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One Killed by Dynamite Explosion.

While engaged in blowing out stumps
with dynamite VIM. Stockfied, of
Springport, was killed and Claude
Lonsbury severely injured by prema-
ture blast. The men had tin pail
filled with explosive. Sto:kfeld, after
cutting off piece of fuse. threw the
knife into the pail containing the dy-
namite, causing it to explode. Stock
Geld was thrown about rod and al
most instantly killed. Lonsbury will
recover
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
rhiev ss sandbagged station Agents.

Thieves forced their way into the
Panhandle railroad station at Grafton,
Pa, and after sand bagging James Par
nell, the agent, and his assistant, Mel
vim Harrsh. carried off the contents of
the money drawer. am 'unting to about
$500. Parnell is in serious condition
from conclusion of the brain and may
die. The robbers made their escape
into the woods and have not yet been
captured
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The marine hospital service up {

The marine hospital service up to
noon Aug. LIST, had received nothing
from the center of yellow fever infec-
ton at Hampton later than DIR. Was
din's rep ,rt, placing the total of the
yellow fever outbreak at 81 cases and
seven deaths
Grand Secretary Whitney, of the
Michigan grand lodge, /. 0. o. F., re-
ports that there was an increase of
1911 in membership of the order in
Michigan during the past year. The
total amount extended for relief was
s2e713. The total receipts were
$780, 100.
The Yale expositor., 1899-08-11
BIAS BALL.

Below We publish the number OF games OF
ball played by the Western ami National
Leagues, giving the number OF games won and
lost together with the percentage OF each CLUB
TO date, Monday August 7th
WESLEYAN LEAGUE STANDING
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Could not Live without His Sweetheart.

The body of Albert Sowles, of Gales
burg, was found floating in the Kala-
mazoo river half mile east of the viii
lsge on July 3lst. His wheel stood
against tree on the bank, his hat
resting on the saddle. With the ex-
ception of the hat the body was fully
dressed. He was known TO be an eX-
pert swimmer, but the body was not
in a cramped position. One of the
reasons assigned for the suicide is that
Sowles had a falling out with a young
woman to whom he was greatly at
tached. 1t is said he tried to patch up
the quarrel, and failing to do SO, de-
cided to end his life.
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GRAIN, ETC.

New potatoes. Sc per bu. live Poultry,
spring chickens, &c per 10; fowls, sac: tur-
keys, / c: ducks, &C. Eggs. strictly fresh,
l2c per doS. Butter. be [ dairy, l5c per 10;
creamery, lsc.
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John Markwith, of Orange, N. j.,
who is 80 years old, is recovering his
second eyesight and cutting his third
set of teeth.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING.
THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.

New York Cattle Sheep Lambs Hogs
Best grades ..sl 500 20 81 u 100 81
CHI cago-
Best grades...5 s5as 05 500 900 4O
10 er grades..4 ~ D 80 40 500 40S
Detroit
Best grades. a Oa04 81 400 900 465
Lower grades..2 50J3 rs 800 % ~
Buffalo
Best grades....3 SoA4 81 25 go 5 o
Lower grades..S 90 % 30 47J 20 Az
Cincinnati
Lower grades..S IseD4 70 $50 8 IS 400
P,ttsburg-
Best grades 500, 20 4s5 55 AS
Lower grades..2 20 a 5 4 " 80 41J
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Constantine will have free street
carnival Aug. o.
Preparations for building the Mar
shall. Columbus e. Northeastern rail
road from Marshall to Bay City has
been commenced.
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RedIscovered Mineral Springs.

A valuable magnesia spring, to which
Indians once came from hundreds OF
miles around for relief, has been un-
earthed on Lone creek, just opposite
the village of Berrien Springs, whose
virtues the Pottawatomies and the
Chippewas knew well. Its recent dis
covery was due to an accident.
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A Grave Mistake.

