Catfish Bite is Nearly Fatal Milton, Aug. 19. Boyd Millward of this place lias had what is re garded as just about, as close a call for his life as possible and pull through. Me was bitten on the neck by a stone catfish while camp ing out near Muney, ami while he is now believed out of danger his experience may be warning to others to exercise more than pass ing care when handling such fish. Millward had cast his line, hail ed with the catfish, but the throw did not suit him and he lifted it' for another cast. In bringing it back, the line circled close to his neck. The catfish made a lunge at his neck and bit into the bone. The wound began to swell and two hours later convulsions seized him, and it was only too evident that his condition was serious. Medi cal treatment was hurriedly sought and after a while relief from the pain was gained with a gradual allaying of the alarming symptoms and corresponding improvement. Young Woman Found Help less in Cemetery Sunhurv, Aug. I!'.—The sexton of Kiverview Cemetery. Northum berland. was startled early this morning when lit* found a young woman lying unconscious on one of the graves. She. was taken to the house and physicians summoned. There v> ere no marks about her body to indicate that she had been a victim of foul play and the sup position was that she had been tak en ill while, walking through the cemetery. Later in the day she gained consciousness and gave her name as Pearl Trontman. Ilcr home is in Shamokin. She says that she left Shamokin Saturday night, intending to visit friends in Sunbnry, but remembers nothing after she got oil' the train here. How she got into the cemetery she is unable to explain. Like some other statesman, the prohibition nominee rejoices that there is no limit lo the number of times a man may be a candidate. t " v P-AHS* Anyone pending a sketch and description mp <|iilt*kl> aseeriain cur o|>ininii free whet her in invouiioi) is probably paientanle. C'ouiniiiriica* tbuiH. : rirtly •••nthlential. HANDBOOK on Patents HiMit free, oldest agency for Recuring patents. l'aH'ijrn taken through .Munn & Co. rectivc Bi'» rial notice » without ?harirc, in tho Scientific American A handsomely illustrated weekly. J.artrest culation ««f any scientific journal. Tennis. ?!i a vear, four months, fI. Hold by all newsdealers. f/!UNN &Co. 36IBfoad " a »-New York Branch office. 625 b Washington. '' M. BRINK'S I'KICKS For Tins Week ton 100 111 Corn Meal 35.00 1.75 Cracked Corn 25 00 1.75 Corn ..5 00 1.75 PtireCorn&()atsChop36.oo I. S5 Sacks each 6c with privilege of returning without expense to me. Schumacher Chop >2.00 1.(15 Wheat Bio 26.00 135 Oil Meal 39.00 2. 0n Gluten 32.00 165 Brewers Grain 28.00 1.50 Choice Cottonseed Meal 34 00 1.75 Oyster Shells 10.00 60 Portland Cenien per tout 8.00 40 (rebate 1 c each for sacks re nrne 1) Beef Scrap 3.00 Old Oats per bu. .7< > New Oats arrive in Sept or Oct. .42 140 Hi hag Salt coarse or line .60 100 lh hag Salt .45 Flour per bhl. sack Shumacher Patent 6 60 l.7<> Marvel 6 60 1.70 Luxury SXO 1.50 Veal Calves wanted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Live fowls and ( liic.l ens on Wednes lay. M. BRINK New Aluanv Pa t/ SU KSi'Rl BK NOW. NO TRESPASS BE SURE TO GET THE RIGHT KIND. WE HAVE THEM AT 50c PER DOZEN. THE NEWS ITEM By Long Distance Mrs. Adams beamed tn conscious pride as she lifted the telephone re ceiver from the hook. "Oh, I just know It's Jane," she mur mured, ecstatically, to her caller, as she wafted. "You'll excuse me, won't you? It won't take long, and we're go ing to call each other up every single week while she's at co'lcge. Yon see, this Is her first, week and I just know — "Yes, yes. Hello! Yos, this is Mrs. Adams. Oh, Jane, is that. you. Your voice sounded just as n.-tural. You poor child, you must lie terribly lone ly!" (Aside —"She's never been away before.") "Oh, I'm so glad you like it!" (Aside —"She's so brave.") "You're just getting settled? Haven't started your studies yet? Don't know what you'll take? That's right, dear; be sure you're comfortnble first. "Yes, darling, I'll be glad to make it. Chocolate, you say? Are you sure it won't be crushed In the express? Oh, very well. Just a moment, until I get a pencil and paper to put down the address. (Aside —"She's asking me to send her a cake. They're to have a spread, and she promised to furnish the cake, isn't that just like her, to offer to help right away? Jane is always so anx ious to help others. You must excuse me—when I think of her away off there all alone, and no one to do things for her, It brings tears to my eyes! Oh, dear, where shall I find pencil and