SometimM Um wisdom of ■ body Is itinted quite as much by what It re ruses to do as by what It does, and some of the proiMMltlous turned (town •t the last nie«*tlu* of the New York eta to granse may come in the former class. One asked for a repeal of the so called Anustrons-HlSbee road law on the around that the state law Improves only the abort. Isolated sections of the road and that the amount of tnouey expended seems exorbitant In comparison with the small amount of

of Haverhill has flee fctlre nate scans**, and on* Inhabitant In a ary aisbt Is a Pafroo of Husbandry. In Litchfield one person In four la a member of tbe grants. In (ha town of Atkinson three oat of every eight In-

habitants are Patrons. “Should rural schools be

odr* la the question !h many states, and In this matter the trance fbould be

“Do something' - is a goad motto far

CONDENSED DISPATCHES. ■seaMo •vents M the Week BHnflr

Another proposition rriatlv* to tbe road question was not adopted, to the effect that, as tbe rood commls- • loners elected under tbe present system are chosen Vlthout any reference to ability respecting tbe duties of the office and believing that the present method should he abolished and the public highway placed, fax a measure, under state control. It wta proi ask the grange to favor the delegation of power to tbe state engineer by the legislature and appoint under the cMl service rules the highway commissioners to the counties and towm they are to serve, bat this resolution

was not approved.

Another resolution recited the fact that the-average fanner’s son is not able to avail himself of a college agricultural course, and It waa proposed by this resolution to ask the state legiaU ture to provide tbe means of establishing a four months' agricultural course In each normal acfagol In the state. The resolution was opposed, as It was deemed Impracticable at tbe present time and unnecessary.

A WORTHY COMPLIMENT.

Its Work.

Say* H. W. ColllugwodO. editor of the Rural New Yorker: “We would like to take a company of the city men who dread the future of this republic to such a meeting aa was held at Ogdeosbnrg (New York state grange). If they were able to recognize hoi* at all they would see It fax this gathering of strong, earnest, well dressed men and women of the farm. It ara* one of those meeting* ieh one canid start Binging ‘Amer- [ without words or notes and find f tbs audience capable of We always come neetings convinced while true to "Its fundamental prlndpkSa, the - grange Is cgpable of doing better work for America's civilisation than any other fraternal organization In the land. This *4 not because of Its political or business power though these are consider* ble. but because of its quiet' uplifting ^rork In the home or In tbe ntral community The grange may elflrt governors or senators or presidents, yet we can see that a political rkrtpry of -this sort might be woa la each a way that Ifwoukl be a moral oefeat for tbe Order. The grange will make a vital mistake if It: permits a few shrewd politicians to use it as a mouthpiece Jpr their personal desires. Its strongest power is moral and social. Its best work is done quietly to the farm'botne. where every t ber tries to live up to tbe principles of

Just c_. „ seven questions asked Mrs. Jennie Too Julay In the circuit court at Chicago, whom Judge Mack established a new severing the l»enA« which bound Mia. Von Julay to John Von Julay. a prisoner to the state penitentiary at Wethersfield. Conn. Hilda Armstrong, twenty-three years bid, who for three years had been employed as s maid by Mrs. John t'un- ■ Ingham Hasan to her IVlbam Manor (N. Y.) seminary for girls, luxe been

the Wu

body (ha city eoanriJs rotad to laava tbe city's gas works to tbs ruhe-’ Qas Improvement company for a ter».i of seventy-Are- years for th# total san<

Tbe granges throughout the United States should take s deeper Interest to tbe com moo schools than they do In most sections, not only to relation to matters within tbe sobool building, but without—I. e^ In making the grounds tovKtofc and attractive, keeping the buildings in good condition, setting out shade trees and doing many such things as will make the school a pleas- * mmt and attractive place for children. Every subordinate grange to a rural community should have a committee to visit the school to Its district and hasp to touch with tbs work of (he

held to await the action of

Chester grand Jury on tbe charge of robbing many of the students as well as Mrs. Hazen of articles valued at

•1,000.