There was a smile of delightful imbe-
cility on the face of Horner as he part
ed the portieres that separated the
grlilroom from the reception room at
the club. Horner had made few thou
sand dollars in Manhattan that day.
and this good luck might, in a certain
sense, have been the remote cause Of
the smile. Any one with half an eye
and the ordinary powers of comprehen-
sion could have guessed pretty accu-
rately the approximate cause. In max
ing his way from the door to the near
est table he walked like a man who
was full of eggs and feared that the
least bit of a jolt would be disastrous.
He said something to the waiter and
the latter brought out a couple of bot
ties, one carafe containing water
and two glasses and set them before
Horner, who again smiled He COM
menced to talk with some of the other
men in the room, and took one of the
bottles and poured a part of the amber
colored liquid into one of the glasses
He set the bottles down and contin-
ued the conversation, and presently he
picked up the same bottle again and
poured more of the contents into the
other glass. The first one was raised
TO his lips, and the fluid disappeared
down his throat, the empty glass was
replaced and the other was raised and
drained. That smile again made it's
at the others in the room he waved his
hand and remarked: That's tn best
water 1 ever tasted. There's no use
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ew York this week for the Philip-

left New York this week for the Philip
pines.
All went in one vessel for the feeding
of the navy and army engaged in OPP
erations in and around Manila. The
problem of supplying good fresh food tc
the soldiers and sailors so many thou
sand miles away from home was wisely
entrusted to the navy department
which has invariably proved it's eff
cheney.
The problem of sending fresh provis-
ions to the Philippines was much
greater than Cuba or Porto Rico pre-
scented. Two difficulties had to be over
come. One was distance, the other was
climate. The simple device of keeping
the meat fresh by placing it in rooms
cooled TO thirty degrees. which is suffi-
cient for a short trip and moderate eli
mate, would be absolutely worthless if
attempted for a long trip and the high
temperatures through which a vessel
must pass in going to the Philippines.
To oversome the difficulty a ship spe-
from Australia to England was pur-
chased. She is now the United States
refrigerator vessel Glacier.
She proved herself practical for that
work, and is therefore not even an ex-
pertinent now that she is TO do similar
work for the United States troops at
Manila. The navy department adver-
tised for sealed bids for between 1900,
coo and 100000 pounds of prime beef
for the cargo of the vessel last month.
The contract was awarded to the
Swarzchild & SulZberger company of
New York. which Immediately started
it's preparations for carrying out the
project Experiments as to the shrink
age in weight of frozen meat were
made. proving that there was not more
than one-quarter of 1 per cent loss in
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is used, just as if you were going to
bore hole into an oak door to put on
the hinges. AT first the bit is sunk only
four inches in the thick hindquarter 1t
is drawn out and then a small Their
mometer, like those used by physicians
in taking the temperatures. is inserted.
1t is left in few minutes and when
drawn out should show a temperature
of about twenty degrees Then the
hole is bored deeper. going right to the
bone, the thermometer is again insert
ed, and if it again registers twenty it
is certain that the quarter is frozen
through.
After the first lot of 100000 pounds
was well frozen. the task of loading
began The slaughter-houses and
cooling-rOomS of Swarzchild & Sulz-
the East river. The Glacier was just
on the other side OF the river at the
navy-yard- The superintendent waited
until at least two hours before sun
down before beginning work. A float.
with a number of refrigerator-ca cars, re-
duced to the lowest possible tempera-
ture by being packed with ice and
salt, was moored alongside the refrig-
Grating storeiouSe. Swiftly the men
rushed the swinging quarters of frozen
beef along the overhead trolleys into
the cars, and as fast as one was filled
it was closed tight. The cars on the
float having been all filed, it was
quickly ferried over to the navy-yard
and hauled up alongside the Glacier.
Then, one at a time, the cars were
opened, the huge cranes worked, lifting
the quarters of beef and lowering them
into the hold, where they were careful
ly packd away in the freezing atmo-
sphere The engines of the refrigerat-
ing apparatus on board ship had been
at work, the pipes running all around
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END OF PART VII.
GRAND GEOLOGICAL DISPLAY.
Ringing Bros Menager1e the Lar
pest and Finest In the World.

