infant"), and legend says that it is a figure of the child Jesus, carved from a troo on the Mount of Olives, the identical one under which Christ underwent the agony on the night before tho crucifixion. According.to the popular beliof it was carved by a Franciscan monk or pilgrim (accounts differ on that score) and painted by St Luka In Rome tho figure has been greatly venerated for centuries on account of the power attributed to it of miraculously healing tho sick- Distressing Circumstances. Yes, she confessed to herself that it was bad, and that he had a right to complain. When he spoke of it in his pan tie way she bad felt the hot blood mount to her cheeks, and /dmost before she knew it she had told him that he would better go to his club, where he would doubtless be better served. This had aroused him, and his reply was to the effect that she was no doubt correct in what she saidj and that it would be a pretty poor club, etc. Even now she could hear the slam of the door as he • went out and recall the bitter rebellious feelings that had come over her, and yet how long ago it seemed. Since then, during the long, anxious day, she had had time to reflect. All this angry feeling had gone now, and in place of it she was conscious of a great sadness, a deep remorse. For in the moments of calmness that had coma to her she felt that he was right. If she had only been willing at the time to acknowledge that he'was right, and to promise better in the future: How many times, she reflected, had he acknowledged himself wrong 1 But her absurd pride had stood in the way. Never mind, she said to herself; she would make it up to him. Dear boy I No wonder that he had become angry with her I Would he forgive her now? She wondered. Why did he not come? Oh, the passionate longing for him that she had in heart I She wished she might go up behind him softly and put her arms around his neck and ask hid pardon. And yet, in the midst of her reverie, when he came gently in and stood silently in the centre of the room, she could not, somehow, bring herself to speak first. She continued to gaze out of the window, while he said, as he came up behind her, in just the way that she would come up behind him: "I am glad to know it, but how do you happen to bo here, then?" Reid asked, holding out his hand, which the other wrung hard. Grover Sprague, an engineer of Bsc'eton, committed suicide last Friday nnder mott distressing circumstances. Two years ago while at work he was stricken blind. Be was then in prosperous oircnmstsnoes, bat since thac time he spent all his mone} dootorlngbls family and was reduced al most to poverty. Tais, ooupled with his D wa Infirmity, mide him melanoholy. "Oh, go back I You'll think better of it," tho leader pang out. The muttering behind grewv fiercer. Sheriff Smith, walking backward, said over his shoulder to tho posse: Though ho was already rich, ho was also landless. Hence it was natural that he should make Summer lands his home. He loved the place indeed more than even Carroll Austin hud done and set about making it the model of the countryside. Ho mixed but little with his neighbors. Tho shadow of appalling tragedy seemed to fall between when he came to casual sppech with them. But rumors got alxrnt of tho wonderful changes not less than of the fast friendship between Yellow Jim and his new master, who, it was said, made more of him, gave him greater authority and liberty than oven tho Austins had done. "I? Oh, I am scouting! On detached duty," he said. "That is tho moet, the best, I can do. I know all this country roundabout, you see, and, so knowing, have managed to find out very much clso that my commander will liko to know.'' "Stand solid, boys I Don't shoot unless—until they're right on us." With the last word yet in air there came a wild inrush of feet, oaths, shouting, inarticulate savage cries. Twenty yards off the stream of vengeance staid its course a breath's space as those foremost called aloud: ' After a brief eervtce of prayer, bd by Rev. C. H. Newing, of Dilton, the president announced the following committees : "But how did you manage it?" Reid asked. "Jim, yon were unf:iir to me," he added a little reproachfully. "If only yon had told me. Believe me, I was not unmindful of your peculiar position. You might have gone with the hoartiest godspeed." His hand clinched hard about his poor Death of Mrs. Mary J. Smith, weapon On nominations—W. T. Hackett, of Sciantcn ; F. N. Manchester, of Wilkes oarre; Rev. W. I. Benner, of Freeland ; Sites Louise Williams, of Scranton. At ten minutes past or e Monday m rnlng the spirit of Mte M try J. Smith, wife of M j »r J. B Sua' h. passed away at the family home on N Drth Main street Mrs Smith'* death was not unexpected, and th* end was very peaceful cmiM, rv it'll ui j tuc n,/* head to his breast. "We are going away together," he said, after a breath. "I am glad of it. J. had rather take you with me even thns than to die knowing that my thoughtlessness had left