The two Atlantic City trolley com panics are planning to extend their tracks to tbe beach, the object being to. provide special cars for the bathers who will dress at their respective hotels and boarding hounce. Owing to an ordinance prohibiting their on the strests and board walk In bathing costumes they are compelled to go to the beach bath houses. MoaSsr. *I«T * William J. Bryan at Lincoln. Neb., announces that he will make a tour of the world for the study of mnnlclivsl ownership and railroad problems. Ilia daughter Is in p jor health, and she. with other nteml-crs of Mr. Bryan's family, will accompany him. An attempt to rob the stamp safe at the Han Francisco poStorBce waa frustrated fay Watch man William O'Connell. who. spied one* of the .burglar* Tbe bandar* took ahum and escaped with only IL40U worth of stamps. They tnlaaed UOO to another safe. So gradually and peacefully did Dr. Irwin Fischer pass from life to death at inttaborg that the watchers scen-e-Jy knew the end had come. The lethargic condition Into which be fell flrf weeks ago *bo««d little or no'dlf fervnee up to within six hour* of hi; Dr. Fischer bad slept alma* continuously for thirty-three days. Discovered to s stupor from whirl lie could not he aroused to explain bow *he come Amid such surrounding«. Alice Della Wheel oik. a foorteen-y earold girl of Yonkers, X Y- was taken from a bouse there, and three two young * Persians and a lawyer named John Beaty of Yonkers—fonwl In the loom with ber were placed

der arrest.

Itcaolation* urging 1 “resident Roosevelt to appoint “a proper pruportioa of

of them physicians," to

serve on the committee composed ot ecclesiastics and lawyers .to Investigate tbe divorce problem were adopted by the annual session of tbe Long Island Council of Women's Clabs at Bay Ridge, X Y. Tbe council also resolutions urging the adoption of a

national divorce law. Saturday,- Mar M.

Admiral Dewey, who was token sick In New YorK~Mty a week ago, is reported to be much better, but Is not yet

able to leave his residence^

Tom Jenkins of Clevatond. (X, exchampion of the world, to a sensational flnMi to a moat Interesting catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with Frank Gotch. the western wrestler of Humboldt, 4 * la.. contested In New York, gained a decided victory. V , m Five young woman of New York wfe * are on a tramp from the metropolis to the Berkshire* have arrived to Great Barrington, Mam They carry knapsacks. They bare jumped fences, ford ad brooks and bare lived for tbe moat part on farmers' produce. They gtart-

Tb* body of Hiram Crank, who** death marked the passing sf the last veteran of the war of Utlfl. waa taken to Oyiwem Hill* cemetery for burial frog* tbe rttr halt New Yoih. where h had been lying In *1*1*. 11* waa buried with military honors. , Ytonng a sham tattle at Fort Reno. Okie.. Lieutenant G. L. Chapman, adjutant of th* post, was killed by being Shot through tbe body. Klx companies were eugtged in a mimic tight There appears 1o be a general luiprc-«alo:i that the cartridge was used purposely, but that It was Intended for another officer.

TharsSsr. Mar «*-

Gera bon Marx, the Co'cbester farmer convicted of the murder of bla farm band, Pavol Rodeckl. waa hanged to the state prison at Wethersfleld, Conn., 0t ytldulght. Marx went to the gallow*

^protesting hi* Innocence.

With the queenly American-s hoooc: Atluntb- leading tbe way a superb fact* of ocean going sailing yachts swept the starting line at Sandy Hoc* Ught*hlp and under a soft breeze bandad out into the broad Atlantic ocean on a race of 2JUOO miles to the Lizard, on the English coast, for a •-VJOU cup offered by Emperor William of Germany. Mrs. Caesar Young's long deferred voyage to Europe waa actually begun when tbe widow of tbe bookmaker who was shot an the day on which abo was to go abroad Mitfa him sailed the White Star liner Majestic. A i at bar side, paying ber every attention, wag John MilUn. formerly partner of tbe slain race track man. Rumor bad It that tbe couple had Oven married and were sailing away on their honey-

A remarkable psychological problem was presented for tbe study of tbe many alienists In the court when the trial of George Wood for tbe murder of George WIRfauns, the grocer of Wnt chung. ended at Somerville. N. J. Wood, according to his counsel. Is the victim of a dual personality, on one phase of which be Is under the tnftu eu« of purely imaginary pentons, firi ously described by Wood as "Wolff." •Mack" and “a little black man.- He sentenced to thirty years fan-

was seutenc prlsonmeut.

Wegaesgar, Mar ST.

King Edward has apiiolnted King Alfonso of Spain a_geoentl to the British army as a birthday present for the

8j>ant*h king. »

While boating on .Jones' mill pood at Jullustown, X. J., George G. -and Thomas GasklU. aged sixteen year*, twin son* of Noah GaskUL were

drowned together. .

