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A JHAPTER ON CANNING.
VA UABLE HINTS AND RECIPES FOR
ANXIOUS HOUSEKEEPERS.
101 o is Eronomy in Canning Fruits and
' egetabJes nt Home-How to Prepare
* ndts For the Cooking: Kettle—The
est Jars—Recipes Useful in Canning.
link a recent article on modern house-
Par improvements, writes Eliza K.
cer, in the Housewife, the art of
Cfll ling fruits and vegetables was
m ®!itionod as one of the most import-
Wl in lessening the labor of the house-
je, and contributing generally to the
®Amfort of the family. By the pro-
.Vess of canning, the pantry shelves in
tevery 'with household may always be filled
vegetables and fruits, as well as
fish and meats. The inquiry comes to
us every spring from many anxious
housekeepers: Is it more economical
to can your own fruits and vegetables,
tor to purchase them? After much
%dgment consideration given the matter, our
confirms the belief that can¬
ning can be done more economically
‘tt : home; true, an inferior article can
he purchased very cheap, but such is
never satisfactory; only the best brands’
are fit for family use, and they sell
high, and are in no way superior to
those canned at home.
But, in order to do the work prop¬
erly, so the articles canned will retain
their natural flavor and keep well,
great care and attention to details are
necessary. The most perfect and
freshest fruits should be selected, and
such as are at all decayed, or even
overripe, should never be used, as the
results will never be satisfactory.
Most fruits are best put up in thin
sirup, but the use of sugar is not at all
necessary for their preservation. pared
Large firm fruits should he
thin with o silver knife, and laid in
cold water until ready to cook, when,
if tough, they should be boiled in clear
water until tender and then dropped in
the boiling sirup.
Small fruit, such as strawberries,
.currants, raspberries and blackber¬
ries, must be very carefully handled if
(it is desired to retain their shape and
(color. They should never be too ripe,
janil may be sprinkled with sugar and
,set aside a few hours, then the sirup
(may be drained off and heated before
the fruit is put in, and brought ‘very
Islowly Glass merely to the jars boiling only point. should be
or stone
/used for fruit, and those with self-
sealing tops will be found most con¬
venient, though the tin sealed tops,
which are much cheaper, will answer
('sealing. very well, if care is given the proper
The cans should be thor¬
oughly heated before filliug, and by set-
ding in a pan of water heating
'gradually, and then fill quickly, a fun¬
nel being used for the purpose..
While filling, a cloth wrung out of
I boiling the jars water prevent may be cracking. folded around When
to
full to the top, the fruit may be
1 pressed down with a spoon and the
Vtop screwed or sealed on at once.
1 The jars should be set where they may
I be inspected the next day, and looked
'after for a week or so, when, if looking
Well, they should be set in a cool, dark
|Uace, until ready to observed, use. If tbe signs of
p fermentation are cans
• I must be opened at once, and the fruit
| may be recooked and used, but never
j recanned. used in canning, The best the sugar fruit should will be be
v as
much less ^able to ferment.
Such a variety of cooking kettles is
now manufactured that few house¬
keepers use brass or copper kettles;
! but if either is used, it should be well
scoured to cleanse it thoroughly from
j verdigris.
It is never well to cook too large a
quantity of fruit at onetherefoi'e,
' only sufficient to fill two or three jars
bhouldbe put in at a time,
j If these directions are carefully fol¬
lowed, the fruit and vegetables cannot
Agd ' jannot to keep. be given As tSiat general will apply directions to dif-
Vgnt varieties, the following recipes
T m A c fmmd useful in canning:
/ Pears—Pare, cut iu halves
■■ ■■ remove the core. Throw into
.sty cold water; when sufficient to
put up at one time prepared, drain
(and [cover weigh, put in a preserve kettle,
with boiling water and simmer
( about twenty minutes. Make a sirup
of one-fourth of a pound of sugar and
a pint of water for every pound of
pears, let boil and skim. Lift the
pears carefully from the kettle, and
drop one piece at a time in the boilipg
sirup, let them beat, put in the can
and seal.