you another man's property." His old oue meant to set him free and send him abroad. The tie between them was not the less strong that it was unacknowledged. But Jim would have □one of freedom that took him away from home and friends. Folks outside said th£ was not wonderful, seeing that he diCPexaetly as he pleased, and was, even before Squire Austin's death, more master of Summer lands than its legal owner. "One minute! Just one, then we wilj oome and take him i" Again the sheriff cried: "Halt! The man that comes a step nearer"— "Thero were reasons," Jim said broathlessly. "I—I did not suffer. I had money—all I needed. I went straight to New Orleans, later to Paris. There I found people who had known Carroll Austin. Tho resrwas easy. Of oourse I came back as soou as I knew there must Oa Resolutions—Rev. F. A. King, or Taylor; Miss Jessie Saxe, of West Pitteton ; Rev. C H. N. wing, of Dalton ; Miss B- ssie Swarts, of Madison. A fierce yell smothered his speech. In solid column tho lynchers dashed at him. Instantly the five dark muzzles belched flame and smoke'and hot leaden haiL The blurred booming filled all the clear fields with rolling echoes that frwelled to the sky and Wavered back to silence, undervoiced by hurrying hoofs as the lynchers slunk away. A minute Jim lay still. Then he dropped deliriously to earth, laid his ear to tho path and cried-aloud: Mrs Sin th'a last Illness began just four weeks ago with an attack of the grtp, but the direct cause of d'Sth is sUted by the Tliere were times indeed when he had sole charge of everything. Mr. Reid made journeys somewhere that took up weeks and weeks. But none knew more than the fact of his absence, though speculation ran riot as to its cause. When cardinals and other high church officials are supposed to bo on their deathbeds tho "Bambino" is often taken to the sickroom, and many are tho miraculous cures that have been reported. When taken on such missions the "Bambino" is never carried, but is taken by a prelate iu a tan colored coach over which floats the holy vernxilion flag. Thero is a legend that the figure was once stolen froju its place in the church reliquary, but that it escaped and walked back. This supposed incident is made the subject of a poem by Aldrich which bears the title of "A Legend of Ara Coeli. "—St. Louis Republic.Adjournment was ntxt in order, and the delegates were then assigned to homes of riends for dinner. "The hounds! The hounds!" I'i the death of Mrs. Smith, another o the old residents of the city passes away. For the psst fifty-three years she had made Flttston her home, and her ItfaV record goes back to the early days of tbi phy tMan in charge as general debility. "They will find two dead men!" Carroll said, thrusting his hand to his side. It fell down blank and empty. He had quite forgotten that ho had nc weapon of any sort. be war." The chnroh was well filled when this afternoon'* sessioa was opened, many delegates having arrived siaee morning. The ohnrch had also been profusely decorated with "Scranton '96'' flags Carroll had loved Jim next to the honor of the Austins until he met the dewy fire of Lisette Weir's eyes. The wooing took a week, the wedding a month. Perhaps the now Mrs. Austin loved her husband supremely. Cortainly she was of those women who love insatiably all men's love. "One would think yon would fight on tho other side," Reid said. "God knows, though, I am glad you are on uura. Tell me, have yoq found out anything about my wife?" Charley Clayton died in midsummer. At Christina*, two years later, the coun ty was agog. Summerlands was to be opened again with a great ball. Cards for it had gone far and wide, and everybody was firmly resolved to see its new 6plendors. Hie night fell clear and chilL Midday had been springlike, but at sundown a nipping wind sprang* up. By nioonrise thero was powdering of frost on the turf that gave all the fields a ghost dim radiance. Something ghastly remained behind. Three dead men lay stark and bloody upon the trampled turf. The prisoner had vanished. At the very moment of the firing Yellow Jim had rushed at him and half dragged him away. All thought of him seemed gone from the sheriff's mind. As he looked through the soft dusk at the white staring faoes of the dead he said slowly and with dry lips: The poison was mcrcifnlly deadly. Jim had sunk from raving to stupor. His breath came quick and short. Now and again long shivers of agony vent through him. Afar out in tho swamp q whippoorwill was singing. Under the cry of it came the noise of hounds—the savage, deep chorus -that tells they are hot on the scent. Carroll flung himself beside the dying man and tried to realize how it would seCrfu when they came city, she having been one of th» first to rC- oeive into her home Rev. D c. Parke, when he fiist located here as a preacher, sod having been a member of his church eve •-luce It met in the brick school house !n Upper Plttetm "She is safe and well," tbe other said, looking away. "They have set a guard about her house, so she shall be neither robbed nor frightened." The sea*ion was opened with a praise service, led by 8. 