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^ : t ii * .The Express Case Decision. Judge W. H. Munger, in his opinion in thd Nebraska express case, has} tiiis to say: “Under the judiciary, act to entitle a party to remove on the ground of diversity of citizenship there must to a controversy between citizens of dif ferent states. A state is not a citi zen. within the meaning of the judi ciary act, but it is argued that as the ’slate has no interest in the contro versy which entitles it to maintain the action, therefore, it is a mere nom inal party. ' "We have juot held in the ense of the State of Nebraska against the Hoard of Railway Commissioners against the Cnicago,_ Burlington & (Quincy railroad, brought in the su preme court of the state for a like purpose and removed to this court, tbat the action was a removable one on the ground of diverse citizenship <cr the reason that the state, though r.meil as a party complainant, had a it such an interest as entitled it to maintain the action and hence was a mere nominaj party, and that the real controversy was between the board ■ot railway commissioners, authorized to maintain the action, and the rail road company. In this case, if there in a controversy at all, it is between the state and the express company. Whether or not such a coatroversy can be maintained by the state it is unnecessary for us to decide. We are only to determine whether cr not there is a controversy between citi zens of different states Finding there is no such controversy the case is not removr»-!e on the ground of diversity of citizenship. “Without the emergency clause the law did not go into effect until July •!. -it is contended, and that the defen dants were not required to put the re duced rates into effect until thirty days thereafter; that the action be ing brought on the Eth of July was prematurely brought and therefore presents a federal question. We can not agree to this contention. The mere fact that an action is premature ly brought cannot be said to present a federal question within the mean ing of the judiciary act. If that should be so in a case of this character it would be so in every action brought by one individual against andthtr, pre maturely to recover on a promissory nbte or other cause of action. “For the reasons given, the motion to remand is sustained and the case remanded to the supreme court of the state.’’ Stats Wants Pension Money. The board cf public lands and buildings is considering the adoption of a rule that will compel members of the soldiers’ homes who receive more ^haa §12 a month to pay a per ■centage of their pensions to the cash funds of the homes. Until recently very Jew soldiers received more than SI 2 a month pension, but now many receive more. The policy of the board was to permit pensioners who re ceived $12 a month to retain all the pension money, but to pay to the home all in excess of that amount. As few received more than that the payments to the home have been very sraali. Governor Sheldpn was not en tirely in favor of the proposed rule, but it received considerable support from Land Commissioner Eaton, Sec retary of State Junkin, Attorney Gen eral Thompson and Treasurer Brian. The rule which appeared to meet with favor from a majority is as follows: “All who are members of the home at the time of the adoption of these rules, or who may hereafter become such, who are receiving or who may hereafter receive a pension in excess of $12 and not more than $19. shall pay into the cash found of the home 10 per cent of the amount; $20 and not more than $23, 20 per cent; $24 and not more than $28, 30 per cent. In cases where any member Is receiv ing $30 or more, he shall pay such an amount as the commandant and the board may deem just. High School Qualify. State Superintendent McBrien is re quiring pupils of high schools who take the normal training course to pledge themselves that they will com plete the course. The law requires inem to remain In class eighteen weeks and there must be ten in a das9. Each high school that qualifies will receive from the state $350 a year. Some of the schools that have qualified and the number in the class are as follows: Holdrege, 44; Lex ington, 34; Hebron, 30; Geneva, 29; Hastings, 21; North Platte, 24; West Point, 13; Wisner, 18; Fairfield, 12; Superior, 15. .Fire Protection at State House. The old state house couldn’t burn now if it wanted to. The water has been turned on in the new anti-fire pipes and the hose is all ready for a conflagration. This was all done out of the appropriation made by the leg islature last winter. Incidentally the building has settled two or three in ches since the session. Several days ago a creaking and cracking and groaning was heard in Superintendent McBrien's office and the plaster popped over the door and the floor dropped at least a fraction of an inch. Vacancy in Legislature. Lancaster county has a vacancy in its legislative delegation, the Hon. Joseph Burns, state senator, has moved to Colorado, and at the pri maries no one filed as a candidate and no application has been made to Gov ernor Sheldon to include the filling of the vacancy in his election proclama