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RETURN POSTAL CARDS.
Designs Approved for the Domestic
and the International Forms.

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In few weeks the new return postal card
will be placsd on sale at all postofices. The
two designs one for the domestic and the
other for the international postal union SER
vice have been approved by Postmaster.
General Wanamaker, and the work OF
printing and distributing the cards will be
pushed with vigor.
The half Of the double card containing the
message to which a reply is desired, is three
and a-half inches wide by five and a-half in
ches long. At the top Of the card and little
to the left of the centre are engraved in
three lines, one above the other. the words,
"Postal Card with Paid Reply" Omitted
States Of America" and in smaller type,
'This Side is for Address Only" In the
right hand upper corner is vignette of
General Grant encircled by a frame bearing
at the top the legend, Message Card" and
at the bottom zone Cent" At the lower
left-hand corner are the words, 'Detach An
ne1ed Card for Answer"
The whole is enclosed in tasteful border.
The face Of the return card, in general ef-
feet, is similar to the message card, Instead,
however, Of the words postal Card With
Paid Reply" at the top of the card, are the
words 'Reply Postal Card" Over the vig-
nette of General Grant the words "Rsply
Card" are substituted for Message Card"
The international card is somewhat smaller
than that for domestic use. In the border
at the top Of the card appsars the words
Postal Card With Paid Reply" and their
French translation "Carte postale avec re-
sponse payee." A design at the top of the
card contains the words, "Universal Postal
Union" and UNITED States of America"
with their French equivalents. A liberty
head occupies the right hand upper corner
with the legend 'Two Cents"
In all other essential particulars the do.
nestle and the international cards are very
similar. Black ink will be used on both.
The message card and the card for reply
form one piece o. cardboard folded together
and creased on a line between the two
where they are to BE- separated when the re-
ply is sent.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

a prsHER engine was blown to fragments
nv the explosion OF tbs boiler while stand
ing on q side track near Grove. summit,
Penn. Engineer Wise and Fireman Flynn
were literally blown to pieces.
GENERAL T. MORRIS CHESTER, colored,
died at the home Of his parents IN darrls.
burg, PENN, few days ago at the age OF
fifty eight years.
CHEF JUSTICE PA1EN, OF the fennsyl-
vania State Supreme Court, issued warrants az
for the arrest Of every member OF the Ia.
NOUS Advisory Board Of the Homestead
strikers on charge Of high treason.
Ex-PREs1DENr CLEVELAND, accompanied
by Daniel G.. Griffin, Of the Democratic
State Committee, and Richard watson
Glider, editor Of the Century Magazine ar
rived in New York City from Gray Gaples
on the Fall River steamboat Pilgrim: ne
held conferences with many Of the Natlonal
and State leaders.
FRANK COOLEY, the leader o; the noto-
rious Cooley gang, Of Pennsylvania, was
shot and killed at the home Of his father;
"Lute' Cooley between Fairchance and
Smithfeld, by Sheriff Mccormick.
JOHN KENNEDY, Of Fall River, Mass,
was killed by his brother.in-law, MAURICE
Kennedy in drunken fight.
TIE Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, the
first modern war vessel of foreign country
to visit New York Harbor, arrived TO
participate in the celebration OF the 4ootn
anniversary of the discovery OF America.
She was met in the bay by the Philadelphia,
Vesuvius and Dolphin, who fired Natlonal
salute in her honor.
Four of the Homestead PENN men ar
rested for treason were released on olo,oo1
bail.
REV. SAMUEL LoNGFELLow. brother OF
the late poet, Henry W. Longfellow, dled In
Portland, Me-, age5 seventy-three.
Two adjoining frame stables in New York
City were wrecked by flames and hfty-swo
horses were burned to death.
The court of last resort has decided that
Thomas A. Edison is the inventor OF the IN
candescent lamp. This means that the Ed
ison Electric Light Company will be en-
decision was handed down in the United
States Circuit of Appeals, New York City,
Justices Wallace, Lacombs and Shlpman
sitting.
THE second quadrenniA convention of the
National Association Of Democratic Clubs
met in the Academy of Music, New York
CITY, Representatives Of $500 organizations
were present Chauncey F Black, Presi-
dent Of the National Association, opened the
meeting. General P. A. Collins presided
aud ex.President Grover Cleveland delivered
the address Of welcome.
PATRICK EGAN, United States Minister'to
Chile, arrived at the Port of New York from
Santiago, bringing with him the draft of
new claims treaty between the United States
and Chile and s75, 900 awarded to the FAM
lilies of the murdered Baltimore seamen.
Music HALL and Faneuil Hall, in Boston,
held large audiences when the Republicans
of Massachusetts ratified their State and
National tickets. Whltslaw Reid, Governor
Mckinley and Lieutenant Governor Halle
were present Mr. Reid made the principal
speech. That same night the Republicans
of New York held O mass'meettng 10
Cooper Union at which speeches were made
by Senator Hiscock and Congressman
Boutelle, Of Msine.
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SERVING CHICKEN.