paper?") "Here I am, Jane, dear. It's so hard to find writing material in this house. There! Yes, I have it. I'll make It to night and take it right over to the express office. Yes, I'll make a few of those rocks, too, and—all right, some ginger nuts, too. Oh, I'll put In lots of good things, to surprise you. "Is your bed soft, dear? Have you enough coverings? Oh, Just a minute, dear, there goes the door bell." (Mrs, Adams hastens to the door, returning In about five minutes.) "Hello, Jane! It was your Annt May, In the auto. She wanted t<j take me out. No, I told her I didn't want to go. She said Jim Is engaged to that Smith girl. Yes, it's a shame. I'll never get over being glad that you were a girl instead of a boy. "So you like the girls? I'm so glad! One's friends count for so much when one's away from home! "Isn't It lovely to have the tele phone! I've been counting, ever since you left, on talking with you! It al most seems as If you were at home, here! 'Tie careful, won't you, dear, not to get your feet wet, and to wear youT warm coat, If It's the least bit damp. And don't study too hard. Ambition Is all right, but don't overdo It, dear. You've got your whole life before you. What? You wish you had another party dress? Your pink Is too plain? Well, I'll see If Mrs. Simmons can make another for you. Write me Just how you want It made, and we'll have It there before the dance. "You want to join a sorority? All right. But be careful to get In with the nicest girls, won't you? I trust you perfectly. "Well, be good, and don't miss us too much —and write often —and call me tip soon, won't }'ou —whenever you're lonely? Ooodby. "Why, central! It was not! The Idea! Twenty minutes? Why, we talked only about three minutes. Five at the most. Well, could I help it if tho doorbell rang, and I had to leave for a while? Why, I most assuredly did not. have the wire when I was at the door! Very well, send the bill, and we shall see!" She thumped down tho telephone receiver. "The Idea! Charging for twenty minutes, when I just said hello to Jane. I shall tell my husband! They think they can do anything they please, but he'll talk to them! Poor Jane! Slio's so lonely! And these Belflsh tel ephone people won't let me talk with out charging such awful prices!" Mania for Palaces. The discovery of an intruder at Marlborough House, in London, is reminiscent of the adventures of"the boy Jones" in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign. In December, 1840, he gained access to Buckingham pal ace and secreted himself there for several days. He was detected by the princess' royal's nurse and handed over to the police. The privy council examined him, but did not think there was any cause for alarm, and he was sentenced to three months lnmprleonment as a rogue and vagabond. But no sooner was he at liberty than he made two other attempts to enter the palace. On the last occasion the magistrate gave him the chance of enlisting In the navy, where he was speedily cured of his mania for acquiring a royal domi cile. Blok and Tired of It. Oracle was entertaining unexpect ed visitors while her mother dressed, and the ladles, during a lull in the rather strained conversation, fell to spelling out sentences about her. "Rather a quaint child," said one, trusting to the child's Implied Ignor ance of her letters. "Yes," complained Oracle before the other lady could reply, "but she can't help It, an' she'* awful tired of being called quaint." I Church Notice St. John's Episcopal Church will hold services Sunday morning, Aug. 25, at 10:30 a. in. 8/VANTED--A RIDER AGENT I EACH TOWN and district torido and exhibit a sample Latest Model Ranger bicycle furnished by us. Our atronts every where are making Dooney fast. Write for full particulars and special off er at once. NO MONEY REQUIRED until .vou receive and approve of your picyclo. W© ship to anyone anywhere in t TT. S. without a cent deposit In advance, fre pa, freight, anil allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during which time you may rido the bicycle and put itto any lest you wish. If you are then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to keep the bicycle ship it back to us at our expense nnd you wilt not be out one. cent. FACTORY PRICES furnish the highest frrade bicycles it is , r,l,ww possible to make at one small proiit. above actual factory cost \on save 810 to *25 middlemen's profits by buy ingl direct <)f us a lulliayo the manufacturer's guarantee behind your bicycle. DO NOT BUY a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone at any price until you receive our catalogues and learn our unheard of factory VOU WILL B E*A STO ill SH E T.? ill?