tion. Senator Burns has been missed from his favorite haunts for a long time and it developed that he had moved to Colorado, there to look after rv young fortune he is tending. By removal his office becomes vacant. Nebraska Railroad Case. The opinion of Judge T. C. Munger in the railroad cases which are re fined in the federal court, is in this language: - “The question involved in this case is whether the action may be removed into the United States circuit court The solution of'this question depend.' upon the construction of the act of congress of March 3, 1887, which gives cognizance to the circuit court of th? United Stales of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity * * * in which there shall be a con troversy between citizens of different : states, in which the matter in eontro ( versy exceeds exclusive of interest and costs the sum of $2,000. “The complainants contend that the action does not come within the statute for the reason that the act of congress refers only to controversies between citizens of different states and *not to controversies between the state and citizens. “The fact that the suit is brought in the name of the state does not de termine whether or not the state is really a party in interest.” . Judge Munger then qdotes from nu merous opinions, in state and federal courts bearing on this question and on the one referring to the point of pecuniary interest the state may have in the controversy. Analyzing var ious cases. Judge Munger finds that they are not wholly analogous to the one in controversy, as in each case cited by the attorney general, the state had some sort of actual Inter est, either of property, or to exercise police power in direct prosecution or suit for penalties. “It is also contended that in case of doubt, it is the duty of the court to remand the case to the state court. This is not the rule of thjj circuit court of appeals for this circuit. “But no doubt is entertained that the state of Nebraska in this case has no real interest as an artificial per son and therefore the motion to re mand will be overruled." State University Again at Work. Students are coiling in and the largest attendance in the history of the institution is registered. From the registration so far it ap pears that the engineering depart ments are the chief attraction for men at the university. There Ifas been a decided gain in engineering courses ever the attendance last j-ear. The forestry department also shows an in crease. The academic college seems to prove a less and less attraction every year for the men who come to college, and this year has been no exception. The women still outrank the men five to one in this depart ment. This year they have taken more- than usual interest in the scien tific courses, and here the ratio be tween the sexes promises to be much less than it was a year ago. Last year the academic college was attend ed by 1,039 students, and the indus trial by 1,086. There was about an equal number of men and women in the two, taken together, but the in dustrial had a iarge majority of men, while the academic dre«; a large share of the women. The schools of music and fine arts registered more than 609 students last year, and only about ; 3 per cent were men. This year will show about the same ratio. Appraising Western Land. Western county boards are busy ap praisng the state lands for leasing purposes, and when the report of Per kins cofintv, which was the first to ar rive, reached Land Commissioner Eaton he was surprised at the man ner in which land .values of that county had taken to the toboggan slide. He had heard of land values for Perkins county as high as $15 per acre and none lower than $5. But the county commissioners informed him that the- school land was worth only from 40 cents to $2 per acre, most of it being listed at 50 cents. The commissioner -will reject this appraise ment. He refuses to believe the land has had such a drop in value because of good crops and plenty of moisture^ Other western counties are being apprased, and the commissoner is awaiting their figures with consider able interest. He wonders whether other county commissioners will be willing to put such a blot upon the land prices in their counties. Government Janitor Discharged. John H. Leckliter, janitor of the federal building, is said to have re ceived a discharge from the govern ment to take effect September 30, bat his friends are moving to have him re instated. As the position is a civil service job a discharge must be for cause. Mr. Leckliter was serving his six months’ probationary period. At the end of that time a recommenda tion for reappointment is necessary to enable the applicant to hold his place. In the case of Mr. Leckliter it is understood that he not only failed to get a recommendation from Custo dian Burgess hut that his discharge was recommended. Railroad Min Explain. C. E. Spens general freight agent of the Burlington and General Super intendent Byram of the same road, called on the- railway commission. They discussed classification and talked of a complaint tiled by John G. Hengen of Crete concerning an al leged overcharge on a car of lumber from Clearmont, Miss., to