Ringing Brothers menagerie is the
finest geological collection in the world.
Many innovations in the way of ar
rangement have been introduced, thus
adding to the effectiveness of the dis
play, and simplifying the opportunities
for study. The vast menagerie pavilion
is laid out like geological garden. In
the center is the pachydermium. in
which is exhibited the largest herd of
elephants ever seen in the western
hemisphere. There are twenty-five of
these interesting and powerful beasts,
ranging from the tiniest of baby eie
plants to pair of the largest probos-
cidians in the world. In the middle
spaces are also displayed the various
led animals, including score Of Ara
bian and Bactrian camels, water buff
faloes, sacred cattle. and dwarf ponies.
The cages line the outer walls. and the
several species are arranged in such
way as to readily illustrate the radical
differences between tie herbiyorous
and carnivorous beasts. The amphibia
are represented by a remarkable col
lection of hippopotami, sea lions, seals
and other water-frequenting animals,
exhibited in huge aquaria, with con-
stantly flowing water. The aviary COM
prises nearly a score of mammoth
old-illuminated cages, in which are
exhibited an unrivaled archaeological
display, comprising the brightly-plu-
mayed birds of every land. The chill
dren's menagerie, with its tiny cages of
wild animals, has been augmented by
a complete exhibit of simians, from
the diminutive ring-tailed monkey TO
the almost human anthrOpoid apes In
addition to those already enumerated.
there are hundreds of other curious
wild animals, including a ferocious BIZ
horned rhinocerOS. magnificent Speci-
men of the multi-natured horned-horse
or gnu, a manlike Congo chirapanzee,
snow-white polar bears, den of black
tigers, ferocious lions. sinuous tigers,
and other interesting beasts, the whole
comprising a display impossible TO du-
plicate anywhere on earth. Ringing
Brothers menagerie is a worthy intro-
duction to the great show for which it
forms mammoth vestibule. The ia
nous O'Brien siXty-one horse act the
elephant brass band. Lockhart's ele-
plant comedians, the international ex-
hibit of high-bred racing stock The
beautiful menage riding of Nine Ada
Costello and Miss Allie Jackson, the
feats of horsemanship by an incoul-
parable company of lady and gentle
men equeStrians, the unrivalled aerial
performances of the Fisher family,
Mile. Turnour, Aivo, Boise and Pick
ard, and Mons. LeFleur: the acrobatic
sensations of the marvellous DaComas
these are but a few of the superb
features that are to be seen only with
this great show. The free street pa
rade. a magnificent gratuitous spec
tacle. in thirty monster sections, which
takes place at 10 o'clock on the morn
ing of Wednesday. May 81. and the
brilliant Introductory advertisement,
1.-THE Last Days of the Century" are
the most respondent spectacular dis
plays ever organized
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field and try to find old scar-Face. He

field and try to find old Scar-Fac He
counted on his fingers. and made out
the age of the red to be nearly years,
and concluded that if the dogs were
good and swift they ought to be able to
run him down in about eight hours.
If twas me- remarked the Son of
Ben Ali, I'D find out the day the dogs
come, and then I'd pack my wallet, and
take my walking stick, and move into
the middle of the big swamp. But he
won't do it. He don't like the swamp:
too much water. maybe. or maybe too
much coon. I'll give him fair warn
ing"
The next afternoon being clear and
pleasant the children were trotting to
Aarons heels full hour before he was
ready to go. If he had to go to the
horse lot, they trotted after him: if to
the carriage house, it was the same
thing. Occupied with so many duties.
he sometimes forgot his half-playful
promises, and so, when the youngsters
were in earnest about anything, they
had habit of trotting at his heels un-
til, in sheer self-defense, he was COM
pellAd to carry out their wishes as far
as he could. Toward the middle of the
afternoon he announced himself ready.
and. with Buster John and Sweetest
Susan jumping and. skipping at his
side, and Drusilla more soberly bring
ing up the rear. he went to the field
where old Scar Face was said to have
his home. Before the broom sedge took
it, the field had been used as pasture
for the cows, but 1t was now pastured
only in the early spring, when the ten
der shoots of the sedge are putting out
This was why bars took the place of a
gate. Two of the bars were already
down, and it was an easy matter for
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THE SHUTDOWN SEA.
0Cv Warnanl