Canned Peaches—Pare three pounds
of firm, ripe peaches, remove the
stones and throw the peaches into
cold water. Put three-fourths of a
pound of sugar in a preserve let kettle,
with water to make sirup, and come
to a boil; put the peaches in and cook
slowly until tender, take up each
piece separately, put carefully in the
! 5 can; to fill, when nearly down full, with pour over sirup seal
press a spoon,
..and set aside to cool.
Quinces—Pare, core and quarter
ripe quinces and put into cold water;
.when ready to can, take from the water,
drain, put in a porcelain kettle, cover
ith boiling water and cook very slow-
(until tender. Make a sirup of half
pund of sugar and a pint of water
■quii very pound of quinces, Put the
ces iff, boil five minutes, fill the
cans and seal. Canned quinces are
delicious, and, if not discolored
|j»ges. ol „ ^hashed, The peelings look like and quartered or-
cores may
ffe used for jelly, as also the water iu
they were first boiled.
i Canned Apples, Whole—Take ripe
nil apples that will cook. Pare, core
jgn iU d drop into cold water. When suffi-
* lent are prepared, take out carefully,
reigh, put in a preserve kettle and
over with boiling water, and let cook
rtosi 'ery slowly on the back of the stove
-e tender. Make a sirup of a pound
J sugar and a pint of water, for every
our pounds of fruit, flavor with lemon
a- orange. Take the fruit up carefully
<1i °p i f t .° the siru P- >A heat
through, 1 put m cans, cover with sirup
anti seal. Apples may also he cooked
for pies, apple sauce, or float, sweet¬
ened, flavored and then canned.
Canned Currants—Pick carefully
from the stems, allowing a poiyid of
sugar to two of fruit, put them in a
kettle, let them heat slowly, add the
sugar and mix very gently. Do not
let boil, but keep very hot for twenty
minutes then put in cans and seal.
Canned Gooseberries—Cook green
gooseberries until tender, but do not
break the skins, put in cans with just
enough boiling water to cover, seal.
When ready to use for pies or sauce,
open, stir and sweeten.
Canned Cherries—Stone ripe cher-
ries, put in a preserve kettle, heat un-
til juicy, add one-fourth of a pound of |
sugar to every pound of cherries, let.
simmer gently for ten minutes, then
boil for five and can.
Plums—Take large blue plums,
green or yellow gage, wild goose, or
any other large, firm plums. Wash,
wipe and prick each with a large darn¬
ing needle to break the skin. Make
sirup of half a pound of sugar to a
pound of fruit, drop the plums in, let
come to a boil, and can boiling hot.
Raspberries—Select large perfect
belies, put in a stone crock and
sprinkle with sugar, allowing a pound
to every three pounds of fruit, let
stand until the sugar dissolves, put in
a kettle and heat gently; when very
hot, can and seal.
Blackberries—Weigh ripe, perfect
berries, allow one-fourth of a pound of
sugar to every pound of fruit. Put in
a kettle together, let heat gradually
until they come to a boil. Fill cans
with the berries and seal. Dewberries
and huckleberries may also be canned
in the same way.
Canned Pineapple—Peel and slice
ripe, perfect pineapples. Make a sirup
of two pounds of sugar and a pint of
water for three pounds of fruit, let
boil until tender, fill cans and seal.
Canned Tomatoes—Take ripe, fresh
tomatoes (not too ripe), scald and skin,
slice, put in a porcelain-lined kettle,
bring slowly to a boil, and cook gently
for half an hour. Put in the cans boil¬
ing hot and seal. Thick tin cans are
best for tomatoes.
Canned Corn—Sugar corn is best
for canning, and should be perfectly
fresh. After husking, carefully cut
the corn from the cob. Pack very
close in cans and leave very full. Put
tops on and fasten down. Cover the
bottom of a large boiler with corn
husks or hay, set the cans on it and
pour around cold water, cover the
boiler and boil two hours. Then take
out the cans, seal or screw the tops on
tight and set in a cold, dark place.
Canned corn is difficult to keep.
String Beans- String fresh, tender
beans, break in pieces, cook in boil¬
ing water half an hour, pnt in cans
and seal.
Canned Lima Beans—Fill cans
with raw, shelled beans, cover with
cold water, set in a kettle of cold
water and boil until tender, screw
tops tight and keep in a cool place.