Fried Chicken Ia Creole up
young, tender chickens, dip in egg bat
ter in which is mixed one. onion, two
chopped tomatoes and bunch each OF
minced thyme and parsley, season with
pepper and salt, and fry brown In boil-
ing lard; garnish with fried parsley, and
serve with some tomato sauce.
Fricassee of Spring Chicken Take Of
the wings and legs Of two young, tender
chickens; cut up the body with the
livers aud gizzards; put in 9 sauce pan,
season with salt and pepper, cover with
water and boil until tender; add blade
of mace and sprig OF parsley; take up.
the chicken, thicken the gravy with two
tablespoons of hour rubbed in two ounces
of butter and teacup of cream; boil
one minute and pour over the chicken
and serve.
Chicken Fiteaux Boil young
chicken and cut to pieces; let stand one
hour in a masinate made of oil and vim
egar; add little -four, salt and pepper;
prepare an egg beaten, in which dip the
chicken and drop in boiling lard; when
brown take up, arrange on dish, gar
nish with parsley and serve very hot.
Southern Chicken stew-Cut up
young, tender chickens, put in q sauce,
pan with water to cover well, and boil
until tender; when half done slice soma
raw potatoes and throw in; when ready
to take up thicken the gravy with -four
and butter; season with pepper, salt aud
the juice Of half lemon; serve very
hot.
Southern Fried Chicken-Cut spring
chickens in pieces; roll in -four, season
with salt and pepper and fry in boiling
lard; take up, lay slices of tomatoes in
the pan and fry, season with salt, pep
per and sugar, lay around the chicken;
serve with fried corn meal mush. .-
Dreaded Chicken-Cut a pair of young
tender chickens in pieces, dip first in
beaten egg, then in grated bread crumbs,
season with salt, pepper and parsley,
place in baking pan, spread bits OF
butter over; pour lineup Of boiling
water ir the pan, set in the oven and
bake slowly, haste every ten minutes;
when done take the chicken up; pour
teacup of cream in the pan, stir and add
four tablespoons of grated bread crumbs;
let come to boil and pour over the
chicken. -Courier-Journal.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
KEEPS aABy's MILK WARM.

A woman has inspired all other wo-
men who are mothers of nursing infants
to arise and call her blessed by the very
simplest of all possible inventions. This
consists of knitted bottle cosy which
not only keeps baby's milk warm, while
the wee one is enjoying its outing; but
insures the bottle against breakage. A
smart woman saw one for the first time
the other day and wondered why this de.
lightful little contrivance had not been
thought of before. The cosies ale
merely bottle cases knitted of thick
double zephyr wool and drawn around
the neck with a string.-New York
News.
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A Very Peculiar Notion.

Some one has estimated that at least
one-fourth of the world knows nothing
of the use of forks, and fully one-quarter
of the men, women and children in it
eat with their finger. The Egyptians
and Turks pride themselves on their
cleanliness In the use of their fingers
rather than forks, and give very in
genious excuse for the practice. Forks,
they say, have been IN some other mans
mouth, and you have to depend upon
your servants for their cleaning. These
people wash their hands before sitting
down to table or squatting around the
meal on the floor, and they take up the
morsels of food with thin pieces of bread,
rolling it around such food or sopping it
in the soup. They use their hands in
aiding in the carving and tear rather
than cut their roasted fowls.
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Japane,e Flower Ceremonial.