/ low price* \ro can innko you tills yoar. Wo tu-ll tho highest n ratio bicycles for " thunaiiy other factory. Woarosatlsllcd with SI.OO profit abovi.Tactorv co*t. lednv ncHved CUU ° Ur l>R ' y untJor y°urowu muuo plate at tloubio our prices. ID BICYCLES. Wo do n<«t regularly handle second hand bicycles, but usually have mnirinir from* t?» *a Vr«*i tr ?' rto l >y ollP "stall Hlorea. These wo clear out promptly at prieua ranßlncfroinM toMorfiio.il*«<Tlptivo bargain list* mailed free. COASTER-BRA K F S . #in*lo Whsou, imported roller chains and pedals, parts, repairs and m " ■T" 1 11 ** I equipment of all kiuds at half the nuuUtr retail prices, * fl MbES Hedgethorn Puneture-Prcof $ JEI 8 0 111 Self-healing Tires £L ■ regular retail price of these tires will sell you a sample pair for sl.Bo(cash ">*'*> —r~~~~TT '' NOMORETROUBLEFROMPUHCTURES I ( im , m >7 7 / HAILS, Tacks, or Class will not let the air out. i . / / j*' / A hundred thousand pairs sold last. year. \ r if / &sK' DESCRIPTION: a " si ?' s - 1 J K. / is lively and easv m&WI -I • ' / ridintr, very durablo and lined Inside with I i, / a special finality of rubber, which never lie- \_ • / conies porous and which closes ui> small ** L ""hi?l TWIPiiIDT punctures without allowing the air to osnano. J |I ( . Wo have hundreds of letters from satisfic ,1 customers [ II Notice the thick rubber tread stating that their tires have only been pumped up once KV- A" and puncture strips "B" or twice In a wholo season. They \veij,'li no more than i and D" also rim strip "H" an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting nunlities beinc ;■ I®, *? prevent rimcutting. This Kiven by several layers of tliln, specially prepared \ 'jr *' ro Wl " outlast any other fabric on the tread. The rcpular price of theso tires 11 make—SOFT, ELASTIC and is 110.00 per pair, but for advert isiiisr punKiseswo are u EASY RIDING, maklne a special factory price to the rider of only SI.BO per pair. All orders shipped same day letter Is received. Wo ship C. O. |). on approval. Vou do'not pay a cent until yuu have examined and found them strictly as represented. •uY»u V il'nn'in" Cf, ? h discount of '[ l"-r <-.- | it (tliorcl.y mnkiiiK tin) I»rl."-o #4.55 l«Tr»lr) If yon wild FULL CASH WITH ORDER anil cih-loho tlily liih i rtl-rnirnt. Ynu run no r,- k ni H-iuhllE mi or<l 'V i I '.<■ 11 tv : mav !»»' n-tlirn«l at OUR oxptnso it for any rewk.ti 11,. y are ri ••t ml l-fiut, ,rv on ixiimlnalion Wo nr.. i~ rl..Uv r. lial.lo on. nioncy wnt to IIH Isas FAf.. as In a l,„nk. If you oi-.l.Ta parrot tl,.w tins. >( „i will lin.l tliat tli. v will rWo ea«ler. run fawter. wear better, last l««n(r« rand look Im-r than anv tire you liaverv .ru t-.i t.r ..ri at An\ We know that you will be ao well phased that when vi want a hleyclo you will trivo us your order ' \Ve waui yon to send UB» trial onler at once, lionce thlMremarlnl.le tire onvr. >ourorutr. uowaut IF YOU NEED TIRESQ'SIu^I*." 1 VJi'J"'""-' " rl '' on I nt|, y o ""n'if., rn ,u.irof m m mm u^l nnctlire-l roof t ire» on approval and trial at the special introductory prh-eqilotetl abovo; or write for Onr l.lc Tire ami Sun.lryCataloiiUowhlcU Uoscnlxs au.l quuli o all makes uml KlndH of tln»s at about liu.ll the usual prices. DO NOT WJklTl'!*."!" 1 ' I'"® 1 "" 1 " 1 '" ,lnr - DO NOT THINK OF BUYING n hlcyclo or a pair of . tires from anyone until yon know the new and wotuh rtuloili-rs \\o*re mukini? It only coHts a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. uirswovouiukinß. J. L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. A high grade gasoline that never goes back on you. Most motorists know that inferior gasolirie gives more auto trouble Waverly Gasolines Hr 76Special Power without carbon. Quick ignition—never B Waverly gasolines insure instantaneous, powerful, clean i I Tig' explosion. Your dealer has them. If not, write us. M I WAVERLY OIL WORKS CO., lnd*»md*nt Htflmrt W Lr PITTSBURG. PA. I VmRM Also "makers of Waverly Special Auto Oil. | I FREE—2OO Pi|e Book lelli all about oils. Costs Idie ~ Almost Nothing When It Runs TI THEN an I H C engine is at work, it is |i | Vy the cheapest dependable power you || can use; when not working it costs i you nothing. It will work just as hard at the | close of the day as at the stait —will work overtime or all night just as readily. It is B ready to work whenever you noed it; always w reliable and satisfactory. Vou can use an jj|J I IH C Oil and Gas Engine U to f>ump water, to run the wood saw, cream | separator, churn, grindstone, washing machine, H feed grinder, corn husker and