Canned Peas—Shell fresh peas,
scald, put in cans, filling as full as
possible, put on tops and boil half an
hour, screw tops on tight. Asparagus
may be canned in the same way.
Canned Corn and Tomatoes—Scald,
peel and slice firm, ripe tomatoes, and
put in a saucepan, with an equal quan¬
tity of corn cut from the cob, and
cooked separately for twenty minutes.
After mixing well let boil and put in
cans, seal and set in a cool, dark
place. This is an excellent mode of
keeping corn.
Canned Pumpkin—Stew pumpkin
as for pies, put while hot iu cans and
seal.
Florida’s Profitable Pineapple Crop.
From the reports of all those who
have shipped pineapples already this
season and have received returns for
them, we learn that the prices re¬
ceived have been very good so far.
By this we mean they have brought
from sfeven to eight cents apiece for
poorer quality of common pines up to
ten, twelve and fifteen cents apiece
for good ones of the common kind,
and in some cases even more than
that.
This is doing very well, and if the
rest of the pines shipped this season
average anything like this in prices,
the growers will be perfectly satisfied,
for at such prices there is money in
raising them. Of course the fancy
pines that were shipped brought faney
prices, iu most cases selling all the
way from twenty-five cents to $1, and
in some instances $1.50 apiece. This
year is the banner year as far as the
crop is concerned, and, from indica¬
tions now, it bids fair to be the ban¬
ner year for prices and profits also.
There is surely good money in raising
pines, and our growers are finding it
out this year even if they never knew
it before.
The statistics of the present crop
cannot be obtained in full until the
close of the shipping season, but esti¬
mates promise a total of 150,000 bar¬
rels, or 300,POO standard crates.—
West Palm Beach (Fla.) Tropical Sun.
To Xlako Wolf Kill Wolf.
A Western genius hari made a dis¬
covery which, if all that he claims for
it be true, will settle the coyote and
wolf question for all time. The dis¬
covery consists of a yellowish-brown
liquid. The mode of extermination is
to trap a wolf or coyote alive and in¬
ject three drops of the fluid beneath
the skin. This operation is repeated
three times in twelve hours, at the
end of which time the animal, with
green-eyed dilated pupils, frothing at
the mouth and raving mad, is released
and turned loose. It lives from thirty
to forty hours, after being liberated,
but, like a dog with hydrophobia, it
bites everything that it comes in con-
tact with, and as every other wolf thus
bitten becomes inoculated, the poison
spreads and death follows at a rapid
rate. It is cruel, perhaps, but effec-
tive,—Northwest Magazine,
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She Shot Ton Turks.
A Iittle Greek peasant girl was
W0Un <i eL i nt the battle of Cai;ditza while
fluting side by side with her brother,
\yh en per brother was called out to
the war> gke) Paying n0 where to go,
accompanied him. She thinks she
Bhot about ten Turks before being
wouu ded herself,
The Apron.
The apron is again coming into
fashion. It has not yet appeared in
this country, but the English leaders
of style have decreed that it shall be
worn. One was ordered hot long ago
which cost $500, made of Brussels
rose point in a beautiful design of
flowers, scrolls and a border of tiny
roses. Another lady ordered one with
a pastoral picture in which figures
were introduced with a border of
flowers. Still another apron was or¬
dered lately from Venice decorated
with butterflies, birds :Ad blossoms.
During the last century the Duchess
of Queeusbury wore what is supposed
to be the most costly apron ever
made. It is entirety of point lace and
its value was placed at $3000. An¬
other favorite idea is for travelers to
buy the dress aprons of the pheasants.
—Home Queen.
Sh'ctty Blue Stockings.
Quite a feature of the “cappings,”
*a the degree ceremonials are called at
the Scotch universities, says London
Woman, has been the number of girl
graduates who came up to be duly
“capped” and congratulated by the
Vice Chancellors, At the Edinburgh
ceremonial the other day there was a
creditable show of lady M. A.’s, most
of them young and pretty. The acade-
mio dress proved vastly becoming,
especially in the case of one lady grad¬
uate, who wore beneath it a gown of
white alpaca and long white kid gloves.