The visitor must leave his fan in the
antechamber, and, entering the recep-
tion-room, seat himself respectfully on
his heels in front Of the shrine. If there
are three kakemonos (pictures on rollers),
he must examine first the central one,
then that to the left, and, lastly, the
one on the right hand. He then IS sup
posed to signify his opinion as to the
exact degree of admiration to be e1-
pressed according to the character OF the
specAnens. discriminating gush Is
not permitted in polite circles. The
respectful inspection over and the proper
things said, the host presents to his
guest, on a tray, cut flowers and
branches, knife, scissors, a small saw,
a vase, and napkin, at the same time
rolling up the kakemonos, "as it IS con.
sidered to be demanding TOO much OF
a visitor to expect him to extemporlze
a flower arrangement in harmony" but
the guest may face the difficulty and re-
tain the unfamiliar background.
The master of the house now offers
one of his most precious vases suitable
to the season aud the flowers, and the
visitor pleads his inability to do justice
to so beautiful receptacle, but II
pressed to make use of it he must then
take care that the arrangement is simple
and unobtrusive, 80 as not to distract at
tention from the vase. When COM
pleted, the implements arc again ar
ranged on the tray, with the exception
of the scissors, which are ''left near the
flowers as silent and modest invitation
70 the master of the house to correct
faults" The host sweeps up the rub
bish and takes away the tray. Ine
other visitors, who have meantime been
waiting in the auteroom, are now aa-
mitted to pay the proper compliment.
Before leaving, the artist, unless per-
son of superior rank, takes the flowers
out of the vase, sit is considered pre-
sumptuous of him to quit withou: de.
stroying the evidence of his skill" "
Should the entertainer by inadvertence
have supplied scented flowers on an oc, ;,
casion such as an "incensed meeting"
when perfume is prohibited, the polite
artificer makes no remark, but ships OH
the blossoms, leaving only the unopened
and scentless buds. The flowers must
not be offered trimmed, or they might
look as if they had been previously
used.-Saturday Review.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

PprScr BIsMARcKs sons have resigned
from the German Army.
THE German Kaser's latest freak is to pay
mysterious visits to the Royal stable al
midnight.
PRINCE BISMARCK has seen statues ralseu
in his honor, which is q recognition lew men
live to see.
WHITTIER used to admit that be had no
ear for music and could not Tell 'H anSee
Doodle" from "Old Hundred"
AMONG the new cadets at West Point are
a son of General john Pope and grandsons
of General Sherman and General c. F.
Smith.
BLoND1H, the celebrated tight-rope walk
er, who is sixty-eight years old, Is still IN the
business He has lately been making great
success in Europe.
ALEXANDER DIETERIcE, Chief Construc'
tor of the German navy, is in Philadelphia
making study of the methods and products
of construction at Cramps shipyard.
WILLIAM D1ckEY was sent to the Maine
Legislature in 1912 and they are sending
him there vet. He was re-slected at the
recent election. He is eighty-one years
old.
GEORGE W. JULIAN, of Indiana, is seventy
FIVE ears of age. He was Free Soil cam
didate for the vice presidency. just rorty
years ago. He married daugater OF
Joshua r. Giddings.
Mr.. NAoRoJr, the Parsee Member OF the
British Parliament. appeared with copy
of the Zend Avesta. on which to take the
REQUIRED oath of Office. He was told that
he must either take the oatn on the New
Testament or affirm, and he chose the latter
method.
P1ETRo MAsCAGNI, before his "Cavalleria
Rustlcana" made him famous, was poor
school teacher in Sicily. A Milan publisher
offered prizs for the best serious opera IN
one act, and amid vigorous competition
Mascagni came out victorious.
PApEREwsN practises on the piano more
assiduously since fame has come to him than
ever before. He begins to practise. as soon
as he gets out of bed in the morning, ana
has been known to pass twenty-seVen hours
out Of forty-eight at tho piano.
GENERAL. BEN" BUTLER is sadly bent
with age. His face has the look Ut healtn'
hut his massive frame has become an un-
InistakabIe burden. His hands move un,
steadily, while his eyes appear swollen anu
almost hidden by the thick folds OF nesn on
his cheeks, But his head is clear as a oeli.
and at seveury-four there is no shrewoer
LAWYER or politician in New England
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HOW TO MARKET.

