y V- I AN AUTHOR'S START. When Marion Crawford Bejan his Career as an Author. Marlon Crawford 1' litul known since In? wns a hid of fourteen j enrs. I, too, wis n youtigstor In tUom dn.vs. We were living In n New Jersey town nncl 1m entile there to visit his mint, Mrs. Arioliiho Malllnnl, n sister of Mrs. Julia Wnrrt IIowp. Altliouiili lie ciinio frum Unly lie dressed as nn Kiiulisli Ind, Willi lil'Ii lial. Kttui jacket, wide collar and loin; trousers. You run lin pbIiio the Reusatloii that li" made In that quiet New .Icrse.v tewti. V c hid laid Idnps nnd prlii(e as our tie!'i!i born, hut a .voting; liu.v In a lil-!i hat Was unknown to us and thei efore inn li more of it novelty. 'From those days, Which were filled with youthful esca pades. 1 did not see I'rmi'.i C:-a.v'iud. nn he was then called, until lie was a full LTown hi. in and had kuoiUnl about the world n bit. Ills uncle, the well known Sam Ward, brought him to the ollice of I In? C'-ilie, then v nsist iliK of a single suull rmmi ov t Man lull's dry iiods .'-tore in ltmalw iy. New York. ''Tliis ho! ,,aiils to be a writer." said his I'ncle Sain "I wi 'i that you would sivp him a chaic e to learn the latsiness." We Riive him the cluiucc, not only for old limes' sake, but because we liked his looks lliaf fellow can do anything be en res to." remarked after he left the ollice So we let him write. He wrole book re views, editorials and even iioelry, and after that he wrole "Mr. Isaacs." Yoit know the rest. From that on it was easy enoimh. He won out and we knew llmt. tuotij;li we bud given liiin the chance he wanted lit the time that he wanted It, ho would have found ll quick enouali anywhere else. Rut he never forgot what be chose to repnrd as a fiivor.-.b'annetle I.. Glider In l'ut na tn's. POLENTA. ' A Woman Telia of Her Introduction to the Italian Dish. Did you ever eat polenta? Ileal' what one woman has to tell you be fore you say no. "Just let me tell you about my In troduction to this Italian dish. Lust summer, after 1 had closed our cuuip In the mountains, 1 was invited to speutl the night with an acquaintance who lind the uext enmp. "She Is a cha ruling woman, one who has lived abroad more than In this country. She Is devoted to Italy and things Italian, and her cook from southern Italy has been with her sev eral years. "As 1 wns ubout to retire niy host ess said to me, 'Pardon me, but I didn't think to ask you what you pre ferred to have for breakfast.' Iteally. before I hud opportunity to frame a reply, she continued, 'We always have polenta; Antouina makes delicious po lenta, so 1 always have It.' 1 did not know polenta, I was quite sure, but It certainly sounded most attractive, aud so I replied. 'I am sure I should like polenta, es)eclally If Antonlna makes it,' uud 1 went to my room with my appetite already whetted for polentu made by Antoniua. "The next morning 1 awaited that meal with the greatest expectancy. The polenta was served, nnd 1 tasted It Was it good? "It certainly was, but 1 had eaten it hundreds of times before, ouly we pro saic Americans rail It oornnical mush. "Truly, that Is polenta. ' A minie makes lots of difference, doesn't it'" she concluded. Houston Tost. Professional Orators, When Lord Hosmead, then Sir Her cules Itoblusoii, was governor of New South Wales, iu the early seventies, it fell to his lot to admit the erstwhile caunibal kingdom of Fiji as an in tegral part of the British empire. During the incidental ceremonies be aotlced that none of the great fighting chiefs spoke iu person and that each of them bad a professional orator on his staff. As an Irishman, with n strong sense of humor, Sir Hercules was naturally tickled by such a novel situation, aud when he got back to Sydney be repeatedly eulogized the ar rangement, pointing out thnt the man of action was very rarely a man of words and thnt civilization might very well learn a lessou from Pacific chiefs. London Chronicle. I Well Trained. A farmer, finding a motor born in the road, took it home, determined to turn it to some use. So be taught bis poultry to gather for meals at its toot, and all nature may be said to have smiled till one morning a motor car passing the farmyard blew a loud 'blast The full strength of the poultry yard Instantly run out into the road jfcnd began to pursue the car with all 4tte ardor of railway travelers charging Into the refreshment room. At the end of the fifth mile fourteen pullets and three roosters succumbed through ex haustion. The rest are still running. English Paper. What's In a Nam. ' Epicure Walter this steak Is posi tively bad. It must be three weeks Id. Waiter Ah, pardon, monsieur! I have - made ze meestake and have brought you ze venison. Epicure Venison? Oh, yes! Then you may leave It. (Tastes it.) Ah, to be sure, It Is venison, and very nice, too very sice, Indeed -Town Topics. i( ' The Poor Poet. i' "My husband never gets what he Should for his poetry," said the poet's ,wlfe, with a tinge of sadness, j "0b don't be too hard on him," re plied the 'girl nbsentmindedly.