The men students and visitors had a
specially hearty round of cheers for the
ladies as they came up, and the Vice
Chancellor made the distinction be¬
tween the men graduates and the ladies
by shaking hands with the latter after
he had performed the ceremony of
lowering the big black cap over their
learned heads.
Princess of Monaco.
The tiniest dominion in Europe is
that of Monaco. The Princess of
Monaco, who was a beautiful New Or¬
leans girl, is said to be the kindest
sovereign on the continent. A pretty
and pathetic little tale is told of her
eldest daughter, the lovely young
Duchess of Richelieu. As a child she
was extremely proud, and her mother,
wishing to soften her haughty disposi¬
tion, used to send her every week,
while in the country, to learn sewiug
and knitting in the village school with
the little peasant girls. This dis¬
pleased the small lady, who did not
refuse to go, though she hated it, but
would not open her mouth during the
whole afternoon, never deigning to
join in the merry laughter of the chil¬
dren. At tea time her governess was
sent to bring her home, and the Prin¬
cess, the Duchess of Bichelieu, regu¬
larly meA her with the same question,
“What have you said to the little girls
to-day?” “Nothing at all,” was the
proud answer. “I cannot find any¬
thing to say to those common things.”
“Very well, neither can I find any¬
thing to say to you, mademoiselle,”
and, turning on her heel, the lady
would leave‘the childalone in the hall,
and refuse to see her for the rest of
the day. For a long time the little
Duchess would not yield, and at last
she was not allowed to come down¬
stairs to her mother. However, one
afternoon, unable to stand it apy long¬
er, and as she wa3 coming back from
the school with a swollen heart, she
fell into her mother’s arms, and said,
with great sobbing, “I—I—I have
asked them if they liked knitting, and
if they prefer to knit with blue wool
or with gray?” The ice was broken,
an-fl now the haughty little girl has be-
soaie an amiable young lady, as chari¬
table as her mother.—New York Com¬
mercial Advertiser.
The American Heiress Drain*
It is estimated that American heir¬
esses pay annually to foreign titled
fortune-hunters the aggregate sum of
$30,000,000 to induce the titled for¬
eigners to marry them. Referring to
this evil one of the United States Sen¬
ators, in a speech on the floor of the
Senate the other day, compared such
American heiresses to “heifers fat¬
tened for the foreign market”—that is
to say, fattened with their fathers’
millions, which makes them attractive
in the eye3 of their aristocratic lords.
So prevalent has become the fashion
of rich American women marrying
foreigners that the last New York Leg¬
islature felt constrained to pass a law
to protect such women aud their heirs
from the disposition of their husbands
to grab everything they possess. This
law provides that any woman born a
citizen of the United States, who shall
have married or shall marry an alien,
and the foreign-born children and de-
scendants of any such woman shall,
notwithstanding her or their residence
or birth in a foreign country, be en-
titled to take, hold, convey and devise
real property situated within the State
of New York. Under this law, if New
York heiresses will leave the bulk of
their property at home when they
marry abroad, they will be able to.
control it, and will thus be able to
command good treatment from their
respective spouses. When a foreign
fortune-hunter gets the woman and
her property into his own control the
result is usually much misery for the
American woman, as the numerous
separations and lawsuits growing out
of international marriages testify.
It would be bitter if the American
heiresses would marry Americans and
save the $30,000,000 drain; but as
there are many who prefer foreign¬
ers, it is well that our laws should
offer them suA protection as is possi¬
ble from the result of their folly.—■
Minneapolis Tribune.
Women Cyclists in Paris.
Among women cyclists in Paris there
are three distinct styles iu dress—-the
French, the English, and the Ameri-
can. Tke French women wear bloom-
ers. Not light knickerbockers, but
bloomers cut very full at the knee,
growing more scant toward the waist.