The first and fundamental principle
of marketing is to pay cash. The pass
book system is one of the greatest curses
to the laboring man and ought to be
banished from our land. Keep, instead,
a daily expense book, and post up once
every month, and you will know what it
costs to furnish your table every week,
and every meal, too, if you carry your
division far enough.
If possible deal with cash grocer.
and the one having the largest assort.
ment of goods. You can buy more ad-
vantageously by having large stock
and different grades from which to
select. Though it is an axiom in cook
book literature that the best Is the
cheapest, the careful buyer will often
find intermediate grades in many ar.
ticles that answer fully as well as the
higher priced ones. Buy as many things
by the quantity as possible, and beware
of buying potatoes by the half peck, or
sugar by the quarters worth. The
small measure goes along with the pass
book and is the grocer's own harvest
St. Louis Republic. ~
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Washington.

SENIOR DE LOPEZ, the new Spanish Minis.
ter. was formally presented to the Fresldent
by the Secretary Of State. The usual cour.
tesies we're exchanged.
The President accepted the resignation OF
Judge Lorenzo Crounss as Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, to take effect lmme-
diately.
THE following appointments to ill existing
vacancies were made: Orlando H Baker,
of Iowa, Consul at Copenhagen: Ransom F.
McCrillis, of Massachusetts, at D Dania; John
81. Drake, of South Dakota, at Kehl; John
C. Sundberg, OK California, at Bagdad; A.
h. Lowrie, OF Illinois. commercial agent at
Eried berg: John P Erich, of Ohio, at St.:
Pierre; Jasper Smith, OF the DISTRICT OF
Columbia, at Turin. MIR. Baker Ills the
nlace of Consul Rider, removed for pecula-
ton.
AN order was issuel at the War Depart
nent directing General Howard, command
inc the Department OF the East. to concen-
trate troops in New York City to partlcl.
pate in the Columbus celebration there.
THE War Department was requested to
send detachment of troops to the Turtle
Mountain Indian Reservation in North Da-
kota TO assist the Government Commission
now there to carry out instructions.
STATE bulletins from the White House IN.
dicated that Mrs. Harrison's condition had
again pecom. critical.
THE report of the Commissioners OF !m,
migration sent to Europe by the United
States Government last year to investigate
the conditions governing immigration 70
this country mas been made public
CHARLES L. JONES, Chief OF Division II
the Treasury Department, dropped dead II
the Treasury building while at WORK; ne
was from Ogdensburg. N. Y, and had peer
in the Treasury Department thirty years
AcABLEGRAx was received at the Nayy
Department from Admiral walker, on ipe
Gnavra Venezuela, stating that all was
Quiet there. The Chicago will remain lr
Venezuelan waters until shereceives further
orders from Washington.
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Foreign.

GENERAL CARL MULLER died a few DAYS
since in Hanover, Germany. He was ninety
nine years old, and the last OF the uefman
officers who fought at Waterloo.
Tgr pan.presbvterisn Council at Toron.
to, Canada, closed its session.
TUE cholera situation in Europe Is much
improved.
By a collision of the steamers Busy Pee
and Daoiz, at Hamburg Germany, the iatIel
was sunk, and her captain, mate anu p'ios
drowned.
JOSEPH ERNEsrE RENAN, the great French
philosopher and historian died a lew days
400 al Paris. He was born at Treguier
Cotes-du-Nord on February q, 1879.
lRELAND's new Viceroy, Lord houghton'
was received in Dublin with friendly de-
monstrations.
The influenza is now epidemic in Peru and
Chile
SEVEN sailors on steamer in the Red sea
died from eating poisonous dsh.
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Record of Industries Established
During the Past Three Mouths.

Record of Industries Established
During the Past Three Mouths.
The Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore,
says that during July. August and septem'
ber there have been organized in the South
5s4 new industrial enterprises. During the
corresponding portion of last year the nnm.
ber of new enterprises was 72S, or io4 more
months Of this year is 9Oi6 new establish
ments, as compared with 9479 for the same
period Of last year. The smaller number OF
new enterprises established In the South
during the past three months does not &C.
cording to the above authority, indicate an
unsatisfactory conditipn Of industrial affairs
in that section, but on the contrary, 1t
shows an exceedingly healthy state OF al.
fairs. inasmuch as the people Of the South
are gauging their work by their means.
During the past summer Southern manufac'
turers, merchants and planters have BEEN
reducing their expenditures rather than in'
curing Obligations beyond their ability to
settle promptly.
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AN ECONOMICAL TABLE COVER.