8. Hoover, of White 4aven, after which Charles G. Daniels, of Scranton, presented the matter of the State convention to be held in that city in October. That was five years back, and those who looked to the heart xit things wondered that the tragedy had been so long in coming. It had come Bt last in de cent Austin fashion. Handsome Charley Clayton had for three years past dangled at Mrs. Austin's apron strings, yet her name was not mentioned iu the quatrel between him and her husband. It was purely political, all admitted, as they also admitted that iu shooting him Carroll Austin had done murder in tho first degree. "Thank ©od for that! J have been frantic with anxiety. I ought to havo known that her sweet eyes would tame the most savage wrath," Reid 6aid, baring his head as he spoke of his wife. "No man worth killing would ever harm her if once he hoard her speak and saw her smilo." Mrs. Smith wis a native of Falda, Germany, and came when a child with her parents to this ccmatry. Before oomlng to PI Us ton, Mrs Sjilth resided with her par ents in New York, Newark, Einton and Wllkeebarre. M-jir Smith and she had been friends from childhood, and be made his home with their family until after marriage Bad Mrs. Smith lived uatil Sept 21«t next, it would have bean the 75th anniversary of her birth, and the 55th of her marriage, she having been marrltd on htr birthday. LIFE WITH THE CIRCUS. lilULE CONFKRKNCK Within every door stood wide. There wero such log fires burning upon all the hearths as made midsummer warmth in spite of it, particularly in the big hall upon which the parlors gave. The entrance door led into it likewise, and there tho thronging guests massed themselves to await the coming of their host. Yellow Jim had met them with news that he was unavoidably delayed, but would surely reach home before 9 o'clock. "Boys, who wants ter bo the county's officer? I've had enough o' it fer all my lifa" upon hinj Incidents Attending the Visit to a Latin- One Will be Conducted at the Fine gnm- It could not bo long i\ow—ton minutes at most. Escape was \Dut of the question. A bullet, the Iralter even, was merciful compared withy smothering iji the ooze or starving there if by any miracle he could keep a footing. Ho was surely fronting his death. At tho thought a gnat surge of wrath rose in him against those who had driven him to this extremity of helplessness. The fact of death was as nothing compared with it. If only bo "might sell his life as becamo an Austin, he would meet his doom blithely nH a bridegroom. dry of a High Collar. mer Hotel near Suubury "You had better not try to see her," Jim said a little anxiously. "Take my word that she is safe and cannot possibly come to harm. Yon will almost certainly bo captured if yon vouture within gunshot of the house. I myself have narrowly escaped it more than once." "Walking along tho streets ono day in a town where wo were showing," said a retired circus man, "tho old man saw in a laundry window a sign reading 'Collars and cuffs 2 oents.' Th« line tuicmer resort, "Hotel Shlkelllmy," on the plttuterqae B.ue Hill, opposite Sunbnry, will be the sceae, from June 12-21, of a Bible Conference to be held under the direction of the Young Men's Christian AsBoel'ttloT s of Pennsylvania. The Conferenoe will follow, In general conduct, the Moudv Conferences at N Ttbfield, Mass. Toe programme WiH consist of Bible read lugs, Bible t-todies, and, addresses upon th' ujen pertaining life and service. The corps of teachers and speakers include: Rev. J. Wllbnr Chapman, pastor of B-thauj Caurch, Philadelphia; Bev. R A. Torrey, superintendent Moody's sohool, Chicago; Robert E. Speer, E q , secretary Presbyterian Bjard of Foreign Missions; Augustus Nash, of Lincoln, Neb.; Chas E Hurlbuf, of Philadelphia, and Jnmes H. MiCmkey, of Wrlghtsville, Pa l'he grC undo afford splendid facilities for out-door sports The committee has leased the hotel outright and has placed the rates down to the lowest possible notch. The price of table board will be $0 for the ten dayp;lodging, from $1 50 to $4, according to location. Rooms mo t be secured in advarce. 4 diagram of tbe hotel and full particulars can be secured from Secrn tary B F. Armstrong, at the Plttston Y. M C. A. rooms. Nobody answered him in words. A great owl flapped overhead, calling weirdly through the darkness: "Wboo-ool Whoo-ool Whoo-ool" checked and in no hot speed. Sheriff Smith had overtaken him just outside bis own gate and had permitted him to go in for a last word with bis wife, tboagh his better jndgment said it was , a hazardous thing to do. He had left the town behind bim pulsing with the thrill of vengeance. The very air was a threat. It was coait ' day, with half the county thronging the streets. Still it was impossible to deny the one plea of a prisoner who might easily have defied the law, to which instead he submitted with such grace as moved one of the posse to say aside to bis elbow neighbor: Yet after it he had ridden home un 'Do you take any kind of collars at that price?' he asked the laundryman. Then she turned her head slowly around, and looking at him with a superior smile, replied: "This time, you foolish boy, but you most promise never to act so again."