This gives them the look, when a girl
is standing or walking, almost of a
skirt. When these are perfectly
made, and worn by a petite little per¬
son, they are very jaunty. But they
are too 'often “home-made,” and all
the figures, even of French women,
are not perfect. The general average
of bicycle suits worn by the “best
dressed women on earth” are what we
would call “frights.” A correspon¬
dent tells of a young French girl, in
the Bois de Boulogne, who watched
the cyclists speeding by. She would
say: “Those are English; those oth¬
ers are French; these two are Ameri¬
cans.” “But how can you tell?” she
was asked. “It is easy enough,” she
said; “watch, and you will see for
yourself. There come to long, flop¬
ping dresses. Look how red those
girls are in the face, how tired they
look. They are English. Look how
low they have their saddles, and how
far back from the pedals they sit.
English women all ride a bicycle as if
they were ashamed of it, and had only
half got their own consent to do it.
They weir their long street-dresses
the regular width, and then they in¬
cumber their machines with guards
enough to sink a boat in order to keep
their dresses out of the wheels. If
they were not as strong as animals, it
would kill them, they make such hard
work of it. Here come two Ameri¬
cans,” she continued; “see how
straight they sit over the pedals and
how high their saddles and handle¬
bars are. They ride like the wind and
are so independent. Look at their
short, neat skirts and tailor jackets.
Look at their fresh shirt-waists and
bright ties. But look at the heavy
leather leggings they have on. That
is the only silly thing the Americans
do, I think.” Frenchwomen not only
do not wear leggings, but they very
commonly wear some kind of fancy
colored stockings with their low shoes.
A Frenchwoman can do this, however,
and not be as conspicuous as'would
an American, for lsjasons anatomical.
The American woman buying her hose
in Paris learns to look out for elastic
ones, or else has the embarrassment
of calling for out-sizes.—San Fran¬
cisco Argonaut.
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Fashion Notes,
A gray feather boa is one of the
necessities of fashionable outfit just at
present.
Long, narrow envelopes are taking
the place of the square ones for wed¬
dings and other invitations.
Monograms are smaller,, aud are en¬
closed in a ring not larger than a ten-
cent piece, and are frequently backed
with blue or green enamel.
Striking novelties in writing paper
are plaided, blocked and brocaded in
elaborate fashion. Pale tints are also
fashionable iu blue, gray, pink and
cream.
A skilful needlewoman can make
collars from a pattern collar with very
little trouble, with one or more inter¬
linings of cotton according to the stiff¬
ness desired.
Swiss embroidered muslin of the
finest kind is made up into dainty
summer gowns over silk linings, and
pretty figured lawns are tucked from
the knee to the deep hem as they were
years ago.
Transparent effects play a large part
in summer millinery, and mull, chiffon,
net and tulle are shirred into the
prettiest-shaped hats, with both light¬
ness in color and weight to recommend
them to favor.
Lace is more in demand than ever,
and the womau who has a lot of old
real lace is to be envied. Yet the
imitations are exquisitely fine, and the
art of producing pretty effects with in¬
expensive lace is well known to the
dressmakers.
Ribbon belts made of two lengths
of ribbon folded aud crossed on the
hips so that they form points back
and front are a useful acceessory of
dress, since.they are boned and hooked
in front, and, consequently, are al¬
ways in place.
To utilize last summer’s hats one
should, for a white straw, brush it
well, then remove the stiffening wire
and wash it with cold water and good
soap. After rubbing well, dip it in
clear water and dry. Last of all,
sponge it with the white of egg well
beaten to make the straw taut.
“TRUE UNIFORMITY ” AGREED TO
AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSION.
ALL LEADING MEN WERE PRESENT.
Miners Will Not Be Admitted to Further
Conferences Except Under Spe¬
cial Arrangements.
The “true uniformity” conference
of coal operators of the Pittsburg dis¬
trict concluded its work Wednesday
night at 9:15 o’clock, after a two days’
session of close and persistent work.
The twenty-one sections of the uni¬
formity agreement were thoroughly
discussed and adopted, section by sec¬
tion. The best feeling prevailed
throughout the meetiugs, the only ex-
eeption being the bolting of Colonel
Bend at Tuesday’s session.
Just previous to adjournment, how¬
ever, Judge Owens announced that
Colonel Bend had authorized him to
state that any agreement the confer¬
ence adopted would receive his
(Bend’s) hearty co-operation and he
would sign it if 95, 50 or even 20 per
cent of the operators were sincere in
the sanction of it.
