Rev. E. Alice Bradley has resigned as pastor of the Ifoiversalist church at Friendship to accept a call at Spring field, N. Y., where she will commence her duties the first of October.

The new two-cenl piece soon to be issued bas already been styled the doughnut coin, because it will have a hole in the cen er. This innovaiion was deemed necessary, as the new coin is to be tbe same size and the same alloy as the present five-cent piece.

When pins were first invented in the 14th century the maker was allowed to sell them on the ist and 2d of January only, and upon these days the ladies flocked to buy them. They were so expensive that it was customary to give as a wedding present a certain sum of money to be used as “pin money" hence the term.

A. B. Bradley of Friendship, a state excise official, made a raid last week on four hotel-saloons at Gowanda on the Erie county side of the creek. Four Nickel-in-the-slot machines were captured and confiscated. These places have been notorious violators of the law, and particularly of the law prohibiting the sale of liquor to Indians. It is to be hoped sufficient evidence has been secured to close them up permanently.

Former Mayor Hequenbourg of Dunkirk objects to the tax assessments of that city and has obtained from the supreme court a writ of certiori to review the present assessment. He makes no claim that his own property has been assessed too highly, but he claims that there is much which bas not been assessed at an approach to its real value in the town and city. This action will naturally be of much interest to the taxpayers of Dunkirk.

The Cuba Patriot says J. W. Wilcox holds the record as a rat catcher. He saw one oi the animals prowling around his bay barn recently, and the next morning found in a wire trap he had set the previous evening the following members of the rat family: The grandmother and seven children, a daughter and seven children, a granddaughier and seven children—total 24. Not wishing to separa’e the members of this large family, Jim s^t his trap the next night a»d succeeded in capturing the grandfather, his son and grandson—total 3.

WHAT THE AUTOPSY REVEALED

There Was Never Any Hope For The President -- The Bullet Probably Poisoned.

The autopsy on the body of President McKinley was performed Saturday, beginning at 11:45 a.m. and eding about 2 p.m.. (The autopsy was performed by Dr. H. R. Gaylord, and Dr. H. G. Matzinger <illegible> New York State Laboratory connected with the University of Buffalo, in the presence of several eminent physicians, the coroner and District Attorney Penny.

The report of the autopsy, which was signed by all the physicians, said:

The bullet which struck over the breast-bone did not pass through the skin and did little harm. The other bullet passed through both walls of the stomach near its lower border. Both holes were found to be perfectly closed by the stiches, but the tissues around each hole had become gangrenous. After passing through the stomach the bullet passed into the back walls of the abdomen, hit and and tearing the upper end of the kidney. This portion of the bullet track was also gangrenous, the gangrene involving the pancreas. Death was unavoidable by any surgical or medical treatment, and was the direct result of the bullet wound. The extent of the gangrenous condition of the flesh along the course of the bullet led some of the physicians to the conclusion that the bullet was poisoned to make the president’s death more certain.

Penal Code Applies to Anarchists

The city of New York has always been able to deal effectively with her anarchists by applying a clause of the penal code. This clause provides as follows: “ Whenever three or more persons assemble with intent to commit any unlawful act by force,or assemble with intent to carry out any purpose m such manner as to disturb tbe public peace, or being assembled, attempt or threaten any act tending toward a breach of the peace or any injury to person or property or any unlawful act, such an assembly Is unlawful, and every person participating therein by his presence, aid or instigation is guilty of a misdemeanor,” Under this clause Herr Most was imprisoned and Emma Goldman was sentenced to Blackwell’s island in the early nineties. Ia the case of Most, an appeal to the court of appeals resulted in confirmation of judgment against him.

The healthy old man wears his grav hairs like a silver crown. What if he be threescore and ten if there is still fire in his eye, firmness in his step, command in his voice and wisdom in his counsel? He commands love and reverence, Yet how few wear the mantle of age with dignity. Dim eyed, querulous of speech, halting In step, childish in mind, they "lag superfluous on the stage," dragging out the far end of life in a simple existence. The secret of a healthy old age is a healthy middle age. The man who takes care of his stomach, who keeps his body properly nourished, will find that the body does not fail him in old age. The great value of Dr, Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery lies in the preservation of the working power of the stomach and ether organs of digestion and nutrition. From this center is distributed the nourishment of the whole body, tbe salt for the blood, the lime for the bones, phosphates for the brain and nerves. A sound stomach means a sound man, A man who keeps his stomach sound by the use of “’Golden Medical Discovery” will wear ihe crown of gray hairs as befits a monarch, with dignity and ease.