-Tonk-erg Statesman. ' Who teaches often learns himsilf. Jtallan proverb. PLANT BAHOr.TERS. Th Onnd lien, Clover Leaves and the Ccarlct Piir.p'.-rnel. The dandelion is a dandy liuvo in liv, c:n- , r t-'ii- coini'iuncst and mini itil.i-' I'K ll i-'. when the blooms have s. i-d-d r,ia! are ill the llu'ty, leiither.v ioii- diiion I'm! the weather prophet fie al lies come in the fore. In liae weal'i-r t'-.e ball extends In Inr full, liiit lien i:iiii aipiiiiii-ncs ii sinus ikc an nul la. ila. If the weather Is In.-litied lo he showery It keep s'ait ll I the time, i n!y i-j '.'! inn when tiie 1 ni-.er from the -vet I-: past, su-s the liiicifo Trili- une. The ordinary clover and all its vu i ;cl i'.-s. . imiinling (lie trefoil and IK' Khamivck. lire also liaromefers. When rain is coming the leaves shut together like the shells of nil oyster end do not open ii-'.tin until line weaker is as- suted. For n day or two before rain corns their steins swell ij an nn plvcinWe extent and stiffen :) that tl.e leaves nre borne more upright than usii.i: Thla stem swelling . lien ia!a 1:4 expected Is a feature of many How-i-riii". i.-rasse-i. The fjn-.'crs of which the leaves of the horse chestnut are made up keep Hat and fanlike so long as line wealn er is likely to continue. With the " old in); of rain, however, they droop as If to offer less resistance to the weather The scarlet pimpernel Is, nicknamed the "pour man's weather plass". or wind cope uud opens Us flowers only to line weather. As soon us rain Is in the air it shuts up nnd remains closed until the shower or storm Is over. INSECT STINGS. Dangerous Always and Especially When One Is Run Down. Stings and bites of Insects are ex tremely dangerous ut all times nnd especially when (be pystcm Is not In a condition to resist the poison injected. in ninny Insects the nature of the poison has not been ascertained, while in most of them it Is of nn acid. Irri tant nature. In others it may contain n powerful cardiac sedative and depres sant, and in still others onanisms in pure or mixed cultures may bo Intro duced with the sting or bite. Apart from the natural poison used by In sects It should not be forgotten that Hies nnd other insects that live on rnnion may easily carry contagion nnd Inoculate the persons whom they bile or sting. In l lie case of ordinary bites anil stints the chemical antidote is an alkaline solution, such as n Htroug so lution of bicarbonate of soda or pot nsb, which counteracts the ncid of thr stlii-;. Suction at the wound In all these varieties of stings and bites-will draw out some of the poison aud until Borne antitoxin treatment can be found w hich will prove "nn antidote to thr bacterial poison Introduced little can be done beyond a stimulating and sup porting treatment with attention tc symptoms. Health. Old Mail Box. Among the treasures held by the Antiquarian society In Portsmouth, N. II., there Is nn old box the history of which Is given on a label which it bears. The box Is of tin, painted greet), nnd shows signs of much usage, which Is not surprising when one con siders thnt It curried the United States mail between Portsmouth and Boston during the llevolutiou. It Is about nlno inches long, four and a half inches wide aud a little more than that in height. It was carried or. horseback by Captain John Noble otherwise known as Deacon Noble, who was post rider until 1783. Thl box contained nil the mnll nnd made every week one round trip, occupying three days in the Journey from Ports mouth to Boston the first of the week and three days at the end of the week from Boston to Portsmouth. The dis tance between the two places is a lit tle more than fifty miles. Ho Knew No Fear. Prince Metternlch was driving In Vienna one day during the congress of 1815 when the horses bolted, the car riage was overturned and