Crete. The defense of the read is that the two local tariffs were added together as permitted by the interstate com merce commission. Work in Campaign. Senator Burkett left for Washing ton to aid Mrs. Burkett in getting lo cated so that the children can start into school. He will return to Lincoln shortly to take part in the fall cam paign wherever he can be of service. Food Commissioner J. W. Johnson is sending notice to meat packers, meat dealers and all persons selling meat for use in Nebraska containing a warning about the sale of short weight packages or packages which are not branded with the net weight t MADE PROBE OF OIL TRUSTS i ' \ '■ V. " ■ AUTO HID REVENGE GOT GLORIOUSLY EVEN WITH CAR THAT WRECKED IT. Affair Closely Resembling a Duel to the Death Afforded Diversion to Crowd on San Francisco Street Recently. San Francisco.—An electric car, a gasoline runabout, a willing and over zealous motorman. two amateur au tomobile enthusiasts and a chorus of apprciative street car patrons—these composed the principals, supporting cast and audience which figured in a; one act arenic spectacle put on with out prior announcement in the middle of Sutter street between Pierce and Scott. The event, which had every element of a tragedy but at the same time was replete with delicate humor which converted it into a comedy, was in the nature of a gladiatorial struggle to the death between electricity and gas oline. As an exhibition of mortal com bat it was an equal of the melodramat ic thriller of a 10 cent theater, for all concerned got it In the neck in the end. I The automobile—a one cylinder af fair—started the trouble; but then, too' much should not be said about its. faults for the dear departed should not1 be reviled. Suffice it that the machine' suffered paralysis in the middle of. the eastbound street car track and; that the ministrations of its two occu-» pants were of no avail. Its wheels' absolutely refused to go around either; in answer to the appeal of its own> engine or when urged by the strong^ arms of its disgruntled passengers.1 Then the street car came up behindj and stopped. “Wha ’smatter?” sang the motor man to the accompaniment of a bell solo with his gong. 1 “Give us a shove,” came the answer. “We’re stuck.” The motorman was accommodating. He unslung the heavy connection bar used when a well car goes to the as sistance of a sick one, and attaching one end to the front of the car, braced the other against the back of the auto-' mobile. Then he turned on all the' juice. It was a foul blow. The automobile, was looking for a steady shove and it got a slap. The bar flew in the air, the street car gave a bound, there was one resounding crash and a couple of yells, and the automobile was a subject for the machinery morgue. It had refused to budge even with several! hundred volts of - Patrick Calhoun’s soothing syrup behind it, apd tl}e heavy car made a scrap heap of it. But in its expiring gasp the auto sent back as good as had been given and evened up the score. Its drive chain, wrenched loose from the machinery, writhed out with a hiss of hate, struck fair and true, and for the fraction of a second formed a connection between the motor box of the street car and one of the rails. "Bang!" Retribution had been re ceived. The car demolished the auto mobile, but the automobile short cir cuited the whole Sutter street system in return. And then the passengers got out of he dark, silent car and gazed at its lifeless bulk standing there over the ruin it had wrought. Only one or two of them swore; all the rest sat down on the curb and laughed. Poured Pepper Into Boy's Eyes. Ardmore, Pa. — Determined that Henry Skinner, Jr., aged 12, should not peep when it came his turn to be "it” in a game of hide-and-seek, a half dozen youthful companions held him flat on his back and poured red pep per into his eyes. His screams fright ened the boys implicated in the affair and they fled, while Skinner was led home by a neighbor. The victim is a son of Dr. Henry* Skinner, and the youths accused of the cruel treatment are members of prominent Ardmore families. The po lice took up the case, but proceedings will depend upon the result of the boy’s injuries. Under medical treat ment his eyes are being gradually re stored to normal conditions and his eyesight may not be affected. Fate of Cow That Ate Dynamite. V Norwich, Conn.—Albert Scofield is blasting rocks and stumps on his farm. He reached a field one morning just in time to see one of his cows swallow two of dynamite which had been left in the cleft of a big stump over night. Scarcely had the cow taken the dainty morsels into her midst than acute indigestion attacked her, and jumping the fence she ran through the village bellowing in pain. Scofield at a most respectable distance chased her. Armed with trusty rifles farmers joined in the chase. At a distance of 200 feet the cow was shot and killed and the following sign placed on her body: “Do not jar this. It will go off." Daring Attempt to Steal Body. Columbus, O.