The conference appointed a commit¬
tee of five lo secure the signatures of
the operators to the agreement. It
will be aided by the Ohio board of ar¬
bitration. When the requisite num¬
ber of signatures has been secured,
another meeting will be held to ratify
the agreement. Speeches were made
expressing satisfaction over the result
of the meeting and predicting the suc¬
cess of the plan.
The agreement as adopted provides
for cash payment of wages; 2,000
pounds to the ton, check weighmen on
the tipples, miners to be credited with
the full quantity of coal contained in
the mine car, abolition of company
stores; form semi-monthly pay days, uni¬
price for pick mining in the thin
and thick vein districts, and screens
not exceeding one and one-half inches.
It also provides that in case of the vio¬
lation of the provisions and terms of
agreement, a penalty of 10 cents per
ton on the total output of coal mined
by the violators will be charged, which
penalty is to be paid to a commission
subject to the right of further arbitra¬
tion or appeal. Said penalty, when
collected, is to be distributed among
the signers of the agreement, pro rata
in proportion to the total amount of
tonnage or output made by them dur¬
ing the year.
The commission is to be chosen an¬
nually, and shall be known by the
name of the uniformity commission.
It shall be composed of nine members,
thick and thin vein operators having
proper representation. The members
shall be sworn to faithfully and im¬
partially perform the duties of their
office, and will be authorized and em¬
powered to enforce the judgments and
awards.
The operators, with a few excep¬
tions, want it distinctly understood
that the passage of agreement whereby
all operators are to adopt a similar
system, and are to pay the same rela¬
tive price for mining, has nothing to
do with the great strike. They wish
the miners to disabuse their minds of
any such theories.
The operators have also shut out
the miners’ leaders from taking any
part in the conference that may take
place through questions arising be¬
tween the operators and miners, by in¬
serting a clause in the agreement stat¬
ing the commission shall be composed
of workmen employed by the sub¬
scribers.
MURDER IX A CHURCH.
Colored Deacon Kills One oC tl\e Breth¬
ren During; a Quarrel.
A startling murder was committed
in the pulpit of the Dexter avenue
colored Baptist church, Montgomery,
Ala., Wednesday. Deacon P. H. Pat¬
terson, colored, editor of a negro
newspaper of the city, being the vic¬
tim. George Pritchett, another dea¬
con, is in jail charged with the crime.
The church was crowded at the time
of the tragedy, and a general row was
narrowly averted.
The killing appears to have been tbe
sequel to a factional dissention in the
church of about six months’ duration.
MINES IN ILLINOIS RAIDED.
Strikers Swoop Down Upon Them and In¬
duce Operators to Stop Work.
Four hundred miners from Minonlc,
Winona, Teluca, Kingsley and Streat-
or made a raid on the mines at Roan¬
oke, III., Thursday morning. They
arrived at 3 o’clock and camped out¬
side the town.
A conference with the mine opera¬
tors was held at 6 o’clock, the latter
agreeing to close the mine and keep it
closed until the, end of the general
strike.
The visitors were orderly except that
they seized a Santa Fe train and de¬
manded transportation to Minonk.
This was refused.
gREECE’S POPULATION GROWS.
Our State Department Has Advance Fig¬
ures of Coming: Census.
The United States minister to Greece
has supplied the state department at
Washington with some advauce figures
of the Greek census taken last October.
They show a total population of the
country of 2,133,806, as against-a total
of 2,187,208 in the year 1889. There
were 1,266,816 males and 1,166,990
females.
JOHN P. I.OVELL DEAD.
Founder of Famous Company Suc¬
cumbs to Paralysis.
The venerable John 1\ Lovell, founder of
the arms company bearing hU name, a com¬
pany known all over the world, has just
died at his sirtnmer home, Cottar City.
Mass. lie suffered a paralytic shock from
which it was hoped for a time he would re¬
cover, but a vigorous constitution was not a
match for the encroachments of advanc¬
ing years. John Prince Lovell was bom
in Last Braintree on July 22, 1820, and
was therefore in his 78th year. He was
an instance of a rolling stone gath¬
ering no moss, for he tried several
trades before finally settling down to
gunsmithing, at which he became one of
the most expert and finished workmen in the
world. He apprenticed himself to A.B. Fair¬
banks, a Boston gunsmith, who in 1840 gave
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THE LATE JOHN V. LOVELL.