shredder, en silage cutter, or any other farm machine to which power can be applied. I H C oil and gas engines are constructed of the best materials; built by men who know what a good engine must do; thoroughly tested before leaving the factory. They are made in all sizes from 1 to 50-horse power; in all styles—vertical and horizontal, air and water cooled, portable, stationary and mounted on skids, to operate on gas, gaso line, naphtha, kerosene, distillate or alcohol. Kerosene-gasoline tractors, 12 to 45-horse power. Ask the I H C local dealer to show you an 111 C engine and oxplain each part, or write for catalogue and full information. International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) # Elmlra N. Y. I 11 C Service Biu««a The purpose of this Hurean is to furnish, free of rit..r > .t! i c !>.\st information obtainable , on loft, rf 112 -.ijjj; If you have any wortliy ques- jfawf/jr/J lions i '-.'vi! " a soils, crops, land drainage, irri- JBfjfif]T " ;,t ! «i '• . make your inquiries specific mi'i ' Hitmi i.t I n Bureau, Harvester I One gifted writer of beauty hints thus advises women : '"Keep your feet close together when walking." In view of the hohble skirt ho;>, this appeals to the mere bystander as superllous adviee. TOO STRENUOUS A JOB ■OSQUITO EXTERMINATOFI HAB HAD ENOUGH. ' Recently Went Through Experience That It Must Be Admitted Was Calculated to Discourage Almost Any One. Charles F. Staedlor, marshal of Ve rona, N. J., Is also chief moequtto ex terminator of that. city. It is nis duty to hunt out the breeding places ol the winged rapiers that made New Jersey famous and deluge their larvae with kerosone oil. The life of the chief mosquito exterminator has been a trail | null one. Hut recently the foe of Jer ; seyV curse met with an experience thnt confines him to his bed under the care of a physician. The chief exterminator and his ablo assistant, Thomas Brennan, sot out to j visit some rnareliy land at the head of I Verona lake. As the chief exterminator stood upon a bog pouring oil upon the butchery of a flock of mosquitoes his foot slipped and into the mire went tii • marshal. Before Brennan could grasp hirn the ! chief exterminator had sunk to his arm i piis Hrennan labored hard to pull his j colleague from the bog, and, with a frait' ic yank at his chief's coat collar, he, trm. clipped and joined his compan ion. The two struggled in the bog as did Bunyan, but to no avail. Then, almost engulfed, they raised their voices and reared for aid. Little llnjrliie Ervine heard the wild calls from ihe bog and saw two heads pro truding above the mire. Hughie tore pevern) hoards from a nearby fence end built a walk to the spot where the mosquito terrors lusilly striked for f'i diom. But llu...hie ccti'd do noth ii i; more, and the moments were pre cious for each convulslv • effort only die mosquito catchers deeper I i their miry prison. Hughie was dispatched for instant rid lln qualified for the Olympic t;.-am in his print up the road to David Slay back's place. David set forth in his motor car with a long rope. SI iybaek, with Hughie's aid, drag ged Br unan from tlie bog. For al mo-t two hours they labored, and Staedler was almost ready to close bis eyes and murmur, "Farewell, proud vorla," when Slayback was struck with a brilliant Idea. He fastened one end of the rope under the chief ex terminator's arms. The other end was tossed over thp branch of a nearby oak and then tied to the rear of the motor car. Slayback took his seat in the car nnd grasped the starting lever. Bren nan ral wl his hand and Slayback put on full power ahead. It was a hard pull The chief exterminator almost was pulled apart, but up into the air bo finally shot and dangled twlxt box nnd blue sky, dripping ooze and words ©i anguish. As far as the chief exterminator is concerned, all the mosquitoes in Jer- EO.V can goto blazes. He said so him self. only his verbiage was more stren uous. Not Ashamed of Cowardice. The idea that nothing is so disgrace ful as cowardice Is one that is not held by all races. Among the Bedouins n hoik may be the leader of his tri'ne only in peace. When there Is var, the chances are that he will re linquish his leadership to the fighting shoik. "I have not the gift of courage," once said an Arab chief to an Eng lishman, apologizing for not putting himself at the head of a band that he had sent to attack another tribe. The Englishman learned that these nomads esteem personal bravery as a gift, for the want of which a man is no more to be censured than he is to be blamed for not being handsome. A Bengali says, without the least sense of shame, "I am timid." Yet he will meet death, even when it ap proaches in the form of the hangman, with the composure of a martyr.