MettrnUii was thrown into the roadway. Finding he bad no bones broken, be picked him self up nnd walked quietly away. The same evening be met the king of Na ples, who had seen the accident. "How horribly frightened you must have been1," said the king. "Not at all." . answered Metternlch "It is no merit of mine, but I am con stitutionally Inaccessible to fear." ' "It is as I thought," replied the king. "You are a supernatural being." ,. Hard to Get Not long ago at a village near Dur ham a quack doctor was selling recipes for rheumatism, so a pitman bought one. It told him to catch a common housefly and tickle its ribs with a clothes prop until it cried. Then catch the tears in a teaspoon and rub the part affected, and he would get Instant relief. London Express. Praia. "Your glasses," she said, "have made a great difference in your ap pearance." "Do you think so?" be asked. "Yes. You look so intelligent with them on." Chicago Record-Herald. The Retort Unkind. Gerald A gentleman is defined as one who never gives pain. Geraldlne Then you're no gentleman; you give me a pain every time you call. New York Tress. . Finding His Level. "A man. alius finds his level, son," said TJncle Eben, "an' you's lucky to be let down easy by experience In stead of nrrlvln' wif a Jolt." Wash ington Star. : . - Curious Old London Clubs The days id quaint .. .il tpjocr iuli lire days of the pasi. t e do not deni al present of a. ".No .Nose cluli, ' or 'Club o! r.i-a'is.' er a "Man Killing club,'' wIms-j lines nre xiiniesiive: or the "Surly club." who .e u!ijet was Hie practice of com radici inn nnd of foul language, so Mini Hi., members mljilit not he wanting iu Impudence to alius, passengers on the Thames: or of in. "Alan Hunting cluli." esiahlfslnd once by young limbs of the law; or of Hie "Lying club." ever. inemlier of whirl was required to wear a iilue cap with n red feather In It; or ot the - Sea tier Wit society," consisting of wits; or of the "llnin Duin cluli." whose meinliers were to say nothing till midnight; or nf the "Twopenny club." u member of which. If he swore, was to lie kicked en the shins by the other tneniliera; or of (he "Everlasting club." which lias not lasted long; or ot the "Kit Cut club." known after Its toasts of -Did Cats and Young Kits;" or of the "Beef Blend club," of which the following iimiislug description was wrliten lv one of its Illustrious members: ' I.Ike Britain Island lies our steak. A sea ot uravy uminfl It. Bhtillots confusedly gendered mnke The rock win K that surrounds it. London Scraps. Status of the Deadbeat. No inn ii Is wholly free from sin. but so ninny lesser evils tire tolerated that a man shun Id hesitate long before be coming a dcndheiit., Crlminnls are despised and abhorred, but to the dead beat all that Is coming, us well as the contempt of his fellow men. There is something ut once so mean and so lit tle In taking advantage of the con fidence which comes with friendship thnt the linnd of every man Is turned against a dendbent as soon as bis rep ututlon Is well established. The dead beat may fondly Imagine be is living easy and making money without work. and of course be takes no account of the confidence be violates nnd thi hardships he Indicts on others. Rut thnt aside, be really has a harder time than the man who Is honest and fair lie Is compelled to move a good deu and peace of mind be knows not. I.lkn other types of crooks, be doesn't pros, per, and his finish Is more unpleasant than the beginning. Atchison Globe. Rounded Knife Blades. Until the seventeenth century knife blndes bnd pointed ends, as can be readily understood when the knife of those dnys wns used for hunting nnd table purposes Indiscriminately. The rounded end wns Introduced from France In n curious wny. It happened thnt Cardinal Richelieu was compelled to entertuln at bis table a certain Chan cellnr Sequlern vulgar and untnnnner- ' Iy man, who nt the close of Ibe meal -proceeded to use his knife as a tooth- pick. This vulgar net so upset the . cardlnnl thnt he ordered the end of every knife in his possession to be rounded, and so grent was Klchelleu's j influence that the fasblon was soon . adopted all over the country. This Is the vulgar, but nevertheless interest- ; big, origin of the rounded knife of today. Pearson's Weekly. A Dinner For Titles, in his autobiography, "A Fragment." Professor Max Mnller tells the follow ing anecdote of the Duke of Welling- I ton: "Ells