Mr. Lovell a half interest in the business.
Mr. Fairbanks died the following year. Mr.
Lovell took another partner, but in 1844
bought out the latter. He later added sport¬
ing goods of all has descriptions to his stock,and
the company steadly grown to its present
mammoth proportions. Mr. Lovell success¬
fully weathered every panic, never failed
and never was sued. As his sons became or
age to enter business they were taken into
the firm. Mr. Lovell was connected
with numberless secret and charitable
organizations. He was the first man to buy
a ticket on the South Shore (later the Old
Colony) railroad when ticket it was built, holder and had
been a continuous ever
since. He has long been the only
survivor of the the original ticket
holders. Mr. Lovell,at completion of his
00 years in business, was given a golden
business jubilee anniversary of East which Weymouth was one
of the notable events,
where he has lived for more than half a
century. Mr. Lovell leaves a widow and
five sons, throe of whom are members of
the company, .-■>
MORE LATITUDE FOB KUCHER. I
He Will Be Allowed to Name a Fart of
His Force at Least.
A Washington special says: Inter¬
nal Revenue Collector Rucker, of Geor¬
gia, will not go home empty banded.
He will not leave until next week, and
in tbe meantime the president will is-
aue an order taking from the classified
service all outside internal revenue
deputies.
At the treasury the commissioner re-
fured to say whether the order would
remove all the deputies in the service
or not. “The deputies will know soon
ell jugh,” he said.
HELD PREACHERS FOR MURDER.
Coroner’s Jury at Montgomery Returns
Verdict in the Patterson Killing.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says: “The coroner’s jury Friday af¬
ternoon rendered a verdict to the effect
that Patterson, the colored Baptist
elder who was shot in a church here
last Wednesday, came to his death
from a pistol shot wound inflicted by
George W. Pritchard, a member of
another negro Baptist church here,
and that Revs. A. J. Stokes, J. T.
Brown, William Bracey, Mace Cole¬
man and Calvin McCou were his ac-
lomplices.”
BIG FA ILUR eY.V CHIC AGO.
A Building and Loan Association Charged
With. Shortage of *330,000.
According to a bill filed in the civil
court at Chicago, Wednesday, the Me¬
chanics’ and Traders’ Savings and
Loan Building Association has an al¬
leged shortage of $330,000.
The bill also charged that ,the offi¬
cers of the association aided the sec¬
retary to use the building society as a
feeder for the latter’s business, and
that there were alleged “dummy”
loans aud that a number of stockhold¬
ers are in default on their payments.
REASONS FOR CLOSING DOWN.
Treasrarer of the Amoskeag Cotton Mill*
Makes Explanations.
Hon. T. Jefferson Coolidge, treas¬
urer of the big Amoskeag cotton mills,
of Manchester, N. H., one of the
largest plants of the kind in the
world, says, regarding the shutting
down of the mills, which has been an¬
nounced :
“We have made up our accounts far
the first six mouths of the year aud
find that we have made no money
and have not moved our goods, so I
have ordered the mills closed for the
month of August, at least.”
The dividends of the Amoskeag mills
have been reduced during the past 12
months.
ADMIRAL MILLER TRANSFERRED,
He Will Assume Command of the Pacific
Station.
Wednesday Bear Admiral J. R. Mil¬
ler hauled down his flag from the
cruiser Brooklyn, lying at Tompkins-
ville, Staten Island, and will leave at
once for San Francisco to assume com¬
mand of the Pacific station as soon as
he can reach Hawaii.
The Brooklyn will probably be at¬
tached to the North Atlantic squadron
during the summer cruise aud will sail
for Newport, B. I., where the fleet
will rendezvous early next week.
UNPROFITABLE.
Lady of the House—A'our company It
no good.
Insurance Agent—Why do you say
that.'
Lady of the House—^Well, my husband
ha3 been paying it, premiums for Hire*
years and isn't dead vet.