—While the death watch was seated in an adjoining room three men made a daring at tempt to steal the body of Mrs. L. L. Northstone. The watchers, aroused by the bark ing of a dog, hastened to the scene and found a white man of profession al appearance climbing into a window from which the pane had been re moved. On the lawn stood a negro in livery, while a third man was attend ing the team attached to an under taker’? cart. The men hastily mounted the cart and drove away at breakneck speed, followed by revolver shots from po licemen who had been attracted to the scene, t __ Mistakes Friend for Deer. Benton, Ark.—Mistaking Fred White for a deer, A. Beatty raised his gun, aimed into the underbrush and fired. The object of his aim toppled over. Running a hundred yards to the spot to where he fired Beatty discovered the dead body of his hunting compan ion. White’s head was blown off. White was a prominent citizen of Benton. • ' ' \ , , '• ROBE OReRO/LE ROBE OR VZH/TE RRA16R7; v . liEIEH. The bell-shaped hat has had a great triumph, and when one considers the extreme ugliness of its outline, and the rarity of the saving grace of be comingness, this is little short of amazing. The latest bell-shaped hats are made of ecru lace, and bound with velvet or silk, with a full beefeater crown of lace, tied with ribbons at one side, while usually a rose is laid on the left side of t*:e brim. Stitched linen is also called into service for the bell shaped hat, and trimmed with a twist ed scarf of chiffon it looks its best. Again, it is made of white chip and bound with black chip, the crown be ing a mass of flowers sewn closely to gether. And further have I noticed the questionable charms of the bell-shaped hat expressed in colored crinoline lined with black moire, the sole trim ming on the crown being an immense mass of waving feather culled from the back or breast of the farmyard fowl. One of the most effective hats—for a woman of “certain age”—I have seen this year was a large cloche of exquisitely fine “crin,” with a full transparent crown of point d’Esprit and a large chou of black satin rib bon at the left side; just above this chou there was a cluster of three black ostrich tips, and jutting from the cen ter of these a large and full white aigrette. It was decidedly a large hat, but so quiet and “lady like” that it would not attract undue attention, and to Its fair owner it proved delightfully becoming. More and more it becomes the fashion to wear black hats with white gowns and to accompany these with fine black spotted veils, edged and Inserted with fine Ivory lace. One or two notable leaders of fashion in Paris started this fashion at the end of the last season, and it has “caught on” amazingly; with a pure white gown and black hat in which not a single tinge of color is introduced, looks surprisingly distinguished; and most women look their best with something dark on their heads. Some thing quite dark or something quite light. This is a safe rule. Of course, there are women who can wear me dium tints on -their heads with good results, but these are the exceptions; black—in the best and lightest mate rials—is quite safe for a summer hat and, besides this, it is exceedingly fashionable. Let us speak now of 'rthe new sleeves which are set in folds or pleats from shoulder to elbow, and which then extend in mitten fashion right down to the wrists. These sleeves are leaping into favor with the Parisi ennes. The sitting figure In the sketch which accompanies this article shows sleeves of this order, and are to be recommended to those who do not care for the ultra-short sleeve and ' \ Bears Preparing for Hard Winter. Jim Tompkins, the Mount Hood woodsman whose predictions last fall of a hard winter was verified, is again out with a pronunciamento to the ef fect that the coming winter will dis count that of last year and will in ef fect be a “peeler.’ Mr. Tompkins again bases his prediction on the hab its of the bears, which he statfes are more numerous in the lower valley than last year and are foraging almost in the dooryar«#s of ranchers to fatten up for a “powerful spell of killin’ weather.” “Them snowstorms we had last win ter,” says- Mr. Tompkins, “won’t be a marker to what we ll ketch this winter. Every sign known to natur’ is hollerin’ it loud, and the bears cornin’ in close to town is a sure sign. Anoth er is the bark on the trees. Whenever it gits as thick as it is now look out. Git plenty of wood, friends," conclud ed the woodsman, “and git it quick, fer you’ll have use fer it mighty sud den.”—Hand River correspondence Portland Orgeonian. Crabs chew their food with their legs. Heredity. Fond Mamma (a little anxiously)— Don’t you think the baby is a trifle— well, high-colored? Tactful Family Friend (inspecting the lobster-tinted infant)—Oh, he's only what one ought to exi>ect from the offspring of such a literary man as his father. Fond Mamma (brightening) — What’s that? Tactful Family Friend—He’s just well red.