— Harper's Bazar.  "Darling, will you forgive me?" CHAPTER II 'Yes; oh, yes,' said the laundryman. 'Everything goes here.' The swamp was somberly terrible, even when a midsummer nan stood straight oveihead, wnding lances of light down into its Cfcirk places. At moojirise Jt was ghostly—a world of black sown here or thero with blotches of silver. In the blackness "great tree trunks swain in wraithlike colonnades holding high above the oozy earth a vaulted intricacy of leaves. Big rough barked vines writhed and clung about the great bolls. Now and again a va-5;rant arm of them made a dangerous oop across the blind path that led in from the firmer land. "But I must see her—I will, uo matter what the risk," Roid said with a straining gaze toward his home. Jim gave him a curious, pitiful look, then said, lightly shaking his bead: As the clock was upou the stroke a carriage rolled to the door. black horses drew it, bravo in g&lifijjrjunted harness. Tliodriver satprouitiyijpright. The lackey Ix-sido him had so lost his dignity as to grin at the groom, who had rushed to the team's head. But mighty few herded that. Austin Reid had come among his guests with a slender woman dpon his tifoi, saying as ho wrung the nearest on!held hand: " We had a giraffe at the time that we used to dress up for the evening parade in a sort of a dude costume with a high collar reaching from its shoulders np to under its head. The old man got one of the giraffe's collars and had it sent down to the laundry to be done up. When the laundryman opened the bundle and spread it out on the counter, ho says, 'What's this?' and the man that had brought it down said that it was one of the giraffe's collars. Bt*td?s her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Justine Ltztrus, of this city, turvhse There are three grandchildren, Mies May Steele, of Scran ton; Mrs. Cecil Dletover, of Brooklyn, N. Y , and Miss Margaret Liz true, of this cltj; also one great grandchild. i be following slfcters and brothers also survlvt: Lnoy Flers'eln, of thla city; Kate Fiereteln,. of Wllkesbarre; Tereea F.ereteln, of this eltj; Mrs Joseph Miller, Cl aries and John Fieratein, of Wilkes barre. "As yon please. Perhaps it can be managed if wo wait until 10 o'clock tonight." To Bala* Buffaloes. The dogs were coming at a furious rate. Their baying filled all tho swamp. It pierced even through tho veil of drttth. Jim stirred, gave a long, long sigh, then lay inert. And with the sight there came to tho watcher a thought so wild, so impossible, it took away his breath. It meant life, but at what risk! Ho began to shako as though ague stricken. Big, cold drops gathered on his forehead, his hands cliifched hard. It was all over with poor Jim. In five minutes now the end must come. Tho dogs came as tli.mgh winged. If—if ho dared that which he had thought, there ▲ buffalo breeding park has been established experimentally at Adrian, Mich., by a big wire fence making concern. Five buffaloes were bought from the Commissioners of Lincoln Park, Chicago, a few days ago to stock the Dark. It a little later when they wormed themselves through the chain of sentinels and came under Mrs. Reid's windows. Inside all was light and mirth. Lisette sat at the piano with "How 1 thank my friends, one and all, for coming thns to wolcomo Mrs. Austin Reid!" "'By gosh! That's so,' said the laundryman, just as though giraffe's collars used to bo a common item of the wash in his laundry, but he hadn't had very many come in lately and they'd kind o' escaped his mind. How's This 1 "Dad rat it, ef thar ain't somethin in stock, after all! This yere boy's tho regler old ruffle shirted Austin breed, no mistake erbout it. Jes' look at 'im— as cool an perlite ter us that's come ter take 'im ter jail as ef we had come in stid ter tell 'im we wanted 'im ter go ter congress for ns. It was the barest ghost of a footway, more sinuous than a serjK'nt's trail. The blacks alono knew its windings. Of them only a few could follow it to its end—the runaway's refuge, deep in the swamp's heart. It crept, writhed, twist-, ed, from root to tussock, from tussock to fallen stem. He who strayed from it. took his. life in his hand, for on either side quicksand .yawning to swallow him and leave no trace. An electric thrill went through the onlookers. It was Lisette Austin who smiled at them from her depths of silk and fnr. Before the readiest could frame his li[is to speech, there was u heavy fall. Yellow Jim lay senseless at tho feet of the bride We offer one hundred dollars reward to any oaae of catarrh that cannot be cured oy Hall's Catarrh Cure. Were Granted