servant bud been sent be- ' fore to order dinner for bitn at an out of tbe wuy hotel, and in order to Im press the landlord with tbe dignity of bis coming guest be recited a number of the duke's titles, which were very numerous. The landlord, thinking thnt the Duke of Vlttorla. the Prince of Waterloo, the Marquis of Torres Vedras and all the rest were friends invited to dine with the Duke of Wellington, ordered accordingly a very sumptuous banquet, to toe great ais may of tbe real duke." Alaskan Moonshine. Up here in Alaska the moon rises In tbe south and sets In the north. Its beams are liquid and they enamel tbe landscape wltb a porcelain loveliness It casts a spell more potent than e'ei did tbe mnglcians of the east. Under its wizardry the rocks turn to silver and tbe brown old mountains are con jured into giant pearls. True wealth exists In the mind, nnd whoever be holds an Alaskan moonlight Is thrice hundred times a millionaire. " PITTSBURG Now Open and De lighting Thousands from Pennsylvania Ohio & W.Virginia Dm'I MIm tlx GrMtaat ladmMal Show hi m 3re at V rs Instantaneous hit of the Thrillino; Naval Spectacle, showing the historic battle between the Ironclads MONITOR AND MERRI1YIAC The show that was the talk of the Alaska-Yukon Exposition In the Hippodrome BBaapsaBBBMi i i asasa The Greatest E X P o s o N Russian Symphony Orchestra, Sept I to II Pryor and his Band, Sept D to 18 DamroKh and his Orchestra,Sept 20 to 25 MAKING WIRE. The Method of Rilling nnd Drawing the Iron Bars. ' , ISurs of metal four inches square are heated nnd passed while hot and plas tic through rapidly revolving rolls, re ducing lliem to wile roils which vary from one-quarter of anrincli to nu Inch or more Iu diameter, depending upon the finished size of who wanted. These rods, which are formed colls us they pass tlu-migli 11 arc dipped in acid lull lis t loose scale aud provide a drawing, lirnwing cons. rods while cold through! ually increasing diaiiii steel plates. During particles of metal l and strained, making and more brittle. T proper temper It Is or aniienl it. AVheif a- fine dlametc i 'quired there must lie repented Pigs and drawings. This may I 4tll the bnr, which 'originally square and four' feet duced to it dinuietel' Inches unes re- uie thou- sandlli of nn inch and hi i:i,;io miles In length. Itefor H he n sl.e is reached Hie wire wi 51 1 into the fieel of the die plnte, so tUe usunl die plates must be discarded and the draw ing continued through nolo drilled In diamonds, the diameter (bf these dia mond dies decreasing ' by fractional parts of a thousandth of an inch. This wire affords a striking Illustration of a material made more valuable by the application of labor. From the lime the bur of metal en ters the furnace nothing Is added to it. All the work Is done with one article, which is passed through rolls nnd drnwn through die plutes until it is finished Chicago Tribune. MODERN MARTYRS. Those Who Entertain', but Who Suffer While Doing It. "In a periodical the other duy," says the amateur philosopher of the Prov idence Tribune, "I ran across a pic ture of what bud. evidently been a mu slcnl entertainment or niusicale I took it to have been a niusicale for choice. "Tbe fiddlers bud gone, and so bnd the soloist or soloists aud guests. There remained in the foreground the deserted room and a waste of empty chairs, along with the open grand pi ano. "The host's bend wus resting on bis arms on a table. Tbe hostess had re moved her shoes nnd wns on' the verge of collnpse. in the background a but ler wns looking on cotnmiserntlngly. "Now, there's a good den I of that sort of thing first aud Inst the countrv over It was true to life, but 1 never could understand lt-tlfTit Is, nobody hns over explained to me why people who don't enjoy entertaining or being entertained persist In making martyrs of themselves, why " anybody docs something for pleasure thnt Invariably gives ptiln? "A person who puts himself out and wears himself out iu the line of duty is comprehensible, but why you should sncrlllce yourself wben you're pretend lug to be looking for fun is beyond me. "Tbe womun who said that her Idea of a perfect life from the social point of view would be to be asked every where and to go nowhere doubtless expressed the sentiments of thousands, but why go anywhere If you feel that way?" Corroded by Water. In a German village nu underground lead water pipe was found greatly cor