A daring theft committed by one of tbe elephant* at tbe I/ondoo zoological gardens bos been reported. While ”* lady was watching tbe animal It sod df-idy extended Its trunk, seised bold

of a chatelaine bag she v

and swallowed It

0I1H SAVINGS GLPAfUHENJ is not rextrictcd in the aceje of its patronage. It U broad enouj h to iucii..ii,<xiatc all, and Here are its Patrons: t. The young folks with their small savings, a. The breadwinner, stliving to accumulate a fund to proenre a home, or a competency for old age. 3- The well-to-do, for the convenience afforded and the income provided. 4. Those with idle funds awaiting other investment. Three per cent. Interest paid. t Security Trust Company, Of Camden, N. J. ' - Cape May Banking Housfe, COR. OCEAN AND WASHINGTON STREETS.

Qiieei] Jewelry $tore, Jewelry Wlatcbes antr Clocks. Repairing Neatly Done by a Skilled Workman. mti F. KOHN. SOS ^Washington St. . Cope S/ta^.

■•»«* w* <0 Mesglast OU Rat**. TOPEKA. Kam, May 28.-Tb* Atch-

ison, Topeka and Bunts Fe railroad will meet tbe oil producer* of Kansas and rearrange the freight rates ou oil

according to a statement by

Freight Agent Koootx.

HOOCH TON. 'Mich. May 28.-An attempt waa mads here to blow up the home of Norman J. Dolph. a real estate dealer of Kenton, with dynamite. Tbe bouse waa partly wrecked, but the ta-

‘ m escaped uninjured.

Take your time when doing your shopping. And don’t miss LAVEHTHOl’S Store New line of Men’s Spring Clothing just arrived.

A nice line of Hats an** Csps.

The latest novelty in Bor* -md Children’s suits. Finest Une of Spring Sk ; . i.s and Waists. . . • All goods at the lowest possible prices.

Jos. Laventhol, „

318 <r aslungton St

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

I N ‘

t» d kiln,

A Dotetr Kltaoao.

No daintier or more useful gift could .. devised for tbe little guest than (be

The articles most frequently used as kllQOnQ ' ^ l * ken the place oT garulsbra arc as follow^ *** It«. on* of tbe mort n«raParaley and celery top. for edd to baby's vrardrobe. Tbe toests. poultry and ftsh and for chops, f^" 1 '*^.* 0 ,*?*^*** - *» no hindeutlcta. steak a and salads. Parsley la i 1°*,^ t^* tipy arms and shoulder*, no also used for roasts and parsley or trTln * * le * Te “ 40 •<I 0 **» ,Dto - if it

wmu •■■■I STAMFORD. Conn., May 23—It was

reported here last night that the condi-

tion of William

of arctic exploration, who waa severe-

ly injured

taken a

that be waa dangerously 111

SSbi

May 28. — A

tt waa votod to pay 97(1000 for ^ «t tha Madina Waterworks

CINCINXATL O, Mar «8.-WUBam

curled lettuce for scalloped oysters. Lemon to almost a universal garnish. Xbe same can be said of parsley. pilcen of lemon cut very thin f dtoea. raw oysters, boiled fowl, turkey, tab. roast veal steaks, salads. Garden fennel for aalmon or mackw«L Gapers for aalads. Currant jelly for game, cold tongue,

etc.

Gherkins or targe pickles, cut crosswise. for cold corned beef sliced. Gold hard boiled eggs sliced for cold boiled bam cut to thin slice*. Boltod carrot oilced for boiled beef. ■ Beets, pickled and sliced, for cold meat boiled beef and ealt fith. Potato croquette# or Saratoga potsteat may be nmd with a «wat or alrtoai •Sffii boiled leg of mutton, and

fftet aranad a plate

•brink* a little, and that ■ Inevitable with all flannels, there will be ample apace for that The lllustra-

' garment laid out fiat

xmoao rox babt. when a pattern cannot be purchaa•d tt can be easily cut without one. “ can be marked around wltha bloe pencil. Three aaama, and those are tied to tiny tows to toape the garment. Any flower that M small can to wad as a deoarattem. bet the violet la whit, and the forgat>at la pale Woe or pink are gtvan preflacance. Oaahuri and sOk