—ll lustrated Sunday Magazine. Would Not Consider Dishes. .T. C. Stubbs, the Southern Pacific official, hasn't a great deal of patience with amateurs and thoso uninformed in the railroad game, and he is said to have told this story to illustrate the "wisdom" of an incipient railroad magnate. When the stock holders of the Val ley railroad were meeting in 1898 to plan the construction of the new line matters of detail were taken up among | them, for even the smallest stock | holder wanted a finger in the con- I etruction pie. At ono meeting a director who had J to do with the engineering problems ; of construction " asked. "How heavy | shall the fish plates be?" A -lock holder growled, "What are ;wo bothering with the dining car I features for now? Let's go ahead and j bulltl the road first." Not a Moral Objection. A dtnee hall manager who could never by any stretch of the imagina tion bo accused of harboring aesthetic convictions came out unequivocally against the season's dances. "I am pleased to hear you take that stand," said a reformer. "Leaving mo rality out of the question, they are cer tulnly ugly." "Oh, 1 wasn't thinking about that." 1 said the manager. "I'm dead sot against them because it takes more room lo dance them in. My hall, that uiil hold 280 couples for ordinary dancing, now accommodates only 200 couples, and I lose all that money." KXPKEstt UUi*i_r.a.r«j_njc TO FACE TRIAL Adams and American Concerns Indictment for Violating Inter-state Oommeroe Act Washington, Aug. 24.-The Adams and American Express Companies, indicted for violations of the in tor-state commerce act, must face trial. There is no escape through pleadings, that they are not corpor ations or companies within the meaning of the law. That, in effect, was the decision of Federal Judge Hazel at Buffalo in an opinion today in the ease be gun by the lnter-state Commerce Commission against the two com panies alleging overcharges and granting unlawful concisions. The commission was notified of Judge Hazel's decision. Very recently, Judge Hollistsr, in the United States district court at Cincinnati, ordered a similar in dictment. against the Adams com pany (plashed, because, lie held, the company, being berely a stock association and not a corporation, could not be indicted. He held it would be necessary for the com merce commission to secure the indictment ot' individual stock holders in order to maintain a case in court'. The commission realized that such a proceeding would be impracticable. Judge Hazel held that the indictments brought at Buffalo were sound, I because, in law, the express companies are legal entities and indictable as such under the inter-state commerce act. The commission will press the cuse. SOLDIERS GO FREE State Will Pay Their Fare to Gettysburg Next Year I very honorably discharged vet eran of the Civil War whose residence is in Pennsylvania will ifiven an <ipportunity to attend the ♦•xercises that will mark the 50th anniversary of the bloody carnage at Gettysburg, July 1, 2, and 3, of next year, free of charge, so far as railroad fare is concerned, the State having appropriated a sum of money to defray such expense. In order to take advantage of this offer it will be necessary to write Major < Jcneral Daniel E. Sickles, U. 8. A., retired, of New York City, giving your name, the company and the regiment ami the place of residence. Gen. Sickles and his corps of assistants will do the rest. LEA UN TO PLY AN AEROPLANE Now is the time. School now starting. Special low rates to ap plicants to start. Motor, propeller, construction and flying thoroughly taught. The field for Avatore is large. Get in at the start. Send for prices and terms. THE GUARANTEE COMPANY, P. O. Box Gl4, Harrisbnrg, Pa. The Best place to buy goods Is olten asked by the pru dent housewife. Money saving advantages arealways being searched for Lose no time in making a thorough examination of the New Line of Merchandise Now on IjExmßmoNl ?????? ? ? ? STEP IN AND ASK ABOUT THEM. AM answered at Vernon Huffs Large Store. HILLSGROVE, PA. Iprompn^obUtln««^i^n^ounl7lcj^»rwoTlJr^H TRAOC-'MARKS and Copyright# rt-yirtvrjrd. ■ K-nd Sketch. Model or l*hoto, for PRCS RK- ■ PORT on patentability. Patent practice •*- ■ olUMlvoly. RANK REFERENCES. ■ Send 3 cents tn stamps for tnralnahle book ■ on HOW TO ORTAIN and SILL PATENTS, ■ Which ones will pay, How to get h partner, ■ patent law and oilier valußble tntoriuatioA. ■ D. SWIFT & CO. 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