ICY Ndrman.D
Have you heard of the Shutdown Sea, love
With its blue and golden skies,
Where the ripples play the livelong day,
And the Summer never dies?
There is wealth and health for you. love,
There is health and wealth for me,
There is all that's best in the Golden
West
On the shores of the Shutdown Sea.
1t will give back the rose to your cheek,
love.
For there like river it flows.
On the sunny breeze through the orange
trees.
The breath of the blood-red rose,
Go. get the old light in your eye, love,
Meath the shade of the pepper tree
You know where there's enough and TO
On the shores of the Shutdown Sea.
There's a tear on every thorn, love,
OF the storm SCARED locust. There
Are dripping leaves and icy caves.
There's d wall on the weeping air;
There's a song in the frozen rill love,
But it's lost TO YOU and me.
There's smothered cry in the rain-swept
sky,
Then away to the Shutdown Sea.
The luster is gone from your hair, love,
Your cheeks are thin and pale;
Your dark eye turns, and your spirit
yearns.
For Il glimpse of the sunset trail.
/ will sing new song to you, love,
And you'Il sing a new song TO me,
And Wen grow young as we journey
alCng.
On the way to the Shutdown Sea.
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White Pig for them, and had made
them familiar with the Black Stallion
that fierce creature whose neigh was
sufficient to stampede the whole plan
tation. If Aaron could do these things,
he could also bring them to old Scar
Face, the red fox. So, to Aaron they
went, with many explanations and
pleadings. Mention of the old fox
caused Aaron TO reflect a little over the
past. He had known old Scar-Face
when a puppy" a statement that
caused the children to laugh.
There is war between the reds and
grays, as the Son of Ben Ali explained,
war that began many years ago over
some family matter. Fox to fox, the
reds can whip the grays, and this fact
has become so well established that the
grays always get out of the way when
they can. 1t happened one day when
Scar-Face was a puppy" as Aaron
said, with big legs and very wobbly
body, he met a big gray in the woods
Some instinct or other caused the red
to rush at the gray, and that was the
cause of the reds scar. The gray would
have run away, if he could, but Scar
Face caught him by the flank and held
on like a bull-terrier, while the gray,
frightened and hurt, gnawed away on
Scar-Face's mead until the top of it was
bare of hide and hair.
1t was then that the Son of Ben Ali
CHANGED to pass, and the gray. with a
scream of fear, tore away, leaving some
of his pelt between Scar-Face's teeth.
After some trouble, Aaron explained to
the red that he was no enemy, having
himself been a hunted animal at one
time. He "doctored' the torn head
the best he could, but the wound left
mark, a bare place fringed with
white hair.
Aaron was very much interested in
the proposed fox hunt. and asked many
questions about it. Finally he prom
Used the children that, If they would
remind him of it the next afternoon,
he would go with them to the sedge
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Oh Eff gittin' skeer'd will stunt folks,
den I'm dun stunted, an stunted bad.
Maybe we were dreaming Sweetest
Susan suggested when Drusilla made
this remark.
Dream nothin'," Drusilla retorted.
How kin folks stan fiat-footed in de
broad open daylight, an have 'Zactly
de same dream. Nobody amt never
see no creetur like dat, in no dream,
kase- eff dey did, folks nd set up an
hire somebody fer ter keep UNI wake.
You all do mighty funny. Wuz you
too skeered ter look at de creetur
Here's what 'uz des skeer'd 'nough ter
look at it good. You call dat dreamin'
does you?"
The truth is, the whole affair has
been so unusual, so unexpected and
unique that it took its place in Sweet
est Susan's mind, as well as in Buster
Johns as a sort of waking dream. But
Drusilla had seen what she had seen.
and TO use her own expression, she had
looked at it mighty hard.
Buster John and Sweetest Susan were
very shy in telling their experiences in
the bubble. to their elders. They had
been laughed at on other occasions
when giving hints as to what they had
seen in the country next door the
world, and that fact made them some
what doubtful and timid. AS for Dru-
silla, she had in the negroes an audi
ence ready to welcome any statement,
no matter how wonderful. Words were
unable to convey to their minds a real
comprehension of what Drusilia had
seen, but they knew it was something
awful, and from that time forward
they and all the negroes for miles
around, regarded Mr.. Bobs and his sis
ter as conjurers in active practice. In
4 way, this notoriety helped Mr.. Bobs,
for no negro refused to work for him
when requested. But no negro would
remain near his house at night. This,
however. did not grieve him TO any
great extent
In the south December is usually
marked by very fair weather the
mornings cool and crisp, and the after
Moons warm and balmy enough to in
vite the hooking birds to sing. The
December following Sherman'S march
TO the sea was no exception, and as
the holiday seasons drew near, Buster
John and Sweetest Susan heard hints
TO the effect that some of their grand
fathers kinsmen and friends intended
to assemble at the Abercrombie place
and in dulge in an old-fashioned fox
hunt. 1t might be thought that all the
able-bodied men of the region were
fighting; but war is never so eXacting
that it sweeps every body into the
ranks. and there were many men eX-
empted from CONSUMPTION either by
their occupation of by their age.
TIE news of the fox hunt was not
particularly interesting to Sweetest
Susan, but Buster John was stirred by
1t. He wondered why il was that he
should be TOO young to go fox hunt
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"Well, dey'll halter sing, bird song
err some yuther kinder song fore dey
ketch dat fox"
Besides all the other dogs, Joe Max
we'll is to bring Hodo. remarked Bus
ter John.
II hear tell er dat dog" replied
Fountain. ''Dey say he sho' is mover.
But, shucks, you kin hear dat kinder
talk bout mos any dog. But dish
yer Hoodo got ter have brains eZ well
as legs if he ketch OF Scour-Face. m
a-tallIin' now shot,
Where does old Scar-Face stay,
Uncle Fountain" asked Buster John.
You know dat ar broom sage fiel'.
right up yam. cross de road fun de gin
house? Well, ne stay right dar Eff
you wuZ ter go out er door dar an
holler right loud. he'd hear you, less n
he's promenadin' some'rs else. He
been dar dis long time. Dey don't d
week pass but what l sees him slippin'
an slidin' long. He moves des like a
shadder; once an awhile he'll stop an
look at you, but mos er de time its
fwiff, an he done gone He got sense
same as folks"
Buster John asked Fountain a great
many questions about Scar-Face, with
the result that he made up his mind
to see the fox himself His curiosity
affected Sweetest Susan, and she eX.
pressed a desire to see old Scar-Facc,
AS for DruSilla, she didn't care one
way or the other. So long as there
was no. bubble and no live nightmares
around she was satisfied-at least, she
was not contentious; though she pre-
dicted now, as she had been doing all
day long, that the children would
keep on foolin' 'roun' an gwine whar
dey got no business tell some kind er
creetur would snap UNI up an walk
off wild um.''
1t was an easy matter for Buster
John and Sweetest Susan to say they
would like to see old Scar-Face, the
red fox, but how to see him was a
very different matter. They might
walk through the broom sage every
day for a week or a month, or a year,
and never see him; they might sit in
the fence corner and peep between the
rails from sunup till shutdown, and
never catch a glimpse of him. Old
Scar-Face would see them. oh, yes.
no doubt about that. 1t was his busi-
ness to see without being seen. He be-
gan to learn that trade when he wasn't
bigger than Buster Johns two fists:
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THIS 100000 POUNDS OF
BEEF CANNOT Be SPOILED
How Uncle Sam Protects His Soldiers Food-Refrgerator
Ship, Glacier. and Its Equipment to Carry
Meat to Manila.