—Baltimore American. Wine Sold on Time Limit. In the south of France wine is now sold by the half-hour. On payment of two cents one can go into a wine cel lar and stay there for half an hour. Large Sum for Amusement An English statistician has just demonstrated that England expends annually on theaters and music halls almost $38,500,000. Glasses Cure Stammering. Cases of stammering are reported by English opticians to have been cured by fitting glasses to correct de fects of the eyes. who find the half-and-half business rather dowdy. Sleeves similar to those in the sketch look exceedingly well when carried out in crepe de Chine and Maltese lace—both mate rials being in a pale shade of beige. The lace of Malta is in great favor this year; the kind most used on summer dresses is rather coarse and made in silk; it Is—^as a rule—in a very pale shade of beige and it har monises deliciously with Tussore silk or with crepe de Chine in the same shade. Filet net, inset with Irlande or ornamented with applications of white linen, continues to enjoy a triumphant career; it is effective and pliable, and, above all, it is new. I am not. and never shall be, an admirer of filet— except for certain trimmings, but I re alise the possiblities of the net as a background. Fortunately there is no indication that gown sleeves will attain unwield ly dimensions, such dimensions as they did a dozen years ago or less when the upper sleeve resembled nothing else so much as it did a small balloon, and when the tallest and slightest of women with the narrowest shoulders could • wear them and look older than a monstrosity. The loosely-fitting coat which reach es above the knees, and is cut a _.y round in the front, shows an ever increasing popularity. The latest edi tion of these shows a seam above the waist, and a broad outlining of galon which extends round the wide armhole and appears again at the base of the full square sjeeve. Such a coat have I seen in reseda green with braiding in black, worn with a high-walsted skirt, over a shirt of filet net, and crowned with a big black bell-shaped hat made of tightly-stretched silk, adorned with a panache. This is des tined for autumn wear. The Irish lace coat, long or short, usually boasting a sacque back, lined with mousseline, or unlined is having a great vogue, and very pretty indeed it looks. Altogether, I notice a ten dency towards wearing coats which differ from the skirts, and the voile skirt of a light color Is accompanied with great success by a short, or three quarter, coat of glace, voluminous lace frills on the sleeves, and lace or net jabot. Symptoms. “Maybe that boy of 4 yours will be famous some day,” said the friend. “I shouldn’t be surprised,” answered Farmer Corntossel; “he does like to wear curious clothes an’ say thingsi that sound more surprisin’ than sen sible.”—Washington Star. Wooden Soldiers Found in Egypt. Among the objects found in recent Excavations in Egypt was a whole company of wooden soldiers fifteen inches high. dr f DAVID T I DAY * Or. David Talbot Day has boon chief of tns mining and mineral resources division of the United States Geological survey since the year 1886. Ho mads the great petroleum investigation for the government. «e HER BODY A SHIELD. ONLY CARE OF CALIFORNIA WOM AN WAS HER CHILD. Run Down by Automobile Mrt. Kirch ner, of Los Angeles, Thought of Nothing But Protecting Little One. Oakland, Cal.—Carrying her infant child in her arms ‘and leading an eight-year-old daughter by the hand Mrs. C. R. Kirchner, whose home Is at 411 Summer street, attempted to cross the street at Broadway and fourteenth street when she was run down and hurled to the ground by an automobile driven by M. T. Vance, who lives at KJ2G Alabama street, San Francisco When struck by the ma chine Mrs. Kirchner forgot her own laager in an effort to protect her lit >!e ones from harm, threw her daugh ■ er almost cut of the path of the ma . bine, at the same time interposing her own body as a shield to the child. The force of the collision hurled her from her feet to the ground, but clutching her babe in her arms she turned as she fell in suen a way as to protect it from contact with the hard avement with her own body. Before Vance could bring his machine to a stop the front wheel of the car had passed over Mrs. Kirchner’s lower limbs, inflicting a number of painful bruises, and her little daughter was painfully bruised by coming in con tact with the corner of the automo bile. According to witnesses of the accident, Vance lost his head after striking the woman, and after bring ing the machine to a stop reversed his engine and once more the front wheel of the machine passed over one of Mrs. Kirchner’s legs before she could get out of the way. Policeman Conroy was a witness of the accident and he at once placed Mrs. Kirchner in the automobile and took the injured woman and Vance to the central police station. Mrs. • Kirchner refused lo be taken to the emergency hospital. After she had given an account of the accident to Acting Capt. Brown Mrs. Kirchner was taken to her home in the ma chine by which she had been injured. Vance was not arrested, as Mrs. Kirchner declared that she did not care to prosecute him. Vance declared that as he started to turn the corner Mrs. Kirchner stepped directly in front of his ma chine, which struck her before he could make a move to avert the acci dent. He said that he was running very slowly at the time of the acci dent and was sounding bis horn as he turned the corner. Black Cat Kills Child. City of Mexico, Mexico.