AN ECONOMICAL TABLE COVER sl,t =.
By. the following method a ample.
cheap table cover for a table or stand
may be quickly made:
A heavy, double-faced canton flannel
is now manufactured in various colors,
having the nap on both sides, and can
be found on sale at any house furnishing
store. Either this or the single-faced
can be used, but the double.faced is pre-
ferable on account of its extra thickness.
The shade can be selected to match the
furniture. When cut into suitable size
it is bordered with contrasting shade
Of the same material Of any desired
width, and folded so as to leave the fold
for the outside edge, and stitched on.
To cover the same sew on astrip of velvet:
or velveteen, with cross (or feather)
stitch of floselle or contras ting shade.
Gold is preferable. This comes in all
colors, costs but trife, and each thread
can be split in two or three strands.
This table cover should not be exposed
to glaring light, as this material, being
all cotton, will not hold color well. But
for ordinary use it is durable enough and
quite inexpensive. Free Press.
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THE CARNEGIE FENCE.

Removed to Indicate the Homestead
Strike is Over.
About two hundred and fifty feet Of the
mill fence, or as it Is known at Homestead,
Penn, the Palisade to Fort Frlck, was torn
down the other afternoon by workmen from
the Carnegie firm, and next day tho outer
mill yard from the restaurant to the
company's stores was open. The remainder
OF the fence along Eighth avenue was also
removed.
The company officials say that the reason
for tearing down the fence is that 50 far as
they are concerned the strike is practically
over, and they desire operations to continue
just as they did in May.
The locked out men looked upon it as
tacit invitation to return to work.
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An Epita"h.

Blr. J. W. Burdick, of Albany, New
York, who has gentle passion for col
lecting peculiar epitaps, has found this
one in graveyard at Nantucket:
"If spotless honor and unsullied truth, "a
II smiling innocence and blooming youth,
II female sweetness Joined with manly
sense
If winning wit that never gave offence, :!
II modesty that never wore frown,
II goodness that may claim q heavenly
crown,
IL virtues such as these deserve tear,
Here pour thy grief, for they are buried
here"
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A BRUTAL SACRIFICE.

The Annual Offering to Their God
by a Tribe of Tartars.
The London Chronicles st. Petersburg
tRussia> correspondent describes the hor-
rors of the annual sacrifice to the god Of
their tribe by the Tartars of the Malmurck
district as recently witnessed by him.
A peasant was hanged up by his feet to a
tree and his head half severed from his
body. The breast was then opened and the
heart plucked out, with which the face of
the god was besmeared.
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HBNNYSON Is DEAD.
England's Poet Laureate EX-
pires at Haslemere.
A Sketch Of His Long and Bril-
liant Literary Life.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is dead, Ths Po45
Laureate of England passed away Quietly In
his home at Hasienere, where he had been
lying at the point of death for three weeks.
On the last night the household at Aldwortn,
his country seat, remained uo watch
ing at the bedside aud waiting for
his death. Sir Andrew Clark, DR.. Dab5s,
Lady Tennysou, Hallam Tennyson and an
old family servant we're in the sick chamber
at the fatal moment His death was pain
less, and he retained consciousness until the
end.
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A METEOR IN COURT.

An Interesting Case of Ownership
Decided in Iowa.
The Supreme Court in Iowa has affirmed
the Winnebago Meteor case. In May, 1890,
an aerolite, weighing sixty-six pounds, fell
on O farm Of John Goddard. Peter Hoag-
land dug it up and sold it to H. v. Winchel
as his own for 500.
Goddard sued, claiming that as the stone
feli on his land It became his and Hoagland
had no right to It. The District Court de-
oided In Goddard's favor, holding that the
meteor became part Of the soil. The defence
was that It was movable and, being un-
claimed by the owner, belonged to the finder.
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Chulera's RavaGes in China.
Letters from Chung King, China, give az

counts Of terrible mortality from cholera.
The disease even attacked the missionaries.
The wife of DR.. Kilburn Of the Canadian
Methodist Mission died only a few weeks
after her arrival and before she was fairly
settled in her new home.
On August ii DR.. James Cameron of the
China Inland Mission died. He was the old
est member of his mission and had Travelled
in the eighteen provinces. The cholera be.
gan in April, and was especially bad
10 July. being aggravated by the intense
heat. On twenty out of twenty-seven days
in July the mercury rose above LOO degrees.
The natives estimated that between thirty
and forty thousand Chinese had perished OF
cholera up to August /.