Two million pounds of beef which
cannot spoil has left New York for the
Fhiiippines this week. Scandals. inves-
legations and politics can have no eff
feet on this Whether or not our SOL
diers have been properly fed hitherto,
TINS food of necessity will be good.
when the Cuban campaign began time
was too short to make preparations.
NOW the government has not only had
time, but has learned lessons 1t re-
alizes that Kitchener, who took three
years to organize his Khartoum cam
palgn for England, was wise, because
ne LOOK three years. Our war ended
in 100 days.
And so 100000 pounds of fresh meat
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ing room, where, hanging on huge
hooks, it was gradually cooled. Tests
had been made here also to ascertain
how long it would take these quarters
to freeze through TO the bone.
1t was at first thought that when
submitted to a temperature of fifteen
degrees only seventy-two or ninety
hours at most would be necessary TO
freeze the meat through and through so
hard that a knife could not be pushed
into it. Experiments proved that from
five to six days were needed for abso-
lutte certainty. so all of the 100000
pounds of beef have been frozen for six
days before being loaded on the Gla-
cier The method of testing the freez-
ing is itself interesting. A brace and bit
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the process of freezing. These tests
showed that the whole substance of the
meat must remain in it or there would
have been far greater losses in weight.
Orders were then dispatched to the
agents of the company in the west to
purchase $500 of the very best STALL
fed beeves. These were loaded on 1OC
of the best cattle cars and shipped to
New York. Here they were unloaded,
kept for few days until they had re-
covered entirely from the trip and then
slaughtered. Each animal was care
fully examined, and if found in any
way defective was rejected. AS each
carcass was passed it was hurriedly
CHARTERED and slid into the refrigerat-