Certllleates. The nsult of the mine foreman's examination held recently In this olty has been announced. The following were granted mine foremen's certificates : Miner's Mills—William Hllbert. Wllkeebarre—Andrew J. McGeehan. Luzerne Borongh—John MoKeohnle. Avooa—John D. Davis, James D. Campbell, Patrick H. O'Brien. Hudson—John Conlon. P. J. Cheney & Co., Props , Toledo, O. " 'Five o'clock,' he said when the man asked when it would bo ready, and at 5 o'clock tho man found it waiting for him done up in a roll about, as big We, the undersigned, have known F: J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able tn earry out any obligations made by their firm. W»st and Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldlng, Klnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Core is taksn internally, acting direotly upon the blood snd mnoous surfaoe* of the system. Prloe, 75o. per battle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. was not a second to losr Lisette had met them at the door. Before her husband could speak she cried out sharply and dung herself upou his breast. His arms had closed tight about her. Then he put her gently away, oalled Jim and spoke with bim briefly apart. Then he came in front of bis captors, saying, with the barest undernote of tremor: Suddenly wild and clear above tho baying dogs he caught tho yell of thoso following. At once he dropped down beside the dead man and began to work with the strength of a giant, tho swiftness of a hurricane. In three minutes he stood again upright, lint breathless and shuddering. The leaping dogs came on like so many demons of the* ooze, ready to seize and rend their pvy. IIo. con Id soe tho foremost couple, a moving black blur between the great bolls. To his sharpened delirious souse it seemed as though their tan markings stood out as bloody lines upon tho shining black of their lithe frames. Far and faint behind ho caught tho flickering flare of torches. Still he did not stir. He hud gaught up After midnight, as he lay staring into the darkness, praying for the death he had so pitifully escaped, cautious steps camo to his bedside, the flame of a candle, shaded with the hand, fell down upon his face. Mammy Lou, tho plantation sick nurse, was gazing at him. tSho was old and black, bent and very wrinkled, but held among her fellows to have ci of life and death. A tall younger bliu'.k woman was at her elbow. As tho two of them came beside him sho said to Mammy Lou : as a stovepipe. " 'How much?' hi' asked. Swiftly yet cautiously Yellow Jim ran along it, half lient, a staff in his hand, with which ho tried each farther foothbld. His master at his bark walked upright and confident, as though lie trod a dancing floor. Yet he knew to tho full his peril—the deadly ooze, the deadlier things that lurked and crawled therein. The passion of atonement had fallen away from him. To his heart he began to say that bis bullet was sent wen home. What if the dead man had not quite despoiled his home? He deserved death for the treacherous thought of it. '' 'Two cents ' said the laundryman, and he swept the 2 cents off tho counter into the drawer without turning it hair. IIo was game plumb through. But the old man was uo chump. lie suit the laundryman a dollar, which was about what the work was worth, anil a couple of complimentary tickets. That night tho laundryman came to tho circus. Ho was just as cool as ever, but you could see that he was pleased, easy enough when he saw the giraffe come out wearing tho collar that had been done up in his laundry."—New York bun.  Deserve to Succeed. West Pittaton—John B. Morris, Blohard (Si-ranton Tribune.) Jonee. The efforts whloh are belDg made In Luzerne county to free the six toll bridges that span the Snfqnehanna river deserve to eueieed. Toll bridges performed a useful sn vice In their day, but In wealthy oc unties like Lnz-trne that dty has passed The following were recommended for assistant mine foremen's certificates: Avoca—Richard Rlohens. Wyoming—Thomas Nlnnls. Plains—Thomas Carden, Samuel Hamblet, John McCoimlck, John O'Boyle, Alexander C. Mann. r "I hope, sheriff, you will all drink with me befoie we go. There is a little of my father's old Madeira left. We may as well"— Clv l Eiglneer Drowned. Prank Jelly, a civil engeneer In the employ of Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, was drowned at Tamiqua oollery by falling Into a cage pit. It took several hours to find the body. "No, nol" the sheriff said, his Toice cOming thin and sharp. "We can't, my boy, We ouohter rid like the devil wus "Is you right sho', mummy, Jim done struck wid death?" Jim caught mid held hivi fast. "How come you uxin me dat? Dead uer libin. he ain't not nebber gwine he half a dozen men, in blue uniforms with shoulder straps and gorgeous gold l&ce, hovering about her, each oaaer, it away Miner's Mills—David D. Davis. Forty Fott—William Balnbridge. it Mil ls'*•»»/.« IKff.niiregusranteed towf»a HrtiUichr, luvili MiiiiutH* a duaor