—Genaro Go dinez, an infant three months old, was killed while lying In his cradle by a large black cat at Plateros, the home of the Godinez family. The baby’s mother had gone away from the house to see a neighbor, leav ng the little one sleeping in his cradle. There were no others In the house at the time, and though some of the neighbors heard the baby cry ing they thought nothing of it. as the screams of the child lasted but a short time. N.uen the mother returned home she was horrified to find the infant dead. The cat had chewed the baby’s face almost completely up, and had terribly lacerated his arms, breast and legs. The shock has left the mother in a very critical condition, and fears are felt for her recovery. Girls Sail to Get Husbands? Liverpool.—The remarkable exodus cf marriageable young women from this country to the United States and Canada is emphasized by the depart ure of 1,000 unmarried women on the steamer Baltic alone, while several hundred more were among the total of 5,000 passengers carried on three trans-Atlantic steamers. HER LOVE FOR DOG WAS STRONG. Woman, After All, Could Not Bear to Have Pet Killed. Indianapolis.—A woman, poorly dressed but of respectable appearance, went into police headquarters with a bulldog about as friendly as the po lice had ever seen. Even before the woman spoke the animal was wag ging her tail and making friends right and left. There was a friendly expres sion in the dog’s eyes and the mem bers of the department present could see at a glance that the dog was of a disposition to be trusted. "What can we do for you, lady?” asked Desk Sergeant Crane. “I came to get rid of my dog,” she replied sorrowfully. “You see, I can’t afford to pay the tax.” i'Do you want to give the dog away?” the sergeant asked. “Yes, if some one would have her," came the reply. “But, oh my, no one wants her, and I guess the only thing to do is to have her killed.” With this the woman burst into tears and between her sobs she de clared her dog was the best animal that ever lived. “Why that dog is everything in our little household. 1 can go away and leave the doors open and it is only necessary to tell her to stay there and watch. She is a protection against any one who means harm to me and the children. But I have no money and can not pay the tax, and 1 might be arrested If I don’t.” ’’I’m sorry, lady, to see you lose such a pet,” Crane told her. ”If you have decided to have the dog killed Humane Inspector Smith back there will do IL” The dog jumped and cavorted about as she followed the woman to the humane office. Smith asked several questions, and then told the woman he would kill the animal. She went with the inspector into the basement in order to coax the dog there. Coolly the inspector selected a bottle of deadly poison from a cabinet. Two or three drops' of it causes instant death to dogs, and Smith started toward the bulldog with the bottle in his hand. "My God, stop," the woman cried dramatically, and with large tears run ning down ‘her cheeks. “I’m very poor, but I’ll go back to the washtub and rub my hands off before that dog shall be killed. What’s two or three days’ work compared with the love of a dog like that. Come on, Fanny, we’ll go back home.” Before the astonished Smith could speak the woman kissed the dog and ran up the stairway and out of the building. She did not leave her name. Love is the greatest thing In the world—and, incidentally, the most ex pensive. * Yellow Jackets End Picnic. Women Tear Off Skirts and Fight Swarms of Insects. Ardmore. Pa.—la a fierce running combat covering three-quarters of a mile, in which women ripped off and used their skirts as weapons of de fense, and children ran pell-mell like a routed army in full retreat, yellow jackets broke up the picnic of the In fant department of'st. Paul's Luther an Sunday school, held in Harsch’s grove, near • Narberth, and sent the pupils and their guardians scampering home to Ardmore—stung. It was the annual outing of the lit tle folks, and about 50 youngs ters, un der the caro of a number of women, had spread their lunch. Several mis chievous boys at this juncture stirred up a colony of yellow jackets, and the angry insects swarmed in a cloud about the tables. Panic reigned. Divesting themselves of part *of their skirts, the women stalled in to do battle with the bees. Bravely they fought, but were soon conviuceu that! their safety depended upon precipitate flight. Dash they did, fighting as they fled, until they had cleared the woods, leaving behind them part of the edibles intended for their feast. In Ardmc*e, the children had their wounds treated. The pupils had rallied sufltclently next day to attend a session of the Sunday school, but a shudder ran through the ranks when in making up the class schedules the secretary called for a report from the “Busy Bees.” His Hands. Nice—There’s one unmistakable, sign of a gentleman* and that is that he keeps his hands clean. Kidder—But sometimes it isn’t pos sible ior a gentleman to keep his hands clean. Now, I know one— Nice—Nevertheless, he’s not a gen tleman if— Kidder—But this man employs 250 of them in his factory.—Philadelphia Press. 1