roded and perforated. Investigation showed that the. soli in which the pipe had lain was permeated by very im pure water and consequently contained large quanlltcs of nmmouln, ammoni um nitrate aud other compounds, which had attacked tbe lend pipe, forming lead carbonate, nitrate, nitrite and chloride. All of these lead salts, ex cept the carbonate, are more or less soluble in water. Tbe carbonate Is in soluble in pure water, but is soluble In water containing carbon dioxide Iron pipes coated with asphalt should be employed for underground conduits. If lead pipes are used they should be imbedded iu asphalt. Scientific Amer ican. Archaeolog ical Exhibit with its wonderful relict, taken from Blennerhasset Island, attracting widespread interest. , Irrigation Another new and interesting exhibit . Wonder Compelling Electri cal and Mechanical Displays MOVING PICTURES FERRIS WHEEI MERRY-GO-ROUND TRIP ON STEAMER SUNSHINE Fun for Everybody Music Masters Souia and hit Band, . Sept 27 to Oct 2 Theodore Thomas Orchestra, Oct 4 to 9 United States Marine Band, . Oct n to 23 into y.i,s. yr V've i uT I fur! r ring : I I nd- I ty the vA gated fiarder I I It to a i 10 Ill'llt m 1 I V iiT . BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH RY. LAST OF THE SEASON $2.50 to Buffalo $2.75 to Niagara Falls SPECIAL EXCURSION SUNDAY, SEPT. J9th Tickets good 2 davs returning from Bufliilo. Train Wives Falls Creek G.30 a. m. try 1 GAS NGIN OIL Absolute freedom from Carbon, leavea no deposit. Light in color flows easily! WAVER LY never smuts, clogs or gums, but keeps your motor In perfect runnlnc order. For your protection ask any dealer. "Perfect Lubrication Without Carbon Deposit." Waverljr Oil Works Co. Independent Oil Refiners, Pittsburg, Pa. REYNOLDSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BULLETIN. HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION NEW YORK CITY. Three hundred years ago, Henry Hudson, an Englishman in command of a Dutch expedition, with eighteen men, ex plored the Hudson River from Sandy Hook to Troy in hi3 small craft, the "Half Moon." Oue hundred and ninety-eight years later, Robert Ful ton established, with his steamboat, the "Clermont," a regular water service between New York and the towns along the Hudson river to the North. This year, New York City, with sister cities and towns along the Hudson, will celebrate these two achievments by a series of imposing observances, religious, historical, military, naval, musical and literary, extending from Sep tember 25 to October 9. Replicas of the "Half Moon" and the "Clermont" have been built and will play a large part in the celebration. ; They will be the center of attraction in the great naval pageant on Saturday, September 25. The United States Government will have fifty-two war ships anchored in the Hudson, andGreat Britain, France, the Netherlands, Italy. Germany, Argentine, Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba will be represented by war vessels. Two great parades of water craft will escort the "Half Moon" and the "Clermont" in triumphal procession ' past the war leviathans, first in th9 morning and again in the evening, when all the vessels will be illuminated. On September 28 there will be a grand historical pageant,.and.onSentember 30 a big military parade in New York City. On October 1, the "Half Moon" and "Clermont" will proceed up the Hudson to Troy escorted by hundreds of river craft, including torpedo boats. '- A magnificent carnival parade will be held in New York Cityjon Saturday evening, October42, which promises to eclipse alljprevious attempts. . ( ' The Pennsylvania Railroad, the direct line to New York, with its unsurpassed service of fast express trains, will sell excursion tickets to New York for this period at ' reduced rates of fare. - Full details concerning specific fares, dates of sale, re turn limits, and train service may be obtained of Ticket Agents. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CLARION COUNTY FAIR i'AT.a CLARION, - PA. , j r-:-- .SEPTEMBER 21, 22, 23, and;24,-1909 EXCURSION TICKETS will bo sold to SunimervtUe, on abovo!dates, good returning ;uutll'Septeinber25, from KED BANK, DuBOIS, and Intermediate stations, at l l (REDUCED RAXES J. R, WOOD 1 i GEO. W, BOYD , Passenger Traffic Manager Consult Ticket Agents benoral Passenger Agent f waverlV """lor oil forOms Engine lubrication. 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